Image: Ate & Litai (Ate detail), Fogoziita, 2024. Original drawings for Supplication and Splatter Horror: Taurus Decan III
My latest essay, Supplication and Splatter Horror: Taurus Decan III, has just been released as part of the Astrologers Co-op's "Journey Through the Decans" in which a different astrologer writes about each of the 36 decans of the zodiac (along with other contextual & additional pieces). It's been such a pleasure and honor to be part of this project, and I hope you'll dive into the brilliant works that have already been published (and subscribe to continue the journey as the year goes on). If you're interested in possession, horror, embracing abjection, abandoning the facade of dignity, and mourning as an unstoppable force of vengeance, this piece is for you. I'll leave you with the conclusion here: "Maybe a malefic decan isn’t so bad if you belong to the maligned; the Litai could be the daimonic ally we can call on, not just to ask for the fortitude to survive the brutality of Ate, but to help us abandon ourselves to the hysterical force of supplication, and unleash destruction on those who refuse to mourn or atone when faced with the carnage of their own actions."