Tag: July

Dog Safety Tips for Fourth of July

Dog Safety Tips for Fourth of July

While we might associate the thump and boom of fireworks with festivity and a  great display, many of our canine companions are completely freaked out by  Fourth of July noises. Some dogs cower and shiver, some panic and try to escape  from their homes.

We checked in with the The Humane Society to gather some advice for the  pooches, here’s what they had to offer:

1. Resist the urge to take your pet to fireworks displays.

2. Do not leave your pet in the car. With only hot air to breathe inside a  car, your pet can suffer serious health effects–even death–in a few short  minutes. Partially opened windows do not provide sufficient air, but they do  provide an opportunity for your pet to be stolen.

3.  Keep your pets indoors at home in a sheltered, quiet area. Some animals  can become destructive when frightened, so be sure that you’ve removed any items  that your pet could destroy or that would be harmful to your pet if chewed.  Leave a television or radio playing at normal volume to keep him company while  you’re attending Fourth of July picnics, parades, and other celebrations.

4. If you know that your pet is seriously distressed by loud noises like  thunder, consult with your veterinarian before July 4th for ways to help  alleviate the fear and anxiety he or she will experience during fireworks  displays.

 

 

Your Daily Horoscopes for Tuesday, May 29th

Aries

Jupiter, planet of luck and expansion is on his own in your income sector and due to leave in just 2 weeks time, he won’t be back for another 12 years. Even the Moon has made his last visit and with all your cards on the table it’s time to bring things home. It’s the Moon’s position in your work sector today that is sharpening your instincts, allowing you to put your income and work objectives on the same page.

Taurus

When the Sun and Mercury left your sign last week, as well as wrapping up your birthday month they left Jupiter, planet of luck and expansion on his own. With Jupiter due to leave your sign in just 2 weeks time and not to return for another 12 years, today marks the start of the 14 day wind down of your Jupiter return. It’s now that you’re laying down the foundations for the next 12 years, with a need to keep your expectations for the future high.

Gemini

With the main thrust of your professional year underway there is a real call to pull back. While new doors will open on the work front in the second half of the year and the busiest months of the year are still in front of you, you’ve reached a point where having the right work/life balance is more important than anything else. With this comes a need to spend time revisiting the professional dreams and aspirations you came into the year with.

Cancer

It’s where you feel that you’re having to put on a face or go along to social engagements because you have to, that you need a bit of a wakeup call. As tempting as it might be to issue a rain check or come up with some kind of excuse, trust that this is as important for you as it is for anyone else. Instead of thinking that you can’t let others down, think about not letting yourself down, for this is an important day for both networking and connecting.

Leo

The Moon is making his last visit to your income sector before Jupiter leaves your career sector in just 14 days time, giving you a chance to not only sharpen your nose for money but to hook into your warrior spirit. This is the Moon’s first visit to your income sector since Mars cleared his final roadblocks and with his drives and passions now unfettered, you have a chance to breakthrough any remaining glass ceilings.

Virgo

The Moon and Mars align in your sign today, evoking your passions and bringing some strong emotional responses. At a time when things are heating up on the professional front, but also Neptune is slowing down ahead of a retrograde turn in your relationship sector next week, this is going to stir your personal and professional passions. All of a sudden you’re waking up to the fact that if you don’t like something you can change it.

Libra

Mars, planet of passion, drive and ambition will normally spend 6 weeks in an intuitive part of your chart, giving you a chance to slow down and recharge your batteries, before returning to your sign and opening the door to new quests. But Mars has already been here for 6 ½ months and won’t return to your sign until early July, with signs of frustration starting to show. Ease that frustration by exploring the kind of quests that excite your passions.

Scorpio

As financially focused as things are right now, it’s on the personal front that a new sense of urgency is setting your priorities. With Neptune turning retrograde in your romantic sector in a week from today and Jupiter leaving your relationship sector in 2 weeks from today, both not only need your attention but for you to focus on the future. It’s by knowing what you want from love and from your relationships that you’re less likely to lose your way.

Sagittarius

As the Moon and Mars align in your career sector this puts your professional instincts and passions on the same page, just 14 days before Jupiter, planet of luck and expansion is due to leave your work sector. This gives you the motivation to make the next 2 weeks count and with the relationship focus due to expand dramatically over that time, this brings a need to create some clear boundaries.

Capricorn

As professionally focused as things are right now they’re going to become even more professionally focused, with even more stunning developments on the work front over the coming weeks. This makes it important to hold back, holding onto a passion for adventure and discovery and a sense of curiosity. You’ll get a lot done if you have your head down and your tail up, but you’ll lose your sense of vision if you do this 24/7.

Aquarius

As the Moon and Mars align in your financial sector today expect your financial instincts and passions to fuse, igniting your fighting spirit but not the financial tensions of previous months. This is the Moon’s first visit to your financial sector since tensions between your income and financial sectors eased back, giving you a chance that time really has moved on. Instead of using your fighting spirit to fight challenges, use it to chase opportunities.

Pisces

As the Moon not only makes his first visit to your relationship sector since personal and relationship tensions eased, but aligns with passionate Mars energy, this gives you a chance to identify what you need to be fighting for or against. The Moon will only make one more visit to your relationship sector before Mars, planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos leaves in early July, with his visit today all about evoking your passions and getting you involved.

Your Native American Horoscope

Your Native American Horoscope

  • Annie B. Bond

Many Native American traditions teach that there are twelve Earth Personalities that make up the Earth Medicine Wheel. These form an earth-centered horoscope that gives us valuable information about our totem animal, our personality, and our spirit-task in life. Find out which Earth Personality you are, as well as your totem animal and your principle life-lesson:

March 21 – April 19: The Awakening Time. Falcon.
Your principle lessons: Discovering that happiness comes through sharing, and that individuality need not be selfish but van be expressed more fully when it is in harmony with others.

April 20 – May 20: The Growing Time. Beaver.
Your principle lessons: Your worst emotional traumas are likely to be in those areas of your life in which the tendency to form attachments extends into close personal relationships and becomes possessive. Through the grist of experience you are cultivating flexibility, adaptability, and compassion. You need to give others the “space” to be themselves, just as you demand the space to be “you.”

May 21 – June 20: The Flowering Time. Deer.
Your principle lessons: The rifts you have with others indicate divisions within yourself. You are learning how to co-ordinate that which appears to be contrary but which truly is complementary.

June 21 – July 21: The Long Days Time. Woodpecker.
Your principle lessons: To learn to treasure the moment. Not to dwell on regrets of the past or on expectations of what may be in the future, but to recognize that the power to make changes ins always in the Now! The challenges you face on your Earth “Walk” are to enable you to mature through the experience of closeness. Much stress and anxiety may be caused through tenaciously holding on to what has served its purpose, and through mistaking attachment for love. The ability to let go is often a test of true love.

July 22 – August 21: The Ripening Time. Salmon.
Your principle lessons: You are frequently faced with situations which challenge your stubborn resistance to change, and with the need to become more flexible and adaptable through developing a regard for the emotional needs of others. You are learning to recognized that fulfillment comes not so much through the forcefulness of making things happen, but through allowing things to be.

August 22 – September 21: The Harvesting Time. Brown Bear.
Your principle lessons: Whatever you are searching for is to be found where you are. You are learning to know when to exert energy to effect a change, and when to accept circumstances that cannot be changed.

September 22 – October 22: The Falling Leaves Time. Crow.
Your principle lessons: To gain the inner strength that comes from acting firmly on your convictions, and acquiring the wisdom that results from making sound judgments.

October 23 – November 22: The Frost Time. Snake.
Your principle lessons: Your impatience causes you pain and discomfort, but such traumas are teaching you the need for proper timing. Being confronted with seemingly formidable tasks and difficult tests is part of the regenerative process inherent in your nature, which can enable you to transform what was into that which may now be. Such challenges push you beyond your own self-limitations.

November 23 – December 21: The Long Nights Time. Owl.
Your principle lessons: Learning to manage your potentials by not dissipating your energies in too many directions at once. Attainment of inner sight so you can perceive beyond the obvious, and a warm heart so you can be compassionate towards those who stumble around in the dark.

December 22 – January 19: The Renewal Time. Goose.
Your principle lessons: These are derived from your efforts to arrange and conserve, for their purpose is to teach you self-reliance and self-sufficiency in order to establish your own identity.

January 20 – February 18: The Cleansing Time. Otter.
Your principle lessons: To help you to find the courage to act more on an inner “knowing” than on other peoples expectancies. You are learning to turn visions into practical realities through struggle and even adversity.

February 19 – March 20: The Blustery Winds Time. Wolf.
Your principle lessons: To learn to become more discriminating in facing the demands that are constantly made upon you. The challenges of your life are for the purpose of enabling you to break free from entanglements that are limiting and restrictive, so your horizons can be extended.