ypsi~dixit

Y. is blessed to have several agnomina. There's Wad in the family, Tante Wad to my nephews, Ypsidixit as a result of this humble blog, and some employ YD as yet another agnomen. Y. likes having a whole cloud of names. The more, the better.

As Mars and Uranus each pull from opposite sides of the cosmic tug-of-war rope, explosive events happen on the sidelines. How they affect you is up to you, really -- we always have a choice of how involved we want to get with our emotions and our efforts. Be mindful of that choice before rushing into a volatile situation.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You're no shrinking violet, though you may have been playing this role in order to avoid dealing with a certain fact of your past. Let it go. Forgiveness is divine. Open your petals to the sun.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You're lucky in matters having to do with inheritance, property and sales. Even if you aren't making tons of money, you feel successful, and this breeds more of the same.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). While it may be noble to take one for the team, taking two, three and four for the team is just pathetic. If you feel like you've been beaten up on the playground of life, it's an excellent day to stand up to the bully.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You're fresh, real and solution-oriented -- so what's not to like? More importantly for many of you today, what's not to hire? Career opportunities abound. Circulate that resume and winning handshake.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Though you aspire to nobility, philanthropy and high holiness, the fact is, sometimes you just want the cash. Before you condemn yourself, consider that there may be some noble purpose behind your need.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Don't be seduced into believing that going somewhere new will give you a clean start. The real truth is you don't have to go anywhere! All you need is within arm's reach right now.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The excitement of reaching out to someone new is in your stars. Mind you, the thrill comes from not knowing how this person will respond to you. Without risk, there is no reward.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There's no need to be upset about the software glitch on the screen, the company blunder or the cat that got let out of the bag. It's all part of the grand plan. You know, the one you won't be able to see except in hindsight.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). One of your most beautiful qualities is that you rush forward, unafraid, in the very situations that others usually run from. Such a thrilling danger is available to you now -- like chasing a storm or falling in love.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The things you want and the things you don't want both have an electromagnetic field that draws you near to them. Today's challenge is to focus on the wants and ignore the rest.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You make work look so simple and undemanding that it may as well be child's play. This is your talent -- not only loving what you do, but finding more to love about it as you go.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Today, you're a fighter! The game has many rounds, and the scoring happens long after the final bell rings. Give yourself a rating as you go. Your self-assessment will be more important than anything others could tell you.

Y. also likes giving friends agnomina, like this gentleman who modestly signs himself Pathetic Justice--thank you, kindest Oracle!

I do indeed aspire to nobility, philanthropy and high holiness. Yes sir, true enough.

Habeo non agnomina.

or rather

Non agnominia habeo.

or something like that

Agnominia habeo "Magic Nature Lisa," gratis Sadie, vicinus, aevum tria.

Lisa: Drawing upon my impressive command of this elegant language, I see that you said, "Three of my sad neighbors are magicians."

Between that and the break-ins, I'd say it's a pretty lively neighborhood.

Very, very close, Esteemed Y. Actually, a slightly more faithful translation would be, "I have a nickname, 'Magic Nature Lisa,' thanks to Sadie, my neighbor, age three." But only slightly more faithful, since I, too, used the same online translator. I wouldn't know a declension from a hole in the ground.

(gets a delightful frisson from being called "Esteemed Y.")

Oh, how funny. After Lynne impressed everyone with her Latin, or, me, anyways, I was just thinking, "Mercy!--there are a lot of Latin speakers in Ypsi!"

As Magic Nature Lisa, I am *sure* you'd know a declension from a hole in the ground (for a hosta, maybe). :)

Well, I wouldnt say I am a Latin *speaker* but I did take in high school ;) One of the weird things about the language that I remember is that the world order in a sentence is often very different than English. It is hard to translate English to Latin because it involves rearranging the words. It is easier to translate from Latin to English because the order of the words is just natural in English and I tend to rearrange them automatically. The lack of pronouns as the subject of verbs is pretty weird too.

I wish I had kept in practice with the Latin though. I got to read the Aeneid in Latin in highschool and that was really neat. There is a wealth of good literature written in Latin that I could have read had I cared more about it back when I still could do it. Oh well. My French and Spanish are similarly rusty.

It kind of reminds me of a joke my sister likes to tell:

Q: What do you call a person who speaks three languages?
A: Tri-lingual

Q: What do you call a person who speaks two languages?
A: bilingual

Q: What do you call a person who speaks only one language?
A: An American.