This is rather bad news to the unbridled passions of the Choleric. Equally, it is bad news for the slow-paced deliberations of the self-contented Phlegmatic. Neither stand much chance of getting their way.
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The Week Ahead
We have previously experienced the combination of Choleric/Melancholic as ambitious but self-cancelling; this time it may become your undoing. To understand how it works, let’s take a closer look at Shakespeare’s tragic character Hamlet.
The Week Ahead
For example, in John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi, a close reading of the text in 2.5 where Ferdinand expounds ‘Rhubarb, O for rhubarb (t)o purge this choler’ may well leave us none the wiser.
The Week Ahead
One thing that you can’t afford to do with this energy, however, is to sit by and just ‘let it happen’.
The Week Ahead
In the tarot, The Moon warns of similar dangers when we allow ourselves to make choices based not on how things are but instead of how we might want them to be. Remember that the hero in Greek tragedy suffers not just because he has a fatal flaw, but that he embraces it, willingly or otherwise.
The Week Ahead
Master astrological energies in play for the week. Make them make them work for you.
Enter Gemini
At least in part, this is the reason why a recent study found that nearly 37% of workplace respondents reported symptoms of anxiety in the past year. At least in part, this is also the reason those existentialists warned us that in reality, our fantasy mind games will not save us – those fantasy mind games we play that make it appear as if constraints outside our control are running the show.
Intentionality
The concept of Intentionality comes from the work of the early 20th century existentialist philosopher, Edmund Husserl. His specialty was phenomenology, or the science of looking ‘to the things in themselves’. He believed that intentionality dictates the way in which we interact with our world. Sadly, more often than not our intentionality is fueled by the willy-nilly meanings we’ve assigned to the people and things that comprise our world as if we were operating on auto-pilot.
Buzzing with Brilliant Ideas
Dear Taurus: Ready to shed that stereotype of being a placid, coach-potato? Buzzing with brilliant ideas about simple, practical solutions to implementing change? Can you imagine joining ranks with some of the amazing Taurus women who have come before you: Charlotte Bronte, Queen Elizabeth II, Catherine the Great? Opportunity Back in May 2018, Uranus, theContinue reading “Buzzing with Brilliant Ideas”
Exercises in Good Judgment
Consider yourself a good listener? If you are, then that’s very good news indeed. Obviously, none of us can afford to exercise poor judgement – especially now – and research is clear that the exercise of good judgment requires good listening and communication skills. Unfortunately, even for those of us who are usually good listeners/communicators,Continue reading “Exercises in Good Judgment”