MERCURY RETROGRADE REPORT

Since Mercury went direct I feel better about writing the following blog. Last thing I’d want to do is confuse the human race any further and this comes from a cat who knows where she’s at, of course. Since I’ve had numerous inquiries about the Mercury Retrograde I thought I’d just blog about it. We just went through one from March 28th until April 23rd and I watched my step wherever I traveled.

First off let me ask you to ponder the following questions….

Have you ever lost something (besides your mind) like say a piece of jewelry, an important contract, the car keys, your shoes, your way, anything? Have you ever mailed a letter and it gets returned to you because you neglected to put on postage? Ever fax something to the wrong office, forget to pay a bill, get lost in your own neighborhood? Completely misconstrued something someone said? Write something bad about someone and then accidentally email it to them? Or how about something electrical that goes on the fritz? Computer crashes, your blender won’t mix your margarita, toaster burnt your breakfast, made a special trip to the store then returned home only to discover the one thing you went for you forgot?

Does it help to know these things happen to everyone? I didn’t think so but figured I’d give it a shot.

What if I told you there’s a very good explanation as to why these incidental screw ups occur and they happen to all of us? Would that help? Well, listen up anyway, keep an open mind and next time things seemed to get fouled up check the astrology charts and see if Mercury is retrograde! You can even Google it!

You see Mercury is the planet that governs communication, also known as the planet of intelligence. Knowing that should help make even better sense when I tell you that approximately three times a year this planet goes retrograde.

In other words, it appears to turn around and go backwards and does so for about three weeks at a time. It isn’t really going backwards, it’s merely an optical illusion based on the relative speeds and orbits of the Earth and Mercury around the Sun. When Mercury starts turning in this apparent backward motion, we start to feel the effects.

Consequently anything involving communication is subject to a misfire. Thus, the letter doesn’t get mailed to the right address, the sink backs up, car battery dies, you lose your way home, you forget to feed the cat...OMG!!!

You get the picture? Good, but do not forget to feed the cat!

So best advice is to become aware of these retrograde occurrences, never take anything for granted and double-check yourself with any form of communication. Bite your tongue, really think before you speak, do not mail the mortgage payment to the phone company, do put gas in the car, air in the tires, not the other way around. Just realize that from time to time you merely need to slow down and back track yourself a little bit and prioritize things.

Now mark your calendars and be aware of the two remaining retrogrades for 2011...August 2nd to the 26th and then November 24th to December 13th.

Happy Trails Star Gazers...now be sure and feed your cat!

Blessings,

Sister VC

CAT-ASTROLOGY ANYONE?

Holy Whiskers...where the devil have I been since January 11th? I suspect I've been spending too much time answering emails and consequently neglecting to blog my literary genius for you to read. My humble apologies to any who give a hoot. Anyone?

Meantime, my emails have kept me busy in an astrological direction and since astrology happens to be a passion of mine, I always welcome any chance to discuss the subject. So when these inquiries come in regarding a particular birth sign or perhaps a question regarding one of the planets, etc. I attempt to share what I've learned over time and interpret it in simple words. So I thought we'd just continue here with a letter that takes astrology in a canine direction.

Dear Sister Very Catty,

We recently adopted a little doggie from the Humane Society. She had been a stray picked up by the pound so no one really knows her actual birthday. The Humane Society vets estimated her age to be about two and a half years old, thus giving her a birthday of June 15, 2008.
I don't know if you do doggie horoscopes but don't know who else to ask. Is there any way you can tell me her sign based on her personality or verify if she matches the sign the Humane Society gave her?
If so I'll describe her personality: She's very sweet and loving, always wanting to be near me or my husband, even sleeps with us. Of course, she's very polite about it, waits to be invited up on to the bed every night. She's very dainty and "prances" when we take long walks together. She is very loyal and doesn't want to be away from us but also does well when left alone. She's very happy to see us upon return and brings us a toy. She waits patiently at the steps when she thinks we are leaving, in hopes she can go too, and for me to put on her leash. She waits patiently for her humans to finish eating and never comes to the table to beg, until invited to do so. She also seems very protective of her new humans and brave, facing very big dogs even though she's very little. She's very neat when she eats and drinks, not slobbering up the floor around her dish. She is also very smart, learns what is expected of her very quickly and just graduated from Beginner Obedience School.
Also, if you can figure out if the sign the Humane Society gave her actually matches her personality can you check for compatibility with us? We are a Pisces and a Virgo. We think she's perfect but would like verification.
Thank you,
Canine Lover in Tucson

Dear Canine Lover,

No cattiness intended here but going with your unbiased description of this newly adopted wonder dog, I'm not sure there is a sign available in the Zodiac with that much perfection to it. Sounds like it'd even be a stretch for a Virgo and we all know how nearly perfect they can be! However, for starters, let's just go with the date that the Humane Society sort of assigned this little critter...June 15th. This makes doggie a Gemini which represents a lively, energetic & versatile sort that easily adapts to new situations. No doubt she's very happy you bailed her out of the pound but sounds like she definitely adapted quickly to her new surroundings. As you may have already noticed, a Gemini pet can cast a spell on you unlike any magician could pull off. A quick learner and bound to be faithful but also at times possessive and inclined towards jealousy. Gemini's are many-sided and can be very quick in thought and action, and skillful at handling others. They are definite communicators and usually have a great gift of persuasion...so my guess is your new pet would have no problem wrapping you around her little paw.
Gemini is the sign of communication, ruled by the planet Mercury and they do want to impose their point of view on to others. So when approached by a bigger dog your potential Gemini-short-style will have no problem letting the bigger dog know who's who in her world. A Gemini is a natural when it comes to self expression so they actually have an easy time dealing with the public or an approaching big dog.
Yes, your doggie certainly seems to display traits of a Gemini....a natural charmer. It's right up her alley to know how to turn it on in order to gain access to the bed at night or score an occasional treat from the dinner table...by invitation only, of course! Now keep in mind that routine and monotony are two things this sign dreads so changing her walking route occasionally will make her very happy. She'll love exploring new territory and while she'll also love to travel, it's actually the traveling she prefers, not the destination.

Now, as far as compatibility with your signs...Pisces & Virgo...let's begin with the Virgo sign....
Both Gemini and Virgo are ruled by the planet Mercury meaning both have a mental approach towards life. But, as Fido Facts will have it, the similarity stops there. Virgo usually considers Gemini scatterbrained and immature and Gemini thinks of Virgo as a stick-in-the-mud and a bore. Virgos are critical and Gemini's are tactless....both should merely mind their manners around the other. Sounds like some good entertainment for the Pisces?

Now for the Gemini and Pisces combo...uh-huh, could be a couple issues with these two. Pisces is emotional and can be easily hurt by the sometimes thoughtless Gemini. The Gemini is mischievous and playful, but the Pisces is sensitive and takes things to heart. Each practices deception in their own way. So from my feline outlook, I'd recommend the Pisces not take anything the Gemini does personally...say, for instance an occasional, small in-discrepancy on the carpet. It is not to offend you at all, merely pee happens!

Now I must post this before my typist hits the wrong button and deletes this by accident or it gets lost in cyberspace....after all we are facing a Mercury Retrograde on Wednesday...the planet of communication. I've had plenty of inquiries regarding the subject so stay tuned and I'll try and explain it next blog.

Blessings to all,
SVC

Harmony vs Hate

I’m going to just say it like it is right now...I am glad to be feline! Don’t get me wrong for I’m grateful to have my good peeps that see to my every need, and, my life as it is, couldn’t be better.

However, as I compose this entry I have to admit how deeply disappointed I am in more than one member of the human race currently. I’m not even sure how to approach this so I’m just going to spit things out like the hairballs they are.

Originally I was upset when I read a fellow blogger’s entry regarding her being harassed while conducting tours in the small town where she lives. I’ve accompanied my typist on one of these tours and found it to be an educational and entertaining way to learn of the town’s past, taking a lovely night time stroll down very old streets, hearing about its history. A great tour given by a very sharp young lady with personality plus who deserves a lot of credit for her insightfulness and creativity in sharing this town’s stories with others. Sounds great, right?

Except somewhere along the way came some less than desirable individuals whose goal seems to be to ruin things for the rest of us. Or at least attempt to, but since the rest of us are capable of considering the sources and rising above the situation, they can’t really ruin anything for the rest of us.

Life will always have the hecklers, the stone throwers, the graffiti creeps, the name callers….what is it about human beings anyway? One is doing something worthwhile and another can’t stand it. Why? You bored? You think you’re funny, lacking attention, your mommy didn’t love you, your daddy beat you, just what is your trip anyway?

Where do you think this passive aggressive bulliness is going to get you anyway? Acting alone or in numbers you are nothing more than cowards doing cowardly acts that eventually will come to haunt you. You will someday feel the shame of these actions and regret these memories because that’s just the way life works.

So, like I said, that originally got my whiskers in a bunch and before I could blog about it, the world learned of a horrific reality in Tucson, AZ this past Saturday. To think a human being can do such things to other human beings, taking the lives of some and changing the lives of many others in a matter of moments, is completely unfathomable. A horrible twist of fate along life’s path suddenly creates a test of faith and a need for understanding.

It seems impossible to resist passing judgment or to point fingers in search for sense to any of it. Impossible because there simply is no sense to tragedy....and yet, in spite of it, we must keep faith in humanity, even when it doesn’t make sense. Equally as horrible as the situation was in Tucson, out of it comes many stories of heroic behavior from one human being to another….restoring some of that loss of faith.

I do feel a need to address another matter while I’m at it. I’m referring to the inhumane individual who calls himself a pastor from some hoe-down church of sorts establishment in Kansas. Truly a senseless monster of the unforgivable kind. Heaven forgive his followers for they are spineless rodents merely disguised as earthly beings. Frankly, I think they should all gather together in their place of worship and immediately be voted off the island now and forever more.

Amen.

NEW YEAR’S EVE 2010

Meow, meow, meow (that’s cat for my, my, my) it seems we’ve made it to the end of 2010. If you’re reading this, you are indeed a 2010 survivor. Seeing as how tonight is the last opportunity to spread my words of wisdom-ness for the year 2010, I thought I’d best be posting before the old ball drops. Get that last word in, donchano?

While a lot of you have parties and celebrations to attend the other half of us cool cats stayed home and ordered pizza. My peeps did while I enjoyed a plate of ocean whitefish & tuna in sauce…..ahh, good times!

As we look back on the year, and you know we’ll do just that, we’ll recall the good, the bad, the ugly. No matter how bad the bad was and no matter how ugly the ugly was, let’s hope we can pull the good over both and look ahead instead. Yesterday is done so remember... looking ahead rather than back prevents walking into walls so much. Cherish the good memories, keep them in check. Forgive & forget bad and ugly, move on, focus on the now.

The clock’s ticking, the midnight hour approaches,

It’s soon to be a new year for all us cats,

Farewell 2010 and hello 2011...

There’s simply no going back.

So to all I wish a grand new year

Celebrate 2011 and have no fear.

Keep a smile on your face, love in your heart

If life hands you crap, remember where I’m at.

It’s sistervc2@gmail.com

E-mail me your troubles and stay calm.

Nothing too big, no problem too small

I’m here to listen so confess them one & all.

Blessings,

Sister Very Catty

'Twas the Night Before Christmas...

...and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, specially not a mouse!

The midnight hour is upon us and I’m anxiously awaiting Santa’s drive-by with high hopes of some good chow, chow, chow.

So to all out there in blog land we wish you a very merry and all the Friskies you can eat.

Fa La La, La La La La!

Sister Very LovesSanta Catty

GOBBLE, GOBBLE, GOBBLE

Yeah, yeah, gobble, gobble, gobble
It’s once again that time of year
People got people comin’ over
And turkeys runnin’ in fear.

There’s probably pumpkin pies to bake
Potatoes to peel and veggies to steam
Stuffing to make & gravy needs to thicken
Oh, hairballs I think I’m gonna scream.

Amidst this major state of commotion
I plead with you not to forget me
Eat all you want, visit all you want
I smell that bird, don't make me plea.

I’m letting you know one and all
This holiday is filled with gratitude
Let’s all be thankful quickly please
And get right straight to the food.

I pray you drop one simple little turkey patty
In that dish just for Sister Very Catty!
Happy Thanksgiving and to all a good burp!

FOR I AM CAT

A couple canines from Kansas wrote me asking if I thought it was normal for a neighborhood cat to sit right outside their fenced yard, a mere three feet from their noses, calmly cleaning herself. This cat is free to roam the entire area and seems to know we are fenced in the yard. Both of us barking our fool heads off, throwing hissy fits, yet she continues to sit there giving us this "have a nice day" stare. She doesn't seemed threatened at all that she's taunting a large retriever/chow mix and a short, older wiener dog.

Signed,
Just curious, Shorty & Stashe


Dear Curious in Kansas,

Just what part of C-A-T don't you get? You're lucky she wasn't sitting within two feet of your nosy little noses and swiping them with a front claw between cleaning licks.
Haven't you heard? Cats Rule...and I mean the world! They will strut their stuff wherever, whenever. I mean, c'mon now...what better entertainment could a feline have than to sit a spell, calmly bathe herself while watching a couple of barking dogs go completely ape-shit all because of her. My, my, my... all that attention just for little ol' me?

So it's a little bath time at the fence, a little free entertainment complete with sound track, and then a nice stroll off to wherever.

Yes, little doggies of the world, it is indeed normal. All that neighborhood cat is thinking is how it sucks to be you and how it's good to be her!

Blessings!