Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop. ~ The King

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” ~ Alice in Wonderland.

As a "once-upon-a-time-online-astrologer" the first thing I checked for was a Mercury Retrograde. Call it habit, but when things go horribly wrong, it's the first place I look. As our immediate (and possibly instinctual) coping strategy, we'd all like to be able to blame something above and beyond ourselves. I'm not old enough for my second Saturn Return and there's no Merc Rx to be found until May (things to look forward to by all). Now mind you, as a Capricorn, Saturn is my ruling planet. And in case you're not aware, Saturn is everyone's cruelest teacher. She's the one that stands over you with a yard stick and beats you with it repeatedly until you get it right.

Or maybe it's Karma...

Karma is not something one can blame though: at least, not with a clear conscience. Karma happens as a result of one being naughty and now has been asked to pay the piper. So then we always ask (come on...say it with me...), "What did I ever do to deserve this?" This is not strictly reserved for the morning after the night before where your partner kindly holds your hair back while you pray to the porcelain god. This is accountability. So what did I do, in particular, that would make the fates exact their cruel revenge? In a word? Nothing...

"What?!?" you may ask. "Of all the arrogant...blah blah blah... Why are you above reproach?" There is nothing to blame and no one to blame. Quite simply; shit happens. Sadly, it happens to the best of us as well as the worst of us. Shit favours no one and no one can escape it's path. I'm not going to get into the existentialism of "shit", because I love a good arguement and can blather all night. *Yawn* I do have one question, however... Who is the one who shits near the fan and why do we always seem to be front row and center when it happens? O_o Wait a minute...that's two questions... Moving on...

And so begins my descent into madness...