Golden winter solstice blessings as we arrive at the return of the Sun. This print parallels the return of the Sun on our birthdays , when the sun returns to the place where it resided when we were born, our astrological Solar Return. Western astrology developed in ancient Sumer (Iraq) where the Sumerian Fertility Goddess, Nisaba(2430BCE), was credited and aligned with transmitting the origins of astrology.
“Astrology is assured of recognition from psychology, without further restrictions, because astrology represents the summation of all the psychological knowledge of antiquity.”
― Carl Jung
Ancient hymn to NISABA…..
Lady coloured like the stars of heaven,
holding a perfectly endowed lapis-lazuli tablet!
Nisaba, great wild cow born by Uraš,
wild sheep nourished on good milk among holy alkaline plants,
opening the mouth for seven …… reeds!
Perfectly endowed with fifty great divine powers, my lady, most powerful……..