zodiac

We have a few sky watchers in Litopia. I hope it is OK to share this here as we enter both the season and the story territory of Virgo, The Maiden in the Stars. “The Virgin with her sheaf belongs to Ceres,” -The Astronomica, Manilius, 1st century AD. This year, the sun enters the zodiac sun...

30 April is May Eve, marking the advent of May Day and the beginning of the ancient Celtic festival of Beltane. Beltane begins at dusk on 30 April and is matched by its German counterpart, Walpurgis Nacht, or St Walpurga’s Night. May Day marks the astronomical half-way point between the spring...

New blog post by Katie-Ellen Hazeldine The Writer’s Zodiac: Taurus the Bull We have entered Taurus season 2025. Taurus (from the Latin for Bull) is a fixed earth sign; the second sign of the western zodiac, and represents the height of spring in the northern hemisphere in all its budding...

New blog post by Katie-Ellen Hazeldine The Stories in Our Stars: The Zodiac for Writers We are now in Pisces Season. But what are its stars, what’s the ancient story behind it all, and what does it mean for writers? Time to go fishing with Pisces. Traditional Associations...

New blog post by Katie-Ellen Hazeldine Our Stories in The Stars- The Zodiac for Writers Story Archetypes of The Zodiac We are now in the season of Aquarius The Original Rain Man, Sign of All Humankind Whatever we think of astrology, and here we are talking about Western, so-called...