High in the Andean mountains, where clouds veil the world below and condors ride the wind, sits a sanctuary of stone: Machu Picchu.

There is a place in the green hills of Somerset where myth, magic, and mystery converge. Among its many treasures, three places stand as luminous thresholds: the Tor, the White Spring, and the Chalice Well Gardens. Each one offers its own initiation, its own mystery, its own sacred medicine.

The Lion’s Gate stands at the entrance of the citadel of Mycenae, home to Agamemnon, Menelaus’s brother, and commander of the Greek army in the Trojan War. The lions above the entrance are often interpreted as symbols of royal power, but to the astrologer, they are far more than that.