The Astrology Podcast • Aug 31, 2024 • Monthly Astrology ForecastsA look ahead at the astrological forecast for September 2024, with astrologers Chris Brennan and Austin Coppock. We cover news and events in the first hour, and then in the second hour we start looking at September’s astrology. The astrology of September features the beginning of eclipse season, with a lunar eclipse in Pisces taking place in the middle of the month, followed by a solar eclipse in Libra in early October. Early in the month Mars moves into the sign of Cancer, which is important because it will return to this sign after turning retrograde in early November, and thus September marks the beginning of an extremely long Mars transit that will last until the middle of next year. Also notable this month is Pluto returning to Capricorn for its final transit through this sign, with it eventually departing for Aquarius for good in November. The most positive alignment this month is a Venus-Jupiter trine in Libra and Gemini that goes exact around September 14 Sphere + Sundryhttps://sphereandsundry.comChris and Austin’s Websiteshttps://www.chrisbrennanastrologer.comhttps://austincoppock.comElectional Astrology for September The most auspicious electional astrology chart this month is set for: 🪐 September 14, 2024, starting at 12 50 PM local time For more lucky dates in September see our Electional Astrology Podcast: / electional-for-110849222 This is episode 460 of The Astrology Podcast! #TheAstrologyPodcastTimestamps00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:53 Quick overview of September 00:03:57 News segment begins 00:04:00 Worst case scenarios averted 00:13:28 Mercury retrograde stories 00:29:52 Mars-Jupiter: joyful warriors 00:33:02 Mars-Saturn square: plagues 00:37:05 Harris accepts DNC nomination 00:45:20 Kennedy drops out of race 00:46:52 Gemini + Pisces = water tornado 00:48:22 Oldest person dies on 4th Saturn return 00:51:31 Geoffrey Cornelius passed away 00:55:45 Sphere + Sundry sale 01:03:20 September forecast begins 01:03:36 Eclipse season begins 01:23:10 New Moon in Virgo September 2 01:34:12 Pluto returns to Capricorn 01:42:10 Mars in Cancer: pre-retrograde 02:14:15 Venus trine Jupiter September 14/15 02:15:20 Electional chart: September 14 02:20:05 Mercury in Virgo Sept 9-26 02:26:22 Venus enters Scorpio 22 02:30:32 Libra transits late in month 02:34:10 Libra eclipse window begins 02:37:42 Wrapping up 02:43:34 Credits
Monthly Archives: August 2024
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony • Oct 27, 2017 Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem ∙ I. Requiem – Kyrie ∙ II. Dies irae ∙ III. Offertorio ∙ IV. Sanctus ∙ V. Agnus Dei ∙ VI. Lux aeterna ∙ VII. Libera me ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony ∙ Erika Grimaldi, Sopran ∙ Violeta Urmana, Mezzosopran ∙ Saimir Pirgu, Tenor ∙ Kihwan Sim, Bass ∙ MDR Rundfunkchor ∙ Philipp Ahmann, Einstudierung ∙ Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Dirigent ∙ Alte Oper Frankfurt, 20. Oktober 2017 ∙ Website: http://www.hr-sinfonieorchester.de ∙ Facebook: / hrsinfonieorchester Kapitel: 00:00 Introito 06:04 Kyrie 09:34 Dies irae 12:44 Tuba mirum 13:48 Mors stupebit 15:04 Liber scriptus (Version 1875) 19:15 Dies irae 20:10 Quid sum miser 23:50 Rex tremendae 27:28 Recordare 31:43 Ingemisco 35:09 Confutatis 38:52 Dies irae 40:13 Lacrymosa 46:29 Domine Iesu 50:50 Hostias 55:10 Libera animas 56:47 Sanctus – Benedictus 59:19 Agnus Dei 01:05:10 Lux aeterna 01:11:27 Libera me 01:13:52 Dies irae 01:16:25 Requiem 01:19:44 Libera me – Fuga final
The Books Banned From the Bible: What Are the Gnostic Gospels?
“Orthodoxy means straight thinking.”
–Elaine Pagels
Alex O’Connor May 12, 2024 Within Reason Podcast Episodes VIDEO NOTES Elaine Pagels is an American historian of religion. She is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Pagels has conducted extensive research into early Christianity and Gnosticism. – LINKS Read “The Gnostic Gospels”: https://amzn.to/4ad5n5X – TIMESTAMPS 00:00 What is a Gnostic Gospel? 04:51 How the Gnostic Gospels Were Discovered 10:36 Secret Knowledge & Teachings 18:01 Do the Gnostic Gospels Contradict the New Testament? 23:01 Was Jesus Sent to Save Us From an Evil God? 28:27 Was Paul the Only True Apostle? 31:16 Nuances in Marcion & Valentinus’ Writings 37:44 Concept of God the Mother 41:20 Is Jesus the Serpent in Genesis? 47:02 Spiritual Revelation Over Authority 50:37 Worshipping Bishops as Though They Were Gods 54:42 What People Should Keep in Mind About the Gnostic Gospels 57:20 Controversial Final Passages in Thomas 1:07:33 Elaine’s Book – SPECIAL THANKS A special thanks to my top-tier supporters on Patreon: Tom Rindell James Younger, DDS – CONNECT My Website/Blog: http://www.cosmicskeptic.com
Astrology of September 2024 – Pluto Back in Capricorn and Pisces Eclipse
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The astrology of September 2024 is like a rollercoaster: dynamic, intense, and full of twists and turns.
The first week of September is Busy with a capital ‘B’. Pluto re-enters Capricorn, Uranus goes retrograde, we have a New Moon in Virgo, Mars in Gemini squares Neptune and then enters Cancer—to name just the ‘headlines’.
And then it gets a bit quiet for a week or so. We even get a break with a nice Venus-Jupiter trine.
And then the BANG. The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse on September 18th, 2024 is the first one in the Virgo/Pisces axis in a long time.
But let’s take a look at the most important transits of the month:
September 1st, 2024 – Pluto Re-Enters Capricorn
On September 1st, 2024, Pluto returns to Capricorn. Pluto will be spending its last few weeks in Capricorn before moving into Aquarius for good on November 19th, 2024.
Pluto is back in Capricorn for.the.last.time.ever. This is it, folks.
Sometimes we wish we could turn back time just to capture the essence of what was, because what we experienced was so unique and transformative that we know those circumstances will never repeat.
Pluto in Capricorn is neither inherently positive nor negative. It’s a flavor – a flavor we’ve grown accustomed to over the past 15 years. But it’s also a flavor we won’t experience again.
Unless, of course, something extraordinary happens, and we live to 300 years old to see Pluto’s next ingress into Capricorn in 2255.
You get the message. Make the best out of these last weeks of Pluto in Capricorn.
It’s not about rushing to complete projects, but about understanding what Pluto in Capricorn has meant for you since 2008 and appreciating how it has shaped the person you’ve become. Savor it for what it is.
September 2nd, 2024 – New Moon In Virgo
On September 2nd, 2024, we have a New Moon at 11° Virgo. The New Moon is opposite Saturn and square Jupiter. This is a tense set-up that might make you question, “Is this (fill in the blanks) still what I want?”
People are changing, life is changing, and we need to keep up with the times. It’s okay to change your mind. It’s okay to start again, even if you haven’t figured it all out yet.
A New Moon is a new beginning. An opportunity to start fresh with a clean slate. The ruler of the New Moon, Mercury, is slowly waking up from a numbing stationary period. Slowly, slowly, we are getting there.
September 2nd, 2024 – Uranus Turns Retrograde
On September 2nd, 2024, Uranus turns retrograde at 27° Taurus and everything turns upside down.
The world won’t literally turn upside down (hopefully!), but Uranus stationary retrograde will definitely bring a lot of surprises. Uranus will make sure that change happens, whether we like it or not.
Advice? No advice for Uranus transits, sorry. Keep an open mind and carry on.
September 3rd, 2024 – Mars Square Neptune
On September 3rd, 2024, Mars is Gemini is square Neptune in Pisces. This is a potent square because it happens at 29°, the last degree of the sign, also called the anaretic degree.
There’s a sense of urgency and intensity as we approach this critical point. Just when we thought we figured out our best approach (Mars in Gemini), Neptune in Pisces throws in a curveball.
Mars in Gemini square Neptune in Pisces feels like those infamous infomercials that say, ‘But wait, there’s more!’.
Mars square Neptune will point to the overlooked detail, to the hidden elephant in the room. This could change everything, leaving us to reconsider our next steps. But instead of seeing this as a setback, look at it as a divine intervention guiding us to a better path.
September 3rd, 2024 – Venus conjunct South Node
If Mars square Neptune was not causing enough confusion, on the same day, Venus is conjunct the South Node at 6° Libra.
There’s something that’s holding you back. An outdated value. An emotional attachment. A relationship dynamic that no longer serves you. Take a deep breath and let it go.
September 4th, 2024 – Mars Enters Cancer
On September 4th, 2024 Mars enters Cancer.
Mars is the planet of action, and Cancer is the sign of privacy and security – our comfort zone. Mars in Cancer may seem emotional and fragile, but he’s hard as a rock and he will not hesitate to claw you if he feels threatened.
Cancer is a cardinal sign after all! The upcoming 6 weeks are a good time to draw stronger boundaries and fight for what is important to you.
September 9th, 2024 – Mercury Enters Virgo
On September 9th, 2024, Mercury enters Virgo, its favorite sign. Mercury in Virgo is the only placement (of any planet) that is both in domicile and exaltation. This means that Mercury feels really really good in Virgo.
Mercury in Virgo is as witty and quick as Mercury in Gemini, but it also brings the practical, common-sense Virgoan qualities to the table.
If Mercury in Gemini is our brain, Mercury in Virgo is our gut, or our 2nd brain. Our gut somehow always knows better than our rational mind, which kind of proves the point of why Mercury in Virgo is Mercury at its best.
September 15th, 2024 – Venus Trine Jupiter
On September 15th, 2024, Venus (at 20° Libra) is trine Jupiter (at 20° Gemini). This is a beautiful transit that is perfect for social, fun-loving activities.
Venus is in her home sign so she has that charming, radiant aura about her. Jupiter in Gemini adds an extra ooze of curiosity and wit. The result? It’s just easier to connect and enjoy other people’s company.
Trines are soft aspects that can often be overlooked. But let’s not let this one pass by. Be intentional. Pencil in something. Reach out to someone. Take time to smell the roses.
September 18th, 2024 – Full Moon Eclipse in Pisces
On September 18th, 2024 we have a Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse at 25° Pisces. This is a very powerful lunation, and the first Eclipse on the Pisces/Virgo axis.
The Full Moon is conjunct Neptune (at 28° Pisces), and it is sextile Uranus in Taurus and Pluto in Capricorn.
At this Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, we have the full support of the Universe. What will be revealed to us will be profound and extraordinary.
But to be able to ‘see’ what the Full Moon and Neptune are here to illuminate, we have to let go of old ways of being. This is a North Node Eclipse. We have to be OK with not having all the answers.
It’s not that we were wrong. But as we move through life, new and richer layers are gradually revealed. When we embrace change, we open ourselves up to greater possibilities and growth.
September 22nd, 2024 – Sun Enters Libra
On September 22nd, 2024, Sun enters Libra. This is the Equinox – that powerful time of the year when the day is equal to the night. This point of equilibrium is also a turning point.
The balance between day and night now shifts. There’s a new season bringing new developments, new opportunities, and new beginnings.
And while Libra is almost synonymous with the word “balance” – and balance sounds a bit like inaction -, let’s not forget that Libra is a cardinal sign. The Libra season is actually a great time to take action – get yourself out there, make connections, and initiate new projects.
September 23rd, 2024 – Venus Enters Scorpio
On September 23rd, 2024, Venus enters Scorpio and things get more intense all of a sudden.
Sudden intensity is the hallmark of Scorpio, or the “Scorpio effect”. Whenever a planet enters this transformative sign of the zodiac, it’s like a plunge into the depths.
Venus represents our values, feelings, and relationships – basically what’s important to us. When Venus is in Scorpio, we no longer accept anything superficial. We no longer tolerate half truths. It’s all or nothing.
And while with this transit it’s tempting to point the finger at others – and cut off relationships, friendships, or connections that don’t align with our values – it’s important to examine our inner landscape first.
Where are we not fully honest and transparent with ourselves? Where are we a little bit superficial, a little bit afraid, or holding back?
September 22nd, 2024 – Mercury Enters Libra
On September 26th, 2024, Mercury enters Libra.
Are you too opinionated, or on the contrary, too accommodating? Do you jump to conclusions or take lots of time to make up your mind?
We all fall somewhere on this spectrum.
And here is where Mercury in Libra comes to help us find that sweet spot. Because it’s in that delicate middle ground where true understanding happens.
In the Air sign of Libra, Mercury becomes inclusive, diplomatic, and people-oriented. Mercury in Libra’s goal? To find common ground. This is a great transit for negotiations, reaching agreements, and finding win-win outcomes.
How to Be Truly Free: Lessons From a Philosopher President
THE GLOBAL PROFILE
Pepe Mujica, Uruguay’s spartan former president and plain-spoken philosopher, offers wisdom from a rich life as he battles cancer.
By Jack Nicas
Photographs by Dado Galdieri
Reporting from Montevideo, Uruguay
- Aug. 23, 2024 (NYTimes.com)
A decade ago, the world had a brief fascination with José Mujica. He was the folksy president of Uruguay who had shunned his nation’s presidential palace to live in a tiny tin-roof home with his wife and three-legged dog.
In speeches to world leaders, interviews with foreign journalists and documentaries on Netflix, Pepe Mujica, as he is universally known, shared countless tales from a life story fit for film. He had robbed banks as a leftist urban guerrilla; survived 15 years as a prisoner, including by befriending a frog while kept in a hole in the ground; and helped lead the transformation of his small South American nation into one of the world’s healthiest and most socially liberal democracies.
But Mr. Mujica’s legacy will be more than his colorful history and commitment to austerity. He became one of Latin America’s most influential and important figures in large part for his plain-spoken philosophy on the path to a better society and happier life.
Now, as Mr. Mujica puts it, he is fighting death. In April, he announced he would undergo radiation for a tumor in his esophagus. At 89 and already diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, he admitted the path to recovery would be arduous.
Two Armed Rebels Who Led a Nation: A Love Story
Last week, I traveled to the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital, to visit Mr. Mujica at his three-room home, full of books and jars of pickling vegetables, on the small farm where he has grown chrysanthemums for decades. As the sun set on a winter day, he was bundled in a winter jacket and wool hat in front of a wood stove. The treatment had left him weak and hardly eating.
“You’re talking to a strange old man,” he said, leaning in to look at me closely, a glisten in his eye. “I don’t fit in today’s world.”
And so we began.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
How is your health?
They did radiation treatment on me. My doctors said it went well, but I’m broken.
(Unprompted.)
I think that humanity, as it’s going, is doomed.
Why do you say that?
We waste a lot of time uselessly. We can live more peacefully. Take Uruguay. Uruguay has 3.5 million people. It imports 27 million pairs of shoes. We make garbage and work in pain. For what?
You’re free when you escape the law of necessity — when you spend the time of your life on what you desire. If your needs multiply, you spend your life covering those needs.
Humans can create infinite needs. The market dominates us, and it robs us of our lives.
Humanity needs to work less, have more free time and be more grounded. Why so much garbage? Why do you have to change your car? Change the refrigerator?
There is only one life and it ends. You have to give meaning to it. Fight for happiness, not just for wealth.
Do you believe that humanity can change?
It could change. But the market is very strong. It has generated a subliminal culture that dominates our instinct. It’s subjective. It’s unconscious. It has made us voracious buyers. We live to buy. We work to buy. And we live to pay. Credit is a religion. So we’re kind of screwed up.
It seems you don’t have much hope.
Biologically, I do have hope, because I believe in man. But when I think about it, I’m pessimistic.
Yet your speeches often have a positive message.
Because life is beautiful. With all its ups and downs, I love life. And I’m losing it because it’s my time to leave. What meaning can we give to life? Man, compared to other animals, has the ability to find a purpose.
Or not. If you don’t find it, the market will have you paying bills the rest of your life.
If you find it, you will have something to live for. Those who investigate, those who play music, those who love sports, anything. Something that fills your life.
Why did you choose to live in your own home as president?
The cultural remnants of feudalism remain. The red carpet. The bugle. Presidents like to be praised.
I once went to Germany and they put me in a Mercedes-Benz. The door weighed about 3,000 kilos. They put 40 motorcycles in front and another 40 in back. I was ashamed.
We have a house for the president. It’s four stories. To have tea you have to walk three blocks. Useless. They should make it a high school.
How would you like to be remembered?
Ah, like what I am: a crazy old man.
That’s all? You did a lot.
I have one thing. The magic of the word.
The book is the greatest invention of man. It’s a shame that people read so little. They don’t have time.
Nowadays people do much of their reading on phones.
Four years ago, I threw mine away. It made me crazy. All day talking nonsense.
We must learn to speak with the person inside us. It was him who saved my life. Since I was alone for many years, that has stayed with me.
When I’m in the field working with the tractor, sometimes I stop to see how a little bird constructs its nest. He was born with the program. He’s already an architect. Nobody taught him. Do you know the hornero bird? They are perfect bricklayers.
I admire nature. I almost have a sort of pantheism. You have to have the eyes to see it.
The ants are one of the true communists out there. They are much older than us and they will outlive us. All colony beings are very strong.
Going back to phones: Are you saying they are too much for us?
It’s not the phone’s fault. We’re the ones who are not ready. We make a disastrous use of it.
Children walk around with a university in their pocket. That’s wonderful. However, we have advanced more in technology than in values.
Yet the digital world is where so much of life is now lived.
Nothing replaces this. (He gestures at the two of us talking.) This is nontransferable. We’re not only speaking through words. We communicate with gestures, with our skin. Direct communication is irreplaceable.
We are not so robotic. We learned to think, but first we are emotional beings. We believe we decide with our heads. Many times the head finds the arguments to justify the decisions made by the gut. We’re not as aware as we seem.
And that’s fine. That mechanism is what keeps us alive. It’s like the cow that follows what’s green. If there is green, there is food. It’s going to be tough to give up who we are.
You have said in the past that you don’t believe in God. What is your view of God in this moment of your life?
Sixty percent of humanity believes in something, and that must be respected. There are questions without answers. What is the meaning of life? Where do we come from? Where are we going?
We don’t easily accept the fact that we are an ant in the infinity of the universe. We need the hope of God because we would like to live.
Do you have some kind of God?
No. I greatly respect people who believe. It’s like a consolation when faced with the idea of death.
Because the contradiction of life is that it is a biological program designed to struggle to live. But from the moment the program starts, you are condemned to die.
It seems biology is an important part of your worldview.
We are interdependent. We couldn’t live without the prokaryotes we have in our intestine. We depend on a number of bugs that we don’t even see. Life is a chain and it is still full of mysteries.
I hope human life will be prolonged, but I’m worried. There are many crazy people with atomic weapons. A lot of fanaticism. We should be building windmills. Yet we spend on weapons.
What a complicated animal man is. He’s both smart and stupid.
Jack Nicas is the Brazil bureau chief for The Times, based in Rio de Janeiro, where he leads coverage of much of South America. More about Jack Nicas
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Word-Built World: aspersion
Illustration: Anu Garg
A.Word.A.Daywith Anu Garg
aspersion
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun:
1. A damaging accusation: slander.
2. The sprinkling with water, as in baptism.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin aspergere (to sprinkle), from ad- (toward) + spargere (to strew). Earliest documented use: 1570.
James Tunney: Posthumanism Is the End of Us
Mind the Shift • Aug 28, 2024 • [Apologies for a technical mishap at the 19:12 mark. I had to switch to a suboptimal camera and mic. But James looks and sounds fine the whole time, which is the most important thing.] Writer, artist and thinker James Tunney is in the classical sense erudite. I have had very few guests, if any, who so effortlessly covers every historical, philosophical and spiritual aspect of the evolution of mankind. He seamlessly wanders from one discipline to the next, and it all comes across as perfectly natural. Which it should be to all of us, of course. The division of reality into different disciplines is an unnatural thing. A core theme in my interview with James is the choice we have to make in our time: Rediscover our spiritual consciousness or renege our humanness by falling for the siren song of posthumanism and artificial intelligence. Here are some focal points in our conversation: • The diluted definitions of mythology and philosophy. • There is no hard problem of consciousness. • Psychology is the leftovers from the spiritual world. • The collective Judas of today’s world are those who give away the essence of who they are, what makes them human, to governments and other authority figures. • Human evolution is cyclical “if you want it to be”. • History doesn’t repeat itself, but it mimics itself. Development is a spiral. • There is a connection between ancient cultures in the Mediterranean and the Celtic and Nordic areas. • The fall of humanity: Our focus on materialism. In an indigenous culture it is easier to connect to the divine. As we have become more technological, it has become more difficult. “Our job is to find our way back to who we are. The rainbow manifests between light and darkness.” • Can advanced technology and spirituality exist side by side? “It’s not impossible, but we’re not on that trajectory.” • You can benefit from high technology if you also have spiritual development. “Otherwise your society will collapse.” • Most of the AI developers are hostile to perennial wisdom. Many say ‘we are creating God’. • The powers now attempt to once and for all take control of the populace. This time via the nervous system “Churchill said already in 1943: The next empire will be the empire of the mind.” “AI is not merely a tool. It’s an entire system. It comes from the military-industrial complex.” • The nation state has been toppled over because that is part of the agenda of the new world order. (James and I have different views on the virtues of keeping the nation state.) • Migration: Which part is natural and organic, and which part is forced migration for nefarious purposes? “Dislocation and disorientation makes it easier to impose a top-down agenda.” • Are more or fewer people thinking for themselves? (James and I are not entirely in agreement about that.) • Now is the time to choose ways. “Absent an inclusion of genuine spiritual consciousness in our framework, it’s a disaster.” “We will have to leave some things behind.” So, dear viewer and listener, buckle up, hit the play button and go with the flow…
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The Edge August 2024
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MLK, Jr., on our “single garment of destiny”
“All I’m saying is simply this: that all mankind is tied together; all life is interrelated, and we are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. “
–Martin Luther King, Jr., commencement speech at Oberlin College in 1965
Martin Luther King Jr. (Janaury 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. Wikipedia