“Sex and The Senile” Already Produced?

“Sex and The Senile” Already Produced?

I was thinking about it, and the sitcom The Golden Girls, was pretty much an 80’s version of Sex and the City for seniors.

I loved that show too!

Think about it.

Carrie = Dorothy = Air

Blanche = Samantha = Water

Rose = Charlotte = Earth

Ma = Miranda (albeit much older and feistier) = Fire

Here I thought it was an original idea for a show, and it’s already been done!!!

LOL!!!

When you cross the threshold over 60, will you be a Dorothy, a Blanche, a Rose or a Ma?

Peace!

Brigid Bishop

Sex and “The Silly”

Sex and “The Silly”

A couple of years ago, when I abruptly found myself single and had just become a member of Netflix, I rented the entire series “Sex and The City”, and watched it faithfully from beginning to end.

I loved the series!!

There were so many TRUE points about relationships as adult single women in their thirties and forties that I could relate to, and their portrayal of the ups and downs of relationships, the hook-ups, the bad breakups were all just TOO real!

One of the things that I like to do when watching a favorite show is to try to “guesstimate” the astrological influences that drive the well-defined characters.  So please just indulge my silliness here!

In my observations of this popular series, I came up with this analysis.

I believe Samantha to be a Water Sign.  She was just so sensual and free, she probably was a Sun Sign Scorpio with a Venus in Sagittarius and a Rising Sign of Aquarius.  She was sensual to the core, loved her freedom and was a very independent woman capable of intellectualizing any emotional situation.  She eventually finds love in an uncommon pairing, with a much younger man, hence my call of Aquarius rising, just a bit “eccentric” in her choices and tastes.

Miranda, now she’s fire, strong fire.  I think Miranda is an Aries Sun with strong Leonine influences in her chart.  She doesn’t take any nonsense from anyone, is very ambitious, career motivated, very, very independent and she has a hard time accepting the fact that she can be loved and love without benefit of pain.  When she finally accepts love into her life, she becomes a self-actualized woman and finds happiness.

Then we have Charlotte.  Mother Earth.  She starts off as a character who is focused on building and establishing and is actually quite materialistic, and then she evolves into a more open, less judgmental earthly being, finding love in a place that her character, prior to development, would never have looked.  Although I strongly suspect her of being a Sun Virgo, I believe her Moon must be in Taurus.  Charlotte must have some planets in Water Signs also as she does tap into her spirituality as she develops into womanhood.

And Carrie.  Oh Carrie.  Definitely Air.  All Air.  Her need to constantly communicate and express herself lends itself to a suspicion of strong Gemini tendencies, along with her ability to carry on an affair with an ex who is married and then HONESTLY tell her current love about it. She seeks the truth in all things, heavy Aquarius influence, and her need to be fair with everyone is definitely Libran in nature. 

Carries quips and quotes and references to the foolish things women do like “Drunk Dialing” could easily become a manual for what “not to do” when entering a relationship.  She’s so honest about everything that happens to her, and ultimately, she does find her Soul Mate, in, of all people, Big.

I miss that show.

Maybe someday they’ll do a follow up with the characters and call it “Sex and the Senile” and enlighten us as to love during our golden years!!!

Peace!

Brigid Bishop

P.S.  Which character did YOU most identify with?

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Self Forgiveness, a Path to Inner Peace

Self Forgiveness, a Path to Inner Peace

by Brigid Bishop

Guilt is a heavy burden to carry around.

We have all done wrong in our lifetimes, not one among us is without “sin”, but do you let your past mistakes and transgressions haunt you, or are you able to forgive yourself and let go?

If you lay in bed at night and think of the past and a painful memory of something you did that caused another pain surfaces, are you able to look beyond it and get some rest that night or do you ruminate, run it through your head over and over and build that sick feeling in the pit of your abdomen, robbing yourself of sleep.

Few of us are able to forgive ourselves easily. The narcissist is likely the only personality type that has no issue with self forgiveness as they are only concerned with when others will seek their forgiveness, as they can only see how others hurt them.

Barring the fact that we suffer from a narcissistic personality, how do we begin to forgive ourselves and lay our past sins to rest?

First, we must acknowledge that we have done wrong, project ourselves into the emotions of the person or persons we may have knowingly or unknowingly damaged (and this includes ourselves). Allow yourself to empathetically feel the pain that they may have felt and acknowledge to ourselves that it was wrong to put another human being into that state of emotional distress.

We do not try to justify our actions is any way, we simply feel their pain.

Now, we look at what we could have or should have done differently given that situation were to be duplicated. Odds are that in retrospect we have gained much clarity and can see how perhaps a different course of action or no action at all would have been a better path.

We are not looking for excuses for our poor behavior, however, we should look at the person we were at the time the incident occurred and compare it to the person we are now. We may want to gain some psychological insight into our behavior by considering our state of mind, our age, our level of intent to cause harm, our emotional state and so forth, remember, we are not trying to justify our actions, we are simply trying to gain an understanding of them.

Once we are clearly able to identify the dynamics of the incident we must allow ourselves to heal, yes heal, guilt damages us from the inside just as much as outside influences affect us when inflicted in a negative way.

Now that we have accepted our wrongdoing and understand it a little better, we can forgive ourselves and let go, bringing ourselves to true “Inner Peace”. We can look back, see the error of our ways, and move forward without our burden of guilt holding us back emotionally or psychologically.

It need not matter whether the person or persons we have harmed forgive us from the outside, at times, others may need to hold onto their anger. What matters is that we have forgiven ourselves.

 

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My Soul Mate Song

My Soul Mate Song

I may be “dating” myself here, but I have to share one of my “soul mate songs” with you.

We all have them.  Those songs that touch us somewhere much deeper than our hearts.

This is one of mine.

It is a song that has always reminded me of my soul mate, whom I am now married to.  It’s not a happy song, but nonetheless it makes me feel that soul connection.

It’s by one of my favorite bands, Nazareth.  (Yeah, I know, I’m old, lol).

Here are the lyrics, but you really need to listen to it if you can.

 

NazarethDo I feel alright?
I’ll go anywhere you say you wanna to take me
Save me, run away-ay-ay, steal away-ay-ay
‘Cause I feel alright
I’ll do anything you say you wanna make me
Take me, far away-ay-ay, run away-ay-ayWe’ve been up all night
Tryin’ to avoid a situation
Hold me, let me feel your way
‘Cause I wanna stay
Let them all start talkin’
We won’t give ourselves away

Our love leads to madness
Our love leads to madness
Our love leads to madness

Do you feel alright?
An’ can you see me when you’re lookin’ in your mirror
Crazy, try to find a way, so your heart don’t pay
Run away-ay-ay
Don’t you give yourself away

Our love leads to madness
Our love leads to madness
Our love leads to madness
Our lova leads to madness

The most pertinent line in that song for me is “An’ can you see me when your lookin’ in your mirror“.  I always felt that Frank and I were mirror images of each other, my left being his right, male vs. female, anima vs. animus, etc.

If you get a chance to listen to this song and it immediately brings to mind a specific relationship of yours, you may well have had the type of connection with that person that I have with my husband.

Just a little tidbit of information, hope you take the time to find a listen to this song.

 

 

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The Greatest Mistake of Women Through All Time

The Greatest Mistake of Women Through All Time

Ever wonder why ………     

………                         

Just  a little tidbit of a thought that came to mind today………….

Forgive a Man his ways, and take responsibility for them.

………

The biggest mistake of Women through all time.

My mother did it, your mother probably did it, I did it in my past as well.

Why do we do it?

Because we so want the Man in our life to “come true”.

The only way the Man we love will “come true”, is if we, as the women in their lives, stay true to ourselves and reject bad behaviour, not condone, overlook or accept it.

Think about it tonight while you may well be making an excuse for him as to why he hasn’t called, or why he doesn’t commit.

When we begin to fervently REJECT bad behaviour, the Men in our lives begin to “come true”.

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“On a Wing and a Prayer”

“On a Wing and a Prayer”

You’ve probably heard that phrase many times, and you probably realize that it means to maintain hope in a desperate situation.

Many times in my life I have had this energy about me and around me, and just as many times the situation has come to fruition to my satisfaction, although perhaps not in my preferred time frames.

Lately I’ve been having this energy surrounding me, but it seems to be subsiding now as God and the Powers of the Universe are bringing me Hope and Peace.

Here’s a bit of trivia for you.

Many people conjure up images of angels or some spiritual imagery when they hear this phrase, however, it may enlighten you to know that this phrase is one of the most Patriotic in the American Language.

Those of us who study the metaphysical, frequently learn trivia like this, and this is one of those little-known tidbits.

This phrase originated in an American World War Two patriotic song, with words by Harold Adamson and music by Jimmy McHugh. It is a song about a plane struggling home after a bombing raid:

Comin’ in on a wing and a prayer
What a show, what a fight
Boys, we really hit our target for tonight
How we sing as we limp through the air
Look below, there’s our field over there
Though there’s one motor gone
We can still carry on
Comin’ in on a wing and a prayer.

The song came out at the end of 1942 and instantly became a huge hit on both sides of the Atlantic, so much so that the phrase almost immediately entered the language.

And that, my dear friends, is where the saying comes from, the faith of our brave veterans that they will be guided safely home.

Peace!Brigid Bishop

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The Collective Unconscious…

The Collective Unconscious…

Tapping into the Collective Unconscious is the process by which the Tarot relates the messages it has for you, to you.  Carl Jung used the Tarot and Astrology to do just that, he was the father of psychoanalysis and used many non-traditional psychological methods to work with his patients.

To do a Personality Profile, he created a clients’ Natal Chart, it gave him great insight.  To check out where a client was heading and what changes needed to be made, he threw a Tarot Spread.

I am a “Jungian Tarot Reader”, which means that I use his methods to tap into both your subconscious and the Collective Unconscious to get the answers to your questions.

The Tarot grabs your inner situations and makes them conscious, brings them up to your level of awareness…..

“When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate” 

Carl Jung

Would you rather leave your future up to “fate”, or would you rather bring your situation fully into consciousness and learn how to navigate through it? 

Using the Tarot, you can work with me to make your “fate” conscious.

Conflict and Calm

Conflict and Calm

Think about the most difficult and trying times you have had in your life.  Think about the obstacles you have overcome, the battles you have won and the growth you have experienced…

In each and every instance you have become stronger, and should those same challenges once again loom ahead of you, well, since you’ve handled it before, you really may not be challenged by them again.

You may be going through a difficult time right now, but you may also be failing to recognize that you have made it through difficulties before.  Remember how you felt when you overcame your obstacles, rose to your challenges, conquered your fears…

You will make it through this difficult period as well.

When times are tough, consider this quote by Carl Jung:

The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed.

It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Teeter Totter? The Balancing Act

Teeter Totter? The Balancing Act

Life a See-Saw?  The Balancing Act

Did you ever notice that whenever things are running smoothly in one area of your life, they seem to go way out of whack in another?

Like, you’re doing great with your career but you’re in a dating slump.  Or, your career and romantic relationship are doing just great, but you start having problems with your landlord.

It never fails.

It’s life.

Things are good in one area and then KAPOW! Things go to hell in another.

What to do?  What to do?  What can you do but work through it, as I often tell my regulars, “The only way out, is through”.

Take comfort in those things that are “in balance” and going well for you while they are and use them to give you the emotional and personal support you may require to handle your current challenges.

One of the mistakes many of us make (myself included), is to allow the negative or challenging situations that arise to infect those areas of your life that may actually be presently in balance, creating chaos in every area of your life.

For instance, your career and relationship are stable, and you start to have problems with one of your children.  Rather than allowing the pressure from the parenting issues to infect or infest your career or your relationship with your significant other, focus on your career, if you can, while you are at work, if you cannot, try to get some time off, FMLA was created for a reason you know?  Use your significant other for support during a trying time, ask them to be your “coparent” while you are dealing with this particular issue, rather than allowing the stress to make you short-tempered or impatient with your significant other.  Remember, to let your feelings flow, if you hold it in, no one will understand the difference in your temperament, and no one can help you out if they don’t know what is wrong.

When life goes out of balance, don’t start shifting and squirming throwing it completely off-kilter, stay square in your shoes and face your current challenge or obstacle head-on, don’t confuse your issues, or create new ones, take them square by the shoulders and set the boundaries that they occur within, it will help you to stay sane and it will help you to resolve your current difficulties sooner, more effectively and give you inner stability.