Author: Not Adahn

Fall is coming early, and for some reason I sleep poorly during seasonal changes.  Coupled with some effing robocaller sending me calls at 04:30 and I’m fairly well zonked.  Thank goodness for three day weekends.

The signs this week are for zaniness, higgledy-piggledy and downright shenanigans.  When Mercury and the moon line up with the sun, chaos is let loose upon the world.  Fortunately Mercury is moving directly so we’re not expecting malice.  This interpretation is further buttressed by the second involving the sun, to wit:  Venus and the Earth.  When you’ve got love and home added to the mix like that, it really calls for one thing:  put a nylon tarp on the trampoline, and make a date with your lover and a bottle of baby oil.

So, Virgo:

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You’ve pulled off the quinella.  All the inner planets are belong to you.  Everyone else can now hate you for a week or so, and demand some astrological redistribution.  So make the most of it — do SOMETHING for heaven’s sake!  Love, war, travel by water, travel by air, pretty much the only two things you won’t have auspicious signs for are governing and harvesting.  So tax collectors can fuck right off.  More than normal I mean.  Sagittarius retains the king of the planets in its corner, so everyone else needs to play things straight, especially with Virgos running around a-whoopin and a-hollerin’.

The cards say that everything going to start off great then BAM! something really bad happens and the rest of the week is shit.  I really hate draws like this when there’s an impending disaster in the news, because that gives the whole game away.

Virgo:  5 of Coins –  Material trouble, lovers, concordance, affinities.

Libra: King of Coins – Valor, realizing intelligence, business and intellectual aptitude.

Scorpio:  The Devil – Rage, violence, extraordinary efforts, that which is predestined

Sagittarius:  Ace of Wands – Creation, invention, enterprise, principle, beginning source, birth, family, origin

Capricorn:  6 of Cups – Happy memories, the past

Aquarius:  The Fool reversed – Negligence, carelessness, apathy, absence, nullity, vanity

Pisces:  Queen of Swords reversed – Malice, bigotry, artifice, prudery, deceit

Aries:  The Tower – Misery, distress, ruin, indigence, adversity, calamity, disgrace, deception, and a whole lot of other bad stuff.

Taurus:  Ace of Cups reversed – False heart, mutation, instability, revolution

Gemini:  3 of Cups reversed – Expedition, dispatch, achievement, end

Cancer:  10 of Swords reversed – Advantage profit, success, favor — but all of these are temporary.  Power and authority at the expense of others.

Leo:  4 of Wands reversed – Increase, beauty, embellishment, felicity

 

This week we’ll demonstrate how to read the same signs for a general population and then as it regards to a specific individual.  In this case, the Glib’s own HVAC SME.  Just a little something to thank him for all the knowledge of High Vacuum Alternating Current systems that he provides.

The skies are really quite busy this week.  The main axis is an alignment of Mars-Venus-Terra-Sol with a quaternary intersection of Mercury-Saturn (retrograde).  That main intersection is a celestial soft swap (Mars/Venus, Earth/Sun) with the modifier of news/change-beginnings means that if you’re looking to conceive, this is absolutely, positively the time to get busy with the baby-making.  Make a reminder to check the birth announcements in the paper nine months from now, there will be a bumper crop.  OTOH, if you’ve forgotten the contraception, you’d be well advised to take care of things in a non-procreative way.

That’s what it means for us in general, but what about Yufus in particular?  From to point of view of Virgo, Mars and Venus are almost perfectly eclipsed.  This is very good, since Venus is the one doing the eclipsing meaning that all the negative aspects of Mars (the fighting, slaughter, bloodshed and ruin) are going to be filtered out and the positive aspects remaining.  Plus, the two lovers getting to be literally on top of each other is naturally going to throw off some waves of happiness.  One other thing for the personalized reading is that from this perspective, the moon is in opposition, which means there is going to be a consequential lie told to you.

Now back to the rest of us.  Virgo gets the planetary bounty this week, holding the sun, and the aforementioned Venus and Mars.  Leo retains Mercury, so they still hang on to the good luck for another five or six days until it transits into Virgo.  Sagittarius keeps Jupiter, which is only fair since they had to put up with those months of retrograde motion, and Gemini hosts the moon.  This is where the general meaning differs most, since unlike the meaning for Virgo, the meaning for the other 11/12ths of the population is increase, abundance, growth, etc.

I drew the cards for Yusef, but frankly they were depressing.  Three cards saying that financial pressures were going to increase, two saying that the future involved travel, and the core card was good, but ambiguous.  The most obvious implication would be that you’re going to have another kid.  Maybe a grandkid?  Puppies?

For everyone else the cards are:

Virgo:  Page of Cups reversed – Taste, inclination, attachment, deception, artifice

Libra:  Queen of Coins reversed – Evil, fear, suspicion, mistrust, suspense

Scorpio:  Knight of Coins – Utility, interest, rectitude, responsibility

Sagittarius:  3 of Swords – Removal, absence, delay, rupture, dispersion

Capricorn:  2 of Coins reversed – Simulated enjoyment, forced merriment, correspondence

Aquarius:  King of Wands – Honest, conscientious, friendly man

Pisces:  5 of Swords reversed – Degradation, destruction, infamy, loss, reversal, dishonor

Aries:  8 of Wands reversed – Jealousy, stings of conscience, quarrels

Taurus:  6 of Wands reversed – Apprehension, fear, treachery

Gemini:  Queen of Cups reversed – Vice, dishonor, depravity, distinguished woman but not to be trusted

Cancer:  2 of Cups – Love, passion, affinity, friendship, union, concord

Leo:  Ace of Swords – Triumph, excess in everything

 

So Sagittarians: life been kind of shitty for a while now? For the rest of you: rules working against you for the last few months?  Well, things are about to (finally) change as Jupiter returns to direct motion, doing what it’s supposed to be doing bringing happiness and jollity for the first time in a long time.  Saturn won’t get its leaden ass back to the straight and narrow until next month, but we’ll take what we can get.

The newly reformed Jupiter isn’t participating, but there is a positive alignment of Venus and the sun remaining aligned with us, so good on your home life, gardening and basic domestic bliss.

Leo continues to hoard all the planets.  Love, war, whatever it may be, strength is going to win out.  I will caution that because of the planetary shift, do not try and cheat in competition this week.  You shouldn’t need to anyway.

In the Cards this week:  Pretty Glib-standard.  Lots of reversals.

Leo:  2 of Cups reversed – False love, folly, misunderstanding

Virgo:  The Hanged Man reversed – Selfishness, crowds, politics

Libra:  Ace of Coins – Perfect contentment, felicity, ecstasy, gold

Scorpio:  The Empress reversed – Light, truth, the unraveling of involved matters, public rejoicing

Sagittarius:  Ace of Wands reversed – Fall decadence, ruin, perdition

Capricorn:  10 of Coins reversed – Chance, loss, robbery

Aquarius:  Page of Cups reversed – Seduction, deception, artifice

Pisces:  Knight of Coins – Utility, service, rectitude, responsibility, interest

Aries:  8 of Coins reversed – Voided ambition, vanity, exaction, usury

Taurus:  Ace of Cups – True heart, joy, contentment, abode, fertility, nourishment, felicity, abundance

Gemini:  7 of Wands reversed – Perplexity, embarrassment, anxiety

Cancer:  Wheel of Fortune reversed – Increase, overabundance, superfluity

 

The big news this week is the absolute dominance of Leo.  It maintains all the positive aspects of last week, but then picks up Mercury starting on the 14th.  The 14th and 15th are supremely auspicious for Leos, particularly if you are acting in accordance with the nature of the great cat.  Lounging around, sleeping, eating food provided to you by others and having sex are all heartily encouraged.  Because Leo is hoarding all the direct planets, there isn’t that much to say for the others, though expect an uptick in INFOSEC on the 14th as well with Mercury leaving Cancer.  Alignment-wise, Mars-Venus-Mercury brings about benefits to the vast bulk of the people with jobs (though NOT  government employees or lighthouse-keepers).  The earth aligning with the sun and Venus suggests great things for your domestic love life, particularly if you take a more relaxed, indulgent attitude toward things — remember Leo is dominating here.

The cards are also predicting a very nice week.  Lots of coins and cups, almost everything is upright, good majors.  Nothing huge or earth-shatteringly great, just quite nice. Enjoy it.

Leo:  The Star* – Loss, theft, privation, abandonment, hope, bright prospects

Virgo:  10 of Coins – Gain, riches, family members, home

Libra:  4 of Cups – Weariness, disgust, aversion

Scorpio: 5 of Wands reversed – Trickery, contradiction, litigation, disputes

Sagittarius:  7 of Cups reversed – Desire, will, determination

Capricorn:  7 of Coins – Money, business, barter

Aquarius: 6 of Cups – Happy memories, good things from the past

Pisces:  Queen of Wands – A dark woman, friendly, loving, honorable

Aries:  Ace of Wands – Creation, invention, enterprise

Taurus:  3 of Cups – Plenty, perfection, the conclusion of a matter, merriment, happiness, victory

Gemini:  3 of Swords – Removal, absence, delay

Cancer:  Wheel of Fortune – Destiny, fortune, success, luck

 

Things are unusually positive overhead.  Yes, we still have the Jupiter and Saturn retrogrades dragging things down, but the rest looks good, particularly with MERCURY RETROGRADE ending.  Things are looking particularly auspicious for those Glibs who identify as female, and if any of those happen to be born under the sign of Cancer, buy yourself a lottery ticket.  Venus and the moon balancing around the sun means that Lady luck will be a lucky lady for the ladies, as mentioned in previous sentence.  Branching off of that, Mercury and Saturn retrograde indicate news of a major new beginning.  At different times in the Mercury orbital period, this could also indicate extremely bad news, calamity etc. but occurring so soon after Mercury returns to direct motion makes it much more positive in context.

Another great week for Leos, the smug bastards.  Having both Venus and Mars indicates completion/perfection, rescuing the damsel, all that storybook stuff.  The moon in Virgo adds to the whole GRRRL POWER! thing that the other planets have going on as well as success in water-related activities.  And finally, Cancer benefits from the burst of good luck that happens when Mercury goes direct. Everyone else gets some added security this week.

OK, so the cards are back to being glib-typical after last week’s, with five of the twelve being swords.  Sometimes when I’m reading these each week, I can’t see how they can apply to you.  You guys do an excellent job of pretending to be good people.

Leo:  The Emperor – Stability, power, aid, a great person, reason (drink!)

Virgo:  Knight of Coins – Utility, service, rectitude, responsibility, interest

Libra:  3 of Swords – Removal, absence, delay, division

Scorpio:  2 of Swords reversed – Misguided vengeance,imposture, falsehood, disloyalty

Sagittarius:  9 of Swords reversed – Imprisonment, doubt, fear, shame

Capricorn:  Ace of Swords reversed – Pyrrhic victory, great force in love and conflict with disastrous results

Aquarius:  Temperance – Economy, frugality, accommodation, management, moderation

Pisces:  5 of Swords* – Degradation, destruction, infamy, dishonor, loss

Aries:  7 of Wands – Valor, discussion, worldly strife, competition in trade or business

Taurus:  The Hierophant – Alliance, captivity, servitude, someone to who you have recourse, inspiration, mercy and goodness

Gemini:  Ace of Wands reversed – Fall, decadence, ruin, perdition

Cancer:The Hermit reversed – Concealment, disguise, unreasonable caution, fear

*I’ve been using the classic readings here prior to getting the Glib Tarot printed, but this reading is just bullshit.  It’s so disingenuous that I have to believe it’s one of those deliberate distortions I’ve mentioned before.  Yes, all of those things are in this card, but they are aspects of the background characters — the foreground guy is completely smug after having beaten up those background guys and taken their stuff.  To the extent that the reading applies, it applies as happening to other people as a result of your actions.

Yikes!  MERCURY RETROGRADE is bumping up against all sorts of things this week.  First of all, it lines up between those of us living on Earth and the sun, resulting in all sorts of domestic chaos.  At the same time, it’s teaming up with Venus in Cancer, so expect changes in your love life, and be prepared for any secrets you’ve been trying to hide wrt sex to be disclosed.  Also chest colds and pectoral strains.  Mars in Leo brings power struggles, fights with your boss and even moreso if you are the boss.  don’t expect for other people to maintain their cool while all of this is happening — the moon is in Pisces, which indicates that this would be a good time to get away from people and go fishing.  Be careful while doing that however, MERCURY RETROGRADE and fishhooks can be a nasty combination.

Odd week in the cards.  Extremely eventful, but nothing much resolved.

Cancer:  King of Cups – A professional inclined to help you.

Leo:  Knight of Coins – Utility, responsibility, interest, rectitude

Virgo:  8 of Swords reversed – Opposition, accident, treachery

Libra:  Page of Swords – Overseeing, vigilance, spying, investigation

Scorpio:  4 of Coins, reversed – Suspense, delay, opposition

Sagittarius:  The Devil – Ravage, violence, force, vehemence, extraordinary efforts

Capricorn:  The Tower – Misery, distress, ruin, indigence, adversity, disgrace, deception

Aquarius:  4 of Wands reversed – Increase, felicity, beauty, embellishment

Pisces:  Death reversed – End, destruction, corruption

Aries:  The Hanged Man – Wisdom, trials, discernment, sacrifice, intuition, prophecy

Taurus:  8 of Wands – Activity, haste, hope

Gemini:  7 of Swords reversed – Good advice, instruction, slander, babbling

Happy skies this week!  First off We have Venus and Mercury aligned with the Sun.  This is an astrology 101 sign: “Lucky in Love.”  Also related is Saturn retrograde in alignment with the sun and the earth which signifies a new beginning at home, or that your house will be swallowed by a sinkhole.  Consult your local geologist.  Trying to have a little somethin’ somethin’ on the DL?  Venus in Cancer has got you covered… this week at least.  Leo plays host to both Mars and Mercury which is pretty awesome news for my chances at the action pistol tournament and for anyone else engaging in games of chance, speed or martial skill.  The moon in Virgo sends out powerful feminine energy and helps with navigation and medicine.

While the skies are happy, the cards aren’t.  Three quarters of the cards are reversed, but on the not-quite-as-bad side, most of these cards aren’t terribly potent.  Also, Lachowsky will get that job offer.

Cancer:  King of Swords reversed – Cruelty, evil intentions, breach of faith, barbarity, perversity

Leo:  The Sun reversed – Material happiness, fortunate marriage, contentment, though less than if the card had been upright

Virgo:  8 of Coins reversed – Voided ambition, usury, vanity

Libra:  7 of Cups reversed – Desire, will, determination

Scorpio:  6 of Wands – Triumph, great news, hope

Sagittarius:  The Tower reversed – Oppression, imprisonment, tyranny

Capricorn:  The Emperor reversed – Benevolence, compassion, credit, confusion to enemies, immaturity, obstruction

Aquarius:  3 of Swords – Removal, absence, delay

Pisces:  4 of Coins reversed – Suspense, delay, opposition

Aries:  9 of Swords reversed – Imprisonment, doubt, fear, shame

Taurus:  3 of Cups – Conclusion of a project, plenty, merriment, healing

Gemini:  The World – Assured success, voyage, flight