American
work culture may be on the verge of major change. For fifteen years, American
vacation habits saw unrelenting decline. But results from the latest, most comprehensive
survey of American workplace attitudes toward time off shows the tide may be
turning—and the trendline headed in a positive direction. Despite this
encouraging sign, taking time off continues to be a challenge in America’s
always-on work culture. American workers hold fast to the belief that the path
to career success requires sacrificing vacation and embracing work martyrdom.
But the data is unmistakably clear: planning for and taking time off benefits
individual well-being and professional success, business performance, and the
broader economy. America’s work culture has a long way to go to rewire its
thinking. But for the first time in many years, there is reason to believe that
change is possible. If it happens, 2016 may be the year that American work
culture began to change. http://www.projecttimeoff.com/state-american-vacation-2017
A chart for the current
New Moon at Washington, DC is shown here. Notice that the
Jupiter-Venus-Pluto T-square straddles the angles implying that it carries a
significant message for the place. Venus-Jupiter is a combination that loves to
enjoy life and that would include holidaying. Pluto in Capricorn reflects the
need for change in institutions that tie us to the slavery of work.
What are Sabian symbols?
The Sabian Symbols were originally conceptualized
in a partnership between astrologer Marc Edmund Jones and spiritual medium
Elsie Wheeler in the early part of the 20th century, and published in a book by
Jones called The Sabian Symbols in Astrology.
Channeled by Ms. Wheeler, there is one symbol for every degree of the
zodiac, from the first degree of Aries to the 30th degree of Pisces. Jones was
a Theosophist and therefore well acquainted with the concept of channeling
Ascended Masters and the Babylonian Brotherhood. http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/astrologicalmusings/2009/07/a-history-of-the-sabian-symbol.html
Jupiter [13li32] is placed on the Ascendant and about to
station direct at the same degree. The Sabian symbol for this degree is:
Phase 194: In the
heat of the noon hour a man takes a siesta.
Keynote: The need for
recuperation within the social patterns of everyday activity.
At the
emotional-cultural level man today is not able to sustain constant activity.
There must be rest periods, siestas or coffee breaks during which the
individual withdraws within his own sphere of self-hood, not only for physical
relaxation but for allowing the strange, but evidently necessary play of dream
fantasies. Social structuring cannot be
maintained healthfully, without breaks, in whatever climate man may live.
(Reference: An Astrology Mandala: The cycle of transformation and its 360 symbolic
phases; Dane Rudhyar)
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