Oh my God!!I thought it was great to meet Rob Hand, I though it was great to meet Desmond Tutu. But they were left in the shade when William Lilly came to the Lodge to see what we were up to! He was much shorter than I thought he would be. . .
All right, I'll admit it, it's just me being clever (pffft) with photoshop now that I'm the new acting editor for the Astrology Quarterly.
We were treated to a lovely evening with Deb Houlding who not only looks better than William, she undoubtedly smelled better than William would have. I even suspect she's smarter than William but perhaps that's a sacrilege. Deb is the webmaster of Skyscript and if you haven't been for a visit, I suggest you make it your mission sooner rather than later because no astrological education is complete without it. Deb took us through the finer
points of "Christian Astrology" and the intricacies are both numerous and amazing. (And left is a photo of me and the lovely Deb.)Here are a couple of William Lilly quotes:
"After my mistress was dead, I lived most comfortably, my master having a great affection for me. "
"I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments."
In honour of resurrection, here are a few eighth house/William Lilly jokes. OK, they're more like 8th house jokes:
When Mozart was exhumed, he was found frantically rubbing out his music. Startled, the observers asked: "
Herr Mozart,what are you doing?"
He answered, "Why, I'm decomposing!"
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First guy proudly: "My wife's an angel!"
Second guy: "You're lucky, mine's still alive."
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The difference between sex and death is, death you can do alone and nobody laughs at you.
(left is William's (get used to it--we're on a first name basis) monument at Waltham-on-Thames Church. The Lodge visits every summer at the end of July)
