horoscopes

Scorpio for this week:

Of all the signs in the zodiac, you routinely enjoy the most interesting problems. No one else can compete with your talent for dreaming up original sins, either. I expect that in the coming weeks, you’ll once again assert your mastery in these two areas, leaving the rest of us muttering in amazed awe as we behold the beautiful, stinking, useful, hellacious, intriguing messes you stir up. Congratulations in advance for the resourcefulness and courage I know you will summon from the abyss of your subconscious mind.

FreeWill Astrology

Well, crap. I’m quite familiar with the trouble I can stir up, and at this point, I’m trying to avoid doing that. The problems I create for myself end up more of a headache, than the beauty that can be created by those problems can overshadow. I sent this to my ET, who sees it as a positive thing, mainly in that PPUSA starts on the 3rd, which is a month before my hatch day, as two of my favourite boys are going to be there. The fun part, is that I love to torment one, and he loves the attention (he mutters a lot about it too, I think it’s more that he loves the attention but at the same time it’s quite a burn to the point he calls me a tease). Though, that probably has something to do with all the original sins too, as we’re very good at one-upping the other. I had sat and thought about the damage we could do, and for a while, I was devoted to making sure that didn’t happen because it would be a crash and burn of epic proportions. But in sitting there, I also decided that the journey would be damned fun, too. So, needless to say, I dreamed up some fun stuff for that weekend, which also maintains my weak-willed attempts at maintaining my celibacy. He’ll hate it, as he doesn’t know what the end is, much less when he’ll see the light from the tunnel. *eg*

As for the other, well, the plans are for fun and quality friendship time, least, as much as can be provided during the fest, given my work schedule for this year. I’m very much looking forward to seeing him again.

Oh yeah, and my Bitch has been more communicative of late. He called last night, and in talking about some of his needs, I suggested a change of scenery for a year. To which, after a few minutes he said, “I see, you just want me to move to Georgia. I get it, you’re being sneaky like that!” Which, while not wholly true, was damned funny. I do miss him though, and didn’t get the chance to see him while I was in LA. The plan is for him to compete NOGI worlds, so we joke about cleaning up in our divisions. Least I’ll get to see him again, and finally introduce my ET to him. Ohhhhhhhh the fun we shall have!

And just an off-note: I’ve got fall cleaning fever again. Gotta love the Morrigan, nothing like living to the beat of a completely different pipe.

Scorpio for this week:

The experiment I’m proposing is something you should try only if you’re feeling adventurous. Don’t do it if you’re in a timid or self-pitying mood. Here it is. Empty yourself out completely, and do it gladly. With impish daring, lower your expectations all the way down to zero. Surrender every remnant of hope you might be tempted to cling to. With a jaunty nonchalance, pretend you have nothing to lose. And then open an enormous welcome in your heart for the messy, unpredictable sweetness of life exactly as it is. Say yes to the beauty of ambiguity and paradox. Free yourself to accept every person and every situation on its own terms. If you try what I’ve suggested, I bet you will be united with a potent blessing you didn’t even know you needed.

FreeWill Astrology

Ya know, this honestly sounds like a great idea. I was thinking about this today, at the gym, and realized that it’s probably the only way I’ll be able to continue with some of the people in my life – who I can’t get rid of – as well as offer others who’ve been needing a second chance, a means to have one. I think I might start this, this weekend, while I’m visiting the family….

Which, BTW, just to clear this up, I am not leaving Atlanta any time soon. Yes, my Scotsman and I have been having some communication failures of late, which can easily be resolved with some quality time. And so far, that has been working. Yes, I love Denmark. Yes, I’m planning on moving there, but probably not for another 10 years or so.

Scorpio for this week:


It’s an excellent time to clearly and precisely define what heaven on earth would look like for you. So study the following mission statement, written by my reader Darla Fremos, then compose your own. “In my perfect world,” says Darla, “I’d spend the mornings lying in long grass filled with fragrant flowers at the edge of a lake high on a hill above a sleepy town. I’d read books that tickled my soul, eat snacks that satisfied my wildest hunger, and use my eyes to make love with clouds, hummingbirds, breezes, and other temporary allies. After a noon siesta, I’d take a leisurely walk along a birch-lined road to my command center, where I’d join my team of associates as we spent the next eight hours managing my global network of activists working to end poverty and hunger.”

FreeWill Astrology

Heh, I know what it looks like, spent 3 weeks there this summer. But, ohhhhhh, to know what it would feel like to be at my camping spot in Kvinesdal, with no mud from the rains and the sun shining down every day. Or maybe a day’s rain, so the mountain rise would give birth to its water fall in the afternoon, and fade into a slight trickle at night. Or have it warm enough to go bathe in the river that flowed past our spot, and mingle more intimately with the Gods of the North Lands. Mmmmmmmmm. Now that would be absolute heaven.

Scorpio for this week:

Most intelligent people realize that global warming is underway. This awakening is good, but I’m worried that it may be diverting attention from a more profound crisis: the Mass Extinction Event that’s killing off animal and plant species at a pace unmatched since the demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. While 87 percent of the population knows about global warming, less than five percent realize this bigger tragedy is unfolding. And that’s crazy. The prospect of there being future draughts, rising ocean levels, and savage weather is daunting, but the far more devastating fact is that Earth’s precious eco-diversity is dying now — not just from global warming, but from pollution and a host of other mischief caused by humans. Our species is killing off thousands of creatures and plants that have shared the planet with us for millennia. The precipitous loss of frogs and bees alone suggests that we should be staging regular rituals of grieving, with symbolic million-mourner funeral processions. And what does this have to do with your horoscope, I mean besides it being a call to expand your understanding of our planet’s environmental crisis? This: The scenario I’ve described is a metaphor for your personal life. What important issue might you be obsessing on in a way that blinds you to an even more all-encompassing issue? (P.S. For more information about the Mass Extinction Event, check out the website of my friend David Ulansey.)

FreeWill Astrology

Oh wow, he went off the deep end. Say it ain’t so! But, to the part not dealing with his metaphor, there are a couple of issues that I’m obsessing over. One is not so blinding, outside of the overwhelming amount of happiness it brings me, the other is not so happy and slightly blinding, because it was an immediate note that slapped me in the face when confronted with it. The obesession is finding a means to deal with it and make it an issue that is null and void.

With that said – I’m curious, why is it, that there’s only a small minority of guys who are capable of carrying on a purely platonic relationship with females? And even so, with the ones who are willing to recognize those relationships (which is greater than that small minority), why does it boil down with the need to slap them down till they get the idea that nothing, physical or deeply emotional will come from that friendship? I’m just not getting it. Anyone care to try and explain this?

Scorpio for this week:

On the Whosoever.org website, Thomas Woodrooffe describes Mother Teresa’s actions in Calcutta in 1993. She tended intimately to the sick and dying without asking them their religious beliefs or judging them for any behavior that might have played a part in their illness. In contrast, fundamentalist missionaries were roaming Calcutta’s streets at the same time, handing out religious propaganda to the diseased and destitute, warning them they’d face eternal damnation if they’d didn’t convert to the One True Way. Keep that difference in mind during the coming weeks, Scorpio. You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when you have tremendous power to heal people, fix misaligned energy, and provide the kind of moral leadership that raises everyone’s integrity levels. Be like Mother Teresa, not the fundamentalist missionaries.

FreeWill Astrology

Hrmmmmmmm, that’ll require some pondering. With that said, I have a lot of thinking going on, not sure how to deal with that. Might elaborate more later.

Scorpio for this week:

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)
Physicist John Cramer has made progress in his research into the feasibility of time travel. But he can’t take his work to its next phase without an infusion of $20,000. You might want to consider donating, Scorpio. If you did, and he managed to perfect time travel in his future experiments, you’d no doubt be high on the priority list to use the new technology. And that means you could go back and correct for the wrong turn you made in April, which I’d really like to see you do. If you don’t have the inclination to contribute to Cramer’s research, at least try this alternative: Go to each person affected by your deviation and make a thoughtful attempt at atonement and correction.

FreeWill Astrology

Interesting. Personally, I don’t consider the things that happened in April to be a wrong, as I see it more as a learning process. As for the actions and those involved…well, minimal human damage and things have been set into place, to not reverse the actions, but to shift the results and move them in the direction they need to go. After all, Boann did walk the wrong direction around the well, because in order to change the past, you must walk to the future, as the past cannot be undone. It can only be mitigated in future actions.

And so, we walk forward.

Scorpio for this week:

“Dear Rob: In the past few weeks, life has been opening me up over and over again, as if I were a rose that couldn’t stop blooming. Every perception hits me with a soothing bolt of clarity. Every conversation is gracefully sculpted, as if composed by a higher power. I’m listening and actually hearing what people really mean. I feel accountable for each word that comes out of my mouth. It’s amazing. Do you have any tips for keeping this state going on forever? I’m afraid I’ll slip back into a duller, more self-absorbed state. – Scorpio On Fire.” Dear Scorpio: Don’t cling. Don’t be grasping or anxious. Instead, do what is potentially every Scorpio’s specialty: Die and be reborn every day. Again and again, kill off the magic that’s working so well and artfully resurrect it in a transformed version.

FreeWill Astrology

This is one thing I’ve definitely taken home from my yoga studies. Let go, let it happen. The more you cling to something, the more you lose your grasp on it and the faster it will slip away. View each instance of life as a delicate crystal vase, holding it gently, yet firmly and appreciate the every aspect of it. The colour variations, the design, the sound it reverberates with, everything. Some things are fleeting, but when you savour them like a fine wine or delicacy, the memory stays with you and becomes easy to recall, as well does that fleeting moment step out of time and become an eternity.

Heh, I think I need to sit down with a writing suggestion and do some writing again.

Scorpio for this week:

[Editor’s note: To prepare this horoscope, I stole some of the lyrics from Yoko Ono’s song “Revelations” and added some words of my own.] Bless you for your anger, Scorpio. It’s a sign of zeal. If you transform it into creative fire, it will transmute your relationship with any situation you’re angry about. Bless you for your greed. It’s a sign of great capacity. Honor the law of karma by giving as much as you want to get, and your greed will drive you to grow generous. Bless you for your jealousy. It’s a sign of immature empathy. Ripen it into admiration and what you admire will become an inspiring part of your life.

FreeWill Astrology

Hrm…I know the anger one is still vaguely appropriate, as there are still some issues that are bubbling to the surface, that need to be examined and resolved. Greed, well, I guess I’ll just have to figure out what I’m greedy about – unless it’s the number of bfs I can have on any given occasion. And jealousy….well, that gets dealt with when it arises and it always involves lots of self reflection, though I’ve never considered using it as admiration. That’s an interesting reflection of that emotion.

Scorpio for this week:

If this was 1700 and you lived in London or if it was 1800 and you lived in Philadelphia, I’d tell you, Go west, young man or young woman. The astrological omens imply that your most useful adventures lie in the direction the sun travels. But we could also interpret the oracular advice to “go west” not as a literal mandate to head out on the road, but rather as a metaphorical exhortation to follow the sun in your heart. So what does that expression mean to you? If you followed the sun in your heart, would you align yourself with a live-giving source of light and energy? Would you do something that fills you with warmth and vitality? Would you answer a call that’s coming to you from the most practical manifestation of divine intelligence you know? Or all three?

FreeWill Astrology

I’d say all three, but that’s just me. But to follow the sun in my heart would be to pursue things that bring me joy and make me feel alive. Things, that when I relax, I feel at peace and completely content in being me.

Right now, that’s a lifestyle change, and I’m trying to get my Scotsman to join me in it. And he’s been very good at assisting me in creating some changes. We’ve started making dinner together, and while I’d like to be doing that sooner in the evening, rather than later, it’s still enjoyable to talk with him over his day. I’ve stopped watching TV, even though I do need to take some time and watch what I have on the TiVo, so I can delete it. Maybe I’ll do that today.

In other news, I’m debating going to the gym to lift weights. I’m not sure how I’d be accepted there at this moment. Due to various things that happened before I left, although, if the gym doesn’t get approved today, I guess I’ll go tomorrow night. I need to be getting back into shape, at least as far as conditioning goes. And what I do at home is nowhere near what I need.

Scorpio for this week:

The modern English word “weird” is derived from the Old English term wyrd, meaning “destiny.” By the late Middle Ages, wyrd had evolved into a concept similar to the Eastern notion of karma. It implied that the momentum of past events plays a strong role in shaping the future, but that human willpower can nevertheless also have a hand in creating upcoming events. In some uses, wyrd could even mean “the power to control destiny,” as exemplified by the three Weird Sisters of Shakespeare’s MacBeth. I bring this up, Scorpio, because your Wyrd Factor is pretty high these days. While the consequences of your past are certainly impinging on your present to some degree, you’ve rarely had a greater ability to override them through the force of your intentions.

FreeWill Astrology

Is it bad that I didn’t make it past the first sentence before I was searching for my Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary?

As for the rest of it, well, my past is dealt with, and that which hasn’t is being dealt with. I’m finding it interesting as to how much has been shedding over the last couple of weeks, down to the fact that my hope for the male gender was revived by a 22-year-old. I’ve also failed to allow a dominant personality to control me, and I wasn’t cowed by him at all in facing him. It was the first time I stood up to him, on my own ground and with my own rules. It was extremely liberating. And he still talked to me the next day. I’m proud of him, and me.