Samhain altar of remembrance...
Some photos from my altar to share...
October 31, 2005
October 28, 2005
Witchy Humor
The 13 Commandments
1. Thou shall not turn thy ex into a frog.
2. Thou shall not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
3. Thou shall not laugh at nekked snow sprites.
4. Thou shall not get drunk with thy Goddess's wine.
5. Thou shall not sacrifice thy little sister.
6. Thou shall not go running around proclaiming thy witchhood if thy are in times of burning.
7. Thou shall not question the word of thy High Priestess - She is God.
8. Thou shall not laugh at being nekked at coven - thou shall be killed.
9. Thou shall not commit to signing anything that declares any single person as thy lord and savior.
10. Thou shall not invoke thy Watchtowers only to say "never mind".
11. Thou shall not burn enough candles to burn thy house down.
12. Thou shall not have the magickal name "Sir Stinky Fartsalot".
13. Thou shall not call coven only for laughs.
these and other Pagan funnies can be found at Bewitching Ways
1. Thou shall not turn thy ex into a frog.
2. Thou shall not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
3. Thou shall not laugh at nekked snow sprites.
4. Thou shall not get drunk with thy Goddess's wine.
5. Thou shall not sacrifice thy little sister.
6. Thou shall not go running around proclaiming thy witchhood if thy are in times of burning.
7. Thou shall not question the word of thy High Priestess - She is God.
8. Thou shall not laugh at being nekked at coven - thou shall be killed.
9. Thou shall not commit to signing anything that declares any single person as thy lord and savior.
10. Thou shall not invoke thy Watchtowers only to say "never mind".
11. Thou shall not burn enough candles to burn thy house down.
12. Thou shall not have the magickal name "Sir Stinky Fartsalot".
13. Thou shall not call coven only for laughs.
these and other Pagan funnies can be found at Bewitching Ways
State Of Peace
This lovely bit of new audio from another talented musician-friend Alicia Wade (who is also one of the artists on the upcoming Women Take Back The Noise compilation) arrived in my inbox today. I asked if I could share it here and she sent along the lyrics. It's sad and beautiful, like life...
State Of Peace (mp3, 2.44MB)
"i'm not an elective to your modern constancy
i'm all but existent to NO ONE but those who see
and even the edges burn with insincerity
oh state of peace
you always always leave me"
State Of Peace (mp3, 2.44MB)
"i'm not an elective to your modern constancy
i'm all but existent to NO ONE but those who see
and even the edges burn with insincerity
oh state of peace
you always always leave me"
October 27, 2005
Is it really all in the details?
Call me old-fashioned, but if I had to live my life running around consulting my mobile for every blasted tiny little detail like the guy in this animation, I'd go completely ballistic.
The other thing that really annoys me is watching all the teenagers at my local cafe sitting around doing nothing but tick-tick-tick-- typing away and text-messaging all their friends. For hours and hours they do this. They do this while sitting there talking to each other. Text messaging each other while they're sitting right next to each other.
I'm just not living in the same world with the herd. Praise Bob.
The other thing that really annoys me is watching all the teenagers at my local cafe sitting around doing nothing but tick-tick-tick-- typing away and text-messaging all their friends. For hours and hours they do this. They do this while sitting there talking to each other. Text messaging each other while they're sitting right next to each other.
I'm just not living in the same world with the herd. Praise Bob.
October 26, 2005
Metaversal Earthweek Forecast (Oct 22-31)
Brought to you by Johannes Ayres...
THE METAVERSAL LIGHTCRAFT
HYPER-ABYSSIC ASTROLOGY FORECAST
AND LIGHT SPECIFIC YOGA PLATFORM
THE METAVERSAL WATERWEEK FORECAST
ASSIAH, THE WORLD OF EARTH
-EARTHWEEK-
October 22nd to October 31st
It's Earthweek, in where we experience Earth, in the kabbalistic World of Form, Assiah. Go forth into the World and observe what you have created. Miraculous satisfaction. The ancient Celtic festival that is now Halloween marked a time where the gates of the underworld opened and spirits mixed with humans in the corporeal world. It was a magical celebration of life and death. Just as the life giving Sun traveled to the nether lands on its wintry southern sojourn, so did the souls of those who had perished with it. Ahead were the days of the long nights and as increasing darkness engulfed his world, man dealt with the darkness of his soul. Jupiter joins the Sun and Mercury in Scorpio on Tuesday. This expansive planet in such an emotionally intense sign produces a mystical alchemy expressed by some unique and powerful individuals. Nudge Scorpio over the edge and watch the glass skull explode. You cannot help but love this spectacle, this supernovan cranial debacle, so guileless and indulgent. Such a stark lustre to inhabit, you degenerate stars. The body is the platform, the 3-D projection of billions of seperate processes going on at any given moment. Earth is the shared Illusion that these elements combine to create a real domain we affectionately refer to as the World. Personally,
I Love the World.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24
The Day of the Moon in Assiah, the World of Earth. The stones attributed to Luna are Moonstones, and her metal is Silver. Lunar scents are Jasmine and Sandalwood. The lunar orb being receptive and reflective, focuses the qualities of the signs and other planets to our Lightcraft. The Lunar center, and it's intimate connection with the Holographic Image Projection System, is not only the foundation for the astral plane, but is the fiery aspect of astral energy itself. According to occult science, the angels are the guardians of the seed atoms, or photons. The activities of the angels are directed to the maintenance of plant, animal. and human life on earth. To this end, their forces are focused by the wandering Moon through the twelve signs of the zodiac. Thus as the Moon measures the tides of the earth (physically and astrally), so also does she measure the soul's passage from the shores of the dream realm in eternity through the waters of the womb to the world of time, to the door of the tomb. Today is the Leo last quarter Moon (1 Leo 44) at 6:17 pm. PDT also emphasizing the beginning of the end of the current lunar cycle prior to the New Moon in Scorpio on Nov 1.
The last quarter is where we separate the wheat from the chaff, and let the chaff go. But with Sun and Moon in fixed signs (Leo and Scorpio), letting go is difficult. This Moon family began on July 29, 2003. Among the many major events then were the Senate passing a terrible energy bill, called by many The Dirty Air Bill, Athens attorneys charging Tony Blair with "crimes against humanity" at the Hague International Criminal Court, and a CAFTA meeting in New Orleans. A tantrum in a tantric tremendum breathes new life into a squalid marriage consecrated by the usual mundanities. And in the din of inequity, we practiced telepathic Sirian holography for the surly droves. Loving acceptance of ourselves supports self-forgiveness. When we are truly forgiving and loving ourselves then we can truly love and forgive others. The usual tendency is to take a cylindrical organic object, say, a weasel or a zucchini, and plunge it into the soft yielding folds. To be doing so is not unlike the doing of anything else entirely distinct from everything on earth.
The Sabian Symbol for 2 Leo is:
"AN EPIDEMIC OF MUMPS. The spreading power of individual crises through a collectivity. The infectious spread of individual experiences."
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25
That's why they burn your bridges, so ruffles won't have ridges, and pigeons won't have privileges like doves do."
The Day of Mars in Assiah, the World of Earth. The stones attributed to Mars are Rubies and Garnets and his metal is Iron. In it's earthly manifestation. Martian power appears as willpower, impulsiveness, courage, and daring, and as sexual energy with which to possess and fertilize the Eternal Feminine. Astrological tradition says that Mars the Warrior is not comfortable in bucolic Taurus. The reasoning is simply that this planet of "go" isn't at its best in the sign of "go slow, go very slow." Earthy Taurus is a fixed sign. It occupies the middle of the spring (in the Northern Hemisphere) and symbolizes the sweetness of burgeoning plant life. Taurus doesn't want to go anywhere. It's fine where it is. The challenge is that Mars doesn't like to stand still. It lives for action, not the couch potato life of Taurus. It may, therefore, be a bit more difficult to get new projects off the ground. This is a period in which a solid foundation and a plentiful supply of fuel are required to get your Lightcraft off the launch pad.
Tonight Jupiter enters Scorpio, the start of a one-year journey through this dynamic sign. Jupiter in Scorpio attracts both money and people in high places. Scorpio is a super creative sign, and interested in the bottom line. Jupiter there can be very successful, as long as he doesn't get carried away with greed and self-importance. Scorpio now becomes the most dominant sign. Jupiter allied with Sun is an unbeatable dynamic duo. Luck will increase for all Scorpio Sun Sign people during the coming year. But they will have to work for it. And do some releasing. The fixed sign grand cross begins in earnest now. Today it revolves around the Pallas/Mercury duo in Scorpio, a very smart and focused pair. Stubborn Taurus Mars, swimming against the current as it moves retrograde, opposes them. Crossing them are Leo Moon opposing a powerful stationary Neptune in Aquarius. Peak oil is no longer an abstract. The people are facing its truth and consequences at the gas pump. There is great creative energy in a fixed cross. But it must be focused (priorities), and we must be willing to surrender old ways. Otherwise it can degenerate into fear, conflict, dithering, and dead ends.
We enter a portal of tremendous opportunity to create a new and better society. Today marks the monthly conjunction of the Moon with Saturn 11 Leo at 12:13 pm PDT and is visible 5°" northwest of Saturn before dawn energizing what we are bringing into form through the Leo Mysteries over the next couple of years. Leo reminds us that we are all expressions of divinity and ultimately we can be nothing less though we often make choices that appear less than divine. The Hopi Elders remind us "We are the ones we have been waiting for." Jupiter enters Scorpio at 7:53 pm PDT. This is the first time in 12 years that expansive Jupiter has passed through this realm. For those with a strong Scorpio emphasis on their natal charts you will be on the leading edge of this transit experiencing new edges, new visions, new insights, new truths and experiences that are intended to increase your personal life force for the purpose of bringing spirit into matter for an orgasmic ecstatic experience. Karma Yoga, the "Yoga of Action", is associated with your Lightcraft's power center, the Third Chakra. The Fire in the Belly. "Karma" means action, a special kind of mindful action that stems from non-attachment, selfless service without thoughts of personal gain or recognition. Whether you are scrubbing toilets or performing brain surgery, both actions are equal when performed with the attitude of compassion, love, and devotion to the Metaverse and it's inhabitants.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26
The Day of Mercury, the Messenger of the Gods, in Assiah, the World of Earth. The stones attributed to Mercury are Opals and his metal is of course, Quicksilver. Where Mercury is present, there are no boundaries to ideas. You can take mine into your head as if they were your own. Mercury reminds us that there is a certain dissolving of ownership, a "communion", in all communication and learning. Of the mind, what can we say is genuinely ours and ours alone? Ultimately, all language is a kind of mimetic thievery: the acquisition of most knowledge requires liberal stealing from the wisdom and experience of others. This planet of communication gets down to the depths whenever it's in Scorpio. The mind melds with emotions, descending into the body, into the past and into life's mysteries. This can be a very powerful period for talking about difficult issues regarding relationships, money and mortality. Psychological awareness is more acute now, as perceptions take us under the covers of the obvious, seeking hidden meaning and motivations.
The second level of the Scorpio pyramid is the level of the Snakes. There are fewer of them then there are Scorpions ( and even fewer Eagles) These snakes are exceptionally thin, and either extremely swift or completely motionless. One of my strangest Scorpio experiences was coming across a huge mating-ball of such serpents. One moment it would be writhing wildly; the next, utterly still, like an overgrowth of vines or roots. The snakes were eyed, but without mouths. Most were of a uniform blackness, no sign of scales. On some, I observed herringbone patterns along the back. Others are marked by parallel circular bands. One had a meandering line of a relatively light shade running from the base of its head to the tip of its tail. My presence, by the way, had no evident effect upon their activity. Neptune (14 Aquarius) Stations Direct at 4:27 pm PDT. A planetary station either direct or retrograde is an in-between-the-worlds space providing an opportunity for changes to be quickly and powerfully facilitated. This often feels confusing and unsettling because it is unknown territory especially when Neptune is involved. Neptune cannot pray while being looked at. It can duel fervently. It can sit for hours with a jigsaw puzzle, the pieces unmoved. It cannot understand more than a few words of English. It can "spraggle upon waggle", but not as well as a cat. It cannot be seen with one eye, unless observed through a splitter-lens. It can be exercised methodically. It can listen with apparent interest to children practicing scales. It cannot scale a wall or a fish. It is helpful to pay close attention to your feelings and if they are irritable, out-of-sorts, uncertain, etc. then put off acting on them for the next few days. Give yourself permission to be with these feelings, to move them in your body through sound and movement and let them teach you more about yourself. Neptune cannot be weaned prematurely or circumcised without sedation lest it become traumatized and even crestfallen. It can jump and frisk about, usually with ensuing funk and sulkiness. It can dream with sophistication. It can mimic car horns. It cannot live without wood. So this is a time for radical new ways of doing things beyond rational logic that are divinely inspired from within.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27
The Day of Jupter in Earthweek, Assiah, the World of Earth. The stones attributed to Jupiter are Lapis Lazuli and Turquoise and it's metal is Brass. Do you live in an area where your view of the horizons are blocked by buildings, trees, etc.? I want you to actively seek a lookout point today, from where you can see the vastness of the sky, be it the top of a parking garage, a mountain or hilltop, it doesn't really matter, as long as you expand your personal viewpoint from your normal everyday experience. See as much sky as you can. Jupiter/Zeus is the king of the Roman/Greek sky gods. The principle is about allowing the expansive qualities of ambiguity, contradiction, and movement which allow variety to spice your life. Scorpio is the most intense sign. It conjures up our deepest fears, as we deal with our psychological black hole of vulnerability. Only by facing these uncertainties do we gain mastery over ourselves. Scorpio, the archetypal sign of birth and death, works at the subterranean levels of survival. Fear of the dark is a childhood condition. Jupiter, the renowned guru, shows that whilst there is an innate wisdom in treating the unknown with respectful caution, only by shining a torch into our own abyss do we reveal our greater potential. Understanding that most of our fear is a belief system, and having Jupiter, the king of wisdom, expand our knowledge beyond the fear factor, is the difference between sailing off the end of the world and sending a rocket to Scorpio's modern ruler, Pluto. Knowledge conquers fear, just as light evaporates darkness. One who varied between both worlds was the renowned occultist Aleister Crowley. Showing a developed sense of Jupiterian humor, Crowley modestly claimed to be the Devil incarnate and wore the numbers 666 across his forehead. But true to the spiritual mentor that is Jupiter, he rose to prominence as a leading esoteric teacher.
Crowley was at one time head of the Golden Dawn, a gathering of occultists drawn from the European glitterati. Like Crowley, the "guru" quality of Jupiter, placed in hypnotic Scorpio, has the potential to produce the most magnetic cult leaders. Former used car salesman Werner Erhard proved a true Phoenix from the ashes, as he began an obsessional crusade across the world changing others, and becoming an instant millionaire in the process. His trademarked EST self change workshops eventually led to the blatantly Scorpionic business name of Transformational Technologies. Even more influential than Erhard was metaphysician Ron L. Hubbard. Hubbard's seminal work Dianetics became the "bible" of the new Church of Scientology. His reprogramming became a worldwide cult with many of the rich and famous hopping aboard. More recently, Deepak Chopra is another of the new age gurus assisted by a Jupiter in Scorpio placement. These people are about change, at a deep level, and they took what Jupiter in Scorpio offered personally. Jupiter in Scorpio over the next year will provide the same transformational energy on a Metaversal level that anyone can tap into. But keep in mind that Scorpio doesn't do things by half measure. This has to be an all or nothing approach. Commitment and absolution is what we're talking about. Moon enters Virgo 3:28 am PDT transmitting the mysteries from the archetypal realm of the natural seasonal cycles and rhythms of the Earth and Sky. Attuning ourselves to the patterning of the natural cycles assists us in living more easily in natural harmony with all life.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28
Venus, the planet of love and beauty, is off to adventure in experience-seeking Sagittarius. Lust for life and expansion of the boundaries of pleasure are supported now. Love is about expanding limits here. We may give up some of the comfortable patterns of the past and risk relationship safety for new levels of experience. Love needs to grow now; it will not stand still. Travel, learning and a taste for all that's foreign may be heightened. It's hard to stick to the old routine when the planet of pleasure hits the road. This desire for the new and exotic may reveal some weakness of judgment. Purchases are more likely made with joyful abandon rather than with an eye on long-term value. People, too, can be overrated, particularly if they offer the promise of adventure or enlighten. Venus conjunct Pluto 7:12 pm PDT (22 Sagittarius) combines the quest for truth and expansion of the self with the passionate intensity of the underworld where the shadow is brought to conscious awareness. Take a small step made out of stars. Sleep until you wake up dreaming.
SATURNSDAY, OCTOBER 29
Bring me my crow of burning gold
Bring me my sparrows of desire ...
The job of Saturn in Leo is building the courage to express our personalities. While the negative side of this potentially negative planet is to suppress the joyous impulses of this self-important sign, holding yourself back is not the point. The planet needs the power of the human heart, one person at a time, starting with you. Planning and building a framework for your creativity is a gift to all of us. Saturn provides the planning and training, Leo the talent and stage on which to present it. This passage through Leo is a chance to face the excesses and insufficiencies of ego, to temper them with training and direct personal power with creativity, generosity and love. It was August of 2003 when Mars made its last closest approach to the Earth. Mars came over 43.4 million miles closer than it was in prehistoric times and was a stunning site to see. Mars arrived in Aug of 2003 as the personification of the newly transformed archetype of the Pisces God and quickly meeting with Venus in her Scorpio Goddess expression. Today, Mars is again in its closest proximity to the Earth though not as close as it was in 2003. It is about 25% further away than it was in 2003 however it is about 30% higher in the sky so it actually is even more favorable for a bright appearance from our Earth based perspective, thus this Mars return provides skywatchers with the best opportunity to see the Red Planet until 2018. Access the divine. Light up like a firebombed motorcade. Become the oracle.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30
The Day of the Sun in Assiah, the World of Earth. The Lightcraft's interactive membrane is informed directly from the E.M.F's of the Sun, which in turn is affected by the transits of it's satellites (each representing a level of vibrational resonance.) Inside each monkeysuit is another Sun, emanating its rays into the solar plexus and reflecting off the Moon below, which in turn informs and records both the earth and the sky. The evolution of the Metaversal song, what some refer to as the Great Work, or the Will, has as it's core the purpose of resonating this harmonic through your individual interactive Lightcraft. The earth's ionosphere (about 70 miles up) is the key. It's in direct resonance with the solar and lunar currents and it oscillates at 7.8 cycles a second. The human brain oscillates at 7.8 cycles per second when it is in a state of samadhi or meditational absorption, experiencing bliss, receiving and sending out E M waves, to be absorbed or re-radiated, and this creates all the tones, pitches, octaves, wave-lengths, colours, and hues in nature. Goethe called this ....'the Deeds and Sufferings of Light'. We are surrounded by these 'Deeds and Sufferings' of radiation, extending through the whole seventy-plus E M octaves beyond the single known octave we call visible light. From light to matter and back again. Pacific Standard Time begins and many are turning their clocks back one hour. The Moon moved into Libra late yesterday afternoon transmitting the mysteries of balanced relationships. We live in a culture that promotes certain pictures of romantic ideals that suggest completion through relationship. This has promoted the epidemic of co-dependent relationships that rarely last in a healthy over time. The most important relationship we will ever had is the one with ourself. Do we like who we are. Also today Mercury enters Sagittarius at 1:03 am PST and will go retrograde at 10 Sag on Nov 13 extending Mercury°s journey through his domain into next year.? When healthy Mercury in Sag has the courage and conviction to call out the truth of the moment as they are throwing themselves into it.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31
Halloween. I am told of a race of gigantic white-faced humanoids who stand like doofuses in a land I've never heard of, waiting for you to come hiking along their pathway so they can crush your skull and eat your brains.The thin waning crescent moon is 3° east of bright star Spica low in the east at dawn further energizing last month's Jupiter, Moon, Mercury and Venus connection to this important fixed star. Found in the hand of the constellation of the Virgin Priestess (a.k.a. Virgo) Spica reminds us that "As we sew, So shall we reap" and has the ability to enhance lucid dreaming states, as well as psychic abilities such as psychometry and levitation through pure mind energy and remote viewing. What are you and who do you want? If you're here to frighten us, congratulations: we've been screaming for hours. You make our hair crawl and our skin stand on end and even the cat is hyperventilating now. I'll gladly slip into the worst horror dream in exchange for your departure. Meanwhile - as you exhibit no indication of heeding our reasonable request - back to the screaming.
THE METAVERSAL LIGHTCRAFTHYPER-ABYSSIC ASTROLOGY FORECAST
AND LIGHT SPECIFIC YOGA PLATFORM
THE METAVERSAL WATERWEEK FORECAST
ASSIAH, THE WORLD OF EARTH
-EARTHWEEK-
October 22nd to October 31st
It's Earthweek, in where we experience Earth, in the kabbalistic World of Form, Assiah. Go forth into the World and observe what you have created. Miraculous satisfaction. The ancient Celtic festival that is now Halloween marked a time where the gates of the underworld opened and spirits mixed with humans in the corporeal world. It was a magical celebration of life and death. Just as the life giving Sun traveled to the nether lands on its wintry southern sojourn, so did the souls of those who had perished with it. Ahead were the days of the long nights and as increasing darkness engulfed his world, man dealt with the darkness of his soul. Jupiter joins the Sun and Mercury in Scorpio on Tuesday. This expansive planet in such an emotionally intense sign produces a mystical alchemy expressed by some unique and powerful individuals. Nudge Scorpio over the edge and watch the glass skull explode. You cannot help but love this spectacle, this supernovan cranial debacle, so guileless and indulgent. Such a stark lustre to inhabit, you degenerate stars. The body is the platform, the 3-D projection of billions of seperate processes going on at any given moment. Earth is the shared Illusion that these elements combine to create a real domain we affectionately refer to as the World. Personally,
I Love the World.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24
The Day of the Moon in Assiah, the World of Earth. The stones attributed to Luna are Moonstones, and her metal is Silver. Lunar scents are Jasmine and Sandalwood. The lunar orb being receptive and reflective, focuses the qualities of the signs and other planets to our Lightcraft. The Lunar center, and it's intimate connection with the Holographic Image Projection System, is not only the foundation for the astral plane, but is the fiery aspect of astral energy itself. According to occult science, the angels are the guardians of the seed atoms, or photons. The activities of the angels are directed to the maintenance of plant, animal. and human life on earth. To this end, their forces are focused by the wandering Moon through the twelve signs of the zodiac. Thus as the Moon measures the tides of the earth (physically and astrally), so also does she measure the soul's passage from the shores of the dream realm in eternity through the waters of the womb to the world of time, to the door of the tomb. Today is the Leo last quarter Moon (1 Leo 44) at 6:17 pm. PDT also emphasizing the beginning of the end of the current lunar cycle prior to the New Moon in Scorpio on Nov 1.
The last quarter is where we separate the wheat from the chaff, and let the chaff go. But with Sun and Moon in fixed signs (Leo and Scorpio), letting go is difficult. This Moon family began on July 29, 2003. Among the many major events then were the Senate passing a terrible energy bill, called by many The Dirty Air Bill, Athens attorneys charging Tony Blair with "crimes against humanity" at the Hague International Criminal Court, and a CAFTA meeting in New Orleans. A tantrum in a tantric tremendum breathes new life into a squalid marriage consecrated by the usual mundanities. And in the din of inequity, we practiced telepathic Sirian holography for the surly droves. Loving acceptance of ourselves supports self-forgiveness. When we are truly forgiving and loving ourselves then we can truly love and forgive others. The usual tendency is to take a cylindrical organic object, say, a weasel or a zucchini, and plunge it into the soft yielding folds. To be doing so is not unlike the doing of anything else entirely distinct from everything on earth.
The Sabian Symbol for 2 Leo is:
"AN EPIDEMIC OF MUMPS. The spreading power of individual crises through a collectivity. The infectious spread of individual experiences."
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25
That's why they burn your bridges, so ruffles won't have ridges, and pigeons won't have privileges like doves do."
The Day of Mars in Assiah, the World of Earth. The stones attributed to Mars are Rubies and Garnets and his metal is Iron. In it's earthly manifestation. Martian power appears as willpower, impulsiveness, courage, and daring, and as sexual energy with which to possess and fertilize the Eternal Feminine. Astrological tradition says that Mars the Warrior is not comfortable in bucolic Taurus. The reasoning is simply that this planet of "go" isn't at its best in the sign of "go slow, go very slow." Earthy Taurus is a fixed sign. It occupies the middle of the spring (in the Northern Hemisphere) and symbolizes the sweetness of burgeoning plant life. Taurus doesn't want to go anywhere. It's fine where it is. The challenge is that Mars doesn't like to stand still. It lives for action, not the couch potato life of Taurus. It may, therefore, be a bit more difficult to get new projects off the ground. This is a period in which a solid foundation and a plentiful supply of fuel are required to get your Lightcraft off the launch pad.
Tonight Jupiter enters Scorpio, the start of a one-year journey through this dynamic sign. Jupiter in Scorpio attracts both money and people in high places. Scorpio is a super creative sign, and interested in the bottom line. Jupiter there can be very successful, as long as he doesn't get carried away with greed and self-importance. Scorpio now becomes the most dominant sign. Jupiter allied with Sun is an unbeatable dynamic duo. Luck will increase for all Scorpio Sun Sign people during the coming year. But they will have to work for it. And do some releasing. The fixed sign grand cross begins in earnest now. Today it revolves around the Pallas/Mercury duo in Scorpio, a very smart and focused pair. Stubborn Taurus Mars, swimming against the current as it moves retrograde, opposes them. Crossing them are Leo Moon opposing a powerful stationary Neptune in Aquarius. Peak oil is no longer an abstract. The people are facing its truth and consequences at the gas pump. There is great creative energy in a fixed cross. But it must be focused (priorities), and we must be willing to surrender old ways. Otherwise it can degenerate into fear, conflict, dithering, and dead ends.
We enter a portal of tremendous opportunity to create a new and better society. Today marks the monthly conjunction of the Moon with Saturn 11 Leo at 12:13 pm PDT and is visible 5°" northwest of Saturn before dawn energizing what we are bringing into form through the Leo Mysteries over the next couple of years. Leo reminds us that we are all expressions of divinity and ultimately we can be nothing less though we often make choices that appear less than divine. The Hopi Elders remind us "We are the ones we have been waiting for." Jupiter enters Scorpio at 7:53 pm PDT. This is the first time in 12 years that expansive Jupiter has passed through this realm. For those with a strong Scorpio emphasis on their natal charts you will be on the leading edge of this transit experiencing new edges, new visions, new insights, new truths and experiences that are intended to increase your personal life force for the purpose of bringing spirit into matter for an orgasmic ecstatic experience. Karma Yoga, the "Yoga of Action", is associated with your Lightcraft's power center, the Third Chakra. The Fire in the Belly. "Karma" means action, a special kind of mindful action that stems from non-attachment, selfless service without thoughts of personal gain or recognition. Whether you are scrubbing toilets or performing brain surgery, both actions are equal when performed with the attitude of compassion, love, and devotion to the Metaverse and it's inhabitants.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26
The Day of Mercury, the Messenger of the Gods, in Assiah, the World of Earth. The stones attributed to Mercury are Opals and his metal is of course, Quicksilver. Where Mercury is present, there are no boundaries to ideas. You can take mine into your head as if they were your own. Mercury reminds us that there is a certain dissolving of ownership, a "communion", in all communication and learning. Of the mind, what can we say is genuinely ours and ours alone? Ultimately, all language is a kind of mimetic thievery: the acquisition of most knowledge requires liberal stealing from the wisdom and experience of others. This planet of communication gets down to the depths whenever it's in Scorpio. The mind melds with emotions, descending into the body, into the past and into life's mysteries. This can be a very powerful period for talking about difficult issues regarding relationships, money and mortality. Psychological awareness is more acute now, as perceptions take us under the covers of the obvious, seeking hidden meaning and motivations.
The second level of the Scorpio pyramid is the level of the Snakes. There are fewer of them then there are Scorpions ( and even fewer Eagles) These snakes are exceptionally thin, and either extremely swift or completely motionless. One of my strangest Scorpio experiences was coming across a huge mating-ball of such serpents. One moment it would be writhing wildly; the next, utterly still, like an overgrowth of vines or roots. The snakes were eyed, but without mouths. Most were of a uniform blackness, no sign of scales. On some, I observed herringbone patterns along the back. Others are marked by parallel circular bands. One had a meandering line of a relatively light shade running from the base of its head to the tip of its tail. My presence, by the way, had no evident effect upon their activity. Neptune (14 Aquarius) Stations Direct at 4:27 pm PDT. A planetary station either direct or retrograde is an in-between-the-worlds space providing an opportunity for changes to be quickly and powerfully facilitated. This often feels confusing and unsettling because it is unknown territory especially when Neptune is involved. Neptune cannot pray while being looked at. It can duel fervently. It can sit for hours with a jigsaw puzzle, the pieces unmoved. It cannot understand more than a few words of English. It can "spraggle upon waggle", but not as well as a cat. It cannot be seen with one eye, unless observed through a splitter-lens. It can be exercised methodically. It can listen with apparent interest to children practicing scales. It cannot scale a wall or a fish. It is helpful to pay close attention to your feelings and if they are irritable, out-of-sorts, uncertain, etc. then put off acting on them for the next few days. Give yourself permission to be with these feelings, to move them in your body through sound and movement and let them teach you more about yourself. Neptune cannot be weaned prematurely or circumcised without sedation lest it become traumatized and even crestfallen. It can jump and frisk about, usually with ensuing funk and sulkiness. It can dream with sophistication. It can mimic car horns. It cannot live without wood. So this is a time for radical new ways of doing things beyond rational logic that are divinely inspired from within.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27
The Day of Jupter in Earthweek, Assiah, the World of Earth. The stones attributed to Jupiter are Lapis Lazuli and Turquoise and it's metal is Brass. Do you live in an area where your view of the horizons are blocked by buildings, trees, etc.? I want you to actively seek a lookout point today, from where you can see the vastness of the sky, be it the top of a parking garage, a mountain or hilltop, it doesn't really matter, as long as you expand your personal viewpoint from your normal everyday experience. See as much sky as you can. Jupiter/Zeus is the king of the Roman/Greek sky gods. The principle is about allowing the expansive qualities of ambiguity, contradiction, and movement which allow variety to spice your life. Scorpio is the most intense sign. It conjures up our deepest fears, as we deal with our psychological black hole of vulnerability. Only by facing these uncertainties do we gain mastery over ourselves. Scorpio, the archetypal sign of birth and death, works at the subterranean levels of survival. Fear of the dark is a childhood condition. Jupiter, the renowned guru, shows that whilst there is an innate wisdom in treating the unknown with respectful caution, only by shining a torch into our own abyss do we reveal our greater potential. Understanding that most of our fear is a belief system, and having Jupiter, the king of wisdom, expand our knowledge beyond the fear factor, is the difference between sailing off the end of the world and sending a rocket to Scorpio's modern ruler, Pluto. Knowledge conquers fear, just as light evaporates darkness. One who varied between both worlds was the renowned occultist Aleister Crowley. Showing a developed sense of Jupiterian humor, Crowley modestly claimed to be the Devil incarnate and wore the numbers 666 across his forehead. But true to the spiritual mentor that is Jupiter, he rose to prominence as a leading esoteric teacher.
Crowley was at one time head of the Golden Dawn, a gathering of occultists drawn from the European glitterati. Like Crowley, the "guru" quality of Jupiter, placed in hypnotic Scorpio, has the potential to produce the most magnetic cult leaders. Former used car salesman Werner Erhard proved a true Phoenix from the ashes, as he began an obsessional crusade across the world changing others, and becoming an instant millionaire in the process. His trademarked EST self change workshops eventually led to the blatantly Scorpionic business name of Transformational Technologies. Even more influential than Erhard was metaphysician Ron L. Hubbard. Hubbard's seminal work Dianetics became the "bible" of the new Church of Scientology. His reprogramming became a worldwide cult with many of the rich and famous hopping aboard. More recently, Deepak Chopra is another of the new age gurus assisted by a Jupiter in Scorpio placement. These people are about change, at a deep level, and they took what Jupiter in Scorpio offered personally. Jupiter in Scorpio over the next year will provide the same transformational energy on a Metaversal level that anyone can tap into. But keep in mind that Scorpio doesn't do things by half measure. This has to be an all or nothing approach. Commitment and absolution is what we're talking about. Moon enters Virgo 3:28 am PDT transmitting the mysteries from the archetypal realm of the natural seasonal cycles and rhythms of the Earth and Sky. Attuning ourselves to the patterning of the natural cycles assists us in living more easily in natural harmony with all life.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28
Venus, the planet of love and beauty, is off to adventure in experience-seeking Sagittarius. Lust for life and expansion of the boundaries of pleasure are supported now. Love is about expanding limits here. We may give up some of the comfortable patterns of the past and risk relationship safety for new levels of experience. Love needs to grow now; it will not stand still. Travel, learning and a taste for all that's foreign may be heightened. It's hard to stick to the old routine when the planet of pleasure hits the road. This desire for the new and exotic may reveal some weakness of judgment. Purchases are more likely made with joyful abandon rather than with an eye on long-term value. People, too, can be overrated, particularly if they offer the promise of adventure or enlighten. Venus conjunct Pluto 7:12 pm PDT (22 Sagittarius) combines the quest for truth and expansion of the self with the passionate intensity of the underworld where the shadow is brought to conscious awareness. Take a small step made out of stars. Sleep until you wake up dreaming.
SATURNSDAY, OCTOBER 29
Bring me my crow of burning gold
Bring me my sparrows of desire ...
The job of Saturn in Leo is building the courage to express our personalities. While the negative side of this potentially negative planet is to suppress the joyous impulses of this self-important sign, holding yourself back is not the point. The planet needs the power of the human heart, one person at a time, starting with you. Planning and building a framework for your creativity is a gift to all of us. Saturn provides the planning and training, Leo the talent and stage on which to present it. This passage through Leo is a chance to face the excesses and insufficiencies of ego, to temper them with training and direct personal power with creativity, generosity and love. It was August of 2003 when Mars made its last closest approach to the Earth. Mars came over 43.4 million miles closer than it was in prehistoric times and was a stunning site to see. Mars arrived in Aug of 2003 as the personification of the newly transformed archetype of the Pisces God and quickly meeting with Venus in her Scorpio Goddess expression. Today, Mars is again in its closest proximity to the Earth though not as close as it was in 2003. It is about 25% further away than it was in 2003 however it is about 30% higher in the sky so it actually is even more favorable for a bright appearance from our Earth based perspective, thus this Mars return provides skywatchers with the best opportunity to see the Red Planet until 2018. Access the divine. Light up like a firebombed motorcade. Become the oracle.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30
The Day of the Sun in Assiah, the World of Earth. The Lightcraft's interactive membrane is informed directly from the E.M.F's of the Sun, which in turn is affected by the transits of it's satellites (each representing a level of vibrational resonance.) Inside each monkeysuit is another Sun, emanating its rays into the solar plexus and reflecting off the Moon below, which in turn informs and records both the earth and the sky. The evolution of the Metaversal song, what some refer to as the Great Work, or the Will, has as it's core the purpose of resonating this harmonic through your individual interactive Lightcraft. The earth's ionosphere (about 70 miles up) is the key. It's in direct resonance with the solar and lunar currents and it oscillates at 7.8 cycles a second. The human brain oscillates at 7.8 cycles per second when it is in a state of samadhi or meditational absorption, experiencing bliss, receiving and sending out E M waves, to be absorbed or re-radiated, and this creates all the tones, pitches, octaves, wave-lengths, colours, and hues in nature. Goethe called this ....'the Deeds and Sufferings of Light'. We are surrounded by these 'Deeds and Sufferings' of radiation, extending through the whole seventy-plus E M octaves beyond the single known octave we call visible light. From light to matter and back again. Pacific Standard Time begins and many are turning their clocks back one hour. The Moon moved into Libra late yesterday afternoon transmitting the mysteries of balanced relationships. We live in a culture that promotes certain pictures of romantic ideals that suggest completion through relationship. This has promoted the epidemic of co-dependent relationships that rarely last in a healthy over time. The most important relationship we will ever had is the one with ourself. Do we like who we are. Also today Mercury enters Sagittarius at 1:03 am PST and will go retrograde at 10 Sag on Nov 13 extending Mercury°s journey through his domain into next year.? When healthy Mercury in Sag has the courage and conviction to call out the truth of the moment as they are throwing themselves into it.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31
Halloween. I am told of a race of gigantic white-faced humanoids who stand like doofuses in a land I've never heard of, waiting for you to come hiking along their pathway so they can crush your skull and eat your brains.The thin waning crescent moon is 3° east of bright star Spica low in the east at dawn further energizing last month's Jupiter, Moon, Mercury and Venus connection to this important fixed star. Found in the hand of the constellation of the Virgin Priestess (a.k.a. Virgo) Spica reminds us that "As we sew, So shall we reap" and has the ability to enhance lucid dreaming states, as well as psychic abilities such as psychometry and levitation through pure mind energy and remote viewing. What are you and who do you want? If you're here to frighten us, congratulations: we've been screaming for hours. You make our hair crawl and our skin stand on end and even the cat is hyperventilating now. I'll gladly slip into the worst horror dream in exchange for your departure. Meanwhile - as you exhibit no indication of heeding our reasonable request - back to the screaming.
October 25, 2005
Exploder issue...
Hey, if anyone out there has IE 6.0 on a Windows box and can look at Olla and tell me if the entire right-hand sidebar is pushed all the way down to the bottom of the page I would really appreciate it. Comment below or just send me an email at ninah@ubuibi.org. I rarely use IE anymore but have it on my PC and my Mac and both were fine last time I checked but now IE on the PC is all screwy but it's fine everywhere else and in both Mozilla and Firefox.
Ugh. As if I should even care anymore about frakkin' Innerdnet Exploiter anymore.
Ugh. As if I should even care anymore about frakkin' Innerdnet Exploiter anymore.
October 24, 2005
Spooky Pixie Greetings
While I've been home recuperating from the flu, I dug up a few photos that I've been meaning to scan and found one from two Octobers ago (that was actually my real hair at the time-- blue dreds and extensions). It seemed somehow appropriate to decorate it a bit and then post it here to mark the season. I'm hoping I don't look this scary tomorrow when I appear back at work after being sick all weekend long but who knows, it might be an improvement ;)
October 23, 2005
No Other Radio audio archives (10/18)
hosted by dAS w/ special guest host Jesse Burson along with ninah pixie & friends...
FEATURING LIVE IN-STUDIO PERFORMANCE BY:
NF ORCHEST
Check out archived audio from the show (10/18/05):
http://157.22.130.4/data/20051019-Wed0000.mp3
Playlist is available at the No Other Radio blog
Photos of the live performance can be viewed here.
FEATURING LIVE IN-STUDIO PERFORMANCE BY:
NF ORCHEST
Check out archived audio from the show (10/18/05):
http://157.22.130.4/data/20051019-Wed0000.mp3
Playlist is available at the No Other Radio blog
Photos of the live performance can be viewed here.
October 22, 2005
More Kate (new photo)
Apologies for the deluge of KB-related posts at Olla lately but since I'm still not feeling 100% up to snuff I just thought I'd leave a few breadcrumbs here for any of you other KB fans out there that might be interested.
Here's the new photo of lovely Kate from the November 2005 issue of Attitude magazine (UK):
One of the members at the Homeground forum kindly uploaded scans of the entire interview. Pages can be viewed here and here.
Here's the new photo of lovely Kate from the November 2005 issue of Attitude magazine (UK):
One of the members at the Homeground forum kindly uploaded scans of the entire interview. Pages can be viewed here and here.
Kate Bush album art decoded (?)
Someone actually followed through with the experiment. His results (including some nice graphics of the waveform he generated along with an mp3) are posted here:
Coded Cover: Kate Bush
(found at The Homeground)
Coded Cover: Kate Bush
(found at The Homeground)
October 21, 2005
Great article on Kate Bush
Kate Bush: Finally, something for the grown-ups
(source: The Independent 21 October 2005)
Sums up a lot of the questions I had about her upcoming release, due to arrive at my doorstep in less than a month (!) Many thanks to Jon B. for the link.
(source: The Independent 21 October 2005)
Sums up a lot of the questions I had about her upcoming release, due to arrive at my doorstep in less than a month (!) Many thanks to Jon B. for the link.
New Kate Bush VIDEO!
KING OF THE MOUNTAIN (click to watch video)
Personal note after viewing:
I'm not sure yet what I think of this other than it's really very good to see Kate in a video again after so many years. I'm not sure I quite get the Elvis theme in this song though. If anyone else has thoughts, jot'em here in the comments. Probably not supposed to read too much into it but who knows...
Could you see the aisles of women?
Could you see them screaming and weeping?
Could you see the storm rising?
Could you see the guy who was driving?
Could you climb higher and higher?
Could you climb right over the top?
Why does a multi-millionaire
Fill up his home with priceless junk?
The wind is whistling
The wind is whistling
Through the house
Elvis are you out there somewhere
Looking like a happy man?
In the snow with Rosebud
And king of the mountain
Another Hollywood waitress
Is telling us she's having your baby
And there's a rumour that you're on ice
And you will rise again someday
And that there's a photograph
Where you're dancing on your grave
The wind is whistling
The wind is whistling
Through the house
Elvis are you out there somewhere
Looking like a happy man?
In the snow with Rosebud
And king of the mountain
The wind it blows
The wind it blows the door closed
Melancholy with a touch of the flu....
This pretty much describes the state I'm in as of last night. Been bedridden all day until now, and am just standing up on my feet to try to make some sort of food that won't make me queasy and also catch up on a little bit of email before having to submit to the woozies again from this flu thing. Thought I'd jot this here in case anyone's wondering where I've been. I've stashed away a bunch of neat stuff I've read online this week but have no energy to post it. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better, more healthful day.
Since I spent most of today trying to rest in bed I ended up reading the rest of this book I checked out from the library the other day called The Time Traveler's Wife (2003) which was recommended to me earlier this year by a few folks. Maybe some of you have read it already, but I do recommend it. Really well-written-- a love story with a twist. I can say no more otherwise it would ruin the experience if you plan to read it. For me it had a bit more personal meaning because the story takes place mostly in Chicago during a timeline when I lived there and in some of the same neighborhoods that are frequently mentioned are ones I either lived in or worked in. It was almost eerie to read about some of the places the characters traveled through (real places that were so much a part of my daily routine there back in the late 1980s). I found the book in the library's sci-fi section, which is appropriate in a way but it's more about the love story than the sci-fi aspect. Just make sure you have lots of kleenex, that is all I will say for now.
Looks like there will be a movie made from it and possibly with Brad Pitt in the main role of Henry. I'll hold my opinions about this when I hear more about it, but for now it's listed in the IMDB as out in 2006.
Since I spent most of today trying to rest in bed I ended up reading the rest of this book I checked out from the library the other day called The Time Traveler's Wife (2003) which was recommended to me earlier this year by a few folks. Maybe some of you have read it already, but I do recommend it. Really well-written-- a love story with a twist. I can say no more otherwise it would ruin the experience if you plan to read it. For me it had a bit more personal meaning because the story takes place mostly in Chicago during a timeline when I lived there and in some of the same neighborhoods that are frequently mentioned are ones I either lived in or worked in. It was almost eerie to read about some of the places the characters traveled through (real places that were so much a part of my daily routine there back in the late 1980s). I found the book in the library's sci-fi section, which is appropriate in a way but it's more about the love story than the sci-fi aspect. Just make sure you have lots of kleenex, that is all I will say for now.
Looks like there will be a movie made from it and possibly with Brad Pitt in the main role of Henry. I'll hold my opinions about this when I hear more about it, but for now it's listed in the IMDB as out in 2006.
October 20, 2005
Seven Things Meme
I agree with Anne and anaglyph about not usually participating in the meme thing, but after seeing these pop up at a few of the other familiar blogs I read, I couldn't help myself but to try (and surprisingly enough, it was quite challenging and took a really long time to finish.)
SEVEN THINGS I CAN DO
* Play more than one musical instrument
(including two flutes at the same time and playing the piano without looking)
* Dance continuously for up to four hours
(without the use of drugs)
* Love my enemies
(this was an acquired skill over the past ten years)
* Cook
(most anything with the exception of red meat-- I make a mean veggie lasagna.)
* Cut, style and dye my own hair
(many years of practise)
* Speak the truth
(I suck at lying, believe me I've tried.)
* CENSORED *
(my parents read my blog so I'm leaving this one out-- but it's the thought that counts, right?)
SEVEN THINGS I CAN'T DO
* Drive on freeways
(in my "old age" I've discovered I suck at driving over 55mph, although I quite enjoy being the passenger)
* Crawl through confined spaces on my hands and knees in the dark
(attempted this once at the SF Exploratorium at a walk-through installation they have there called the Tactile Dome-- brought out my worst case ever of claustrophobia and the guide had to come and pull me back out after about 10 minutes. Very embarassing-- even tiny children laughed and pointed at me.)
* Watch anything with Sarah Jessica Parker in it
(causes a condition similar to epilepsy accompanied by a bloodcurdling scream that could wake the dead.)
* Take politics seriously
(I mean, come on, just look at this mess!)
* Believe in only one version of "reality"
(who is the master who makes the grass green?)
* Live forever
(although I'll probably die trying.)
* Give birth
(not can't but won't -- too many people already here on Earth fucking shit up, why add to it?)
SEVEN THINGS THAT SCARE ME
* The thought of a nuclear holocaust happening within my lifetime
* Flying on airplanes
* Guns
(I've had one pointed at me once and hope it never happens again.)
* Earthquakes
(survived the 7.1 Loma Prieta back in 1989 in Santa Cruz, CA and am not looking forward to the next one, which will inevitably happen within my lifetime-- thoughts of moving elsewhere remain high on the list.)
* Really big bugs and/or snakes that can bite/sting and kill you and can survive under water (shudder...)
* People who follow leaders
* Living longer than my loved ones
SEVEN THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
* Communicate in some way with an extraterrestrial being
* Visit Morocco, Japan and Australia
* Completely read every book (and comic book) in my home library
* Pure unadulterated LSD
(original formula, just like Owsley used to make...)
* Have my entire back tattooed
(I've been working on a specific design for this for over 15 years and am now searching for just the right artist to assist me in completing the work.)
* Move to Amsterdam
(or at least be there when I shuffle off this mortal coil...)
* Witness an end to world hunger, disease and all war on earth
SEVEN RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME
* I love anything and everything to do with vampires.
* Once upon a time, I used to make a living selling bongs, pipes, handmade jewelry and incense at flea markets and fairs.
* I waited until I was 20 before having sex.
* My husband dAS and I have known each other for 18 years (October 28th we'll celebrate our 5-year wedding anniversary)
* I was previously married and remain friends with my ex to this day.
* I've been passionately kissed by another woman once.
* At one time or another in my life I've had up to 11 piercings in various places on my body. I'm now down to 8.
SEVEN THINGS I CAN DO
* Play more than one musical instrument
(including two flutes at the same time and playing the piano without looking)
* Dance continuously for up to four hours
(without the use of drugs)
* Love my enemies
(this was an acquired skill over the past ten years)
* Cook
(most anything with the exception of red meat-- I make a mean veggie lasagna.)
* Cut, style and dye my own hair
(many years of practise)
* Speak the truth
(I suck at lying, believe me I've tried.)
* CENSORED *
(my parents read my blog so I'm leaving this one out-- but it's the thought that counts, right?)
SEVEN THINGS I CAN'T DO
* Drive on freeways
(in my "old age" I've discovered I suck at driving over 55mph, although I quite enjoy being the passenger)
* Crawl through confined spaces on my hands and knees in the dark
(attempted this once at the SF Exploratorium at a walk-through installation they have there called the Tactile Dome-- brought out my worst case ever of claustrophobia and the guide had to come and pull me back out after about 10 minutes. Very embarassing-- even tiny children laughed and pointed at me.)
* Watch anything with Sarah Jessica Parker in it
(causes a condition similar to epilepsy accompanied by a bloodcurdling scream that could wake the dead.)
* Take politics seriously
(I mean, come on, just look at this mess!)
* Believe in only one version of "reality"
(who is the master who makes the grass green?)
* Live forever
(although I'll probably die trying.)
* Give birth
(not can't but won't -- too many people already here on Earth fucking shit up, why add to it?)
SEVEN THINGS THAT SCARE ME
* The thought of a nuclear holocaust happening within my lifetime
* Flying on airplanes
* Guns
(I've had one pointed at me once and hope it never happens again.)
* Earthquakes
(survived the 7.1 Loma Prieta back in 1989 in Santa Cruz, CA and am not looking forward to the next one, which will inevitably happen within my lifetime-- thoughts of moving elsewhere remain high on the list.)
* Really big bugs and/or snakes that can bite/sting and kill you and can survive under water (shudder...)
* People who follow leaders
* Living longer than my loved ones
SEVEN THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
* Communicate in some way with an extraterrestrial being
* Visit Morocco, Japan and Australia
* Completely read every book (and comic book) in my home library
* Pure unadulterated LSD
(original formula, just like Owsley used to make...)
* Have my entire back tattooed
(I've been working on a specific design for this for over 15 years and am now searching for just the right artist to assist me in completing the work.)
* Move to Amsterdam
(or at least be there when I shuffle off this mortal coil...)
* Witness an end to world hunger, disease and all war on earth
SEVEN RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME
* I love anything and everything to do with vampires.
* Once upon a time, I used to make a living selling bongs, pipes, handmade jewelry and incense at flea markets and fairs.
* I waited until I was 20 before having sex.
* My husband dAS and I have known each other for 18 years (October 28th we'll celebrate our 5-year wedding anniversary)
* I was previously married and remain friends with my ex to this day.
* I've been passionately kissed by another woman once.
* At one time or another in my life I've had up to 11 piercings in various places on my body. I'm now down to 8.
October 18, 2005
Tonite: KPFA 'No Other Radio Network'
11:59pm (PST) ::: RADIO: 94.1 FM / Berkeley CA:::: NO OTHER RADIO NETWORK ::::
listen to KPFA ONLINE (live internet stream)
SPECIAL LIVE IN-STUDIO PERFORMANCE
by members of NF-ORCHEST
NF Orchest is a Bay Area electro-acoustic / noisenik / improv trio centered around the activities of Angela Hsu, Andrew Way, and James Kaiser. While Hsu has connections with Mills College, Way and Kaiser have performed extensively around the Bay Area as French Radio with Bruce Anderson; Kaiser also records solo under the moniker Petit Mal. Bowed metals, damaged turntables, tumbled rocks, screeched violin pushed through squawk boxes, and the improbabilities of feedback all come together in the density of raw sound of NF Orchest that reflects the same interest in acoustic sonology as heard in Organum and Tony Conrad. Couple those influences with a eagerness to set off depth-charge rumbles, subterranean detonations, and Skaters-esque lo-fi dissonance, NF Orchest adds a particular noise-junk malice that is all their own.
dAS will be your host...(along with ninah pixie, jesse burson & friends...)
Station call line: (510) 848-4425
Since 1981, KPFA's NO OTHER RADIO NETWORK has pioneered and provided a forum for underground, noise, electronic, industrial, psycho acoustic and many other genres of music, in addition to featuring live interviews and performance over the airwaves.
We welcome artists to send us their works.
Archived playlists from all UBUIBI-hosted N.O.R.N. shows are available at the No Other Radio Network blog
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October 17, 2005
Metaversal Full Moon Eclipse Report
...brought to you by Johannes Ayres
THE METAVERSAL LIGHTCRAFT
HYPER-ABYSSIC ASTROLOGY FORECAST
AND LIGHT SPECIFIC YOGA PLATFORM
-FULL MOON ECLIPSE- (already in-process...)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17
Lunar eclipses are special Full Moons (5:37 a.m. PDT). Here on Earth on the shore of the astral sea, I see you eyeing me across the grand ballroom, with it's exquisite walls of lapis and onyx, and it's Neo-modernist elliptic-hyperboloid French watertower of reinforced concrete with panoptic stained-glass lazuli windows. Under the great crystal chandeliers, humanity waltzes to the best the 21st century has to offer. There is nothing flexible about the way you're looking at me across those giant blue ice sculptures. The palace, the planet and all it's inhabitants, are poised precisely between the yang radiation of the Sun on one side and the yin magnetic forces of the Moon on the other. As the Moon is slivered by the shadow of the Earth, she darkens, and as she re-ignites, we seem to experience the lunar cycle in just a few hours. (The person in charge of dispelling lunar notions is off-duty during the hours of greatest morphic resonance, in order to provoke the gods.) Once more, there is a blockage of light; once more, habitual perceptions and pathways are altered. When the dancing bear takes off its red dress and shits on the floor, we burst into action.
With the Sun at 24° Libra and the Moon at 24° Aries, the Scales of Justice are sharply illuminated. In partnerships of all kinds - personal, professional, political - we become more aware of the need to compromise and collaborate. We recognize that we can accomplish more together than individually. Eventually, we see that opposites are part of a continuum, eternally coupled and defining each other by contrast. Yin needs Yang; Light relies on Dark to provide the playground for Consciousness to enjoy the game of duality. The dancing bear puts the red dress back on, announcing grandly that you and I are the guests of Le Comte de Lautréamont. We trash the place, but leave swiftly when physical injury from retaliation appears imminent. (Any number of optional analogous actions - use your imagination - will be deemed acceptable if the correct spirit is brought to them.)
Jupiter at 28° Libra is close to his yearly conjunction with the Sun (exact on October 22), expanding our faith in ourselves, others, and life in general. The good news is that our bodies are mostly water and so are relatively inexpensive to maintain, offering similar opportunities to build broader bridges of understanding between couples, companies, and countries. The bad news is that, due to global warming, water levels are rising. However, Jupiter encourages optimism, generosity, and tolerance and reminds us that there are as many ways of looking at life as there are people. As Jupiter moves into Scorpio (on October 25, 2005), our light of higher understanding shines into the deeper realms of partnership: sexuality, shared resources, and the transformation that occurs when we become intimate with another on any level. Our passage through the sign ruled by the Lord of the Underworld will bring a mutual reception with Pluto in Sagittarius, catalyzing an even greater awareness of the power of belief, the power of the shadow, and the power of truth, making our hair crawl and our skin stand on end and even the cat is hyperventilating now.
Chiron at 28° Capricorn squares Jupiter and the lunar eclipse, offering an opportunity to resolve old grievances and create more equitable exchanges. Like the solar eclipse two weeks earlier, this lunar eclipse traces back 19 years to the one occurring on October 17, 1986 at 24° 07' Aries-Libra. Associations begun then are ready to be completed or go to the next level. Notice the houses and any planets activated in your natal chart by this eclipse; those areas denote where you are seeking to cultivate a new balance between assertion and compromise. This eclipse is right on the Bush midheaven, showing major change in his status in the world. People are seeing him differently. (Yes, Bush's midheaven conjoins Black Hole Hades. Figures.)
The Sabian Symbol for 25 Aries is:
"THE POSSIBILITY FOR A HUMAN TO GAIN EXPERIENCE AT TWO LEVELS OF BEING. The revelation of new potentialities. The implied message is one of faith. One can only experience what he deeply believes he can experience. The new step in evolution is only a possibility, a promise. The individual is truly ON PROBATION."
THE METAVERSAL LIGHTCRAFTHYPER-ABYSSIC ASTROLOGY FORECAST
AND LIGHT SPECIFIC YOGA PLATFORM
-FULL MOON ECLIPSE- (already in-process...)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17
Lunar eclipses are special Full Moons (5:37 a.m. PDT). Here on Earth on the shore of the astral sea, I see you eyeing me across the grand ballroom, with it's exquisite walls of lapis and onyx, and it's Neo-modernist elliptic-hyperboloid French watertower of reinforced concrete with panoptic stained-glass lazuli windows. Under the great crystal chandeliers, humanity waltzes to the best the 21st century has to offer. There is nothing flexible about the way you're looking at me across those giant blue ice sculptures. The palace, the planet and all it's inhabitants, are poised precisely between the yang radiation of the Sun on one side and the yin magnetic forces of the Moon on the other. As the Moon is slivered by the shadow of the Earth, she darkens, and as she re-ignites, we seem to experience the lunar cycle in just a few hours. (The person in charge of dispelling lunar notions is off-duty during the hours of greatest morphic resonance, in order to provoke the gods.) Once more, there is a blockage of light; once more, habitual perceptions and pathways are altered. When the dancing bear takes off its red dress and shits on the floor, we burst into action.
With the Sun at 24° Libra and the Moon at 24° Aries, the Scales of Justice are sharply illuminated. In partnerships of all kinds - personal, professional, political - we become more aware of the need to compromise and collaborate. We recognize that we can accomplish more together than individually. Eventually, we see that opposites are part of a continuum, eternally coupled and defining each other by contrast. Yin needs Yang; Light relies on Dark to provide the playground for Consciousness to enjoy the game of duality. The dancing bear puts the red dress back on, announcing grandly that you and I are the guests of Le Comte de Lautréamont. We trash the place, but leave swiftly when physical injury from retaliation appears imminent. (Any number of optional analogous actions - use your imagination - will be deemed acceptable if the correct spirit is brought to them.)
Jupiter at 28° Libra is close to his yearly conjunction with the Sun (exact on October 22), expanding our faith in ourselves, others, and life in general. The good news is that our bodies are mostly water and so are relatively inexpensive to maintain, offering similar opportunities to build broader bridges of understanding between couples, companies, and countries. The bad news is that, due to global warming, water levels are rising. However, Jupiter encourages optimism, generosity, and tolerance and reminds us that there are as many ways of looking at life as there are people. As Jupiter moves into Scorpio (on October 25, 2005), our light of higher understanding shines into the deeper realms of partnership: sexuality, shared resources, and the transformation that occurs when we become intimate with another on any level. Our passage through the sign ruled by the Lord of the Underworld will bring a mutual reception with Pluto in Sagittarius, catalyzing an even greater awareness of the power of belief, the power of the shadow, and the power of truth, making our hair crawl and our skin stand on end and even the cat is hyperventilating now.
Chiron at 28° Capricorn squares Jupiter and the lunar eclipse, offering an opportunity to resolve old grievances and create more equitable exchanges. Like the solar eclipse two weeks earlier, this lunar eclipse traces back 19 years to the one occurring on October 17, 1986 at 24° 07' Aries-Libra. Associations begun then are ready to be completed or go to the next level. Notice the houses and any planets activated in your natal chart by this eclipse; those areas denote where you are seeking to cultivate a new balance between assertion and compromise. This eclipse is right on the Bush midheaven, showing major change in his status in the world. People are seeing him differently. (Yes, Bush's midheaven conjoins Black Hole Hades. Figures.)
The Sabian Symbol for 25 Aries is:
"THE POSSIBILITY FOR A HUMAN TO GAIN EXPERIENCE AT TWO LEVELS OF BEING. The revelation of new potentialities. The implied message is one of faith. One can only experience what he deeply believes he can experience. The new step in evolution is only a possibility, a promise. The individual is truly ON PROBATION."
