Cosmic Quote of the Day:“Freedom rings where opinions clash.” Adlai Stevenson
Although we may want other people to agree with our opinions – especially since we know we’re usually spot on in our assessment of things 🙂 – the mere fact that we can disagree on matters, is something that we should always be appreciative or grateful for, and something that we must never allow ourselves to take for granted, as we have all seen, especially recently, how insidious life can be when freedom of speech is suppressed or obliterated. Thomas Jefferson once remarked that he never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
Today’s Energy:
On this Fourth of July, America’s celebration of freedom, the Moon is deposited, the entire day, in diversity-oriented Aquarius. This Moon placement, while more emotionally detached, can serve to take us outside of ourselves, and our own interests, to focus on the greater interests or needs of the collective. Accordingly, it is a time when we may feel more predisposed to taking a stand on causes that are important to us, that reflect or support our values. Also this may be a period when we might just long to be with others, especially with the people who make us come alive, or who are interesting to us, for one reason or another. The Moon’s sextile to routine-buster Uranus (6:16 pm) also gives us a fascination for “what’s off the beaten path,” while the Moon’s opposition to exuberant Jupiter (9:37 pm) allows us to connect with what brings our heart joy, and delivers a palpable sense of oxygen to our spirit.
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Famous July 4 Birthdays: Malia Obama, George Steinbrenner, Calvin Coolidge, Geraldo Rivera, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Abigail Van Buren
“What other dungeon is so dark as one’s own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one’s self!” Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Happy July 4th!
Patrice Thompson
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“Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.” Gautama Buddha
COSMIC WATCH:
This Christmas Day of 2014 finds “mental” Mercury conjunct “investigative” Pluto, allowing us the chance to deftly channel our “inner detective” to get to the bottom of things, if we so desire – although, we may also want to practice some measure of discretion with respect to how, when, and with whom we ultimately decide to share any of our findings. As most of us know: once we put something “out there,” it’s there for good. By the way, the Scottish writer, Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of “Sherlock Holmes,” had his natal Mercury in a tight conjunction with Pluto in Taurus in his “hidden” twelfth house. Michael Jackson was another person with this same planetary aspect, an influence which can also give us a “flair for the dramatic.”
Mercury-Pluto also tends to inject more passion (Pluto) into our communications (Mercury). With this alignment, we often become much more aware of how the “power of words” can radically shape or transform our lives. “Because even the smallest of words can be the ones to hurt you, or save you.” Natsuki Takaya.
The Moon is also in “bohemian” Aquarius, ideally encouraging us to embrace a spirit of diversity. “Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged.” Rumi
Famous December 25 Birthdays: Jimmy Buffett, Humphrey Bogart, Annie Lenox, Clara Barton, Rod Serling
“This highway leads to the shadowy tip of reality: you’re on a through route to the land of the different, the bizarre, the unexplainable…Go as far as you like on this road. Its limits are only those of mind itself. Ladies and Gentlemen, you’re entering the wondrous dimension of imagination. . .Next stop: The Twilight Zone.” Rod Serling.
Merry Christmas, to all of you who celebrate this wondrous day. And, to everyone, everywhere, may the holidays be safe, warm, and happy, for you and yours.
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“If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.”John F. Kennedy
COSMIC WATCH:
There seems to be a natural inkling among many of us to want to surround ourselves with others who tend to mirror our own image. For instance, maybe the individuals within our own inner circle happen to share many of our same viewpoints, values, and beliefs on various things. Or maybe we’re all members of the same socio-economic class. Or perhaps these friends and associates resemble us on the outside in terms of physical appearance or even age. This common behavior may be reflective of the principle that there’s “safety in numbers.”
T.H. White, the author of, “The Book of Merlyn,” once wrote: “I can imagine nothing more terrifying than an Eternity filled with men who were all the same. The only thing which has made life bearable…has been the diversity of creatures on the surface of the globe.”
Today, with relationship Venus in positive alignment (trining) to non-conforming Uranus, the planet of change and diversity, it might behoove some of us to consider taking action to widen or expand our existing social circles a bit so as to include more meaningful interactions with others who may be radically different to us. We just might be surprised at what we may end up learning about each other by doing this.
Too, it has been my experience that often on Venus-Uranus days, more unusual or colorful types of people tend to cross our paths, unexpectedly, with seemingly no effort on our part. Also, a cool bit of astrological trivia: John Lennon and Paul McCartney met on a day when Venus was exactly conjunct Uranus in entertainment Leo! Venus also governs creativity, artists and musicians and Uranus rules genius and invention. Also with Venus-Uranus aspects the sudden alliances that form under this influence are normally quite exciting and dynamic, although sometimes they may not last too long. BTW, the late actress, Elizabeth Taylor, had her natal Venus and Uranus exactly conjunct in adventurous Aries.
Wanted to also add here that Uranus does govern the internet and computers and, of course, many of us have been able to successfully branch out our social networks, the last few years, through participation in online social media. Again, Uranus playing a pivotal role in helping us to stretch ourselves beyond our personal borders.
“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”Maya Angelou
Enjoy your Wednesday! Let’s also hope that members of Congress might finally be able to embrace diversity and opposing viewpoints, at least long enough, to come to a positive agreement on raising the debt ceiling and ending the government shutdown. 🙂
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“In this world one is seldom reduced to make a selection between two alternatives. There are as many varieties of conduct and opinion as there are turns of feature between an aquiline nose and a flat one.”Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
COSMIC WATCH:
Variety is said to be the “spice of life.” Today may be an especially good day to seek it out, with the Moon’s ingress into curious Gemini (11:42 am EDT) and also trailblazer Mars square to non-conforming Uranus, the planet of change and innovation. Too, while Mars-Uranus has been known to coincide with sweeping reforms (and revolts), it’s not always necessary to make wholesale changes with this influence to inject new life and variety into our lives; sometimes by tweaking things just a little, we can begin to shift the energy around us in a positive way – like casting a pebble into the water and witnessing the corresponding ripple affect. “And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.” Libba Bray
This might also be a good day to reflect upon, and to ask ourselves, “How open are we to issues of diversity (Uranus)?” “Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged.” Rumi
It should also be noted that on the heels of the Mars-Uranus influence, Israeli and Palestinian officials agreed to resume negotiations, something that hasn’t occurred for a long while (we also still have the healing grand water trine taking place between Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune). Whether or not these negotiations will be successful, remains to be seen, but at least an attempt is being made to make some progress here. Mars is also in Cancer (as is Jupiter), which not only governs the home and family, but also issues of patriotism, or allegiance to one’s country, and matters of territorialism. Uranus is also in new beginnings Aries, which can foster pioneering approaches or strategies. The square aspect, itself, is often a catalyst for taking action on matters.
Too, today the sentencing phase begins for Bradley Manning. Many have characterized him as a traitor to his country (Cancer) for giving classified U.S. military (Aries) information to Wikileaks. Yesterday, he was found guilty of espionage and theft charges, but acquitted of aiding the enemy. Symbolically, Mars-Uranus can signify “having to deal with rogue behavior.” Manning faces 136 years in prison on the charges.
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“I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Cosmic Word of The Day”: Wedding
Definition: 1) the act or ceremony of marrying; marriage; nuptials 2) the act or an instance of blending or joining, esp. opposite or contrasting elements
Origin: bef. 900; ME; OEweddung
COSMIC WEATHER:
It’s finally the grand day of Chelsea Clinton’s “storybook wedding!” A widely heralded event that has much of the collective fixated. And, most assuredly, the proudest moment in both Bill and Hillary’s lives.
Chelsea Clinton, the sweet little Pisces girl that America and the rest of the world has lovingly watched grow up into adulthood, has now become an educated, sophisticated, and beautiful young woman, poised to unite forever with the man of her dreams, Marc Mezvinsky, a Sagittarian investment banker on Wall Street, who owns an apartment on Fifth Avenue and who also hails from political bloodlines. The two have known each other since childhood, which makes today’s occasion even more sentimental and romantic, in my opinion.
Exclusively for this celebrated gathering, Lord of Karma Saturn, which is exalted, and at its finest in matrimonial Libra, becomes a dramatic focal point in the glorious heavens with an exact, energizing conjunction from impassioned Mars, something that hasn’t happened since 1982, when Chelsea was only two years old, and well before the beaming “Father of the Bride,” Bill Clinton, became the 42nd U.S. President.
Wherever Mars travels by zodiacal sign, he accentuates the affairs ruled by that sign, and now, newly-arrived in the marriage sign of Libra, and conjoined with Wise Old Father Time Saturn, Mars has all of our eyes riveted on Chelsea’s pending union.
Also for this singular occasion, Jupiter, the planet of abundance, is in trailblazing Aries, and in exact square to Power Mogul Pluto, stationed in the prestigious, achievement-oriented sign of Capricorn the Goat, an influence that has no doubt played a central role, along with Protocol King Saturn, in social Libra, to fashion a much-ballyhooed guest list for this event that includes some of the most powerful and potent “movers and shakers” on the planet, all converging at the same point, at the same moment in time, in Rhinebeck, New York.
This influential Jupiter-Pluto aspect is also getting “A-guest-list support” today from the Exciting Aries Moon, which is tossing a harmonious trine to the very Glamorous and Regal Leo Sun, which is further helping to reportedly reign in a bevy of Hollywood stars and celebrities for the wedding, including Steven Spielberg, Barbara Walters, and Oprah. Also, the glitzy congregation is said to include the incomparable Queen of Song, my gal, Barbra Streisand.
A digressing footnote here: Barbra’s horoscope and my own natal horoscope are very similar. Both of us are Taurus Suns, with Leo Moons conjunct lone wolf Pluto, and both of us have fiery, adventurous Aries risings. Her rising is 8 Aries, while mine is 2 Aries. I believe our personalities and senses of humor are also very similar from what I have publicly seen of her over the years in the media. I also totally approve of her taste in men: James Brolin! If only I could be so lucky, romantically, and had just a mere fraction of her material wealth, I know I’d be one happy camper.
Back to the wedding. Adding even more to the fanfare today, Inspirational Jupiter, which also rules religion and philosophy, is additionally conjoined now with Futuristic, Diversity Agent Uranus, deposited in Pioneering Aries. While this memorable wedding ceremony is taking place between Chelsea, who is Methodist, and Marc, who is Jewish, there will simultaneously, no doubt, continue to be a goodly number of bloggers, and others weighing in, on the matter of interfaith marriages, an issue that Mars and Saturn in Libra, is also helping once again to resurrect now, with their activating opposition to both Jupiter and Uranus. It has not been revealed whether Chelsea will follow her husband’s conservative Jewish faith.
In some ways, pitting the old, customary, Saturnian traditions against the rapidly changing, new, Uranian order of things. Even the wedding menu is largely vegetarian, and the wedding cake, reportedly gluten-free. Although, there will still be the meticulously orchestrated, majestic pageantry of the wedding itself, so dutifully safeguarded by Protocol-Minded Saturn in partnership Libra. Chelsea Clinton will most likely, too, surely look stunning in her $25,000 Vera Wang bridal gown.
“I think with our problems with hopelessness and cynicism that (the solution) ultimately has to come from the young people themselves. We’ve got to realize we are the future and we make of our future what we make of it, and ultimately we have to do it for ourselves.” Chelsea Clinton
“Many are the stars I see, but in my eye no star like thee.” English saying
Famous July 31st Leo Birthdays: J.K. Rowling (45), Wesley Snipes (48)
Enjoy your Saturday!
Congratulations, Chelsea and Marc! Best Wishes and Much Love. Also, truly happy for Bill and Hillary.
I’ll be back by here again soon. My schedule is hectic, but leave a light on. For both me and George Clooney, of course. Miracles do occur. The main thing is that we continue to fervently believe in their possibility with every fiber of our being.
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