Sunday, March 13, 2011
Kemence
The term kemenche (Adyghe: Шык1э пщын, Turkish: kemençe, Armenian: քամանչա k’amanča, Laz: Ç'ilili - ჭილილი, Azerbaijani: kamança, Persian: کمانچه, Greek: λύρα) is used to describe two types of three-stringed bowed musical instruments:
1. a bottle-shaped lute, closely related to the Cappadocian Kemane, found in the Black Sea region of Asia Minor, it is also known as the "kementche of Laz" or Pontic kemenche and
2. a pear-shaped bowl lyre known as Classical kemenche (Turkish: Armudî kemençe), found mainly in Istanbul and the Eastern regions of Turkey and is closely related to the Byzantine lyra (Turkish: Rum Kemençesi).
Both types of kemenche are played in the downright position, either by resting it on the knee when sitting, or held in front of the player when standing. It is always played "braccio", that is, with the tuning head uppermost. The kemenche bow is called the doksar (Greek: δοξάρι), the Greek term for bow.
Its name derives from the Persian Kamancheh, the name is Persian and means merely "small bow".[1] Al-Kādirī, in his classification of musical instruments, mentioned the kemandje similar to the Arabic rabab and the Byzantine lyra (Margaret J. Kartomi, 1990). In Greece and the Pontic Greek diaspora, it is known as the lyra or the "kementzes": it is the main instrument used in Pontic music.
Rhema Marvanne - 7 year old Gospel singer
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In the last year, Rhema has traveled around the country singing at concerts, churches, and nursing homes. She's even taken her show overseas, singing in front of a live studio audience in South Korea.
This fall, Rhema released her second album, and her YouTube channel has more than 15 million page views.
But Rhema's success was born in tragedy. She was only three years old when her mother, Wendi, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Rhema had just turned six when Wendi died. Rhema was at her side to the very end.
But Rhema's success was born in tragedy. She was only three years old when her mother, Wendi, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Rhema had just turned six when Wendi died. Rhema was at her side to the very end.
"I love her," she said. "Whenever I think about her, I feel like she's right beside me. Sometimes when I sing, I can hear her voice."
Rhema's father Teton Marvanne said his daughter's gift had to be uncovered.
"I used to tell people that Rhema was tone death because she could not hold a tune," he recalled.
Marvanne splits his time between being a full-time dad, running his own personal business, and managing Rhema's increasingly demanding itinerary.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Cavalia
First of all, the reference to Cirque—which Latourelle helped found but which he left in 1990 to go out on his own—immediately brings to mind seating in the round. But the Cavalia stage is a 160-foot-wide, sandy-floored horizontal stage, about the breadth of an NFL football field, with the audience set on stadium seating in front of it. The tent seats 2,000 people.
An unseen track loops around the back of the stage in a circle, allowing the quarter horses in one act build up to full steam when they race in front of the audience. Did we mention people are doing handstands on them when they do?
There is also more digital imagery than a Cirque show would use, all projected on a giant back screen. The show opens with a scene of a mare birthing a colt, and the screens are used throughout to conjure horses through history and create atmospheric settings.
The show itself is made up of vignettes that display the huge breadth of equestrian acts out there. Riders trained in the Haute Ecole pull off formal little patterns, but there are even lasso acts and cowboy tricks, as well as some dressage, and a freer form of training called "Liberty", where the horses run free onstage without reigns or harnesses.
Latourelle told the Straight it would normally be unheard of to watch all these different forms, which come from such separate worlds, to share a stage. At its height, Cavalia has 19 of its 50-plus horses moving about the stage.
Add to this mix live music and a team of acrobats who do everything from balancing acts to trampoline tricks to bouncing on and off the horses on bungees that hang from the ceiling.
http://www.straight.com/article-378995/vancouver/cavalia-demystified-sneak-peak-how-show-blends-horses-and-acrobatics
http://www.cavalia.net/
Friday, March 11, 2011
Aries - Friend or Foe?
Uranus in Aries is the period for asserting the self, its needs and wants. It is a time for breaking away from dependence and finding one's own strength for self-reliance and self-motivation. I am independent. I am strong. I am significant. I matter. I can do it. I can make it happen. I can get it started. I can because I am. This is a time for discovering or re-discovering and connecting or re-connecting with the self and its raw, passionate, instinctive drives to be the main motivator in formulating goals and getting them accomplished. Remember that Uranus governs the unexpected so, be flexible enough to expect the unexpected -- find opportunities in the least likely places or connections; formulate unique solutions to common or existing problems; tweak an old method and make it more effective; break away from boundaries and think outside the box.
Six Planets in Aries
The sign of Aries certainly is related to attacks and therefore it is with more than a little trepidation that we cycle watchers are anticipating the build up of 6 planets in Aries at the end of March beginning of April and this aforementioned shift of Neptune. Neptune relates to waves and oceans - the physical seas and the sea of ether around us. Where exactly are these 'attacks' likely to arise from? Natural ones from up above in the celestial sphere or man made ones down here - or both?
As of the writing of this post, we remain under the challenging alignment between Jupiter in Aries and Pluto in Capricorn which finally culminated on February 25th and full impact may not actually be realized for several more months, maybe years. Jupiter gives the optimism to push for ideals/aspirations; Aries gives the courage and strength to push fast and hard; Pluto purges and focuses on putting an end to what no longer serves; Capricorn represents the status quo. Domestic and global current events reflect the unrest of this Jupiter-Pluto square. Expect the unexpected globally and in our own personal world as Uranus' revolutionary energy gets mixed into the current celestial climate.
Astrogirl
Uranus' transit in Aries brings another rare but long lasting planetary alignment - Uranus square Pluto. Their alignment will perfect on occasions - 2x each in 2012, 2013 & 2014, and once in 2015. A square is the most difficult and challenging relationship between two or more planets. It is an impatient energy that requires action. A square is conflict, war between two celestial bodies. There is a need to create something birthed from inside us and to manifest that creation out into the world -- may it be in your own personal world, your immediate environment or something that influences many.
http://www.cosmicchronicle.com/2011/02/surfs-up-trouble-in-oceans-above-and.html
Six Planets in Aries
The sign of Aries certainly is related to attacks and therefore it is with more than a little trepidation that we cycle watchers are anticipating the build up of 6 planets in Aries at the end of March beginning of April and this aforementioned shift of Neptune. Neptune relates to waves and oceans - the physical seas and the sea of ether around us. Where exactly are these 'attacks' likely to arise from? Natural ones from up above in the celestial sphere or man made ones down here - or both?
As of the writing of this post, we remain under the challenging alignment between Jupiter in Aries and Pluto in Capricorn which finally culminated on February 25th and full impact may not actually be realized for several more months, maybe years. Jupiter gives the optimism to push for ideals/aspirations; Aries gives the courage and strength to push fast and hard; Pluto purges and focuses on putting an end to what no longer serves; Capricorn represents the status quo. Domestic and global current events reflect the unrest of this Jupiter-Pluto square. Expect the unexpected globally and in our own personal world as Uranus' revolutionary energy gets mixed into the current celestial climate.
Astrogirl
Uranus' transit in Aries brings another rare but long lasting planetary alignment - Uranus square Pluto. Their alignment will perfect on occasions - 2x each in 2012, 2013 & 2014, and once in 2015. A square is the most difficult and challenging relationship between two or more planets. It is an impatient energy that requires action. A square is conflict, war between two celestial bodies. There is a need to create something birthed from inside us and to manifest that creation out into the world -- may it be in your own personal world, your immediate environment or something that influences many.
Although we are all influenced by Uranus' transit in Aries, the intensity and degree of influence will fluctuate throughout the 7-year transit and the timing will also depend on our birth chart's planetary and house placements. Additionally, those with cardinal Sun signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn); those with Natal Uranus in Cancer (born approximately 1949 to 1956) or in Libra (born approximately 1968 to 1975) or in Capricorn (born approximately 1988 to 1996); and those with Chiron in Aries (born approximately 1969 to 1977) may feel the effects more strongly than others.
To get an idea of how Uranus' transit in Aries might influence you, look to the Aries-ruled natal and/or solar house/s of your birth chart. Match the sign with the house cusp/s on your birth chart. Use the list of zodiac signs below to identify the Aries zodiac sign on your birth chart.
Read more: http://www.astrogrrl.com/2011/03/uranus-re-enters-aries-mar-11-2011-to.html#ixzz1GL7fAfzr
Original content by Jan | astrogrrl
Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives
To get an idea of how Uranus' transit in Aries might influence you, look to the Aries-ruled natal and/or solar house/s of your birth chart. Match the sign with the house cusp/s on your birth chart. Use the list of zodiac signs below to identify the Aries zodiac sign on your birth chart.
Read more: http://www.astrogrrl.com/2011/03/uranus-re-enters-aries-mar-11-2011-to.html#ixzz1GL7fAfzr
Original content by Jan | astrogrrl
Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives
Japan Earthquake Person Finder - Prayers go out to all the victims of the Japan earthquake and Tsunami March 11. 2011
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/11/article-1365225-0D922321000005DC-841_634x792.jpg
The powerful tsunami that today slammed into Japan's eastern coast comes just two days after warnings that the movement of the moon could trigger unpredictable events on Earth.
Astrologers predicted that on March 19 - a week tomorrow - the so-called 'supermoon' will be closer to Earth than at any time since 1992, just 221,567 miles away, and that its gravitational pull will bring chaos to Earth.
Others on the Internet have predicted it will cause further catastrophes such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific Ocean nearby Northeastern Japan at around 2:46pm on March 11 (JST) causing damage with blackouts, fire and tsunami. On this page we are providing the information regarding the disaster and damage with realtime updates.
The large earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for countries all around the Pacific ocean.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365335/Tsunami-alert-following-Japan-earthquake-today-West-Coast-America.html
Person finder Japan
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/11/article-1365225-0D922321000005DC-841_634x792.jpg
The powerful tsunami that today slammed into Japan's eastern coast comes just two days after warnings that the movement of the moon could trigger unpredictable events on Earth.
Astrologers predicted that on March 19 - a week tomorrow - the so-called 'supermoon' will be closer to Earth than at any time since 1992, just 221,567 miles away, and that its gravitational pull will bring chaos to Earth.
Others on the Internet have predicted it will cause further catastrophes such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
The large earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for countries all around the Pacific ocean.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365335/Tsunami-alert-following-Japan-earthquake-today-West-Coast-America.html
Person finder Japan
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html
Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas.
The country accounts for about 20 per cent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.
Several continental and oceanic plates - the Pacific Plate, Philippine Plate, Eurasian Plate and North American Plate - meet in the Japan area, which is why there are so many volcanoes and hot springs across the nation.
Located in a volcanic zone so active it is nicknamed the Pacific Ring of Fire, catastrophic earthquakes occur several times each century.
Japan has suffered an estimated 200 recorded tsunamis in its history due to earthquakes that take place below or close to the Pacific Ocean.
In October 2004, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck the Niigata region in northern Japan, killing 65 people and injuring more than 3,000.
That was the deadliest quake since a magnitude 7.3 tremor hit the city of Kobe in 1995, killing more than 6,400.
The country accounts for about 20 per cent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.
Several continental and oceanic plates - the Pacific Plate, Philippine Plate, Eurasian Plate and North American Plate - meet in the Japan area, which is why there are so many volcanoes and hot springs across the nation.
Located in a volcanic zone so active it is nicknamed the Pacific Ring of Fire, catastrophic earthquakes occur several times each century.
Japan has suffered an estimated 200 recorded tsunamis in its history due to earthquakes that take place below or close to the Pacific Ocean.
In October 2004, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck the Niigata region in northern Japan, killing 65 people and injuring more than 3,000.
That was the deadliest quake since a magnitude 7.3 tremor hit the city of Kobe in 1995, killing more than 6,400.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Blessings
Here is your antidote to worry: Choose a phrase that brings you release, relief, and empowerment, such as "Peace, be still," "The power of God is within me," or "Love is the answer." Whenever worry begins to set in, consciously and meditatively repeat your positive phrase until you return to peace. The mind is capable of paying attention to only one thought at a time. If you focus on ideas that uplift you, your mind will be unable to dwell on fearful issues. Eventually you will develop the habit of positive thinking, and the worry that once haunted you will have no reality. Begin to master the power of prayer by replacing self-defeating thoughts with visions of your brightest future.
Today I set my mind and heart on a new path. I focus my energy on love, appreciation, and my highest possibilities. Today I claim responsibility for my own success, and step forward with a new enthusiasm to manifest unprecedented good. I use my mind to create only the best, and I draw unto me all the support and resources I need for positive change. Thank you, God, for opening the door to a life filled with blessings.
http://alancohen.wwwhubs.com/cohen3.htm
Today I set my mind and heart on a new path. I focus my energy on love, appreciation, and my highest possibilities. Today I claim responsibility for my own success, and step forward with a new enthusiasm to manifest unprecedented good. I use my mind to create only the best, and I draw unto me all the support and resources I need for positive change. Thank you, God, for opening the door to a life filled with blessings.
http://alancohen.wwwhubs.com/cohen3.htm
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Lavender in Greece
In ancient Egypt and Greece, lavender was used as a perfume and ingredient in incense. In the Middle Ages, it was considered an aphrodisiac. (It was also believed that a sprinkling of lavender on the head of a loved one would keep that person chaste—which seems to fly in the face of its purported aphrodisiac properties!) Touted as well as a cure for lice, toothaches and headaches, lavender was considered quite the all-purpose herb. It was even thought to tame lions and tigers.
Reading through lavender lore, one is less likely to find mention of its culinary use, although it's said that Queen Elizabeth I savoured lavender conserve and a lavender tisane (a herbal infusion sweetened with honey) made from plants grown at her palace. The classic herb mixture Herbes de Provence often includes lavender, as well as rosemary, thyme and bay leaf. It's doubtful, though, that many cookbooks before the 1980s mentioned lavender as a culinary herb. But it's now found in recipes for sweet dishes, infusing them with a citrusy bite, and in savoury dishes, offering a soft hint of flavour similar to rosemary or marjoram.
http://www.canadiangardening.com/plants/perennials/a-passion-for-lavender/a/1546
Reading through lavender lore, one is less likely to find mention of its culinary use, although it's said that Queen Elizabeth I savoured lavender conserve and a lavender tisane (a herbal infusion sweetened with honey) made from plants grown at her palace. The classic herb mixture Herbes de Provence often includes lavender, as well as rosemary, thyme and bay leaf. It's doubtful, though, that many cookbooks before the 1980s mentioned lavender as a culinary herb. But it's now found in recipes for sweet dishes, infusing them with a citrusy bite, and in savoury dishes, offering a soft hint of flavour similar to rosemary or marjoram.
http://www.canadiangardening.com/plants/perennials/a-passion-for-lavender/a/1546
Monday, February 21, 2011
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Kithara.vu - Greek Music Cords
Greek Music Cords
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Chiron and the wounded Christ
Chiron in astrology represents that of the wounded Christ. I imagine that moment of impact of spear on flesh when Christ was said to have uttered: “My god, my god why have you forsaken me?” I think that Chiron in astrology speaks to that moment of excruciating pain (physical, emotional or spiritual), which is complicated by an accompanying sense of abandonment. Chiron the centaur was abandoned by his parents, fyi. And, speaking of parentage, Christ was born of a divine father and immortal mother, just like Chiron. He was a healer – but that didn’t change the fact that Christ couldn’t get off the cross. Consider as well that Pisces – the sign that Chiron has now entered for the next eight years – is the zodiac sign associated with Christ and the Age of Christianity. Also look at the glyph for Chiron: it’s a key. A key is a way in, yes? And Christ’s words were: “I am the Way.” (John 14:6) Finally, consider that Chiron sacrificed his life in a bargain struck to end Prometheus’s daily torment. Prometheus was the unlucky dude that had his liver eaten by birds, only to have that liver grow back again so the birds could return and feast on him daily. That’s what you get for stealing fire from the gods, ladies and gentlemen.
The correlation with Christ is, of course, that he too sacrificed his life as a means of revealing that Life is Eternal - regardless of whether the body is strung up on a cross or running gaily through fields of clover. I’ll even go so far as to say that Christ was crucified, in a sense, for stealing fire from the gods (or rather, The God). Hey, he claimed to be God at a time when one’s experience with the Divine was seen as strictly external. God was out there or up there but certainly not in here. Today we may recognize the Divine in each and every person, but this would have been an unthinkable and heretic philosophy at the time that Jesus tried to promote it. I can only begin to imagine how such a claim would be seen by his country men as a form of hubris and blasphemy – a stealing of thunder or fire from their monotheistic deity.
Western civilization is huge, neither is it of any use to ignore the behemoth that is Christianity. My ideas aren’t necessarily popular with Christians many of whom see astrology as strictly verboten; and they may prove distasteful to astrologers, many of whom are loathe to connect astrology with a religion that has been an enormous source of wounding (more shades of Chiron) for countless souls over a couple thousand of years. I’m straddling two camps here - which suits the theme of half-this half that Chiron appropriately enough.
Now that transiting Chiron has settled into Pisces, he’s going to be hanging out on my natal Pisces Sun for a good long time. Later he’ll hook up with my natal Saturn (remember, Saturn is Chiron’s father), and later still, my natal Chiron. Clearly I’m being Chiron-ized. Perhaps what I offer you is slightly unorthodox. But I’m putting it out there with the conviction that we haven’t fully grasped the nature of the astrological Chiron yet. He’s only been ‘known’ for 33 years, folks. Whoops - there goes another connection to Jesus, who died at age 33. Welcome to your Jesus year, Chiron.
http://starstruckhoroscope.blogspot.com
The correlation with Christ is, of course, that he too sacrificed his life as a means of revealing that Life is Eternal - regardless of whether the body is strung up on a cross or running gaily through fields of clover. I’ll even go so far as to say that Christ was crucified, in a sense, for stealing fire from the gods (or rather, The God). Hey, he claimed to be God at a time when one’s experience with the Divine was seen as strictly external. God was out there or up there but certainly not in here. Today we may recognize the Divine in each and every person, but this would have been an unthinkable and heretic philosophy at the time that Jesus tried to promote it. I can only begin to imagine how such a claim would be seen by his country men as a form of hubris and blasphemy – a stealing of thunder or fire from their monotheistic deity.
Western civilization is huge, neither is it of any use to ignore the behemoth that is Christianity. My ideas aren’t necessarily popular with Christians many of whom see astrology as strictly verboten; and they may prove distasteful to astrologers, many of whom are loathe to connect astrology with a religion that has been an enormous source of wounding (more shades of Chiron) for countless souls over a couple thousand of years. I’m straddling two camps here - which suits the theme of half-this half that Chiron appropriately enough.
Now that transiting Chiron has settled into Pisces, he’s going to be hanging out on my natal Pisces Sun for a good long time. Later he’ll hook up with my natal Saturn (remember, Saturn is Chiron’s father), and later still, my natal Chiron. Clearly I’m being Chiron-ized. Perhaps what I offer you is slightly unorthodox. But I’m putting it out there with the conviction that we haven’t fully grasped the nature of the astrological Chiron yet. He’s only been ‘known’ for 33 years, folks. Whoops - there goes another connection to Jesus, who died at age 33. Welcome to your Jesus year, Chiron.
http://starstruckhoroscope.blogspot.com
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Chiron re visits Pisces
http://www.astrogrrl.com/2011/02/chiron-re-enters-pisces-february-8-2011.html#axzz1DNqQTkLs
Last month, we had a celestially big energy shift with Jupiter's return to Aries. This month, an even bigger shift in energy occurs when Chiron leaves Aquarius for good. He's been transiting Aquarius since 2005 until last year when he made his initial entrance into Pisces on April 19 at 11:37 p.m. PST / April 20, 2010 at 2:37 a.m. EST. Then, while retrograde, he revisited Aquarius on July 20, 2010 and now, Chiron returns to Pisces and settles in until April 2018; and then again, from September 2018 to February 2019. He will not transit Aquarius again until 2056.
As written on the previous Chiron in Pisces post:
In Greek mythology, Chiron was the centaur (half man, half horse) son of Greek god Cronus. He was knowledgeable in the healing arts and mentored Greek heros like Hercules, Jason and Achilles. Unlike most centaurs who are known for their impetuousness and hot-headedness, Chiron was wise and patient. One day, he was accidentally wounded by Hercules, and despite his extensive medical knowledge, he could not heal his own wound. Being immortal, he endured great pain until he exchanged his life to free Prometheus from his suffering and die in his place.
In astrology, Chiron is the wounded healer, representing our wounds -- may they be physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual or otherwise -- and our healing -- may it be through being nursed back to a physically healthy state, releasing painful memories, letting go of negativity or restoring our faith. For 5 years, Chiron's transit in Aquarius focused on "healing" social structures through individual humanitarian efforts coming together to make an impact despite the differences in our races, cultures, belief systems, etc.
Read more: http://www.astrogrrl.com/2011/02/chiron-re-enters-pisces-february-8-2011.html#ixzz1DNriwhKL
Original content by Jan | astrogrrl
Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives
http://www.alphalifetrends.com/chiron.html
Last month, we had a celestially big energy shift with Jupiter's return to Aries. This month, an even bigger shift in energy occurs when Chiron leaves Aquarius for good. He's been transiting Aquarius since 2005 until last year when he made his initial entrance into Pisces on April 19 at 11:37 p.m. PST / April 20, 2010 at 2:37 a.m. EST. Then, while retrograde, he revisited Aquarius on July 20, 2010 and now, Chiron returns to Pisces and settles in until April 2018; and then again, from September 2018 to February 2019. He will not transit Aquarius again until 2056.
As written on the previous Chiron in Pisces post:
In astrology, Chiron is the wounded healer, representing our wounds -- may they be physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual or otherwise -- and our healing -- may it be through being nursed back to a physically healthy state, releasing painful memories, letting go of negativity or restoring our faith. For 5 years, Chiron's transit in Aquarius focused on "healing" social structures through individual humanitarian efforts coming together to make an impact despite the differences in our races, cultures, belief systems, etc.
Read more: http://www.astrogrrl.com/2011/02/chiron-re-enters-pisces-february-8-2011.html#ixzz1DNriwhKL
Original content by Jan | astrogrrl
Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives
http://www.alphalifetrends.com/chiron.html
Monday, January 31, 2011
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Monday, January 24, 2011
Venus and Pluto - loss of soul
What is Venus’ revenge for the suppression of beauty and joyful eroticism? What happens when sexuality gets twisted into pornography? This is when Venus goes down into the underworld with Pluto and erupts with a vengeance for our blatant disregard of pleasure and true relationship. She feels abused and she rebels, with perversion and pornography resulting—with all its emphasis on “power over another,” control issues, and disempowerment. Both men and women get caught in the illusions of control and pseudo-glamour, and unhappiness is often the outcome.
In astrology, we usually see this usually as the negative manifestation of Pluto, Scorpio and Neptune, often with 8th house undertones. It can also be a lower expression of Mars and Neptune in square or opposition as well. When Venus and Pluto in the birth chart are conjunct, in square, or opposition it doesn’t have to play out as “unrequited love” or unhappiness in relationship, or frustrated sexuality, or a tendency for triangular love affairs with impossible people—but it often plays out that way. Venus Pluto in conjunction, square and opposition challenges a person to explore the deepest dimensions of love, intimacy, and even beauty. Naivete is not welcome here, and relationships cannot be all about the honeymoon stage anymore. Venus/Pluto is truly capable of making true relationships work, when they are willing to do the hard work of relationship--when they have their eyes open.
The intimacy of a high expression of Venus/Pluto is based on love, and a delicate balance of two people as equal supporters of each other. There is often such hope and idealism in this combination mixed with a history of tragedy. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Often a person with the difficult aspects of these planets in their birth chart has had some history of abuse, either early in this life or in their past life. And because they know the territory, they can be the ones who can heal it for themselves as well as others. However, when relationship dynamics remain unconscious, the territory is often played out in the underworld and as an addiction.
So the downside of Venus and Pluto’s expression can be seen as a product of our consumer society, and a symptom of a “loss of soul.” Whether it be an individual or the culture, there’s a loss here—or a fear—of the positive Venus—the Venus that thrives on relationship, equality, and beauty. This is what happens when one cannot "feel" anymore. And of course, like an alcoholic or an addict, one drink or one drug is never enough. Venus/Pluto is not bad; but it has a special mission—it’s a call to take passion and make it real…and good. It can be done. (c) elizabeth spring www.elizabethspring.com
"I believe that the astrological chart is a profoundly direct means for accessing insight and wisdom because it was chosen by your Soul before birth. As an evolutionary astrologer, I believe that karma, grace, fate, and free will all weave together into an intricate tapestry, and that the chart reveals profound clues about the direction your Soul yearns to go towards, and provides insights into the timing of significant events.
Although it is an esoteric truth that character equals fate, we are blessed with the free will to create our own character and therefore our own destiny.
Although it is an esoteric truth that character equals fate, we are blessed with the free will to create our own character and therefore our own destiny.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
krhtika tragoudia k mantinades's
*Dεν ξανακανω ονειρα σε τουτινια τη ζηση
γιατι ο ηλιος ο φονιας θα βγει και θα τα σβυσει....
*Η λεβεντιά στον άνθρωπο δεν είναι η ομορφία του αλλά το τι αισθάνεται για τσ'αλλους η καρδιά του
*Dεν ξανακανω ονειρα κιαπουκανα ηντα πηρα εδινα μονο αφορμες να με χτυπα η μοιρα.....*Eρωντα σιάξε γέφυρα, και βάλε εμέ θεμέλιο,να βρούνε άλλοι τη χαρά, το χάδι και το γέλιο...
*O erotas tona anthropo pos ton'nai katantaei, apo mikro paidi ton kanei k gernaei......
Edgar Cayce's vision of Atlantis
Foretold the discovery of the land from Atlantis
Cayce revealed that new land will appear in 1968 or 1969 off the east coast of North America, the so-called "rising of Atlantis".
It was in that timeframe that the Bimini Road was discovered in the Atlantic Ocean. Whether this is actually a road or natural, geologic erosion is being hotly debated. Many people believe this to be the actual portion of Atlantis that Cayce was referring to.
Cayce maintained that Atlantis was an ancient civilization that was technologically superior to even our own and that its last surviving islands have disappeared somewhere in the Atlantic ocean some ten thousand years ago.
Cayce revealed that the size of Atlantis was equal to that of Europe, including Asia in Europe. He saw visions of this continent of the past which had gone through three major periods of division; the first two occurred around 15,600 B.C., when the mainland was divided into islands. The three main islands of Atlantis Cayce named were Poseida, Og and Aryan.
He said the people of Atlantis had constructed giant laser-like crystals for power plants, and that these were responsible for the second destruction of the land. Cayce blamed the final destruction of Atlantis and the disintegration of their culture on greed and lust. But before the legendary land disappeared under the waves, Cayce revealed that there was an exodus of many Atlanteans to ancient Egypt. Cayce attributed the Biblical Great Flood of Noah to be a result of the sinking of the last huge remnants of Atlantis.
During Cayce's otherworldly journeys, Cayce would often reveal the past lives of those who would come to him for information concerning their health. A number of people who came to Cayce were told by him that they had past lives in the legendary lost land of Atlantis. In fact, Cayce revealed that a vast number of souls who lived past lives in Atlantis have been incarnating to America for a long time now to usher in a new era of enlightened human consciousness. In all, Cayce referred to Atlantis no fewer than seven hundred times over a span of twenty years.
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/cayce11.html
http://www.translife.co.za
http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Journal/2002/Spring/Atlantis/
http://whoyoucallingaskeptic.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/atlantis/
A 5000-year-old sunken city off the southern Peloponnese is the latest candidate for the fabled city of Atlantis. Known as Pavlopetri, and straddling some 30,000 square meters of the ocean floor, it is the first submerged Greek city found that actually predates Plato’s 360 BCE-era references to Atlantis in Critias and Timaeus.
Meanwhile, in their continuing refusal to address climate change, the planet’s industrialized nations are proceeding to slip beneath the waves new cultures, new peoples, new civilizations, new Atlanti. The Polynesian island nation of Tuvalu, for instance, is expected to disappear into the Pacific Ocean in less than 50 years.
In Dubai recently opened the $1.5 billion, 113-acre Atlantis Hotel, located on the world’s largest artificial island, offering rooms for $26,000 per night. This when roughly 1 billion people on this planet go to bed hungry every night.
Welcome to our world.
The science-types aren’t sure why Pavlopetri took a dive, back there some time around 1000 BCE. Theories include earthquake, tsunami, or sea-level changes.
http://bluenred.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/all-hail-atlantis/
Cayce revealed that new land will appear in 1968 or 1969 off the east coast of North America, the so-called "rising of Atlantis".
It was in that timeframe that the Bimini Road was discovered in the Atlantic Ocean. Whether this is actually a road or natural, geologic erosion is being hotly debated. Many people believe this to be the actual portion of Atlantis that Cayce was referring to.
Cayce maintained that Atlantis was an ancient civilization that was technologically superior to even our own and that its last surviving islands have disappeared somewhere in the Atlantic ocean some ten thousand years ago.
Cayce revealed that the size of Atlantis was equal to that of Europe, including Asia in Europe. He saw visions of this continent of the past which had gone through three major periods of division; the first two occurred around 15,600 B.C., when the mainland was divided into islands. The three main islands of Atlantis Cayce named were Poseida, Og and Aryan.
He said the people of Atlantis had constructed giant laser-like crystals for power plants, and that these were responsible for the second destruction of the land. Cayce blamed the final destruction of Atlantis and the disintegration of their culture on greed and lust. But before the legendary land disappeared under the waves, Cayce revealed that there was an exodus of many Atlanteans to ancient Egypt. Cayce attributed the Biblical Great Flood of Noah to be a result of the sinking of the last huge remnants of Atlantis.
During Cayce's otherworldly journeys, Cayce would often reveal the past lives of those who would come to him for information concerning their health. A number of people who came to Cayce were told by him that they had past lives in the legendary lost land of Atlantis. In fact, Cayce revealed that a vast number of souls who lived past lives in Atlantis have been incarnating to America for a long time now to usher in a new era of enlightened human consciousness. In all, Cayce referred to Atlantis no fewer than seven hundred times over a span of twenty years.
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/cayce11.html
http://www.translife.co.za
http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Journal/2002/Spring/Atlantis/
http://whoyoucallingaskeptic.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/atlantis/
A 5000-year-old sunken city off the southern Peloponnese is the latest candidate for the fabled city of Atlantis. Known as Pavlopetri, and straddling some 30,000 square meters of the ocean floor, it is the first submerged Greek city found that actually predates Plato’s 360 BCE-era references to Atlantis in Critias and Timaeus.
Meanwhile, in their continuing refusal to address climate change, the planet’s industrialized nations are proceeding to slip beneath the waves new cultures, new peoples, new civilizations, new Atlanti. The Polynesian island nation of Tuvalu, for instance, is expected to disappear into the Pacific Ocean in less than 50 years.
In Dubai recently opened the $1.5 billion, 113-acre Atlantis Hotel, located on the world’s largest artificial island, offering rooms for $26,000 per night. This when roughly 1 billion people on this planet go to bed hungry every night.
Welcome to our world.
The science-types aren’t sure why Pavlopetri took a dive, back there some time around 1000 BCE. Theories include earthquake, tsunami, or sea-level changes.
“It is very likely a combination of the first two,” said Dimitris Sakellariou, at the Greek Institute of Oceanography. “As the world’s oldest submerged city it is truly amazing. It not only shows how people lived at the time, but is also of great interest to natural scientists because the waters around it are so shallow.”The mayor of the nearby, above-water town of Neapolis, Tiannis Kousoulis, says “older generations always knew something was there, but we had no idea about the extent of it.”
http://bluenred.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/all-hail-atlantis/
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