CHARLESTON, SC—Remarking that the unexpected moment of solitude was “good enough for him,” local man Alan Stambaugh told reporters Thursday that eating lunch without headphones counted as mediating. “In terms of practicing mindfulness, accidentally leaving my AirPods at my desk when I went to eat my sandwich basically did the job,” said Stambaugh, adding that the 10 minutes he spent ingesting his meal without listening to a single podcast, song, or work call was the equivalent of calmly focusing on every breath. “Eating a turkey club alone in silence more or less got me to a place where I achieved total mental clarity. It was pretty fucking zen.” Stambaugh later confirmed he had reached a state of nirvana and transcended space and time after he completed his entire drive home without once looking at his phone.
Translation is a 5-step process of “straight thinking in te abstract” comparing and contrasting what you think is the truth with what you can syllogistically, axiomatically and mathematically (using word equations) prove is the truth.
The claims in a Translation may seem outrageous, but they are always (or should always be) based on self-evident syllogistic reasoning. Here is one Translation from this week.
1) Truth is that which is so. That which is not truth is not so. Therefore truth is all that is. Truth being all is therefore total, therefore whole, therefore one, therefore sole, therefore indivisible. I think therefore I am. Since I am and since Truth is all that is, therefore I, being, am Truth. Since I, being, am Truth, therefore I, being, have all the attributes of truth. Therefore I, being, am total, whole, one, sole, indivisible. Since I (being) am Truth, and since I am mind (self-evident), therefore Truth is mind/consciousness. (Two things being equal to a third thing are equal to each other.)
2) A healing in the psyche takes a longer time to heal in the body (manifestation).
Word-tracking: manifestation: manifest, palpable, obvious long: length of time time; duration, lasting, to remain in existence heal: whole psyche: mind, consciousness
3) Truth being all that is is therefore all that can be shown, demonstrated, made manifest, made obvious. Therefore Truth is the only manifestation. Since Truth is whole and since Truth is all that is, therefore Wholeness is all that is. Since wholeness is all that is, there is nothing that needs repair or healing. Therefore Health/Wholeness is a given. Since Truth is all that is, therefore Truth is limitless, infinite, therefore Truth is everlasting. And since there is nothing but Truth, nothing can intervene, therefore Truth is immediate. Truth being mind and truth being whole, therefore mind is whole. Mind being whole, can never be damaged in the first place, therefore Truth is sane of mind and manifestation.
4) Truth is the only manifestation. Wholeness is all that is. Health/Wholeness is a given. Truth is everlasting. Truth is immediate. Truth is sane of mind and manifestation.
5) Truth is the obvious and immediate sanity of mind and manifestation.
This is a dynamic and active card, with a great deal of warm enthusiasm and gaiety flowing from its energy. Often insight and perception increase when it is influential. There are often sudden and unexpected shifts of energy, so that blockages are swept firmly out of your path, leaving you free to move forward in your chosen direction.On a day ruled by this card, expect to be directed to take action to remove difficulties and resolve problems, and be open to guidance from wherever it happens to come. This card is sometimes known by the title “Lord of Lightning” and he will use life’s everyday tools to nudge you in the right direction. Don’t be surprised to receive guidance from odd sources, and pay close attention to what happens around you. Allow yourself to be alert to apparently random input which will give you clues and ideas that had not occurred to you before.And then once you have picked up these signs, follow them diligently and determinedly – you’ll find they really pay off. Don’t put things on one side for further reference – as soon as you know what action to take, take it. Then sit back and wait for the next ‘nudge’!
New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove • Jan 2, 2025 Àlex Gómez-Marín, PhD, is director of the Organism Behavior Laboratory at the Institute of Neuroscience in Alicante, Spain. He is an associate professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the director of the Pari Center in Tuscany, Italy. His work encompasses the microscopic origins of the arrow of time, animal neuroethology in different species, and artificial intelligence applied to human stupidity. His current research focuses on the scientific study of consciousness in the real world. His research proposal, “Seeing Without Eyes,” won the Linda G. O’Bryant Noetic Sciences research prize. Here he describes the transhumanist movement, based on the writings of Ray Kurzweil, Julian Huxley, Teilhard de Chardin, and Dante. He compares the materialist vision of humans merging with their mechanical creations and the spiritual idea of transcendence or merging with the creator. He suggests that transhumanism is a religion that cloaks itself in the pretenses of science. 00:00 Introduction 02:29 What is transhumanism? 06:38 False alternatives 12:56 What is the singularity? 22:27 Transcendence or death? 31:01 What is consciousness? 38:59 Will computers become clairvoyant? 43:45 Can we prevent misuse of technology? 48:29 Conclusion New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He serves as Co-Director for Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science. (Recorded on December 13, 2024)
“Enter this laboratory of the soul where incidents are refracted into a diary, dissected to prove that every one of us carries a deforming mirror where he sees himself too small or too large, too fat or too thin… Once the deforming mirror is smashed, there is a possibility of wholeness; there is a possibility of joy. —Diary 1, pg. 105”
Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell (February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977) was a French-born American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica. Born to Cuban parents in France, Nin was the daughter of the composer Joaquín Nin and the classically trained singer Rosa Culmell. Wikipedia
Omnibus With Alistair Cooke • Oct 29, 2020 • Excerpt: Comedy duo Mike Nichols and Elaine May present ‘Teenagers’, a short comedy about relationships in the American 1958 suburbs’ youth population as part of the Omnibus special episode, ‘Suburban Revue’. Date aired – January 14, 1958, NBC – Mike Nichols, Elaine May
ARIES (March 21-April 19): There are experiences, people and places that can either be good for you or bad for you. Which way they tilt at any particular time may depend on your mood or their mood or forces beyond your immediate control. An example for me is social media. Sometimes it’s a mediocre drug that dulls my sensibilities and aggravates my fears. On other occasions, it brings rich new connections and teaches me lessons I’m thrilled to learn. What about you, Aries? In my astrological view, 2025 will be a time when you will be wise to reevaluate and redefine your relationships with these paradoxical resources. If there are some whose influence is far more likely to be bad than good, consider ending your bond. For those that are equally bad and good, do what you can do to enhance the goodness.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus supermodel Linda Evangelista has supreme levels of self-esteem. At the height of her career, she bragged that she got out of bed each morning with the intention of earning no less than $10,000 in the coming day. I’m not advocating that you be equally audacious in your expectations during 2025, dear Taurus. But it’s reasonable for you to adopt at least a measure of Evangelista’s financial confidence. According to my analysis of your destiny, cosmic rhythms will be conspiring to open up economic opportunities for you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 2025, dear Gemini, I invite you to make ample use of at least five of the following eleven tactics: 1. Shatter the molds. 2. Defy the conventions. 3. Challenge the norms. 4. Redefine the boundaries. 5. Disrupt the status quo. 6. Defy old rules and create new ones. 7. Go against the flow and against the grain. 8. Bushwhack through frontiers. 9. Dance to unfamiliar rhythms. 10. Search for curious treasures. 11. Change the way you change.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Good advice for the first half of 2025: 1. Lose your respect for tangled complications that have begun to rot. 2. Keep some of your necessary protective defenses, yes, but shed those that no longer serve you and are weighing you down. 3. Bury a broken-down dream to make room in your heart for a sweet new dream. 4. Scour away as much resentment as you can. 5. Sneak away from people and situations that are far too demanding. 6. Discard as much as you can of what’s inessential, unhelpful and defunct. 7. Don’t make a radical break for freedom yet, but begin plotting to do so by your birthday.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The coming months will be an excellent time to dream up bigger, better, more original sins and seek out wilder, wetter, more interesting problems. You should experiment with being naughty and even sweetly wicked as you uplift your spirit and deepen your love for life. You are being invited by your future self to experiment with daring departures from tradition that bring you exciting challenges. Dear Leo, my wish for you in 2025 is that you will be cheerfully courageous (not belligerently courageous) as you become both smarter and wiser than you have ever been before.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Aztecs were originally known as the Mexihcah people. Before they forged an empire, they were semi-nomadic tribes. But even then, early on, they were guided by a prophecy that they would eventually settle permanently in a place where they found an eagle roosting on a cactus holding a snake in its talons. In 1325, wanderers spied this precise scenario on a small island in Lake Texcoco. Soon they began to construct the city of Tenochtitlan, the capital of their future kingdom. I bring this true myth to your attention, Virgo, because I want to invite you to formulate a similar prophecy in 2025—and then fulfill it. Your personal empire is primed for expansion and consolidation.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): As 2025 unfolds, your burdens will grow lighter, and your duties will become more interesting. Joyless missions and trivial hopes will be increasingly irrelevant and easy to relinquish, opening up opportunities for fresh assignments that motivate you to play more and to work smarter rather than harder. During the coming months, dear Libra, I predict you will be basking in extra good karma and tapping into more fertile mojo than you have in a long time. Would you like more freedom than ever before? It’s yours for the plucking.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Painter P. K. Mahanandia is well-known because of his fine art. He is even more famous for an amazing adventure he had in the name of love. It’s a long story, but his wife was living in her native Sweden while he was stuck in his native India. Mahanandia was still at an early stage of his career and couldn’t afford to fly by plane. Instead, he bought a used bicycle and headed west, covering about twenty-seven miles per day. He pedaled through Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey until he arrived in Europe 127 days later. He had raised money by drawing portraits of people he met along the way, so he had enough to travel by train the rest of the way to Sweden. I’m thinking you may have an epic romantic adventure yourself in 2025, Scorpio. Maybe not quite as extreme, but very interesting.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): To symbolize your destiny in 2025, I drew a Tarot card. It was the nine of Cups. Here’s my four-part interpretation: 1. Sometime soon, you should identify your top desires and ruminate about how to express them in the most beautiful and fulfilling ways possible. 2. Take a vow that you will shed half-hearted, insecure approaches for bringing them to fruition. 3. Be uninhibited about seeking not just a partial but a complete version of each fulfillment. 4. Figure out which allies you will need in your life to manifest the happiest and most meaningful outcomes.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re the most pragmatic sign of the zodiac and are most highly skilled at getting constructive things done. It’s also true that you thrive on organizing the chaotic details of our messy world into smooth-functioning systems. But I periodically need to remind you that these superpowers of yours require you to nurture a vigorous and rigorous imagination. All of what you ultimately accomplish originates in the fantasy realm. This will be especially crucial for you to keep in mind during 2025.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The “Mona Lisa” is a world-famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. Beneath its visible surface is evidence that the artist reworked it extensively. There are at least three earlier versions with different facial features. In one, the figure has eyebrows and is wearing hairpins and a headdress. These details were scrubbed out of the image that now hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris. I bring this to your attention, Aquarius, because I suspect you have been engaged in a comparable process as you have worked on your labor of love. In my reckoning, you’re finished with your false starts, practice runs and dress rehearsals. In the coming months, you can make excellent progress toward ripening and culminating your creation.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Ancient Greek literature references a drug called nepenthe. Anyone who ingested it would forget memories that stirred pain and sorrow. Many of us modern people might consider taking such medicine if it were available. But let’s imagine a very different potion: one that arouses vivid memories of all the wonderful experiences we have been blessed with. If there were such a thing, I would recommend that you sample it frequently in the months to come. That’s because your relationship with the good parts of your past will be especially useful and inspirational. In fact, drawing on their power will be instrumental in helping you create your best possible future.
Homework: Visualize yourself accomplishing a goal you would have thought impossible a year ago. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com
2025 is the year of transformation. All the outer planets change signs and form interesting – and supportive – configurations, making 2025 a year unlike anything we’ve seen before.
January 2025 kicks off the first of these significant transitions. The Lunar Nodes shift axis: the North Node moves from Aries into Pisces, and the South Node transitions from Libra into Virgo.
When the Lunar Nodes change signs, it’s a big deal for everyone. The Nodes spend approximately 18 months in a pair of signs, spotlighting the archetypal themes connected to those signs.
For example:
When the Lunar Nodes were in Gemini and Sagittarius (2020-2022), we experienced Covid and restrictions on movement, particularly international mobility (South Node in Sagittarius), and changes in how we navigate our daily lives (North Node in Gemini).
Then, in early 2022, the Lunar Nodes moved into Taurus and Scorpio, coinciding with energy and economic crises – key Taurus and Scorpio themes
In 2023, the Nodes shifted into Aries and Libra – the “Me” vs. “We” axis – bringing us wars, and a reshuffling of alliances and treaties
Now, the focus shifts again. The Pisces archetype takes center stage, amplifying the need for unity, compassion, while aiming to address unresolved issues from the past (South Node in Virgo).
Our collective journey will be about navigating the fine line between dreams and practicality.
Later in the month, the energy becomes distinctly Aquarian and Plutonic. The Sun, and then Mercury and the Moon join Pluto for a powerful conjunction. Expect revelations but also greater clarity about your future path and your role in society.
Let’s take a look at the most important transits of the month:
January 3rd, 2025 – Venus Enters Pisces
On January 3rd, 2025, Venus enters Pisces. Venus is exalted in Pisces, which means it feels at home in this compassionate and dreamy water sign.
Venus in Pisces is the proverbial mermaid, diving deep into the ocean of emotions and seeking union with something beyond the ordinary.
Whether that’s being seduced by your imagination, an old song that tugs at your heart, or a romantic dream, allow your heart to wander. It might take you to places you’ve never been before.
January 8th, 2025 – Mercury Enters Capricorn
On January 8th, 2025, Mercury finally leaves Sagittarius – hallelujah – and enters Capricorn. Raise your hand if you’ve had just about enough of Mercury in Sagittarius!
Not only was Mercury retrograde in the sign, but due to the current planetary setup, it was tangled in tense aspects with Jupiter in Gemini and Saturn in Pisces.
No more Mercury retrograde. No more Mercury in T-squares. It’s time to regain focus, recalibrate, and move forward.
In Capricorn, Mercury will form supportive aspects with planets in Pisces and Uranus in Taurus. This means our minds and inner realities will feel less chaotic and much more grounded than they’ve been over the past couple of months. Cheers to that!
January 11th, 2025 – North Node Enters Pisces, South Node Enters Virgo
On January 11th, 2025, the Lunar Nodes shift to the Virgo/Pisces axis. This marks a turning point, as our priorities realign – especially in those areas where our soul still has lessons to learn and unresolved matters to address.
The Lunar Nodes are tied to karma, so this shift signals developments connected to our soul’s purpose. Those lessons we will be exposed to will eventually help us clear away what no longer serves us, and move something towards more aligned and meaningful.
January 13th, 2025 – Full Moon In Cancer
On January 13th, 2025, we have a Full Moon at 24° Cancer. This is an intense Full Moon because it is conjunct Mars. When Cancer’s water meets Mars’ fire, we get ‘hot water.’ Feelings WILL run high!
On the positive side, this Full Moon will help you connect deeply with your most primal, honest emotions. Sometimes it’s hard to figure out how we truly feel – but not under this Full Moon. You’ll know exactly what’s in your heart.
A word of caution: just because you’ve gained clarity and feel fueled to take action doesn’t mean you should act impulsively a.k.a from your wounded self. You want to act from your higher, most authentic self.
January 19th, 2025 – Sun Enters Aquarius
On January 19th, 2025, the Sun enters Aquarius. Happy birthday to all Aquarians out there!
Aquarius season is when our inner visionary genius turns on. This is the season to think ahead, dream big, and come up with ideas that are not only inspiring but also give your life true meaning, beyond the day-to-day grind.
January 19th, 2025 – Venus Conjunct Saturn In Pisces
On January 19th, 2025, Venus is conjunct Saturn at 16° Pisces. This is a sobering aspect where Venus gets a reality check and is confronted with a hard truth, whatever that may be.
If she’s been a bit too dreamy or unrealistic (which is not too uncommon when in Pisces), Saturn will step in “hey – this is how things really are.”
This isn’t a bad transit per se. Capricorns out there will likely thrive because they’re so used to Saturn’s energy. Either way, it’s a good time to get clear about what truly matters to you and what kind of effort or commitment is needed to get there in practical terms.
January 21st, 2025 – Sun Conjunct Pluto
On January 21st, 2025, Sun is conjunct Pluto at 1° Aquarius.
Sun conjunct Pluto asks us to face the bare and naked truth: “Who are you, really?”. The bare and naked truth is rarely comfortable, because there is always a part of us that doesn’t quite live up to its full potential.
The good news is that this discomfort can ultimately push us to take action. The goal of Sun conjunct Pluto is to awaken us to our true power, to our true potential.
January 28th, 2025 – Mercury Enters Aquarius
On January 28th, 2025, Mercury enters Aquarius, one of its favorite signs. Aquarius is an Air sign, and Mercury thrives in air signs because Mercury and the Air element share similar qualities: communication, awareness, curiosity, and objectivity.
The upcoming weeks are perfect for activities that engage the intellect: learning, reading, solving problems by connecting the dots, social networking, or participating in group projects.
January 29th, 2025 – New Moon In Aquarius
On January 29th, 2025, we have a New Moon at 9° Aquarius.
This is a super Aquarius New Moon with four planets conjunct in the sign. Pluto, though at a reasonable distance (1° Aquarius), is still within conjunction orb, infusing the New Moon with transformative energy and depth.
This is a powerful time to set intentions that align with your higher ideals and long-term aspirations.
January 29th, 2025 – Mercury Conjunct Pluto In Aquarius
On January 29th, 2025, Mercury is conjunct Pluto at 1° Aquarius. As part of the New Moon in Aquarius narrative, Mercury conjunct Pluto sharpens our focus.
Our mind will be like “wait a minute” refusing to settle for superficial answers. Since this is Aquarius, the sign of the future, we will ask ourselves very important questions like, “What do I truly want my future to look like?”. And we will get very honest answers.
Thankfully, Mercury conjunct Pluto is an excellent problem solver, so it will help us cut through outdated thinking patterns and mental clutter, helping us see things clearly and focus on what truly matters.
January 31st, 2025 – Uranus Goes Direct
On January 31st, 2025, Uranus goes direct at 23° Taurus. This is the last leg of Uranus’ journey through Taurus. Soon, Uranus will depart the sign that has been its home for the past 7 years. Pay attention to the time (plus or minus 2 days) of the ingress.
What has this 7-year journey meant for you? How has the Taurus sector of your life been revolutionized by Uranus, and what does it mean for the greater, overarching story of your life?
