Thursday July 4, 2024
– Balsamic Moon Phase – release, transform, healing, forgiveness, prepare for the new
– Retrogrades in 2024 –
- Pluto – May 2 – October 12
- Saturn – June 30 – November 15
- Neptune – July 2 – December 7
– Moon in GEMINI –
– Best Days (from the Farmer’s Almanac) – July 4th – – Get Married, Mow to Slow Growth, Can Fruits and Vegetables, Brew Beer
– Planting Calendar (from the Farmer’s Almanac) – July 4th – 5th – Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. First day is a good day for transplanting. First day is also most fruitful day for planting root crops. Second day is most favorable for corn, cotton, okra, beans, peppers, eggplant, and other aboveground crops.
– Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: – 20 ARIES: a young girl feeding birds in winter
– Aspect of the Aeon Sophia: (Wisdom): – Kali – The Destroyer
– Aspect of the Aeon Thelete: (Will/Desire): Kathe, God of the South – Waves and Music
– Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month – New Moon in Gemini SUN/MOON – 17 GEMINI: the head of a robust youth changes into that of a mature thinker (EARTH – 17 SAGITTARIUS: an Easter sunrise service)
SUN – 13 CANCER: one hand slightly flexed with a very prominent thumb
EARTH – 13 CAPRICORN: a fire worshipper meditates on the ultimate reality of existence
I know it is cheesy, but I always think of the speech by the President in the movie Independence Day on Independence Day. It is short and to the point. Sets the stage for a fight against the worst foe that may be faced. To fail means the end of humanity. To not even try, means . . . the same. It points out that there is a reason to fight.
We need to ask ourselves how many of the fights we see going on reach this level of importance. And whether or not you are willing to fight the fight when face with the choice.
Just a few words for though on this 4th of July.
The President: Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in this history of mankind.
Mankind — that word should have new meaning for all of us today.
We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore.
We will be united in our common interests.
Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution — but from annihilation.
We’re fighting for our right to live, to exist.
And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice:
“We will not go quietly into the night!
We will not vanish without a fight!
We’re going to live on!
We’re going to survive!”
Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!