Stuck in traffic, behind a typical urban beater, I noticed a single bumper sticker, “This is the back of my car.” To be fair, I am a huge fan of “Urban beaters” as undercover transportation. No one looks twice. No one breaks in. Everyone stays out of the way, and tend to not want to park next to an urban beater because it can inflict more damage than can be done to it. In most cities, this is best categorized as a four-door sedan-like mid-range model with lots of inner-city miles.
Bumper sticker read, “This the back of my car.” Bumper itself was dinged in places, but essentially intact, missing a little paint, maybe. At least one lopsided headrest was visible in the back, indicating a child’s seat.
While stating the blistering honest truth, “This is the back of my car,” it also carries a warning. If one were to drive too fast, and collide with the back of that car? Doubt it would fare well for the person who hits the urban beater. Watch for warnings that are obvious. Or, better yet, do you need a similar warning on the back of your Capricorn ride?
Aquarius
The Water Bearer
Every horoscope I write has three different time zones. Maybe four zones, depends. The first is the time when I’m actually writing the horoscopes, projecting ahead, looking where we’ve been, and doing what I do. That’s the first zone, where — when — I’m writing. The second zone is when the scope is set for, like this is set for the second week of January, 2019. The official start date is January 10 through 16, 2019. The third zone? [continue reading…]
“Florence Effect,” is that heart palpitations, the swooning, the effect of great art on a person. It’s really a thing, you know. A real deal, like medically recognized and everything. No, really, look it up. I read it on the internet, it has to be true.
I — personally — have experienced this kind of effect, a couple of times, usually in major museums, but once, in small, private gallery. There was a particular, rather iconic, American painting, and seeing it in person brought tears to my eyes. “Florence Effect,” in the flesh, my flesh. Think I even have a “museum quality” poster reproduction of that one. Maybe. Maybe not. Still, the image and the way it can evoke such depth of feelings, loneliness, despair, stark beauty, and hope for the future? All there, in a single painting. That’s the “Florence Effect.” Mercury/Saturn and Sun/Pluto, plus, you know, holidays, new year, the 12th Night, current events, and a few news trends? Find that touchstone, artwork, whatever it is that brings happiness? We’re looking for the “Florence Effect” to bring joy to the Capricornbirthdays.
Aquarius
How long does it take to become proficient at a new skill? Typing, comes to mind, and I’m still not good at that. From a quick glance at material online, I found reference to a noted author and efficiency expert who suggested that it 10,000 hours to become good at a particular skill. As an example? [continue reading…]
Saturn and Sun align this week, but might not be able to see it with a naked eye. What that means? Portends a saturnine flavor to the coming year, for sure.
Saturn is hard on 11 signs and one sign that gets the good treatment is Capricorn. No where is that more evident than now. When I was in the bar business, New Years Eve was called “amateur night” — and for good reason. People who had no experience or excuses to drink were playing with forces beyond their ken.
As public service reminder, don’t drink and drive. However, as an over-arching theme, stick with what is safe, tried, and true for Capricorn. This isn’t a time to go and experiment with factors and factions beyond your Capricorn range of experience. Whether this is a party scenario with illusive intoxicants — that your Capricorn self has no experience with — or a giant leap of faith in another arena, doesn’t much matter, that giant step, outside of the Capricorn Safety Zone, simply put?
“Yeah, no.”
While I’m a huge fan of pushing limits and stepping outside of the individual comfort zones, big proponent of that, I’m suggesting — this week, start of the new year — we all stick with what is tried and true. What already works. Whatever the tradition is? Stick with that. It’s quite alright to explore the edges of the comfort zone, but stay well within the Capricorn Safety Zone, as a solid Saturn solution.
Aquarius
The Water Bearer
With zero scientific evidence weighed against dozens of years of personal experience, it’s hard to say. Way it was explained to me, what I was doing on New Year’s Day, January First, set the tone for the rest of the year. Zero — zilch, nada — hard scientific evidence to support this claim, yet, over the years, the patterns start to emerge. [continue reading…]
“A plague upon this howling. They are louder
than the weather or our office.”
Boatswain in Shakespeare’s The Tempest 1.1.21-2
Horoscopes for 12.20.2018
Looks like, by the current calculator, December 21, 2018, at 4:20 PM — Sun enters Capricorn and that’s the start of the new cycle. Oh joy, it’s Capricorn time again!
Capricorn
The Sea Goat
“A plague upon this howling. They are louder/than the weather or our office.” In the midst of terrible storm, the boat (tiny craft) being buffeted about on waves and the winds, the bosun complains that the passengers are bigger pain than the storm itself. Does this sound familiar, to my fine — extra-fine — Capricorn friends? The complaints are worse than the affliction itself? The noise of the of irritated individuals is worse than the source of the irritation? Does this sound like family complaint from the Birthday Capricorn folks?
Happy birthday?
Thought so. The theatrical “aside,” the comment directly to the audience, breaking the fourth wall, as it were, speaking — complaining of the complaints — directly to us helps. Helps with the message you’d like to get across to us. Set the stage, then let us all know, in an aside, what is really happening. After all? Time for a little extra flair for the dramatic.
The new year is around the corner, as are the Aquarius birthdays, but we’re not there, yet. Still, being a forward-thinking Aquarius might be thinking about the end of the holidays, and some new year resolutions. Here’s one, to help, think about ways to make carrot sticks palatable. [continue reading…]
As the moon fills out, life gets better and better. The problem, and as a Sagittarius myself, I feel this just as much if not more so than others, is the pesky Mercury. Getting closer and closer to Jupiter, and that ramps up the Sagittarius “play” function. Or talk-feature, or, with some of us? The “I can’t shut up and listen” aspect of who we are. This is a reminder, as much for myself as for any other delicate Sagittarius, shut up. Listen.
Learn to listen, again. Yes, holidays, yes, someone wants us to make a speech, and guess what? Short, declarative sentences, keeping the distance from the beginning to the end as short as possible? That works best. Short, concise, to the point, and not a lot of my typical excessive verbiage, which, frankly, does look and sound pretty to my ears, but avails us naught. Mercury is the “play” function, the “talk” button, but having a platform from which to speak? That doesn’t mean this is a good time to take advantage of that. Nothing serves us better than a quick, short, “Thank you, thank you very much.” All that is required.
Like this week’s opening quote: one line. All that is required.
Capricorn
There was a time when the allure of a rare, hopefully esoteric, text was quite powerful. Dusty, old books with mountains of information and archaic styled language, weird punctuation, phrases that don’t parse well to a modern ear? That kind of book. Usually, too, some of these books — a mountain of such texts — dusty tomes from forgotten times when bookbinding was an art? There is a certain aroma. I adore old books, even to this day. [continue reading…]
