tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post2896599192645578231..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Arty Farty Friday ~ Henry MillerTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-52524254475557627082014-12-26T16:01:20.858-06:002014-12-26T16:01:20.858-06:00mike (again) ~ LOL! When I first saw his date of ...mike (again) ~ LOL! When I first saw his date of birth in a list I confused him with Arthur Miller too - didn't mention it in case I sounded seriously unedificated! ;-)<br /><br />Their era was quite peculiar in many respects, especially among the arty farty crowd. It could maybe be seen as the grandparent-era of the 1960s "love-in" times.<br /><br />I think Pluto/Neptune in Gemini was the reflection of these spicy goin's on.<br /><br />There were some superb writers and communicators of all types (many without the extra looseness and erotica ) from the Pluto in Gemini era - I've often noted it. Think Ogden Nash, Dorothy Parker, James Thurber, E.B. White, H.Allen Smith,<br />John Steinbeck etc etc etc.<br />(All favourites of mine too, some of my earliest posts featured them.) Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-14164462119941022582014-12-26T14:13:16.800-06:002014-12-26T14:13:16.800-06:00I originally, momentarily confused today's pos...I originally, momentarily confused today's post with Arthur Miller, the playwright. He, too, had a number of trysts with women, several were many years his junior, and he was simply peculiar.<br /><br />You mention Henry Miller's womanizing, having patrons, and questionable redeeming graces. So many of the famous artists and writers...the creative of that era...were secondarily known for their randy life styles, multiple affairs, sham marriages, supported as misters or mistresses, etc. I'm not sure if the bohemian was peculiar to this set of creative individuals of that era, or if it was more documented by their peers.<br /><br />Eileen Agar was part of that set (your post 12-12-14), and Anais Nin (one of the many lovers of Miller) had her multitudinous liaisons. They were all a very incestuous bunch of friends, acquaintances, lovers, and spouses, and boundaries of sexuality were freely exchanged between straight and gay, depending on the conquest.<br /><br />Do you think Pluto in Gemini (1882-1914) or maybe the Neptune-Pluto conjunction in Gemini made this group more fickle regarding their personal and sexual associations?mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-30493347473314622012014-12-26T11:46:05.662-06:002014-12-26T11:46:05.662-06:00mike ~ His harmoniously integrated chart maybe led...mike ~ His harmoniously integrated chart maybe led to his generally feeling pleased with himself and all of his sexy encounters.<br /><br />Thanks for your additional astrological pointers. <br /><br />I don't much like the person he appears to have been, from the little I've read about him.<br />An anti-semite (possibly due to his German roots), a user of women - including some who were stupid enough to support him financially. He must have had some redeeming graces, though, for women to have wished to be used by him. <br /><br />One saving grace of his, I guess, was his skill in putting words together in "special" emotionally moving ways. This is often, I've found, a skill connected to Scorpio emphasis in a natal chart...not necessarily erotically moving, something much deeper and potentially more significant than that. Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-49380687142011901152014-12-26T10:54:47.962-06:002014-12-26T10:54:47.962-06:00I think you are correct about his yod. Mercury is...I think you are correct about his yod. Mercury is the most elevated, so recognition for his writing is indicated. He wrote about his relationships (7th house) and human values (2nd house). Sex, disruption, and perversions were substantial topics in his discourses. Mars, his 1st house ruler in the 7th conjunct the Moon would have provided the interpretation of himself via others and his relationships...plus Mars in Scorpio, with Mars co-ruling Scorpio, gave him and his relationships a sharp edge of sexiness, as you said. It's been my observation that individuals with personal planets in the 7th interpret themselves through others. Few writers at that time were writing essays about themselves, their perversions, and their debased encounters (they may have been known as such, but didn't publicly disclose the information themselves...LOL).<br /><br />He was quite a character and a major player in the obscenity legal challenge. The negative press created a demand for his books on that basis alone. mikenoreply@blogger.com