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The Mounted Knight 　 On this page, The Mounted Knight, or Rider Waite, we post the specifics of the Christian Leo knight, on quest for the True Cross, the Great Work, or the Holy Grail. The Christian Leo knight is out traversing the worlds, rescuing, slaying monsters, banishing evildoers, and salvaging treasures. As a Leo, this knight hosts lavish pageants to demonstrate his subject, invites everyone including his enemies, and treats all to his sunny smile. Judging the character by the names of the stars in the sign, the Leo knight is most concerned about Rending Asunder that which is evil, or wasted; Leaping Forth in defense of the weak and dumb; honoring The Lord Who Comes Quickly; and giving God The Exaltation. Known asThe Boss of the Zodiac, Leo is very organized, this extending even to their private lives. Sometimes this is seen as a need for control, bossiness, or being full of themselves. However, Leo observes boundaries, as doing the right thing is important to them, helping others and not taking credit for it. Extroverted, outgoing, cheerful, generous to a high degree and exceptionally creative, Leo is also sensitive Read on to find out all about Leo and the fire court of the Sacred Tarot. Enjoy these tales, and find the gift waiting for you here.   Please note that Christian Astrology is sidereal, in real time! 
The Lion Rampant The best organized, the most colorful, resplendent, tastiest, and lavish traits, are Leos.
At home in the Royal sign is the sun, itself being the strongest light and that which stamps its image most dominantly upon us. Thus the sun is associated with the sacrament of baptism in the prudent Christian community. We are baptized into the family of Light. The Apostle John fills in the connection to Leo in the Greek Scriptures with his lyrical, unique prose, while Judah connects us to the Hebrew Testament. The natural scent of Leo is frankincense, almond, and amber, not that of the litter box! Leos the metal is of course gold, as is the fabric. The ruby, amber, or tiger eye is the usual gem, though the prudent Christian Leo will pause over the many varieties of fluorite. This stone releases tears, and aids one in the expressions of grief, so foreign to the proud and hearty Lion. It also helps us toward the ability to ask others for help, for healing and comfort, which the Leo almost never does. Best of all, fluorite fosters the safe expression of anger, releasing and healing it, and resolves fears. The foods of Leo are almonds, sunflower seeds, golden apples, saffron rice, gin, honey and olives. These associations give the prudent Christian Leo a deeper insight into his nature and place in the world.
Your words of knowledge are, 'The Lord is my shepherd.' The Leo garden encloses a red rose, larkspur, poppy, marigold, peony, dahlia, sunflowers, cinnamon, saffron, chamomile, dill, rosemary, fennel, and ash, around a sun dial. The most effective pilgrimage for a Leo, or anyone with a strong influx of the suns life sustaining influence, would be Chartres Cathedral in France. The most effective shrine for Leo would be high, round topped hills, places inhabited by free animals, forest, hard, stony gravely pathways; castles, forts, theaters, solariums, playgrounds, sports arenas, gambling halls, and fireplaces. Dedicate the shrine with the tone of A.  Christian Tarot The Sacred Tarot was used by the earliest Christians as a pictorial and mnemonic aid in absence of a cultured and ornate church. In the Rider Waite Tarot this is presented with clarity and precision. As such, the cards were never used for divination or game playing, but to explain, exhort, stimulate, and verify the life of the soul, chart its' progress through the shoals of life, and point is squarely and distinctly toward salvation through faith. 
Leo in the Sacred Tarot Strength fills the space of Leo in card form in the Sacred Tarot. Strength in this symbolic card demonstrates the overcoming of base appetites and habits, and that this overcoming lends both divine strength and protection to the physical vehicle. It also clearly shows our connection to Immortality. Among it's many mysteries, Strength reminds us that we are stewards of this Garden, and its creatures, facing an Accounting for our stewardship. 
The Sun encompasses the planetary influence of the sign Leo as the sun, the source of wisdom, light, energy, and all life both as we know it now and beyond. The Sun reminds that matter cannot be destroyed, it just changes form. Among its many mysteries, The Sun reminds us of the mystery of Resurrection.  If you were born between August 15th and 25th... then your indicator card is the 5 of wands in the Sacred Tarot. This card is connected with the stars of the constellation of the water serpent, Hydra. These would be considered your Rising Stars to the Ancient astrologers. In the Tarot, the 5 of rods signifies contention, spoiling for a fight, competition, ambition, sportive games and combat on many levels, from more than one source, in the manner of a nine headed Hydra.  If you were born between August 25th and September 5th... your pip card is the 6 of wands, your rising stars are those of the Cup, or Holy Grail. The scene here is one of great mystery; is the knight riding out in anticipation of, or returning in victory? The answer lies obvious to all who have an eye.  or September 5th through the 15th... your card is the 7 of wands. Your stars are those of Corvus, the Bird. The 7 of rods reflects defense, being caught unprepared and surprised, and losing ground by such inattention. Modern Leo Gems!!  August 16, 1888 - T.E. Lawrence - Adventurer  Ingrid BergmanFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a Swedish actress noted for her starring roles in American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema of all time by the American Film Institute. She is best remembered for her role as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca (1942), a World War II drama co-starring Humphrey Bogart.[1] Before becoming a star in American films, she had already been a leading actress in Swedish, French, German, Italian, and British films. Her first introduction to American audiences came with her starring role in the English remake of Intermezzo in 1939. In America, she brought to the screen a "Nordic freshness and vitality", along with extreme beauty and intelligence, and according to the St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, she quickly became "the ideal of American womanhood" and one of Hollywood's greatest leading actresses.[2] Her producer David O. Selznick, who called her "the most completely conscientious actress" he had ever worked with, gave her a seven-year acting contract, thereby assuring her continual stardom. A few of her other starring roles, besides Casablanca, included For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Gaslight (1944), The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945), Notorious (1946), and Under Capricorn (1949), and the independent production, Joan of Arc (1948). In 1950, after a decade of stardom in American films, she starred in the Italian film Stromboli, which led to a love affair with director Roberto Rossellini while they were both already married. The affair created a scandal that forced her to return to Europe until 1956, when she made a successful Hollywood comeback in Anastasia, for which she won her second Academy Award, as well as the forgiveness of her fans. Many of her personal and film documents can be seen in the Wesleyan University Cinema Archives.[3]  In ancient Greek mythology the Lion is said to represent the monster who was the terror of travelers in the forest of Nemaea; it was slain by Hercules in battle. Astrologically, Leo is known as a fixed sign, and fixity of aims and ideas is a marked characteristic of the type, for when they believe themselves right in their views or opinions on any subject in which they are interested, they are immovable, although never aggressive, deeming it not worth while to argue or explain unless their hearers are sympathetic or reasonable. In religious matters they have unbounded zeal and enthusiasm, often believing they have a special mission in life which they are persistent in fulfilling, no matter at what cost, personal sacrifice, or inconvenience. They formulate ideas quickly, possessing a marvelous faculty of presenting well known facts in a new light and also of adapting and enlarging and developing its meaning and purpose without reference to the literal words of the speaker, astonishing their listeners by their apparent mastery of the subject under discussion. Possessing a clear brain, they invariably consider matters from a practical point of view, scorning petty actions, and, for this reason, those with whom they come in contact are more often ready to forward their interests than to oppose them, so that they succeed from force of circumstances, and are often helped by these means into advantageous positions. It is not, therefore, surprising that in the majority of cases where phenomenal good fortune has elevated the ordinary tradesman into the wealthy magnate they have belonged to the Lion. Under ordinary circumstances these people are of a bright sunny disposition, high spirited and large hearted, with a pleasant, affable temperament free from envy or malice. Although liable to quick flashes of temper they harbor no grudge, having the ability to win even their worst enemy into seeming friendliness. They are frequently great money makers, although not being economical by nature they do not save, yet, luxurious and inclined to be extravagant in their tastes, their proverbial good luck seems to carry them ever on the crest of the wave, no matter how profuse their expenditure. In social entertainments they come to the fore, and are good raconteurs, able to tell a story well, the point always in good taste, talk with their hands, making them often the objects of envy around their less favored fellows. The constitution is usually healthy and vigorous, but they are subject to affections of the heart which is apt from over strain to become irregular in its action, and the cause of palpitation and fainting fits; they are also liable to sunstroke and diseases of the eye, and in every case that has come under the writers notice, where the sun in Leo was in opposition to the moon at the time of birth, the subject has been afflicted with a squint. In marriage and love affairs they are often unfortunate, their high standard of excellence with their idealistic emotional natures causing them to endow the objects of their affections with attributes of their own imagining. In consequence they are frequently disappointed and mistaken in their judgments; but fortunately great sympathy, tolerance, and forbearance to the feelings of others is so natural to this sign that, in many cases of inharmonious marriage they have adapted themselves to circumstances and conditions almost impossible of endurance. When undeveloped, or badly aspected by other planets, however, Leos will degenerate quickly into becoming empty headed boasters and reckless investors, stopping at no folly in their efforts to become popular and conspicuous, taking risky chances, and through careless speculation losing heavily, yet even so they are often successful in escaping the consequence of the imprudence. Being versatile and brilliant, Leos succeed best as artists, actors, authors, commanders, officers, stock brokers, inventors, goldsmiths, jewelers, et cetera. It is usual to attribute artistic talent to this sign, but this is not always the case, for although they are fond of beautiful and harmonious surroundings, the executive ability is not frequently noticeable, although when present the artist excels in producing pure gold.
-on the Leo constitution and character, from the works of William Pravitt  The Lion drapes itself across the sky in three zones, called decanates. If you were born between August 17th and the 27th, your decanate is the Hydra, or Snake. The Holy Grail, or Cup, covers the 27th of August till the 7th of September. The stars of the Raven, or Crow, fulfill the Lions gate from the 7th till the 17th of September. You may find that your soul resonates to the sound of the stars in your decanate in a deep and meaningful way, as they guide your journey through the heavens. The stars of Leo are Regel or Regulus, meaning The Treading Under Foot; Denebola, The Judge or Lord Who Comes Quickly, Al Giebha, The Exaltation. Sosma, the Shining Forth, and Sarcam, The Joining. In the first deconate, the Hydra, we translate as the Mother of All Evil, or as the Father Of All Lies. The early Persians saw the Serpent of Eden here, Satan himself. They called the stars Cor Hydras, the Heart of the Serpent, and Al Phard, the Seperated, The Put Out of The Way. Here are also Al Drian, The Abhorred of God, and Minchir al Sugia, The Piercing of the Deciever. If you were born during this deconate, you may be very sensitive to the struggle between good and evil. In the stars of the Cup, or Holy Grail of some fame, we find that there are thirteen stars, so situated as to actually blend in with the stars on the back of the serpent. This is the cup of Salvation, the cup of the communion of saints, from which God is unwilling to seperate any of us. The Crow, or Raven, called Corvus, has as its eye Al Chibar, which means The Joining Together. Does all this mean that Christianity has pagan DNA? We have good reason to think that the old myths and colorful gods were but pale foreshadows of our Eternal Hero. We think you will agree as we continue our stories of Christian astrology. As we follow the coming signs through the months, we think you will be surprised and delighted at this story that the sky is telling us! 
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You may meet the fire court in the spring, during a heat wave or a dry spell, in school, on a trip, on the Net, at a sports event, especially a race; at a barbecue, a fire sale, in traffic, in transit, on the phone, or at a business meeting, or see their byline in a photojournal. They are clever and inventive and tell engaging stories, quick anecdotes, good bad jokes, and always have a smart comeback. You won't find more active, activating, inspiring, or tiring people than the court of fire. Their genius is expressed in acts of power or creations, inventions, strategies, polemics, formulas. They will never bore you, or consider your feelings or interests as opposed to theirs. Their intensity can be incandescent, beyond frightening, as can their loyalty to an underdog, an old friend, a fading ideal or tradition. A thwarted fire lover can go psycho most easily; he is also the one who will write the most moving spiritual poetry. Your fire friends will be the ones you instantly turn to in a crisis, the ones you can count on for courageous support, strong minded advise, and who will see you through an unpopular move or position. They are as ferociously honest as they are fiercely loyal, and will tell you the unpalatable truth without losing your respect or love. It is both dangerous and unwise to ignore or cross them. The fire folks are into travel and frequent changes of scene, love warm or outright hot weather, and don't mind flying, camping, roughing it. They are initiators, but may not stick around to see the thing through.
In cases of physical description, the fire folks always look a little different; original, yes, but slightly foreign. Natural chameleons, they tend to disguise themselves to adapt to their surroundings, though their innate fire always shows through. Most fire sign women color their hair, even in youth; they are tastefully made up, but always so; the fire men are frequently too daring in their speech.  The Man of Wands
is smooth talking, urbane, movin' up, and into music. He may be a player, who straightens up to fly right with his 30th birthday.  The Queen of Wands
is competitive in work and play. She knows! This is the gal who can give you good advice in any situation. 
Wands issues revolve around communcation, its mediums and modes, the exchange of ideas of all kinds, invention, discovery and breakthrough, travel, world affairs, politics, liturature, everything current, including the latest fashion.
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will always include quotations of those having their 15 minutes of fame now. John the ApostleFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John the Apostle, also known as John the Beloved Disciple, (Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης) (c. 6 - c. 100) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of James also the son of Zebedee, another of the Twelve Apostles. Christian tradition holds he was the last surviving of the Twelve Apostles, the only one to die a natural death and died around the age of 94. Christian tradition identifies him as the author of several New Testament works: the Gospel of John, the Epistles of John, and the Book of Revelation. Some modern scholars believe that John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, and John of Patmos were three separate individuals.[2] Certain lines of evidence suggest that John of Patmos wrote only Revelation, neither the Gospel of John nor the Epistles of John. For one, the author of Revelation identifies himself as "John" several times, but the author of the Gospel of John never identifies himself directly. Roman Catholic scholars state that "vocabulary, grammar, and style make it doubtful that the book could have been put into its present form by the same person(s) responsible for the fourth gospel." [3] In the BibleJohn the Apostle was the son of Zebedee, and the brother of St. James the Greater. The Eastern Orthodox tradition gives his mother's name as Salome. They originally were fishermen and fished with their father in the Lake of Genesareth. He was first a disciple of John the Baptist and later one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. Christian tradition holds that John had a prominent position in the Apostolic body. Peter, James and John were the only witnesses of the raising of Jairus' daughter,[Mk. 5:37] of the Transfiguration[Mt. 17:1] and of the Agony in Gethsemane.[Mt 26:37] Only he and Peter were sent into the city to make the preparation for the final Passover meal (the Last Supper).[Lk 22:8] [4] At the meal itself, his place may have been next to Jesus on whose chest he leaned if he is indeed the "disciple whom Jesus loved." However, this can not be concluded with certainty.[Jn 13:23-25] According to the general interpretation, John was also that "other disciple" who with Peter followed Jesus after the arrest into the palace of the high-priest.[Jn. 18:15] John alone remained near Jesus at the foot of the cross on Calvary with Jesus’ mother, Mary, and the pious women and took Mary into his care as the last legacy of Jesus.[Jn. 19:25-27] 
According to the Bible, after the Resurrection, John and Peter were the first of the disciples to run towards the tomb and John was the first of the apostles to believe that Jesus had truly risen.[John 20:2-10] The author of the Gospel of John was accustomed to identifying himself as "the disciple whom Jesus loved". After Jesus’ Ascension and the descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, John, together with Peter, took a prominent part in the founding and guidance of the church. He is with Peter at the healing of the lame man in the Temple (Acts 3:1 et. seq.). With Peter he is also thrown into prison.[Acts 4:3] He is also with Peter visiting the newly converted in Samaria.[Acts 8:14]
There is no positive information in the Bible (or elsewhere) concerning the duration of this activity in Judea. Apparently, John in common with the other Apostles remained some 12 years in this first field of labor, until the persecution of Herod Agrippa I led to the scattering of the Apostles through the various provinces of the Roman Empire. [cf. Ac. 12:1-17] It does not appear improbable that John then went for the first time into Asia Minor . In any case a messianic community was already in existence at Ephesus before Paul's first labors there (cf. "the brethren"),[Acts 18:27][citation needed] in addition to Priscilla and Aquila. Such a sojourn by John in Asia in this first period was neither long nor uninterrupted. He returned with the other disciples to Jerusalem for the Apostolic Council (about A.D. 51). Paul, in opposing his enemies in Galatia, recalls that John explicitly along with Peter and James the Just were referred to as "pillars of the church" and refers to the recognition that his Apostolic preaching of a gospel free from Jewish Law received from these three, the most prominent men of the messianic community at Jerusalem.[Gal. 2:9] [5] Of the other New Testament writings, it is only from the three Letters of John and the Book of Revelation that anything further is learned about John. Both the Letters and Revelation presuppose that John belonged to the multitude of personal eyewitnesses of the life and work of Jesus (cf. especially 1 Jn. 1:1-5; 4:14), that he had lived for a long time in Asia Minor, was thoroughly acquainted with the conditions existing in the various messianic communities there, and that he had a position of authority recognized by all messianic communities as leader of this part of the church. Moreover, Revelation says that its author was on the island of Patmos "for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus", when he was honoured with the vision contained in Revelation.[Rev. 1:9] John, like his Old Testament counterpart Daniel, was kept alive to receive the prophetic vision. Though most scholars agree in placing the Gospel of John somewhere between AD 65 and 85,[6] John A.T. Robinson proposes an initial edition by 50–55 and then a final edition by 65 due to narrative similarities with Paul.[7]:pp.284,307 Other critical scholars are of the opinion that John was composed in stages (probably two or three).[8]:p.43 The text itself states only that the Fourth Gospel was written by an anonymous follower of Jesus referred to as the Beloved Disciple.[citation needed] It is traditionally believed that John survived his contemporary apostles and lived to an extreme old age, dying at Ephesus in about A.D. 100.[9] Extrabiblical traditions
Roman Catholic tradition states that after the Assumption, John did go to Ephesus and from there wrote the three epistles traditionally attributed to him. John was allegedly banished by the Roman authorities to the Greek island of Patmos, where some believe that he wrote the Book of Revelation. According to Tertullian (in The Prescription of Heretics) John was banished (presumably to Patmos) after being plunged into boiling oil in Rome and suffering nothing from it. It is said that all in the entire Colosseum audience were converted to Christianity upon witnessing this miracle. This event would have occurred during the reign of Domitian, a Roman emperor who was known for his persecution of Christians in the late first century. When John was aged, he trained Polycarp who later became Bishop of Smyrna. This was important because Polycarp was able to carry John's message to future generations. Polycarp taught Irenaeus, and passed on to him stories about John. In Against Heresies, Irenaeus relates how Polycarp told a story of
John's traditional tomb is thought to be located at Selçuk, a small town in the vicinity of Ephesus. In art, John as the presumed author of the Gospel is often depicted with an eagle, which symbolizes the height he rose to in the first chapter of his gospel. In Orthodox icons, he is often depicted looking up into heaven and dictating his Gospel (or the Book of Revelation) to his disciple, traditionally named Prochorus. Latter-day Saints believe that John was granted the gift of remaining on earth until Jesus' return, with Christ saying "He shall not die" in the end of the gospel of John. This correlates with the Roman Catholic tradition of John being plunged into boiling oil in Rome and suffering nothing from it. Liturgical commemoration
He is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion who commemorate him as "John, Apostle and Evangelist" on December 27. Other Christians highly revere him but do not canonize or venerate saints. Another feast day, which appeared in the General Roman Calendar until 1960, is that of "St John Before the Latin Gate" on May 6, celebrating a tradition recounted by Jerome that St John was brought to Rome during the reign of the Emperor Domitian, and was thrown in a vat of boiling oil, from which he was miraculously preserved unharmed. A church (San Giovanni a Porta Latina) dedicated to him was built near the Latin gate of Rome, the traditional scene of this event.[11] The Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite commemorate the "Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian" on September 26. On May 8 they celebrate the "Feast of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian", on which date Christians used to draw forth from his grave fine ashes which were believed to be effective for healing the sick. See also: Basilica of St. John
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Danielle Thyme!  Holy Scripture is full of warnings for us to take our dreams seriously; occasionally angels, or the Lord Himself, will speak to us in dreams. But all dreams are not the same.  The Blessings from St. Francis The Lord God commanded us from Genesis on to have stewardship over the earth. He had us give each animal its own name. You can sponsor the pet of one of our soldiers overseas through Whisker City (WhiskerCity.com) or adopt a rescued pet from the Gulf storms through Noahs Wish (tinyurl.com). Our good deeds and charity adorn us as brides clothes in the eyes of God. The Sacrament of Baptism
The Sacrament of Baptism... to be "Born Again": "Jesus answered and said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above". Nicodemus said to him, "How can a person once grown old be born again? Surely he cannot reenter his mother's womb and be born again, can he?". Jesus answered, "Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit." (John 3:3-5) This Born Again issue is mentioned 7 times in Jn.3, and it is an absolute necessity, as Jesus puts it: "Very truly, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit" (Jn.:5)… no one can even "see" the kingdom! without being born from above, says in Jn.3:3 (Tit.3:5). A person becomes Born Again by the Sacrament of Baptism, which is the Sacrament of spiritual rebirth. By Baptism, a person is cleansed of all his sins and incorporated into Christ. He becomes a member of the Church, the Mystical Body of Christ, and Christ lives in him, receiving the graces of the supernatural life. The person before Baptism is in sin, at least the original sin, and a slave of the devil; after Baptism, becomes a saint, with Jesus in his heart. This Sacrament can be receibed only once, because only once you can be born again in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit, for the glory of the Father, for our own good, and for the good of the Church... and nobody can be baptized by himself, a member of the Churh has to baptize you!. Thus, by Baptism, you become a Christian, and it gives me vertigo just to think what a Christian is: It is not just to imitate Jesus, which is very good, it is even more than a heart transplant, it is a new creature in Christ, not just a new heart, but a totally new creature!. The body and spirit of the person remains the same, with the same nose and hands and memory and intellect and will, and the same emotions and concupiscence and bad habits… but his soul is new!… now, as a whole, he is a new creature, becomes holy, pure, immaculate, a "child of God", a brother of Jesus, with the same inheritance than Jesus Christ himself, and the Holy Trinity living in him… he is now a tabernacle of Jesus, a dwelling of God the Father and the Holy Spirit, a Temple of God himself!.. and all of these, here, on planet hearth, right now! (Jn.14:23, 1Cor.3:16, 6:19, 2Cor.5:17). And he continues being the same "person": He is not a robot now, nor an animal with only instinct, he continues to be the same human person with free will. He still can love or hate, he can do his will or the will of God, he still can live with faith in Christ or live trusting in himself, the greatest sin of them all, worse than drugs or abortion or murder! (Rom.14:23). But if the Christian is faithful, in grace, with Christ in him, his hands and feet and heart and brain become those of Christ, so Jesus can teach the people, heal the sick, cast out the devil, feed the hungry of bread and love, give water to the thirsty, visit the sick and those in prison, cloth the naked... (Mk.16:17-18, Matt.25:31-46)... a most glorious adventure in Christ... and it is not I, but it is Christ who lives in me (Gal.2:20). The baptized becomes a member of the Mystical Body of Christ, with the three distinctions of being a prophet, a priest, and a king, just like Jesus Christ!: A "prophet", to speak to men about God. A "priest", to talk to God about men. A "king", with power to cast out the devil and to heal the sick. There are then two things involved in Baptism: 1- The immersion into water means the cleansing of all sins... we have died to sin, crucified and died with Christ, says Romans 6:1-8. 2- The coming out of the water means to be resurrected with Christ, to live with Him too, to live the life of Christ within ourselves (Romans 6:1-8), a most glorious adventure!. Baptism is the fulfillment of the Scriptures: "I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesess, and from your idols I will cleanse you. A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart if stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will put my Spirit within you, and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances" (Ezek.36:25-27). This is the greatest difference between Christianity and any other religion, including Judaism: In the Old Testament God was with the people, guiding them, but in the New Testament God is within the people, inside the heart of every Christian. The Hindus work very hard to get in touch with the Absolute, who is already in the heart of any baptized child . The Muslims want to surrender their lives to God, Lord of the Universe, the Compassionate, the Merciful, and the Christians are already living in that God, and that God in them, praise the Lord The Baptism imprints an invisible but indelible spiritual mark, the Baptismal Character, and for this reason, the Sacrament can not be repeated (Ef.4:5). It is all free, by grace, by faith... but to do good works!: It is like being a "Prince": A person is not a Prince because he did very good works, or because he is very strong or handsome, he is a Prince free, by grace, just because his father is the King. But once he is a Prince, he has to do good works, he has lots of opportunities to do them, and if he does not do good works, or if he does bad works, he is a bad Prince. The same is a Christian: He is a Christian not because he is a good person, or because he has done good works, but simply because he has been born of God by Baptism, freely, by grace, only through faith... but once he is a Christian, he has to do good works in Christ, and if he does not do good works, or if he does bad works, he is a bad Christian, and he will go to Hell, instead of Heaven. St Paul puts it clearly in Ephesians 2:8-10, but some Christians always forget to mention the verse 10: "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life"... by grace, by faith... but to do good works!. In fact, in the Last Judgment, the King, Jesus, will not ask us if we were Christians or Jews or Muslims, but he will say: Come in to Heaven because I was hungry and you gave me to eat, I was naked and you gave me clothing... or he will say: Depart from me to Hell, you accursed, because I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, sick and in prison and you did not visit me... please read it in full in Matthew 25:31-46. St. Paul explains it also in the Letter to the Romans, the Cathedral of Faith: "For God will repay according to each one's deeds... For God shows no partiality" (Rom.2:6,11). Read also 2Cor.5:10, Rev.20:11-15, Jn.5:29. God will not judge us for the gifts he gave us, but for the fruits we did with those gifts: He will not bring us to Heaven because he had giving us a beautiful face or strong hands or a good voice, but for what we did with that face and hands and voice... he will not bring us to Heaven for the gift of being a Christian saved from sin and the devil, or for the gift of the Bible or the Church, but for the good works we did with those gifts. And if we did bad works, having such wonderful gifts, he will send us to Hell... and I may add, to a much worse Hell that a pagan who never had such wonderful gifts. God shows no partiality: He will use the same measure to judge Abraham or David or a Christian or a Muslim... the works he did with the gifts God gave him!. How can you be Born Again? It is very simple: Just get baptized in the Church of Christ! ( Matt.28:19, Act.2:38, Jn.3:3,5, Tit.3:5). Some Christians refer as "Born Again" to an experience of admitting being a sinner, repentance, believing in Jesus, and receiving Him by faith to come in and control their life through the Holy Spirit… and this is not the "Born Again" fact, but an actualization of it, an experience of it. These 4 steps are the acts of faith that every Christian should repeat and live more every day from faith to faith… but the real and unique "Born Again" fact is done once in a life time, and with Baptism… the faith experience of a Pentecostal, or Charismatic, or Cursillista, is not the Born Again fact of John 3, but an experience of it, and they are very important to live the glorious fact of being Born Again. Baptism is so important and necessary, that in an urgency, any person can do it, a layman, or even a heretic, and it is licit and valid, as far as he does it with the spirit and form of the Church of Christ. The only person that can not baptize you is yourself, someone else has to baptize you!. Baptism can be performed by immersion or by pouring or sprinkling water in the head, as mentioned in the above quotation of Ezekiel 36:25, while pronouncing the baptismal words of Matthew 28:19: "I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit".
Children can and should be baptized with the faith in the Church. Jesus included children when he ordered the disciples, "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit" (Matt.28:19). The disciples acted accordingly, when they baptized the whole "household", including the children (Act.16:15,33, 18:8, 1Cor.1:16). Baptism is the greatest gift the parents can give to their children, and the most biblical time to do it is 8 days after birth, because "circumcision" was done 8 days after birth, and it was replaced by Christian Baptism (Luk.2:21, Col.2:11). If your church can not baptize children, it is a church without power, it is not the Church of Christ, where there is power to baptize children… the most beloved persons to Jesus! Can a non-baptized person receive the Holy Spirit?: Oh yes. The Holy Spirit is like the wind, working constantly in every person, Christian, Muslim, Jew, Hindu, Atheist, Pagan, Heretic... at the house of the pagan Roman Cornelius they had the same experience of Pentecost before they were baptized, and afterwards they were all baptized in the Church of Christ. That's why this Pentecost is called the "Pentecost of the Gentiles", because for the first time gentiles were baptized, before this only Jews were baptized (Acts 10:44-48).
Faith in Jesus: A "born again" experience:
Faith is essential to be born again, to become a Christian, which is free, by grace, only by faith, without any good work or merit from our part (Ef.2:8-9)... ... And it does not end there, faith is essential to live every minute of this life on earth. If Christ is with you, in you!, you have to be in this life full of enthusiasm and joy and love, no matter what happens. But you have to be aware of it and actualize it, trusting in Him, in every occasion or circumstance of your life... in everything, just do your best, and then, trust in God all the way, it is the formula that never fails, the one given by God to Joshua (Jos.1).
If you ever fill sad or worried, it is because at that moment you are in sin, with the devil in you, or you forgot that Jesus is with you. In fact the greatest sin in the Bible is "not to trust in God": In the Old Testament it is called "prostitution against God", St. Paul says, "whatever does not proceed from faith is sin" (Is.1:21, Jer.2:20, Rom.14:23). To trust in power or money or our abilities, instead of trusting in God, is a prostitution against God, it is to throw ourselves in the hands of other, trusting in that other, and that's prostitution!. And this is the worse sin, and the one we usually do not confess. It is so important to live in faith every minute of this life, that in this chapter 3 St. John repeats it 9 times: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life... Those who believe in the Son are not condemned, but those who do not believe are condemned already"... and ends up saying: "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him" (Jn.3:16, 18, 36)... It is a matter of life or wrath, now!, in this life on earth, and for all eternity. In fact, John mentions "faith" or "believe" 98 times in his Gospel. John is called the Apostle of love, but his Gospel is the Gospel of faith, because only you can love if you have God in you, and the only way to have God is by faith... faith in God in the Old Testament, faith in Christ in the New.
A "Christian", is a person who lives in Christ, in his Church, and Christ lives in him... he lives inside God, and God lives inside him... "it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me" (Gal.2:20). It gives me vertigo just to think on it!… Jesus is with you, in you!, right now, but you have to live every moment with faith, aware of this fact, and in every minute of this life… A Christian is "another Christ", to live on earth the glorious adventure of love, being humble and meek like Jesus, doing the same work of Jesus, casting out devils and healing the sick, going about doing good, helping people to go to eternal Heaven, by being like Jesus "the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world", to take away all bad karma of people, would say the Hindus... teaching and preaching the gospel of the Kingdom with his words and good deeds... and it is not I, but Jesus who lives in me!. ... And all of this with fear to nobody and to nothing, because a Christian does not trust in power or money, but lives this present mortal life "by faith in Christ"... and if God is within me, I am not afraid of anybody, because God takes care of me... and I am afraid of nothing, because Jesus is the Lord of the winds and of the tempests and of the hurricanes, and he lives in me!... and if the Antichrist comes, let him do!, Jesus in me is more powerful than 1000 Antichrists!… and a Christian who is "poor", is a millionaire, like the child who has nothing in his pocket, but has everything in his father who loves him... and God, my Father, is "the multimillionaire", the owner of all the money in the world, and of all the cars and houses, and the Lord of health and power and honor... and he has everything for me!, just as anything I have is for my child!. - One day someone asked me: How come if my Father is the multimillionaire he lets me go around with my old Chevy instead of giving me a new Cadillac?... of course, I don't know the answer, but God knows... may be God knows that with a Cadillac at hand you may end up in Hell, and for sure he wants to see you in Heaven with the old Chevy and not in Hell with a new Cadillac... Jesus tells us that we have to trust God our Father as the birds or the lilies of the field, as little children trust in their father (Matt.6:25-33, Matt.18:3)... a child has nothing, but he has everything in his father that loves him. Never ever a child thinks his father is going to forget to get his meals or dresses or toys... he trust his father!, it is the main characteristic of a child... and a Christian, since Baptism, becomes a child of God, a brother of Jesus, with the same inheritance that Jesus Christ himself (Rom.8:17)... God loves us and cares so much about us that even all the hairs of our head has well counted (Matt.10:30)... anything and everything in our lives are for the good of us!, including sickness, hurricanes, failures, problems in the family or at work... everything is a gift of God for us, planned with care and love by God himself for us (Rom.8:28). If you ever fail on any project because lack of money, start another one a thousand times more expensive!... your Father is the multimillionaire!... if you failed, it was not for lack of money, it was because God your Father did not wanted you to succeed, may be it was not good for you, or will bring you to Hell, He knows better!... you and I are like little children compared with our Father, like birds or the grass of the field... He knows!... and he loves and cares for you!. A Christian is got to be a very happy person, even in death!... because death is the glorious door to enter Heaven. And by the way, we celebrate the feast of the Saints on the day they died, the greatest day of their lives!. Suffering must also be a source of happiness for a Christian, because every affliction has a glorious double edge: 1- It is like an injection that God uses to purify him... I am a Medical Doctor and people pays me to give them injections, they may hurt a little, but they are meant to heal a lot. (Read Heb.12). 2- Every pain or sorrow is an individual cross, the best weapon to help relatives and friends to go to Heaven. Jesus did not redeem us with his beautiful sermons, nor with his miracles, but with his cross!... and our daily cross is our best way to be evangelists, co-redeemers with Christ, as Paul puts it: "I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, the church" (Colos.1:24). A Crippled old Christian lady at home is not a burden for the family, but the best treasure of that home... she is another Christ helping all her relatives and friends to go to Heaven... and Heaven is our home!. An unhappy person is a bad Christian. He is a Christian without faith, without trust in his Father!. He is worse off than a pagan. Do you want to have a "born again experience" right now?: Follow these 4 steps: This is not the way to be "born again", to become a Christian, which is by Baptism, but an actualization of our faith, an experience of the greatness of the born again reality, and it can be done by anyone, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Atheists, pagans... in the house of Cornelius, pagans received the Holy Spirit as in Pentecost (Act.10:44-48). 1- God loves you: - "For God so loved the world, you!, that he gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (Jn.3:16). - "I have come that they may have life, and they may have it more abundantly" (Jn.10:10). God in person loves you right now the way you are, but He loves you too much to let you stay that way. Think about that. He is your Father, yours!, the way you are now. He cares for you so much that even the hairs of your head has well counted, right now! (Matt.10:30). 2- The Problem: The separation from God… sin!… Repent of your sins, right now!. - "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Rom.3:23). - For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ our Lord" (Rom.6:23). "Sin" is the only evil of a Christian, and of a pagan!. The repentance is got to be not like the one of Judas, but like the one of Peter, with tears, with sorrow, with the strong desire not to do it ever again. Thinking in the truth, that every sin is to reproduce the whole passion and crucifixion of Jesus (Heb.6:6). Look at Judas and Peter on Matt.27:3-5, 26:75: A big difference was that Peter trusted in Jesus, and Judas not, the sin against the Holy Spirit!. If you are a Catholic, promise to go to Confession as soon as possible. 3- The solution: The Cross of Jesus Christ: - "For Christ died for our sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God (1Pet.3:18). - "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Rom. 5:8). - "For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ" (!Tim.2:5). It is done!... Jesus already paid for all your sins and mine!... it is done!... our worse attitude against God, is not to trust in Him, it is to count the work of Jesus as nothing!... to let it go!... not to appreciate and use it... it can be the difference for you and me to be happy or sad on earth, and even more, to go to eternal Heaven or Hell!... and with us we may bring our relatives and friends, because the children pay for the sins of the parents, and God blesses the children of those who love and trust in Him... Do you love your children or grandchildren?... do you want to do something good for them?... the best thing you can do is to accept the work of Christ on the Cross for you!: Read it in Exodus 20:5-6. 4- Your response: Believe in Jesus Christ, and receive Him in your heart, right now!. - To all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God" (Jn.1:12). - "That if you confess with your mouth "Jesus is Lord", and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the death, you will be saved" (Rom.10:9). - Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me" (Rev.3:20). Believe in Jesus right now, and you will be saved!, right now!... it is easy!, that's the way to receive Him, to believe in His name!... so easy!... "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household" (Acts 16:31). Lord Jesus: I am a sinner, and I repent of my sins. I believe in You. You are the Messiah, my Savior, who died on a Cross for me, and resurrected to come to my heart. I receive you Jesus. Thank you, my Lord and my God, I adore you and I praise your most holy name. Amen. If you are not a Christian, get Baptized in the Church of Christ, the greatest gift and glory you can ever get on earth!... and in Heaven! (Acts 2:38).  Have a Wonderful Time in Heaven, Luna! December 21, 2012. What is destined to occur on this auspicious date? Everyone is giving the Winter Solstice of 2012 unprecedented attention. Some are expecting the end of the world, while others are saying business as usual, all the while realizing business hasn't been as usual for some time now. Is this the day that Jesus will return? Let's consider the whole picture before jumping to conclusions. First, Jesus told us clearly and repeatedly that the day of His return was asecret known only to His Father. Jesus didn't know, or evince any curiosity, as to when His encore would occur. He promised it would happen, told us to live every day as if it were our last, and not to worry about the rest. Did He give us acode to find, a riddle to solve, a way to figure the date out? Since He didn't know the date, He left no clue to any method of discovery. He did leave the injunction that there would be signs in the heavens thatwould precede His return. He likened these signs to birth pangs. Thus the creators of the Mayan Long Count and Short Count calender, whichconcludes on the Winter Solstice of 2012, become involved in our theme. (These ancient people knew Jesus as Quetzalcoatl, and identified Him correctly with the Morning Star.) Their assiduous sky watching and recording of incidents witnessed is phenomenal. They call the Galactic Dark Rift 'xibalba' which manyinterpret as Hell; others point out is properly translated as Birth Canal. On the Winter Solstice, December 21 of 2012, our sun will rise conjunct thedark Galactic Birth Canal, just at the mouth of the star sign Sagittarius. This canbe said to be the time of the beginning of the birth pangs.He also said, before He left this terrestrial earth to join His Father in Heaven,'this generation shall not pass away before these things come to pass.' So wehave the outside time frame of at least a generation from the Winter Solstice of 2012 before we have to organize for Him coming back in force to establish anearthly kingdom, of which there will be no end. How long is a generation? Between 25 and 30 years, thereabouts. We have time to finish the harvest. Need your natal or transit chart done for this year? Email us atChristianPsychics@hotmail.com with your birth info, or see How To Order page. God Bless!  Drop us an email at christianpsychics@hotmail.com, and let us know what you think! God bless and keep you! In many ways, the element of earth is the most important in any horoscope. At present, it is unpopular to be of earth, from earth, or remotely human; 'earth people!' will sneer the alien ET of movies or television, or astrologers, gurus, New Agers of all genres. Yet without a strong placement in the earth element, the natal horoscope of the most sensitive, spiritually gifted soul will flounder into madness. Earth people are strong, skeptical, rational, logical, handy and adaptable, sturdy survivors who can access other dimensions while cooking dinner in the forest for 22 girl scouts. They also wear name brands, are conscious of what you are driving, express greed as art form, and will not think twice about stealing your boyfriend, expecting you to thank them for exposing the cheap cheater to you. Earth, a bountiful, beautiful planet; earth, a rocky emptiness we long to leave behind. You will recognize earth people as the most plastic in Hollywood, who write the most moving scripts touching universal spiritual themes; those you meet in the late summer/early fall, harvest time, at a nursery for plants, at a utility or hardware shop, at a bank, or out doors, or just doing fun outdoor activities, hiking, camping, definitely spelunking. You meet them in the local Subway or at The Best Restaurant in Town. They are themselves excellent and inventive cooks, love to bake, organize, glam up and dress down, and call shabby chic 'somebody else's junk'; they may be thieves, but on a grand scale; they may drop names, but never tell a secret.
The earth character is just paradoxical; angels wearing animal skins, PETA fanatics who would bash your brains out for wearing fur, and lobby for freedom of enterprise. What a people! What a place! Physically, they look indigenous to the region, or are natives. They have a typical Yankee face, or a local Yorkshire look, or, like successful homicidal maniacs, they look like everybody else. Any person born under Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn will show up in the court of earth. Earth Men
The Earth man is considerate of other peoples resources and their time. His taste is sophisticated in public, his manner reserved, he is all about business, and is always a devoted dad. He can be a most formidable foe! Don't provoke his anger unless you can play hard ball.
 The Queen of Pentacles
is the woman wearing name brand designer clothes, driving the latest model SUV, who recylces everything and works two jobs plus is a full time mom. She can sense others needs, is warm hearted and kind, and frequently grants wishes!
Global warming, the environmental movement, and the sales at Lowes are all earth issues, which revolve around the archtype.
The children of earth are more likely to share their curds and whey with the spider than to run away from it. Most earth sign folks are deeply attached to the local fauna!
The Air court can be known by their panache, their flair for the original, and by the drama that they inspire in those around them. If you have a hidden fear, secret shame, guilty conscience, or extra toe, be sure an Air folk will find thee out! And they will tell everyone, as they talk incessantly. Curious, judgmental, adroit of intellect and body, graceful, elegant, malicious, criminal and just. The air court is always restless, having a sense of recklessness about them, and seldom do they count the consequences. Swords people speak incisively, display excellent judgment, and share keen insights. By nature they are active, competitive, go-getters, achievers, and award winners.
The trees here noted are sad cypress; the birds are black, the cherubs stone, and the butterflies are ideals only. Swords folks are sad as only realists can be sad. They deal with sorrow efficiently, but it has left its mark on their souls. You may know the air court by having met them in the winter months, the rainy season, on a windy day, in an airplane, in the open air, at the airport, in court, at a sports event, or have seen them on TV. By occupation they are most frequently in the military or police; often they may be 'on the air' or in show business, in computer software design, or any occupation which deals in the abstract; decision makers or arbitrators, judges or butchers or surgeons; they love to work with tools and the women are always on the cell phone, blackberry or iPod. In cases of physical description, be guided by the imagery in your chosen deck and your intuitive capacities. Usually swords people are red to auburn haired, with medium coloring, with hazel or light eyed; this applied equally to Vikings and Africans.
Any man born in an air sign is a King of Swords. A king of Swords could be a man you met in the open air, at a sports arena or field, at a balloon exhibition, or an airport.
The Queens of Swords are energetic, high maintenance friends, who are always on the phone, texting you a thousand messages, all of them full of fun and gossip. When you have a problem, they know ten other people who had the same thing happen, and can tell exactly what each person did that was different and which was the same. Swords women are fair weather friends, who show you exactly which way the wind blows. 
All air sign people tend to travel frequently. They may be travel agents or pilots or stewardesses, or just be on the move a lot, or change jobs every two years. They may be journalists, in the broadcast industry, or in politics. They are always well groomed and dressed for the occasion, and can articulate well. They negotiate. Principle seldom gets in the way of the bottom line. Air signs are risk takers. Geminis in particular are inquisitive, almost to the point of being nosy!
The Page of Swords always brings news, especially news from far away places, and a change of scene. Physical activity is an air sign trait! Some think that air signs make the best spys and investigators. Some also think Geminis are psychotic, but this is unfair. The cups court is one of the most inventive, colorful, and rewarding suit to know and explore. They are usually the most exasperating, as these are the folks who honestly say a thing one hour, with the tears shining in their eyes, and the next hour have completely reversed their way of looking at things. The cups folk feel rather than think, and intuit rather than reason; such methods have decided advantages and rewards, but can easily drive their friends and associates to murder. You may identify undinely inclined by their birthdates being in a water sign, or them having water rising in their natal chart. They will be very fair in coloring, or lean toward the cool shades in flowing layers in dress. You may have met them in the height of summer, by the seashore, at the lake, definitely in a large group of people having a good time; most likely on vacation. You may also identify as water court people anyone you have met in the rain, while swimming, at a museum, poetry recital, at a musical, at the theater, or at the party afterward. They may be therapists, hair stylists, make up artists, modistes, or cosmetic surgeons, artists, couturiers, hair dressers, pastors and priests, movies stars and swimming instructors, as the water court loves to create order and beauty. Your cups friends will always have a comforting word, a way of making you see the bright side of the worst day, can buoy you up when you face the Titanic; just don't count on them being there for more than an hour or so, because, as noted, they change it all around again. The water element noted here is pretty, but fragile, and transient. The water court has that sense of fragility, of being here today and gone tomorrow, like the flowers, like the waves. They give excellent advise about psychology, other people and their motives, and what you can do to help yourself; but they themselves can never follow it. By and large, you will consider them your flakiest, most airy fairy or air headed associates, the most fun and the kindest, whom you love and cherish, but must protect from running with scissors. An person born in any water sign being Scorpio, Cancer, or Pisces will show as a member of the water court. 
The water sign man is cheerful, with excellent taste in color, clothing, food and wine. He is a fair weather partner, understanding parent, soulful friend, and great dancer!
The woman of water is sweet natured and kind, and will never say anything distressing to you. Her taste in music, food, and entertainment are excellent, as is her personal style. She is a devoted mother, kind hearted friend, spiteful enemy, and usually sympathetic.
Music, art, and psychoanalysis are all Water issues! 
An invitation to a gathering or getaway, a love letter, or a note to mom telling her you are thinking of her, are all Cups news.
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