tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post2138207065383806557..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Arty Farty Friday ~ Maynard DixonTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-33477747199453938332014-09-05T23:55:22.956-05:002014-09-05T23:55:22.956-05:00Anonymous ~ Hi there. Oh good! Nice to see a com...Anonymous ~ Hi there. Oh good! Nice to see a comment from someone else who has seen both progs. and admires Dixon's paintings.<br /><br />It is odd about her lack of mothering instinct with her chart's Caner emphasis. I ought not to be surprised though, I have natal Cancer rising and no maternal instinct - but then, I've never had, and never wished to have, children, so no problem! <br /><br />Maybe astrologers have that Cancer legend of mothering a wee bit askew.<br />;-) Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-2333616108518349352014-09-05T20:22:34.150-05:002014-09-05T20:22:34.150-05:00I did not know of Dixon's work until I saw the...I did not know of Dixon's work until I saw the documentary. I really love his work, it has a deep power. I had seen the program on Lange a few days earlier and then found this one. Hearing the voices of the children created such a different impression of Lange than the one I had formed from the first program. Family bliss in one to indifferent mother in the other- despite all that Cancer!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-76510245568858813712014-09-05T12:49:41.548-05:002014-09-05T12:49:41.548-05:00mike ~ Here was a couple who should never, ever ha...mike ~ Here was a couple who should never, ever had had children! I suppose choices back then (regarding birth control) were very limited). I suppose their combined kids from all marriages nowadays must obviously think differently, so I oughtn't to judge.<br /><br />I wish we had birth times. Dixon has the look of Gemini - I wouldn't be a bit surprised to find he had Gemini rising, and that would add to their mutual intitial attraction.<br /><br />His emotions seem buried, but they are there. Absent his painting talents I guess he'd have gone for writing, full time, as a way to express himself. Had he been a writer, staying to work in the home environment, their marriage could well have lasted until his death, I think.<br /><br />Thanks for your extra astrological pointers. I wish I still had access to my old, full service astro software, where it would have been possible to post a double chart showing the two together.<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-36002540542131646502014-09-05T09:44:36.865-05:002014-09-05T09:44:36.865-05:00P.S. - Her Saturn is on his Jupiter. Her Uranus i...P.S. - Her Saturn is on his Jupiter. Her Uranus is on his Mars, feeding his grand square. I think that these two synastic conjunctions made their marriage difficult, though they had other very positive synastry.mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-29026138064685952492014-09-05T09:38:27.174-05:002014-09-05T09:38:27.174-05:00Interesting to compare Dixon's and Lange's...Interesting to compare Dixon's and Lange's charts. I remembered her having the dual stelliums in Gemini and Cancer. They do have some interesting synastry between them. The American Masters' program led me to believe that they were a good match, but their children were a professional handicap for Lange, who bucked the notion of "mother". I think Lange saw herself as an equal to Dixon and didn't appreciate the burden Dixon provided by his absences and his lack of "fathering". Their children were eventually placed in the care of other families, so both Dixon and Lange could pursue their careers.<br /><br />My mother was born in 1921 and very much wanted to be a professional photographer. She took many photographs over the years that had a professional, artistic style unique to her, so I don't doubt that she would have been a pro. Marriage and consequent motherhood prevented her attainment of that goal. Through Dixon and Lange, I see how it could have been for me...LOL.<br /><br />Yes, I think you painted a valid astrological portrait of Dixon as a person needing to be his own signature, regardless of consequences. I believe his art gave him the required tools to express himself. I'm not sure how he would have endured without that ability. His Moon in Virgo is inconjunct his stellium in Aquarius, regardless of time of birth (6 to 18* Virgo), so I don't think he was particularly "in touch" with his emotional side, particularly with sardonic Saturn-themed grand square in the mix.<br /><br />His paintings are certainly appreciated by me, too. A smoothing of the prevalent Deco style of the era. All of his paintings have an abruptness about them, yet softened by the pastels...linear demarked with curvature.mikenoreply@blogger.com