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11/10/09 ‘Thinking of Jack and Neal’ by Olivia

This is an intro to Olivia Lynda’s personal blog (Co-creator of www.iloveastro.com and www.iloveastro.wordpress.com)…..  Skip to her blog by clicking here or read her first blog entry below:

‘Thinking of Jack and Neal’

                     by Olivia Lynda                        

Jack keeps me warm in the open places which no one can dissolve…

where the dreamer is never lonely and the confused are rich with life,

Curiosity evokes visions of realities left unselected.

This spirit shows a serenity that is both embraced and lost in the Beat,

The same pulse that drives us with clarity and bustle,

Neil’s photos would still show this senseless, timeless, soulful madness,

Meetings planned in Heaven,

Goodbyes followed by chewed nails and puffy eyes…

Beware of self-pity that creates excuses for the non-creative,

Always smile for the bohemian elements that enlighten throughout time….   

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Written 11/10/09 thinking of Jack and Neal by Olivia
Lynda                                            

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Howdy everyone,

Here is the Do’s and Don’ts thing for Leo.  Again feel free to comment, critisize…whatever is on your mind is what we want to hear……

Do take a Leo to a restaurant that has glass tables.  This should ensure the your Leo does not get bored as long as they can look at themselves all night.  During dinner make sure to tell your LEO how they are the best at everything they do.

Do not tell a Leo they are wrong about any random subject.  If you do criticize or disagree with or question your Leo you will witness the wrath their EGO.  Be advised that their Egos are bigger than most…perhaps as noticable as the Sun itself.   A Leo person finds it difficult to adapt when life asks them to be flexible.  Changing a Leo’s mind can be quite a task because they are a fixed sign in the zodiac. 

Make sure tell your Leo that their inner and outer beauty is striking.  This Royal sign loves flattery due to thier undeniable vanity.  When it’s time for the dinner check to arrive allow the Leo to handle it however they wish.  If they express a desire to pay don’t ever look twice at the dinner bill … they want you to know that money is not an object.   Leo’s Love all the attention and dont like to share the spotlight, so let them take the lead.  Don’t forget to let them tell you ALL about themselves during dinner, because that’s what they love talking about BEST.  Leo’s love the best of the best and they expect to get treated that way.  Something in the Leo make-up gives them the sense that they automatically deserve the best things in life.  They inherently feel they deserve it and are are the most regal sign of the zodiac. 

Do remember that Leos shine like the SUN, and they will brighten your day. Leo’s are generally LOYAL once they give their heart to anyone.  Leo is ruled by the HEART.

Pensive…Detached..Emotionally Removed.  Taking steps back to observe.  Collecting Data; Understanding symbolism; Seeking truth from Science and Astrology…. Progressively becoming conscious of the simple idea that we are all One. 

One piece of something greater.  Something which repeats to infinity.  Answering the call to use  our vast ability to share energy with one another. 

In knowing that we are One Communication becomes simplistic.  A cell is to the human body what a person is to the Universe.  This is why we are all INDISPUTABLY equal.

Intuition…Sensitivity… Absorbing every moment.  Listening to human stories.  Getting underneath the details to pull out exciting truths.  Tuning into the subconscious.  Fearless and honest when we are looking in as well as out.  Embracing Passion, Idealism, Action, Activism, Culture, Beauty, Street Art, Revolution.   

Becoming part of a society.  Putting your finger on the pulse.  Listening to the grass roots….Joining in to Big Picture Thinking.

By Olivia Lynda (2008)

ILA’s Myspace Link: http://www.myspace.com/iloveastroproject

Authors Personal Pages:  http://www.myspace.com/dibiablo; DailyOm :http://www.dailyom.com/users/000/704/000704226.html

Just having a little fun at the expense of all 12 Sun Signs…feel free to defend your sign or claim the bloody title.

What is your Sun Sign???  Did your childhood have you uttering words similar to these?

Aries – Pick ME, ME, ME, I wanna go 1st!!!!

Taurus – Let’s build with blocks and make a house

Gemini- Oh wha’d you say, I wasn’t listening

Cancer – Let’s play house, I’ll be the mom!

Leo – Let’s put on a show, I’ll be the star!!!

Virgo – Let’s collect & organize stamps, isn’t this fun!!!

Libra – Let’s pretend were getting married, and this is our wedding day.

Scorpio – You can play whatever you want; just leave me ALONE!

Sagittarius – Let’s go play over the hill in a different park; it looks like a lot more fun over there.

Capricorn – Let’s play BANK, and you can give me all your money

Aquarius – I don’t know what to play, let’s take a vote and see what everyone else wants to do

Pisces – I don’t know what to play either, but you can have any of my toys if you wanna play with them

Do tell an Aquarius that they are unique, progressive, independent, original and inventive.  Do not admit (at least not initially) your fondness for anything mainstream.  Although we may occasionally be drawn to a big blockbuster film or music record generally we like to be seen as “indie”.  After an Aquarius already likes you feel free to admit the embarrassing stuff but you may want to try and appear “cutting-edge” at least for the first conversation.  Do embrace the eccentric side of an Aquarius otherwise they will label you narrow-minded.  Do not talk negatively about an Aquarian’s hopes, dreams or ideals this will make them feel like they very core of your relationship is damaged.  Shared beliefs is key to any relationship with an Aquarian.  Make sure to support the Humanitarian inside your ‘water-bearer’.  We believe in change, love, equality and they do not mind being called idealistic when they express these beliefs to others.  Do talk about sex with an Aquarius and talk during sex for that matter.  They like to feel open, free and enjoy pushing the envelope.  Last but not least Do Watch Out for the detached nature of those born in this sign.  An an Aquarius loves the world as a whole but has trouble being fully attached to an individual.

Do’s & Don’ts for a Cancer

Do not say anything harsh to a Cancer. They are very sensitive. If you hurt their feelings that soft, nice Cancer you thought you knew will disappear & their claws will come out instead. The way to a Cancer is their stomach so make them a nice meal or take them somewhere that has good authentic home cooking. Oh yeah…they LOVE SWEETS! Make sure you get them dessert everywhere you go and maybe pack some candy for the road.

Do stay in tune with a Cancer on a moment to moment basis so that you can read thier ever changing mood. Do not make jokes a a Cancer’s expense, personal vanity stops them from joking about themselves. Make sure you make an extra effort to comment on all the cute kids you pass and let them know how important family is to you soon. Cancer’s want security and comfort so make them feel like they can have this with you.

When conflicts do arrive don’t force a Cancer talk too about their feelings too soon. You should draw a Cancer out with finesse and kindness. They close up initially so DO give them some breathing room.

October 12th, 2009 4:30pm  ~  Silence has just entered the room as a couple of friends wander out into this weird, gloomy Sunday weather.  Moments ago, on the heels of the Mercury Retrograde, an Aries, a Sagittarius, a Capricorn and an Aquarius fumbled into an interesting conversation about purpose, choices, ability to achieve global change, the collective unconscious and free will.  The Sagittarian sparked the discussion by posing the question of whether I personally make my choices based on logic or feelings.  Not sure if this is very Aquarian of me but I generally go on feeling…no question.  If “feelings” encompass instinct and intuition I feel tuning into those feelings give nearly psychic abilities.  Wavering again I suppose that a “balanced” person combines both logic and feelings for optimal decision making results.  I think all four players agreed that the choices which are made without the PAUSE of a decision process are the ones that cause the most disruption.  We discussed divination systems such as Tarot and I-Ching and how they serve as this “Pause” at times.  The Aquarian and the Sagittarian spoke of life like a series of choices…a path that frequently forks.  The Aries is our at-home-Astrologer so she did not seem worried about the stars guiding her too much.  Rather her theory is to simply watch them carefully…very carefully. The Capricorn describes life as a street and the self as a car.  How fast you drive or how nice your engine is or how luxurious the interior/exterior is governed by your own choices.  To the side of the road there are distractions that can get you lost at times but he believed that one way or another the end point is the same.  He did finish by expressing his interest in gaining more knowledge about such things.  My first thoughts were on how “Earthy” this Capricorn point of view was.  Invoking an example set in reality, the road, the car, very tangible, material.  He expressed his current state, “I’m driving a Lamborghini doing 90”…perhaps it is time to ‘stop and smell the flowers’….maybe??  These visuals remind me of reading “The 365 Tao” and stopping to imagine this Path, Road, Star Map…whatever one may call it…. So what is the deal with this path then?  Destiny? Fate? Or is it Choice? Open Possibilities?

Coincidentally my sister was given a hand out from her Astrology Group called “Fate and Astrology-Some Ancient Insights” by Robert Hand.  This article goes into definitions and translations of Fate and Destiny.    The word fate is derived from the Latin ‘fatum’ which means “to say”, “to speak”, “predict”, “fortell”.  The Latin word for Destiny is destino which means “establish, determine, resolve, devote, intend, to choose or elect”.

Perhaps something was lost in translation and it is not a question of one or the other when talking about free will and fate…  TELL US WHAT YOU THINK PRETTY PLEASE!

What is a Saturn Return? And what Age does this happen?

 A Saturn Return happens between 29-30 for everyone. When you went thru your’s I am sure 100% you knew “something” was going on. If you were not turned into astrology or conscious of what was happening, believe me I am still sure you felt it. No one can go thru a Saturn Return without feeling it.

 A Saturn Return is the first real steps toward maturity. This is a time that reminds us even if we are unconscious of it of the time of the initial separation from your mother and the first stages of independence and being on your own. The first part of the Saturn Return makes a time of separation and definition of the quality of the emotional life. You feel as though you have to ACT, and sort things out and revise one’s own inner values. For some people it is a symbolic cutting off from the mother, but for some unfortunetly it is a “LITERAL” cutting off, from either a death or argument that makes them cut off their ties with their mother, nurturer or family.

Erin Sullivan Quotes in “Saturn In Transit” – There is a feeling of adventure coupled with a fear of loss that recalls the growth period from birth to three. When one begins to move away from the mother.

During this time people often ACT by impulse and with their intuition and they often make the right decisions. There is something about the Saturn Return that gives alot of energy to your ability to ACT and Make The Right Decision, just in the nick of time.

 I know this is a special time in everyone’s life so I would love some “Feedback from You the Community” . People learn best, from a feeling that is provoked, and what provokes a feeling better than “Real Stories”

 Below Community Stories will be posted as they come in………………….

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Ok, my Saturn Return started technically Nov 2007, but as we know, the aspect is strongest when it hits the exact point of 0 degrees and as it approaches to make the aspect.   So I am going to write a little about my Saturn Return and the approach to it.

I would start off by saying the beginning of my Saturn Return trial started about June 2007, when my sister decided to let her new crush stay on our couch without asking me. To make a long story short, I spent a long time from June – Nov 2007 with horrible feelings, feelings of being trapped and closed in and frustrated beyond belief.  What was happening was this: my sister and this guy who she was seeing turned into total drunks, I mean every day.  He is bi-polar to say the least with a lot of issues, and to top everything off she has a 6 yr old daughter, my niece, who was living with us too.

I didn’t know what to do; I knew that this environment was horrible for me and for her daughter.  But for some reason I felt like I could not abandon my niece and I had to stay around to watch over her.  I suddenly found my normal self, who happens to be extremely non -maternal, having to step up and take care of my 6 yr old niece.  I drove her to school every day, and picked her up, and also made sure that she was ok even while she was at the house.   So, Saturn being the planet of burdens and responsibilities, well this defiantly had something to do with it!

I hated being at my house; I looked for any way to escape it.  Even though this time was very tough for me to deal with, it also gave me extreme amounts of fun as well as an emotional putting back together my life or heart.  Beyond the countless days of escaping by going to clubs, raves, doing drugs, fun by traveling and going to backstage concerts, one of my major escapes was to go to visit my friend who I had a huge crush on at that time for 6 or 7 years.  He was always a major catalyst for my growing, even when things were bad, and before this Saturn Return it mostly was bad in my eyes.  But, this Saturn Return gave me another chance to put things back together. Let’s just say it didn’t make us get together in a relationship, but it gave me more than that.  My heart felt healed, and it was just nice to be in the surroundings of someone who felt so familiar and natural for me to be around, who supported me and was protective of me, and always had something to say that made sense.  This time answered all those questions I had had all those years.  We are now still friends, and I will most likely be friends with him forever.  It’s the only thing I worked hard for my whole life, so if I did that well it gave me some inspiration for the rest of my life.

So now let’s skip to my actual Saturn Return in Nov 2007.   This was the time I actually decided that “I NEED OUT!”   My sister & her boyfriend were still drunkards and passing out every night.  She had by now gotten into 2 car accidents for drunk driving and got a DUI, and one of the cars she crashed happened to be a car I had rented. Fun, Fun….it keeps getting better doesn’t it…. Then she got fired from her job so then she wasn’t even paying rent.  I was proving all the food for the house because I was looking out for my niece and I felt totally used because of having to provide for those two when all they did was take from me.  My sister had stolen my credit cards and money, I had lent money to her boyfriend before I knew I could not trust either of them, and they never paid me back.  I felt like I was playing somewhat of a martyr role.  But wait…… I didn’t want to give anymore.  I just somehow couldn’t say NO to my family because I was stupid enough to see good in both of them even after all this.  So Dec 07 I finally moved out, and it was the best thing for me.  I felt my new home was a symbol of peace of mind and I have tried my hardest to keep it that way, with no negative vibes in it.

The same week I got my apt, is the same week I got a new job that paid me the most I have ever been paid.  So now I was completely on my own, lived on my own, and survived alone.  My parents were around but they were so concerned about my sister they basically only spoke to me about her and that was it.  I paid for everything myself; there was no splitting of anything.  This felt really good to me and I felt like I had accomplished a lot, even though my 20 grand I had in savings was completely gone after this Saturn Return I still felt good.

So I thought my Saturn Return had been done for awhile… but then I had an epiphany the other day while I thought to myself???  Wait a minute ……..things seemed like they have calmed down and life had been chill for awhile.  Humm…Technically even though Saturn had past my conjunction now 2 yrs later its really returning until it hits the next aspect which it has not yet.

Ok, so I started thinking….. I am more broke than I have ever been since the day I got my 1st job 12-13 yrs ago.  I have NO real 9-5 job that pays me consistently.  But here again, there is something very valuable being presented to me: 1) All this down time with no job is actually giving me time to work on something I actually LOVE in life and that is on my astrology website .  This is what I want to do with my life, and I want to do something that I truly feel accomplished doing.  I also just realized I am never going to conform and go to a normal university for the rest of my life; I could barely hang in there in regular school.   So I better be able to run my own business and what better time than to start now.  And 2) I am finally in love with someone I feel gives back to me as much as I give to him.  I have never really had a give and take relationship before, and it really amazing to me just to have the opportunity to be with someone I really like and love because I have never had that before.  I think the timing on that is also good because if I would have tried to be with someone earlier than now, I would have a lot of emotional hang-ups that my Saturn Return was giving me.

Well that’s my sum up, and of course I let a lot slip including getting into 2 car accidents which were both times not my fault while my dog came inches away from getting hit by a car.  Some great things happened as well: getting to travel to Japan and Europe, getting to work in the music industry a bit and also getting some random jobs doing makeup which is also more of my creative love, and one of the 1st jobs I ever had.

That’s how you know that Saturn’s at work, especially in a conjunction!

There is a lot of hard, but there is also an opportunity to fix things and it gives you extra momentum to get there.

My Tips for anyone going through their Saturn Return:

1)      Don’t do anything shady or cut corners.  Saturn will make sure he catches you or you have to pay it back someway somehow – Saturn really is KARMA here.

2)      Don’t feel too sorry for all the stuff happening to you.  Get up and fix it, the more you stall acting on a decision, the harder it will be.

3)      Make sure you get the most out of this; balance fun time with work time (if not work a bit more for you to get on your own).

4)      Be OK ALONE because this literally is the severing of family ties, so the more you feel ok within yourself, the easier it will be on you.

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