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Ready for your quick and easy glimpse at Mercury Retrograde for February - March 2020?
Mercury Rx @ 12° Pisces 53'
LA - Feb 16 - 4:54 pm
NY - Feb 16 - 7:54 pm
LON - Feb 17 - 12:54 am
SYD - Feb 17 - 11: 54 am
Click on your sign - Aries to Pisces - to listen to Mercury retrograde in Pisces tips.
This Mercury Astro lasts three weeks, from the 16th of February, 2020 to the 9th of March, 2020. Mercury travels retrograde through 12° Pisces to 28° Aquarius. It's a time that trips some people up, but that doesn't have to be you.
Without any Astro savvy, you can tap the best approach and utilize this time, not waste it. Here's how.
All you need to follow the quick and easy tips for Mercury Retrograde is your sun sign. If you aren't sure, just pop your date, time and place in the comments below. And don't be shy. One out of every thirty people are born on the day the sun changes signs. Let's make sure of yours if there is any doubt.
With Mercury Rx in your solar 12th house, it's time to go 'in' and listen to your dreams. Your imagination can go wild, but not your bank card. Window shop, yes; spend, no. Ease into a practice of listening to higher guidance. What messages are welling up? Watch for synchronicity, tune into feelings and... receive.
Romance: It's like a wild animal right now. No sudden moves.
Career: Ease off the gas. It'll move forward without your prodding.
Well-being: Sleep more. Rest more. Relax more.
Mercury retrograde for you is a time when you usual groups and friends turn into a herd of wild horses, all galloping off in different directions. Nothing predictable or controllable here. But that's OK. Allow for a new view when it comes to social connections, online and off, and find ways to relax amid the chaos. Golden opportunities emerge when you aren't looking.
Romance: Instead of red roses, suddenly you have playground duty. Roll up your sleeves.
Career: Imagine reaching your true goals and aims. Vision is everything.
Well-being: Cardio is best, if you are fit. Otherwise, long walks and root vegetables.
Career, mission or profession can feel like a dream time journey, or maybe a speck of light at the end of the tunnel! For the next three weeks, you let go of trying to micromanage your future or 'make things happen.' Let your control freak have a holiday and relax so the universe can open new doors.
Romance: You'll be attracted to anyone in authority right now. It's a phase, so make no binding commitments.
Career: If you have to make changes, one fell swoop is best. Scrutinize everything before signing.
Well-being: Best results come from meditation. Ease mental chatter. Let go...
Travel or study plans turn into the slip-ups and verbal missteps, the trickster's playground. Take deep breaths. It's not about forging ahead right now, but finding peace and serenity in the midst of contrast. Take time out to reconsider your world view. Is it what you think, or what you are expected to think?
Romance: Dynamic people excite you right now. Look before you leap.
Career: Import/export and social media revenues drop for a time. Don't panic. You KNOW what the public wants.
Well-being: Good for starting a fitness program you actually believe in. Be adaptive.
Mercury retrograde in your shared resources sector has you reconsidering joint financial arrangements, loans, grants, and funding. As you sift through the possibilities, look for places to adjust. You get to decide how this goes, but not yet. Let it marinate for a while. Meanwhile, go have fun.
Romance: Deep, meaningful raves, connections of the intense and intimate kind fuel your fire. Allow for mystery.
Career: Sort any debts, owed or owing and find ways to easy out of the red. Baby steps are fine.
Well-being: Immerse in water where possible, baths, Jacuzzi, pools, rivers, oceans. Consider a liver cleanse.
Communication with partners, practical or intimate, goes a bit zany, muddled and/or blurred! It's not the best time to come to any conclusions as wires are crossed, thoughts misunderstood. Use your gut feelings to make choices that can't be delayed. Reflect on your relationships without judgement.
Romance: If you're thinking of couples counseling, now's a great time to start.
Career: Reconsider collaborations and biz partnerships. Strong ones thrive. Weak ones are on the way out.
Well-being: Drop any attempt to martyr yourself. Delegate. Asks for help. It's not all up to you.
Mercury retrograde through your well-being zone says reconsider your lifestyle. Is this really what you want, or are you there because of circumstances 'beyond your control?' (ha!) Take stock of your nutrition, exercise, health care, comfort and routine. Start with what you believe about your body, and listen.
Romance: The couple that works together stays together. Find common goals and live them.
Career: Put your mind to the little day to day things that fuel your highest ambition. Are they fun? Make them so!
Well-being: A health issue at this time suggests you're not living your highest excitement. What toleration can hit the curb?
This is a time to go into cruise control in the creative realm and practice the art of allowing. Think play, recreate and relax. Consider where you can expand your beliefs and live more in the 'now'. The goal is to drop judgment and experience life in the red hot moment. And it will be red hot when you stop worrying.
Romance: Couples that PLAY together stay together. Ratchet up the fun!
Career: Speculation can be good, especially if you are going back over previous ground. What can you adjust or tweak?
Well-being: Anything that boosts your qi, makes you smile and lightens the load is the panacea. Take it!
Turn your thoughts inward to home life, family and symbiotic connections. If you have enough 'me' time to appreciate recent inner growth you'll also have plenty to give. Ask what TRIBE means to you. And your home? Is it set up to be the perfect sanctuary you require? Listen. Love. Reflect!
Romance: There's a grudge to release. Once you do, enjoy the blue skies.
Career: You have to take control. It's not working, working for others who don't appreciate your gifts. Find a way.
Well-being: Amp up self-love and nurturing, especially if you are suddenly expected to take care of others with little notice.
The master of Freudian slips, your tongue, pen and keyboard go out of control. You say one thing; they hear another, oh my! Emails, sans body language, are misconstrued. Sending text msg without punctuation is a disaster unless you double check. Do revise manuscripts and rethinking any form of communication.
Romance: You may run into an old flame while visiting familiar haunts. Some people do change. Test the waters.
Career: Rethink your process, creative or practical. You're missing a core value that wants to help.
Well-being: Find flexible thoughts that let you go with the flow. Drop the oars and float out to sea!
Use this time to get in touch with what really offers a sense of peace and well-being. It may mean letting go of outmoded ideas, people or core values that fuel nonproductive thoughts. Awareness is always the first step. It will lead to skill and talent development that is more authentic than you thought possible.
Romance: Enjoy light flirtations and playful banter. This is no time to nail anything down.
Career: Back up everything. That means, every single thing.
Well-being: Passive actions work best, starting with blessing the food you eat, water you drink and loving your body.
Mercury retrograde tacks through your birth sign, asking you to take a look in the mirror. Reflect on what you believe about your self, what you do, where you do it, whom you do it with. Set an intention to notice the things you like about your life and smile. And then, Exhale worries away with each breath, inhale peace.
Romance: You ooze attraction and allure, 24/7. Do with it what you may.
Career: Hold back until next month to launch anything new. In the meantime, brainstorm with an open mind.
Well-being: Listening to the body makes all the difference. Do a body scan, and get the message.
Hope you enjoyed your Mercury retrograde tips. Jump in the comments if you have any questions.
See you there!
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Solar Chart Solutions
by Kim
Welcome to Sextiles 101. You'll find this the second post and our Aspects 101 Series. Over the course of these posts, we cover major and minor aspects, the angles formed between planets.
Let's get started.
First of all, a sextile represents two or more planets 60° apart. If you have the Sun at 2° Libra and Saturn at 2° Leo or 2° Sagittarius, the sun sextiles Saturn. But, that's not all. There is, as with all aspects, a degree of 'orb'.
Understand, an orb represents the degrees allowed for the aspect to 'work'. In the case of the sextile, the orb may be tight - 5° either side. Or, it may be wider, 8° either side for the *luminaries.
In the example above above showing the Star of David pattern, all the sextiles fall into a tight orb, within 1-4°s. But if Pluto was 28° Sagittarius, it would still be sextile to Neptune at 2° Pisces because it is within 4° orb.
Take a look at my settings for the aspects in my Io Time Cycles Software program. You can see the orbs are adjustable, and I like them wide, especially if the luminaries are involved.
Richard Idemon taught that the aspects are like table legs. Pick one 'leg' up and all the other legs of the table will follow. No exceptions. In this example, if you feel something on an emotional level (the moon) you will automatically awaken the sensitivity and nebulousness of Neptune and the call to adventure of Jupiter as both are sextile the moon. You can not do one without the others when they link by aspect, even if that means expressing one quality and pushing the other down into the unconscious. (not the best solution in the long run)
As you practice looking at a variety of charts, your eye will learn to pick up sextiles easily. Even the out-of-sign ones. If you create charts without the 'lines' drawn in the middle, you will learn to see the aspects faster, without relying on the crutch, which doesn't let you practice seeing the chart. Meanwhile, you can double check with the aspectarian, the graph that comes with the natal chart. It shows us how all the planets and points are connected by aspect via symbol. Here is the aspectarian for the example chart.
Now, let's explore the meaning of sextile. This aspect links two or more planets or points that fall between 60°s plus or minus 5-8°s either side. The popular keyword for the sextile is "opportunity". This comes from the positive nature of the aspect that usually links signs that fall in the same polarity,Earth & Water or Fire & Air. Sextiles also require us to be alert. An opportunity may arise between planets in sextile although we have to utilize it in some way. Even though sextiles represent cooperation and empathy, the nature of the planets involved must be considered as well as the individuals unique way of expressing them together.
If Mars is in a sextile aspect to Pluto, it does not automatically imply that one has transformed their primitive assertive drives in such a way that they are strong yet sensitive, powerful but not dominating. It may just as likely indicate that when they feel assertive or takes action (Mars) they also feel the power of the primeval world move through them in an wave of dramatic and life changing energy (Pluto). It is important to acknowledge the role of the sextile to bring planets together for a single purpose or cause. We decide how that combined energy will express.
Straight away, let's drop the value judgments around the aspects. Sextiles make life neither good nor bad, easy or hard. What they do is link them together for potential opportunity.
Furthermore, the aspect's expression isn't set in stone. It changes as we evolve. A child with Mars sextile Pluto may find their parents strict, controlling, scary at times. As they mature, they might experience the Pluto drive for power and control as bullying at school or, conversely, a charismatic blessing. Eventually, they can become both the Sun and Pluto, taking responsibility for their own power and drives, using the strength to bring fulfillment to themselves and others.
The above chart of the Dali Lama has multiple sextiles. See if you can identify them all by looking at the chart first before checking the aspectarian.
If we take just Sun sextile Neptune, we can ask, do they have compatible desires? What happens when these table legs come up? The sun wants to shine, to be seen as distinct, lighting things up via the sign and house it is in. In this case, in Cancer, nurturing, empathic, creative and fiercely protective of loved ones in the house of Spirit, compassion and inner journeys. This is sextile to Neptune, ruler of the 12th and connection to the divine.
We all can't be the Dali Lama (or can we?) but what better way to express these energies than being a spiritual leader.
Compare with Mahatma Gandhi who had Sun in the 12th house opposite Neptune in the 6th.
If there are contrasting drives and goals in sextile to each other, instead of honoring one of the planets and resisting or repressing the other - instead of making it either/or - you engage with and/AND. Instead of creativity (Sun) or spirituality (Neptune), find creativity AND spirituality. If you are thinking partnered or serving others, play with the idea of partnered AND serving others.
The bottom line is, if you think it's either/or, it will be, so use your awareness to pave new thoughts with and/AND. Freedom AND commitment. Money AND soul. Dream Job AND independence. Security AND love. Accomplishment AND spiritual life. Power AND creativity.
To conclude, a sextile between two or more planets means they are scripted to dialog with each other. They are connected so that if one is active and 'doing something' the connected planet wakes up too. They are partners, of sorts, always. Finding the And/and to the sextiles in your chart can harmonize your desires, smooth out any kinks in your vibe and launch new successes, over and over again.
Try it!
Also, if you missed our first call in the Doorways to Manifesting Series, you can listen to it here:
Doorways to Manifesting - leveraging the contrast in your chart.
Comments on the Fourm and example charts in the Chart Gallery.
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* Luminary refers to the sun and/or moon.
* Basic Rules:
Planets are energy – the actors. They show us WHAT is acting.
Signs are expression – the costumes the actors wear. They show HOW the actors move.
Houses are environments – the stage on which the actor struts her stuff. They show WHERE the action is.
Aspects are the scripts – the dialog between actors who are connected. They show WHY the actors are attracted to each other.
*What Activates Aspects in the Natal Chart
Three things will activate any aspects in the chart: time, place and people. Think of it like this:
Time - Transits to the conjunctions
Place - Relocation or Astre*Carto*Graphy
People - Synastry, as when another person's planet acts like a transit to yours.
Find out more about Aspect Patterns - a pattern that ties together three or more planets into a geometrical shape. They are CONNECTED to each other. Scripted to interact.
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In the season of the eclipses, what better time to ponder the enigmatical qualities of the 12th house?
To start, we might say it's the subconscious mind...
That which is hidden...
Attitudes carried over from the past...
Karma (as the Law of Attraction)...
The night sea journey...
And, so much more.
But what is the 12th house, really, in tangible terms? How to get our hands on it?
Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, can feel confused by this department of life. After all, it rules the liminal states of neither/nor, out to sea, not one thing, or the other.
It's slippery terrain to navigate, one that would better be 'shown not told' through music, art, dance, poetry, nature . . . Every time you try to pin the meaning of the 12th down, it changes into something else. Like the god Proteus!
Do you know the story? Proteus was the elusive god of "sea change", symbolic of the constantly shifting nature of the sea. He could foretell the future, though he would only answer someone if they were capable of holding him as he morphed through all his myriad forms. Because of his relationship to the sea, Proteus is both a symbol of the unconscious (subconscious) as well as dreams, imagination, vision and emotion. The key is how to handle these incorporeal energies so they will reveal their truths.
The 12th house is the third of the Water houses, cadent in position, associated with Pisces and ruled by Jupiter (traditional) and Neptune (modern).
Quite likely, if you study old astrology books, you'll find the 12th house is described with heavy labels. Isabel Hickey calls it house of the Self-undoing, where we 'serve or suffer', the house of drawn shades, confinement, incarceration, hospitalization, limitations . . . It's not looking like a holiday destination from this perspective.
But these ideas about the 12th house come from an Judeo-Christian-Islamic background of astrology, not leaning toward notions of Karma (as the law of attraction), the quantum Field, Source, infinite possibilities or the collective unconscious.
So, to understand the 12th, I invite you to explore a broader perspective. Altered states of mind, meditation, the depths of the subconscious, the collective, where we lose our ego identity to find our Self. Source. Joseph Campbell's Hero with a Thousand Faces describes this as the liminal zone where the hero is 'lost' in the woods, an essential part of the journey.
Think also of the 12th as a repository and wellspring of archetypes, stories, myths, metaphors and fairy tales, dreams (and nightmares), rich with layers of meaning. The house of the Muse.
Remember, the 12th is like Proteus; you must hold onto him before the secrets are revealed. Don't give up!
The Planets are the Energy - WHAT is acting.
The Signs are the costumes - HOW the actor portrays her role.
The Houses are the stages - WHERE the action takes place.
For those who want to cement this deeper, here's a quick 5 minute video tutorial on the basic building blocks of astrology.
Essentially, the 12th house takes us under. It is more a dreamscape than land, filled with states of creativity, imagination and alternate awareness. Here we can immerse in the collective. Think of hospitals, rehab, prisons, all institutions where individuality blurs. It is the house of synchronicity and all that rises from these meaningful coincidences.
Is the 12th house really negative?
No more than a gateway can be negative. The 12th is an essential landscape of being, filled with wonders of the non-rational kind.
The great way is gateless, reached by a thousand paths. Know this and you walk free in the Universe. – Zen saying
Consider the 12th a place to experience everything; exclude notion. Perhaps it is in "suffering" that a sense of compassion is gained. And maybe it is only through the "limitation" that a deeper relationship with the inner world is explored.
And isn't it through dreams, art, and storytelling that we find new meaning and purpose?
Something of our surety, identity and ego must drown in the 12th to rise renewed. More whole, more complete.
The 12th is like water. It can be a refreshing stream, a cleansing pool or a huge tsunami heading toward shore. In this way, it's neither 'good' nor 'bad', but holds our most poignant experiences, dreamed, imagined or real.
Try to accept that the 12th house is an enigma to the conscious mind, but in the world of dreams and symbols, its meaning comes alive. The deep ocean or lake of the mermaid, the well that leads to Mother Holle, the ecstatic rites of Dionysus and the reflection of a resent dream image all belong to the 12th.
This house is the borderland where myths emerge into waking life. It's a humbling thought. Where consciousness is seen from the perspective of a veiled world.
Interestingly, Jung, who worked extensively with dreams, did not accept being called wise or even a sage. He said, "The difference between most people and myself is that for me the "dividing walls" are transparent. That is my peculiarity."
This transparency of the dividing walls, belongs to the twelfth house. Behind the veil...
Here are some ideas for each sign that rules the 12th house. Start by looking at your own chart and others you know. Then expand by looking at the 12th house ruler(s) and any planets in the 12th. What happens to the 'actors' when they walk across this particular stage?
With Aries on the cusp of the twelfth house, you need to develop a sense of independence through a connection to the unconscious mind. Your identity might form around being a mouthpiece for the collective. But, it's a paradox. Aries must find individuality in the hidden undercurrents of the collective unconscious, art, dreams and service to those less fortunate. Look to Mars by sign and house for more expression.
The Bull on the cusp of the twelfth house means the core values, sensuality and security must come from the depths. Remember, the twelfth is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts and impressions. This is the sphere of diminished personal identity and blurred boundaries. For the Bull to find true values and build sustaining resources , he must serve the collective in some practical, tangible way. Look to Venus by sign and house for more expression.
When Gemini sits on the cusp of the twelfth house, the conscious mind must explore the unconscious. The need to learn, communicate and share ideas reside somewhere in the collective unconscious, blurring the line between rational thought and intuition. The duality of Gemini may manifest in moods swinging from humor to profound wisdom. The need is to experience all manifestations of the collective, making this placement extremely active, at least on an internal level. Look to Mercury by sign and house for more expression.
The shy Crab on the cusp of the twelfth means the need to connect on a feeling level extends past the personal to the greater whole. The twelfth house represents all that is concealed, the secret unconscious of ourselves and of the collective. With Cancer here, the quest for love carries over from the past, finding communion in helping those less fortunate. But how can we establish a sense of emotional security in the unseen real? Cancer must find the answer. Look to the Moon by sign and house for more expression.
The Li0n on the cusp of the twelfth house indicates the drive for significance and appreciation falls into the sea of the collective unconscious. This is the house of hidden meanings, secret needs and movements governed by the deeper feelings of the collective. With Leo's power here, there is a necessity for self-understanding, connection to and an orientation towards service and support of others. When Leo gives to others less fortunate, or expresses collective truths and longings, the feelings of fulfillment expand. Must shine for others as well as self. Look to the Sun by sign and house for more expression.
When Virgo sits on the cusp of the twelfth, the need to create order out of chaos expands. Here Virgo seeks to gather, sort, select and make use of energy that is by nature without definition, beginning or end. Virgo may shift into hyper-drive with the swirling soup of unconscious images, hoping to contain them. This can result in genius creative expression through art, literature, dance or music. It can also manifest as compulsive energy, unable to relax or let go. Virgo might harbor secret fears about health, hygiene and the body. In this case, letting the art, or cause, 'carry' the energy frees the spirit. Look to Mercury by sign and house for more expression.
With Libra found on the cusp of the twelfth house, the need to partner falls into the realm behind the veil. This is the domain of hidden feelings, taboo desires and karmic, counter-intentions, unformed artistic and literary expression and longings to merge with the divine. With Libra here, sensitivity to others, to beauty and nature and to passion/longing expresses through relationship. Somehow, forming partnerships that help others, or for the greater good, can bring a sense of warmth, composure and symmetry. The feeling is 'karmic' or fated connections. Look to Venus by sign and house for more expression.
When Scorpio resides on the cusp of the twelfth house, the need to merge with others in meaningful ways, wield power, and periodically destroy and re-create movements in the collective, falls into the domain of the sea, the muse, the past. Think deep unconscious, the collective soup where ideas, fads, trends, spiritual longing, taboo feelings and all things creative live and breathe. And, they all vie for manifestation. In the twelfth, Scorpio's depths go just a little bit deeper, the longings a litter more obsessive and the passions a bit more powerful. Look to Mars and Pluto by sign and house for more expression.
The Centaur on the cusp of the twelfth house needs to discover, explore and express the mysteries of the collective unconscious. A speaker for those without a voice. Here the house of the unseen real, where sweeping feelings from rage to rapture, heralds the call to adventure. When Sagittarius goes exploring in these waters, there is no telling what will be brought to the surface. With this placement, the meaning in life hides in the depths of the collective unconscious, not in the outer world. Look to Jupiter by sign and house for more expression.
The Sea-goat on the cusp of the twelfth house needs to gain respect and establish material security in the watery collective unconscious. The source of dreams, the world of hidden powers, collective thoughts and archetypes provide the matrix for growth and accomplishment. To strive only for self-importance contrasts the twelfth house requirement of service to, and immersion in, the collective. Yet, to totally give the Self over to the needs of others denies the innate principle if Capricorn. Clearly, a balance must be struck and maintained. Look to Saturn by sign and house for more expression.
When the Water-bearer rules the twelfth house, the need for freedom and unconventionality expresses through the collective. Sometimes, this can manifest as a longing for the dimly remembered yet idealized spiritual home. The drive to take a different approach to service, creativity and unity links to collective institutions, research and reflection of dreams, unconscious patterns and all things hidden or repressed. With this sign of freedom and rebellion in the house of confinement, innovation is born. Look to Saturn and Uranus by sign and house for more expression.
The sign of Fishes naturally rules the twelfth and feels right at home in the chaos. Here the need to dissolve boundaries and merge with the whole of life wants to express through the world of dreams, synchronicity and service. Compassion reaches out to those less fortunate with a healing heart. Pisces is seeking the ineffable, and in the twelfth house, that means the divine resides in nature, the sea, those less fortunate or lost along the way. A prison cell, a charity, a work or art, a song or dance can be the gateless way to Source. Look to Jupiter and Neptune by sign and house for more expression.
Thoughts? Ideas? Myths?
Welcome to the eclipse season of January 2019. It starts with zinging partial solar eclipse in the powerful sign of Capricorn. If you want to review how to Pre-Pave with the eclipse energy, we have an Align with the Stars recording on the topic here - Pre-Pave with Astrology 2019.
The chat log with links to the charts we talked about.
15° Capricorn is the hot spot for the partial Solar eclipse on January 5th. Remember, this is where you initiate something new, be it a thought, goal or intention.
Solar Eclipse @15° Capricorn
LA – Jan 5 – 6:29 pm
NY – Jan 5 – 9:29 pm
LON – Jan 6– 2:29 am
SYD – Jan 6– 1:29 pm
But that's not all. We have two eclipses this month (they often come in pairs) and each brings its own particular message.
1° Leo marks the second eclipse of the month, and it's a full moon. This is where you release and let go.
Lunar Eclipse @1 Leo
LA – Jan 20 – 9:17 pm
NY – Jan 21 – 12:17 am
LON – Jan 21– 5:17 am
SYD – Jan 21– 4:17 pm
For insights on what eclipses coincide with and how to spot them in your chart, check out the new Vid on the Good Vibe Astrology Youtube Channel. This will tune you into what is being activated in your chart.
Let's look a little closer at the January 5th eclipse. Notice right away there is a strong focus in Capricorn. No less than five planets and the South Lunar Node occupy that sign. Zeroing in, it also becomes clear that Saturn and Pluto are conjunct the eclipse, bringing with them their own particular brand 0f energies. Saturn wants to make it 'real' and Pluto wants to infuse it with power. So, whatever you are intending on this New Moon Eclipse, it wants to be deep, meaningful and have weight. Consequence. Go for a powerful desire this time round.
The second eclipse in January is the lunar or full moon eclipse where we lean toward letting go. Releasing and allowing. This full moon is, of course, conjunct the Lunar Node (as that's what makes it an eclipse). It is also conjunct Mercury, messenger of the gods and Pluto, lord of transformation. It's possible that what you let go of now, a toleration, belief, habit, will have potent, far reaching results. Check the video if you aren't sure 'where' to find this event in your own chart. You'll be looking for the opposite houses that contain 1° Leo and 1° Aquarius.
The glyphs look like this:
The main thing to remember as you pre-pave this energy for 2019 is that we initiate on the solar eclipse and release on the Lunar. And always, keep an ear out for the messages the eclipse season brings. Go through the keyword list below for ideas, or delve deeper into the houses by joining the Open (our Members only) GVA Form.
Meanwhile, happy Eclipse Season!
Hey everyone! I'm boosting the Mercury Rx post to the top so we can all share our experiences.
As per Mercury Rx Astro-LOA Flash - Drop the sails and relax into a becalmed phase with Mercury Retrograde. Yes, Mercury, messenger of the gods, is Stationary/Rx in Virgo, then moves backwards into Leo until Sept 5. It's a time to rethink your steps, reconsider offers, reflect on your choices and redo where necessary. Sure, mechanics and technology can go a bit haywire, communications, keys, tickets, bookings, contracts, letters and words too. Don't fight it. Reflect. This is a time of readjustment. Tally ho!
Quick Note: Within minutes of me posting this, power went out in the laundry room, causing a fuse to blow that took out the entire block. Waiting for the electrician now .... you have to love this, right? Mercury is Rx in my first (appearances? not great when you can't wash clothes!) and going back over my Asc into the 12th. OH and don't forget to look at your SOLAR HOUSES. This is my SOLAR Fourth House - power out in the HOME!
You can see that the HOT degrees are between 28 Leo and 11 Virgo. Ring a bell? 28 Leo is the degree of the total solar eclipse later this month. If you have ANYTHING within 7 degrees of this point (21 Leo to 5 Virgo) it will be LIT UP.
How can you honor this the planet, point or house involved? Pre-pave the experience you want and see where it takes you.
This is where you want to contemplate, rethinking your previous ideas, approach or beliefs.
First - Appearance, personality traits, outlook on life
Second - $$$, resources, talents, peace of mind
Third - Teaching, learning, writing, talking, connecting
Fourth - Home, family, ancestors, emotional ground
Fifth - Creative expression, offspring (books/kids etc), romance
Sixth - Health, pets, daily routine, magic
Seventh - Socially significant relationships, contracts
Eighth - sex, death, taxes, shared resources, trust
Ninth - New horizons, travel, beliefs, WWW
Tenth - Career, mission, profession, public relations
Eleventh - Friends, goals for the future, groups
Twelfth - unconscious, dreams, giving and receiving, meditative states
Remember, Mercury Retrograde is not a time to push forward until you reTHINK your goals and actions. AFTER the 5th of September, the energy starts to free up and move forward at a better clip, but it doesn't clear the zone until the 19th of September. Full steam ahead then!
The trickster comes along when we are stuck, feeling trapped, or out of touch with authenticity of SELF. When we get into such a state, sooner or later the Trickster will blow the doors and windows open so we can breathe fresh air again.
When the Trickster shows up, an experience of synchronicity is at hand, but it can seem, at first, like strife.
Like in the story of the uninvited guest ...
Thanks to Walt Disney, we are familiar with Sleeping Beauty. Although the focus is on Prince Charming, love's first kiss, and HEA, the action of the tale comes from the curse of the uninvited guest. The 13th fairy. It is this neglected enchantress that causes the entire kingdom to fall into unconsciousness. (Where 'kingdom = Self).
The message has to do with neglect and the kinds of synchronicities evoked by the 'Trickster'.
This is not a reference to neglecting health, diet or exercise and then suffering the physical consequences. It's about neglecting the needs of our inner world and the consequences of the oversight.
Mercury Rx can be a time where neglected content of the psyche comes up into consciousness. Look the the house(s) Mercury is transiting backwards through for hints on what this content might be.
Feel free to post questions and comments here.
Happy Mercury Rx and Eclipse Season!
Hi everyone! Happy New moon and Solstice.
Jeannette and I are delighted to announce our new course, starting next month - the Dream Come True Astrology course.
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Topics - In Dream Come True Astrology, Jeannette and Kim play with a variety of LOA manifesting techniques to help you point your life in the direction you want to go. Be it love, money, career, health, home, travel, creativity, spirituality or partnerships, this course will pave your path with gold.
Be sure to know, we'll be reading all the participants' charts, individually, to help you create the perfect manifesting formula to match your transit patterns.
No previous knowledge of astrology necessary for the Dream Come True Astrology Course.
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First of all, the Lunar Nodes are points that mark the crossing of the Moon, north and south, over the ecliptic. (That's the imaginary path of the sun around the Earth.) The Mean Lunar Nodes progress in a retrograde direction, taking 18.6 years to complete a cycle backwards through the zodiac.
For a brief overview of the Lunar Nodes, how they relate to Source energy, your path and your past, watch the new video tutorial.
Listen to the full lecture discussion on Module 5 - 5 Points to Reveal Your Rock Star Entrepreneur.
The Nodes are significant points that offer meaningful and applicable guide posts in any astrological interpretation.
"[The Nodes] link together the solar principle, the lunar principle and the principle of the Earth. The points are derived through the movement of those three bodies, and I actually think the Nodes are an attempt…to balance solar principles and lunar principles within the body on the earth plane. In some ways, the Nodes indicate a struggle between the pull of the past and new qualities or traits or choices that need to be made." --Howard Sasportas
The South Lunar Node, also known as the Dragon's Tail or Cauda Draconis, pulls us into the direction of the past. This represents instinctive desires that call us back to a place where we feel, if not comfortable, at least familiar. Like the Moon and her association with intuitive impulses, the South Lunar Node can operate unconsciously. It's often an automatic response.
The North Lunar Node, the Dragon's Head or Caput Draconis, pulls us into the future. It represents the areas of life where we can, with conscious effort and choice, break new ground and obtain valuable new experiences. Like the Sun, the North Lunar Node, when approached with courage, awareness and a sense of new possibilities, brings consciousness and growth.
Remember, the two Nodes are always diametrically opposite, in opposing signs and houses.
The Lunar Nodes also pertain to people. An activated South Node can indicate a person from the past that suddenly pops back into your life. More often than not, these South Node people require help or assistance from us. Even those with a personal planet sign corresponding to our South Node sign can seem to always need help.
An activated North Node, can indicate new people that enter the life offering opportunity, alliance and aid. Transits and progressions here can indicate someone new presenting a challenge, opening or fresh direction.
The terms True Node or Mean Node refer to the same thing, the position of the lunar nodes, but they represent different ways of calculating them. It's a matter of mathematics. The true node takes in the 'wobble' of the nodes and includes direct and retrograde motions. The mean node is an average and is always retrograde. True or Mean, they are never more than a degree or two apart. Astrologers don't agree on which is 'best' but given the closeness, either preference will give insights and results.
As the nodes transit clockwise, or retrograde, the NN goes from 0 Virgo to 29 Leo on April 28, 2017 (True Node) and May 10, 2017 (Mean Node). Note that Leo is about developing creative self expression, and Aquarius is about group dynamics, being one of the many.
This is going to activate your Leo -- Aquarius houses over the next 1.5 years, so look there to where you 1) shine in your own right vs. rely on friends or groups to define you. The idea, remember, is to create balance.
The transit will be crossing my Ascendant (0 Vi or 29 Le depending on which birth time I use.) I'll be noting inner and outer events at that time, and incorporating the nodal alignment with my manifesting practices.
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Where is this transit happening in your chart?
Hi Everyone! I want to draw your attention to the upcoming Void of Course Moon. It will last for 23.5 hours (that's a long one) and offers us a great opportunity to lighten out grip on the wheel, and align with a very easy--slack even--way of manifesting. Think Intentional Resting, Easy World, Slacker-City Manifesting. It's happening in Scorpio, from 18 degrees to 0 Sagittarius, which will give you some hints on WHERE this might be focused for you.
Here are the times:
LA– Friday 11.38 am
NY– Friday 2.38 pm
LON – Friday 7.38 pm
SYD – Saturday 6.38 am
ENDS with MOON @0 SAGITTARIUS
LA – Saturday 10.52 am
NY – Saturday 1.52 pm
LON – Saturday 6.52 pm
SYD – Sunday 5.52 am
VOC occurs when the Moon, or planet (any other than the sun which can not go VOC) is PAST the exact degree of its final major aspect or while still in its current sign. The void of course moon is over the moment the Moon ingresses into the next sign. In the case of the upcoming VOC, it completes a sextile to Pluto at 18 Capricorn and then makes NO NEW ASPECTS until changing signs.
In horary astrology, VOC means there is nothing to worry about or nothing will happen. The VOC can last from minutes to hours and is generally considered not the best time to launch new ideas or initiate change. It's a time to allow, feel and float downstream, gathering information and momentum that can be actioned when the moon enters the next sign and is renewed. VOC is, as mentioned above, excellent for meditation, creative musing and matters of the heart. If ever there is a time for SLACKER MANIFESTING, it's on the VOC Moon.
In the 1st Century AD, we find VOC Moon in the natal chart getting a bum rap:
If you find the Moon void of all the planets, none of them aspects it, and none is in the ascendant or aspecting the ascendant, then this native is void of good in livelihood, possesses pain and hardship in the pursuit of what he needs.
- Carmen Astrologicum, 1.12.7
And then, in the 4th Century AD, Thesaurus 1.39, Firmicus says:
There is void-coursing of the Moon whenever it is not applying to any planet, not bodily and not by figure [aspect].
It goes on, through the ages…
To define, Void means empty, nothing, and course is the path of the moon around the earth.
So it literally means 'empty of influence along the path' because there is no companionship - no new aspect, until it changes signs.
The question of orb is different in the past than modern times. It wasn't until the 1970's that the current definition of Void of Course came in. Al Morrison popularized it then, saying:
The void of course Moon "begins when the Moon in transit makes the last major aspect it will make before it changes from one sign of the zodiac to the next. It ends when the Moon enters the next sign. … You may call it a silly season, or vacation from normal living. Decision making in such periods turns out later to be unrealistic. Creativity diverges into unpleasant directions, improvisations, false starts, error. Business moves fail to generate profits, or meet unexpected difficulties. If you buy any object it usually fails of its intended use. Human judgment is more fallible than usual …
But … that's not how William Lilly, for example, writing in 1647 defines it. He says:
A Planet is void of course, when he is separated from a Planet, nor does forthwith, during his being in that Sign, apply to any other: This is most usually in the Moon … You shall seldom see a business go handsomely forward when this is so. (CA, p. 112)
So, for Lilly, to avoid being void of course the planet has to enter into orb of another aspect either during its separation from its last aspect, or immediately as it becomes fully separated.
He has a table of of 'orbs' showing that the void isn't necessarily over when the moon enters the new sign. It has to apply, within orb, to another body. Note declinations, parallels and contra-parallels count as aspects as does the Part of Fortune. Some count aspects to the nodes and vertex too.
Above Lilly was listing the radius of the orbs and he regarded the "moiety" as half of that radius. By adding the moieties of two planets Lilly calculated the maximum distance those planets could be apart and still considered within aspect of each other.
There is no agreement historically on how long a void might last but we take it from the end of the last major aspect until the ingress into the next sign.
Remember, it's Void of Course because the 'ship has lost her way' for a time. In a natal chart, I suggest a natal VOC moon be the perfect candidate for "Slacker Manifesting" all the time.
I invite you all to try a relaxed approach to anything you are creating. Here's the first tip from Abigail Steidley. Read her in full on Jeannette's blog.
I use this approach with everything (albeit not perfectly, mind you! Sometimes I forget and start over-efforting).
It's the recipe for instant manifestation. I have learned not to put one ounce of mental or physical effort into anything until I have done nothing, ignored it, and listened for ideas. Yes, this is the exact opposite of everything we learned in school.
And then, there's Easy World:
Choosing Easy World invites us to enter a new paradigm, where suffering and struggle are not possible and joy abounds ...
My approach is to simply say, "I live in easy world where everything is easy, especially ..."
That's it.
I do it once and it's never failed.
Who wants to join me in not lifting a finger to create what we want on this VOC Moon weekend? I'll share my chart and ideas tomorrow.
Feel free to pop in the comments if you have questions, anecdotes, or support to offer.
We'd love to hear from you.
In this podcast you will:
When it comes to increasing income, following creative dreams, allowing new relationships and lifting the vibe on old ones, a lot of people don't realize how important the Self Love factor is. But learning to practice it is CRUCIAL to successful deliberate creation, because the Universe can only be as good to us as we are to ourselves.
Your best support is to find at least one new way to show love to yourself everyday. It can be challenging, but the sign and house placement of the MOON is your key!
All you need to follow along is pen and paper, or your computer notepad, and your astrological chart. You can create your natal chart online at Astro.com. For more support, follow this simple tutorial: How to create your chart online.
When you're ready, click play and be ready to learn how to fuel your manifesting skills with law of attraction friendly astrology of the moon.
Questions and thoughts welcome in the comments or join us in the GVA Open Forum.
Hi everyone,
Jeannette and I recorded a short conversation about expecting Good/Bad Transits.
* What do you do when things don't unfold the way you thought they would?
* What do expectations and assumptions have to do with it?
* Is attachment helping?
* LOA tips to turn things around.
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February 12, 2018, Mohammad Ismail Amin
Afghanistan's mining industry is extraordinarily important for the country's economy, setting up thousands of employment and contributing a broadly economic growth but mining can be immensely harmful if it is not regulated properly-as ran a vital range of abuses and disasters around the country. Also with a range of harmful mix of poor policies, weaknesses in the institutions, bad governance, and corruption which mess up mining industry and the result are chaos.
Lawlessness, that dominants the mining industry in Afghanistan, acknowledged by the international, local investors and even the Afghan government officials that face a myriad of problems and difficulties which includes a wide spread of 'illegal Mining.'
According to USIP, the majority of active mines sites in Afghanistan are not government regulated neither controlled. According to the constitution of Afghan mining law- all, mineral resources are the property of the state, but the message has not been sent properly to the local communities hosting mineral wealth.
Most of the artisanal mining involved in illegal mineral extraction which leads to conflicts, myriad loss of local and political economy. We have witnessed that certain mines are being operated for decades by the local communities who do not hold any licenses for exploitation, exploration, and mining, according to MoMP roughly the government of Afghanistan losses $250-300 million annually since the fall of Taliban.
According to Global Witness, the Taliban and other armed groups are earning up to $20 million/year from Afghanistan famous lapis lazuli of Badakhshan region.
Global standards of mining operations have developed to understand that unless mine operators exercise caution and vigilance, possible direct damage and harmful impacts shall take place in surrounding communities. It is pretty obvious that In Afghanistan and around the globe, studies and experience have shown that without effective government regulation, no company shall behave responsibly. Despite the companies that put on serious efforts to do so most often fall off without proper government attention.
Health, Livelihood and Environmental Concerns
The rapid increase in industrial and technological advancement have a positive impact on humans regarding producing various industrial products that play a vital role in the quality of life, but also carries a negative impact in the form of air and environmental pollution, e.g., industrial waste (tailings) and technology.
One of the major concerns of illegal mining is environmental pollution which stands a great threat to human health. Illegal mining activities of heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead can cause a serious threat to the human, animal and plants life.
We have witnessed environmental pollution cases that exceed its limits especially of ongoing illegal mining activities that have resulted in losses and unrest. The workers involved in illegal mining are exposed to heavy metals and transition metals which are extremely dangerous and toxic in certain concentration and doses which results in various health diseases not only of the workers involved in unprofessional and illegal mining but also the surrounding local community.
A survey was conducted from the residents of illegal mining sites and from the patients visiting neighbouring countries for health concerns affected by the dust emission from passing ore trucks and from ongoing illicit mining of talc in Achin of Nangarhar province, coal and heavy metals extraction from various parts of Afghanistan, which are highly linked with respiratory diseases. A farmer claimed that heavily loaded ore trucks passing through their fields leaves a thick dust coats over crops that stand in nearby fields. This is alarming, and rapidly increases and the government should consider it foremost among their priorities.
Illegal mining is also responsible for soil erosion, aquatic life and natural water that flows in stream and lakes along with environmental health issues. The processing of certain minerals such as Gold in various provinces highly contaminates water resources with its waste or tailings.
Socio-economic Impacts & a Direct Fruitful Income to Insurgents
A range of actors engaged in illegal and unregulated minerals extraction, which includes the warlords, certain members of the parliament, regional government officials, and various insurgent groups including Taliban, due to which the government of Afghanistan losses $250-300 million annually only to the hands of Taliban. The locality of some mine sites are in areas which are relatively unstable and out of reach of the central government control, the insurgents and several other mafia groups have made an easy excess to have control on, and for decades they are controlled and exploited by Taliban and other insurgents or criminal groups. For instance, the copper and gold deposits of Afghanistan in certain provinces such as Kandahar and Helmand, talc, chromite of Nangarhar, which are sharing a border with Pakistan, the insurgents hand on to the direct shared profit of millions of dollars annually.
Similarly, unregulated and illegal small-scale extraction of minerals in Afghanistan contributes to conflict producing a great deal of mining profit by financing insurgents and various criminal mafias using violence against the state to gain power, which has deprived the government of Afghanistan of revenue owed regarding loyalties and taxes. We have witnessed, in various cases, the local communities who are hosting mining sites support these mafia groups and insurgency, or various other artisanal mafia controlled mines to refrain from legal taxation by corrupt government officials.
The insurgents and several other actors who are involved in illegal and unregulated minerals extraction smuggle or illegally transport these precious mineral resources to the neighbouring countries where they sell these minerals on less than of its half prices, thus it goes to international market under the name of neighbouring countries and get immense of benefits of Afghanistan natural resources and never benefits the hosts of mineral deposits and local community.
Efforts/Steps to be taken Handling Illegal & Un-Regulated Mining
Getting best outcomes of mineral potential in Afghanistan is a real challenge because of weak state capacity, deliberate failure of the government of Afghanistan and to formalize entire policy and legal provisions. But, certainly, it is quite possible to overcome.
A greater majority of people involved in illegal and unregulated minerals extraction are the youth. The government of Afghanistan can do well in offering incentive schemes to promote mineral beneficiation to redirect the energy and time of these youth to various productive ventures. It is pretty important to socialize and educate the local community who are hosting mineral resources. This could be done through arranging proper seminars, Promotions, Brochures to be distributed, posters, billboards, and leaflets dispersed and television and radio programs shall be on-aired. But unfortunately, socialization and education never reached the hosting mineral communities which have resulted in keeping them unaware of regarding the impacts of illegal mining.
Legal Framework and Advocacy
The government of Afghanistan should be able to assure that the mining projects are subjects to competent and have the ability to dictate the overall undesirable impacts and inevitable violation of the law. The present framework remained to fail in this case and should be able to do more of creating transparency and accountability initiatives. Unfortunately, the government of Afghanistan lacks effective mechanism and framework to encounter illegal artisanal mining throughout the country. The government failed to oversight mining operations and mines supposed to submit required compliance reports to the mining and environmental ministries every six months.
There should be a mutual commitment from policymakers, but very, unfortunately, the role of stockholders/policy makers and the public is still lacking. The government officials, warlord and other and local police officers involved in illegal mining should be prosecuted, and legal actions should be taken against them.
Creating a Special Taskforce
There is a need of establishing a special task force which should be responsible for awareness of better livelihood, environmental impacts, worth of natural resources, and coordination with local community, controlling and overseeing the mining operations, they are supposed to directly submit compliance reports to the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum and the office of President. This taskforce should also be responsible for creating coordination between the government of Afghanistan and local community hosting mineral wealth.
Facilitating Local Communities
According to global mining principles, the government of Afghanistan, mining companies (national & international) and other stakeholders are supposed to take care of sustainable local community development. The mineral wealth when developed, there should be sustainable human well-being by incorporating with economic and social infrastructure regarding creating job opportunities, education, health, and transportation. Traditionally, in Afghanistan, we have witnessed that mining wealth has always benefited the national economy, but unfortunately, the local communities have always been avoided.
Facilitating local communities who are holding national mineral wealth will not only benefit the mining companies and government of Afghanistan but also will have a great impact to overcome the insurgency and other various actors involved in illegal and unregulated mining.
The important conclusion to be made regarding the illegal mining and unregulated mineral wealth in Afghanistan that there is an obvious reflection of government's failure to translate what we have in the policy and legal framework which has to be brought into actual practices. The government officials, Parliamentarians, warlords and other actors should be restrained and deprived of indulging in illegal mining of natural resources in Afghanistan. The law enforcement agencies should be committed to having a strong hold on borders insurgency movements, especially related to mineral wealth.


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Primetime spotlight
Czech Republic's Ester Ledecka pulled off an historic upset. She started as the 26th racer in the women's super-G, but ultimately finished first. She finished the course in a time of 1 minute, 21.11 seconds.
Austria's Anna Veith, the reigning gold medalist, earned the silver, finishing .01 seconds back.
Ledecka is a two-sport athlete, better known as a snowboarder. She was the 26th to ski and beat Veith's time by one one-hundredth of a second. It was the first gold medal for the Czech Republic in an Alpine event.
Lindsey Vonn made a critical mistake near the bottom of her super-G run that cost her a spot on the podium. She finished tied for sixth.
Women's aerials kicked off Primetime coverage. Belarusian Alla Tsuper was the defending champion in the event. It was countrywoman Hanna Huskova who captured gold in PyeongChang.
Chinese teammates Zhang Xin and Kong Fanyu captured the silver and bronze, respectively.
American Madison Olsen surprised everyone, making it to the final and ultimately placing sixth overall. It was a great result for the up-and-comer. She even tried a jump for the first time ever in the last round of the final.
One of the featured events of Primetime was the men's free skate. Nathan Chen was looking to end on a high note after two disastrous programs in his debut. He did exactly that. He landed five quads cleanly, attempted six, and earned the highest technical score in a free skate ever in the Olympics. In fact, he had the highest free skate score of the day by almost nine points.
Teammates Vincent Zhou and Adam Rippon faired just as well. Zhou completed multiple quads and was rewarded with a personal best of 192.16 points. Rippon turned in his third strong skate of the Olympics and finished 10th overall.
Nathan Chen finds redemption in free skate
Yuzuru Hanyu is the first man to win back-to-back Olympic golds in figure skating since American Dick Button in the 1948 and 1952 Games. PyeongChang is the third consecutive Olympics where a Japanese male figure skater earned a medal.
Countryman Shoma Uno earned silver in his Olympic debut.
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Adam Rippon, making his Olympic debut at 28, had to have a clean skate to stay near the top of the standings. A clean skate is even more crucial for him since he does not attempt any quads in his program. Rippon delivered, performing his third great performance of the Games. He tallied a score of 171.41 points in the free skate, ending with 259.36 – good for tenth place overall.
Shocking upset in women's super-G
Austria's Anna Veith had thought she had successfully defended her Olympic super-G gold medal. That is until, Czech Republic's Ester Ledecka skied after the top 20 had already finished their runs.
Ledecka is a two-sport athlete, better known as a snowboarder. She was the 26th to ski and beat Veith's time by one one-hundredth of a second. It was the first gold medal for the Czech Republic in an Alpine event.
Veith was attempting to become the first women's Alpine skier to win two gold medals in the super-G. Instead, she will now add a silver to her gold in the super-G from 2014, and silver from 2014 giant slalom.
Lichetenstein's Tina Weirather claimed the bronze. Weirather's medal was the tenth Winter Olympic medal for Lichtenstein, and seven of them have been won by Weirather's family.
Lindsey Vonn finished tied for sixth in her first Olympic race since 2010. Vonn had a costly bobble at the bottom of her run. She finished with a time of 1:21.49.
Vonn will attempt to earn her second Olympic title in the downhill on Tuesday. Vonn won the gold in 2010.
Americans Breezy Johnson, Laurenne Ross and Alice McKennis finished 14th, 15th, and 16th respectively.
Swiss freeskiers Hoefflin, Gremaud finish 1-2 in women's slopestyle
Sarah Hoefflin took the gold medal with a score of 91.20 on her third and final run. She had put herself into medal contention on her first run, taking some of the pressure off of the competition.
Her teammate, 18-year-old Mathilde Gremaud, had one of the best runs of the first round. She pulled off a switch double cork 1080. Her score of 88.00 points held for a silver medal.
Isabel Atkin, who was born in Boston but competes for Great Britain, won Great Britain's second medal ever in a snow sport. Her score of 84.60 knocked American Maggie Voisin off the podium.
Voisin was in the final with teammate Devin Logan, who was celebrating her 25th birthday. Logan ended up finishing in 10th place with a score of 56.80. The 25 year old will compete in halfpipe qualifying in just two days. She's the only freeskier competing in both slopestyle and halfpipe for the Americans.
Hockey upsets galore
In the first women's quarterfinal game, OAR faced Switzerland. OAR hadn't won a game in preliminary play and had only scored one goal all tournament. But, because of their ranking pre-Olympics, OAR advanced to the quarterfinals. Team OAR will face Canada in the semifinals.
Team OAR found itself, having an offensive outburst of six goals. They seized momentum when they killed a 5-on-3 power play, scoring a short-handed goal in the first period. In the second, the two teams scored five goals between them. Then in the third, OAR scored two goals midway through the period to seal the deal. They would later add an empty-netter.
Coming into the game, Alina Muller of Switzerland led the tournament with the most points. She had six goals in three games. She added another goal against OAR. She is now only two behind the all-time goal record in a single tournament. She will have a chance to match the record in Switzerland's final game against the unified Korean team.
On the men's side, Canada took on the Czech Republic. The game went to the first shootout of the Games. The Czech Republic came out victorious, winning 3-2. It was Canada's first loss in eight year in an Olympic tournament.
Lopsided hockey
Finland defeated Sweden 7-2 in the second women's quarterfinals game. Finland advances to the semifinals where they will face the U.S. on Feb. 18 at 10:10 p.m ET. With the win, Finnish goalie Noora Raty ties the record for most wins by a goalkeeper in Olympic history, with nine wins.
A palindromic moment for Finland, when its youngest and oldest player scored goals. 18-year-old forward Petra Nieminen, who is considered the country's "next star," opened scoring in the first period. 44-year-old forward Riika Valila, who made her Olympic debut before Nieminen was born, also scored two goals in the game.
Sweden's loss means they will not finish in the top four of the Olympic women's hockey tournament for the first time since the 1998 Games. Sweden will play Japan tomorrow in the first round of classification games.
The men's side saw another lopsided defeat. Switzerland earned its first win of the Games by defeating South Korea 8-0. Switzerland is the second men's team to score eight goals in a single game this tournament. Group A preliminary play wars up tomorrow.
Another race, another record
Marit Bjorgen led Norway to gold in the women's 4x5km relay. Bjorgen moves into a tie as the most decorated Winter Olympian of all time. She already became the most decorated female Winter Olympian last Saturday.
It was exciting race down the stretch. The veteran Bjorgen had just enough in her tank to outlast Sweden on the final leg. At one point the two skiers were less than .6 seconds apart. Ultimately Bjorgen finished in a time of 51:42.3 and Sweden came in two seconds behind.
By winning gold, Bjorgen cements a few more records for the history books. She takes sole possession as the most decorated cross-country skier ever in the Olympics. The fact that the medal was gold, means she has the most by an Olympic cross-country skier.
OAR took home the bronze medal.
It was the Americans' best hope for a medal in cross-country. The fell short, finishing in fifth place. The U.S.' 42-year medal drought in the sport continues.
Extra curling clinches crucial win for the U.S.
The U.S. and Team OAR battled through four lead changes and two ties in 10 ends. The sweeping of Becca Hamilton, Aileen Geving and Tabitha Peterson helped the U.S. win 7-6. The Americans improve to 2-2 overall with their next game against Canada. Canada is 0-3 in the tournament despite being the defending gold medalist.
Sweden, China and Great Britain also picked up wins last night.


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Almost five years ago, this editorial page made a very simple request: "The Foggy Bottom Association should use newly acquired funds to improve the neighborhood, rather than to initiate litigation against GW." Instead, the FBA has done the exact opposite.
More than two years after its filing, the FBA's appeal against the 20-year campus plan has been struck down. At the same time, a complaint about how GW counts its students has been sent back to the Zoning Commission. The FBA has expressed desire to continue their tradition of filing complaints against GW by moving forward with this new appeal.
This is yet another opportunity for the FBA to change their relations with the University. Instead of continuing its appeal, the FBA needs to drop this claim and (finally) put forward a good-faith effort to work with the University to better our community, rather than make endless attempts to impede all University efforts.
As a display of pure desperation, the FBA once claimed that study abroad students should be counted in the number of GW students in Foggy Bottom, despite the fact that they use absolutely zero local resources. In the appeal addressed last week, those complaints have been scaled back. Instead, the case they intend to present to the Zoning Commission will focus mainly on how Mount Vernon students are counted. The FBA claims that all students who use the Foggy Bottom area should be counted, while disregarding the daily exchange in which students who live in the Foggy Bottom area also attend classes on Mount Vernon. This exchange reduces the validity of the claim that these students "contribute to noise, traffic, and other unfavorable conditions," as the FBA describes in its appeal.
More than the specific merits of the case, this appeal is demonstrative of how perverse the relationship between GW and the FBA has become. Are they really fighting over the possible inclusion of a couple hundred students into the student body count? Or the difference between a "primary relationship" and "intensity of use" test?
If anything, the FBA should use their intensity as a positive force in Foggy Bottom, rather than to create intense headaches.
Readers can visit the Forum to comment on this editorial.
This article appeared in the September 10, 2009 issue of the Hatchet.


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AUCTION - Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10 a.m. in Eldora, IA
154.5 acres located 4½ miles SE of Eldora on the NE corner of the 250th St./B Ave (Co. Rd. S75) intersection. Farm has 124.61 crop acres (including 6.42 acres in CRP and 1.27 acres certified as grass). CSR2 on non-grass crop acres is 88.7.
CRP Contract: 6.42 acres are enrolled in a CRP contract that pays $1,290 annually and expires 9/30/19.
This western Grundy County farm has high-quality soils!
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This year I have travelled to four continents to attend celebrations of 40 years of IVF and it has really brought home to me the incredible impact that the work of IVF pioneers Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe have had on this planet
In July 25th, on my 40th birthday, I spent the day at the Science Museum in London where there was an exhibition about the scientific breakthrough that brought me into the world, enabled IVF to become available to millions and eventually led to Robert Edwards getting a Nobel Prize.
A year of celebrating the past and future of IVF
But the celebrations started in January and went right through to December. I must be the first person ever to have had birthday celebrations in Morocco, USA, Japan, Belgium, UK, France, Spain, and China in the same year.
It meant some long plane journeys, some lovely hotel beds, some strange meals and some wonderful company.
What I noticed all over the world is the same enthusiasm from the people who work in IVF to help those with fertility issues and the same desire from couples who so much want a baby. There are huge cultural differences, many different rules on who is able to access IVF and who isn't but a universal agreement that being able to help people have a longed-for baby is a good thing.
So much desire and hope across the world
One of the highlights for me was talking through an interpreter to a crowded room of women in Chongqing, China. Every woman in that room was in a different part of their IVF journey. You could feel the desire and hope from them all that it would work for them.
I was known as "the test tube baby" when I was born. Sometimes it feels like fertility treatment is all about test tubes, injections, chemicals, processes, supplements and tests. But that's not the whole story.
Really IVF and assisted reproduction is about hope and joy and babies and happiness and families. I'm looking forward to resting up over Christmas and New Year, no doubt eating too much and watching my two sons enjoy the festive season. That's what IVF really means – creating families, including my own.
Here's to a great 2019 and to all those on an IVF journey I hope it is the year you get your bundle of joy.


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Today begins the Biblical holiday of Rosh Hashanah (Feast of Trumpets).
Speak to the children of Yisra'el, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest to you, a memorial of blowing of shofars, a holy convocation. (Lev. 23:24)
Second, Rosh Hashanah itself–or rather the Days of Awe–has prophetic significance in the life of the Christian. The blowing of the shofar is prophetic of the rapture of the church, where those who are part of the Bride of Messiah, the church, will experience everlasting transformation:
Look, I will tell you a secret–not all of us will die! But we will all be changed! It will take but a moment, the blink of an eye, at the final shofar. For the shofar will sound, and the dead will be raised to live forever, and we too will be changed. (1 Cor. 15:51, The Complete Jewish Bible)
Third, the Tashlikh (casting away) ceremony reminds us that our Lord is a God of new beginnings, and even if we have sinned and fallen away from Him, He is faithful to restore us and cast our sins away from us. (After all, God sent His only Son Yeshua to be our Sin-Bearer and Substitute, so we can take comfort in His forgiveness when we earnestly seek to repent from the harm we have done and begin anew with God.
Fourth, we should be grateful to the Lord for writing our names in the Lamb's Book of Life. Of course, we do not believe that we are made acceptable in the Lord's eyes by means of our own works of righteousness (Titus 3:5-6), but that does not excuse us from being without such works (as fruit of the Holy Spirit in our daily life).
Finally, we anticipate the prophetic fulfillment of the Lord's covenant faithfulness to Israel when we understand that the Days of Awe foreshadow the future repentance of national Israel in the days to come. Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is the Holiday that pictures the full restoration of Israel to all her covenant promises and Yeshua will be revealed as Israel's Savior, Lord, and Deliverer.
God named the other holidays, Sabbath, Passover, Day of Atonement, etc.; however, the Feast of Trumpets holiday has no name. It's simply referred to as the day of the sounding of the shofar (Yom Teruah), so it became known as the Feast of Trumpets, a special day calling attention to the coming holy day—the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). A shofar (ram's horn) is blown during the Feast of Trumpets service. Leviticus 23 calls the blowing of trumpets a memorial but does not say what it is a memorial of. Many believe it is a memorial of God's grace to Abraham when He substituted a ram to be sacrificed instead of Isaac (Gen. 22). It is also regarded as a memorial of the creation of the world, at which the sons of God shouted for joy (Job 38:7). This holiday was the new year's day, on which the people rejoiced in a grateful remembrance of God's benefits and implored His blessing for the future year.
The Feast of Trumpets and Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) are the holiest days of the Jewish year. This season is a time for looking inward to spiritual growth. The themes surrounding this holiday include:
New Year
The Feast of Trumpets is the Jewish New Year. There is little resemblance between the Feast of Trumpets, one of the holiest days of the year, and a typical New Year's Eve midnight drinking party. It is a celebration of the earth's physical birthday on Tishri 1, the seventh month of the religious calendar, the first month of the civil calendar. It is the first of the fall holidays and usually occurs in September.
Judaism has several different new years. This is similar to the calendar year starting in January, the new school year starting in September, and many businesses starting fiscal years in July and September. In Judaism, Nisan 1 is the new year for the purpose of counting the reign of kings and months on the calendar. Regardless when the king became ruler, the coronation was on Tishri 1. Elul 1 (in August) is the new year for the tithing of animals. Shevat 15 (in February) is the new year for trees (determining when first fruits can be eaten, etc.), and Tishri 1, the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) is the new year for years.
Coronation Day
Another theme of this holiday is God's royalty. The Jewish liturgical tradition has preserved tunes for many of the prayers that aptly accompany what the Chassidim called "Coronation Day." The shofar, in this light, announces God's Kingship: With trumpets and sound of cornet [shofar] make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King (Ps. 98:6). Through repentance we become God's subjects. It is said that the day that God manifests His Royalty, the day He created His world, is also naturally the day He sits in judgment. Coronation Day is a joyous day and world celebration.
Judgment Day
The history of the Feast of Trumpets as a "Day of Judgment" is from the legend that God sits in judgment between the New Year and the Day of Atonement over mankind to determine fates for the coming year. This symbolism is drawn upon to great effect by the authors of the liturgical poems written to heighten the prayers of the season. The sages say that destiny — whether financial, physical, or other– is pre-ordained on one day each year for the entire duration of that year (Talmud Rosh Hashanah).
It is said that on this day God has three books that are opened. Those who have returned to God are written in the Book of Righteousness. All other people are divided into two groups. The first is the wholly wicked whose names are written in the Book of the Wholly Wicked. The other group are considered intermediates. They are people who have not been judged and have ten more days to repent. If they repent by the Day of Atonement their names will be written in the Book of Righteousness. Hosea 14:1-9 expresses this theme.
The sages of the Jerusalem Talmud (Rosh Hashanah 1:3) say, "Normally, someone standing in judgment would dress somberly, cloaking himself in black robes and not trim his beard. After all, he does not know how it will turn out. Israel is different, though. We dress in white and cloak ourselves in white and trim our beards and eat and drink and are joyous for we know that God will do miracles for us. Being judged by God is at once an awesome thing — He knows all — but He is a merciful God. Even judgment itself need not be devoid of joy (Talmud Rosh Hashanah 1:3).
The theme of "remembered" is thought to be from God remembering Sarah and Hannah. A Talmudic dictum (Rosh Hashanah 10b) says that on Yom Teruah, Sarah, Rachel, and Hannah were "remembered."
Birthday of the World
Jewish tradition believes this day is the birthday of the world because the first part of Genesis, Bereishit, "in the beginning," when changed around, read Aleph b' Tishri, or "on the first of Tishri." Therefore the Feast of Trumpets is known as the birthday of the world (Adapted Chumney 1994).
Perhaps Peter was thinking of the Fall Holidays when he wrote 2 Peter 3 because it contains all the themes contained within this season:
Dear friends, I am writing you now this second letter; and in both letters I am trying to arouse you to wholesome thinking by means of reminders; so that you will keep in mind the predictions of the holy prophets and the command given by the Lord and Deliverer through your emissaries.
First, understand this: during the Last Days, scoffers will come, following their own desires and asking, "Where is this promised 'coming' of his? For our fathers have died, and everything goes on just as it has since the beginning of creation." But, wanting so much to be right about this, they overlook the fact that it was by God's Word that long ago there were heavens, and there was land which arose out of water and existed between the waters, and that by means of these things the world of that time was flooded with water and destroyed. It is by that same Word that the present heavens and earth, having been preserved, are being kept for fire until the Day of Judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed.
Moreover, dear friends, do not ignore this: with the Lord, one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some people think of slowness; on the contrary, he is patient with you; for it is not his purpose that anyone should be destroyed, but that everyone should turn from his sins. However, the Day of the Lord will come "like a thief." On that Day the heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will melt and disintegrate, and the earth and everything in it will be burned up.
Since everything is going to be destroyed like this, what kind of people should you be? You should lead holy and godly lives, as you wait for the Day of God and work to hasten its coming. That Day will bring on the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt from the heat; but we, following along with his promise, wait for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness will be at home. Therefore, dear friends, as you look for these things, do everything you can to be found by him without spot or defect and at peace. And think of our Lord's patience as deliverance, just as our dear brother Sha'ul [Paul] also wrote you, following the wisdom God gave him. Indeed, he speaks about these things in all his letters. They contain some things that are hard to understand, things which the uninstructed and unstable distort, to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.
But you, dear friends, since you know this in advance, guard yourselves; so that you will not be led away by the errors of the wicked and fall from your own secure position. And keep growing in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Deliverer, Yeshua the Messiah. To him be the glory, both now and forever! Amen. (The Complete Jewish Bible)
The shofar (trumpet) was the signal for the field workers to come into the Temple. On the day of the Feast of Trumpets, the high priest actually stood on the southwestern parapet of the Temple and blew the shofar so it could be heard in the surrounding fields. At that instant the faithful would stop harvesting, even if there were more crops to bring in, and leave immediately for worship service in the Temple. This is prophetic of the rapture when, at the sound of the shofar, the spiritual harvest will be over and believers will ascend up into heaven.
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a rousing cry, with a call from one of the ruling angels, and with God's shofar, those who died united with the Messiah will be the first to rise; then we who are left still alive will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we will always be with the Lord. (1 Thess. 4:16-17, The Complete Jewish Bible)
This morning, EJ, JJ, and I ate the symbolic foods and said the blessings as we remembered the meanings of this day. We thanked God that through Jesus sacrifice for us we are written in the Book of Life, we thanked Him for His sustenance and care for us, we asked for protection from enemies, and we prayed as we dipped an apple into honey that the coming year would be filled with sweetness. We have been filled with anticipation at the coming of Jesus–may it be soon.
This is a wonderfully joyous Rosh Hashanah song that I have been enjoying. As I watch the joy of this video, I anticipate the joy that we will have when we finally see Jesus face to face.
L'Shanah Tovah in Messiah!! ♥ (Happy New Year in Messiah!)


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According to survey results presented at a Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Annual Meeting, more than 40% of vascular surgeons reported experiencing sexual harassment at the workplace. The anonymous survey asked surgeons from health care facilities and training sites in Florida and other states whether they had experienced harassment of various forms. Nearly one in three of the respondents said they thought harassment was common in surgical specialties.
Supreme Court removes barrier for workplace discrimination cases
Workers experiencing discrimination in Florida need not file complaints first with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission prior to suing employers in federal court. In a rare unanimous decision from the Supreme Court of the United States, the justices ruled that the requirement in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act that compels people to complain first to the EEOC, or its equivalent state agency, did not automatically force federal courts to dismiss workplace discrimination cases that had not first sought relief through the EEOC.
4 industries that have a sexual harassment problem
Like most of your neighbors in Boca Raton, you must work to provide for yourself and your family. You may also derive both pleasure and confidence from your job. If you face sexual harassment at work, though, your otherwise enjoyable job may turn into a nightmare.
Boeing employee says he faced racial harassment at work
Florida employees who encounter workplace harassment based on race may be able to file a lawsuit against their employer. A 57-year-old man has done so against Boeing, alleging that he suffered racial harassment while working for the company in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Dealing with retaliation on the job
Employers in Florida and throughout the country are generally not allowed to retaliate against workers who assert their legal rights in the workplace. However, it is still possible for a worker to be terminated, demoted or otherwise treated differently after engaging in a protected act. There are several different steps that workers can take if they believe that they have been treated in an unfair manner. The first step is to speak directly with the party acting in a potentially retaliatory manner.
Former banker sues Wall Street firm over LGBT discrimination
Even LGBT workers in high-ranking executive positions in Florida can face discrimination or mistreatment on the job. This is illustrated in the case of one former Goldman Sachs vice president who is suing the financial firm after being fired by the investment bank. The former executive was a leader in the company's internal LGBT network and says that when he complained about discrimination in the workplace, he was targeted for retaliation and lost his job. Among other incidents, he said that he was excluded from a key conference call with a client because a supervisor said his voice "sounded too gay."
Court win for nurse who was denied promotion while on FMLA leave
Employers in Florida are not required to pay employees who take time off under the provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act. However, the landmark 1993 law prohibits taking retaliatory action against them. When workers can establish that negative employment actions were connected in any way to FMLA leave, they may pursue civil remedies. A recent case involving these issues was recently decided in Michigan. It resulted in a nurse who had taken FMLA leave being awarded $30,513 in liquidated damages, back wages, interest and retirement contributions.
How to help a co-worker who is being sexually harassed
The only individual responsible for sexual harassment is the perpetrator, but everyone else has the power to protect one another. Bystanders can help victims be heard and safe. In a workplace setting, you can help your co-workers stand up to misconduct.
Cancer specialists report on sexual harassment in medicine
The #MeToo movement highlighted an often unseen reality of sexual harassment in the workplace: people can still be affected by harassment even if they hold high-ranking, prestigious jobs in the Florida entertainment industry, technology or medicine. For example, one study of gynecologic oncologists, who treat cancers of the female reproductive system, found that the majority of men and women had both been sexually harassed during their careers. A fellow in the specialty conducted the survey, reported at an annual event of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Florida employees should be aware that sexual harassment in the workplace is illegal. In fact, many workplaces have hotlines where sexual harassment can be reported. Even so, many employees, particularly women, avoid making reports due to how the reports can potentially impact their career.


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