Stars of Creativity Part II

The stellar beings who shape our art

Sister Mary Corita Kent (1918-1986 American) ''Dancing Star'' 1978 Screenprint 11.5''x11.5'

Today, I am continuing my Venus retrograde series on astrology and creativity.

This Venus Retrograde, I find myself turning inward with my art. I have long looked to Venus to tell us about our aesthetics, style, inspirations, artistry; the things we enjoy and make us who we are.

What I love about astrology is that it gives me a language for all of the intangible, singular things about me, including what makes my art different than yours and yours different from mine. We might take for granted that we have different routines, subject matter and style but astrology lays it out for you, showing you new sides of yourself to celebrate.

This week, I want to continue the series by focusing on the fixed stars that I see giving juice to our creative endeavors.

To read Part I, click here.

Though the effects will be most pronounced if you have one of these stars conjoined a significant natal placement (one of the seven traditional planets, one of the angles or the Lot of Fortune or Spirit), you can still call on these stars devotionally if you need them. I have deep connection with stars that don’t show up in my natal chart so use these descriptions to see which ones resonate most with what you need right now.

If you want help connecting to and speaking to these stars yourself, check out my newsletter “Gnosis In Practice”.

If you want to be taken on a mystic journey with the fixed stars and how they operate within astrology, check out my Intro to Fixed Stars Class, which you can find on my website.

And if you want to learn more about your natal stars and how they shape your life, my books are open for August. Take 20% off my Creative Praxis Readings with code SHINE through the rest of the retrograde 💘

Try invoking one of these stars before a painting or dance sesh; during an artist’s date or when you are looking for inspiration.

The divine wants to help you— courtesy just require that we ask <3

Fomalhaut, 3º51' Piscis Austrinus

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Fomalhaut, a Royal star in the mouth of the Pisces constellation, is of the nature of Venus and Mercury. Anonymous 379 describes natives of these stars, many of which lend themselves to creativity, thusly: “very learned and erudite, fond of philosophical dissertations, eloquent, creative, perspicacious, ingenious and clever, keen on music and arts and good-hearted”.¹ Anonymous also says that Fomalhaut in particular “slows the outcome and the successful result of an initiative, an undertaking, but it makes it beautiful,”² which may be because, as Manilius describes it, one must first make a watery descent. “[P]rofit is sought by means of shipwreck,” he tells us, “and the diver who has plunged into the depths becomes, like the booty, the object of recovery,” one of my favorite lines from Astronomica.³ Fomalhaut requires us to search beneath the waves for treasure, but also demonstrates a parallel, internal process of excavation that works on us as well. This process is a “dangerous labor” and many “[d]wellers on land are burdened with the treasures of the sea”.⁴ For those of us who are not deep-sea divers you can see this statement as a metaphor for the plumbing of our inner depths, the unconscious, where many fearsome, beautiful creatures, and sources of inspiration, live.

The imaginations of Fomalhaut natives are rich. Speaking strictly to the diurnal world of commerce and activity, the dreams, images and insights Fomalhaut brings can complicate our mundane lives, bringing us visions that seem impossible or hostile to the surface world.