Wizard Weekly by Daniel Giamario | Jan 18, 2026 |
On this Capricorn New Moon weekend, with the continuation of the configurations I detailed last week, pointing out their intensity and the urgency they deserved, I thought I’d offer something different this week. Next week, I will again delve into what many think could be even more intense and challenging as last week. That may be so, but at least it will be after the New Moon. Look for the appearance of the tiny new crescent on Tuesday evening. Plant the seeds and imagine a future for authentic “pure” humans.
Some Helpful Quotes
Over the last decade I have used a variety of different quotes as part of my email signature. I collated all of them here. May they offer you the insight and courage they have offered me.
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“The strength of a person’s spirit would then be measured by how much “truth” he could tolerate, or more precisely, to what extent he needs to have it diluted, disguised, sweetened, muted, falsified.”
Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
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“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is hard business. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
Rudyard Kipling”
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“This is the time in life that I am living,
and I will face each day with a smile;
because the time that I am given is just a little while,
and the things that I must do consist of more than style;
there will be time to start all over.”
Arthur Lee on Forever Changes, 1967
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“Civil disobedience is not our problem;
Our problem is civil obedience.”
Howard Zinn
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“She carries me through days of apathy;
She washes over me;
She saved my life in a manner of speaking,
when She gave me back the Power to Believe.”
Adrian Belew, 2003
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“Death seed, Blind Man’s Greed: Poet’s starving, Children bleed;
Nothing he’s got he really needs, 21st Century Schizoid Man.”
Peter Sinfield, 1969
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“Skepticism is a Virtue, but risks becoming cynicism … cynicism is a vice.
Faith is a Virtue, but risks becoming belief, this is a weakness.
May we hold skepticism close, may Faith hold us closer,
But let us not belittle the beliefs of others, for although beliefs are legion,
they may lead us to Faith.
AND FAITH IS ONE.”
R.Fripp 2009
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“I don’t have faith in faith
I don’t believe in belief
You can call me faithless
But I still cling to hope
And I believe in love
And that’s faith enough for me.”
Neil Peart, 2008
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Buckle up for next week’s Sun-Pluto-Mars alignments.
Meanwhile, continue prioritizing deep inner work. Be willing to Grieve what you have lost that you have genuinely Loved. Respond to violations as any organic human naturally would, and at the same time rise above binary partisanship by cultivating a neutral response, with as little judgment as possible.
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Rock Art & photo by Naraya Naserian
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