The soldier was going through his mail and handed me his Social Security Statement. “Look at this, P,” he said. “This is all the money I have ever made in my life.”

I looked at the figures trying to think what I was supposed to say or glean from them.

“Look there,” he said pointing to the first year he reported income. “I was 15 when I started working. I made $414 working on a farm,’ he said with a snort. “And look at what I made when I met you. I made $5500 that year, almost $5600.”

“This is unbelievable,” I said as the figures on the page started to mean something.

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Here’s a new study that claims, Money Buys Happiness — If You Spend On Someone Else

“Money can buy happiness, but only if you spend it on someone else, researchers reported on Thursday.

Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else could significantly boost happiness, the team at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School found…”

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I don’t doubt this. How can a miser be happy? It’s the difference between Jupiter and Saturn. Saturnine people would be well advised to cultivate Jupiter qualities and with Jupiter transiting Capricorn now is the time.

Are you a generous person? Do you think there is a correlation between generosity and happiness?

“I don’t want to fight about money,” the soldier said over the weekend. I opened my mouth to say something and he shushed me. “Couples always wind up fighting about money, you know they do and I don’t want to do that. I hate to fight about money.”

“Well I don’t think we will,” I said. “For one thing, I am old and I have never fought about money with anyone in my life. I don’t care what you’ve done with other people, that is my history and I don’t imagine I am going to all the sudden change all that much.”

He just looked at me.

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I continued to explain to the soldier, my position on the exchange of energy that takes place when someone dies…

“The idea you inherit energy is no different than when someone dies and someone else gets their money which is something everyone understands. Think about it. Some rich guy dies and his money goes out all over. It goes where it goes and ultimately people are empowered by it. They get richer.”

“Yeah.”

“Okay, well money is just one form of energy, isn’t it? And it’s not even particularly valuable if you ask me. I mean, it’s money but there are other things / forms of energy I think are preferable.”

He stared.

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Today, I had the biggest payday I have had in 12 years when I was paid for administrating that blog. Money flowed in, yes?

Then I went to pay bills and found my bank had gone missing.

Pretty funny, don’t you think?

Fact is the money I had will reconstitute (reappear) within a couple of days. It will come back like the tide but I just marvel at how these things could happen on the same day.

Easy come, easy go and all you can do behold the art of the universe. That and try to figure out its tricks.

Because I think this means something of course. Matter of fact I think it means all kinds of things. But in the end, what I have is some more Saturn in Virgo tasks.

I have used Netbank for about nine years. I totally rely on them for bill paying. This is daily routine stuff (Virgo) so now I need a new structure… something safe, ha ha ha. As if I can have that with Saturn / Neptune.

Oh well, how about I go for the illusion of safe? Put my Venus Neptune money in the bank on faith and see if it disappears.

Or maybe I can hide my money in a hole in the ground for fear (Saturn) and then forget where I put it (Neptune). Is that a better idea? :smirk:

Let’s face it, you just can’t hide. And here’s the other thing.

The money comes back so it’s like nothing happened, but that’s an illusion. Something happened all right. A bank failed due bad loans and we all know there is no scarcity of those…

The soldier and P merge (Neptune) their currency Venus)…and what you think is attractive about you may hold little appeal.

(edit - I meant he went once a month, not once a week… :-))

The gal with Venus in 8th house, from the love and money post, surfaced in the comments with this:

“I have learned my own contours as a woman with this man.”

Is that beautiful or what? Nothing like appreciating the nuance. And this post has haunted me some.

For the record, I work ahead. I am usually at least a week ahead with the advice posts, which are then set to load automatically. And I rarely alter them once I load them, just because of my nature. Done is done. Next!

But I had the idea repeatedly with this one to go back and add a few lines. I thought the post was okay as is, but I wondered if she might have gotten stuck on the supposed critical tone and missed my intention which was to bring her some peace.

Because I felt she already knew everything I wrote in her head. It’s not like it was new. But I thought if I would tweak her perspective, and she started seeing things in this way…well she had a shot at extreme contentment and a level of happiness that would be enviable.

Because this other idea is authentic to her. Not to everyone, but to her. To some people money is everything. And they teach this to their kids as if there is only one shoe and we all have to wear it. Anyway, it was very gratifying to read her comment this morning. She graced the blog.

Dear Unsure,

I think I can make this very simple for you, so I’m going to do that first and then I’m going to make this hard. Here is the simple solution: Leave him! Could you do it? I’m guessin’ you’d be cryin’ for this guy within a week and crying even harder six months down the road.

Because you’ve had four years with this guy, and you aren’t complaining about all kinds of things. Things like sexual incompatibility. Things like “He cheated on me”. Things like “This guy is a bore!”

And if you have forgotten how fortunate your situation on all these other fronts, I imagine you’d be reminded within minutes of hitting Match.com. Yes the new bastard may be rich, but he may also be arrogant, boring, insufferable and ugly!! ::smiles:: But let me hit up the astrology, okay?

You have Venus (love and money) in the 8th house and I think it would behoove you to become more sophisticated about currency in various forms.

Money is not the only form of ‘currency”. Emotional support is also currency. Friendship is currency. For example, if I am strung out crying, a person’s ability to buy me lunch is not going to be all that valuable. A sensitive friend however - someone who would know what to say and how to say it - would be priceless.

With Venus in the 8th house, sex is also currency. For example, if I don’t have sex, all hell breaks loose. I’m serious. I start climbing the walls. So the man who is able to intuit this and keep that monkey off my back… well can you see how this would be more valuable than having some guy pay my rent?

“Here’s your check, Elsa.”

“My check? Where’s my dick?”

::smirks::

I think it would be good for you to start thinking along these lines. Because if you’ve got a man who knows how to talk to you, how to put hands on you, etc… well he’s loaded for bear as far as “resources” goes. And I suspect this is part of the reason this guy is in your life. To teach you that love is ENERGY and it comes in many forms.

Cash is just one form of energy, and it’s a common one at that. And if you can come to understand this, you may realize you’re getting the deal of the century with this guy. Good luck.

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Dear Money,

Yours is an interesting case. Did you know that you and your gal pal are both Capricorns with Scorpio Moons and Venus in Aquarius? That’s a lot to have in common, so my first thought it “viva la difference!” But you’re calling this a problem, and I do know people break up over stuff like this all the time. So here’s a more serious analysis:

You’re both about fifty years old and let’s face it. No one is going to be telling either one of you what to do. Think you’re going to be able control a Capricorn? Think again!

Further with Venus in Aquarius, you are both trying to “revolutionize” the other’s feelings about money, but what does Aquarius do? It rebels! It resists anything that wants it to conform, so can you see how hopeless this is in both directions? There is no way for either of you to win, so the only sensible thing to do is give up. Give up trying to reform each other and you may be very surprised at what happens “organically”.

That is: if you don’t harp on her and you just live, she will almost indubitably start to see the merit in your methods and vice versa! So this is my advice: Abort all missions meant to control each other and just live as you are, letting the problem solve itself over time.

Good luck.

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