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I want to share and interesting article: From The Free Press by M.J. Koch. My French Teacher Was Beloved for 25 Years. Then She Was Asked About Hijabs.
You can read the entire article here.
However, I love the following quote from the article and think it is highly relevant to the current incessant, overwhelming assault of information on our senses and thinking processes.
“When I was a student in her class, Protopappas would joke to us, “Don’t be un mouton,” a literary reference to François Rabelais’s story of the sheep. Question everything. Engage in multiple perspectives. Dwell in discomfort. Learn the facts, and then form an opinion. “Education is to make the unfamiliar familiar. But also to make the familiar unfamiliar,” she told me.”
Quote of Note: “It's more necessary than ever before to ensure that discernment and the development of a critical mind guide our take on the world and inform our relationship to the media and information.” – Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
**A note about aspects. The following list gives you the day the aspect is mathematically exact, but effects are often felt a day before or a day after. With very strong aspects, such as Stations or Eclipses, we may see events several days before exactitude and later when other planets re-trigger those marker degrees. Aspects affect you personally the most if they connect closely to planets or points in your chart. Contact your astrologer for individualized interpretations.
13. 9/19/24 – Sun/Virgo trine UranusRx/Taurus @ 27deg. – This smooth connection beings together efficiency, analysis, and critical attention to methodologies that can make your life better. How to best integrate new or surprising elements into your daily routine is both a challenge and a creative undertaking. We observe the consequences of unexpected changes and work to integrate them properly while maintain practical values.
14. 9/20/24 – Sun/Virgo opposite NeptuneRx/Pisces @ 28deg. – We’re asked to understand subtler dynamics at work. Pure logic will not help today. Integrating and trusting your deep intuition is needed today. If something doesn’t feel quite right, pause and re-evaluate. Consider the deeper emotional consequences. When there is confusion, time-out is needed to reconsider your feelings about the project or situation. The day has a dreaminess and is a reminder that despite the need to do good work, relaxing time is equally important to maintain your productive energy.
15. 9/21/24 – Mercury/Virgo square Jupiter/Gemini @ 20deg. – Use Mercury’s penchant for accurate facts in Virgo to evaluate information that goes beyond the bounds of
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