Radical Reprise: New Year’s Quotes for the Signs

Aries ~ New Year's Day is every man's birthday. ~Charles Lamb

Taurus ~ Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account. ~Oscar Wilde

Gemini ~ May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions. ~Joey Adams

Cancer ~ It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets. ~William Thomas

Leo ~ Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time. ~Jean Paul Richter

Virgo ~ People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas. ~Author Unknown

Bonus for All Signs: A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.

Libra ~ The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears. ~W.H. Auden

Scorpio ~ New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back positive. ~Jay Leno

Sagittarius ~ New Year's Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. ~Mark Twain

Capricorn ~ Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year. ~Charles Lamb

Aquarius ~ Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. ~Oprah Winfrey

Pisces ~ Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits. ~Author Unknown

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Quotes for the Planets #2: Rumi Has It

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While looking for the next Quotes for the Planets, I stumbled on a Rumi quotation site, and I didn’t have to go further to find a quote for every planet.

Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī lived 30-September 1207 to 17 December 1273. [1] He was a Persian poet, theologian, and Sufi mystic. [2] Here’s a place to sample some of his Love and Ecstasy Poems with beautiful visuals to match. There are Rumi sites all over the Internet (just jump on any search engine), and even though he is long gone, he has his own Facebook page. Last I heard, he’s the best selling poet in the United States. Here are some of the things he said in his lifetime that strike me as profoundly planetary. [3]

Sun - “Shine like the whole universe is yours.” ~ Rumi

Moon - “Moonlight floods the whole sky from horizon to horizon; How much it can fill your room depends on its windows.” ~ Rumi, Essential Rumi
 

Mercury - “There is a way between voice and presence, where information flows. In disciplined silence it opens; with wandering talk it closes.” ~ Rumi

Venus – “You think because you understand 'one' you must also understand 'two', because one and one make two. But you must also understand 'and'.” ~ Rumi

Mars – “Forget safety.
Live where you fear to live.
Destroy your reputation.
Be notorious.” ~ Rumi
 

Jupiter – “You are the Truth from foot to brow. Now, what else would you like to know?”  ~ Rumi

Saturn – “Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are.” ~ Rumi

Chiron – “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ~ Rumi

Uranus – “Speak a new language
so that the world
will be a new world.” ~ Rumi

Neptune – “I, you, he, she, we
In the garden of mystic lovers,
these are not true distinctions.” ~ Rumi

Pluto - “...the way you make love is the way God will be with you.” ~ Rumi

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Notes:

1. Rumi’s Chart. According to AstroDataBank, Rumi’s birth date is in question, but the emphasis of a Neptunized Sun/Moon in Libra and the placement of Venus/Mars in Scorpio makes sense to me. So does Chiron in Gemini trine Venus (out of sign); Rumi’s words so heal the heart.

2. Wikipedia, Rumi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi

3. Even though these are all Rumi quotes, I've kept the attribution at the end of each one to make it easy to identify the source when copying specific quotes.

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Quotes for the Planets #1

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We’ve had a lot of fun over the past few years with eight posts on Quotes for the Signs. I thought I’d mix it up a little and try some Quotes for the Planets. Don’t let the cartoon and short-but-sweet nature of these gems fool you. They’re profound. Enjoy!

Sun – Look
What happens
With a love like that,
It lights the whole sky.”

~ Hafez

Moon - Language exerts hidden power, like the Moon on the tides.
 

~ Rita Mae Brown
 

Mercury - There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than a man talking to himself or a woman standing dreaming at her stove. It is as if another planet is communicating with you.
 

~ Jean Baudrilllard

Venus – Venus favors the bold. 

~ Obid

Mars – Anger is a short madness.  

 ~ Horace
 

Jupiter – For me, exploration is about that journey to the interior, into your own heart. I'm always wondering, how will I act at my moment of truth? Will I rise up and do what's right, even if every fiber of my being is telling me otherwise?

~ Anne Bancroft
 

Saturn – And this is one of the major questions of our lives: how we keep boundaries, what permission we have to cross boundaries, and how we do so. 

 ~ A. B. Yehoshua
 

Chiron – You are all things. Denying, rejecting, judging or hiding from any aspect of your total being creates pain and results in a lack of wholeness. 

~ Joy Page

 

Uranus – Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more. 

~ Oscar Wilde
 

Neptune – We each have a sixth sense that is attuned to the oneness dimension in life, providing a means for us to guide our lives in accord with our ideas. 

~ Henry Reed
 

Pluto - Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection. 

~ Arthur Schopenhauer
 

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Famous Quotes About Astrology

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With The Radical Virgo on occasional post status, I’ll be digging into my files to finish and share a number of articles and goodies from my Round Tuit folder. Here’s one of them.  While I usually do Quotes for the Signs, I find these Quotes about Astrology to be inspiring, reflecting how many well-known voices speak out in support of Looking Up for guidance. These quotes are handy reference points when talking with people who are new to astrology or skeptical about it. ~ Joyce

There shall be signs in the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars. ~Jesus Christ

Astrology is assured of recognition from psychology, without further restrictions, because astrology represents the summation of all the psychological knowledge of antiquity. ~C.G. Jung

A physician without a knowledge of astrology has no right to call himself a physician ... There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy. ~Hippocrates

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm. ~ Kurt Vonnegut
 

I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical. ~Arthur C. Clarke

We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more. ~Carl Jung

Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer. ~John Pierpont Morgan

The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it. ~Will Rogers, The Autobiography of Will Rogers

Learning astrology is like learning any foreign language. You already have the ideas, concepts, and experiences of your life within you; you are just learning a new language for what you are already experiencing. ~Barbara Goldsmith, Astrology Made Easy

Astrology is like a weather report; it tells you what conditions you're likely to face in the future. If the weatherman says it's probably going to rain, you bring an umbrella. If you follow that advice, you won't get wet. ~Lee Goldberg, Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu

An Astronomer who denies Astrology, is like a butcher who recognizes the brain but is unaware of its transmission of waves. ~Ahmed Hulusi, From Friend to Friend

A child is born on that day and at that hour when the celestial rays are in mathematical harmony with his individual karma.  ~Sri Yukteswar

All anyone can see in a birthchart are tendencies that will become facts if he does not do something to alter them.  ~Isabel Hickey

Astrology is just a finger pointing at reality.  ~Steven Forrest

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St. Patrick’s Day Quotes for the Signs

Here’s a little combined wisdom and blarney for the whole Tribe of Twelve! This time, Pisces gets a pair from my Mercury in Libra that can’t choose between equal goodies.

A toast with green beer to all,
Joyce


Aries ~ Irish Blessing: May you live to be a hundred years, with one extra year to repent.

Taurus ~ May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light. May good luck pursue you each morning and night.

Gemini ~ Irish Proverb: It is not a secret if it is known by three people.

Cancer ~ Walls for the wind,

And a roof for the rain,

And drinks beside the fire -

Laughter to cheer you

And those you love near you,

And all that your heart may desire!


Leo ~ In order to find his equal, an Irishman is forced to talk to God. ~ Stephen Braveheart

Virgo ~ Never iron a four-leaf clover, because you don't want to press your luck. ~Author Unknown

Bonus for All Signs: There are only two kinds of people in the world, The Irish and those who wish they were.

Libra ~ Irish Proverb: Two shorten the road.

Scorpio ~ Irish Toast: May you die in bed at ninety-five years, shot by a jealous husband (or wife).

Sagittarius ~ If you're enough lucky to be Irish, you're lucky enough! ~Irish Saying

Capricorn ~ Irish Toast: It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money!

Aquarius ~ May the Lord keep you in His hand and never close His fist too tight.

Pisces ~ An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass to keep from falling off the earth. ~Irish Saying

Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers. ~Author Unknown

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More Quotes for the Signs. Quotes for the Signs #1, Quotes #2, Quotes #3, and Quotes #4. Don't forget Auntie Joyce’s Astro-Aphorisms.

Week #4 Comment Contest Winner is Sarah Green  of Boston, MA, who commented on the post, Where Does Your Love Live? Sarah won a mini-reading with Joyce.

Thanks to all of you who have played! I love an interactive blog, and I hope you had so much fun, you’ll be back often. The real prize is the new people you’ll meet, ideas you’ll share, and tips you’ll find on using astrology as a tool for full-tilt living.

Valentine’s Quotes for the Signs

The Quotes for the Signs feature seems to have taken on a life of its own. It’s out of control, like H.A.L. the computer in "2001, A Space Odyssey." Quotes insists on celebrating everything! Virgo has two quotes because my Mercury in Libra just could not choose between equal greats. (This is The Radical Virgo,  so I figured  the extra one is for the blog.) Much love to you on this hearty holiday and every day!

~ Joyce


Aries ~ You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip. ~Jonathan Carroll, "Outside the Dog Museum"

Taurus ~ What I need to live has been given to me by the earth. Why I need to live has been given to me by you. ~Author Unknown

Gemini ~ Love - a wildly misunderstood although highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens the brain, causes eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker. ~Author Unknown

Cancer ~ A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it. ~Frank A. Clark

Leo ~ I need the starshine of your heavenly eyes/ After the day's great sun. ~Charles Hanson Towne

Virgo ~ Ah me! love cannot be cured by herbs. ~Ovid

The eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. ~Margaret Atwood

Bonus for All Signs: Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat. ~Ben Hecht

Libra ~ Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand, and Stars, 1939

Scorpio ~ If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? ~Author Unknown

Sagittarius ~ Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly. ~Rose Franken

Capricorn ~ Grow old with me! The best is yet to be. ~Robert Browning

Aquarius ~ We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love. ~Author Unknown

Pisces ~ When love is not madness, it is not love. ~Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Bonus for Lunar Types: Love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun. ~Armistead Maupin, Maybe the Moon

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