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Happy Cancer Season! 🦀

Cancer - Intuition

Each month i will work on an illustration for the current sign we're in. I was inspired to do a series like this after reading Alice Bailey's 'The Labours of Hercules' where each sign represents a step in a person's individuation process.

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CHROMA Pen and ink on paper 29.7x42 cm

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Esoteric Astrology Explained Master Post

This year i started a blog where i occasionally write about creativity and occult topics. I'm currently working on posts about Esoteric Astrology where i discuss the themes and lessons of each sign, planetary rulers, tips on how to create rituals and ways to work with the energy of each sign. I also explain the symbolism behind my illustration series. I'll add the links here as i post them during each month:

Esoteric Astrology Explained - start here

Aries

Taurus

Gemini

Cancer

Leo

Virgo

Libra

Scorpio

Sagittarius

Capricorn

Aquarius

Pisces

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Happy Gemini Season! I have prints available in my art shop: christineviolet.com

Gemini - Duality ♊️

The concept of duality has always been a favorite subject to draw for me so this was so fun to draw. Each month i will work on an illustration for the current sign we're in. I was inspired to do a series like this after reading Alice Bailey's 'The Labours of Hercules' where each sign represents a step in a person's individuation process.

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I just released this as a print in my art shop: christineviolet.com

The Sphinx Awakens Ink on paper and digital coloring

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This month i had the opportunity to showcase a few art pieces in a gallery group show in Bucharest. It's my first time exhibiting in a gallery in my home city. Really happy how it turned out and that i got to achieve a goal i had for years!!

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Happy Taurus season! 🐂🌿✨

Taurus - Desire

Each month i'm working on an illustration for the current asrological sign we're in. I was inspired to do a series like this after reading Alice Bailey's 'The Labours of Hercules' where each sign represents a step in a person's individuation process.

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Esoteric Astrology Illustration Series Pen and ink on paper

Esoteric astrology opens us to a new perspective of understanding ourselves. The zodiac wheel becomes a roadmap through which the soul journeys to evolve into a higher octave, a better version of ourselves. Each sign symbolizes an essential part of the journey that we have to move through to transform. In this post I will go through the meaning of esoteric astrology and practical ways we can apply the knowledge to aid us in our journey. Read the full blog post on my website: Esoteric Astrology Explained

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The Sphinx Awakens Ink on paper and digital coloring

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Welcome Pisces season! ♓

Pisces - Return to the Primordial Waters

Each month i will work on an illustration for the current sign we're in. I was inspired to do a series like this after reading Alice Bailey's 'The Labours of Hercules' where each sign represents a step in a person's individuation process.

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Leo full moon tonight and Sekhmet perfectly embodies this energy! 🔥

Sekhmet, Mistress of Flame, Eye of Ra ❤️‍🔥

She is the goddess of both healing and disease. Worship of Sekhmet was intended for protection against disease and appeasing her anger and destructive nature. She is depicted with the sun disk to reflect her beneficial qualities and the Uraeus to suggest the destructive proprieties of the cobra. The venom of the cobra brings death but if used correctly it can also be a medicine. Therefore, she is a symbol of transformative anger. She offers fierce compassion and encourages us to face fear with courage.

Prints are coming soon. Let me know if you want one.

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The Wise One Pen and ink on paper 29.7 x 42 cm

In my latest illustration, I explore the archetype of the wise old woman.

Folktale and myth origins

The wise old woman is a character that often appears in old fairy tales as a bestower of knowledge that will aid the hero in his journey. Alternatively, she can be a moral presence in the story that tests the hero through different challenges. The most well known examples of this archetype are Baba Yaga from Slavic folklore or the Crone aspect of Hecate, the Greek goddess of magic and witchcraft.

The water and moon symbolism

The old woman sits on a black vast ocean surrounded by galaxies denoting her timeless nature. She lives at the edge of consciousness, imparting her wisdom to the astral traveler - the dreamer.

From the Jungian point of view, she represents a spiritual function surfacing out of the subconscious. This function is the feminine instinctual nature of the psyche.

Both water and the Moon symbolize this instinctual, subconscious side of the Self. The Moon is also a storehouse of dreams, ancestry, and emotional ties from past lives that reflect themselves in our behaviors and patterns. This is where the old woman appears in initiatory dreams to signal to us that it is time to outgrow old stagnant structures, clean up our mental home, and revitalize our lives so that we welcome new energy in. The water here also represents this idea of purification of the Self.

The Serpent Symbol

The white serpent at her feet is another symbol of renewal and the life-death-rebirth cycle. The snake is a common symbol found in almost any culture. It’s interpreted either in its revelatory aspect - as a keeper of ancestral wisdom or as a symbol of death, darkness, and decay - the lowest point we reach before we begin a new cycle.

The significance of the old woman in dreams

The presence of an old woman in dreams can sometimes appear as a detached, cryptic or frightening presence to the dreamer. The more we suppress those negative aspects of ourselves or avoid facing destructive habits and patterns that keep us from growing, the more of a creepy old hag she appears to us.

The cross symbol

Lastly, i want to mention the North African Indigenous cultures that i used as reference when drawing her. The clothing and tattoos on her face and hands are inspired by the Amazigh, nomadic desert tribes living in Northwest Africa for more than 20,000 years. The symbol she holds in her hand is a Tuareg cross. Its main role is apotropaic, a talisman made of silver for protection against evil that is given to a person when they are traveling.

The wise old woman archetype embodies both light and darkness. She is that wild, healing side that we find in ourselves when we’re lost in darkness and suffering. She is always there waiting to impart her knowledge no matter how cruel it sounds because she can pierce through illusion. She is truth and discernment.

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Happy Aquarius season!

Aquarius - The Visionary ♒️ The symbolism is mainly inspired by the Star tarot card.

Each month i will work on an illustration for the current sign we're in. I was inspired to do a series like this after reading Alice Bailey's 'The Labours of Hercules' where each sign represents a step in a person's individuation process.

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Happy Capricorn season! 🐐✴️

Capricorn - The gate into spiritual kingdom

Each month i will work on an illustration for the current sign we're in. I was inspired to do a series like this after reading Alice Bailey's 'The Labours of Hercules' where each sign represents a step in a person's individuation process. I wasn't so much into astrology before but i really like this perspective rather than focusing on personality traits, horoscopes and so on.

I want to write a more detailed post about each sign but this will come later on.

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The Anima - different depictions i've done over the years The Anima is a Jungian concept referring to a personification of the subconscious who often appears as an unknown figure in dreams - sometimes as a beautiful or frightening woman, sometimes duplicated, multiplied or near water sources which are a symbol of the subconscious.

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Happy Sagittarius season! ✨

From my illustration series based on Esoteric Astrology:

The Sagittarius points it's arrow of thought to find the one Truth.

Sagittarius - Spirit of Truth

Each month i will work on an illustration for the current sign we're in. I was inspired to do a series like this after reading Alice Bailey's 'The Labours of Hercules' where each sign represents a step in a person's individuation process. I want to write a more detailed post about each sign but this will come later on.

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Dark Valentine Tote Bag - available in 3 different variations

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