Every separate thought takes shape and becomes visible in color and form. Liu Hua-Yang
The universe is one of God's thoughts. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
A Man paints with his brains and not with his hands. Michelangelo
Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it. Vladimir Mayakovsky
If you do not find yourself beautiful yet, act as does the creator of a statue that is to be made beautiful: he cuts away here, he smooths there, he makes this line lighter, this other purer, until a lovely face has grown upon his world. Plotinus
Right now, and for the next twelve hours or so, the Sun is on Sagittarius 27: The Sculptor's Vision is Slowly But Surely Taking Form. The quotes above illustrate this degree. It is the degree of the Galactic Center, which is said to be 'the Mind of God'. We are our creations; we create ourselves and our world with our hearts, minds and bodies... I will have more to say about this as the degree of the Galactic Center is changing from Sagittarius 27 to Sagittarius 28: A Splendidly Built Bridge, A Heritage of Unknown Ages, Still Spans the Beautiful and Wildly Primitive Stream = we're going from the 'sculptor's degree' to the 'bridge degree'. This is fantastic and quite a movement. The GC has been on Sagittarius for some 72 years, so this is a shift that many are feeling now. More on this in another blog.
Meanwhile, this is not my standard blog, apologies for not doing one this new Moon, I hope to do it on the weekend. This is, instead, a request for assistance.
As many of you may know, I've just had a major problem with my website which it seems may require a complete rewrite. This is a major undertaking and a major expense. The site - www.sabiansymbols.com - has been down now for ten days. We have a single page up on the site and a feedback form where hundreds of people have left messages. This has been so heartening, I can't tell you. If the site had been down without the possibility of the feedback I would be far more upset than I've been. In fact, I haven't been upset at all, just rather confused as I have not been able to find the answer as to why the site is down.
The feedback has been amazing - over 400 people have left their thoughts about the Sabian Symbols Oracle, with many commenting on my book and my work. I am so, so grateful and amazed at how inspired people are to write a testimonial for the site. I thank you all for dropping by and leaving your comments.
I have spent most of the last week (one day I was up 23 hours working on it) trying to figure out what's happened and securing my domain names and figuring out where to go from here. Naturally, making and keeping a site takes a lot of money. I've had my Oracle up on line, free, since 1996 when it was originally on astrology.net (which became the site that is now astrology.com) and then on my own site from around 2000. It has been an expensive but highly rewarding journey; websites with fiddly bits like the Oracle don't come cheaply and I've been happy to pay whatever it took to get it going and keep this enterprise going (the first site, in 2000, cost $25,000). Jessica Adams made this last website possible and James Williams, the webmaster, built it...
Also, I self published my book which also cost an enormous amount of money. I'd like to do it again as I have run out of copies. I get loads of requests every week for my book. Unfortunately, I have to reply that I have no copies on hand. I do, however, have the book on CD, something I organized this year.
In the light of this, I come to you to request a small donation to bolster my efforts at getting the Oracle back on-line. For those of you that are new to my blog or the on-line Oracle, please excuse this, I understand you don't quite have the relationship with me and you may not know that I have never put out a request such as this. Truly, I figure it's quite easy; if a lot of people made a donation of anything, say, $5 or $50 (or whatever!), I'd be able to get a new website up and running and perhaps do another print run of my book!
Just in the last few days, we've put up a Donation button on the page at www.sabiansymbols.com. If you're one of the people who've already donated, I thank you and send hugs! If not, please consider making a donation to the cause, and, leaving me your feedback on the page, especially if you're one of the many people who enjoy the Oracle on a regular basis, it would be so appreciated. Everybody who donates will go on a special register (more about that later) and, if you donate $20 or more you will receive a very special surprise gift...
and, you'll be making it possible to have the Oracle on-line again!
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