Black Moon Lilith – Mean Bitch or True Witch?

Mean or True – which do you use? This is one of those discussions between astrologers where everyone has an preference and opinion. Perhaps I should amend the word ‘everyone’ considering not every astrologer uses Black Moon Lilith. She is a contentious issue in some circles but despite some misgivings, she isn’t going away.

I’m not going to pretend for a second that I understood initially why I made my choice of which Black Moon to use. It was purely based on my association with the words ‘true’ and ‘mean’. Mean is just…well…nasty! “True is the truth” quipped my mind so I plumped for that version. Continue reading

Nuclear Destruction and Creation – The Lilith Battery

In the midst of the horrific events in Japan, another news story caught my eye. As Japan battles to prevent a nuclear disaster following the earthquake which was so powerful it shifted the axis of the earth, Britain is now considering whether to use a controversial fertility treatment that involves splitting the nucleus of a human  egg – an interesting parallel. On the large scale we have the issue of nuclear power and its inherent dangers. On the microscopic scale we have a similar analogy of splitting the most fundamental human biology – playing with the ‘power plant’ of an embryo. The theme is of creation and destruction, a Lilith story if ever there was  one. Continue reading