Sep 17, 2008
Sep 16, 2008
John Adams critiques power
"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws." John Adams ~
Too true, Mr. President!
John Adams was born Oct 30, 1735 (Oct 19, Old Style; 2:57 am LMT) - this chart data is rated 'C' in the AstroDataBank files with his details supplied by Doris Chase Doane.
Unless Pres. Adams, the first US president to reside in the White House, was born after 8:59 pm LMT, his natal Moon is in Aries, with Sun in Scorpio.
Sun Sco-Moon Aries, a Water-Fire blend, gives the personality a moody temperament with volatility and impatience supplied by the Aries Moon. It has a great appetite for life, missionary zeal, pride and ambition. This combo desires to be great in some way - it's the 'rush in where angels fear to trend' blend.
An incisive, sharp-witted mind with foresight and tenacity, with this blend Adams was a problem-solver who thrived on challenges and was never afraid to mix it up with anyone who crossed his path.
Suspicious by nature and attracted to subterfuge, he was either a great friend or the worst of enemies to have. This blend gives its all to any cause that's believed in and finds compromise difficult.
Yet I write as if I know his Moon was in Aries, and I do not. A Taurus Moon is Earthy and adds quite a different caste to the picture:
Sun Sco-Moon Tau is a blend of quiet strength and determination, with much concern for others and devotion toward one's partner. It sees the world as a dance between sensual delights and life's pleasures vs corrupted innocence and the darkness of death.
This blend would make Adams quiet and gentle though passionate, and a 'rock' for his associates and friends to lean on.
Feast and famine, hard work and hard play, the opposites of the Tau-Sco polarity work well together if directed properly, so this would give him an intensely practical and sometimes withdrawn character.
Actually the Taurus Moon with Scorpio Sun sounds a good bit like him, now that I think about it - especially considering his well-known devotion to his family.
So I'll close with the Images for Integration for both combos and let you decide what you will!
Sun Sco-Moon Aries: "A crusader fights for (a) vision of truth...A dedicated scientist pioneers new frontiers of knowledge."
Sun Sco-Moon Tau: "A celebrated surgeon amasses a great fortune...A successful businessman probes the mysteries of life...Pluto takes Persephone into the Underworld." (Sun Sign-Moon Sign, Chas & Suzy Harvey.)
Too true, Mr. President!
John Adams was born Oct 30, 1735 (Oct 19, Old Style; 2:57 am LMT) - this chart data is rated 'C' in the AstroDataBank files with his details supplied by Doris Chase Doane.
Unless Pres. Adams, the first US president to reside in the White House, was born after 8:59 pm LMT, his natal Moon is in Aries, with Sun in Scorpio.
Sun Sco-Moon Aries, a Water-Fire blend, gives the personality a moody temperament with volatility and impatience supplied by the Aries Moon. It has a great appetite for life, missionary zeal, pride and ambition. This combo desires to be great in some way - it's the 'rush in where angels fear to trend' blend.
An incisive, sharp-witted mind with foresight and tenacity, with this blend Adams was a problem-solver who thrived on challenges and was never afraid to mix it up with anyone who crossed his path.
Suspicious by nature and attracted to subterfuge, he was either a great friend or the worst of enemies to have. This blend gives its all to any cause that's believed in and finds compromise difficult.
Yet I write as if I know his Moon was in Aries, and I do not. A Taurus Moon is Earthy and adds quite a different caste to the picture:
Sun Sco-Moon Tau is a blend of quiet strength and determination, with much concern for others and devotion toward one's partner. It sees the world as a dance between sensual delights and life's pleasures vs corrupted innocence and the darkness of death.
This blend would make Adams quiet and gentle though passionate, and a 'rock' for his associates and friends to lean on.
Feast and famine, hard work and hard play, the opposites of the Tau-Sco polarity work well together if directed properly, so this would give him an intensely practical and sometimes withdrawn character.
Actually the Taurus Moon with Scorpio Sun sounds a good bit like him, now that I think about it - especially considering his well-known devotion to his family.
So I'll close with the Images for Integration for both combos and let you decide what you will!
Sun Sco-Moon Aries: "A crusader fights for (a) vision of truth...A dedicated scientist pioneers new frontiers of knowledge."
Sun Sco-Moon Tau: "A celebrated surgeon amasses a great fortune...A successful businessman probes the mysteries of life...Pluto takes Persephone into the Underworld." (Sun Sign-Moon Sign, Chas & Suzy Harvey.)
Obama knows: Pakistan Is the Problem
Moderated as he may now be, I never expected to be linking to a Christopher Hitchens article on Slate or anywhere else, but his Pakistan Is the Problem article contains important information for anyone voting for Barack Obama, the only candidate who understands the importance of Pakistan, its expansionism, and the protected re-organizing of al-Qaeda within its borders.
Obama gets it, I just hope the American voter gets it on this subject, too.
Obama gets it, I just hope the American voter gets it on this subject, too.
Sep 15, 2008
Reaganomics Eclipse of 1981 still ripples
Considering the strife on Wall Street today, I was wondering if you'd ever read this post on the Reaganomics Eclipse of 1981?
(Chart included.)
You know, it would be amusing if it weren't so tragic: McCain likes to think of himself as Ronald Reagan! When he's not riding horsies with Teddy Roosevelt, that is.
(Chart included.)
You know, it would be amusing if it weren't so tragic: McCain likes to think of himself as Ronald Reagan! When he's not riding horsies with Teddy Roosevelt, that is.
Biden on McCain's economics
Here's Biden on McCain's economic proposals - just think of George Bush's policies and what they've led to this very day and you may be able to guess much of the script of Biden's speech.
More reasons why a vote for John McCain is like a vote for Karl Rove - and how much more of that ughiness can we afford?
And Senator Biden didn't even mention McCain's culpability in the Keating Five scandal of 1987! (hint for the youngsters: McCain was one of the Five.)
More reasons why a vote for John McCain is like a vote for Karl Rove - and how much more of that ughiness can we afford?
And Senator Biden didn't even mention McCain's culpability in the Keating Five scandal of 1987! (hint for the youngsters: McCain was one of the Five.)
Sad Monday,Lehman Bros, and the jitteries
Please note that the feed for The August Review has been added to SO'W's sidebar.
You may wish to read editor Patrick Wood's article on today's Lehman Bros Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing and what's up next, then check out his other attempts at warning people of what Wall Street, the Fed, world bankers and the Trilateral Commission have been up to for years now.
But today there are few people who can continue to ignore the 'jittery' results of their 'expertise.'
And NPR is now reporting (5:02 am edt) that Merill Lynch is being bought by Bank of America...with job cuts to follow. Natch.
All this and Hurricane Ike's devastation, too. Entire neighborhoods are without power and water.
It's a sad sad Monday in America.
You may wish to read editor Patrick Wood's article on today's Lehman Bros Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing and what's up next, then check out his other attempts at warning people of what Wall Street, the Fed, world bankers and the Trilateral Commission have been up to for years now.
But today there are few people who can continue to ignore the 'jittery' results of their 'expertise.'
And NPR is now reporting (5:02 am edt) that Merill Lynch is being bought by Bank of America...with job cuts to follow. Natch.
All this and Hurricane Ike's devastation, too. Entire neighborhoods are without power and water.
It's a sad sad Monday in America.
Dick Cheney, hypocrite
Cheney Scales New Heights of Hypocrisy
By ROBERT FANTINA
If anyone doubted the vice president's disdain for those who elected him and kept him in power, this speech should have been an eye-opener.
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Read my astro-analysis of what makes Dick tick if you wish.
By ROBERT FANTINA
If anyone doubted the vice president's disdain for those who elected him and kept him in power, this speech should have been an eye-opener.
~:~
Read my astro-analysis of what makes Dick tick if you wish.
Sep 14, 2008
Craig Ferguson video: if you don't vote you're a moron
Here's the monologue by TV's Craig Ferguson from his late night show last week where he rants on the 2008 candidates, media coverage of the campaign, pigs, badgers, and most of all, Voting.
All this and more is packed into about 8 minutes of video by a comedian I like to call our freshly-minted American.
So if you've never seen The Late Late Show, watch this video! And if you have seen Craig before you'll probably watch it anyway since you're here so why not?
Mr. Ferguson will be seen in concert by this born American, yours truly, in a just few days (he even mentioned my hometown on his show last week on two separate nights actually in the email segment - good advertisement for his performance which I do hope is a sell-out.)
So beforehand, may I say: Welcome to Athens, TV's Craig Ferguson, and break a leg! (I'll be the one chuckling in the section to your right, 4th row, and hoping for more of your political comedy, but anything you want to talk about is okay by me. Oh - and I promise you I always vote.)
Tina Fey knocks Palin ball out of park
Last evening when former head writer Tina Fey returned to Saturday Night Live, expectations for her impression of Sarah Palin were high, and Fey masterfully delivered alongside Amy Poehler's brilliant version of Hillary Clinton to open the show.
Tina Fey was born May 18, 1970 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia with Mercury, planet of writers, conjunct Saturn (form; work) in Taurus.
Mercury/Saturn signifies the professional writer and both her Mercury and Saturn are conjunct Fixed Star Menkar, alpha star of Cetus...Fey is able to tap into images and archetypes from the collective unconscious bwo Cetus, the Whale.
This ability usually resonates familiarly with the public, plus, Fey's style of comedy is light enough to cause the stuffier folk among us little or no offense.
Graduating from Upper Darby High School in 1988, Fey grew up a fan of Monthy Python comedy, Marx Brothers' films, and of SNL where she began writing in 1997 after a stint with Second City.
As the first female head writer for SNL (1999), Tina Fey added so much to the show's writing that it was a joyous triumph to see her again on the SNL's season debut and doing a bang-up job of impersonating Sarah Palin.
That Fey favors Palin physically is obvious, but capturing Palin's mannerisms and accent was made to look easy as pie by the self-effacing star.
Now during the 24 hours of May 18, 1970, the Moon was primarily in Libra but if Fey was born between 6:49 pm (edt) and midnight, her natal Moon would be in Scorpio, an intense, rather moody Water sign.
And although her mother (Moon) worked for a brokerage firm (Scorpio = high finance), her chances for having a Libra Moon are high.
She seems more of a balanced, cool Libra Moon lady to me, but I will give both Sun-Moon combinations along with her late Taurus Sun even though her successful career and fame would indicate a Moon upper in the natal chart, thus an earlier birth.
Sun Tau-Moon Libra is an Earth-Air combo which gives a productive, rational personality that can be both innovative and efficient. This is an up-in-the-air and down-to-earth blend that brings together abstract thought with practical considerations of how to get on in the world.
Earth-Air is the practical idealist combo that plans a course of action, then acts (JFK had this blend although he had Sun in Air, Moon in Earth.)
With Sun in Earth, Moon in Air there is a conscious impulse to come to grips with reality through logic, but to make one's efforts as humane and far-reaching as possible.
What may receive short shrift is the emotional side of life, yet Earth-Air usually gets along with most people on a practical social level. Rational rapport is sought within relationships, and this blend is very supportive and adaptable.
Sun Tau-Moon Libra: charming and rational lover of harmony; attractive personality; sensual, sentimental, and devoted with a need for companionship with lots of affection and kindness; a pleasantly persuasive social theorist (a bit of a utopian) and an idealistic artist; a champion of justice who enjoys life to the hilt.
Genuinely interested in people, this blend has a lively social conscience and may be an environmentalist who is attracted to progressive ideas; accepts that everyone is an individualist and believes in a society where everyone is respected; waste not, want not; compromise is integral, for conflict is anathema to this combo; has diplomatic skills that can overcome antagonism in any setting; gentle wit and impeccable artistic sensibilities.
If there are weaknesses here it is an over-reliance on popularity and social acceptance, and an over-emphasis on rational solutions for every kind of problem.
Noel Tyl points out that in this blend both signs are ruled by Venus, so romantic and social dimensions are emphasized, and flattery and social appreciation may easily pull one off-course and off-purpose.
Images for Integration: 'A loaf of fresh bread in an art exhibition...A computer produces beautiful painting...Cream tea for two.' (Sun Sign-Moon Sign, Chas & Suzy Harvey.)
(This is the natal blend of Bertrand Russell and Rudolph Valentino.)
For Sun Tau-Moon Scorpio (an opposition which I don't believe is Tina Fey's personality blend), I shall simply let Noel Tyl give details - see if you think this sounds like Ms. Fey...
a very strong streak of stubbornness; headstrong self-willed energies of Taurus are forced into the world to dramatize how significant, deep, and important the ego is; materialism shows off personal worth; over-analysis of the status quo impedes progress.
(This is the natal blend of Harry Truman.)
Images for Integration: The mating season...Persephone and Pluto...'The Phantom of the Opera'...Dennis Potter's 'The Singing Detective.'
Well, you may decide which blend describes the brilliant writer and comedienne Elizabeth Samatina Fey however you like, but personally I'll have to vote for an Airy Libra Moon!
~:~
This afternoon I'll be posting Wedding Day Astrology; Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond over at jude's threshold if you're interested...look in the sidebar on the Pages list.
Tina Fey was born May 18, 1970 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia with Mercury, planet of writers, conjunct Saturn (form; work) in Taurus.
Mercury/Saturn signifies the professional writer and both her Mercury and Saturn are conjunct Fixed Star Menkar, alpha star of Cetus...Fey is able to tap into images and archetypes from the collective unconscious bwo Cetus, the Whale.
This ability usually resonates familiarly with the public, plus, Fey's style of comedy is light enough to cause the stuffier folk among us little or no offense.
Graduating from Upper Darby High School in 1988, Fey grew up a fan of Monthy Python comedy, Marx Brothers' films, and of SNL where she began writing in 1997 after a stint with Second City.
As the first female head writer for SNL (1999), Tina Fey added so much to the show's writing that it was a joyous triumph to see her again on the SNL's season debut and doing a bang-up job of impersonating Sarah Palin.
That Fey favors Palin physically is obvious, but capturing Palin's mannerisms and accent was made to look easy as pie by the self-effacing star.
Now during the 24 hours of May 18, 1970, the Moon was primarily in Libra but if Fey was born between 6:49 pm (edt) and midnight, her natal Moon would be in Scorpio, an intense, rather moody Water sign.
And although her mother (Moon) worked for a brokerage firm (Scorpio = high finance), her chances for having a Libra Moon are high.
She seems more of a balanced, cool Libra Moon lady to me, but I will give both Sun-Moon combinations along with her late Taurus Sun even though her successful career and fame would indicate a Moon upper in the natal chart, thus an earlier birth.
Sun Tau-Moon Libra is an Earth-Air combo which gives a productive, rational personality that can be both innovative and efficient. This is an up-in-the-air and down-to-earth blend that brings together abstract thought with practical considerations of how to get on in the world.
Earth-Air is the practical idealist combo that plans a course of action, then acts (JFK had this blend although he had Sun in Air, Moon in Earth.)
With Sun in Earth, Moon in Air there is a conscious impulse to come to grips with reality through logic, but to make one's efforts as humane and far-reaching as possible.
What may receive short shrift is the emotional side of life, yet Earth-Air usually gets along with most people on a practical social level. Rational rapport is sought within relationships, and this blend is very supportive and adaptable.
Sun Tau-Moon Libra: charming and rational lover of harmony; attractive personality; sensual, sentimental, and devoted with a need for companionship with lots of affection and kindness; a pleasantly persuasive social theorist (a bit of a utopian) and an idealistic artist; a champion of justice who enjoys life to the hilt.
Genuinely interested in people, this blend has a lively social conscience and may be an environmentalist who is attracted to progressive ideas; accepts that everyone is an individualist and believes in a society where everyone is respected; waste not, want not; compromise is integral, for conflict is anathema to this combo; has diplomatic skills that can overcome antagonism in any setting; gentle wit and impeccable artistic sensibilities.
If there are weaknesses here it is an over-reliance on popularity and social acceptance, and an over-emphasis on rational solutions for every kind of problem.
Noel Tyl points out that in this blend both signs are ruled by Venus, so romantic and social dimensions are emphasized, and flattery and social appreciation may easily pull one off-course and off-purpose.
Images for Integration: 'A loaf of fresh bread in an art exhibition...A computer produces beautiful painting...Cream tea for two.' (Sun Sign-Moon Sign, Chas & Suzy Harvey.)
(This is the natal blend of Bertrand Russell and Rudolph Valentino.)
For Sun Tau-Moon Scorpio (an opposition which I don't believe is Tina Fey's personality blend), I shall simply let Noel Tyl give details - see if you think this sounds like Ms. Fey...
a very strong streak of stubbornness; headstrong self-willed energies of Taurus are forced into the world to dramatize how significant, deep, and important the ego is; materialism shows off personal worth; over-analysis of the status quo impedes progress.
(This is the natal blend of Harry Truman.)
Images for Integration: The mating season...Persephone and Pluto...'The Phantom of the Opera'...Dennis Potter's 'The Singing Detective.'
Well, you may decide which blend describes the brilliant writer and comedienne Elizabeth Samatina Fey however you like, but personally I'll have to vote for an Airy Libra Moon!
~:~
This afternoon I'll be posting Wedding Day Astrology; Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond over at jude's threshold if you're interested...look in the sidebar on the Pages list.
Sep 13, 2008
Does Palin remind you of Anita Bryant?
Anita Who?
Okay, so my naughty streak is about thiswide, but really, how could I resist posting this video of something I actually REMEMBER happening all shocking as it was at the time?
She deserved her just desserts that day!
And thanks to whoever made the connection between Bryant and Palin. I'm not sure that there are many connections between them politically or idealistically (yet there must be a few - notice I'm avoiding the word, religiously), but seeing this video reminded me of where and when I had similar feelings before as I have now listening to Sarah Palin!
Must be that dratted deja-vu all over again.
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