tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post1817318689359938638..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Music Monday's Sheepish SegueTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-50799619269002489582014-04-22T14:38:58.514-05:002014-04-22T14:38:58.514-05:00Yep, that explains it, Twilight. At least that...Yep, that explains it, Twilight. At least that's one mystery solved! <br /><br />I actually think I read your post (and left my comment) right when transiting Pales was conjunct the Moon - which is kind of a nice "quinkydink". Hope that's the right word.:)LBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-35937386959161910062014-04-22T14:15:17.120-05:002014-04-22T14:15:17.120-05:00LB ~ I'm only looking at where it was in my na...LB ~ I'm only looking at where it was in my natal chart, at the time I was born though .....it was 1 Pisces then. You are probably calculating current position?<br />I see! LOL! :-)<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-34668884981564311892014-04-22T12:05:02.638-05:002014-04-22T12:05:02.638-05:00Twilight ~ I'm using the same basic software a...Twilight ~ I'm using the same basic software as you. <br /><br />Could it be the ***Start date*** you're using under the "Options" heading when you get to the Extended Chart Selection page? Though it's easy to overlook, it can make a difference when checking current transits. Hope that helps solve the mystery!:) <br /><br />I'm pretty sure it's at 0 Aquarius, since all the other transiting planets show up at the correct degrees.LBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-53859882807135444122014-04-22T00:02:00.060-05:002014-04-22T00:02:00.060-05:00LB ~ I went to Astrodienst's extended choices ...LB ~ I went to Astrodienst's extended choices charts (since changing computer and OS I have only very basic astro software, enough for my blog needs, my old software isn't compatible with Windows 7).<br />Anyway, I've it tried 3 times and Pales comes up at 1 Pisces each time when I put asteroid '49, Pales' in the search box for asteroids to be shown on my natal chart.<br />So...dunno ???????????? :-/Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-43431763202946331712014-04-21T20:40:29.046-05:002014-04-21T20:40:29.046-05:00Twilight ~ 1 Pisces? Something's funny becaus...Twilight ~ 1 Pisces? Something's funny because my software shows asteroid Pales at 0 Aquarius right now. <br /><br /> LBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-90494552277312620172014-04-21T16:41:14.883-05:002014-04-21T16:41:14.883-05:00LB ~ Really? That's intriguing!
I see the as...LB ~ Really? That's intriguing! <br />I see the asteroid is at 1 Pisces just now, 5 degrees from transiting Neptune which happens to be conjunct my natal Jupiter in 9th. :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-84860292367782736092014-04-21T16:29:59.497-05:002014-04-21T16:29:59.497-05:00mike ~ Oh yes, I'd forgotten that nursery rhym...mike ~ Oh yes, I'd forgotten that nursery rhyme. The theory about wool tax seems plausible - they'd tax just about anything back then - windows, chimneys, whatever! I doubt that "Baa Baa black sheep" could have had anything at all to do with the slave trade! Dang, but in the USA someone always tries to link anything with the word "black" in it to slavery! That is just so stooooopid! Black is black!! :-)<br /><br />Yes, black and brown sheep are fairly common in certain areas and in Scandinavia too I think, where their wool is used undyed to make very attractive sweaters in shades of cream brown, tan and black. Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-83911729276544090912014-04-21T12:09:45.561-05:002014-04-21T12:09:45.561-05:00Twilight ~ Who knew? Your post got me curious abo...Twilight ~ Who knew? Your post got me curious about a possible astrological connection. Sure enough, there's an asteroid named after the goddess Pales:<br /><br />http://en.cyclopaedia.net/wiki/Pales-(asteroid)<br /><br />In my chart, it's *exactly* conjunct my 3rd house Jupiter, the apex of my Yod. And right now, transiting Pales (asteroid 49) is exactly conjunct another significant point in my chart. Guess I was destined to learn about it today, and to think about its symbolic meaning.<br /><br />Thanks, Twilight.:)LBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-53526682048163620682014-04-21T11:32:37.599-05:002014-04-21T11:32:37.599-05:00It's just one holiday after another anymore......It's just one holiday after another anymore...finish Easter and we're off to Parilia. The Wiki link you provided added some interest to Parilia at the end of the essay...the holiday transmuted to Rome's birthday with games and processions. Rome is 2,767 years' young today.<br />http://vinoconvistablog.me/2014/04/17/happy-birthday-rome-2013/<br /><br />Your Parilia post reminded me of a nursery rhyme, particularly since your photo included a black sheep:<br /><br /> Baa, baa, black sheep,<br /> Have you any wool?<br /> Yes, sir, yes, sir,<br /> Three bags full;<br /> One for the master,<br /> And one for the dame,<br /> And one for the little boy<br /> Who lives down the lane<br /><br />"Katherine Elwes Thomas in The Real Personages of Mother Goose (1930) suggested that the rhyme referred to resentment at the heavy taxation on wool. This has particularly been taken to refer to the medieval English 'Great' or 'Old Custom' wool tax of 1275, which survived until the fifteenth century. More recently the rhyme has been connected to the slave trade, particularly in the southern United States. This explanation was advanced during debates over political correctness and the use and reform of nursery rhymes in the 1980s, but has no supporting historical evidence. Rather than being negative, the wool of black sheep may have been prized as it could be made into dark cloth without dyeing."<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baa,_Baa,_Black_Sheepmikenoreply@blogger.com