What can we acquire in our present age from ancient myth & legend? Today as we stand at the peak of the Perseid meteor showers, we can ride & reside with the star cipher cresting as cosmic iron - the runic insignia of Michael – which tames the sulphureous dragon forces of illusion, to awaken us from our Summer slumber, that we may take up the harvesting of our will.
And the Saga of Perseus - the oldest of the Greek heroes, holds many resonate key-notes to help us unlock the mysteries of today. His tale begins with Acrisius, the king of Argos, who had a beautiful daughter named Danae. The king was told by the Oracle of the Sun god Apollo that Danae’s son would take over his fertile land. So, to thwart the prophecy, Acrisius imprisoned his daughter in a brass chamber.
But Zeus, the King of the gods, came to the entombed Danae in the form of a shower of golden light, entering thru a crack in the roof of her chamber.
And Perseus was the demigod offspring of this magical union. It was Zeus’s plan to take advantage of the Sun god’s omen to gain the fertile land of Acrisius, the king of Argos, thru his unsuspecting son Perseus.
And so it was that Perseus had a destiny calling. Aided by the Messenger of the gods Hermes, & the Goddess Athena, he contrived to get the prophetic witch sisters - the Graiae, of the Gorgons, to help him, by seizing the one eye & one tooth that the sisters shared between them – telling them he would not return it until they provided him with winged sandals (which enabled him to fly). Then he went in search of the cap of Hades (which conferred invisibility). He then aquired a curved adamant sickle-sword, to decapitate Medusa, along with a bag in which to conceal her serpent head - since the gaze of Medusa turned all who looked at her to stone. Perseus guided himself by the reflection in the shield given to him by the wise Athena.
He beheaded Medusa, the only Gorgon who was mortal, awakening her from her dream. And from the blood that spurted from her neck, sprang Chrysaor & Pegasus, her two sons by Poseidon. He then returned to where his mother Danae had taken refuge, to rescue her by turning the wicked ruler Polydectes & his supporters to stone at the sight of Medusa’s head.
~Gustave Moreau
A further deed attributed to Perseus was his rescue of the Ethiopian princess Andromeda when he was on his way home with Medusa’s head. Andromeda’s mother, Cassiopeia, had claimed to be more beautiful than the sea nymphs, so Poseidon punished Ethiopia by flooding & plaguing it with a sea monster. An oracle informed Andromeda’s father, King Cepheus, (the whale in the night sky) that the ills would cease if he exposed Andromeda to the monster, which he did. Perseus, passing by, saw the princess, & fell in love with her. He turned the sea monster to stone by showing it Medusa’s head, & went on to marry Andromeda.
Later Perseus gave the Gorgon’s head to Athena, who placed it on her shield. He gave his other accoutrements, including the winged sandals, to Hermes. He then accompanied his mother back to her native Argos, where, as fate would have it, he accidentally struck her father, Acrisius dead when throwing the discus, thus fulfilling the prophecy that he would kill his grandfather - which was the plan of Zeus all along…
The chief characters in the Perseus legend, Perseus, Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Pegasus, & the sea monster (Cetus), all figure in the night sky as constellations, with their own stories to tell.
We can receive, like Danae, the golden light of the shooting stars, which can turn our conscious intentions into the birthing of deeds. Perseus, a reflection of the mighty Archai Michael, must be reborn in us, so that we can be the ruler of own own destiny. We must cut off the head of the old way of thinking where the fates bind us, so we can consciously ‘Speak with the Stars’, thru the heart – in freedom – upholding Wisdom, with healing wings. Then we can reveal the underworld, & forge the golden light, into an iron will for good.
12 August 2026 - “Speaking with the Stars”: Today we have: A New Moon total solar eclipse with the Sun in Leo - the peak of the Perseid meteor showers - & a 6 planet parade: Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, & Saturn visible to the naked eye, while Uranus & Neptune require binoculars or a telescope. The New Moon also provides darker skies for the Perseids, which can produce up to 100 meteors per hour - Yes, dear Earthlings - the Cosmos has much to say - Are you listening? Will you join the conversation..? The effects of a Solar Eclipse, have repercussions that reach into every kingdom of Nature, penetrating as well into the spiritual worlds where our Beloved Dead & the Unborn, our Descendants dwell in their life between death & new birth. We don’t have to be in the ‘path’ - We don’t have to ‘see’ it to do the work of upholding the light. This is our work - to take up the sword & shield of Perseus/Michael - as we shine the light of our heart forces into the world. ~hag
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