I am finding it really interesting that Mars retrograde doesn’t necessary mean that the Martian anger turns inward or goes away. Perhaps it is the Leonine need for self-expression, planetary retrograde or not. I’m glad to note that other pro-astrologers have pointed this out: for example, astrobarry writes about waking up ‘enraged’, and Julie Demboski [...]
Archive for the ‘Anger’ Category
Mars retrograde in Leo: It’s clobberin’ time!
Posted in Anger, Annoyance, Astrology, Aversion, Ego, Responsibility, tagged Mars retrograde on 21 December 2009 | 2 Comments »
New Moon in my 1st house: Introducing Saturn (and Pluto) Girl
Posted in Anger, Astrology, Fear, Responsibility, tagged Mars retrograde, new moon, Pluto in Capricorn, Saturn-Pluto square, speech on 19 December 2009 | 6 Comments »
Mystic Medusa has been referring to Saturn Girl, a comic book character from the 1950s that was revived in the 1990s, as an archetype to model ourselves against as we learn the lessons of Saturn’s transit through Libra in the next two and the half years. I’m borrowing that reference today to address some [...]
Projection: Channelling by proxy
Posted in Anger, Annoyance, Awareness, tagged conversation, destiny, dignity, Mercury retrograde, projection, speech on 12 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More thoughts on being projected on. (Note: I am aware that this doesn’t absolve me from my own projections, but that’s not the subject of today’s topic).
I was musing the last time about MV reading deception into what, to me, are neutral requests or statements. There is no better time than while Mercury is [...]
Right speech
Posted in Anger, Buddhism, tagged speech, words on 30 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This post is about a year and a half late, but better late than never.
I struggle with Right Speech, and while I can never hope to speak always calmly and kindly, I was looking for a way to trigger a reminder to myself and catch the cycle out earlier whenever the urge to speak in [...]
Time to practise what I preach
Posted in Anger, Astrology, Awareness, Karma, Responsibility, tagged destiny, dignity on 23 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Reassessing what I value must include extending those values to others.
If there is anything Mercury in Gemini values, it is the power of words.
Negotiating with gremlins
Posted in Anger, Annoyance, Awareness, Thinking, tagged bullies, gremlins on 10 February 2009 | 2 Comments »
Why do we negotiate with gremlins?
This phrase popped into my head as I was trying to explain to a friend why I thought it was unhealthy to give all the bullies and bastards in our lives (and especially at work) so much power over our space and time that staying angry at them [...]
The algebra of apology, or thoughts on the Libra Full Moon
Posted in Anger, Astrology, Compassion, Practice, Responsibility, Suffering, tagged apology, Libra full moon, repetition compulsion on 20 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I meant to blog the second part of ‘Sex and Zen‘, but it will have to wait. Something more immediate has come up in the shadow of the full moon in Libra tomorrow (on the 20th or 21st of March, depending on which part of the world you live in).
Full moons bring issues to [...]
The lies we tell ourselves
Posted in Anger, Annoyance on 29 July 2007 | 3 Comments »
I had a meeting with my boss recently, details of which will, by necessity, remain sketchy. However, one of the things we did discuss was back pay (about 4 months worth) which has been owed to me for nearly two years. After two years of promising that something will be sorted out, nothing has. And [...]
The beginning and end of all things
Posted in Anger, Astrology, Fear on 13 May 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been on another anime kick, and spent the weekend watching Escaflowne. In it, there is a lesson the hero learns — calm the rage in your heart and the dragon won’t attack. Amazing how many life lessons can be learned from cartoons. That, I am learning, is a key lesson in Zen. The dragon, [...]
2006 — my year of karmic clearances
Posted in Anger, Awareness, Karma, Meditation, Responsibility, Suffering on 31 December 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I’d been thinking about how to recount some personal changes over the latter half of 2006, when it occurred to me that a new year’s reflection on the past year will be as good an opportunity as any.
2006 will be remembered by me as the year of karmic clearances. Possibly helped along by the last [...]
Hit and run
Posted in Anger, Practice on 14 June 2006 | Leave a Comment »
It’s depressing when your car gets hit, and even more depressing when the other driver drives off. Mine was hit on my way to my weekly meditation meeting, and the other driver drove off. Funnily enough I could feel the anger rising from the pit of my stomach but it didn’t rise above the diaphragm. [...]
