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Someone wrote privately to ask how the soldier is faring with Mars retrograde in Cancer, hitting his chart hard…

“It’s like someone blew one of those bugles, P. A silent one. You know those big long bugles in the Ricola commercials?”

“Yeah.”

“‘Cept this one is the moron bugle. You blow and all the stupid people come out. Because there are morons everywhere. There are stupid people out in droves. Morons just as far as the eye can see. But never mind that. How’s your movie coming?” he asked meaning the interactive tv thing.”

“Not live yet, but I did make a video. It’s called predators of the zodiac and I’m pretty proud of it. I like the title, it’s going to be a series.”

“Did you say, critters of the zodiac?” he asked. “Critters?”

“No, predators. PREDATORS of the zodiac.”

“Oh, I thought you said critters.”

“Yeah, but that’s because someone blew that stupid bugle. But anyway, no it’s not critter’s it is predators.”

“Okay. Well you could do critters of the zodiac too. I guess that’d be the Ellie May Clampett approach.”

I snorted and got the off the phone. He’s moving sluggish and I don’t want to catch it.

Rhonda writes on the Liars In The Zodiac blog:

“Keeping secrets is a survival mechanism for the id.”

Interesting. I am only partly aware of why I keep so much from the soldier. If I told you my reasons they would be valid but they would also be surface like the tip of the iceberg. And I don’t think I am going to have time this lifetime to visit this at any depth but I can tell you this: The things I keep from him are strange and I keep them from him and only him.

Now this is a Venus Neptune thing - I conceal my tastes from him. I never pick a movie for example. We watch his movies only (80% war and 20% love stories). He would be happy to watch any movie I’d choose but I refuse to choose a movie for what it would reveal.

In contrast, my ex, the AMF and I would watch movies all the time. We’d see two or three a week at least and I would pick virtually every one of them. Go figure.

Continue reading Liars In The Zodiac Redux: What Type Things Do You Conceal Or Keep Secret And Why?

I woke up this morning to a mail from HQ who said he could / would embed the live TV thing in my blog this morning, if I wanted to do a live show today. I thought it was kind of funny seeing as I have no idea how to do a live show… or much idea what that is. However I pride myself (Leo) on being game so the only possible answer was this one: “Okay”.

I am going to the gym this morning and will hope for divine guidance, but meantime anyone have any ideas what you would like to talk about? I am pretty sure, I will be talking on camera and you will be able to interact via chat. Eventually if you have a camera, you will be able to be on camera with me / split screen live. Does that sound cool or what?

Anyway, what should today’s show be about?? Be nice if you guys had some suggestions because I have enough to worry about, namely my hair.

Dear Aquarian,

Your question is enormously interesting because while it seems on the surface this problem is due to your husband, the situation you describe shows up in your chart very distinctly… which means if you leave him you are very likely to find yourself in a similar circumstance one way or the other. Not that there isn’t hope. There is always hope but there is little hope that waiting on him to resolve is going to produce results. Not when it’s in your chart, see.

So here’s the astrology:

You have Mars (sex) in Aquarius (detached, unusual) opposed by Saturn (restriction). And with the opposition it appears it is the fault of the other person but it will always be the fault of the other person. What I mean is that this will set up for you over and over and over until you take responsibility (Saturn) for your sexual health and happiness. And in this case, since he either can’t or won’t get an erection, you be best served to get yourself a dildo and take it to bed with you, with or without him.

Since you can’t see yourself without him, I would say take it to bed with him and tell him, “this is what we’re going to do.” And if this sounds shocking to you, that’s good. If you are afraid to do this, that is also good because it is your authentic energy.

Aquarius shocks and Saturn is scared. Anecdote is to face your fear. The anecdote is to expand rather than restrict. So just think about this with your Aquarian intellect. You show up in bed with a replacement dick… taking responsibility for the lack and what’s he going to do? Something different, right?

I know you’re scared but Mars is a hero, see. So as long as you do nothing you are going to suffer but if you will do something brave and heroic I really don’t think you can go wrong.

Good luck.

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“I don’t think you could survive without wandering,” I told the soldier. “I think this is part of you the same way a person’s hair grows in a certain direction.”

“Well you’re still going to love me, aren’t you, P?”

“Of course. Yes of course. In fact it occurred to me this is why you want to get that burrito. You know the burro you talk about riding around? I think you want that burro so he can wander you. You think you’re going to go blind and you know for sure you are going to get old if you don’t die so you’re going to set yourself up. Have a burro that can wander you around.” Continue reading What About The Wandering Gene? Do You Have One?

“You think I am afraid of you?” I asked the soldier.

“Yeah, sometimes I think you’re afraid to tell me things. I don’t know why since you can kick my ass.”

“Is that you telling me you are going to lie about me beating you leg wrestling? Are you going to lie about that?”

“Depends on who’s there, I guess.”

I laughed. ‘You have those skinny legs.”

“I know and I’m embarrassed of them. And your legs… well they are something else.”

“Well lie if you must, I was there. And there are things I am afraid to tell you.”

“I know.”

“Why do you think that is?”

“It’s just how you are.”

“Yeah. Yeah it is. I pretty much hide everything I can from you.”

“I know you do.”

“I’m glad you know and I glad it’s not a problem because I am bound to keep doing it.”

“I know, and no it’s not a problem. You just keep being, P.”

Is this lying by omission? How forthcoming are you?

Indigo of the Top 10 site emailed today to let me know that my baby, The Top 10 Sources Of Astrology News is currently the number 4 most popular page on the site. This is thrilling! And ironically I was thinking about it at the gym before I got home and got the mail and thought I would ask the astrology bloggers out there to send me links to some of their favorite blogs, written in the past.

Thing with blogging is the articles tend to get lost a month after they are written. For example, I would estimate only 10% of my blog is indexed by google which makes most my work pretty much inaccessible. And I am working hard to keep that page varied and interesting and it would help me to have a cache of things to link to so please accept my invitation to put together a collection of links to your stuff and fire it off in an email.

For astrologers who don’t keep a blog, as always your suggestions for articles that would be appropriate on the page are always welcome and appreciated. And for people who just like to read astrology-themed content, you are also welcome to make suggestions (There is an email link on the page)

If you missed the last update, I want to mention again that Astrology News is now included as a source for Google news so we are really making headway. Matter of fact, at the moment we are even more popular than Britney Spears over there so something is going right.

Thank you and hearty congrats to everyone who has contributed!

Here’s my (most recent) rant on state of publishing, gossip etc. - Jupiter And Pluto Leaving Sagittarius For Capricorn: The Paparazzi, George Clooney, Dead Babies, Cocaine And The Shadow Side

Seems Stephen King has similar feelings on the situation - From Time.com : Q&A - Talking with Stephen King

Here are some quotes:

“You guys are just covering - what do they call it - the scream of the peacock, and you’re missing the whole fox hunt.” Like waterboarding [or] where all the money went that we poured into Iraq. It just seems to disappear. And yet you get this coverage of who’s gonna get custody of Britney’s kids? Whether or not Lindsay drank at her twenty-first birthday party, and all this other shit.”

and

“I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy. We’ve switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that’s really entertainment-based. I mean, I know people who can tell you who won the last four seasons on American Idol and they don’t know who their f—— Representatives are.”

Plenty more where that came from -> Stephen King on Time.com

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I track the price of gold and have for many years. Today I read that gold was connected to the Galactic Center… I have no expertise in this area but it prompted me to research and I came across this old thread on Kitco.com - the premier site for gold bugs (like me). Astrology and Gold

Here is another thread from a different forum:

LT Astrological Look Out Below, Astronomy on Charts

And then there is this:

Precious Metals Bull Market until 2006-7?

Gold is currently near it’s all time high of $850 per ounce in 1980 but if that figure were adjusted for inflation it would be about $2145 an ounce per this chart - Inflation-Adjusted Gold Price - 1915-2007

Anyone have anything they can add? In what direction do you think the price of gold is headed and why?