Pallas Astrology

Archetypal Astrology, Tarot & Counseling by Maud Gemmeke

New Moon in Libra – Eros & Thanatos

Photo by Helmut Newton

This coming New Moon has some Eros and Thanatos vibes. Most people know Eros and Thanathos to be the instinct for life and the instinct for death, as described by the famous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. He named these instincts after the Greek God of Love and the Greek God of Death. 

Eros is the Greek God of love. He is a winged God and is the son of the Greek Goddess Aphrodite and Greek God Ares. Aphrodite is the Goddess of love and beauty, and Ares is the God of war. Eros has the ability to make mortals and Gods fall in love by shooting them with his bow and arrow. Eros is portrayed as nice, compassionate, loving, and full of life. This is how Eros came to represent the instinct of life in the works of Freud. 

Thanatos is the Greek God of death. He is the son of Greek Goddess Nyx and Greek God Erebus. Nyx is the Goddess of the night and chaos, and Erebus is the God of darkness. Thanatos is associated with violent death and would be called upon by Gods who wished to inflict death upon one another. Thanatos often manifested anger, violence, and aggression. This is how Thanatos came to represent the instinct of death in the works of Freud. 

As a teenager I was into black and white analogue photography. I’ve developed numerous of photos in darkrooms. Even though I haven’t been in a darkroom (or adobe photoshop) for years (I don’t even own a camera anymore), I’m still very much a lover of photography. I especially love black and white portrait, fashion and nude photography. I have a weak spot for the works of Helmut Newton. A true artist, known for kink photography. The photo that I choose on top for this article is quite virtuous. Most of his work captures not just Eros but also Thanatos. I guess that’s another reason why I love his work so much: I’m a lover of the dark, taboo and hidden while at the same time I adore beauty, softness and light. Photography is an art that plays with light and darkness. Its essence is capturing light and capturing darkness. In honor of Helmut Newton and to share with you Eros and Thanatos vibes / kink photography, here’s some more work of one of my favorite artists:

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Horoscopes for the Full Moon in Aries

Artist unknown

For more information on the Full Moon in Aries, the current astrology and forecast: read this article.

You can read the horoscopes for both your rising sign and Sun sign. The horoscopes are written for your rising sign, so the horoscopes for the rising sign will probably resonate most. But you can read the one for your Sun sign too, for extra inspiration. 

If you don’t know your rising sign and want to figure it out, you’ll need to have your place, date and exact time of birth. To figure out what your rising sign is you go to astro.com. Then go to free horoscopes and to extended chart selection or natal chart / ascendant. Fill in your data. Under extended chart selection: go to options for zodiac houses and under house system choose ‘whole signs’. Then click on ‘show the chart’. Your rising sign (also called ascendant) is the sign that is on the first house. It is denoted as AC. You also see it written in the red lettering under your Sun sign under your personal info.

The horoscopes are listed from Aries – Pisces.

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Full Moon in Aries – Fuckfuckfuck is a mood

Sex and the City screenshot

The Full Moon at 9 degrees Aries arrives on October 1st 5.05 pm ET / 11.05 pm CET. The Full Moon is under the ruling of Mars, with Mars present at 25 degrees in his home Aries while retrograde. Mars has been setting things on fire lately. Literally burning forests down. Mars has poured down some frustration and aggression on Earth. Mars is known to inflict pain. When Mars is retrograde, the pain comes unexpectedly. Mars his motives are hidden. Moving retrograde deep into Aries he needs to retrace his steps, he needs to do a thing or two over and/or try to set something straight or change something from his past. Since Mars stationed retrograde, about three weeks ago, he has caught some speed again. Now moving faster and deeper into Aries. Mars is burning down everything he meets on his path. 

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What is sacred? Now and in your future – New Moon in Virgo & astrology forecast

Art by Serpentfire

The New Moon in Virgo arrives on September 17th 01.00 pm CEST at 24 degrees Virgo. The ruler of the New Moon is Mercury. On the moment the New Moon arrives Mercury is at 17 degrees and 26 minutes in Libra. At that moment Jupiter is at 17 degrees and 26 minutes in Capricorn. Mercury exactly squares Jupiter on the moment of the New Moon. This makes this New Moon a threshold. Into what, you might ask?

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Full Moon in Pisces – Horoscopes – diving into the uncomfortable deep dark waters

Art by Astroccult

In the midst of an intense battle between the malefics Mars and Saturn, there’s an interesting Full Moon that has the capability to provide us with insights and even spiritual ecstasy. For that to happen, we will need to slow down in order to not only deeply feel, but also communicate that what stirs up our emotional waters. This Full Moon isn’t necessarily a comfortable one, but has the potential to bring transformation and transcendence.

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Virgo: the virgin with the wet-ass pussy

Megan Thee Stallion & Cardi B

Yesterday I shared a post of someone in my Instagram stories and the post mentioned: “A sexually liberated woman is threatening to a patriarchal society.” Someone replied on that story asking me why I think that’s the case. Honestly, I shared that post in a whim. In a whim with full agreement and thus conscious of the meaning of the phrase. But also in a whim not thinking someone would respond on it. I didn’t think someone would ask for my clarification. ‘Damn it, now I had to sit down and take the time to give this person my arguments.’ Kidding. It’s actually a topic I like to talk and write about! But at that moment I was writing an article on astrology and self-realisation and I found myself in a flow, so I didn’t like the distraction. At first I replied to this person: I’ll get back to you later. I returned to writing my article. However, I was still distracted and my thoughts kept returning to his question. I felt the urge to write my answer. But there’s so much to say on this. An answer of three sentences wouldn’t suffice. So, here I am, 30 minutes later, writing another and completely different article providing not just this person but the world wide web with my thoughts on patriarchy, sexuality and WAP. WAP stands for ‘wet-ass pussy’ and is the title of the new song of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion (click here for the video).

The timing of the question on sexuality and patriarchy combined with the recent release of WAP couldn’t be any better. Because: Virgo season is about to start. The zodiac sign that is known for cleanliness, purity and virginity is about to be given rulership for the next few weeks. What better moment to write about two women rapping about rough sex? Even more so: astrology doesn’t serve a purpose if it doesn’t serve the greater good! Here is one of my attempts at serving the greater good and doing my part in the battle against patriarchy.

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New Moon in Leo – Horoscopes & Forecast

Strength: in tarot this card is associated with the zodiac sign Leo.
This specific card is from the Field Tarot deck.

Yaasss this is a gorgeous New Moon! There are no hard aspects to this New Moon. We haven’t had a New Moon without hard aspects (or eclipses) in a long while. This New Moon is great for intention setting. Especially when it comes to insights that you’ve gained during the month of August. Use the ideas, knowledge, feelings, dreams that might have come to light around the Full Moon earlier this month. Or use the insights that you gained in the days leading up to the New Moon: Mercury passes through the heart of the Sun (trine Mars), only a couple of days before the New Moon arrives, bringing us clarifications and insights.

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Full Moon in Aquarius – some thoughts on God and the grand conjunction & Astrology Forecast

Have you seen the movie Ex Machina? That movie is drenched in Aquarius vibes. My Moon and Mercury in Aquarius love that movie… 

The Full Moon arrives on August 3rd at 05.59 pm CEST at 11 degrees Aquarius. The Sun is at home in the warmth of Leo. The Full Moon will be opposite of the Sun in the cold of Aquarius. Leo and Aquarius are two sides of the same coin. Both are strong individuals, in their very own ways. 

Leo is expressive and charismatic. The Lion roars and performs. Leo likes to be adored and acknowledged for the power and the beauty that Leo possesses. The Lion puts himself in the center and is the leader in the savannah. Leo is ruled by the Sun, the strongest luminary and the star that all planets travel around. Aquarius is ruled by Saturn, the planet that is furthest away (of all planets visible for the naked eyes). While the Lion puts himself on stage and likes to be adored, the Water Bearer couldn’t care less about adoration and puts herself outside the group. Leo is creative, passionate and warm. Aquarius is a revolutionizer, detached and cold. The Water Bearer is the humanitarian of the zodiac; a lover of humans while standing apart from the group. The Water Bearer is the odd one; we recognize the Aquarians in society often by their tattoo’s, funky clothing, unique interests, metaphysical wanderings and/or rebellion and activism. The courage of the Water Bearer is found in daring to stand apart, either by choice or nature. Aquarius doesn’t want to suit the masses. The Water Bearer carries gallons of love and is the one that serves humanity by activism and serving communities and good causes; while at the same time feeling distant from or actively distancing herself from those communities. 

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