by Alicia C Katz
www.wanderingstarjewelry.com
(800) WSTAR-AJ
Vol. 5, No. 6:
Virgo 2004
World Peace Jewelry won
2nd Runner up
at the 2003 COVR Awards
for Fine & Fashion Jewelry
Horoscope Jewelry
Zodiac Jewelry
Destiny Talismans
Sponsor a Senator
for World Peace
The election is two months away, and now more than ever we need World Peace.
Wandering Star wants to add Peace and beauty to our government. So we thought it would be fun to send World Peace Bracelets to all our Senators!
So we need your help. We have 100 Senators, and we're going to send the bracelets at wholesale to make this happen.
That means we need 100 people to Sponsor a Senator for $20 apiece, including shipping.
You can even Sponsor more than one!
Even better, you can include a note with the bracelet, or send it anonymously!
Once we've got all 100 sponsored, we'll send out the jewelry with press releases to major newspapers.
If your state's Senator is no longer available, please choose your favorite off the list, or sponsor a Senator from a state where we don't have many customers.
What fun! Please help us fulfill this dream!
Monthly Horoscope for Everyone
Timing is everything this month. One of Virgo's greatest strengths is its quest for perfection, and this month you'll feel like the tiniest details matter.
But keeping your attention focused won't be easy: the Universe will throw obstacles in your path, and you may have to give up one thing to gain another (Sun square Pluto). But with patience and preparation (Sun & Mars sextile Saturn), you'll be able to get organized and get moving forward.
Mars and Jupiter are conjunct the Sun for most of the month. This will bring energy and enthusiasm, but be careful not to be aggressive about your actions - Mars also squares Pluto. With Mercury opposite Uranus you may also have trouble communicating exactly what it is you're trying to do!
Be intentional about practicing patience and clear thinking, and you'll tie up all the loose ends in your Virgo-ian quest for perfection this month.
Click here for daily, weekly, and monthly horoscopes.
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Facts
about Virgo
August 22 to Sept 22
- Symbol: Maiden
- Element: Earth
- Quality: Mutable
- House: 6th, Service, Health
- Planet: Mercury
- Color: Green, Blue
- Body Part: Intestines
- Trait: Precise
- Semi-precious stone: Blue Lace Agate, Peridot
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Learn Astrology:
The 6th House, Service and Health
"Houses" are the 12 pie slices in an astrology chart that astrologers use to interpret horoscopes. They're the realms of life within which your personality traits play out. They're calculated based on the sun's highest position on any given day.
The Sixth House, naturally ruled by Virgo, is the home of work, health, humble service in the world, and domestic pets. It also relates to military service, domestic help, health-related professions, and service businesses.
When current planets transit through your sixth house, you need to simplify and organize those areas your life so that you can be highly efficient.
In the workplace, the 6th House is the part of your job that needs to be done, but that you do not get a lot of recognition for doing. The second and tenth houses are also involved with career issues.
The sixth house asks the question, “how can I be of service to the world without becoming a slave to it?” A Virgo sixth house cusp may be a nurse or a veterinarian, whereas a Gemini cusp may provide information or technical services.
The sixth house is a major focus when exploring health and healing (though of course you need to look at a wide variety of factors to understand health in a chart). In general, the sign on the 6th house cusp points toward weaknesses in your health. A person with Aquarius, Gemini, or Virgo in the sixth house may need to avoid overtaxing the nervous system. Scorpio sixth house people may need to pay attention to dental care, reproductive organs, and the elimination system.
In relationships, the sixth house represents the practical elements of day-to-day life. When the honeymoon part of a relationship settles down, look to this house to organize your life, accommodating your partner and your worldly work.
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The Moon and Epilepsy
Full Moon Doesn't Bring On Epilepsy Seizures But 'Psychogenic' Seizures Do Peak With Lunar Orb
By Daniel DeNoon, WebMD Medical News
"O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable .
-- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
May 28, 2004 -- Contrary to the belief of many, the full moon does not bring on epileptic seizures.
University of South Florida researcher Selim Benbadis, MD, and colleagues decided to test the popular myth. They kept track of all seizures recorded at the Tampa General Hospital's epilepsy monitoring unit.
"Contrary to the myth, epileptic seizures are not more common during a full moon," Benbadis says in a news release. "In fact, we found the number of epileptic seizures was lowest during the full moon and highest in the moon's last quarter."
Benbadis notes that the full moon's gravitational pull -- usually cited as the reason for the its supposed effects -- is very weak. It's trivial compared to the more powerful daily ebb and flow of the earth's gravity.
The study appears in the early online edition of Epilepsy & Behavior .
But the study failed to disprove a lunar link to epilepsy. Epileptic seizures were significantly more frequent during the moon's last quarter.
And the study found that so-called "psychogenic non-epileptic seizures" are more frequent during a full moon. Psychogenic seizures are not related to epilepsy, and have no obvious physical cause.
"Because psychogenic non-epileptic seizures are by definition a psychiatric disease, this is not surprising," Benbadis and colleagues write. "It is possible that patients with [psychogenic seizures] and other mental illnesses are more likely to pay attention to horoscope, lunar phases, and other irrational influences."
Cool Customer Quotes
"I received my [Horoscope] jewelry and I love it. I can't seem to take off the necklace; it feels like it's a part of me. I'm thinking I should have gotten the bracelet so I didn't have to take it off!!! Enjoying my necklace...."
Beth H., Amesbury MA
And for those of you who have read this far:
Three handsome male dogs are walking down the street when they see a beautiful, enticing, female Poodle. The three male dogs fall all over themselves in an effort to be the one to reach her first, but end up arriving in front of her at the same time. The males are speechless before her beauty, slobbering on themselves and hoping for just a glance from her in return.
Aware of her charms and her obvious effect on the three suitors, she decides to be kind and tells them, "The first one who can use the words 'liver' and 'cheese' together in an imaginative, intelligent sentence can go out with me."
The sturdy, muscular black Lab speaks up quickly and says, "I love liver and cheese."
"Oh, how childish," said the Poodle. "That shows no imagination or intelligence whatsoever."
She turns to the tall, shiny Golden Retriever and says "How well can you do?" "Um. I HATE liver and cheese," blurts the Golden Retriever.
"My, my," said the Poodle. "I guess it's hopeless. That's just as dumb as the Lab's sentence."
She then turns to the last of the three dogs and says, "How about you, little guy?" The last of the three, tiny in stature but big in fame and finesse, is the Taco Bell Chihuahua.
He gives her a smile, a sly wink, turns to the Golden Retriever and the Lab and says ....
"Liver alone. Cheese mine!"
(please note: Even our jokes are chosen according to Zodiac sign. We accidentally switched Leo & Virgo's jokes in last month's newsletter - sorry!)