The Dawning of the Age of Aquarius
The Death of the Age of Pisces
"Unable are the Loved to die for Love is Immortality" ~ Emily Dickinson.
News Flash, Folks . . . my book is now live on Amazon!
Please go online and check it out! There are all sorts of interesting tidbits of info on the book site page, plus lots of Daniel Schmelling’s surreal and exotic illustrations and samples of my poems. (Please check out later in this newsletter a fabulous gift offer for the book!) One of the many fun items on my Amazon book site page is the following banner, with Emily Dickinson’s horses’ theme from her poem Because I could not stop for Death linked to the Age of Aquarius.
And get this, I kid you not: According to some astrologers, the actual Age of Aquarius begins today . . . not just this month, but TODAY, November 19, 2024! (More about that shortly . . .)
When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
The Age of Aquarius . . . Aquarius! Aquarius!
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius! Aquarius!I was actually a teenager in the late sixties (yes, a hippie of the sixties!) when this song, sung by the popular quintet The Fifth Dimension, exploded onto the pop charts and filled our west coast air waves several times a day. (Go play it on You Tube and turn up the volume . . . you won’t be disappointed!)
My sister and I and our friends sprawled on the warm sands of Kitsilano Beach in Vancouver, Canada, during long languid late 60’s summers. Our baggy T-shirts were tie-dyed, our long unkempt hair parted in the middle. We grooved to the soaring voices of The Fifth Dimension singing Aquarius from our boxy radios, dial tuned to the popular CKLG radio station. (My stepfather rather unkindly called it CKLGarbage). It was an era of hope and dreams, a rare era of flower power and incense, peace protests and love-ins, that became indelibly emblazoned on our young, aspiring minds.
Although my knowledge of astrology is limited, to say the least, I have been rather intrigued recently by a pronouncement, shared amongst some astrologers, that the Age of Aquarius actually begins in full-fledged authority this month November, 2024. Apparently, Pluto moves in its permanent transit from Capricorn into Aquarius on today’s date (!) and will remain in Aquarius for 19 years, until March 2043. According to astrologer Meg Moonbeam from the Beyond Mystic news platform . . . “we are in a huge Death point right now”. Yet huge astrological changes are imminent, she declares. On November 7, 2024, the moon moved into Aquarius, “which is a huge shift” she says. Then, once Pluto goes into Aquarius, which is November 19, 2024 (today!) . . . “whoaaa, there’s innovations that none of us are even talking about!” (Meg Moonbeam, Beyond Mystic, November 5, 2024.) The dawning of the Age of Aquarius has gradually intensified over the few decades since the rose-colored days of the 1960s, but now our imaginations can be gripped by the idea that it has truly fully dawned.
********* Fabulous Book Gift Offer! *********
Between the dates Tuesday, November 26 and Saturday, November 30, my eBook (Kindle) is being offered for FREE in a special promo that I have set up on my Amazon book site. Simply type in “death kindly stopped for me” into Amazon.ca books. Here is the bonus: If you care to obtain the eBook for free on the dates noted above, and can then post a Verified Purchase book review on my site page (the free eBook will qualify for this), you will be personally gifted with two paperback copies from me, sent to your home address. (More detailed instructions on how to post your review on Amazon at the end of this newsletter . . .)
A tremendous thank you in advance to all potential reviewers. I would be beyond thrilled to receive your personal reviews, as they do so much to help raise awareness for my book on Amazon. The reviews can be just a line or two and need only focus on one or two of my poems. Reviews can also be longer, but that is totally up to you. Please contact me with any questions!
By the way, my book will also be published this week on Ingramspark, so will be available before Christmas for order from your local book stores. If they do not have my book in stock, they will order it for you.
More of the Age of Aquarius and a related poem from my book and an illustration from my inspired illustrator Daniel Schmelling in my next newsletter. Meanwhile, remember please to post a review and receive two free paperback copies of Death Kindly Stopped For Me, gifted from me to you!! (Please see below in smaller font precisely how to post your review.)
How to post your review on Amazon:
Go to Amazon books online between November 26 and November 30. Type “death kindly stopped for me” in your search bar and my book site will come up. Hit the Kindle button to obtain an ebook for free (Hurrah!) (Important: This must be done first!) Now scroll way down past the From the Publisher pages, past Product details, past About the author, and then past even more stuff (!) to almost at the very bottom, where you then see the heading “Customer reviews”. Directly underneath this and on the left, there is a smaller heading which reads “Review this product” and underneath that “Share your thoughts with other customers”. Click the rounded link below that and you will then see a page that says “Create Review”. You can then give an overall rating for the book, add a headline and a photo if you wish, and then put your written review in the box below that. When that is done, press the Submit button and you are finished! The review will not appear right away, but once it is processed, you will see it posted officially in my book review section. I will also see it and contact you by email to obtain your address and send you your gift paperback copies! Happy reading!
