(image courtesy of cyberextazy.fil)Now the time of transition into autumn 2007 has truly been negotiated and all of us here in the Northeastern United States have moved toward winter in both body and mind. Gone are the torrential and dank rains of the Scorpionic season and in their place have come the morning frosts and biting cold winds that lend themselves towards thinking about snow on the ground. The sun gleams like a diamond on those rare days that it can be seen in full force in a light blue sky. The ability of all of us to perceive changes in light and to negotiate environmental shifts is of course a skill that the mutable astrological signs have down pat – both humans and animals have to adapt – this process is connected to the steady ebb and flow of the life process itself. In evolutionary terms the name of the game is adapt or perish. And of course Sagittarians are very mutable indeed.
The time of Sagittarius that we now find ourselves in is most certainly a time of mutability. Plans are being laid down for the very real approaching winter, yet we are unsure exactly when it will snow. Perhaps a few more hot days will pop up again. A person may now get the itch to make those travel plans and to escape the familiar grays that have seeped into the landscape. Thinking about a new project “for next year” also becomes a real focus now that the dark season is underway. Now the days will visibly shorten until the sign of Capricorn comes to visit signaling the arrival of the winter solstice and Christmas with all its implications for all religions and cultures. But for now, let’s discuss Sagittarius.
Planning and then galloping wildly ahead into the distance seems an obvious course of action for the half-horse / half-person centaur. To me the Sagittarian native is always on the go and somehow in constant activity. I don’t think that this quality is so unlike what happens with the weather and the natural world during this season. The cold bite at your back makes you walk faster; the mind has come to terms with the existential unease of the seasonal change and now concentrates on how to survive. One way to do this is to party! All kinds of religious and cultural holidays are upon us and we have to congregate in big family or friend-based groups. The Sagittarian is ruled by Jupiter with all its bounty and thus he or she is inclined to be very jovial indeed. Both material wealth and resources seem to abound in connection with this sign. It is my contention that the universe smiles upon the independent minded Sagittarian as they go galloping to and fro. It would seem that they can afford “to party”. I know this teenaged term seems dated (or not!), yet I believe it to fit quite well with the mind set of the centaur.
Let’s look at a “king of partiers” – this would be none other than Keith Richards. How much partying has he done in his life? It boggles the mind to even make this conjecture, yet, there it is. Richards, as a true Sagittarian, has partied, survived and made a good deal of money while educating the global public about African American roots music throughout the decades. The fire to educate and party hardy was there in equal measure and bountiful Jupiter blessed Richards by keeping him alive for all of these years. Strangely, too, he distinguishes with age.
Not so with Jimi Hendrix – another Sagittarian who didn’t get a chance to age. Of course we all know how brightly Jimi burned for his twenty seven years. He even went as far as setting fire to his guitar while mimicking sexual release with it – and he made it look good. It has been said that his penis was huge (as stated by the Plaster Casters) and that he could drop more acid than ten men and come back even more enlightened. It has also been said that Jimi did many of the guitar tricks that lesser known bluesmen did for years having never risen out of obscurity, but clearly Hendrix did them all very well and his entire life was in and of itself an education. The arrow that was Jimi’s life flew far indeed and continues in the music. I have always enjoyed playing “Voodoo Chile” on the guitar and with the key lyrical phrase “If I don’t see you again in this world, I’ll catch you in the next one. Don’t be late.” What could be more Sagittarian than that?
OK – Another male Sagittarian – Noam Chomsky. A brilliant mind, a fantastic teacher, and a master theorist. As he is considered to be one of the most important intellectuals of this century, we might further say that being an intellectual is the very stuff of a Sagittarian sun sign. The pursuit of higher knowledge is all typical Sag stuff.
I will go out on a limb and call out the name of another Jewish male Sag – Woody Allen. Look at the mediums that Woody has used: writing, movies, and music – his is truly a mind that is expansive and uncannily tuned within comic delivery. He tends to educate his fans about New York, neuroticism and comedy. The Sagittarian is indeed the teacher and absorber of languages, culture, and politics.
Obviously sun sign astrology is pure simplification, but for the purposes of my monthly postings, I will leave full chart astrologic reading to my more gifted companions.
As I am the double Libra – I must balance this all off with some female Sagittarians. My wife calls them “men”. She says they are competitive like males and are rarely soft. I am not so sure that I agree with this all of the time, but it seems that female Sags are often not stuck as Suzy Homemakers – not that they should be. Look no further for proof of this than in the example of Condoleezza Rice. Here is a woman at the top of her craft and powerful in a world of men BUT she can play piano alongside YoYo Ma and make it look good! She is clearly not small potatoes. I choose not to discuss her politics here, but in terms of body type and scholarly mind – she exemplifies the female Sag.
Let’s not stop here. Check this out: Brittney Spears and Christina Aguilera – both of these POP power blonds are Sags. The meteoric careers of both these stars were also like arrows flying through the air. These young blonds also exemplify the fun loving nature of the Sagittarian and while Jupiter bestows wealth and expansion and luck, it is easy to see that this trait must not be taken for granted. Do they like to party? It would certainly seem that way. I will not comment on family values here and leave that to others.
I will close with a typical Sagittarian story. My godmother Anja lives in the South Bronx and is a Finnish Sag senior citizen. She has been unmarried for most of her life. She loves going out every day and she loves New York and a martini. She has survived strokes and numerous knee and hip surgeries, yet she still scurries to the fourth floor of her walk up apartment in a building that has seen most of her contemporaries buried. People seem to always help her out, but she never seems to ask for help exactly. She seems to take a licking and keeps on going and going and going. I am not putting down Sag as a sign of longevity for obvious reasons, but while it is around – it continues to stay on the move.
By the way, a big Happy Birthday to Jacques Barzun who turns 100 this month. He is also not small potatoes; he merely wrote an analytic interpretation of the entirety that is western civilization! Please continue to educate us all, Jacques!
The time of Sagittarius that we now find ourselves in is most certainly a time of mutability. Plans are being laid down for the very real approaching winter, yet we are unsure exactly when it will snow. Perhaps a few more hot days will pop up again. A person may now get the itch to make those travel plans and to escape the familiar grays that have seeped into the landscape. Thinking about a new project “for next year” also becomes a real focus now that the dark season is underway. Now the days will visibly shorten until the sign of Capricorn comes to visit signaling the arrival of the winter solstice and Christmas with all its implications for all religions and cultures. But for now, let’s discuss Sagittarius.
Planning and then galloping wildly ahead into the distance seems an obvious course of action for the half-horse / half-person centaur. To me the Sagittarian native is always on the go and somehow in constant activity. I don’t think that this quality is so unlike what happens with the weather and the natural world during this season. The cold bite at your back makes you walk faster; the mind has come to terms with the existential unease of the seasonal change and now concentrates on how to survive. One way to do this is to party! All kinds of religious and cultural holidays are upon us and we have to congregate in big family or friend-based groups. The Sagittarian is ruled by Jupiter with all its bounty and thus he or she is inclined to be very jovial indeed. Both material wealth and resources seem to abound in connection with this sign. It is my contention that the universe smiles upon the independent minded Sagittarian as they go galloping to and fro. It would seem that they can afford “to party”. I know this teenaged term seems dated (or not!), yet I believe it to fit quite well with the mind set of the centaur.
Let’s look at a “king of partiers” – this would be none other than Keith Richards. How much partying has he done in his life? It boggles the mind to even make this conjecture, yet, there it is. Richards, as a true Sagittarian, has partied, survived and made a good deal of money while educating the global public about African American roots music throughout the decades. The fire to educate and party hardy was there in equal measure and bountiful Jupiter blessed Richards by keeping him alive for all of these years. Strangely, too, he distinguishes with age.
Not so with Jimi Hendrix – another Sagittarian who didn’t get a chance to age. Of course we all know how brightly Jimi burned for his twenty seven years. He even went as far as setting fire to his guitar while mimicking sexual release with it – and he made it look good. It has been said that his penis was huge (as stated by the Plaster Casters) and that he could drop more acid than ten men and come back even more enlightened. It has also been said that Jimi did many of the guitar tricks that lesser known bluesmen did for years having never risen out of obscurity, but clearly Hendrix did them all very well and his entire life was in and of itself an education. The arrow that was Jimi’s life flew far indeed and continues in the music. I have always enjoyed playing “Voodoo Chile” on the guitar and with the key lyrical phrase “If I don’t see you again in this world, I’ll catch you in the next one. Don’t be late.” What could be more Sagittarian than that?
OK – Another male Sagittarian – Noam Chomsky. A brilliant mind, a fantastic teacher, and a master theorist. As he is considered to be one of the most important intellectuals of this century, we might further say that being an intellectual is the very stuff of a Sagittarian sun sign. The pursuit of higher knowledge is all typical Sag stuff.
I will go out on a limb and call out the name of another Jewish male Sag – Woody Allen. Look at the mediums that Woody has used: writing, movies, and music – his is truly a mind that is expansive and uncannily tuned within comic delivery. He tends to educate his fans about New York, neuroticism and comedy. The Sagittarian is indeed the teacher and absorber of languages, culture, and politics.
Obviously sun sign astrology is pure simplification, but for the purposes of my monthly postings, I will leave full chart astrologic reading to my more gifted companions.
As I am the double Libra – I must balance this all off with some female Sagittarians. My wife calls them “men”. She says they are competitive like males and are rarely soft. I am not so sure that I agree with this all of the time, but it seems that female Sags are often not stuck as Suzy Homemakers – not that they should be. Look no further for proof of this than in the example of Condoleezza Rice. Here is a woman at the top of her craft and powerful in a world of men BUT she can play piano alongside YoYo Ma and make it look good! She is clearly not small potatoes. I choose not to discuss her politics here, but in terms of body type and scholarly mind – she exemplifies the female Sag.
Let’s not stop here. Check this out: Brittney Spears and Christina Aguilera – both of these POP power blonds are Sags. The meteoric careers of both these stars were also like arrows flying through the air. These young blonds also exemplify the fun loving nature of the Sagittarian and while Jupiter bestows wealth and expansion and luck, it is easy to see that this trait must not be taken for granted. Do they like to party? It would certainly seem that way. I will not comment on family values here and leave that to others.
I will close with a typical Sagittarian story. My godmother Anja lives in the South Bronx and is a Finnish Sag senior citizen. She has been unmarried for most of her life. She loves going out every day and she loves New York and a martini. She has survived strokes and numerous knee and hip surgeries, yet she still scurries to the fourth floor of her walk up apartment in a building that has seen most of her contemporaries buried. People seem to always help her out, but she never seems to ask for help exactly. She seems to take a licking and keeps on going and going and going. I am not putting down Sag as a sign of longevity for obvious reasons, but while it is around – it continues to stay on the move.
By the way, a big Happy Birthday to Jacques Barzun who turns 100 this month. He is also not small potatoes; he merely wrote an analytic interpretation of the entirety that is western civilization! Please continue to educate us all, Jacques!
