Football - Magpie Pennance

Here I must make a solemn confession. I have committed the heinous sin of picking the Magpies in the very much mistaken thought that they would actually win a match, and now I am facing the consequences of the curse of Chiron. I solemnly declare I shall never pick the Magpies again regardless of the strength of the temptation to do so. How presumptuous of me to think they could actually win a match. Now I must consider what penance I must perform to atone for this heinous sin.....

Well at least my Weevil voodoo doll seems to be working. And they can't make any excuses this time, cos the match was right here at home, right in the midst of their beloved Domain Stadium. Definitely no excuses there!!

So let me rebuild my shattered reputation, and see if I can improve on my six correct picks from last week..........

Friday night the Demons and the Swans, a hard one to pick, so what have I to lose but use my convoluted logic..... Demons are used to heat and likes to have cooked Swans.....

Now Saturday..... oh those poor battered Weevils has to travel now.... oh dear how tragic..... time to put some bite marks into my Weevil voodoo doll, the Bulldogs will have a Weevils meal.

The Crows has to fly a but far too but should fare better against the Blues.

The Suns and the Kangaroos...... well we know kangaroos often prefer to rest in the shade, but there will be no shade at Metricon..... Suns to prevail.

The Giants clashes with some puddy cats, a tight struggle, the Giants on their home territory should be able to turn those stray cats into house pets.

And the Port Power should be able to zap those Tigers and turn them into kittens.

Sunday..... the Bombers should be able to win this one against them Lions, especially being at home to them.

Uhhhh now the Hawks and the Magpies, and not going to make the same mistake again. Magpies might be three spots higher on the ladder but they both won the same number of matches. By day's end however, the Hawks will have one win more.

Last but not least, the Dockers might be at home to the Saints but I think I will probably go with a bit of divine guidance here as the Saints goes marching in........

Now for some comic relief.......

When ETs gets their data from social media.......

The life of a Virgo especially after picking the Magpies......

The perils of shared living arrangements....... why I choose to live alone ;)

Career predictors...... very accurate ;)

The perils of an errand to the Post Office.......

This often crosses my mind... hehe ;)

The benefits of having a pet dragon......

Oh such unreliable tradies..... hehehe..... ;) ;)

I can relate..... to the DOG that is ;) ;)

Virgo Reality Check and The Catastrophic Month of Tammuz

Last Wednesday was our Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, what we Pagans call "Yule". After I light my candles and do my rituals on these Pagan holidays I always draw a card from my Pagan deck which covers the next six weeks until the next holiday. There are 8 holidays each year on the Pagan calendar which makes it every six weeks or so. First here is my Yule card draw that covers the next six weeks to Imbolc......

-21 - The Mountain - 8 of Clubs - A large obstacle in my pathway. A mountain blocking further progress. Figuring out the best way to deal with this mountain, to climb it, find a way around it, or simply turn back? Either seen as a challenge or a defeat.

This is likely referring to the catastrophic months of Tammuz and Av, or in particular "The Three Weeks" straddling the two months when calamities often befalls the Jews (or those who were Jews in past lives!!) coinciding with the siege of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temples. This could throw a spanner into the works in regards to my plans for my Peru trip, or is likely to impede my spiritual progress by avoiding attending certain spiritual events such as ecstatic dancing. Jews traditionally does not engage in dancing during "The Three Weeks". Either way, these next few weeks to Imbolc will be challenging on many fronts.

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During Solstice my funds transfer into the one account for my trip has finally been cleared, so the next night I was busily working out logistics and considering all of my expenses. It is what Virgos do before making commitments. I already had the funds for the air ticket and the Lake Titicana tour, but not the Sacred Valley hike. So I realised I have only three months to save for this..... and all of the other expenses associated with trips. It was these "other expenses" that had given me a catastrophic reality check. With only three months to go, I will be on a tight margin. I could still do it..... as long as there are no more catastrophes. However with the month of Tammuz looming, the dreaded "The Three Weeks", and Mercury's retrograde, this anxious little Virgo decided it was way too risky. Therefore with much disappointment I decided I needed to rethink my Peru plans, indeed to cancel it until next year......

Then I got busy checking out the viability of my next option - Mexico - or more specifically the Yucatan area of Mexico where those famous Mayan pyramids are located, you know, the Pyramid of the Sun that you always see on documentaries and National Geographic. So I checked out air tickets to nearby Cancun on the Caribbean coast and found they were $800-$1000 cheaper than to Peru. That was the breathing space that I needed.

Then I did something this fiercely independent Virgo normally doesn't do. I sought help in planning my now revised trip to Cancun, my nephew who works at a travel agency. Well he did offer to help me with my next trip and to at least match the cheapest air ticket I could find if he couldn't find anything cheaper. Me being fiercely independent Virgo baulks at such offers, but this time, being rather shattered by this forced change of plans, I decided what there is to lose. I spent many weeks planning for my Peru trip and I had it all planned out, but aside from the fact there are several Mayan sites in the area of Yucatan I really have no idea of itineraries, lodgings and other planning for the trip. And well my nephew is paid to do things like this. So tomorrow he is going to get to work on this for me.

The air ticket to Peru is always going to be expensive because there are no direct flights between Australia and Peru. Depending on the airlines, you either have to fly all the way up to America via Sydney or Melbourne, then fly all the way back down to Peru from America..... or, going the other way you fly all the way to the Middle East, then up over Europe and down to Brazil then Peru. Either way it makes for very long flights with up to four legs, that is very long even by Perth's standards!!!! To get to Mexico you still have to fly all the way up to America, but Mexico is a lot closer to America than Peru. That is why Donald Trump wants to build a wall against Mexico but there is no mention of any walls against Peru!!!! So still a long flight to Mexico but not quite so long with only three legs, and up to $1000 cheaper - the amount of the bond that I SHOULD have gotten back.

It was the bond fiasco, more than catastrophic May, that cost me the Peru trip. I am not going to get my bond back, cos me being a Virgo I signed away the bond on that first fateful meeting thus essentially handing it to the landlord on a platter. I now realise in hindsight I should not have signed it but should have challenged his claims. As they say, hindsight is a good teacher but it doesn't come with a Tardis!!! But because I am such a Virgo, we Virgos are people pleasers, we don't like conflicts and we don't stand up for ourselves, we Virgos are like doormats!!! It was only down the track when the landlord started to add all these other claims that I was forced into challenging him and ironically it was because I thought it would cost me my Peru trip if I didn't challenge him then. And well it turned out I was not liable for these other issues, but it was too late for the bond, I already signed it away. The bond would have made up the difference between the air ticket to Mexico and Peru. Dang I hate being a Virgo!!! I wish I was born one week later then I would have been a Libra and would have stand up for myself more!!!! Arrrrrgh!!! Uh well...... such is the difficult life of a Virgo.

So now it will be Peru NEXT year..... and I should be able to save my pennies by then..... as long as there are no more catastrophes........

Now the focus is on Cancun..... and well the silver lining is I will be in the tropical Caribbean region, what most travellers dream of. The warm tropical climate, the white sandy beaches and associated sights..... though the primary reason for my intended trip to Cancun is to visit the ancient Mayan sites, the pyramids, Temple of the Sun, etc. Peru is not so tropical and would be cold up in the mountains.

Speaking of catastrophes, the New Moon this weekend heralds the start of the catastrophic month of Tammuz, the month when the siege of Jerusalem took place which led to the destruction of the Temples the following month. Of course we have the dreaded "The Three Weeks" which begins on Tzom Tammuz, the day the Romans lay siege to Jerusalem leading to the destruction of the 2nd Temple in AD70. Tzom Tammuz falls on July 11 this year. However the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem in the 6th century BC which led to the destruction of the 1st Temple took place on Tammuz 9 which falls on July 3, just over a week away. Other catastrophic events happened to Jews over the years during Tammuz, especially during "The Three Weeks". You will certainly hear more about that. But today, Sunday, is the 1st day of Tammuz, and on the eve of Tammuz the Magpies did what they do best - LOSE!!!!!!!! Hopefully this time I will get to a blog on the catastrophic football results. Last week was intense hence why I missed doing a football blog, well it was catastrophic anyway with only TWO correct picks..... again!!!!! Hopefully will do slightly better this time, though I think I was foolish enough to pick the bloody Magpies!!!! NEVER AGAIN!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........ Not happy with you Magpies!!!!!!!!!

Now with these background information, let me share my cards draw for this week......

My cards for this new week the first week of Tammuz

-Ace of Pentacles - Resources - Gathering resources for a potentially successful venture. Having everything needed for a good start. Making good plan that will yield desired results. A good omen. What I desire will come to pass, all shall work out for good.

-6 of Pentacles - Gift - Sharing or giving a gift for the joy of giving without expecting anything in return. Receiving something gladly and gratefully. Gifts received must be reciprocated, the universe seeks a balance.

-King of Swords - Control - A person who knows how to put others at ease, will quickly decided whether to help or not. Cannot oppose the will of a decisive and influential person, but under his guidance the opportunity to achieve important objectives.

-30 - The Perfection Of Your Life - Despite the current chaos or the feeling of being stuck or held back, all things will work out for good. The goal will be achieved.

Summary - A very encouraging draw considering this is the first week of the normally catastrophic month of Tammuz. This is the week when it seems I will finally be able to make bookings for my trip, it is most likely this draw is referring to my trip. I do have the resources available to make a good start on finalising my plans for my trip, the air tickets, etc.

I wonder what form this gift will take, either literal or figuratively. Either way the universe does seek a balance, especially with the Saturn influence being current for all of this year.

The King of Swords could be referring to my nephew at the travel agency to whom I have given the task of planning for my trip.

The Oracle seems to sum up the situation, that despite the current chaos such as the damage done to my savings plans due to catastrophic May and now entering into the catastrophic month of Tammuz, all shall work out for good, and I will achieve my goal - my October trip.

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The other news of note..... I finally made a small but significant start to the humongous task of cleaning out my storage unit, much of it being the legacy of my bower bird wife who enjoyed the challenge of collecting and hoarding as much items as she humanely could!!!! So I am left with the task of UN-collecting her items and the other items therein. I am starting with the small items first, before working up to the larger furniture, appliances, etc. So I had already collected the first trunk load of items last week, I joined a free-cycle group and managed to give away some of them, then recycling the rest of them. Today I brought along my second trunk load of items. I am hoping to have the whole unit cleared out by October, if I can achieve that then the savings from the rental will be enough to pay for my PERU air ticket for 2018. So I will TRY to get it all cleaned out by October, or at the very least by the end of the year!!!

The balcony works at my apartment block..... well it has finally begun, and now the whole other side of the apartment block is now covered in scaffolding up to the top level. So hopefully this will give me time before I would have to move my plants. Well I moved some of them, but not the ones that serves as my privacy screen from the next door neighbour. Although there are spaces between the balconies, there are no privacy walls that goes all the way out to the edge, it only goes half way out. So I used some of my plants to effectively extend this privacy "wall". Not going to move those yet, though technically they advise us against using the balcony due to "safety fears" hence the works they are doing - but me with Uranus in my Sun sign doesn't always take instructions!! For some reason they have erected some scaffolding on one section on my side, MY section but only up to the 2nd level, still two levels below my apartment. So if they build it up to my level then I will have to move my plants, then will have to keep the doors and windows locked - well if the workmen can get up the scaffolding then ANYONE can get up there, if you know what I mean!!!!! Being four levels up you'd have to be a monkey to get up and inside, so I normally keep the door and windows open even at night, I close them only when I am out. But when the scaffolding goes up I will have to keep them closed the whole time. Then I will have to block them via curtains and furniture so no one would be able to look in and be tempted by the sight of my laptop and other electronics. By taking away such temptation one is less likely for a break in attempt. Yes we Virgos thinks of everything, and we are very security conscious creatures!!!

Now after such an intense week, needing some much needed comic relief..........

Here as I am still paying off my wife's medical debts.......

What I have been taught...... ;) ;)

Not as bad as my Virgo dating experiences.......

Me during winter.....

My thoughts when the Magpies actually wins a match !!

Me........ anxiety is in the DNA of Virgos !!!!!

Meanwhile in Perth.......

When a Virgo attends counselling sessions......

Just love this one !!!!! hehe!!!!

Me and my karmic relationships.......

Peru Trip Planning Delays and The Solstice

Now I have the funds to enable me to book my air tickets to Peru and make at least a down payment for the tours. However due to my Virgoan tendency to be organised I have several different accounts each for a specific purpose, such as, one for air ticket and tours bookings, another for food and spending money, and another for unexpected emergencies that tends to occur while on a trip!!! Problem is due to the catastrophic month of May I don't have enough funds in the one specific account to enable me to book the air tickets and tours, so I need to transfer funds temporarily from some of my other accounts. All this is done electronically, however, the finance institutions still take their own sweet time to "clear" the funds. Considering it is electronic I fail to understand what needs to be "cleared"!! Afterall when one goes to a shop and attempt to make a purchase on a credit or debit card with not enough funds to cover the transaction, the machine almost immediately returns with that dreaded and most embarrassing message "insufficient funds"!!!! In other words, within a few seconds, even when overseas in another country, the machine knows whether one has "sufficient funds"!!!! So WHY in Hell's name does it take a financial institution something like THREE or MORE working days to "clear" funds that were transferred electronically.

I still in my very old age remember way back in the dim dark past where when one deposit a cheque into one's bank account it would take five working days to "clear" the cheque. This I can understand as this was prior to the era of the internet and electronic communications. Back in those days the banks would have to communication by more conventional means to confirm whether indeed there is enough funds in the cheque account to cover for the cheque deposited, then proceed to manually credit the deposit account with the funds presented on the cheque. And when credit cards were first introduced,  transactions at shops involving credit cards were done manually which necessitates one to sign for the credit transaction, then it would have to manually be presented to the bank, so it be several days before the merchant knows whether the credit transaction would be honoured. So yes back in those days any kind of bank transfers would take days for it to "clear" due to the manual processes involved. However these days there are no manual processes, you simply swipe a card or enter a number on a computer, and it knows almost immediately whether funds are available for the transaction to be honoured. So again WHY in Hell's name does it still take banks and other financial institutions several days to "clear" such funds!!!!????

So it will probably take all this week before all of my transferred funds would be deemed as "cleared" although the transfers would all be done within a combined total time of less than five minutes!!!! Therefore the earliest I could expect to be able to commence my bookings would be perhaps NEXT weekend.

Hence my very uncannily accurate cards for this week........

My cards for this new week with the Solstice happening, Yule here in the south.

-4 of Swords - Retreat - Being in limbo but making effective use of the time. Relaxing, rejuvenation, resting. Clearing the mind making space for new ideas. An event I have no control over compels me to take a rest. Time to reorganise ideas.

8 - Be The Hunter Not The Hunted - The need to take control of circumstances and to see the truth behind any manipulations others may place on me to control me. No need to be drawn into the drama of others. Stepping into new phase of empowerment. A new freedom emerges.

Summary - Very short and sweet this time, and to the point. The Tarot most likely referring to my efforts to transfer funds into the appropriate accounts before being able to book for my Peru trip. My savings plans involves several different accounts designed for specific purposes as per my Virgoan tendencies of being organised, however, due to the catastrophic month of May, I will need to temporarily transfer funds from some of these in order to meet the initial costs associated with the bookings. And despite all these transfers being electronic the financial institutions will all take their own sweet time in "clearing" the funds, hence this Tarot. These delays will force me to wait for probably all this week before I can move forward with the bookings.

The Oracle compels me to take control of current circumstances and not be swayed by the opinions of others. We Virgos being people pleasers tends to be swayed by the opinions of others. This message probably includes taking control and transmuting the energies of current planetary alignments which it seemed I enjoyed some success with at last night's ecstatic dance event.
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The other major event this week is the Solstice, the shortest day of the year here in the Southern Hemisphere. This occurs on June 21, which is this Wednesday. Here it is known as Yule on the Pagan calendar. Of course we normally associate Yule with Xmas being in the Northern Hemisphere when Xmas falls during winter. As we all know Xmas is derived from the Pagan holiday of Yule, hence the term "Yuletide" as another name for Xmas. However here in the Southern Hemisphere, we Pagans celebrate our holidays at opposite times of the year due to the opposite seasons, like, we have winter in June rather than December. So our Winter Solstice is June 21, and we call it "Yule" here. There are a total of eight Pagan holidays each year, and I normally take days off work for these holidays. However due to my very limited leave allocations and the need to save these for my Peru trip, I will have to go to work this Wednesday.

Now the saga of the balconies in my apartment block. A while ago one of the balconies began to crumble with bits of concrete coming off and falling down onto the balconies below. The balconies are concrete and the balcony walls are made of bricks. So we were advised to not use the balconies until they were inspected. The issue is, just before I moved in back in December the balconies were all inspected and all deemed to be safe after some repairs done on a few of them. So whoever did the job of inspecting the balconies clearly did not do a good job!!!! Now they are being inspected again, not sure whether it is by the same people or not, I wasn't there last time. But this weekend the repair guys commenced their work, which they say will take up to three months. The task involves erecting a barrier around the apartment complex, then erecting scaffolding, then inspecting each and every balcony and making repairs where deemed necessary. It will be some time before they reach my balcony on the 4th level, but it looks like they erected barriers on MY side of the building. Since the incidence of the crumbling balcony took place on the other side of the building I would have thought they'd commence their work there. Well I will have to keep my eye on their progress cos I have been asked to remove my plants from my balcony, but don't want to do it until they get close to reaching my balcony, so probably have at least a month or so yet.

Nothing more of note to report on......... otherwise just another week..........

My activity tracker at work ;)

My evenings after work..... ;)

Another good reason why I don't use budget airlines on my trips !!!!!

My colleagues at work........

Unfortunately I can still remember those days !!!!!!

Sometimes you need all the protein you can get !! ;)

Here as I am about to book my air tickets to Peru........

When waiting on the government........

Football - Catastrophic Round

This has been a catastrophic round in more ways than one. The Magpies back to their usual form - losing!! That I expected, only that it was one of just two correct picks I managed to get out of this Chiron-cursed round. Dropping down to 10th which is virtually in the mid-field, the curse of Chiron has definitely kicked in now. Chiron still in my Ascendant sign, I have never won any prize money since Chiron entered Pisces back in 2010 just prior to Mother's death. This is a round best forgotten unless one is into Bombers and not in any office tipping competitions contending with Chiron in one's Ascendant sign!!!!

So let's try to look to the future..... well tomorrow night anyway..... the Weevils doing their thing against the puddy Cats. Being a Weevils home match it will be down to how much the Weevils can bribe the umpires as opposed to how effective will be my Weevil voodoo doll. I think I will put my faith into my Weevil voodoo doll.

Friday night we have the Kangaroos against the Saints. Hmmmm....... I'll probably score a better tipping result if I just randomly toss the coin for all these matches, afterall 50/50 I should get three from six matches!! This one very hard to pick...... where is that coin!!!?

Saturday.... the Tigers and the Sydney Swans..... uhhhh where's that coin!!?

The bookies have the Power at short odds against the Lions...... but the Lions won last week, one of the reasons why my tipping results was so diabolical. Cellar dwellers or not the question is whether last week's win a fluke? Time will tell....... probably asking a bit too much to pull off two major upsets, not sure if that has ever been done before...... but there is always a first time for everything..... just betting on that it won't happen this particular time!!

Next we have the Suns and the Blues...... the Sun is hot, Blue is cold, so Sun should prevail..... that kind of logic can't be any worse than the logic I used previously in trying to pick my teams lately!!!!!

Sunday..... we have just one match in another split round.... The Bulldogs and the Demons..... well the Demons did beat the Magpies, but then anyone can beat the Magpies...... the Bulldogs may be a tougher proposition here!!!!!

More than ever needing some light sense of humor..... or not-so-light sense of humor as the case may be.........


My pet......

My kind of pub ;)

Our IT or Tech Support section at work......

Despite my very old age I care VERY much about the availability of free wi-fi when booking lodgings on my trips.......

Always the trusted source of fake news ;) ;)

Sounds like the names of some of my heart meds !! ;) ;)

;) ;)

When a Virgo goes on a date.......

Peru Trip Now In Serious Planning

Now I have survived catastrophic May with my savings plan intact, and with Jupiter now moving direct in my Moon sign, energies are ripe for me to start seriously planning for my Peru trip with the intentions of making my bookings later this month.

First thing was to determine how much leave credits I have available to me in 2017. So after consulting the system on my computer at work which deals with time sheets, vacation time, etc, I discovered that I have a total of 20 days available to me, meaning, at five days for a working week, this is four weeks worth of vacation time. However I need to save three days for the Xmas break since the office shuts down so everyone has to take leave, then another couple of days to allow for any other issues. Me being a Virgo likes to be prepared. The boys scout motto "Be prepared" must have been invented by a Virgo. So with needing to save five days, this leaves me with just 15 days available for my Peru trip, or when weekends are accounted for, this turns into up to 21 days.

Now we need to allow the commute to and from Peru, which due to being in the most isolated city on Earth, will be about two days each way. Probably two or three flights with stop-overs so expected to take the best part of two days. Such is life in the most isolated city on Earth!!!! Then I will need at least two to three days recovery time from jet lag etc after returning back from Peru and before I start back at work again, and start saving for my NEXT trip. So this leaves me with about 15 days in Peru, an improvement on the 11 days in the UK last year, but not enough time for the Nazca Lines tour. I will have time only for the Lake Titicana tour and the hike up Sacred Valley to Macchu Picchu.

Next is to determine WHEN I will be going to Peru. I plan my vacation around the Jewish holidays, in this instance, Succot which runs over 8 days in October. My Glastonbury trip last year took place during Succot. So in this instance my Peru trip is to take place over Succot. This year Succot runs from October 5-12.

So with Yom Kippur falling on Saturday September 30, I will be booking to fly out from this isolated little city on Sunday October 1, arriving in Peru probably sometimes on the 2nd. Then will probably need to begin my long trek back to this isolated little city on the 18th or there abouts. So this will mean 15 full days in Peru.

This week my fortnitely payday falls, so this will be my final review of my savings plan. I will know then exactly how much money I currently have available to me, which will be enough to cover the air tickets and hopefully enough left over to at least make down payments for the tours. Once I have this information, I will begin transferring funds to the account which will fund my Peru trip, so hopefully by Yule - the Winter Solstice on the 21st this month - I should be in a position to commence the process of making my bookings. That is next week. Then I will have three months to save the rest of the funds I will need, should not be a problem since I have right now probably about 75% of the funds I will ultimately require.

With such a momentous week ahead, my cards had a lot to say to me, in fact so much to say I needed to divide this week's readings into two parts. The first part being the Tarot deck......

My Tarot cards for this very intense new week.....

-II - The High Priestess - Divine Connection - Seeking connection with the higher realms. Developing close relationship with higher entities cultivating more mature understanding of spiritual wisdom. Heed the inner voice, it will guide me onto the appropriate pathway for me.

-IV - The Emperor - Stability - Enjoying time of stability and security. Finding inspiration in challenges. Balancing stability and change. A firm foundation as a springboard for continuous growth. My strength lies in my capacity to persevere with my intentions without ever giving up.

-XIII - Death - Endings - Experiencing and mourning a loss. Missing what was and not quite ready to embrace what is. Allowing hope to provide some comfort. Embracing that there is really no death but transformation and renewed opportunities of redemption. Past experiences strengthened me. Gaining the determination to face the challenges ahead.

-8 of Pentacles - Study - Approaching something new by acquiring understanding of the basics. Dedication to a course of study and gaining of knowledge. About to embark on something new and building a foundation. My success depends on my commitment.

-5 of Swords - Regrets - Wishing things had turned out differently and taking responsibility for one's actions. Regretting the losses. Learning from the experience. Having fought a battle against ferocious adversary with losses happening on both sides. Was the fight worth it?

-8 of Swords - Bound - Feeling held back, controlled or isolated by someone or something, indeed by circumstances. Lashing out in anger. A period of sacrifice and deprivation, perhaps solitude. Perhaps a condition imposed on us.

Tarot Summary - This it seems relates to preparation for my Peru trip and my decision as to whether I will attend this Saturday's ecstatic dance event despite the very challenging planetary alignments happening that very day. This week is when my fortnitely payday falls, thus reviewing the first June phase of my savings plan, and getting a better idea of where I stand financially as I commence the task of booking for my Peru trip the following week. These cards seems to address mostly these two issues - Peru trip and dance event.

First and foremost, seeking divine connections, what I will really be needing to guide me through this week and beyond!!! That is, seeking guidance from the many higher entities that are in my life, my ET kins, my Goddess spirits, various other guides, and indeed the Source. This may be expressed through the spiritual groups I am currently involved with.

Despite the challenges and turmoil there is an underlying stability in my life. I have a stable job for the foreseeable future, and on a 12 months lease in my current abode until at least December. These are the foundations in which I am able to plan for my Peru trip scheduled for October. Whatever challenges will rise meanwhile, I am able to persevere without ever giving up due to these firm foundations.

Death to the old ways and embracing the new. This is part of the whole deal. This perhaps relates to the new approach in planning for my Peru trip. For my previous trips I had always gone alone, planning the trips and itinerary on my own, and coordinating the bookings on my own. However for this upcoming Peru trip, I will be with tour groups, such as with the Lake Titicana tours and the hike up Sacred Valley. I will not be alone but being with a group and interacting with them. I also may find it beneficial to use an agency to help coordinate my bookings, airport transfers, lodgings, and getting to and from these tour groups. So instead of being a fiercely independent Virgo I will have to adapt to working collaborative with others in order to achieve my goals.

Study. Research on the various tour groups for my Peru trip, research on Peruvian culture. Research on what to expect on my trip. Peru is the second "foreign" country I will visit, that is, non-English speaking, non-"western" country. Bali was the first, and in that instance I stayed in one lodging and the lodging hosts basically took me to the various sites and helped me in navigating the cultures of the country. In Peru I will be moving around and staying in several places, with several different interactions with local culture.

The final two cards relates to my past, probably more specifically the catastrophic month of May when my savings plan for Peru suffered major hits. This had held me back from my original plan to book my Peru trip during May instead of June. May is destined to impact economically on my Peru trip. I have been making sacrifices up until then, and will need to continue making sacrifices for a while yet. This would include depriving myself of the various spiritual events such as the MILA sessions, attending only a limited number of ecstatic dance sessions, and holding back on spending on food, groceries, clothing, etc or finding cheaper alternatives. And of course living without a fridge.

Some of these cards may also refer to the issue of attending this weekend's ecstatic dance event in the midst of potentially catastrophic planetary alignments involving hard aspects with my nemesis planets - Chiron, Saturn and Mercury. The issue revolves mainly around the first 30 minutes that is the "contacts" session which involves interactions with other souls at the event. This is where my Virgoan demons with no Leo aspects, the total lack of self love, is involved. The planetary alignments which is basically a grand triangle, which turns into a grand square when including my natal planets!!! This seems to highlight these issues!!! Self love is needed for more successful interactions, and my utter lack of self love is the root of my problems and my lack of success with interactions with others.

The last two cards may also relate to my dealings with my 3D colleagues at work who have been more annoying than usual lately, holding me back from some of my usual activities during my work day. Indeed I feel constrained by their antics, and with seemingly no way to deal with it. My tolerance levels of my 3D colleagues seems to be getting less and less. Something is going to have to give.

Now my Oracle cards......

My Oracle cards for this very intense new week.....

20 - Softly Softly The Tender Touch - The feminine wisdom of the gentle touch being the most beneficial right now. Working smarter rather than harder. Inviting the wishes or intentions into the space we have created for them rather than forcing the issue. No need to push quite so hard for my goals. These will come naturally. Just need more faith in the universe and allow the synchronicities to happen. All things works together for the good for those who are called.

24 - New Birth Guarded Vigilantly - Every new birth carries a time of vulnerability. A new beginning, a new idea, a new phase. This will need to be nurtured indeed guarded until it takes hold. Do not share the intentions with the whole world at this time, but keep it to myself and only the trusted souls. Keeping my sacred spaces pure, don't let others into my sacred space.

25 - Release The Dark Wound Let Love Live - The dark wound being deciding I am not good enough for it before I even giving it my every effort and divine guidance. Letting go of the grip of perfectionism, letting myself and my ideas live. Release the dark wounds of false belief. Honour the path of self love. Embrace my calling without judging it. To nurture it, guard it as per the previous card.

Oracle Summary - The Oracle cards seems to highlight my four planets in Virgo with no Leo aspects demons of self criticism and utter lack of self love, though it still relates to my Peru trip.

The first card relates to my need to "let go and let God", or "let go and let the forces of Divinity do their things". Up until now I worked very hard with Saturnian inspired blood sweat and tears for my Peru trip, making sacrifices and having to force myself at times to reach my savings goals. Last year my trips has been facilitated by miracles. This year in 2017, a Hell year, there has been no miracles, just sheer hard work, seemingly influenced by the Saturn Uranus trine as well as the Saturn Chiron square. Now at the dawn of being able to make my bookings, the card seems to guide me to let go, not to use such sheer force, and just allow the universe to do their thing. I AM going to Peru, that calling has been set. Just need to plan smarter rather than harder from now on.

The next card relates around the "birth" of my Peru trip, the planning and bookings for my trip. Needing to guard the process and keep it from souls who does not have my best interests at heart. Even the status updates I share on my Peru trip, these are filtered so only a limited group has access to them, these mostly are those who share the same or similar spiritual pathways as me, also those who had been close friends in the past or whom I have had close interactions with in the past prior to FaceBook. I haven't even told my family yet, except my Father and my half-sister. The rest of my family doesn't believe in me, so even though some of them are on my FaceBook they don't get access to my status updates on my Peru trip. Until all of my bookings and plans are finalised, I will need to keep it this way. Only after then I will create my Peru page and allow access to everyone else.

Last but not least, my Virgoan tendency to not believe in myself, to harbour self doubt. Much of my struggles with achieving the goals of my Peru trip relates to this. There has been plenty of times when I doubted that I could even get to Peru, it is only my other Virgoan traits, my determination and stubbornness, that has gotten me through. Now I need to believe in myself, even just a little bit, and to know that all will fall into place, and come October I will be on my way to Peru to fulfil my callings for Mother Gaia.

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What else has been happening and will be happening....... well yet another spanner in the works is in regards to my trailer registered in my name. I just received mail from the Dept of Transport informing me that the trailer is now registered to someone in NSW so the registration in my name has been cancelled and so I need to kindly return the plates to the dept.

There is one niggly little problem. The trailer is still very much in my possession right here in Perth, indeed very safely stored away in my storage unit. I have neither sold nor passed on ownership of the trailer.

So someone has fucked up somewhere, being typically government departments!!! A government department would not be a government department if it didn't fuck up on things. Indeed it is in the DNA of government departments to fuck up on things. Needless to say I am not a happy camper, and Hell hath no fury over a witch who is not a happy camper!!!! There are going to be hexes sent without mercy unless the situation is resolved in my favour at no cost to me.

The department is going to get a stern letter from me this week demanding for this situation to be resolved in my favour at no cost to me. Of course being a government department there are going to be complications and fobbing off as they will want to cover their sorry little arses. This is where a few hexes strategically placed will come in handy. It is THEIR fuckup, so it is THEIR responsibility to resolve the situation. Of course technically I can still use the trailer as it is still registered, just apparently no longer in my name!!!! So it is down to a government department to admit to their mistake, something which government departments does not like to do.

Indeed the trailer will soon be put to use as I have just begun the very immense task of cleaning out my storage unit, reversing the legacy of my little bower bird wife who enjoyed the hobby of accumulating items from little nick knacks up to furniture pieces, most which I have no need for. I have already brought back a few bags of items and am currently sifting through them for either recycling or free-cycling. My strategy is to go through the bags of small items first until as much of it. as possible is cleared before moving onto the larger items, furniture, etc. My ultimate aim is to clean out my storage unit completely so I can cancel the rental which will save me that much more money each month. Though by the time I finish cleaning it out, it will probably be when I leave for Peru, so any savings will be towards my NEXT trip to somewhere!!!!!

This involves trying to find an online free-cycle group in Perth so to offer the items, using my Virgoan research skills to try find the best group to join, one with many members which will make it easier to find someone wanting any items I offer hence getting them off my hands!!! I will probably end up joining the same group that my wife had joined. Her purpose for joining the group was to GAIN items like the little bower bird that she is!!!! So it will be an irony that I will probably join the same group with the aim of REMOVE the items from my possession, reversing the legacy of my bower bird wife!!!

Due to the catastrophic month of May and my need to save further pennies for my Peru trip, I have pretty well given up the idea of acquiring a fridge for the foreseeable future, that is, anytime during 2017. Thanks to FaceBook and my sea-faring half-sister who posted an article on her FaceBook page by a lady about adapting to life without a fridge, I have gained some insightful tips on how to deal with food storage without a fridge. Of course being on a boat there would not be much room for a fridge, perhaps only a very small fridge with not enough room for everything. So apparently the secret of storing fruit and veges for any length of time without a fridge is to purchase the fruit and veges that has never been stored in any fridges. That means avoiding those in supermarkets and most other shops, those are normally stored in fridges during transportation, and prior to display on the shelves. Therefore, the best place to get fruit and veges is from farmers markets where they normally get the items straight from the farms or gardens without refrigeration. So my next shopping trip I will need to find a farmer's market, there are a few around Perth.

Anyway this lady is selling a book that claims to have ways of storing virtually any food items without a fridge, apparently including dairy and meats. Of course being a skeptical Virgo I ponder on things before making such commitments. The book itself is only about $10 plus the postage, being from the east coast, that will cost a bit for them carrier pigeons to bring the book to me. First I will see if her tips on the storage of fruits and veges actually works. I am now on her email list and occasionally I get other tips, all of course with the aim of selling the book. We Virgos are skeptical creatures, we analyse and we do research ourselves. So I will first be studying these tips and trying them out, so it will be a while before I decide on getting the book.

Last but not least, still no word from the landlord nor any solicitors or etc in regards to the bond fiasco. So my life will just go on, I have many other things to deal with!!! Not going to worry about this. If the legal profession gets involved it will probably be several weeks or months anyway before I get any notice.

Now my quirky sense of humor to end this very long blog.........

A new reason for believing in ETs? ;)

The story of my life........

Dealing with computer problems at work.......

;) hehe

This would be me...... hehe..... ;)

The perils of relying on Google Maps !!!!

;) ;) hehe

Must be the landline system in Perth.....

Just another day at my workplace ;) !!

Me during winter...... !!!!

Uhhhh now I know where I come from..... hehe!!! ;) ;)