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NOVEMBER 2023

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What's Happening This Month

Finis Origine Pendet

The end depends upon the beginning.

----- NEW MOON -----

NOV 13 2023 

Sun conjunct Moon at

20.7 Scorprio

----- FULL MOON ------

NOV 27 2023  

Sun opposite Moon

g 27 Nov 2023  04:18  sun   180 moon

4.9 Gemini

- THE SUN & EARTH & MORE -

Every project, business, romantic relationship, or partnership has its own birth chart, and the Sun and Earth are the most crucial factors in that chart.

Red days are the most challenging. Green days are the most helpful. Yellow days need extra caution

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Every day can vary in its propensity for a successful outcome. Some days are better for love, and some are better for money, but of course, your own chart's transits are the most important. However, when you have great transits and also pick a great day to start something new, the magic happens!

November begins with optimism with the Sun and Jupiter in opposition. peaking November 2.

Nevertheless, there is a lot of fear since Saturn has been squaring off with Sedna and it does not help that the U.S.’s current administration was hatched on January 21, 2021, when the Sun and Saturn were closely entwined.

Instability and unpredictability plague Nov 9-13 with both Mars and Sun opposite Uranus.

There is hope for peace November 14-17 when Sun and peace-loving Neptune form a trine. There are other favorable trines to Neptune in both geo and helio involving Venus and Mars. This is a good time to place an emphasis on spiritual values, understanding, and make contributions to good health. Shopping and romance should have good results on these days.

The planetary eclipse of Sun and Mars that straddles Nov 16-19 with the earllier mentioned help of the Neptune trine enhances forthright and honest action.

Let’s hope an accord is achieved since during Nov 19 - 22 the ambitious Earth trine Pluto is accompanied by a T-square formed between Sun, Saturn, and Sedna, Illuminating greed, the morally corrupt and the unethical on the world stage.

This is followed by a fear cycle that undermines our faith in God peaking on the 25th- 29th of November when Earth and Saturn are in a turbulent alignment. On a more practical note since there is a simultaneous T-square between Saturn and the money planets, Midas and Ceres the week after thanksgiving might be the worst one for investments and to do your Christmas shopping.

November’s major patterns end with a quincunx between Sun and Jupiter also on the 29th, highlighting our ability to have faith in times of trouble and find ways to compromise and be forgiving.

Enjoy a more Magical Life

The monthly mosaic of planetary patterns above shows the good (or bad!) days in general for natalizing something of great importance. However, remember that the transits to your own chart are always the most important consideration.

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THOUGHTS & THINGS

Thou Shalt Not Steal

When viewing frequent videos of stores being ransacked by groups of young and gleeful thieves, I often wonder whatever happened to teaching children the 10 Commandments. They might not be some people’s cup of tea, but those Biblical admonishments offered a moral structure if they were drilled into their malleable brains at an early age.

EVIL

The word "evil" has cropped up in conversations several times this week.

The downright evil Hamas attacks on Israeli citizens October 7 bears out the comments about murderous Xanthus in last month’s Ephemera. The heightened deception of the T-Square that included Saturn -Juno- Sedna was also mentioned, and materialized as the false narrative surrounding the bombing of a Gaza hospital that triggered protests and burgeoning anti-semitism.

Yes, the Middle East is experiencing another cycle of unrest. Controversies raged during the Crusades when Richard the Lionhearted and Saladin pitted Christians against Muslims. The Jewish state of Israel, formed in 1948, and Palestinians, have been bickering before many of us were born.

We should never forget that many Western beliefs and laws grew from the ashes of those tortured and burned at the stake during the Spanish Inquisition.

WERE YOU BORN TO BE WILD?

It is not what is in your natal chart, but what you do with it that counts.

For example, the charts of drug users & drug counselors, criminals & parole officers, saints, and sinners, often possess points of similarity.

All our talents can be used for good or ill—we have a choice. We also have a choice to act only when there are good transits and to wait until tricky transits pass. 

WHAT'S IN THE WATER

While news outlets are drumming up business with constant coverage of the turmoil in the Middle East, sparking fears of nuclear solutions, little attention is given to more worrisome, hidden dangers. “Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) of Japan began preparations on the 30th for the third release of contaminated water from Fukushima’s No.1 nuclear power plant into the ocean. If all goes well, they plan to release 7800 tons over 17 days starting November 2nd.”

GIVE THANKS

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Thanksgiving is not celebrated everywhere in the world but it has become a much loved tradition in the United States. It is a time to reflect on our good fortune to be blessed by religious freedoms, as well as a meal on the table. This country became a place of safety for peoples of various faiths who suffered persecution for their faith.

While researching my Quaker and Protestant ancestors I became aware that many abandoned their homes and countries to rebuild in this new world because of oppression, discrimination, and intolerance.

In this troubling time when mindless evil and prejudice has again reared its ugly head, it seems appropriate to repost this article. Anyone who believes in a higher power is connected to the divine, even if the way they worship is different.

Thoughts of William Penn and Religious Freedom

This stamp commemorates William Penn purchasing the first tract of land of what eventually became Pennsylvania on July 15, 1682.

In November we celebrate Thanksgiving. Perhaps we should give special thanks for the freedoms we have thanks to people such as the peace-loving Quaker William Penn.

On November 28, 1984 William Penn, and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn, were made Honorary Citizens of the United States by President Ronald Reagan.

The Earth is applying to a conjunction with JUPITER on this first day of November so it is appropriate to speak of TOLERANCE, RELIGION,and LAW ruled by Jupiter.

The Gregorian Calendar

William Penn was born October 14, 1644, but because current calendars are different than those used in 1644 his chart must be created for October 24, 1644.

The Gregorian Calendar of modern times adds an extra day every 4 years (Leap Year) to be more closely aligned to the movement of the Earth around the Sun in 365 days.

Old Style or Julian Calendars were replaced with Gregorian Calendars at various times in countries across the world. In 1582 Spain and Portugal adopted the more accurate Gregorian Calendar but Great Britain and its possessions (including the British Colonies) did not adopt it until 1752.

For Old Style dates between 1582 and 1700 it is necessary to add 10 days to convert to Gregorian date format.

By 1923 all countries used the Gregorian Calendar, but there are still holdouts. The Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches, among others, still use the Old Style calendars so their religious holidays do not coincide with those of churches using modern calendars.

William Penn and His Chart

William Penn is known as the founder of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love.

Although he was from an influential family he was imprisoned in England several times for his religious beliefs. When one jury came back with a "not guilty" verdict the judge ordered the jurors to jail (without food or water) and imposed fines on them. This became a cause celebre thanks to William Penn and led to a change in British law that protected jurors.

William Penn managed to assume control of the vast lands that are now Pennsylvania and Delaware because of his family connections, but he used this power not to amass a fortune but to ensure that people had the right to enjoy religious freedom.

Many members of the Society of Friends emigrated to Pennsylvania and what is now Delaware. Other religious dissenters were welcomed who were persecuted in Great Britain for being non-Anglican or oppressed in other countries for their beliefs.During Penn's trips to Germany he persuaded groups of Amish and Lutherans to come to the new world where they could enjoy religious tolerance.

Wlliam Penn's chart shows the Sun in trine to Mars and quincunx Jupiter. He had great energy, executive ability and the desire to travel in mind, body and spirit.

Penn set an admirable example of industry for the citizens of the New World. He was imprisoned several times in England for his nonconformist convictions and died penniless, but left behind a legacy that promoted religious freedom and tolerance.

His ideals, and the example he set, were the foundation of the U.S. Constitution. It was Penn who introduced the concept of "amendments" so that a constitutional document could be fluid and change over time.

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NONCONFORMISTS & RESTRICTIVE LAWS

Religious freedom was important due to the strict attitudes of those in power of the time. In England, the Corporation Act of 1661 excluded from membership in town corporations all those who were not prepared to take the sacrament according to the rites of the Church of England .

The Test Act passed by Parliament in 1673 imposed the same test upon holders of civil or military office. Roman Catholics, Protestant Dissenters and followers of the Jewish faith were therefore excluded from public office. Religious groups including Unitarians, Wesleyan Methodists, Primitive Methodists and the Society of Friends campaigned for a change in the law.

Nonconformist was the name given to Protestants who were not members of the Church of England. This included Wesleyan Methodists, Primitive Methodists, Quakers, Baptists, Unitarians, Congregationalists, and members of the Salvation Army. These different groups of Nonconformists campaigned together against the harsh laws that were passed by British Parliament in the 17th century. Nonconformists were even prevented from being awarded degrees by the universities of Cambridge and Oxford.

Not until 1828 were both the Corporation and Test Acts repealed by Parliament. Roman Catholics were prevented from holding public office until the passing of the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829. Jewish emancipation took longer and was not fully achieved until 1890.

The Symbol of the Society of Friends

The Society of Friends were also known as Quakers and the Children of the Light. Quakers were known for their use of "thee" as an ordinary pronoun, plain dress, refusal to participate in war, refusal to swear oaths, opposition to slavery, and teetotalism. They were considered heretics because of their insistence on individual obedience to their own Inner Light and criticized for their lack of hierachy, their staunch belief in equal rights for men and women and their refusal to doff their hats to their "betters" because they believed that "all men were created equal."

ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL is a phrase in the Constitution of the United States. William Penn and the Quakers were a major influence on the ideology behind the birth of this country.

Cruel and Unusual Punishment of the 1600's

Here is just one story to illustrate the persecution of nonconformist religious sects in 17th century England.

Stop reading now if you are squeamish.

An itinerant Quaker preacher named James Naylor was charged with blasphemy, found guilty and cruelly punished in 1656.

A group of Quakers travelled in a procession through Glastonbury and Wells and entered Bristol.

Nayler went on horseback "while his companions sang hosannas and cast garments before him" in what many regarded as a blasphemous imitation of Christ's entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.

Many churches produce passion plays or reenactments of this kind in present day America and Europe. But in the 1600's this was considered unacceptable and offensive.

Although Nayler maintained it was a symbolic act, he was accused of impersonating Christ and claiming divine status. He and his followers were arrested and charged under the Blasphemy Act of 1650.

In December 1656, a majority declared him guilty of blasphemy and a fierce debate ensued regarding the extent of his punishment, with some MPs demanding that he should be stoned to death in accordance with the Old Testament penalty for blasphemy (Leviticus 24:16).

Despite Cromwell's call for leniency, Nayler was sentenced to be whipped through the streets, exposed in the pillory, have his tongue bored through with a red-hot iron and to have the letter "B" for blasphemer branded on his forehead.

He was then returned to Bristol and made to repeat his ride in reverse while facing the rear of his horse. Finally, he was taken back to London and committed to solitary confinement in Bridewell for an indefinite period." Source

Needless to say, Quakers and other Nonconformists had very good reasons to flee religious intolerance and persecution.

On Thanksgiving please take a moment to give thanks for the freedoms you enjoy, including the right to study astrology, because of people like William Penn.

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