Thanks for the interesting thoughts.
If we are relating the planets to the Golden Dawn system though, it is interesting to consider how that impacts with the southern hemisphere. To be honest, most of it works just fine. I have managed to reconcile the zodiac to the southern seasons well enough. I'm also finding that taking the emphasis off the zodiac is a great help. The big issue I had with the GD associations was with the Princesses. So what I came up with was this...
In the northern hemisphere the Princess rules a quadrant which links to a season ie. Princess of Wands rules Cancer, Leo and Virgo. Leo, being the fixed fire sign is in the centre. If we were to do the opposite down here then the Princess of Wands would rule Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces....which contain no fire signs at all. This just didn't work for me so, rather than focusing on the seasons changing at the Equinoxes and Solstices, I chose to use the calendar dates of 1 September for Spring, 1 December for Summer, 1 March for Autumn and 1 June for Winter. This way, the Princesses rule the seasons based on the Mutable signs, rather than fixed as follows:
Spring begins during Virgo (which makes a lot of sense to me anyway) and includes Libra and Scorpio.
Summer begins during Sagittarius and includes Capricorn and Aquarius.
Autumn begins in Pisces (a time to turn inwards) and includes Aries and Taurus.
Winter Beings during Gemini and includes Cancer and Leo.
This way the elements make more sense....well, to me anyway. It's also interesting to note that here in Brisbane our seasons are quite different to the traditional four seasons. As an example it's now mid August, still officially winter, but today is supposed to be 26 Celsius and sunny and tomorrow is supposed to be 29. This has been rather a warm winter, but our winters are usually pretty short! Anyway, it sure feels like spring to me. If we wait until the equinox at the end of September the spring cleaning will be all over and we'll be at the beach
Anyway, just my crazy ramblings on a Sunday morning. I'd better go and start that spring cleaning.
ETA..I know this whole idea of adapting the northern hemisphere system may seem crazy to some people, and you may wonder why I don't just create my own system, or forget it altogether. I have great respect for the cultural heritage of indigenous Australians, but I think for me it's about the fact that my heritage is British and, only a few generations ago, my ancestors were living in the northern hemisphere. I know I'm not living there now, but for me personally, I feel a connection to that system and making it 'fit' my current geographic location is a big part of my identity, ie. an Australian of British heritage. Hope that makes sense. Ok, back to the cleaning
