An old rule says that for an astrological interpretation to be true, you must be able to see it expressed three ways in the chart. If you see it once, it is only a possibility; if you see it twice, it becomes more likely; but if you can see the same theme a third time, that interpretation then becomes a probability. These repeated and related chart features often point to major themes in a person’s life.
What constitutes a theme? When analyzing a chart, you would look for sign and house placements and aspects that are similar in nature to one another. One starting point is the astrological alphabet popularized by Dr. Zipporah Dobyns, which held Aries, Mars, and the 1st house as equivalents, Taurus, Venus and the 2nd house as equivalents, and so on.
Then look for repetitions in the chart. A concentration of Pisces planets, plus the Sun or Moon in the 12th house and several aspects to Neptune would make a person highly Neptunian. The themes of Neptune, Pisces, and the 12th would, therefore, be a strong dynamic in this individual’s life, whether expressed primarily in a positive way (such as spiritual study, creativity, and service) or in more problematic ones like addiction, rescuing, self-deception, or even delusion. With any such concentration, the life path of the individual may be strongly colored by attempts to master the issues and drives connected with that sign, house, and planet.
Another person might have Cancer rising, the Moon as the focus of a grand trine, and the Sun, Mercury, and Venus in the 4th house. Lunar issues – home, security, family, the mother, nurturing, and food – would strongly motivate this individual and be a major focus of effort. However, such a person will not necessarily deal with these issues in a typically Cancerian way, for the sign and aspects of the Moon become important modifiers of the pattern. Also, when the Sun and other planets are located in the 4th, the individual places great emphasis on home life and family but may not be as moody and emotional as the typical Cancerian, depending on the Sun’s sign and element. A person with a stellium in air in the 4th may not be particularly emotional but would still tend to be deeply invested in the home.
One conceivable interpretation of someone with Mercury on the Midheaven could be that a brother or sister functioned in a parental role, since Mercury, like the 3rd house or Gemini, often indicates the role of siblings. Suppose you also note that Saturn, one indicator of parental authority, falls in the 3rd house – a repetition of the sibling/authority connection. Then, you find that the Moon, which describes the Mother, is in the Mercury-ruled sign of Gemini. This is another clue that a sibling may have taken on a substantial share of the parenting functions. You are then fairly safe in venturing that interpretation – and smiling modestly when the client gasps, “How on earth did you know that?” (A second level of interpretation of these same placements, given Mercury on the Midheaven, would focus on the career. We might infer that this individual is very much a communicator and will pursue a career in a related field.)
Astrology students often worry about a particular facet of a chart, but they need not become alarmed unless this factor is confirmed in other ways. For instance, many people born without planets in the water signs have sworn that they are not especially emotional. Yet, some of them have Neptune on the Ascendant and Pluto conjunct the Moon; these people are, on the contrary, extremely emotional. Their challenge, instead, is to manage those emotions.
Other people worry excessively about some feature of their chart that is shared by most of the people born around the same time. For instance, almost everyone born in the winter months of the early 1940s had Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto all retrograde. This astrological event deeply meaningful in the psychology and sociology of the entire generation born on Earth in that era. However, when individuals assume that a single retrograde planet in that collection (say, a retrograde Saturn) pertains to their life alone, rather than to the challenges held in common by their entire generation, they are personalizing a generational influence.
Others congratulate themselves prematurely on some facet of their chart without balancing it by considering aspects or house placements. For instance, people with Jupiter on the Midheaven might conclude that they would enjoy good luck and fabulous success in their career. Before lying back and waiting for fortune to find them, however, they’d best take a look at the aspects to Jupiter, Saturn, and any 10th-house planets. Early in my career, I taught astrology as a volunteer at an alcohol treatment center in a slum, and I was chastened to find that some of these patients who had lived on the streets for years had Jupiter on the Midheaven.
To give an example of how the Rule of Three works, suppose that a client had Neptune and Saturn conjunct in the 4th house, which shows conditions in the home life and often in the family of origin. I might speculate that there was some mystery, hardship, and maybe a loss in the family of origin, but I would look further to see what it might be. Suppose I then noticed that the Moon was in Pisces in the 8th house. The suspicion of a painful loss involving the mother and the family of origin would grow stronger. If the Moon also formed a difficult t-square, that would pretty much clinch it. I would inquire about the early loss of a female authority figure – maybe even go out on a limb and ask if the client was adopted, since natal or transiting Neptune aspects in the 4th or 10th have shown up numerous times in my practice in cases of adoption.
Seeing a difficult placement in the chart – like that 8th-house Pisces Moon, for instance – would you automatically conclude that the mother will die? All mothers die ultimately, but when and how they die are not written in stone. You would never make a fixed prediction, especially one so negative in tone, based on a single aspect in a chart, whether natal or transiting. Look for repetitious chart patterns and for mitigating forces, such as supportive natal or transiting aspects. You also need to ask questions about how that placement has worked in the person’s life, especially during important past transits to that point, and what the native has learned in the course of living about how to express the higher potential of that placement. In the case of a transiting aspect, you must have a clear grasp of the natal condition of the planet in question and also look at all the other transits currently going on in the chart, for balancing factors. If you are still concerned about a natal or transiting pattern in your chart, consult a seasoned professional astrologer with a well-balanced approach. Find one who can admit the realistic drawbacks of a given placement but can also help you to work toward its positive expressions.
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Friday, May 21st, 2010
The advent of television and the place it has acquired in the lives of people is indicative of not only technological but also social revolution. Its impact can be seen in each and every domain of life including music. One of the popular ways in which music has become an integral part of our life is through TV theme songs.
TV theme songs are the deciding factor in the popularity of a TV show. There are many classic TV theme songs that remain fresh in the memories of the people and are hummable. Theme songs from show such as “All in the Family,” “Benny Hill,” “Mr. Ed” and “The Beverly Hillbillies” are quite popular. The popularity of TV theme songs is proved by the presence of a number of websites that have classic TV theme songs listed. People can download them and go back to memory lane to enjoy them in their original form.
TV theme songs have virtually assumed the form of a music genre on account of the effect it has on the people. The popularity of TV theme songs proves conducive in attracting the attention of an audience — retaining their interest in the show. On many occasions, the audiences wait for the show only because they love its theme song. On the other hand, high-pitched TV theme songs, when repeated and heard on regular basis, become jarring and audiences do not consider watching such TV shows.
TV theme songs need to express the theme of the show, and compliment the theme and presentation of a show. If a show revolves around a comic theme, then the song needs to have a comical tone. Similarly, a horror show may have some eerie music. Theme songs should not be mundane, or else they lose their repeat value and make the whole show dull and staid.
TV theme songs are important in the sense that they give an insight to the audience about the theme and the standard of a show and need to be catchy and appropriate.
Tags: Benny Hill, Classic Tv Theme Songs, Occasions
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Reality television shows have been a craze for the past few years. You may not realize that the first reality TV show was first aired in the 1950s. It featured a band leader and his family. The show actually started on the radio and was a husband and wife affair. The children were brought in and later, after it had transferred to tv, the kids grew up, got married and their wives were also in the show.
It was called The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and had its roots in a spot on a radio show in 1935 and lasted 31 years until it ended its TV run in 1966.
Oswald Nelson was born in 1906 in New Jersey. He studied law at Rutgers University and was also a keen musician. To help pay the fees, he was a part-time football coach. He also was in a band, playing saxophone. In time, he learned to play most of the band’s instruments.
When the depression hit in late 1929, Oswald realized that there was no guarantee of a job at the end of his studies. He enjoyed playing in the band and as this was a proven source of income, he decided to form his own band and try his luck.
The Ozzie Nelson Band had moderate success playing lowly clubs around New York and the East Coast. When a competition was run by the New York Daily Mirror for readers to vote for their favorite band, he and the band obtained hundreds of unsold newspapers and sent in votes for themselves. When they won the competition the publicity spurred them into a bigger league and they could at least scrape a living. Oswald recruited beautiful 23 year old vaudeville showgirl Harriet Hilliard as lead singer in 1932. They soon fell in love and were married within three years.
Their big break came when they were booked at the Glen Island Casino. Their performance was broadcast on national radio. In those days radio was as big as TV is today and this exposure led to their first big hit And then Some along with regular spots on The Baker’s Broadcast radio show from 1935. They were then recruited to do regular spots on another popular radio show, The Red Skelton Show.
In 1936 Harriet gave birth to their first son, David, followed in 1940 by brother Eric, later known as Ricky.
Ozzie and Harriet were increasingly inserting comedy skits between musical numbers, and this seemingly spontaneous repartee went down well with the audience. These were basically skits based around the couple’s family life. When Red Skelton was drafted in 1944, Ozzie and Harriet were offered the vacated time slot and filled it with The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Oswald decided to major on the comedy scripting, with the music taking second place. In time, the music was dropped altogether with the scripts being penned by Oswald. The subject was once again their own family life including their two sons, played by actors.
By 1949 the actors were replaced by the real David and Ricky, largely as a result from pressure from the boys themselves and a guest appearance by Bing Crosby who brought his own two sons along to appear in the show. If Bing’s kids could do it, then so could Ozzie’s kids.
In 1952 the show was premiered on ABC television. By now David was 16 and Ricky was 12. The theme continued to be the family. Many of the comedy script ideas came from incidents that actually occurred in the Nelson household. If the boys took up a hobby, that would be featured. When David and later Ricky started dating girls this was also included and became a regular theme.
By the time he was 17, Ricky began to take an interest in the new rock ‘n’ roll music that had taken hold of so many of his generation. He once dated a girl who swooned over Elvis Presley. Not wishing to be outdone, Ricky told her that he was cutting his own disc, a fact that had absolutely no foundation. Wishing to turn this white lie into reality he asked his father to pull some strings. By 1957, Ricky had a recording deal and released Fat’s Domino’s song I’m Walking. Ozzie duly produced a special script of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet that would feature the new song. A few years back this may not have had any great effect, but by the late 1950’s television was rapidly being taken up across the country and I’m Walkin’ became a big hit. Ricky was an overnight pop idol. Oswald soon realised that the TV show was a perfect way to promote Ricky’s records and that the show would attract more viewers, especially teenagers. From this point onwards, Ricky’s songs would feature in many of the episodes. When they couldn’t be incorporated into the script, a song performance by Ricky would simply be tacked on to the end of an episode.
When the boys finally married – David to June Blair in 1961 and Ricky to Kristin Harmon in 1964 – the art-imitates-life theme was taken to new heights when the wives were cast in the show to play themselves.
Had The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet not been cancelled in 1966, maybe the show would still be playing with Ozzie and Harriet’s grandchildren taking up the baton. What was striking was the way that the scripts, all written or supervised by Oswald, paralleled their real life so closely.
When Ozzie and Harriet cracked their first joke on stage together back in the 1930’s, little did they know that this would lead to one of the longest running shows on tv and the grand-daddy of today’s reality TV.
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
If you have become bored with the look of your kitchen and want ways in which to update it without spending lots of money below are some kitchen decorating themes which may help you decide what you should do.
The first thing that you should do is pick a theme you will be happy with when you have finished decorating. Themes to suit all types of kitchens can be found everywhere from the TV and magazines to carrying out a search on the internet.
Once you have chosen the theme that you feel best suits your personality and your kitchen space then now you need to start look at how it is to be decorated.
Today your can decorate your kitchen in a variety of different themes and below we will be looking at some that you may want to consider.
1940’s Kitchen
This is a fun way to decorate your kitchen. By painting the cabinets, adding glass knobs rather than using more modern handles, plus vintage linens that have been combined with new appliances will give your kitchen that retro look but still providing you with a functional kitchen.
Rustic Mexican Look Kitchen
Such a design can be used by the introduction of rich colours and the use of pine which has been combined with wrought iron and decorative tiles in order to create a more authentic rustic Mexican looking kitchen.
A Rooster Decor Kitchen
First you need to paint the room a bright colour such as yellow and then include curtains in a solid colour such as orange or those with a floral print are a great addition to a rooster themed kitchen. Also to bring the rooster theme further to life add some rooster items such as dishes, placemats, canisters and pictures. If you are using dishes which have a rooster print on them then make sure the tablecloth you use is a solid colour and include a floral bouquet on the table when sitting down for a meal. Any canisters you have on show on work tops should also have a rooster motif on them.
As you can see the kitchen decorating theme that you decide upon depends on what you like and how much budget you have available. But luckily as many of us have access to the internet for shopping the chance of choosing a nice kitchen decorating theme has never been easier.
Tags: Functional Kitchen, New Appliances, Wrought Iron
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Sunday, May 16th, 2010
There are several ways we receive guidance in life. Some of the most common are through intuition, hunches, advice from friends, family and counselors. The availability of psychic readings, mentors, pastors, ministers or rabbi also add to the wide range of those giving us advice and direction. Sometimes our path comes to us from a book we read, a movie we watch or a song on the radio that catches our attention.
From the time we are small children many of us are told that we each had a guardian angel that watches over us. I recall a picture in my grandmothers home of the angel guiding a little girl as she crosses over an unsteady footbridge. That was always my visual image of my own guardian angel.
Understanding more about the various angels, guides and masters that assist us throughout life broadens your perspective. Even though we are not aware of these guides and angels, they are with us. Briefly, we each have a Spirit Guide during our entire life. This guide may be the only one we have, or we may have more than one at a time. As we shift in the course of life we may receive guidance from a different guide whose direction may be unique to our particular situation and progress. I am told that we call to us the appropriate guidance which we are desiring.
We do have the same guardian angel our entire physical life. This is not a loved one or dear friend or family member who has crossed over. Although they may be helping us from the Other Side, that is not the same as our guardian angel. The angels are unceasing in their service to us.
Masters and Ascended Masters are those who have lived an actual physical life upon this plane. Again, these teachers are willing and standing by to assist us on our journey. This master is both chosen by us and we are chosen by them in accordance with the overlaying plan of our lifetime. If you choose to be a healer, the master of spiritual guidance will come from One who lived that knowledge over many lifetimes. The archetypes that include such life themes as the storyteller, judge, seeker, wanderer, disciple, monk are directly connected to masters guiding those of us on that path.
Do you ask your guiding presences for assistance? As you pray for help are you begging or pleading, out of desperation perhaps? It is not necessary for us to bargain, implore or beseech for help. We simply must ask and give permission for the answers to come to us. They are always standing by to come to our side the instant we ask. I am told that once permission is given it is forever for this lifetime. All of the angels, guides and masters respect our free will. For example, the Archangel Michael like all angels, respects your free will; he will never intervene without your permission. But once you ask for his help, he is there in every way.
The support, direction, and encouragement from each of the sacred guidance counselors is priceless. Rather than struggle through life isolated from universal support, it is time to embrace each of these sacred counselors. As you listen for their sometimes subtle messages you become more fine-tuned to all aspects of this lifetime.
Tags: Guardian Angel, Intuition, Psychic Readings
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Friday, May 14th, 2010
Christmas has a theme of light, of luminosity and miracles. There is the story of the star in the sky that appeared over Bethlehem that could not be accounted for and of course there was the birth of Jesus Christ often referred to as the light of world said to come to enlighten us. The theme of light is representational of becoming conscious. This is the birth within all of us that needs to take place; a birth of consciousness from the unconscious. This is the theme of an inner Christmas to create miracles within and transform not only our own life but out life together on the planet.
If we are at war within ourselves we are at war with our spouse, our children, our families and on it goes. Imagine all that negative energy culminating together. It creates war. It’s a ripple effect and we each hold an important role. We cannot change anybody else only ourselves. But we can create inner change and be great role models in the process for others. The greatest gift we can give to ourselves, our families and to the world is to raise our consciousness. This is how we will create peace within ourselves, our families and the world. It requires work and there are lot of stories associated with Jesus Christ which gives us tools to do the work that we need to raise our consciousness. When we raise our consciousness it appears as though miracles are occurring as life miraculously changes for the better.
Here are 6 top tips to put into practice this festive season to raise your consciousness and start transforming your life. These are powerful reflections that can create miracles in your life:
1. Choices. Be aware of the choices you make at each and every moment. You have a choice to open your heart and befriend your neighbor or to close the door and remain separate and in fear of differences. You have a choice to judge, to criticize or not. In each and every moment we are sculpting our future with our choices. We need to ask ourselves in any given moment – are my choices contributing with positive energy to love, peace and acceptance or not?
2. Intentions. Your intentions contribute to positive or negative energy in your family, your work place, community and in the world. Do you see the glass half full or half empty? Do you see the positive or the negative? Do you give unconditionally with no expectation of anything in return or is your giving conditional upon your wants, needs and/or expectations? Your intentions have powerful positive or negative energy attached to them. Come with an intention to give unconditionally, give more than is expected and do it with love.
3. Mentors and Teachers. Find a mentor or teacher for exploration of consciousness. You can raise your consciousness with mentors or teachers who will stretch you outside of your current world view by challenging your thinking and stretching you to see a different view and attain a higher level of awareness and consciousness. It has been said that the greatest teachers and mentors have a lightness of being and/or a sense of fun to help us shift. Reading books or listening to inspirational podcasts are a great start.
4. Gratitude. Giving thanks in our lives and taking nothing for granted builds an abundance of happiness and joy through acknowledgment. Have thanks for even the smallest of things and spend time each morning and night acknowledging with gratitude that which is supporting and nourishing your life. Have gratitude even for the crisis in your life and you do this by finding the gift in the crisis to stretch and grow into a better person with greater humanity.
5. Question. To be aware that you are not aware is a liberating tool. Questioning helps us to see from a different perspective and stretches our current set of assumptions, thought systems and cultural frame. Questioning is necessary for transformation. Questioning unites us and certainty divides us.
6. Stillness. Stillness is one of the most important tools in all traditions for conscious transformation. We need time to be still and let our thoughts pass bye. Whether it be meditation, a walk in the woods, a quiet bath, deep breathing or just sitting focusing on feeling the tingling energy in your fingers, these are all great ways to quiet the mind and spend moments in stillness and peace. When we are at peace within we contribute to a world at peace.
These are great tips in relation to the main theme of Christmas which is about light and rebirthing of your consciousness which is the place where miracles are born. So take the time out for an inner reflective Christmas and put into practice the above tips and you will create an inner peace and happiness that will be your great gift to yourself and the world!
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