Anita The Aries Bridezilla
From the Sydney Morning Herald today and definitely in my “honestly w.t.f?” category.
(Anita) Chakraburtty is part of a new trend of would-be brides or “single bridezillas” for whom planning their big day does not require a proposal from the man of their dreams.
As a professional astrologer, the British-born Chakraburtty, 42, says she is destined to meet her future husband any day now.
“Astrologically I’ve got quite a lot of activity happening in October and November in my charts,” she says. She picked the date of the wedding, April 7, 2013, because it has once-in-a-lifetime planetary alignments favouring relationships, she says, and also happens to be her birthday.
“I’ve got a red dress because I’m Aries, a fire sign, and I’ve also bought shoes with diamante on them – and diamond is the birthstone of Aries,” she says. “And a friend is making a chilli chocolate wedding cake.”
FAR OUT. No offense to Anita, who i am sure is lovely and all but this freaks me out on a number of different levels. I don’t even know where to begin. Call me anal, but i think wedding dates are best set for when you have a consenting partner. Who knows you. This is beyond Love Zombie.
Secondly, if this is the level of advice she gives herself, i worry about the clients. I mean, sure i have my foibles (v.Venus-Uranian) but when ever i get married, it’s to an actual person. I like to stay in-species.
Thirdly, that is NOT such a great date guys. It’s Venus conjunct Mars in ARIES. It would be great for sacking a citadel and then force-marrying the Queen if you were Atilla the Hun or someone and it was another century. Excellent for rocking up to chez Sleazebucket and getting laid at short notice even though you’re only in your Ugg boots and pyjama bottoms. Perfect also for pulling at the gym or giving an ultimatum to some Ghost Lover type who you had actually been talking to already. But for marriage? I don’t think so. Not with Venus in the opposite sign to the one She rules…Libra.
Fourthly – HER astro…Unless my maths is out she would be born April 7 1970, yes? Venus quincunx Neptune. Mars opposite Neptune. Mercury quincunx Neptune. Jupiter quincunx Neptune. Jupiter opposite Mercury, Venus and Saturn. Not to diss the lifestyle or relationship choices of another wimmyn, that is a WHOLE lot of Neptune & Jupiter going on there. Her chart is SUPER-FIXED. I would hate to be saying no to her re anything.
Fifthly – do you think she’s been over-doing The Secret?
Full Disclosure: There are the occasional times when i eat a packet of (organic) potato crisps and affirm to myself that everything i eat contributes to health and beauty. Everything. Also, there is a nanosecond in that otherwise terrifyingly naff Brad Pitt Chanel No 5 ad when i feel like he really is addressing it to me. But i didn’t get my imaginary agent to set us up with a meeting so that we could discuss doing the cover of Vogue Paris together + poss synergies with indie films etc. i got over it and went to tweet something snarky instead.
Or am i out of touch and completely missing the point of this strategy? THOUGHTS PLEASE PEOPLE!
Holy moly, she is bat-shit insane!
Word !
Double Word! She looks so different in the two pictures… TV does amazing things?
the blow dry….
and the makeup
everything……
ok, i get the red dress diamante shoes just sound tacky and a wedding without a partner organised WTF?? i know we’re good at confidence, but she’s also gone PUBLIC with this and without wanting to be misogynist, if i were her i would have hired a stylist to help with those photos can’t she see that it’s a marketing opportunity???
” there is a nanosecond in that otherwise terrifyingly naff Brad Pitt Chanel No 5 ad when i feel like he really is addressing it to me.”
So I saw this ad for the very first time last night, had no idea what it was for much less Chanel no 5 and got freaked out because he reminded me of Saggo sun, Libra rising, Scorp venus psychic stalker directing it to me through the tv, only to find out it was a Chanel ad, plus tres lame. And Brad is Saggo sun and rising to boot. Naff for me stands for Not at all (double eff) Fun! LOL
this Chanel commercial is so blatantly idiot
Brad Pitt on a chic/polished black-and-white photo playing Sartre makes me want to throw-up. excuse me.
what can i say? aries peeps are very optimistic even though sagg usually gets credit for most optimism. since she seems like a super control freak it would have to take a man as macho as her to come along and sack her citadel!
. it could happen……but man im such a pessimist id never do that so part of admires her.
Optimistic…yes! But also great at sabotaging themselves! I’ll say no more……………………………
Best laugh all day. It cheered me up after watching the u.s. Presidential debate.
Aries gone wild.
Haha! Aries gone rogue!
It scared the heck out of me. Maybe it’s my virgo planets being ultra-sensitive but i read it and felt frightened that this person is so off-reality and went onto T.V as well – how mortifying when (if ever) her denial wears off.
I agree, Aries gone wild is right…Uber Aries! God help the guy!
“i got over it and went to tweet something snarky instead” hahaha.. lolol love it.
CRAZY!!!!!!!
1.) “Force marry” is perfect: she’s made up her mind that she’s tying the knot, and even if she needs to blackmail some chump to make it all happen for her on April 7 then she will. Whatever, Atilla Bridezilla.
2.) What if your agent wasn’t imaginary, though? What then?
Haha
point (2),
Idiocy beyond compare. A toast! ‘To the idiots’. How sad and desperate is this? What happens as the big day draws near. WTF, what an idiot . . .
BTW I have it on good authority that it’s not really what you eat that counts it’s what you do with the energy from the food you eat that counts for complete health (and beauty).
April 7, wow, that’s cutting it a bit fine. Still, she could be they type that ends up happily married to herself or just throw a big party. But seriously, haven’t women been doing this in some – albeit less brash and public – form through the ages?
At what degree is this co-junction happening? I have Mars in Aries. Do I need to start planning a coup?
Ok so I’ve just watched the Chanel ad online & I’m not sure which has me goof smirking with hilarity the most…Brad, crazyArieslady, or Mystic’s deliciously wicked conjunction of the two…
not really very romantic is it – hey myst – dont u think this is a bit like “yasmin’s getting married” remember that ? whatever happened to her !
this makes me – LZ in rehab – sound positively grounded hehe. Mystic’s email today re void moon in scorpio – don’t do short notice seductions or chase people with whom one is not ON. Well, the ex FWB-who-crossed-boundaries-then-went-AWOL Toro who I told off when saturn went into scorp, is now contacting me wanting to catch up, ‘very concerned as to how you are’ ‘important to see you’ etc. Big anxiety attack at my end at the thought of seeing him (I have to pick something up from his workplace) – interesting to be on the receiving end of a badly-timed missive, for a change. I have also had a series of useful dreams about my fear of/need to dig into psychological depths at the mo – quite liking saturn in scorpio today!
Speaking as a marriage-phobic, hermetic Virgo, the only bit that appealed was wearing a red dress.
THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF YOUR MOST BRILLIANT POSTS SINCE FIND-MY-GODDESS-GUY!!!!
OMG OMG OMG!!! *tears of joy*
The Chili-chocolate cake is the most delightful detail.
She’s like the Atilla the Hun of Love Zombies!!!
The thing that disturbs me most about this, is that it gives the impression to the general public that professional astrologers are complete fuqing whack jobs.
yes, like actual proof.
thanks – so now i am not inviting you to my surprise wedding party the next time asteroid Juno and my Progressed Part of Fortune conjoin.
Haha!
awww but c’mon Mystic that would be FUN and I promise not to drink all the champagne.
no you believe in astrology so you’ll just blame neptune anyways!
best lie from a piscean award goes too….
xx
people find “proof” if they look hard enough. The diaper wearing murder attempt by lisa nowak didn’t tarnish astronaut reputation any. Plus look at politicians.
ah, where’d we be without a few of such eternally hopeful Aries peeps around?
I have a friend like her – eternally optimistic Aries – and she ALWAYS gets what she wants. However, karma is a bitch and she has had serious health problems.
yup i know an aries like that too. scary.
and other problems, too. i’d expect. the thing is, one hopes they wouldn’t quite insist on dragging the rest of us along in their bulldozing rampage.
totally agree cat
Her chutzpah is making me smile.
Right, not to sound like a completely cynical hopeless git, but holy mother of all imaginary weddings, one would think that at 42 – which is my age btw, one is past this kind of projection. I’m totes all for visualizing, and “preparing the space” so to speak but think more in terms of you know.. maybe join a gym, lose 20 lbs, work on my cuteness, reinfuse my social networks with new life, feng up the love qi and vibe SANE sorta thing.
I’m not quite sure even a cocktail/dinner invite would be imminent if a potential identified one as having pre-planned a fictitious wedding, and in red no less. Shudder.
If the institution of marriage could talk, I think it would scream.
TOTES agree.
I think she is secretly hoping Russell Crowe will come find her – delusionally of course, he has a very distinct taste for bird-like, bony, beautiful creative blondes – but note that April 7 is also his birthday. And she timed this media push for right after THAT announcement.
I fear that all of our love zombie ramblings have in fact flushed out a Queen Love Zombie. Before you dismiss this as being paranoid because of Saturn in Scorpio, think about it – the timing and the date she has chosen. She scares me.
And god, imagine how many guys have just zoomped off online dating today.
Porkchop babe – at my er..advanced age (haha), having been married before/coupled etc., I’ve come to the conclusion that the whole single girl/world is made for couples bit is a lot of marketing.
Sure, I get lonely as a single person but hey, it was worse when I was lonelier as a married/partnered person. I do take issue with how much women have been portrayed as forlorn singles when last I checked, singlehood and the loneliness that comes of it are equal opportunity conditions.
It was mentioned in other posts how one can feel left out of certain rites of passage but I think there’s a difference between the rituals of those passages and the passages themselves (I know you’re not disputing this at all). Rituals arise from those passages but now we have entire industries that capitalize on those which confuse the focus for some people.
Personally, I don’t champion one civil status over the other and these shouldn’t be made to compete as it offers different gifts altogether. I’ve had friends who’ve had massive weddings fall into a complete what-now state post that, friends who eloped and happily started nesting and friends who prefer to remain uncommitted. Needless to say, we can usually count on the coupled friends to discuss say renovating, and relish the freedom of our single friends to do Ibiza at a day’s notice. It’s all good.
NOT paranoid at all sweetness.. am actually now wondering if she could be the surprisingly effective response to having actually non-viable men decamp off dating sites (as you so rightly pointed out). Like you know, a cleansing agent but in bats-crazy-blood red. Think – if Julian Assange read her profile on OK Cupid (of course) vis a vis the pic a la dress, he’d have gone to Ecuador sooner.
The stat is something like 50% of men online are actually marrieds/shackled to something/Nigerian scammers. Perhaps SHE is the antidote?
I’d shudder at what our mate Russ would do to her if she tried it on, Ariens like uber-lady-light-elusive types non? Not anyone actually setting up for a possible entrapment.
yes yes yes she may be the one to purge the internet dating scene of scammers/players/the unhinged/
You took the words right out of this Virgo’s mouth!
very good point! you wouldn’t want to be living in la la land at that age.
i am in a single gal in my 30s and unsure about relationships after a major heartbreak. and i must say this woman’s deranged future wedding makes me have empathy for women too… the world is built for couples (although i think peeps are starting to question and there will be interesting times ahead), and the social expectations on woman regarding marriage are tough. or maybe i am just projecting, lol.
Soz my comment to you went under Mystic’s on this thread.. woops
This of course comes from the ‘any publicity is good publicity’ school of marketing. Presenting oneself as an idiot is an interesting approach. Its worked for quite a few people in the past though.
To me its like one of those action movies when the train starts leaving the tracks close to Central station. Everything goes into slow motion as an unstoppable force floats towards immovable objects. Aries tend to like this type of approach.
There will be no splat on April 7th. All the same media will be there to either report the success or failure of her venture. This is a win win situation to our Bridezilla.
Fame, whats your name ?
mmmm, thanks for this video Davidl, it’s brightened up my morning – mid-70s coke-addled Thin White Duke era Bowie, my favourite
If I a) wasn’t already married, b) had a time machine, and c) was also batshit crazy, I’d be taking some tips from our friend Anita and would be working out the best day to marry David Bowie circa 1976. No wedding dress, but a white widelegged trouser suit. We’d be matching. The wedding cake would just be a massive pile of cocaine. *scuttles off to listen to Station to Station*
EXCELLENT wedding cake idea.
It is the ONLY cake idea to go with your diamante encrusted white tux …esp on Lo Leo groom.
Um.. the thing is…She has SAID the date…
and if she DOESNT get hitched the MAW OF CHAOS will be opened..you know ..
big rip in our dimension.
the works..
So, I’d do it but…um…. I checked my Diary and I’m REALLY busy and anyways, I’m Aqua and I feel she’s probably after another Rammy…
so……..
Davidl….. you owe it to us…
you owe it to the world..
yes worse than telling everyone anout your fab new diet or detox and putting all this pressure on yourself and falling off the wagon a week later
hahahahahaha
I’d love to help but I have a base jump off Mt Everest booked on that day. Hold on ….. Yep, the 7th, jeez , what a shame. So, sorry, on that day I’ll either still be married to my current wife or dead.
LOL..
awwww carn David….
we need some legal reform in this country.
it should have been same-sex marriage but the was things are looking its more likely to be a green light on polygamy..
more in-sourced ironers n’all
come on…. your country needs you..
my browsers auto fill is SO random.
that was me.
she could be the next Y2K we all wait for and then poof nothing happens and disapears.
Oh yeah, thats right.
was in the Dictator’s suite of the Caesar park on Ipanema with a handful of interesting folk that night so I didnt give a rats.
Took the opportunity to make some gutsy resolutions tho.
and..I didnt put any fixed dates on them
Scorp-taunting??? Only joking
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Probably some plutonic 8th house fantasy thang (not that I have pluto in my 8th.)
No, I live with one and would feel far more comfy jumping outa a weather balloon than engaging in risky verbal behaviour near her….
I might act silly but I aint stoopid….
Oh crap…..
that was meant to be after the next post which is by anon who is actually me…..
fark….
the run up to a Merc retro always hits me harder than the transit itself these days.
that shoulda been ‘found myself in..the rahrah suite etc etc. i like tents mainly… anyway …
talking quasi-dimeensional reality rips and wotnot,
this is a bit off subject but has the astro on Doctor Who ever been done here? not easy I guess .
I’ve always been fan so being the elitist egocentric scorp-taunting Marx(bros)ist that I am I cant help expecting the figure to be an Aqua sun Pisces rising Gemini moon … but?/ i dunno
Ahhhh to be optimistic. Does LAO work if you want to visualize someone else’s life as better……? If you know someone being screwed over and you really want better for them, it would be easier to wish bad upon the screwer…. But if she who be screwed is clearly an oblivious, silly girl who can’t see the forest for the trees……………….
Sorry, slightly off topic and yet slightly on….. Deluded people are everywhere!
I don’t see the harm in wishing someone’s life to be better. I think only good things would come out of that.:D
But, at the same time, the person who’s getting screwed over has to want it for themselves as well. Otherwise, I think you have a bit of a “clash” in desires. For instance, you may be putting out only good, pure, positive energy and directing that energy their way….but if they themselves are still in that same mindset that they were when they got screwed over repeatedly and they’re just sitting there, scratching their heads saying “Why do I keep getting screwed over…?”…..or they’re just completely oblivious to being screwed over then unfortunately I think that all that wonderful energy that you’re sending their way ends up bouncing right off them. What you desire for them is in contrast to what they desire for themselves.
Sometimes it’s really sad what people create for themselves and it’s extremely frustrating when you want so badly to help them out or for them to simply “see the light”….and they just can’t or won’t.
I’m not in any way trying to discourage you or anyone from directing “feel good” energy into other people’s lives. There is obviously no harm in that and good things will come…but for who is the question? Good energy is good energy. If it feels good, it feels good. No doubt about that! But sometimes we send good energy into people’s lives and all it does is bounces off of them. They don’t want it for themselves, so they don’t get it. It may bounce off them and back onto us or onto someone else who IS receptive to good energy. Our lives may improve while there’s seem to continue to spiral downward. Or we end up tarnishing our own good energy because it’s like: “Hey! I’m sending all this positive energy their way. Why is their life still shitty or why is it getting worse?” Then you start doubting yourself AND the LOA. Then the LOA stops working for you in the way that you want it to. LOA is always at work, regardless of whether we’re sending out bad energy or good energy. It simply responds to our thoughts, feelings and overall energy. We’re all getting back what we put *out there*….
I’m sorry if I came off as too *woo-woo New-Agey* or if this came off as some kind of preachy rant. I am in NO way an expert on the LOA and I definitely don’t mean for it to come off that way. It’s something that I’ve studied and worked on everyday for a very long time. Everyday I learn something new…. either through myself or through other people’s experiences with it. I’ve had some very interesting and BIZARRE (but good) things happen all due to using LOA in the way in which I desire. There isn’t a wrong or right way to use the LOA…although there are some people (the ones selling their product(s)) who like to make other people believe that you have to adhere to some very strict set of *rules* regarding the LOA otherwise it won’t work. That just isn’t true. Isn’t LOA about doing what feels good for each of us as individuals? We don’t all want the same thing and what works for me, may not work for you or for anyone else.
(Sorry for that being so long.
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Leo Socialite turns on her computer. She sighs heavily, hefts a champagne flute to recently restylaned lips and places her (90s Coral) manicured fingertips together. Namaste Bitches.
WHAT IS IT WITH THE INDIAN HIPPY PICTURE at the bottom? On the left? i think it is Shiva with what’s her name, the sexy one? Parvati? This is her at home, no airbrush telly make up, crap hair (it is temp extensions in the top i think) etc and we glimpse her SHRINE on the left.
She has Arum lilies usually appropriate for a funeral but a picture of indian god-goddess couple. Sadly, her “wedding dress” is from Cue. It is not about the money, handmade or vintage or an up and coming label could have cost the same – it is the sensibility. It is a mass market clothes label for people with ZERO imagination.
good eye for detail! yes, I always understood arum lillies were NOT for weddings but for death, and the high street chain store dress – bless her
OMFG TLS! it IS Cue. I hadn’t paid close attention, I was just aghast at everything else about the post / images. What the ?!?!?!!?!?! Who…how…why… oh god, it’s probably a polyester blend AARRGHHHH
ouch!
i didn’t read your reply and i’ve just noticed and wrote the same things…
coral nails! beautiful!
so amazingly leonic!
that is the first thing I saw too. wtf cue?? who gets married in polyester work wear from the high street? income aside.
love the namaste bitches
TLS mon immédiate réaction ::
SHE WANTS TO GET MARRIED IN A FROCK FROM CUE?!!
The whole shebang reeks of freak!
If she’s so set in her determination AND committed to self-fulfilling prophecies – why no mail order?
as for the mentioned footwear – no comment!!
the perpetual dumbing down of Fairfax (Sydney Morning Herald publisher) leaves scant reason to read the rag / scrolling the online version
which part of that story, features actual “news”
next!!
God it gets worse – seat belts on kids!!
did anyone read the story????
“Chakraburtty, who also works as a naturopath, believes the universe is backing her choice of wedding date. She was a first-time bridesmaid at a friend’s wedding recently and caught the bouquet.
“There are all these signs from the universe, milestones for me to say ‘yes, you’re on track’. I really, really know that I will get married on this day and I’m going to meet a brilliant guy in the next few months,” she says. “I’ve got so much love to offer someone.”
Mostly single for nine years, she denies she is a wedding obsessive. “I was never this little girl who always wanted to be married and have a big dress. I’ve got a Masters in Chemistry and I was the head of risk in a bank in the UK so I’ve come from a very masculine education and career. I’m like one of the boys.”
I think I heard the shark alarm go off!!
R.I.P Australian newspaper journalism
More likely Dame Stella Remington’s penultimate legacy and creation .
like Nikita.
More colourful than Mark Kennedy of the NPOIU and if she marries our Godwin Gretch we’ll have a new ‘sensible’ Empire for years to come darling
a rouge agent.
Hm, (still choking hysterically at some of the above comments, thanks david l…)
I might be the only person here to have any sympathy for this girl.
WTF, you know, if no husband turns up, she can always have a birthday bash with red dress and chili-chocolate cake.
If potential husband does turn up, he has had fair warning of what he might be in for. Aries wouldn’t trust any man who couldn’t cope with a little challenge (cf. Taming of the Shrew).
Not having been married myself (and not a lot younger than this girl), I TOTALLY get the “Why shouldn’t I get to be a FRickin Bridezilla with all the trimmings, while I can still semi-carry it off, and send UP-YOURS to world at large and frilly flossy romantic frickin dreams that didnt deliver land?” – It’s only fair.
Do you realise what it is like to work in a workplace of 20-somethings who get super excited about the stylings of engagement rings and planning for their engagement do’s, their pre-engagement do’s, their bridal showers, their pre-wedding drinks while getting wedding hair and makeup done, the wedding itself, the honeymoon, and then the flowers at intervals delivered to work ??? (not to mention the photos of all these things)
I say go sister, yes you’re a nutter but at least you’re funny. And red dress, challenge to world at large and chili cake is at least entertainment value.
I have my moments of dreaming of Wedding Reaction myself – I have a bit of Aries going on – and do subscribe to the “Any True Man meant for me would somehow get through all this shite”, romantic comedy style.
OK, sympathy, but agree, probly not so great for her professionally. Would love to be at that event though (April 7, 2013, where is it again?)
She has peaked too early.
yes as singleton in my 30s who doesn’t want kids i feel like i am going to miss out at those big life stage changes that break things up and give you exciting things to focus on. of course i will aim to do it in my life with other things, but i feel a bit left out. (my issues, i know)
and yes maybe she picked a red dress really because if there’s no wedding she can wear it to something else, lol.
job interviews?
I just spat out my drink
On Cue!
Perhaps it is my Pisces rising compassion, but if this is not some sort of ad gimmick, it is truly sad “a friend is making her chili chocolate cake”.. and you think… for what?
Freakin freak she’s so freakin Aries…she even looks like an archetypal Aries. I swear I know two Aries women who could be her twins (except that one of them is insanely balanced and gentle in her forcefulness…the other….well, she could be in this post as well…another freakin’ freak. Why would you want to control a ceremony which is ultimately all about compromise. Remember the body-builder dude from the Uber-Aries post who looked like a Viking bikie. THIS is the man she needs.
Me thinks you’re onto something there Seabird, I’d love to see her hook up with a big tough lookin’ bikie dude (softie on the inside of course) , and they ride off into the sunset together .. her in her red (cue) dress, big biker boots, and throwing her red bouquet into the wind as she goes..why not… would be great if it happened, proving the power of intention !
hope all shimmery in your world beautiful one !
The poor dear. Can you imagine how she’ll feel on her birthday next year. Oh well, at least the cake and dress are picked out WAY in advance. But I can tell ya now honey. A wedding it aint…..
#1: She will make a lot of money now that she announcement this on TV
#2 As far as I know astrologers haven’t been able to determine lottery numbers for winning so how could she determine her wedding date without a date.
#3 my Grandmothers maiden name is Diamonte. My Dad’s middle name is Diamond. I always thought that was cool!
IF she is accurate she will be inundated with calls and it will not be a good situation. All I see is negativity surrounding this.
I agree that’s its all negative and I don’t think she’ll make any money. I think she’ll be labelled a freak-show and the consequences will be dire for her sense of self-identity sooner or later.
I agree with your point about the lottery.
That is a cool story about the names in your family.
Whoa, those names are so Bond character..love it!
your dad is mike D?
Who knows? – she may pull this off yet!! Stranger things have happened. And after all, this is the era of so many doing anything stupid for their 5 seconds of, albeit undeserved, fame. A multi-low-Leo may come bounding in, eager to share in the dazzle of this ill-conceived wedding, wearing a diamanté-encrusted white tux, (to match her shoes). They’ll sell the story of her successful manifestation, and how he saw her on tv and it was love at first sight (he loves chilli-choc cake too), for shit-loads of money to all the crap mags & then the marriage will b over faster than they can spend it all on the equally outrageous honeymoon. THEN, we’ll see her again on tv, weeping tears over her broken heart & how she overlooked their Saturn-Jupiter squares or some such in their synastry/composite etc etc…then maybe she’ll pick another date…and write a self-help book
Sorry to any Leos out there – my bestie is one & she’s one of the best people I know – no offence intended
If she pulls it off it’ll be so so gross to read about!
the Bimbo in me secretly likes the idea of a diamante-encrusted white tux…
that’s because you’re really an incognito rock star Pi haha..
I can understand that Arieans (and those with aspects thereof) have been thinking themselves gods gift to creation lately since Uranus crashed the party but sheesh! This is just blatant look-at-me attention seeking. The SMH musta been short for a decent story.
Omg, talk about pressure to the poor bastard she may date, why on earth do people feel they are not complete without the perfect specimen on the perfect date, the perfect wedding day, just my opinion, don’t believe in marriage, nice concept but not realistic long term, I don’t think you can make til we die promise just coz it feels right at the time? We all change, progress and grow and some of prefer same sex? Marriage works for some, but could this just be this ladies Achilles heel, ?
P.s. you can buy gentle changes progesterone cream from America, they don’t make it in Aus but it can help ladies suffering pms , illogical feelings, being emo without reasons, insomnia, itchy skin, get the picture?
Do they have a cream for men who are equally weirdo ?
Yes they do dr john lee wrote controversial books what the doctors don’t tell you re peri menopause etc, men do need cream, when the testosterone drops, they have MANopause, true…….
I’m digging this. for some reason i’m finding it all very sweet alal Muriels wedding, jsut a little girl dreaming and wishing cept now Its all over the intenet thanks to ummm internet.
She’s advertised herself now. Some poor immigrant might appreciate the visa……………….
Strange the astro. 3 people with strong aries involving mercury born in 1970 have been giving me headaches over the past few years ( no no-one here)
I agree -boats full of men from countries bordering “the sub-continent” may be very happy to contact her. They (or their mothers) may even share her conviction that the time is right.
On the other hand they may not….
Did she not think that any sane, rational guy WILL RUN A FUQING MILE after watching that!!!!!!!
Giggles…
Yes, she presents great logic to support her goal and I guess that’s what you have to have to attain it, real or otherwise. There is an Arian determination demonstrated eh.. somewhat not negotiable.
Dream big they say and don’t be put off by your perceptions or presupposeed limitations. Sure. I get it and I’ve dreamt big and will continue to do so in the future if the dream is worthy of pursuit.
But…
…if nothing else it must be balanced with a solid grasp of reality and that is that there isn’t a man in her life with whom she has a bond of any sort that would suggest a marriage in around 6 months. Not even the early beginnings of a connection that will endure…
Ah the Sagi in me loves the overt confident gamble she’s taking… grins from my couch not from a position of envy.
It is a bit Secret-esque .. and I’ll not get up on my soapbox again there
As for Mars in a sign indicating the type of man you’ll get.. really??, my last guy was a Cap (my Mars), and it was anything but a rush to get married in red or any other colour and he was the worst money manager I’d ever met and that is their thing.
i laughed so hard, i’m still doing it….this piece is as funny as an old good Woody Allen film! thank you
said that, i think the lady here is yes, a bit nut, funny also, but, totes into the low-aries mode. i have known a few aries females in my life, and, the most significant feature i always noted is that they always-always have such a big will. when they have something in mind, they just go for it, no matter the circumstances, the people around, the weather, the situation, the possibilities. they become just like one with their intention, and the conviction is so intense they tend to be a bit scary at times. call them adventurous or mad, most of the time they just get what they want and usually they don’t bother – don’t honestly give a **** – about other peeps thoughts. another interesting thing is that when they reach their goals, they usually get bored with it, and set up for a new one. kind of an individualistic pattern, but, in the core, so truly aries i think. and, aries is opposite libra, sign of the significant other, so, it does make sense that the lovely lady here is about to plan a marriage without a partner. that is just – in low aries thinking – a plus thing, a small detail to be arranged lately
i must also admitt, i sometimes envy this determination. it can be very appealing if dosed
and useful.
Yes indeed, as an ultra cautious Kataka/Libra/Capricorn I secretly envy the chutzpah and mega gogetter spirit of all the Aries ladies I know. Ok this is… an extreme case, but what the hell. I hope it works out for her.
IMHO, you’re spot on!
What I find sad about this, having read the whole SMH piece and the other women spoke to, is how society continues to push the message that we can control what happens to us and the more we control and results we produce, the better we are. Rather than come to terms with her life as it has evolved, she’s spending an inordinate amount of energy and money on a fantasy. And these are very capable women, who bring all their professional skills to the task of wedding management. I don’t know that she’s crazy, but she sure is driven to accomplish the impossible.
I have a couple of male friends who just decided they were going to be married at 40 – both Taureans – and so they got on with their projects and ended up in bad relationships as a consequence.
I don’t take too seriously the astrologer monocle. The SMH will make a dabbler into a professional just cos it suits them. Nor do I think it’s a trend.
Yeah i agree – she said she was in an astro lecture “last year” and utters the give away phrase “in alignment”. Anyone even dabbling in astro would name the aspect rather than say that cos it is just so vague and fluffy. Also her explanation of what a tarus man is like is a bit interesting, followed with logic that he will also be very mars cos of the wedding date that she has set.
Mystic. Appreciate your wisdom & advice. The power is too strong, It was there gently, nourishingly before but now…street lights go out as I drive past, ten moths in my house alone…every woman takes a step back, and then forward to knife me..and every man professes ‘have you put me under a spell?’ and wants to….me. I know what people are going to say before they say it..I know the intention…i know the lie…I know the crime…
New territory…anxious…
ok. wow. I’m glad Aries is intercepted in my chart.
Indeed!
i wonder if she will find this blog post about her?!?!?!
i’ve just noted that in the second pic, on the left, there’s a picture of the Hindu sacred couple Shiva and Parvati, and, a bottle of Lourdes Holy water. (!) this thing is growing far more interesting than i can ever imagined. wow.
So beautiful
Picture is of Krishna – you can just see the flute.
When i saw the label in the dress i had flashbacks to when Pauline Hanson made some announcement that she had bought a whole new wardrobe from their, and Cue responded publicly saying that they had nothing to do with her and her racism. It’d be funny if Cue also distances themselves from this chick but I doubt it…
Yikes! I just googled to see if Krishna actually had a principal consort, beyond just hanging out with the gopi girls, and i found this on wikipedia. Maybe she is identifying with Radha and thinks that she will completely control her husband or that she is the supreme goddess?!
“With Krishna, Radha is acknowledged as the Supreme Goddess, for it is said that she controls Krishna with Her love.[2] It is believed that Krishna enchants the world, but Radha “enchants even Him. Therefore She is the supreme goddess of all.”
I reckon culture is a big component here.
I personally don’t like the determined pursuit of marriage and wish she’d spend her time on something else. However, she’s pursuing something that’s important to her and good luck to her. Not love zombie. She’s too likeable and has a kind and optimistic face. If it doesn’t come off she’s going to have a good party regardless.
It seems like a mess and makes me feel sad for her – but who knows, maybe she’s been climbing some major personal mountains and feels like she can manifest more blessings. Maybe she will. My cynical side wonders if there isn’t already a fiance secreted away in a magician’s box waiting for his cue to appear.
…AND the label of the Magik Red Dress… isn’t it….”CUE”!??? wtf
haha I didn’t notice the label! Not consciously anyway =I
Hopefully she has a nice Indian family who will run around trying to find someone suitable for her now (this sounds like a Bollywood plot for sure). Good thing is, she’s British born, so if embarrassment descends in Australia, hop on the plane… off to a brand new Aries beginning.
Another thing, I know Indian astrology works differently than Western astrology. If, just IF, this thing should, by some miracle, fall into place, mystic mystic mystic, you will have to be hanging thy head in shame.
Make sure you post a calendar reminder to April 7 and follow up on this one…
Not that I haven’t enjoyed all the bitchy comments above…
but it’s that going-for-the-underdog gene. Hey, I want to believe in miracles too… And the thing I do love about Aries is their sheer hopefulness… and also if they can’t get what they want by one method, they will try to give things a good shake up. (Well at least my Aries cat does).
Dignity, schmignity, who needs it…. No- I take that back. If you are going to do things like this, you at least need to get your hair done and look Fabulous so you can do an exit in “I meant to do that all along” style if you have to. (Thats my Leo talking, but I’ve got quite a bit of Aries too, so I can feel the split on this issue).
i so agree with you. she rocks! i like her
me too aqua leo. i like when things go a bit over and theatrical. hope she’ll get something valuable at the end. maybe if not a real husband, some great insight, or another gift or miracle for her stubborness and courage. go Anita!
*GUILTY* aries sun, venus, mercury, over twelve years single…Jan 2010 went overseas, and while there bought a wedding dress. Came home, in a relationship by June 2010. Still with him, very happy, we have just bought a house and moving in a few weeks…
Wedding dress is still hanging up in plastic, but prob will get engageed one of these days.
Kept fairly low key about the dress though, for me irt was about setting the intention
raaow-arent we being catty?
having known a number of Airean women, i wouldn’t be suprised if she pulls it off…
reality challenged….
YIKES! Looks like she hasn’t learned much from Saturn opposing her Sun. This Aries sun here, would not marry someone they have known for less than a year. It just shows the the wedding is more important then meeting a soul mate. She is like a fundaMENTAList astrologer. I guess they do exist.
She is BEGGING for a psycho to propose, and when he does she will have no choice but to say yes. She’s painted herself into a corner. Terrifying, really.
Mystic, LOVE YOU!
She’ll meet him and the guy will be, you are the girl, and thanks for doing all the prep work but, I’ve seen the dress and it’s bad luck, besides I don’t like red. And, she’d better change the dress at least or it will be over.
Dear Dudes.
Be afraid.
Be VERY afraid…
xo
I have sorta done this before, got excited about a guy I’ve been talking to or just had one date with and gone and bought an outfit for next date… which didn’t happen…Yep can’t get ahead of reality…
hmmm… well excuse my cynicism (moi?) but the interesting question for me is why was this part of a mainstream newspaper? As much as I appreciate the astrological interest factor? is it news?
In the past 2 weeks we have seen women rising up to give the (wedding ring) finger to Le Patriarchy, from the PM to the child assassinated by the taliban, to Elen Degeneres losing her shit in response to the marketing of Femal Friendly Biros. (no kid).
I smell a rat. mainstream media invests so we may all to keep on buying the bridal mags….(so very pre GFC, btw) Now what would have been more interesting is if Bridezilla had actually foretold of her impending Lizard Queen colonisation of a new planet, or maybe even an island, ala Lesbos. but really, a desperation to wed? in the news? hmmmmm.
you should take a look at the Italian news …
opening line of State telly evening news usually goes something like this:
# is Balotelli the real father of Raffaela Fico son?
# how to deal with the coming of Autumn.
# nice ideas for Crisis Christmas shopping.
# leftist parties peeps: they too own secret Sardinia villas and jachts.
i’m slightly joking, but only slighlty.
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Can someone send her “find my goddess” guy’s number
I didn’t have the pleasure of seeing this on telly but it does make me wonder what kind of guy would go for this since there is someone out there for everyone
Oh maybe its just advertising for her astro biz, pitching at chicks desperate to find their man
Come on girls ,let her have her time. I just hope the poor unfortunate bloke who agrees is up to it ! For the rest of his life. But then again ,if it is NOT a male she is marrying then it will most likely work out.!
This is COMPLETELY mental. But when I look at her, I can’t help but wonder if her upbringing/cultural expectations are fusing with YES overdoing the secret and chanting for a new mercedes gone very bloody wrong. Since moving to London again, I am being edumecated on the insane wedding phenomena that is a normal reality for hardcore family types. Some mothers save their childrens marriage funds and everything like college.
This is a very literal interp for “if you build it they will come” and “prepare for success”, who the hell is not going to jump over a fence and run knowing your future partner planned your wedding without you. When love zombies go pro..
I think she’s being paraded around like the replacement for octomom.
She was on breakfast show on 7 a few months back… So hasn’t given up on the plan. Props for hanging in there but sad on many levels for her
she’s an aries with mars in taurus. what does change or backing down mean?
I have an Aries friend who has almost the same astrology as Anita, as her birthday is April 8th, 1970. My friend is definitely a “my way or the highway” kind of gal. She bosses her husband around. She was the one who proposed marriage to him. They had been together for a few years before she proposed, though, and they are still together, nearly 20 years now, but my Aries friend definitely “wears the pants” in that marriage.
She’s got a ton of planets in Taurus, too, besides that Aries sun. Very stubborn…
haha….before Kataka got married on the 6th I had emailed her “now don’t be a zilla”…and then did funny faces…
~The Secret~…first ya gotta clean out some stuff for that to work properly lest what you get be distorted…God knows what she might be attracting….
lol
Awww man this is hilarious.
And somehow “Aries Astrologer” seems like a punchline in and of itself.
would hate to be her husband lol
Okay so this woman has my birthday, same day, same year. I have no idea what to make of that. Optimism that she’s right and love is about to appear? Or just being weirded out? Or both? It would never occur to me to schedule a wedding date without a partner though one does have to acknowledge the chutzpah.
What might help is to keep in mind that you are a different Soul completely than the one born on that same day. We all wear the archetypes a bit differently…like a set of clothes.
Maybe you already know this but just trying to ease your mind lol…I’m an Aries too and I in no way relate to this gal as far as the lenghts shes going to but in my late 30′s I had still wanted to get married to a certain someone…Wasn’t meant to be and I hope this gal finds some semblance of peace within herself.
Thank you. It was just startling in the early morning when I read it. You are quite right about individuality of Soul.
A) Totally not gonna happen now, simply because she broadcasted it to the world. She’s just poking the angry bear that is the universe with a stick.
B) @Scorporation, Inc. : Same page. She is straight “asylum batshit”. I’ll bet the farm she, at the very least, attempts to blackmail or bribe someone into marrying her…if she hasn’t already. — That, or before she even made this announcement, she got some schmo to agree to marry her for the publicity. But, no way in hell is she convincing anyone who knows even basic astrology that – with *her* current astro – she’s going to:
1) Meet the love of her life
2) Fall in love w/him,
3) …and he w/her (espec. after these absurd and public statements she’s making)
4) Getting engaged, with Him:
a) Wanting to.
b) Shopping for, finding, and
buying a ring.
c) Planning out a purposal
d) Actually purposing
5) Then, planning a wedding
6) And actually *getting* married
…between now and April.
C) I totally agree with Noel Tyl’s whole “Solar Arc’s are the most accurate indicator of major events over the course of a life” theory. I’ve tested it countless times and it’s always right on the money, especially when you back it up with transits and the potentials that exist in the natal chart.
So, I checked this lunatic’s Solar Arc’s for the date in question. Low and behold!? She has Solar Arc Saturn to Venus! …and it’s exact! Exactly, exact! As in, zero degrees separating/applying.
Noel Tyl describes this aspect as follows:
“[Solar Arc] Saturn=Venus: Suppression of love feelings…”
Other aspects that back up this Saturn=Venus Solar Arc theme:
1) As Mystic already pointed out, She has Saturn/Venus (and probably moon, depending on time of birth) all conjunct in her natal.
2) From now through next year, she’ll have Saturn rolling back and forth, opposing her n.Venus (and prob. Moon – gnarly and depressing. Especially for her prob having natal Saturn/Moon).
3) Near her “wedding date” (4/7/2013), she’ll have Saturn Rx heading back to oppose her Venus, for yet another hit.
4) And her progressed Uranus is finally making it’s exact opposition to her n.Venus (and quite possibly her moon, too) on her …”special day”.
D) In addition to the astro that Mystic mentions above, this chick is also – currently – undergoing tr. Neptune square natal Neptune. Here are some parts of this aspects description that are worth noting, as taken from Astro.com (Robert Hand):
“Valid during many months: This transit is often a part of the “crisis of middle age,” since it occurs when you are about forty-two…
“The problem is that this is not the best influence for making well-thought-out changes in your life. There is a great danger that you will go off, half-cocked, in pursuit of some dream that is unrealizable and not even worth realizing…
“It is very important to use this period for self-scrutiny, but it is not a good idea to act yet…
“If you act too quickly, you will only create severe disturbances in your emotional and domestic life or in your work…
“Just don’t make any permanent commitments during this time. You don’t want to spend the rest of your life with the consequences of ill- considered actions taken under the influence of a passing delusion.”
Like, I’m sorry I’m not sorry. She calls herself a professional astrologer? She actually CHARGES people for her services? What. A. Dumbass.
**Odd thing happened, which I intend to take as a sign from the universe that I’m headed in the right direction with this. When I pried out Tyl’s THOUSAND page book (to look at what he says about Venus/Saturn), just as I was tumbling off of a stool/laundry hamper, I slipped, caught the book, and saw the page my hand had randomly grasped….it was Venus/Saturn page. Ha.
Really gotta love those Venus in Virgo “Attention to Detail/List-Making” tendencies, no? …I have n. Venus in Virgo…
… it’s out of hand with this transit.
That …or maybe she’ll elope, and marry some random, stray geriatric (c. the Cretaceous period). I’m psyched for the outcome to this, either way. Ha.
Dear Mystic,
I am a believer in affirmations…although I am repelled by “Secret” style books, the method of directing the subconcious has been around since….well forever. I remember reading on your blog, ages ago, a quote from Florence Scovel Shinn “the walls of lack and delay now crumble away and I enter my promised land, under grace.” She lived a hundred years ago and her books are, in my opinion, practical and informative as to why it works.
With regard to the above….the problem with it is will all the dates, plans, etc, it comes across as control-freaky….because it is!
Yes everything you eat contributes to health and beauty which leaves life and events to take their own way to your highest good.
My two cents.
Yesterday I didn’t even know Anita Chakkraburtty existed, 150 odd posts on this site tells me she’s got everyone talking….what a character..a bit odd for sure… but who isn’t in some way….I have a very strong feeling she’ll pull it off…not based on any reasoning…it’s just a feeling….and I don’t mind that she’s trying to control/manipulate her own wedding…people have been doing that in various forms, and all sorts of guises throughout history….she’s got lots on publicity … I foresee a career in marketing…and yeah a hubby to boot! x