What's your sign

somebody commented recently about the 'new' astrological signs. I did a bit of looking around and found referance to what they were talking about.

I've known for a while that the signs that are conventionally used are off from the actual strological positions these days, and I even knew about the 'rediscovered additional sign'.

The thing is I am not much of one for astrology, it's vauge and filled with blanket statments that usually can apply to most everyone, and the thought that my lifes aspects are predefined rubs me the wrong way. I'm too contrarian.

One of my biggest grudges on the topic, I see little of myself in the sign of cancer.

I'm not moody, nor am I overly vulnerable to disapproval. I can't see how I am a water sign.

In other words, cancer is a bad fit for me, I feel. Other than the costumed up blanket statements that is (Generous to others but frugal with resources unless convinced that it is the right investment, friendly by resuerved, ect).

But looking at the Geminim which would be the actual sign at the time of my birth:

'Gemini- Air sign. Wit with a child-like fascination for the world and new experiences. Gemini is the zodiac sign that knows something about just about everything, making a good conversationalist and interesting acquaintance. inquisitive and quick to digest new information and ideas. Intelligent and logical, but with a lot of nervous energy, Gemini likes to keep busy and expand horizons whenever opportunities arise, often multitasking between several interests. However, as the sign of the Twins, there is a dual aspect to the Gemini personality, making it difficult for these individuals to stick with any one thing in order to master it, and often making it difficult for bystanders to figure out which side their Gemini friend is really on. Gemini has more than one personality, which can change in a flash, and those near to them would do well to learn them both. On and off, up and down, back and forth, black and white, day and night, ying and yang - this is the essence of the Gemini personality.'

I'm sorry but that's about as close to being me as anything I ever read. Replace the word Gemini with my name and it might be something that could be used as the opening to a biography about me.

The fact that gemini is attributed to Mercury and my study of alchemy (hermes the thrice great is said to have made the emerald tablets acentral alchemical work), invention (hermes is patron of invention), writing and reading (hermes is patron of poets and literature).

As an air sign, the tarot suit would be satves/wands, which I've sort of considered my suit. While swords/fire has a fondness for me and I've learned to never stand in it's way, and I seek coucil from cups/water, and I am learning to embrace coins/pentacles/earth, Wands/air is my realm; it's from which I come.

Being of two minds, as I often am, I see this as suggesting that as a thought exercise it is interesting. I still feel that it is more a tool of self examination and a means of finding order and patterns when randomness and chaos seem too much in abundance.

Just some food for thought.

Take care of yourselves,
Roving Jack

New list with some old goals

It's past time I post up my personal list of things I'd like to do by the end of the year. I'm having a rough spot getting started but Am eager to do so.

1) Learn to use a sewing machine
2) Cobble and Bodge
3) Utile Toga
4) make more jewelry and then list it on etsy
5) make a clock
6) make runcible items
7) make prototypes of games and play test them
8) Penmanship
9) signlanguage study
10) learn to play an instrument
11) finish some of my writings
12) pewter casting
13) make working locks
14) lamp work glass
15) screen printing
16) painting
17) book binding
18) leather work
19) kaliedescope
20) look into schooling opportunities
21) get a new job
22) write non fiction
23) make a dream catcher
24) make clothes
25) scented items
26) map making
27) script frenzy
28) Nano
29) Connecticon
30) wood work

The plan is like last year, I can't Add anything until I finish something. Though I'm debating on wether I should do it in sets of ten again or individually.

Mainly because the First thirty on my list are at least half goals that I couldn't manage in previous years. So it's not easy to build up momentum trying to get five done.

Course the rest of my life isn't exactly cooperating either.

The next week should see some decisions made as well as some progress hopefully.

Take care of yourselves,
Roving Jack

Seems like just last week...

It seems like just last week it was a year ago. I was getting over a cold, seeing last touches on projects for the year end. And boy oh boy did I manage a few projects last year.

1) advice column
5) write up some book proposals for non fiction.
6) see about being a tutor or life coach
7) tend to my growing number of blogs
8) create several new props
9) create some hats
13) Artist alley at Connecticon
15) carve gourds
17) metal working
18) altered book
20). make hand made paper .
21) make paper dolls and items for them
22) fabricate a few other items (lamps, spice racks, journals, ect) for experimentation and possable sales.
23) glamour bomb
24) edit some more of my past writing
26) Nano 2010
27) script frenzy 2010
30) network more
32) finish some bussiness cards
33) Loom knit something
34) make some toys
35) look into having a vending machine
37) talk to locksmiths about maybe apprenticing.
38) .make a terrarium .
40) Soaps, perfume, or other fragrance items in the twelve styles I came up with.
41) plant some seeds and try my hand at growing something from seed again.
42) retry realestate reasearch and querries.
44) make buttons
47) Produce another 3D model using blender, for the competition
48) sew some dyskord
51) woodworking (special project)
55) no longer work for a place that gives me less than 10$/hr and only 8hr/week and then cuts me for five months out of the years.
57) make a wallet
59) make some clothes
60) string art [/quote]

And that's not counting a whole slew of regular things that happen during the course of living life during the year.

But contrary to what it looks like, it's not about doing as many things a possible, it's about realising what I can do with my life. Most everything on here came from two thoughts.

1) This would be something fun and interesting that I would love to have in my life.
2) I'm just a poor schlub trying to get by in a barely held together life, theres no way I can do these sorts of things.

Lucky for me, #2 doesn't ever realise until it's too late that I'm a stubborn fellow and don't like to be told what I can and can't do. I also take great pleasure in finding a way to do things that seem impossible.

So there you go, the secret to my success is a self defeating attitude paired with a snarky contrarian attitude. Lol.

Take care of yourselves,

Roving Jack