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This is a web magazine whose purpose is to inform, support, entertain and inspire writers and readers who share my preoccupation with questions of mystery, meaning, pattern and purpose. I write to several themes including "Just let me get old, ok?" - designed to celebrate some of the more positive aspects of growing older - and "Not the astrology column" which seeks to introduce open-minded readers to the profound art and science which lies beyond the shallowness of the Sun Sign columns. Guest writers are featured by invitation.

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Writing from the Twelfth House exploring mystery, meaning, pattern and purpose

English - Astrology, Philosophy, Spiritual Life

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Writing from the Twelfth House · 1d ago

After the Night Sea Journey….

I recognise now that a lengthy retreat from the world was requisite for the kind of person I am – it is not necessary for most people to go through a mid-life summing up of such drastic dimensions, thank goodness! Having practised as an astrologer for nearly twenty years by the time of my collapse,

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Writing from the Twelfth House · 1W ago

Where is ‘elsewhere’?

‘The human comedy doesn’t attract me enough. I am not entirely of this world….I am from elsewhere. And it is worth finding this elsewhere beyond the walls. But where is it?’ The pull of elsewhere has dominated my life. As a child, lying tucked up cosy and warm in bed, listening to the wind beyond ou

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Writing from the Twelfth House · 2W ago

On toads, work – and writing….

The poet Philip Larkin memorably asked : “Why should I let the toad work Squat on my life?” That toad –WRITING – has squatted on my life more or less since I was born. The golden thread of consistent attachment to writing, or writing’s consistent attachment to ME, has run through the whole of my lif

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Writing from the Twelfth House · 3W ago

Places of Healing – the Orkney Isles

This scattering of 67 lush, fertile green islands lying off the north coast of Caithness in Scotland has a remarkable history whose early traces continue to surface. The world-famous Neolithic Ring of Brodgar, an impressive stone circle, dominates a narrow stretch of land between Stenness and Harray

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Writing from the Twelfth House · 1M ago

My Favorite Things

Reblogged from Integrative Thought: Every once in a while I am asked about “my favorite things”. At one point a year or so ago, I did a blog on some of “my favorite things” and I was asked to do it again…so…why not? I received an iPad as a gift several months ago and although [...]

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Writing from the Twelfth House · 1M ago

How astrology works: you, me and the Bigger Picture

One of the many fascinations of astrology is how it shows the ever-changing patterns of the planets symbolically reflecting different kinds of energies in our collective life. If you as an individual are strongly plugged into collective patterns – which you can assess through comparing the natal hor

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Writing from the Twelfth House · 1M ago

What is my job as an astrologer? Where do I stand?

My job as an astrologer is to help other people understand themselves more clearly. I don’t know what the balance is between fate and free will any more than any one else does. But the Birth Chart or Horoscope suggests strongly that we come into this world, not as tabulae rasae ( blank slates) but

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Writing from the Twelfth House · 1M ago

What is an astrology reading? What can it offer you?

The purpose of the “Not the Astrology Column” theme on this blog is to introduce open-minded readers to the in-depth astrology which lies behind the entertainment facade offered by the Sun Sign columns. We are living in a time where awareness of the ‘interconnectedness of all things’ is fast returni

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Writing from the Twelfth House · 1M ago

What is astrology? And – never say ‘never’!

The story of humanity is one of an unending attempt to create some recognisable order from the chaos of our earliest origins. In order to survive and evolve as a species, we have created contexts for ourselves over many millennia from our interpretations of the world around us.

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Writing from the Twelfth House · 2M ago

Someone was having a bad day….

Do you make a point of binning Forwards on principle? I usually do, but my husband sent me this one the other day and insisted that I read it, on the grounds that I was such a stroppy anti-authority person that it would be balm to my soul, grist to my mill, etc. And believe [...]

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