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And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so. (Genesis 1: 6-7)

Johfra Bosschart’s painting of Aquarius is masterful and beautifully layered. Appropriately, it’s reminiscent of The Star card which corresponds with Aquarius. Anyone familiar with The Thoth Deck’s version of The Star may notice a number of similarities including its color. It’s not uncommon for The Star card to display a seven pointed star or a central star surrounded by seven smaller stars, Bosschart embeds septenary symbolism not with the star but with the seven lotuses at the bottom of the painting.

If inspiration was drawn from The Star card I think you can make the case that the brilliant star featured in this piece may allude to the central star in the heavens which is The North Star.

Text from: Symbolic Studies

In the painting by Johfra, our lotus seed nature is generated and purified by divine waters poured over it from above. In his Pulse of Life, Rudhyar calls the Uranian urn “the mystic seed-bag”:

“It is also a symbol of the storm-cloud, laden with bountiful rain which will water the expectant crop, and release the lightning. … The lightning is not only a destructive force. It is the means for the precipitation out of the air of precious nitrogen necessary to living processes.”

Image: Aquarius by Johfra Bosschart.

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‘I am the secret Serpent coiled about to spring: in my coiling there is joy. If I lift up my head, I and my Nuit are one. If I droop down mine head, and shoot forth venom, then is rapture of the earth, and I and the earth are one.’ - The Book of the Law Art: Nuit, Linda McFarland

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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ― Lao Tzu Piotr Binkowski @piotrbinkowski

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A dog does not know he is a dog.

He only knows he is.

If only man could be so fortunate.

~ Wu `Hsin

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“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” ― Rumi

BLΛC @blac_ai the path reveals itself.

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A dog does not know he is a dog.

He only knows he is.

If only man could be so fortunate.

~ Wu `Hsin

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"Pay attention to the signs, for God speaks within you through your intuition, but God also speaks outside of you through synchronicities.” - Rumi

Spirited Away Talon Abraxas

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The Fool, 2024 Alex Grey The Fool is similar to the light of the sun, a representation of the fiery life-force energy within us all, channeling the pure love that comes straight from the warmth of his heart and melts the icy mountain tops that circle the valley below.

The Fool is a tarot card that represents new beginnings, potential, and spontaneity. It can also symbolize a willingness to step into the unknown and take calculated risks.

The Fool is often considered the most powerful card in the tarot deck. The Fool is the first card in the Major Arcana, representing the point where everything begins and ends, and begins again.

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« Amitāyus Buddha In His Paradise » [Unidentified Artist]

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« Amitāyus Buddha In His Paradise » [Unidentified Artist]

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“Yin and yang, male and female, strong and weak, rigid and tender, heaven and earth, light and darkness, thunder and lightning, cold and warmth, good and evil…the interplay of opposite principles constitutes the universe.” ― Confucius

虚空坊主 @KOKU_BO_ZU 遅れましたが、謹賀新年 あけましておめでとうございます

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“I have united with the serpent of the beyond. I have accepted everything beyond into myself.” -C.G. Jung, The Red Book

'The Serpent Knight' ahad @wiresandtrees

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Death, Star, Moon, Hanged Man, from Mountain Dream Tarot, Bea Nettles, 1975

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“Walls Of Air” by Barbara Hambly

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Stealers of Light by the Queen of Romania, Edmund Dulac

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“Our passions are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Phoenix - Firebird Talon Abraxas

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2025 Witches' Calendar

January 13 ● Full Moon in Cancer (Wolf Moon) January 29 ● New Moon in Aquarius February 2 ● Imbolc February 12 ● Full Moon in Leo (Snow Moon) February 27 ● New Moon in Pisces March 14 ● Full Moon in Virgo (Worm Moon) March 15-April 7 ● Mercury Retrograde March 20 ● Ostara March 29 ● New Moon in Aries April 12 ● Full Moon in Libra (Pink Moon) April 27 ● New Moon in Taurus May 1 ● Beltane May 12 ● Full Moon in Scorpio (Flower Moon) May 26 ● New Moon in Gemini June 11 ● Full Moon in Sagittarius (Strawberry Moon) June 20 ● Litha June 25 ● New Moon in Cancer July 10 ● Full Moon in Capricorn (Buck Moon) July 18-August 11 ● Mercury Retrograde July 24 ● New Moon in Leo August 1 ● Lammas August 9 ● Full Moon in Aquarius (Corn Moon) August 23 ● New Moon in Leo September 7 ● Full Moon in Pisces (Harvest Moon) September 21 ● New Moon in Virgo September 22 ● Mabon October 6 ● Full Moon in Aries (Hunter's Moon) October 21 ● New Moon in Libra October 31 ● Samhain November 5 ● Full Moon in Taurus (Beaver Moon) November 9-November 29 ● Mercury in Retrograde November 20 ● New Moon in Scorpio December 4 ● Full Moon in Gemini (Cold Moon) December 19 ● New Moon in Sagittarius December 21 ● Yule