Web Bot And 2012 - Answers

I'm back. It's been several months and I've just been amazed by the amount of comments received and discussions that are taking place here. That's just what I intended for so much thanks to you all!

In light of all the discussion, I've read through the comments and decided to try and provide answers to some of them. So, I'll just jump right in . . .

Ben stated: "The Earth will line up with the galactic center of the galaxy in 2012? No. No it won't. It already did, in 1997. I don't know about any of you, but I didn't change that much. So any effects that you expect to take place in 2012 already did, in 1997."

Answer: It is not the Earth that will align. The 2012 alignment is that of the Sun with the Center of the Galactic Equator, which is the precise mid-line running down the Milky Way Galaxy, where we now know a massive black hole exists. (Yet somehow, the Mayans have always known of it's existence.)

Rlowe said: "I'm still a skeptic though. how could a web bot that's designed to predict stock market activity be able to predict anything not directly related to the stock market?"

Answer: Here's how it works - as provided by the bot guys at Urban Survival.com . . .

"A system of spiders, agents, and wanderers travel the Internet, much like a search engine robot, and look for particular kinds of words. It targets discussion groups, translation sites, and places were regular people post a lot of text.

When a "target word" is found, or something that was lexically similar, the web bots take a small 2048 byte snip of surrounding text and send it to a central collection point. The collected data was then filtered, using at least 7-layers of linguistic processing in Prolog, which was then reduced to numbers and then a resultant series of scatter chart plots on multiple layers of Intellicad. Viewed over a period of time, the scatter chart points tend to coalesce into highly concentrated areas. Each dot on the scatter chart might represent one word or several hundred.

To define meanings, words or groups of words have to be reduced to the their essence. The process is like looking for least common denominators among groups of words. The core of the technology, therefore, is to look at how the scatter chart points cluster - condensing into high dot density areas which we call entities and then dissolving or diffusing over time as the entities change. Do a drill down into a dot and you get a series of phrases.

What becomes obvious when reading about the technology is that it sometimes reads a bit like the I Ching (the Chinese Book of Changes) because the technology doesn't come out and say "go look for a terrorist attack over there" What it does is it gives phrases that would be associated with how people talk about an event, or more accurately, how they change their speech to reflect their thought processes because of an event.

The web bot technology apparently taps in to an area of preconscious awareness. Dean Radin's paper "Time-Reversed Human Experience: Experimental Evidence and Implications". The mind-bending evidence in Radin's work is that in a laboratory, people begin to react to an event as early as 6-seconds before it takes place. In other words, if you are about to show someone a horribly grotesque picture of something, they will already be physically reacting to it before the picture actually becomes visible. Up to 6-seconds. In quantum terms, Radin's work demonstrates that people are physically able to perceive 6-seconds into the future.

It's as if changes in language precede large emotional events. The larger the emotional impact of an event, the more advance notice the bots seem to give. If you picture some pin holes in a piece of paper - and you imagine being able to look through each pinhole for a fraction of a second - with the objective of seeing the future on the other side of the paper - that's where the web bots are today."

PHP Encoder asked: Could it not just be that this web bot is picking up LOADS of references to 2012 and that's why its coming up with this prediction as they're all talking about the same thing?

Answer: Sure, that counts for something. However, there's much more to it than that. Please refer to Dean Radin's paper: Time-Reversed Human Experience: Experimental Evidence and Implications.

"Ever since Plato's Allegory of the Cave, people have sensed that odd things go on at the archetype level of consciousness. The web bots are an attempt to use the high data density of the Internet to sample language and seek linguistic shifts that we believe may precede events. The initial results suggest that language shifts on a macro level begin to occur 45 to 90 days before society-changing events. We believe we've demonstrated that changes in language do indeed precede events - on a far grander scale than Dean Radin's work first suggested - and these language changes are available by sampling routine Internet traffic."

- Urban Survival.com

"People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."

– Albert Einstein

Annonymous asked: Where can we get FACTUAL information about the "Web Bot Project?"

Answer: From the bot project operators, of course! Visit Peoplenomics or Urban Survival.com and go grom there . . .

And for those of you fearing the end of the world - stop doing so - and try to consider this. Could it just be the end of our world "as we know it" rather than a literal end? That's what I believe it will bring about. A societal movement into a higher consciousness. And it's possible that the catalyst for this movement will be devastating earthly events that will remind us of our ignorance as earthly beings. Because we are unappreciative of our surroundings and slowly destroying the environmental gifts placed here for us. It is not logical to think that there are no consequences for this ignorance . . . .

I think we are already slowly beginning to realize that it's possible that we are two halves which make a whole - part spiritual being, part earthly being. But we've forgotten about our spiritual selves and I believe we will be remembering our divinity soon. That's what I believe the significance of 2012 will be, and that's just my opinion. Feel free to air yours in our comment section here.

That's as far as I've gotten so far. But that's enough to begin investigating for yourself and discussing here, right? So what do you think . . . . does any of this change your opinion at all?

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2012

Well, it's been a while since I've written. But there's been so much interest in the post regarding the Web Bot Project and The Year 2012, that I feel that I must address this topic again. Not the Web Bot - but the significance of the year 2012.

After reading through the many comments on that post, and sorting through the nasty one's received from skeptics, it has occured to me that there needs to be some clarity with regards to the year 2012. Because I don't envision is as "the end of the world" perse. Maybe the world as we know it, but not the world itself.

One thing that always amazes me, however, is how adamant and truly downright nasty some of the skeptics can be regarding this issue. Here's a tip for you. . . .if you are a skeptic and want to leave a comment, please do not use profanity or I will not post it. (By the way. . .what are you all so angry about anyway? Is it because the entire world doesn't see it your way?)

But what really amazes me is that the skeptics are even wasting their time searching and reading up on the issue. I'll never understand that. And if you are a skeptic, this isn't the blog for you. And as far as a conspiracy theory. . .forget it. Whose conspiring against us?

Ok, now that I have that out of the way. . .on to my real topic here. In my never ending quest for understanding, I have recently come across a great book that sums up the significance of the year 2012 pretty nicely in theory. Key word here being "theory" for all you skeptics. Not fact.

And before I get into the nuts and bolts of this, I know there are some out there who will search information about the author I'm about to mention. If you do this, I'm going to tell you right now, up front, that you will find he has a very interesting, colorful past. My personal opinion of his past? So what. We all have colorful pasts if you ask me. Some of us just don't admit it and life is all about experiences.

And I'm glad he took the journey that led him to his own personal understanding. Yes, at times he used drugs to get there. But hey, he had to break down the socially imposed door somehow. So if you are offended by this and, as a result, will not find his opinions credible - read no further. But for those of you who live and let live, and retain open minds. . .he's got some really interesting concepts for you to digest.

The book is titled: "2012, The Return of Quetzalcoatl" and the Author is Daniel Pinchbeck. He runs a blog named Reality Sandwich and is also the author of "Breaking Open the Head, A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism."

Now, I'm only a few chapters into his book, however, the introduction summed up the information provided quite nicely. I'm really looking forward to see him bring it all together. And when it comes to the year 2012 and what we can all expect from it, I can relate to Daniel's perspective of it.

Based on that, I'm going to be providing some excerpts from the intro in the book below. Think on it. Digest it. Remain open to it. The reality of it is that it really doesn't sound that impossible that this could become fact.

So here we go. Take a ride with me for a while:

"Our civilization is on a path of ever-increasing acceleration, but what are we rushing toward? Anxieties are multiplying. The environment is disintegrating. The heat is rising as the ozone layer thins. Jihad faces off against McWorld in senseless televised wars and atrocities. Populations are displaced as cities disappear beneath toxic flood tides.

Rogue nations stockpile nuclear arsenals. Presidents assure us they will "make the pie higher," while increasing inequity and rubber-stamping torture. Military analysts prepare for resource wars fought over water and grain; indigenous prophecies point to an imminent polar reversal that will wipe our "hard drives" clean. Technology advances according to the exponential curve described by Moore's Law, it's unforeseen consequences following Murphy's Law.

. . .This book advances a radical theory: that human consciousness is rapidly transitioning to a new state, a new intensity of awareness that will manifest itself as a different understanding, a transformed realization, of time and space and self. By this thesis, the transition is already under way - though largely subliminally - and will become increasingly evident as we approach the year 2012.

. . .According to the sacred calendar of the Mayan and Toltec civilizations of Mesoamerica, this date signifies the end of a "Great Cycle" of more than 5,000 years. The conclusion of one world age and the beginning of the next. (Enlarge the photo for a better understanding.)

. . . .The hypothesis I propose is that the completion of the Great Cycle points toward a shift in the nature of the psyche. If this theory is correct, the transformation of our consciousness will lead to the rapid creation, development and dissemination of new institutions and social structures, corresponding to our new level of mind. From the limits of our current chaotic and uneasy cirucumstance, this process may well resemble and advance toward a harmonic, perhaps even utopian, situation on Earth.

. . .I will argue that the quantum jump into a new context has been carefully prepared by our history when viewed from a certain perspective. At the same time, our active engagement is required to make it happen.

. . .Liberals and skeptics still expect that the future will follow the pattern of only the past century: sleeker machines, more submersive virtual worlds, longer life spans and further ecological deterioration. They accept economists' projections of limitless growth and ignore other figures indicating depletion and devastation. They ignore or avoid the underlying aspects of our situation that contradict their hopes and plans for the future.

. . .A "rough beast" slouches towards us: a biospheric crisis of such magnitude that it will touch the life of every person on Earth: "We are being confronted by something so completely outside our collective experience that we don't really even see it, even when the evidence is overwhelming. For us, it's a blitz of enormous biological and physical alterations in the world that has been sustaining us" writes Ed Ayres (now retired), editorial director of World Watch.

. . .Sobering predictions have been ignored by a populace hungry for sex advice, celebrity gossip and literary distraction. Ayres identifies four accelerating developments or "spikes" that threaten our imediate future: population growth by an average of 80 million each year, comsumption of resources, increasing carbon gas emissions, and the mass extinction of species (a systemic loss of amphibians, birds, mammals, insects, plants, and marine life far worse than the sudden crash that eliminated the dinosaurs a while back.)

Ayres writes, "Global warming and bio-extinctions are all-encompassing, and the expansions of population and consumption trigger chain reactions that cannot be stopped by shores or borders."

. . .Within 40 years, at the current rate of deforestation, there will be no tropical forests left on Earth. As the 2005 Millennium Eco-Systems Assessment, prepared by the United Nations, states: "Nearly two-thirds of the services provided by nature to humankind are found to be in decline worldwide. The benefits reaped from our engineering of the planet have been achieved by running down natural capital assets. In many cases, it is literally a matter of living on borrowed time."

The UN report tells us that our oceans - until recently deemed vast beyond human influence - are 90% (yes 90%!!!) fished out, with entire food chains of aquatic life disappearing. Corporate globalization, a system aimed at short-term profits over long-term consequences, runs a "going-out-of-business" sale of the Earth's resources.

. . .China alone would need an extra 200 million tons of grain per year by 2030, an amount equal to the export capacity of the entire world in 1997. Agricultural yields are falling due to topsoil depletion, droughts, and unforeseen consequences of industrial farming. . . .Ayres writes: "In addition to 26 or more countries now water-deprived, hundreds of additional regions within countries such as China, Mexico and the U.S. are water scarce."

. . .Water and food shortages would lead to widespread migrations and social unrest, inciting short-term regimes, followed by global chaos: "Leaders, unable to deliver relief, would be toppled and governments would lose their ability to maintain order. Millions of people would depart as refugees, spilling over borders in diasporas too large to either control or support."

Ok, that's the end of the excerpts for now and this is all I'm going to share with you for the time being. I will be posting the a balance of excerpts and concepts in upcoming posts. But this is enough to think about right now. Digest it for a while and then visit again for the upcoming posts and, hopefully, the many discussions that ensue.

The Mayans believed that ". . .on the heals of death, life springs forth." Sounds like another doomsday prophecy, you say? Well, it is. But, to me, it's a rather logical one based on facts. Facts that many choose to ignore. If we continue along our current path of existence - we are headed towards certain doom. Just stop and think about that logically for a moment. . . .

Will we become a textbook case of the destructive mania that overtakes great empires when they turn decadent?

Here's another excerpt from Daniel: "We might consider ways that the current world situation - billions of people crowded on an increasingly spoiled world, facing an uncertain future - is both an improvement and a decline from the previous epoch - tribal societies with populations stabilized at low levels, living in balance, more or less, with the natural world."

Many a great civilization has peaked - then suffered decline at an accelerated speed - and many times, by their own hand. Are we really so different?

Awareness is the key. The heightened state of awareness that Daniel, as well as many others, speak of. If we are aware of the situation, we can exert our gift of free will to change it. Or we can choose to ignore it - and accelerate the consequences.

And one last word. The above information and theories are NOT indicative of a literal "end" so-to-speak, but more so, a beginning. A new beginning. One that we are ultimately in control of - and one that we have a hand in.

Aren't we all being a bit naive? Your thoughts, please?

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Mercury Retrograde Is Affecting Your Love Life

Oh boy. . .if a picture could speak a thousand words! Let's face it, Mercury - the god of communication - is at it again and this fella's running backwards through two partnership signs - Libra and Scorpio. Great.

That, most certainly, spells some sort of communication breakdown and a multitude of misunderstandings in a very sensitive area of the zodiac chart. Libra deals with equality in relationships and Scorpio addresses sexual and emotional intimacy in relationships. Ouch! Who needs that?

One of my favorite astrologers, Jeffrey Kishner, posted a wonderful set of quickie horoscopes on this very subject at his blog titled Seduction Central.

Here's a snippet:

"This particular retrograde is more relationship-oriented than others, because Mercury is traveling through the two signs of the zodiac that have the most to do with intimate partnership: Libra and Scorpio. The retrograde started on October 11/12 (depending on your time zone) at 9 Scorpio. It enters Libra on October 23, stations direct (meaning that it apparently stops in the sky to move forward again) on November 1 at 23 Libra, and re-enters Scorpio on November 11. The styles of Mercury's expression in these two signs could not be more different: gracious and charming versus secretive and probing."

So how will this Mercury retrograde affect you and are you sure you want to find out? Of course you do! Go ahead and have a look: Mercury Retrograde And Your Love Life.

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Do We Really Feel Fine?

I came across this really interesting site today called We Feel Fine. Their mission is an exploration of human emotion on a global scale. The site is actually facinating. Here's an excerpt of what it is that the site does:

"We Feel Fine has been harvesting human feelings from a large number of weblogs. Every few minutes, the system searches the world's newly posted blog entries for occurrences of the phrases "I feel" and "I am feeling".

When it finds such a phrase, it records the full sentence, up to the period, and identifies the "feeling" expressed in that sentence (e.g. sad, happy, depressed, etc.). Because blogs are structured in largely standard ways, the age, gender, and geographical location of the author can often be extracted and saved along with the sentence, as can the local weather conditions at the time the sentence was written. All of this information is saved.

The result is a database of several million human feelings, increasing by 15,000 - 20,000 new feelings per day."

The system then creates bouncing "particles" to represent each feeling collected. These particles bounce around randomly on the screen and each color represents the feeling behind the emotion that was retrieved. Once you click on a bouncing particle, the emotion and text that was written is displayed.

You can display these emotions in several different formats which are listed along the left side of the bouncing particle screen. Feeling rather overwhelmed and burdoned myself recently, I decided to play around a bit and see what others are feeling out there.

Funny thing is, when I requested a display in the metrics mode, feeling overwhelmed was the number one emotion and it was being felt at 5 times the normal level. Hmmmm. . . .

In the mounds mode, it displays that the bulk of people at the moment are feeling better, but right on it's tails are thousands of people who are feeling bad and lot's of people are feeling sorry.

What does all of this say about the state of fragile human emotions at the moment? Seems that many of us carry the same negative feelings throughout our daily lives.

And I'm now wondering, and asking YOU, what can we do to alleviate ourselves of our negative thoughts or regretful feelings? What did you find interesting about the current state of human emotions when visiting the site yourself?

And does anyone have any astrological insights that may shine a light on the current state of feeling overwhelmed?

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The Capricorn Male - A Real Stickler

Rlowe, you asked for it - this one's for you!

Our male Caps are sophisticated, aren't they? Cap males's are considered "The Stickler" by Sextrology.

They maintain their composure in even the most trying of situations. He projects the certain air of an aristocrat combined with a jaded and dejected view. In plain english - he's a bit aloof.

He remains dignified and unaffected by that which may be swirling around him. He maintains a sense of relaxation that many of us would envy in such situations. Pleasure and fun first, hard work second.

In love and relationships he's a bit old fashioned. He longs for a traditional lifestyle along with traditional gender roles in place. He's the breadwinner, she's the supporter. His perfect mate? According to Sextrology, it's the lady-wife type. A woman who shares his traditional views but doesn't question his need for "me time."

And why is this man so composed and serious? Because he is ruled by the planet Saturn - the stern enforcer. Saturn represents the Principle of Restriction and Containment. His sign quadrant is The Fourth Quadrant, which concerns the soul and one's relationship with the divine - spirituality, metaphysically concerned with the spiritual level of existence.

Cap man's motto. . . ."I Use" . . . .what I already have. Cap man feels like they "don't make em' like they used to."

He is a cardinal (initiator, starter) earth (stable, grounded) sign which means he'll likely be concerned with mother earth and the workings of all creatures great and small that inhabit it. He'll enjoy the outdoors and maybe even some gardening. His number is 10, the zenith number. The culmination of all other numbers preceding it. Cap man likes to uphold traditional values and things that are proven and that work. If it ain't broke. . . .why fix it?

His age range is that of 63-70, the age of retirement. A period when things are finished and all is in place. Preparedness. Time to kick back and reap the benefits of all that has been put in place and put to work. His psychology is somewhat melancholy. A tad in love with suffering and not one to necessarily make positive changes when need be. Somewhat of an elitist, he's rather closed to new people, places and ideas. Somewhat a know-it-all, he likes to stick to the tried and true and this can somewhat cut him off in life.

Cap male has a tendency to fall from grace or slide backwards. He silently retreats into downtime without anyone ever noticing. He'll take some real hiatuses in life to reflect on matters that may regard joy, family, hedonism (shhhhh) or misery. But alas! Our Cap male is likened to the "come back kid." He's the picky-choosy sort. Quality over quantity.

Associated with the goat god Pan, life for the Cap male is a joyful romp over, around, up and down the mountain - a rocky road and one hell of a hill to climb. His life is half and half. Half good, half bad. But if you ask the Cap male, "Is the glass half full or half empty?" his response would be "half full" and the scales would be ever so slightly tipped towards the positive.

To Cap male, failures or ups and downs are all part of the process. You learn what not to do upon your next attempt and he lives by the teachings of the school of hard knocks. Life is neither black or white to Cap male. It's forever gray and you'll be hard pressed to get a rise out of this guy - although he may crack a smile for you every once in a while. Sadly, our Cap male feels a bit empty inside, although he maintains a rather shiny surface, while choosing to remain indifferent.

His sign rules The 10th House of Tradition. Old fashioned, leisurely, traditional. Cap male sees the world as being in a constant state of decay. He loves things from days gone by - relics of eras that no longer exist. Vintage items, ancient cities, ancient civilizations, old world charm. He's like the "long, cool woman in the black dress" - but he's no woman that's for sure. And most times, he dressed to the nines. Cool, laid back, casual, distinquished. . .gray, black, silver - no obnoxious colors or attitude here. He's one cool cat.

Other male caps? Cary Grant, Mel Gibson, Denzel Washington, Jude Law, Elvis Presley, David Bowie and Rod Stewart. All psychologically complex cool cats who can also been seen as passing off some "throwback" styles and doing it well, too. And interestingly enough, Sextrology notes one distinguishing feature that may exist in our male goat's appearance - the signature cleft chin.

In his youth, Cap male is attracted to older girls who may take note of his mature, adult nature. He is comfortable and confident in his ability to achieve lifelong ambitions. He is drawn towards shy women, if not outright wallflower types while avoiding domineering ones at all costs. He feels they'll protect, devote and serve him. But there's a flip side to this. He's either after total innocence and inexperience or women who make no bones about having been around the block a few times and then discarded.

He's rather blase' regarding trends or the latest fads and this may have caused him grief early in life. He doesn't care much what others think, which leaves him open to ridicule by others for being somewhat "behind the times" or seen as a bit eccentric. As a result, he may have been made fun of and those judgments are acutely felt by the Cap man.

Regardless, our Cap male goes where the love is. Women who can relate to his non-conformist, if not somewhat misfit appeal. A "you and me against the world" type of combo. Unlike his zodiac predecessor, the Sag male, who is fixated on external beauty - our Cap male looks at what's inside for beauty. However, he will not compete for it.

Some of the Cap male turnon's are as follows: older women, sumissive types, dark skin and features, Asians, Latina's, small boob and big bottoms. In new relationships, the goat is seen as a real catch to the mate's friends and family. He's a front man and will wine and dine his potential new partner. But alas. . .the male Cap's melancholy side eventually displays itself and this usually leaves the new partner wondering what happened. Because, you see, our male Cap doesn't necessarily believe in love. He's more like convenience first, love second. He's set in his ways and not one to compromise.

The male Cap is somewhat fearsome of love and relationships. He realizes that they will require something from him and fears failure. What the Cap man must realize is that he must accept that he loves bright, vivacious women that have expectations (of them and of HIM), and that he can live up to these expectations rather than choose a safe, easy or convenient "arrangement."

At times, our Cap male prefers to feel sorry for himself and live in emotional anquish rather than make any compromises to get the kind of woman that his heart really races for. As a result of this, many a male Cap will lean towards a wall flower type woman instead and then suffer disappointment as a result. As well, he's a bit chauvenistic. He believes woman are here to serve men. If he locates a woman that has suffered emotionally and has some insecurities and shortcomings (as he does), then she'll be more apt to accept his. He feels the woman he truly desires - a go getter that expects things - won't accept this of him.

Cap male's may be a melancohly bunch on the surface, but underneath lies a smoldering man. A man wiser than his age - an "old soul" so-to-speak. He needs to accept his shortcomings, as we all have them and must do the same, and reach for that which he desires if he is to ever free himself from the restrictive chains he has bound himself in.

Cap male's must learn not to settle in love and relationships. They need a mate that can accept their shortcomings and tap into those deeply rooted primal, sexual longings that he masks throughout life. Our Cap male's are a tender, wise and kind bunch. They are also their own worst enemy.

Ladies, love a Cap male with tenderness and an endless supply of interest and willingness. In return, you will be granted a true gentlemen with emotions that run deep and a dormant sexuality that will be released.

And a thank you to Sextrology for the resource of information above!

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Experiences With A Taurian Male

Taurian males. . .smoldering, sexy and attentive. But can it really be that good? Well, based on my personal experiences of 13 years spent with one, I can say yes - and no. I guess it just depends on how "progressed" your Taurian male is and how submissive he may be to the stimulation of his five senses.

So before I begin, I'd like to state that there are many, many Taurian males out there that are wonderful husbands, lovers and friends. That being said, I'm sure that you are now guessing where I'm headed with this. . Yep - I'm delving into the "dark side" of the Taurian nature as many of my personal observations over the years centered around such activity. So my apologies to all you wonderful Taurian males out there.

Taurians, as many already know, are all about the stimulation of the five senses. When these stimulations are of a positive nature, they love music, good food, the outdoors, sensitive touch and all things sensually related.

However, should a Taurian, males in particular here, fall prey to the stimulation of his darker senses - lookout. It's a folly of gluttony, abuse and self indulgence. Taurian males can become steeped in drugs, alcohol, casual sex, gambling and the like. He may cultivate relationships, both sexual and platonic, outside of a committed relationship as a Plan B of sorts.

Taurians are passive by nature and, being ruled by the planet Venus, that of love, romance and money, have a natural tendency to draw people to them rather than seeking people and relationships out. Taurians are all about security, I should know - I AM one. Nothing pleases a Taurian, male or female, more than stability, a cushy living situation, and security, both financial and emotional.

Due to that nature, a Taurian generally will not act aggressively towards people or situations that secretly they wish to attach themselves to. Rather, a Taurian will somehow manage to draw those people or relationships to them. And our Taurian males in particular are very good at doing so. Sextrology refers to the Taurian males motto being one of "I WILL". . . .have you in the palm of my hand.

And for Taurian males - that's it in a nutshell. Strong yet quiet, masculine yet sensitive, sexual yet unaggressive, these guys have mastered the technique. And once he's caved to stimulation of his darker senses this becomes one of his favorite pastimes. He'll spend many a day and hours of time cultivating "situations" that he will ultimately reap rewards from at a later date. Thus making all his time and effort worth it.

He'll place himself into environments where these situations are more likely to happen and he'll simply sit back and wait. He'll show up time and time again and do this repeatedly until he finally achieves the rapport he's been attempting to build. All the while, he'll be acting coy and clueless in an attempt to disarm you of any agenda you may think he has. You see, for our Taurian males, that IS his agenda. . . .to disarm you (especially women) and make you think he has no agenda.

He wants you to relax and feel comfortable around him, not threatened. And in order to do this he realizes that he must repeatedly make his presence known time and time again so that those around him drop their guard. And once your comfortable and your walls are down, that's when the real work begins. His plan is now in motion and it'll brew at such a slow and steady pace that you'll be none-the-wiser.

Here's a tidbit from a Taurian male profile base on Sextrology that I previously wrote regarding this very subject:

"He operates behind the scenes, always keeping his intentions guarded and others in a constant state of guessing. He is a man of reaction - not one of action. He forces others to play their hand before revealing his own, all the while, he's working his angle behind the scenes. By doing so, our male bull leads a rather stress-free life.

He hangs back in situations, being the master of all he surveys. This ones like a kid in the candy store of life. A huge appetite for pleasure, but lacking the inability to exert abstinence or self-discipline, he's all about the stimulation of the five senses. A come hither kind of guy. His lifelong goal is to be idolized, idolized, idolized - and worshipped by others.

Therefore, he plays a rather submissive role in life and in relationships. If you ask the Taurian male where he'd like to go for dinner that night, most likely, his response will be, "Wherever you'd like to go." He's not much of a decision maker and, honestly, doesn't prefer to wear the pants in a love relationship. This behavior gets the male bull farther in life and without much effort having to be placed into it.

He finds that he usually doesn't have to fight for that which he wants. He waits, he watches, he evaluates. He's a strategist. Once his goals are securable and within his reach - he charges straight for them. He's not a risk taker by nature. He plans and plots, waiting for his desires to ultimately reveal themselves to him. Our male bull tends to build his own small harem of worshippers in life.

He may pal around with younger individuals that look up to him in some way. He may develop a harem of female admirers on the side, of whom he will always refer to as only "friends. A dating pool of sorts, from which he can pull from at his leisure, if need be, or if his preferred stable relationship should happen to sour in his eyes. And by souring, I mean - if you stop worshipping him and the idol that he envisions himself to be."

So ladies, if you find yourself involved with, or gunning for, a Taurian male you may find one of the nicest, most attentive and sexual guys on the planet - or you might find yourself trapped in a sea of confusion and self doubt. So when dealing with a Taurian male it might pay to ask questions and study body language.

And most important of all. . . .find out where's he's spending most of his time. That will give you a glimpse into his motives and the situations that he's attempting to attach himself to.

For additional reading:
That Passive Taurian Male
The Beautiful Bull Girl

And last but not least, this post is part of the Group Writing Project at Seduction Central. Please visit the site for a complete list of articles that were submitted to the Group Writing Project where astrologer, Jeffrey Kishner, requested fellow bloggers to write a post about astrology and sex, love, romance or relationships.

I am sure that there will be many interesting and valuable astrological experiences and insights submitted. Thanks again, Jeffrey!

I'd like to hear from women who have had experiences with Taurian males. Where they positive or negative? And can you relate to any of this?

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Saturn's Journey Into Virgo

Whew. . .after a two year stint in Leo, Saturn, the planetary taskmaster, is finally departing for Virgo on September 2, 2007. For those of you who may not know, Saturn is a serious and stern enforcer. By shining a spotlight on our limitations, Saturn expects us to rise to their challenge.

Saturn's influences can be referred to as "tough love." Saturn's stint through Cancer, beginning in June of 2003, spotlighted areas of emotion. The message there was this: If emotions are unbridled, it's possible that others' feelings can become our own. If we are too restrictive regarding them, it's quite possible that Saturn's chill can then freeze others out.

In July of 2005, Saturn trekked into Leo to bring seriousness to issues of ego and of oneself. So during Saturn's stint in Cancer we began to understand how we feel. And during it's stint through Leo, we were then asked to stand up as a living expression of how we feel. Saturn's message in Leo was this: Project our true inner feelings into our outer world.

And what do you get for all of Saturn's influential grief? Maturity and wisdom.

That brings us to September of 2007 and Saturn's crossover into analytical Virgo. A place where, thankfully enough, Saturn isn't too uncomfortable. Therefore, after September of 2007, we may all be breathing a big sigh of relief.

However, the transition has already begun with Venus retrograde occurring right alongside Saturn's shift on the Leo-Virgo cusp. Venus has been kicking around in Saturn's turf and cojoined Saturn three times as a result. And our lady Venus is trekking backwards or retrograde. So she's not really herself right now and is lingering around, kicking up dirt and rocks from the past. And where does lady Venus focus her influence? Romance, love and $.

So for slightly more than a month or so, we have been served visions, thoughts and feelings from the past and have had some decisions to make. It's a time when past loves may reappear suddenly and the influences of past relationships may be revisited in the mind. It's a time of review. What failed? What worked? What associations are positive? Which one's aren't? What made me happy? What made me sad? What did I do wrong? What did I do right?

We've been reviewing some unfinished business, haven't we?

In addition to the Venusian influences above currently taking place, Saturn will also be exerting it's influences on Venuses retrograde phase as well - by offering this to you: That which is deliciously tempting and feeds the ego (but is self-defeating) vs. that which is so downright responsible that it's simply boring.

It's a time to "clean house" and get rid of what is no longer working positively or remaining healthy. And it's nearing it's end, so hopefully, you're tidying up and waxing the floor of your house right now in preparation for Saturn's next area of spotlight in the sign of Virgo - discrimination.

Saturn will ask us to take advantage of Virgo's analytical capabilities and narrow down our findings through the use of discrimination. We are now going to put what we have discovered from the past 4 years under a magnifying glass and further whittle it down to ultimately construct greater happiness for our future.

In Virgo, very little happens by chance or through randomness and serendipity. Virgo is analytical, dutiful, refining and service oriented. Virgo is focused like a laser beam. That means the work will be done on a level of intense focus on details.

So, you may be beginning to see that Saturn is indeed stern, harsh - downright tough . . . .The planets lessons may, at times, be so harsh that it eases us through them by working in baby steps over long periods of several years before eventually dishing out the end result.

Saturn's trek through Cancer asked us to identify with our true selves and get our emotions in check. It taught us not to permit the influences of others to reign over our own thoughts and feelings.

Saturn's crossover in Leo asked us to "publish" our emotional findings and express them in the outer world so that we project that which is our true self.

Then the Saturn-Neptune opposition came along and revealed large gaps between hopes and dreams vs. reality.

Venus moved retrograde on the cusp of Saturn's transition into Virgo which asked us to wrap up some old unfinished emotional business in areas of love and romance and the residual effects from days gone by.

And now it's time for Virgo to step into the spotlight and do the actual WORK of creating whatever it is that we've finally decided we want.

Be your true self, let your true self be known, rid yourself of emotional baggage, and share your life with the positive people and influences of your own choosing. . . . .

and then breath a big sigh of relief and pat yourself on the back for hard lessons that were well learned.

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Revenge On An Aries?

Getting hurt stinks, and getting even isn't always the answer - but it sure can feel good sometimes, right?

When attempting to exact your revenge on an Aries, consider the astrological landscape in the Aries profile. For that matter, consider the Aries themselves. Take a look at the depiction here in this picture. . .understand now?

Being a fire sign with great force and energy, you have to do this right. Aries is the leader of the zodiac. The first, the one, the one and only (according to them). As the leader, and the only cardinal (initiator, starter) fire sign in the zodiac, Aries like to start things.

So what's the best way to exact revenge on an Aries - start something first. Keep your Aries one step behind you and you'll send them spiraling out of control. And what could be worse to the Aries? Yep, you got it - loss of control. Loss of leadership. Loss of power and strength.

Poke a hole in the proverbial Arien's sails. Or his air mattress, for that matter, huh Michelle?

Over at Seduction Central, a knowledgeable astrologer by the name of Jeffrey Kishner, wrote a post titled: How to get even with an Aries.

Here's an excerpt from the post:
Aries is ruled by Mars, the warrior planet. This sign is also at the start of the zodiacal wheel, signifying beginnings, the burst of new life corresponding with the Spring Equinox. But that's not why you are here. An Aries man (or woman) screwed you over, and you want revenge!

An Aries man wants to initiate, to pioneer ... and what better way to get even than to stop him in his tracks! Saturn is the planet of obstacles and delays. Frustrate him by taking the wind out of his sails! Anything you can do to throw a brick wall in front of him will suffice.

Calling on an authority figure (ruled by Saturn) like a judge, the police or a boss will work wonders. A restraining order, some disciplinary action ... imagine how aggravating it will be for your Aries to get punished, when all he wants is to get ahead. . . . .

There are a lot of great comments on this post over at Jeff's site, Seduction Central. Be sure to visit, read the full post, and read some first hand experiences of the site's visitors. Jeff runs a great site, chalk full of astrological insights into relationships of all kinds.

Ask him a question, and chances are he'll even answer it for you - Thanks, Jeff!

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The Significance Of The Year 2012

I recently came across a site, Experience Festival, that has many articles surrounding the year 2012 with regards to it's spiritual symbolism in a section titled: Even More Wisdom: 2012 - Year 2012.

Kalki, or Sri Kalki Bhagavan, is the founder of Golden Age Foundation. Kalki was recently posed the question: What is the significance of the year 2012?

Here is his response:

Most of you know that the earth has got a magnetic field. As the earth's molten core is rotating; the magnetic field is created. The thought sphere of the human mind is located in the earth's magnetic field. This magnetic field has been weakening dramatically over last ten years.

Now, in physics there is a parameter called Schumann's Resonance. Using that we can determine the strength of the earth's magnetic field. While for many centuries, it was constant around 7.80 cycles per second, during the last 7-8 years, it has risen to 11 cycles per second and is continuing to increase dramatically.

If you work it out mathematically, it appears that, by the year 2012, the "Schuman's" is likely to be 13 cycles per second. When this resonance is 13 cycles per second, the earth's core would stop rotating with magnetic field gone, your mind is gone. When I say "your mind", what I mean is your "samskaras".

The pressure of the past 11.000 years of samskaras will vanish.

In the Dharma, we also say, Mind is Karma. All actions start from your mind. The mind is nothing but a storehouse of samskaras or past life vasanas from which all action emanates. This is stored in the earth's magnetic field.

So in the year 2012, it will become zero for a few days. After that the core will start rotating again. This would be a fresh beginning for man or the dawn of the Golden Age. This is the significance of the year 2012.

How do we know, it will happen? The study of fossil records has shown that, it happens roughly after 11.000 years. Man will enter into a new state of altered consciousness. As I told you already, the earth's resonance is increasing which means the earth's heart is undergoing a transformation.

The earth has got a physical body, like you have a body. It has got a consciousness as well. As the resonance is increasing the earth's heart is functioning very differently from before.

I'd like to take a poll here, so let's talk about this. I'll post all your comments, positive and negative, and let's see what people - real everyday people - have to say about this. There are many views, theories, and concepts surrounding the significance of this date - and we will all form our own opinions about it - or simply have no opinion at all.

So, can you tell me. . . . .What is yours?

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Learn The Tarot For Free

In Italy, during the first half of the fifteenth century, it is believed that the first set of Tarot cards were created. Centuries later, France and England discovered the Tarot and saw mystical meaning in their symbolisms, which led to their current use as tools of divination.

The Rider-Waite deck (pictured left) is probably one of the most popular decks, and the easiest to learn, with it's images created by Pamela Coleman Smith in 1909, commissioned by Arthur Edward Waite.

Learning the Tarot can be fun and easy. If you'd like to learn to read the Tarot, I have found a free online course to do so. Move through the stages of the course at your own pace and from the comfort of your own home. Develop your intuitive abilities, gain insight into your life, and share your gift with others.

FREE Online Tarot Course
FREE Online Tarot Course - Index Of Lessons
Individual Tarot Card Meanings
More Tarot Card Meanings
The Fool's Journey
Download The Course Onto Your Computer
Purchase The Rider-Waite Tarot Deck
A Number Of Tarot Spreads For Various Readings
Tarot Card Meanings Sheet

If you don't have time to learn the Tarot, there are many sites that offer free tarot readings. I have listed several below:

Llewellyn's Web Tarot
Instant Oracle
Destiny Tarot
Astrology.com.au

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The Basics of String Theory

". . . String Theory is one of the biggest mysteries of science today. Proven it be correct, it could change the whole way we look at the fundamentals of physics. String Theory states that elementary particles are not "point particles", but are tiny strings that have different states of vibration to reflect the type of particle it is."

". . .the theory states that the 4 dimensional (x,y,z, and time) world that we live in is actually a 10 dimensional world and that the extra 6 spacial dimensions are either curled up so small, or expanded so large that we cannot detect them."

Read The Full Post At Styles of Conscience

NOVA - The Elegant Universe

What Is String Theory?

TIME Magazine - The Unraveling of String Theory

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Is Your Pet Psychic?

Many pet owners will tell you that their pet is "special" in one way or another. This is a photo of my Rottweiler, Nadja. And yes, she is special to me. We all love our furry friends endlessly.

However, many pet owners believe that their pets are special in more ways than one.

As a pet owner, I am sure that many of you have witnessed strange coincidences or occurrences relating to your pets. Even more so, occurrences where your pets related to YOU in some strange, almost "sixth sense" sort of way.

For instance, does your pet stand at the door awaiting your arrival prior to you arriving at home? Can your pet tell if you or someone in your family isn't feeling well? Does your pet have the ability to locate you great distances from home? Does your pet see things that you do not?

Many pet owners may answer yes to one or more of those questions.

Animals can also seem to sense earth or weather related matters such as storms, hurricanes, earthquakes, and the like - prior to the event.

I picked up this excerpt from Yahoo! today, "In 1975, the city of Haicheng was evacuated days in advance of an earthquake based on the behavior of dogs and cats. An estimated 150,000 lives were saved. Stories like these lead many to believe that animals have some kind of sixth sense."

Psychic probably isn't a good word for this, though. My opinion is that it's more of a primal instinct - heightened senses relating to survival - that date back to the dawn of time.

Strange though, how many of us can accept that as fact - when relating it to our pets - but not when relating it to ourselves as humans. We are essentially an animal after all. Yet many cannot accept the fact that we, too, may have heightened senses relating to our loved ones, children, experiences, etc. But that's another story. . . .

In recent years many, including scientists, have taken note of animal behaviors relating to the sixth sense they seem to possess. And there have been some incredible stories surrounding that topic. Some of which include:

• Private James Brown of the 1st North Staffordshire Regiment when he was sent to join the Great War in France in August 1914. On September 27th, he received a letter from his wife notifying him that his terrier, Prince, had gone missing. But James already knew this. . .for the dog had joined him in the trenches days previous to receiving the letter. Prince traveled over 200 miles, crossed the English Channel, carried on another 60 miles through the battlefields to Jame's front line position at Armentieres.
• In February of 2005, a Jack Russell by the name of PJ located his owner at a rehabilitation center after an accident. The dog traveled some 9 miles and was located by a worker who took the dog to the owner's office within the rehabilitation center where she was receiving treatment. The dog had never been there before, but when entering the office, went straight to the owner's empty chair and sat down.
• A beagle named Belle was trained to recognize seizure symptoms. Upon her owner entering into one - Belle dialed 911 and provided rescue for her owner.
• A Golden Retriever named Toby saved his owner's life when she began choking on a piece of apple. Toby never received any training relating to this matter. He witnessed his owner in distress and attempting to dislodge the apple from her throat. When she was unsuccessful, Toby sprang into action taking matters into his own paws. He pushed her over and began jumping up and down on her chest - dislodging the apple and saving her life.
• Bear, a Labrador Retriever, appeared from nowhere and jerked his owner out from under an automobile that he had been repairing that was up on jacks. Moments later, the vehicle fell from the jacks and landed where Bear's owners head had been. Bear saved his owners life.

And I, myself, have had similar experiences with my own pets and our attachment to one another. For instance, my cat seems to follow something around the room intently on occasion. Even going so far as to jump down onto the floor, pursuing whatever it is he sees, with great intent. What does he see? That I don't know. But here's an interesting read titled: Animals and Ghosts.

A chow chow I had named Taz, would go to the door approximately 10 minutes prior to my husband's arrival home from work each day. No matter what the time was - be it later or earlier than normal. I could tell when he was coming home each and every time.

After Taz's passing, I adopted Nadja, pictured above. About 2-3 weeks after her arrival in her new home, one evening she got up from a deep sleep and went straight to the area in the living room where my chow chow, Taz, spent most of his days.

She zeroed in on something and began barking and growling - all the hair in the middle of her back raised. She spooked me. Then, she immediately went down into a pounce position, playfully wagging her stubby tail, and jumping up and down as if interacting with something.

Nothing was there and it ceased as quickly as it began and she then returned to her slumber at the other end of the living room.

She performed the same actions approximately 3 weeks later at my camp - and in the chow chow's preferred place of rest up there. The actions went much the same as they did the first time - barking and growling - then into a pounce position. Others witnessed the behavior and it left us all wondering.

And very recently, I experienced a strong connection emanating from myself regarding my Nadja. About two months ago, I was at a flea market near my camp with Nadja. Rather than taking my usual route back to camp, I went through the nearest small town up there.

Why did I do this? Well, something told me that I needed to know where the vet's office was. I had a premonition that my Nadja was going to be hit by a car. I went through the town, located the vet's office, and then went on my way to camp.

Approximately 2 hours later, while cutting grass near the roadside, my Nadja was hit by a passing motorist. Three cars stopped and a woman was the first to approach me. The first thing she said to me was, "Do you know where the vet's office is in Brookville?" This was the office that I located some 2 hours previous - prior to returning to camp. Thankfully, my Nadja was OK.

Do our pet's have a sixth sense connection to their owners and their environments? Do we, as owners, have a sixth sense connection to our loved ones and our pets?

Psychologist Michael Fox of Washington University has studied cats in particular. One of his cases regarded a vet who left his cat behind and moved some 2500 miles away. Only to have his cat, some six months later, walk right into his new home.

A scientist by the name of Rupert Sheldrake believe that living beings have morphic fields or invisible vibrations which surround living things. He believes that the interconnection between thoughts and energies can affect our pets. In essence, animals can pick up on the energies and/or thoughts that we are transmitting. They mimic our behavior and tune into our thoughts.

Parapsychologist, J. B. Rhine wrote: "The number of reported cases on animal ESP is large enough to suggest that animals can somehow be affected by circumstances they could not be aware of by any sensory sign and which one would suppose they could hardly understand in human terms."

So is your pet psychic? Here's a fun test to find out. You be the judge.

Has your pet saved your life? Has your pet sensed danger prior to it actually happening? Does your pet see things that you do not? Is your pet aware of your arrival home prior to you returning?

I invite you to share your stories. Please comment and tell us of your paranormal experiences with your furry friends.

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Styles of Conscience: December 21, 2012: The Extinction Of Humanity?

The Extinction Of Humanity?

Excerpt: "Everyone hears about the different prophecies on how humanity will end. From the Bible predictions of the rapture and the Antichrist, to Nostradamus's prediction of the Planet Comet, people hear theories and see evidence of our civilization coming to an end.

However, the most striking of these prophecies lies in the predictions of an ancient, but highly sophisticated Mayan calender. The deciphering and understanding of the calender is whole other story in it's own, so I'll get straight to the point..."

Click the link titled "The Extinction Of Humanity?" to be taken to 'Styles of Conscience' to read the full post. Thanks to rlowe for such a great read.

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Jupiter And It's Moons

This weekend I had the pleasure to view the night skies from the dark mountains of Pennsylvania.

A beautiful full moon was visible as well as Saturn and Mars early in the evening just before they disappeared below the horizon.

But the most interesting part of the evening for me was viewing the planet Jupiter and it's moons, which looked very much like the photo pictured when viewed through a large pair of 100mm astronomy binoculars. It was truly amazing to stand here on earth and view the moons revolving around Jupiter simply through a pair of binoculars.

Another interesting view was that of passing satellites. Look for what looks to be a star, passing through the sky at a rapid speed. They are hard to track as they cross the night skies, but when you do, it's quite amazing. Click the link and register with Heavens Above. Plug in the longitude and latitude of your location, and see what's passing you by. Track satellites, the International Space Station, and the Space Shuttle.

I would advise any avid campers to purchase a pair of these wonderful binoculars for viewing the night skies as I was very impressed. And when your spending significant amounts of time in places where the sky is so dark that the Milky Way can be viewed with the naked eye - it's a real treat to take a gander through a pair of these astronomy binoculars. The amount of visible stars increases 50-fold.

Surely something that your children, siblings, and relatives are sure to remember. So when camping this summer - be sure to kick back and look up - you never know what you may see.

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