Longevity Astrology

You know I really thought it was Saturn in Virgo but now I’m definitely thinking Pluto In Capricorn could equal temperance. Or something similar.

It’s not just that there are scary new anti-booze ads – this yicky one is my ‘fave’ . Nor is it the percentage of the population who choose to abstain for whatever personal reason. More peeps are aiming to be without alcohol or radically limit their intake. Every month there is a new giving-up-grog for charity junket such as Dry July or Feb Fast (in Australia but they’re everywhere) and, well, I am starting to wonder if it’s a deeper social shift as part of Pluto getting into Capricorn.

Think about it. Abstinence = more control, more thought for longevity and enduring consequences, sagacious actions, preservation of beauty/genius regardless of what time/stress flings at one, cool under pressure not skulking off to the nearest bottle shop – these are all very Cap traits, yes?

Or I suppose, if you wanted to be more neg/cynical about it, you could see it as government being control-freaky, narking off about innocent pleasures & wowsering away. Thoughts? It would be interesting to know if there are signs of the Zodiac vehemently pro or anti the stuff though i suspect it’s more complex than mere Sun Signs.

Neptune ALWAYS plays a strong part in alcohol & other glam or escapist urges that could also take one tres low.

It’s odd but when I posted Sagg L’Uomo Nouvelle - my mini-guide to Saggo Men – i had not really gotten to know my Ultra-Sagg neighbour. I was sort of channelling the Saggo-spaz of a few guys I knew; a photographer from the past and my local Sagg Kickboxing Champion in particular. However, my Saggo Neighbour Dude fits the LOT…

* Sagg Neighbour Dude is 34 but seriously looks 22 and boyish for even that.

* He is fascinated by the Occult and any possible insights into his character re astrology/whatevs but totally refuses any form of divination as he just prefers to “see how things roll”. Secretly runs a v.successful side biz supplying sound equipment here & there but that has apparently totally used up his scheduling/divination capability so all else IS spontaneous. Or else.

* Sagg Neighbour Dude is a Muso who lives in what is known in my neighbourhood as the “house of hot musos” as it’s a very rehearsal-friendly venue with a landlord who has been committed to a mental asylum. He whistles when he walks and specialises in breezy candour.

* Sagg Neighbour Dude has a thing for what he calls “exotic” girlfriends. The latest one looks like a Japanese anime figure, smokes joints in the street, is ultra-young and they met when she went to the House of Hot Musos to try and get them to convert to eco power. ie; she a door to door salesgirl. He cannot and will not settle. I don’t envy the ladies in love with him but it’s fun theatre.

* Sagg Neighbour Dude can literally stand in the back lane, ostensibly having just been putting his rubbish out, and conduct a conversation that goes on for hours and with anyone. I am talking total blarney but all with an airy light patter that defies mental gravity.

* Sagg Neighbour Dude does a ‘real’ band and a ‘covers’ band for money – he is equally relaxed and happy when talking about either, not a hint of self-consciousness or worrying about perceptions.

* Sagg Neighbour Dude lopes up and down the local main street like a labrador – that is his natural gait and whenever i see him he has in earplugs for either i-Pod or phone & is raving away. Is NOT stalwart like Taurus/Cancerian neighbours – if something is WRONG he hides under doona like cat during thunderstorm.

* Sagg Neighbour Dude has about 700 close friends (not including the 6000 on Facebook etc) and the determination to be always an extremely UP, amusing and consciousness raising presence, whether the discussion be about the council’s bin policy, Red Bull advertisements making him wistful, Vivaldi, alchemy or sunsets.

* S.N.D fidgets and moves constantly. Is kinetic. Claims reason cannot commit etc has to do with kinetic sleeping style; sleepwalks, strangles things in sleep, needs entire emperor sized bed to self once copulation has occurred, likes to leap up at odd (polyphasic naturally?) hours to compose something and then crash back into REM without someone grizzling and essentially thinks most lovers “sleep facists.”

* All this is why I kinda like Saggos & my Sagg Neighbour Dude – the ability to make light & do it with original style is SO immense…Yes?