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Three Questions About Jamali Fashi's Execution
Posted: May 18th, 2012, 10:03pm WIT by Azarmehr
The Times published an article this week, which questioned whether a wikileak report gave the pretext for the regime to implicate Jamali Fashi in Prof. Ali-Mohamadi's assassination. This post is not about the wikileaks report, I never managed to find out who the martial arts instructor in the wikileaks report was, but I was the one who after watching Jamali Fashi's confessions on state TV,
Astrology of Current Affairs
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Astrology Report: 18-20 May 2012 Moon in Taurus or Ordibehesht.
Posted: May 18th, 2012, 1:24pm WIT by Ali Mostofi
If you look at the link above you will see on the edge of the wheel the time and date for the position of the planets and the Moon. You will see that it states 10:06 UTC. That is the time in what we normally call GMT or before it becomes Summer time here in UK.
If you then look for the little Moon symbol you will see the symbol for Taurus. So that is about the time Moon enters Taurus. It will take about two and half days for the Moon to do 30 degrees. So by midnight Sunday the Moon will have gone to Gemini.
Taurus is all about measurement and value. This is the practical down to earth solid materialistic side of our lives. In Astrology we have the various planets and Moon representing for different parts of both our personal and social lives. The speed of the planets and Moon pretty much relates to the parts that change the most and change the least.
Our emotions are the most volatile parts of our lives and so the object that moves the most represents that. What is that object in the sky? It's the Moon.
Weyhey! So folks Astrology has a method. It is based on measurement and a lot of maths. As I have said I am doing all this to bring the Iranian community up to speed with the very basics of Astrology. Most of you will continue this work for years after I have disappeared, and do a better job.
Anyway here we go. What's in store? Well look at the link above again and see Mercury next to the Moon and next to that is Jupiter and then the Sun. So we have what quite a rare situation.
Iranian Astrologers discovered the positivity of Jupiter and called it Ohrmazd for good reasons. Jupiter as we all know is massive and takes more than a year to do what the Moon does in two days. Jupiter has been going through Taurus for a while and it is where expansion can take place. There is a lot lot more on this.
Now look at the Sun and look at the previous reports and you will see that it has moved closer to Jupiter and now passed it. We saw many major elections take place as Astrologers in all those countries had organized it all. Now even stock market flotations are coordinated. Look at Facebook's very timely IPO. Look at Mercury the planet of communication. It is there getting nice and close to Jupiter.
The other angles are the 150 degree Saturn is making to these planets and Moon in Taurus. That angle is much to do with the energy of Virgo. Sharivar is 150 days after Knowrooz (Nowruz) or Equinox and it concerns the other practical activity or separating the good from the bad. You will see Virgos see things in tiny details and split hairs. This energy is important in the bureaucratic medical and all things to do with running an administration. So we call it Shahr or town and rivar which means running of. Clever eh. Old Iranians knew what they were doing when they chose these names.
So with all this expansion energy going on, we have Saturn forcing us to sort out the practical useful stuff from the extreme. I know it is hard for you all to keep up with me. But hang in there. Mars is in Virgo too and many of my Virgo friends and all those people involved in the civil services have really been energised. The position of Mars is around ninth of Sharivar or around 30 to 31 August. So if your birthday is around then make sure you really organize a fitnesss session. Mars will effect Virgos whose birthdays are up to seven days either side of ninth of Sharivar. So as the Moon makes the move through Taurus or Ordibehest you will have a fantastic 120 degree energy to really put some fitness health organization going.
As you all know we have just had Moon in Aries. You should have dealt with what is to do with the "I am" or your uniqueness. With Moon in Taurus it is the "I have". So really think about loving what you have. Sort out the finances and get ready for Gemini or Khordad when you need to reason and communicate. But you can't do that until you have something.
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"I will Kill Shahin Najafi" - Abdolreza Helali
Posted: May 17th, 2012, 8:59pm WIT by Azarmehr
"Maddah" is a difficult word to translate into English. There is no equivalent profession I have come across outside Iran. A panegyrist or a eulogist are the dictionary translations but are not full descriptions of the job. Maddahs have good voices and they recite/sing poetry/songs praising the Shiite saints. They are like the DJs in a religious warehouse party that get the crowds going into a
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Astrology Report: 15-18 May 2012 Moon in Aries or Farvardin
Posted: May 16th, 2012, 2:54am WIT by Ali Mostofi
As I write the Moon is still in Pisces or Esfand. Did you become selfless? Did you face the pain to face that severe humility. With the Sun being in Taurus we all saw the markets drop. That is what the world had to learn. We need to see what it takes to understand the part of you that is outside what is material. It is the spiritual you. It is that catch-22. It is the unrequitted love. It is that pain you feel because you can't shake that love or idea that will always defy logic.
Prophets and many more enlightened than me have written more eloquently about this. Read Hafez, or do a wish through his oracle or get the tarot cards out and get the message you need. Face it. This phase is going to end soon and the time on the link above is about the time when the moon enters Aries. It is about now.
So what does Aries or Farvardin do? Well once you have sorted out that unyou, you are ready for the real you in this world right here right now. It is action stations. A new person is born and a new identity is ready to act. You have satified all and now you are ready for number one. Numero uno. Avaleen.
And if you look at the link above you will see that the moon is very close to Uranus. That is the weird outrageous part of us. It is electrifying. So it helps those situations that are very unique and extremely ambitious. Wow getting from the mood of humility into an electrifying start is a bit much, but that is it.
And it goes the other way when the moon opposes Saturn. It will tell you in a couple of days to hold on and don't be weird and wacky. Follow the rules.
It is madness I know. But remember it is a time for acting first and think later. Just do it. Bezano boro. Enough reading and thinking, get on with it.
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Astrology Report: 13-15 May 2012 Moon in Pisces or Esfand
Posted: May 14th, 2012, 1:15am WIT by Ali Mostofi
The Moon has just entered Pisces or, Esfand as we say in Iranian Astrology.
The Moon was in Aquarius. Social networking was the mood. Now that you have got in touch with all the people you are not close to you, you need to think outside the world of people. So you need to really think of the whole of your universe.
You need to think of all the areas you have ignored. This includes the areas that just do not make sense in the normal logical way to you. You might have to really go and be humble, and be prepared to face things you did not want to face.
Put others first. Be charitable. Face anything that is inuitive. That is what we call Sepantarmarzi in Persian. The unyou. In ancient times they symbolized this experience as two fish with a link from their ends. In other words deal with irreconciliable. This Pisces energy. It is the final sign that deals with whatever you have ignored all your existances.
I know it sounds weird. But Art is. People who are musicians, painters, writers, deal with the realm that does not deal with the practical or mundane. They see through the material universe. They have vision. The vision comes from a feeling that they cannot control. It guides them from within. You have to abandon the explainable. I know it is hard to explain.
Today is when Sun is conjunct Jupiter in Taurus. Taurus is the material worth. And so the mood we are in will be put to practical use with Mercury Sun and Jupiter there. So draw in. Feel the idea and express it in a practical way. Compose.
Mars is forcing action as it was opposed by Moon and squared by Venus. Be careful about love. Or yeah, what the hell, just go head on with that argument you want to have, if you want to do that. You will do it and not know how and why you did it. But you will good after it and no one will understand why. It's a laugh.
Coincidently I am watching The Truman Show and it shows how we can just know what it is that is not. Now isn't that weird. Lol.
