Dunthor.com - Aquarius 2008

Pisces 2008 Edition

Happy Birthday Pisceans!

Pisces is, to put it bluntly, the wet time of year. The weather is soggy and we begin to wonder whether Spring will ever arrive. We tell ourselves that the showers bring Spring flowers but we can't see them yet so we need to trust that it is happening. Pisces exemplifies faith in the Universe, Transcendence, God or Goddess. Without Pisces, we would all be outside in the mud pulling up the tulips to see if they are growing.

A Pisces person is an imaginative and serene individual with a need to express their fantasies and imagination. On the negative side, they can be ungrounded dreamers who seldom complete anything. Pisces is a mutable and feminine water sign.

From Inga's Table of Intentions, here are some Piscean activities:

Prophetic divination, psychism, peace, tolerance

From Inga's "What Gemstones Should I Wear?" chart, Pisces stones are:

Color: Purple, aqua

Gemstones: Amethyst, fluorite

Qualities: Intuition, compassion, meditation

A Stone Of The Sign - Amethyst:

In ancient times, amethyst was said to prevent poisoning and inebriation. In fact, amethysios is a Greek word meaning "not drunk". This relates to a legend about Bacchus. The word is, Bacchus was riding along drunk and stewing over some slight from a mortal peasant. He boasted to his entourage that he would have the next mortal he saw torn apart by his tigers. As fate would have it, the next mortal he saw was a young maiden on her way to a shrine of the Goddess Diana. As the tigers leaped toward her, she cried out to Diana to save her and was immediately turned into a shaft of clear quartz. Bacchus, sober now and unwilling to risk further offense to Diana, ceremoniously poured a glass of wine over the maiden turning the quartz into purple amethyst.

Amethyst is a violet to purple colored transparent quartz that is usually faceted in jewelry. It can also be found in geodes or banded with white quartz. Amethyst is traditionally worn to prevent insomnia and troubled sleep. It resonates with Pisces. Pisces elevates our spirituality and increases our faith. Use prayer beads or a pendulum made of amethyst. Wear amethyst when working with your dreams, developing your intuition and when you want to empathize with others. Wear amethyst to ask for guidance from your guides, your gods and the universe.

Click here to see more of Inga's creations in her jewelry catalog.

The monthly installment of The Great Astrological Light Bulb Joke:

Q: How many Pisceans does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Light bulb? What light bulb?

Note: I have no idea who originally wrote this. Erika sent it to me years ago and I still think it’s as funny as it is insightful!

The Duncan Domain

While rescuing so many orphaned kitties over the years, Inga and I would jest now and then about being parents to all our beloved children in their little fuzzy jammies. But more often than not, we'd end up referring to them as roommates more akin to bikers who barf on the furniture, eat, sleep, don't have jobs, scratch themselves, yawn and do whatever the hell they please. Obviously we didn't take the parenting notion very seriously and I've personally counted my blessings many times for having chosen cats over kids. My mom often warned me when I was a teen of the karma I'd be reaping when I had children of my own. But unlike my brothers and me, my cats have never asked to borrow the car, smoked pot, drank alcohol, skipped school, etc. I do admit to gleefully supplying them with catnip occasionally but I somehow doubt I'd be handing my own human kids a nickel bag with a smile. With my karma, they'd be rolling doobies and selling them at school the very next day!

But all this joking around has come to an abrupt halt in our household with the addition of two pups, Robert and Geoffie, in 2007. Inga and I are firmly convinced that we are now experiencing all the symptoms of full blown parenthood. Don't snicker. I mean it. The endless tasks and their attendant anxieties.....dropping the boys off at daycare and hoping they don't misbehave....the umpteen trips to the pet store for food, toys, treats, leashes and collars....trip after trip to the vet for checkups, shots and dropping off stool samples....freaking out over the airbag wiring getting munched by a bored puppy left in the car while we are shopping.....participating in dog training classes, hoping we and the dogs perform well and don't embarrass ourselves and feeling intense pride when we pull it off. It goes on and on. Are we raising them properly? Are we using the correct level of discipline and authority? Are they getting enough exercise? Are they eating too much? Are they pooping often enough? Are they healthy? Are they happy? Can we possibly love and adore them anymore than we already do? (Nope!) Yes, Inga and I are sure we've ventured deeply into real parenthood but if you real human parents are shaking your heads, it's okay. We understand. Karma's a bitch, isn't it? Besides, we have the satisfaction of knowing that our Chinooks are smarter than your honor student. --- Scott Bruce Duncan */:-)

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