Sun has started his transit through the intense, watery Scorpio sign. The format this month will revert to the usual four topics, but due to time pressure I am going to use the ingress chart as the basis for the analysis. Will Sun entering Sagittarius finally give me a break? lol

The ingress chart is most interesting. Sun makes a conjunction to Apollon (Transneptunian) in the critical degree of Scorpio. It gives the impression of a magnetic, mysterious celebrity. This month is therefore somewhat geared towards more reclusive study and learning, although Apollon is also about making yourself known and presenting a persistent, upbeat image to the world. Apollon-Sun at 0 Scorpio is about presenting a powerful image of yourself, and teaching self or others in order to change your perspectives. Thus the Sun in Scorpio theme begins this year in a manner we will not experience again.

God said:

What do you really want? Become acquainted with yourself and know what you really want and go for it.

Everyone wants love. Everyone wants the blessings of togetherness. Everyone wants freedom. Solitude is also a need. Some crave peace, and some prefer commotion.

Yes, life in the world is made of contrast. Your desires are often opposites. Closeness and freedom. Togetherness and solitude. Peace and upset. This conglomeration of opposites does not make life a cinch on Earth.

Much of your time is spent in choosing. In the world, it has been kept a secret that you can really have everything. Mixed desires are two sides of the same coin, or you can look at mixed desires as a thermometer with a sliding scale. Where are you? Where do you want to be?

No one desires unhappiness - or do they? My dears, there are some who seem to thrive on unhappiness, as though unhappiness amounts to a feather in their cap.

Let’s look at joy now as something you give. How happy this approach would make you. What a difference this would make to you and to the world. Joy to the world.

What makes you happy? What would you like? Give out what you like. See what happens.

What makes you unhappy? What would you not like? Don’t give it.

Credit: perpendicularity.org

By Wes Annac, Culture of Awareness

I said in a recent video that I don’t think we can rely on any politician, even those who are ‘for the people’, to make a change.

We can only change things by rejecting the corrupt system, coming together and running the world as one people, and in a way, to think otherwise is to fool ourselves. It’s great that people are passionate about politicians who they think can do something positive because it shows that the masses are interested in change, and I’d probably join the Bernie Sanders crowd if I hadn’t already been shown that the system is beyond repair.

I don’t mean to sound pessimistic, and our inability to repair the system doesn’t have to be bad. It can be great depending on how you see it, and the system’s destruction signals the beginning of a new world that we’ll all be responsible for creating. It’ll probably be chaotic, but I’m confident that we can create something new through the chaos that works in everyone’s best interest.

In heavily polluted areas, we all know that we should try to avoid inhaling whatever toxins are floating around as much as possible. That’s why when pollution gets especially bad in China, people are advised to stay indoors, and it’s one of the reasons behind the rise in surgical masks being worn in Tokyo, Japan.

But a new study has found that when it comes to certain airborne pollutants, called phthalates, our skin can absorb just as much as we’re breathing in. “We’re big sponges for these chemicals,” lead researcher, John Kissel from the University of Washington in the US, told Science News.

Phthalates are a group of ‘semi-volatile’ chemicals that are used to make plastic soft and flexible, or as dissolving agents for other types of materials, and are found in all kinds of cosmetics, fragrances, and household cleaners. Derived from oil, around 2 million tonnes of phthalates are produced across the world each year, and more than 20 different types are in common use.