So, yes, today is my birthday. And I'm owning my age - forty. Swamped with work and deadlines, I'll not wax poetic. I've been receiving little notes from people that don't know me except from my writing here and elsewhere; it's really sweet and deeply appreciated. There's just a deep feeling of gratitude in me today.
So, thanks world. I really didn't expect to be around this long. Sometimes it freaks me out that I still am.
Meanwhile, assorted "October 2" trivia and astrology after the jump.
From Famous Birthdays:
Also born on October 2:
- Kelly Ripa (makes sense)
- Lorraine Bracco (does not make sense)
- Sting (makes sense)
- Donna Karan (does not make sense)
- Rex Reed (totally makes sense)
- Groucho Marx (maybe makes sense)
- Mahatma Gandhi (now I'm totally lost)
From the New York Post's Sally Brompton:
The more you are involved in things that require discipline and focus the more important it becomes to set aside time to let down your hair and have a good time. Balance is central to the Libra nature: without it you will never be happy; with it you can accomplish anything and everything.
From Cafe Astrology:
Work takes on definite shape this year, and you can see results from your efforts, or at least foresee success down the road. This gives you a sense of responsibility and a feeling of directedness and purposefulness. This is a good year to temper your energy and to exercise better judgment. It's also a good year to get and feel organized. Traditional methods work, and thoroughness brings rewards. This is a year when employing time-honored strategies works best for you. It may not be a period in which to push forward aggressively or to break new ground. In fact, you may tend to enjoy sticking to mundane tasks because it satisfies you to accomplish things and to have something to show for your work at the end of the day. Practice or refining a technique is favored now.
With Mercury in harmonious aspect to Mars and Saturn in your Solar Return chart, you are likely to enjoy more focused powers of intellect. This is a good year for teaching and writing. You present your ideas with authority, aiding you on a professional level. You are likely to be more actively involved in lectures, debates, and discussions during the year. You can convey your ideas well to others. Travel, particularly work-related, may be in the offing. Relationships with younger people may be especially rewarding. You are likely to enjoy less mental "clutter" and a more organized approach to life.
Mercury trine the Moon's North Node suggests making contact through learning, communicating, and mental pursuits. It suggests an intellectually stimulating year in which the exchange of ideas with others figures prominently. With Mars trine the Moon's North Node, you may be actively involved with teamwork and collaboration with others this year. This can also indicate an increased need for sexual union, as it stirs the passions and generally indicates ease in satisfying one's desires through positive connections with others. This aspect is one indication of getting engaged, married, the beginning of a significant new relationship, or the intensification of an existing romance.
Romantic relationships and attractions have a fated quality to them this year with Venus trine Pluto around the time of your birthday. This could be a year when you fall in love, and this could be with a person, an activity, or a cause! Meeting someone who transforms your life, and more specifically your values and attitude towards love, is possible under this influence. Strong existing relationships are likely to grow and transform in rewarding ways, as you are more open than usual to intensity and passion. Your finances could also improve dramatically this year. You are likely to weed out the unnecessary in these departments of your life this year, and to end up with a strong sense of meaning and purposefulness. For singles, this could be a year in which they find true love; and for those already in a relationship, a more meaningful and strengthened bond is likely.
The ability to express yourself more efficiently and meaningfully is with you this year. Getting organized and working steadily towards well-defined goals is also featured. Mental pursuits thrive, and an organized approach to life takes you places. Dramatic improvements to your romantic and social life, and finances, are likely this year. Your love life is likely to transform in surprising ways.
2007 is a Number Three year for you. Ruled by Jupiter. This is a year of sociability. It is a friendly time, when it is easy to enjoy life and other people. Focus is on personal freedom, reaching out to others, making new friends, and exploration. You are more enthusiastic and ready for adventure. It is likely to be a rather lighthearted year, when opportunities for "play" time are greater than usual. It's also a good year for expressing your creativity. Advice - reach out, but avoid scattering your energies.
2008 will be a Number Four year for you. Ruled by Uranus. This is a year of work and development. It's "nose to the grindstone" time. It's a time to deal with practical matters, and it's not a time to be lazy or especially gregarious. Sometimes, it can be a year that feels hard, monotonous and routine, and/or lonely. Positive new relationships are generally not formed in a Four personal year. Advice - get yourself organized, work to build your resources, keep busy.
