Humankind has long studied their personalities and the passage of time and energy shifts. Both influence individuals, regardless of their personal or cultural beliefs. Similarly, individuals shape some viewpoint about cheese, a tangible reality widely experienced to varying degrees. Both time and energy shifts call for the luxury of different cheeses.
Around 2400 years ago, the Babylonians conceived their own horoscopes, interpreting life through stars and planets. When Babylonian astrology was introduced to Greek philosophers in the 4th century, western regard for formal astrology took hold.
As a practice, cheese making pre-dates Babylonian astrology. By nearly 5000 years. Historians can trace the earliest evidence of cheese production to a variety of places, including the Middle East, Central Asia, and Europe. Some claim that it began in Poland, where they were the first to preserve curdled milk by pressing and packing it with salt.
Imagine. Cheese itself pre-dates recorded history.
This weekly guide seeks to enhance the entertaining and often revealing practice of astrology with a passion for cheese and a nod toward magickal purposes.
Tabitha Dial wants everyone to create their fate. She loves to crack, cut, and wrap Parmesan Reggiano, but hung up her apron after twelve years as a red jacket trained Murray's Cheese monger in Colorado and Kentucky. A fluent tarot and tea leaf reader for more than two decades, she is the author of Creative Divination: Read Tea Leaves and Develop your Personal Code. Her favorite cheeses include Roquefort and Pecorino Romano. She lives with the love of her life in New Jersey. He prefers to keep blue cheese in limited quantities. Tabitha loves to hear from her readers. Information on Tabitha's private Tarot & Tea Leaf Readings, appearances, and writer and goal planning opportunities are at: www.northstarmuse.com
Under the name Renmeleon, Ana Maria Selvaggio has been a working illustrator, writer, and designer (graphic, book, textile) since 1986. With a passion for writing, she has worked in and around the publishing industry since the mid-90s as a book designer, editor, and cover artist. Selvaggio publishes under her own imprint, Dragonfly Press Publishing, is the editor-in-chief of Kraft Paper Muse magazine, and the owner of Two Crows Market, a series of annual, mid-range juried art shows.
