New Website Coming Soon!

-0/2-/2008  8: 1 PM

Dear Friends: You may have wondered about the lack of activity on this blog for some months, and I apologise. My website is under construction and it will emerge soon as a new improved version with a better, more interactive blog or forum. Please keep watching. I have just had two new books published: How to Read Your Horoscope in 5 Easy Steps and Mercury Retrograde new, revised and updated version, and have been promoting these. Soon you will be able to purchase them on my site but right now they are available at http://www.amazon.com and http://www.barnesandnoble.com and other bookstores. You may also be interested I have a regular radio show on the Jerry Pippin radio show at http://www.jerrypippin.com. I talk about horoscopes of the Presidential Candidates and also answer your questions. If you have any questions you want me to answer on these shows (which then are available later as podcasts), please email me at Chrissie@jerrypippin.com giving me your name, birthday, birth time, birth place, phone number and question. Thanks and take care. Chrissie

Vaccinations - or not?

-1/0-/2007  12: 1 AM

Dear Friends: Apologies for ignoring the blog lately. Soon I will hae it set up so that anyone can start a new thread. Right now it has to be me. I would like to open up a discussion on vaccinations. My own darling Mum, who passed away in 2006, refused to vaccinate me as a child over 50 years ago because of research she had done - even then. At that time people thought her mad and my parents were shunned and I received nasty comments from pupils and teachers, who told me my parents didn't love me. I knew they were stupid, even at that young age, because nobody could make me believe my parents didn't always strive to do their best for me and didn't love me with every fiber of their being. That much I knew. However, I always was a sickly, sensitive child and nearly died at one time after being given pennicillin to which I am allergic. Later a homeopath said that thank God I had never had vaccinations because I may not have survived them! Today, after years of herbs, healthy living and spiritual work, I am the healthiest I have ever been and the most energetic. I realize this is a controversial issue and, if I had children, I am not sure what I would do without a lot of research. I would love to hear your thoughts. Perhaps Anita Chu, my friend who is a doctor, could kindly add her comments? Please see the article below. Thanks and blessings, Chrissie Vaccinations, Part One Gabriel Cousens, M.D. The question about vaccinations for the American public is still considered "controversial. " For example, Dr. Weil has just come out, in AARP Journal, saying everybody should get their vaccinations, including flu. Gabriel completely disagrees with this position, and in this article points out why: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) study shows the effectiveness of flu vaccination is 0 to 14%. An Israeli study showed the effectiveness is 1%. A World Health Organization test involving 260,000 people that was undertaken on the BCG vaccine for tuberculosis found more cases of TB in the vaccinated group than the unvaccinated group. So vaccinations' effectiveness in preventing disease is in serious question. They may actually cause the disease they were meant to prevent: Multiple vaccination has been shown, according to the Arthur Research Foundation in Arizona, to exhaust and diminish your immune system strength by 60%. This is backed by a completely independent study in Israel that vaccination indeed diminishes the immune system strength. An epidemic of smallpox killed 45,000 people immediately after a mass smallpox vaccination program began in 1867 in England. Between 1871 and 1880, following the vaccination program, the incidence of smallpox escalated from 28 to 46 per 100,000. Epidemiologists in general have noted that there was a decrease of 95% in the incidence of all the acute infectious diseases because of better hygiene between 1911 and 1945, before mass vaccinations began. Death rates from polio had reduced dramatically also by the early 1950's in the USA before the introduction of the vaccine in 1955. But there was a 50% increase from 1957 to 1958, and an 80% increase between 1958 and 1959! The scientific assessment of Jonas Salk himself, the inventor of the vaccine, was the vaccine itself was the cause of nearly all of the increased polio from the 1950's through the 1960's. Vaccinations' side effects "Cancer was practically unknown until compulsory inoculation with smallpox vaccine began to be introduced. I have had to deal with two hundred cases of cancer, and I never a saw a case of cancer in an unvaccinated person," said W.B.Clarke, M.D., an Indiana physician in the early twentieth century. Guillain-Barre Syndrome, which can result in quadripeligia or death. The book, Every Other One, showed that half the Aboriginals children vaccinated died the next day to immune system stress. There is an implication also, with not excellent statistical proof, with SIDS seems to happen within a week or two after the first vaccination at 4 months. SIDS could be associated with vaccination. The documented side effects also include autism, hyperactivity, ADD, and seizure The Vaccination- Diabetes Connection Research done in Finland and New Zealand showed that there was an approximately 60 to 64% increase in juvenile diabetes in children who received vaccinations, particularly MMR, which is a very strong reason why children shouldn't get vaccinated: Following a massive campaign in New Zealand from 1988 to 1991 to vaccinate babies six weeks of age or older with hepatitis B vaccine, J. Bart Classen, MD, reported a 60% increase in Type-1 diabetes. In a group of 100,000 New Zealand children starting in 1982, there was a 50% increase in the incidence of diabetes following a hepatitis B vaccination program. In Finland, the incidence of diabetes was stable in children under 4 years of age until the government made several changes in its childhood vaccination schedule. In 1974, 130,000 children age 3 months to 4 years were injected with hepatitis B vaccine, and in 1976, the pertussis vaccine was altered. There was a 64% increase in the incidence of Type-1 diabetes in Finland during the years 1977–1979, compared to the years 1970–1976. Doctors started reporting in the medical literature as early as 1949 that some children injected with pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine(now part of the DPT or DTaP shot) were having trouble maintaining normal glucose levels in their blood. Lab research has confirmed that pertussis vaccine can cause diabetes in mice. In 1982, another vaccine was added to the childhood vaccination schedule in Finland. Children age 14 months to 6 years were given the live MMR (measles-mumps- rubella) vaccine" "The net effect of the addition of three new vaccines to the 0–4 year old age group was a 147% increase in the incidence of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes. The addition of one new vaccine to the 5–9 year olds resulted in a 40% rise in diabetes incidence. The rise in Insulin-Dependent Diabetes in the different age groups correlated with the number of vaccines given.", Classen concluded. A Centers for Disease Control (CDC) study showed that hepatitis B immunization starting after two months of age was associated with an almost doubling of the risk of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes. As diabetes research progressed in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, there were observations that viral infections may be a co-factor in causing diabetes. The introduction of live virus vaccines, such as live MMR vaccine made from weakened forms of the live measles, mumps, and rubella viruses, has raised questions about whether live vaccine virus could be a co-factor in causing chronic diseases such as diabetes. The ingredients of vaccines, from anti-freeze for preservation to chicken, dog, and simian viruses, is outside the topic of this article, but worth knowing. There is substantial question whether vaccinations have had any real positive effect, but they have certainly had a negative effect. The overall message, which is really in the Bird Flu Protocol which we've given people, is the best way to prevent yourself from viral infections is a healthy immune with 80%+ live-food diet and using supplements such as Vitamin C, certain Chinese herbs, all of which have been outlined in Bird Flu Protocol. Is the easiest, safest, and most effective way to protect oneself. We honor Dr. Weil for being courageous enough to take a flu vaccine every year, but do not recommend it. We feel it is detrimental to the immune system, a complete insult to the immune system, with very little positive gain. In other words, the risk-benefit ratio is very poor. So, take care of yourself, eat live food, and don't undermine your immune system. Remember not even live-foods make you bulletproof. One needs to get adequate sleep, have a happy life and minimize stress, experience meditation and yoga—all play very important roles in supporting immune strength and preventing acute disease. Blessings to your health, Gabriel Cousens, M.D., M.D.(H), Diplomate American Board of Holistic Medicine, Dipl. Ayurveda

Astrology Questions Continued

-0/9-/2007  12: 1 AM

Astrology Questions Continued In answer to the question about how Pisces will feel with Saturn in their opposite Sign. They may feel a bit pulled off center by having to deal with everyday details of life or attending to health issues. It's a good time though to set up routines for diet, exercise, health in general and to streamline your everyday life (which Pisces aren't that good at normally!) There is always a silver lining to every difficult transit! Chrissie

Do You Have Any Astrology Questions?

-0/8-/2007  10: 1 PM

I have been asleep on the blog front lately. Trying to get 4 books put to bed for 2008 publication. It really is a crazy time. I would like to throw this blog open and ask you just to post on any astrological questions or comments you have. Chrissie

Mercury Retrograde

-0/7-/2007  06: 1 AM

Hi there: Thought I'd share a couple of Mercury retrograde nightmares with you so that you might feel inspired to add yours! The first is from Lori: Hi Chrissie You asked if any of us had any interesting Mercury Retrograde stories well here's mine, thankgod it's over, for the whole month of June if something could go wrong it did, it started one Saturday at the beginning of June and my family and I were at our Cottage when I went down to the dock to see what my son and dog were doing. As I went to walk away my son had cast his fishing rod, oh yeah I got the hook right in the neck not 1 prong but 2. Needless to say it took my husband about an hour to get it out, I know it was an accident boy did that hurt. Then on June 8th I made an appointment at our bank with our Personal Branch Manager for June 11th, my husband and myself went in talked to Nadia and she said every thing should take about a week, well a week and a half went by I called her and she said that it takes time and she would call me back so now it's the 3rd week in June still no phone call, well just before our long weekend July 1st I called her and put in her ext # I kept getting this guys name, so I called customer service, I had this really weird feeling that Nadia was no longer there even before I called, guess what she was transfered the week before, wasn't that nice not a phone call or email from her, to let us know. This past Tuesday went went in to see our new Manager Amitha, and boy did my husband give her a blasting because this is not the first time this bank has done this to us by leaving us in the learch. We are going back in to sign our contracts and so forth on July 12th I hope nothing happens with that, I have read alot about what has been going on and all of the Astrologers have said it's finally leaving July 9th thank you very much, I am a Scorpio and I can honestly say I've had more than enough I felt that I've gone no where fast,mistakes delays, accidents etc etc etc, you know what I'm talking about, thanks I needed to vent to some-one who knows and would completely understands. The second is this one: This is absolutely the worst it's ever been for me. After 6 months of waiting, my Medi-Cal application with all its documentation was lost and I have to start over. Someone used my Debit Card information to have my checking account debited for a charge I never authorized, so they shut down my Debit Card, and I must fill out all sorts of papers to have the matter straightened out, and on and on. Oh, well, it will soon be over!!! AMT. I'd love to hear yours. Chrissie

Rising Early in the Morning

-0/6-/2007  12: 1 AM

I am not an early riser by nature but am striving to be. In England, where we start work at 9-9:30 a.m., I struggled to get out of bed at 8-8:30 a.m. Now, in California, I am proud to say I make it at 6:30 a.m. (I never go to bed before 11:30 p.m.) However, I am gradually aiming to get less sleep and more time for spiritual practices, creativity, work and fun. I don't go along with all those studies that say we need 8 hours. While I love to have 8 hours sleep, I feel it is a waste of a life to sleep so much. What do you think? I saw the following article on the website http://zenhabits.net and liked it a lot. It is simple, practical and helpful. I hope you find it helpful too. RISING EARLY IN THE MORNING Greet the day. I love being able to get up, and greet a wonderful new day. I suggest creating a morning ritual that includes saying thanks for your blessings. I’m inspired by the Dalai Lama, who said, ” Everyday, think as you wake up, ‘today I am fortunate to have woken up, I am alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others, to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings, I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others, I am going to benefit others as much as I can.’ “ Amazing start. I used to start my day by jumping out of bed, late as usual, and rushing to get myself and the kids ready, and rushing to drop them to school and come in to work late. I would walk into work, looking rumpled and barely awake, grumpy and behind everyone else. Not a great start to your day. Now, I have a renewing morning ritual, I’ve gotten so much done before 8 a.m., my kids are early and so am I, and by the time everyone else gets in to work, I’ve already gotten a head start. There is no better way to start off your day than to wake early, in my experience. Quietude. No kids yelling, no babies crying, no soccer balls, no cars, no television noise. The early morning hours are so peaceful, so quiet. It’s my favorite time of day. I truly enjoy that time of peace, that time to myself, when I can think, when I can read, when I can breathe. Sunrise. People who wake late miss one of the greatest feats of nature, repeated in full stereovision each and every day — the rise of the sun. I love how the day slowly gets brighter, when the midnight blue turns to lighter blue, when the brilliant colors start to seep into the sky, when nature is painted in incredible colors. I like doing my early morning run during this time, and I look up at the sky as I run and say to the world, “What a glorious day!” Really. I really do that. Corny, I know. Breakfast. Rise early and you actually have time for breakfast. I’m told it’s one of the most important meals of the day. Without breakfast, your body is running on fumes until you are so hungry at lunchtime that you eat whatever unhealthy thing you can find. The fattier and sugarier, the betterier. But eat breakfast, and you are sated until later. Plus, eating breakfast while reading my book and drinking my coffee in the quiet of the morning is eminently more enjoyable than scarfing something down on the way to work, or at your desk. Exercise. There are other times to exercise besides the early morning, of course, but I’ve found that while exercising right after work is also very enjoyable, it’s also liable to be canceled because of other things that come up. Morning exercise is virtually never canceled. Productivity. Mornings, for me at least, are the most productive time of day. I like to do some writing in the morning, when there are no distractions, before I check my email or blog stats. I get so much more done by starting on my work in the morning. Then, when evening rolls around, I have no work that I need to do, and I can spend it with family. Goal time. Got goals? Well, you should. And there’s no better time to review them and plan for them and do your goal tasks than first thing. You should have one goal that you want to accomplish this week. And every morning, you should decide what one thing you can do today to move yourself further towards that goal. And then, if possible, do that first thing in the morning. Commute. No one likes rush-hour traffic, except for Big Oil. Commute early, and the traffic is much lighter, and you get to work faster, and thus save yourself more time. Or better yet, commute by bike. (Or even better yet, work from home.) Appointments. It’s much easier to make those early appointments on time if you get up early. Showing up late for those appointments is a bad signal to the person you’re meeting. Showing up early will impress them. Plus, you get time to prepare. How to Become an Early Riser Don’t make drastic changes. Start slowly, by waking just 15-30 minutes earlier than usual. Get used to this for a few days. Then cut back another 15 minutes. Do this gradually until you get to your goal time. Allow yourself to sleep earlier. You might be used to staying up late, perhaps watching TV or surfing the Internet. But if you continue this habit, while trying to get up earlier, sooner or later one is going to give. And if it is the early rising that gives, then you will crash and sleep late and have to start over. I suggest going to bed earlier, even if you don’t think you’ll sleep, and read while in bed. If you’re really tired, you just might fall asleep much sooner than you think. Put your alarm clock far from you bed. If it’s right next to your bed, you’ll shut it off or hit snooze. Never hit snooze. If it’s far from your bed, you have to get up out of bed to shut it off. By then, you’re up. Now you just have to stay up. Go out of the bedroom as soon as you shut off the alarm. Don’t allow yourself to rationalize going back to bed. Just force yourself to go out of the room. My habit is to stumble into the bathroom and go pee. By the time I’ve done that, and flushed the toilet and washed my hands and looked at my ugly mug in the mirror, I’m awake enough to face the day. Do not rationalize. If you allow your brain to talk you out of getting up early, you’ll never do it. Don’t make getting back in bed an option. Have a good reason. Set something to do early in the morning that’s important. This reason will motivate you to get up. I like to write in the morning, so that’s my reason. Also, when I’m done with that, I like to read all of your comments! Make waking up early a reward. Yes, it might seem at first that you’re forcing yourself to do something hard, but if you make it pleasurable, soon you will look forward to waking up early. A good reward is to make a hot cup of coffee or tea and read a book. Other rewards might be a tasty treat for breakfast (smoothies! yum!) or watching the sunrise, or meditating. Find something that’s pleasurable for you, and allow yourself to do it as part of your morning routine. Take advantage of all that extra time. Don’t wake up an hour or two early just to read your blogs, unless that’s a major goal of yours. Don’t wake up early and waste that extra time. Get a jump start on your day! I like to use that time to get a head start on preparing my kids’ lunches, on planning for the rest of the day (when I set my MITs), on exercising or meditating, and on reading. By the time 6:30 rolls around, I’ve done more than many people do the entire day.

Reality Check

-0/5-/2007  18: 1 PM

Hi there: I haven't written a blog for a while as embroiled with the nitty gritty of not just writing one book but putting a couple of others to bed; checking and rechecking getting endorsements and writing bibliographies, and all that not-so fun stuff. I realized I was in a reality check mode. All the book ideas and the creative writing stuff is the fun phase but the second half leading up to publication and beyond is pretty long and laborious. There's no way around it. We all have ideas but many of these never see the light of day because bringing your ideas into manifestation really is the hard part -- but the important part. Otherwise our ideas just remain there, cluttering up the ethers. It got me thinking about 2008 when the powerful, maligned Planet, Pluto enters its long journey through the sign of reality checks, Capricorn. It's going to have a global influence and a sobering one. After thinking everything's going to improve and get better (Pluto in optimistic Sagittarius) and be just fine, we will be faced with the fact that indeed resources are scarce and we do have war and global warming and there's nothing that's going to change it unless we actually are prepared to roll up our collective sleeves and do something about it. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this and the next few years from an astrological and philsophical perspective. Chrissie

Stand - and Pray - for Peace on May 13

-0/5-/2007  11: 1 AM

Dear Friends: Stand for Peace on Mother's Day Some of you may have been sent an email by the women of Ohio calling upon the women of the world, from the day-old babies to our most senior elders, to stand with them to help bring peace to the world on Mother's Day -- Sunday, May 13, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. A summary of what brought this about is that a busboy who worked in a café in Ohio whose window faced the public park noticed that two grandmotherly looking women had been standing in the park all day without moving at all and without talking. They were dressed up in their Sunday best and were just staring at the town hall. He asked the other patrons in the café what they thought the women were up to. They speculated on a variety of things. Then, a five-year old year who was in the café spoke up and said "One of them is my grandmother and I know what they are doing. They are standing there to save the world." Everyone in the café hooted and howled and laughed. On his way home the busboy decided to ask the women what they were doing and sure enough their answer was "We are saving the world." The next morning the busboy looked out the café window and the two women were back, along with his mother, her friends, and the women who had been in the café the day before. All were standing in silence staring at the town hall. The next day the women were joined by the women who were in the café the day before and a number of their friends. The police chief told them they would have to disperse because they didn't have a permit, one of them responded that "we are just individuals standing in our public park and we are not giving speeches or having a demonstration so why would we need a permit." The police chief thought about this and agreed with them and left the park. At this point 2,223 women including the mayor's wife, the police chief's wife, and one five-year old girl were standing in the park to save the world. The news quickly spread and soon women were standing all over the country. The story ended with women standing in every country throughout the globe, standing to save the world. See http://www.grandmotherbook.com. Pray for Peace We are being asked to stand for five minutes of silence at 1 p.m. your local time on May 13, 2007, in your local park, school yard, gathering place, or any place you deem appropriate- men, women and children. We are asked to bring bells to ring at 1 p.m. to signify the beginning of the five minutes of silence and to ring again to signify the end of the period of silence. During the silence, please think about what you individually and we collectively can do to attain this world. I also would suggest we spend the five minutes in silent prayer,sending out waves of love and healing energy to our suffering world, to uplift, heal and strengthen all whom it touches. If you want to know more about sending prayer, please click here -http://www.chrissieblaze.com/prayforpeace.shtml Mother's Day Service Also this Sunday, May 13, I will be conducting a Divine Service on Mother's Day at 11:00 a.m. During this Service we also will be sending out prayers of peace and love to our suffering world. The Aetherius Society Temple 6202 Afton Place Hollywood, CA 90028 Tel: (323) 465 9652 http://www.aetherius.org Thanks for your interest and support. Blessings, Chrissie

The Fire in Griffith Park and the Devas

-0/5-/2007  09: 1 AM

I am writing this with a heavy heart to see my local park, the wonderful Griffith Park, going up in flames. As I speak, helicopters are circling overhead dropping water and the extremely brave firefighters are risking their lives, in the most difficult of conditions, to save people, animals and property alike. God bless them and protect them. They really do an incredibly difficult job and I can't thank and praise them enough. Los Angeles has been hotter than average and much drier and unfortunately this idyllic hiking spot, a beautiful wilderness in the heart of sprawling Los Angeles, just went up like a tinder box. There may seem as if there is nothing we can do but prayer really does help at times like this. Prayer acts like a healing balm and so brings balance to not just people but also to weather. The weather is controlled by the devas and the devas use the energy we, mankind, gives to them. If we give them negative energy, negative conditions are created. Through sending our prayers and love to a certain area, the devas can then use this beautiful energy and this brings balance to the situation. For example, in this case, it has been extremely hot and windy - the worst conditions for fires. By sending enough prayer, the winds could die down and perhaps even rain could fall. Nothing is impossible with the great power of prayer. Another thing is to express our appreciation for all those brave people on the ground and offer prayers for their protection also. I am sending a card and am also thinking of sending an email of appreciation to the Firefighters in this area, so if you're on my mailing list you may receive an email to this effect for you to sign and pass on. I will let you know via this blog. Thanks for your caring. Blessings, Chrissie

Website News

-0/5-/2007  02: 1 AM

I am pleased to announce there was an all-time record number of hits on my website in January, 2007 of 1,133,445 and an average each month of approximately 500,000. Thanks very much to you all for continuing to support this site. I try and keep it current and add new articles, horoscopes and other interesting stuff each month, so please check out the site from time to time. Several people have mentioned that I should charge a nominal fee for the horoscopes but I really don't want to as we have visitors from all over the world, and some can't afford a fee, however nominal. I write the horoscopes as a community service cos I want to help but I would ask you a favor in return. I'd love it if more people added their comments to this blog. I have people visiting from many different countries and it would be great to get a global community going. Any suggestions to improve the blog - or the website - would be appreciated. Blessings, Chrissie

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