Keskmes püsimise ja enesejagamise töövihikuülesanne tähendab seda, et kui pihustud ja laiali pudened, tuled koolist koju ilma telefoni ja märkmikuteta – ole lahke, saagu vaikus! 😀 😀 😀

Alexis Varnum:
Miks me jätkame kartmist, solvumist ja vihkamist, isegi teades, et see teeb meile haiget? Sest selgub, et enda mõtteid on väga keeruline ümber suunata. Me oleme aastakümneid “programmeeritud” olema ohvrid ja orjad, nüüd on see programm inimkonna tasandil on viinud meid loogilisele tulemusele: mida me kardame, seda me ka saame. Kollektiivselt. KUID mitte kõik pole nii lootusetu. Vastupidine suund kogub jõudu: inimeste valmisolek õppida oma elu loomist oma enda valiku järgi.
Nüüd tähelepanelikult vaadake oma lapsi. Meie lapsed keelduvad rollist olla kellegi teise tahte all sõltuvate täitjatena. Nad ei taha tunnistada end “halvaks”, kui nad teevad vigu või ei kiirusta oma tuba koristama. Nad nõuavad meilt mõistmist ja armastust, kuigi nad ise pole valmis kuulama oma vanemaid ja nad on meist targemad. Nad tahavad rõõmu tunda iga päeva elust praegu, mitte homme või kunagi “hiljem” – sest teavad, et “hiljem” ei saabu kunagi. Lastel on õigus: täna päeva enesetunne kujundab meie homset. Seetõttu, kui hetkel sinul on kõik “segamini”, ja sa suudad sellele üle naeratada, siis homme asjad paranevad ja vastupidi hingetu rahulolematus teeb sind kiiresti pankrotiks.

Mina olen põhjus, miks ma olen selline, nagu ma ennast oma elus tunnen. Parim, mida saad enda heaks teha, on lõpetada sõltumine inimestest, kelle piiratud eluviis takistab sinu elumuinasjuttu. Mõte on väga võimas ja ohtlik asi! Ta püüab ise reaalsuseks saada ja kui ta ebaõnnestub, siis ainult sellepärast, et on teisi mõtteid, mis temaga vastuollu lähevad.
Mul on su küsimustele vastused olemas, kuid sa ei kuule neid enne, kui oled Elukogemuse Suure Rollercoasteri poolt silutud. Käitu vastavalt oma tahtele – ja tee midagi muud. Ära lase millelgi end sellest rangest ja pühast ülesandest kõrvale juhtida. Iga tegevus, mis viib sind eemale sinu konkreetsest orbiidist, on eksitus ja viivitus Teel. Niikaua, kui teed selle, mis elab sinu alateadvuses, teadvuses või lähtestad, juhib see sind elus, mitte sinu suunas ja sa nimetad seda saatus, mitte sinu tegelik suund.
Kui arutled või mõistad kellegi üle kohut, võtad osa tema karmast enda peale ja töötad selle enda omaks! Inimesi inspireerib, et nende esmane mure on leevendada lähedaste kannatusi. Aga põdemine on haigus. Nähes valu, püüavad inimesed seda leevendada. Kuid kuulutades kannatused hea kõrgeimaks kriteeriumiks, muudavad nad kannatused elu tähtsaimaks äriks. Ja nüüd tahavad inimesed näha teiste kannatusi, et nad saaksid ise heatahtlikud olla. Mitte ükski tilk ei arva, et see on üleujutuses süüdi.
Püüa mitte kedagi solvata, sest lõpuks solvad sa iseennast kõige rohkem.
Николай Булгаков
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November


Erakordselt hea ja tasakaalus elu on mu paleus, mu palve ja siht

Olen läbi oma teadliku elu seda ihaldanud ja jahtinud. Tulemuseks on järjest paremasse korda ja tasakaalu nihkuv elu. Loomulikult tean, kui raske ja keeruline võib elu me kõigi jaoks ikka ja jälle olla. Ja seda arvestades on seda loomulikum inimese igavene soov järjest paremini elada. 

Kusjuures, esimene mõte, mis viimast rida lugedes pähe tuleb on seotud elu materiaalse poolega, eks? Aga see on kõigest vaid üks mitmest elu osast, üks elu tahkudest. Ise vaatlen elu kui mitme muutujaga võrrandit, mis on iga inimese jaoks isesugune. 

Loomulikult oleks tore, kui meil oleks kogu aeg tervis, keha ning vaim korras, suhted selged ja soojad, elu materiaalne pool kindlustatud ning töö pakuks paksu rahuldust. Ja paljudel meist ongi vahelduva eduga ikka ja jälle nii – ja siis jälle ei ole. Just tänu sellele et on ja ei ole ka – tasub seda erakordselt head ja tasakaalus elu kogu aeg sihikul hoida. Täna keskendun vist kõige tähtsamale osale sellest mitme muutujaga võrrandist. Selleks on tervis, elujõud ja energia. 

Hea elu on hea tundega elatud elu
Elutahte, elujõu, eluenergiaga. Rahu ja rõõmuga. Julguse ja otsustavusega. Kindluse ja lahkusega. Avatuse ja heldusega. Ja seda rida võiks jätkata.

Ja kõige selle all asub see, mis tundega sa hommikul ärkad ja päevast läbi lähed. Muidugi on seejuures tähtis vaimne tervis ja hingeline heaolu. Aga kõige all – ka nende viimati nimetatud asjade all – on meie füüsiline tervis, kehaline korrashoid, energiatase, jõud, paindlikkus ja vastupidavus. 

Peaaegu kõik on enda teha
Lühidalt – kui tervis on käest ära, siis on kõik muud elu aspektid tumestatud. Ja vastupidi – kui olla on väga hea, siis on kõik muud tegevused palju nauditavamad. Peaaegu kõik sellest on enda teha, kui just ei ole tegu mingi geneetilise probleemi ja päriliku haigusega. 
Noorena – minu hinnangul enamiku jaoks maksimaalselt umbes 30-nda eluaastani – võib nooruse uljuse tuules purjetada ilma tervise ja elujõu peale palju mõtlemata. Traumad taastuvad ära. Energiat on. Võib ilma erilist hinda maksmata öid üleval olla. Võib kohati pidu panna nii, et maa on must – ja ikka taastub üsna hästi ära.

Iganädalane sportlik aktiivsus on normaalsus
Mul endal toimus elu kõige otsustavama allakäigu periood vanuses 26 kuni 29. Sinnani oli kõik hästi. Siis kasvas kaal ligi 20 kilo ja liigesed hakkasid tundma anda. Tuli end kätte võtta ja seda ma ka tegin. Sealt edasi on mu elu olnud üks tervise ja füüsilise keha üpris edukas eksperiment. Praegu olen ilmselt elu parimas vormis ja seda igas mõttes. (Jah, kiirust ja plahvatuslikkust, mida teatud liigutamine eeldaks, on vähem, aga see ka vist ainus asi, mida vähem on). Olen jõudnud aastatega kohta, kus keha liigutamine igal nädalal on muutunud nii normaalseks, et ma ei pea sellele isegi mõtlema. Jooga, ujumine ja jõusaal – see tagab igakülgse hoituse.

Oma osa mängis ka mais lahkunud isa viimaste aastate hääbumise oma silmaga kõrvalt nägemine – seda nii füüsilises kui ka vaimses mõttes. Minu vaimult terane ja vintske kehaga isa muutus viimase viie eluaastaga tundmatuseni. Sellele eelnes töö lõpetamine vanuses 75, mis (just) meestele pidi laastavalt mõjuma. Siis algas ätistumine, millega käis kaasas kaalukaotus, keha väikeseks ja hapraks muutumine. Ei läinud kaua aega, kui külla tuli hr. Alzheimer ning tõi endaga kaasa süveneva dementsuse. Päris lõppu ei taha ma ei meenutada ega kirjeldada.

Keha tuleb hoida liikumas terve elu
Kirjutan sellest järgmisel põhjusel. Mu enda jaoks on isa hääbumise nägemine ja kogemine mõnes mõttes suur kingitus, sest see mõjus mulle kui kainestav hoiatus. Ma loodan, et suutsin natuke sellest hoiatusest ka sulle edasi anda. Keha tuleb hoida liikumas terve elu – läbi kõigi nende aastate, mida soovime HÄSTI elada. Ja see, et vaimu tuleb virge hoida selle korras keha toel – see on ju ka muidugi selge.

Tasuta veebitöötuba 19. septembril – “Elujõud ja energia”
Kõige selle pärast on järgmine teema elujõud ja energia. Tuleval teisipäeval kell 18:00 teen tasuta veebitöötoa eelkirjeldatud teemal. Jagan oma isiklikke kogemusi ja tänast vaadet ning proovin sind julgustada, et haaraksid oma elul (ja elujõul) sarvist. Oled väga oodatud kuulama. Registreerimiseks kliki palun siia.

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men’s workshop
October 6-8,
Adila Camp,
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When I was at my garden the other day, I recorded a video about Playfulness at this upcoming one-of-a-kind event for men.
 
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Miks 12?
Why do we have 12 zodiac signs? Why not 4, 9, 15, 27 or any other random number?
What is the relationship between signs and the zodiac constellations? Does the procession of the equinoxes ‘change’ the signs?
In the next 3 days, I will write a 3-email series to answer 3 of the most frequently asked questions from readers and students.
This is the 1st email in the series:

Q: Why do we have 12 signs?
A: We have 12 signs because we have 12 months, or 12 lunar cycles in a year. Each sign corresponds to one lunar cycle, which is why there are 12 signs.
The complete answer can be traced back to the origins of tropical astrology, which aligns with the 12-month solar calendar.
Topical astrology means “derived from the tropics” or seasons and cycles. When the Sun reaches the maximum distance from the equator at 23° North (also called the Tropic of Cancer) we have the solstice, and the sign of Cancer.
When the Sun reaches the maximum distance downwards from the celestial equator at 23° South (also called the Tropic of Capricorn) we have the other solstice, and the Capricorn season starts.
You may think that the 12 tropical signs are the same thing as the 12 zodiac constellations… they are not.
The 12 tropical signs were indeed named after the constellations for easy reference (the Greeks ‘borrowed’ the zodiac constellations from the Mesopotamians) – but that’s pretty much as far as this relationship goes.
Coming back to our initial question – why 12, and not any other random number?
We have 12 signs (and not 10, or 15) because we have 12 lunar cycles in a year.
Put simply – we have 12 signs because there are 12 months. The word “month” comes from the Old English word “mōnaþ,” which means “Moon”. In a 365-day interval (a year) we have 12 lunar cycles (12 months).
We start the astrological year at the Equinox. So, the beginning of the astrological year is based on the position of the Sun relative to the Earth.
The entire tropical system is based on the relationship between the Sun, the Moon and the Earth. We have 12 lunar cycles (Moon) in 1 solar year (Sun), from the reference point of the Earth.
TO RECAP: Signs are cycles. They are NOT areas of the sky. They are NOT constellations.
This is a difficult concept to grasp even for seasoned astrologers. When we look at our mobile apps, we see the Moon in the constellation of Aquarius, but astrologers say we have the Moon in Pisces. Confusing, right?
Not if we understand that the signs are not the same thing as constellations. Just because you and someone else share the same name, it doesn’t mean you are the same person.
Just because the tropical signs and the 12 constellations on the ecliptic are called the same, it doesn’t mean they are the same thing. Of course, there is a relationship there, and we will get to that.
But first, let’s get this sink in. Signs are not something we can observe. Sings are cycles. We cannot “see” them, in the same way we cannot “see” time. If you think of time, you can’t localize it in the physical space; time is not a rock, or a tree. It is an abstract concept. So are the signs.
And it’s precisely due to the difficulty of conceptualizing these 12 cycles, aka the 12 signs, that our first tropical astrologers used the backdrop of the sky and the constellations to name them.
And this takes us to our 2nd important question:
Why do signs have constellation names?
In theory, they don’t have to. We could call them Sign 1 (or cycle 1), Sign 2, etc, or give them other names – many other cultures and traditions have other names for cycles of nature.
The reason Hellenistic astrologers used the constellations on the ecliptic (which preceded the 12 tropical signs) is because these constellations made it easier to track the positions of the Sun, Moon and planets in the sky.
Remember – we cannot see the signs, so these early astrologers needed some sort of system to figure out when the Moon, Venus or Jupiter were in the 1st sign (aka the first 30 days from the Equinox), in the 2nd sign (aka day 30 to 60 from the Equinox) and so on.
The first sign, or the first 30-day cycle from the Equinox was called Aries, because back in the day (approx 2.000 years ago, when Tropical astrology as we know it was conceptualized) it was the Aries constellation that was rising at the Equinox.
The next sign, aka the 30-day cycle following Aries, was called Taurus, because the constellation following Aries was Taurus.
In the tropical model, Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn are called “cardinal” signs because they mark the beginning of the seasons (i.e. when the Sun changes direction in the sky); so they have an initiating quality.
The signs in the middle of the seasons (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius) are “fixed” because in the middle of the season is when the weather is most stable.
And the signs at the end of the seasons (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces) are called “mutable” because this is when the weather begins to change, as we are slowly moving into the next season.
In the tropical sign system, we also have the elements. The first sign (Aries) is a fire element, because fire is the primordial element. Next comes the element of earth (Taurus). We then have air, to allow movement (Gemini) and then finally the life-giving water (Cancer). Then the elements repeat.
When we combine “cardinal” and “fire” we get Aries, or the qualities of initiative, enthusiasm, and impulsiveness. When we combine “fixed” and “earth” we get Taurus – or the qualities of stability, persistence and practicality.
When we apply the modality/element matrix to the 12 lunar cycles we get the 12 tropical signs as we know them.
This tropical model is reliable and works well in both Hemispheres. Aries is “cardinal fire” in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Of course, tropical astrology, where the astrological year starts with Aries, was created in the Northern Hemisphere; if astrology had been designed in the Southern Hemisphere probably the model would have looked a bit differently, but it would have still worked, if it was methodologically sound.
Next question:
How did the zodiac constellation influence the 12 tropical signs?
The zodiac constellations preceded the 12 signs. These constellations were already named by Babylonians by the time tropical astrology was born (approx. 2.000 years ago).
Some of the zodiac constellations were named as early as 16-18th centuries BC. Back then, Babylonians named around 18-22 constellations around the Ecliptic plus other constellations that were not on the zodiac belt (i.e. ecliptic).
These initial constellations had different sizes, because they were based on the actual star configurations, not on mathematical calculations.
Then, when tropical astrology was conceptualized approx. 2.000 years ago, the 18-22 constellations on the Ecliptic were resized (and some of them dropped) to fit the 12-cycle tropical model.
The fact that only the ecliptic constellations were used to name the signs (and not other non-ecliptic constellations like Orion, etc.) speaks about the solar system-centered, tropical origin of the 12 signs.
Now, we have the phenomenon called the procession of the Equinoxes, which means that constellations move with approx. 1 degree every 72 years as seen from Earth. The sky in 2023 looks quite different from how it looked 1.800 years ago, when Ptolemy wrote Tetrabiblos, the tropical astrology “bible”.
But this phenomenon doesn’t affect in any way our tropical, seasonal 12-sign system, because – again – the 12 signs are not based on constellations.
The tropical signs are solar system centered. The constellations and the stars are not in our solar system, so they are out of the scope of tropical astrology. (this does not mean that constellations and fixed stars don’t influence us, but that’s a different topic).
The Equinox happens on March 20-21 every.single.year everywhere on Earth. In 1.000 years from now, the Equinox (and the tropical sign of Aries) will still happen on March 20-21st. In 5.000 years, 10.000 years still on March 21st.
Tropical signs never shift – they cannot, because they are based on the Equinox and the seasons.
Did the Babylonian constellations influence the Hellenistic, 12-sign tropical model we are using today? Very likely. The astrological ages – which seem to correlate with the qualities of the zodiac constellations are a testament to that.
So, most likely, back in the day, there was some sort of conceptual transfer from the Babylonian sidereal model to the tropical model.
But again, this doesn’t change in any way our understanding of the 12 tropical signs, because they are based on a completely different framework – seasons, modalities, elements etc.
RECAP – Let’s summarize the answers to the initial questions
Q: Why do we have 12 signs?
A: Because we have 12 lunar cycles in a year.
Q: What is the relationship between signs and zodiac constellations?
A: The 12 tropical signs got their names from the zodiac constellations because 2.000 years ago, the constellations made it easier for our ancestors to track the position of the Sun, Moon and planets.
Since then, the backdrop of the sky has changed and is no longer a reliable way to track the tropical signs. Thankfully, we have astrology software that does it for us.
Q: Does the procession of the equinoxes ‘change’ the signs?
A: No, because tropical astrology is based on seasons and synodical cycles, NOT on the sidereal sky (constellations). So next time your ‘scientist’ friend says the procession of the equinoxes refutes astrology, tell them to do their research properly 😉
The origin of the 12 signs is a very important topic because understanding the tropical system is the very base of understanding western astrology. When we understand the origin and the nature of the tropical signs – everything else – planetary cycles, aspects, houses – falls into place.
Talking about houses – in the next email [2/3] I will talk about another frequently asked question: which house system to use?
Astro Butterfly