Glibertarians.com 2019 Archive

Category: IFLA

  • IFLA: The “It’s Good to be the King” Edition of the Horoscope for the Week of August 11

    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

     

  • IFLA: The “I’m Cautiously Optimistic” Edition of the Horoscope for the Week of August 4

    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.

  • The “Itchy” Edition of the Horoscope for the Week of July 28

    This week has powerful elements of change, chaos, disorder, mutation, et. al.  Our first alignment has the Sun (power) linking up with the Moon (transformation) and MERCURY RETROGRADE (higgledy-piggledy).  If that weren’t enough, both of those planets are likewise is houses of instability, with the moon being in Gemini (duality, deception, transition) and MERCURY RETROGRADE being in Cancer (things hidden, shellfish).  Unrelated to the above, we have an additional alignment where Saturn retrograde shares the sun with Venus, so expect new beginnings in your love life.

    Welcome Leo! In addition to the Sun, you’re playing host to Mars, so enjoy throwing your weight around and crushing your enemies underpaw.  Cancer also doubles up on the planets, with the aforementioned MERCURY RETROGRADE and Venus.  Which gives us: mistake – veneris – crab.  Be careful out there this week.

    Unusual draw this week.  Usually the glibs are heavy on swords and trumps, with coins in the minority by a good sight.  This week, coins dominates.  So be on the lookout for moneymaking opportunities, but be careful because that suit also signifies slowness.

    Leo:  The High Priestess – Secrets, mystery, silence, wisdom, tenacity, science.

    Virgo:  The Star reversed – Arrogance, impotence, haughtiness

    Libra:  4 of Cups – Weariness, disgust, aversion

    Scorpio:  3 of Cups – The conclusion of a matter, perfection, happiness, plenty,happiness, victory, solace, healing

    Sagittarius:  7 of Coins – Money, business, barter

    Capricorn:  Wheel of Fortune reversed – Bad Luck

    Aquarius:  5 of Coins reversed – Discord, chaos, ruin, profligacy

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

    Ares:  6 of Swords – Journey by water, envoy, expediency

    Taurus:  2 of Cups:  Love, friendship, passion, union, that which nature has sanctified, concord

    Gemini:  Queen of Swords – Absence, sterility, sadness, embarrassment

    Cancer:  6 of Coins – Gifts, gratification, attention, “now is the time”

  • IFLA: The “Watch Your Step!” Edition of the horoscope for the Week of July 21

    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

  • IFLA: The Horoscope for the Week of July 7

    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

  • The Horoscope for the Week of July 1

    This week we have a classic alignment:  Saturn (retrograde) aligned with Mars through the earth.  This is the alignment that was used in that ur-example of how to make unfalsifiable prophecies “if you invade, a great empire will be destroyed.” Since then, this alignment now has the additional reading of “don’t take the advice of an astrologer.”

    The sun and Mars in cancer indicates that there will be trouble arising from being put in an uncomfortable situation.  Mercury in Leo bring royal proclamations and sudden mood swings between affection and disdain.  The moon and Venus in Gemini indicates variability and duplicity, and it also indicates that success in dating comes from lying.  Because it is very difficult to distinguish between objective and subjective cases in astrology, I’m uncertain as to whether this is advice for someone who wants to be more successful, or a warning for someone that their (potential) partner is full of shit.

    As for the cards, there will be warning signs on Monday, which may be easy to disregard.  The reason you might overlook them is that things will go really well at the beginning of the week, but those hinted-at problems will become a full-blown shitshow by the end.  However, there is a definite path that winds up with you being successful bigly.

    Cancer:  Ace of Coins reversed – Mo’ money, Mo’ problems; bad intelligence

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

    Virgo:  5 of Cups – Loss but something remains, focusing on the negative of a situation, inheritance, frustration in marriage

    Libra:  The World – Assured success, voyage, change of place

    Scorpio:  2 of Swords – Conformity, courage, affection, intimacy, concord in a state of arms

    Sagittarius:  The Hermit reversed – Concealment, disguise, unreasoned caution

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

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

    Pisces:  King of Cups reversed – Dishonest man, roguery, injustice, vice, scandal

    Aries:  10 of Coins – Gain, riches, home, family matters

    Taurus:  4 of Wands reversed – increase, felicity, beauty, embellishment

    Gemini:  Knight of Swords – Skill, bravery, capacity, wrath, destruction, defense, ruin, resistance

     

     

  • IFLA: The “My Brain is All Melty” Edition of the Horoscope for the Week of Jun 23

    Recovering from the oddest sinus infection I have ever experienced.   Way behind on sleep, work, and I haven’t been shooting in a week.  The skies are silent and cold.  They tell me little.  The only alignment is Saturn retrograde – Earth – Mercury signifying a new beginning at home.  Which is — perhaps — somewhat more useful than telling us that the sun will rise in the East (for those living in temperate latitudes).  It will be a really excellent week for Cancers, packing the sun, Mercury and Mars in there for a few days.  The beginning of the week will be extraordinarily auspicious for those born under that sign for success in competitions, and for everyone else, it’s advice to play things defensively if you want to win.  Familial harmony persists with Venus in Gemini, and the Moon in Pisces will make it very difficult to establish anything permanent.  Instead take advantage of the ephemeral nature of events and things.

    The cards say this week is going to be chock-full of obstacles and opposition.  But, they also say that this week is beatable if you use your resources effectively.  So you’ve got that going for you.  Expect stricter monitoring from your superiors.

    Cancer:  Ace of Coins – Perfect contentment, felicity, ecstasy, gold, effective bribes.

    Leo:  Temperance reversed – events or things connected with religion or sects, disunion, unfortunate combinations, competing interests

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

    Libra:  The Lovers reversed – Failure, foolish designs

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

    Sagittarius:  Ace of Swords – Triumph, excess in everything, great love and hatred

    Capricorn:  Knight of Coins reversed – Inertia, idleness, stagnation, discouragement, carelessness

    Aquarius:  10 of Wands reversed – Contrarieties, difficulties, intrigues

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

    Aries:  8 of Wands – Activity, swiftness, hope, new or reawakened love

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

    Gemini:  Judgment – Weakness, pusillanimity, simplicity, deliberation, decision

     

  • IFLA: The “Maybe it’s a Puppy?” Edition of the Horoscope for the Week of June 16

     

    This week has an interesting couple of intersecting alignments:  We’ve got Jupiter (retrograde)-Luna-Terra-Sol indicating change/chaos/disruption at home” with Saturn(retrograde)-Terra-Mercury “News of a new beginning.”  So basically, home life made all higgledy-piggiedy as the result of a new addition to the family dynamic.  This can be an excellent status check, because if you have a birth, new pet, or your SO gets a new FWB, you can  rejoice in the fact that you are important enough for the stars to foretell the events that happen under your roof.  For other celestial advice, expect slander and scurrilous accusations (Mercury and Mars in Cancer) and well, let’s say careful phrasing and selective chronicling of events may prove useful to your love life (Venus and the Sun in Gemini).  The moon in Virgo also encourages subtlety, euphemism, and oblique suggestions.

    The cards this week has a certain indication of something going wrong in a very unfair way.  There is another pronounced but odd sign that… well, the best I can translate it is “violence at an orgy?”  It’s not  typical “you’re going to get rolled by a whore” notification, there’s a much more ritualistic aspect to the whole thing.  Is someone going to attend a Gnostic mass maybe?  An O.T.O. initiation?  And will they be too embarrassed to tell us about it?  There is an overarching aspect of formality and protocol to the week.

    Gemini:  10 of Swords – Pain, affliction, tears, sadness, desolation

    Cancer:  2 of Swords reversed – imposture, falsehood, duplicity, disloyalty, misplaced vengeance

    Leo:  10 of Wands reversed – Contrariness, intrigues, difficulties from excessive abundance

    Virgo:  The Hierophant – Alliance through marriage, servitude, mercy, goodness, inspiration

    Libra:  7 of Wands – Valor, success, discussion, trade war, spycraft

    Scorpio:  Justice reversed – Bigotry, bias, excessive severity, malicious compliance

    Sagittarius:  6 of Coins – Gifts, gratification, attention

    Capricorn:  The High Priestess reversed – Passion, moral or physical ardor, shallow knowledge, conceit

    Aquarius:  6 of Cups – The past, pleasant memories, ephemeral enjoyment

    Pisces:  Judgment reversed –  Weakness, simplicity, deliberation, pusillanimity, sentence

    Aries:  Queen of Wands – Friendly dark woman, honorable, well disposed towards a fat man.

    Taurus:  Knight of Coins reversed – Inertia, idleness, discouragement, carelessness

     

  • IFLA: The “A Day Early” Edition of the Horoscope for the Week of June 9

    So this week we have an actual sign in the heavens.  It’s a double leg through Jupiter (retrograde)–which isn’t exactly the best linkage you can have.    One leg involves the Earth and the Sun, the other is the Moon with Mars and Mercury.  Now that first one means “trouble at home, domestic discord.”  The second has the primary meaning of “Drama!” but also has clear implications of infidelity by a male, a soldier receiving bad news, and/or a lie starting a fight.  Usually you should try to figure out which leg is the event and which leg is the influences leading to it, but in this case I don’t think it matters much.

    It’s most likely that a Gemini will be the cause of the above drama rather than the victim of it.  Mars and Mercury in Scorpio means we will get some clarification about something that has been a problem up until now (and boy do I have a candidate for a long-standing issue that needs figuring out).  You will need to work a bit on your self control with the moon in Leo amping up any tendencies towards moodiness.  Venus is transiting between Taurus and Gemini, so if your fantasy is a hookup with twin dudes, this is a great week to make it happen.

    The cards agree:  This week is all about the dudes.  Only two cards of a feminine nature were shown, and they were both reversed.  Not so good for women in authority.  This week, remember the motto of of Clan Gordon: “By Courage, not Craft.”  Indirection and stratagems are contraindicated.

    Gemini:  8 of Coins, reversed – voided ambition, usury, vanity

    Cancer:  Ace of Wands – Creation, invention, enterprise, birth

    Leo:  King of Wands – Honest conscientious man, countryman, friendly dark man

    Virgo:  3 of Swords – Removal, absence, delay, division, rupture

    Libra:  Page of Wands – Dark young man, lover, envoy, postman.  For men, this indicates favorable testimony will be given concerning you.

    Scorpio:  Judgment, reversed – Weakness, simplicity, deliberation, sentence

    Sagittarius:  8 of Wands, reversed – Jealousy, internal dispute, pangs of conscience, quarrels

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

    Aquarius:  The Hierophant, reversed – Understanding, concord, over-kindness, weakness

    Pisces:  Ace of Swords – Triumph, excess in everything, great force in love and hate.

    Aries:  The Magician, reversed – Physician, mental illness, anxiety

    Taurus:  Knight of Wands, reversed – Rupture, interruption, division, discord

  • IFLA: The “A Day Late” Edition of the horoscope for the Week of June 2

    There are two BARCO alignments which, due to their nature I will summarize simply:

    Jupiter retrograde in Sagittarius (Misrule) + Moon in Taurus (clumsiness) + Sun (greatness) = gigantic fuckup.

    Mars in Cancer (low-level war) + Mercury in Taurus (delayed news) + Sun (greatness) + Saturn retrograde in Capricorn (stupidity) = news about a conflict, but false.

    So, expect a news report from a “reliable” source about a conflict that will turn out to be bullshit.    I know, kind of a lame prediction, but neither of these alignments were very good either.

    Gemini has a good week.  Cancer has to deal with cowardly little shits sniping.  And Taurus-born women will be unusually effective in their endeavors.  Not so much guys born under that sign though.

    The cards don’t look particularly fun this week, either.  Lots of reversals, poor growing, enmity/opposition from both the medical and financial professions, attempts at one night stands will be unsuccessful.  The emphasis is on prudent stewardship of resources and personal/spiritual development.  The good news is, longer term plans made this week will be successful.  Keep company with a dog.

    Gemini:  Ace of Swords, reversed –  Pyrrhic victory, disaster

    Cancer:  The Sun, reversed –  Diminishment, withering

    Leo:  Page of Swords – Supervision, weasley bastard working in your interest

    Virgo:  King of Cups, reversed – A dishonest man, scandal, vice, double-dealing, injustice, pillage, roguery

    Libra:  King of Coins, reversed – Vice, ugliness, corruption, peril, perversity

    Scorpio:  Knight of Wands, reversed – rupture, division, interruption, discord

    Sagittarius:  3 of Coins, reversed –  Mediocrity in work, pettiness, weakness

    Capricorn:  6 of Cups, reversed – Renewal, events coming to fruition

    Aquarius:  Knight of Swords – Skill, bravery, capacity, defense, address, enmity, wrath, war, destruction, opposition, resistance, ruin.

    Pisces:  7 of Coins – money, business, barter, successful investment, harvest

    Aries:  4 of Swords, reversed – Wise administration, circumspection, economy, avarice, precaution, testament.

    Taurus:  The Hierophant –  Seeking beyond, removing limitations, triumph of the overt over the covert.