Signs and Portents

Mercury More Exciting than Mars?

2009-09-07T13:04:00.003-05:00

Wired article about Mercury. It's interesting to think about the physical nature of a planet and compare it symbolically to how we interpret it astrologically.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/messengermercury/

Jupiter in Aquarius

2009-02-28T16:26:00.000-06:00

Are you posting to your peeps on Facebook or MySpace? Pumping up your profile on LinkedIn? Are you 'DIGGing' like my friend Portentious? Is your avatar a popular guy, gal or fuzzy on Second Life? We are in an explosion of 'social networking' whether bookmarking at delicious, posting/discussing videos at youtube or uploading pics on Flickr.

It's not like social networking wasn't around before Jupiter went into Aquarius (1/5/09) but I keep reading that those sites are exploding with new members and there are more articles in the media than ever about their impact. Jupiter expands the arena of whatever sign it's in. Aquarius symbolizes groups, clubs, organizations and that feeling which is sometimes called 'brotherhood.' With Jupiter in Aquarius it feels like a biological imperative that we must be connected.

Are you being stimulated by this Jupiter transit? If you know astrology (and you should!), take a look at your chart to connect the symbols. Or just observe what groups you've joined (online or otherwise) in the past month. Also, what friends have contacted you. And who you have reached out to who you haven't been in touch with lately. Jupiter stays in a sign for approximately one year, so observing the past month (as it applies to 'connecting') will give some clues about the year ahead.

Play Nice

2009-02-22T12:08:00.000-06:00

I just joined digg. You can find news stories I think are interesting here. When you digg a story, it moves up in the ranking and may get more media coverage than in the original news report or blog.

I was motivated to do this by a story about a father who asks his son to obey the Geneva Conventions while playing the video game Call of Duty.

It reminds me of a number of things:

1. That we exist on many levels - physical, astral, causal
2. That what we do on every level affects all the other levels
3. That as people create identities, whether by emphasizing a personality trait in their own physical lives, or by creating an avatar in a video game or virtual world, this affects all levels of our being.
4. Our causal or causitive or divine self, will give us what we ask for.
5. We ask for things by where we put our life energy or what we visualize (over a long period of time, usually).
6. We need to be careful of what we ask for.

Play nice, kids.

Success Metaphor by Yogananda

2009-02-08T10:04:00.000-06:00

Here's a quote by Paramahansa Yogananda from the book How to Be Happy All the Time:

"Men of success are those who have nerve enough to make an indelible blueprint in their minds of whatever they wish to build or produce upon this earth. They then employ as the financiers their creative ability, as the builders their will power, as the carpenters their detailed attention, and as the laborers their mental patience -- and thus materialize their dream."

We need to counteract the images from the media about "the depression." Even just the phrase "the depression" is enough to make me run for a cup of St. John's Wort tea.

Pluto Enters Capricorn

2009-02-07T17:50:00.000-06:00

Pluto enters Capricorn is a short talk with my guru about an important astrological cycle we are currently experiencing.

Digital Television

2009-01-06T22:03:00.000-06:00

With the change to all DTV -- by law -- deadline February 17th, does this mean symbolically that people in the US will begin to see things more clearly?

Learn Astrology

2008-05-25T16:33:00.000-05:00

Learn astrology. It's essential to any person who wants to know what's really going on.

Here's a website with great information on astrology basics:

http://www.astrologywizard.com/learnastro.htm

Book & Writing Quote

2008-04-12T15:30:00.000-05:00

"Any book is a casting of runes, a reading of cards, a map of the
palm and heart. We make up the ocean -- then fall in. But we also
write the life raft." --Erica Jong

I love this quote. From The Written Word:
http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/TheWrittenWordQuotes

2007-07-05T21:07:00.000-05:00

"Our minds are not quite designed to understand how the world works, but, rather, to get out of trouble rapidly and have progeny."

I'm in the middle of reading the book Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. I like him. He's a curmudgeonly writer with some interesting takes on modern life as seen through the eyes of an options trader.

One of the good points that he makes is that certain successes (by people in business) are seen as talent or skill when really they're just in the middle of a hot business cycle (like a lot of the 90's start-ups and people who bought IPOs at that time). That apparently successful person may be broke the next year or at the bottom of the cycle. So what I like is the point that you always have to look at long cycles.

What I disagree with is his theory that it's all random. As a person who has studied various systems of divination, especially astrology, I don't think anything is random. The law of karma is the opposite of randomness.

"A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the information until that point."

I like the quote from his book above. Astrologers as well as the mainstream media do a lot of looking at issues in hindsight and extrapolating that the correct answer surely should have been known from the information at hand when, in truth, we have a lot more information in the present about a situation than in the past. The other side of the discussion, which is my point of view, is that we do have a good deal of information (i.e. astrology, tarot and other means of divination) that are not valued by many and therefore ignored.

Magical Reality

2007-05-28T15:18:00.000-05:00

Are you in line to see the new Harry Potter movie? Or have you pre-bought the book on Amazo n?

We're poised to take that deep dive into fantasy. No one wants to be a muggle. We all suspect that some untapped power is within us.

And it is. Maybe it has nothing to do with wand-waving wizards. Or powerful levitation spells. But the longing for transformation to something more ...

loving
peaceful
connected to the essential goodness of life
to be more healing
creative
connected to the essential oneness of all life ...

... There's powerful magic there, my friends

Change Happens

2007-05-13T11:53:00.000-05:00

"Blacksmiths weeping into their beer about their inability to sell horseshoes in the era of railroads doesn't make horseshoes more popular. Blacksmiths learning how to become auto mechanics on the other hand, puts food on their table." ~~~Cory Doctorow

Change happens. Get over it.

On the other hand, if you could see the future, at least in the sense that a meteorologist forecasts the weather, you could:

1.Prepare: if the weather is rainy, bring an umbrella
2.Plan: If you can tell the weather will be rainy next Tuesday, pick another day for your picnic.
3.Pick: A different attitude. “I enjoy the weather whatever it is."

You can see the future. Even if you don’t ‘believe’ in psychic phenomena, a person who is awake and aware can usually see the handwriting on the wall. Train yourself to be awake and aware.

Love and Truth

2007-05-06T11:36:00.000-05:00

I don’t care if your boyfriend’s coming back to you. Astrology could tell you. I could use astrology to tell you where and when. But I don’t care. And I’m tired of you asking about it.

This is the 21^st century. Haven’t you figured out yet that if you want love in your life, you have to become more loveable? If you want a happy, healthy and sane relationship, you have to become happy, healthy and sane. If you want a mate without baggage, put your duffel bag stuffed full of old hurts and angry emotionality down first.

Astrology is an A+, numero uno way to understand the truth about yourself. But as Jack Nicholson said in A Few Good Men, “You can’t handle the truth.” Handling the truth means you study astrology and look at your chart and say, “Could that be me?” Then what do you do? Do you believe it because it’s written in a book or a teacher speaks it in a class? No! You check it out. Ask a (good) friend. “This astrology book says Leo’s are bossy. Am I like that?” If your (good) friend says something gentle like, “Well, uh, you know, you do tend to like to have things your way,” you’ll know you’re in trouble.

One time I got a phone call from a woman who wanted a reading to find out if her married boyfriend would leave his wife for her. “What do your friends think of the situation?” I asked. You can guess the answer. Her friends had already told her she was an idiot. Doesn’t anyone read Ann Landers or Dear Abby anymore? It’s the same story over and over again. You don’t need an astrologer for this kind of question.

Here are some questions you should answer with astrology. What is the energy of [this aspect] [this planetary placement] [this transit] all about? What can I learn from it? What are the positive attributes of it? What are the negative attributes of it? And, most importantly, how can I use this information to improve my life?

Moon in Virgo

2007-04-26T21:46:00.000-05:00

The moon is in Virgo today. Moon is Virgo is the worst time to go out to eat at a restaurant. You tend to be a picky customer and your stomach (the moon) is more sensitive to allergens and chemical additives. Best restaurant signs for transitting Moon are Taurus and Cancer.

How do you find out the moon sign of the day? Most astrological calendars will show it. Here's an online view.

Here's a friendly view of the moon through the signs by transit.

New Planet Discovered

2007-04-24T20:24:00.000-05:00

This new planet is not in our solar system so the astrologers can't do anything with it yet. I am imagining this lovely pristine planet sans humans that will be lovely and pristine as long as we can't get there. I am totally aware of this primal urge inside me that wants to build condos and a mall there. One scientist says "On the treasure map of the universe, one would be tempted to mark this planet with an X." Allegedly, he's saying it because an earth-like planet is so rare, but I know Donald Trump is already thinking about the perfect spot to put up the tallest building in the galaxy.

Daily News

2007-04-23T15:21:00.000-05:00

I think people should read the newspaper every day.

Meditation

2007-04-23T15:15:00.000-05:00

I think everyone should learn some type of meditation ... and spend time sitting quietly in meditation every day.

Astrology

2007-04-23T15:09:00.000-05:00

I think everyone should learn astrology.