posted November 10, 2009 01:14 AM         

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I didn't wanna say anything but you seem pretty fool-ish to me.

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You didn't want to, but that little guy in the red suit that sits on your shoulder made you do it. Damn him.

posted November 10, 2009 07:13 AM         

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The Wheel

Through winter-time we call on spring,
And through the spring on summer call,
And when abounding hedges ring
Declare that winter's best of all;
And after that there's nothing good
Because the spring-time has not come ---
Nor know that what disturbs our blood
Is but our longing for the tomb.

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posted November 10, 2009 06:02 PM         

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Recent writers have emphasised the element of focus and suggested that the least-aspected planet is in fact the key to the horoscope, representing the soul’s focus, particularly with reference to location (those interested in astrology should see Robert Couteau, The Role of the Least-Aspected Planet, and his examination of Yeats’s Mercury and Neptune). Certainly in Yeats’s case, it seems easier to make a case for the central role of his intellectual engagement with Irish nationhood, folklore, and with imaginative and occult interests, than to state that his mental energies were not expressed. In this theory the most-aspected planet is a source of confusion, lack of focus and habitual response, which in Yeats’s chart is the Moon, already emphasised by its position in the First House and intrinsically associated with habit and the rhythms of life.

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posted November 11, 2009 01:52 AM         

I got two assignments back. 96% and 100%. Aries is on fire.

I moved seats a couple of days ago. The man I now sit next to said to me today that I should get back into the kitchen and do what women are supposed to do. Joking, of course. I said to him that he's just sore because one of the girls is keeping up with the boys. And kicking butt.

posted November 11, 2009 02:40 AM         

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Q. I've seen cartloads and cartloads of urls on the internet by a Robert Couteau, appearing to give weight to the value of astrocartography maps. He seems to have an interesting theory that successful people gravitate to where their "least-aspected" planet is angular, where it shows as an astrocartography type line. He gives quite a few examples.
a.Yes, I have looked at it. Unfortunately there are a lot of problems with that material.

Q. Such as?
a. First of all, some of his technical statements are literally untrue. Some of the planets he calls "least-aspected" are not least-aspected at all.

Q. Can you give an actual example?
a.Well, a good example is his prominent use of Pablo Picasso. Couteau says Picasso's Sun is a "least-aspected planet." However, using the traditional "major aspects," Uranus is actually Picasso's least-aspected planet. As for Picasso's Sun, it possesses a very tight sextile from Mars, for crying out loud. Some astrologers would also say Picasso's Sun is conjunct Pluto. And by the way, the traits of Mars-Sextile-Sun, and Sun-Conjunct-Pluto, are obvious in the life and personality of Picasso. His boldness, masculinity, and originality. His powerful creative drive his sex drive, etc.

Q. So therefore we should avoid taking what Couteau says at face value...
a. Well, definitely. Astrologers love elegant-sounding theories. But astrologers should definitely check things out before jumping on a "least-aspected" bandwagon. You spin an intriguing theory, then wishful thinking takes over. You can tweak "orb" parameters on a computer program and get all kinds of strange lists. You miss things that are obvious to the human eye.

An even greater problem with the Couteau stuff -- and this runs all through it -- is his assumption about what constitutes an aspect in the first place. It's very clear he has excluded the Quincunx and the Dodecile aspects, following the conventional astrology line that these are "minor aspects."

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http://www.locational-astrologer.com/interCouteau.html

He was doing so well until he started getting fanatical about the Quincunx and Dodecile. He goes on to give other examples.

posted November 11, 2009 04:45 AM         

The cat has to have some teeth taken out.