After some mulling (but not too much!), I have slashed my Facebook ‘Friends’ list down from over 120 to 99. All my mercurial planets insist that communications count (Sun, Merc in Gemini in 6th house), and count seriously (Saturn in Gemini conjunct Sun and Merc, and Pluto in Virgo).
Archive for the ‘Annoyance’ Category
Pruning
Posted in Annoyance, Anxiety, Astrology, tagged communication, repetition compulsion on 15 July 2009 | 6 Comments »
Not playing the ‘Who’s the bigger victim?’ game
Posted in Annoyance, Aversion, Thinking, tagged emotional vampires on 13 July 2009 | 6 Comments »
One of the types of people that feed off my energy and whom I am slowly weaning off are the ones who play what I like to call the ‘Who’s the bigger victim?’ game. These are the people that appear to connect with you quickly from the start by sharing their problems. Because of [...]
Lunar eclipse conjunct Mars: Lights go out
Posted in Annoyance, Astrology, tagged lunar eclipse, Mars in Cancer on 9 July 2009 | 4 Comments »
The recent Capricorn lunar eclipse didn’t seem to have affected me in a dramatic way, but more subtly. The eclipse occurred a few degrees away from my Mars and I know I woke up on the day feeling like my fire had been put out. I was fortunate enough to take [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Walking the dotted line: Thoughts on Mercury retrograding in Aquarius at the Cancer Full Moon
Posted in Annoyance, Astrology, Aversion, Thinking, tagged boundaries, passive aggression on 16 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
[Cross-posted on my Mercury Retrograde blog.]
Elsa P.’s blog on the Saturn-Uranus opposition and boundary issues prompted me to post a comment there, and to address the blast from the past I’d previously repressed.
This is what I wrote:
Very insightful as usual, Elsa! Thank you!
Funnily enough I have my IC/MC on the axis of 19+ [...]
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 [...]
Taking the bait
Posted in Annoyance, Ego, Karma, Meditation, Practice, Sangha on 1 June 2007 | Leave a Comment »
‘Can we resist taking the bait?’ was a question posed in a discussion group on Zen practice that I participate in. How many times do we take the bait when we can see not just the worm but the hook, line and angler? In my case, sometimes my mind gets in the way, and it [...]
