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 Laika, the Space Dog ~ Laika the dog was the first animal in orbit and also, the first orbital fatality. A stray from the streets of Moscow chosen for her hardiness and calm temperament, she was placed aboard Sputnik 2 on October 31, 1957 and blasted off three days later. She died hours into the mission, but never was intended to return home safely… |
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| List of Common Emoticons ~ You’ve no doubt seen these in your email, :) or similar for happy, :( for sad, even more unusual combinations like :O for surprised, or :*) for blushing. To extend your vocabulary take a look at this feature, where you’ll find \(^o^)/ for very excited, (o_#) for bruised or (._.) meaning disappointed, among many creative examples. |
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| MoonGrow ~ Apparently a labour of love, this site covers everything you’ll need to know about the cycles of the Moon and their relationship to plants and horticulture. This includes lunar phases, gardening tools and techniques, the zodiac constellations and links to other resources. Obviously the astrology section, is my own particular favourite… |
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| Multimap ~
When constructing an astrological birthchart, it’s essential to know
the latitude and longitude of the birth location. This is the best online
reference I’ve found, with an international database. For the UK, you
can simply enter a postcode to access the exact geographic coordinates
for that place. It’s great for calculating charts… |
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| Mystic Mildred ~ Part of the urban75 ezine, and worth visiting
anyway, Mystic Mildred inhabits their useless
games department, all carefully designed to help you throw time
away doing nothing productive at all. While probably I’m not supposed
to enjoy this so much, it did make me laugh, so do take a look, because
probably you will too… |
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| Names of Days ~ Another recommendation from the Encyclopedia Mythica, this time an invaluable reference for those who struggle to remember which days were named after which gods and thus their astrological associations in turn. Personally, I have a hard time remembering which day it actually is, let alone which god it was named after… |
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| NewAgeStore.com ~
Jen over at NewAgeStore.com runs a tight ship and has been patient and
persistent in her efforts to acquire an Astrologywizard.com recommendation.
It just remains to say that this is well deserved, since while
any storefront needs a commercial basis, look around for a lot of free
information that is likely to catch your eye. |
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| Nightingale Songs ~ It has been cold here for the past few days, but there was a nightingale singing every evening beforehand, keeping me company each night I was working late. This site helped me to talk with him and although I was trying out some bizarre phrases, I’d swear he was singing the louder as a consequence of what I said… |
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| North
Pole Live Webcam ~ We have had webcam pictures from the North
Pole for a while, but nothing to match the live pictures coming from
the South Pole. If you have ever wondered what is going on at the
ends of earth, this situation has now been (almost) rectified, although
you may need to search for a while for any day with good weather… |
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| North Pole Swim ~ The Earth’s two poles are important to astrologers, because weird things start to happen there that question our understanding of how we usually look at a horoscope and how the dynamics of astrology actually work. So far as I know, nobody’s been born at either yet, but this guy just took a swim at one of them. |
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| Nostradamus ~
Another excellent site for all you Nostradamus freaks out there, particularly
those who have been confused by some more recent hysteria regarding the
great man’s prophecies. Here you’ll learn of everything that he actually
wasn’t right about and that certainly is a great deal. A refreshing change from the usual Nostradamus fare… |
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| Pale Blue Dot ~ The Pale Blue Dot is a picture of the Earth taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft from a record distance of six billion kilometres. Both the idea and the title for this image came from scientist and astronomer Carl Sagan, who also wrote the book of the same name. All credits for this video to Ice Core Scientist, it’s a stunning journey… |
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| Probert
Encyclopaedia : Mythology ~ “The Probert Encyclopaedia … provides
a comprehensive Who’s Who of the world’s mythologies, arranged by tradition
for easy reference.” That’s what they say anyway and I’m inclined
to agree. It’s another useful site for those who can’t tell their Artemis
from their Electra… |
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| Pug PROS ~ This recommendation is really nothing to do with astrology, but when I stumbled across this site somehow it completely touched my heart. Some of the stories are so sad and these people are doing such good work that they deserve your support in whatever way you can. Put your hand in your pocket and do something, then! |
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