China is ascendant and is the only plausible economic and geopolitical challenger to America’s role as the world’s sole superpower. The US sees China as an existential threat to its global hegemony. The diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics only raises the stakes, putting athletes ...
It is properly placed as the sign opposite toVrishabhamor Pranava. Analysis from Pranava downwards leads to the Universe of Thought, and synthesis from the latter upwards leads to Pranava (Aum).We have now arrived at the ideal state of the universe previous to its coming into material existence...
Meanwhile, the Ottoman Empire is in the ascendant, fully engaged with the scholarship and research of the day, more than a conquering power—a civilizing influence under which much learning and sophistication is achieved. Nevertheless, the Ottoman Empire got snagged on a technicality—we Westerners ...
Why we don’t start with an ascendant animal? (5) Answer:HYENA(i.e. “animal”). Solution is WHY WE with the first letters of each removed (indicated by “don’t start”). This is then followed by AN reversed (indicated by “ascendant” – this being a down clue), like so: (HY...
He says Laura’s winds increased 40 mph in 18 hours, which qualifies as “rapid intensification”. It took a while to form an eye, but once it did, it was off to the races. Update soon. As Big Oil Fades, Big Green is Ascendant ...
You can also calculate it yourself by tallying up all the planets in your chart (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto) and the ascendant and midheaven. What sign are they in? What is their modality? Take the sign and modality that pops up the most, and ...
wiping sweat from his narrow forehead with an ancient rag and staring into an earthen pot. The vessel was filled with distilled particulates patiently coaxed that morning from a young Ascendant Cloud, and Donati’s frustration at the sheer physical repetitiveness of the desperate task was mixed wi...
Chinese Zodiac signs are calculated according to the lunar years of the Chinese calendar (however some astrologers use instead the beginning of Tiger's Month or even the winter solstice), and to define each sign in more detail the time of birth is used, giving what is called the ascendant....
The feeling now is that, with a new Social Democratic (and female) prime minister, Denmark’s soft power should once again be on the ascendant, not least as the country will take over the EU presidency in the first half of 2012. The new regime is already making noises about being more...
"A lot of people wanted to sign me; there was a bidding war," Elliott explains. "Every label out there was trying to get me to sign to them and I wanted to have a record label instead of being an artist. When I took a meeting with Sylvia Rhone about having a record label she sa...