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- Saturday January 21, 2012: Reference.com On This Day [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/7ba5488f297bea10
- Angel Paths for January 21 - Nine of Cups [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/1931b697681bee52
- Essay by James Rioux - Nine of Cups [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/e23d35abcb15556a
- Card of the Day for January 21 - Nine of Cups [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/c4a1e49e1a28da25
- A Phrase A Week - Cold turkey [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/2c9c5956881c9447
- A.Word.A.Day--connubial [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/fd21894556473f2a
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Topic: Saturday January 21, 2012: Reference.com On This Day
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 21 09:31AM -0500
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/msg/c563c685a6549865
On This Day:
Saturday January 21, 2012
This is the 21st day of the year, with 345 days remaining in 2012.
Fact of the Day: gun salute
Gun or cannon salutes, used to honor distinguished persons or to mark
special occasions, originate from the practice of firing all guns of a
battery, fort or ship as a token of disarming them, because early guns
were not speedily reloaded. Modern gun salutes are fired with blank
cartridges or charges. The number of shots is prescribed by
international custom and agreement. Referred to as the royal salute,
the 21-gun salute is fired for chiefs of state, heads of government,
members of a reigning royal family and others of comparable rank.
Salutes of 17, 15, 13, 11, seven, and five shots are fired for people
of lesser rank. Firing an odd number of shots is believed to stem from
an ancient naval superstition that an even number of shots is unlucky.
Holidays
Feast day of St. Agnes, St. Fructuosus of Tarragona, St. Patroclus of
Troyes, St. Alban or Bartholomew Roe, St. Epiphanius of Pavia, and St.
Meinrad.
Events
1785 - Chippewa, Delaware, Ottawa, and Wyandot Indians signed the
treaty of Fort McIntosh, ceding present-day Ohio to the United States.
1861 - The future president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis of
Mississippi, and four other Southerners resigned from the US Senate.
1908 - New York City prohibited women from smoking in public.
1950 - Former State Department official Alger Hiss, accused of being
part of a Communist spy ring, was found guilty of lying to a grand
jury.
1954 - The USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, was
launched at Groton, Connecticut.
1976 - The first supersonic Concordes with commercial passengers
simultaneously took off from London's Heathrow and the Paris Orly
airports.
1977 - President Jimmy Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders.
1998 - President Bill Clinton angrily denied reports he'd had an
affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and had tried to
get her to lie about it.
2003 - The US Census Bureau announced that Hispanics had surpassed
blacks as America's largest minority group.
Births
1738 - Ethan Allen, American soldier, frontiersman.
1813 - John Fremont, American mapmaker.
1824 - Stonewall (Thomas) Jackson, famous Confederate General of the Civil War.
1884 - Roger Nash Baldwin, American founder of the American Civil
Liberties Union.
1905 - Christian Dior, French fashion designer.
1925 - Benny Hill, British comedian.
1927 - Telly Savalas, American Emmy Award-winning actor.
1938 - Wolfman Jack (born Bob Smith), a gravelly-voiced disc jockey,
born in Brooklyn, New York.
1940 - Jack Nicklaus, American golf champion.
1941 - Placido Domingo, Spanish operatic tenor.
1953 - Paul Allen, American entrepreneur, and co-founder of Microsoft.
1957 - Geena Davis, American film actress.
1976 - Emma Bunton, an English pop singer and songwriter.
Deaths
1793 - King Louis XVI executed by guillotine in the Place de la
Revolution in Paris, one day after being convicted of conspiracy with
foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National
Convention.
1924 - Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary.
1950 - George Orwell (pseudonym for Eric Arthur Blair), Indian-born
British novelist and essayist.
1959 - Cecil B. de Mille, American film maker.
1997 - "Colonel" Tom Parker (born Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk),
manager of Elvis Presley.
2002 - Peggy Lee (born Norma Dolores Engstrom), popular singer,
songwriter, and film actress.
2006 - Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo.
Reference.com On This Day
http://www.reference.com/thisday/
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Topic: Angel Paths for January 21 - Nine of Cups
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/1931b697681bee52
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 21 09:20AM -0500
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/msg/25366be6a38bd2a6
Lord of Happiness
The Nine of Cups
This is a lovely card, known as Lord of Happiness. It talks about a
sense of inner fulfillment and bliss, which radiates outward to touch
everybody with whom you come into contact.
At a spiritual level, we're talking about inner harmony, contentment
and tranquility - an appreciation of the High Powers, feeling at one
with the Universe. This feeling leads to feeling that we are blessed
by life.
On an everyday level, the card will often come up to mark periods of
high achievement, and the resulting sense of pleasure and
satisfaction. It will also come up to acknowledge joy and happiness in
an emotional relationship.
When this card appears in your reading, it's important to make the
time to simply enjoy your own feelings, to revel in your sense of
calmness and joy.
Working with the Nine of Cups
On a day which is ruled by the Lord of Happiness, we need only open
ourselves to the infinite blessings of the Universe, and we will be
surrounded by warm happy loving energy. At its highest level, this
card reminds us of the completely inexhaustible supply of love that
flows continuously about us, and tells us to simply step forward and
enjoy!
In the hurly burly of modern life it's easy to forget to count our
blessings. And in so doing, we lose sight of a very basic spiritual
truth - love IS all around us. Beauty springs up in the most
unexpected places. Radiance and wonder abound in this world of ours.
Yes - sure, there's a lot of pain out there too. Sure, not everything
may be as we wish it to be. Sure, we might hear a news report that
does not fill us with faith and belief in the race.
But we can look up to the sky....and there (no matter what the
weather) we will see an image of pure perfection. We can study a
flower, and we will see a miracle. We can look at our lives and be
thankful for all the things that we're glad are present in it.
And we can do this with an open heart - no doubts, no yes-buts, no
compromises. When we do this, we fill our souls with the colour of
wonder. We touch the dreaming parts of us. And once filled, those
secret silent places can feed us strength when we confront ugliness or
cruelty.
All it takes to see the brightness of life is our willingness to look
- without reservation. And when we see brightness, and we allow it to
enter inside us, we become brighter, and hope is an easier emotion.
So on a Lord of Happiness day, do these things - look until you find
something perfect; seek till you discover something beautiful;
contemplate until you find something to be grateful for. And having
done those things, draw that beauty, that perfection, that gratitude
inside you. And live the rest of the day in accordance with what you
have discovered. You'll make miracles!! I promise!
Affirmation: Life fills me with wonder and light
http://www.angelpaths.com/cups/cups92.html
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Topic: Essay by James Rioux - Nine of Cups
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/e23d35abcb15556a
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 21 09:19AM -0500
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/msg/64f22e59a4beed67
After the difficult choices of the Seven and the stagnation of the
Eight, the Cups suit starts to balance out with the Nine. One of the
most positive and uplifting cards of the entire deck, the Nine of Cups
shows satisfaction on all levels - emotional, physical, sensual. It is
little wonder that most Tarot readers refer to this as the Wish Card,
and its appearance is often taken as a sign that, whatever your
heart's desire is, it shall be granted in the coming days. It may not
be granted exactly as you expected but you can rest assured that you
will get what you want.
As it is a Cups card, the Nine of Cups usually refers to an
emotionally fulfilling situation, such as the strengthening of a
romantic bond, the solidification of a friendship or the consommation
of a sexual relationship. It shows that joy and happiness are
certainly within your grasp, and that you probably already have them.
It is a sign to enjoy the abundance of life for as long as it lasts.
Feel each of your emotions as if you had never felt any of them
before. Take some time to value every person you love - and all those
who love you back. See the perfection all around you.
On a more physical level, this card signals delight and pleasure,
contentment with what you have and a steady foundation for the future.
Your worries are all in the past, and you can look forward to a bright
future. The Nine of Cups shows excellent health, though when badly
dignified it can often point to an overabundance of physical pleasure
that can lead to intoxication and illness. But this is really the only
caution of the Nine of Cups: enjoy life and enjoy living but don't
take it too far, because pleasure without regard to the consequences
is rapidly lost.
It is rare that the Nine of Cups refers to a sense of spiritual bliss,
since the cards of the spirit are the Swords. But with the Swords suit
so full of strife and danger, the Nine of Cups would look out of place
anywhere else but in the Cups suit. And if you think about it this
makes sense, because when the pleasure and contentment of the physical
plane is transferred to the spiritual level, it becomes inner peace
and harmony with the Universe. The Universe is, after all, the source
of all the love and pleasure that flows through the Nine of Cups into
our lives. It only makes sense that we can sometimes follow that river
to its source.
This page was made by James Rioux (The Black Shadow), bshadow@nbnet.nb.ca.
Copyright 2000 James Rioux.
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Topic: Card of the Day for January 21 - Nine of Cups
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/c4a1e49e1a28da25
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 21 09:18AM -0500
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/msg/ccabc29f46fa039c
NINE OF CUPS
Attribution - Jupiter in Pisces
Cups is the suit of emotion, inner states, feelings, relationships,
memories, spiritual experiences. The cup is the container of something
sacred. It is the suit of artists, musicians, creativity, healing,
imagination.
Nines are about nearing the end, the final stage, dreams, courage,
mastery, letting go and terminating properly.
Rider-Waite Imagery
A man wearing a red hat sits with arms crossed. Behind him is a table
with 9 cups on it. The table cloth is blue.
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
A goodly personage has feasted to his heart's content, and abundant
refreshment of wine is on the arched counter behind him, seeming to
indicate that the future is also assured. The picture offers the
material side only, but there are other aspects.
Divinatory Meanings
Upright: Concord, contentment, physical bien-être; also victory,
success, advantage; satisfaction for the Querent or person for whom
the consultation is made.
Reversed: Truth, loyalty, liberty; but the readings vary and include
mistakes, imperfections, etc.
Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana
Nine: Of good augury for military men. Reversed: Good business.
UPRIGHT
The Wish Card.
A good omen.
Satisfaction.
Good humour.
Plenty.
Pleasure from good, basic things.
Buying something pretty rather than practical.
Well-being, good health.
Success, victory, security, prosperity.
Fertile surroundings, natural beauty.
Nourishment.
Warm, encouraging atmosphere.
Appreciation from peers.
Sensual pleasures.
Be a kid again!
Party hearty!
Let yourself be happy.
All your wishes come true.
Contentment and satisfaction.
Harmony and emotional stability.
Intuition is accurate.
Handle the cup carefully though. This very pleasant feeling can easily
turn into over-indulgence, complaisance, and foolishness.
REVERSED
The wish will not be fulfilled.
A bad wish.
Limited potential and success.
Imperfections seem magnified.
Being strict with yourself – going on a diet or abstaining from alcohol.
Small setbacks.
Relationships that are not stimulating – lack of strength and
enrichment due to too much in common.
Showing off.
Trying too hard to make it happen NOW.
Overly sentimental.
Superficial happiness.
Surfeit.
Illusion of freedom.
Illness perhaps, but not lasting.
Addiction.
Discontent.
Distracting ourselves with pleasure.
Settling for a life of emptiness.
Lack of emotional connectedness.
Wanting something else.
Smug self-satisfaction.
Greed and self-indulgence will topple you.
Vain conceit.
Abusive guests.
A favourite item is stolen or broken (Liz Hazel)
1. Mythic
2. Alleged
3. Halloween
4. Swedish Witch
5. African
6. Durer
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Topic: A Phrase A Week - Cold turkey
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 21 09:15AM -0500
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/msg/5b6a5ad2aac772c1
Cold turkey
Meaning
The sudden and complete withdrawal from an addictive substance and/or
the physiological effects of such a withdrawal. Also, predominantly in
the USA, plain speaking.
Origin
At this time of year you have probably had enough of cold turkey to
last until next year's festivities. Nevertheless, here's another
plateful.
The term 'cold turkey' is now predominantly used as the name of the
drug withdrawal process. Also, by extension, it is used to refer to
any abrupt termination of something we are accustomed to. To find the
origin of the term we need to delve into the annals of American
speech. Let's talk turkey.
Cold turkey The turkey looms large in the American psyche because of
its link to early European colonists and is, as even Limies like me
know, the centrepiece of the annual Thanksgiving meal. In the USA, and
as far as I can tell nowhere else, 'plain speaking/getting down to
business' is called 'talking cold turkey'. This usage dates from the
early part of the 20th century, as in this example from The Des Moines
Daily News, May 1914:
I've heard [Reverend Billy] Sunday give his 'Booze' sermon, and
believe me that rascal can make tears flow out of a stone. And
furthermore he talks "cold turkey". You know what I mean - calls a
spade a spade.
The English newspaper The Daily Express introduced the phrase to an
English audience in a January 1928 edition:
"She talked cold turkey about sex. 'Cold turkey' means plain truth in America."
'Talking cold turkey' meant no nonsense talking and its partner
expression 'going cold turkey' meant no nonsense doing. To 'go cold
turkey' was to get straight to the scene of the action - in at the
deep end. An example of it in use is found in Debates: the official
reports of the Canadian House of Commons, 1899:
I am told that other countries, for instance Australia, have gone cold
turkey all the way. They have gone full metric and have experienced
less difficulty in the implementation of their program over the
long-term.
The earliest reference to 'cold turkey' in relation to drug withdrawal
that I can find is from the Canadian newspaper The Daily Colonist,
October 1921:
"Perhaps the most pitiful figures who have appeared before Dr.
Carleton Simon are those who voluntarily surrender themselves. When
they go before him, they [drug addicts] are given what is called the
'cold turkey' treatment."
In the state of drug withdrawal the addict's blood is directed to the
internal organs, leaving the skin white and with goose bumps. It has
been suggested that this is what is alluded to by 'cold turkey'.
There's no evidence to support that view. For the source of 'cold
turkey' we need look no further than the direct, no nonsense approach
indicated by the earlier 'in at the deep end' meaning of the term.
See other phrases that were coined in the USA.
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Topic: A.Word.A.Day--connubial
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 21 09:14AM -0500
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/msg/1835f82cc3c6c959
Wordsmith.org The Magic of Words
Jan 20, 2012
This week's theme
Miscellaneous words
This week's words
sagacity
stochastic
immanent
venial
connubial
A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg
connubial
PRONUNCIATION:
(kuh-NOO-bee-uhl, -NYOO-)
MEANING:
adjective: Pertaining to marriage or the married state.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin con- (with) + nubere (to marry) which is also the source of
nubile and nuptial. Earliest documented use: 1656.
USAGE:
"You wouldn't think Donald Trump would need much connubial coaxing to
picture himself in the Trump White House. But a Globe headline this
week reads: 'Wife Melania Tells The Donald: America Needs You!'"
Maureen Dowd; She Made Me Run!; The New York Times; Dec 31, 2011.
Explore "connubial" in the Visual Thesaurus.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While
just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs. -Ella Wheeler
Wilcox, poet (1850-1919)
Books by Anu Garg
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