As we go deeper into this most unusual and challenging phase of history, intelligence is the thing we need the most. That is the theme of the 2019-2020 annual edition of Planet Waves, now available for pre-order. See more information here.
Libra is the sign of beauty, but let’s face it, the creative process is kind of ugly. This may be why you so often perceive beauty as outside yourself, and needing to exist in your environment. The nervous chaos that so often leads to beautiful experiences is not something you want to identify with, but now you have no choice but to dive into those electric-eel-infested waters of uncertain depth. Anyway, forget your doubts; forget that you don’t know how to weld or solder, and that half the paints and chemicals in the workshop could eat your liver for breakfast. Forget that creating anything really new feels so, well, egotistical to one so attuned to the world of relationships as yourself. Put on your Mad Scientist hat, get busy and stay busy till something impressive and inevitable happens. If you get up one morning and say, “I have to call in sick to work to do my real stuff,” do two things: first congratulate yourself handsomely, and second, pick up the phone.
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As we go deeper into this most unusual and challenging phase of history, intelligence is the thing we need the most. That is the theme of the 2019-2020 annual edition of Planet Waves, now available for pre-order. See more information here.
Angela Davis on Running from the FBI, Lessons from Prison and How Aretha Franklin Got Her Free
For more than four decades, Davis has been one of most influential activists and intellectuals in the United States. An icon of the black liberation movement, Davis’s work around issues of gender, race, class and prisons has influenced critical thought and social movements across several generations. She is a leading advocate for prison abolition, a position informed by her own experience as a prisoner and fugitive on the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list more than 40 years ago. Once caught, she faced the death penalty in California. After being acquitted, she has spent her life fighting to change the criminal justice system. Just before the midterm elections, Angela Davis sat down with Amy Goodman in Washington, D.C., at Busboys and Poets to tell her life story.
Angela Davis: We Owe It to People Who Came Before Us to Fight to Abolish Prisons
Angela Davis is a leading advocate for prison abolition, a position informed by her own experience as a prisoner and a fugitive on the FBI’s top 10 wanted list more than 40 years ago. Once caught, she faced the death penalty in California. After being acquitted on all charges, she spent her life fighting to change the criminal justice system. Amy Goodman sat down with Angela Davis at Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C., in October to talk about the prison abolition movement.
From 1968 to 2018: Angela Davis on Freedom Struggles Then and Now, and the Movements of the Future
Legendary scholar and activist Angela Davis’s work around issues of gender, race, class and prisons has influenced critical thought and social movements across several generations. Amy Goodman sat down with her in Washington, D.C., in October to discuss freedom struggles over the past 50 years, and where people’s movements are going next.
As we go deeper into this most unusual and challenging phase of history, intelligence is the thing we need the most. That is the theme of the 2019-2020 annual edition of Planet Waves, now available for pre-order. See more information here.
You’re still under the influence of Mars, and that says you are experiencing what it’s like to firmly commit to forward motion, progress and expanding your horizons. Fear no longer needs to be your dominant emotion. So much has changed in your favor during the past five or six weeks; your fears seem to have evaporated and the sense of running into a wall has given way to the passionate desire to express your gifts to the world as fully as you can. Keep your momentum and make sure you stay ahead of the curve. Think of all the routine tasks you’re going to need to do this autumn, and either get them out of the way or start them early. Something entirely new is going to be born in your life at this time, and you’ll want all the freedom you can get to allow that moment of creation to happen.
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As we go deeper into this most unusual and challenging phase of history, intelligence is the thing we need the most. That is the theme of the 2019-2020 annual edition of Planet Waves, now available for pre-order. See more information here. If you’re looking for individual signs, pre-order here.
You’re not the only one with resources or the willingness to work for what you believe in; make sure everyone is holding up their fair share of what needs to be contributed, whether it be money, ideas or effort. You’ve got plenty to offer, which will be all the more meaningful when everyone sees the benefit of making the kind of investment you’ve got planned. Be diplomatic, but insist that others who want the benefits participate in bringing those things to fruition. Though you’re doing most of the work at this point, others will feel better for having had their positive influences. Family Focus: Exceptionally mature kids may seem like they’re losing a grip on reality. In truth, a new reality is coming through.
The Daily Oracle offers a horoscope selected randomly by our Intelligent Archive Oracle program, unique to Planet Waves. It’s also a database of my horoscopes going back to the late 1990s. You can use the Intelligent Archive Oracle to answer questions and give you ideas for how to handle problems and situations you cannot see through. This feature is available to our Galaxy, Backstage and Core Community members. See this link for more information.
As we go deeper into this most unusual and challenging phase of history, intelligence is the thing we need the most. That is the theme of the 2019-2020 annual edition of Planet Waves, now available for pre-order. See more information here.
About your mother. You’re finally getting around to confronting her narrow and judgmental side with some fresh ideas about your life. One of the things you learn as an astrologer is that people’s parents can dog them for as long as the planets keep spinning around the Sun — until we intervene and do so boldly. But it’s not enough to say no. That was her issue. It’s not enough to change your mind as if what came before didn’t matter. It’s not enough to reduce everything down to the details and prove that it’s irrelevant. What is necessary is to say yes with every cell in your body, to experiment with ideas that nobody you know would ever consider, and most of all, to feel yourself until you figure out that you’re alive. If the next few weeks are filled with tension, let it be that of seducing yourself into authentic liberation.
The Daily Oracle offers a horoscope selected randomly by our Intelligent Archive Oracle program, unique to Planet Waves. It’s also a database of my horoscopes going back to the late 1990s. You can use the Intelligent Archive Oracle to answer questions and give you ideas for how to handle problems and situations you cannot see through. This feature is available to our Galaxy, Backstage and Core Community members. See this link for more information.
As we go deeper into this most unusual and challenging phase of history, intelligence is the thing we need the most. That is the theme of the 2019-2020 annual edition of Planet Waves, now available for pre-order. See more information here.
Andrew Bacevich on Mattis & Why We Need to End Our Self-Destructive, Mindless Wars in Middle East
Secretary of Defense James Mattis has announced he will resign at the end of February, in a letter publicly rebuking President Trump’s foreign policy. Mattis resigned one day after President Trump ordered the withdrawal of all 2,000 U.S. troops from Syria and on the same day that reports emerged that Trump has ordered the withdrawal of about 7,000 troops from Afghanistan. The New York Times reports Mattis is the first prominent Cabinet member to resign in protest over a national security issue in almost 40 years. Much of the Washington establishment expressed shock over Mattis’s resignation. Andrew Bacevich, a retired colonel and Vietnam War veteran, is interviewed. He’s the author of several books, including his latest, “Twilight of the American Century.” His other books include “America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History” and “Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War.” He is professor emeritus of international relations and history at Boston University.
Congress Touts First Step Act as Criminal Justice Victory—But Critics Say Bill Makes False Promises
A major criminal justice reform bill is poised to become law after the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted in its favor Thursday. The First Step Act, passed in the Senate earlier this week with an 87-12 vote, would roll back sentences for federal prisoners, including mandatory life terms for third-time offenders and mandatory sentences for nonviolent drug users. The bill is now heading to the desk of President Trump, who has pledged to sign it into law. The bill only affects federal prisoners, who make up less than 10 percent of the more than 2 million U.S. prisoners. It has been endorsed by a wide range of supporters across the political spectrum, from the American Civil Liberties Union to the conservative Koch brothers. But the bill explicitly excludes immigrants and has been criticized by groups such as the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of more than 150 black-led organizations, for encouraging profiteering and making “false promises” about bringing black prisoners home. Van Jones is president and co-founder of #cut50, a national bipartisan initiative to reduce the U.S.’s incarcerated population by 50 percent over the next 10 years. Jessica Jackson Sloan, a human rights attorney and co-founder and national director of #cut50 is also interviewed.
This Congressmember Camped in the Cold to Escort an Asylum-Seeking Honduran Mother Across Border
Nearly a month after a photo of a Honduran mother and her small children fleeing tear gas fired by U.S. Border Patrol captivated the nation, 39-year-old Maria Meza was finally admitted into the U.S. with her five children on Monday. Their asylum request is now being processed. But this came only after California Congressmembers Jimmy Gomez and Nanette Barragán intervened on behalf of Meza’s family, camping out overnight with them on the U.S. side of the border near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry between Tijuana and San Diego. Congressmember Nanette Barragán is interviewed, who just returned from the U.S.-Mexico border.
As we go deeper into this most unusual and challenging phase of history, intelligence is the thing we need the most. That is the theme of the 2019-2020 annual edition of Planet Waves, now available for pre-order. See more information here.
It is not in your nature to take uncalculated risks. Indeed, it’s not in your nature to do much that is not well thought-out six steps ahead, much like a good chess player works the board. But you need to take a chance right now. Most likely it’s a professional chance. It may be on something that seems too good to be true; and to be sure, there are a couple of hidden pitfalls, there are risks and there are questions. Too good to be true — not quite. Too promising to pass up? Most certainly.
The Daily Oracle offers a horoscope selected randomly by our Intelligent Archive Oracle program, unique to Planet Waves. It’s also a database of my horoscopes going back to the late 1990s. You can use the Intelligent Archive Oracle to answer questions and give you ideas for how to handle problems and situations you cannot see through. This feature is available to our Galaxy, Backstage and Core Community members. See this link for more information.
As we go deeper into this most unusual and challenging phase of history, intelligence is the thing we need the most. That is the theme of the 2019-2020 annual edition of Planet Waves, now available for pre-order. See more information here.