Big Sky AstroBlog

Sep

4

Paul Simon’s sweet hymn is my meditation for this morning. Enjoy.

September 4, 2008 | 3 Comments

Sep

2

Right. Where were we?

It took a week or so, but I finally shook off my post-vacation funk and the residue of that nasty flu. I’m working against a writing deadline for Llewellyn’s 2010 Moon Sign Book, but this particular article has been rather shockingly easy to put together… naturally, I’m convinced this means it’s crap. But crap or not, it’s almost done, at least.

In my idle moments these past few days, I’ve done a lot more political web surfing than is healthy for me; like Lynn I’m determined to avoid burying my blog under the groaning weight of endless political screeds, rants, and conjecture during this election season. The 2004 election nearly killed me, and I simply don’t have it in me to get so heavily invested again. True, it’s pretty clear the GOP has completely jumped the shark with this Palin thing; but if 8 years of Bush have taught me anything it’s to never underestimate the shallow, venal stupidity of a vast number of American people. So who knows which way this thing will go. Astrologers almost never get it right when they try to predict this stuff, and I’m not even gonna try.

My fellow bloggers (and various wedding couples) are beginning to buzz a bit about the Venus/Mars conjunction next week, but the grouchy tone of that last paragraph (and various aches and pains) reminds me that I’ll need to get past tomorrow’s Sun/Saturn conjunction before I can drift off to Venus/Mars sexy, scintillating shores. Nose to the grindstone, and all that. Attend to business on Wednesday - eat all our vegetables - and then Thursday’s Sun/Jupiter trine can be dessert. Let’s make it a date.

September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Aug

23

Vacation was fantastic… restorative, refreshing, all that. But I cannot tell a lie: my full 9th house notwithstanding, I’m glad to be home again.

Partly it’s because I came down a pretty dreadful flu the minute we hit Wellington, and spent a good deal of our last week in New Zealand in bed, watching the Olympics. Not the worst way to spend four days - certainly not an indulgence I’d have allowed myself had I been at home - but not remotely the way I’d hoped to spend the last part of our trip, and in one of my favorite cities too. I’ll catch you on the flipside, Wellington.

I barely caught any news coverage while we were away, and read almost no blogs or news websites, so I’m still trying to figure out what all I missed. I was sad and shocked to read about the death of Bernie Mac, for instance - I’d missed that one altogether. (He died between two eclipses - one in aspect to his natal Uranus, one in aspect to natal Venus, ruler of his Sun/Jupiter conjunction. ) As for politics… eh. Getting away was fantastic from that point of view. Mostly I read and heard about New Zealand politics, which don’t seem substantively different from politics here, to be honest; but since it’s not my country, the usual parade of scandals and strident idealogues failed to resonate with me.

I’m still working my way through my inbox, so if you’re waiting for an email from me about something, please be patient with me. I hope to have returned my seat and tray to their full, upright positions by Monday - and hopefully, to be moving with a little extra speed and sparkle after my break. Or at least, to be fully conscious.

August 23, 2008 | 1 Comment

Aug

11

paradise Look where I spent my birthday.

Think it’s gonna be a good year? Yeah. Me too.

Had a fantastic time catching up with old friends in Coromandel (Little Bay pictured at left), then headed down to Tauranga for mini-reunions with both sides of Jonny’s family. Back up to Auckland for a full-day workshop yesterday with the wonderful people of AFI (the first time I’d looked at transits practically since we left) and dinner with another friend. Tonight we’re on the east coast in Napier, a place I’ve been curious about since I wrote a paper for geology class about the big 1931 quake that pretty much wrecked the city. Got here late so can only comment so far on the fish and chips (superb) but will get a bit of a look at the place tomorrow before taking off for Wellington.

What a fantastic trip and a complete change from our usual routine, as a good vacation should be. A bit tired of winding roads (the price of admission to NZ’s natural wonders), but otherwise I remain utterly enchanted with the place. Remind me to tell you about the pies, the milk, and the cows… everyone talks about the sheep but there are cows absolutely everywhere.

August 11, 2008 | 3 Comments

Sign of Scorpio

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