
2014 in L'Alpe di Siusi, fresh from the US and Australia.
This site will be undergoing upgrades for the next months (from Sep 2021). Check back in from time to time!
If you would like a consultation, go to the 'Enquiries' button at right and fill out the form
To subscribe to the monthly newsletter, go to the 'Subscribe' button at right
I can be reached and read at the social media icons, top right
Comments to newsletters are temporarily closed. If you want to comment, contact me at admin@malvinartley.com or use the 'Enquiries' button, at right
About Me: Come with me on a journey, into life, into the site and then, the stars. To begin, I was born and raised in small-town US in the Bible Belt, in a city called Burlington, North Carolina. It was the home of Burlington Industries and Western Electric, both the largest employers in Alamance County at the time and both now defunct due to globalization. Tobacco and textiles were king in those days in that part of God’s Country (as we like to call it). My mom was an accomplished pianist. My dad was teaching as a professor of musicology in the city next to ours, a little town called Elon, where we eventually moved. Music was a big part of my early years. Elon is where I went to university, graduating with an undergrad degree in physics. Good days, those, with many fond memories. But larger life called.
Later on, while living in Australia, I was advised by a mentor that it would be a part of my destiny to take up the study of Eastern astrology, hence the ‘Eastern Articles’ pages on this site. I have quite a bit of unpublished material which will eventually be excerpted to those pages. I find the Eastern and Western systems of astrology to be complimentary, while giving a comprehensive overview of one’s life. Although the systems of Eastern astrology might appear simple on the surface, they can get quite involved. There is much more in them than meets the eye. Later, I made the move to Italy, where I currently live in the north with my wife and five dogs. With this little bit of background, let’s go through the sections of the site.
There is an associated blog site attached to this site, which focuses solely on current events, with astrological analyses. This is linked at the ‘Event Astrology’ box. That site has been up for a few years now, started at a time when changes in international relations began to take on an accelerated pace. Many of those posts are referenced in the monthly letter. The astrological analyses on the blog site are solely Western, and also are an exploration of midpoint astrology in many instances.
As to the Eastern articles, there is not at present a monthly report, but instead a yearly forecast for the Lunar New Year based in Beijing, with various other related articles. The header for those articles is a collage of some of the 28 lunar mansion deities taken from my photographs of slate plates of the 28 lunar mansions. These were pointed out by a colleague at the Qingyang Gong Temple in Chengdu, China, the latter founded by Lao Tzu during the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907). That finding, too, was serendipitous. The temple was one of the last sites we viewed in Chengdu before going on to tour the monasteries in southern Tibet in 2009. I have not been able to find any images on the net of those stone plates, and for all I know, they have been removed. They were located in a back lot of the temple grounds and we just happened on them, guided by destiny, you might say.
‘Star lore’ takes you straight to the online posting of Richard Hinckley Allen’s Star Lore book, a classic cross-cultural reference of star lore across cultures and the ages. Other pages will be added as time permits, especially related to specific cultures. These are all of astronomical interest. As for Solar activity’, hardly ever covered in astrology is the activity of the Sun itself. Yet, it is the driving force of our zodiac. Sunspot activity, for instance, has a much greater effect on world affairs than is commonly taken into account in astrology. The NASA eclipse pages give quite a lot of useful information on eclipses, solar, lunar and planetary transits of Mercury and Venus across the Sun. Other info on eclipses will be added as time permits.
‘Mythology’ takes you to the best site I have found on Greek mythology, upon which Roman mythology is largely based. Most of the names for the known planets and asteroids come from classical mythology. Since the planetary bodies name themselves, an understanding of the associated myths gives us a much better understanding of how the planets work. Other references will be added shortly.
‘Forgotten books’ takes you to an interesting site where you can find scanned reproductions of old books, some of which are quite valuable in terms of information. Many old astrology books can be found there. ‘Astrology books’ takes you to another site where you can find over 7,500 astrological titles.
‘The Minor Planet Center’ is the go-to source for all the astronomical info you will need on the many thousands of planetary bodies in our solar system, including discovery and orbital data. The ‘Ephemeris Generator’ will give you that ephemeris you just cannot find in your astrological program for all the new planets and asteroids being discovered these days, named and unnamed. There will soon be a page with links to other sites of astronomical interest.
The second row in the ‘Resources’ section outlines the core works of the Western esoteric tradition, shown in the middle four boxes. At the start of that row are links to ‘Buddhist resources’, the main page going to the Jonang Foundation. The Jonang tradition in Tibet is the oldest known unbroken lineage of the Kalachakra tantra and the zhentong meditative view, both of which feature strongly in the Western esoteric view. The ‘Berzin archives’ are a very comprehensive resource of Buddhist material. Other resources will be added in due course.
The remainder of the site is fairly self-explanatory. The most recent articles are shown in thumbnail form with links. In the footer section there is a picture of me with a few notes. There, you can search the site, subscribe, make enquiries, make donations (always appreciated!) and go to my social media feeds. I am on the usual platforms – Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. I am also just getting started on MeWe and VK. The former is an American site, but is not (at present) heavily monitored and moderated like the aforementioned platforms. The latter is based in Russia, but is pan-European, with other offices in Germany, Turkey and Kazakhstan.
From there, well, you will just have to check back in from time to time, or have a look around each time you receive a letter, if you are a subscriber. I figure it will take at least a year to fill this site out, given my schedule. But I welcome you to come back as often as you like. If there is something you would like to see presented, I would be very pleased if you would let me know. Drop me an enquiry. I will certainly consider any reasonable suggestion related to astrology. You will never see ads or pop-ups on this site. With that, enjoy your journey to the stars!
Malvin
18 September 2021
Related