Got Me A Dog!

Picked up the Athlon Sports magazine for this summer…finally! Yes, I’ve been waiting with eager anticipation for this mag, ever since Draft Day. I love it and its color glossies. I’ve been picking up the football one every summer for the last 4 or 5 years, and I find it to be pretty darn helpful for scouting out how the season’s going to go (even when Athlon gets it wrong, I can usually analyze their data and still get it right…it helped me predict Tampa Bay was going all the way!).

Of course, Athlon mostly caters to the “fantasy” football crowd. I only started playing fantasy last year and did not use the mag for drafting my team (strangely enough, I stocked most of my team with Seahawk players…hey, I still managed to come in 4th in my league). This year, my Athlon will probably be doing double duty.

However, I haven’t had a chance to read it yet. Haven’t had a chance to blog for a few days either. Or watch the NBA finals at the local pub; just found out today the Spurs are leading the series 2-0 ( not that LeBron James is over-rated or anything…). Heck, just found out the M’s are on a 3 game winning streak and only 4.5 games out of 1st!

See, I just got a new PUPPY. She is a beagle. Her name is Chewbacca, though we call her “Chewie” (named by my wife, even though I’m the Star Wars geek and she is not). And boy-o-boy, does she need a LOT of attention.

Today will be her first day alone for more than an hour or two…it really breaks my heart (Cancer Moon) to think of her crying all day!

But I have faith that she’ll get over it. Dogs (like humans, sports teams, cities, etc.) ALSO have an astrological signature. They come into the world at a particular time and place in space, and you can tell quite a bit by a dog’s astrology. For example, my dog growing up was a CANCER (she had the same birth day, though not year, as my mother). She liked her food quite a bit, especially "people food," and enjoyed lazing about indoors more than romping around outside. She was VERY protective of her home/house, barking viciously at anyone coming to the door, even into old age. She also never backed down from other, larger dogs…even though she was only a little cocker spaniel.

Chewie is an ARIES; that’s why I’m not too worried about her. Aries, after all, is the most independent sign of the zodiac. She’ll be an explorer, always wanting to poke her nose into new places, for Aries's main purpose is to initiate new experiences. It is the "Spring Time" sign (seeds breaking the ground and all that).

Of course, she’s also a BEAGLE, one of the great explorers of the dog world anyway. But being born with Jupiter in Sagittarius (the planet of expansion and exploration in its natural sign) certainly adds fuel to that particular fire. Having Jupiter nearly conjunct Pluto, her nose may lead her to discovering dead bodies, but right now it simply seems to have given her an unhealthy interest in other animals’ droppings!

She’s pretty smart though, and eager to communicate, although she has yet to bark (she cries and howls, but no barking). A non-barking dog? She’s got Mercury in Aries, which means she’s likely to speak before thinking. However, she appears to have a Capricorn rising sign (appearing both reserved and a little skittish in addition to having VERY traditional beagle coloration/markings). She also has Mars in Pisces, ruled by Neptune in either the 1st or 2nd house. I’ll have to see if I can get a more accurate birth time from her breeder. However, it would appear this is a dog attempting to “grow a pair” from an internal/psychological point of view…that Jupiter is retrograde, Saturn (plaent of fear and limitation) is in Leo, her North Node is conjunct that Pisces Mars (making her a natural worry-wart) and it appears Pluto (also retrograde) is in the 11th house…which means it’s polarity point is in the 5th house. Here’s a dog that needs to learn to bark…but bark constructively!

Ha!

Anyway, I do NOT intend to turn this into a PET BLOG (there are plenty of those out there already). Perhaps, I’ll start a completely separate blog on astrology and pets (Astro-Pet? Maybe!)! But I wanted to provide a little explanation as to why I’ve been slacking in my blog, for those folks that have been reading regularly. My time for writing has been tightened a little bit, and it may be sporadic during the following weeks while I am learning to love my little Beagle.

Happy Moon Day, folks!