Day Seventy-Four- 3/15/11 Beware the Ides of March!

Day Seventy-Four: 3/15/11
New Thing: Being Wareful of the Ides, I will follow my horoscope to the letter.        
Inspiration: Cesar, The soothsayer, the Ides       
Cost: $0 
Time: All day.        
Bottom Line: "Well, the Ides have come!" said Cesar. "Ay, they have come, but they are not gone." replied the soothsayer. 

Just so you know.

Reflection: Today is indeed the Ides of March--that faithful day when Cesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate. Here is Wikipedia's description of the day:

The Ides of March (Latin: Idus Martii) is the name of 15 March in the Roman calendar, probably referring to the day of the full moon. The term ides was used for the 15th day of the months of March, May, July, and October, and the 13th day of the other months...In modern times, the term Ides of March is best known as the date that Julius Caesar was killed in 44 B.C. Julius Caesar was stabbed (23 times) to death in the Roman Senate led by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus and 60 other conspirators. On his way to the Theatre of Pompey (where he would be assassinated), Caesar saw a seer who had foretold that harm would come to him not later than the Ides of March. Caesar joked, "Well, the Ides of March have come", to which the seer replied "Ay, they have come, but they are not gone." This meeting is famously dramatized in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, when Caesar is warned to "beware the Ides of March"

Originally, I thought that wearing a toga all day might be the best way to honor the Ides, but instead, I decided that I might should listen to a little soothsaying instead. Call it an attempt to avoid Caesars' folly. Now, I have never been a believer in astrology, so taking the advice of a horoscope is completely new to me. Here is what astrology.com advises me to do today: 

"Tune in to the big picture today — you really need to focus on long-term strategy and planning. Today’s little details are harmless and shouldn’t have much of an impact on your life."

"You really need to focus on long-term strategy and planning..."? Tell me something I don't know, oh soothsayer web-site! OK- so, I will take this advice and spend some extra time today in prayer for discerment as well as fill out some vocational materials I have. Hopeful that will keep people from trying to get me today.

Lenten Meditation- 

Prayed for: KR & ACR (I created a water color double mandala today for these two in celebration of good things in their life.)

Prayer Walk/Yoga- I plan to walk around the historic section of Bethlehem to the bank. 

Journal with Ken- An exercise called, "If they only knew..."

Music-30 mins. with the piano--this week I am dedicating the music to Irish music especially trying to learn St. Patrick's Breastplate. 

Fast- Moderation continues.