Friday, November 30, 2007

practicing patience

I've been thinking a lot about the future lately and I'm getting impatient. Perhaps it's because I just bought a plane ticket home to Ohio for Christmas. I'm thinking about the last time I was back when I told everyone about my Peace Corps plans. Now I'm going to see everyone again and they'll all be asking me about my plans and I won't have anything new to tell them. Sure, I've been medically cleared, but I still don't know when I'm leaving, where I'm going, or what I'll be doing. And I may not know until as late as April! I'm ready to leave right now! I never wanted to live in Santa Cruz again after living in Hawai'i, and even though it hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be, I'm still secretly dreading spending another 5-7 months here. On the other hand, I'm afraid to start anything new because 5-7 months isn't really such a long time. Obviously I need to just suck it up and learn to be patient.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

astrology time

Being a scientific kind of person, I'm not sure that I really "believe" in astrology. But it's definitely entertaining and I like learning about it. Here's a "personal report" I got from astro.com:

Sun in Taurus, Moon in Gemini

You were born with the Sun in Taurus and the Moon in Gemini. Your Taurean individuality is strong-willed and purposeful. You are warm-hearted and amorous, but you lack mental flexibility.

The Taurean nature is dedicated to the gratification of your physical and psychological needs. Having the Moon in Gemini, however, has determined that your personality role will be oriented more to dealing with intellectual concepts and activities, which you may oppose emotionally.

Others consider you somewhat of an intellectual. Because your mind and body require activity, you will travel and change your residence frequently. Only those who are close to you know you as a stubborn and strong-willed person.

Circumstances (Moon in Gemini) have forced you to earn a livelihood through activities that may conflict somewhat with your real nature. If you can somehow project your stability, it will carry over to your life work and your relationships with others.

Your shifting mind would benefit infinitely from the stability that lies deep within you. Allowing this to permeate throughout will assure success in all you undertake. On the other hand, if you could somehow lend to your internal nature the versatility of your personality, you would achieve a complete harmony.