For Cinco de Mayo
Eclipse, Mercury Retrograde, and a look back? A previous oration from Shakespeare’s canon, via Feb. 1, 1999, a spectral warning?
Horatio:
As stars with trains of fire and dews of blood,
Disasters in the sun; and the moist star
Upon whose influence Neptune’s empire stands
Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse;
Shakespeare never did like eclipses or eclipse action.
- Jupiter and Pluto are loosely square,
- Mercury is retrograde in Taurus,
- Venus is late in Gemini,
- Eclipse is loosely conjunct Uranus,
- Cinco de Mayo is on a Friday.
I’m sure there’s something else, but that’s close enough, for now.
Fixed energy, the fixed signs Taurus (earth), The Leo (fire), Scorpio (water), and Aquarius (air) — the fixed elements in any astrology chart “feel” this one. Good? Bad? More Hamlet?
For Cinco de Mayo
Every year at Xmas and birthdays, my sister and I exchange simple, envelope gifts. Instead of trying to one-up each other, some years ago, we agreed that a single iTunes card was good. Set amount. Fits in an envelope. We can get creative with mailing, and I tend to include a blank sketchbook, more as filler, but an old habit, as she used to fill those up.
Hint: Mercury Retrograde idea.
Watching politics and so forth, she missed the Xmas deadline, I never noticed, and her gift arrived just as Mercury turned retrograde, “Dude, I totally forgot about this,” with my reply of “no worries.”
She included some exceptionally nice coffee beans, some Red Whale Roasters Tanzania Peaberry, and I got into that the other morning.
For Cinco de Mayo
Mercury Retrograde, Cinco de Mayo, and the eclipse action?
A late gift with a little extra shot of caffeine helps make it through this mess.
With that coffee? Approaching this weekend? Instead of my usual quart-sized coffee container, I’m back to (double) espresso-sized tiny cups, and sampling that delicious brew like it was a rare find. First sip, let the coffee roll off the tongue, second sip, a big gulp, and then, a final sip, just a flavor hint, extracting the nuances of the roaster’s efforts.
Single servings of coffee instead of the usual two-pot minimum.
the Portable Mercury Retrograde
