Check out this amazing 7 of Pentacles by artist, Monika Ptok-Byard, for the 6th collaboration from 78 Tarot, titled ‘Elemental’, currently funding on Kickstarter, with a bunch of extra […]
Source: Card of the Day – 7 of Pentacles – Thursday, April 4, 2019
Māvoca pharusaṃ kañci,
vuttā paṭivadeyyu taṃ.
Dukkhā hi sārambhakathā,
paṭidaṇḍā phuseyyu taṃ.
Speak not harshly to anyone,
for those thus spoken to might retort.
Indeed, angry speech hurts,
and retaliation may overtake you.
Dhammapada 10.133
The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita
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April 3 a astro vlog. Are you floaty and dreamy from all that PISCES energy? Things seem to be flowing.
According to Traditional astrologer Adam Sommer https://www.facebook.com/kosmognosis
who wrote about an esoteric and alchemically Hermetic Platonic related poem which Renaissance astrologer Marsilio Ficino was researching hundreds of years ago. This piqued my soul actually.
“Ficino began to notice something strange which linked the works of Plato and Hermes Trismegistus. References to birds, angels, tridents, and a time when lightning was harnessed. Plato writes:
William Henry Goodyear d. 1923 [Public domain] When the winged one appears out from the firmament,
angels dance on the tips of the Trident
And the ocean of time reveals its trick.”
Poetic and cryptic, this passage seems to prophesize something…pointing towards a specific time in the future.”
Ficino found “a wyrdly similar passage from Hermes Trismegistus,.” The name means Triple Great, associated with the Greek god…
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NEW MOON in ARIESApril 5 2019 is a new Moon in Aries. Fire sign Aries brings new energy for growth and development, making this lunar cycle a superb time to launch new projects — especially since the Mercury retrograde influence is complete as of this new Moon.
The Sun and new Moon are in Aries for new adventures, and to take action. Still in Pisces are Mercury, Venus, and Neptune that bring creativity. The Sun and new Moon square Saturn to slow down and focus on accuracy.
This Aries new Moon begins the month of the Earth Dragon. Bold action is rewarded in a Dragon month. Dragon loves to fly the skies, chasing a flaming pearl that is the Sun, so travel is highlighted.
The element Earth of the Earth Dragon is ideal for focusing on earthly matters such as…
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Can you say Pisces overload? The thick fog created when Mercury began its first retrograde of 2019 back on March 5 at 29° Pisces, can not dissipate fast enough. Mercury is still in Pisces, and in its shadow phase from the retrograde; we are coming off of yesterday’s conjunction with Neptune, which is also in Pisces. We currently have Venus there enjoying herself. The Moon, in that dark spot known as its balsamic phase, is also in Pisces today, before its New Moon which will occur in Aries on the 5th. With the exception of those down under who should be sleeping, there will be a very long void-of-course Pisces Moon which will be present for pretty much the entire day. So, here’s the deal.
Today is not a good day for making any kind of decisions, starting any new projects, contacting any new clients, communication in general will not…
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Mātā yathā niyaṃ
puttamāyusā ekaputtamanurakkhe,
evampi sabbabhūtesu
mānasaṃ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṃ.
As a mother would risk her life
to protect her child, her only child,
even so should one cultivate a limitless heart
with regard to all beings.
Sutta Nipāta 1.149
Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
A moment of happiness,
you and I sitting on the veranda,
apparently two, but one in soul, you and I.
We feel the flowing water of life here,
you and I, with the garden’s beauty
and the birds singing.
The stars will be watching us,
and we will show them
what it is to be a thin crescent moon.
You and I unselfed, will be together,
indifferent to idle speculation, you and I.
The parrots of heaven will be cracking sugar
as we laugh together, you and I.
In one form upon this earth,
and in another form in a timeless sweet land.
— Rumi
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All I can say is WOW! Yesterday, I hinted at today’s card, when we had the 4 of Pentacles, which could very well have been indicating a tight grip on a particular way of life. Today, we see t […]
Source: Card of the Day – The Tower – Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Adhicetaso appamajjato,
munino monapathesu sikkhato:
Sokā na bhavanti tādino,
upasantassa sadā satīmato.
Exalted in mind & heedful,
the sage trained in sagacity’s ways:
One has no sorrows, one who is Such,
calmed & ever mindful.
Udāna 4.37
Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Abhittharetha kalyāṇe;
pāpā cittaṃ nivāraye.
Dandhañhi karoto puññaṃ,
pāpasmiṃ ramatī mano.
Hasten to do good;
restrain your mind from evil.
One who is slow in doing good,
that one’s mind delights in evil.
Dhammapada 9.116
The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita
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Just when we’re all recovering from that nightmare of mercury retrograde in Pisces in March 28 and still not officially out of the swim yet. Three planets turn Retrograde this month!
Jupiter turns Retro April 10
Pluto turns Retrograde on the 24th
Saturn turns Retrograde April 29 PDT EdT, and GMT
Mercury and Venus enter Aries. Mars has just entered Gemini they’re in harmonious aspects and your signs are favoured now.
April 1 is April Fools day under a Pisces moon conjunct Venus, be a fool for love.
Mercury the trickster and Neptune the planet of magic are conjunct. Conjure up whatever your mind can think of. Be the Fool. The wisest of all the Tarot cards whose number is Zero. Need I say more?
April 2 Mercury conjunct Neptune exact
April 3 Moon enters Aries new cycle
April 5 New Moon in Aries 15+ degrees
Cardinal crosses to bare…
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For years, my response to people who were complaining about a bad day was, “If you never had a bad day, how would you know when you had a good one?” We do not, after all, live in Stepford. It would seem that, for the most part, February and March, while progress has been attempted, may have fallen short of the mark. So, the happier days may have been few and far between. I always refer to the 10 of Cups as the Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy! card of the Tarot, so can it be signaling today is a good day; we shall see.
With the heavy Pisces presence at the moment, that being Venus in Pisces, its sign of exaltation, and the ongoing conjunction between Mercury and Neptune, both in Pisces, a good day is entirely possible. The 10 of Cups is a home and family card, and with…
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Pathavisamo no virujjhati,
indakhilupamo tādi subbato,
rahadova apetakaddamo
saṃsārā na bhavanti tādino.
There is no more worldly existence for the wise one who,
like the earth, resents nothing,
who is firm as a high pillar
and as pure as a deep pool free from mud.
Dhammapada 7.95
The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita
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An earth Capricorn moon conjuncts Saturn and Pluto and the Nodes then trines Mars. It’s a heavy grounded feeling Friday with Mars at the 29th degree of Taurus. Don’t anger the bull. People will be belligerent and stubborn Today.
I’ve come down with a bad head cold.
Moo enters Aquarius at night and governs the rest of the weekend. Emotionally detached, it’s good for dating on the net, connecting with your tribe, or networking, needing to feel free, radical, and tuning into breakthrough consciousness.
Moon Uranus Square in PDT/March 30 EDT and GMT
This oomphs up that Aquarian lighting like insight energy. We’re all feeling rather wired. Moon sextiles Chiron in Aries
Dialogue with your wounds. Aries fire is a transmuting energy,
March 30
The energy is light light light.
The aquamoon sextiles the Aries sun
We are feeling the newness of spring. Here in the Northern hemisphere, go out…
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