@nelysthealchemist I don’t have a “panic feeling” - I’m totally zen
full disclosure though that’s what I’m getting in everything so it might be time to cut back on the nightly edible for sleep. Will gladly take anyone else’s intuition on this but I’m completely calm about this. If one or both don’t pass we’ll see new forms of them again.
@nelysthealchemist I don’t have a “panic feeling” - I’m totally zen
full disclosure though that’s what I’m getting in everything so it might be time to cut back on the nightly edible for sleep. Will gladly take anyone else’s intuition on this but I’m completely calm about this. If one or both don’t pass we’ll see new forms of them again.
@nelysthealchemist I'm a life-long news junkie, but I stopped watching or reading news. It's just too much. I think we're reaching peak insanity, macro and micro. So if it's possible, try to limit the news intake.
Lately my attitude is "lo que Dios quiera." That's a Spanish phrase that literally means "what God wants," but it's closer to "cie la vie" or "whatever" (eye roll included). Cubans say it when you basically feel like it's out of your hands and well, let's see what the Creator can do about it cause we're flat out of ideas. It's said with both humor and resignation.
There is a coming storm, but whatever the outcome, we still have to live our lives. My parents lived under a dictatorship and later exile and poverty but they still found joy at times.
It may take years for this insanity to sort itself out (heck, it's BEEN years already) but in the meantime we have to find what joy we can. Time slips through our fingers while we wait for things to become normal again. Let's take back our time.
This is the feeling I'm getting now and I feel moved to share it with you.
@nelysthealchemist Reading about your baby brings me joy. Your baby will be a light in this world.
Like @dannyboy I’m feeling calm about this week. I’m paying attention, but not immersing myself in the news. Somehow, I’ve distanced myself from the sturm und drang of the legislative process. My rational self thinks it’s a pretty long shot that all these bills get passed by the Senate, yet, my intuitive self says things may not be as dark as they seem. I see the strain on Pelosi’s face and know she’s under tremendous pressure and think we should send her light and strength. We should do that for all the members of Congress, that they be surrounded by higher powers.
I love that song as well. So powerful. & oh my gosh, in that video he looks soooooo YOUNG!!!
There are so songs of his I love, many that are filled with Spirit, but Anthem always brings me to (joyful) tears because my late husband sent me a message through Josh's rendition of it. My husband, Larry, who was a musician, knew how much I loved Josh, and once sent me flowers at work on my birthday and the card said, "From Josh." My boss said, WHO IS JOSH!!! Larry was a jazz drummer and although he heard Josh's power, and said "Never heard anyone 'own' a song the way Josh does."I was the one who loved his music, but Lar loved me loving Josh's music. Early on, when Josh was in Chess on Broadway, Larry knew how much I loved the song, but this was waaaay before the CD Stages. When Larry passed in January 2014 I found I couldn't—oddly enough—listen to my Josh CDs. I had expected them to bring me comfort, but I just couldn't listen. Then, one Sunday at a little spiritual center I have been a part of for nearly 40 years, I received a "message." The message was "Larry will be contacting you through music, listen for the violins." Hmmm," I thought, "violins, OK, not one of Larry's compositions!" Now I had already had clear indication of Larry's presence, and he pops in now and then all these years later as well, but I found the message intriguing since the woman who gave it to me didn't know Larry particularly, certainly not his music. She was also a very accurate intuitive so I trusted the message--even though violins made absolutely no sense to me. When nothing happened in the next few weeks I let it go—sometimes messages from Spirit make sense and sometimes they don't. 'tis life. Anyway, about six months after the message (and not yet a year since his passing) I was looking something up online and out of the blue Josh's video of Anthem popped up on my screen. Of course I listened. The bridge in that song is violins. The line directly after the violins is "I've crossed over borders but I'm still there now." I burst into tears. This of course, was the message. Larry knew how much I loved that song and it had not been recorded before his passing. I was able to listen to Josh again after that, because I finally really wept. Knowing about Spirit and being an intuitive medium doesn't mean we get a pass on grief. We all work through such things in our own way. I thought I was doing just fine, and then, thanks to Josh and Larry, I finally truly wept. Here's to all of us communicating with love, across borders, whatever kind of borders there are. ❤️ Karrie
Merc Retro isn't always bad. I am not an astrologer but I have been super aware of Merc Retro for decades. I finally realized that it can actually be quite positive if one is trying to rectify something from the past or reclaim an emotion or behavior. I have been contemplating the idea that Biden's bills will correct many wrongs so perhaps this Merc Rstro will actually help not hinder the Biden agenda . As my husband used to say, "It could happen." ?
Seems everyone got caught up on a song dream and no one answered you.
I feel that the Dems continue to "misunderestimate" the fascism that continues to creep to the forefront. I think that everything is a mess - Progressive Dems are not uniting with the rest of the party to get the Biden agenda passed, in fact they are resisting.
I think McConnell et al will succeed in shutting down the government yet again, however I do not think it will backfire, I think the MAGAt base will think this is great and no blame will be had.
Over here on the Left, however, I'm certain we will blame the Democrats for continuing to act as if nothing has changed (or what I call "Bringing their NPR tote bags to the gun fight), and for allowing this to happen, further dimming any hopes for a better future here for a very long time (I also suspect I will not be alive to see things get better).
Merc Retro isn't always bad. I am not an astrologer but I have been super aware of Merc Retro for decades. I finally realized that it can actually be quite positive if one is trying to rectify something from the past or reclaim an emotion or behavior. I have been contemplating the idea that Biden's bills will correct many wrongs so perhaps this Merc Retro will actually help not hinder the Biden agenda . As my husband used to say, "It could happen." ?
Well, the retro is in Libra, the sign of balance, and its direct station trines Saturn's (planet of justice, lessons, and karma) in Aquarius (sign of the people), so....maybe so. On the other hand, I also remember that air signs are generally notorious for 1) not being able to make a decision, 2) waffling once they make it, and 3) being fickle about sticking to that decision. ?
Does anyone have a read on how all of the major legislative battles and potential consequences will pan out this week?
I had a chat with myself (my way of looking into the future) about this very thing last evening. I felt that there would be little change through the month of October (no surprise there given the Merc retro), but I felt a small bump in the road about a week or so before turkey day. The bump didn't feel like something bad, but more like something hiding just under the surface that pokes its head out briefly but then slips back under. I have no idea what that means, really. Perhaps that will be when they finally manage to get at least a continuing resolution passed to keep things open for a few more months before Congress closes up shop for the holidays.
I'm honestly not seeing much of anything going on right now or for the reasonably foreseeable future (funny phrase to use on a site like this! ?). It's still in the mist and too ill-defined to try to make a determination about where much of anything is going to end up. It's like it's all in a holding pattern and everything is going around in circles and not much progress is being made on any front, and I have no clue when that part will stop. The wheel of fortune is still spinning, and no one, not even my usually most vocal guides, are saying anything about when or where it might stop. I honestly think the best - and really only - thing we can all do right now is let go and stop trying to control anything beyond ourselves. Focus on what's right in front of us and make as much of a difference there as we can, and just allow the universe to be what it is and do what it does. I still feel like whatever happens will be for the best in the long run, even if it may not be exactly what we want in the short term.
I am a Libra. ? yes we can certainly waffle and ponder and waffle some more...but in my very Libra personal experience....BALANCE beats all wavering... and once found, we not only hold steady we bring steadiness to others. The teeter tottering... tho annoying to others ? is in many cases the process that reviews, re-evaluates, and resolves confusions and communications. ..... but yes the process is replete with waffling! ?
I think McConnell et al will succeed in shutting down the government yet again, however I do not think it will backfire, I think the MAGAt base will think this is great and no blame will be had.
Still feeling the calm about this situation, however it turns out. I do think, however, you might be over estimating the size and strength of the MAGA base. They’re loud, certainly, but there’s an even larger contingent of people who are fed up overall.
You do have a point on the progressives not uniting behind it all, but I don’t think the majority (not including Synema and Manchin here) are underestimating where we’ve been and what can happen. I see the disagreements more centered around a fear of not having the opportunity to get “Insert priority here” immediately vs getting “insert priority here” in the slightly longer term. We’d all love a Green New Deal to pass tomorrow but that’s just not how any of this works - even if it should.
@Tgraf66 made mention above of a “mist” and I think that’s the best way to describe it. Trying to foresee the short term outcome of the crisis of the day I’m left with what I can only best describe as the censor smoke drawn into cartoons from the 50s and 60s when characters would get into a knock down drag out brawl. Can’t see what’s happening behind it, but overall the feeling that it’s going to work out remains constant.
Plus, you have scores of longer term predictions here that seem to indicate a positive outcome overall as long as we continue to fight for it.
@Jeanne-Mayell - when is the next Read the Future Night? I think we’re all ready!