Aquarius (Jan 20 – Feb 18)
We are currently under the sign of the Water Carrier – Aquarius. This is a role that had great importance in the ancient world, as all life flowed from water. The person who carried and provided it was therefore very important.This sign is governed by the planet Uranus. The constellation of Aquarius is not one that is overly visible, rather it sits back in the night sky, and some studying of the sky is required before the shape reveals itself. It is said that the nature of someone born under the sign of Aquarius needs to be discovered – it is not a completely open personality.
around the turn of the 20th Century. She was born in Bengal, India in 1880 to a British Army Officer and his wife. She moved to Hampshire, England with her family upon her family's retirement, and lived a comfortable lifestyle organizing charities for children and living amongst the affluent. Later in her life, Clutterbuck married a Justice of the Peace, with whom she lived for about twenty years.
One of the more common questions we receive asks about the difference between Wicca and Witches. We have put together this article to help dispel some of the misconceptions out there about Wiccans and what it is they do. A witch can follow many paths, but becoming a Wiccan is a choice to join an ever growing faith. just like someone might decide that they are personally more in line with Buddhist or Christian teachings. As with any faith, there are those who would spread untruths, knowingly or not, simply to seem that they know more than others. With all things, it is best to do your own research and find your own truth.
mistake that the title of this newsletter contains the word ‘men.’ The first documentation of Priesthood, or any leader of an organized religion comes from the Persian Civilization, where egalitarianism was not necessarily a priority. Freedom of religious belief at this time, however temporary it may have lasted, was permitted when the first men of magick emerged on the scene.
Ancient Persia in fact had many groups of people with diverging belief systems. The most prominent of these was the cult of Mithras. Mithras is depicted as a man slaying a bull, and the convictions associated with this religion were extremely masculine in nature. As a religion excluding everybody but male warriors, the cult of Mithras stressed physical strength and courage. Many of Persia’s emperors were members of this cult, and kept many wives and other concubines in their secret harems.
