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Astrology in the Fine Black Print

June 29, 2009 9:09 AM by Kelly Chambers
 

I often delight in the way a news writer will capture the essence of a person that seems to uncannily reflect themes I've seen their chart. It always gives a nod to my faith that astrology, no matter how strange... Keep Reading >>

 

Michael Jackson: Dizzying Artistic Destiny

June 25, 2009 9:29 PM by Kelly Chambers
 

It's hardly surprising that Michael Jackson would have a distinctively artistic chart. As the King of Pop on the world stage, he must have had something going on "above" to garner such a title "below." While I was surprised at... Keep Reading >>

 

Jackson Pollack: An Aquarian Painter

June 15, 2009 8:13 PM by Kelly Chambers
 

The American painter, Jackson Pollack (January 28th, 1912 -  August 11, 1956) was an Aquarius whose life and work reflected the qualities of this original and visionary sign. We can't talk about Aquarian energy (and its associated planet Uranus) without... Keep Reading >>

 

Conflict and Creativity

June 9, 2009 6:37 AM by Kelly Chambers
 

I saw an angel in the marble and I carved until I set him free- MichelangeloThe new movie, The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story, chronicles the wildly disparate lives of Walt Disney's favorite songwriting team as well as their rollicking... Keep Reading >>

 

The 4th House: What Lies Beneath

May 26, 2009 11:31 AM by Kelly Chambers
 

At a time when the universe, as we know it economically, is collapsing around us we are challenged to take a look at what sustains us as individuals beyond the scope of our financial solvency. A lot of us, if... Keep Reading >>

 

The Chiron-Jupiter-Neptune Conjunction: Possible to Give Too Much?

May 20, 2009 9:03 PM by Kelly Chambers
 

Wikipedia states that in Greek mythology Chiron, the centaur, was a great healer, astrologer and oracle. He was intelligent, civilized and kind; uncharacteristically noble among his half-horse, half-man brethren. In astrology, Chiron - the asteroid - comes down to us... Keep Reading >>

 

The Cabaret Singer

May 11, 2009 6:52 PM by Kelly Chambers
 

Well she had me when she started with Leonard Cohen's "Dance me to the End of Love." It was a sensual, hip-heavy rendition and she owned every gravelly vowel and held note. Her 5-piece band purred in harmony, the violin... Keep Reading >>

 

The Creativity of Being

May 8, 2009 12:14 AM by Kelly Chambers
 

There are two types of creators in the world: one type of creator works with objects, they create things; the other type of creator, the mystic, creates himself. He doesn't work with objects, he works with the subject; he works... Keep Reading >>

 

Pluto and Creativity: A High-Wire Act

April 27, 2009 3:14 PM by Kelly Chambers
 

"Something I could not resist called me upon that edge...and death is very close." -- Philippe Petit (Born August 13, 1949 - time unknown).When I first heard about Man on Wire documenting Philippe Petite's 1974 tightrope walk between the two towers... Keep Reading >>

 

A New Voice

April 20, 2009 8:29 PM by Kelly Chambers
 

Falling slowly Eyes that know me and I can't go backmoods that take me and erase me and I'm painted black You have suffered enoughand warred with yourself It's time that you won That is my favorite verse from the song "Falling Slowly" which I... Keep Reading >>

 

A Wrinkle in Space-Time: Thom Yorke

October 21, 2008 12:49 AM by Eric Francis
 

A Wrinkle in Space-Time: Thom YorkeWHILE THE SUN is in the last degrees of Libra, I thought had to offer my Libra rock star theory. Where better but Astrology for Artists? My latest favorite specimen, proof of the Human Blow... Keep Reading >>

 

Paul Newman: Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces & Human

September 28, 2008 11:03 PM by Eric Francis
 

Dear Friend and Reader, Paul Newman, the beloved actor-philanthropist, died Saturday at the age of 83. The cause of death was cancer. Newman will be remembered as one of the most generous, humanitarian and talented people to grace the American... Keep Reading >>

 

Salvador Dali: Twelfth-House Maestro

September 26, 2008 11:04 PM by Eric Francis
 

Dear Friend and Reader: Earlier this week, I described art as a process of blurring boundaries -- in particular, between the unreal and real worlds; between your imagination and the physical world. Art is the process of taking an internal... Keep Reading >>

 

Another Blue World: Art and the Twelfth House

September 21, 2008 7:02 PM by Eric Francis
 

Dear Friend and Reader:To do art, you need to blur the boundaries between fantasy and reality. We are good at that in our society, but to do it in a creative way -- and by creative, I mean in a... Keep Reading >>

 

Richard Wright: Off to the Great Gig in the Sky

September 16, 2008 2:28 AM by Eric Francis
 

Richard Wright was one of those rock stars who was heard but not seen. I don't know much about the Pink Floyd keyboardist who died from cancer on Monday at the age of 65. Pink Floyd was not a band... Keep Reading >>

 

The Fifth House: Sex, Fun, Gambling -- and ART.

September 5, 2008 5:08 PM by Eric Francis
 

If you want to see where your artistic talent is in your chart, start with the Fifth House. The Fifth covers all forms of creativity, fun and doing spontaneous things such as painting or having sex. I'll cover what to... Keep Reading >>