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Henry de Waroquier

Studies of architecture and mythology shifted the young de Waroquier away from a career in biology and towards one in art. From the latter, he learnt of Greek art, and its foundational idea that man existed at the centre of the universe. From the former, the ability and power to shape that universe, to respect it through the act of creation and the values that contributions to its landscape have in the right hands. As a child he had spent hours at the Natural History Museum of France, and was drawn to the minerals and fossils that seemed to speak of a unknown world hidden from public view; it was unsurprising then, that as he began to create images it was ones that spoke to a past, unknowable and often created world. His paintings combined the surreal imagery of the unconscious with the historical mediums of popular imagination, combining in a gentle cohesion that seems to transcend time.

Saturday 27th June

Today, the Moon moves through Scorpio, bringing us into the water element and the deeper currents of transformation. In biodynamics, this is a good time to tend to leafy growth, watering, and the living processes that help plants stay open, receptive and full of vitality. Scorpio carries a mood of depth, intensity and change. It may stir what is usually hidden, both in the garden and within ourselves, asking us to notice what is ready to be released or renewed. We may feel more sensitive, inward or emotionally intense under this Moon. If we meet this gently, the day can become an opportunity to soften, transform and move with the deeper waters of life.