Beyond this village, other villages; beyond this abbey, other abbeys; and after the fortress, more fortresses still. And each of these castles of stone and each wooden hut has its structure of fixed ideas or flimsy, ill-based opinions superposed above it within which fools stay immured, but the wise find apertures for escape.
Marguerite Yourcenar, born on 8 June 1903, French writer, Sun in Gemini, Moon in Scorpio, Ascendant in Leo († 1987)
Andrew Weil, MD, born June 8, 1942, American celebrity doctor who is a physician, author, spokesperson, and broadly described “guru” of the alternative medical brands: holistic health and integrative medicine, whose names also constitute an emerging brand of healthcare services and products in these fields. His writings on the relationships between human consciousness, culture, healing, and drug experience appeared in regular contributions to High Times magazine (1975-1983), and in book-length works (The Natural Mind, 1972; The Marriage of Sun and Moon, 1980; From Chocolate to Morphine, 1983).
John Godolphin Bennett (8 June 1897 – 13 December 1974) British mathematician, scientist, technologist, industrial research director, and author, best known for his books on psychology and spirituality, particularly on the teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff