Quote of the Day: “Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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Can you spell centennial? 100 years ago toady, the first National Spelling Bee took place in Washington DC created by the newspaper The Louisville Courier-Journal. Nine finalists (six girls and three boys) competed in Washington, where they met President Calvin Coolidge before the competition. It was won by 11-year-old Frank Neuhauser who successfully spelled ‘gladiolus’ a flower he had cultivated as a boy. He won $500 in gold pieces for placing first, and Louisville held a parade in his honor. READ more about this event, and how it grew… (1925)
It was perhaps the biggest day of his sporting life and J.J Spaun had to wake up early to get medicine after his daughter started vomiting at 3 a.m.—but his performance at the U.S. Open ultimately did not suffer.
After three days of competition, Spaun was only one shot behind the leader heading into the final round.
It was Father’s Day. And his tee time would arrive soon.
But Spaun first had to run out to get medicine from CVS for his sick daughter. But thanks to a masterful final stretch of play—including a 65-foot putt on the last hole—he got the win too, capturing the 125th U.S. Open Championship at Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
“It was kind of a rough start to the morning,” Spaun said in his championship press conference, revisiting the stomach bug story and his CVS run. “I am not blaming that on my start (he bogeyed five of the first six holes), but it just kind of fit the mold of what was going on—the chaos.”
In the end, Spaun, a 34-year-old California native who also suffers from Type-1 Diabetes, recovered and took the lead with a magical drive and a birdie on hole No. 17. He added another birdie on 18 with the incredible 65-foot-putt, as his two daughters—both healthy again—looked on.
Spaun (-1) was the only competitor to finish the tournament under par. It was only the second win of his PGA career and it arrived after he entered the tournament with odds of about 150:1.
And he accomplished all of that following an early-morning trip to CVS too.
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“It’s definitely like a storybook fairy-tale ending,” Spaun said in a video that appeared on ESPN. “Kind of the underdog, you know. Fighting back, not giving up, never quitting. With the rain and everything and then the putt, you couldn’t write a better story. I’m just so fortunate to be on the receiving end of that.”
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An AI-equipped foot scanner placed at one’s bedside could be a lifesaving companion to those living with a risk of heart failure.
Developed by Heartfelt Technologies in concert with the UK’s National Institute of Health, the scanner takes 1,800 photos of a person’s two feet and analyzes them for signs of a fluid buildup called oedema, one of three best indicators of oncoming heart failure.
Heart failure occurs when the heart’s inability to pump blood properly results in a buildup of fluid in the lungs and a lack of blood-derived oxygen reaching vital organs.
Dr. Philip Keeling, the lead author on a study debuting the invention who is also a consultant cardiologist at the South Devon National Health Service Foundation Trust, explained why such a device would be a key tool in combating heart failure, something which affects 1 million Brits every year.
“This device detects one of the big three warning signs for people with heart failure before they end up in hospital,” he wrote, according to the BBC.
“Only about half of people admitted to hospital with heart failure currently get assigned an early review by a heart failure nurse who can check to see if they are suffering a harmful build-up of fluid because their heart is not working properly.”
“Amid a shortage of heart failure nurses, a device like this can be like a virtual nurse, tracking people’s health.”
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The study which Dr. Keeling helped run involved 26 patients across five NHS trusts. Alerts given by the device of potential heart failure came between eight and 19 days in advance of a hospitalization, giving a mean prediction time of 13 days, which is enough for measures to be taken that could prevent hospitalizations.
Six hospitalizations occurred during the trial period, and the device accurately predicted 5 of them. 82% of patients decided to keep the device after it ended.
“This small study suggests a simple device could significantly improve outcomes for at-risk patients with heart failure by keeping them out of hospital,” said Dr. Bryan Williams. Chief Scientific and Medical Officer at the British Heart Foundation which was not involved with the study.
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At an adoption meet and greet event hosted by an animal rescue, a shelter dog performed an extraordinary act of diagnosis without ever being trained to do so.
Between 4 and 5 years of age from unknown breeding, Sienna broke away from the crowd of dogs, appreciative attendees, and familiar caretakers—walking right up to a man at a slight distance from center of the event.
She sat down, looked at him in the eye, put her paw on his leg, and refused to leave his side.
“She sat quietly at his feet, refused to budge, and softly placed her paw on his leg,” the shelter, called Friends of Campbell County Animal Control of Virginia, said in a Facebook post. “It wasn’t a trick. It wasn’t prompted. It was pure intuition.”
She then started pawing at his leg. Despite never receiving training on how to detect medical emergencies, Sienna knew something was wrong.
That intuition proved correct.
Moments later, the shelter wrote, the man’s wife approached and gasped. “My husband is either having a seizure or is about to have one!”
In the comments section of the Facebook post, the man’s wife—Kristen Davis—explained that he had suffered from several myoclonic seizures that morning. But after returning home for a rest, he seemed to have recovered.
Venturing out later that day was too much it seemed, and the seizures returned just as Sienna had predicted, something the rescue described as part of the “magic” and “unspoken wisdom” that shelter dogs carry with them.
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While many in the comments section felt it was destiny that Davis and her husband adopt Sienna, they already have three dogs, and can spare neither room nor resources for a fourth pup.
However, the Friends of Campbell County Animal Control have since shared that readers have covered the cost of a necessary surgery and adoption fees for Sienna—she remains available for a forever home free of any charges.
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“She has the innate ability to alert to a stranger’s medical needs—with no special training and just her love for humans as her motivation,” they wrote on Facebook. “Please help us find her the home she deserves! A family out there needs her as much as she needs them!”
Interested parties can apply for adoption here.
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At a zoo in Guatemala, an elephant intervened to save its fellow enclosure-mate in a startling interspecies display of kindness that delighted zoogoers.
At the Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City, a gazelle fell into the watering hole inside its enclosure and couldn’t climb over the steep rocky edge.
An elephant who shared the enclosure with the gazelle herd noticed what was happening and trundled into action. Using its trunk, the elephant first tried to pull the gazelle up of the water, but its struggles caused the elephant to lose its grip.
Grasping the gazelle’s horns more firmly, it yanked it out of the water at the second time of trying.
“Mira mira,” or “Look look!” cried a spectator who caught the moment on film, and who cheered along with others when the gazelle was back on land.
Incredibly, reports USA Today, this isn’t the first time that an elephant at this very zoo has acted as a lifeguard. In 2022, Trombita, a 61-year-old Asian elephant, also noticed a gazelle stranded in the water. She trumpeted in alarm until a nearby zookeeper came by to see what was the matter.
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Quickly jumping into the enclosure, the zookeeper helped the animal to safety.
While it seems that something needs to be done about the enclosure’s water hole, for the moment at least there’s always a lifeguard—a very, very large lifeguard—on duty.
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Quote of the Day: “Well done is better than well said.” – Benjamin Franklin
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13 years/62 years ago today, two ladies became the first women to enter space for their respective nations. 62 years ago it was the first female Russian, Valentina Tereshkova, who was also the first woman ever to fly into space, while 13 years ago it was the first female Chinese astronaut aka a “taikonaut” Liu Yang. READ more about their respective flights… (1963/2012)
An Australian aviation startup has developed an adhesive film inspired by shark skin that reduces drag on aircraft due to its sandpaper-like texture.
Sharks are covered in tiny dermal grooves, often called riblets, which help a shark swim faster using less energy. When such microscopic grooves are applied via adhesive film to the exterior of an aircraft it can reduce drag by “smoothing air flow”.
MicroTau says that when its ‘Riblet Modification’ is applied to the wings, fuselage, and tail, the overall efficiency improvement is up to 4%.
“Across the global aviation fleet, this means billions of dollars in fuel saved and millions of tons of CO2 emissions prevented,” says a company statement.
Recently, Delta Air Lines signed an agreement with MicroTau to test the Riblet Modifications on Delta’s Boeing 767 fleet, as part of an “incubator lab” trying to revolutionize the industry to be more sustainable. The Lab includes partnerships with Airbus, Boeing, JetZero, and Ohio electric air taxi company, Joby Aviation.
As the airline industry continues to look to nature for inspiring ways to lessen its impact on carbon emissions (like using bio-fuel and designing new planes to be like migrating geese), this new partnership will assess the fuel savings created by MicroTau’s product on their way to a goal of net zero emissions by 2050.
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The dog tag ID belonging to a fallen World War II soldier has been returned to his family 80 years after his death.
Joseph L. Gray was one of 31 servicemen who died in April 1945 when their plane, a B-17 Flying Fortress, crashed into a hill on the Isle of Man.
In 2010, around 65 years later, the Philadelphia soldier’s dog tags were unearthed by a metal detector and handed over to the Manx Aviation and Military Museum on the UK island.
It wasn’t until the great nephew of another soldier who died in the crash—Donald Madar, a friend of the museum—saw the tag this year and said he knew a relative of Gray’s through a Facebook group he runs.
Eight decades on, he returned the “prized possession”, taking it back where he said it belongs—to the technical sergeant’s great niece Bridgette Daily.
“It was a wonderful moment handing the tag over,” Donald told SWNS news agency.
“I could see the emotion rush into her. Her eyes began to tear up. I could tell it was so important for her family that they took possession of a piece of their history.”
Donald, also from Pennsylvania, had been researching the deadly accident of his ancestor for the last 20 years. In April of this year, the 63-year-old travelled from his home to the Isle to visit the crash site to commemorate its 80th anniversary.
While there, he met up with historian Ivor Ramsden from the Manx Museum who handed over the dog tag for him to return, alongside a personal note.
Donald recalled how he was only able to return the tag because Clare Quinn—another great niece of Gray’s—reached out to him during the pandemic in 2020 using the Facebook group he runs about the crash entitled ‘Isle of Man – 80th Anniversary’.
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“She had asked about Joseph and told us all about him in a post she uploaded.
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“When I was visiting (the Isle of Man) and holding the tag, something stuck out about the name and I remembered the post she had written five years ago.”
He then reached out to her and hatched a plan to return it to the family through her sister.
When he returned to America, he drove 40 minutes to meet Bridgette last month at a restaurant—and surprised her with the letter and tag.
“She had come with her husband. We sat down and talked about the event, the history, and, of course, Joseph.
“It was great to get to know him through her stories.
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Dr. Z never required a copay.
Michael Zollicoffer, known to his patients as Dr. Z, spent the last four decades serving the residents of Baltimore’s poorest neighborhoods—and the family physician never turned anyone away, even if they couldn’t afford to pay.
“Forget that dollar bill,” the 66-year-old told CBS News. “I’m going to see you no matter what. You walk in that door, you will be seen. You bring your grandma with you, I’ll see her, too.”
Dr. Zollicoffer built goodwill in his Maryland community instead of a massive bank account, a practice that may have looked misguided a few months ago when suddenly the doctor became the patient—diagnosed with a double dose of cancers, one renal and one rectal.
To make matters worse, he discovered that his own insurance had lapsed due to a policy complication with Medicare. His treatment was suddenly going to cost about $150,000.
As the news trickled out to all those patients Dr. Z had helped over the years, one of his high school friends, Michael Haynie, started a GoFundMe campaign online.
Before long, all the gratitude and all the goodwill Dr. Z. had nurtured over many decades became a groundswell of support. More than 3,400 people came to his rescue, donating over $280,000 to take care of the selfless doctor in his time of need.
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Zollicoffer’s story also caught the attention of Maryland Congressman Kweisi Mfume. Mfume rose to the front of the House floor to insert a written statement about Zollicoffer’s legacy into the Congressional Record, preserving a testimonial of Dr. Z’s grace within U.S. history.
“Mister Speaker, you would be hard-pressed to find another individual with as much passion for healing and love for his community as Dr. Michael Zollicoffer,” Mfume read aloud. “For his kindness, his selflessness, and his God-given abilities, Dr. Z has been a pillar of the Baltimore community for decades. His cancer prognoses are positive and, God willing, he’ll be practicing in our City for years to come.”
Zollicoffer’s insurance has since been restored and he’s continuing to see patients regularly. Most of all, he’s grateful.
“I’m going to say something that may seem crazy as heck,” Zollicoffer told Steve Hartman in the video below. “I’m thankful that I got cancer, because I am the happiest man on the planet, no matter what the outcome.”
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“This is what you’re about! We are about giving: I can’t make it without them, nor can they make it without me.”
Donate to the ongoing fund if you can, because even more people have arrived at his clinic since this story aired nationwide, looking for the compassion Dr. Z pays forward every day.
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Her graduation from Boswell High School was only hours away—yet she was about to miss one of life’s most memorable moments.
Laura Wiley’s kidney had become infected and the illness soon turned into severe sepsis, and she had to be admitted to the hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, on the night before her senior graduation.
The timing was terrible.
“I was saying, ‘Why couldn’t this have happened a week or two ago?” Laura recalled in an interview with WFAA-TV in Dallas.
As news about the teen missing out on a major milestone spread throughout the buildings at both the high school and the hospital, doctors, nurses, and school officials worked together to create their own graduation ceremony—right inside Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital.
Hospital staff hustled alongside Laura’s mom to decorate a lounge area with tablecloths and stars, and signs that said “Congrats Grad” and “Class of 2025.” Everywhere you looked, there was blue and gold, the school colors of Boswell High.
The space had been completely transformed. It was ready for a graduation—one that would totally take her by surprise.
Laura was told she could view the graduation on a livestream from her hospital bed, so she got dressed up in her cap and gown (complete with a Hello Kitty design on the top of her cap depicting the pink cat holding a diploma).
The 17-year-old watched as her classmates walked to the stage and then they announced her name.
Hospital staffers had gathered to form a reception line in the lounge, as Laura was pushed along in a wheelchair amid the sound of cheers and applause echoing all around her. (See the video below…)
The school’s assistant principal provided another surprise, after she’d driven to the hospital to present a diploma to Ms. Wiley, who rose from her chair to accept it.
“I was just completely surprised, especially when I saw my assistant principal there,” Laura told WFAA-TV News. “I just started sobbing.”
Afterward, she took photos with everyone, capturing all the same memories of a more traditional graduation. People filled her guest book with notes of congratulations and well-wishes for her future.
It wasn’t the graduation Laura was expecting, but she told the WFAA news reporter that, in the end, it was perfect.
“I think I would not have changed anything.”
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After her health issues were treated and Wiley was discharged one day later, she may have gained one more lesson on that last day of high school.
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“I’m just blown away,” Wiley’s mother Brandie said when asked about the makeshift graduation’s meaning.
“Graduation is just so special. From the very first day of school, you imagine that moment. It’s the end of a journey. We both cried a lot of tears over it.”
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Quote of the Day: “To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors.” – Tia Walker (Happy Father’s Day!)
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On this day 810 years ago, England’s King John put his seal to the Magna Carta. The historic document established the foundations of parliamentary democracy, human rights and the supremacy of law for rebellious English Barons demanding freedom and legal due process. Its importance isn’t only that the document itself reflected the emergence of English common law, but the scenario out of which it was born—local holders of wealth extracting concessions from a European crown head—reflects the importance of Europe in developing all modern societies. READ why that occurred… (1215)
A 22-year-old has built his own secure box for delivery packages after having a parcel stolen by a ‘porch pirate’.
Frustration swelled last year after Brandon Mejia lost a sentimental delivery to thieves. He had ordered a necklace for Mother’s Day and it was stolen while he was in the shower, shortly after it was delivered.
He researched online intending to buy a secure box, but found the best available options too complicated or expensive.
Using his welding experience, he teamed up with his father and spent $100 on stainless steel to build his own custom security box for just $100 (£73).
The box has an automatic locking mechanism, that only locks after a package is put inside. It stays open for the delivery people and once the parcel is placed inside and the lid is shut, it locks automatically—and can only be opened using a personal four-digit code.
“We’ve been using the box since December 2024 and it’s been working great,” said Brandon from Frederick, Maryland.
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“I’d say we’ve had about 15 packages delivered in that time and they’ve all arrived safely.
“As a welder, I know where to buy the materials for a project like this, how to cut metals and I already have the necessary tools. Once the steel sections were cut, I welded them together from both the outside and inside to make the box waterproof.
“I then painted it black, so it wouldn’t attract too much attention, and attached the lid with the built-in automatic keypad lock.
“To make it clear to delivery drivers, I also added some delivery company logo stickers I found online and placed the box outside my door.”
Most lockboxes cost between $100 and $300, but you’ll have to pay a little more if you want high-quality smart features or keypads.
Some of the boxes for sale are quite lightweight and thieves can simply carry them away. So if you are looking to secure your packages, the heavier the box is, the better—or attach the box to the porch somehow.
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Girl Scouts in Massachusetts just sent nearly 14,000 boxes of cookies to members of the US military this month.
The donation was part of their Project Care and Share—and five of the region’s top cookie sellers were on hand to help load the trucks.
“Every scout, every person, can make an impact in their own way,” said Shaylynne Rappazini, a Girl Scout Senior and the top cookie seller for the Share and Care program.
Selling Girl Scout Cookies is a proud tradition that teaches goal setting, people skills, and entrepreneurship—but it also funds Girl Scout service projects that directly benefit the community.
In addition to raising funds for their own programs, Girl Scouts give back to others—and so do their customers who can purchase cookies to be donated to local nonprofits or service members.
1,771 Girl Scouts in the Central and Western Massachusetts region participated in this year’s donation initiative, collected 13,989 boxes of cookies (1,166 cases) to give away.
Trucks were loaded in Westfield, Massachusetts on June 6 bound for Barnes Air National Guard and the USO, which will distribute the donations to those currently serving in the US military.
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Demonstrating leadership, teamwork, and a spirit of giving, the girls showed how Thin Mints and Samoas gave them the chance to learn about gratitude and the power of collective generosity.
“The Girl Scout Cookie Program is about so much more than cookies. Through Project Care and Share, girls learn how to give back,” said Theresa Lynn, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts.
“It’s a gesture of gratitude led by the girls themselves.”
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A cat miraculously survived a 380-foot fall after she sadly went over the railing with her owners at Bryce Canyon—but she was soon adopted by the pilot who rescued her.
The owners, a 45-year-old male and 58-year-old female, were found at the bottom of the gorge in Utah by tourists who alerted rangers. No one suspected their cat Mirage was nearby.
Chelsea Tugaw, the search and rescue pilot who was on-duty that day, noticed what looked like a dusty backpack, but it turned out to be a soft-sided pet carrier.
“We couldn’t believe the cat was alive,” exclaimed Chelsea who flies for the Utah Department of Public Safety.
The 12-year-old cat was whisked away to the Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah where a veterinary team diagnosed her with two broken ribs and smashed teeth. But X-rays revealed no need for surgery.
“I thought she was injured, but I was uncertain of her future,” said Chelsea who took comfort knowing the newly-orphaned cat was in good hands.
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When Mirage recovered, the sanctuary reached out to the grieving families, but they weren’t able to adopt Mirage themselves.
After feeling a “special connection” to Mirage, Chelsea returned to the sanctuary to adopt the cat and bring her home.
“I’m so ecstatic to be taking Mirage home. I felt there was a special connection with us rescuing her.
“I hope I can give her the perfect retirement life and let her be a nice lazy cat in her old age. She’s going to a really loving home.”
We have a feeling Mirage will ‘fall’ in love during her next one of nine lives.
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Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How All of Creation Is Conspiring To Shower You with Blessings. (A free preview of the book is available here.)
Here is your weekly horoscope…
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY – Week of June 14, 2025
Copyright by Rob Brezsny, FreeWillAstrology.com
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
I’ve always had the impression that honeybees are restless wanderers, randomly hopping from flower to flower as they gradually accumulate nectar. But I recently discovered that they only meander until they find a single good fount of nourishment, whereupon they sup deeply and make a beeline back to the hive. I am advocating their approach to you in the coming weeks. Engage in exploratory missions, but don’t dawdle, and don’t sip small amounts from many different sites. Instead, be intent on finding a single source that provides the quality and quantity you want, then fulfill your quest and head back to your sanctuary.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Let’s talk about innovation. I suspect it will be your specialty in the coming weeks and months. One form that innovation takes is the generation of a new idea, approach, or product. Another kind of innovation comes through updating something that already exists. A third may emerge from finding new relationships between two or more older ways of doing things—creative recombinations that redefine the nature of the blended elements. All these styles of innovation are now ripe for you to employ.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Leo psychotherapist Carl Jung was halfway through his life of 85 years when he experienced the ultimate midlife crisis. Besieged by feelings of failure and psychological disarray, he began to see visions and hear voices in his head. Determined to capitalize on the chaotic but fertile opportunity, he undertook an intense period of self-examination and self-healing. He wrote in journals that were eventually published as The Red Book: Liber Novus. He emerged healthy and whole from this trying time, far wiser about his nature and his mission in life. I invite you to initiate your own period of renewal in the coming months, Leo. Consider writing your personal Red Book: Liber Novus.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
In the coming weeks, you will have chances to glide deeper than you have previously dared to go into experiences, relationships, and opportunities that are meaningful to you. How much bold curiosity will you summon as you penetrate further than ever before into the heart of the gorgeous mysteries? How wild and unpredictable will you be as you explore territory that has been off-limits? Your words of power: probe, dive down, decipher.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
When traditional Japanese swordsmiths crafted a blade, they wrapped hard outer layers around a softer inner core. This strategy gave their handiwork a sharp cutting edge while also imbuing it with flexibility and a resistance to breakage. I recommend a similar approach for you, Libra. Create balance, yes, but do so through integration rather than compromise. Like the artisans of old, don’t choose between hardness and flexibility, but find ways to incorporate both. Call on your natural sense of harmony to blend opposites that complement each other.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Scorpio journalist Martha Gelhorn (1908–1998) was an excellent war correspondent. During her six decades on the job, she reported on many of the world’s major conflicts. But she initially had a problem when trying to get into France to report on D-Day, June 6, 1945. Her application for press credentials was denied, along with all those of other women journalists. Surprise! Through subterfuge and daring, Gelhorn stowed away on a hospital ship and reached France in time to report on the climactic events. I counsel you to also use extraordinary measures to achieve your goals, Scorpio. Innovative circumspection and ethical trickery are allowed. Breaking the rules may be necessary and warranted.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
My spirit guides enjoy reminding me that breakthrough insights and innovations may initially emerge not as complete solutions, but as partial answers to questions that need further exploration. I don’t always like it, but I listen anyway, when they tell me that progress typically comes through incremental steps. The Sagittarian part of my nature wants total victory and comprehensive results NOW. It would rather not wait for the slow, gradual approach to unfold its gifts. So I empathize if you are a bit frustrated by the piecemeal process you are nursing. But I’m here to say that your patience will be well rewarded.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
“Sometimes I’ve got to pause and relax my focused striving, because that’s the only way my unconscious mind can work its magic.” My Capricorn friend Alicia says that about her creative process as a novelist. The solution to a knotty challenge may not come from redoubling her efforts but instead from making a strategic retreat into silence and emptiness. I invite you to consider a similar approach, Capricorn. Experiment with the hypothesis that significant breakthroughs will arrive when you aren’t actively seeking them. Trust in the fertile void of not-knowing. Allow life’s meandering serendipity to reveal unexpected benefits.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
Are you interested in graduating to the next level of love and intimacy? If so, the coming weeks will be a favorable time to intensify your efforts. Life will be on your side if you dare to get smarter about how to make your relationships work better than they ever have. To inspire your imagination and incite you to venture into the frontiers of togetherness, I offer you a vivacious quote from author Anais Nin. Say it to your favorite soul friend or simply use it as a motivational prayer. Nin wrote, “You are the fever in my blood, the tide that carries me to undiscovered shores. You are my alchemist, transmuting my fears into wild, gold-spun passion. With you, my body is a poem. You are the labyrinth where I lose and find myself, the unwritten book of ecstasies that only you can read.”
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
What deep longing of yours is both fascinating and frustrating? To describe it further: It keeps pushing you to new frontiers yet always eludes complete satisfaction. It teaches you valuable life lessons but sometimes spoofs you and confuses you. Here’s the good news about this deep longing, Pisces: You now have the power to tap into its nourishing fuel in unprecedented ways. It is ready to give you riches it has never before provided. Here’s the “bad” news: You will have to raise your levels of self-knowledge to claim all of its blessings. (And of course, that’s not really bad!)
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Your definition of home is due for revamping, deepening, and expansion. Your sense of where you truly belong is ripe to be adjusted and perhaps even revolutionized. A half-conscious desire you have not previously been ready to fully acknowledge is ready for you to explore. Can you handle these subtly shocking opportunities? Do you have any glimmerings about how to open yourself to the revelations that life would love to offer you about your roots, your foundations, and your prime resources? Here are your words of power: source and soul.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Do you have any frustrations about how you express yourself or create close connections? Are there problems in your ability to be heard and appreciated? Do you wish you could be more persuasive and influential? If so, your luck is changing. In the coming months, you will have extraordinary powers to innovate, expand, and deepen the ways you communicate. Even if you are already fairly pleased with the flow of information and energy between you and those you care for, surprising upgrades could be in the works. To launch this new phase of fostering links, affinities, and collaborations, devise fun experiments that encourage you to reach out and be reached.
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79 years ago today, sumptuous singer Nat King Cole recorded The Christmas Song, written by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells, for the first time. It is still today, lo-fi be darned, one of the most preferred versions of this icon of iconic yuletide tunes. While it’s a little early in the year for Christmas songs, YouTube has the man singing the song on his short-lived variety show, The Nat King Cole Show. READ more and watch the video… (1946)
