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		<title>LavaLife &#8211; Predictions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Svetlana</dc:creator>
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Source:  http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/love-vectors.jpg
 
I have copied this article from LavaLife for one reason only &#8211; to come back to it a year later and see &#8220;Were the predictions even close to reality?&#8221;
 
Source: http://click.lavalife.com/horoscopes/ll1/2Sxy/8/scorpio

Love Horoscopes




 
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Ruling Planet: Pluto
Symbol: Scorpion and Phoenix
Element: Water
Color: Red
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<p><strong>Source:  <a href="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/love-vectors.jpg">http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/love-vectors.jpg</a></strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>I have copied this article from LavaLife for one reason only &#8211; to come back to it a year later and see &#8220;Were the predictions even close to reality?&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Source: </strong><a href="http://click.lavalife.com/horoscopes/ll1/2Sxy/8/scorpio"><strong>http://click.lavalife.com/horoscopes/ll1/2Sxy/8/scorpio</strong></a></p>
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<p><em>Ruling Planet: Pluto<br />
Symbol: Scorpion and Phoenix<br />
Element: Water<br />
Color: Red</em></p>
<p>Forget hibernating like a bear! In the New Year you haven&#8217;t got a moment to waste. The planetary movements for 2010 are vital to your personal growth and will help you release past beliefs and hindrances and awaken forgotten dreams so that you may enter into a new cycle of personal and professional success. This particular year will be one of transformation on an emotional and spiritual level, and quality of life should be your goal. </p>
<p>Inspirational yet challenging planetary movements during the first half of 2010 will weed out unhealthy relationship and situations and inspire your creative and realistic ambitions. But the big news is that Jupiter will transit Pisces for most of the year. Whether you&#8217;re in a committed relationship or single, you are in for a lovely, romantic cycle. Jupiter&#8217;s transit of intuitive and sensitive Pisces gives you the creative edge and makes others remember why they love you.</p>
<p>Between April and July, Saturn will give you confidence in the future and set your curious mind on fire. If you can&#8217;t get away, take an online course, spend lunch in the museum or volunteer for a seminar or new assignment. Whatever you do, don&#8217;t allow this time to slip by without learning something new, meeting a few interesting people or adding to your résumé.</p>
<p>Jupiter will make a quick sojourn into Aries between June and September, creating an opportunity for you to expand in your present work situation or take on a few more responsibilities or part-time work that will lead to even bigger opportunities.</p>
<p>A friendship or partnership could hit a troubled spot in April, primarily over finances or creative differences and you may decide to part ways. But if you have second thoughts, why not step back and allow time to work his healing magic?</p>
<p><strong>This year, Dr. Denis Waitley&#8217;s affirming words could inspire your belief in the endless possibilities of life: &#8220;There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist or accept the responsibility for changing them.&#8221; </strong></p>
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<p><strong>And who is going to be the lucky guy? Well, I doubt it is going to be a Water Bearer, but who knows&#8230;</strong></p>
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<div><strong>Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)</strong></div>
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<p><em>Ruling Planet: Uranus<br />
Symbol: Water Carrier<br />
Element: Air<br />
Color: Violet, blue and pastels</em></p>
<p>Dear Aquarius, your life has been in the throes of transition for so long that you may wonder if you should trust fate when it offers you the keys to success and happiness. During this transitional year amazing support for your ideas or projects will come from surprising sources. Your assignment will be to open your mind and heart to the endless possibilities of life.</p>
<p>Your social skills will come in handy this year. Networking, new friends and throwing around ideas with colleagues will open the door to a new job, a juicy assignment, client or desired move.</p>
<p>Between May and August, your ruler Uranus will be under the influence of the enthusiastic and ambitions sign of Aries. This sojourn will give you a glimpse into 2011, when you will begin a new journey toward fulfilling a goal or ambition. Step out of your routine, travel, volunteer for a new project, try a new career path or take classes that will enhance your skills or résumé.</p>
<p>Use this energy wisely and you will make an investment that will help you reach a destination, which today eludes your wildest dreams.</p>
<p>The warrior planet Mars continues his disruptive transit of your house of partners until June. This dramatic planet can turn small disagreements into major arguments. At work, stay mindful of those with fragile egos or argumentative personalities and you will avoid being pulled into their personal dramas.</p>
<p>Venus&#8217;s presence in your sign between January and February will give love a chance to bloom. Between July and August, Cupid will shoot a few arrows your way. If you catch one, hold on because your sector of true love and commitment in 2011 is beyond beautiful, brilliant and defiantly worth the wait.</p>
<p><strong>&#8220;Never be afraid to try something new.  Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic.&#8221;  &#8211; Author Unknown</strong></div>
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		<title>Victor Pelevin. &#8220;T&#8221;. Light&#8217;s Fate.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Svetlana</dc:creator>
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 Source: http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2007/04/gift-light.jpg
Виктор Пелевин «Т», page 89
Судьба света
Ты не строка в Книге Жизни, а её читатель.  Тот свет, который делает страницу видимой.  Но суть всех земных историй в том, что этот вечный свет плетётся за пачкотнёй ничтожных авторов и не в силах возвыситься до своей настоящей судьбы – до тех пор, пока об этом не будет [...]]]></description>
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<h3>Виктор Пелевин «Т», page 89</h3>
<h1>Судьба света</h1>
<p>Ты не строка в Книге Жизни, а её читатель.  Тот свет, который делает страницу видимой.  Но суть всех земных историй в том, что этот вечный свет плетётся за пачкотнёй ничтожных авторов и не в силах возвыситься до своей настоящей судьбы – до тех пор, пока об этом не будет сказано в Книге&#8230;  Впрочем, только свет может знать, в чём судьба света.</p>
<p> </p>
<p align="right">Соловьёв</p>
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<h1>Light’s Fate</h1>
<p>You are not just a line in a Book of Life, but its reader.  That light that makes a page visible.  But the essence of all the earth stories is that this eternal light drags itself after the daub of worthless authors and is not capable of rising itself to its real fate – until it would be mentioned in the Book… &#8211; However, only light can know, the destiny of light.</p>
<p> </p>
<p align="right">Solovyev</p>
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		<title>Conversation with T (he) Pain.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Trying to stick to the theme – LOVE.  I fell in love but again not with a person, but with an illusion.  I will see how February turns out.  I made a resolution – to disappear from his horizon starting February 1st.  Keeping resolutions is, of course, much harder than making them.  So, we talked [...]]]></description>
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<p>Trying to stick to the theme – LOVE.  I fell in love but again not with a person, but with an illusion.  I will see how February turns out.  I made a resolution – to disappear from his horizon starting February 1<sup>st</sup>.  Keeping resolutions is, of course, much harder than making them.  So, we talked on February 3<sup>rd</sup>.  Does not matter.  From now on, I have to disappear…</p>
<p> </p>
<h3>Why would I want to forget?</h3>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I cannot write. About anything.  Yes, that bad.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Forget about love.  Not happening.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Not making love, not falling in love.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Only forgetting.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I will forget, forget, forget…………………………………………………………………</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<h3>“You will not touch my heart”</h3>
<p> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0aO5ZVK_C4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0aO5ZVK_C4</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>You will not touch my heart;</p>
<p>you will not take it and break it.</p>
<p>Just go and never return.</p>
<p>Without you, I will still be alive.</p>
<p>My pain… I cannot describe it. I am having a conversation with my Pain.</p>
<p>Yet, it will go away, too.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>My wings, I will give them to passers-by…</p>
<p>There is only one thing left, to replace love with something else…</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<h3>Point of No Return. Countdown: Ready, set, go!!!</h3>
<p> </p>
<p>Conversation:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>He:       I will return.</p>
<p>Me:      You will forget about my existence in a month or two.</p>
<p>            And, no, you will not return.</p>
<p>He:       No, I will not forget. Maybe you will forget me in a month.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>So, the clock is set. Ciao, darling, ciao. Let’s see who is more forgetful.  Not that I don’t know.  I wish I could forget so easily.  It is a skill, maybe I should master it?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Another skill to master – insight – trusting intuition.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Why did I fall in love with non-entity?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>When it is hopeless, should I still hope?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Maybe I should.  There must be the one who would be able to return my feelings.  That clock has been set when I was born.  Still nobody is in sight… insight.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<h3>Tango – When it is hopeless</h3>
<p> </p>
<p>«Знать и чувствовать, что злое «никогда» &#8211; не просто слово, а моя судьба, что учит без надежды жить любя&#8230;»</p>
<p> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyooF_UTJAk&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyooF_UTJAk&amp;feature=related</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>To know and feel that spiteful “never” is not just a word, but my fate that teaches me to continue living with love and without hope…</p>
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		<title>A Candle Burned</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Boris Pasternak (1890 – 1960)
 
 



  
Winter&#8217;s Night
 
 
Blizzards were blowing everywhere
Throughout the land.
A candle burned upon the table,
A candle burned.
 
 
As midgets in the summer fly
Towards a flame,
The snowflakes from the yard swarmed to
The window pane.
 
 
And, on the glass, bright snowy rings
And arrows formed.
A candle burned upon the table,
A candle burned.
 
 
And on the white illumined ceiling
Shadows were cast,
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<h3>Boris Pasternak (1890 – 1960)</h3>
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<h1>Winter&#8217;s Night</h1>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Blizzards were blowing everywhere</p>
<p>Throughout the land.</p>
<p>A candle burned upon the table,</p>
<p>A candle burned.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>As midgets in the summer fly</p>
<p>Towards a flame,</p>
<p>The snowflakes from the yard swarmed to</p>
<p>The window pane.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>And, on the glass, bright snowy rings</p>
<p>And arrows formed.</p>
<p>A candle burned upon the table,</p>
<p>A candle burned.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>And on the white illumined ceiling</p>
<p>Shadows were cast,</p>
<p>As arms and legs and destinies</p>
<p>Fatefully crossed.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Two slippers fell on to the floor</p>
<p>With a light sound,</p>
<p>And waxen tears dripped from the candle</p>
<p>On to a gown.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>No object in the misty whiteness</p>
<p>Could be discerned.</p>
<p>A candle burned upon the table,</p>
<p>A candle burned.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>A mild draught coming from the corner</p>
<p>Blew on the candle,</p>
<p>Seduction&#8217;s heat raised two wings crosswise</p>
<p>As might an angel.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>It snowed and snowed that February</p>
<p>All through the land.</p>
<p>A candle burned upon the table,</p>
<p>A candle burned.</td>
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<h1>Зимняя ночь</h1>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Мело, мело по всей земле</p>
<p>Во все пределы.</p>
<p>Свеча горела на столе,</p>
<p>Свеча горела.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Как летом роем мошкара</p>
<p>Летит на пламя,</p>
<p>Слетались хлопья со двора</p>
<p>К оконной раме.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Метель лепила на столе</p>
<p>Кружки и стрелы.</p>
<p>Свеча горела на столе,</p>
<p>Свеча горела.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>На озаренный потолок</p>
<p>Ложились тени,</p>
<p>Скрещенья рук, скрещенья ног,</p>
<p>Судьбы скрещенья.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>И падали два башмачка</p>
<p>Со стуком на пол,</p>
<p>И воск слезами с ночника</p>
<p>На платье капал.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>И все терялось в снежной мгле</p>
<p>Седой и белой.</p>
<p>Свеча горела на столе,</p>
<p>Свеча горела.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>На свечку дуло из угла,</p>
<p>И жар соблазна</p>
<p>Вздымал, как ангел, два крыла</p>
<p>Крестообразно.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Мело весь месяц в феврале,</p>
<p>И то и дело</p>
<p>Свеча горела на столе,</p>
<p>Свеча горела.</td>
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		<title>Measuring Silence&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Svetlana</dc:creator>
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Boris Pasternak (1890 – 1960)
 
A song from the film “Fate’s Irony”.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjRbmBXywH4
 
 



 
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There&#8217;ll be no one in the house
Save for twilight. All alone,
Winter&#8217;s day seen in the space that&#8217;s
Made by curtains left undrawn.
 
 
Only flash-past of the wet white
Snowflake clusters, glimpsed and gone.
Only roofs and snows, and save for
Roofs and snow &#8211; no one at home.
 
 
Once more, frost [...]]]></description>
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<h3>Boris Pasternak (1890 – 1960)</h3>
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<p>A song from the film “Fate’s Irony”.</p>
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<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjRbmBXywH4</p>
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<p>***</p>
<p> </p>
<p>There&#8217;ll be no one in the house</p>
<p>Save for twilight. All alone,</p>
<p>Winter&#8217;s day seen in the space that&#8217;s</p>
<p>Made by curtains left undrawn.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Only flash-past of the wet white</p>
<p>Snowflake clusters, glimpsed and gone.</p>
<p>Only roofs and snows, and save for</p>
<p>Roofs and snow &#8211; no one at home.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Once more, frost will trace its patterns,</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be haunted once again</p>
<p>By my last-year&#8217;s melancholy,</p>
<p>By that other wintertime.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Once more I&#8217;ll be troubled by an</p>
<p>Old, un-expiated shame,</p>
<p>And the icy firewood famine</p>
<p>Will press on the window-pane.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>But the quiver of intrusion</p>
<p>Through those curtain folds will run</p>
<p>Measuring silence with your footsteps,</p>
<p>Like the future, in you&#8217;ll come.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>You&#8217;ll appear there in the doorway</p>
<p>Wearing something white and plain,</p>
<p>Something in the very stuff from</p>
<p>Which the snowflakes too are sewn.</td>
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<p>***</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Никого не будет в доме,</p>
<p>Кроме сумерек. Один</p>
<p>Зимний день в сквозном проеме</p>
<p>Незадернутых гардин.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Только белых мокрых комьев</p>
<p>Быстрый промельк моховой.</p>
<p>Только крыши, снег и, кроме</p>
<p>Крыш и снега, &#8211; никого.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>И опять зачертит иней,</p>
<p>И опять завертит мной</p>
<p>Прошлогоднее унынье</p>
<p>И дела зимы иной,</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>И опять кольнут доныне</p>
<p>Неотпущенной виной,</p>
<p>И окно по крестовине</p>
<p>Сдавит голод дровяной.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Но нежданно по портьере</p>
<p>Пробежит вторженья дрожь.</p>
<p>Тишину шагами меря,</p>
<p>Ты, как будущность, войдешь.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Ты появишься у двери</p>
<p>В чем-то белом, без причуд,</p>
<p>В чем-то впрямь из тех материй,</p>
<p>Из которых хлопья шьют.</p>
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