Forecast for Saturday 03/19/11

Remember, the Cosmic Salamander will be opening late today and tomorrow. Spring Equinox Ritual tomorrow. Full Moon today! Fasten your seat belts.

Today's Tarot Card is the Ten of Wands. Heavy burdens are carried today and there is no rest for the weary.

The Full Moon is at 2:10 PM EDT in 28Virgo48, an earth sign. This is not good for the strongest Full Moon of a decade. There will be very high and low tides and a lot of beach erosion. Let's just hope it stops there. This would be a really, really bad day for a Tsunami.

The Moon is Void of Course from 2:20 PM to 4:03 PM EDT, and that is not good either! Then she enters Libra where she is more concerned with appearances than substance, balance than actual justice or fairness.
In the middle of that period is an aspect to Neptune that is makes things really fuzzy and deceptive and it is to an earth moon which is again, not a good thing.
Later in the after there is an Uranus Aspect of an air moon to fire which just fans the flames of sudden upsets. And the day ends with lessons, wounded teachers and no fairness in sight.
Okay, maybe I will just stay home under the bed today.

Be prepared. Stay safe. That is all I can say. May your gods be with you.

Forecast for Friday, 03/18/11

2 Lemon tomatoes & 1 Sweet 100

The Salamander will be opening late all weekend and that includes Friday. We have loads of stuff to take care of this weekend. We will be back next week and there will even some sales and great deals as I close out lines of books (health and well being) that we simply are no longer going to carry. The non-magickal and non mineral items will have to go so expect parking lot sales...we don't have a sidewalk......
 There comes a time when one realises one's children are not going to turn out to be what you expected. In my case it coincides with the vow not to lose the plant tags. After waiting over a week for the tomato in the picture to turn red I began to faintly recall that I purchased a Lemon Tomato at Lowes. When I cut them up for our salad tonight, there was obviously no way it was ever turning red. They taste just like a red one to me. However, the bush doesn't bear as heavily as other varieties I have here.
Last night I knew I had to go out to a business meeting today and my hands are stained very purple from the mulberry picking everyday. I got it off my skin but my nails remained a dirty color so, I painted my finger nails purple. I guess I will have to be Goth until the mulberry season is over.

Today's Tarot Card is the Knight of Wands reversed. Friendships and other relationships are not going well today.

A really quick way to start an argument this weekend is to tell someone what they can't do.

You awaken early with plans to make sweeping changes and then reality sets in by mid morning.  You are aggravated about money. People are flying off the handle right and left and by night, you are ready to blow. Just don't direct your anger inward or you may have massive digestive problems.

The unfolding drama in Miami is a never ending laugh fest. The recalled by 88% of the voters Mayor, as of last night, saw absolutely no mistakes he had made and is positive he was absolutely right in all his decisions.
Well, let me try a little reality here.
You don't cut everyone's pay and raise your staff's pay indecently. People have been tarred and feathered for similar offenses. We just can't afford tar with the price of oil. Maybe some of our friends on the Gulf Coast can fix us a care package.
You don't cut fire and police services in a city with a high crime rate where people are afraid not only of the criminals next door but the cops themselves.
You don't raise taxes to pay for a multi-million dollar stadium for a bunch of private billionaire owners who could pay for it out of their petty cash box.
Shall I go on?
It's too bad we don't have a wealthy, fed up person in Broward to start a recall but as one activist put it today. A recall is not a grassroots thing. It is a millionaire's game. Is that not a sad commentary on our government for purchase?
The odd thing is that when the "silent majority" is sitting on their lawn screaming, they still think they have a mandate from the "silent majority". Ladies and gentlemen, I fear the "silent majority" you answer to is just the voices in your head.

Forecast for Thursday, March 17, 2011

Happy Leprecaun Day!
Oh come on, I'm a Druid. Did you really expect me to say that other guy's name. We honor our greedy little altitude challenged friends and I'm not talking about old Ross.

Today's Tarot Card is the Four of Cups reversed. You are starting to feel like you are the only one in this relationsbip. Perhaps you should either find out what is wrong or hit the road.

The Moon is Void of Course from 3:58 PM  to 4:53 PM EDT when she enters Virgo and we go into a cleaning frenzy. Considering the Spring Equinox or first day of spring is coming up this weekend, maybe that is a good thing.
The morning has you just plain annoyed and no idea why. It may be with yourself as every fault and failure is magnified. By afternoon, nothing is clear and unpleasant surprises abound. Teachers are particularly hard hit tonight.

I discovered today that the piece of crystal I have been holding onto for dear life lately is a sunken record keeper with two sunken sites! It also has a second crystal intercepting or exiting it. I am going to meditate with it alot!

The Cosmic Salamander will be opening late on Saturday as we have a few errands to do and I won't be around for readings. Sunday is the Spring Equinox and there will be an evening ritual. However, if the wind is up, because of the dryness of everything, we may not have a fire. Things are bone dry around here.

Forecast for Wednesday, 03/16/11

You really don't need to be fancy for spell work.
This was on my bed, using my spell box, laptop
cover and a plate with candles. That is my need.

It has been a busy day. I started out by taking some garden photos. Don't bother looking, I never had time to upload them which made the Fae angry and they hid my sales book and pen. They returned the pen but not the sales book so I have been keeping track of sales in a notebook and swearing under my breath,. Tomorrow it will probably be sitting on my chair when I get in or else. I have to have that by the 31st to do the state income tax.

Anyway, I applaud the people of the City of Miami for having the guts and intelligence to recall Mayor Alvarez and I hope it puts the rest of the piggies at the pubic trough on notice that they are next. We need our teachers, firemen and cops. Politician, well face it, no one has ever really come up with a need for them except entertainment value and more people have cable or satellite so...off with you.

We send our sympathies to SD, USA as they laid off 1/3 their teachers today. And speaking of that, remember when I asked if I need to practice my :Yess Massas....well that wasn't a racial comment, it was a statement of the value of the American worker and wondered exactly what kind of industry our Goobernor was trying to attract to Florida right after he slashed education from kindergarten to college to pieces. Well, the answer was in today's newspaper if anyone bothers to read the financial section.

Two investors have spent millions in this depressed market to buy up all the Mom and Pop hotels and stores behind the big ones on the beach and intercoastal for the purpose of putting a hotel/entertainment/shopping complex there. For those of you who don't fully understand these complexes, the people working in them barely, if they do, make minimum wage. So folks, if you wants a job in Ft. Lauderdale, better be practicing those yess massa's 'cause it is the only type of job you will getting. Then again, if you are planning on graduating in the next 5 years, you probably can barely read and write and can't do math so it is all you will be qualified to do. Okay now, first you dip the mop in the soapy water.....

Trust me friends, they have a plan and you are not going to like it.

Oh and by the way, politicians are optional in this plan because you already passed the laws giving them the right to randomly condemn and seize any property that the owner refuses to sell for "redevelopment". :)

Today's Tarot Card is the Seven of Pentacles which provides a steady income if just a trickle.

Aggravation about changes that just aren't happening have you tossing and turning all night. Mid morning, good financial news has everyone talking and by evening planning how to get around limitations, rules and laws and all the things that have been holding you back. Not having enough energy keeps you home from social events and really upsets you. Since the cosmic energies were going down hill, you are better off at home where you can't shoot yourself in the foot.

Napoleon loves mulberries in his yogurt. I don't have the heart to tell him that the tree only bears so long.

Tokyo was hit with, I think, 3 earthquakes today. These were not aftershocks. The Nuclear Power plants are in meltdown mode with no way to save most of them. The volcano's dome is building fast and may explode at any time. To say things are bad is an understatement. My heart goes out to these poor people.

All of this is going to impact not only the world economy, but physically, the entire Pacific Rim. You can't just slide a plate and expect nothing to happen elsewhere. Please everyone, get in a supply of water and food and keep your vehicle full or charged. Here in Florida, we know how to hunker down and whether weeks without power. We buy generators. Just about every house in my neighborhood has one or more. Think about making the investment. If it just runs your refrigerator and you need to keep your medication cool, it will save your life. Remember you will need gas or propane to run and have a supply ready. If you can get a big enough solar panel and you get enough sunlight, that works even better. Stay safe but be prepared.

Forecast for Tuesday, March 15, 2011

No math today. I am too tired. This weekend really wore me out though it was worth it.

Today's Tarot Card is the King of Cups reversed and the Two of Pentacles reversed. A well meaning woman shows you how to streamline your income into one source and stop juggling finances.

The Moon is Void of Course from 6:05 AM to 3:33 PM EDT and that pretty much blows the whole day. You awaken feeling really good about things but by afternoon, you are feel jittery for no appearent reason.
The Moon enters Leo at 3:33 PM EDT and all the world becomes a stage with everyone seeking their minute of fame. A pleasant surprise is headed your way.
By evening, the jittery feeling returns at double volume and you are not feeling social. Why not just relax at home?
A major aspect lasting a couple days brings rapid financial news that is not all bad. Unfortunately the same aspect causes people to prattle on forever.....

As I said, I am feeling really exhausted and I have lost my voice so I am calling it an early night.

Forecast for Monday, 03/14/11

Everyone really needs to learn math. First off, without math, you can't calculate how many time Napoleon really ate today. I had to tell him he was putting on a little weight. Goddess, the look I got!
However, where I was really going before Napoleon derailed was where our dear Goobenor who may think he is Napoleon is going with his math or lack there of. Not even the reporter for the Sun Sentinel who wrote an excellent article got it right, so let me explain the basics.
First off, I want you to promise you will not scream and jump away from the computer because we are going to use percentages. Percentages are your friend and since they always involve multiplying and dividing by 10 or 100, they are really, really easy.
Now, the new home and business insurance proposal looks like this. Citizen's Insurance is going to be allowed to raise rates across the board 25%. That is 1/4 of your current bill added to your current bill. BUT, there is another provision in the proposal that says if another company can provide you with insurance at a maximum of 25% more in cost that Citizens can, you must take that policy. So, now pay close attention, your actual insurance bill may rise not 25% but around to 50%.
You see, Citizens has already raised the rate by 25% and you are required to take any policy that costs 25% more than that....so, your 100.00 policy now costs 125.00 and you must take any policy between that and 157.25 cents.  Just take your current policy and divide 100 and then multiply bu 157.25 and you will have your new rate. Are you having fun yet?
Now, here comes the impossible math part and I mean impossible because it just isn't possible. This increase is supposed to be offset by a 10% reduction in your property taxes. Considering my property tax bill equals my insurance bill, that is impossible and adding to the impossibility, only small amount of my property tax bill is controlled by the State, the rest is controlled by the County or City you live in, so you aren't getting an across the board 10% reduction. What ever you do, don't let this man do your income tax. You will wind up in jail!

Now for the forecast which is always mathematically possible.

Today's Tarot Card is the Death Reversed. Do not panic. This means that there is no change in the way people are thinking.

A major Mars aspect lasting around a week, has people really digging in with their views about restrictions, laws, fairness and bargaining. No one is willing to give an inch. A Venus aspect also hitting Saturn for the week has people of like values and mind banding together.

Too many thoughts made it hard to sleep. Bad financial news arrives early in the morning. By afternoon, you really do not feel like socializing and tempers flare about what is happening to home and family. This will lead to action but since both Mars and the Moon are in water signs, it will tend to be a lot of yelling but no violence.

As I write, George is telling me that Japan has been hit with another, smaller Tsunami and the news reports the volcano is erupting. I don't know how much more that country can take. One thing is certain, the maps will have to be redrawn because a lot of land is now under water and probably will remain that way. The coast is simply washed out to sea. Before anyone breaths easily, keep in mind that what happens at that end of the Pacific Rim is connected to our west coast and South and Central America and Hawaii. The Storm Moon has not yet arrived. Things can get worse and seem to be. We may not be in clear. We may just have seen our future.

Meanwhile, because I am physically sensitive to volcanic eruptions and earth quakes, I am barely sleeping even with my medication. Napoleon is trying to keep me company but my thrashing around is proving to be almost too much for the baby. Josephina is really upset I keep waking her up and Fionna is really gaining weight as she keep talking me out of treats on every trip to straighten the cramps in my legs and feet. Even in the catdom, someone always profits from the disaster.

Forecast for Sunday, March 13, 2011

This is called the Wheel of the Year or the Zodiac Spread

Goddess, what a WEEK! First the revolution in Wisconsin, Libya and Egypt strikes and the US press does a news blackout on Wisconsin. An earthquake in China and New Zealand, Floods in Australia, the eruption in Hawaii and collapse of the crater on one side and then eclipsing it all, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
Having seen the unedited footage of the tsunami on Utube, I am beyond shaken and you know this old Druid is pretty jaded. When the photographer pans around, at first I thought I was seeing a cloud bank moving in until I realised I was looking at the second tsunami and it was a wall of water eating the first one. As you watch this thing come ashore taking houses, cars, trains, even the very soil in its path and smashing it to pieces and against others, it is easy to forget, there are people in those cars, houses, trains.... It was moving at 300 MPH, they had no warning. It was simply there. Any devastation the GOP and Tea Party may think themselves capable of, Mother Nature just proved she holds all the cards. I suggest we not make her any madder as the real Full Moon when she is closest to earth, the Strongest Moon of the Year, doesn't happen until the 19th. Fasten your seat belts kiddies, the ride is about to get really rough.

Today's Tarot Card is the Four of Swords. You have shored up your defences and you think you are safe to rest, but you defenses may be the very thing used against you.

Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 AM and I should manage to get used to it sometime in November.

The Moon is Void of Course from 9:10 AM to 10:29 AM EDT when she enters Cancer, a water sign, and we begin to nest, look to family and friends and generally retreat from the the world.
You are very intuitive this morning, but what you intuit may not make other happy and arguments can ensue. As Mercury squares Pluto for a couple of days, harsh words are normal and those in power are losing it in more than one way. In their desire for more power, they will accidentally with the utmost of hubris, reveal exactly what their plans are. It won't be pleasant.
Teachers get a show of support but unfortunately, no change as things continue to slide downhill in a hand basket at top speed.

Now pay close attention to the old Crone for a minute. This weeks' events have given you a viable demonstration that it doesn't matter how much power, wealth, security or protection you think you have, you can lose everything in the snap of the fingers.  The Koch brothers could have been sitting in their multimillion dollar beach house, with an army of hired thugs directing the decimation of the middle class getting the best medical care in the world and they would have been just so much meat a second later when that tsunami hit. A tornado can decimate any building. A flood will drown you. An earthquake can swallow you. A volcano, well, I don't even want to think about what one of them can do when it blows but we have no bombs that can hold a candle to that display. Shakespeare said, "Hell hath no fury as a woman spurned." Mother Earth is a woman and she likes her children to play fair. Remember that.

And lastly I would like to say this weekend has proved one thing to me: I HAVE THE GREATEST CUSTOMERS IN THE WORLD! THANK YOU EVERYONE!