With Saturn transiting my Mercury I have been thinking and talking about thinking and talking, mostly to try to identify problems I have communicating with others so that I can resolve them. We’re talking about Libra here so as part of this process I have fought (with my Mars conjunct Mercury) to fathom the thought processes of others.

This has been a huge undertaking. I have been at it for months but at one point I was talking to my husband about a statement a friend made some years ago that didn’t sit well.

It did not sit well with him because he’s got very bold lines drawn around things but for me it was more a curiosity. The statement was disturbing and I asked him how he thought someone like my friend could arrive at this conclusion that seemed so out of character. I was pleasantly surprised when he offered an answer.

Continue reading Avoiding Tunnel Vision

Sometimes I have to sit on a concept I am exposed to for awhile in order to distill it.  Sometimes in the middle of this process I am exposed to a second thing that piggybacks on the first and complicates things for me. Usually I have to decide if I have one concept or two and since I have Libra that can take awhile. I also have to decide if I should present the ideas together or untangle them.  In this case I am going with “untangle” a month after the fact.

Continue reading Communication Today (Now That Saturn Has Left Virgo)

I am always harping about the importance of Mercury (communication) in astrology. I am going to keep at it since no one else does and poor communication skills can do you in though you might not realize it.

I know this because it’s happened to me. I am sure it’s clear to most that my harsh speech and tendency to boast is going to off-putting to some. I have to pay the price for that but there are other styles of communication which are just as irritating. This post is about what happens when they mix.

Continue reading Incompatible Styles Of Communication

I started a thread on the movie, Black Swan here.  I was beyond disturbed watching “mental illness” as it was portrayed in the movie.  I realize it’s just a movie but it’s a popular one and I wonder if may change people’s attitudes about mental illness.

Continue reading Mental Illness (And The Movie Black Swan)

Now that Saturn has wrapped up in Virgo I thought it might be interesting to take stock of where we are as far as communications go. For one thing, voice mail is dead.  If you want to piss someone off, leave them a voice mail. You can do it but if so it better be important because voice mail is just so tedious to use.

I learned to be more concise in all manners of communicating. When I do go on and on it’s by design. I’ve also become extremely respectful of other people’s time. I think before I impose myself on someone / anyone for anything.

Continue reading Voice Mail, Texting, Email, Phone…Circa 2011

I was talking to a gal last night, she is working on a project that my husband is working on as well.  It is estimated they will finish in about a year.

Now some variance is expected but they both have about 400 questions to answer and you are supposed to answer each question, honestly and thoroughly.  I took one look at these questions and figured it would take my husband a number of months to complete.

For one thing, he’s a Taurus and he’s innately slow but he is also meticulous. He’s got Saturn in aspect to Mercury and he is simply not going to turn in something sub-par.

Continue reading There is Thorough And Then There Is Thorough And Exhaustive

There is only person in this world who I think truly understands the way my mind works and it is my sister, Annalisa.  This is because she grew up with me. We shared a bedroom. We have the same parents and if you took any one of those things out of the equation, I think she’d miss the boat too.

Last night, for the hell of it and because Saturn is transiting my Mercury, I decided (Libra) to disclose my motives for writing something in my blog.  “I am up to a number of things,” I explained with a nervous chuckle. denamaria chuckled back at me so I snorted. “Yeah, well I can’t help myself. I just can’t help but do it,” I said.

I rattled off a quick list why I wrote the post in question, starting with my true, high-minded goals and ending with my slithering-on-it’s-belly, criminal mind’s end of the deal.  I mentioned some mid-range stuff that was no less important feeling both hapless, proud and somewhat embarrassed.

Continue reading On Being High-Minded And Devious