IFLA: The “Sun is Shining” Edition of the Horoscope for the week of August 9

by | Aug 9, 2020 | Advice, IFLA | 140 comments

This week has an unusual constriction:  A double opposition.

Oppositions in general can be tricky to read, and a double even more so.  So lets see what’s going on here.  Firstly (but not primarily (though it probably is primarily)) we have Venus in opposition with Mercury.  Love/peace/sex/femininity v. news/change/luck.  Were Venus in either Scorpio or Cancer, this would warn of an STD outbreak, but fortunately that’s not the case here.  Oh wait, Venus IS in Cancer.  Crabs it is then.  The other part of this double is the Sun v. the Earth, the most likely outcome is that your A/C is going to break down, though a house fire is not ruled out, nor is an insect invasion out of the question.  But that’s only if you read these parts separately.  Reading them together as part of a larger whole give some sort of disruption caused by summer weather that quashes an otherwise lovely romantic outing.  There is also another way of reading it which is “good news ruins a good thing” or “justified complacency causes you to miss an opportunity.”  A Mercury-Venus-Mars alignment can mean “peace talks” (and it still could) but in light of all the other rather negative signs, I think it’s more likely that there will be high-profile marital squabbles this week.  So go out and grab those snaps, paparazzi!

Leo comes into its own with Mercury (the bringer of luck) entering.  Venus in Cancer encourages everyone to go to the beach.  Aries is telling us that the civil unrest fracas will continue with the moon joining Mars there.

The cards are predicting a kind of downer week.

Leo:  Ace of Swords – Motorhead concert (no wait, that’s Ace of Spades) – Triumph, the excessive degree in everything, conquest, triumph of force. It is a card of great force, in love as well as in hatred

Virgo:  The Hanged Man reversed – Selfishness, the crowd, body politic

Libra:  10 of Swords reversed – Advantage, profit, success, favour, but none of these are permanent; also power and authority

Scorpio:  Ace of Coins reversed – The evil side of wealth, bad intelligence.  People trying to leverage your lifestyle against you.

Sagittarius:  Queen of Cups reversed – distinguished woman but one not to be trusted, perverse woman, vice, dishonor, depravity.

Capricorn:  2 of Wands – Riches, fortune, magnificence, physical suffering, disease, chagrin, sadness, mortification

Aquarius:  3 of Swords reversed – Mental alienation, error, loss, distraction, disorder, confusion.

Pisces:  Temperance reversed – Bad things involving churches, disunion, unfortunate combinations, competing interests

Aries:  2 of Cups – Love, passion, friendship, affinity, union, concord, sympathy

Taurus:  8 of Swords reversed – Disquiet, difficulty, opposition, accident, treachery

Gemini:The Lovers reversed – Failure, foolish designs, romantic troubles

Cancer: 3 of Coins reversed – Mediocrity, puerility, pettiness, weakness

 

 

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Not Adahn

Despite all my rage, I am still just an impeccably dressed rat.

140 Comments

  1. CPRM

    Apologies for going OT off the bat, but with my work schedule I don’t even know what fucking day it is, much less what posts are going on.

    I was waiting for Biden to announce his VP pick, but got sick of waiting, so I wrote and recorded a new episode. To be sure, by the time I animate, edit and it get’s posted Biden will have made an announcement, but I think the solution I came up with will be something you all find entertaining.

    • CPRM

      Disquiet, difficulty, opposition, accident, treachery.

      And there it is, the cards predicted I’d do this.

    • UnCivilServant

      I think all anyone asks is to be entertained.

      • CPRM

        If I weren’t suckering being paid by fellow Glibs to make these cartoons, I wouldn’t be concerned.

        /tries to remember last non-cartoon article I made.

      • ruodberht

        Are you not?

      • UnCivilServant

        No, there’s a damn ice cream truck spewing noise pollution.

      • Lackadaisical

        Respond in self defense with a small tactical McNuke.

  2. westernsloper

    The other part of this double is the Sun v. the Earth, the most likely outcome is that your A/C is going to break down

    Don’t have AC.

    though a house fire is not ruled out,

    Fuck.

    Gemini:The Lovers reversed – Failure, foolish designs, romantic troubles

    Dood, I have had that one since 2015.

  3. Rebel Scum

    Mental alienation, error, loss, distraction, disorder, confusion

    Gonna be a good week!

    As an aside, it ain’t as hot as it has been but, fuck, it is humid out. And we’ve gotten so much rain that my front yard is a swamp, particularly on the side where there is supposed to be a yard swale and along the front the closer you get to the street. Bitch is saturated and won’t drain. Needless to say, mowing was “fun”.

  4. Rebel Scum

    the most likely outcome is that your A/C is going to break down

    Happened a couple weeks ago. Got it fixed but they still haven’t sent me the bill.

    • CPRM

      Mine went out back in June. Had the same AC window unit since 2000, which I inherited from my sister who bought it in 95. Cooled my whole house better than the newer one I replaced it with this year.

      • Lackadaisical

        Heh. Environmental regulations strike again. Duck your comfort birch.

  5. BakedPenguin

    …the excessive degree in everything…

    Wow! Now I have a zodiac excuse for my excesses! Thanks, Not Adahn!

  6. limey

    none of these are permanent

    Nothing is :\

    • Annoyed Nomad

      Yeah, Libra finally looked good until you get to the “, but..”

      Dammit!

  7. Lackadaisical

    ” Reading them together as part of a larger whole give some sort of disruption caused by summer weather that quashes an otherwise lovely romantic outing”

    Can confirm, the weather was the perfect temp, and I was loving on this margarita outside when the cloud cover moved and the sun made everything too hot.

    luckily I have a parasol, crises averted.

  8. DEG

    Leo: Ace of Swords – Motorhead concert (no wait, that’s Ace of Spades) – Triumph, the excessive degree in everything, conquest, triumph of force. It is a card of great force, in love as well as in hatred

    I’d rather have the Motörhead concert.

    This doesn’t sound sufficiently shitty to be accurate despite the loss of the Motörhead concert.

    • robc

      Fun fact, when bored Lemmy would sing 8 of Spades instead. No one picked up on it.

  9. Rebel Scum

    This is totally fucked.

    Dude answers the door with a gun because it is late and he probably did not hear the cops announce themselves as such. As soon as he sees that they are cops he immediately puts a hand up and kneels to put the gun down but the idiot on the other side of the door panic fires anyway.

    Since this is a an instance of actual and obvious police malfeasance I’m sure the national “news” media will be all over this story.

    • Plinker762

      Just another Covid death caused by domestic violence.

    • CPRM

      Also it was a white guy. Also, also, drugs fell out your ass because it was an AM link.

      • Rebel Scum

        I know, but I wasn’t here for AM links and wanted to comment on it. (looking at them now…)

    • Homple

      “We want justice for Ryan,” he said. “Be accountable for your actions. Hold people accountable.”

      Check your privilege and shut up, honkey.

    • Lackadaisical

      Looks good. I’ve got some bison steaks to grill today, but a bit concerned because they’re looking pretty lean and I’ve never cooked bison before.

      • Urthona

        Bison is indeed lean. Which doesn’t necessarily mean bad but expect that.

      • Lackadaisical

        Any pointers?

      • CPRM

        Butter.

      • Lackadaisical

        That was my plan. Usually i just get a sufficiently fatty piece of meat, but i was wanting something different today.

      • Lackadaisical

        Thinking I’ll go light on any spicing (probably just salt and a little pepper), paid enough for the flavor, May as well taste it, right?

    • westernsloper

      Beautiful! I just started the rice for this weeks rice and beans. Might do up the shrimp later that was planned for yesterday but I drank past my hunger and never got around to it.

    • Gustave Lytton

      Nice, thrice!

      Got a butt on the grill for chopped pork tonight. Potato salad is underway, coleslaw soon. Mow the lawn, wash the car, laundry, and kill more poison oak on the agenda for today.

      • Lackadaisical

        Ducking laundry man. Jesus.

        How many clothes do people need?

        *sets pile of dirty clothes on fire *

      • UnCivilServant

        I try to have at least two weeks worth of clothes.

      • Lackadaisical

        Sure, but then you have two weeks of laundry at some point.

        Like today. ..

        Plan to force my servant to fold it all.

      • UnCivilServant

        I have no problem doing laundry.

        But why are you folding it?

      • Lackadaisical

        I’m not. 😉

    • DEG

      Nice

    • Ted S.

      There’s the Harvest Gold we know and love!

    • TARDIS

      Colt? That looks very similar to the MAC I just threw in the river.

      • Sean

        Springfield Armory.

  10. CPRM

    Neph linked some new Blink 182 in the last thread, Just wanted to share some old Dynamite Hack.

  11. The Late P Brooks

    Sagittarius: Queen of Cups reversed – distinguished woman but one not to be trusted, perverse woman, vice, dishonor, depravity.

    Woohoo!

    • Lackadaisical

      Right? *jealous*

    • Sean

      Whitmer is going to visit you.

      • peachy rex

        Naked.

      • Lackadaisical

        Don’t care still wood.

    • CPRM

      Fuckin rich people. Releasing all that CO2 JUST SO THEY CAN LOOK DOWN ON MOTHER EARTH, LITERALLY!

  12. CPRM

    Wow, this is a shitty ad. The music mix is too high, and too many appeals to emotion without explaining the issue. #Kanye2020

    • robc

      Unless you gave a billionaire on the ticket to buy 30 minutes blocks, you arent going to get detailed policy discussion in an ad.

      • DEG

        Channeling Ross Perot….

      • robc

        Yep. Or 1980 Koch as vp.

    • DEG

      Jo is unimpressive.

      • Lackadaisical

        I don’t understand how she got the nomination.

        She’s not gayjay bad, but she’s just meh.

        Wish they’d cool it with the sjw shit ,but that’s a party wide problem. Spike seemed solid,they should showcase him more.

      • Tundra

        Spike sucks balls.

        Dave Smith interviewed him on POTP. Turns out the answer is systemic racism. Who knew?

        Listen if you have a strong stomch.

      • westernsloper

        I didn’t make it through the sock commercial.

      • Tundra

        Gotta get paid, dude.

      • robc

        Hornberger would have been the better candidate, not sure who he pissed off, but at least we have an actual libertarian for the forst time since Badnarik. With results about the same, I suspect.

  13. UnCivilServant

    I HATE ice cream trucks.

    Not the concept, not the business, but the fucking obnoxious music they play as they prowl the neighborhood.

    • Sean

      We typically get one through our neighborhood, but apparently not during the pandemic.

      Surprisingly, it doesn’t bother me.

      • Tundra

        There is one that frequents our neighborhood. The damn thing plays Dixie on a loop.

        It always makes me laugh that the owner is a black dude.

      • Rhywun

        Doesn’t bother me either. It’s better than the much more frequent drag-racing.

    • J. Frank Parnell

      the fucking obnoxious racist music they play as they prowl the neighborhood.

  14. Tundra

    Leo: Ace of Swords – Motorhead concert (no wait, that’s Ace of Spades) – Triumph, the excessive degree in everything, conquest, triumph of force. It is a card of great force, in love as well as in hatred

    Damn. That works. Two in a row, baby!

  15. Gustave Lytton

    Imgur has decided to commit suicide. No longer allowing anonymous uploads on their website. Must use their app. What a fucking joke. Any other anonymous easy to use photo sharing?

    • Gustave Lytton

      Ok, apparently the non mobile version still does it but the desktop site is complete broken on a smartphone because it uses the phone’s screen size and fixes the site into it. Web developers of the last five years need to just be shot.

  16. The Late P Brooks

    Damn. That works. Two in a row, baby!

    Triumph? Better go blow the dust off the Spitfire.

    • Tundra

      Yep!

      With this cranked to 11!

      I actually had it out a couple times this week. Fun goddamn car. Getting the Porsche out?

      • BakedPenguin

        That’s probably their best. Great bass line.

    • robc

      I agree with her. Of course, it applies to all presidents, not just the current one.

      • UnCivilServant

        Fun fact, Congress actually delegated the authority to suspend taxes* during a ‘disaster’ to the president back in 1997.

        *it may have only been certain taxes, but it included those put on hold here

      • Lackadaisical

        Jesus. What bill was that?

      • westernsloper

        Clinton.

      • UnCivilServant

        “Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997”

      • mrfamous

        I do remember during the “I have a pen and a phone” era, some folks were suggesting that the Democrats weren’t going to be enamored of this tactic when they were no longer the ones wielding it. They of course dismissed such concerns.

      • Drake

        Like getting rid of the filibuster, can’t ever bite them in the ads.

    • Drake

      Pretty funny stuff. Are they going to campaign against it?

      • Homple

        It would be fun to watch the Democrats get some Obama judge to block those payments.

    • Sean

      ???

    • EvilSheldon

      Very sharp.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      I like the print on your shirt, Primo!

    • Suthenboy

      “Also Fried Chikin”

      I love it.

  17. TARDIS

    Reposting KSue’s link:

    Sweden.

    Scroll down for the nice Indian lady’s interesting take on the Plandemic. I watched some of it. Will watch more tomorrow in between circle-jerks and clusterfucks at work.

    *Hands out foil to those who are interested.

  18. Nephilium

    Midwest problems… for the past two days I’ve wanted some pepperoni rolls. Neither of the local grocery stores had any in stock when I was there, and it’s too damned hot to fire up the oven to make them myself. Almost all of the little bakeries are closed today, so I am without pepperoni rolls.

  19. The Late P Brooks

    Getting the Porsche out?

    Gotta put it back together, first. Been working on it a little bit.

    • Ownbestenemy

      Love the shirt

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Cool ain’t it?

    • Lackadaisical

      The other non white approval is higher than the white approval. Worst racist ever.

      • Rhywun

        Whites are busy peacefully protesting.

    • Viking1865

      Electorally, the idea that any male in the country that actually is a net tax payer would vote for the Democrats just baffles me. Like, if you are a man, straight or gay, and you actually work in the private sector, and are dependent on a vibrant economy to grow your wages, then why the fuck would you vote Democrat?

      I understand the parasites voting Democrat, it makes perfect sense. But if you own a business, if you work at a business that isn’t getting fat government contracts, how on Earth could you vote for the Democrats when they have been entirely captured by a Green socialism as their guiding economic policy.

      • Rhywun

        At some point you pull in enough money to make the signaling worth more to you.

    • Ozymandias

      This perfectly explains what I said in the piece last week. What we are watching – the riots, the leftward swing, the complete lying by the MSM, the “polling,” the Black woman VP – all of it, is the Democratic party shitting its pants. If Trump pulls anything like 20% of the black vote – and Biden/VP gets anything less than 85% – the election is over for the Dems. And they know it.

      In my experience, POCs of all kinds are a lot less “PC” than their liberal white counterparts who are white knighting on their behalf. Blacks don’t care that Trump leaned on a stereotype – they judge him as he is. Biden, OTOH, is on the record with “racial jungle,” “he’s an articulate black guy,” “you ain’t black!,” and authorship of the ’94 crime bill.
      But The Cheeto is the racist. Right.

      All of what we’re seeing is a performance for the black/POC vote. I think Team Blue is coming apart. I think the leftward swing has cost them a big chunk of what has been their traditional “base” and they know it. Blue collar whites AND blacks AND latinos – i.e. deplorables – are going to give Trump this election. Andrew Jackson indeed.

  20. But Enough About My Prostate

    Gemini: The Lovers reversed – Failure, foolish designs, romantic troubles

    JAYZUS. Just shoot me now.

    • Drake

      “Mediocrity, puerility, pettiness, weakness”

      I’m sure I’d miss.

  21. Broswater

    Gemini:The Lovers reversed – Failure, foolish designs, romantic troubles

    Does my failure to manage my GF’s 7 yo while both of us are hangover will end into romantic troubles?

    Maybe my plan to tie her up and throw her into a wardrobe is a foolish design…..
    If we don’t find a friend’s place to send her to, I might come back with an answer to that existential question.

    She’d be in good company, right next to her big brother that doesn’t seem to realize that his mike on his VR set is right next to his mouth.
    Could also throw in the other one, listening all loud to Gilmore Girls for the 5th time. Better than Harry Potter I guess.

    So yeah, quick question, if I get rid of all the failure and suffering stuff today, do I get the rest of the week off??

    • Lackadaisical

      Never date single moms. Go find a slutty college girl.

      • Broswater

        She’s the only one that would take me in. Says as much about me than her I guess.

        My standard have gotten down a lot; still didn’t have to call the cops on her and we’re close to a year. She’s a keeper.

      • Lackadaisical

        Heh, fair enough.

        I think if my wife ever died, I’d just stay single. Women aren’t worth it.

      • But Enough About My Prostate

        Eh, some women aren’t worth it. I’ve dated a few of those when I was younger, and made the right decision (“do not pursue a relationship with this person”). The spousal unit’s definitely worth it.

        I agree, though, that it can be a frustrating, draining process to find someone who completes you. If my wife dies before me (Heaven forfend), I would just stay single for the remainder of my life, ’cause I don’t think I’ve got that much emotional energy left to find another partner.

      • mrfamous

        I think women are great, generally. Unfortunately for me the feeling is almost always not mutual.

      • Lackadaisical

        That’s exactly what I mean. I think I’d be happy alone, so why bother?

      • But Enough About My Prostate

        Fair enough.

        I don’t think I’d be happy alone, but I’d do the cost-versus-benefit analysis of searching for another mate, with “cost” overwhelming “benefit” at some point.

      • Q Continuum

        “Women aren’t worth it”

        Is this English? I can’t understand this collection of sound signifiers.

      • Lackadaisical

        Low T strikes again. *shrug *

      • Mojeaux

        I think if my wife husband ever died, I’d just stay single. Women aren’t worth it. I don’t want to have to train another man.

      • Lackadaisical

        Exactly, do you think I could put up with living with another me? One is enough pain in the ass.

    • Sean

      You got a 7 year old drunk?

      • Broswater

        That would explain an awful lot, I’ve got to keep an eye on her.

      • BakedPenguin

        Beat me to it. It’d be a good way to make sure nap time happens, though.

    • Q Continuum

      Pretty sure that’s FoCo; some dipshit CSU children LARPing.

    • Drake

      At what point did they realze they made a horrible choice? When the Mongols came out of their suburban homes?

      “Fighting off a knife-weilding commie with an American flag in a mosh-pit”

      Maybe the most American thing ever.

  22. The Late P Brooks

    “Expert” opinion

    A doctor at the forefront of combating coronavirus at a major Wisconsin hospital was despairing.

    “This has become so political. There should have been a straightforward message from the beginning about wearing masks to protect others. It’s too late now. In the present climate, I think this is unstoppable and a lot more people are going to die than would have if politics didn’t get in the way of health,” said the doctor who did not want to be identified because the corporation that owns the hospital did not give him permission to speak.

    People die. All the bloody time, for lots of reasons. I thought doctors would be likely to know that.

    Also- evul kkkorporate medicine!

    • Rhywun

      *hovers over link*

      Pass.

    • mrfamous

      There was a straightforward message about masks at the beginning of this. But he and those of his ilk threw a massive tantrum about it until they got their way and had it changed.

    • Rhywun

      LOL

      “This. Is. CNN.”

    • Viking1865

      This is what they call “gaslighting”.

    • Raven Nation

      They believe they’re impartial journalists. Deluded not dishonest.

      • BakedPenguin

        Deluded not dishonest.

        That could be true. I don’t know which scenario is scarier.

  23. The Late P Brooks

    The University of Washington’s Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation has warned that the refusal of Iowa’s governor, Kim Reynolds, to require masks in public spaces will cost 700 additional lives over the next three months. It predicted the number of coronavirus deaths at about 13 a day in Iowa by the end of October with the present policy compared to fewer than two if 95% of people used face coverings.

    “According to my model, I’m a GEENYUSS!”

    • Suthenboy

      It just gets deeper and deeper.

    • Nikkodemus

      It’s nice to live in a state where the governor hasn’t completely lost her mind.

  24. Yusef drives a Kia

    Went to Needles to get some weed and on the way, I saw,
    A dozen giant Trump billboards, 9mm ammo for sale on the side of the road,
    Another roadside stand selling Trump Trinkets,
    and a Shitload of Injuns,,,
    I love this place,

  25. The Late P Brooks

    Clearly, I’m taking crazy pills. I did not just see that.

    There is no anti-Trump bias in the media cannibalism in the Royal Navy.

  26. Q Continuum

    “Advantage, profit, success, favour, but none of these are permanent; also power and authority”

    Even temporarily, I’ll take it.

    Also, Slutty Sunday:

    http://archive.li/o9bwg

  27. The Late P Brooks

    This could get good

    Thousands of bikers heading to South Dakota’s 10-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally will not be allowed through Cheyenne River Sioux checkpoints, a spokesman for the Native American group said on Saturday.

    The decision to prevent access across tribal lands to the annual rally, which could attract as many as 250,000 bikers amid fears it could lead to a massive, regional coronavirus outbreak, comes as part of larger Covid-19 prevention policy. The policy has pitted seven tribes that make up the Great Sioux Nation against federal and state authorities, which both claim the checkpoints are illegal.

    A duty officer for the Cheyenne River Sioux told the Guardian on Saturday that only commercial and emergency vehicles will be let through the checkpoints onto reservation land.

    A number of bikers had tried to enter but had been turned back, they said. Other reservations in the region, including the Oglala Sioux, were also turning away bikers that had attempted routes to Sturgis that pass through sovereign land.

    Under Cheyenne River tribal guidelines non-residents driving non-commercial out-of-state vehicles are never allowed through the reservation. During the rally, non-commercial vehicles with South Dakota plates are also not allowed through.

    The clampdown comes as fears mount that mask-free bikers visiting Sturgis for the largest gathering of people since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic could spread the virus to tribal groups that are already experiencing a rise in cases.

    ——-

    On Friday, a worker at the event told the Guardian crowds seemed larger than in previous years and warned that Sturgis attendees were paying little heed to medical advice.

    “I’ve not seen one single person wearing a mask,” said bartender Jessica Christian, 29. “It’s just pretty much the mentality that, ‘If I get it, I get it.’”

    “In downtown Sturgis it’s just madness,” Christian added. “People not socially distancing, everybody touching each other. It’ll be interesting to see how that turns out.”

    I’m not convinced the kids at the Guardian are a dependable source of information. My understanding was that the tribes were attempting to block state routes through the res. We’ll see how this plays out.

    Wounded Knee two, Boogaloo?

    • Q Continuum

      “People not socially distancing, everybody touching each other.”

      MAH LAWD! People acting like human beings?!? Where is my fainting couch!?

    • Ted S.

      Block all roads into and out of the reservations.

      • Q Continuum

        They wanna be sovereign, they can be sovereign.

  28. Chafed

    I could go for some depravity.

  29. Mojeaux

    Disquiet, difficulty, opposition, accident, treachery

    Oh. SSDD.

  30. Nephilium

    There’s some bad news for Sloopy…