If you saw Like Water for Chocolate
then maybe you’ll recognize this line, “Don’t cry in the sauce!” I have been equated to the gal in that movie, “Tita” many times and at one point she’s all distraught over her love and starts crying the sauce as she’s cooking it, something I have been busted doing myself. So today I started crying in the salsa, eating an early dinner with the soldier before he took off.

“You have this destiny and now mine is tied to yours,” I said. “I told you that and you said so? Is it that baaaad?” I smirked. “It’s not bad. I am glad to be with you.”
Continue reading Never Mind What You *Want - What You Get Is Adventure

I was talking to a pal over the weekend and I told her I was going to consciously and dramatically shift my focus so as to change my life when Pluto turned direct.

I went on to outline my ideas which abstract. In fact they were primarily emotions but I knew as I expressed them that an actual cohesive plan and the commitment to go with it would follow and sure enough these things are emerging now.

I am going to do this like the ball that drops on New Year’s Eve or the way the game Space Invaders used to work when you pressed, “hyperspace”.  You pushed that button and that was it, babe. Wherever you were, you were no longer there.

Point here is there is one hell of a lot of energy available at this point of pivot and if you are ambitious to do anything,  anything at all there is a major opportunity to get a running start between Sept 7-1oth or so.  Posting today because the Sun conjunct Saturn tomorrow and favors commitment big time.  Think about what you want to leave behind in a week.

For example in my case, I believe I have had enough pain.

What have you had enough of?

One of the regular readers wrote to ask where you would look in a chart for the best opportunity to give. Her specific words were; “The best type of charity for a person to give to?”

I am not sure I understand the question but think the topic in general is grand and I have given this some thought.

I consider myself a giving person, in fact my life is pretty much about two things… service and getting laid. But as any innately giving person can tell you, it is important to come up with some kind of criteria and/or boundary around who and what you give too unless you want to be a bled dry doormat.
Continue reading Open Question: Astrology And Charity: Who Do You Give To And Why?

Diana writes on The Sycophant (part 4) regarding the book I wrote:

“Omg, let me read it. I’d love to read it, I’m totally serious. Get that thing published. Believe it or not, your experiences help me understand things and people around me. I’m only 19 so I’m not so experienced with much of anything. Not only that, your experiences are super entertaining.

I’ve been reading your blog for almost a year and even though we’ve never met, I still feel that I know you. I can relate to everything that you write, regardless of what it is, you make sure everyone gets their share. So without sounding too creepy, I care about happens in your life. I read your blog every single day and I feel like I know everyone you talk about. Just a bunch of characters that I can relate to. So, it would be really interesting to read about how you got to where you are now…”

Continue reading My Jupitarian Big, Huge, Large, Impossibly Large, Freakishly Forward Looking, Never Say Die, Unstoppable Perspective

Dear Elsa,

Jupiter Rising
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Continue reading Open Question: Demystifying The Jupiter Return In Astrology

Dear Elsa,

I liked your happiness posts. I would love to see more astrology on this. What do you look at as a happiness base?  Jupiter? Moon?  Difficult or easy Saturn, Mars, Venus?  Probably everything but do you have a standard procedure for a basic  happy-meter?

Wondering
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Continue reading Astrology And Happiness: Who Feels Good Organically?

Conny asks on Coping with Saturn Transits:

“What do you think Elsa, would a Saturn with trines and sextiles be easier to live with? And would this influence the way we feel the Saturn return too? I’m thinking, does the return activate the aspects of Saturn in the chart, what’s your experience?”

Conny - I have Saturn strongly placed and well aspected and have an easier time with Saturn transits than most for exactly the reason you imagine.  Works this way not just for the Saturn return but for any transit and/or transiting planet.  The transit does set off the natal situation.

Continue reading Astrology And Transits: Saturn, Pluto, Jupiter, Neptune Etc. - How Do These Transits Play Out?

Charlotte wrote on Can Happiness Be Taught? Learned? Trained?

“There are a lot of happy people on this blog, it’s just the general theme and mood of the comments and entries, which just confirms that like attracts like…”

Read the full comment…

Continue reading Astrology, Happiness, Sociology And The Community On The Elsa Blog: All Boats Rise

Catch up here: Can Happiness Be Taught? Learned? Trained?

So how are these happy people, happy anyway? I would say across the board you are going to see Jupiter strongly placed. It is very hard to take Jupiter down. Matter of fact it is damned near impossible.

If you do take them down, they will be right back up the next day which is why Sagittarius beats the hell out of Scorpio.

Continue reading Astrology And Happiness: How Happy People Get And Stay That Way And How Unhappy People Can Access Good Times Too

Today I told a pal the soldier was taking me to dinner because I was his his girl, since  that is what he told me.  As it turns out he had Mother’s Day on his mind as well and we wound up going out for Greek.

The waitress was an obvious Aquarian so I complimented her hair (Venus in Leo amusing herself).  She offered us a sample of some wine she was pushing, we tried it and liked and ordered a bottle.

Back with a new bottle she opened it and allowed us an opportunity to okay it.

The soldier looked at her like, “pour the son of a bitch already.”

“Should I just pour?” she asked, picking up the cue.

“Yeah,” I said. “We have a very hard time being unhappy,” I explained.

“Yes, we just tested it didn’t we?”  she said dispensing with the formality and filling our glasses.

A few minutes later it hit me how fortunate we are to be this way.  Hit us with your best shot.  It is only going to go so far and it’s far at all.

Is it hard for you to be unhappy? Where is Jupiter in your chart?

Alternately if it is difficult for you to be happy, is there anyway you might work to reinforce your Jupiter function (Jupiter in Capricorn)