Thanksgiving - you reap what you sow

All through our lives, we reap what we sow.

This is a great Thanksgiving poem that reminds us that if we want a good harvest, we have to work earlier in the year.

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From my house to yours,
a very blessed and happy Thanksgiving

THE CORN SONG,
from John Greenleaf Whittier

Heap high the farmer's wintry hoard!
Heap high the golden corn!
No richer gift has Autumn poured
From out her lavish horn!

Let other lands, exulting, glean
The apple from the pine,
The orange from its glossy green,
The cluster from the vine;

We better love the hardy gift
Our rugged vales bestow,
To cheer us when the storm shall drift
Our harvest-fields with snow.

Through vales of grass and meads of flowers
Our plows their furrows made,
While on the hills the sun and showers
Of changeful April played.

We dropped the seed o'er hill and plain,
Beneath the sun of May,
And frightened from our sprouting grain
The robber crows away.

All through the long, bright days of June
Its leaves grew green andfair,
And waved in hot midsummer's noon
Its soft and yellow hair.

And now, with Autumn's moonlit eves,
Its harvest-time has come;
We pluck away the frosted leaves,
And bear the treasure home.

Then shame on all the proud and vain
Whose folly laughs to scorn
The blessing of our hardy grain,
Our wealth of golden corn!

Let earth withhold her goodly root,
Let mildew blight the rye,
Give to the worm the orchard's fruit,
The wheat-field to the fly;

But let the good old crop adorn
The hills our fathers trod;
Still let us, for his golden corn,
Send up our thanks to God!

Thanksgiving Trvia Quiz

How much do you know about Thanksgiving and turkeys? Take the turkey trivia quiz and find out: http://home.aristotle.net/Thanksgiving/trivia.asp .

Remember that I will be available all during the holidays. Do not hesitate to call me. I'm here to help.

Mars Retrograde lurches forward. Expect some intensity tomorrow, people who can't handle their anger energy. May be especially trying for Scorpio and Leo. Do your best to stay calm. This is the "time will tell" Marsa Retrograde.

On the other hand, moon in Cancer will give us all new perspective on our emotions and relationships.

Thanksgiving Dinner Etiquette

Thanksgiving Dinner Etiquette- Holiday Manners
How to be a great Thanksgiving Guest, and have a more enjoyable time! It's all about emotional intelligence.

From the article:

The days of dining by plucking fruit from trees and roasting small animals over the fire, eating with fingers, and perhaps fighting with others over the scraps are long gone. Or are they? More and more we swing our car through the drive-in, grab our food from the window, and proceed to eat with our fingers, so perhaps you need a brush-up on the basics of formal – shall we say “civilized” dining – before the great Thanksgiving feast.

Rules of civilized dining evolved because, according to Margaret Visser (“Rituals of Dinner”), “animals are slaughtered and consumed, the guest-host relationship is … a complicated interweaving of the imposition of obligation and the suspension of hostility, and the ordinary table knife is related to actual weapons of war.”

The holidays, and Mars Retrograde will be a good time to practice your emotional intelligence because you will get lots of opportunities. Alert: Especially challenging for fixed signs.

Mercury Retrograde, New Moon and YOU

Mercury Retrograde
October 11 - November 1
and a New Moon in Libra

First of all, Mercury Retrograde (MR) right before the holidays?? Ouch!! Just want to remind you that I'll be available all during the holidays, even on Thanksgiving Day, Kwanzaa, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, (and the holiday you choose to celebrate)etc. I'll be here for you during this time that's difficult for so many. I'll be available for readings ALL through the holidays, even on the days themselves. I'm here to help.

So what about a New Moon AND a Mercury Retrograde. Noted astrologer and Saturn Return expert** Nancy Fenn advises: "This is the perfect combination of energy to revise your strategies. Strategy is different from ways and means. It’s the game plan and that’s all important."

Now, re: this MR right before the holidays, just a few quick and general tips. Call me or email me semiramis.appiamo@hotmail.com for things specifically for YOU.

• Show restraint on spending. Important. That $1000 suite isn't going to make you look all that hot, and that huge diamond isn't going to pay the mortgage. Whether for yourself, or loved ones or others, keep a lid on the money can.
• It's the presence that counts as the present!
• Always advisable to use caution during Mercury retrogrades and review what you want to purchase before you actually put down your credit card or cash.
• Take a minute before you sign on the dotted line. Call me or email me if in doubt. This applies to work contracts, new furniture, leases on electronic equipments, apartment contracts, etc., till mid-November.
• This applies to you, but also to the people you are deaing with.
• Also not a good time to schedule elective surgery.

Put these things off until MR is over.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20) - good time to start a fitness program. It's good strategy. New moon and trio of planets will bless the effort.

Gemini (May 21 - June 20) - Be creative about things of the heart. Many planets are gathering to make you especially alluring.

Cancer (June 21 - July 22) - Mars is in your sign til May of next year. This will give incredible drive and energy to you.

For free mini-reading, semiramis.appiamo@hotmail.com and mention this offer.

**Nancy Fenn is the nation's Saturn Return Expert and was just chosen Saturn Return Expert for SelfGrowth, the largest self help portal on the Internet, rated #1 by yahoo and google both. For a free Saturn Return mini-reading, go here: www.bemyastrologer.com/form.html . As Nancy Fenn says, the second Saturn Return (about age 59.5) is when all those chickens come home to roost, for good or for ill. Make it a good one! Contact Nancy Fenn.

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