And now, dear readers, you realize why I was so cavalier, even flippant, about Mercury going retrograde in my last post. Yes, a retrograde Mercury can lead to hair-pulling frustration in dealing with scrambled communications or plane flights, among other inconveniences. But to my way of thinking, a planet in retrograde motion which could affect […]
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Astrology can suggest solutions to problems, but not guarantee results. Without directed effort on the person’s part, and thoughtful implementation, solutions won’t be permanent nor have depth enough to satisfy the questioner. Believe in yourself. Use your planets and aspects to infer your life map. Live each year as a better, improved version of your
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“When he who hears doesn’t know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks doesn’t know what he himself means – That is philosophy.” – Voltaire So cocktail party conversation is actually philosophy?
Note: Aristotle didn’t start his own school of philosophy until he was fifty years old. He lived another decade, and throughout his lifetime wrote nearly one thousand books and pamphlets (most of which have been lost through the centuries.) And yet, even the founding father of logic would likely be crushed at these words from
A knife through the heart Read More »
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci And in today’s odd world, perhaps da Vinci’s philosophy applies to all of us as we stay home for the duration.
“You will be what you will to be; Let failure find its false content In that poor word, ‘environment,’But spirit scorns it, and is free. “It masters time, it conquers space; It cowes that boastful trickster, Chance, And bids the tyrant CircumstanceUncrown, and fill a servant’s place. “The human Will, that force unseen, The offspring