And now we’ll continue to pretend that these last few weeks have been just as usual; reading the paper or browsing for a book on a quiet afternoon, with no weather drama or outages of power, water, whatever … Let’s go on to our self-gifting topic and begin the second half of my column with […]
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Image from Project Gutenberg Were you some of the unfortunate people who experienced bitter cold, howling winds and snow beyond belief? If so, I hope some semblance of normalcy has returned to you and your residence. As for my abode, the local internet provider was storm-struck, the water froze and power went out for luckily
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This year grows short. But New Year’s Eve, nor New Year’s Day has never seemed the right time for me to set forth goals for the coming year. Perhaps you have somewhat the same view. I prefer to catch a quiet hour, somewhere in the week between the major celebrations of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa
Are you the pull-every-decoration-down -from-the-attic type of person or one who puts a foil-wrapped chocolate Santa on the breakfast table and considers that adequate in the ornamentation department? Not sure? Well, of course I’d advise you to go to your Sun Sign description to determine your style, so let’s pursue that line of thought immediately.
A brief explanation of my absence from my posts for several weeks: a runaway baggage cart at the airport decided to run full tilt into me and thereby toss me into the carousel for retrieving luggage. It was a maneuver worthy of the running of the bulls in Spain, an event in which I have
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“The celestial bodies are the cause of all that takes place in the sublunar world.” – Thomas Aquinas So we rub shoulders with one of the most learned and educated minds of previous centuries as we ponder our own Natal Chart. – MZ #MadameZombra
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“Astrology is one of the most ancient Sciences, held in high esteem of old, by the Wise and the Great. Formerly, no Prince would make War or Peace, nor any General fight in Battle, in short, no important affair was undertaken without first consulting an Astrologer.” – Benjamin Franklin Those were the days. – MZ
The original retrograde list was almost as long as a grocery list; however, some of the retreating planets on that list have shifted back to normalcy now, and we’ll consider the rest of the stubborn planets in this blog. Mars went retrograde just last week, on October 30, to be exact. And the pugnacious planet
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of mice and men, and astrologers, oft gang agley. (Archaic Scottish spelling is not my forte; sorry, dear readers.) And I also owe all of you another apology for not posting on this last Friday. Suffice it to say that a Triple Monday, or the Moon itself going retrograde (no, don’t be concerned – it
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Ah, at last a retrograde planet whose regression will be over shortly – in fact, in only two days Saturn will return to forward motion in Aquarius, on October 23, 2022. That should be a cheering note, especially for the four signs who’ve been most affected by this transit: Aquarius (of course), Taurus, Leo and
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