#Ecclesiastes 7:14

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In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.

(Ecclesiastes 7:14, ESV)

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Excellency of the Knowledge of Wisdom

For man shall rest in the shadow of wisdom, and in the shadow of silver: but the excellency of the knowledge of wisdom giveth life to the possessors thereof. — Ecclesiastes 7:14 | 1599 Geneva Bible (GNV) Geneva Bible, 1599 Edition. Published by Tolle Lege Press. All rights reserved. Cross References: Deuteronomy 8:5; Deuteronomy 26:11; Job 2:10; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 8:7; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Ecclesiastes 10:14; Ecclesiastes 11:9

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[wiirocku]

Ecclesiastes 7:12-14 (NASB1995) - For wisdom is protection just as money is protection, But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors. Consider the work of God, For who is able to straighten what He has bent? In the day of prosperity be happy, But in the day of adversity consider— God has made the one as well as the other So that man will not discover anything that will be after him.

[drshermaines-wisdomnuggets]

"THERE'S DANGER IN TWISTING SCRIPTURE!"

Deuteronomy 4:2, “Now listen, Israel, listen carefully to the rules and regulations that I am teaching you to follow so that you may live and enter and take possession of the land that God, the God-of-Your-Fathers, is giving to you. DON’T ADD A WORD TO WHAT I COMMAND YOU, AND DON’T REMOVE A WORD FROM IT. Keep the commands of God, your God, that I am commanding you.” (MSG) Ecclesiastes 3:14-15,…

[walkswithmyfather]

Ecclesiastes 7:10‭-‬14 (NASB1995). “Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this. Wisdom along with an inheritance is good And an advantage to those who see the sun. For wisdom is protection just as money is protection, But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors. Consider the work of God, For who is able to straighten what He has bent? In the day of prosperity be happy, But in the day of adversity consider— God has made the one as well as the other So that man will not discover anything that will be after him.”

“The Source of Our Adversity” By In Touch Ministries:

“Do you struggle to understand why God allows pain and suffering?”

“When we encounter difficulties, we might wonder why God allows those painful situations. How do we reconcile our suffering with His love for us and His power to prevent or stop it? In order to understand what’s going on, we need to consider the possible sources of adversity.

A Fallen World: When sin entered the world, suffering came with it. So we might wonder why God didn’t simply make us like puppets that were unable to choose sin. But if we lacked free will, we’d be unable to choose to love Him. And love, by its very nature, must be voluntary.

Our Own Doing: Sometimes we face consequences from our own foolish or sinful choices.

Satanic Attack: Satan’s goal is to destroy believers’ lives and testimonies, thereby making us weak and useless for God’s purposes.

For us to accept that God allows adversity, we must first see it from His perspective. Is your focus on the pain of your experience or on the Lord and His faithfulness? As Christians, we’re assured that no adversity comes our way unless He can use it to achieve His good purposes.”

[bojackson54]

A Bonfire of Vanity: Advice From the Wisest Man Who Ever Lived

Tom Wolfe (who wrote, “The Bonfire of the Vanities”) said, “The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.” Another person who understood vanity was (an older and somewhat jaded) King Solomon. After living a life of wealth and achievement, and after marrying hundreds of wives and keeping dozens of concubines, he wrote this: “Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and…

[martyschoenleber]

The Harrowing Withering of Suffering and Loss

The platitudes of wisdom are like a hot knife of hate in an ill-timed moment. “Timing is everything.” Certainly, that is part of what Solomon means in the second line of his couplet in Ecclesiastes 3:7: “A time to be silent and a time to speak.” Job’s friends are stunned into silence by the magnitude of Job’s sorrows for seven days. It should have been 7 years. Minimum. This past two weeks, I…

[maperezstuff]

On Bended Knees and Hearts

Sept 23, 1968: It is a day of celebration. We are with our beloved maternal grandma. The little girl (me) happily stands near her beautiful baby sister who carries an infectious smile. We are celebrating my sister’s two-year-old birthday. Oct. 22, 1968: One month later, it is a day of mourning. We are devastated, and heartbroken about the precious life taken much too soon by a hit-and-run…

[reality-detective]

NCSWIC- "Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming"

What can't be stopped? TRUTH!

And there's a lot of people who aren't ready to hear the truth. Why? 👇

NOBODY ESCAPES THIS!

The battlefield is the 14" between your mind and your heart. The mind is the devil, inside of you(evil begins with a thought, lack of faith), the heart(is where love is), it's the God within you. If you get a bad feeling in your gut about anything? Listen to that because that is God trying to tell you something.

You're fighting a spiritual battle... The mind to the heart = | (the vertical part of the cross), the devil to the angel = - (the horizontal part). The gut (your 2nd brain) is closer to the heart. The † is where the battlefield is and it's what you are fighting for, to save yourself.

Why is the devil on your left shoulder? Why is the Angel on your right shoulder? 👇

A wise man’s heart turns him toward the right [which is the way of blessing], but a fool’s heart turns him toward the left [which is the way of condemnation].

Ecclesiastes 10:2

Go Within or Go Without and don't follow the herd.👇

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad and easy to travel is the path that leads the way to destruction and eternal loss, and there are many who enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to [everlasting] life, and there are few who find it."

Matthew 7: 13-14

It's Your Yin and Your Yang 👇

It's a war within to conquer your darkness so you spend more time in the light. Once you bring everything within you into proper balance ⚖️ the battle stops. 👇

The devil and the angel vanish and all that's left is the "I AM" within you.

YOU are the way to the TRUTH and the LIGHT!

No one is coming to save you.

Once you realize this, you will see and feel a whole lot more, your intuition comes to life and everything is clearly visible. 🤔

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

A sabedoria (Wisdom)

Quando os dias forem bons, aproveite-os bem;mas, quando forem ruins, considere:Deus fez tanto um quanto o outro,para evitar que o homem descubraalguma coisa sobre o seu futuro.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. — Ecclesiastes 7:14 | Nova Versão Internacional (NVI-PT) and English Standard Version (ESV) Biblia Sagrada, Nova Versão Internacional®, NVI® Copyright © 1993, 2000 by Biblica, Inc.™ All rights reserved worldwide and The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Cross References: Deuteronomy 8:5; Deuteronomy 26:11; Job 2:10; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 8:7; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Ecclesiastes 10:14; Ecclesiastes 11:9

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how to read the Bible

this is in order!

1. John

2. Mark

3. Matthew

4. Luke

5. Genesis

6. Exodus

7. Leviticus

8. Numbers

9. Dueteronomy

10. Romans

11. Galatians

12. Colossians

13. Proverbs

14. Ecclesiastes

15. Job

16. 1 Peter

17. 1 Corinthians

18. 2 Corinthians

19. Ephesians

20. Philippians

21. 1 Thessalonians

22. 2 Thessalonians

23. 1 Timothy

24. 2 Timothy

25. James

26. 2 Peter

27. 1 John

28. 2 John

29. 3 John

30. Jude

31. Psalms

32. Joshua

33. Judges

34. 1 Samuel

35. 2 Samuel

36. 1 Kings

37. 2 Kings

38. 1 Chronicles

39. 2 Chronicles

40. Ezra

41. Nehemiah

42. Jeremiah

43. Lamentations

44. Ezekiel

45. Joel

46. Amos

47. Obadiah

48. Nahum

49. Habakkuk

50. Zephaniah

51. Haggai

52. Zechariah

53. Malachi

54. Micah

55. Hosea

56. Luke

57. Esther

58. Jonah

59. Song of Solomon

60. Acts

61. Titus

62. Philemon

63. Hebrew

64. Isaiah

65. Daniel

66. Revelation

[simmyfrobby]

— [Again and again, even though we know love’s landscape], Rainer Maria Rilke (trans. Edward Snow)

Ecclesiastes 1:9 by WolfSpider

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[shallowseeker]

srry for the giant wall of rambles I got too thinky bc I was chopping apples and having a suspiciously nice day

do you think cas actually likes bees or if its a fandom trait based on Crazy!Cas who liked bees because of the hivemind resembling heaven?

also i imagine heaven and angels like parasitic creatures while hell is leeches/fungi/deep sea type scavengers

You're apologizing to ME about giant walls? Now, that is a little funny.

BEES & THE QUEST FOR MEANING I've gone back and forth on the bees, but mostly I think it's harmless, and I've made peace with the fact that I'm just not that into it.

Over time I've landed on putting the bees in a more biblical/theological space and leaving them there. I don't even think Cas liked them so much as he was desperately checking out of life and struggling to find meaning in a universe that felt monotonous and horrific -> the wars and sex and the unhappy dogs that can only think in ovals.

Because of his shame and depression, Cas could find no meaning or joy in the rat-race of life. He wants to be a non-participant because, “I destroyed everything and I will destroy everything again.”

Here, I view Cas as Ecclesiastes. He was despairing over meaninglessness and the useless "striving of wind." I do think it was a motif that was 100% on purpose, too, because war, work, and career dealings are accompanied by fans, windmills, and industrial stirrings a lot in SPN!

It's very cool. It even appears in The Winchesters companion series, when Mary is facing her childhood!

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Other Cas Things Interest Me More

Anyway, Cas and bees. Cas doesn't ever really return to them again after he moves past his struggle with his season 7 nihilism/meaninglessness. He seems more enamored with trash TV than bees. "I missed television," is the very first thing he says after getting out of Purgatory, lol.

He doesn't seem like much of an environmentalist either and seems perfectly willing to hand-slaughter pigs and eat shitty food. (To me, Lucifer seems like more of the environmentalist or even AU Zachariah from season 13's Good Intentions.) Or even Cain!

I think in later seasons, Cas seems vaguely aware of and attempting to be appreciative of the fleetingness of the time he has with his human family.

We see this theme in Naomi's words sometime in season 14 (I think?):

NAOMI: "Everything ends, Castiel."

We see it again in Cas’s words to Jack in season 14’s Ouroboros:

CAS: "The point is that they were here at all and you got to know them, you. When they're gone, it will hurt, but that hurt will remind you of how much you loved them."

He also, unlike characters like Sam, seems to not get too hung up on agonizing over moral relativism -> judging from his words to Claire in season 10's The Things We Left Behind:

CAS: "Yes, well, um… Before, I was very self-assured. I was convinced I was on this righteous path. Now I realize that there is no righteous path. It’s just people trying to do their best in a world where it’s far too easy to do your worst."

And then, there's also his words to Apocalypse-World Cas, "We're the same," & "Yes, we are."

My point is, Cas seems to have made peace with and understands that morality is relative to where your allegiances lie, and he seems good with preferring his allyship to humans.

He also seems to be more focused on the here and now rather than preserving the future indefinitely, which in my mind, goes with bees-as-work and bees-as-future.

You could argue that Jack changes that for him in 12x19 The Future, but I’m not sure… It still seems pretty family- and legacy-focused.

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HEAVEN AS HIVEMIND This is another area where I really break from the fandom.

I don't view Heaven as a hivemind so much as I view it as a police state/military power, or else I don't think it would be structured the way it is. It's got this rigid party propganada, "We're heartless. Only humans feel emotions and true joy." I view it more as a surveillance state.

On the whole, I think Angelicity deals with the motif of epic, professional repression. On a lower level of existence, I'm reminded of the studies where men say they don't feel emotions but test as having them in equal or more intense measure when you measure psychological arousal and adrenal stress. I view Angelicity as a narrative exaggeration of traditional, brutal, stoic masculinity— a higher, Heavenly masculinity carried to its extreme.

It's got insanely brutal, inhumane emotional expectations. Grace, as my lovely father pointed out, looks a lot like traditional view on virility; it’s powerful and heals all sorts of emotional and physical ailments, but it’s finite and prone to performance issues.

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In the show, practically every angel we see onscreen rebels, and angels are a huge motif for ongoing Civil War -> "brother against brother."

Despite what Lucifer and Cas and Naomi say, most angels are shown to have their own ideas, and on the whole, are shown to be reckless, angry, wrathful, impulsive, incredibly petty, and emotionally volatile.

I think what tends to happen is people hear the party line about heartlessness and obedience, and that clouds them from what the series actually shows us again and again: angels rebelling left and right and being brutally beaten down and lobotomized for it. (The lobotomies don’t even work all the way!)

Angels have constant, ongoing Civil War because they disagree with each other, even when there's only a handful of them left (Ex: Dumah Vs. Naomi in season 14).

Cas is not unique. That's the tragedy of authoritarianism. He only THINKS he is.

Cas's tendency to think of himself as unique and to think of his dealings with other angels as being "like teaching poetry to fish," is why he reaches for tyrannical god power in the first place. He thinks that, because they don't agree with him, they somehow don't have free will. Which is… kind of a flawed premise.

It's very complicated...but I think the reality is that until recently, Cas was right there with them, beaten down and hammered into shape. Hell, roll back a few years, and he'd have slaughtered himself alongside the others.

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I think back to Anna's insistence that angels can't feel and are heartless, which is itself contradictory because Anna wouldn't have fallen in the first place if she had been emotionless to start with.

I prefer that she fell to be "allowed" to experience the emotions she probably already had…and had brutally repressed over eons of military dissociation and totalitarian training.

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Being a soldier wears on you:

We see that, the longer Dean is a soldier, the more he too begins to lose sight of what is right or wrong. Season 15 Dean is so distraught and lost that he vaguely resembles season 4 soldier!Cas.

CAS: "I don't know what's right or wrong, or if you passed or failed here."

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I LIKE YOUR COOL IDEA!

i imagine heaven and angels like parasitic creatures while hell is leeches/fungi/deep sea type scavengers

Deep sea creatures and fungi are wicked cool. See, you have ideas! You should just write them. I'd read that. Deep sea creatures would make excellent demons too, what with the whole "absence of light" and being down deep and all.

There's something horrific about being alive on all levels, isn't there? We all have to consume something to keep going. One of my fave religious essays is called The Horror of Eating, and it posits that Gods are so scary to us because we naturally put them above us, with us as the food/sacrifice to them. Brrr. This is why the sacrifice motif appears so often.

I guess...as humans, we empathize and humanize our food sources, which is a big part of our incredible neuroses...

[astroartmuse]

were you born under a lucky star? an index of fixed stars and their meanings

the fixed stars of the constellation of aries

Kerb: 1°03 Aries - Danger of being jilted by a lover. Neutral effect; Mars/ Mercury influence

Difda (Deneb Kaitos): 2°35 Aries - Laziness, self destruction, nervousness, illness, inhibitions, loss. Unfortunate effect; Saturn influence

Algenib: 9°09 Aries -  Ambition, vanity, intuition, enthusiasm, bad judgment. Unfortunate; Mars/ Mercury

Alderamin: 12°47 Aries - Gravity, sternness, judgement, severe trials, poetry, drama. Fortunate; Saturn/ Jupiter

Alpheratz: 14°18 Aries - Grace, popularity, independence, honours. Fortunate effect; Venus influence

Baten Kaitos: 21°48 Aries -  Isolation, depression, accidents, emigration, shipwrecks. Unfortunate effect; Saturn influence

Acamar: 23°16 Aries - Success in public office, ecclesiastical success. Fortunate; Jupiter

Alrisha: 29°23 Aries -  Unifying influence with groups. Fortunate effect; Mars/ Mercury influece

the fixed stars of the constellation of taurus

Mirach: 0°24 Taurus - Good fortune through marriage, beauty, love talent. Fortunate effect; Venus influence

Sharatan: 3°49 Taurus - Violence, defeat, accidents, injury, danger, honours. Neutral effect; Mars/ Saturn influence

Hamal: 7°40 Taurus - Violence, cruelty, brutality, also the “Healer”. Unfortunate effect; Mars/Saturn influence

Schedir: 7°48 Taurus - Astrology, mysticism, writing. Fortunate effect; Saturn/Venus influence

Almach: 14°15 Taurus - Success in Venusian occupations, artistic ability, popularity. Fortunate effect; Venus influence

Menkar: 14°19 Taurus - Disease, throat trouble, disgrace, ruin, injury from beasts, unjustified enmities; sudden emergence of deep unconscious issues. Unfortunate; Saturn/Venus

Rana: 20°52 Taurus - Love of knowledge, science, much travel, many changes, position of authority, accidents at sea, drowning. Fortunate effect; Saturn influence (part of “The River”, a constellation traversing several signs)

Zaurak: 23°52 Taurus - Melancholy, fear of death and suicidal tendencies. Unfortunate effect; Saturn influence

Capulus: 24°12 Taurus - Primitive male sexual energy; penetrating; ruthless; adventurous; dishonesty; mass effects, esp. meteorological. Unfortunate; Mars/ Mercury

Algol (The Gorgon’s Head): 26°10 Taurus - Primitive female sexuality; strangulation, beheading, danger to throat and neck, murder, violence, mass catastrophe, the “Evil One”, the Demon Star; passionate; intense; hysterical. Very Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Jupiter influence

Pleiades (The Seven Sisters): 29°58 Taurus - Accidents, blindness, violence, homosexuality, feminine power. Unfortunate effect; Constellation of 7 stars (refer Alcyone)

the fixed stars of the constellation of gemini

Alcyone (Central star of the Pleiades): 0°00 Gemini - Ambition, honour and glory. Trouble with opposite sex. Neutral effect; Moon/Jupiter influence

Mirfak (Alpha Perseus): 02°05 Gemini - Indicative of events effecting large numbers of people, especially those caused by major meteorological phenomena. Bold, adventurous, somewhat dishonest. Fortunate effect; Jupiter/ Saturn influence

Hyades: 5°45 Gemini - Scandal, violence, disgrace, imprisonment. Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Mercury influence

Aldebaran (Bull’s North Eye): 9°47 Gemini - A Royal Star. The archangel Michael, the Watcher of the East. Eloquence, high honours, integrity, popularity, courage, war mongering, agitation. Unfortunate effect; Mars influence

Cursa: 15°17 Gemini - Currents of Fate, fluctuating emotions, irreversible changes to rhythm of life, sense of oblivion. Fortunate effect; Saturn influence

Rigel (Orion’s Foot): 16°50 Gemini - Technical and artistic ability, inventiveness, humour, honours, riches, happiness. Fortunate effect; Jupiter/ Mars influence

Bellatrix (Orion’s Left Shoulder): 21°28 Gemini - Loquaciousness, accidents, sudden dishonour. Unfortunate effect; Mars/Mercury influence

Capella: 21°51 Gemini - Inquisitiveness, open mindedness, powerful friends. Fortunate effect; Mars/Mercury influence

Phact: 22°16 Gemini - Talent in art or science. Fortunate effect; Venus/Mercury/Uranus influence

El Nath: 22°26 Gemini - Luck, fortune, success, quarrels, headstrong. Fortunate effect; Mars influence

Alnilam: 23°49 Gemini - Brief fame, quick temper, scandal. Fortunate effect; Jupiter/Saturn influence

Al Hecka: 24°42 Gemini - Honours, wealth, power, greed, aggression. Fortunate effect; Mars influence

Polaris (The Pole Star): 28°34 Gemini - Sickness, trouble, loss, affliction, spiritual powers. Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Venus influence

Betelgeuse (Orion’s Right Shoulder): 28°45 Gemini - Calamities, danger, violence. Unfortunate effect; Mars/Mercury influence

the fixed stars of the constellation of cancer

Propus: 3°26 Cancer - Overconfidence, pride, shamelessness, violence. Unfortunate effect; Saturn influence

Mirzam: 7°11 Cancer - Good qualities, charitable, faithful; dangerous passions; “The Roarer”, announcing the rising of Sirius; “The Announcer”, with Gomeisa. Fortunate effect; Venus influence

Alhena (Almeisan, the shining one): 9°06 Cancer - Acute sensitivity, creative imagination, artistic skills, writing, injuries to feet. Fortunate effect; Mercury/Venus/Jupiter influence

Alzirr: 11°13 Cancer - Hunting, besieging towns, the revenge of princes, trouble, disgrace, sickness, loss of fortune, affliction, danger to knees. Unfortunate effect; Mercury/Venus/Jupiter influence

Dziban (The Two Jackals): 13°48 Cancer - Artistic, emotional but sombre; penetrating, analytical mind, much travel, many friends; danger of robbery and accidental poisoning. Craft, ingenuity, valour. A binary star in Draco, the Dragon. Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Mars influence

Sirius (the Dog Star; the Sun of the Sun; the prime Sun of our Galaxy): 14°05 Cancer - Ambition, pride, emotionality, fame, leadership, wealth, fires, drought, danger through impetuosity. Fortunate effect; Jupiter/Mars influence

Canopus (Ship of the Desert): 14°51 Cancer - Voyages, journeys, creativity; scandal, violence; great glory, fame, wealth; changes evil to good; the Rishi (Hindu sage) Agasthya; star of St Catharine; helmsman of the Argo. Fortunate effect; Saturn/Jupiter

Wasat: 18°31 Cancer - Chemicals, poisons, gas; violence, malevolence, destructiveness as a first principal; pessimism; clear, authoritative speech; prominence in public affairs. Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Mars influence

Castor: 20°14 Cancer - Sudden fame or loss, distinction, keen mind, violence, mischief; “The Mortal Twin”. Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Mars/Venus influence

Gomeisa: 22°12 Cancer - “The Weeping One”; frivolity; love of dogs; dogbite; death by drowning. Unfortunate effect; Mercury/Mars influence

Pollux (Caput Hercules): 23°13 Cancer - Contemplative speculation, audacity, astrology, ruin, disgrace, death, calamity; the “Immortal Twin”; the “Heartless Judge”. Unfortunate effect; Mars/Moon/Uranus influence

Procyon: 25°47 Cancer - Violence, sudden success then disaster, occult, politics, dissipation. Unfortunate effect; Mars/Mercury influence

the fixed stars of the constellation of leo

Talitha: 2°48 Leo - Quiet, prudent, suspicious, mistrustful, self-controlled, great anger when roused. Neutral; Saturn/ Mars

Nebulous Cluster in 1st decan of Leo - The Aselli (The ***** ): Death by fever, fire, hanging, beheading, or violent catastrophe, ruin, disgrace, wounds, hurts to face, eye trouble, blindness, imprisonment, great changes in society. Unfortunate effect; Mars/Moon influence

Praesaepe: 7°12 Leo - Inner drive, reclusive, blindness, murder, tragedy, fires. Unfortunate effect; Mars/Moon influence

North Asellus (Asellus Borealis): 7°24 Leo - Patience, beneficence and courage, heroic and defiant leader. Fortunate effect; Sun/Mars influence

South Asellus (Asellus Australis): 8°35 Leo - Military preferment, blindness, eye trouble, shipwreck, mass murder, horrors, self-willed, uncooperative. Unfortunate effect; Sun/Mars influence

Giansar: 10°20 Leo - Penetrating and analytical mind, travel and many friends, craft, ingenuity, and valour, but danger of robbery and accidental poisoning. Neutral effect; Saturn/Mars influence

Acubens: 13°35 Leo - Astrology, writing, perseverance, domestic problems, poison, liars. Fortunate effect; Saturn/Mercury influence

Dubhe (The Bear): 15°00 Leo - Astrology, arrogance, psychic power, destruction; aka Krathu, one of the 7 Rishis (Hindu sages) in Ursa Major; Bast Isis, the Egyptian goddess; “The Eye”; “Heaven’s Pivot”. Fortunate effect; Venus/Mercury/Mars influence

Merak: 19°06 Leo - Prudent, restrained, mistrustful, self-controlled (but angry when roused), love of command, power to achieve, good with animals; Pulaha, one of the 7 Rishis (Hindu sages) of Ursa Major. Fortunate effect; Saturn/Mercury/Mars influence

Ras Elased Aust (Algenubi): 20°42 Leo - Cruel, heartless, bold, bombastic, brutish, destructive, artistic appreciation. power of expression, spiritual gifts, leadership. Neutral effect; Saturn/Mars influence

“Own Worst Enemy”: 22°00 Leo - An unfortunate degree. No freedom to act on one’s own behalf. Unfortunate effect

Subra: 24°15 Leo - Strength; plunder; swagger; yet simple and without guile. Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Mars influence

Alphard: 27°08 Leo - Gives wisdom, musical and artistic appreciation, knowledge of human nature, strong passions, lack of self control, immorality. Sudden death by poison or drowning. Problems with law, love affairs, drugs. Fortunate effect; Saturn/Venus influence

Adhafera: 27°34 Leo - Crime, lying and stealing, suicide. Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Mercury influence

Al Jabhah: 27°41 Leo - Wealth, sound judgement, cleverness, prone to violence, self-seeking, danger, loss, mutiny. Neutral effect; Saturn/Mercury influence

Regulus (Lion’s Heart): 29°53 Leo - The most Royal Star. Raphael, the Healing Archangel, the Watcher of the North. Nobility, ambition, alertness, great power, status, leadership, sudden downfall, accidents, violence. Fortunate effect; Mars/Jupiter/Uranus influence

the fixed stars of the constellation of virgo

Phecda: 0°29 Virgo - Civilizing influence, tamer of beasts, transmission of divine knowledge; Pulasthya, one of the 7 Rishis (Hindu sages) of the Great Bear, Ursa Major; bloodbaths, assassinations, riots, sexual perversion. Fortunate effect; Jupiter/Venus influence

Præcipua: 0°53 Virgo - Generous, noble, peaceful, fearless nature, with the ability to undertake prominent and responsible positions. Fortunate effect; Jupiter/Mars influence

Megrez: 1°04 Virgo - Spiritual sight; creativity; violence; Atri, one of the 7 Rishis (Hindu sages), the ruling star of the Great Bear, Ursa Major. Fortunate effect; Mars influence

Thuban: 7°27 Virgo - Prospectors of gold and silver or those who are ministers of money; burning to death in own house. Fortunate effect; Saturn/Mars influence

Alioth (The Black Horse): 8°56 Virgo - Suicide among women; danger in pregnancy; Angirasa, one of the 7 Rishis (Hindu sages) in Ursa Major. Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Venus influence

Zosma: 11°16 Virgo - Keen intellect, depression, fearful, unhappy, feels restricted, loss in childhood; egotism; prophetic ability (with Coxa: “Kua, the Oracle”). Fortunate effect; Saturn/Venus influence

Coxa: 13°25 Virgo - Good for voyages, gain by merchandise, redemption of captives; prophetic ability (with Zosma: “Kua, the Oracle”). Strength. Wisdom. Fortunate effect; Saturn/Venus influence

Mizar: 15°42 Virgo - Connected with fires of a catastrophic extent and mass calamities; Vasishta, one of the 7 Rishis (Hindu sages) of Ursa Major. Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Venus influence

Denebola: 21°38 Virgo - Criticism, perseverance, control, lack of imagination, honours, undesirable associates, mental illness, happiness turns to despair, disease, natural disasters, catastrophes. Neutral effect; Saturn/Venus influence

Coma Berenices: 23°48 Virgo - Eye problems; suave manner, with great personal charm; idle and dissipated, dramatic; a constellation rather than a star, with the main star being Diadem. Fortunate effect; Moon/Venus influence

Labrum: 26°38 Virgo - Honours, riches, ambition, psychic, chronic illness, dishonest income. Fortunate effect; Mercury/Venus influence

Alkaid (Benetnash): 26°56 Virgo - Associated with death and mourning, war, natural catastrophes; Marichi, one of the 7 Rishis (Hindu sages) of Ursa Major. Unfortunate effect; Moon/Mercury/Saturn influence

Markeb: 28°54 Virgo - Voyages, educational work, broad knowledge, piety. Fortunate effect; Saturn/Jupiter influence

the fixed stars of the constellation of libra

Zaniah: 4°31 Libra - Order, congeniality, lovable nature, refinement, honour. Very Fortunate effect; Mercury/Venus influence

Diadem: 8°57 Libra - Suave, well-bred; personal charm; dissipation. Dramatic ability. The “Wreath of Jewels” in Berenice’s hair (the constellation Coma Berenices). Fortunate effect; Saturn/Mercury influence

Vindemiatrix: 9°56 Libra - Falsity, folly, disgrace, stealing, widowhood, depression, witch-hunts, mysticism & the occult. Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Mercury influence

Algorab: 13°27 Libra - Scavenging, destructiveness, repulsiveness, malevolence, fiendishness and lying, suicide, greed, injuries. Unfortunate effect; Mars/Saturn influence

Merga: 15°27 Libra - Guardians, ministers of state, custodians, treasurers, force behind the scenes, hidden masters, economists, architects, designers, “The Sickle”. Fortunate effect; Mercury/Saturn influence

Seginus: 17°39 Libra - Business, astrology, law, loss through friends, deceitful, shameless. Fortunate effect; Mercury/Saturn/Venus influence

Mufrid: 19°20 Libra - Prosperity from work, planning, strong desires, a tendency to excess, a fondness for rural pursuits, occultism. Fortunate effect; Mercury/Saturn influence

Foramen: 22°09 Libra - Prosperity, leadership; divine teacher, creative power; ear and eye trouble, indecision, shipwreck. Fortunate effect; Saturn/Jupiter influence

Spica: 23°50 Libra - Wealth, fame, honour, glamour, the “Fortunate One”. Very Fortunate effect; Venus/Mars influence

Arcturus: 24°14 Libra - Inspiration, riches, fame, honour, popularity, benefits through travel, success through work. Very Fortunate effect; Jupiter/Mars influence

the fixed stars of the constellation of scorpio

Princeps: 3°09 Scorpio - Ability to research keen, studious and profound mind, business, government, law, science, arts, lies. Fortunate effect; Mercury/Saturn influence

Khambalia: 6°57 Scorpio - Deep research of any kind, police investigation, espionage and esoteric subjects. Fortunate effect; Mercury/Mars influence

Acrux: 11°52 Scorpio - Interest in astrology and spirituality, metaphysics, sacrifice. Occult effect; Jupiter influence

Alphecca: 12°16 Scorpio - Honour, dignity, literate, brilliant, poetic, scandals, betrayal in love, sorrow through children. Fortunate effect; Venus/ Mercury influence

Menken: 12°18 Scorpio - Wisdom, astronomy, divination, medicine, botany and music. Fortunate effect; Venus/Mercury influence

South Scale (Zuben Algenubi): 15°04 Scorpio - Loss, theft, betrayal, abuse, venereal disease, poisoning, drowning, anguish, revenge, criminality. Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Mars influence

Serpentis (the “Accursed Degree”): 19°00 Scorpio - A malefic degree, tragedy, misfortune, the “Accursed Degree”. This degree does not precess; Unfortunate effect; Mars/ Saturn influence

North Scale (Zuben Alschemali): 19°23 Scorpio - Honours, wealth, distinction, brilliant mind, success in sports, politics, war, religion, writing, tragedy, violence, melancholy. Fortunate effect; Jupiter/Mercury/Mars influence

Alpha Serpentis (Unukalhai): 22°04 Scorpio - Success followed by fall, suicide, insanity, accidents, success in war, politics, writing, problems in love, forgery, shipwreck, loss, earthquake. Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Mars influence

Agena: 23°48 Scorpio - Good health, high morals, disillusion through love, success with the masses. Fortunate effect; Venus/Jupiter influence

Toliman (Bungula): 29°36 Scorpio - Occult and philosophical learning, self analysis, honours, stubborn, cruel. Fortunate effect; Venus/Jupiter influence

the fixed stars of the constellations of sagittarius

Kornephoros: 1°05 Sagittarius - Fixity of purpose, strength of character, ardent nature and dangerous passions. Neutral; Mercury influence

Yed Prior: 2°18 Sagittarius - Success in astrology & 9th house matters, shrewd. Fortunate effect; Saturn/Venus influence

Marfik: 5°36 Sagittarius - Passionate, blindly good-hearted, easily seduced, healer with herbs. Neutral effect; Saturn/Venus influence

Antares (Heart of the Scorpion): 9°46 Sagittarius - A Royal Star. The Archangel Oriel, the Watcher of the West. Spirit of adventure, obstinacy, injuries to eyes, honours, sudden loss, stubborn, suspicious, violent, several marriages. Fortunate effect; Mars/Jupiter/Mercury influence

Rastaban: 11°58 Sagittarius - Impulsive, honourable, good for astrology, government, writing, sports, finance, the arts, accidents, wounds, blindness, criminality. Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Mars/Jupiter influence

Sabik: 17°58 Sagittarius - Wastefulness and lost energy, perverted moral, success in evil deeds. Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Venus influence

Atria: 20°54 Sagittarius - Just, truthful, righteous and benevolent, interest in architecture and freemasonry. Very Fortunate effect; Mercury/Jupiter influence

Ras Alhague: 22°27 Sagittarius - Trouble with women, drugs, poisoning, hallucination, medicines, infections, mystical healing. Fortunate effect; Saturn/Venus influence

Lesath (Scorpion’s Sting - with Shaula): 24°01 Sagittarius - Danger, desperation, immorality and malevolence, connected with acid poisons, accidents, catastrophes, operations. Unfortunate effect; Mercury/Mars influence

Shaula (Mulam: the Root): 24°35 Sagittarius - Danger, desperation, immorality and malevolence, connected with acid poisons, aids victory in sieges, destruction of seafarers and captives, exorcism, mesmerism, spiritual pressure towards enlightenment. Unfortunate effect; Mercury/Mars influence

Galactic Centre: 26°52 Sagittarius - A vast Black Hole at the center of our galaxy, discovered 1932; source of energy, motivation, aspiration; alien consciousness; crisis of faith; travel; education; philosophy; spiritual urges; single-minded dedication. Fortunate effect; Jupiter influence

Etamin: 27°58 Sagittarius - Liking solitude, good concentration, dishonour, downfall and loss of prestige, esoteric and philosophical studies. Neutral effect; Mars/Moon influence

the fixed stars of the constellation of capricorn

Spiculum: 1°04 Capricorn - Eye trouble, blindness, depression, hopelessly doomed, morbid religious outlook, no concern for human life. Unfortunate effect; Mars/Moon influence

Alnasl: 1°16 Capricorn - Eye trouble, blindness (or bad eyesight). Unfortunate effect; Mars/Moon influence

Polis: 3°13 Capricorn - Martial desires, high ambitions, domination, keen perception, success. Very Fortunate effect; Jupiter/Mars influence

Kaus Borealis: 6°19 Capricorn - Promoters of idealistic and humane ideas, promoters of mental stimuli, enterprise and a sense of justice. Fortunate; Mercury/Mars influence

Facies: 8°16 Capricorn - Blindness, violent death, sickness, accidents; leadership, war, coldness, detachment, perfectionism; earthquakes; pure combative energies; risk-taking, glamour; seeks fulfilment through charitable works. Very Unfortunate effect; Sun/Mars influence

Vega: 15°19 Capricorn - Luck in politics, artistic talent, fleeting fame, double dealing, generosity, practicality. Fortunate effect; Venus/Mercury influence

Sheliak: 18°53 Capricorn - Artistic talent, sexual adventures, disgrace, gaudiness, independent thought, trouble with authority, death by violence. Fortunate effect; Venus/Mercury influence

Dheneb: 19°48 Capricorn - Martial Arts, ability to command, liberality, beneficence. Very Fortunate effect; Mars/Jupiter influence

Peacock: 23°49 Capricorn - Vanity and love of display, together with a long life and sometimes fame. Fortunate effect; Venus/Mercury/Saturn influence

Terebellum: 25°51 Capricorn - Strength and power, rise in life, riches, cunning, disgrace. Fortunate effect; Venus/Saturn influence

the fixed stars of the constellation of aquarius

Tarazed (The Plundering Falcon): 0°56 Aquarius - Spoil and plunder, imagination, strong passions, will, clairvoyance, fame, powerful mind. Fortunate effect; Mars/Jupiter influence

Sham: 1°04 Aquarius - Combative, opinionated, jealousy, danger of death in battle. Unfortunate effect; Mars/Venus influence

Albireo: 1°15 Aquarius - Contemplative, cultured, artistic, congenial appearance and disposition. Fortunate effect; Venus/Mercury influence

Altair (The Eagle): 1°47 Aquarius - Sudden but ephemeral fortune, impulsiveness, courage, accidents, astrology, writing. Neutral effect; Mars/Jupiter influence

Algedi (Giedi Prima): 3°46 Aquarius - Beneficence, peculiar events, love affairs, great good fortune. Neutral effect; Venus/Mars influence

Bos: 5°34 Aquarius - Keen intellect, good for business, military, analysis. Fortunate effect; Saturn/Venus influence

Albali: 11°43 Aquarius - Danger, persecution and even death, but also said to give good fortune. Neutral effect; Mars/ Mercury influence

Dorsum: 13°51 Aquarius - The Wheel of Fortune; bites from venomous creatures (with Sun or Mars). Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Jupiter influence

Alnair: 15°54 Aquarius - Retiring, active, proud, watchful, kind, idealistic, devoted, liking for astronomy, “the Bright One”. Fortunate effect; Mercury/Jupiter influence

Castra: 20°12 Aquarius - Destructiveness, uncontrollable temper, malevolence. Unfortunate effect; Saturn/Jupiter influence

Nashira: 21°47 Aquarius - Writing, government, religion, overcomes evil. Fortunate effect; Saturn/Jupiter influence

Kitalpha: 23°07 Aquarius - Gives friendship and sagacity but frivolity and love of pleasure. Neutral effect; Mercury/Venus influence

Sadalsuud: 23°46 Aquarius - Fortuna Fortunarum, great fortune; astrology, occult, government, business, psychic, visionary, originality; personal charm; temperance; aviation. Fortunate effect; Saturn/Mercury influence

Deneb Algedi: 23°50 Aquarius - A wise leader; finding the joy inherent in sorrow – and vice versa; glory and fame if death is avoided; betrayal, loss of position if associated with Sun or Moon. Fortunate effect; Saturn/Jupiter influence

Sador: 24°50 Aquarius - Glittering wings, figured by stars. Part of the Christian Cross. Words of command, gathering of wealth; a hidden god; love of water, swimming, the arts; communication with birds; aviation. Fortunate effect; Jupiter/Saturn influence

Gienah: 27°45 Aquarius - Soar to great heights, potential of sudden downfall. Neutral effect; Venus/Mercury influence

the fixed stars of the constellation of pisces

Fomalhaut: 3°52 Pisces - A Royal Star. Archangel Gabriel, the Watcher of the South. Congenital birth defects, magic, fame, occult, faith, “Star of Alchemy”, addiction, undesirable associates. Fortunate effect; Venus/Mercury/Neptune influence

Deneb Adige (Alpha Cygnus): 5°16 Pisces - Intelligent, creative, original, naive, astrology, writing, the public, dog bites. Fortunate effect; Venus/Mercury influence

Sadalachbia: 6°43 Pisces - Success in ventures, personal charm, movement to rich pastures, aviation, discovery of lost items, “the Star of Hidden Things”. Fortunate effect; Venus/Mercury influence

Skat: 8°52 Pisces - Good fortune, personal charm, lasting happiness, psychic interests, sensitivity, occult interests, many friends. Fortunate effect; Saturn/Jupiter influence

Achernar: 15°19 Pisces - Sudden success in public office, religious benefits, access to another realm. Fortunate effect; Jupiter influence (“the mouth of the River” a constellation extending over several Signs. NOTE: stars in this constellation (Eridanus) are ruled by Saturn, with the exception of Achernar, the brightest)

Markab: 23°29 Pisces - Violence, honours and riches, “Star of Sorrow”, literary, legal problems, accidents. Unfortunate effect; Mars/Mercury/Venus influence

Scheat: 29°22 Pisces - Imprisonment, murder, suicide, drowning, extreme misfortune. Unfortunate effect; Mars/Mercury influence

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🤷‍♀️ Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. Hebrews‬ ‭12‬:‭12‬-‭14‬‬

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 38: ἁγιασμός

ἁγιασμός, (οῦ, ὁ, a word used only by Biblical and ecclesiastical writings (for in Diodorus 4, 39; Dionysius Halicarnassus 1, 21, ἁγισμός is the more correct reading), signifying:

1. consecration, purification, τό ἁγιάζειν.

2. the effect of consecration: sanctification of heart and life, 1 Corinthians 1:30 (Christ is he to whom we are indebted for sanctification); 1 Thessalonians 4:7; Romans 6:19, 22; 1 Timothy 2:15; Hebrews 12:14; ἁγιασμός πνεύματος sanctification wrought by the Holy Spirit, 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:2. It is opposed to lust in 1 Thessalonians 4:3f. (It is used in a ritual sense, Judges 17:3 (Alexandrian LXX); Ezekiel 45:4; (Amos 2:11); Sir. 7:31, etc.) (On its use in the N. T. cf. Ellicott on 1 Thessalonians 4:3; 1 Thessalonians 3:13.)