moral philosophy of our inner wolves

An elder Cherokee Native American was teaching his grandchildren about life. He said to them, "A fight is going on inside me...It is a terrible fight, and it is between two wolves. One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, pride and superiority. The other wolf stands for joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside of you and every other person too."

They thought about it for a minute and then one child asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?" The old Cherokee simply replied..."The one I feed."

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"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy: that is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." John Kenneth Galbraith

Thanks go to Information Clearing House's Newsletter for supplying these quotes. Which wolf am I feeding today?

ISS: please don't squeeze the Charmin'

Well, NASA's shuttle is on its way since Saturday to offer plunging assistance to the Spy--er...I mean, Space Station's private facilities...Monster Clog in Space!

Now here's a 3D alert of merit for you:

Space Weather News for June 1, 2008

ICY MARTIAN 3D: NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander may have already found ice at its landing site without even digging for it. Exhaust from the lander's descent engine appears to have swept aside a layer of topsoil, exposing frozen material beneath.

Today's edition of SpaceWeather shows images of the find along with some eye-popping stereo views of the lander's surroundings.

SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY: Space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral yesterday and now it is chasing the International Space Station (ISS) around Earth. Sky watchers should be alert for the two spacecraft streaking across the heavens tonight.

Check our global satellite tracking tool for flyby times:

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Hmmm...chasing the ISS? Perhaps there's a festoon of toilet paper stuck to its shoe...?

June 3 New Moon: last of the primaries

On June 3, mercifully the day of the last of the Democratic primaries, a new cycle begins with a New Moon 13Gem34, at 3:22 pm edt.

This New Moon chart is set for the White House, the place they all want to be when the super delegates get done deciding who the next civilian commander will be.

And synchronistically enough, this is termed a 'Super Moon' because it will have more than the usual effect on tides, tectonic plates, and weather patterns, so natural disasters (already on the increase) may unfortunately come again to call.

Point your mouse in any direction and you'll find many articles online about this New Moon's degree ("14Gem"..."A Conversation by Telepathy") so I'll simply give the more hidden part of the Jones version for this Sabian Symbol because he includes the negative implications for each degree--and we are looking toward the DC swamp with its white lodge for inspiration...

neg/unconscious/shadow side: attempted accomplishment through innuendo or underhanded means.

Kind of describes a US presidential campaign in general, doesn't it? And the practice of Politics in particular. But on another level it may describe a new phase of the Clintons' relationship after Hillary drops out, if she will (Sun = male, Moon = female.)

Yet telepathy has a ring of ESP to it so if you're of that clairvoyant persuasion, keep closer tabs than usual on your dreams in June and risk following your hunches.

Well, hopefully you can read my scribbles on the chart if you click to enlarge it, so I'll not repeat myself in this text.

~~And after hearing of another fatal crane "accident" (if indeed they are so) in New York City today, I'm in a sad mood for the families involved and for the city I've not spent much time in, but love as much as the next gal.~~

As you know, New Moons perfect their activities at the next Full Moon and in this case that will be on June 18 at 27Sag52, 1:30 pm edt. Will Hillary last until then? Or even triumph? The Full Moon's Sun position will conjunct her natal Uranus, planet of disruptions and separations.

Sun to natal Uranus is a time of quirkiness within organizations and groups--it's difficult to go with the flow.

However, there are benefits if you can manage it, yet Hillary's character is often of the 'too much combative energy to fit teamwork requirements easily' variety although I think she's been trying in recent years while in the Senate.

Sun-to-Uranus may also cause her unique qualities to become more valuable to others and a leadership role is not out of the question...not based on this transit anyway.

By the Full Moon of June 18, Pluto will have backed his way into Sagittarius again.

Moon/Pluto contacts tend toward 'publicity and mass appeals' an influence which makes me think of John McCain's Moon/Pluto opposition conjunct US natal Pluto.

The June 18 Full Moon has Sun at 27Gem50 and "28Gem" is the degree of Bankruptcy. Perhaps there will be news from the near-broke campaign coffers for McCain--or for Hillary if she and Bill are still in the running a la super delegate support.

Moon/Pluto contacts may also indicate dealing with death matters, propaganda issues, or psychologically-based problems such as primal rage.

Now after studying the charts for tomorrow evening's DNC "Unity Dinner" in Manhattan, Clinton's chances, while not impossible, seem quite far-fetched to this reluctant astrologer's sleepy peepers.

Then there's determined Bill saying again today that Hillary is "winning" but you know Bill has never appreciated being fact-checked. Perhaps it depends on what the meaning of the word winning is.

Yawn.

Well, I did say the June 3 New Moon marks the end of the Democratic primaries...mercifully.

It's only words: George Orwell and Thomas Paine

"We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men."

and...

"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them." George Orwell

~~:~~

"If a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to "bind me in all cases whatsoever" to his absolute will, am I to suffer it?"

The American Crisis by Thomas Paine.

Thanks go to Tom at Information Clearing House for the above quotes and link, and for his consistently excellent work! Click to sign up for the informative ICH newsletter, if you wish.

hear radio transmissions from Mars' Phoenix

Space Weather News for May 28, 2008

THE DESCENT OF PHOENIX: When NASA's Phoenix probe parachuted to Mars last Sunday, a pair of other spacecraft were orbiting high overhead, watching and listening. While NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped some jaw-dropping photos of Phoenix's plunge to the surface, Europe's Mars Express orbiter recorded Phoenix's radio transmissions.

The eerie-sounding tones have just been beamed back to Earth and you can listen to them by following the links at today's edition of SpaceWeather.com

CARTWHEEL CME: Imagine a billion-ton cloud of gas launching itself off the surface of the sun and then...doing a cartwheel. That's exactly what happened on April 9, 2008, when a coronal mass ejection pirouetted over the sun's limb in full view of an international fleet of spacecraft. The cartwheel set off a chain of events that amazed even veteran solar physicists.

The full story, and a spectacular movie of a second cartwheel recorded just last week, may be found at SpaceWeather.#

Amusing that all this Mars landing, visitation, and recording have been while planet Mars is conjunct the natal Ascendant of George Bush...at the "A Bolshivik Propagandist" degree (8 Leo.)

Bush does love all things Martian, most especially and including his big opportunity to front as a 'war president.'

It's his adolescent obsession to outdo daddy all the way to Baghdad--and we see what the world is reaping along with a small man's Saturn complex and an alarming lack of conscience.

more on Inauguration 2009's horoscope

It was time for an update of my WordPress Page on the noon chart for Inauguration 2009 so I've added details on a few synchronistic historical links which will occur between Jan 20, 2009 and 1748 here if you'd like to mosey by for a visit.

And have you heard of former counter-terroism chief Richard Clarke's new book, Your Government Failed You...?

Clarke will be interviewed on NPR's Fresh Air tomorrow (edt schedule--check your local listings) so I may have to check it out. I only hope Clarke's book tells us Stuff We Don't Already Know--unlike Scott McClellan's new Bush-bashing book which so far gives me that 'NOW he tells us' feeling...how about you?

One thing's for sure--I somewhat have to agree with Karl Rove for once: McClellan didn't criticise the war while he was working in the White House (paycheck in danger, Will Robinson, back away.)

Ugh. I just realized I agree with Karl Rove on something, pathetic defense though it may be for an administration's many lies, frauds, and self-willedness.

And both these books may secretly be backhanded ways of promoting propaganda as if anything ever happens in Politics that wasn't designed to happen...misdirected, ill-waged wars included.

Guess the Plame Flame continues scorching their sorry patooties just a little, doesn't it?

Grilled Butt of Rove for my July 4 picnic? No thanks, I'm veggan, but thanks anyway for offering.

May 26: Mercury Rx's effects on Clinton's campaign

Perhaps you'd be interested in reading a Page published today concerning the current Mercury Rx 21Gem23 and its place within and effects upon Hillary Clinton's horoscope and candidacy over at Jude's Threshold.

The Celtic horse goddess Macha may be involved from the constellation Auriga, the Charioteer, along with the senator's 12th house of secrets!