MYTHOLOGY ARTICLES

The following articles have appeared in astrological magazines or websites. Please note all articles are copyrighted. If you wish to use any information published in any of these articles, please contact Astro*Synthesis for permission.

Hermes as Guide

Hermes as Guide and Leader of Souls

by Brian Clark

Hermes is known as a boundary crosser and one of the boundaries that he is able to cross over is the threshold to the underworld. Multi-faceted Hermes leads the souls in and out of the underworld. This article explores the background to his roles as psychopomp or guide of the souls as well as the many myths which depict his threshold crossing.

Apollo and Artemis

The Twin Motif

by Brian Clark

When researching for my book The Sibling Constellation I became much more aware of the dynamic of twins and twinning. I was not surprised to find that myths from all cultures have very similar themes on twinship and how this very special relationship symbolises certain themes. This article explores the cross cultural theme of twins.

Hades and Persephone

Hades as Place: The Landscape During a Transit of Pluto

by Brian Clark

Amplifying the underworld opens up our understanding of the process of Pluto as it transits the horoscope. This article originally appeared in The Mountain Astrologer special 100th edition.

Kala Nera

Pelion: The Land Apollo Loved

by Brian Clark

The Pelion region is known as the home of the Centaurs and the summer playground of the Olympian gods. But the region is also important in antiquity and in the following article Brian Clark meanders through some of the myths of the region. This article originally appeared in The Wholistic Astrologer. Their website at http://www.aplaceinspace.net has a variety of articles.

Hygeia

AN ASTEROID ORACLE: The Ancient Feminine Wisdom of Asteroid Goddesses and Heroines

by Brian Clark

The 2006 Wellspring AstroLog (www.astrolog.com.au) released a special addition of goddess oracle cards, based on twelve potent asteroid goddesses. In this article Brian Clark explores the mythology and meaning of twelve of the asteroid goddesses including Ceres, Juno, Pallas Athena, Vesta, Hygeia, Ariadne, Europa, Pandora, Mnemosyne, Hecate, Cassandra, and Medea. Esoteric Technologies (www.esotech.com.au) released a goddess report written by Brian Clark and Stephanie Johnson which details each of these goddesses in signs and houses. For details on how to purchase this report or the report writer, contact Astro*Synthesis at the Chiron Centre. In 2008 US Games, Inc. (www.usgamesinc.com) released the Ancient Feminine Wisdom of Goddesses and Heroines, an oracular deck of 52 goddesses designed by Kay Steventon with the text written by Brian Clark.