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Andrew B. Watt
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astrologer, artist, and poet operating from http://www.andrewbwatt.com — that's the best place to reach out to me.
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(Patreon members only) The first poem in a series of 144 sonnets describing the Dodeks of the Zodiac. This one is for Leo of Virgo, 27°30'-29°59'.

https://andrewbwatt.com/2025/09/23/dodekatemoria-leo-of-virgo/
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September 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Starting the process of painting the chest.
Painting tools rest on a wooden work table next to an unpainted wooden surface. There is a Bonne Maman jam jar, with water in it; a small metal cup filled with milk, paint powder; a brush, and a little bit of tape. Outdoor greenery is visible in the background. A painted wooden board in a pale federal, resting on a wooden work table outside on my work table or painting tools: a paint jar, a brush, and a roll with blue tape
September 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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The chest fully assembled, and with the lid closed moments after assembling the finished case.
A Dutch style tool chest rests on top of a wooden work table that sits on sawhorses. There is a wooden mallet on the table next to the chest. The chest lid is down, demonstrating that it can be used as a book rest. The greenery of the outdoors is visible in the background.
September 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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the chest lid in clamps so that the glue can dry and hold the edges of the two boards together.
Two wooden clamps hold two boards together edge to edge using a set of graduated pegs and wedges. The assembly leads against a pair of wooden saw horses. Two wooden clamps hold two boards together edge to edge using a set of graduated pegs and wedges. The assembly leads against a pair of wooden saw horses
September 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Scenes from the construction of a #dutchtoolchest — planing the boards that will become the lid
A series of wooden and metal clamps hold two boards together, so that the two edges can be planed flat.
September 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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(Patreon members $3 and up only) — how I went about adding a back to my Dutch tool chest... and how I did it wrong and had to fix it.

https://andrewbwatt.com/2025/09/12/wood-chest-back/
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September 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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My second-ish embroidery project is in honor of the magical rite I designed, a gratitude process lasting 56 days following a Venus-Jupiter conjunction, “the days of cedar and rose.” I just washed the starch paper out of the embroidery so it can dry tonite; my 2nd try at a cedar and rose mandala.
Embroidery project, showing a circular border around a field, with 3 roses at the middle, surrounded by pink French knot rosebuds, 3 green leaves, and 3 cedar branches. The project is wet and appears to be drying after the removal or washing-away of starch paper (which probably had the printed design on it).
September 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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The Sun is in the last 10° of Cancer from July 11 to July 22, 2025. Here's horoscopes and lore connected with this season and time of year. It's also a personal milestone, as I complete six years of writing astrology forecasts…

https://andrewbwatt.com/2025/07/08/cancer-iii-sun-an-overflowing-cup/
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July 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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This post is for Patreon members only, but if you've found my content helpful before, this might be a good time to sign up. Free members also count.

https://andrewbwatt.com/2025/07/04/uranus-ingress-2025/
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July 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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I lightened this one up a lot. Puffy waistcoat in high contrast color. Huge scarf. Drop crotch pants with sloppy pleats. Shoes with a bit of a chunky sole. A sort of slouchy waist length coat with sleeves partially covering the hands.
May 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Card based poetry for 19 May 2025

Two cards:
- trouble can attack from any angle;
But rash acts won’t solve the current wrangle.

Three cards:
- fear of challenge — not same as “fight!”
Don’t rush to solve — problems not yours;
Review, delay — choose inertia.
Two reversed cards from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, the seven of wands and the knight of swords. The seven of wands shows a man on a high place with a staff, beating off six unseen foes, below them with staffs of their own. The night of swords shows a man on horse back in armor wielding a sword as he rides on into the wind Three reversed cards from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, the seven of wands and the knight of swords, and the knight of pentacles. The seven of wands shows a man on a high place with a staff, beating off six unseen foes, below them with staffs of their own. The night of swords shows a man on horse back in armor wielding a sword as he rides on into the wind. The knight of pentacles shows a man in armor on the back of a black horse contemplating a pentacle in his hand; the sky around him is yellow.
May 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Card based poetry for 18 May 2025
Ridea-Waite-Smith, obvi

Two cards:
make fair accommodations to your plans,
the limber mind attracts both wealth and fans.

Three cards
- frugal habits — generous heart
bring growth of wealth — in changing times
end your work well — good work at speed.
Two cards spread from the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck: temperance, and the wheel of Fortune reversed. Temperance. An angel pouring water from one cup to another while the sun sets in the background; a road lines from the water where the angel is standing to the distant mountains, while lilies grow under the angel’s left hand. The wheel of Fortune shows an orange wheel surmounted by a sphinx, a snake, and an Anubis figure, appearing in the clouds; the four cherubim of an Angel, an eagle, a bull and a lion stand on the clouds in the corners of the card. Three cards spread from the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck: temperance, and the wheel of Fortune reversed, and the three of cups reversed.Temperance. An angel pouring water from one cup to another while the sun sets in the background; a road lines from the water where the angel is standing to the distant mountains, while lilies grow under the angel’s left hand. The wheel of Fortune shows an orange wheel surmounted by a sphinx, a snake, and an Anubis figure, appearing in the clouds; the four cherubim of an Angel, an eagle, a bull and a lion stand on the clouds in the corners of the card. In the three of cups, three women lift their cups into the air, toasting one another, and dancing together.
May 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Tarot card based Poetry for17 May 2025

Two cards:
- many come at you in many a way,
but a life of wisdom keeps them at bay.

Three cards:
- challengers come — the fights are real;
the artisan — knowing their craeft
just does the work — at their best speed.
Two tarot cards from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, the seven of wands and the hanged man. In the seven of wands, a man with a staff stands on a high place, while six staffs are thrust up at him from below. In the hanged man, a man hangs upside down, suspended by one leg, with his other leg tucked behind his knee. He wears a blue tunic and a golden halo surrounds his blonde head. His hands appear to be tied behind his back. Three tarot cards from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, the seven of wands and the hanged man, and the 8 of wands. In the seven of wands, a man with a staff stands on a high place, while six staffs are thrust up at him from below. In the hanged man, a man hangs upside down, suspended by one leg, with his other leg tucked behind his knee. He wears a blue tunic and a golden halo surrounds his blonde head. His hands appear to be tied behind his back. In the eight of wands, eight stabs fly through the air, on the second half of their arc, headed toward the ground somewhere in the distance off the right side of the card. A river is visible in the background, and beyond the river, a hill with a house upon it. Most of the card is sky blue.
May 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Card-based poetry for 15 May 2025
Deck is Rider-Waite-Smith

Two cards:
- a time of respite and brief ease arrives,
but plan to deal with material drives.

Three cards
- ground staked and held — no need to grow;
plan the working — and work on the plan;
be of good cheer — at ease but armed.
Two tarot cards from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, Three of wands and Two of pentacles both reversed. The three wands shows a man in beautiful clothes facing away from us against a yellow sky, standing in the triangle created by three vertical staffs planted in the ground. The two of pentacles shows a juggler balancing two pentacles inside of a figure figure 8 ribbon, one in each hand, with a tall Florentine red hat on his head. Three tarot cards from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, Three of wands and Two of pentacles both reversed; followed by the two of swords upright. The three wands shows a man in beautiful clothes facing away from us against a yellow sky, standing in the triangle created by three vertical staffs planted in the ground. The two of pentacles shows a juggler balancing two pentacles inside of a figure figure 8 ribbon, one in each hand, with a tall Florentine red hat on his head. The two of swords shows a woman seated on a chair in front of a harbor or body of water, wearing a blindfold, and with two swords in her hands with her hands crossed across her chest. She is wearing a white dress.
May 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Card based poetry for 14 May 2025
Deck is Rider-Waite-Smith, obvi.

Two:
more of the same emotional dunnage:
you won’t find peace if you stay to rummage.

Three:
look to the past — all the same stuff;
find other stars — to steer your craft;
fresh aptitudes — powers pending.
Two Tarot cards from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, showing the four of cups and the six of swords. The 4-cups card shows a young man in Renaissance costume seated under a tree with three cups on the ground in front of him; a magical hand emerges from a cloud to give him a fourth cup. The 6-swords card shows a man poling a boat toward a distant shore; in the bow are six swords with their hilts in the air, while a woman and child sit on the thwart of the boat between him and the swords. All their backs are turned to us; we cannot see their faces. Three Tarot cards from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, showing the four of cups and the six of swords, and the 10 of swords reversed. The 4-cups card shows a young man in Renaissance costume seated under a tree with three cups on the ground in front of him; a magical hand emerges from a cloud to give him a fourth cup. The 6-swords card shows a man poling a boat toward a distant shore; in the bow are six swords with their hilts in the air, while a woman and child sit on the thwart of the boat between him and the swords. All their backs are turned to us; we cannot see their faces. The ten of swords is upside down. If it were right-side-up, we would see a man in an orange coat and red cloak with a white shirt, lying face down in a pool of blood. Ten swords are planted in his back. The sky overhead is black and stormy, but clear blue sky is visible I the distance.
May 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Deck is Robert M. Place's "Tarot of the Sevenfold Mystery."

2 cards
- By Night restored, bringing both hounds to heel,
play is delayed for sake of common weal.

3 cards
- play, ease and rest — flesh, mind sated;
now mount the day — eager to act:
gifts retracted — honors reversed.
Two cards from Robert M Place's Tarot of the Sevenfold Mystery: one shows the Moon as a mermaid representing reason, with two mer-dogs, one representing Appetite and one Will. The second card is Psyche, also known as the Chariot, where Reason is now the Charioteer and the mer-dogs are transformed into horses that pull the chariot. Three cards from Robert M Place's Tarot of the Sevenfold Mystery: one shows the Moon as a mermaid representing reason, with two mer-dogs, one representing Appetite and one Will. The second card is Psyche, also known as the Chariot, where Reason is now the Charioteer and the mer-dogs are transformed into horses that pull the chariot. A third card shows three wands or staffs on fire, and a man in a boat filled with flowers and fruit polling it along with a t-shaped staff; this third card is reversed.
May 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Cards for 12 May 2025:

two cards, hanged man reversed and page of wands:
- best practice is undone by selfish deeds
but messages come which tend to your needs.

Three cards:
- hanging around — without good plans
waiting for notes — that bring swift change
worried for coin — wealth scattered, lost.
Two cards from the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck: the hanged man reversed on the left, and the page of wands on the right. On a rattan or woven mat background. Three cards from the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck: the hanged man reversed on the left, the page of wands in the middle, and the 7 of pentacles reversed on the right. On a rattan or woven mat background.
May 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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I was looking through a fabric bin for a project, and found part of a prototype for a Thema Mundi banner. I guess a gotta finish this next/now whole waiting for the rain to let up. (Forgot to add alt text, so deleted and reposted this with alt text)
A partially assembled fabric wheel consisting of 12 sections of different colors radiating from a central circle. The circle depicts the pole star constellations of the big and little dippers.
May 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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I like the serif one. My preferred typeface style for print/PDF is Bodoni 72 Oldstyle (shown) but I get feedback: people wanted me to use Palatino or Garamond for readability (Also, US gov't docs used Garamond for a while because it saved the US printing office $500 mil/year in printing costs.)
Text post to demonstrate a font style, using Bodoni 72 Oldstyle and Bodoni 72 SmallCaps. Text reads Consecration of a Knife by Andrew B. Watt Fire within Earth, eats Air, battles Water! Ore, brutalized, melts down, becomes daughter –
 boulder to powder, iron, frightful soldier: 
 bane of foul spirits, true knife, daemon holder!
 pride of the magus, bright edge, mind’s defender;
 blocks evil hexes, turns them, back to sender!
 Star-metal well-forged, tempered, sharp and honed fine 
by skill of mortals, made well, now made divine! In italics at the bottom: (written in an approximation of the Tristubh meter used 
in Vedic & later Indian sacred texts like the Mahabharata:
 xxxxx,| xx | — v — x )
May 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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A friend of mine introduced me to a new meter today, the Tristubh from early/Vedic India. I'm an Iambic Pentameter guy myself, but... even with just my first few experiments in the meter, color me deeply impressed. This metrical pattern has some serious chops… as well it should, given its origins.
Consecration of a Knife by Andrew B. Watt Fire within Earth, eats Air, battles Water! Ore, brutalized, melts down, becomes daughter –
boulder to powder, iron, frightful soldier: 
bane of foul spirits, true knife, daemon holder!
pride of the magus, bright edge, mind’s defender;
blocks evil hexes, turns them, back to sender!
Star-metal well-forged, tempered, sharp and honed fine
by skill of mortals, made well, now made divine! written in an approximation of the Tristubh meter used 
in Vedic & later Indian sacred texts like the Mahabharata:
 xxxxx,| xx | — v — x
May 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Dovetails on both boards cut out, and trimmed. Next step — cutting the pins on the bottom of the case.
Two wooden (pine) boards leaning against one another, with a row of dovetails cut out of each board along one edge. A row of dovetails cut in a wooden board, with hammers, mallets and chisels lying in the workbench in front of the board.
April 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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My woodworking space is outside under our deck, and setting it up requires good weather. Today’s job, cutting dovetails for a Dutch tool chest.
My woodworking setup: Roman-style low workbench at left, tool chest at right, saw bench and Saw bent in the back center. Dovetails are called that because a row of them looks like the tails of birds. These are marked in pencil. The x sections will be cut out and trimmed. Board held down to the low Roman workbench by a wrought iron device called a holdfast. The first dovetail cut out.
April 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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@newmanasemics.bsky.social here’s my attempt. But I don’t think it feels nearly so laden with meaning as your various works. Bravo, to you. I doubt I’m going to be able to do this again.
Sample of asemic writing (something that looks like writing, but isn’t) by Andrew B Watt
April 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Here’s one of my books of poetry THE SUN’S PACES, used to train AI. And one of the roleplaying books I worked on for EXALTED, for #whitewolfgamesystems — does the world need a digital poet? — a digital game master?
March 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM