CANCER OWNS THE HOUSE
30 Jul
IF THE FIRST THREE STAR SIGNS WERE ADVENTURERS, CANCER WOULD BE THE FIRST INNKEEPER, OFFERING SAFETY, WARMTH, AND RESPITE FROM THE PERILOUS ELEMENTS. ENTER CARDINAL WATER.
CANCER I TAKES THE EMPATH AS ITS CENTRAL IMAGE. THIS PERIOD CAN BE COMPARED TO A TIME IN THE ARLY ADULT LIFE WHEN THE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, FEEL AND TO AN EXTENT TO IDENTIFY WITH OTHERS COMES TO THE FORE. SUCH UNDERSTANDING MAY EXTEND TO THE LIFE HISTORY, FEELINGS OR PERSONALITY OF ANOTHER PERSON. IT MAY ALSO INVOLVE SYMPATHY FOR ANOTHER PERSON’S IDEAS OR WAY OF THINKING. NOT ONLY IS THIS PROCESS IMPORTANT IN DEVELOPING BASIC HUMANITY, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WITHOUT SOME DEGREE OF EMPATHY SUCCESS IN SOCIETY WILL BE DENIED.
THE CANCER II PERIOD TAKES THE UNCONVENTIONAL AS ITS CENTRAL IMAGE. THIS PERIOD CAN BE LIKENED TO THE TIME IN A YOUNG ADULT’S LIFE WHEN OUT-OF-THE-WAY ACTIVITIES AND UNUSUAL PEOPLE OCCUPY INTEREST. MOREOVER, THE CHALLENGE TO BE PERSONALLY UNIQUE MAY BE A FOCUS, NOT IN AN ADOLESCENT WAY, BUT RATHER IN THE COURSE OF ASSERTING INDIVIDUALITY. NO AREAS ARE CONSIDERED TOO FAR OUT FOR CONSIDERATION OR STUDY, & FEW IF ANY ACTIVITIES CONSIDERED OFF LIMITS. THE VALUE OF PRIVACY & OF A PRIVATE INNER LIFE ARE FULLY RECOGNIZED AT THIS TIME.
THE CANCER III PERIOD PERSONIFIES THE PERSUADER. ACCORDING TO THE GRAND CYCLE OF LIFE, IN HUMAN TERMS, THIS PERIOD RELATES TO THE YEARS OF ONE’S MID’ TO LATE TWENTIES, WHEN PERSUASIVE POWERS CAN BE APPLIED BOTH IN BUSINESS AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. THIS IS A TIME WHEN ALL AVENUES MAY BE TRIED AND OPPORTUNITIES EXPLOITED. FOUNDING A BUSINESS OF ONE’S OWN, FINDING A LIFE MATE, STARTING A FAMILY OR SEEKING TO WIDEN OPPORTUNITIES ARE ALL INDICATIVE OF THIS PERIOD.
CANCERIANS KNOW HOW TO CONVINCE OTHERS OF THEIR WORTH AND GET THEM TO DO THEIR BIDDING. POWERFUL MANIPULATORS OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT, CANCERIANS OFTEN MANIFEST GREAT DRIVE AND DETERMINATION. YET RARELY DO THEY FALL VICTIM TO BLIND AMBITION. EVEN WHEN FINANCIAL REWARDS COME THEIR WAY, CANCERIANS GENERALLY PREFER TO INVEST IN THEMSELVES RATHER THAN INDULGE IN MATERIALISTIC DISPLAYS OR POWER-TRIPPING
GALLERIE GLOBETROTTING
30 Jun
MOUSSE MAGAZINE (ITALY) IS A ONE STOP SHOP FOR HIGH END ART
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BRAZILIAN SHAMAN BREW
30 Jun
LOOKING BACK AT OUR STRANGE EXPERIENCES, WE ACTUALLY MET LORD FANNY (OR AN ASPECT OF) AT A HOUSE PARTY IN EUSTON
MY FLATMATE STARTED HANGING OUT WITH THESE TWO BRAZILIAN BOMBSHELLS, LUANA AND MORGANA. COME TO FIND OUT LUANAS FATHER WAS A BRAZILIAN CONSULATE IN LONDON FROM SAO PAOLO. IF I LEARNED ONLY ONE THING IN LONDON, ESCORTING D.O.D.S (DAUGHTERS OF DIGNITARIES) YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO HAVE A WILD NIGHT. LUANA INFORMED US WE WERE HEADED TO VISIT HER XAMA IN EUSTON, CHAMPAGNE IN HAND WE ARE GREETED AT THE DOOR BY THIS WIDE EYED BRAZILIAN SHAMAN. WHO IMMEDIATELY PULLED EVERYONE INSIDE, VANISHING TO THE KITCHEN WHERE SHE RETURNS TO STIRRING HER HOMEMADE BREW. STRANGENESS ENSUES
MUSIC, DRINKING, DANCING, BOUNDARIES START DISSOLVING, BEFORE WE KNEW IT WE WERE SHOT OUT PAST 4-D, 5-D, 6-D, WE WILL NEVER BE SURE REALLY, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE ONCE IN A LIFETIME GIGS. WE SCRIBBLED GIBBERINGS ONTO A PIECE OF PAPER. OBSERVING SPACE TIME LOOPS AND THE EBB & FLOW OF OTHER COSMIC PHENOMENA.
WHEN YOU GO THAT FAR OUT, YOU CAN’T IMAGINE HOW YOU WOULD EVER GET BACK, BUT WE FOUND OURSELVES LASSOED BACK TO LONDON, TRAVELING HOME IN THE FASTEST BLACK CAB RIDE IN RECORDED HISTORY. PLANTING BOTH FEET ON TERRA FIRMA UPON EXIT. BRAZILIAN SHAMANS COOK A POTENT BREW. POWERFUL JUJU
















