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Lucky Numbers for the Week of May 17, 2013

Lottery ads tell us you only need a dollar and a dream. But it is also helpful to have a list of lucky numbers to help spur the good fortune ... or fortunes. So with that in mind, here are some lucky numbers that can be used in any helpful way. I gazed into a pool of water, Nostradamus-like, and contemplated the cosmos. Then I mixed the tarot cards and allowed the spirits to guide me to the cards that represent the lucky numbers for this week. Nothing is guaranteed but who knows ....?

I choose eight numbers because 8 is the number of wealth.

Here are the lucky numbers for the week of May 17-23, 2013:

30, 47, 49, 51, 60, 68, 72, 80

There are many ways to delve into your own consciousness to find luck and intuition. Try reading Dream Power/Improve Your Luck (Super Strength Series) and see if your dreams give you any clues and premonitions. Here's a guide to the best books available this month

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Horoscope for the Week of May 20, 2013

Helen huntDo you hear a knock on your door of opportunity this week? Sun and Mercury enter Gemini now. Don’t be coy. Take a good idea and make it great. Make your mark based on a mere hunch. Prepare for sparks of genius. Or whatever....

(Helen Hunt has Sun in Gemini)

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ARIES   (MARCH 21 - APRIL 20)
Aries can make their best moves and burst on the scene with great ideas and big opinions.  If you ever had a hankering to broadcast your message globally, do it now. Focus on what is most important, research your facts and check your sources. The point is to build credibility for change. Then start a blog and break through the cyber fog.

TAURUS   (APRIL 21 - MAY 21)
Money becomes the be all and end all for Taureans for the next few weeks. Will you carefully plan for future riches or spend what little you have on some crackpot get rich quick scheme? Hmmm. Try to rein in your greedy tendencies and proceed with caution. Do your fiscal research and seek good advice. Then take charge, and I don’t mean credit card.

GEMINI   (MAY 22 - JUNE 21)
Geminis are never the shy and retiring types and now it’s time to chart your course for any new direction over the next year. Don’t get caught up in the details - Look at the big picture, plan your grand schemes and plant the seeds now. You are focused on what is important and can hit the jackpot. All eyes are upon you. Uh, is your fly open?

CANCER   (JUNE 22 - JULY 23)
Your Pandora’s Box of secrets bursts open. And it is all good. Anything hidden becomes front page news - even hidden enemies are unmasked and vanquished. Not a moment too soon! Cancers are given a rare opportunity to clean out the cobwebs and dust from the corners of their life. Don’t sweep it under a rug. Gather it up and dump it in the trash.

LEO   (JULY 24 - AUGUST 23)
If you think that you are a mover and shaker you probably are. The platonic heat is on this week. So don’t sit back and wait for a delivery, Leo. Go and join a new, unorthodox group or bring a few close compadres together for a mutual admiration lunch. Your are in the epicenter of a whirlpool in the turgid social swirl. Don’t let it drain you.

VIRGO   (AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23)
Virgos can’t help but be overly confident in their careers now. You make no bones about what you feel you deserve and where you see yourself going in that great professional arena. Why not shoot from the lip while the fates heat your corporate star? Allow the powers that be to push you in the right direction and then position yourself for success.

LIBRA   (SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 23)
Long term goals and global ideas catch fire. Ouch! This is no time to stay home and contemplate your navel. Libras need to rouse themselves, pack their bags and head to parts unknown to aggressively explore new terrain. You never know what (or who) you will find. Even legal battles can be fought and won now. Just show them your briefs and rest your case.

SCORPIO   (OCTOBER 24 - NOVEMBER 22)
You are a complex soul - Moody, sensual, emotional and intuitive. There is something about you that draws people in and distills their very essence. Turnaround is fair play though. Scorpios can be boiled in their own sexy broth now. The sensual possibilities are endless. But will you waste this energy on mere physical pleasure? Heck why not?!

SAGITTARIUS   (NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22)
Sagittarians have quite a few great ideas on how to improve their partnerships now. But are you putting your platform to a vote or will you overthrow the system, take control and institute your own laws? If you decide to push your opinions it may become an all or nothing situation. Power can make you a petty dictator. Petty? Off with their heads!

CAPRICORN   (DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20)
Let’s face it - you are a fairly hardworking individual. And you are in your element this week. Even terribly hard work seems easy. So get that elbow grease going Capricorn and whittle down that massive stack of work. As long as you are putting out the effort, try little elbow grease on your physique. Work it, or, an even better idea, let someone else do it. Whoo hoo.

AQUARIUS   (JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19)
Fun finds you. You get into all sorts of interesting situations and find creative ways to make each one memorable and valuable. Plucky Aquarians are even pluckier this week. Yet there is a downside. Your over confidence could lead you to take unreasonable risks especially with games of chance. Better bet with someone elses money, just in case.

PISCES   (FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20)
What is on your domestic agenda? Will you increase spending or rely on cuts to nurse you in your old age? Pisces should not buy what the powers that be are selling. You see through their little games. You are smarter, bolder and uncompromising with your long term security this week. Good. Feather your own pillow for a cushy landing.




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Can Vitamin D Or Tumeric Spice Help Fight Alzheimers?

SpicesSometimes the solution to our health ills can be found in the use of everyday products. Our ancestors knew this. Now it is time for us to revisit these useful applications.

 

It is now thought that vitamin D can help remove the protein Amyloid Beta from the Brain. This protein is one of the causes of alzheimers. 

A team of academic researchers has identified the intracellular mechanisms regulated by vitamin D3 that may help the body clear the brain of amyloid beta, the main component of plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Published in the March 6 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, the early findings show that vitamin D3 may activate key genes and cellular signaling networks to help stimulate the immune system to clear the amyloid-beta protein.

Previous laboratory work by the team demonstrated that specific types of immune cells in Alzheimer's patients may respond to therapy with vitamin D3 and curcumin, a chemical found in turmeric spice, by stimulating the innate immune system to clear amyloid beta. But the researchers didn't know how it worked.

"This new study helped clarify the key mechanisms involved, which will help us better understand the usefulness of vitamin D3 and curcumin as possible therapies for Alzheimer's disease," said study author Dr. Milan Fiala, a researcher at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.

If you need a technical reason to take vitamin D here it is:

Researchers found that in both Type I and Type II macrophages, the added 1a,25–dihydroxyvitamin D3 played a key role in opening a specific chloride channel called "chloride channel 3 (CLC3)," which is important in supporting the uptake of amyloid beta through the process known as phagocytosis. Curcuminoids activated this chloride channel only in Type I macrophages.

The scientists also found that 1a,25–dihydroxyvitamin D3 strongly helped trigger the genetic transcription of the chloride channel and the receptor for 1a,25–dihydroxyvitamin D3 in Type II macrophages. Transcription is the first step leading to gene expression.

Immune system rejuvenation could cut death from flu and pneumonia in the aged. Also, the potential to cut the incidence of cancer with better immune systems is very real. Rare people have exceptional immune systems for fighting cancer and aged immune systems with shorter telomeres are associated with higher cancer risk.

 

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Robert Pattinson Horoscope

Robert pattinsonIt is always fun and illuminating to look at a movie star's horoscope. This astrology analysis of Robert Pattinson's birth chart comes at a good time. Happy Birthday Robert! Robert Pattinson was born on May 13, 1986 at 8:22am in London England.

Chart Shape

The first thing I notice about his chart (which you can see below) is the shape. It is a "seesaw" which means that there is a cluster of planets on one side and another cluster of planets on the other side.

Seesaw charts indicate that half the personality is split off or holding deeper karmic issues that need to be addressed before one can be fully integrated. There are issues woven throughout his life that will require him to deal with choices and conflicting value systems. There may be concerns about balancing the polarities in his life and understanding relationships, developing reason, wisdom and fair judgment. He must learn to think for himself, take responsibility for making his own choices and tough moral decisions. He should not "pass the buck".

I don't know much about Pattinson's personal history and do better when I analyze a chart with fresh eyes. So there might have been a divorce or separation of parents in early childhood requiring him to make a decision about which parent to live with. Perhaps there were two college majors, two career paths or two lovers along the way? There may be regret of the road not taken, a mid-life change or an opportunity to develop his hidden talents. He craves relationships and are drawn to them as a stimulus for growth. In fact, he is rarely without a relationship and may be searching for his missing half.

Planets in Houses

Among his personal planets - Robert Pattinson has Sun in Taurus (strong steady personality, reliable hard working and kind), Moon in Cancer (deep emotions, very sensitive), Mercury in Taurus (careful thinker and communicator), Venus in Gemini (flirtatious, socialble and perhaps a bit fickle in love) and Mars in Capricorn (careful, strategic fighter, long term thinker, acquisitive for status).

Four of these personal planets are on one side of his chart - the inner directed side. So internally he knows to be calm, steady, careful and hardworking with a little chatty flair in love. On the other side - his outer directed side of the birth chart, Pattinson has strong Mars - his public push for fame, status, power and esteem. Some times these two areas conflict and one side upends the other.He needs to take care that his actions do not confound his best interests.

He has a stellium (more than three planets) in his 6th house of work and health. This is an area of his life that is very important to him. And with Saturn in that house, it can be an area where he feels like he doesn't measure up. He might question himself - "Do I work hard enough?" "Why do I let myself become so overly stressed and dissipated?" There could be a fear of getting sick.

Aspects and House Placements

In this short analysis of Robert's chart, I will look at only a couple of aspects. In a See Saw shaped chart there are usually many many aspects - oppostions especially.

Moon opposite Neptune - He can let his emotions lead him on fantasies. Impractical in love. Gives his heart too easily. Also, Moon in the 12th hosue can indicate intuition but it can also mean that he lets his emotions undermine him. Same too Venus in the 12th house - Love affairs can undo him, although it can also mean he has a guardian angel - someone who can protect him from himself. This Venus opposes his Uranus - surprises and shiocks. So don't be surprised if you see that some of his love affairs upends his work and causes him health problems unexpectedly.

Jupiter is the highest planet in his chart so no matter what, he has luck and expansion in huis career and long term plans. In the end he will succeed... even after many mistakes and self inflicted hardships.

The Saturn Return

Robert Pattinson will be 27 this year - entering the first phase of his first Saturn Return. This is a huge transit for him.

The Saturn Return is a three year period that occurs every 27 years or so. Astrologically it is the waxing angle which transiting Saturn (the planet hovering overhead) makes to your natal Saturn until it matches the exact position as your natal Saturn in your birth chart.

During the Return we may feel stressed, frustrated and anxious for change. Change either does not come or comes in an unexpected, possibly undesirable way. But (and this is a big BUT) the problems that we grapple with during this return phase are actually life lessons that must be learned before we can progress and succeed. Saturn is the stern taskmaster of the zodiac but it is also the planet that brings great rewards after all of our hard work. Learn your Saturn lessons and climb to your personal summit. Remember - If you don't learn your lessons at 27-30 expect to repeat them in your late 50s…. and again in your mid-80s? Ah good old Saturn never forgets!

Saturn’s impact is felt in different stages throughout each 27 year span return to return. Every 7 years transiting Saturn makes another stressful aspect to our chart: From approximately 34-37 and 49-52 it is squared and at 41-44 it is opposed. Saturn squares and oppositions serve to reinforce our progress in dealing with Saturn lessons that began at age 27.

For Pattinson, his Saturn is in independent Sagittarius in the 6th house of work and health. I see the next three years for him to be a struggle in work that can dissipate his health - if he is not careful. My advice to him would be to take care not to over work, to try and reduce his stress and while he may not see direct payoff from working hard, he should not give up and be lazy. Saturn wants him to put out the effort even if he sees little reward in the short term. It is all in preparation for the long term now.

 

Between his birth chart placements and his Saturn Return, this should be a very interesting time for Robert Pattinson as he tries to find balance in his life between work and love. There will be struggles but in the end I know he will succeed. What he will learn over the next three years will be put to good use after he turns 30.

 

 

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Horoscope for the Week of May 13, 2013

Al pacino venus in geminiLove is sweeping the nation. Okay, maybe just into the corners of our own hearts. But as Venus advances into flirtatious Gemini and squares romantic Neptune, you can bet that this new broom moves the dust around. Create a dust storm.

(Al Pacino has Venus in Gemini)

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ARIES   (MARCH 21 - APRIL 20)
Ask and you shall receive. Ask for a lot and you receive it in large creamy dollops. Aries can charm just about anyone this week. How much can you handle and how will this impact your social climb and circle of powerful friends? Use this gift judiciously lest one of your amours turns out to be a tell all. Unless of course you want your tail tattled.....

TAURUS   (APRIL 21 - MAY 21)
If money has been a source of stress, be prepared to relax and enjoy this week. Careful planning pays off and even spendthrifts can replenish as they go along. Taureans not only improve their fiscal outlook, they can also enjoy their gotten gains to the fullest. The secret is to share some of it with some your best pals. Some... but not all....

GEMINI   (MAY 22 - JUNE 21)
Bottle and sell your oozy charisma before you slip on it. The fates deliver more charm per square inch than is safe for Geminis to release. You attract a bevy of admirers and are the center of attention. Spread your influence in new social circles. Meet and greet but be discreet. Next week there may be too many exes and not enough whys.

CANCER   (JUNE 22 - JULY 23)
Easy going Cancers become more intense, mysterious and prescient this week. They can divine the most divine things and become a sought after seer to many would-be disciples. Weave your dreamy charms while you can. Too, too soon the foggy magic lifts and there you are exposed on the international stage, warts and all. Will you catch a draft? Achoo!

LEO   (JULY 24 - AUGUST 23)
Enjoy a plethora of pleasant pastimes, courtesy of a posse of pals. Leos can’t escape the crowds. They increase their popularity and become social directors to the masses. But don’t sit at home and wait for the parade to march to you. Go and become involved in new groups and organizations. Provide the party favors and play, play, play.

VIRGO   (AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23)
You come off as a savvy, ambitious corporate player now. Mold your raw passion into a crafted (and crafty) charm. Put your rising stock back into the career market and get aggressive in how you invest your professional assets. Planning a coup d’etat? Be sure that you really want all that responsibility. Some times it is better to be the power behind the throne, Virgo.

LIBRA   (SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 23)
Curiosity might have killed the cat but it will provide Libras with endless and remarkable out-of-this-world adventures. Don’t hang around the usual places waiting for the usual players to sweep you off your feet. Venture forth and take a risk. Who knows who is waiting for you in some far corner of the world? Let’s hope that it is not some square....

SCORPIO   (OCTOBER 24 - NOVEMBER 22)
Scorpios may not know what hit them romantically this week. You are sexy, sultry, energetic and ready for ha cha cha. But how will you choose your dance partner from all your many admirers? Don’t worry about any false starts or phony hearts. You are in it for the chase and if one target misfires you can easily redirect your ardor and try, try again.

SAGITTARIUS   (NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22)
Don’t be surprised if you see a fresh new face staring at you from across the breakfast table. The fates enliven even the most static and boring relationships. Sagittarians have new vigor in their trot, much to the pleasure of their partners. And if you are on the hoof, this is a great time to run wild. Will you be captured, hogtied and branded? Oh don’t you wish!

CAPRICORN   (DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20)
If work has been one long miserable energy drain, expect a happy jolt. Capricorns feel more on their game and can tackle even the most onerous project with some great results. Put in the effort now. Of course, if you can cajole others to actually do the work for you while you splash around at the water cooler and watch the clock, even better!

AQUARIUS   (JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19)
Aquarians are inspired to tap into their creativity. Suddenly you are filled with great ideas, exquisite poetry and masterpieces. See where your muse leads you. Follow your passion and energy. And yet you also can be tempted to waste this artistic genius on silly, fun pastimes, short lived romances and cheap tawdry times. Oh how to choose? How to choose?

PISCES   (FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20)
Even though you are tempted to pick up and travel at a moments notice, there is something about your home that is  cozy, comfortable and especially wonderful now. You become a happy couch potato. Pisces can enhance their surroundings with fresh decorations or a few very fresh guests. And, thankfully, they will spoil you rotten.



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