FATHER’S DAY, BOOK NOOK — an astrological reading experience

The Passion of Artemisia, by Susan Vreeland

Hello everyone,

I love to get lost in a book. Books take me to another time, another place and open up spaces in my brain to think about relationships and the histories of various characters’ lives.

In particular, I love historical fiction. It transports me.

Over Father’s Day weekend, I had nothing else planned. That is so rare for me. I cherish those weekends without an agenda. A book that has been sitting by my bed for a long time is: The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland. I don’t know how long that book had been there, but it wasn’t new. It wasn’t even new when I got it — I often prefer to get used ‘like new’ books. The Passion of Artemisia was one of these.

I didn’t know when I began the book that it would have a theme related to father daughter relationships. Yet there it was.

A great deal has been written about the impact of father-daughter relationships. This book moved me to explore some of the research. Perhaps, I’ll talk about that more in another post.

The name Artemisia fascinates me. I’ve been drawn to Artemis all my life. She’s a strong woman. She represents the Moon as her brother Apollo drives the Sun in his chariot.

The left hand side is a picture of Artemis readying her bow to shoot an arrow. She is golden and standing n a purple mountain top. The right hand side is her brother Apollo in his chariot bringing the sun across the sky.