Astrology of Art and Image-making
In the new millennium, image making by digital means has become the dominant format due to the sheer volume of still and moving images that can quickly be created and shared.
Pisces energy, through it's carrier planet, Neptune is the astrological signifier of image making though film, video and photography -as well as illusion, magic, fantasy, night dreams, daydreams, hallucination, sleep, intoxication, hypnosis, escapism, immersion... no surprise then that there is considerable power behind a single visual image frozen in time, or the captivating potential of movies which transport us away from our own reality temporarily and into some other world, some other persona we can inhabit.
The Piscean forms of image making have gained dominance over hand-crafted techniques of painting and printing, due to a shift in human development from the material to the immaterial.
Digital formats represent the shift [represented by the Saturn-Jupiter cycle] from the material formats into the realm of data. This is consistent with a cycle shift from the element of Earth to the element of Air -which has a global impact on human technological development. This constitutes the current shift away from the object towards the conceptual as well as the increasing miniaturization of devices, the increase in wireless connectivity, and of course the role of data superseding the physical format.
The main signs and planets that connect to art and aesthetics are
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Aquarian and Uranian energy are the signifiers of electricity and electronics, new inventions, futuristic developments. Yes. We truly are now in the Age of Aquarius - but not exclusively - because other forces are always active.
In the current period, 2016-2019 there remains 3 more years -less than half of the cycle - of Uranus - being in Aries [a period when people feel compelled to go solo -or at lease meet their own distinct needs when in a partnership] This Aries energy also affects the development of pioneering technologies as more people are prepared to be bold, fearless in taking risks.
From early 2019-mid 2026 Uranus energy affects all things connected to Taurus -which is a huge array - the earth itself - our planet - is symbolic of Taurus and all things physical, material - so in the period of effect there will be very significant shifts towards digitalisation, data, miniaturization, people feeling less materialistic, greater trends involving mimimalism, decluttering etc - so the influence on art is likely to also be significant:
Uranus is a signifier of revolution and so the potential is there for artists to arise with fresh, unusual and progressive art forms or subjects, very different or new media - even a new artistic movement [long overdue]
Neptune -the distant slow moving carrier of Pisces energy has once more moved into its own true mode - transiting Pisces in the period 2012-2025 - a part of the cycle not seen for over 150 years - the last period of Neptune in Pisces began in 1848.
Venus -design, craft & fine art aesthetics
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Pisces energy, through it's carrier planet, Neptune is the astrological signifier of image making though film, video and photography -as well as illusion, magic, fantasy, night dreams, daydreams, hallucination, sleep, intoxication, hypnosis, escapism, immersion... no surprise then that there is considerable power behind a single visual image frozen in time, or the captivating potential of movies which transport us away from our own reality temporarily and into some other world, some other persona we can inhabit.
The Piscean forms of image making have gained dominance over hand-crafted techniques of painting and printing, due to a shift in human development from the material to the immaterial.
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Digital formats represent the shift [represented by the Saturn-Jupiter cycle] from the material formats into the realm of data. This is consistent with a cycle shift from the element of Earth to the element of Air -which has a global impact on human technological development. This constitutes the current shift away from the object towards the conceptual as well as the increasing miniaturization of devices, the increase in wireless connectivity, and of course the role of data superseding the physical format.
The main signs and planets that connect to art and aesthetics are
- Taurus - due to the sensual/sensory kinaesthetic aspects, craft - - constructed by hand, manual art
- Libra - aesthetics and fine art
- Leo - expressionist gesture and dramatic colour
- Pisces - imaginative, other wordly, illusionist, dreamlike
- Sun - the energy of light, expresses through Leo
- Venus - has the qualities of Taurus and Libra
- Jupiter -the artistic sublime. The representation of awe-inspiring scale or magnitude
- Neptune -dematerialised abstraction, immersive, hypnotic experiences through Pisces image formats or styles.
If you have the noted signs strong when you were born -especially Sun or Moon, Venus, Mars in Taurus or Libra, Leo, Pisces
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If one or more of those 4 planets were at the sunrise or noon position when you were born [1st and 10th house positions] - you will receive some degree of creative urge - made stronger if the appropriate signs are featured as well eg Moon in Leo, Venus in Pisces, Sun in Leo, Mars in Libra**********************************************************
offered August 2016 - FREE enrolment in a short online class in Abstract Photography.
This sample lesson includes one of 6 themes
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Aquarian and Uranian energy are the signifiers of electricity and electronics, new inventions, futuristic developments. Yes. We truly are now in the Age of Aquarius - but not exclusively - because other forces are always active.
In the current period, 2016-2019 there remains 3 more years -less than half of the cycle - of Uranus - being in Aries [a period when people feel compelled to go solo -or at lease meet their own distinct needs when in a partnership] This Aries energy also affects the development of pioneering technologies as more people are prepared to be bold, fearless in taking risks.
From early 2019-mid 2026 Uranus energy affects all things connected to Taurus -which is a huge array - the earth itself - our planet - is symbolic of Taurus and all things physical, material - so in the period of effect there will be very significant shifts towards digitalisation, data, miniaturization, people feeling less materialistic, greater trends involving mimimalism, decluttering etc - so the influence on art is likely to also be significant:
Uranus is a signifier of revolution and so the potential is there for artists to arise with fresh, unusual and progressive art forms or subjects, very different or new media - even a new artistic movement [long overdue]
Neptune -the distant slow moving carrier of Pisces energy has once more moved into its own true mode - transiting Pisces in the period 2012-2025 - a part of the cycle not seen for over 150 years - the last period of Neptune in Pisces began in 1848.
The period 2012-2025 will see an abundance of moving and still image-making, hopefully a new era in immersive film-making -not simply the gimmicky 3D - but story-telling with highly romantic or entrancing, hypnotic qualities.
A highly significant indicator of this Piscean-Neptunian era is the 2015 Todd Haynes directed Carol - based on the romantic novel originally issued as The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith in 1952 under the pseudonym Claire Morgan
Everything from the story, the direction, the cinematography, the soundtrack, the costuming and the lead actors has completely entranced a broad range of movie-goers - not simply the justifiably besotted women who love women, but a significant number of people in general who have responded to the sheer hypnotic portrayal of a romantic engagement which builds in intensity towards the promise of a blissful outcome.
This movie had sex -but not in the current style of totally in your face, carnal desire - but as fitting the late 1940's era -with much restraint, modesty, tenderness -and this has struck a chord with a huge audience wanting this style of intimacy - a love-heart-romance connection much more than the physical encounter.
The totally smitten fanbase for everything Carol has resulted in an avalanche of tribute material, copious updates, artworks and fan fiction - on YouTube, Tumblr, Instagram, Twitter as well as chat sites
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| FB quote notes the photographic references - which deepen the Piscean stylisation of Carol |
The fact that the biggest awards OSCARS and BAFTAS dismissed the movie is highly indicative of a totally out-of-touch power base.
It would be very appropriate for the movie industry in this era to be investing in meaningful romance movies because there is a hunger out there and it will endure.
Image-Making: Examples
From my personal archives, utilising my Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus & Neptune creative energies.
Neptunian themes:
Uranian -space, technology, digital media
Jupiter -natural sublime, awesome scale
Venus -design, craft & fine art aesthetics
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