For November 2007

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22)

You may, for the moment, not quite understand where a certain person is coming from or the agreements they need to live by, but you do seem destined to find out. You also have a sense that they speak for a hidden dimension of yourself that you wish would be more directly available, but different people around us always give voices to different aspects of our psyche. In any event, he or she has adopted a viewpoint that on one level seems unusual and on another level involves exploring the most basic questions of relationship. Here is the central difference between you: for them, the experiment is the central reward. For you, there is beauty in the secondary reward or recognition. What you have in common is that you are both obsessed with living in an elegant way. The beauty factor is essential, and there is beauty both in balance and in the process of working out the adjustments and chemistry that lead to balance. Then comes that mysterious moment when something that has been created takes on a life and message of its own.

--- Planet Waves Monthly

New Moon - 20:03

New Moon in Scorpio Friday, November 9, 3:03 pm PST, Thursday, 6:03 pm EST

The intense emotional force of the Scorpio New Moon usually drives feelings deep inside to scoop up pieces of the past and re-examine them in light of current circumstances. This time, supportive trines to the Sun-Moon conjunction from active Mars and revolutionary Uranus provide powerful motivation for letting go of old wounds, uncovering hidden resources, and applying them in new and different ways. Freedom from chronic emotional pain comes by following intuition and moving forward, rather than looking back and being mired in disappointment. Mystical Neptune's square adds a spiritual dimension that increases the capacity to forgive yourself and others.

--- StarIQ.com New Moon Report, November 9, 2007 - by Jeff Jawer

"Reiki Ideals" I

Just for today, I will let go of anger
Just for today, I will let go of worry
Just for today, I will give thanks for many blessings
Just for today, I will work honestly
Just for today, I will be kind to my neighbor and every living thing.

— "Reiki Ideals", Takata

Mark Twain

"Don't let your schoolin' get in the way of your learnin'."

— Mark Twain

"Amor Bandeira"

I wrote this inspired by a friend in love, thinking of her love/r,
so far away yet so close:

O amor que contagia,

que dá bandeira... bandeiras

coloridas,

transparentes,

na luz que brilha sempre

neste momento sem tempo,

sempre sol sempre

em dia de chuva.

— © 2007 K. S. (that's me!)

Note: will try to translate someday!

The Quicksand of the Universe

"Star IQ's heads up on the day gave me a rueful chuckle:'Meanwhile, Venus forms a semisquare with the Sun, making us aware of how often relationships fall short of our expectations.' In my experience, expectation is the quicksand of the universe -- it will suck you down until you take your last despondent gasp. All hurt feelings seem to originate in that shifting, impossibly dense sandpit of ego-need. When we insist on something from another, we are coming from a place of self-interest; approaching another with our authentic feelings and desires is not the same as projecting our needs onto someone else to fulfill -- that's pretty much a contract for unhappiness, leading to manipulation, resentment, punishment and disappointment. Why is it that we think someone else can give us what we can't find within ourselves? The concept that has helped me grab a twisted vine and pull myself out of this kind of danger goes like this -- it is as much an error to take offense as it is to give it. Whatever has wounded you, blow it off, don't personalize it...and live to overreact another day.

Reviewing our expectations in relationships takes maturity and self-reflection, and in some cases, may be a deal breaker. It may be "time" to leave some old acquaintance behind. I'm talking about the kinds of relationships that are abusive, of course -- or the ones that are toxic to us. Be careful to properly assess that second, though...there is a difference between "finished" and "toxic." There appears to be a growing need within the human family to find our "tribe" -- and that's not a sociopolitical statement as much as a spiritual one. Last week's article prompted a reader to write in that the "I love you, but..." dynamic had brought her family into a kind of standoff from one another; they've found that time spent together has become too painful to tolerate. I'd suggest that you will find such a challenge in most every family in these quickly changing days."

— Judith Gayle in Political Waves at Planet Waves

Hear my roar!

Found this cutie whilst wandering the web, in the comments of this excelent blog about drawing/illustration/art: Illustration Art
 

Virgo and Chiron

Imagine Chiron's orbit piercing the ego-boundary of Saturn. It plunges into our reality like the comet that it is, often guiding, prodding or stunning us to awareness -- always gently first, then in escalating degrees. Like Virgo and the 6th house, Chiron brings the message be here now. Stand in your true nature. Be who you are. Remember that you are part of nature and cannot escape from it. For those accustomed to living a life of escape and diversion, this is not always a pleasant message, but ultimately it both sets us free, and leaves us free to do what we came to the Earth to do.
--- excerpt, Virgo: Before and After Chiron, Eric Francis 2004

Friends

From a friend!

Friends
You and I are friends....
You get happy, I get happy...
You get sad, I get sad...
Please... GET RICH!!!

Battle of the Blog

Uffffpphhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Setting up a new blog... and for hubby!
First, tried a it as a site at freewebs. But there, although a good service, one cannot change anything of the templates; so, not for me!

Therefore, falling back to Blogger.

Buddhist Thought of the Day:

"This is the way of peace:
Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love."

— Peace Pilgrim

Strange Bedfellows (2004 film)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Strange Bedfellows is a 2004 Australian film starring Paul Hogan and Michael Caton as heterosexual men who pass themselves off as a homosexual couple in order to get financial benefits from the government. A very similar plot was later used in the American film I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.

We saw the remake Saturday night. I laughed alot: the gags elevated to the riduculous, some excellent.
I do prefer, though, Paul Hogan's original.

The Age of Dejá Vù

My God!!! Isn't this the dejá vù age, or what?????

First : "The Unauthorized Invasive War, the Sequel"

Now, just like the old times "Smoking is Actually Good for You!!!"... don't know which chapter in this tragedy series we're already at:

Medical microchip for people may cause cancer
Company didn't tell public of decade-old studies tying device to rat tumors

New Moon in Virgo

--- StarIQ
Tuesday, September 11, [09h44 aqui; 12:44 GMT]

This New Moon in Virgo is an explosive Solar Eclipse opposed by electric Uranus while assertive Mars and expansive Jupiter form tense right angle squares to the Sun-Moon conjunction. Nerves are easily rattled by surprising events and pressure builds if we try to keep the lid on a situation that is bound to change. This is earthquake energy that will release unresolved tension hidden below the surface.
Volatility in personal matters or worldly events is best met with faith, forgiveness and imagination, as the integrating North Node in Pisces shows that the way to fulfillment is through spirit, not matter.

Hard Times

A Wrinkle in Time

‘Wrinkle in Time’ author L'Engle dies at 88

When I read the title of the article (linked above), I rememebered right off the bat the name of the author, Madeleine — something a bit remarkable nowadays with my memory usually soooo bad.

Together with the name, a flood of girlhood memories, of being immersed in books, and this one of my favorites.

And it's funny, because just the other day, the image of the scientist mother cooking dinner in her lab, much to the dismay of some of her family, came to mind, and I was trying to remember from which book it came...

Some mornings...

"Some mornings, its just not worth

chewing through the leather straps."

— Enio Phillips

"Men are from earth.
Women are from earth.
Deal with it."

From the excellent font site, Font Garden. (I'm totally hooked on fonts!)
Fonts AND humor, good things in life!

Oh, my Saturn!

Saturn changed signs over the weekend - your forecast today looks at what that means for your sign - read it, mull it over and see if you can act on it. Saturn is a demanding planet but the rewards he brings for good behaviour last and last.

SAGITTARIUS: WHAT SATURN IN VIRGO MEANS FOR YOU
It's your responsibility to... be a success!
Wherever Saturn goes, lessons follow. Now Saturn is hanging out in your solar work success? zone offering you the chance to define and forge ahead in your working life if you know that you need to. Saturn can bring fear and if he does, he challenges you to rise above that fear. Are there aspects of your public and professional life that have you worried? If that's the case, Saturn's objective is to remind you that it's hard work which brings rewards.
This is a year when you realise that you only need to take one step at a time in order to climb the career ladder. And one where you realise that it's the effort you put into your work which bring the rewards you crave. But don't be duped into working just to maintain a lifestyle. Try and look to your work for professional satisfaction as well as financial rewards. Saturn in this part of your chart can urge you to out do your past efforts to help you get ahead.
--- Yasmin Boland

The Skies They Are A'Changin'....

The Skies They Are A'Changin'....
There is SO much going on in the skies right now, it's hard to know what to mention first! We are about to go into the eclipse season with the Lunar (Full Moon) Eclipse on Tuesday, followed by the move of Saturn from Leo to Virgo, and then the New Moon (Solar) Eclipse on September 11, if you don't mind.
Of course it will affect everyone differently but it could be summed up by saying that there will be brakes going on and brakes going off in different parts of our lives. Something starting and something ending. A lot of room for change. Stay tuned and ask God and Goddess to help you want the right things for you.

--- from Yasmin Boland