Eris to Trump Pluto? Will Eris Influence Astrological Readings?

Current events are tough on astrologers. How should astrologers respond to articles such as this one: "Pluto moves farther down the chain of planets"?

The former ninth planet was demoted yet again Thursday when scientists determined it no longer even reigns as king of the dwarf planets, a sub-class astronomers relegated Pluto to last summer after deeming it unworthy of standing alongside Earth, Jupiter and other larger bodies.

The bigger dwarf planet, Eris, is 27 percent more massive than Pluto, California Institute of Technology scientists reported in the journal Science.

So what are the implications of the astrological influences of Pluto?
After all, Pluto is the primary ruler of the astrological sign Scorpio.
Pluto is the co-ruler of Aries and is exalted in Leo.

No wonder the International Astronomical Union voiced concern last summer in Prague.

Keep a Tarot Deck in the "Fortune-Telling" Lacquer Box

Fortune-Telling Lacquer Box

Dimensions: 4.2" by 3.6" by 1"
This is a perfect sized lacquer box for your average tarot card deck.
The detail is of a Gypsy reading the cards for a Querent.


Russian jewelry box with lacquer miniature painting. Hand made, hand painted and hand lacquered by a professional Russian artist trained in miniature painting. The tradition of miniature painting was brought to Russia from the West back in the 17th century. From the dawn of the 19th century Russians started producing lacquered boxes painted in their own styles. The box before you is not only a jewelry box. It is also a unique work of art. Treat yourself or your loved one to one of them, and it will be a gift to cherish for a lifetime. This box is 100% authentic. Fully hand made. Imported from Moscow, Russia.

Is Travel in Your Future?

The Chariot can often signify travel but the difference between pleasant memories or the wish that you had stayed home are often in the planning details you give yourself ahead of time.

Ladies, keep everything you need for nails and makeup in this beautiful soft top grain leather case. You'll back the right horse (so to speak) in terms of the overall appearance and durability in this beautiful top grain leather travel manicure and cosmetic set, your choice of elegant black or burgundy.

• Cleverly designed case with 4 cosmetic brushes/applicators
• Nail file
• Tweezers
• Cuticle trimmer
• 2 way cuticle instrument
• Eyebrow tweezers
• Cuticle nipper
• Scissors
• Finger and toenail clippers

Ladies Travel Manicure/Cosmetic Set

Elegant and Mystical Way to Store Your Tarot Cards Khokhloma Style Lacquer Box

Khokhloma Style Lacquer Box (06)

The above link will automatically open to a new page (or tab in Firefox) so you may see the details of this exquisite box while enjoying Rhianna's Groovy Tarot Blog.
Russian jewelry box hand painted in the unique Khokhloma style. Khokhloma paiting on wood is a traditional type of Russian decorative work that combines colors such as red, black, and gold in an artistic method of design that started in the second half of XVII century on the territory of what is today called Koverninsky region of Nizhnii Novgorod oblast.

The Khokhloma Style Lacquer Box is a work of art itself and perfect for jewelry but also is a perfect way to show respect for the mystical properties of your tarot card deck.

Remember "Press Your Luck?"

What a great game show! Contestants used to say, "No Whammies! No Whammies!"

No Whammies! T-Shirt

50/50 cotton/poly blend kelly green novelty t shirt with distressed image of the game show Press Your Luck character Whammy and text "No Whammies!" on the front.

Sun Chic--Hats with Flare to protect from Sun's Glare

The Sun is the cards, protect your skin with style

Jeanne Simmons Stitch Fedora-Floppy Brim

Similar to the Stitch Fedora, this hat has a nice wide brim for the extra protection from the sun. The 4 1/2 high pinch front crown has a 4 1/4" wide brim. Zig zag stitching in black contrast against the natural raffia straw. Black grosgrain ribbon hat band. Available color: Natural/Black. Available size: One size fits most.

Jeanne Simmons Daisy Mae Western

Western hats are still strong and accompany the fashionable boots oh so well. The Daisy Mae Western from Jeanne Simmons is a great way to get some color to brighten up your wardrobe. The fresh colors are made from braided strips of polyester, which makes for a packable and comfortable hat. The 4 1/2" high center pinch crown has a 3 1/2" wired shapeable brim. The leather hatband has a wood bead to help secure this fun hat onto your head. Available colors: Aqua and Black. Available size: One size fits most.

Red Vented Cloche

The toyo body of this cloche is extremely lightweight. The vents throughout the hat help with ventilation on hot summer days. The round crown measures 5" high, trimmed with a single pleat sinamay straw band. Sinamay straw has also been used to bind the edge of the brim. The assymetrical brim is 3" wide on each side, one side is downturned the other side upcurled. Available color: Red only. Available size: One size fits most, fits up to 7 1/8 comfortably.

Pantropic Crochet Panama Crusher

Bodies hand-crocheted in Ecuador, finished in the USA.

This finely crocheted genuine Panama with a small brim is a perfect travel hat. The elasticized terry-finish sweatband is comfortable against one's forehead and makes for a great fit. Colors: Natural, Raisin, Sage Green, Blue and Dark Natural. Size: One-size-fits-most.

Pantropic Crownless Panama Visor

Bodies handwoven in Ecuador, finished in the USA.

This is a perennial favorite of our customers. The Panama Visor is an easy and non-fuss hat. The 2 3/4" wide brim provides protection from the sun. The black cotton/lyrca headband is soft and comfortably. No crown means no hat hair. Packs flat, so take it with you anywhere, anytime. Available size: One size fits most, fits up to 7 1/4 comfortably. Available color: Dark Natural.

Hats that Beat the Heat with Color and Style

The Sun is the cards, protect your skin with style

Scala Rainbow Roller

Scala's Rainbow Roller has all the colors of the ubiquitous arch. The colorful tones have a warmth that will flatter all skin tones. The round crown is 3 1/2" high and has a self tie trim. The 3 1/2" wide brim has a 1" upcurl, turn the brim down for even more sun protection. The poly braid body is durable and packable. Available color: Multi only. Available size: One size fits most.

Scala Linen Band Swinger

Black linen hatband surround the 3 1/2" round crown. The wired enforced 3 3/4" wide brim will retain it's shape on the hottest of days. Elasticized terry sweatband. Available colors: Natural and Tea. Available size: One size fits most.

Scala Braided Raffia Boater

The Scala Braided Raffia Boater is a great way to bring in some summer color into your wardrobe. The dyed durable raffia braid has a 4" high round crown with a braided tie. The 3 1/2" wide brim with 1" upcurl can be turned down for even more shade from the sun. Elasticized terry sweatband. Available colors: Black, Fuschia, Natural, Orange,Sage, Tea and Turquoise. Sorry - sold out of red and lilac. Available size: One size fits most.

The Sun is the cards, protect your skin with style

The Sun is the cards, protect your skin with style

Callanan Raffia Chiffon Roller

This large brimmed, fine crochet hat by Callanan Resort, is elegantly classic. The brim is finished in a honey combed roll. This genuine Callanan Resort hat is suitable to be worn to a luncheon as well as to your favorite tropical resort. It's patented head size allows for a variety of head sizes and promises a comfortable and snug fit.

The natural raffia is adorned with an ombreed sunset chiffon bow.

The tea stained raffia is adorned with an ombreed rich golden copper chiffon bow.

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Callanan Leaf Crown Boater

This heirloom quality, fine grade crochet raffia personifies tropical romance. Inspired after a vacation to St. Bart's, the crown is vented in a banana motif. The crown is tipped in a subdued floral fabric to help protect the wearer from the sun's harmful rays. The upturn saucer brim can be worn flipped up or down.

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The wet planet: There was life on Mars (probably)

The wet planet: There was life on Mars (probably)

Scientists now say that an ocean several miles deep once covered a third of the surface of the planet, enough water to support the origin and evolution of life. The red planet, they said, had once been a deep blue, just like Earth.

Forget the panic that ensued after Orson Welles's famous radio broadcast of H G Wells' classic, The War of the Worlds, no one is worried by the prospect of a Martian attack but what people should worry about is that Mars might have been like the earth in terms of the water supply.

The true nature of Mars, however, emerged in the late 1960s when the Mariner space missions paid the first visits to Earth's smaller neighbour. Mars turned out to be heavily cratered, dotted with extinct volcanoes, colder than Antarctica and, crucially, drier than the Atacama desert - the driest place on Earth.

Mars was a dead place, a desiccated wasteland sterilised by harsh solar radiation...

Let's hope that Earth will not be subjected to a radiation (nuclear or otherwise) that would render desolation.

Querent BEWARE! Fortune-Teller Gets 18 Months For Tricking Clients

The fraud of some gives all the other fortunetellers and tarot readers a bad name.
The "you're cursed because of the broken egg trick" is not a new con.

Fortune-Teller Gets 18 Months For Tricking Clients

(AP) ROCKVILLE, Md. "A fortune-teller now sees her future -- and it involves 18 months behind bars.

Grace Uwanawich, also known as 'Mrs. Grace,' was sentenced this week in Maryland after admitting that she defrauded clients by convincing them to hand over tens of thousands of dollars so that she could crush destructive curses.

'This is beyond fortune-telling for entertainment purposes,' Montgomery Assistant State's Attorney Carol Crawford said Monday. She compared Uwanawich to a 'leech' who drained money from vulnerable middle-aged women.

Their relationship began at a shopping mall, when Uwanawich approached the woman, who was depressed, and handed her a flier promoting her psychic powers.

During meetings at Uwanawich's Chevy Chase apartment, the woman was told that she and her family had a curse..."

Just because the fortuneteller predicts a negative situation doesn't necessarily mean that the reading is fraudulent. Tarot can help people to get out of gordian knots in terms of decision planning but if the reader demands an exorbitant sum of money within a short time frame then watch out! This is probably a con artist, not an honest reader.

Grace Uwanawich had been arrested during the 1990s for similar scams. In this case she took from one woman "more than $160,000 in cash and property over the course of a year." Stop before you start with a situation like this!
Uwanawich maxed out the woman's credit cards and wiped out her bank account.

The minute the "fortuneteller" does the hairy spider in an egg trick or any egg trick, remember that's not reading cards, that's not crystal ball gazing or any other legitimate way of reading or "divining the future for entertainment"--get away from the con artist immediately!!!

A fortune teller predicted my lottery jackpot

Gee, fortunetellers are great! See the testimony for a prediction that came through:

A fortune teller predicted my lottery jackpot

A fortune teller predicted a "substantial" win for a couple who scooped more than £1.6 million in the National Lottery, the pair revealed today.
Janette Wright, 41, and husband Stephen, 48, from Bradford, won the £1,633,505 Lotto jackpot in the draw on Saturday.

Mrs Wright, a housing officer, said: "I had a tarot card reading about seven or eight years ago and the tarot reader told me one day I would win 'a substantial amount of money which will be shared'...

Read the entire article for more of the eulogy.

The BBC News (UK) has also reported this story:

Tarot reader predicted £1.6m win

Good fortune for tellers approved

SALISBURY — "The crystal ball and tarot cards may have showed the positive results for Nick Nicholas Tuesday after Wicomico County Attorney Ed Baker announced that there are no residency requirements for a fortune teller license that had initially barred him from starting a business in Hebron."

Nick had gotten the bump due to a 5 year residency requirement (he had only lived there a year). The attorney sought a waiver and the license is expected to go through.

Read the article for more

Don't Skip Gothic Fashion & Fun

If you think Gothic is just for Halloween, where have you been hiding?
Rhianna thinks often about the quasi-gothic, so if you haven't done so, take a look at the latest in Rhianna Rhiannapire Blog of a Groovy Vampire:

There's some musing about the ownership of Drac's Castle; there's a summary about a really interesting article from The Independent (UK) about the "Cult of Dracula;" and cool clothes have been chosen for the gothic or semi-gothic in you -- tops, shirts, dresses, a red Givenchy lipstick and more!

PARIS IN JAIL: The Music Video

This is funny :D

Grease can sabotage your diet

Think about it, can something that can fuel cars be good for your body?

Kentucky Fried Chicken, other restaurants, cafeterias, and supermarkets are selling their leftover French Fry grease to a California biodiesel company, Energy Alternative Solutions, Inc. The leftover French Fries grease will become fuel for diesel vehicles in Northern California.

Think about it: how healthy is food deep fried in that grease for your body?
At least a source of alternative fuel has been discovered.

I don't want to touch the tarot on this issue

Some people have been curious about the possibility that tarot card readings might reveal the whereabouts and/or the future of Madeleine McCann.
Rhianna does not plan to touch the tarot on the topic of Madeleine's abduction, the topic is too heart breaking.

The latest news focuses on an anonymous letter and map to a Dutch newspaper, De Telegraaf, that hints to a possible burial point 20 km (13 miles) north of the resort where Madeleine McCann was abducted. The Portuguese police are searching the area. A similar letter and map last year lead to the bodies of two missing Belgian girls, so this news might lead to the final bad news but nothing has been proven yet, Madeleine is still missing and there is still a hope that she is alive but the chances of that are getting slimmer with every passing day.

Meanwhile hundreds of toys and yellow ribbons were placed in Madeleine's honor at the war memorial in the village of Rothley, in Leicestershire; these toys will promptly be cleared away and distributed to other children.

Ratings Taking a Slippery Slide

Lugosi is not going to believe this, but according a Reuters' poll Bush job rating hits record low in NBC/WSJ poll.

Astronomer traces Zodiac's time and place of birth

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/04/zodiac_horoscope

"Calculating its horoscope any minute now" -- Rhianna loves the wit of The Register®

"An astronomer has traced the origins of the earliest known descriptions of what would become the constellations of today's Zodiac to the region which once held the Assyrian cities of Ninova and Asur.

The descriptions, which include more than 200 astronomical observations, are written in cuneiform on a collection of clay tablets, known as MUL.APIN. The tablets are known to have been made in Babylon in around 687 BC, but archaeologists believe they are only transcriptions of much earlier records."

Cool, people have been star gazing since earliest times!
Check out a picture of the tablets at nature.com here