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Zodiac Quotations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Today I have an eclectic mix of quotations by and for the Sun signs: from the sublime to the ridiculous, from the profound to the trivial, from past times to modern, from the mystical to the mundane.\u00a0 There is of course much more from whence they came, and I will maybe blog further in this vein, but please do contribute your own under comments.<\/p>\n

SUN IN ARIES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“I think, therefore I am”<\/em><\/p>\n

~ Rene Descartes (1596 – 1650)<\/p>\n

Latin: “cogito, ergo sum”<\/em><\/p>\n

French: “je pense, donc je suis”<\/em><\/p>\n

Rene’s birthday was 31st March.\u00a0 He was a true Aries, with the Sun\/North Node\/Uranus\/Jupiter\/Pluto conjunct (a satellitium)\u00a0 in that sign, and Mercury also therein.\u00a0 Descartes is often thought of as the “father of modern philosophy”.<\/p>\n

SUN IN TAURUS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“If I am doing nothing, I like to be doing nothing to some purpose. That is what leisure means.”<\/em><\/p>\n

~ <\/strong>Alan Bennett<\/p>\n

Alan’s birthday is 9th May, so coming up this week (on Thursday).\u00a0 He has a triple conjunction of Mars\/Mercury\/Sun in Taurus as his credential for expressing this sign.\u00a0 As a playwright, he is prolific.\u00a0 There is something languid yet productive about this sign, captured in this quotation.<\/p>\n

SUN IN GEMINI<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“My mouth is my weapon.\u00a0 I can destroy somebody with a flick of my tongue.\u00a0 I’ve got a sharp wit and a sharp way of talking.\u00a0 I’m not a hitter, but when I’m mad, I’m mad.\u00a0 I scream it out, then I’m done.”<\/em><\/p>\n

~ \u00a0<\/strong>Suzi Quatro<\/p>\n

Suzi’s birthday is 3rd June.\u00a0 She only has the Sun in Gemini, but has it sextile the Rock Star planet of Pluto.\u00a0 She also has the physical energy and force of Mars rising.\u00a0 So that Rock Star energy comes through and expresses itself through the Gemini urge and need to communicate, in shouting lyrics such as “Can the Can” and “<\/em>So come alive (yeah!), come alive (yeah!) Down in Devil Gate Drive”…<\/em><\/p>\n

SUN IN CANCER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Heart’s memory of sun grows fainter,\/ sallow is the grass; \/a few flakes toss in the wind \/scarcely, scarcely.”<\/em><\/p>\n

~ Anna Akhmatova (1889 – 1966)<\/p>\n

Anna’s birthday is 23rd June, just after the summer solstice.\u00a0 She is one of my favourite poets, and has the Cancerian ability to evoke mood. Here she evokes desolation, both of emotional loss, and the loss of sun in winter.\u00a0 Her poetry can tear at the heartstrings.\u00a0 Her chart is very Cancerian, with Mar\/Sun and North Node\/Chiron (portraying poignancy as her karmic mission) in that sign.\u00a0 A very Russian soul.<\/p>\n

SUN IN LEO<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Creativity hits me like a lightning bolt.\u00a0 For two weeks ideas overflow and spill from me, before a period of nothing.\u00a0 The prospect of it suddenly just leaving me one day scares me.\u00a0 I’m terrified that every song I write might be my last.”<\/em><\/p>\n

~ Arlo Parks<\/p>\n

Arlo’s birthday is 9th August.\u00a0 This quotation embodies the creative process, but also the sense of drama intrinsic to the Leo experience.\u00a0 Elsewhere, she speaks of her pleasure in performing, the Performer Archetype being one of Leo’s prominent roles.\u00a0 Singer-songwriter Parks has a fiery chart: Mercury, Mars and the Sun in Leo with Pluto\/Chiron\/Sun in Sagittarius, with the Sun trine the Sagittarian planets.\u00a0 Plenty of Creative Fire.<\/p>\n

SUN IN VIRGO<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“I have been very compulsive about clean clothes and clothes in general my whole life. Being born a Virgo has also made me compulsive about neatness. I have always been cleaning my whole life. Cleaning up places and people\u2019s minds!”<\/em><\/p>\n

~ <\/strong>Sondra Ray<\/p>\n

Though Sondra talks about being Virgoan, she has not given out her actual date!\u00a0 Sondra is one of the original founders, with Leonard Orr, of the Rebirthing movement, and has written numerous books, such as “Loving Relationships”, “The Only Diet There is” and “Birth and Relationships”, all about the effects of our birth.\u00a0 An American, she once held a workshop on a river boat on the Thames, which I managed to attend.\u00a0 One could say she strives to embody the purity of the Virgin Mary, associated with her sign, though her guru is\/was Babaji.<\/p>\n

SUN IN LIBRA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Every day I wake up with my wife and we both can’t wait for the day to start.\u00a0 We hold hands and we’re immensely happy. The love just grows”<\/em><\/p>\n

~ Brian Blessed<\/p>\n

Brian Blessed’s birthday is 9th October.\u00a0 Libra is in love with love, and here actor Brian Blessed was expressing the romanticism of that sign, words given a few years ago, in an interview.\u00a0 Sadly his wife Hildegard Neil died last year.\u00a0 He has the Sun and Mercury in Libra, but almost all (29 degrees) of his 1st House are in Libra, too.\u00a0 Are they a match made in heaven?\u00a0 His Moon in Leo, representing the females in his life, is exactly conjunct her Sun in Leo. That is romantic…<\/p>\n

SUN IN SCORPIO<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but it\u2019s task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself”<\/em><\/p>\n

~\u00a0 <\/strong>Albert Camus (1913 – 1960)<\/p>\n

Albert’s birthday was 7th November, right in the middle of Scorpio.\u00a0 To all his work, he brought that incisive awareness of life and death, the sign most likely to look at worst case scenarios and try to make sense of them, and even prepare for them.\u00a0 Scorpios look these issues in the face. He wrote some groundbreaking novels, such as “The Outsider” and “The Plague” and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.<\/p>\n

SUN IN SAGITTARIUS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“The optimistic songs reveal a bit more of me because that’s how I feel. I’m definitely a ‘glass is half full’ kind of a person.”<\/em><\/p>\n

~\u00a0 <\/strong>Joan Armatrading<\/p>\n

Joan’s birthday is 9th December.\u00a0 She is a true Sagittarian, with a quadruple conjunction (satellitium) in Sagittarius, consisting of Sun\/Moon (i.e. New Moon)\/Venus\/Chiron.\u00a0 Thus she has a good share of Jupiterian energy.\u00a0 My own favourite songs of hers are “Drop the Pilot” and “Love and Affection”.\u00a0 Hubby and I went to see her perform a few years ago in King’s Lynn, and it was one of the best concerts we have been to: the atmosphere was so warm, and her fans knew all the lyrics (always a good sign). Her book of lyrics “The Weakness in Me” is to be recommended.<\/p>\n

SUN IN CAPRICORN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“But that was me. And as I\u2019ve said, I was a box checker – marching to the resolute beat of effort\/ result, effort\/result – a devoted follower of the established path…I was busy climbing my ladder, which was sturdy and practical and aimed straight up”.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

~ Michelle Obama<\/p>\n

Michelle’s birthday is 17th January, and here she paints a classic textbook portrait of herself which describes her sign well.\u00a0 She has the Sun and Mercury in Capricorn.\u00a0 Her first autobiography, written after she left office as first lady of America, charted her struggle to prove her own worth (a very Capricorn process) against the odds and prejudices towards her race and gender, with the development of her philosophy of her life and her efforts to put the developing philosophy into practice (hence the title: \u201cBecoming\u201d).<\/p>\n

SUN IN AQUARIUS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“I love being in a team.\u00a0 I am so glad I was in a group and wasn’t solo, because I would have found that hard.”<\/em><\/p>\n

~ Emma Bunton<\/p>\n

Emma’s birthday is 21st January, right at the beginning of Aquarius.\u00a0 Her quote was in response to the question “What is your greatest fear?”, and she prefaced it with “Being on my own”.\u00a0 In the words of the Spice Girls, you might say “Friendship never ends” is a motto for Aquarius.\u00a0 In her chart, the Sun conjoins with Mercury in that sign.<\/p>\n

PISCES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“I cry all the time.\u00a0 It’s part of being alive.\u00a0 I cry a lot when I pray – it’s that feeling of being a sinner, and a human being with needs.”<\/em><\/p>\n

~ Juliette Binoche<\/p>\n

Juliette’s birthday is 9th March.\u00a0 Pisces is one of the main two signs associated with the acting profession: Leo for the drama and performance, and Pisces for\u00a0 the sensitive expression of the internal emotions.\u00a0 She has a Satellitium in Pisces (Midheaven\/Mars\/Chiron\/Mercury and the Sun); Ascendant\/North Node in Cancer; Neptune in Scorpio.\u00a0 So an abundance of water in her chart, and full scope for expression of that emotion.<\/p>\n

Aspects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tomorrow (Monday 6th) brings us a conjunction of Mercury and Chiron at 20 degrees Aries, which means it’s a day you can focus on problem-solving, and identifying healing needs.\u00a0 If you don’t have a problem pre-prepared, the Universe will kindly oblige by alerting you.\u00a0 There may also be a high degree of mental tension or anxiety in the air.\u00a0 But use what comes up to find solutions, at whatever depth you need to engage with them.\u00a0 One area which is especially suited to this conjunction in Aries is finance and economy.<\/p>\n

A steadying sextile between the Sun and Saturn follows on Tuesday (7th), a practical and serious minded influence.\u00a0 Duties and commitments are to the fore.\u00a0 It makes for a good day with regard to laying foundations and establishing rules.\u00a0 Creativity is firmed up, and decision making may be easier.<\/p>\n

A fresh start is possible on Wednesday (8th) with a New Moon at 18 degrees Taurus.\u00a0 The fresh start may be in the Taurean realm of cooking, gardening, art, music or money.\u00a0 Make the most of this wishing Moon, as it could be a turning point.\u00a0 Make good your intentions, and make your intentions good.\u00a0 One activity associated with Taurus is pottery, and it was reported this week that young people are going to pottery lessons instead of nightclubs.<\/p>\n

And, that’s all folks, for the week!\u00a0 Not a Fixed Star in sight…<\/p>\n

The week in bullet points:<\/p>\n