The Cusp of Death and Rebirth

September 7

I was motivated to write this post after reading a story from another WordPress creator.  Her site is, That Nurse Patty, and she shared a personal experience in a story titled, Exit, which was interesting-really interesting.

This article, I hope, validates in some way the experience she had.

Now, listen carefully, I only resonated with her post because of the exact and precise placement of two signs and two houses in my astrological birth chart.

Had these two signs been in another house, her story wouldn’t have made much sense, but the Lord works in mysterious ways.

It just so happens that the 8th House in my birth chart contains two signs, Aquarius and Pisces.

The 8th House is the house of death and rebirth, transformations, and regeneration

The first half of the 8th house is occupied by the last ten or so degrees of Aquarius, and the other half is occupied by pisces.

I’ve drawn a line down the Aquarius and Pisces boundary to make it easy to see.  It splits the 8th house in half, almost.

Okay, now we’re in the house of death and rebirth as we come to the end of Aquarius.

Look at the Sabian Symbols for the last two degrees of Aquarius:

https://www.jamesburgess.com/butterfly-emerging-from-a-chrysalis.html

https://www.jamesburgess.com/the-field-of-ardath-in-bloom.html

As this relates to Patty’s story, this is unbelievable!!!!

Aquarius and Pisces are normally 11 and 12 house signs, so these two sabian symbols would not only be describing the end of Aquarius, but they’d be describing the end of the 11th House as well.

Once you place Aquarius in the middle of the 8th house, these symbols are seen in a completely different way because the context changes. 

They’re relating to death and rebirth, and ultimately, the passing of Patty’s patient.

Saturday Morning, Astrological Reading

September 7, 2027

Good morning, beloved.  It’s the seventh day of September, and the Sun is halfway through its transit of Virgo.

As we see the sacred symbols, wings, chalice, Ivy, the eagle, and the fountain of youth, our awareness is stoked, and we find the Greek Goddess Hebe present in the 2nd House.

The astrological 2nd House is established as the house of personal possessions and money, and because we’ve consumed ourselves with making money and acquiring physical possessions, we sometimes lose site of other important things we can be in possession of.  Like faith, for example.

The Roman equivalent of Hebe was Juventas, and the Romans believed that Juventas was a powerful divine force rendering a vital gift of strength at a critical moment.

Now, this can be perceived as the woman or the man who suddenly gains superhuman strength and lifts a car off of an infant, but this strength can also be seen as hope, optimism, and positivity.  It can be seen as the strength to carry on and continue through life when all seems lost.

When life has lost its purpose and become pointless, and you’ve lost everything and find yourself in a lonely and dark place, Juventas represents divine intervention.  It’s that sudden spark that gives you the strength to make another go at things.

The Greeks called Hebe the Gladening Princess.  On Mount Olympus, she was a cupbearer for the Gods and Goddesses, and she represented youth and old age, forgiveness, and the prime of life.

Scorpio is the fixed water sign of passion and desire, and passionate water is an accommodating place for such a goddess.  Looking deeper into the meaning behind the 11th degree of Scorpio, we can see a message of humility as a drowning man is being rescued.

This reminds me of a hand sticking out of a grave; someone sees the individual struggle to survive and decides to reach out and offer a helping hand.

We’re finally saved!  Humble, which is the umbrella term describing the 11th through the 15th degree, is reinforced in the chart by the Moon’s Nodal axis, which is an axis of major significance in this reading because Hebe is conjunct the Moon in the 2nd House.

The South Node is in the 1st House and the North Node in the 7th House.  As the importance of self and ego fades in the background, slightly, our personal needs are better met in the company of others.  The 7th House is about marriages, partnerships, and contractual agreements.

Be thankful, and show appreciation and gratitude for being saved.  Then, remain humble as you begin to form the partnerships that will carry you forward.

This is a real blessing for those of us who are resonating with this.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Moon Scope

September 2, 2024

As of 8:58 AM, ET, our ascendant was on the 9th degree of Libra, and the midheaven was located at the 11th degree of Cancer.

For both the ascendant and the midheaven, we’re blessed with cardinal energy, which, in the backdrop of things, is the kind of energy that enables us to mold our environment.  The difference is that Cancer is intuitive and creative water, and Libra is intellectual air.

Use your mind.  Be creative, be crafty, and listen to your inner voice.  Cardinal energy is what I call “starter energy” because it’s the foundational point that everything else plays out from.  Decisions we make now are important.  This is creative energy.

Because Libra is on the ascendant, Venus is the planet ruling the entire chart, and it’s a breath of fresh air with overtones of love and harmony.

Interestingly enough, the Sun on the 10th degree of Virgo in the 11th House shows a clear picture of our intent at this time, which is to find harmony within disorder.  Our choice to see beyond duality and conflict for a world of goodness and peace will help us build the type of future that dreams are made of.

Not only that, but Libra is the sign of harmony and balance, so the Sun’s postion in Virgo in the 11th House reinforces what’s on the horizon.

While all that beautiful stuff is going on, we have a new moon phase beginning tonight.  It will be a new moon in Virgo, and this is an important one because this lunar phase forms a bridge between the summer and fall seasons.  It begins tonight in Virgo and takes us all the way to October 2nd.

If you’re looking for a time to set a precedent or a tone for the way you’d like to finish out this year, now is the time.

The new moon in Virgo sets us up on an industrious path with organization and an eye for detail.  It’s a good time to look at your financial situation, dig through material that could be helpful in some way, or just plain old investigating or fact gathering will work fine.

With intellectual Libra on the horizon and the new moon in Virgo, we’re using our brains.  We have a fresh start and all the tools to make it work.  The way forward is calculated, thought out, and well researched.

And, even if you’re still confused and incapable of figuring things out, don’t worry.  Keep moving forward.  There’s enough magic in this universe to support you until the light of day is visible. 

I’m not gonna lie.  Things can be quite serious for some of us right now, and the older we grow, the more we see the serious side of life, so don’t forget laugh, even if you have to laugh at yourself.

Lucky numbers are 5 and 3.   

Smorgasbord 3 Poverty and Prophecy

August 29, 2024

For those of you who’ve purchased Smorgasbord A Collection of Thoughts Experiences and Stories, and Smorgasbord 2 Catch Up and Relish, you might be happy to know that there is another book waiting in the aether.

Smorgasbord 3 Poverty and Prophecy is the third and final book in the series.  It’s complete, and it has been ready for publication since 2022. 

This one, however, I didn’t want to self publish, I wanted to go through a traditional publishing house.  Who will publish Smorgasbord 3? That’s the question.

Personally, the truth is that my life, at this point, has come to Poverty and Prophecy.

And, I have to forgive my parents for forcing me to leave their house today, but I will never forgive them for how they went about it.  They could’ve given me 30 days at least, and then if I didn’t leave by then, they could’ve gotten an eviction notice.  They didn’t have to run to local judge and make up a story so that I would be forced to leave immediately.

26 dollars in my pocket, no food, and sleeping in my car.  That’s something strangers do to one another, not parents to a son. 

I forgive them for their actions, but how two parents can attempt to destroy their son’s life by making up a story I’ll never know. 

No one’s supposed to feel all alone in this word, but that’s exactly how I feel right.

I don’t even know what I’m going to do.  Maybe I’ll head west or south.  If im going to be homeless, I guess I can be homeless in any place I desire.

Mending and Fixing

You’re more than welcomed, in fact, I encourage you to copy this sigil I just created. The magical and alchemical intent of this sigil is to mend and fix a love gone wrong. If you’ve shared your bed with someone who turned out to be totally wrong for you, then this sigil will empower you to move on and heal.

It its core, this is a heart. The left side of the heart represents your heart. It’s curled up in spiral representing the never-ending creative potential that you have to take back, regenerate, and start anew.

The other side of the heart is your partners, which as you can see is now cut off. Inside that half of the heart is an upside down pentagon, which implies a pentagram standing right side up. Inside the pentagon is your partners astrological sign.

At the bottom of the heart connected to your partners side is the ruling planet of your partners sign.

An arrow from the constellation Sagitta serves a dual purpose as a wedge driven downward to separate your heart from your partners, and to push down the spiritual forces associated with their ruling planet.

At the top of the arrow, and above all is the planetary sign of Vesta, the Goddess of Hearth and Home. She represents the forever burning Sacred Flame that purifies.

The Arrow forms an angle inside the heart that’s 50 degrees. 50 signifies a crises, and in this case, the crises is a partner who is pulling you down and disturbing you emotionally, mentally, and psychologically. They’re in a dark place, unappreciative, and incapable of seeing the blessing you’ve been to their life.

Guys and girls, you don’t need someone in your life that only calls when they need something. You don’t need a person who tries to shame you and scapegoat you. Keep being yourself. Eventually, you’ll meet someone who will love you for the person you are, and if you don’t, well, I have another opinion about that, but we’ll leave it here for now.

2 Degrees Sagittarius

August 28, 2024

I’m not trying to make sense out the strangeness that happens in my life anymore. I’ve accepted it; weird things are going to happen, predictability is the norm, and the interactions I have with people are going to repeat over the course of five to seven days.

I don’t want to name drop, but I’m going to tell you I watched a YouTube video recently where the person was talking about predictability and time lines. We might all be human beings, we have that in common, but some of us are in possession of souls that are advanced and highly evolved.

This person said, basically, when predictability reaches a point and life is becoming boring and lame, then the way out is by making a choice or deciding to do something that’s outside the lines of what you consider normal. You’re operating at a high level of spirituality, but you’re not going to reach the potential you should be at until you quantum leap. The quantum leap is making a decision that so far outside the lines of what’s normal to you, that it causes a time line shift.

This sounds crazy, but this is how you align to your higher self. This is how you reach your full potential and continue to quicken to vibrate faster.

It’s all true. The alchemical process of turning lead to gold is going on within us. Some of us have bodies that are prepared to take on more energy and higher voltage.

Think about it like this for example.

Time line one contains planets orbiting once per day.

Time line two contains planets orbiting 5 times per day.

Time line three contains planets orbiting 10 times per day.

What would happen if a planet capable of orbiting 10 times per day gets stuck on time line one? It would only be able to orbit once per day.

The problem is the planet orbiting 10 times per day doesn’t know it’s capable of orbiting 10 times per day until it gets to the time line that permits 10 orbits per day.

Until it does, it remains stuck in time line one.

If you know anything about musical equipment like amplifiers and speakers, than this should make sense to you. You have speakers that are capable of tremendous output! The speakers are so great, that they would let you rock a party in a super large room. Well, if you don’t buy the amplifier that’s capable of powering those speakers until they reach maximum output, then the speakers are useless.

Eighteen years ago roughly, the circumstances of life caused a quantum leap. I was naturally forced out of my comfort zone. I thank God for showing me the spiral in the Sun, and it took a long time for me to understand that.

When I turned 40 I finally realized that I successfully transitioned between the physical and emotional bodies, but that time is coming up again-only this time the transition is between the emotional body/realm and the mental body, and I’m in full control of the decision.

What the fuck is this important and what does it have to with making money, buy cars, and living a baller lifestyle?

So many people belong to Club 27 because subconsciously, they knew they weren’t going to transition successfully between their physical and emotional bodies.

The transition from physical to emotional occurs at 29 years old. The transition from emotional to mental occurs between 42 and 44, and the transition between mental and the SOUL occurs at 50 years old.

The only way to make it through the transitions of these bodies is with an increase in vibration. As soon as you fail to vibrate fast enough death sets in. That’s right. The process of dying sets in as soon as you stop vibrating fast enough to evolve.

No, you’re going to drop dead at 30 if you fail to transition between the physical and emotional bodies at 29. But, the process of dying will begin.

Truth be told, it’s not important. If you’re not resonating with this than it will be of zero importance to you. It’s really a gift, but I think we’ll always see it as a curse.

By vibrating faster and transitioning successfully, we’re staying alive. Like the Bee Gees, we’re staying alive. We’re staying one step ahead of death so that we can see more and experience more while we’re still alive. The outside world is a mirror of what’s going on within you, so, if you start dying inside, then there’s not going to be much beauty to see in the outside world.

At some time this morning, the ascendant was on the 2nd degree of Sagittarius. The Sabian Symbol for that degree is, “Volcano in Eruption.” I erupted this morning I had a blow up argument with someone I love for reasons I’m not going to discuss.

Of course, right in sync, is my life and this fucking zodiac wheel. Anyway, here is the description given by https://www.jamesburgess.com/volcano-in-eruption.html.

“On occasion, we need to clear ourselves absolutely of any imperfections of authenticity, by rejecting completely anything in our lives that is not representative of our true selves. This refusal of superficiality is an aspect of the genuine reordering of self that supports creativity; it can be truly passionate in expression.

To take it to the level of petulance and temper tantrums would be foolish and ineffectual.

The urge is much deeper than silly emotionality – it is a reconstitution of reality in its most essential terms so that we can properly engage our deepest desires to rework the detailed aspects of our circumstances.

Sometimes we need to experience the creative forces of physical life – the volcanic explosion that makes stone from fire – as an inner reality. Life has a blind urge to be. No amount of civilising can stop that, and we need to remember ourselves as part of that passion if we are to know who and what we really are.

Certain aspects of our potential are locked up within, and can only be brought to light after a cathartic and irresistible outburst of energy, which is needed to mobilise inner creative forces.

After certain critical phases of life experience, such an outburst can potentially trigger extreme wonderment and yet also blind destructiveness. This can raise us up to a new level of engagement and commitment to self-projection.

The very core expression of our reality, our external vitality, is rarely shown, yet nothing is truer, nothing more effective. Sometimes in response to dire emergency, sheer natural violence is the only valid action to resolve a major issue.”

It’s hard to tell who was actually experiencing this today because the other person took it to an ineffectual and foolish level of petulance and temper tantrums. I was sitting calmly and engaged in something.

The situation reminded of that scene in the movie, The Celestine Prophecy, when John is trying to get one of the insights and he needs to hold firm at the level he attained, but out of nowhere, comes this guy yelling, “Senor John, Senor John, someone wants to speak with you, it’s important.”

The woman with John gives him the nod to go ahead, but the point is that John’s concentration was disrupted, he didn’t get the insight, and the conversation that he was rushed to wasn’t even that important.

The 2nd degree of Sagittarius is a reminder of hopefulness and it’s a reminder that we’re still alive. I’m not a violent person, and I really don’t like physical altercations, but like it says there, “Sometimes in response to dire emergency, sheer natural violence is the only valid action to resolve a major issue.”

We are primal in a sense, and no matter how domesticated we’ve become, there’s always the possibility of someone responding violently when they’re been pushed beyond a certain limit. A spiritual person knows his limits, an intelligent person knows his limits, an evolved human being knows his limits. We’re all different, we all have different breaking points, and we all have certain things that are important to us.

When you’re pushed to eruption like a volcano, take a look at the description for Sagittarius 2 because it reveals that even a violent situation can happen for a very good reason. “Certain aspects of our potential is locked up inside, and can only be brought to light after a cathartic outburst of energy, which is needed to mobilize creative forces.”

No matter how much you try to hide or suppress your light, it will be brought forth.

Movie Review

August 26, 2024

Movie: The Promotion (2008)

Starring: John C. Reilly, Sean William Scott, Jenna Fischer, and Lili Taylor

Written/Directed: Steve Conrad

First of all let me just say that not many people got the end of the movie, and that was one of the best parts. After Doug finds out he got the job, he does this running double flip on the sidewalk of a busy downtown street.

All throughout the movie, people were asking him if he was a male gymnast in the junior Olympics. And, despite his coworkers telling him they googled it, Doug claimed it wasn’t true. Then, at the end of the movie, he does the celebratory flip and you know at that point that the rumors were true. 😄

I watched this movie so many times, and what I love about it is its “down to earth plot.” Doug Stauber and his girlfriend, played by Jenna Fischer, live in an apartment with neighbors who are annoying. They want out so bad.

She has a good job in a hospital and is debating the decision of going back to school, but Doug is fighting for this promotion at Donaldson’s Food Store. The promotion will finally get him a job in management, which comes with a hefty pay raise.

The movie captures the struggles of young couple trying to make it with all the shenanigans that go on in the work place at a grocery store.

Personally, the plot and the movie in its entirety was relatable.

I did some number crunching, and there are over 300,000 food stores in the United States. 4.5% of our population works at a grocery store, and I hope they enjoyed this movie as much as I did.

I gave The Promotion 5 out of 5 clapboards! 🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬

It was funny, the cast was legendary, and it was brilliantly written.

Self-Aware

August 25, 2024

In yesterday’s post, I told you guys I knew about reincarnation because I’m self-aware.

I showed you one variation of my birth chart with the inverted star of Venus. Venus in my chart is on the Feast Day of Saint Patrick, and the ascendant is on the Feast Day of Mary Magdalene.

In my sidereal/geocentric chart, my Moon is on the 7th degree of Libra. According to the Lunar Mansions, that’s the 5th Heaven and the abode of Joseph.

It’s right in my name.

FRANCIS JOSEPH LAMANNA

LOOK CLOSELY.

FRANC IS JOSEPH LAM anna

That’s Joseph in Islam, corresponding with the moon’s placement.

In my sidereal/geocentric chart, the MC is on the 22nd degree of Pisces.

Look at the Sabian Symbol for the 22nd degree of Pisces. It’s a man bringing law down from Sinai.

We’re here. We’re all here.

Lux Veritatis Alet Altare Templi

August 22, 2024

Good Evening and Good Morning.

In the center of that inverted star is a pentagon. The top of the star is pointed at Scorpio, the astrological sign representing the “fall” of humanity. Scorpio represents our abandonment of peace, source, innocence, and our exile from the Garden.

If you were to draw a star inside of that same pentagon, it would point to Taurus, the astrological sign representing the time before the fall. Taurus represents our connection to source, innocence, and Eden.

This is one variation of my natal chart, and a lot of people ask me about reincarnation. How do you know if it’s real? Is it real? I know it’s real because I’ve become self-aware.

This is important, and I don’t mind taking this time to share this information with my followers because you’re like family to me. For those of you who’ve committed to or are about to commit to spirituality, please understand that you’re not on the mainstream path. Trust me. People are going to call you crazy, and you’re going to be tested probably until you’re brought to tears.

Along your journey, you’ll discover many truths, but these truths only you’re going to recognize as such. You perception of life is going to change. It’s going to be dramatically different from those who are still watching the 6 o’clock news and allowing themselves to be programmed by mainstream news, television, and internet.

You’ll be tested for being different, for having different beliefs, and for not going along with the majority. Stand firm in your truths beloved.

I know. Lol, and when you get to this point, it can be scary. Life can also be a little redundant, boring, and predictable.

Sometimes I get an image in my mind of someone who’s about to walk around the corner and I’m standing there looking at my watch counting down; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…and there that person comes walking around the corner.

That part is fun, but it can be scary when you realize you’re your own authority.

If you’ve reached this level and you’re stuck, then I’m willing to bet you’re stuck because you still haven’t committed totally to your intuition.

You’re in limbo. You’re hanging there, and guess what, I’m hanging right next to you!

Hello!

We have two choices at this point. We can either allow ourselves to be reeducated and, reprogrammed, or we can keep going and follow the guidance coming from within.

We’re on the fence.

One side of us wants this return to source. We’ve come so far on this journey, and we’ve worked so hard to develop our intuition; but now that we’re getting the guidance from within and seeing it around us, we’re almost afraid to follow it because the path forward is a road totally not taken!

The other side is still holding on to the old paradigm, our old lives, and all the things we’ve always considered safe and normal.

I heard something the other day, and I want to confirm it as truth. Someone said the mind is outside of time and space. That is true, and once you get outside the box you’ll see for yourself that it’s true.

I just discovered that inverted star in my natal chart in June of this year, and I’ve been studying astrology and analyzing my natal chart since 2008! All things in due time-when you’re ready to see something, it will be shown to you.

This is unrelated but listen to this. The south node of the moon is said to represent your past life and all the things from previous lives that you brought forward with you. During the first twenty years of your life you’re tying up loose ends and resolving some karmic issues from previous lives.

I read that four years ago when I was studying the moon’s nodes. Then I remembered, In January of 2000, a month before my 21st birthday in February of that same year, I was in a terrible car accident and unconscious for I don’t know how long. The paramedics thought I was dead.

I look back on that event knowing what I know now about the moon’s south node, and I see it as moment where God could’ve ended my life right there. He could’ve decided at that moment that all my karma was resolved and there was nothing left for me to learn, and he could’ve snatched me right out of my body.

But he didn’t. He opened the door to this life, and I was sent forth.

Sometimes I wonder, what was so damn important? I was gone. What did I need to come back for? I guess it all make sense at some point.

“May the light of truth sustain the temple alter.”

Happy Birthday Virgo

August 23, 2024

It’s hard to believe we’ve reached that time of the year already, but here we are! According to our tropical astrology, the Sun just left Leo and crossed over that magical boundary into Virgo. Virgo is one of three earth signs, and its quality is mutable. Mutable energy is perfect for Virgo because Virgo seeks to know and understand. Virgo’s are generally organized, they’re industrious, and they love gathering many and various sources in search of the truth.

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It’s believed that Virgo’s most likable trait is her conscientiousness. Her lucky numbers are 5 and 3, and she attracts the most wearing navy blue and gray. Mercury, the planet of communication, commerce, and the awakened mind rules Virgo in the 6th House.

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The sign of Virgo was actually given to Astraea, the Virgin Goddess of purity, precision, innocence, and justice. The Scales that we see representing Libra belong Astraea. In astrology, you can use Astraea in your readings for a deeper understanding-just remember that she’s represented by an asteroid.

Roughly, the 22nd of September should be the Sun’s last day in Virgo, which means the autumn equinox, or the first day of the fall season will occur as the Sun is leaving Virgo and entering Libra.

It’s a beautiful time of the year, and personally, it’s filled with lots of love and amazing memories.

But, let’s not rush things. We still have another month of summer. Enjoy!