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Alfred Lord Tennyson, astrology, My Daily Astrology Diary, Sleeping Beauty, The Astro Essence, The Daily Word image

Illustration by W. E. F. Britten 1900 {{PD}}
You’re a beautiful dreamer today, and you can heal yourself; make sure that visualizations and daydreams show the ideal, the creative, and the values standards at their peak. What you ‘see’ may cause a needed modification to Self-expression, to commitments and priorities, and to original efforts, but it’s all for a good cause: the realization of a dream, the perfection of an ideal, or the manifestation of Love. Do take care that the desire for Love or asset betterment doesn’t fall prey to the deceptive or illusory–connect to the skills and the wounds, particularly the Chirotic ones, to know whether what’s presented is a positive answer, or just creates more misleading questions (Chiron trine and Uranus qnx Vesta, Venus sxt Neptune)

‘The Horse Rustler’ By William Herbert Dunton {{PD}}
Today’s word image is a cowboy.There are a great many things this image could convey, and if there are other more appropriate associations for you, that’s fine, but I’m thinking this: a cowboy is an individual leading a tough, mostly rootless, hand-to-mouth existence particular to Western North America, whose hardscrabble lifestyle has been wildly romanticized by those who greatly misunderstand it. Is there something (or someone) in your life you’re ignoring the down-and-dirty, very rough details of, romanticizing it to suit your own needs? Are you dressing up some role or activity of your own in a way that denies how hard it might actually be on you? Is romanticizing something a way for you to cope? And do you care if your image of something may be wildly off the mark in terms of the reality it recognizes (or ignores)?
Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’, illustrated by the drawing, top of the post.
Year after year unto her feet,
The while she slumbereth alone,
Over the purpled coverlet
The maiden’s jet black hair bath grown,
On either side her trancéd forth
Forth streaming from a braid of pearl;
The slumb’rous light is rich and warm,
And moves not on the rounded curl.
The silk star-braided coverlid
Unto her limbs itself doth mould
Languidly ever, and amid
Her full black ringlets downward roll’d
Glows forth each softly shadow’d arm,
With bracelets of the diamond bright;
Her constant beauty doth inform
Stillness with love and day with light.
She sleeps; her breathings are not heard
In palace chambers far apart;
The fragrant tresses are not stirred
That lie upon her charmed heart.
She sleeps; on either side upswells
The gold fringed pillow lightly prest;
She sleeps, nor dreams, but ever dwells
A perfect form in perfect rest.
Love the Word-Image! Thank you – Thank you – Thank you! Happy New Year Ms. Julie! Good Juju and a big hug to you – – 🙂
Thanks, Robin! Same to you, and a Happy New Year! xo
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I have to say thank you too,. I love your poetic and artistic touch. I am a British citizen living in north east Poland (a bit of a cowboy myself!) and deeply appreciate your choice of paintings and poetry. Happy New Year to you dear Julie.
Dear Judy, nice to ‘meet’ you! Thank you for your kind words–so glad you enjoy the blog! Living in a part of the world that is new to us is always an adventure; I wish you well on yours. Have a Very Happy New Year, and a wonderful 2018!
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Wish you still wrote the “You Born Today” posts, those were wonderful.
Converting the Asyroessence for today to a birthday I terpretation though.
Thank you for all your good work
Hi Melissa, ‘Born Today’ was very popular, but like all who need to earn a living, I had to make choices about how to use my time. For those who want a real and highly personalized glimpse into their year ahead, they can order a ‘Born Today’ Report that is keyed to their Solar Return as it relates to their birth chart, making it very specific to and useful for the individual.
Happy Birthday, and Thank you, Melissa.
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