The Wisdom of Buddha

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Consult the Psychic Eight Ball

Query:

How will the rest of our week be?

I see the Eight Ball has got a little wiser, hmm, a little!

Your Daily Charm for Today

Today’s Meaning:
The most powerful of all talisman indicating you or someone close to you will recover from an infection.

General Description:
One of the most famous of all talismans, and used as a magical formula by the Gnostics in Rome for invoking the aid of beneficent spirits against disease, misfortune and death. Sammonieus, the celebrated Gnostic physician; instructed that the letters of this magical triangle which he used for curing agues and fevers, were to be written on paper, folded into the shape of a cross, worn for nine days suspended from the neck, and, before sunrise, cast behind the patient into a stream running eastward. It was also a most popular charm in the middle ages. During the Great Plague, 1665, great numbers of these amulets were worn as supposed safeguards against infection.

August
Red Dragon
Symbol: Center

The Red Dragon tile is indicative of success and the fulfillment of your goals.

Your Ancient Symbol Card for Today

The Storm

The Storm represents the trouble and discord that creep into our lives from time to time. The storm is represented by a tornado whirling its way across a fertile plain. Tornados are powerful but relatively small, short lived storms, which means that while the turmoil they indicate may be strong it will at least pass quickly. Like the tornado, The Storm is a force outside yourself and beyond your control. During a stormy period you may lose ground. However, knowing one is upon you can certainly help you keep your losses to a minimum, or even turn what might be a disaster into a windfall.

As a daily card, The Storm denotes a time when you should be prepared to face some large challenges in your life. You may find yourself losing more than you gain for awhile. The key to weathering the storm is preparation. You know its coming, so be ready for it and there is a possibility that you can transform a tumultuous event into something good.

Your Daily Witches Rune

The Scythe

Sudden changes and endings. Making a final decision. Completing something. Walking away from something or someone. Danger.

Additional information about Today’s Witches Rune, The Scythe….

The Scythe

This symbol is very familiar to most of people, often associated with harvest and death. In the runes, it is no different. The Scythe is related to endings, sudden separations, final decisions, important changes and danger.

The appearance of this symbol show that there’s something in you life you need to bring to end now, before it snowballs into something worse. Usually, the decision that the Scythe forces you to make is one you’d rather escape from… it’s a painful and difficult choice. Even though you know (or feel) it’s for the best, you’ll mourn the fact that it has to happen.

Also, the Scythe is connected to sudden, swift changes that force you to alter completely your plans, strategies and sometimes the very way you see the world. The situation is no longer what it was, your modus operandi no longer works here. Your ideas no longer correspond to the reality. The information you have is no longer accurate, or useful. You need to strain those adaptation muscles and find a way to keep standing while the rug is pulled from under your feet.

Although this rune can represent physical danger, such as accidents or surgeries, many time it refers to sense of foreboding. Something just isn’t right… the fear of loss looms large. Trust these feeling and proceed with caution. This rune can also relate to actual death and all related to it: burials, graveyards, inheritances, heirlooms, legacies and things connected to your ancestry.

In relationship readings, the Scythe suggest caution too. It can represent sudden and irresistible attractions, the kind that inspire people to do crazy things. . Obviously, this rune also represent separations, divorce and conflicts, always leaving a sour aftertaste. The strong passion can quickly transform into strong resentment. In its most positive note, this rune can symbolize relationship that completely transform the people involved.

 

 

 

 

 

Get A Jump On Tomorrow….

Your Daily Horoscopes for Friday, August 5th

by Rick Levine

 

 

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If Today is Your Birthday: August 4

You are good at networking, considerate of others, and giving of yourself. You are very sensitive, and at times dramatic. You are at your best when you’re generous and productive. Those who don’t learn this may experience many ups and downs. While you feel things deeply, you also bounce back from setbacks, often with more power than you had previously. You can be charming and would do well in any position that involves promoting, selling, and connecting. Relationships tend to be long-term, responsible, and possibly traditional. While you are a progressive thinker, your family values are strong. Famous people born today: Percy Bysshe Shelley, Louis Armstrong, Barack Obama, Billy Bob Thornton, Abigail Spencer, Meghan Markle, Daniel Dae Kim.

Your Birthday Year Forecast:

Your birthday this year occurs shortly after a New Moon, suggesting a time of new beginnings and fresh energy. You are instinctively starting a new phase in your life. It’s time to give your life a makeover and to branch out into the untried.

This can be a year in which you experience important turning points, or you could begin new projects or goals that have a long-term impact on your life.

Transiting Saturn continues to transit in harmony with your Sun until October 2016. This suggests benefits from keeping your feet on the ground and paying attention to, and honoring, tradition as well as tried-and-true methods. Work you have done in the past begins to pay off now – not necessarily in dramatic ways, but in small, measurable ways. You may be recognized or rewarded in some way for the efforts you put forth. When you project a more responsible and credible “you”, people in authority are more inclined to appreciate you and recognize your work. This is a time in which you put your life in order in some significant manner. The key to success under this influence is adopting a realistic, practical, disciplined, and orderly approach to your life. Having a strong sense for both tradition and innovation opens doors for you. You have a real sense of tomorrow now, so it’s easier for you to take the necessary steps to make all of your “tomorrows” better.

Just when Saturn moves out of transit to your Sun, Jupiter moves into transiting harmony. From October 2016 forward, you benefit from a Jupiter transit. You have a stronger than usual desire to improve, grow, and learn. This is a fortunate aspect that helps boost optimism and confidence, and you are able to attract fortunate circumstances into your life as a result. Problems are easier to resolve. Matters related to universities, higher education, organized religion, publishing, legal affairs, and foreign interests can be especially strong. It’s a strong time to further your education. You are likely to enjoy a larger perspective on matters that keeps you from getting lost in details or overly frustrated by everyday stresses.

You are more emotionally invested in relating well with others this year, and you can be especially reasonable in your dealings. Negotiations are fair and clear. Even so, there can be some problems with communication blocks or delays with communications and transportation. Your thoughts are likely to be quite sober at times, and you should do your best to avoid negative thinking.

There can be some fireworks in key relationships this year. Feelings can sometimes run hot and cold in love. Your affections are strongly stimulated, and you are more acutely aware of your powers of attraction. You can enjoy an increase in personal magnetism, but timing can be off and you should be wary of competitiveness or tension in existing love relationships, as your passions run high, whether they‘re feelings of love or anger.

Marketing and promotional activities can thrive. Business revolving around the home, nutrition, cooking, and real estate may be particularly fruitful.

You may win respect and recognition for your work or craft this year. There is a good balance between learning from tradition and seeing things progressively. Timing is strong, and you tend to make firm, favorable decisions related to work or long-term projects.

A subject or even a person can be especially inspiring, prompting you to explore new perspectives. New or improved friendships are very likely. This can be a good year for dabbling in the arts, furthering a creative hobby or craft, and exploring new artistic interests.

Certainly, spontaneity is an essential ingredient in your personal relationships this year. You quite readily embrace all that is new, unusual, and out-of-the-ordinary with regards to romantic involvements as well as financial undertakings. You have a taste for the offbeat this year, and there can be sudden or unexpected romance in your life. Renewing old ties in a new way is another strong possibility.

The year ahead is one of new beginnings. You are curious and seek out mental stimulation and new interests or experiences this year. This is a strong year for enjoying exciting ideas and for connecting with others with similar interests. New or enhanced social relationships are likely. However, you may be too quick to speak or act out at times during this period, and it would be wise to look for ways to reduce stress and slow yourself down. Friendships can improve with more communication. Old friendships might be renewed.

  2016 is a Number Three year for you. Ruled by Jupiter. This is a year of sociability. It is a friendly time, when it is easy to enjoy life and other people. Focus is on personal freedom, reaching out to others, making new friends, and exploration. You are more enthusiastic and ready for adventure. It is likely to be a rather lighthearted year, when opportunities for “play” time are greater than usual. It’s also a good year for expressing your creativity. Advice – reach out, but avoid scattering your energies.

2017 will be a Number Four year for you. Ruled by Uranus. This is a year of work and development. It’s “nose to the grindstone” time. It’s a time to deal with practical matters, and it’s not a time to be lazy or especially gregarious. Sometimes, it can be a year that feels hard, monotonous and routine, and/or lonely. Positive new relationships are generally not formed in a Four personal year. Advice – get yourself organized, work to build your resources, keep busy.

 

Courtesy of Cafe Astrology

 

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Horoscopes for Thursday, August 4th

 

Aries

While you may not know where to begin this morning, dear Aries, the day should evolve into a highly productive one. You can be focused on details that you may have overlooked in recent days. If you’ve come up with ideas or plans over the past few days, now you’ll be thinking about how to make them work in the real world. There is clever energy with you today, and you’re likely to come up with unique methods of doing work, managing health and well-being, and handling chores. It’s also a good time for sharing your ideas.

Taurus

Fun energy is with you today, dear Taurus, although there may be some restlessness experienced in the morning that interferes. In your friendships and love relationships, spontaneity is a theme right now. There can be pleasant surprises and new developments on romantic or creative lines. A surprise attraction or meeting with someone from your past is also possible. Ideas for creative projects can be exciting now. You need some leeway and room for spontaneity today.

Gemini

There is a genuine need for more comfort and familiarity in your life today, dear Gemini. You naturally seek out safe, secure, and easy activities now, perhaps as a result of being a little overstimulated recently. Even so, the demands of others in your life can make your pursuit of peace and quiet a bit difficult. While you’re in an important cycle for learning about your own desires and instincts, and for working out a sense of purpose, through your relationships with others, today you may be feeling a little overwhelmed by this and in need of some emotional space. Despite all of this, it’s a great “ideas” day, particularly as thinking relates to home and family life and long-term plans. There can be surprising revelations from family and/or friends.

Cancer

You have stronger needs than usual to pursue your personal interests and to enjoy a variety of interesting tasks today, dear Cancer. However, responsibilities call out to you, and it can be difficult to juggle all that you need and all that you want to do. Exceeding your limits can be a learning experience today, but it may be better to define them first before acting. Avoid a pace that keeps you from enjoying the small things. As well, try not to get too absorbed in dissecting and analyzing things that take too much time away from those things that genuinely need your attention. Do make room for some frivolity. In fact, idle conversations can lead to exciting ideas.

Leo

This is a good day for coming up with innovative business or money-making ideas, dear Leo. Your unique point of view and your knowledge can be key to monetary success these days. Try to avoid the tendency to give your services away to your disadvantage now, however. Recent inattention to the practical side of your life can wear you down over time, and today, you may be able to bring a little more balance to this part of your life. Look also for ways and activities that nurture positive self-worth and self-perception. A lover or child may be vying for your attention today, but with some creativity, you can tend to your personal needs and wants as well.

Virgo

Your intellectual capacities are heightened today, dear Virgo, and although you can be a little willful with your point of view now, you may very well be seeing things more clearly than others. Your thinking may be a little ahead of its time today, in fact. The desire to do your own thing and go your own way is stronger than usual, but challenges of family or responsibilities can make you feel a little confined at times. It can be difficult to be truly productive as a result, but you might consider this to be an “ideas” day – you are coming up with unique and innovative ideas and solutions right now.

Libra

Today, there is some tendency to speak impulsively or to sign up for things that you may not be quite ready for on an emotional level, dear Libra. Watch for this mismatch of actions and feelings and consider ways to let your emotions catch up before going forward with a meaningful conversation or plan. There is a genuine need for rest and repose, and perhaps some anonymity as well. Avoid defensive self-righteousness today, if possible, and seek out more constancy. Also, try not to overdo things. Even if you’re enjoying certain projects and lines of thought, you may go a little too far with them and exhaust yourself in the process.

Scorpio

Group activities and associations may be avenues for fulfilling your goals this month, dear Scorpio, and today, you may be filling in some details of your plans. Great ideas can result through interactions with friends, associates, or networks. It’s a good day for boosting or establishing friendships, sharing ideas, and happy surprises or turnarounds in business. A health or work method that is especially unique or progressive can excite you now. It’s a good time to upgrade electronics or look for alternative ways of making your life a little easier and happier. Even so, you may be wrestling with concerns about money or ownership, perhaps feeling as if personal boundaries have been crossed.

Sagittarius

You may get the chance to put to use and even show off a talent today, dear Sagittarius. You need some freedom to explore and create in order to appreciate fully the work you’re doing now. The Moon at the top of your chart calls you to duty, while Mars and Saturn encourage a focus on personal interests and issues. This can result in a bit of an internal battle, or for some, perhaps a clash with a supervisor or parent. Otherwise, you are likely to find plenty of opportunities to creatively combine responsibilities and personal expression. You’re stamping whatever you do with your unique signature these days, and today is no exception, even if you’re paying a little more attention to rules.

Capricorn

It’s a great day for learning new things and picking up valuable information, dear Capricorn. There can be plans made with family to travel or make fun changes. You may be pleasantly surprised by what people around you are communicating. Conversations can reach higher levels – even inspiring ones. You’re also in a strong position for learning, sharing, connecting, and discovering today. Even so, there can be moments of wrestling with yourself today, perhaps related to guilt or insecurity, and while your spirit for discovery is active, you may also need some time alone to sort out all of your feelings and experiences.

Aquarius

This is a potentially powerful idea day for you, dear Aquarius. Mercury’s transit of your solar eighth house is excellent for your observation skills, and Mercury forms a parallel with Uranus, your ruler, in your intelligent third house. You’re even more clever and original than usual, and others may thoroughly enjoy your insight today. Your persuasive abilities are strong. It can be easy to become completely absorbed in whatever you’re doing now, and research can bring up excellent results.

Pisces

Today and tomorrow can be relationship-focused for you, dear Pisces. You tend to look to others for feedback and might crave company more than usual. Someone may be bringing a little more order into your life. Others help you to define your own thoughts and ideas right now. There can be times when your attention is divided today, and this might bother those close to you. It would be good to do some compartmentalizing, although it’s also a beautiful time for sharing problems and brainstorming. Great ideas can emerge, and they may even be breakthrough ones, generated from conversations with a partner or special friend. A refreshing communication can occur now.

 

 

 

 

 

Astrology of Today – August 4, 2016

• The Moon is in Leo until 3:33 AM.
• The Moon is void from 12:12 AM to 3:33 AM.
• The Moon is in Virgo from 3:33 AM forward (until Saturday, August 6th, at 12:56 PM).
• The Moon is waxing and in its New Moon phase.
• A New Moon occurred on the 2nd, and a First Quarter Moon will occur on August 10th.
• Mars is direct and in its post-retrograde shadow until August 22nd.