From 2007 - Please excuse the tears in this. I left them in because they are Venus / Neptune of course. Stephen Arroyo’s book is linked below. So is Leonard Cohen’s Energy of Slaves. I think my 8th house is also vividly displayed here. I get pregnant… easy.

UPDATE in 2009, I wound up sending the book of poems to the soldier’s son when he was in Iraq…

Person-To-Person Astrology: Energy Factors in Love, Sex and Compatibility by Stephen Arroyo

The Energy Of Slaves by Leonard Cohen

Blogs inspired by the person who gifted me “The Energy Of Slaves”

From 2007…

Hi Elsa, I’ve been noticing lately that when in discussions with friends their Sun sign brings out my house placement. For example my Moon is in Leo in the 4th house. When talking to my Leo sun sign friends we end up always talking about our early families: our parents , our grandparents, aunts and uncles and siblings. Same with Libra ruling my 6th House. With my Libra Sun sign friends we invariably end up talking about our health issues.

Australia

Planets in Synastry: Astrological Patterns of Relationships (The Planet Series)

Submit your own open question

I have an interest in some aspects of social psychology and have noticed to two themes emerge in the field that smack of Pluto’s transit through Capricorn. One is the current interest is the study of who achieves.
Continue reading Pluto In Capricorn: Parenting And A Legacy Of Success

“This book says it takes 10,000 hours of practice to get good at something,” I told the soldier regarding the book, Outliers: The Story of Success.

“It said the same thing in, Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else.

“Oh. That must be the new factoid. It made me wonder if I have 10,000 hours of blogging in.”
Continue reading Practice, Practice, Practice

Monica wrote on Making Heads Or Tails Of A Planet…

‘When you have a “calling” it’s usually apparent to you, right?’

kashmiri responded and since we’re talking the Sun in astrology, I thought I’d add my two cents. First, the Sun in astrology shows the vocation.

vo-ca-tion
1. a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.
2. a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career.
3. a divine call to God’s service or to the Christian life.
4. a function or station in life to which one is called by God: the religious vocation; the vocation of marriage.

Liz Greene wrote a fantastic book on this subject, Apollo’s Chariot: The Astrological Sun. If you’ve not read it, it is of particular interest to artists because keep in mind the Sun rules creativity.
Continue reading The Sun In Astrology: Various Paths To Finding Your Calling and Victoria Beckham

I was surprised at the results of the Crimes Of Passion poll (repeated below). Only very few of you (7% at the time of this writing) believe there is no such thing as a crime of passion which has actually pretty much been proven. I lost my mind and killed her? Turns out this is something criminals tell juries and judges and lawyers but it is not what they tell Lonnie Athens.

Lonnie Athens is what you call a maverick in the criminology field and I was introduced to him by HQ some years ago just in case you think all HQ does is build websites. Actually he reads 3 books a week and knowing I am interested in violence, crime, sociopaths and so forth, he sent me Lonnie’s book(s).
Continue reading Astrology And Violence: Crimes Of Passion… No, I Don’t Think They Exist

satori writes:

I’m skimming through Barbara Hand Clow’s book, Chiron: Rainbow Bridge Between the Inner & Outer Planets and I came across something that made me think of a fab metaphor for what happens at an outer planet square/opposition/return. She mentioned that it was the fact of having this tremendous energy available to you, that if you weren’t ready to utilize it it was a missed opportunity. She said that when people were ready later to make a change they just didn’t have the energy available to push it on through.

That totally reminded me of those goofy Back to the Future movies. Marty and the Professor had to get the time travel car hooked up to the power source right at the exact moment or they couldn’t get where they were going. BUT it’s not like anything horrible would happen to them if they didn’t get “back in time.” they certainly could have lived out other existences wherever they were. they just wouldn’t have been their PEAK existences. Interesting.

Do you make good use of the energy available to you?

Becca writes on the Pope blog aka my decoy Catholic-ness:

“Didn’t the Soldier think you were Catholic too?”

Becca - Yeah. And then there was the family who gave me an heirloom ring (on the assumption I was Italian, therefore Catholic and going to reform their son). When they found out otherwise, they took the ring back and I mean it came right off my finger.

“We want that ring back. You get that ring and give it back to us….”

The man came to me and told me his mother wanted my ring back so what can a person do? I took it off my finger and gave it to him.

Remember disappearing gifts video? Well here it is again and this video is in line with another thing we’ve been discussing lately, the use of other people’s energy and the concept of putting your own energy out there in trade.
Continue reading Elsa P the Decoy Catholic On Giving, Using Other People’s Energy And the Venus Neptune Phenomena Of Gifts That Disappear

Turns out around here at least, the Mercury Pluto opposition (along with the Moon in Scorpio) rules the day. Talk of sex, hidden knowledge various things stimulating and disturbing.

The soldier had me read a passage in a book this morning, one that he’s mentioned and referenced many times. I got the book months ago but if you’ve been reading here awhile you know I don’t open a box just because he sends it. At least not right away I don’t. I have to let this stuff cool off and that’s what this book has been doing sitting next to the bed for the last six months.

In whatever case, today he put it in my hand to read after reading it himself as I bootled (wrote the last blog).

“Just read this part right here,” he said with his fingers grasping a 10 page section.
(swearing below the break)
Continue reading Disturbing Reading, Thoughts, Words And Messages: Mercury Opposite Pluto - Poll

I got a book over the weekend from one of the regular readers here, Jilly Dybka. Y’all know her, she is always kind.  She has never gotten in a skirmish of any kind on this blog. She’s just nice that’s all so you might imagine my surprise when I opened her book of poetry and found myself in tears reading the very first poem on the very first page.

I felt enormously humbled. I just can’t believe the quality of the group that gathers here. I have Capricorn feelings about it - What do these people see in me?  It’s not that I don’t know the answer to that it’s just that well…

Well check out, Jilly for yourself and maybe you’ll see what I mean. When people who can write like this read your writing it boggles the mind.

Jilly writes:

Continue reading Jilly Dybka - She Boggles The Mind