I am not an absolute believer in astrology. Quite often however, I find that my horoscope can be eerily accurate. Perhaps it is my own subconscious justifying the cosmic words. In any case, today, I had my horoscope sent to me and it could not have been more on point...Seriously, almost word for word of what I've been experiencing and thinking recently.
CAPRICORN
Your attention may be fixed firmly on your aspirations today. As a result, you may be working in a more disciplined manner than usual. You may find that your powers of concentration are heightened and that you suffer less from lifeÂ’s little distractions. Productivity is likely your watchword so this can be an affirmative time to examine your daily routine and determine whether it is helping or hindering you in your quest to reach your goals. You can make the most of the discipline you feel by devoting the whole of your mental energy to each task you undertake. Others will likely notice your dedication and respond positively to your efforts. Consider asking for a promotion at your workplace today or taking on more responsibility in your home or a volunteer position.
Cultivating your mental discipline can help you avoid distractions and stay on course as you pursue your goals. The modern world we inhabit is awash with distractions that have the potential to keep us from fulfilling our full potential. Discipline empowers you to retain your focus when diversions, both pleasurable and not, threaten to derail your forward momentum. You'll have the ability to recover quickly from interruptions and push distractions out of your mind. As you move forward in your quest for success, you can adapt to changing situations and use your current circumstances to your advantage. Your attention will stay firmly fixed on your aims. The focused discipline you feel today will help streamline your progress toward the life of your dreams.
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The above was from http://www.dailyom.com/ A wonderful and enlightening website, though it tends to get a little too cheesey. But you can filter through and find the inspiration where you will.
Also, www.washingtonpost.com is my favorite newspaper and the horoscopes section is one of the best. Try reading your horoscope from the previous day, see how accurate it is.
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3 comments:
Don't you kind of wonder about certain jobs? The person who writes horoscopes for supplemental income or the individuals who write fortune cookies. I'm not being sarcastic. If you think about it, these pieces of writing do have a purpose in society and they do give people a momentary flashpoint of escapist pleasure. Can you imagine having your Cashew Chicken >without< the cookie? You'd feel pissed off, "damn, they forgot my fortune cookie!" and then slightly cheated, wouldn't you? Or what about that surreal acknowledgement when you realize that a horoscope was seemingly written just for you and you alone.
I wonder how you find such a job. "Hey, our horoscope writer retired and you seem kind of insightful, wanna do it?" I wonder how you prepare to be a horoscope writer. Probably read alot of Confucius, Deepak Chopra and Tony Robbins, right? (Just so you know, many horoscope writers at the newspaper level are not in fact astrologers, but regular every day journalists who fell into it).
Who are these people who write Hallmark cards and provide us with pulp-inspiration? I can see one of them now. He's a burnt-out alcoholic, a chain-smoker, divorced, embittered by life's cruel fate. And the only thing that keeps him going is the desire -- nay, the urge -- to write inspirational prose for Wonton Food, Inc. (the worlds largest manufacturer of fortune cookies...seriously). I'm sure even he has his moments of inspired brilliance. Like the Fall of '83 ("All the preparation you’ve done will finally be paying off.”) and the summer of '01 (“22-28-32-33-39-40” the correct Powerball numbers--when 110 lucky Long Island City natives hit it big.).
And then there was the time he was stuffed into a packed 6 train at rush hour and in a flash it came to him: "Beware of odors from unfamiliar sources". His ex got sick of him because he began communicating in fortune cookie speak. She asked him, "what do you want out of this relationship?" and he beligerently coughed back, "damn woman! true gold fears no fire."
There is in fact a sublime art to it (the horoscope AND the fortune cookie). Here are Daniel Lau's axioms for fortune cookie writing:
1. Don’t have too complicated a mind
2. Think in ten-word sentences.
When it's done well, it gives people joy or amuses us. Or enlightens us, makes us feel better about ourselves, or motivates us to do more. And yet the writing, by its very nature, has to go unappreciated. You're not allowed to seek fame or credit. And the rest of us are left to believe that these compositions come from some ethereal source of great wisdom somewhere out in the cosmos...
Here's one from the 1940's: "find someone as gay as you are"..words to live by, I say...
Yes, CT, that is a very interesting thought. I think with this comment alone you may have written an outline for a very interesting screenplay. Perhaps a film starring Bill Murray, directed by Wes Anderson. Seems appropriate.
You know what I always wondered? Whose job is it to name make-up? Seriously. All those creative names for lipsticks and eyeshadows, like "vixen," "dessert rose," "perpetual velvet." The name of a piece of make-up can make or break a woman's purchase. I digress...
I don't go for fortune cookies much these days. They serve as more of a joke. But it is someone's job...but whose?! I'll give a free post on my blog to the person who can find me a real, live fortune cookie-fortune writer!
hmmmm, could this particular horoscope work for scorpio???
this one seems to describe EXACTLY what i've been experiencing as well!!
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