Grandtrines

We have posted a list of patterns for September 2015.  September 1st and 2nd are mainly characterized by routine lunar aspects as Moon in Aries touches Uranus, squares Pluto, and engages in a series of similar aspects.  You will likely have the energy to get things done, but you might feel too good and decide to use that juice to play.  We suggest you NOT waste this window because you will receive a “wake up call” either on, or near, September 3 when Sun is Sesquiquadrate Ceres.  Remember, we are mostly in Virgo, and this tends to be a period where WORK is important.  Keep in mind that “things” will change soon, and some opportunities may be lost.

Ben Carson, in many ways, is the antithesis of Donald Trump.

Mr. Trump is loud and bombastic; Dr. Carson is low-key and genial. When Trump speaks, he chops his hands in the air as if to enhance his brashness. Carson has calm, steady, surgeon’s hands – “Gifted Hands,” as his memoir is titled. Trump comes across as the aggressively self-confident businessman he is; Carson has the bedside manner of the physician he is.

And they’re both hot properties in the GOP presidential nomination race, ranked one and two nationally, and tied for the lead in the latest poll out of Iowa. Trump and Carson each got 23 percent of the vote among likely Iowa GOP caucus-goers, according to a Monmouth University poll released Monday.  Iowa’s Republican caucuses, scheduled for Feb. 2, are the first contest in the 2016 nominating race, and are a crucial test.

The outsider appeal of…

On August 28, the NRA presented ATF and FBI data showing Americans have purchased “170 million new guns” since 1991, and violent crime has fallen “51 percent.”

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AWR Hawkins reports: The NRA tweeted, “Since ’91, Americans have acquired over 170 million new firearms and violent crimes have declined by 51%.”

“The overarching message is simple—more guns, less crime. Americans have purchased “170 million new guns” since 1991, and violent crime has decreased as gun ownership has increased.”

This information squares with the findings of a Congressional Research Service (CRS) study covering the slightly shorter period of time from 1994 to 2009.

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For those years, CRS found that Americans purchased approximately 118 million firearms, and the 1993 “firearm-related murder and non-negligent…

Start with the basics: there is a world of difference between Mary Shelley’s original 1818 novel Frankenstein and the countless films that have been inspired by it. Even Kenneth Branagh’s 1994 adaptation, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, adds much to Shelley’s original vision and in doing so takes much away. Its title may signal fidelity to the original, but it ends up performing a hatchet-job on Shelley’s book, and is led to desperate attempts to stitch together the disparate pieces to form a coherent, and living, whole. The result is, if not quite a monster, then at least a mess.

But then the book is always accompanied by misreadings or misapprehensions, such as the famous conflation of the creator with the (unnamed) creature (so people talk of ‘Frankenstein’ instead of Frankenstein’s monster), or the belief that the creator is ‘Doctor Frankenstein’ (not so: in the book he is but a humble student). It is…

VENUS RETROGRADE MEETS HER LOVER MARS AUGUST 31/ September 1 in LEO 

This is the second meeting of Venus and Mars this year. Venus and Mars usually meet only once around every two years. But every 18 years Venus and Mars meet and conjoin three times a year and this year is one of those auspicious years.  

Feb 22 @ 1+ degrees ARIES fire element- beginnings

Aug 31/Sept. 1 @ 14 + LEO – Fire element with Venus Retrograde in the Underworld -re-evaluating

@ 10:04 pm PDT/ Sept. 1 @ 1:04 a.m. 

November 3 @ 14 + degrees Virgo – Earth element 

Venus is spending a hell of a long time in Leo this year from June 5 until July 18.  July 31 she re-entered Leo Retrograde and stays in Leo until October 9. That’s four months of pride, passion, who is the boss struggles and HIGH DRAMA. “You’re…

The Full Moon of August 29th has perfected and the moon is now waning.  Sellers have an advantage over buyers, Virgo planets increase their influence, and Sun Opposite Neptune on August 31st clearing away what the Full Moon did not.   If you are a “creative,” then you might can develop some good work (poetry, music, photos, video, etc.), but for everyone else this day is best spent as “down time.”  For most of the week and moving forward, school is in session (both literally and metaphorically), and the time has now come to start working in a manner that is diligent and persistent.  While we do still have important moments of creativity, what wins now is doing what it takes to get the job done.

A square key on that date on August 31st will also provide parting lessons about our recent experiences as we move into September and more fully into…

SUN IN VIRGO-MOON IN PISCES CONJUNCT CHIRON

What are the stories of pain written in your body and in your mind?
How silent are they?
How loud are they?
Do you cherish them by telling their stories?
Are you walking at the altar of your pain
worshiping it like a god?
How much space does it occupy and how does it serve you?

Honor the pain and then let it go
It is not for you to keep.
It is a teacher and a mentor
But it’s not yours.

If today you decided to leave some of it behind
How would that look like?

On Justice with Jeanine Pirro, Saturday night, Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke unloaded on the Black Lives Matter Movement,  and the “high profile people” he says are leading the movement. Almost too angry to speak, he called the Black Lives Matter activists, “slime” and “filth” who should be eradicated from the towns they infest.

Judge Jeanine opened her show, with the story of the latest horrific cop killing. 

Deputy Darren Goforth, 47, had just left an accident scene last night when he stopped by a gas station on Telge and West Road. As he was pumping gas, a man approached him from behind, said nothing and fired multiple shots. Once the deputy fell to the ground, authorities say the suspect fired more shots. Deputy Goforth was pronounced dead on the scene

A witness told reporters she saw a woman sobbing over Deputy Goforth’s body: ”She was laying on top him. She was saying that…

2015 and 2016 could be when drones really start to take off in agriculture. At least that’s what a lot of those active in the drone community have been saying.

“There is a lot of excitement around the world about this technology in agriculture use and for good reason,” says Chad Colby, a UAS consultant who’s become widely known in agriculture circles through his talks at UAS conferences around the country. “I’ve witnessed so many changes over the past three years,” he says. “Today, we are moving toward the fact that these will be another tool in the farmer’s toolbox.”

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The call came after it was revealed a passenger plane had a near miss with a pilotless device while another drone forced a Royal Navy Lynx helicopter to swerve