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thebookwormslair · 11 months
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If you enjoyed the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, here are some book recommendations that you might enjoy:
"The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger: This novel tells the story of a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel and his wife who must navigate their complicated relationship. Like Outlander, it features a time-traveling love story that spans multiple eras.
"The Bronze Horseman" by Paullina Simons: This historical romance is set in World War II-era Russia and tells the story of a young woman who falls in love with a soldier. Like Outlander, it features a passionate romance set against the backdrop of war.
"Dragonfly in Amber" by Diana Gabaldon: This is the second book in the Outlander series and continues the story of Claire and Jamie. If you enjoyed the first book, you will likely enjoy this one as well.
"The Winter Sea" by Susanna Kearsley: This novel tells the story of a woman who is writing a novel set in 18th-century Scotland and discovers that the events in her book may have actually happened. Like Outlander, it features a romance that transcends time and historical elements.
"The Secret History of the Pink Carnation" by Lauren Willig: This historical romance is set in Napoleonic-era England and France and tells the story of a young woman who is researching the identity of the Pink Carnation, a spy who helped bring down Napoleon. Like Outlander, it features a strong female lead and a historical backdrop.
These are just a few suggestions, but they all share a similar theme of romance, time travel, and historical elements!
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readingforsanity · 8 months
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Broadway Butterfly | Sara DiVello | Published 2023 | *SPOILERS*
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New York in the Roaring Twenties - a riveting true-crime novel, based on one of the most notorious unsolved murders of the era, where power, politics, and secrets conspire to bury the truth. 
Manhattan, 1923. Scandalous flatter Dot King is found dead in her Midtown apartment, a bottle of chloroform beside her and a fortune in jewels missing. Dot’s headline-making murder grips the city. It also draws a clutch of lovers, parasites and justice seekers into one of the city’s most mesmerizing mysteries. 
Among them: Daily News crime reporter Julia Harpman, chasing the story while navigating a male-dominated industry; righteous NYPD detective John D. Coughlin, struggling against city corruption; and Ella Bradford, the victim’s Harlem maid, closest confidante, and keeper of secrets. Adding fuel to the already volatile crime: a politically connected Philadelphia socialite, an Atlantic City bootlegger, Dot’s dicey gigolo lover, a sultry Boradway dancer, and a cagey sugar daddy guarding secrets of his own. 
From Broadway’s glittering lights to its sordid underbelly to the machinations of the country’s most powerful men, Julia embarks on a quest for justice. What she discovers, twist after breaktaking twist, might be even more nefarious than murder. 
Inspired by the story of the real Broadway Butterfly, we delve deep into 1920s New York City, where corruption on all ends comes to the forefront. 
We receive our story from the perspective from four different people: Frances Stotesbury Mitchell, Julia Harpman, John Coughlin and Ella Bradford. Each one is involved in the dead Broadway beauties life in some way. Mrs. Mitchell is the wife of the man that Dot King was seeing, effectively acting as his sugar baby; Julia Harpman, never having met her previously but as the only woman on the crime beat for the Daily News, attempted to cover her story and bring her murderer to justice; John Coughlin as the chief inspector on the police force that attempted to bring her murderer down and finally, Ella Bradford, a colored woman who worked for Dot King as her maid, and was the one who found her dead in her home. 
During the entire investigation, it comes to light that Dot King was seeing multiple men on the side, including that of wealthy businessman John Kearsley Mitchell III, Frances’ husband. While Frances was busy attempting to bring their social and political careers to the highest they’ve ever been. Mitchell, who went by his alias of Mr. Marshall, was supposedly very good to Dot as well as Ella, giving her money to help after the birth of her son. Julia works tirelessly in order to bring the answers. 
When the investigation is closed, and no murderer is sent to prison for the crime, Inspector Coughlin attempts to bring down the man he suspects as the murderer, a Puerto Rican man named Albert Guimares, down for something. Finding that the man, along with Dot King, were swindling innocent people out of their life savings, and doing so through the U.S. Mail, is able to get him for 3 years. 
The crime is pegged all the way down to the White House. Julia’s life is threatened continuously, even going so far as a physical attack, but she never lets up. When a mysterious blonde woman comes forth 6 years after the expose Julia wrote concludes, with information on the crime she had kept hidden, and then mysteriously dies from a fall from a balcony, and died, Julia puts it together that the man she had been seeing, along with Guimares and Mitchell were all involved in the death of Dot King, and nothing will ever come to the truth. 
This was a free book given to me by Amazon First Reads. It took me five long days in order to get through it, and while it was interesting, it definitely wasn’t my cup of tea. I do love a good historical fiction, but the book made it sound like this story was a nationwide breaking story - but I had never heard of the Broadway Butterfly before picking up this book. I attempted to look up information on the Internet, but there wasn’t much, nothing official anyway. I did find a Wikipedia page for Julia Harpman’s husband, Westbrook Pegler, who was a world-renowned reporter. But otherwise, nothing much to note. 
3/5 stars. 
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kestrellady · 1 year
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November Reading Wrap Up
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Books I Actually Rated Surprisingly none this month.
Stand Out Books from November The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan, Translated by Earl Jeffrey Richards Originally written in 1405, many of this book's central arguments are still being made today. While the book feels incredibly "modern" (thanks in part, I think, to a very readable translation), many of the arguments are steeped in religious philosophy and occasionally argue for a status quo that would be unacceptable to most modern readers. A good read if you're interested in women and religion or feminism through history.
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 edited by Rebecca Roanhorse I really enjoyed this collection of short stories. Particular standouts: "Colors of the Immortal Palette" by Caroline M. Yoachim, who writes beautifully about being between worlds culturally and mortally. "The Red Mother" by Elizabeth Bear, which I want a whole series about this protagonist. "Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story" by Nalo Hopkinson which envisions a world under water from climate change and how humans continue to survive.
The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley I've thoroughly enjoyed most of Kearsley's works and this was no exception. They usually have an element of magic or time bending and this one involves the ghost of a Roman centurion and a lost legion. The romance felt like it progressed naturally and it was nice to see attention to detail with the archaeology.
What I'm Reading Now I'm in the middle of so many things because I keep having to read what needs to go back to the library. I've got Latchkey by Nicole Kornher-Stace, which is shaping up to be an interesting sequel to Archivist Wasp, Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, which is a fascinating premise but I'm not holding out a lot of faith that he'll stick the landing, and One for All by Lillie Lainoff, which is a very solid YA novel so far. I've also just started With Golden Visions Bright Before Them by Will Bagley, which is a non-fiction discussion of the California Gold Rush. This is book two in Bagley's Overland West series, which will unfortunately not be completed due to the author's death. I read the first book, So Rugged and Mountainous when I worked at the Gateway Arch as background research and loved the writing style and deep dive into the time period, so I've been excited to finally pick the second one up. I'm also in the middle of the manga series Liselotte and Witch's Forest by Natsuki Takaya, who also did Fruits Basket, a classic shoujo manga and personal favorite. It's super cute!
What I'm Looking Forward to Next Month So many recently published sequels that I've got on hold! N.K. Jemisin's The World We Make, Freya Marske's A Restless Truth, Cherie Priest's Flight Risk, and Sue Lynn Tan's Heart of the Sun Warrior! The next volume of the Mieruko-chan manga just came out and I can't wait for the library to get it.
Reading Challenges I finished r/Fantasy's Book Bingo! I'll do a post at some point with all the prompts and the books I read for them. I've only got two left for Book Riot's Read Harder, which is good because they'll be announcing next year's any day now. I'm reading One for All for 23. a book by a disabled author, and I've settled on Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper for 20. an award-winning book from the year you were born. I've also got No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai on hold as I try to read through all the works that inspired characters in Bungo Stray Dogs.
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shipatfirstsight · 4 years
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The Deadly Hours, Susanna Kearsley
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foxgloveprincess · 3 years
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Cause I thought of second, no song inspired title: Ink On My Skin
Ink On My Skin
Note: Somehow I think this took a turn toward soft!dark territory, maybe? I don’t know, but the ending is kinda strange tonally. But I was excited to write this, and I might use some elements of this in some stories I write later. I love soulmate AUs. Thanks for sending these in @slothspaghettiwrites! You’ve made my day so much brighter!
Warning: Dark soulmates, stalking (implied), non-consensual touching. Minors do not interact (18+).
Synopsis:
It’s been there since the clock struck 8 o’clock the morning of your 16th birthday—I Wished On The Moon by Billie Holiday—the notes and bars scrawled down your leg, from hip to ankle. As far as soulmate marks go, it’s quite conspicuous. So it’s been long pants and thick tights since the day it appeared.
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Shelving back a stack of books, you hum the melody of the song inked onto your right leg. It itches something fierce today, your fingers absently finding your thigh to scratch over your skirt where some of the notes rest.
Your lips part, the lyrics spilling out of you as easy as breathing. It’s the song that’s always stuck in your head, ever since your 16th birthday. Of course, you’d had to look it up—how were you possibly supposed to know a random song from the 1930s? But listening to the record once you’d found it, it was like feeding your soul something you never knew you’d missed your whole life.
A few patrons of the library pass by the end of the stack, but none turn down to find a book. It’s just you and your song.
“You have a lovely voice,” someone says from behind you.
Your turn quickly, fumbling a book in your hands. It drops to the floor with a thump. The man behind you bends to pick it up, holding it out to you, a sheepish smile on his face.
“I didn’t mean to scare you,” he comments, tucking his left hand quickly into his pocket. “I just don’t hear a lot of people singing that song.”
“You know it?” you ask, brow cocked in disbelief.
“Billie Holiday,” he says, smile turning nostalgic. “I used to listen to it every day.” His hand reaches up to scratch the back of his neck, tucking a strand of long brown hair behind his ear. “It’s my favorite song to dance to.”
“Oh,” you reply, struck speechless. Your mark burns on your leg, the itch demanding attention. You clear your throat, hand dropping to subtly itch at your thigh. “Is there something I can help you with?”
“Uh,” the man hums before pressing his lips tight. “I have this quote I want to find.”
You place the last book on the shelf in its place and nod. “I can help with that. Why don’t we find a computer to use?” Your hand gestures for the man to follow.
He follows willingly, steps silent. No wonder he was able to completely sneak up behind you earlier. You continually cast glances over your shoulder to find him, and he’s always there, like a shadow.
A computer sits unoccupied at one of the desks. You sit in the chair and pull one up beside you for the man. He sits, scooting the chair closer on your right. You swallow your trepidation at his close proximity, the itching burn of your mark turning painful.
You swallow thickly and place your hands on the keyboard, a polite smile on your lips. Pulling up Google, you ask, “Alright, what’s the quote you’re looking for?”
“The soul sees what truly matters.”
Your stomach drops to your toes. Your heart thumps in your chest. Hands frozen above the keys, you don’t need to search at all to know exactly where that quote is from.
“Mariana by Susanna Kearsley.” The words burst out of you in a whisper. Your hands drop to your lap, mind racing with possibilities.
Wide eyes turn to the man beside you, his gaze piercing. His left hand leaves his pocket with a flash of metal, sneaking between your bodies and grasping at your thigh, finding the warm place between your legs. Your pain dissipates instantly at his touch, a shiver shooting down your spine.
“It’s okay,” he murmurs, leaning close to your ear, voice dropped intimately low. “It’s okay. I found you, I finally found you.”
✨ Send a Made-Up Fic Title and I’ll Tell You What I’d Write ✨
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mishinashen · 3 years
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The Swan Maidens by Walter Crane, 1894
Walter Crane was a prolific designer, illustrator and painter and a key contributor to both the Arts and Crafts and Aesthetic movements of the 19th century. The third child of Thomas Crane, an established portrait painter, and his wife, Marie Kearsley, he had an early introduction to painting from his father. Whilst he received no formal artistic training, upon the death of his father he was apprenticed to the esteemed wood-engraver, William James Linton. It was in Linton's Hatton Garden studio that Crane was first introduced to Ruskin, whose texts he was already familiar with. Following his apprenticeship, Crane continued to work as an illustrator primarily for children’s books, produced with Edmund Evans, a pioneer in colour printing. Crane was an astonishingly versatile artist, who worked across a wide variety of decorative arts including stained glass, wallpaper, textiles, ceramics, mosaics, tapestry and gesso reliefs. However, painting remained his primary passion, and as he wrote in an essay published in the Easter Art Annual of 1898: ‘Painting was the first craft I attempted, and it is the one I return to after following other kinds of design'. Despite Crane’s prodigious artistic output, his works only appear at auction from time to time, and his large allegories and literary or mythological subjects are rare. Crane was particularly captivated by myth and folklore, and often used these tales as a means by which to explore the theme of rebirth and renewal. This can be evinced from the numerous paintings he executed dealing with the changing seasons, chiefly the associated joys of the coming of spring. Crane was particularly well received in Germany, since 'the symbolic and figurative character of their subjects [was] more in sympathy with the Teutonic mind'. Crane visited Bayreuth in 1893 which inspired him to complete a series of Wagnerian subjects, including: Swan Maidens (1894, the present work), Lohengrin (1895, location unknown), and The Valkyries' Ride (1903, location unknown). Crane’s popularity on the continent was cemented through a series of travelling exhibitions from the 1890s, with the greatest number of Crane’s works entering into private collections in Germany, partly due to the efforts of the German art dealer, Fritz Gurlitt. Swan Maidens is demonstrative of Crane's interest in the metamorphosis of form and in that respect relates to his well-known, Neptune's Horses (1893, Collection Neue Pinakothek, Munich), in which the waves are transformed into white stallions. The myth of the swan maidens has been found in folklore under many different guises and within cultures across the globe. Tales of swan maidens stretch back to antiquity in Europe. Whilst many interpretations of the tale abound, the story follows that a hunter went down to a lake in order to shoot ducks. Instead of finding ducks he instead stumbled upon seven swan maidens, who had all removed their swan skins in order to swim in the lake. The hunter then proceeds to steal the skin of the youngest and prettiest maiden, who he then leads back to his cabin to make his wife. Though versions of the tale differ considerably, in most iterations the swan maiden finds her skin and flies back to her sisters, sometimes being followed by her contrite husband. Here Crane depicts the early part of the tale, as the seven swan maidens are shown bathing and in various degrees of transformation.
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ladyherenya · 4 years
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Books read in September
I fell down a couple of rabbit holes -- that’s my metaphor of choice for when I ignore my TBR list and get distracted reading other things, usually in a search for comfort reading.
Also, I clicked the wrong thing in the Kindle app at 1am and now I have a free trial of Kindle Unlimited so I decided I might as well make use of it.
Favourite cover: A Conspiracy in Belgravia.
Reread: Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, Penric’s Mission and Mira’s Last Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold and Exit Strategy by Martha Wells.
Still reading: The Princess Who Flew with Dragons by Stephanie Burgis.
Next up: Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks.
(Longer reviews and ratings are on LibraryThing. And also Dreamwidth.)
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang: Khai hasn’t found a girlfriend, so his mother arranges for a young woman from Vietnam to come to California for the summer, to see if she and Khai will suit each other. This is romance, a genre which doesn’t always share my narrative priorities -- some things are resolved too neatly, and I’d have liked more of Esme’s relationship with her daughter and of her adult education classes -- but I enjoyed reading this, so I’m not complaining. I liked how Hoang portrays Khai’s autism. He has a greater capacity for love than he realises, he just needs support to understand his feelings.
Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll (narrated by Victoria Fox): I read this because I love the narrator and really liked Carroll’s Letters From the Lighthouse. This book is set post-WWI, and involves friendship, family secrets and the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. Lil’s grandfather is in hospital and she becomes convinced that his recovery depends upon her solving the mystery surrounding the package sent to him by a famous and now-deceased Egyptologist. I predicted the twists, but I can see how this would strongly appeal to children who want a blend of history, adventure and mystery with a hint of fantasy. (Where was this when I was twelve?)
The Spirit Ring by Lois McMaster Bujold: Fantasy set in Renaissance Italy. Fiametta, daughter of a master mage and goldsmith, witnesses a violent coup. She flees -- and meets Thur, a guardsmen’s younger brother coming to Montefolgia for an apprenticeship. This was published in 1992, after Bujold had published several Vorkosigan books and won a few Hugos, so I wasn’t expecting it to feel so, well, rough by comparison. That said, bits of it still shine! The plot makes every detail count, the final confrontation is memorable and I liked the characters. And it’s interesting to consider this as a precursor to Bujold’s World of the Five Gods.
A Royal Pain by Meg Mulry: This turned up when I was searching Overdrive for something else (Goodness knows why, none of my search words are its title or description). It sounded like it might be entertaining, maybe a bit like The Princess Diaries. It isn’t, at least not enough for me. Two-thirds through I decided to abandon it -- and then a bit later I decided I might as well skim read to the end and see how everything turned out. I don’t feel qualified to say anything insightful, I just wandered in here by mistake...
The Enchanted April (1922) by Elizabeth von Armin (narrated by Nadia May): Four women respond to a newspaper advertisement and rent a house in Italy for the month of April. This is delightfully funny and observant, with idyllic descriptions of spring in Italy. I liked the friendships which develop between four very different women, and the way they are challenged -- or inspired -- to reconsider their opinions about others. The ending is, unsurprisingly, very tidy and conventional. (Not many options for happy endings a 1920s novelist could easily give to unhappily married women.) Reading nothing but sunshine and fairytale endings would become unsatisfying, no matter how wonderful the prose, but sometimes it’s just want one wants.
The “Lady Sherlock” series by Sherry Thomas:
A Conspiracy in Belgravia: Disgraced Charlotte Holmes has found a home with the widowed Mrs Watson and an income under the persona of “Sherlock Holmes”. Her latest case sounds simple but is complicated by connections to the wife of Charlotte’s closest friend and Charlotte’s half-brother. Meanwhile, Charlotte has a marriage proposal to consider, ciphers to crack, and a murder victim to identify. I like the way certain qualities of Doyle’s characters are assigned to different characters -- so Charlotte’s sister Livia is writing stories about Sherlock, and Mrs Watson’s niece has medical training. I enjoyed reading this and immediately embarked on the next book.
The Hollow of Fear: I could not put this book down -- the stakes are so high and personal! But in the end I didn’t find this a wholly satisfying mystery because much of the tension is the result of Charlotte concealing a lot about her suspicions and plans. It’s fun watching Charlotte in disguise, and I don’t mind some misdirection, nor Charlotte keeping thoughts to herself. That fits with her character. But the extent of it felt contrived. Disappointment aside, I liked the journey, thought one of the twists was handled with particular deftness, and I am eager to read the sequel.
The Huntress by Kate Quinn (narrated by Saskia Maarlveld): A long, complex, powerful three-stranded story about war and its aftermath. In Boston in 1946, Jordan, a teenager passionate about photography, is suspicious of her new stepmother. In Germany in 1950, war correspondent Ian now hunts war criminals. And in Siberia before the war, Nina becomes a pilot. From the beginning, this was interesting, with tense scenes. But I wasn’t strongly invested, and I was unsure of the narrative’s structure. As the story continued, I discovered that it is richer and more nuanced because of its structure --  and that I was becoming very attached to these characters. Surprisingly so.
The “Dear Professor” series by Penny Reid
Kissing Galileo: The description made me curious, so I looked at the sample chapters... and, unexpectedly, was convinced I should read this book. Because it’s smart and funny! And I liked how the characters deal with an awkward and potentially very problematic situation. (Emily works as a lingerie model, and when her professor visits the store, he doesn’t recognise her.) I really enjoyed the progression of their relationship -- how obviously they like each other’s company and care about each other, how they have an intellectual connection that goes hand-in-hand physical attraction, how they learn to understand each other better.
Kissing Tolstoy: The first book is about Emily’s friend Anna, who signs up for a Russian literature class, unaware that the professor is someone she accidentally had an almost-date with. This is a shorter than Kissing Galileo, nearly novella-length, and because I read them back-to-back, suffered somewhat in comparison -- it’s less complex, and features a professor who doesn’t deal quite so well with being attracted to one of his students. I wasn’t so convinced their relationship was a good idea. But there’s some entertaining awkwardness and people being opinionated about Russian literature. I liked Anna’s nerdy interests and her friendship with Emily.
Marriage of Inconvenience by Penny Reid: I was curious what else Reid has written and sometimes I like fake relationships stories.  This book makes a convoluted set-up feel plausible. I liked how Kat and Dan’s relationship developed, I liked the ratio of romance to plot, and I liked how involved and supportive all their friends were. But my enjoyment ebbed as I read, which is probably a reflection on what I want from this sort of story rather than on this book’s merits. I don’t find the corporate city setting very interesting or appealing.
Dr. Strange Beard by Penny Reid: I enjoy stories where characters are passionate about their interests.  In this, one of the characters is a vet but his job had no real presence in the story. What a waste.
A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley: Sara accepts a job decoding a ciphered diary from 1732. The diary is written by Mary, a half-Scottish woman raised in France, who agrees to disguise an Englishman by pretending to be his sister. I like how these two stories sit together. There’s a gentleness to Sara’s, as she discovers things she likes, including the sensory delights of winter in France and people who accept her. In contrast, Mary’s is full of danger, deception and the discomfort of travel. But there’s also subtle, common threads running throughout: life-changing choices and trusting people. I liked so many things in this book.
Echo in Onyx by Sharon Shinn: Brianna becomes the maid for the governor’s daughter, who has three “echoes”. When one of Marguerite's echoes is killed defending Marguerite, Brianna disguises herself as the echo so that they can conceal the incident. The concept of echoes is unusual and Shinn has clearly given careful thought to how they would affect society and daily life for those who have them, as well as reasons for their existence.  I wasn’t surprised by the final twists, because I know how Shinn usually deals with injustice, but parts were still quite tense. And I liked Brianna’s attitude -- so sunny and resourceful and loyal.
A House of Rage and Sorrow by Sangu Mandanna: I really liked A Spark of White Fire so I was surprised by my reaction to this sequel. Halfway through, I was pushing myself to stay focused and just wanted to cross it off the list. So I left it there. I don’t know if there was something in the pacing or the first book’s ending which stopped me from caring -- or if I just wasn’t in the mood to read about rage and sorrow and things going to hell in a handbasket. I might try again one day. I did like the first one.
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NOBODY IS HERE FOR MY HOT TAKES!!!
Which... I’m super aware of. I know from last night there were disagreements among people who’ve felt that the discourse around who can be what racial background, what to do when something is considered ambiguous, what to do when the actors THEMSELVES don’t fit the background of the character they’re playing... is either too hyped up, or not hyped up enough.
All I can say is if you’re not sure if you’re doing something right or wrong when it comes into playing a person of colour when you yourself are not one... is ask someone who is. “Hey, does this make sense?” is not an offensive question to us. If you’re going to make assumptions on your character’s background to play out an awesome plot. Hey! That’s wicked, everyone does that, that’s what writing is about. We’re imagining stories and committing to write them out with other equally lovely people. But you should be cognizant of what the canon show (vs the actor’s background) has set up for that person, because Riverdale has not had a great history of being representative of the actors they hire, to the roles that they play. KJ Apa is half Samoan and European, not white. Vanessa Morgan is half East African and Scottish, not native and black. Rob Raco is Italian, not Hispanic. Cody Kearsley is part Métis, not Russian. And so many more.
The show may not be doing a great job of fitting actors to their roles, but WE as a fandom, can do better, when it comes to the everyday choices that we make when it comes to what we choose to write and promote.
No show, fandom, experience in life is experienced without a little dash of racism in it. And I can say that confidently. It’s not always intentional, and it’s not always meant to harm. I can tell you personally that I’ve had multiple muns, many of whom I’d consider lovely human beings and kind people, come to me with theories or thoughts that denigrated the experience of being a person of colour. I’ve had to explain to muns why hey, a half Filipino actress is not an appropriate OC faceclaim for Sweet Pea’s sister! Or why it would be genetically impossible for FP and Penny to be Sweet Pea’s parents. Or while plausible, it is harmful to see OCs made as siblings to POC muses that are fully white. The common theme being, often, that there’s no way that a narrative would make sense without it being a white narrative or a revised to be ‘more attractive in my eyes’ narrative, for whatever array of reasons. 
I’ve had people tell me that they play POCs and brag about the street cred that it gives them to do so, and how they deserve it. Like it’s taking a hit to do so. I’ve had to explain why negative things happening to POCs, asians, in particular, aren’t bad ideas, because we already live with the burden of having to carry the ideal of being a ‘model’ minority. I’ve had to explain how a non-masculine asian man isn’t automatically gay. I’ve been talked over and ignored when raising points, only to have people react when a fully white mun reiterates the same point. You see it in the way fans and others treat the actors and actresses themselves around the issues they raise themselves. 
These things happen, have happened, and will continue to happen. I have made my peace with that, but telling yourself that it’s not possible and there’s no way people would act or say these things is just... wrong. And I get that may be your privilege to do so, and let’s be honest, nobody can change that perspective but yourself and I can’t make you listen, but here I am, telling you it happens. 
You can take that or leave that. 
** This isn’t to call out anyone. To point fingers, to get angry. I’m not. Honestly, I’m just tired. This is really a reminder, be thoughtful, be mindful, of the choices you make and the things you choose to play. 
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charminglatina · 4 years
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Birthday Profiles Of Riverdale Actors Based On The Secret Language Of Birthdays Concept! (Part VIII)
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What Is The Secret Language Concept?
The Secret Language scientific personality reports have proven to be over 90% accurate after 21 years in use by millions of people in a dozen languages worldwide. Our data comes from Gary Goldschneider’s 40-year empirical study of the life stories of more than 20,000 people, analyzed by date of birth. Gary looked at 50 people born on your birthday and found the personality traits held in common by 45 of them. Then he created personality profiles from those traits for each day, week, month, season and year and I further combined those profile names into the ultimate distillation of your personality - your Secret Language Name. Combining astrology, numerology, and pure psychic intuition, The Secret Language of Birthdays is a wholly unique compilation that reveals one’s strengths, weaknesses, and major issues while providing practical advice and spiritual guidance. Many have suspected that your birthday affects your personality and how you relate to others. Nineteen years and over one million copies later, The Secret Language of Birthdays continues to fascinate readers by describing the characteristics associated with being born on a particular day. The 366 personality profiles are based on astrology, numerology, the tarot, and Gary Goldschneider’s observations of more than 14,000 people. Your strengths, weaknesses, and major concerns will be illuminated while you are given practical advice and spiritual guidance. After you study your profile, it will be hard to resist examining those of family, friends, colleagues, and even celebrities.
The Personality Periods
The forty-eight personality periods, made up of twelve cusps and thirty six weeks, are units between six and nine days in length. Personology predicts the personality characteristics of anyone born within these dates. In other words, those born in the same period will share certain predictable character traits. While this may not completely represent ever individual, it is sufficient to provide an understanding of his or her basic energies. Extrapolating from the personology periods, it is possible to predict the nature of the relationship between any two people. Thus, The Secret Language Of Relationships combines each period of the year with itself and every other period to predict the nature of the resulting relationship. For example, a person born on March 31 falls into the Aries I period. This is the Week of the Child which symbolizes the freshness and openness of early childhood and of the spring season (lasting from March 25 to April 1). People born during this time are characterized by a childlike, enthusiastic orientation. This in contrast to a person born on November 10, who would be a Scorpio II (encompassing November 3 to 11). Born in the fall, which is symbolically likened to middle age, this week takes Depth as its central symbol. Thus, it becomes possible to consider the theoretical implications of an Aries I-Scorpio II relationship.
The Fourty-Eight Periods & Cusps
1. Pisces-Aries Cusp (Mar 19-Mar 24) – The Cusp Of Rebirth
2. Aries I (Mar 25-Apr 02) – The Week Of The Child
3. Aries II (Apr 03-Apr 10) – The Week Of The Star
4. Aries III (Apr 11-Apr 18) – The Week Of The Pioneer
5. Aries-Taurus Cusp (Apr 19-Apr 24) – The Cusp Of Power
6. Taurus I (Apr 25-May 02) – The Week Of Manifestation
7. Taurus II (May 03-May 10) – The Week Of The Teacher
8. Taurus III (May 11-May 18) – The Week Of The Natural
9. Taurus-Gemini Cusp (May 19-May 24) – The Cusp Of Energy
10. Gemini I (May 25-Jun 01) – The Week Of Freedom
11. Gemini II (Jun 02-Jun 10) – The Week Of New Language
12. Gemini III (Jun 11-Jun 18) – The Week Of The Seeker
13. Gemini-Cancer Cusp (Jun 19-Jun 24) – The Cusp Of Magic
14. Cancer I (Jun 25-Jul 02) – The Week Of The Empath
15. Cancer II (Jul 03-Jul 10) – The Week Of The Unconventional
16. Cancer III (Jul 11-Jul 18) – The Week Of The Persuader
17. Cancer-Leo Cusp (Jul 19-Jul 25) – The Cusp Of Oscillation
18. Leo I (Jul 26-Aug 02) – The Week Of Authority
19. Leo II (Aug 03-Aug 10) – The Week Of Balanced Strength
20. Leo III (Aug 11-Aug 18) – The Week Of Leadership
21. Leo-Virgo Cusp (Aug 19-Aug 25)  – The Cusp Of Exposure
22. Virgo I (Aug 26-Sept 02) – The Week Of System Builders
23. Virgo II (Sept 03-Sept 10) – The Week Of The Enigma
24. Virgo III (Sept 11-Sept 18) – The Week Of The Literalist
25. Virgo-Libra Cusp (Sept 19-Sept 24) – The Cusp Of Beauty
26. Libra I (Sept 25-Oct 01) – The Week Of The Perfectionist
27. Libra II (Oct 02-Oct 10) – The Week Of Society
28. Libra III (Oct 11-Oct 18) – The Week Of Theater
29. Libra-Scorpio Cusp (Oct 19-Oct 25) – The Cusp Of Drama & Criticism
30. Scorpio I (Oct 26-Nov 02) – The Week Of Intensity
31. Scorpio II (Nov 03–Nov 11) – The Week Of Depth
32. Scorpio III (Nov 12–Nov 18) – The Week Of Charm
33. Scorpio-Sagittarius Cusp (Nov 19–Nov 24) – The Cusp Of Revolution
34. Sagittarius I (Nov 25–Dec 02) – The Week Of Independence
35. Sagittarius II (Dec 03–-Dec 10) – The Week Of The Originator
36. Sagittarius III (Dec 11-Dec 18) – The Week Of The Titan
37. Sagittarius-Capricorn Cusp (Dec 19-Dec 25) – The Cusp Of Prophecy
38. Capricorn I (Dec 26-Jan 02) – The Week Of The Ruler
39. Capricorn II (Jan 03- Jan 09) – The Week Of Determination
40. Capricorn III (Jan 10-Jan 16) – The Week Of Dominance
41. Capricorn-Aquarius Cusp (Jan 17-Jan 22) – The Cusp Of Mystery & Imagination
42. Aquarius I (Jan 23-Jan 30) – The Week Of Genius
43. Aquarius II (Jan 31-Feb 07) – The Week Of Youth & Ease
44. Aquarius III (Feb 08-Feb 15) – The Week Of Acceptance
45. Aquarius-Pisces Cusp (Feb 16-Feb 22) – The Cusp Of Sensitivity
46. Pisces I (Feb 23-Mar 02) – The Week Of Spirit
47. Pisces II (Mar 03-Mar 10) – The Week Of The Loner
48. Pisces III  (Mar 11-Mar 18) – The Week Of Dancers & Dreamers
Birthday Profiles Featured:
43. Major Curda (7/12 – Cancer III) 44. Cody Kearsley (3/10 – Pisces II) 45. Emilija Baranac (8/4– Leo II) 46. Alvin Sanders (3/16 – Pisces III) 47. Ryan Robbins (11/26 – Sagittarius I) 48. Kerr Smith (3/09 – Pisces II)
#43. Major Curda (Birthday: Jul. 12, 1999 – The Day Of The Persuasive Presence; Personality Period: Cancer III – Jul. 11 to Jul. 18 – The Week Of The Persuader; Place Of Birth: Florida, United States)
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Those born during the Week of the Persuader know how to convince others of their worth and get them to do their bidding. Powerful manipulators of their environment, they often manifest great drive and determination. Even the shyest and most retiring nurse private ambitions; the more aggressive make little effort to conceal their desire to rise to the top of their profession. The underlying dynamic of their character, however, is that success, for them, is the best antidote for uncertainty. Yet they rarely fall victim to blind ambition, prefering to invest in themselves than indulge in materialism or ego-tripping. They how to wait, watch and listen. Observant of what goes on around them, they are good at reading the signs of the times and knowing when to act. Their persuasive ability to convince others is supported by a solid bedrock of observation, and upon having facts and results at their fingertips. Such individuals, then, are comfortable dealing with the physical realities of life. In fact, they persuade others less by their words than by their presence alone. Strong personalities, they are not shy about quietly and effectively applying pressure. Passionate people, they are no strangers to the depths of human emotion. In the same way that insecurity can be viewed as the motor behind their ambition, their passion for something can be viewed as the gasoline. And usually, their beliefs are something they are passionate about. By establishing contact with others of like mind, they are able to give solid support to their ideas. When they are convinced they are working for the highest good of an organization or group they are difficult to oppose and can usually obtain significant benefits for all concerned. Whether at work or at home, they usually exert a powerful force behind the scenes, or as team members. These people make excellent managers and critics; they have a sixth sense for the weaknesses and inadequacies of others and can usually provide direction or guidance to remedy even the most extreme difficulties. Part of the personal power of such individuals comes from their ability to control their own needs. In relationships, for example, they would sooner be alone than enter a dubious or unstable partnership. Knowing themselves well enough to recognize the limitations of their ability to commit to the responsibilities of everyday life, when beginning a relationship they will be honest with the other person from the outset, rarely pretending to be something they are not. In any case, living alone is not really a problem for them. They generally require few luxuries, and can efficiently order their lives, particularly financially, without interference from others. They are well able to sublimate desire for social and romantic interaction into their career activities and to share common experiences with colleagues, friends and family.  The other side of the coin, however, is their sometimes prodigious tendency to indulge in excess. Although they may deal with their needs well, their desires and wants can easily get out of hand. They do not always know when to stop, when to back off, when to let go. Obsessive-compulsive behavior is not uncommon among these individuals, whether related to self-gratifying activities that provide direct pleasure or to neurotic ones that only yield frustration. For this reason, some form of spiritual training is often essential for their development. Their most successful relationships are often with colleagues rather than in personal or romantic settings, where their directness may prove too threatening to others. It also happens that they can best handle their intensity in their work, for in their private lives their direct expressions of energy may boomerang and cause personal difficulty. As friends and family members, they can be giving, sharing and affectionate. Yet their drive to control is evident here, too. They do not hesitate to advise and to judge. Their instincts, fortunately, are often right on the mark, but by assuming a managerial role they often deny others the opportunity to guide their own future. In extreme cases, they can be insensitive and smothering, and their manipulations can wreak havoc on friends and intimates. As spouses or lovers, they often find it difficult to occupy anything but center stage. Not only must activities revolve around them, but they must take an active hand in shaping and forming whatever is going on. Conflicts often arise between these dominant individuals and those who question their authority. In such moments their most aggressive characteristics are likely to emerge. Left alone to go ahead with their work and plans, however—which they usually see not as selfish but as intended for the good of the group—they are content, peaceful and even quiet in demeanor. Although it is possible or even desirable for such persons to pursue long-standing, productive and satisfying love relationships, their chances for success in such affairs are aided by good choices and sound judgment—which they too often allow to be impaired by the heat of their passions. In marriage or a permanent living situation, they need a solid, practical partner—someone who lends structure and emotional stability.
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Those born on July 12 are masters at persuasion. Not only are their arguments cogent and logical, but they have an innate sense of timing. When necessary they can scold or cajole but only in the most extreme cases do they need to threaten. More often they use humor to win others over to their point of view. July 12 people are not only good at convincing others but also at initiating action. Through their efforts many projects get off the ground which might never have materialized. Sometimes July 12 people can be so clever as to subtly plant an idea in someone else’s mind so that this person may act on it, as if the idea originated with them. Unfortunately, July 12 people can be domineering parents. Because they are so adept at exerting their influence, their children are of course no match for them and only much later may realize how much of their volitional nature was invisibly controlled. In extreme cases, children of July 12 people grow up to find they have an atrophied will and remain dependent on being guided. Similar problems can arise in the love relationships of those born on this day, often involving their lovers or mates feeling and ultimately expressing built-up resentments against them. Because July 12 people rarely find partners who are a match for their strong personalities, it is difficult for them to find lasting happiness in their personal lives. July 12 people are a powerfully influential presence in whatever environment they inhabit. At work, they are generally admired for their expertise, and thus can exert a positive influence in mediating disputes. However, those born on this day cannot suffer reporting to someone they don’t admire or at least respect. For this reason, they often find themselves self-employed, or without a direct supervisor. Because July 12 people are hard-headed thinkers who have a well-defined set of priorities and guidelines for life, it is difficult for them to accept wholesale the philosophy of a company or organization. Because of their persuasive nature and forceful personality, July 12 people sometimes make enemies and arouse resentment or antagonism. They invariably believe they are acting in the common interest, but others may see them as dictatorial, unyielding or argumentative. The truth is that July 12 people often find a solution to logical problems much faster than other people, and thus may deny them a chance to get involved. Those born on this day must learn to back off, to allow others some decision making power and self-respect; it is because July 12 people are such powerful providers that they tend to foster dependence in employees, children and friends. Those born on July 12 are characterized by their dualistic nature. On the one hand, they are profoundly empathetic and gentle creatures keenly sensitive to the emotions of those around them; on the other, they possess a compelling urge to initiate and direct the actions of others. Although these two aspects seem to conflict, they both stem from their intense altruism.It’s a mistake to dismiss these people as a pushover, because they hold profound convictions and refuse to redefine them. Their loyalty isn’t limited to their convictions; they are a steadfast and generous friend, although their tendency to try and orchestrate the lives of others can become annoying. Sometimes they plant their suggestions in such a subtle way that other people will believe that they themselves have originated them. As a result they often have a powerful influence over others; the key to their success is whether they decide to exert this influence in a positive way that encourages others to grow independently, or in a negative way that fosters dependence.They are such insightful and capable individuals that they will often step in without giving others a chance to get involved; this can earn them a reputation for being controlling, difficult and stubborn. However, if they can learn occasionally to take a step back and give others a turn they will find that their chances of success and happiness increase. This isn’t to say they should hide their talents. It’s just that they are such strong-willed individuals that there’s a tendency for others to be guided rather than inspired by them.Until the age of forty there will be many opportunities for them to demonstrate their creativity and strong convictions. After the age of forty-one they may become more pragmatic and discerning. As long as they ensure that they nurture others without smothering them this is the period when these empathetic but progressive individuals will do what they do best: initiate action that ensures the welfare of others and by so doing make their own special mark. Romantic partners who let people born on July 12 take the lead will appeal at first, but for a relationship to be successful in the long term it would be far more exciting and better for them to find someone who is their equal. Staying spontaneous and independent is the key to developing their inner power while still enjoying loving relationships. One of the best things people born on this day can do for their health is to organize their lives so that there is enough time for regular health check-ups, a daily exercise routine, and buying, cooking and preparing healthy fresh food. This is because they tend to lose themselves in their work and projects, and their health suffers as a result. They would also benefit from regular periods of peace and solitude where they can get in touch with their own feelings instead of constantly focusing on the feelings and concerns of others. An ideal way for them to relax would be to soak up the scent in an aromatherapy bath. One drop of juniper oil should do the trick. Wearing the color orange will also attract more positive people and influences into their lives. These people don’t like to follow the herd so they may prefer to work alone. Apart from national and civil politics or social work, other career choices might include writing, counseling, education, and all forms of advice-giving, such as sales, negotiation and promotion. Their excellent communication skills and sharp mind indicate tremendous potential to achieve, although they do need to avoid scattering their energies in self-doubt. The life path of people born on this day is to learn to trust and let go as far as their relationships with others are concerned. Once they are able to manage their urge to take control, their destiny is to lead, guide, advise, and inspire others. People born specifically on the 12th of July are imagined to be expressive, cheerful and easygoing with the typical crab tendency to change their opinions often. The astrological planet that governs this particular day is Jupiter making you sociable with a wholesome life attitude and values. If you have this birthday a very ambitious and determined streak makes you charismatic, confident and persuasive. You may have big ideas but they are likely to also be realistic and practical and you are able to easily differentiate between the materialistic and spiritual aspects of living. One of your strongest needs is for a strong emotional connection with others to satisfy your thoughtful, communicative creativity and empathy. Individuals with a July the twelfth birthday are usually quick witted and eloquent with a curious inventive mind. You are naturally generous and warm with a modern outlook yet easily bored and at times a little tactless too. Working in any of the caring professions is a popular career choice to a person born on the twelfth of July due to your deep concern for others. Your fondness for communicating in a creative and considerate way helps you brighten up a workplace atmosphere and be great to work with or for. You will ordinarily desire a decent salary and some financial security from your job choice. However money is usually fairly low on your list of priorities and you do not seem to require large amounts to feel secure. You are budget conscious and prefer to have something set aside for unexpected expenses. For a Cancer, the person born on the twelfth day of July is typically reluctant to break away from family for romance and long term commitment. This hesitancy concerning love is accompanied by your touch of idealism in choosing a partner and sometimes overly high expectations from a soul mate relationship. Despite strongly craving affection and someone with whom to intimately share a special emotional unity you tend to be fussy and indecisive about settling down too soon. In a loving serious relationship you are usually protective, sympathetic and rarely fearful of responsibility. A peaceful home life is important to you so you are inclined to try and avoid tensions due to your flexibility and willingness to compromise. Being criticized or having your intelligence insulted are really the only things that may cause sulking or brooding. A temporary lack of focus on healthiness is sometimes experienced by those born on July 12th if they are especially stressed. If your feelings are hurt you have a tendency to sulk into the comfort of your shell and brood occasionally suffer ill health as a result. Excess stress could also aggravate your proneness to suffer from allergies and a sensitive skin. Coordinating a personal fitness routine with something fun is often the key to igniting your enjoyment of exercise. People born on this day should look to nature and outdoor retreats to assist with relaxation. Your main strengths of character are most obvious in your expressiveness, charisma and confidence allowing you to get noticed, be listened to and stand up for yourself. Your practicality and highly observant temperament contributes to anything you decide to undertake. The personality weaknesses for those born on July 12th appear to occur more frequently and intensify their strength if you are feeling at all insecure. These negative traits revolve around you displaying overprotective or controlling type behavior along with a hard headed sulky attitude and occasional cold emotions. Being born on the 12th of July should fill you with an abundance of creative expression and an intense ability to innovate realistically. These qualities direct you to make rather ambitious plans for your future. Building a secure and comfortable family base is usually a major aspiration that seems to dominate all areas of your goal setting. If you are happy and stable emotionally there are few limitations to what you can achieve in life. Amongst your greatest wishes is also to be able to visit some interesting places in the world, fortunately you are destined to travel far and wide. As you were born on the twelfth day of the month the one and two in your birth date totals a Root number of Three. This numerical reference to your birthday has the keyword 'Innovation' referring to your imaginative inventing talent and ample helpings of determination. In the Major Arcana Tarot the 12th card featuring the Hanged Man is closely associated with your birthday. This symbolizes the easy overcoming of obstacles and reflects the power of your spirituality and deep thought processes. The lucky gemstone for July the twelfth birthdays is Amethyst, wear one to dispel negativity and evoke calmness. The Moon's powerful authority is assumed to be astrologically accountable for the probabilities of Cancer personalities. The actual day you were born on, the twelfth of July is ruled over by Jupiter's celestial presence. This pair of planets help decide the likelihoods of the uniqueness of your actions and ways of thinking. Your usual considerate and cheery but changeable manner is well balanced by your empathic generosity. Your wit and eloquence add to your sociability and persuasiveness can make you a popular social butterfly. If you try and recognize and cope more effectively with your insecurity moments your sulkiness and clinginess should diminish somewhat. A concluding thought for people born on July the 12th advises to attempt to be a little more tactful. Being a bit overly nosy, interfering of any kind and not giving others a bit of space are all things you should aim to avoid. Doing so could increase your sense of peace happiness and contentment. 
#44. Cody Kearsley (Birthday: Mar. 10, 1991 – The Day Of The Soul Searchers; Personality Period: Pisces II – Mar. 3 to Mar. 10 – The Week Of The Loner; Place Of Birth: British Columbia, Canada)
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 Those born during the Week of the Loner tend to live in a private world of their own. This is true not only internally but outwardly for their homes are often retreats from the world, places to which few are admitted. The healthier among them can give equal weight to their careers, on the one hand, and to their social and personal lives, on the other; less balanced individuals may choose to isolate themselves more than is good for them. They generally have an instinctive dislike of superficiality. They mistrust loud, aggressive or pushy individuals and find it hard to work with colleagues who lack sensitivity. This is not to imply that they lack force or ambition. For them, however, the way a thing is done is often more important than what that thing is, and the end therefore rarely justifies the means. Grace, honesty and an unassailable aesthetic and moral code prevent them from acting underhandedly or, in particular, hurtfully. On the other hand, they may express their dislike of society’s mores through blatantly antisocial deeds, acting, as it were, in defense of their own right to individual expression. A certain elegance and grace are evident in most things they do, and they are finely attuned to many kinds of physical expression, whether it be sports, dance or more sensual forms of movement. They are great admirers of sensuous beauty, particularly in people and paintings, and their homes and surroundings generally show some kind of special touch. They have a strong soulful side, apparent in their love of music and in their empathy for all forms of human suffering. They generally believe that life is not just there to be enjoyed, and that one must in some way pay one’s dues with a certain amount of suffering before obtaining any real benefit. Rarely will they escape at least one severe trauma in their lives, perhaps involving physical injury, disease or the untimely death of a parent or friend. They are often struck by such catastrophes without warning, but they are resilient and have an enormous capacity to bounce back from disaster. Like a cat, they are blessed with nine lives, at least a few of which they are sure to use up. They see a distinct difference between being lonely (which they rarely are) and being alone (which they are often). Their own best companion, they are capable of spending hours and days alone with a good book, or with their work, without needing to talk to anyone. Their friends will know when they want to be left alone and when they want company, and will learn not to intrude on their privacy. In the workplace they do well as freelancers, operating outside the office, but if employed by a company or business they will probably need a certain amount of time each day for working on their own. Dangerous areas for them include anything with a strong habituative or outright addictive quality—drugs, drink, sex. On the other hand, their ecstatic highs, spiritual insights and emotional joys can be incredibly intense and rewarding. They often crave peak experiences, which are not bad things in themselves as long as those who seek them can handle them without undue attachment. If they remain free to move on, such experiences will leave them greatly enriched in their personal development. On the other hand, should they be unfortunate enough to get hooked on their own personal suffering or self-pity, they may wallow in such states for alarmingly long periods of time. Generally speaking, they ask only one thing from the world, and that is to be accepted as they really are. That the world often cannot grant their wish becomes the cross they bear. To comfort themselves, and to shield themselves from disappointment and rejection, they may surrender to the pursuit of money, or retreat to a fantasy-full interior life, often devoted to beauty and imagination. Whenever possible, they should follow occupations that make solid and grounding demands on them without depriving them of creativity. This kind of work will help them to stay on an even keel. They usually have few friends, but those they have are often close and loyal. Many do not like large family gatherings or social events; intimacy is really their thing, and sharing intimacy with others, whether mates, friends, lovers or valued family members, is perhaps their most cherished activity. Highly personal interaction is their forte, and the sharing of joys and sorrows is essential to their happiness. In love, perhaps because those born during the Week of the Loner have a greater ability to enjoy or appreciate such areas than others do, or perhaps their resistance to the lure of physical pleasure is lower; they are more prone than others to be snagged by a pretty face, sensuous voice or alluring body. Once attached to a person, their addiction to his or her company can be even more severe than their attraction to physical substances. They will run the gamut of painful emotions, from jealousy to hatred, yet if they decide they want to get free of their love object they will feel powerful separation anxiety. Friends and mates of a practical nature tend to bring them down to earth. Meanwhile, children will help them share their sense of wonder and awe at the natural world.
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Those born on March 10 are deep, emotional individuals. Their drive for success is often rather low-key and they may be more concerned with understanding themselves and coming to grips with their complex personalities than they are with fortune, power or fame. This does not mean to say that March 10 people are overly self-involved or somehow self-indulgent. On the contrary, they love to have fun, particularly in an intimate social setting with close friends, and are most happy when they occupy a central position in their families, surrounded by nurturing and protective influences. The sensitivity of March 10 people is pronounced. They are easily hurt, feel rejection keenly and want little more than to live in peace with their fellow human beings. However, those born on this day who have experienced traumatic childhood episodes, deep psychological wounds inflicted by a hurtful parent or overly rigid moral systems placed on them early in life, can retreat from the world into a private, inaccessible emotional space and stay there. Because March 10 people are so sensitive, they experience the highs and lows of life as few others do, and therefore are more likely to turn inward and search their souls, to try to understand themselves. Through this inner development they cultivate empathy to the pain and suffering of the misfortunate, and for this reason, many born on this day opt for a service-oriented career. The more highly evolved of March 10 people show great sympathy and kindness for others, even to the point of being self-effacing and saintlike. As parents March 10 people tend to be nurturing and understanding, but must beware of a tendency to be overprotective and subtly manipulative. Generally, March 10 people put personal considerations before anything else. Also since they are so highly developed in the emotional realm, they may not develop their willpower and mental toughness as fully as they might. Consequently they can drift or stagnate, not having the strong desire or ability to better their circumstances. For the less talented or gifted of March 10 people, qualities of acceptance and passivity may not be so desirable. In putting emphasis on internal rather than external values, March 10 people are oriented toward an idealistic, non-materialistic value system. Yet they nonetheless display a great need for security and a marked desire for simple comforts, which becomes more evident with advancing age. The danger here is that they will stagnate and fail to carry their personal development any further. It is true that their exploration of inner emotional worlds (theirs and others’), deepens their sensitivity and makes them more soulful, but they must not use this activity as an escape from expressing themselves outwardly or making crucial decisions. People born on March 10 have a fragile, vulnerable quality about them however successful they may appear on the world’s stage. This is because a part of them is always searching for greater self-understanding or knowledge. Although they can be highly driven and energetic individuals, it is the inner world of ideals that defines and occupies people born on March 10. They are also extremely empathetic toward others, particular the underdog or those less fortunate.Because they are constantly aware of their own feelings and tuned into the feelings of those around them, these highly sensitive people tend to experience life intensely and deeply. They have the capacity to show tremendous kindness and love toward others, but they do need to be careful that they don’t become self-sacrificing, overprotective and jealous in the process.Although they are highly perceptive and insightful in their relationships, they can also get deeply hurt by the words or actions of others. Instead of facing their pain when they are wounded, they are more likely to withdraw into their own private world of torment. It’s important for these people to find ways to balance their sensitivity with their need to make a difference in the world. Fortunately, before the age of forty there is an emphasis in their life on assertiveness and a desire to be more active in the world. This can help them express themselves more outwardly. After the age of forty-one they often gravitate toward greater material and emotional stability, and this will help them stave off uncertainty and vulnerability.Preoccupied with their inner conflicts, there is always a danger for these people to become self-involved; but, if they can learn not to use their sensitivity as a way of escaping responsibility and confrontation, the emphasis they place on internal rather than external fulfillment marks them out as very special people. Caring, contemplative and visionary, they will direct their intelligent and original thoughts toward the common good and, by so doing, positively influence and inspire all those who encounter them. People born on March 10 rarely have problems attracting partners; problems are more likely to occur when they are within a relationship. They need to be careful that they don’t become too nurturing or overprotective, as it can suffocate others. Being easily wounded, they also need to guard against jealously. Despite the emphasis they place on togetherness, there is also a part of them that needs to retreat within themselves every now and again for private reflection. People born on this day need to take extra special care of their health as their extreme sensitivity—combined with the fact that they are likely to put the needs of others way ahead of their own—makes them vulnerable to the negative energies of others. It is vital that they work on their self-esteem, to strengthen themselves not just emotionally, but also physically; otherwise they are likely to suffer from stress, depression, compassion overload, or burnout. It goes without saying that they should make sure they eat a healthy diet rich in whole grains, fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat and refined or processed foods. Moderate exercise, preferably activity they can perform alone to recharge their batteries such as jogging, walking or yoga, is highly recommended. Wearing, meditating on or surrounding themselves with the color yellow is good for their ego, and for increasing their confidence and optimism. These people are well suited to the caring or healing professions, to social work, or to careers where they can bring enlightenment or happiness to others such as education, the arts, music, dance, or drama. Other work options include advertising, international business, sales, medicine, and counseling. The life path of people born on this day is to learn that they need to take care of their own emotional needs as well as the needs of others. Once they have worked on their ego, their destiny is to devote their considerable talents to bringing happiness or comfort to others. People born specifically on the 10th of March are believed to be brimming with attitude and ambition and unlike the typical bashful Pisces, a fan of the spotlight. The ruling astrological planet for this particular day is our Sun giving you idealistic but enthusiastic leadership qualities and an air of authority. If you have this birthday your purposeful ideals are motivated by a perceptive imagination and a strong desire to accomplish. When you unite with like minded individuals you often find the boldness to put some of your great ideas into action. You are quite self reliant and a knack of helping others without neglecting your own welfare. Someone with a March the tenth birthday is usually caring, sympathetic, charming and sociable. You possess a modern outlook and have an astute moralistic mentality that drives you to more often than not make impartial virtuous decisions. Underneath all that confident demeanor you are as emotionally sensitive as any fish. Satisfaction at work is important to a person born on the tenth of March as you need to feel a sense of accomplishment for your efforts. You have high opinions of human intelligence and learning and are likely to be skilled at conveying information in a nonpatronizing tone. This makes your ideal job probably in education or in some sort of advisory role. Your ambitious streak does not ordinarily focus on pay alone. You would rather enter a lower paying profession than opt for a higher salary if it entails doing something more worthwhile. Financially you are careful but cannot be described as mean. As a Pisces, the person born on the tenth day of March is usually very flattered by romantic attention and will enjoy lapping it up. Unusually for this star sign you are also sometimes mistrustful of the intentions of others displaying forms of flattery. Where romance is concerned you present yourself as cautious yet you have a deep need for love and affection. Even though you may be hesitant to commit to a long term relationship the yearning for a true soul mate who appreciates the real you will conquer your fears. In a stable partnership you are loving, thoughtful and passionate but also often touchy emotionally and prone to moodiness. A partner must be understanding of this touch of insecurity and share your interests and viewpoints. When you do make a love commitment you are intensely loyal and will expect the same fidelity and oneness. Health problems experienced by those born on March 10th do not commonly occur as a consequence of not listening to or disregarding the body's needs. You seem to place lots of importance on your healthiness and like to keep physically fit and looking good. A competitive edge to your temperament sees you enjoying sports and being fond of things like swimming, walking or Yoga. Food is one of your passions and so you enjoy preparing healthy meals. A proneness to allergies can be a weak spot to watch out for that could be triggered by some irritant in your environment or possibly stress related. Strengths in your character lie mainly in the empathic sensitivity you show to others and in your impassioned will to succeed. This mixture of positive traits and your expressiveness can help you stand out in a crowd and get your opinions across and taken seriously, without appearing too pushy or eccentric. Personality weaknesses for those born on March 10th appear to be centered on a fairly low tolerance for disappointments. When your optimism and enthusiasm for something dips you can sink into a negative frame of mind and act uncharacteristically with mood swings or long periods of sulking. Being born on the 10th of March grants you the need to feel useful and spend your life doing constructively rewarding things. You dislike wasting time on meaningless tasks and are one of the sharpest goal setters in your zodiacal group. Your helpful enterprising approach to everything is greatly assisted by your eagerness to stick to your goals and attain them. The majority of your aims and directions will be realistic but you tend to set a few unrealistic ones too. Your unique dreams are likely to concentrate on the future and the next generations with wishes for a harmonious home life. As you were born on the tenth day of the month you are allocated a special Root number of One with the keyword 'Drive'. This numerical reference to your birthday emphasizes your impetus to achieve, gumption and perseverance. The Tarot card associated with your birthday is the 10th card in the Major Arcana, the Wheel of Fortune. This symbolizes your fine perception but also highlights the difficulty you have facing setbacks. For March the tenth birthdays the gemstone imagined to be luckiest is a Ruby. Wearing this red jewel is thought to attract love, increase vitality and bestow foresight. The typified Pisces personality is thought to have its creation influenced astrologically by the planetary power of Neptune. The actual day you were born on, the tenth of March is ruled by the celestial rays of the Sun so both these planets are involved in composing your individualism. Your independent mannerisms, astuteness, leader ability and craving for limelight all direct you towards success. Dealing more effectively with mistakes or obstacles is as a rule the best way to unlock your full potential. Your charm, sociability and kindness are superb attributes that generally offset, soften and balance your ambitiousness. For people born on March the 10th two final thoughts may be pertinent. The first is to beware of a reliance on material possessions and secondly to always strive to make emotional happiness your number 1 priority. 
#45. Emilija Baranac (Birthday: Aug. 4, 1994 – The Day Of The Guiding Light; Personality Period: Leo II – Aug. 3 to Aug. 10 – The Week Of Balanced Strength; Place Of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
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Leo II’s are solid and tough and do not back down from challenges; in fact, they thrive on them, and are often at their best when facing problems and difficulties. Although drawn toward experiences that hold an element of danger, they are usually not foolhardy enough to attempt the impossible. Realists, they are well aware of their limitations, which they may stretch to the limit if necessary but will rarely try to overleap. Fixed attitudes characterize them, so it will take a great deal of patience and persistence to get them to change their mind. Leo II’s pride themselves on their ability to spot phoniness and nonsense, and are particularly critical of metaphysical ideas not strongly grounded in the here and now. Leo II’s generally exercise tremendous powers of concentration, but through their fixation on their object they may lose the peripheral vision necessary for keeping in touch with their surroundings. In a related problem, their reliance on logical reasoning can detract from what may well be their best suit—that is, their capacity for strong hunches and their intuitive strengths. These traits may lead them to get out of touch with reality while at the same time remaining convinced of their rightness—a dangerous combination. Gifted with endurance and tenacity, Leo II’s hang in there for the duration. The upside of this character trait is their intense loyalty and devotion; the downside is a streak of masochism—a tendency, for example, to suffer while trying to hold a romance, marriage or business together. They can continue in an unhappy or stressful relationship for years without undue complaint, patiently seeking ways to make it work. Although they would sometimes do better by quitting, they will usually refuse to take the easy way out, and they may have little respect for those who lack their level of commitment. When long-standing relationships that have proven unsatisfactory finally do collapse, perhaps due to a stroke of fate, or to the partner’s unwillingness to continue, Leo II’s have a tendency to sink into depression. Too often they blame themselves. A long period of grieving may be necessary before they are once again able to function well. They can certainly be their own worst enemies. Those born during the Week of Balanced Strength exude power and self-confidence when their prodigious energies meld, but these same energies also get out of control and can threaten to tear them apart. At such times they make a piteous sight. Alcohol or drug binges and borderline or outright criminal activities can all be the evidence of Leo II energies running amok. Keeping balanced is less an ideal for them to attain than an absolute condition for their healthy survival. The children and friends of Leo II’s can be severely jolted if these normally reassuring presences disintegrate. Thus Leo II desire to be a protector of the weak and a friend to the underdog can backfire. Those born in the Week of Balanced Strength do well in highly structured situations of their own making, situations in which they are at the helm. They periodically feel an acute need to withdraw into a private place, however, and sometimes to a strictly isolated one. The problem here is an accompanying tendency to nurse hurts and slights, and in extreme cases to manifest paranoia. Developing an accepting attitude and working to diminish dogmatic and intolerant thought are essential to their mental health.  For the most part, Leo II’s are extraordinarily faithful people. They see themselves as champions of the downtrodden and protectors of the weak. They despise exclusion and condescension and, for this reason, generally side with the common person rather than the privileged. It is not that they do not have an ability to mix well with a variety of social classes; rather, they dislike insincerity or pretension. In their toughness, Leo II’s are able to withstand many disappointments. They usually weather the storm and win out through knowing how to wait, “having the long breath.” They like being independent, but nonetheless tend to build a well-defined life in which they exert maximum power with a minimum of fuss. Those involved with Leo II’s, whether as co-workers, employees, family, mates or friends, know that they must not be pushed or prodded when in a negative frame of mind but, rather, must be left alone to work things out for themselves. Leo II’s also sometimes accused of insensitivity. This is more often a result of their being preoccupied than of a lack of understanding on their part, for many are psychologically astute; yet although they can comprehend another person’s emotional state, they may feel no need to sympathize with it. Leo II’s are not especially empathic with those around them, and are capable of a stony detachment. Many find emotional matters simply too messy to get involved in, a response that is sometimes traceable to unpleasant childhood experience. When the parent, child or lover of a Leo II is of a more feeling type, conflict can result. Being straightforward and unpretentious themselves, those born during the Week of Balanced Strength dislike people who put on airs. Nothing excites their often uncontrollable temper more than insincerity, lying or disingenuousness. Leo II anger and hotheadedness can weaken the psychological balance on which their strength depends. Those closest to these intense individuals know how to use sensual persuasion and a fun-loving outlook to keep their partners happy.
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Those born on August 4 are often the guiding light to whatever social group, political movement, family or business they belong. Not always cut out to be leaders they must nevertheless occupy a principal position; indeed, they make their influence felt and philosophy known to all with whom they associate. Often they are useful to their group in a largely symbolic role, as they may perfectly represent its aspirations and embody its ideals in their external appearance or lifestyle. Being able to go their own way is important to the restless and active people born on August 4. Too often they are hot-headed and somewhat irascible when encountering resistance. Because of these traits as well as their tendency to be in revolt against established systems they can only remain central to the group for a limited time, unless of course revolution and activity are the business of the group also! Being strong-minded and strong-willed, they do best to establish themselves in a position in which they are free to speak and do as they wish. August 4 people are quick and clever, and perhaps from childhood have developed an adeptness at avoiding punishment and censure which serves them well as adults. Not getting caught may prove to be a constant theme in their lives—in a sense, avoiding the extinguishing of their light. Being free to shine, to radiate their ideas and ideals to those around them is of the utmost importance to them. They can suffer no greater pain than being ignored by those closest to them. August 4 people often seek to exert influence through their physical presence, which can be cloaked in anything from outrageous to highly conservative garb, depending on what impression they are trying to effect. Those born on this day are masterful at sizing up their environment; nothing in their surroundings is lost on them and they generally respond to it quickly, as they have a decisive, if not impulsive, mentality. Their tendency to think of themselves as invulnerable, however, can lead them into delicate and dangerous situations. If they can maintain a precious balance, August 4 people have a determined strength that is formidable. However, if off center they can cause great harm, usually to themselves, but also to the ideals they serve. They must remember to act in a responsible fashion since so many people may be depending on them. As time passes, August 4 people can learn to channel their rebelliousness in a more constructive direction. As they themselves get older, they are likely to acquire a bit more respect for the elderly than they had when they were young. Learning to accept the onset of seniority with equanimity and grace is perhaps the most challenging lesson for them to learn. Many born on this day display a marked love of nature and of the great outdoors, which only deepens with advancing age. Those born on August 4 Zodiac are rebellious free spirits who definitely prefer to take the path less traveled, even if there is nothing really wrong with the path everyone else seems to be taking. Their intense dislike of being restrained in any way, combined with their hatred of complacency and the unthinking acceptance of the status quo, often leads them to behave, think, act, or dress somewhat perversely or to defend unconventional opinions.These people are intelligent, compassionate and strong-willed, and their resistance to any kind of restraint endows them with radical and pioneering potential. When they channel their energies positively they have the ability to enlighten and enliven others, but others should be very careful not to challenge their need for independence because autonomy of thought is of the utmost importance to them. So averse are they to submitting to the authority or directions of others that from an early age they may reject well-intentioned attempts to help them, fearing that some sinister motive lurks behind people’s helpful exterior. Taken to an extreme, this can make them fiercely independent but also incredibly lonely figures.From childhood, people born on this day are likely to have enjoyed being at the center of things. At the age of eighteen, however, they enter a thirty-year period during which there are opportunities for them to become more conscientious, thoughtful, discriminating, and efficient in their working environment. They need to take advantage of these opportunities to learn the art of diplomacy and compromise, as this will make life much easier.When they are forty-eight they will reach another turning point that puts the emphasis on creativity and relationships. If, throughout their lives, they can learn to distinguish between independence and self-sabotaging behavior—being perverse for the sake of it—they will find that instead of becoming misunderstood, restless loners, they have the potential to become responsible rebels on whom others know they can depend for inspiration, guidance and radical but always exceptional insight. People born on August 4 Zodiac tend to have a kind of love-hate relationship with friends and loved ones, resisting their support and love yet also craving them. Despite their restlessness and need for freedom, partnerships are very important for them and they are attracted to people with whom they can share some kind of intellectual activity. People born on this day will often hide their feelings in an attempt to appear strong, but keeping problems locked inside can isolate them from others, creating unhappiness and distress. It’s important for their physical and emotional health that they learn to open up and share their feelings; if they keep bottling things up it can negatively affect their health. They should ensure they listen to the advice of their doctors, understanding that sometimes it won’t be possible for them to get better on their own. They are likely to have very little interest in diet and exercise, but understanding the links between what they eat, their activity levels and their health will help them make positive lifestyle changes. Carrying a turquoise crystal around will encourage them to communicate and express themselves more, as will wearing, meditating on or surrounding themselves with the color orange. These people are well suited to artistic, sporting or educational careers in which their talents can be used to inspire and guide others. Independent and preferring to give rather than take orders, they are best suited to leadership positions or working on their own; if in a group, they need the freedom to work in their own way. They are also good evaluators and may be drawn to real estate, Banking and the stock market. Their humanitarian instincts may draw them to the healing professions, or social and community work. The life path of people born on this day is to learn that they can be independent within a group. Once they have learned to find a balance between their need for autonomy and their need for support, their destiny is to use their talents to inspire and enlighten others. People born specifically on the 4th of August are envisioned to be extrovert, eloquent and friendly with the typical zodiac Lion natural leadership qualities. The ruling astrological planet for this particular day is Uranus making you fairly unconventional, a bit of a rebel and with a need to do things your own way. If you have this birthday a decisive confident and patient nature makes you usually excellent at thinking ahead and planning the achievement of your desired objectives. A big ego drives you to seek the limelight but underneath you are very honest, loyal and generous. Ambitious, dedicated and hard working you are also quite independent, intelligent and bursting with mental energy. Individuals with an August the fourth birthday want to be noticed and appreciated yet immensely enjoy cheering others up with their witty supportive understanding. With your fixed views you are ordinarily true to yourself but you can be incredibly stubborn too. Favorite choices of a career to a person born on the fourth of August are often something in a teaching, scientific or care profession. Your decisiveness and dedication are useful assets that allow you to go as far as you please in your chosen work type. Utilizing your analytical intellect to its fullest while working gives you the greatest satisfaction. Destined to acquire a steady flow of finances, you are not overly keen on saving so may encounter the occasional monetary shortfall. Finding the best way to manage your budget with room for flexibility should help you avoid borrowing. For a Leo, the person born on the fourth day of August is typically warmhearted with plenty of imaginative passion and an idealistic view of romance. Despite caring about the impression you present to others you are not judgmental in your evaluations of individuals. Independence is often not as important to you when truly committed to a soul mate. An ideal partner is someone with whom you can relax and share your deepest thoughts and feelings without fear of criticism or misunderstanding. In a long term relationship you are likely to expect complete devotion but you will give it in return. You favor the security of a happy home life but your organized temperament may once in a while come across as a bit bossy. You usually prefer to take the lead sexually but are rarely selfish regarding putting a partner’s gratification first. The general healthiness usually experienced by those born on August 4th may be disturbed by a proneness to stress and sleep issues. While you are inclined to be physically fit and well with good health habits you are also highly energetic mentally. Your high levels of concentration can frequently drain your reserves meaning adequate rest is imperative to ensure you recharge all your batteries. People born on this day could have a tendency to try and ignore symptoms of illness hoping they will just go away, regular medical and dental check ups are advisable in order to stay healthy. Your main strengths of character are expressed in your clever quickness allowing you to think fast on your feet. Your outgoing disposition, loyalty and generosity are additional fortes that allow you to be a genuine and fun friend. Your likelihood to be honest with yourself is a fine attribute that will serve you well throughout life. Personality weaknesses for those born on August 4th focus on your stubbornness and inclination to be a tad opinionated. When these negative traits, often activated by tiredness can cause you to be irritatingly distracted, hot tempered and undiplomatic. Being born on the 4th of August directs you to have a desire follow your own personalized moral code of conduct when chasing any sort of success. You are often of a mind to believe that goals should come in many different forms aside from the usual occupational or financial achievements. Exploring your spiritual side and some of the mysteries of life could be one of your most desired ambitions. Dreams are likely to concentrate on wishes for happiness emotionally as well as articulating your rebelliousness in fantasies. A dream to shower your loved ones with an abundance of surprise gifts is also common. As you were born on the fourth day of the month your birth date is allocated a special Root number of Four. This numerical reference to your birthday has the keyword 'Honesty’ emphasizing your integrity, trueness to self and sincerity towards other people. In Tarot the 4th Major Arcana card featuring the Emperor is mystically connected to your birthday. This is a symbol of a requirement for structure and stability along with your ability to coordinate a plan of action. The luckiest gem for August the fourth birthdays is Topaz for calming properties that are imagined to replace negativity with positivity. Leo personalities and their typified traits are assumed to be astrologically influenced by the power of our Sun. The actual day you were born on, the fourth of August is assigned the ruler planet Uranus adding a second celestial influence to the probabilities of your uniqueness of thought and behavioral responses. Your forward looking eloquence and friendliness enhance your yearning to be a leader rather than a follower. Your wittiness, frankness and intelligence are a fabulous combination of characteristics making you notably sincere, bright and funny. If you can aim to avoid getting overtired it should help prevent or minimize the appearance of your inflexibility and moodiness. A concluding ponderable thought for people born on August the 4th concerns growing older gracefully. Learn to accept and take pleasure in your later years and remember that although looks may fade your wisdom will definitely increase. People born on August 4 posses great ambition and stubbornness and are very affectionate. Just like a true Leo, they are task oriented and loyal with the people they care about. They like achieving different things every day and also taking their time off to relax and enjoy solitude. They avoid having to deal with mediocrity and lying people. Those born under this sign feel best when surrounded with people who respect and listen to them. Positive traits: The natives in this sign are emotionally forceful and rarely show what it behind that shield of sureness they are imposingly wearing. They are motivating and avant-garde but also sincere and prefer to show things as they are. They seem to put a lot of time in their own evolution and this is never late in bringing them the rewards.  Negative traits: These natives are selfish and strict and often are resistant to good ideas just because these are not coming from themselves. They are indifferent and evasive of a series of enterprises and this often gets on the nerves of those around them. They are prone to entering all kinds of difficult settings and then having to make risky and stupid arrangements just because they want to maintain their power. Lovers born on August 4 are passionate and energetic. They enjoy dating rituals and they invest a lot of imagination in proving their partner for interesting and adventurous they are. They are attracted to charming, energetic and ambitious people who can keep up with their agitated lifestyle. You can conquer the heart of Leo if you know how to “sell” your best features to them, while still maintaining the focus on how amazing they are and how the world revolves around them. They are likely to fall in love at a young age and have many interactions with different kinds of people. Once they settle for their loved one, they are patient and dependable and seek for peace and fulfillment. Usually a reserved person, once they are in love, everyone around them knows it. They surprise everyone with their warmth and devotion to their loved one, especially because love comes unexpectedly in their life. They are most compatible with those born on 1st, 8th, 10th, 17th, 19th, 26th and 28th. August 4 Zodiac people are very attracted to the other fire signs: Aries and Sagittarius as they tend to share the same vision of life. In life, Leo is constantly seeking for a curious and passionate partner who can expand their horizon and the most suitable to offer this is the native from Aquarius. Leo is thought to be least compatible with Cancer. As for the rest of compatibilities between the other star signs and Leo, you know what they say, stars predispose but people dispose. The lucky color for Leo zodiac is Orange.The ambitious native in Leo needs to be surrounded by rich and empowering solar shades, from the bright and energetic sunshine to the warm and elegant sunset. Other hues that appeal to people born on August 4 are purple and red. The birthstone for Leo zodiac is the passionate Ruby. This precious material is the symbol of truthfulness and romance. It is said to help the wearer successfully get through any awkward social contact and even make them appear like the most charming and communicative persons. Other gemstones that are thought to influence people born on August 4 are Peridot and Topaz. Sunflower is the characteristic flower for Leo zodiac. Sunflower suggests the focus and determination to succeed of the native in Leo. Just as sunflower orients towards the sun so does Leo by chasing success. Other lucky flowers for Leo include Narcissus and Marigold. The representative metal for Leo zodiac is Gold. Leo is known to seek power and wealth in life and this is exactly what gold is all about. Gold is also a symbol for health, knowledge and protection. Another metal considered to bring luck to people born on August 4 is Bronze. August 4 Zodiac belongs to the second decan of LEO (August 2-August 12). This decan is influenced by the planet Jupiter. Those born under this influence combine the resourceful and passionate nature of Leo with the enterprising and controlling approach of Jupiter. This period tempers the positive and negative characteristics of the Leo zodiac sign, slightly enhancing the positive ones. Being born on the 4th day of the month shows these people are hard working, meticulous and self disciplined. The numerology for August 4 is 4. This number reveals creation combined with logic and a bit of stubbornness. Those Leo associated with number four are surely imaginative but also hard working and critical. August is the eight month of the year, bringing holidays and very hot, tense days. Those born in August are outgoing and adventurous. August 4 Zodiac people are perseverant and strong willed. August symbols that resonate with these people are the Peridot and Sardonyx as gemstones and Gladiolus and Poppy as plants. The name comes from Augustus Caesar, the roman emperor.
#46. Alvin Sanders (Birthday: Mar. 16, 1952 – The Day Of Realistic Inspiration; Personality Period: Pisces III – Mar. 11 to Mar. 18 – The Week Of Dancers & Dreamers; Place Of Birth: Oakland, California, United States)
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Strongly philosophical, those born during the Week of Dancers and Dreamers often spend time contemplating the intricacies of human thought and the wonders of the universe. Their minds roam freely over areas that many would find daunting or at least mysterious. They start wondering about the meaning of life early on, and often continue to puzzle over such questions for a lifetime—indeed, these issues can become the driving force behind their careers and lifestyles. Although visionary in thought, they have an intensely practical side and often well-developed technical or scientific skills. It is important to them to take an active hand in whatever is going on around them and to help other people solve their problems; they have a tremendous need to influence the lives of others and often manage to do so. These individuals may even become overinvolved, failing to recognize when to back off. Those around them may come to view their interest as meddling, mistrusting or resenting their good intentions. One might accuse them of being unrealistic if they didn’t prove to be correct so much of the time. Making the unbelievable believable, or the impossible possible, is perhaps their greatest power. They may seem to be quite down-to-earth, pragmatic, even ordinary types, yet their achievements at times border on the miraculous. It is as if, although not actually believers in miracles, they were somehow able to realize or experience them. There is a marked tendency to the paranormal in the personalities of these folks, who may manifest clairvoyant or telepathic tendencies at an early age. If those around them downplay, scoff at or suppress their abilities, they may not feel secure enough to acknowledge and reveal these talents openly until later in life. They must beware of appearing too glib and learn when to speak on a given subject. Although much that they say is true, and of a high order of thinking, their omniscient manner can antagonize people. Developing humility and admitting mistakes will only add to their credibility—an important lesson, since they can become highly frustrated if their words fail to have the desired effect. They often see themselves as teachers, a role they aren’t necessarily at all cut out for, and their disappointment over not having students, followers or disciples can bring them a measure of unhappiness. Those who encounter these folks may well find them strange or peculiar, a trait that can make them either more or less desirable, depending on whom they meet. Some have an air of self-importance, others radiate a kind of ineffectuality; both types may become complacent, however, figuring that wherever they are at that moment, whether in their career or in their living situation, is the best or at least the safest place for them to be. To an unusual degree, however, their lives are ruled by fate, and at a certain point, perhaps between the ages of twenty-eight and forty-two, a call will come to them in the form of a great challenge. Whether they respond to this unsolicited invitation may well determine the course of the rest of their lives. If they try to scale the heights, they have a better-than-average chance of succeeding, no matter how daunting the endeavor. Comfort-loving, they know how to make life pleasant for themselves and for others; in furnishing their homes, for example, they are often tasteful and imaginative. Yet a curious wanderlust or impermanence in their lifestyles can make for frequent moves, in which they leave a string of well-furnished and improved dwellings behind them. Those who do manage to stay in one place for a time may periodically need to refurbish or renovate their living space, whether those who share it with them believe this to be necessary or not. Although these individuals usually seem very independent, they often foster dependencies in others. They need to feel that they count, that they matter. This need to be needed may be one of their most vulnerable points: if their children, parents, colleagues or lovers assert a degree of independence, or cease to rely on them, they can fall apart. A family, whether biological or metaphorical, is usually essential for them, and the degree of responsibility they assume in it may be quite impressive. These people are finely attuned to the wants of others. Often highly empathic, they are good listeners and are quite able to relate to and make sense of other people’s points of view. They know well that the world is made up of many subjective viewpoints, each true for its author, and perhaps actually true also, in a relative sense. At the same time, however, they tend to feel that behind these differing viewpoints stands an absolute that is not dependent on subjectivity at all but is objectively true in all situations and for all time. Thus their underlying philosophy is a curious blend of subjectivity and objectivity, the relative and the absolute, the believer and the skeptic. Those born during the Week of Dancers and Dreamers can be unstable and unrealistic in their romantic relationships and often get involved with the wrong partner. Yet if they make the commitment to a love that is positive and nurturing, they are quite capable of making loyal and devoted spouses.
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March 16 people are able to combine the imaginative and the practical, the inspirational and the down-to-earth into an appealing and realistic attitude. Indeed, those born on this day have a talent for balancing the the contrasting sides of their character. Sometimes they are swayed by their fanciful side but generally stay within the bounds of good sense. March 16 people do best when they follow the middle path. Their ability to compromise is in general a positive thing, and through being able to appreciate another person’s point of view and to adapt to it they stand a good chance of succeeding in the world. However, they must be careful not to betray their own personal set of values in the process, or to sell out what they believe in most. Less highly evolved individuals born on this day are quite capable of doing the latter, particularly for gain, and will suffer enormously for it in terms of guilt and regret later on in life. Many March 16 people carry the confidence of those favored in life. This derives not only from their own self-assurance and self-acceptance, but also from the blessing of an indefinable fortune which they periodically meet along the way. This is further enhanced by their capacity to cull the best from most situations. However, they often run the risk of overlooking danger, paying inadequate concern to negative energy and ignoring resentment in others, all of which are quite capable of surfacing swiftly and blowing up in their face. They must learn how to read the telltale signs of impending difficulty or disaster, and to deal with them swiftly as well as resolutely before they get out of hand. A kind of golden quality or wholeness imbues much of what March 16 people do. But though they value completeness and finality, their mutable side often leads them to quit projects before they come to fruition. Blaming themselves or being blamed by authority figures for such actions is in general counterproductive and consequently those born on this day must learn to accept the changeable aspects of their nature. At the same time they have to recognize that sustained, consistent efforts along one line of endeavor generally have a better probability of succeeding. March 16 people should strive to find an occupation in which they can express both the inspirational and pragmatic aspects of their nature. Learning to handle money and to be shrewd in financial matters may be difficult and tiresome for some born on this day but is vitally important to their well-being. Setting up a place of residence, raising a family, keeping social obligations and in general taking on responsibilities is perhaps the most challenging and rewarding part of life for them. Only when such practical matters are under control are March 16 people able to fully enjoy the sense of freedom they need to express their creative impulses. People born on March 16 generally appear to others as well-balanced personalities who manage to combine their imaginative potential with a practical, grounded approach. Their talent for maintaining equilibrium or seeking the middle way is the secret of their success.People born on this day are at their best when they can find a sense of balance; they have a great talent for negotiation and for making people pull together as a team. Their love of balance also displays itself in their personal life. At work they are paragons of ambition and discipline but at home they know how to unwind and reflect. They have a dreamy, intuitive side that is sensitive to the needs of others but they are not impractical and can use their common sense to make sure everyone feels important. Their homes and workplaces are tidy and elegant but not obsessively so; as a result, people often feel instantly comfortable when visiting.Because of the high value they place on balance, there is often a kind of wholesomeness about these people. There is a danger, however, that their balanced outlook sometimes overlooks the possibility of unexpected setbacks; they need to learn to pay attention to warning signs before trouble actually hits. They also need to be careful that their own views or values don’t become so muted that they disappear altogether, especially after the age of thirty-four when they can express a need for less change and conflict, and more stability and security in their lives. They need to be careful during this time not to let their practical, hedonistic side overshadow their idealistic and intuitive side.Above all, these people are multi-talented individuals who can channel their imagination and originality into schemes that are both visionary and practical. Once they are able to accept rather than deny their own changeable nature and take on responsibilities with excitement rather than apprehension, they will not only find a true sense of balance and equilibrium, but also the exhilarating sense of achievement and fulfillment that goes with it. People born on March 16 have a talent for making and keeping friends, often putting the needs of others above their own. This is also true of long-term relationships, if they are able both to overcome past hurts that inhibit deep commitment and refrain from being overly sensible about everything. Once they learn to philosophize less and laugh more they make wonderful partners. People born on this day are likely to be sensible when it comes to their diet and exercise routine, taking great care to ensure they eat healthily and exercise regularly. This is because they understand that looking after their health is all part of taking personal responsibility for their lives. What might be lacking in their approach, however, is a sense of fun, so they should make sure they dine out more with good company, experiment more in their cooking and eating, and get plenty of exercise, preferably in the outdoors. Vigorous exercise, perhaps with an element of risk, such as ice hockey, diving, or horse riding, is recommended. Wearing, meditating on or surrounding themselves with the color red will encourage them to be more daring in their approach to life. These people will flourish in situations in which they can lead and inspire, and they make great teachers or business leaders. Imaginative and sensitive to color but also practical in their application, they make great designers and image consultants, as well as art dealers or critics. They also make excellent diplomats or mediators as well as counselors, therapists, social workers, or reformers. The life path of people born on this day is to learn to place as much emphasis on their own values as those of others. Once they have learned to express themselves, their destiny is to put their energy into visionary and progressive concepts that can practically improve the lives of others. People born specifically on the 16th of March are believed to be philosophical, artistically inclined and wise with typical Piscean clairvoyant senses. The ruling astrological planet assigned to this particular day is Neptune, the selfsame cosmic influence that determines all zodiac fish personalities. This double planetary power makes you highly perceptive with a curiosity that can border on the genius level. If you have this birthday your intellectual observant temperament is enhanced with a very creative imagination, sometimes gaining you the reputation of an impractical dreamer. This is partly true but you are also commonsensical underneath and have both feet firmly on the ground. You are especially good at compromising and appreciating the views of others. Individuals with a March the sixteenth birthday usually possess an independent streak that prevails everything they do including the need to seek solitude occasionally. Work choice can be a difficult decision to a person born on the sixteenth of March as you are not often interested in the usual career paths. With your mind full of innovation and observant nature you tend to be drawn towards jobs that offer challenges and attention to detail. When you find an occupation particularly enjoyable it can sometimes be hard to not become a workaholic. Balance between your working and leisure time is considered important if you have this birth date. You can struggle with managing financial cash flow every now and then but always seem to stay on top somehow. For a Pisces, the person born on the sixteenth day of March is typically guided by their intuitiveness regarding romance. You are affectionate, loyal and responsive to a partner but you expect them to understand your occasional moodiness and requirement for space. Although you are brilliant at sensing the thoughts and feelings of others it can often be difficult to interpret your own emotions. Your sex drive is more often than not at the top end of the scale and you will enjoy flattery and foreplay. Settling down with in a long term relationship is not easy for you but when you commit it will be completely with heart and soul. The perfect mate will benefit from your quickness to learn and your willingness to compromise. Once settled you warmly welcome the responsibilites of love commitment and raising a family. Health imbalances experienced by those born on March 16th are sometimes connected to overworking or the build up of too much stress. While adequate rest can solve some issues regular exercise can help alleviate the chances of becoming over stressed. You are ordinarily a private person who can bottle up worries and so could also profit from creatively focused outlets that will assist you in maintaining body and mind harmony. People born on this day have a fairly responsible attitude to healthiness but may need to be reminded every now and then to attend their medical and dental appointments. The most admirable strengths of character you own are probably within your imaginative active practicality and finely tuned observance. These positive traits along with your artistic ability, intellect and understanding give you a privileged detailed perspective of the world and fellow human beings. Two main personality weaknesses worth mentioning for those born on March 16th are your tendencies to be fanciful and neglectful. These negative characteristics of unrealistic or careless thought or actions appear to occur more often if you feel restricted in any way or deeply hurt emotionally. Being born on the 16th of March means that your extra perception and dreaminess is likely to add a fanciful edge to your lifestyle ambitions. You generally aspire to do things in your own unique way and time, with monetary success often lower down on your list of desired achievements than acquiring useful knowledge and skills. Your dreams of satisfaction are usually for simple happiness, to feel loved, contented and totally unconfined by your circumstantial surroundings. By having belief in yourself and the future you are sure to locate the keys to the accomplishment of your personal aspirations. As you were born on the sixteenth day of the month you are allocated a birthday Root number of Seven. This numerical reference based on your birth date has the keyword ' Mystery' indicating your ingenious curious individuality and dreamy perception. In the Major Arcana the 16th card, the Tower, is the symbol most associated with your birthday. It highlights your alertness and sense of independence. The lucky gemstone recommended for March the sixteenth birthdays is thought to be Jade. Wearing this precious stone is imagined to increase energy and enhance memory as well as bring good luck. Astrologically the leading influence on the determination of Piscean personalities is assumed to be the planet Neptune. This celestial body also rules the actual day you were born on, the sixteenth of March. So the complexities and ESP of your reflective personality are a consequence of this doubly strong Neptunian authority. Your skill at switching from down to earth to fantasy and everything inbetween makes you interesting, proficient and adaptable. You are a fast learner who sticks to your principles and is destined to do rather well in life. Your artistic inclinations help you express yourself and your inquisitiveness lets you explore and dig deeper for answers. You will be able to beat your occasional negatives of absentmindedness or carelessness with a little effort. A final thought relevant for people born on March the 16th to consider concerns accomplishment. The best progress and enlightenment can often be attained easier through the generation of positivity and progression should be measured internally as well as externally.
#47. Ryan Robbins (Birthday: Nov. 26, 1972 – The Day Of Distinctive Manner; Personality Period: Sagittarius I – Nov. 25 to Dec. 2 – The Week Of Independence; Place Of Birth: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
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Those born during the Week of Independence are hard to control. In many ways the most independent people of the year, they must feel free to act on their impulses and intuition. People who try to exercise power over them in personal relationships are in for a rough ride. When these people respect their spouse or living partner, they will cooperate, sharing their feelings and dividing the chores. When they feel that their respect has not been earned, though, or when it is lost, expect constant conflict and strife. Honor and trust are high on their list of priorities; without these, they feel, life ceases to have meaning and reverts to the law of the jungle. These individuals have a thing about fairness, expecting it not only of themselves but of others, too. Their nurturing side is particularly evident in their relations with animals, small children and the less fortunate members of society; they simply will not tolerate mistreatment of the dependent or helpless in their presence. They often act impulsively to protect the defenceless, without a thought for their own safety. They try to project an air of self-assurance and confidence, but behind this facade there often lurks a sensitive and even insecure individual. This becomes quickly evident when they are put under stress, either through negative criticism or through some challenge to their character. In such situations they can easily and instantaneously fly off the handle, drowning those around them with their anger. Those alert enough to see the storm clouds gathering will try to avoid unleashing their emotional thunderbolts. These people have enormous willpower. Their loyalty is a matter not only of principle or of emotion but of stubbornness; sticking to their guns is a character trait. In fact, they very often get their way, simply because they allow no other possibility. Anyone deeply involved with them is likely to know their highly competitive nature since they feel winning is essential. Learning to submit, and to accept defeat graciously, is not usually possible for these dynamic individuals. Those few who do learn this lesson may have succeeded in meeting their greatest challenge, and thereby gain a high degree of maturity. At times they can be unreasonable, but they are usually open to discussion. Actually, these quick, witty individuals thoroughly enjoy verbal repartee and debate. This can become a problem if they reach a subject that sticks in their craw, when they can easily become contentious and argumentative. Friends know what subjects to avoid and how to smooth over rough spots through playfulness, but those meeting them for the first time are sometimes taken aback by their forthrightness and their at times outrageous observations and proposals. Many have a greater need to give than to receive. Their generosity is directly related to their feelings of self-worth and self-esteem, for they have a need to see themselves as caring rather than needy people. There are also those who are not at all bashful about stating their demands, and who will not object to being served by others. Both character types, however, will often occupy an indispensable position in their family: shouldering substantial responsibilities, but on their own terms, is extremely important to them. They generally have only one or two people—whether friend, mate, co-worker or family member—with whom they feel close enough to share their innermost thoughts. The bond between these people and their parents or their children is extremely deep, and may be considered a true friendship. Such soulmates know them as highly ethical individuals who value integrity and character more than anything else, except, perhaps, their freedom. If they feel betrayed by a family member or close friend they can go through untold agonies of evaluation, judgment or rejection. In these struggles, assessing the intentions of the person in question is usually of great importance. Those who want to spend time with them usually have to be able to keep up: their friends and lovers must share the fast pace they set, whether in sports, travel, work or hobbies. A special person for them, however, may also be someone who sticks close to home or place of business. They have an acute need for stability; an individual who is always there to return to may prove to be the anchor in their lives. Although most would be capable of living alone, and in fact are well suited to it, they will generally make a firm decision to be a person’s spouse or living partner and then continue in that role, even if they outgrow the need for it. Those born during the Week of Independence are ardent and unconstrained in their emotional expression, particularly in the sexual arena. They make the intensity of their energy fully apparent to their partners, who will remember vividly the full-bodied encounters in which these types engage. They take pride in their sexual desirability or prowess, often exhibiting quiet confidence in their ability to satisfy their partners. They are extremely giving of their feelings but demand a great deal in return.
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Those born on November 26 display a peculiarly distinctive manner when doing most things. Hardly cut from a standard mold, those born on this day stand apart from their fellow human beings. Their ideas tend toward the philosophical and expansive, but at the same time manifest a markedly pragmatic, down-to-earth streak. Highly focused on accomplishment and achievement, November 26 people nonetheless view their own creative work or personal development as being more important than all the honors and rewards the world has to offer. Some born on this day even come to see living itself as a creative endeavor, and thus deeply value the wealth of everyday experience. Yet at the same time their minds soar with the most fanciful and romantic of ideas. Since it is impossible for November 26 people to give up either the practical or the imaginative sides of their personality, they must attempt a synthesis of the two. This seeming contradiction can occupy a great part of their energy for many years, but if they can find a way to reconcile these sides there is no end to the accomplishments they are capable of achieving. Usually the key to this synthesis is life experience, but until this synthesis occurs those born on this day may find themselves swinging back and forth every few years from basically logical, pragmatic endeavors to more fanciful ones. A measure of success may be achieved on either side of the spectrum, but a vaguely dissatisfied feeling that part of their potential is being wasted will persist. For November 26 people, relationships with lovers can be problematical, primarily because their individualism and love of freedom often outweighs their need for a permanent mate. Many born on November 26 are alternately ardent and cool, unable or unwilling to make a lasting commitment. Usually they value friends of the same sex more highly than lovers, and are not only more faithful to these friends but also capable of greater intimacy with them as well. Ultimately, however, they themselves are usually the ones who do the rejecting in relationships, sometimes out of a kind of “first strike” mentality where they sense rejection coming and act on impulse. Thus they can be dangerous people with whom to be involved. Needless to say, November 26 people can be reticent about marriage or taking on the responsibilities of children. Those who choose to remain single may be unhappy from time to time going through life on their own, but feel that this is better than getting tied down in an unalterably permanent situation. This type of November 26 person likes to flaunt his/her individuality, and finds it difficult when social mores become too oppressive. Yet at the same time, emotionally committed or not, most November 26 people move well in society, once they figure out what it is they really want to do and integrate the disparate elements of their personalities. The free-thinking individuals born on November 26 would appear to have the world at their feet. Not only are they charismatic and intelligent, they are also creative, multi-talented and capable of excelling in just about any profession they choose.Despite their incredible versatility, they may have felt from an early age that they were somehow different or removed from their fellow human begins. Part of the problem is that because they have so many talents and such an inquisitive mind, too many paths are open to them so choosing one becomes a daunting task. They may also struggle to reconcile their practical, logical orientation with the part of them that is highly creative and imaginative. At various points in their life they will lurch between these two extremes, but happiness and fulfillment can only be found when they are able to balance the two.As success-orientated people, when they are not working toward a goal they can feel restless and unsatisfied, so the sooner they decide on a path in life and set themselves targets to achieve the better. If they don’t do this, indecision, anxiety and uncertainty will submerge their huge potential.Up to the age of twenty-five there may be a lot of experimentation regard ing their career, as they focus on adventure, creativity and opportunity; but after the age of twenty-six they start to become more practical, goal orientated and realistic in their aims. This is a positive development, as long as they make sure they don’t lose touch with their imagination and creative fire. Another turning point occurs at the age of fifty-six when expressing their individuality takes center stage. Hopefully, however, they will have realized far earlier in life that the key to their success is to celebrate and make full use of their uniqueness rather than try to hide it. They have been right all along; there is and never will be anybody quite like them with their unique talents, original perspective, and courage and determination to prove everyone wrong by achieving their fantastic aims. When it comes to affairs of the heart, people born on November 26 can have problems because they like their own company and are unwilling to sacrifice their freedom. They are capable of forming close relationships but these tend to be with their friends rather than lovers. But when they do find someone who captures their heart, they have it within them to make dutiful and devoted partners. People born on this day tend to be vigorous and athletic, and they rarely suffer long from illnesses. They can, however, over-indulge in food and drink from time to time, and they may also be prone to accidents and injuries resulting from sports or risky activities. From a psychological perspective, the biggest risk to their emotional health is their tendency to withdraw or to isolate themselves from others, and making an effort to stay in touch with friends and family will benefit them enormously. As far as diet is concerned, they need to increase their intake of vegetables and fruit to boost their digestion. Moderate to vigorous exercise is recommended to help keep their weight down and their immune system strong. Wearing, meditating on or surrounding themselves with the color orange will encourage them to be warmer and more spontaneous when in the company of others. People born on this day have a meticulous approach to their work and will excel in careers that are research-based. Possible work options include education, philosophy, writing, engineering, IT, and the world of video game creation and toy manufacturing or design. The life path of people born on this day is to find a way to reconcile the disparate parts of their personality by looking within themselves. Once they are more balanced in their outlook and approach, their destiny is to make an outstanding contribution to humanity. People born specifically on the 26th of November are presumed to be practical, charming and capable with the Sagittarian typicalities of a level head and heaps of optimism. The ruling astrological planet for this particular day is Saturn making you likely to be very hard working and determined with a restless enthusiasm for travel. If you have this birthday your warmhearted independent spirit usually has high standards and although prone to blow hot and cold emotionally you are predicted to be a great listener. Quite focused, honest, thoughtful and pleasant you will also be fairly sociable despite a touch of modest shyness. Individuals with a November the twenty sixth birthday are naturally creative with a love of natural landscapes but they can stubbornly insist on doing everything their own way. You may be more realistic, cautious and patient than other Archer's but you tend to be a bit more nervous and easily stressed too. You are inclined to be highly persuasive yet sometimes too blunt and critical. Preferred career choice is usually an easy straightforward decision to a person born on the twenty sixth of November. Your likelihood for possessing lots of academic talent means you will always be striving to increase your wisdom therefore any job that involves this will be a popular preference. An occupation involving regular travelling is likely to be a secondary suitable option. Your strong practicality, focus and determination are useful assets for this and any other sort of work. Financially you should fare well as you are aim to be disciplined with money, effective at budgeting and unlikely to borrow rather than save for large purchases. For a Sagittarius, the person born on the twenty sixth day of November is typically deeply loving, trusting and emotive concerning affairs of the heart. Passionate and demonstrative you need a supportive expressive partner who will happily put an equal amount of time and devotion into your love partnership. Someone special who is busy and lively with similar interests and lets you have your freedom without getting jealous or bored is ideal. Quicker and more willing to settle down in a long term relationship than others in your zodiac group, you are normally wonderfully loyal, frank and committed to a soul mate, regarding them as your best friend. Your responsible tolerant temperament has plenty of patience and a passion for romance helping make relationships happy and successful. Even though you may prefer to take the lead you also crave harmony so you will rarely be overly suspicious or argumentative. Great discipline and care of their physical and mental energies can usually help improve the general well being experienced by those born on November 26th. Your overall health state is often strongly linked to and affected by your level of happiness. Balanced periods of regular exercise and relaxation are especially good for maintaining vitality and keeping stress to a minimum. Your lower back, legs and knees could be weak points in an otherwise generally robust constitution. People born on this day should consider keeping diet varied and interesting if they wish to avoid slipping into bad eating habits that can greatly impact on usual healthiness. Your main strengths of character are displayed in your free-spirited calm, charm and dependability, perfectly complementing your warm heart and independence. Other positives are seen in your mix of realism, caution and honesty helping you differentiate between favorable and unfavorable paths. The personality weaknesses for those born on November 26th are usually prompted by an upset or misfortune as well as simply not getting your own way. These specific instances can activate your pronenesses for stubborn bluntness and criticism. Along with this expected negative cooling of your emotions you will commonly act in an indecisive and inconsistent manner. Being born on the 26th of November means you are likely to utilize lots of your common sense and efficiency in addition to working really hard in order to realize a desired goal. In spite of mainly achievable ambitions in your professional life you also have a tendency to occasionally have a few unrealistic aspirations too. Dreams appear to be mostly concentrated on those you love and the fulfilling of your personal wishes for stability and yearnings for contentment. As you were born on the twenty sixth day of the month the two and six in your birth date add up to a Root number of Eight. This numerical reference to your birthday has the keyword 'Leader' relating to your enhanced persuasiveness and ability to gently guide and motivate others. In the mystical Major Arcana Tarot deck the 8th card depicting Courage is often associated with your birthday. This possibly reflects your sense of responsibility and predilections for order and balance. The luckiest gemstone for November the twenty sixth birthdays is a Black Pearl, wear one for a possible increase in intuition and wealth plus the blocking of negativity. Astrologically the planet Jupiter's dominance is conjectured to be a major influence on the probabilities of all Sagittarius personalities. The actual day you were born on, the twenty sixth of November is governed by Saturn's power changing some of your anticipated representative traits. Your predicted competence, positivism and attentive listening enhance your pleasantness and maturity. Your talent for creativity and love of the beauty of nature make any journeys you take have the prospect of being an amazing experience. If you are able to conquer overreactions to distress, disturbance or mishap you should become calmer and nicer than usual. A concluding advisory thought for people born on November the 26th is to follow your heart to your destiny and try to make a bit more effort into getting along well with others. 
#48. Kerr Smith (Birthday: Mar. 9, 1972 – The Day Of Distinctive Manner; Personality Period: Pisces II– Mar. 3 to Mar. 10 – The Week Of The Loner; Place Of Birth: Exton, Pennsylvania, United States)
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Those born during the Week of the Loner tend to live in a private world of their own. This is true not only internally but outwardly for their homes are often retreats from the world, places to which few are admitted. The healthier among them can give equal weight to their careers, on the one hand, and to their social and personal lives, on the other; less balanced individuals may choose to isolate themselves more than is good for them. They generally have an instinctive dislike of superficiality. They mistrust loud, aggressive or pushy individuals and find it hard to work with colleagues who lack sensitivity. This is not to imply that they lack force or ambition. For them, however, the way a thing is done is often more important than what that thing is, and the end therefore rarely justifies the means. Grace, honesty and an unassailable aesthetic and moral code prevent them from acting underhandedly or, in particular, hurtfully. On the other hand, they may express their dislike of society’s mores through blatantly antisocial deeds, acting, as it were, in defense of their own right to individual expression. A certain elegance and grace are evident in most things they do, and they are finely attuned to many kinds of physical expression, whether it be sports, dance or more sensual forms of movement. They are great admirers of sensuous beauty, particularly in people and paintings, and their homes and surroundings generally show some kind of special touch. They have a strong soulful side, apparent in their love of music and in their empathy for all forms of human suffering. They generally believe that life is not just there to be enjoyed, and that one must in some way pay one’s dues with a certain amount of suffering before obtaining any real benefit. Rarely will they escape at least one severe trauma in their lives, perhaps involving physical injury, disease or the untimely death of a parent or friend. They are often struck by such catastrophes without warning, but they are resilient and have an enormous capacity to bounce back from disaster. Like a cat, they are blessed with nine lives, at least a few of which they are sure to use up. They see a distinct difference between being lonely (which they rarely are) and being alone (which they are often). Their own best companion, they are capable of spending hours and days alone with a good book, or with their work, without needing to talk to anyone. Their friends will know when they want to be left alone and when they want company, and will learn not to intrude on their privacy. In the workplace they do well as freelancers, operating outside the office, but if employed by a company or business they will probably need a certain amount of time each day for working on their own. Dangerous areas for them include anything with a strong habituative or outright addictive quality—drugs, drink, sex. On the other hand, their ecstatic highs, spiritual insights and emotional joys can be incredibly intense and rewarding. They often crave peak experiences, which are not bad things in themselves as long as those who seek them can handle them without undue attachment. If they remain free to move on, such experiences will leave them greatly enriched in their personal development. On the other hand, should they be unfortunate enough to get hooked on their own personal suffering or self-pity, they may wallow in such states for alarmingly long periods of time. Generally speaking, they ask only one thing from the world, and that is to be accepted as they really are. That the world often cannot grant their wish becomes the cross they bear. To comfort themselves, and to shield themselves from disappointment and rejection, they may surrender to the pursuit of money, or retreat to a fantasy-full interior life, often devoted to beauty and imagination. Whenever possible, they should follow occupations that make solid and grounding demands on them without depriving them of creativity. This kind of work will help them to stay on an even keel. They usually have few friends, but those they have are often close and loyal. Many do not like large family gatherings or social events; intimacy is really their thing, and sharing intimacy with others, whether mates, friends, lovers or valued family members, is perhaps their most cherished activity. Highly personal interaction is their forte, and the sharing of joys and sorrows is essential to their happiness. In love, perhaps because those born during the Week of the Loner have a greater ability to enjoy or appreciate such areas than others do, or perhaps their resistance to the lure of physical pleasure is lower; they are more prone than others to be snagged by a pretty face, sensuous voice or alluring body. Once attached to a person, their addiction to his or her company can be even more severe than their attraction to physical substances. They will run the gamut of painful emotions, from jealousy to hatred, yet if they decide they want to get free of their love object they will feel powerful separation anxiety. Friends and mates of a practical nature tend to bring them down to earth. Meanwhile, children will help them share their sense of wonder and awe at the natural world.
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Those highly conceptual, visionary individuals born on March 9 are concerned with examining and exploring the space around them, either mentally, physically, emotionally or spiritually. Curious about most everything, they are not satisfied until they get to the root of any issue or problem. They have a pronounced dislike for all forms of affectation, authoritarianism and condescension in others, and endeavor to remain natural in their approach to life. Because of their high idealism, they are generally on the side of the underdog and tend to be protectors of the poor and weak. They themselves, however, are powerful individuals with a highly developed personal magnetism. Their psychic abilities are also strong and they should therefore trust in their intuition, which is most often sound. Highly developed March 9 people rely heavily on their instincts. Although no one would deny their mental strength, in many cases they choose to go against the odds, logic and what appears true, in favor of what their sixth sense tells them (particularly when it comes to relationships and crucial life decisions). Though sometimes accused of living in another world, in fact those born on this day understand a great deal about how the daily world works, but are also able to see through a given situation to its essence and potentialities. Whether labeled as spacy or flaky or not, many March 9 people have a more elevated or detached point of view than the average person. Thus they make valuable advisors, since they so often present a viewpoint that the person seeking counsel has not yet considered. March 9 people often experience a conflict between their stable, nurturing side and their desire to be free, to travel, to let their minds roam over dreams and ideas. If they lock themselves into a position of heavy personal responsibility (family, job, social position), they may find themselves frustrated a good deal of the time. Part of the problem is that since they are highly capable, others easily grow dependent on them. They must be careful to leave certain doors open for themselves through which they can periodically escape and express the adventuresome, far-out elements of their personalities. March 9 people usually go through many major changes in their lives. Moving from one job, place or relationship to another is very natural to them, since they enjoy variety and are wary of attachment. People born on this day who have not gotten to know themselves at a deep level, who know they are unusual but have never really expressed their true self, are often surprised to discover one day how truly powerful they can be. Once they begin to realize and exercise this power, those born on this day will experience and enjoy a whole new dimension in their lives but perhaps also face many new difficulties. Indeed, they may feel the urge to drop their more mundane duties, reject a former life of compromise and reach for the stars. People born on March 9 are innovative explorers who are always willing to take risks and venture boldly into the unknown or to experiment with new ideas and concepts. Their courageous style is often admired by others and, because they are so independent, their lives are often packed with excitement and suspense.Despite their colorful and independent approach to life these people can be over-sensitive to the opinions of others, easily getting hurt when criticized. With a tendency to take things personally, it is important for them to learn to calm down between the ages of fourteen and forty-one, a period when their lives are full of aggression, assertiveness and new ventures. After the age of forty-two they often have a need for greater calm and emotional steadiness.People born on this day are often bursting with energy and enthusiasm, moving so fast it can wear themselves and others out. They can quite easily flit from one job or relationship to another, as they love variety and challenge. Although others may regard them as reckless, they are in fact far less impulsive than they appear. From an early age they have learned to trust themselves because their intuition frequently leads them in the right direction. They have an ability to see the world from an unusual viewpoint and for this reason they make great advisors and friends, upon whom people can become dependent. The dependency of others, however, can cause feelings of frustration in them when others can’t or won’t stand on their own two feet.A part of people born on this day always longs to fly away but, once they have found a way to balance their need for responsibility with their need to rush headlong into uncharted lands, they have the perception, charisma and enthusiasm to push forward social reforms. Although capable of great commitment once they have found a cause they believe in, they should make sure that they never lose touch of the key to their personality and success—their adventurous and curious spirit. The dynamic drive and energy of people born on March 9 can always gain them plenty of admirers and they tend to fall in love quickly. Although they are capable of great commitment in a relationship, there will always be a part of them that wants to spread its wings. For this reason, any partner they are involved with needs to learn to avoid routine and adapt to their need for excitement, romance and adventure in a relationship. People born on this day push themselves hard and, as a result, can place themselves under incredible and unnecessary pressure. Learning to recognize the signs of stress before they slip into depression is crucial. As far as diet is concerned, plenty of variety is important as these vibrant people will suffer if they are forced to stick to a regimented dietary regime. Regular moderate to vigorous exercise is recommended to help them release pent-up stress and tension, and also to keep their weight under control. Foot massages before they go to bed will help calm them down, and clary sage essential oil will be helpful when they feel low or in need of a confidence boost. These people have a profound sense of justice and empathy for the underdog and this makes them natural social reformers or campaigners. Indeed whatever career they enter into—be it sport, art or politics—they will always show a marked interest in humanitarian concerns. Their ability to advise and influence others may also draw them to counseling, psychology, teaching, writing, and management, and because they also have great intuitive powers the world of psychic development may appeal. The life path of people born on this day is to learn responsibility and commitment toward others. Once they have been able to do that without losing their sense of adventure, their destiny is to commit themselves to humanitarian concerns and by so doing make the world a better and a fairer place. People born specifically on 9th of March are presumed to be pursuers of excellence who are full of Piscean sensitivity, yet strong and determined. The ruling astrological planet for this particular day is Mars creating your bold, active tenaciousness and keenness on challenges. This makes you a caring, courageous humanist who is not afraid to stick up for things they believe strongly in. If you have this birthday you are an intuitive idealist that cares about others and is able to remain detached enough to really help. Being naturally curious with a brilliant imagination encourages you to search for and learn wisdom and understanding throughout your life. It can sometimes give you an avid interest in anything mysterious and inspires you to be a seeker of knowledge. Individuals with a March the ninth birthday usually have good levels of optimism and a witty sense of humor that comes in useful to be able to cope with changing circumstances. Preferred work options to a person born on the ninth of March are more often than not an extension of childhood ambitions. You will usually make careful realistic plans from an early age to enable the realization of your ideal career. You also have the perseverance and patience to study and train to work in a certain chosen profession. With finances and budgeting you tend to adopt the same attentive planning strategy and will only deviate from it occasionally. This sensible approach sees you rarely having major issues with money and less likely than others in your zodiac group to be tempted by credit. For a Pisces, the person born on the ninth day of March is typical in their dreamy concept of affairs of the heart and romantic involvements. You are generally a pretty good judge of character and will form strong emotional bonds with those you love. Your charming loving nature seems to instinctively know how to make others feel understood, cared for and appreciated. Although on the surface you can appear quite self sufficient, underneath you are very tenderhearted and sometimes a little fearful of your vulnerable emotions. With a soul mate your high perceptiveness lets you adapt quickly and easily to surroundings making you a warm, responsive, sensuous lover. You enjoy giving and receiving lots of attention emotionally and look for someone with an equal amount of responsiveness. For you to think about committing to a long term partnership you must trust a partner entirely. Health problems experienced by those born on March 9th are not commonly caused by a lack of interest in healthiness. You will usually agree with the idea of positive thought having a beneficial effect on general well being and put this into practice personally. This attitude towards looking after yourself helps you gain a fine degree of fitness and keep your youthful appearance. When you are extremely happy emotionally this will show outwardly with a glowing skin and a spring in your step. Eating well is also considered important to you and so preparing food is frequently one of your fortes. Your main character strengths consist of the persistent determination you own in addition to your kind, thoughtful conceptual thought processes. These personality qualities are coupled with your imaginative curiosity and can make you a touch more confident and optimistic than most other fish. Recognizable trait weaknesses for those born on March 9th include the tendencies to be a bit too self sacrificing and be prone to stress. This negative side to your otherwise evenly balanced temperament may cause you to wear yourself out physically and mentally if you do not learn to moderate your kindliness. Being born on the 9th of March bestows upon you an abundance of inquisitiveness of the world around you and fellow human beings. You have a desire to explore the possibilities surrounding our existence from a factual and spiritual viewpoint. Your dreams are of traveling, discovering and experiencing far off places. Another part of this curiousness that enters your dreaming is the belief that there is a destined person for us all. You are not normally a goal setter as such unless it concerns a specific career path or an interesting method to acquire the funding required to fulfill future aspirations. As you were born on the ninth day of the month your Root number is the same as your birth date, a Nine. This numerical reference to your birthday has the special keyword 'Seeker' and explains your inquiring thirst for enlightenment and insight into the unknown. The 9th Tarot card in the Major Arcana, the Hermit is linked to your birthday. It symbolizes the discipline, purposefulness and dedication you are capable of. The lucky gemstone for March the ninth birthdays is a Bloodstone and it should be worn for courage and increased alertness as well as for the attraction of prosperity. The celestial body Neptune is imagined to be the leading influence astrologically in predetermining Piscean personalities. The actual day you were born on, the ninth of March is thought to be governed by the planet Mars adding persistence and free will to your Neptunian sensitiveness. The combination of these 2 planetary influences therefore cosmically shape the fundamental structure of your supposed personality. Your somewhat moralistic idealistic outlook is compassionate enough to see from the majority of angles and assists you to go far in life. Your determined positivity has a humorous side that lightens your seriousness, learning to pace yourself more effectively could be helpful for overall progress. A finishing thought to ponder especially for people born on March the 9th is that taking the time to get to know yourself better will be time well spent.
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pookiestheone · 5 years
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The only reason I watch Riverdale is for the queer relationships.  By watch I mean I fast forward through the rest of the stuff - although a shirtless KJ Apa gives me pause.   By queer relationships I mean those fleeting moments between Kevin & Moose and Cheryl & Toni.
Today I saw that Cody Kearsley (Moose) has signed on to the new Netflix show Daybreak.  So whether he’ll continue in Riverdale remains to be seen, although the first series of Daybreak is only 10 eps.
But let’s at least hope there’s a scene of Moose and Kevin in bed - it’s called equal opportunity since Riverdale shows no hesitation in getting the straight couples there.
Then again, I won’t hold my breath because the story line so far is far from promising. 
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COYER Big Summer Birthday Bash Challenge Update #2
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Last week, I shared that I was starting in on some mini challenges.  This week, I wanted to encapsulate where I’m at with all my various challenge goals that I put up back before things got started on June 9th.  To share, but also to encourage myself onward.  It could get long, apologies!  :)
1.  Overall, I put down that I wanted to read/listen to 20+ books for the entire challenge.  I’m at 28 as of today.  Woohoo!  I’m hoping to pile on several more.  Feels great to be getting to some really dusty old freebies and cheapies and ARCs on my shelf.  My updated and ongoing list of finished reads is on a dedicated GoodReads shelf for those who want to see.
2.  I wanted to visit other COYER participant reviews.  I think I put down some ludicrously low goal of commenting on three reviews a week.  I’ve been doing that many a day (mostly), but when I go on vacay in a few weeks I’ll not be visiting at all so I guess it balances out.  I didn’t realize when I began reading and commenting how much more socially connected it brought me.  I’ve discovered a few books to add for future reading and also enjoyed encountering and interacting with other COYER challenges this way.
3.  I wasn’t planning to participate in a blogger hosted mini-challenge, but Kristen at Book Monster blog’s Fairytale themed Instagram scavenger hunt was not to be passed up so I found the half dozen items and posted my finds up on my FB page. 4.  I’ve done pretty good with participating in the Facebook group games.  I love finding the COYER history trivia, figuring out Who killed Cora, adding to the story, granting wishes, and updating on my progress each week.  But it is most fun b/c of doing it all with other challengers and the hostesses.  5.  I’ve been participating in the List all along and hit the goal of ten out of fifteen.  Here’s the Terrific Ten:
Miss Darcy’s Beax by Eliza Shearer
Nudging Cupid by Kerri Williams
All-American Cowboy by Dylann Crush
Son of a Preacher Man by Karen M. Cox
To Catch a Texas Star by Linda Broday
What Kitty Did Next by Carrie Kablean
Scandal Above Stairs by Jennifer Ashley
Small Town Rumors by Carolyn Brown
Holiday in Death by JD Robb
Midnight in Death by JD Robb
6.  Also, ongoing, I’ve been participating in the BINGO challenge.  My BINGO card #1 go BINGO this last week.  Here’s the pretty sight:
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7.  Last week, was the first of COYER Twist and I chose LIST as my first Twist challenge.  I completed four from my list of fifteen which was a slightly modified list from the other overall List challenge I mentioned above.
Here are the pics for what books I finished for LIST:
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Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin
Death and the Brewmaster’s Widow by Loretta Ross
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
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And now, for this week, I’m moving into Phase 2 of COYER Twist and have chosen Strict Here’s my proposed list of ebooks that either were free or cost less than $1 or audios that were free or less than $5:
Inseverable by Cecy Robson
Wildfire by Ilona Andrews
Mission Improper by Bec McMaster
Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley Well, there you have it!  Wish me continued luck and stop back by next weekend to see how I fared with The STRICT.
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The Murder of Martha Reay: Victim Blaming in 18th Century England
by Lauren Gilbert
Martha Ray by Nathaniel Dance, 1777
It's a story that could be taken from 21st century news media. The evening of April 7, 1779, Miss Martha Reay left the theatre with a friend. As she started to get into her coach, James Hackman shot her in the face with a pistol, and then tried to kill himself with a second pistol. Within a year or so of her death, the victim was considered somehow at fault in her own murder, even though he did not deny killing her. This case was a sensation in the press of the day. Who was Martha Reay? Strictly speaking, in terms of the society in which she was born, Martha Reay (or Ray, or Raye, or other variations depending on the source) was no one. She was born sometime between 1742-1746 in Elstree in Hertfordshire, the daughter of a corsetmaker and his wife(?), a servant. She was apprenticed to a milliner or dressmaker at the age of 13 or so by her father. When Martha reached the age of 16, her father allegedly took her to a procuress with a prospect of prostituting her. By all accounts, she was an attractive girl (not strictly a beauty, but fresh and pretty in appearance) with a good singing voice and a kind nature. Whether through the efforts of the procuress or by other means, Martha became the mistress of John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, when she was somewhere between the ages of 17 and 19.
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, engraving, 1774
The Earl was a married man, aged about 44 years, and a career politician with a serious love of music. He had naval interests and was a patron of Captain John Cook, who named the Sandwich Islands for the Earl. (Contrary to the myth, the "sandwich" of bread and meat named for him was his quick meal to allow him more time at his desk, not the gaming table.) Unhappily married with only one living child (a son and heir also named John), he separated from his wife in 1755, shortly after which she was found to be insane by the Court of Chancery and was made a ward of the court. While his wife remained in permanent seclusion, he was unable to divorce and remarry. When Lord Sandwich took Martha under his "protection", he first placed her in a little house in Covent Garden with a companion, where he provided her with music masters. Whether the sexual relationship started immediately or later, the Earl took her (and her companion) to his family home Hinchingbrooke and treated her for all intents and purposes as his wife. She served as hostess at dinners Lord Sandwich hosted at the Admiralty Club for fellow politicians, and sang in two seasons of oratorios sponsored by the Earl. Over a 10-year period, Martha bore him 5 living children (4 sons and a daughter), whom he acknowledged. Sources indicate she actually had 9 children by the Earl, but only 5 survived. All accounts indicate that they were an affectionate couple.
John Hackman, hand-coloured copper engraving, 1810
In 1774, John Hackman (a birth date of 1752 put his age at 22 at this time ) met the Earl while riding with a neighbour of the Earl's, and was invited to dinner. At this point, he met Martha. Born in Hampshire, he was a handsome young man with the rank of ensign in the 68th regiment of the foot, of a respectable lower middle class family (originally destined for a trade, he went into the military instead.) Apparently, he conceived a romantic desire to rescue Martha from the Earl's clutches. Martha was several years older than Hackman and there is no indication she had feelings for him. Being in the neighbourhood, they met multiple times. Hackman asked her to marry him and she turned him down. Accounts indicate Martha cited her loyalty to Lord Sandwich and that she had no desire to marry a military man. Shortly afterwards, Hackman was posted to Ireland. In 1776 he was promoted to lieutenant, but subsequently had resigned from the army to become a clergyman, supposedly in hope that Martha would change her mind and marry him. In February of 1779, he was ordained as a deacon, then a priest, and was assigned as rector of Wiveton in Norfolk. Apparently, Hackman's infatuation with Martha continued, possibly even grew, throughout this separation, and career change. (There is no indication he actually served in his clerical capacity.) He went to London, and sent Martha a note asking her to meet him. Accounts indicate she refused and told him to give it up, in essence. (This response appears to be the only letter known to have been written by Martha in the case.) Accounts indicate that his acquaintances noted that he was increasingly depressed. Shortly after this, on April 7, he followed Martha to the theatre, where he saw her in company including Lord Coleraine, who he decided was her current lover. He went to get 2 pistols, waited in a nearby coffee house, then, when he saw her leaving the theatre, committed the crime. Stunned by her murder, Lord Sandwich had Martha buried next to her mother in Elstree. (Some accounts indicate he had her name engraved on a silver plaque which was mounted on her coffin.) In the meantime, during his murder trial, John Hackman pleaded innocent, saying he had not intended to kill Martha but only himself and that shooting her was a sudden impulse or frenzy, and his attorney said that he was insane. Judge and jury did not agree, especially because he had 2 pistols with him, and found him guilty. (Several witnesses also testified, which did not help his cause.) He was hanged at Tyburn April 19, 1779. Accounts indicate he met his end with bravery, asking to be buried near Martha, which did not happen. (His body was dissected at Surgeon's Hall in London.) The newspapers reported the case heavily, initially objectively. The supposed love triangle made it irresistible. Subsequently, Hackman's handsome appearance, his despair over his failed courtship and the death of his love resulting from his crime of passion made him a more sympathetic character. Speculation that Martha had somehow led him on then spurned him began circulating. Subsequently, a pamphlet (author anonymous) was published by G. Kearsley in Fleet Street, portraying John Hackman as good hearted yet misguided young man overwhelmed by his desire to save an undeserving woman. The romance combined with the facts that Hackman was a clergyman while Martha was a fallen woman appealed to the public's imagination. In March of 1780, G. Kearsley brought out a book titled LOVE AND MADNESS: A STORY TOO TRUE (written by Herbert Croft but published anonymously), to be the correspondence of John Hackman and Martha Reay over several years, supporting the view of Martha as the older woman taking advantage of a naive younger man then casting him aside, leading him to desperation. The book went into 9 editions. Even though the correspondence was forged and the book considered an epistolary novel when the author's identity became known, many accepted it as factual. Public opinion leaned towards sympathy with the murderer, and a feeling that the victim had brought her death on herself. Although Martha was known to have been concerned about financial security for herself and her children (given that the Earl was significantly older than she was and not overly wealthy), she had actually considered becoming a professional singer. There is no indication that she was ever unfaithful to the Earl or that she encouraged Hackman to believe she had feelings for him. Hackman's known letters indicated that he chose to believe that she might marry him; this belief may have had roots in his obsession with an attractive woman whom he felt needed to be rescued or, even more simply, a refusal to accept that she did not want to be with him. In my opinion, evidence does not support the theory that Martha toyed with him then cast him aside. After Martha's death, Lord Sandwich took care of their children who continued to live with him. Although one son died, the other 3 had opportunities and their daughter married an admiral. Lord Sandwich died in April of 1792. Mary Hervey, Lady Fitzgerald, was shown as his last mistress by one source, but another referred to her as a good friend to the Earl. Most biographical references for the Earl that I found do not mention a mistress after Martha. It seems he remained faithful to Martha's memory. I found nothing to indicate that he believed that Martha enticed Hackman. Sadly, you can still find speculation that Martha led James Hackman on in accounts today. Sources include: CASE and MEMOIRS of Miss MARTHA REAY, to which are added, REMARKS, by Way of Refutation on The CASE and MEMOIRS of the Rev. Mr. Hackman. London: M. Folingsby and C. Fourdrinier, 1779. (ECCO Print Edition) Stebbins, Lucy Poate. LONDON LADIES True Tales of the Eighteenth Century. New York: Columbia University Press, 1952. EverythingExplained.com. "John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich explained" (no author or post date shown). HERE ExecutedToday.com "1779: James Hackman, sandwich wrecker" by Headsman, posted April 19, 2015. HERE Plagiary. "LOVE AND MADNESS: A Forgery Too True" by Ellen Levy, 2006. HERE Pen and Pension. "The Rev. James Hackman and the Murder of Martha Reay" posted June 10, 2015 by William Savage. HERE Royal Favourites. "English Earls' and Countesses' Lovers and Mistresses" posted by Eu Royales (no date provided). HERE Smithsonian.com. "Fatal Triangle" by John Brewer, Smithsonian Magazine, May 2005. HERE Watford Observer. "Martha Ray" (no author or post date shown). HERE Illustrations: Martha Ray: Wikimedia Commons, HERE John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: Wikimedia Commons, HERE John Hackman: Wikimedia Commons, HERE ~~~~~~~~~~ Lauren Gilbert, author of HEYERWOOD: A Novel, holds a B.A. in English and is a long-time member of JASNA. She lives in Florida with her husband, and is working on her second book A RATIONAL ATTACHMENT. Please visit her website here for more information.
Hat Tip To: English Historical Fiction Authors
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Books read in February
I don’t have a neat summing-up statement to make about what I read this month. But more than one of these stories set me wondering Does this qualify as a novella? and Does it matter whether or not it is?
My favourite cover is Thornbound.
Reread: Half of Snowspelled by Stephanie Burgis.
Still reading: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson and Dragonshadow by Elle Katharine White.
Next up: A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna.
(Longer reviews and ratings are on LibraryThing. And also Dreamwidth.)
Witches Aboard by Terry Pratchett (narrated by Nigel Planer): Although there were parts of Equal Rites and Wyrd Sisters that I really enjoyed, they are not my favourite Discworld of the novels and I was unenthusiastic about the witches travelling to foreign parts. Was that going to be funny or tedious? But this isn’t just about Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat going abroad, it’s about them taking on fairy-godmothering and it’s excellent. Exactly the sort of commentary on fairytales that I like.
Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett (narrated by Nigel Planer): “Lords and Ladies” is a euphemism for elves, for faerie-folk, who are threatening to cause problems in Lancre. I think there might be some A Midsummer Night's Dream references going on which I would have appreciated those more if I had more than vague idea about that particular play. But I was still entertained! The plot went in some unexpected directions, there are some young women who might become witches and Magrat versus the elves was a particular highlight.
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley: I love this book -- I’m getting emotional thinking about it! Because of Ada’s twisted foot, her mother doesn’t allow the ten year old to leave their one-room flat. But in 1939, Ada secretly teaches herself to walk and when her younger brother’s school is evacuated to the country, she leaves with him. Ada and Jamie are foisted upon a reluctant, grieving woman who owns a pony. Ada’s determined to teach herself to ride. The amount of things Ada doesn’t know, the extent of deprivation she’s experienced, is staggering, and recovery isn’t straightforward. But her journey is so heartwarming and hopeful.
The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley: I loved the sequel too. The war continues. Ada, Jamie and Susan wind up living with Lady Thorton, the mother of Ada’s friend Maggie, and Ruth, a Jewish teenager being tutored by Susan, whose mother is in an internment camp. Ada is frustrated that Lady Thorton doesn’t understand what her friends need, and is resistant to anyone mistaking Susan for her own mother. I liked the way the pieces of this story fitted together thematically: found-family and mothers, healing, and the things people need, and Ada learning what she can do for the people she loves. Moving. Made me tear up.
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson: A girl and her starship, on a planet where most people live safely underground and the stars are obscured by a layer of space junk. Not the first story I’ve encountered about a teenage underdog attending a special training school, overcoming obstacles and making friends, but it’s such a fun trope. This has lots of things I like: Teamwork! Flying! Mystery! An AI with personality! With satisfying twists and some oddly amusing characters.Some of training/fight sequences are too long and sometimes the narrative needed to show, rather than tell, Spensa’s emotions. But I still enjoyed it. 
Thornbound by Stephanie Burgis: Sequel to Snowspelled. While Cassandra Harwood’s magical career has ended disastrously, she’s determined to keep challenging the idea that magic is the domain of men. But not everyone wants her college for young women to succeed. As staff and students arrive, Cassandra has to deal with thorny nightmares, an unfairly-overworked husband. a government inspection and a malicious fey disturbance. This is a story about challenging the status quo, and about the importance of having others -- family and community -- who can support you. Cassandra still struggles with feeling that she has to fight her battles alone. A delightful sequel. I loved this.
The Chosen by L.J. Smith: Not quite what I was looking for, in terms of reluctant soulmates, but it was fast-paced and entertaining. And it's ages since I've read any YA with vampires, so this was good for a bit of variety. Girl on a revenge mission makes some new friends.
Beyond the Dreams We Know by Rachel Neumeier: I loved this collection! Neumeier’s stories are vivid and atmospheric and hopeful. If anything else ties them, it is the place grief and loss have in most of the characters’ pasts and how the stories are then about those characters discovering something positive and new. The four novellas are sequels or prequels to Neumeier’s novels. My favourite was “Fire and Earth”, a coda to the Griffin Mage trilogy. So very satisfying! Of the shorter, standalone stories, my favourite was “Lila”, an urban fantasy about unexpected dragon hatchings, an artist living in her late-mother’s house and a fluffy dog.
At Your Service by Sandra Antonelli: About secrets, spies, scrambled eggs and defending one’s self with cleaning supplies. Mae works as a butler for Major Kitt, a retired army officer. When Mae is attacked and her late-husband’s mysterious trust fund disappears, she heads to Sicily for answers. I liked the mystery, the danger and the ratio of romance to plot. I liked Mae and Kitt’s relationship and appreciated the realistic way Mae processes life-threatening situations -- but I was uncomfortable with the violence. Fictional Espionage = Not (Always) For Me. I don't know if I liked this, but I want to know what happens in the sequel.
The Splendour Falls by Susanna Kearsley: Emily’s cousin, a history lecturer researching the Plantagenets, persuades her to join him for a holiday in France. I loved the atmosphere -- I loved the scenery and the tidbits of history and the growing sense of unease. There’s a medieval chateau, tunnels, a classical violinist, a tragic tale about lovers during WWII, the possibility of hidden treasure, a suspicious death, a stray cat, a child who likes to feed the ducks and quotations from Tennyson. This isn't a perfect book, but it was EXACTLY the sort of thing I wanted to read! (It’s even more Mary Stewart-ish than The Shadowy Horses.)
Legion: Skin Deep and Legion: Lies of the Beholder by Brandon Sanderson: Stephen Leeds lives with multiple hallucinations, stable personalities who only Stephen and his other hallucinations can see or hear. With Skin Deep I was more interested in the dynamic Stephen has with his so-called hallucinations than in the mystery they were trying to solve. They’re like imaginary friends -- except they’re more independent, not wholly imaginary. I found plot of Lies of the Beholder more engaging, but I’m undecided about whether the resolution was satisfying. It’s tidy in some ways and disappointing in others. 
From Clarkesworld Magazine, issue 73, October 2012:
“A Bead of Jasper, Four Small Stones” (from Clarkesworld Magazine) by Genevieve Valentine (narrated by Kate Baker): A story about colonising Europa, haunting in that way Valentine’s often are. (Her stories have a quality which remind me of Vienna Teng’s songs.) I found the audio version harder to follow than the other Valentine stories I’ve listened to, perhaps because this one is punctuated by brackets and breaks, and those are harder for a narrator to capture.
“England Under the White Witch” by Theodora Goss (narrated by Kate Baker): Ann tells of her childhood, when the Empress came out of the north, and of her subsequent years in service. This is bleak but not hopeless. You have heard that there were once green fields, and rivers that ran between their banks, and a warm sun overhead. You have never seen them, and you believe they are merely tales. I am here to tell you that they are true, that in my childhood these existed. And cups of tea that were truly hot, and Christmas trees with candles on their branches, and church bells. 
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