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John Calendo's avatar

In this context are the many horror stories about the con-woman Sylvia Brown, telling a devastated woman that her father's last words were that he was not her father, or that a missing child was already dead (the child was found alive, beating the odds, which was probably what Brown was counting on to fulfill her "prediction.")

This is the problem so many people have with mysticism. They think it's literal. They focus on the words at the expense of a more abstract meaning, often hiding in plain sight. I believe your school of astrology, Frederick Woodruff, is always a reading on the here and now. Often where a life is heading has a lot to do with where a life has been and where it is at present.

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Jewell Starsinger's avatar

I lay claim to shitty chart.

My ruling planet is in the 12th square to Pluto. So I can be a pedantic preaching asshole. And have been. Plus, they are in fixed signs, so there's that hardheaded crap. Then there is the issue of my sun in a T-square to Jupiter and Saturn. Let's discuss bi-polarity! Been that, done there. Moving on... Try a Moon conjunct Neptune and S. Node Square Uranus In the 5th. Pity my children! Two sons, both alcoholics. Functioning, but still drunk every evening.

A tale of woe, I know. But not really because it turns out that I love a challenge, I am strong like an ox, though allergic to most everything. In spite of the stresses and challenges, or because of them, I have led an interesting life. The Chinese curse "May you be born into interesting times" is actually not a curse at all, if one can learn how to count the blessings. This is not Pollyanna talking. This a pragmatic dogmatist leaping from one pedestal to the next.

Jupiter trine Uranus. I always seem to fall out of the shit and on to a flatbed truck full of roses traveling away from the shit. Sun trine the moon. Well, that's just fine by me. And back to the Moon Neptune S. Node. I can't seem to remember much of my past, which is a huge bonus with that insane track record.

Attitude matters. Instead of calling squares and oppositions "bad", I call them workouts and reflections. Squares require a narrow focus with applied stress. Squares are Pilates exercises. Oppositions are psychological reflections because they are like funhouse mirrors. If you spot it you got it. Rather than characterize these troubled aspects as bad, I prefer to view them as stove tops. When they are on, don't touch, cook dinner. When they are off, one can put the cutting board on top of the stove and use it as another work surface.

In closing, It seems to me that knowing where the shit lies is a good thing. Knowing where not to step is a good thing. My biggest problem seems to be remembering where the shit is located since I have an extreme case of CRS (can't remember shit) disease, indicative of Moon/Neptune conjunction.

SDAM stands for Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory and is often characterized by a lifelong inability to vividly recollect or re-experience personal past events. I recently learned about this phenomenon. What a relief to stop trying do a thing that I am incapable of doing. Life continues to offer up morsels that delight and encourage.

Blessings Fredrick, and thank you for your intriguing intellectual offerings.

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