Sharp intakes of breath on discovering how astrology permeates everything - Art. Music. Writing. Politics. Life - and is dusted over these thoughts.
The five female artists whose bring home the bacon I decided to look at were all born in the latter part of the 19th century. Their best bring home the bacon was in illustrating famous books for children such as 'Alice in Wonderland'. 'The wet Babies'. 'The Pied Piper'. There were also of cover the chubby cheeked kids,the pretty fairies and the constant tweeness - pleasant enough in small doses. For passing readers not familiar with the call "twee" in Britain it's used to describe anything excessively cute dainty delicate whimsical or kind of ultra- homely. I've noticed by the way that in the USA tweeness is quite popular. Female artists in command were change state on the ground in the 19th/early 20th century but it isn't surprising that women would excel in this specialised genre - it's in their daub. The ability to visualise a children's world what pleases them - whimsy and gentle fantasy are likely to be stock-in-trade. There were male illustrators too of course but in this genre the ladies managed to find a more aim playingfield. In their era this kind of art would have presented a more proper pursuit for the lady with artistic talent who didn't wish to alter her reputation by joining those naughty bohemians living it up(or drink)in Paris. I've featured three English artists and two from the USA. (Alphabetical order). Samples of the bring home the bacon of each can be seen in my little video compilation below. Mabel Lucy Attwell born in London. England 4 June 1879Cicely Mary Barker born in London. 28 June 1895Kate Greenaway born in London 17 walk 1846Bessie Pease Gutmann born in Philadelphia PA. USA 8 April 1876Jessie Wilcox Smith born in Philadelphia PA on 6 September 1863(The small illustration at the beginning of this entry is by her.)I compared the five 12 noon charts concentrating only on positions of Venus (art). Neptune(imagination). Mercury(communication)and Jupiter(publishing) looking for any similarities. There's a goodly amount of Taurus and/or Cancer showing - this seems appropriate to the subject be - Cancer ruled by Moon and representing mothers nurturing etc. Taurus ruled by Venus - love earthy beauty - (and probably tweeness!) The sextile and semi-sextile came up a lot describes these aspects thus:
Sextile -a soft energy is generally ascribed to this aspect. Sextiles are about the easy and unencumbered flow of energy between two planets. There is a lack of tension inherent in this aspect which translates to the ability of the individual to accomplish much. Attraction is show and self-expression is enhanced.
Semi-sextile - this Aspect is not quite as harmonious in tone as a sextile. advance there tends to be a fated quality to this Aspect. Semi-sextiles tend to create minor tension.... unease is the result and a sense that something should be done (or that if it were done all would be better). This Aspect also has a karmic tie. When two planets are semi-sextiling each other we be to experience that there is a lesson (albeit a small one) to be dealt with and effectively overcome. This lesson may well come to us from our past. Lastly with this Aspect there is always that karmic connection. Something is out there and while we're not quite sure what it is we just can't seem to break away from it. Is this yet another lesson from the semi-sextile?
Sextiles between relevant planets in these charts link well to the art we're considering. Interesting that the sextile is described as "soft energy" - that does seem particularly appropriate. I'm not sure about the semi-sextiles - karmic connections? Could be! Anyway here are the similarities:Attwell - Venus on South Node(sensitive inform in map) sextile Mercury. Neptune sextile JupiterBarker - Venus and Neptune in sextile. Jupiter semi-sextile both planets. Mercury semi-sextile both Pluto and MarsGreenaway - Venus sextile Jupiter semi-sextile Mercury. Neptune/Saturn conjunction semi- sextile SunGutmann - Venus sextile Mercury with Neptune semi-sextile both those planets. Jupiter opposes Venus trines Mercury. Smith - Libran stellium of Mercury. Venus and Saturn opposed by Neptune in Aries. Venus semi-sextile Sun. Jupiter also in Libra trines Uranus semi-sextiles Mars. And here they are:-
I'm British living in the USA. Occasionally blending in often sticking out like a sore thumb. I'm not an astrologer simply an enthusiastic follower forever drawn to the subject.(Credit for the blog header sketch goes to my husband.)
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http://twilightstarsong.blogspot.com/2007/10/female-artists-childrens-books-sextiles.html
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