The other night the soldier and I were watching Sniper. I’d never seen it and was surprised how good it is above and beyond the obvious eye-candy. The first two thirds of the movie, this is. The last third was a little much if you have Libra but anyway, the soldier has worked as a sniper…

“Yeah, I liked it but nobody likes you. Everyone hates snipers,” he said.

“Why? They seem very necessary. Aren’t they necessary?”

“Yeah, they’re good for all kinds of things. Psychological warfare…” he went on to elaborate. “You can hit a guy from almost a mile away. There’s no way they can know what’s coming.”

“I see. So why don’t they like ‘em?”

“Well, it’s considered somewhat cowardly in the military tradition,” he said.

I was fascinated to learn this, maybe you feel similar.

Loonsounds writes on Fashion Trends 2008… The Look Of Pluto In Capricorn Redux

“Oh man, I could not wear black, not even to a funeral. Pisces rising with Venus in the 1st.”

Sounds right to me!

Personally, I am a Capricorn rising and baby blue and pink… pastels in general are out!

What can you not wear? What is your rising sign?

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Keep in mind the constant time warp that exists around here courtesy my Saturn Neptune-ness because I made that call to the school on Monday even though it says “yesterday”.

So it was Monday I was fairly jacked up and last night I outlined the reason why to the soldier. I told him what I told you. I explained the mechanics of that call and how I should have been able to avoid the pit(fall) but did not.

He thought I should forgive myself the error right away (I had) and on the concept of there being things average people prefer not to have in their psyches, well he could certainly relate to that. “That’s why I don’t talk to people, P. I never say a damned thing.”
Continue reading Saturn Transit the 8th House – Mine: “Would You Like An Umbrella With That?”

We’re making progress on the new Astro News site and will be live soon. I am very excited because although Top 10 was a very good utility the threat I might wake up one day and find the site gone has hung over my head for many months.
Continue reading Update On The New Astro News Site – And The Back Story On The Top 10 Astrology News

Natasha writes on Love And Money And Blogging Astrology (in part):

“…You are hugely loved, but research does tell us that we hang on to the negative more fiercely. Would like to invert that!”

Natasha, thanks. I did not know about the research but feel pretty good about copping to this. I know a lot of people would think I need adjusting on this front – I have been told so many times. But I am not sure that inverting the situation would be the best tack. Leave it to Capricorn to see the upside of the negative but you know what happens to people who believe their own press.

As it is I exist in a (thin) soup of negativity and every once in awhile something grand penetrates and I wind up feeling like the boy in the image (my favorite image of all time). That is some glee, no? I know that feeling and I mean I knooooow that feeling.

Compare access to that kind of glee to someone strutting around full of themselves and I will take “me” any day of the week. Never mind it keeps me working rather than looking in the mirror which I’m pretty sure is better for the soul… at least Henry always thought so.

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Fall looks: a reflection of a recession or depression

Lori Price writes for the Milwaukee Journal:

“Apparently, we are all supposed to look like sloppy, ill-fitted peasants come this fall.

I just received a Fall 2008 look book from the Gap. It is one of a few I’ve received this week that highlights women and men in slouchy tops and bottoms crafted from drab colors and washed-out fabrics…”

Read the rest – Milwaukee Journal

Do you like this look? Where is Saturn in your chart? What About Pluto?

Yesterday I called my son’s school about the situation with my daughter though we planned to go down there in person.  We changed our mind because I was able to get on the school’s website and see that pretty much the entire staff had turned over from 2 years ago.  The school is that small and based on this it seems smarter to call the secretary who I have known for 8 years and have her filter the information to the people who ought to have it.

I planned to do this call just right for everyone’s sake so I had myself centered before I even picked up the phone. Unfortunately when I did call, the phone rang and was answered but when the person on the other end picked up I could not hear them.  You Continue reading Pluto Transit To The Moon – Mine: Big Mouth And Repercussions Of Same

McCain’s Presidential Prospects by Carl Boudreau

Carl writes:

“If you are a McCain supporter, you might want to skip this post … completely.

In my opinion, John McCain’s electoral chart(s) are … well … pretty awful. The bad aspects are glaringly and unequivocally bad. It is hard to “go easy” on McCain. Even a restrained reading comes out sounding pretty bad…”

Read the rest – Carl Boudreau’s Astrology Blog

CNN Mocks Astrologer by Chris Brennan

Chris writes:

“I’ve been getting the vibe over the past few months that CNN isn’t very keen on astrology. It has almost become a regular occurrence at this point that every few months there will be some sort of snarky headline about astrology on the front page of their website. I guess that I’m not really particularly shocked at this point, but some of the digs that they make are still kind of lame…”

Read the rest at The Horoscopic Astrology Blog