Beer for inspiration?

Neptune (Dionysus) – the wine maker

Artists throughout history have claimed that alcohol can boost creativity and trigger flights of productivity. Now a new study has proved that their assertions are not just wishful drinking. Downing a pint of beer for men, or around 350ml for women, boosted test scores in 132 men and women who were given a range of creative tasks. In one word association test, alcohol increased test scores by around 40 per cent.  Aug. 8 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/08/08/struggling-inspiration-pint-beer-could-release-creative-block/

Researchers at Austria’s University of Graz found that having a pint actually improves creative function and helps stressed bodies ease into a more relaxed state. The news comes to us at the Full Moon eclipse which is placed very significantly on the horizon axis at Graz.  The eclipse luminaries are anchored to the Poseidon-Neptune trine.

The TNP Poseidon is linked to inspiration and illumination.  Ken Johnson and Ariel Gutman, in their book Mythic Astrology, make a strong case that the astrological Neptune’s secondary archetype is Dionysus.  Dionysus was god of wine and ecstasy. Put together Poseidon-Neptune is referring to inspiration that can come from alcohol.