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Proverbs 25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Colossians 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

1 Corinthians 9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Ecclesiasticus 20:2 It is much better to reprove, than to be angry secretly and he that confesseth his fault shall be preserved from hurt.

Ecclesiasticus 28:1-2 He that revengeth shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins in remembrance. Forgive thy neighbour the hurt that he hath done unto thee, so shall thy sins also be forgiven when thou prayest.

Matthew 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

It's not a sin to be angry. It's when your anger causes you to break God's laws is when it's sin.

"Let not the sun go down on your wrath."

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Our sweet, sweet child needs to cool before we add the finishing touches!

After dinner, we’ll give it a taste test!

My…

God.

It’s incredible!

This stupid cake, made with potatoes … is delicious! It’s so sweet, moist, and decadent, just like a brownie! And I don’t even like chocolate or potatoes!

The recipe from the tiktok was pretty much impossible to find. I looked high and low, but everyone posted recipes that I KNOW he didn’t use because the ingredients and methods were different. After some searching, my grandma and I came up with our own recipe.

For the Cake:

1 cup mashed potato

2 cups sour cream

1 ¾ cup flour

1 ¾ cup sugar

¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

½ cup softened butter

2 eggs

1 ½ tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

Pinch of salt

For the Drizzle:

4 oz semi-sweet chocolate

½ cup sugar

3 tbsp corn syrup

2 tbsp water

A lot of recipes called for a mixer or a processor, but my grandma and I wanted to make an every-man kind of recipe, since we know not everyone has those things. Plus they’re heavy and a pain to clean anyway, so bowls it is!

Instructions:

1. Peel and boil the potato, then mash it. Set aside to cool. Go to the bathroom, do your homework, then come back. That should be enough time.

2. Set oven to 350°F.

3. Cream butter. This means putting the sugar and butter into a bowl and mashing it together with a fork until it’s thoroughly mixed.

3. Put everything else in the same bowl, including the mashed potato. Mix and stir well. Work those muscles!

4. Grease a pan (doesn’t matter what kind you use) and spatula batter into pan. Even out if necessary.

5. Bake in oven for 40 minutes.

6. Test cake with pick. If nothing sticks, it’s finished. If batter does stick to pick, let it bake a bit longer but make sure it doesn’t burn. Remove and set aside to cool.

For the Drizzle:

1. Cut chocolate into tiny squares.

2. In a small pot, mix sugar, corn syrup, and water.

3. On medium heat, wait for mixture to sizzle and stir it. Do NOT let it boil.

4. Remove from element and add chocolate.

5. Wait for squares to melt, then mix.

6. Drizzle or pour over cake.

Chocolate Potato Cake

½ cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs ½ cup milk ½ cup hot riced potatoes [just pure potato, mashed, no milk or butter or pepper or salt or whatever, just pure mashed potato] 1 cup flour 2 tsp baking powder ½ tsp cinnamon ½ tsp clove ½ tsp nutmeg ½ cup grated chocolate ½ cup chopped nut meats [optional, never ever feel pressured to add nuts to your chocolate cake, our guy here didn’t!]

Just… put everything into the mixing bowl in that order, with lots of mixing in between each addition.

Into a greased and/or lined tin, and then into a moderate oven for 55 minutes (or until cooked).

Frosting

2 Tbs butter 1 cup sugar ¼ cup milk 1 square unsweetened chocolate ½ tsp vanilla [also optional, since again, not mentioned by our maker here!]

Elemental imbalances occur when an individual has a limited element present in their birth chart and most often an excess of another. An unattended imbalance can cause stress of extremes of an element being projected by ones personality (Think of the knights in the Tarot).

Having 10 planets in the natal chart, including the rising sign, we naturally have a high chance of having an elemental imbalance in our birth chart and personality.

An imbalance of elements often looks like a minimum of 2 planets in an element, often seen as only having 2-0 planets missing from being familiar with that elements associations.

Having aspects from planets  that naturally contain the missing elemental energies prominent in the natal chart (example, if you lack air but have many mercury aspects), this can aid the elemental lack, though it will not necessarily bring the elements in ones personality into balance for the planet will still be in an excess sign (example mercury in pisces), and it will still act accordingly to the element it’s placed in.

Fire Signs: Aries/Leo/Sagittarius 

Air Signs: Gemini/Libra/Aquarius 

Earth Signs: Taurus/Virgo/Capricorn 

Water Signs: Cancer/Scorpio/Pisces

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Signs, symptoms and manifestations of having a limited element in the chart

Limited Fire:

Lacking passion and enthusiasm to do things

Having difficulty standing up for yourself

Tending to drift along with the flow of things which ends up being time consuming and making things progress slower than others

Feeling easily offended by harsh words or criticisms

Feeling uncomfortable around those who are quite flamboyant and expressive

Can’t stand noise of fast movement of things and people

Being highly introverted

Often feeling a lack of creativity

Lethargy and low energy often

Inertia and lack of motivation to take action

Feeling cold often

Often being too passive

Hypersensitivity to everything/everyone

Limited Air:

Leaping before thinking which ends up resulting in problems later on

Cognitive issues

Disconnected from others (either from self isolation of difficulty relating to people)

Limited socialising

Difficulty understanding other perspectives and ideas

Prefer expressing the self through non-verbal ways of communicating

Not a fan of social media and/or technology

Quiet (or very loud) speaking voice

Difficultly conveying thoughts and ideas cohesively

Tending to care more about ones own endeavours or how one self feels over another

Putting oneself down in analytical and ‘logical/rationalising’ areas of life (aka “Im dumb because i don’t know or understand this”)

Getting too emotionally involved with people, places and situations

Having a difficult time when it comes to standing back and rationally observe whats going on.

Limited Earth:

Having difficulty creating a practical plan and routine

Not caring too much about the material world and possessions

Having a difficult relationship with ones own body (can develop eating problems, wanting body modifications, excess dieting and bodybuilding)

A difficulty getting in touch with the body and its functions (can’t tell if hungry or full, if its hot or cold ect)

Having a difficulty staying grounded and often day dreaming

Giving things away to freely

Having a poor sense of taste, touch, sight, smell and hearing in one form or another

Difficulty creating the reality one wants

Not feeling connected to nature or animals

Getting too lost in thoughts, ideas and feelings and forgetting the reality of whats going on around you

Not caring about money or material possessions making the day-to-day life difficult

Not bothering keeping track of money and bills

Avoidance of hard work if possible

Easily physically fatigued

Limited Water:

Difficulty bearing with ones own emotional nature and that of others

Repressing emotions then realising them in private when they overflow

Becoming angry/agitated

Difficultly empathising with others

Not truly understanding what one is feeling

Expressing feelings inappropriately (getting angry over the little things/being calm when a tragedy occurs ect)

Rejecting ones own pain/refusing to feel it

Getting frustrated with those who are in an overly emotional state

Trying to rationalise and make feelings a practical and manageable thing

Thinking oneself out of feeling (excess air)

Expressing rage then calming down immediately after (excess fire)

Over spending (excess earth)

Difficultly in discriminating or recognising inutile hints and psychic messages

Avoiding closeness and touch of others

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Signs, symptoms and manifestations of having an excess element in the chart (3+ planets in element)

Excess Fire:

Feeling restless and having trouble sitting still/relaxing

Constantly thirsty/Drinking very little water

Feeling restless

Fluctuating Temper/Easily provoked

Loud and bold (at inappropriate times)

Over enthusiastic about ones own passion

Expression can overbear others at times

Can be desensitised to the feelings of others

Frustration when things are going ‘slow’

Leaping before looking

Excess air:

Talking too fast/Too loud/Too much

Not listening to others

Excess thinking to the point of blurring out reality

Dominant and sometimes intrusive thoughts

Fluctuating emotional stability

Difficulty relating to others on an emotional level

Detachment to people, places and things

Over intellectualising and over processing things

Consistent/loud mind chatter

Inability/Difficulty relaxing due to a need to move or fidget

Short attention span

Excess Earth:

Stubbornness

Low energy/Vitality

Slow process on tasks

Can lack drive and enthusiasm

Set in ones own ways

Emotionally distant by focusing only on what the 5 senses can provide

Focus on material gain and maintenance

Excluding family and relationships for work

Over/Under eating

Obsession with body (for good or bad)

Overworking ones self

Slacking and lazing around excessively

Excess Water:

Fearful and oversensitivity

Focusing too much on feeling to the point of creating a foggy reality

Not seeing reality for what it is

Living in a world of daydream

Feelings hurt easily

Fluctuating emotional state that can be difficult to control

Lacking drive to take action

Avoidance of everyday tasks if possible (chores/jobs/managing money)

Excess desire to connect with the higher realms and detach from the body

Physical weakness/lethargy  

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How to balance your elements

When we are unbalanced, we either draw others to use (or us to them) to act as an external reflection of the things we lack within ourselves, however, its possible to engage in other activities that can help bring our elemental lack into appropriate balance that can allow for self-healing and improved wellness.

At times due to elemental imbalances in out chart, we may be drawn to another who has excess of the element we lack (even signs) as to experiences a sense of ‘ying and yang’ by interacting with another. You may find you personally may greatly clash with another, yet you are reluctant to part because they seem to ‘fulfil’ you in a way you can’t explain.

For the element you lack the most in your chart, see the table below to find out ways you can help bring the lacking element in your personality.

“[pitching the proposal for Mononoke-hime (1997)] There cannot be a happy ending to the fight between the raging gods and humans. However, even in the middle of hatred and killings, there are things worth living for. A wonderful meeting, or a beautiful thing can exist. We depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation. What we should depict is, how the boy understands the girl, and the process in which the girl opens her heart to the boy. At the end, the girl will say to the boy, “I love you, Ashitaka. But I cannot forgive humans.” Smiling, the boy should say, “That is fine. Live with me.” ― Hayao Miyazaki

HOW TO UNDERSTAND ASTROLOGICAL ASPECTS

When you know what they really mean, numbers stop being so intimidating.

STEP 1: Think of the planets as people.

SUN

This planet rules Leo, so think of the Sun as that. Someone fiery, positive, active and extroverted. Charming and childlike, fun and protective. Can also be hot-tempered, arrogant and egotistic.

MOON

This planet rules Cancer, so think of the Moon as that. Someone caring, nurturing, motherly and healing. Sensitive yet strong. Can also be passive-aggressive, clingy, needy and moody.

MERCURY

This planet rules Gemini and Virgo, so think of Mercury as their combination. Someone who straddles extroversion and introversion. Intelligent and sociable but can be manipulative and critical.

VENUS

This planet rules Taurus and Libra, so think of Venus as their combination. Someone who enjoys comfort and beauty. Not shy, but not loud either. Soft yet tough. Can be too vain and self-indulgent.

MARS

This planet rules Aries, so think of Mars as that. Someone ambitious, brave, daring and leader-like. Craves friendship while staying independent. Can be dominating, aggressive and controlling.

JUPITER

This planet rules Sagittarius, so think of Jupiter as that. Someone quite lighthearted, communicative, open-minded and optimistic. Can also be too childish, lazy, unreliable and tactless.

SATURN

This planet rules Capricorn, so think of Saturn as that. Someone very patient, strategic-minded, bold and motivated. Determined yet pessimistic. Can also be selfish, cruel, cynical and ruthless.

URANUS

This planet rules Aquarius, so think of Uranus as that. Someone friendly, altruistic, smart and innovative. And yet too scattered sometimes in the way they think. Can also be cold and detached.

NEPTUNE

This planet rules Pisces, so think of Neptune as that. Someone creative, sweet, romantic, intuitive, sensitive and mystical. Can also be too dependent, unrealistic, fearful and self-pitying.

PLUTO

This planet rules Scorpio, so think of Pluto as that. Someone dark and mysterious. Very passionate, loving, loyal and intense. Can also be vindictive, paranoid, vengeful and brutal.

STEP 2: Think of the aspects as rooms.

CONJUNCTION (0°)

This is when two planets are in the same room, sitting right next to each other. But depending on their personalities, they may or may not get along. Some might like having someone so close by, while others may resent having their personal space invaded.

SEXTILE (60°)

This is when two planets are in the same room, with a comfortable space between the two of them. They get to enjoy the freedom to move around, as well as the other planet’s company. Best of both worlds. The two of them are very happy.

SQUARE (90°)

This is when two planets find themselves together in the same room, with each planet blocking the other’s view. Say, one is blocking the TV, while the other is blocking the mountains through the window. Annoyed, they both keep yelling at each other to move over.

TRINE (120°)

This is when two planets are occupying neighboring rooms. Say, one is in the kitchen, cooking; while the other is in the dining room, setting the table. They are doing their own tasks, but they have a similar goal. Working in harmony, they both feel merry.

OPPOSITION (180°)

This is when two planets are in opposite rooms inside the same house, avoiding each other. Instead of actually enjoying their time, they spend all their effort trying to completely ignore one another. Like two children needing the other kid to know they are angry with them.

STEP 3: Interpret them all together.

Now that you understand what each of them means, you should be able to interpret any aspect simply by combining them.

MARS CONJUNCT PLUTO

If Mars is aggressive and dominating… Pluto is vindictive and brutal… and a conjunction means the two of them are in the same room, sitting next to each other… then:

A woman born when Mars was conjunct Pluto is likely to be very athletic and competitive (Mars). But do not expect her to be fair or sportsmanlike. Her intensity and vengefulness (Scorpio) might lead her to cheat and injure her opponents.

SATURN OPPOSITE NEPTUNE

If Saturn is determined and motivated… and Neptune is creative and intuitive… but they are in opposition, stopping each other from being their best… then:

When Saturn is opposite Neptune in the sky, we could all experience a time of high anxiety and low self-esteem. Our cynical and pessimistic side, which we usually succeed in suppressing (Capricorn), could be dug up and brought to light by our heightened sense of fear and self-pity (Neptune).

SUN TRINE JUPITER

If the Sun is positive and childlike… Jupiter is lighthearted and optimistic… and a trine means they are working together in harmony… then:

A man born when the Sun was trining Jupiter is likely to lead a very happy life. He could forgive wrongs easily, never letting pain linger in his heart (Sun). And whenever things are gloomy, his faith that they will get better sooner or later should always keep sadness at bay (Jupiter).

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