3+ day, 1+ hour ago (759+ words) Saturn, our daddy planet of tough love and hard knocks, is finally stationing direct in Pisces. The lord of the Rings has been retrograde since July, a transit that has shifted the structure of our lives and turned bedrock to mud, muck, and mire. Saturn stations direct at 25" Pisces on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 27, late in the evening, a directional shift that some astrologers equate to leftovers with emotional homework. "Saturn's direct station in Pisces is the moment the emotional fog lifts just enough for us to see what growing up really cost " and why it was worth it," Rachel Ruth Tate, certified astrologer at'Casinos Analyzer, told The Post. While the planet doesn't end its retrograde until late in the evening, the effects of this shift will be felt throughout the day and the days ahead. The end of this…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago (597+ words) Among my growing list of improper uses of the English language is the response I get when telling a restaurant server or anyone else "thank you." The usual response has been for as long as I remember, "you're welcome." For the young, especially, it has become "no problem." Why would thanking someone for a service or kindness performed be considered a problem? What does that even mean? Thanksgiving, which mythically began when the Pilgrims and early settlers thanked God for His "many blessings," despite their difficult circumstances, is now a small bump in the road on the way to the annual conspicuous consumption called Christmas." The airlines are thankful because of heavy travel that leads to large profits." Thanksgiving, as well as approaching Christmas, have lost their unique status " at least among secularist marketers " and have now been blended into…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago (529+ words) The'first Thanksgiving in the New World was celebrated in 1621, nearly a year after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1789, George Washington became the first of many US presidents to formally proclaim a day of "public thanksgiving and prayer: In 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln likewise called for a day of Thanksgiving in November: I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And so it was until President Franklin Roosevelt, in 1939, temporarily moved the celebration back to the third Thursday in November to stimulate…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago (1192+ words) VATICAN CITY " Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to'Turkey and Lebanon'that would be delicate under any circumstances but is even more fraught given Mideast tensions and the media glare that will document history's first American pope on the road. Leo is fulfilling a trip Pope Francis planned to make, to mark an important anniversary with the Orthodox church in Turkey. In Lebanon, he'll try to boost a long-suffering Christian community as well as Lebanese of all faiths who are still demanding justice over the'2020 Beirut port blast. Leo, who spent 12 years as superior of his Augustinian religious order and two decades as a missionary in Peru, says he loves to travel. And in recent weeks, he has shown both diplomatic and linguistic dexterity in answering questions on the fly from reporters. The trip is…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago (487+ words) Because the gods love to thwart us, Thanksgiving 2025 coincides with the year's final Mercury retrograde, amplifying emotion and making strife the side dish of choice. Mercury rules the mind and the mouth, communication, conversation, suspicion and instigation. When the planet goes retrograde, it throws a match into the gas tank of our human exchanges, especially in the shadow working sign of Scorpio. Scorpio is ever on the lookout for betrayal or falsehoods and ain't afraid to pull the lies into the light and onto the cornucopia platter. "With Mercury in Scorpio, people speak straight from the heart " even when they don't mean to," said psychic astrologer Inbaal Honigman, told'Casino guru. To avoid uncomfortable escalations, she recommends keeping topics light, clarifying misunderstandings and steering clear of sharp objects and sensitive debates. With Mars, our planet of friction and conflict, moving through…...

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5+ day, 17+ hour ago (277+ words) BANGKOK " A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation. Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of Nonthaburi on the outskirts of'Bangkok, posted a video on its Facebook page, showing a woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pick-up truck, slightly moving her arms and head, leaving temple staff bewildered. He said they heard a faint knock coming from the coffin. "I was a bit surprised, so I asked them to open the coffin, and everyone was startled," he said. "I saw her opening her eyes slightly and knocking on the side of the coffin. She must have been knocking for quite some time." According to Pairat, the brother said his sister had been bedridden for about two years, when her…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago (443+ words) The collection of about two dozen monks began their walk on Oct. 26 from Fort Worth, Texas, to "raise awareness of peace, loving kindness, and compassion across America and the world," according to the group, Walk for Peace. The monks planned to travel through 10 states before reaching Washington, D.C. So far, the monks have visited various Texas cities on their trek, including Austin and Houston, often walking along roads and highways while being escorted by law enforcement or by a vehicle trailing behind them, said Long Si Dong, a spokesperson for the group. The monks are being accompanied on their journey by their dog Aloka. At around 6:13 p.m. Wednesday, the monks were walking along the side of US Highway 90 near Dayton, Texas, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northeast of Houston, when their escort vehicle, which had its hazard lights on, was hit by a truck,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (761+ words) There's a new moon rising in the sign of sex, death, secrets and power, folks. The new moon in Scorpio peaks on November 20, 2025 at 1:47 a.m. Eastern Time at 2811 Scorpio. A new moon occurs when the moon is in conjunction with the sun "and thus is no longer visible from our earthly vantage. As such, the new moon always falls in the same zodiac sign that the sun is moving through. The new moon is a clean slate, turning over the fresh dirt of a month-long lunar cycle. The sky goes dark, and we go deep, especially under the influence of Scorpio. Scorpiois ruled by Mars, the planet of vitality, andPluto, the luminary of death. It is through the reconciliation of these extremes that Scorpio finds its ultimate power. "The New Moon in Scorpio onNovember 20is an intense turning point " all about transformation,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (1107+ words) There's a new moon rising in the sign of secrets and shadows folk, and in this depth of dark, there's nowhere to hide. The new moon in Scorpio peaks on November 20, 2025, at 1:47 a.m. Eastern Time at 2811 Scorpio. A new moon occurs when the moon is in conjunction with the sun "and thus is no longer visible from our earthly vantage. As such, the new moon always falls in the same zodiac sign that the sun is moving through. The new moon is a clean slate, turning over the fresh dirt of a month-long lunar cycle. The sky goes dark, and we go deep, especially under the influence of Scorpio. Every new moon initiates a cycle that peaks six months later when the moon is full in the same sign. In astrology, the sun symbolizes the ego, the essential self, and our…...