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- From: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Happy Chinese New Year!!!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.152118.24313@e2big.mko.dec.com>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 15:21:18 GMT
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- Sender: pel@maximo (Phillip E lujan)
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- JBrandt@AAA.Uoregon.EDU (Jason & Pegasus) writes:
- |>pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan) wrote:
- |>> JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Jason) writes:
- |>> |>"Anyone know how the elemental cycle is calculated into the Chinese years?"
- |>
- |><Starknight explains, referring to a book.>
- |>>
- |>> "Anyway, I realize this is a very long-winded answer to a simple question, but
- |>> I happen to know something about it, and like to show off occaisionally."
- |>
- |>Pegasus looks at the Starknight "Beg pardon, Sir Knight, but can you give
- |>me a bibliographic citation on the book you mentioned? I'd like to read it.
- |>Sounds -fascinating-."
-
- "Actually, I have two of them: one is titled 'Chinese Elemental Astrology' and
- the other I can't remember. I recently moved, and a lot of my stuff is still
- in storage, including those books, so I can't give you author, publisher or
- ISBN... I'll try to get in to dig those out this weekend. If I can get to
- them, I'll email Jay with the information..."
-
- |>> (Sean was once considering astrologer as a possible second profession.)
- |>
- |>Pegasus again. "Can't do it, at least not accurately. I've -never- been
- |>able to accurately determine muy time of birth. The hospital I was born at
- |>-refused- to tell me, claiming it was on my birth certificate - which it
- |>isn't."
- |>
- |>Jason gives her a hug around her equine neck. "We have had several people
- |>try to cast charts for us with what information we -do- have, and they
- |>-all- come up wierd. None of them indicate we should work out. Well, we
- |>have our stormy times, but as we say, 'marriages are made in heaven, and so
- |>is thunder and lightning!'"
-
- "Amen to that, my friend. How close can you get, Pegasus? If it's within an
- hour, I might be able to interpolate *something* (of course, I still have to
- find my books...)"
-
- |>"By the way, if you've been into astrology et-al, have a look at this."
- |>Jason holds out his hands. "Know anything about palm reading? Every palm
- |>reader I've ever shown my hands to either refuses to read them, or gets
- |>garbled results. Take a look, and try to determine where my heart line and
- |>life line are." Those who can see his hands notice an odd thing. The two
- |>lines that most folks have, which approach from opposite sides of the palm,
- |>on Jason are a -single- line, from one side straight across to the other.
- |>"Anyone know what -that's- supposed to mean?"
-
- "Eeeek. It's been at least 15 years since I glanced at a palmistry book. I
- wouldn't care to hazard a guess."
-
- Starknight
- spr@abo.dec.com
- Disclaimer: Huh? What'd I say?
-