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Year: 2014

Where Have I Been?

Madame Ximon in front of the Icon Alchemy booth at Unifier Festival 2014 It’s been a long while since I’ve posted on this blog, with my last entry dating from over a month ago, when I was getting ready to vend and do tarot readings for several days at the Unifier Festival in Connecticut. Despite getting rained out during our set-up on Wednesday night and most of the day Thursday, it still wound up being an enjoyable show, although it was...

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New Artwork – Elemental Dancer: Water and Sun

Original Art: “Elemental Dancer: Water and Sun” by Madame Ximon This is my most recent completed artwork, which I started last year. As often happens with projects like this, the core drawing in ink came together quickly, and a portion of the color as well (via Prismacolors, my preferred medium) but then I ran into a color conundrum. The “Sun” portion of this drawing is based on a composite photo of the surface of the sun over an...

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The Burning Heart of Vesta

In keeping with Neil Gaiman’s directive to “Make Good Art” being reinforced in my life by multiple astrological configurations, I’ve been endeavoring to finish more of my growing quantity of “works in progress,” one of which is this drawing based on the action of the asteroid Vesta on my natal chart through transits and synastry over the past year.Vesta is one of the larger asteroids in our solar system, smaller than Ceres, but comparable...

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Layering Lessons from Multiple Astrological Events

The past couple of weeks have been a bit intense astrologically, with the April 15th Lunar Eclipse, April 23rd Cardinal Grand Cross, and April 29th Solar Eclipse all making waves, especially for people with prominent Cardinal sign placements in their natal charts. Reverberations from such events continue in our lives for some time after the initial event, with eclipses in particular setting the tone for the next six months in whatever areas of...

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