Sneaky Telcos And The Poverty Challenge

With Chiron now in my 2nd House, poverty is at the door.......

During my trips overseas I am always careful about using my data roaming, making sure the data on my devices is switched off except for specific circumstances, and keeping track of my usage. So during my recent USA trip, well the USA is a "tier 1" country on the telco's list, meaning, the data roaming charges are the least expensive, and you can purchase data packages which makes it less expensive.

So I have two devices that uses the same data pool, so on one of them I purchased a data pack, which I used mainly on the other device. I knew my data roaming always comes back to haunt me after my trips, but being the USA and having purchased a data package, I didn't think the bill would be that high.

I was in for an extremely rude shock!!! The latest telco bill which covered my USA was absolutely huge!! It was more than the bills from my Mexico, and Mexico is a "tier 3" country, these are with the most expensive data roaming charges, and you cannot purchase any packages for Mexico. The bill wasn't quite as high as during the catastrophic 2016 incidence when I forgot to turn off my auto data downloads, but it was more than high enough!!!

So what's in Hell's name was going on?? It was then I discovered a very sneaky trick employed by telcos. All large corporations - telcos, banks, governments, etc - are inherently evil. The evil are hard wired into the DNA of corporations, they care only for money and profits. The customer is nothing more than a commodity for them. They are just a necessary evil in this current society, you just have to be not deluded enough to think they actually have even an ounce of care or human compassion for their customers - it just does not exist in the psyches of corporations. It is just up to us to have our wits about us and be aware of their tricks.

And one of their tricks is..... the data package is specific only for the device in which the package was purchased from. It doesn't matter that there be other devices using the same data pool. The package applies only for the device in which it was purchased from. And of course we're not told this at the time of purchase. There was no messages nor reminders that the package is good only for the particular device. Of course they'll say it's in the "term and conditions", but they know as well as we all do that no one reads the term and conditions. That is exactly why they make them so intentionally wordy and long winded and in very small letters. No one had the time to read the 100's of pages of the term and conditions, and corportations knows this. It is one of their most common tricks.

It happens I do have the means to pay it without needing to ask for extensions, etc, but it is destined to set back my savings plan.

This alone will not lead to poverty...... but with Chiron now in my 2nd House, poverty will be ever knocking at my door..... it is up to me as to whether I let it in or not..... I just hope it doesn't smash down the door!!!!

Meanwhile...... getting back into my modalities after my USA trip albeit on a reduced scale, that is, not as many of them as last year. My routines so far..... Tuesdays I do the Breathwork and Sound Healing sessions using those sound bowls that are so popular these days. Those are amazing, that they actually makes sounds when you just drag a stick around the rim. You wouldn't think just that would make such sounds, but it sure does!! I think these originated in Asia - Nepal, Tibet and other such regions. So we're talking about ancient technology, and well it does work wonders!!! They are simply amazing!!

Mondays starting tomorrow night, I am back into my Chakra Dance sessions, the 9-week sessions that more or less coincides with the school term. So looking forward to that. Dancing is in my DNA, I just so love to dance, it is my favourite artform.

Today I was at another of these DNA Activation ceremonies which I often refer to here. This is dealing with the so-called "junk" DNA that scientists has no idea why it is there. They assume it is leftovers from evolution. However, such so-called "junk" DNA are not junk at all, but are DNA that dates back to a more glorious era of our past, and is designed to enable us contact with ETs. These ceremonies are held every few weeks, so won't be another one for a while.

So another week until my tentative date of my next trip to the USA - September 2019.....

true......

When Saturn causes me trouble..... which is often !!!!

The curse of old age......

When my Scorpio Mars kicks in......

Oh yes will I ever save you...... !!!!!

Meanwhile at a public hospital near you....

The truth.... for better or for worse......

My shopping expeditions...... hehe......

ETs.... hehe......

Also telco CEO's are down there too.....

On that long flight across the Pacific......

Chiron in the 2nd House.......

Chiron Back In My 2nd House......

This Thursday on February 7, which happens to be payday, Chiron enters my 2nd House (Pleasure, Materials, Possessions, Money) where he will spend the next 8 years. The last time Chiron entered my 2nd House, back in 1968, this heralded the 8 years of poverty.

With Mars also currently in my 2nd House, now is the time for action to mitigate against a repeat of the 8 years of poverty. Back in 1968 I had no control over the situation, being only age 5, I was totally at the mercy of the whims of my family and circumstances around me. This time some 50 or so years later, I am a lot more in control of my circumstances. And so with Mars the planet of action also in my 2nd House, I am sparked into action.

First thing I set the goal of a return trip back to South Carolina in September this year. Both our birthdays falls during September, hers being on the 11th, mine just 9 days later. We both have the Sun in Virgo, which makes for very interesting times together!! Only a Virgo can understand how difficult it is to live with a Virgo. Only a Virgo can understand our many foibles of Virgos. Only a Virgo can understand how annoying a Virgo can be. Must be why we got on so well together. So a return trip to South Carolina is set for September 2019.

First thing is to tweak my savings plan to pay down debt a little quicker than I have been. The less debt equals the less trouble when the financial shit really hits the fan on the world economics. If poverty was to strike during these 8 years it will almost certainly be due to the coming world economic crash. Having less debt will lessen the personal impact on such an event. It is not a matter of IF but WHEN the world economic crash will come.

Next is to deal with my car which is long overdue for a service, and my feeling is it will also need new brakes. I thought I would lose use of my car during the middle of 2018 when Chiron squared with Saturn. Catastrophes happens during Chiron's hard aspects with Saturn. So I thought I would lose use of my car during that time. Of course this did not happen, my car is still running - albeit with the hampster on the wheel inside the engine!!!!

During 2019 there will be no more aspects between Chiron and Saturn, so although Chiron is set to enter my 2nd House, no catastrophes are expected. Therefore with Mars in my 2nd House, I should be able to take action and have the universe on my side.

Stemming from my poverty years I know how to save my pennies, to shop for specials at the supermarket, and to tweak my grocery shopping for maximum output on minimal input. It is how I could fund my trips and get me through tight spots. Mother always bought only the icecream that was on special, she never bought icecream that was not on special. Back in those days it meant we lived virtually on vanilla icecream, or perhaps neapolitan icecream if we're lucky. Chocolate icecream was never on special hence I was forever deprived of such simple pleasures!!! These days however, all flavours of icecream are on special at some time. So between the three supermarkets that I visit, at least one will have chocolate icecream on special, so I could satisfy my addiction for chocolate while sticking to a budget.

The month after my trips is always when my data roaming comes back to haunt me. Although I make use of free wi fi where possible, there are always some occasion when I need to use my devices in places where there is no wi fi, hence I use data roaming, whose cost quickly adds up. Only difference is, it doesn't add up quite as quickly in the USA since this is a Tier 1 country therefore cheaper. Mexico however is a Tier 3 country, therefore, much more expensive. So I brace for my internet bill the month after my trip, though not quite so much this time being only in the USA. So this month concentrate on dealing with the haunting of my data roaming bill.

March is when Mercury goes into retrograde. Catastrophes always happens when Mercury goes into retrograde. You don't deal with transport issues, such as, getting my car serviced, nor pay out large sums of money as always happens when it comes to car repairs, during a Mercury retrograde period. In March Mercury's retrograde takes place in my Ascendant sign, so is likely to be even more catastrophic. So not a good idea to deal with my car during March while Mercury is in retrograde. There's a high chance my car will start to play up during March as catastrophes always happens during a Mercury's retrograde, but at least by April I will be finally getting my car serviced..... and face the music on the many works that will need to be done to the car. Then will work on getting at least the most urgent or critical of the repairs done, and the brakes is expected to be one such item for repairs - it is the feeling that I get.

Meanwhile..... with school also being back this week, I am getting back to my spiritual modalities albeit not as many as per last  year - from both a time and financial viewpoint. The time being that there are only so many days in the week, and it will exhaust me if I attend something every day of the week. At some stage some weeks last year I was attending four sessions each week. That is unsustainable for an introvert like me who values plenty of time alone, as awesome as it is to attend these sessions. And then the finance point of view, most sessions involves a fee of some sort. So less sessions equals less payouts of money.

Last night was the first of my sessions since my return from the USA. This was the monthly sessions of the Merkabah Activation Ceremony. This I will continue with on a monthly basis. The Merkabah is our "light body" in which our soul/spirit resides and keeps us safe while we persue our spiritual journey. Activating it and keeping it activated affords us greater control over the process of our spiritual journeys, such as our shamanic journeys, and when we dream.

Then on Tuesday I go back to the Breathwork and Sound Healing sessions. And the following Monday I begin my favourite of the activities - the 9-week Dance sessions involving each of our Chakras - the Chakra Dance sessions. So that be two nights per week, which is more sustainable on many levels.

Last but not least.... getting back to my walking and exercise regime. Last week I went for my first walk in at least six weeks, prior to Xmas, and I was so exhausted afterwards I promptly went to sleep. So I need to get my fitness back. My energy has been very low...... so need to build up my fitness once again, even in my very old age......

Now back to my quirky sense of humor......

I can relate....... no more comment !!!

Me and my guardian angel.....

Meanwhile at a govt dept near you......

Me and that Saturn Complex in my chart.....

Back to the govt dept near you......

That be the truth.......

Yoga class last year......

The truth......

The life of a Virgo.....

Maybe I am not THAT weird......

Meanwhile back in Perth during winter.....

Meanwhile my favourite comic......

Home Sweet Home

After another world adventure it is always good to get back home to my cosy little abode, especially after such a very long trip. You know you're in the most isolated city on Earth when you travel. You also know that you are in one of the most expensive cities on Earth when you travel, having brought back 1/2 a suitcase full of clothes bought in the USA for a fraction of the price you'd pay in Perth for them. I think moral of the story is, if you need certain items, wait until your next overseas trip to acquire them for a much cheaper price!! Of course it doesn't work for all items, such as large electrical items, for obvious reasons!! But for clothes and other small items, this approach works very well.

The night in Rock Hill prior to my departure was my coldest night yet that I have experienced, when the temperature dropped down to 7 degrees Celscius BELOW freezing. Leading such a sheltered life in relatively balmy Perth I have never before experienced such cold temperatures, and I don't care to experience such temperatures again!!!!

So them embarking on my very long journey back home, and it was mostly uneventful until I got to Sydney. At Sydney Airport as I waited for that final flight back to isolated little Perth, I spotted a Krispy Kreme donut shop so I decided to treat myself to some donuts. I didn't have any cash on me except a small amount of USA cash which I intended to keep until my next trip rather than exchange it. So I used my credit card to purchase those donuts...... BIG MISTAKE!!!!

Within a minute I received a txt msg from the finance company informing me they've placed a temporary block on my credit card "for security reasons". They deemed my small purchase at Sydney Airport to be "suspicious" and I needed to call them to confirm that it was indeed myself who had made the purchase. So I planned to deal with it when I got back home. This annoyed me greatly. How dare them intrude on my space and basically nanny me as if I can't look after my own affairs. Also I used that same credit card in the USA, to pay for my car rental, hotel lodgings, and food, etc, at USA airports. Why didn't they deemed those transactions in the USA to be "suspicious"? Why did they wait until I arrived back in Australia???

So I thought.... when I got back to Perth, I just call the finance company, confirm that the Sydney transaction was genuine and performed by me, and so would unblock my card. I was to be most sadly mistakened. When I called them, I was confronted with the typical automated response so loved by corporations to save money on employing humans to do the job, having to press menu buttons to finally get to the department that I needed.......

Then they asked me the usual security questions to establish that it was indeed myself the owner of the credit card who was talking to them, not some ET from Mars..... or the Pleiades!! Fair enough I thought..... then I confirmed that it was indeed myself who had performed the transaction in Sydney. So I thought, well they should unblock the card now...... However the guy on the other end went away for a while, and when he came back, he informed me that someone would call me back in two days!!!!

Now I was getting really pissed off. My Scorpio Mars kicked in big time. I had just confirmed that it was me who made the transaction after proving it was me who was talking to them, yet they still wouldn't unblock the card. This was Wednesday, and so it be Friday before someone calls me back. Meanwhile I am without a credit card for those days. As if I was being punished for daring to use the card in Sydney, it seemed like I was the "criminal" who "stolen" the card. I was polite to them, but deep inside I was absolutely livid...... and I hexed them, me being a witch!!!! I do have two other credit cards I could use but that is not the point!! I should not be denied use of my own credit card for several days when I had done nothing wrong!!!!

So I waited ever so patiently for that call...... and on Friday the call finally came. About bloody time!!! So once again I was put through the usual security checks, having to prove that it was indeed me the owner of the credit card whom they were talking to. Then once again the confirmation that the transaction in Sydney was a genuine transaction performed by me. So will they now unblock my card...... NO SUCH FUCKING LUCK!!!!!!!

They then told me I had to email them a scanned copy of my Drivers License and a scanned copy of a letter with my signature confirming the transaction in Sydney was genuine and requesting for the card to be unblocked!!!!

WHAT'S THE FUCK NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr...........

Now I am totally livid!!!!! More massive HEXES being sent, cos when I get mad, I don't shout at them, I just send hexes - curses of a witch.

So I duly composed the letter, scanned the Drivers License, and sent off the email. But because it was Friday and past the close of business on the east coast where the finance company is based, it would be at least BLOODY TUESDAY before they would deal with the email. Of course being a holiday weekend when Monday being a public holiday.

Therefore I am STILL without a credit card, and Tuesday would mark a whole week since the credit card was blocked. And so help me Goddess, if they don't unblock my card on Tuesday and make me jump through more hoops, I am going to utterly explode!!!!! There will be no more politeness. I am a witch with a Scorpio Mars in my chart, those who fucks with me does so at their peril, and this finance company is fixing to experience a lot of peril at my hands. I will not be taking this lying down.

If and when this issue is FINALLY resolved, I will be submitting a written complaint. I will not be letting the matter rest. My days of just taking shit from corporations are over. I am going to kick up a fuss. Me and my Scorpio Mars!!!!!

Moral of the story...... don't use credit cards when overseas. I also have my travel cards which are basically debit cards that can be converted to foreign currencies. However there are places overseas that accepts only credit cards. This includes Car Rental companies and Hotels, they won't accept debit cards, even travel cards, you must have a credit card to enable transactions with these places. It is ironic that the finance company did not place a block on my credit card when I had performed these much larger transactions overseas on this same credit card. It wasn't until I arrived back in Australia and making a $6 transaction that they blocked my card for "suspicious" activity!!!!!

This was not the only catastrophe that happened to me at Sydney Airport. As I tucked into my very costly Krispy Kreme donuts, I fired up my laptop..... only to be confronted with a HARD DISK FAILURE message!!!!! Oh SHIT, what's the fuck now??? The laptop was working without any troubles whatsoever while in the USA, and it was working perfectly fine back in LA. So what's the Hell happened between LA and Sydney?? OK we did go through some severe turbulence just out of LA but I would not have thought that would have affected the hard disk, especially since the laptop was with me on the plane and safely tucked away under my seat storage area.

Fortunately I had backed up my data just prior to my USA trip, but was freaking out a bit that I would have to get myself a new hard disk, re-install Windows and restore all of my data. This would have to be something I would need to deal with immediately after I arrived home, when I be feeling exhausted and needing a rest. But I can't live without my laptop!!!

After I got home, I fired up the laptop to test it again..... and yes indeed, an apparent Hard Disk failure!!! So I went to look for my Windows installation stick, what I bought last time when just last year I had to replace the hard disk after dropping the laptop. That time there was a valid explanation for the hard disk failure, the laptop had been dropped. This time there was no valid explanation, I do not think that the turbulence, as severe as it was, would have impacted on the hard disk.

However after looking high and low in my tiny little abode, I could not find my Windows stick anywhere!!!! So I needed to purchase a new copy of Windows. I duly ordered it online, and it be the next day it be ready for me to collect from the store.

I collected the Windows installation stick the next day, and then attempted to install Windows back on my laptop. I was hoping that just reformatting the hard disk, which is what happens when installing Windows, would be enough to fix the hard disk, Perhaps it was just a software failure in the Boot Sector rather than any physical damage, so just reformatting the hard disk would cure the problem.

Alas!!! It was not to be so........ OK I now have to order a new hard disk. So I opened up my laptop to retrieve the apparently damaged hard disk so to get the model number, to ensure I order the correct hard disk for my laptop.

When I went to retrieve the hard disk from my laptop, I noticed that the hard disk seemed to be partly dislodged from its socket. Hmmmmm...... OK..... so I pushed it back in, and something told me to just fire up the laptop again........ and you wouldn't believe it....... everything was now working perfectly fine!!!!! So the alleged "hard disk failure" was nothing more than the hard disk unit being partly dislodged.

I was so happy that my laptop was working again....... but kicking myself for spending all that money on a new Windows installation stick when I didn't need it afterall. Uh well, I suppose it is a good idea to keep a spare copy of Windows handy just in case shit happens in the future...... and THIS TIME I will keep it in a specific spot in my apartment so I could find it again!!!!!

So now resetting my body clock back to Perth time...... settling back into life in Perth...... and getting ready to head back to work on Tuesday...... until my next adventures...... which is likely to be back to South Carolina, for the love of a woman who is so besotted by me. I have no idea what she sees in me. After nearly two weeks of living together in a single room at a hotel, totally exposing her to my annoying Virgo habits and my other annoying traits, my obsessions, my many foibles..... and she is STILL so besotted by me!!!! Indeed she made me promise on several occasions that I would return to see her...... This MUST be love!!!!! ....and so I must return to see her. I really wanted to go to Peru, but well, just have to wait and see how things pans out......

I really do enjoy being single..... I did not ask for this, I was not looking for anyone, I was not even flirting with anyone, I wanted to remain single forever..... and well I suppose in a way, I am still "single" since we are not physically together, being literally on opposite sides of the planet...... so "single" but "unavailable". She is not going to let me go anytime soon!!!! No woman since my wife had been so besotted by me. What is it about those American women who becomes so besotted by me???

Back to my quirky sense of humor now.........

I have days like this......

The truth..... even in Perth !!!!!

;).....

The "Saturn Complex" in one's chart manifesting.....

I ask the same question......

Father Saturn says........

Those Goth and Metal Music sites I had been visiting..... or is it those Wicca and Pagan sites?

When thinking of Taygeta......

My teen years when Chiron was in my 3rd House.....

Father Saturn says......

Rock Hill Adventures

Here's to my last weekend in Rock Hill before my return trip sometimes in the hopefully near future, though I have no idea how things will pan out there. After over a week with Cathy, she is still besotted by me. This has to be for real, even by Virgo standards.

We went on more expeditions...... including to the waterfalls at the settlement of Great Falls to the south of Rock Hill, where she lives. The waterfalls is a major energy vortex as well as being quite spectacular. The trail took us along the river to the bottom of the falls. Then of course this intrepid little adventurer just had to climb to the top of the falls, the views are great.

Afterwards we went further south to a State Park on Wateree Lake, another artificial lake on the Catawba River assumedly designed to control the flooding. A lovely little spot even in mid-winter. The forests of trees are devoid of leaves so seem such a surreal scene, all these trees without leaves, except for the pine trees which are actually imported. Pine trees are not native to South Carolina, but like in Perth, there are pine plantations and introduced pine trees in parks. Of course back home our trees remains green during winter.

Today we went to York. Oh yes there is a town called York here, the capital of the York County which Rock Hill is situated. A fascinating little spot, and historical like the York back home near Perth. The York here is less than 30 minutes drive from here in Rock Hill, while the York near Perth is a 90 minutes drive. Everything here is so close together, there is nothing isolated, and while we may drive through forests, there are always settlements every few minutes, never more than 10 minutes between settlements. In contrast, to get to York from Perth, there be Mundaring and Sawyers Valley on the outskirts of Perth, but after that for the next 45 minutes essentially no more settlements until you get to York.

The weather here has been very cold, what to expect being mid-winter. On a couple of mornings there has been massive frosts, well more than what we may occasionally get in Perth. Indeed the whole cars covered in up to perhaps 1/2 cm of ice in places, as well as all the grass and shrubs. Our lows has been as low as 5 degrees Celscius below freezing. Out highs varies from just 4 degrees Celscius up to about 10 degrees. Much colder than what I am used to in Perth. But surprisingly little rain. Indeed it has rained on only about three days thus far, a bit like in Perth, sunny days inbetween the rains. Like in Perth, the nights tends to be warmer when it rains or when cloudy.

I hired a car to get around, and as always, run into problems when it is time to fuel up on gasoline (petrol). The pumps has card facilities where in theory you just swipe the credit/debit card prior to filling up, and it is all charged to the card, so no need to go into the shop. Except if you use foreign cards. At some stations they require you to enter the ZIP code (post code) linked to the account on your card, which automatically excludes foreign cards. Even when the ZIP code is not required, the machines still doesn't seem to accept foreign cards. So I am forever having to go into the shop to pre-pay for the fuel, the pumps won't work without a card, you essentially have to pay first before filling up the car. So I go in and ask to have a certain amount billed to my card, so like at any store, I swipe my card on the machine in the shop and the amount is charged to my card. Then the pump is released and I am able to use it. However it always surprises me how very cheap gasoline (petrol) is in the USA. While it typically costs about $60 to fill up a vehicle equivalent to my rental hatchback in Perth, it costs only $20 to fill it up here!!!! So I often over-estimate and use less fuel than what I paid for before the tank is full. In theory the excess amount should be refunded back to my account but that rarely happens. The usual amount of over-estimation is about $5 as I try to get the feel of how cheap it is to fuel up the cars here in the USA!!!!

The full set of pixs are available below......

https://taygetasoul.imgur.com

Rock Hill Update

Here in Rock Hill...... spent the first two days just getting to know each other, that Goddess of a woman and me..... and she is still absolutely besotted by me. It took less than two days for the New Zealand woman to dump me. Now day 3 in Rock Hill, and she is still besotted by me.

It has been bloody cold here, with "highs" of just 4 to 6 degrees Celscius.... yes these are HIGHS, meaning, it got no higher than those. These are comparable to winter nights in Perth!!! So what were our VERY lows...... well as freezing cold as 5 degrees below freezing. Well it what happens when coming during their winter, it was the only time off work I could get for several months. And also been raining, more rain than we get in Perth, but am surprised it is not snowing!! The first day was sunny but very cold, the rains then came the next day, and today it was sunny again.

Today we went to one of the huge department stores of the USA to buy up on winter clothing. This department store contains a full size supermarket with groceries and everything, then on the same huge floor space there were clothing, appliances, and pretty well everything else you find in a department store like Big W or K-Mart in Perth. And this huge department store was in an even larger mall complex comparable to the size of a large mall in Perth..... except Rock Hill is a relatively small town, probably no bigger than a mid-size town in Australia.

Of course the main reason for clothes shopping is.... it is much cheaper in the USA. I bought literally a whole trolley load of clothing which in price-gouge capital of the world, that is Perth, it be at least $500 and that's from a so-called "discount" department store. Here in the USA my load cost me only $165. Yes you don't realize how expensive Perth is until you travel overseas. We are being price gouged and ripped off in Perth.

Hopefully over the next few days we will get to some of the other vortex spots around this place.... the state parks and the waterfalls..... and in this weather there's not likely to be much of a crowd at any of these places!!!

Virgos in relationships

Why Virgos are no good at relationships

Back in my childhood poverty years when Chiron was in my 2nd House...

Meanwhile here in Rock Hill.....