Archive
This week I'm reading:
In
the Company
of
the Wise
by
Swami
Radha
and listening
to:
Sacred
Gateways
Jonathan
Goldman
&
Spirit Sounds
10/27/01 - Saturday
Sunny days, lunar cycles and the financial markets - interesting article.
10/19/01 - Friday
This was one of the segments at Science Fiction News of the Week:
Jedi A U.K. Religion Is
"Jedi Knight" has made it onto the list of official religions on the 2001 United Kingdom census, the BBC reported. The listing is a result of an Internet campaign to get Star Wars fans to list the fictitious order on their census forms, the news service reported.
Jedi Knight joins the Church of England, Roman Catholic, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu—as well as druidism, satanism and Wicca—on the list of official British religions. Enough census respondents wrote in the entry for Jedi Knight to win its own code for purposes of census processing, the BBC reported.
Officials from the
Office of National Statistics were quick to point out to the BBC that giving
"Jedi Knight" its own code does not confer on it the status of official
recognition. "We are not defining what a religion or a faith might be,"
a spokeswoman told the BBC. "We are recognizing what some may have entered
on their census form and ensuring that our coding framework will cater
for it."
10/16/01 - Tuesday
Asteroids named in memory of September 11th.
10/15/01 - Monday
New Astrology Update online.
Lately, I've talked to a number of people who use astrology to intensify their fears. I try to reassure them that the information given by astrology should be used to help them to be proactive in their lives.
A man said to me last week, "I don't want to know if Mercury is retrograde. If I know for sure it's retrograde, I'll probably cancel my travel plans." That's the opposite of how astrology should be used. Knowing Mercury is retrograde just means that you double check your airline and hotel reservations and take a good book with in case there are delays. Having a flexible attitude and a sense of humor helps, too.
Humans are good problem solvers with and without astrology. Knowing the aspects just gives you extra information for problem solving and the ability to plan ahead more wisely.
