Whoa!

This piece describes me to a T! Yes ladies and gentlemen I was born during a Mercury retrograde, as are one in every four or five human beings on this planet. Were you? Read on and see if this is you too:

by Jan Spiller

MERCURY RETROGRADE AT BIRTH

When a person is born with Mercury Retrograde, it indicates that in past lives there was a discrepancy between the words the native was speaking, and what they truly thought on their own.

It may have been that in order to empower another, their own ideas were submerged, or they may have been in a position where it was expected of them to cite the “party line” rather than speak their own truth.

In this way they invalidated their ideas and their own truth, and came into this incarnation feeling “out of touch” with what they really think. Thus it takes them longer to consciously know where they stand.

In this incarnation their challenge is to reconnect with the authenticity of their own ideas and decisions based on their own inner knowing and personal perceptions of situations.

FEELINGS OF BEING “INARTICULATE”

In conversations with others, oftentimes Mercury Retrograde People feel very frustrated. They feel they can’t communicate their ideas as clearly and adeptly as others seem to. This is not true, it is simply that they have higher standards for communication than others.

Others speak with certainty when they are only considering their mind, whereas Mercury retrograde people can only speak with that level of confidence when they come to a decision with their entire being. It takes longer. It’s an artistic process. They only feel frustrated when they are seeking to communicate from a greater level of depth and authenticity than the people around them.

Others do NOT perceive them as “inarticulate”- although they may perceive themselves that way. Thus, it’s fine for them to share ideas that occur to them at the time, without having to be right about it or being attached to the idea.

If they are not sure of where they stand, it behooves them to go off by themselves and get touch with what they actually think, before reentering and responding to the situation. We are individuals, and for Mercury Retrograde People to become clear about where they stand, it takes them more time because they are taking all of themselves (not just the mind) into account.

In this lifetime, they are not allowed to speak superficially. To feel “straight” with themselves, they must communicate fully, from the authenticity of their entire being. Naturally, it takes time for them to get in touch with this level of authenticity.

LEARNING NEW MATERIAL

Mercury Retrograde People may take longer than others to learn a new subject. This is because others simply absorb the new information, and regurgitate it directly.

Mercury Retrograde People want to more thoroughly understand the information, they want to really imbibe it and take it into their being to assimilate it and see how they really feel about it. It’s a deeper form of learning- a subjective form.

But once they have imbibed the information, they know it more deeply than others. Then when they speak from what they have learned, the depth of truth in their message shines forth and others listen.

They are seeking to sort out the information according to their own standards, rather than fall into the past life trap of simply accepting and going along with the ideas of others.

SUBJECTIVE DECISION MAKING

Mercury Retrograde People are better off not pressing themselves to make “instant decisions”, but rather to give themselves time to pull back from situations, get in touch with their feelings as well as their ideas, and then reenter with their stance.

For example, if a friend says: “Do you want to go to the movie tonight?” The Mercury Retrograde Person’s best bet is to say: “Sounds like a great idea! Let me think about it, and I’ll call you back in 20 minutes”. Then they have the time to get in touch with themselves, see how they authentically feel about going, and then call the friend back: “Gosh- I really appreciate your inviting me, but I just have a sense that it would be better for me to ‘pass’ on the movie tonight.”

Or, if when they get in touch with themselves they realize they would like to go: “Gosh- I’d love to go to the movie with you!” .. and then they’ll have a great time, regardless of what happens externally, because they have decided according to their own inner prompting.

However, if they go without having first taken the time to get in touch with themselves inwardly, they won’t have a nice time even if it’s something they would have normally enjoyed doing.

These folks are not allowed to cheat themselves in this lifetime, or make decisions without taking themselves and their true authentic promptings into account. So it’s important for Mercury Retrograde People to not rush decisions, but to deliberately give themselves extra time to see how they authentically feel about the choice all the way through their being- in their emotional body, as well as their initial mental impulse.

They are learning to reconnect with the authenticity of their own unique ideas and preferences and decision making tendencies. Because of the necessity of including their emotional component when making decisions, many times these people have exceptional artistic talents.

Sometimes when I have had Mercury retrograde clients and shared the uniqueness of their process, they have responded with: “Ok- so how do I get over this?” There is nothing to get over- this is part of their individuality and the idea is to see it, and give themselves room to grow, appreciate and discover a more conscious, authentic approach to life.

© Jan Spiller

via Astrology with Jan Spiller – Astrology 101 – Mercury Retrograde At Birth.

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True <3. This is my buddy Trey making a stand! 

Learning WordPress self hosted has been the most difficult challenge I’ve taken on in years. Since I’m not a rocket scientist, it takes at least three or four times reading and re-reading the tutorials before I think I’ve gotten it. In each tutorial there’s three or four crucial things I’ve never heard of, so I must do two or three more tutorials for each of those. Are you getting an idea of what I’m up against?

Right now I’m struggling with “child themes”. Ever heard of php? And no you druggies, it’s not PNP, and not PCP.

PHP is one of the sub concepts I’ll need to do at least four more tutorials before I can get half a grasp.  WTF? Glance the following excerpt from the WP codex, and tell me it does not take a Stanford grad to finger it out?

Using functions.php

Unlike style.css, the functions.php of a child theme does not override its counterpart from the parent. Instead, it is loaded in addition to the parent’s functions.php. (Specifically, it is loaded right before the parent’s file.)

In that way, the functions.php of a child theme provides a smart, trouble-free method of modifying the functionality of a parent theme. Say that you want to add a PHP function to your theme. The fastest way would be to open its functions.php file and put the function there. But that’s not smart: The next time your theme is updated, your function will disappear. But there is an alternative way which is the smart way: you can create a child theme, add a functions.php file in it, and add your function to that file. The function will do the exact same job from there too, with the advantage that it will not be affected by future updates of the parent theme. Do not copy the full content of functions.php of the parent theme into functions.php in the child theme.

The structure of functions.php is simple: An opening PHP tag at the top, a closing PHP tag at the bottom, and, between them, your bits of PHP. In it you can put as many or as few functions as you wish. The example below shows an elementary functions.php file that does one simple thing: Adds a favicon link to the head element of HTML pages.

function favicon_link() {

echo ‘<link rel=”shortcut icon” type=”image/x-icon” href=”/favicon.ico” />’ . “n”;

}

add_action( ‘wp_head’, ‘favicon_link’ );

TIP FOR THEME DEVELOPERS. The fact that a child theme’s functions.php is loaded first means that you can make the user functions of your theme pluggable —that is, replaceable by a child theme— by declaring them conditionally. E.g.:

if ( ! function_exists( ‘theme_special_nav’ ) ) {

function theme_special_nav() {

// Do something.

}

}

In that way, a child theme can replace a PHP function of the parent by simply declaring it beforehand.

via Child Themes « WordPress Codex.

San Francisco Nudity Ban Upheld in Federal Court

 

A federal judge cleared the way Tuesday for the city of San Francisco to ban most displays of public nudity, ruling that an ordinance set to take effect on Feb. 1 does not violate the free speech rights of residents and visitors who like going out in the buff.

U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen refused to block the ban temporarily or to allow a lawsuit challenging it to proceed.

“In spite of what plaintiffs argue, nudity in and of itself is not inherently expressive,” Chen wrote in an 18-page opinion.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 7-4 last month to prohibit residents and visitors over age 5 from exposing their genitals on public streets, in parks or plazas or while using public transit.

The measure was introduced in response to a group of nudists that regularly gathers in the city’s predominantly gay Castro District. The threat of seeing outlawed a right that many people associate with free-spirited San Francisco prompted public protests and disrobing at supervisors meetings.

The activists who challenged the measure in court also had argued that the ordinance was unfair because it grants exceptions for public nudity at permitted public events such as the city’s gay pride parade and the annual Bay-to-Breakers foot race.

Chen also rejected that argument.

“The plaintiffs took an unlikely position in their case that if they couldn’t be naked everywhere, no one could be naked anywhere,” City Attorney Dennis Herrera said. “We believed their legal challenge to be baseless, and we’re grateful that the court agreed.”

Christina DiEdoardo, a lawyer for nudity advocates who sued to overturn the ban, said her clients were considering whether to appeal. DiEdoardo noted that the judge indicated he would be open to considering a revised lawsuit if advocates could cite examples of their civil rights being trampled, which could be easier to do once the ban is enforced.

“We can still come back once the ordinance takes effect,” she said.

via San Francisco Nudity Ban Upheld in Federal Court :: EDGE San Francisco.