Welcome to "The Three Weeks"

Welcome to The Three Weeks
I hope I didn't scare you
But that's the way we are when we come down
We laugh and scream here
Cos life is just a dream here
That's the way we are when we come down
Welcome to my nightmare
Welcome to my breakdown
Welcome to The Three Weeks.....

Adapted from "Welcome To My Nightmare" by Alice Cooper

Oh yes we once again about to arrive at this horrific time of year, made worse this year by the catastrophic Chiron Saturn square.

Oh the curse of being a Jew......or in my instance, my past lifetime as a Jew coming back to haunt me. Of the 1000 lifetimes attached to my universe, at least one of them, as a Jew in the 2nd century BCE affects me more than most of the others.

Furthermore, my four planets in Virgo and three in Scorpio indicates my work as priests, shamans or other spiritual practitioners during many of my past lives...... and I was a Cohen, a Jewish priest in the Temple during my Jewish past life. My Chiron in Pisces indicates persecution and often martyrdom for my religious/spiritual beliefs...... hence my connection to Temples and other spiritual places, and so why The Three Weeks affects me so much, being related to the destruction of the Jewish Temples. Catastrophes often befalls the Jews during The Three Weeks, and for me catastrophes often befalls me during The Three Weeks. This year, the start of The Three Weeks is this Saturday, June 30, so we essentially talking about the first three weeks of July.

This time as fate would have it, The Three Weeks this year coincides with the peak of the Chiron Saturn square. Catastrophes always happens to me at any time of year while Chiron is in hard aspects with the outer planets, especially Saturn. And so the Chiron Saturn square will add to the intensity of the catastrophes during The Three Weeks and beyond...... the Chiron Saturn square remains in effect through July and August.

Chiron is now in my 2nd House - finances and material possessions - hence Chiron's previous transit of Aries, my 2nd House, from 1968 to 1976 coincides with my poverty years. This time the Chiron Effect seems to manifesting in other ways, still to do with finances. But what seems certain is my car will finally die an ugly death during this period, I would not be surprised if this occurs during The Three Weeks. I am already preparing for life without a car, checking out public transport options and Uber. There is a reason why I live around the corner from the train station.

Meanwhile Saturn is in my 11th House - community and friends - hence why I will be a hermit and not take up Yoga nor participate in any other spiritual groups during The Three Weeks and until after the peak of the Chiron Saturn square. Starting anything new during The Three Weeks and the Chiron Saturn square will end catastrophically.

Tomorrow night is the final night of my Chakra Dance sessions, this being a 9-week course. This has been an interesting and wonderful journey. Just a small intimate group of us, anywhere from 8 to 12 goddesses on any one session, me being the only masculine creature. I relish being among all these goddesses - the women. As a group we have gotten to know each other quite well, and I suppose one could say we made friends, though after tomorrow night's session we will likely to be going our own ways. Me being an introverted little soul, while I tend to make friends during the sessions and courses, but once the course ends, we tend to just go my separate ways, with perhaps a few FaceBook adds. It is rare for me to make lasting friends beyond FaceBook. And it is not a good idea to make new friends so close to The Three Weeks and the Chiron Saturn square. However this particular group, known as "Coessence", will hold the next 9-week course from September, and most of us voiced plans to attend this next session, so we will meet again. And this will be after the peak of the Chiron Saturn square. The group plan on holding a couple of 1-day sessions inbetween, I think the first being at the end of July - it will be after The Three Weeks but still during the peak of the Chiron Saturn square, so I won't say that I will not be attending, but I will have to see how I feel and how things pans out.

Meanwhile life goes on....... and there are other planetary alignments in play, and thankfully not all catastrophic. Uranus had recently entered Taurus which is my 3rd House - communications - and being opposite to my Mars in Scorpio in my chart, this is activating my Scorpio Mars. When Chiron entered Taurus my 3rd House back in 1977, that was the year I turned introverted and becoming the most painfully shy creature. Not all introverted people are shy, there is a difference between the two creatures. Introversion is a personality type, while shyness is a fear of social interactions. Unfortunately for me, due to that Chiron entering my 3rd House in 1977, I became afflicted with both - I turned introverted, and I became so painfully shy, I went right into my shell, shunning any contacts with friends, and becoming like a hermit in my bedroom when I was not at school. The only time I came out of my room was during meal times or when I watched TV.

Now just last month Uranus had entered my 3rd House. While Chiron brings catastrophes, Uranus brings radical changes, the revolutionary planet, the planet of the Hippies era. Mars, the God of War, is a planet of action, and with my chart showing Mars in Scorpio, it is action often precipitated by passion, or as the dark side, anger. It is why I have a temper!!

Over the past few weeks two of my colleagues had resigned at my workplace - one into retirement, the other taking a new job in another department. My job had always involved looking after the dispatches for the students in the Years 11-12 group, while the guy who retired was looking after the years 7-10 group. There is one other guy who looks after the K-6 group, that is, Kindergarten to Year 6. When the colleague retired, it was made clear by the Dept that he would not be replaced. Budget cuts!! So I was now assigned the Years 8-12, while the guy in K-6 was now given Year 7. My being a Virgo I relished the extra workload. We Virgos likes to be kept busy, and with most courses going online, our workloads has decreased over the years, to the point where most of the items we hold are practical kits in Science, Art, and the Manual Arts such as Woodwork. Most of the books that we used to hold in stock are now online. So I was glad to be taking on the extra workload of 8-10, and I went to work on applying my Virgo systems for 11-12 to also the 8-10, bringing them together, designing my databases to incorporate the two, and making changes to how the 8-10 were dealt with by the previous colleague. We Virgos has ways of doing things, and we like to keep things in order.

The next colleague to leave us, she worked in helping to make kits for the K-6 and also the Science kits for 7-12. When she left to take a job in another department, my boss made it clear he is going to insist on a replacement for her. And so things were set in motion to secure a replacement for her.

Imagine my surprise, and indeed my utter disappointment, when my boss announced via email without consulting me that the replacement person will take on Years 8-10, hence taking that job away from me after I worked so hard in setting up my systems to incorporate that area. I was so shattered!!! But being a Virgo, I initially just accepted it, though I must admit that I did perform some magic, me being a witch. I performed some magic in the office of my boss, while obviously he wasn't there, the magic designed to bring to nought his plans to take that part of my job away from me. But his decision seemed so final that I didn't really expect much to change.

It turned out his decision came about after he consulted the guy in the K-7 area, who basically said he no longer needs an assistant to help with compiling his kits. So my boss needing to find alternative duties for the new replacement, he decided to take away the 8-10 that was recently given to me, and without consulting me!!! This happened on the Thursday, so I performed the magic on the Friday, the day of the Goddess.

Then the following Monday, my boss did actually pay me a visit in my office, and he announced that the Dept has approved of the new replacement, and that he is going to take the 8-10 area. So I thought, uh well it's a fate accompli. However I also gave him that look, it must have been a real evil look, cos he seemed to hesitate then he asked me if I wanted to discuss this!!!! Then prompted by my Scorpio Mars opposite to Uranus in my 3rd House, I grabbed the opportunity to voice my opposition to this plan. This is really unusual for this meek mild little Virgo!!! It's as if something in me just took over...... and I really spoke my mind about this to my boss!!! He seemed most surprised, indeed shocked, that I really spoke up for myself - something very rare for me!!!! And it prompted him to at least think about his decision.......

For the next few days my boss hadn't said anything else, but rumours began to surface among my colleagues, rumours that my boss had changed his mind and indeed knocked back the offer of a replacement person. None of my other colleagues except one knew about me standing up for myself, and the colleague who did know, because she was in the office with me at the time, she hadn't told anyone else.

Then Friday came, Goddess day, when my boss came back to visit me, to make the official announcement, that we will not be getting a replacement person afterall, and that I will be keeping the 8-10 in addition to my 11-12. Oh yes I was so happy!!!! I really did not expect such a resounding success even though I performed my magic. There is something to be said about being a witch!!! Between that, and the Uranus in my 3rd House activating my Scorpio Mars, I suppose this pretty well sealed my success. And well, in spite of the catastrophes in my life, I do eventually get my own way in most things, and what I wish for usually comes to pass....... eventually.

Now..... for my quirky sense of humour.........

The Chiron Effect......

Meanwhile at Telstra......

Considering the pizza is the best thing ever to be invented for the tummy..... aside from chocolates!!!!

Meanwhile in Perth.......

When my ADHD kicks in......

Oh yes..... the other delight of the universe..... donuts !!!!!!!

Guilty as charged........

Trying to get around the Saturn Complex...... my fruitless effort to lose weight....

Valid question......

When dealing with the Saturn Complex...... my fruitless effort to lose weight

Pre-historic finds.....

A day in the life of a Virgo......

When the Saturn Complex gives the wake-up call during these very cold mornings.....

The life of an introvert......

During "The Three Weeks" and the Chiron Saturn square......

My Four Planets In Virgo

Me and my four planets in Virgo...... my Virgo really kicked in last Sunday, when I ran errands, did my grocery shopping, my baking, etc.... and working virtually from dawn to dusk and beyond. It also didn't help that I needed to do the laundry. I usually do my laundry on Thursdays as part of my Virgo schedules, but the strata company decided to revamp the floors of the 1st Floor hallways and stairs, replacing the carpet with new tiles. And the laundry area is located on the 1st Floor. And they decided to start the tiling in the vicinity of the laundry room on Thursday thus blocking access to the laundry area, and I wasn't able to get back to my laundry until Sunday........

So after working myself to death on Sunday, then going to my dance session on Monday...... my Uranus influence kicked in, with Uranus activating my Scorpio Mars..... and it came to be that some schedule changes and ways of doing things needs to be examined!!! Otherwise this obsessive little work-a-holic Virgo is about to be a very low energy Virgo!!!!

Anyway..... hopefully get back to my blog updates by next Sunday...... meanwhile just posting some more of my quirky sense of humor until then.......... me and my ET kins.......

Now for the Siriun hybrids...... puddy cats

Taygeta Not Just Yet

Last Friday, the day of the Goddess, was D-Day for me, when I was due to get my biopsy results for that nasty little mole that was removed. Is an early return back to Taygeta in my future? Well it seems, not yet. The result was an all clear, no cancer cells. The mole was definitely changing but it hadn't turned nasty, it seems we got it out in time, this after probably ten years since I last had my mole scan check. So my feelings to get back to having my moles checked did turn out to be correct. I was worried I had perhaps left it too late. It was near the beginning of the year when I first gotten this feeling..... then things happened, and then I went to Mexico. Then my Heart Specialist appointments came up due, so had to deal with that for the month....... it was after that I booked my mole scan appointment..... and well am glad to say it wasn't too late. Needless to say I will now have my moles checked each year!!!!

Now I can get on with life..... and my calling on this planet since evidently I am to remain here for at least a little while yet. Meanwhile continuing on with the setup of my aquarium. Yesterday I gotten some more gravel because of my insistence on having natural plants. The aquarium came with plastic plants which I don't want, I much prefer natural live plants. The aquarium didn't come with much gravel for this reason, it only had plastic plants. So needed more gravel for the roots to take hold for the plants. And I came across some black quartz gravel, which I thought was intriguing. Quartz is a well known crystal for us weird types, and I do love my crystals, so I thought it be awesome to have some black quartz crystals in my aquarium. That gravel was more expensive than normal gravel, and they only had it in the 10 kg bags, more than I needed, but I wanted it so much, so I got it. Then I began the task of land scaping the aquarium, placing the rocks in and setting them up in my own creative ways. Then I discovered I needed an air hose and diffuser as that didn't come with the aquarium, so that will be my next task for next weekend.

This week on Thursday is a very momentous and intense New Moon. This marks the catastrophic month of Tammuz, the month when the dreaded "The Three Weeks" begins, connected with the destruction of the Jewish Temples, and when catastrophes often befalls the Jews - and those of us who had spent past lifetimes as Jews - that is me!!!! The first day of Tammuz falls this Thursday with the New Moon. The start of "The Three Weeks" is the 17th day of Tammuz, known as Tzom Tammuz, and this year falls on June 30. Hence this year "The Three Weeks" falls the first three weeks of July.

In addition of the curse of The Three Weeks, we also have to contend with the Chiron Effect, and Chiron's square with Saturn that peaks through July and August, including the time of The Three Weeks. The year 2017 was such a catastrophic year due to the Chiron Saturn squares happening three times. This year in 2018 the Chiron Saturn square happens only once, but it coincides around "The Three Weeks". It is likely when I will lose my car to mechanical faults that will cost more to fix than the car is worth, and there is likely to be further catastrophes happening around that time. The catastrophes are most like to involve money and material possessions (hence my car) since Chiron is now in Aries my 2nd House. The previous transit of Chiron in Aries from 1968 coincided with the 8 years of poverty.

Therefore my plans to begin Yoga classes will be put on hold for the next couple of months. I was hoping to begin Yoga classes after my mole scan, indeed I even had the group and venue lined up, even the fee budgeted for. But it was when they found that suspect mole which delayed things, and well by the time all this chaos was over and done with, well we find ourselves at the dawn of the month of Tammuz. Starting anything new during "The Three Weeks" will end in chaos and catastrophe, and even more so when combined with the Chiron Saturn square, so basically the next two months or so. Chiron is in my 2nd House while Saturn is in my 11th House which deals with cosmic overview, community and friends - which would include the spiritual community and Yoga groups. I will continue with my dance classes which is due to run for three more weeks. After that I will be laying low, I also won't be starting any new dance classes until after these two months of catastrophes.

Some of the catastrophes is likely to revolve around my job with the changes from the two recent resignations. It seems there will be just one replacement. Meanwhile the boss took the opportunity to reorganise the duties of each position, and with that Saturn Complex in my chart, I will come off the worst in this reshuffle. Once the new person arrives, some of my duties will be taken off me and given to him, this after all the hard work of setting up systems and getting things organised for the 2nd Semester. But that is part of the Saturn Complex in my chart, my hard work often goes without reward and coming to nothing. One would think he be happy to have less duties while being paid the same wages!! But I am a Virgo, I like to be kept busy, I don't like just sitting around doing nothing. My actual position is secure and I will still be paid the same, but with less duties - the public servant's dream, but a nightmare for me cos I don't like sitting there doing nothing!!!! Oh that cursed chart of mine!!!!

And so continues the very difficult life of a Virgo...........

The effects of the Saturn Complex in one's chart while also dealing with the Chiron Effect......

The perils of dating during Chiron Saturn squares.....

More effects of the Chiron Effect in the 2nd House and the Chiron Saturn square

Why fairy tales would never work out in the 21st Century

The Australian Dollar......

Meanwhile in a public hospital in Perth......

....and at a govt department in Perth.....

The story of my life with that Saturn Complex......

Job duties changes at my work place......

Signs of the times.......

Meanwhile at a restaurant in Perth.....

Just my dark sense of humor......

Not good enough!!!!!

With the Chiron Effect, Chiron transit of Aries my 2nd House, the next 8 years will be a matter of survival......