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Robby Gordon Comment’s on Stage 13


From Robby Gordon.com

Robby Gordon’s quotes following stage 13:

“It was definitely a day of follow the leader. The track was narrow and dusty and we had very little room to pass. We never really got to open up the Hummer and show its strength. The Dakar is winding down and I’m satisfied with what we have accomplished. We certainly have quite a few pages of notes that we will apply to our program next year. The best thing that has come out of this year Dakar Rally is the experience our team has gained. My guys are already looking forward to coming back next year and hitting the ground running right away. Of course we are proud to be the first American team and manufacture to win a stage in the Dakar, but truthfully there is unfinished business for us here. Even though it looks like we are going to win the open category for this year’s race I think when we return our main objective is to give the factory teams a run for their money.”

Have they given all of them a run for the money? Oh yeah…

With only one day to go Robby and Andy still stand 8th overall. Wow. That alone is something to be proud of. No doubt Team USA will be the winner’s of the open class. I love that he said we still have “unfinished business”. Rabbit business, no doubt.

So….5th today in stage 14. Pretty darn good. Way to Go Andy Robby and TEAM DAKAR USA.

Andy Grider only has a couple of really significant aspect’s in his scope for tomorrow’s stage. Robby, on the other hand has a ton. This is a life changing time for Robby, on a long term basis. I am going to do Andy’s first.

The scope’s for the last day of The Dakar Rally are:

Andy Grider
Venus Sextile Mars
activity period from 21 January 2007 to 23 January 2007
It indicates a balance in your life between self-assertion and the need to relate to others. In a sexual relationship this balance is manifested by your ability to give and receive equally. In friendships you can be yourself without difficulty. Creative activities are also favored by this influence. If you are not artistic, you may spend the day working to beautify your immediate surroundings. This influence may bring about financial opportunities, particularly for investment in a new and unique venture. Your own individuality is best expressed by getting involved, financially or emotionally, in projects that are different and innovative.

Moon Trine Saturn
exact at 00:02
activity period from 20 January 2007 to 21 January 2007.
This morning you will keep your emotions under control, not in a repressive, negative manner, but in a way that enables you to take a more sober and realistic view of life. You are able to put up with considerable adversity and strain during this time because it gives you patience and reserve strength. While you are not inclined to talk about your feelings to just anyone, you do not evade them in yourself. You may very well go off by yourself at this time to think about and evaluate your development. If you have a problem, seek out an older person whose wisdom you respect, who can offer emotional support and suggest practical and immediate answers. You need common-sense answers now that can be applied directly.

Robby Gordon, born 2 January 1969
Neptune Sextile Saturn
activity period from end of February 2006 until middle of December 2007
Valid during many months: At this time the ideal and the real are well balanced in your life, and you are in an excellent position to reflect upon their relationship to each other. Ask yourself what is true for you and then ask then ask what you would like to be. In this way you can see which is which without the confusion that so often marks our efforts to separate the ideal from the real. At the same time you can see what actions you can take to help bring about the ideal in place of what is presently real and to make it a solid and useful part of your own life and of the lives of those around you.
But you are not impatient now, and you are much more willing to accept what is real than at other times. You see no real contest between the real and the ideal. Also you are not so concerned about getting your own way that you insist on the kind of ego battle with the real world in which either you or it wins. (And reality usually wins in these cases.)

You are patient now, because this influence enables you to live on very little. You are inclined to be abstemious and opposed to self- indulgence, and you may subject yourself to a rather stern regimen of alternating work and introspection. At this time you are most concerned with higher truths and how you can actualize them in your own life.

This is a good time to withdraw somewhat from your usual activities, to stand back and see what you have accomplished and what remains to be done. You are capable of adopting a very calm and meditative attitude so that you can choose intelligently and take the proper course of action.

Pluto Sextile Venus
exact at 05:02
activity period from end of March 2006 until beginning of October 2008.
Less routine ***
Valid during many months: This influence deepens your existing relationships and makes them more profound. It may also bring an important new friendship or love relationship that will have an important effect upon your life. In general your personal relationships will become less routine. Through them you will be able to transform your life and acquire greater insight into your own psychology, at least concerning relationships. However, this process is not to be feared because it happens in a relatively gentle manner and heightens your appreciation of your relationships.
Your sense of pleasure and enjoyment is also heightened during this time. You are able to get far more enjoyment than usual from the things you do for fun. You approach everything with far more emotional intensity.

Any love relationship that comes at this time will have an intensity of feeling that will amaze you. You may not have been aware of the power of your feelings, but now you have the chance to experience them directly and be transformed in the process. This does not necessarily mean that the relationship itself or the other person is in any way extraordinary. It is your own power to feel and love that has grown stronger.

If you have any intrinsic artistic and creative ability, this influence will deepen it and increase the tempo of your artistic activity. Also your work will have a profound quality that it may have lacked, and others will see that your work has a significance beyond the surface appearance. The only negative quality of this influence is that its energies can be abused. If you are so inclined, you can degenerate into a pointless sensualism, in which you are interested only in physical sensations, not in elevating your consciousness and growing as a human being. Love and creativity have the power to transform your life at this time. Don’t waste this opportunity.

Mars Square Uranus
exact at 23:06
activity period from 20 January 2007 to 23 January 2007
During this time authority figures and close relationships, especially old ones from the past, are most likely the objects of your revolt, if you feel it necessary to rebel. You will be much more easily angered than usual, because you quickly interpret everything as a threat to your ego. Above all else, you feel that you must assert your ego in your own highly individual way. And if you have been unconscious of the need for creative change in your life, you are likely to be quite explosive. Sometimes, however, the “explosions” happen to you, which is a sign from your environment that you need to break away from something, although what that is may not be at all obvious. An accident can be the sign of frustrated ego energies transmuted into destructive powers.

Moon Trine Moon
exact at 04:14
active only on 21 January 2007
This morning you should have a very strong sense of well-being. Your inner self is functioning harmoniously, and you do not feel emotional turmoil or strife. At the same time you are most contented with the familiar elements of your life. You enjoy being at home with relatives and friends, and you like being surrounded by the objects you are used to. You are not in the mood for adventures, challenges and major changes, nor is it necessary to be so. There will be other times for adventure. Now you should restore and rejuvenate yourself in peace and quiet. Physical comfort is especially important to you at this time, but it doesn’t have to be lavish. Your need is for a comfortable environment that seems supportive. You want to be surrounded by whatever you feel protects you.

Moon Trine Mars
exact at 04:31
active only on 21 January 2007.
This morning you can assert yourself in a positive manner and stand your ground if necessary. You may feel more courage and confidence than usual, which you express by taking the initiative in making emotional contacts with others. You speak very directly and forcefully, but without being offensive, which others will respect you for. This is a good time to work as a leader with groups of people. You understand what is needed, and you can unify your objectives and theirs, usually by talking them around to your point of view. Whenever you talk with others, you radiate an inner excitement, as if you were ready for immediate action. Under this influence you have the capacity to start projects, although you should keep in mind that this is a short-term influence and its effects will not last long.

Moon Sextile Sun
exact at 21:16
activity period from 21 January 2007 to 22 January 2007.
Tonight you experience a time of inner and outer equanimity. You can stop and take stock of yourself without feeling completely caught up in the usual turmoil and rush of events. Even if your affairs are not going too smoothly, this influence will provide a breathing space. If you have been feeling harried, you now have at least a brief opportunity to take it easy. And if you are relaxed, you will feel even better now. Your relationships with groups and friends are quite good during this time. You are able to understand other people’s needs without losing sight of your own desires for fulfillment. Opportunities may arise from unexpected corners that will improve your life in small ways at least. In general you will benefit from being out in the world today and having as much contact with others as possible.

Moon Sextile Med.Coeli
exact at 22:33
activity period from 21 January 2007 to 22 January 2007.
This influence normally indicates a few hours of unusually intense feelings. Tonight you will have a strong desire to know yourself and to experience life largely through the emotion. This is probably not the best time for work that requires a completely clear and dispassionate state of consciousness, but you will not feel like doing that kind of work anyway. You will want to engage your emotions in whatever you do, and you will experience a richness of feeling and inner life that is satisfying in itself. This influence is good for any business matters concerning the general public or for any situation in which you have to appear before the public or a large group. Otherwise it is not an influence that stimulates drive and ambition.

Now…for fun,great information and $%^%’s and giggles, go read Fly’s update at The Dakar Spot. His excitement is contagious and hilarious. You can tell he is on an adrenaline high that is going to leave him totally exhausted eventually. Collapse…sleep…snore.

Don’t forget…you can watch Robby’s entire journey through the rally at YouTube.com/RGM7.

Like I said, this is a very significant time in Robby’s life. What will he do in NASCAR this year? He is going to be focused. I promise you that.

He may even make The Chase.

Robby Gordon - Andy Grider - Dakar Astro- Forecast Stage 13




Here are the ’scope’s for Robby Gordon and Andy Grider for today’s Stage 13.

Mercury Trine Jupiter exact at 08:17
activity period from 18 January 2007 to 19 January 2007.
Theme: Positive thinking
This is an excellent time for making plans for the future and creating organizational systems, as well as for all other intellectual and mental efforts. However, there is a tendency to avoid really difficult mental or intellectual problems, taking the easy way out instead. But if you can create the proper sense of discipline, you should be able to overcome these negative effects and make this a day of very creative mental activity. This influence opens up and sharpens your mind so that you see, even if subliminally, all the possibilities inherent in a situation. This enables you to turn it to your best advantage. Also this influence gives you a well-founded feeling of optimism, which in turn creates the well-known “power of positive thinking.”

Mars Opposition Moon exact at 07:40
activity period from 18 January 2007 to 21 January 200
Theme: The other one
During this time you may find your own inward unconscious drives
mirrored in someone else’s actions. Usually this occurs as a conflict in which the other person acts very irrationally and compulsively in ways that are detrimental to your goals. Look at this person very carefully. Although it may seem quite magical, he or she is really reflecting your own inward ego problems. The other person is yourself! This is because you tend to project your inner attitudes onto the other person, rather than experiencing the other person directly as he or she really is. Unpleasant as it may be to deal with someone who is being difficult, you may learn a great deal about yourself in the process.

Venus Sextile Saturn exact at 20:50
activity period from 18 January 2007 to 20 January 2007.
Theme: Mutual expectations
This influence will show you in a positive way the duties and obligations that you have to live up to in your relationships. This will not be especially difficult for you, because you get considerable gratification from being of service to your loved ones. The reality of your emotional relationships is extremely important to you. Because you want relationships that are real, this is a good time to sit down with a loved one and arrive at a conscious understanding of what you expect from each other. A relationship can be ruined by not knowing what each party demands and needs from the other. Today you can make this clear to both lovers and friends and thereby minimize a possible source of trouble in your relationships.

Moon Trine Uranus exact at 05:04
active only on 19 January 2007.
Theme: Sudden moves
Weak, transient effect: This morning you are likely to crave emotional excitement, something that departs from the routine of your daily life. You are likely to seek out people who are different from those you usually meet. You might spend the day or evening in very different surroundings. And while you may feel a bit impulsive, these impulses make you feel more alive rather than inclined to act rashly or stupidly. On a more quiet level, you may use this energy to make needed changes in your immediate personal life or your domestic environment. While others may seem startled by your apparently sudden moves, these changes should be constructive, and the people in your life will accept them. If you have to deal with groups of people or with the general public, you will advocate change and new policies.

Andy Grider
The aspects today increases the flow of communication and ideas between yourself and other people. However, it can also indicate serious ego conflicts and conflicts of will expressed verbally or through other means of communications. If you are not careful how you use your resources, you will encounter turbulence and difficulty. You may feel that you have an urgent message to deliver today, and you may find it difficult to wait for the chance to express yourself. When you have said what you wanted to say, others may be strongly opposed to it. A compromise may be necessary, but it will not be easy to bring about except by introducing a third party into the discussion. Just be careful that the third party is really neutral and that both you and your opponent are convinced of that.

Mercury Conjunction Jupiter coming into effect, with activity from 19 January 2007 to 20 January 2007, broadens your comprehension of any issue you are interested in.
and your understanding of life in general as you encounter it today. You are concerned with the largest, most comprehensive possible view, and you are eager to incorporate new information into your way of looking at the world. At the same time you are intellectually more tolerant of other viewpoints, seeing them not as a threat to your views, but as a way of enlarging them. Your ability to see the larger view today enables you to plan with foresight. Where others see only confusion, you can see a pattern and come up with insights that will amaze others. In business or social activities you are able to organize very effectively, grouping people together so they can work most efficiently.

Venus Trine Uranus
Theme: A Change of Pace
Active only on 19 January 2007
This is a good day for doing something different. You are probably bored with the daily routine and would like to do something that provides a stimulating, unusual change of pace. You seek this not only in diversions, but also in your relationships. The people you meet today are likely to be quite different from your usual friends. A love relationship that starts during this time is apt to be electric, exciting, unstable and short. You are not looking for a steady relationship now; as a rule you desire the unusual. You may make some unconventional arrangement with your lover, such as agreeing to have other lovers. This influence also causes relationships to begin suddenly and then quickly go through all stages of a love affair.

Moon Trine Pluto
active only on 19 January 2007.
Theme: A serious mood
Weak, transient effect: This morning your feelings and emotions are much more intense, but at the same time your sensitivity is stimulated. You feel everything much more powerfully than usual, and you are not likely to take your feelings or anyone else’s lightly. It puts you in a serious mood and makes you seek the most powerful and intimate encounters with another. Sexual relationships may be considerably enriched, because this influence enables you to get past the superficial levels of communication that may have been driving you and your loved one apart. In this way you can again feel as one. In general, life will call you to approach it with some passion and feeling. And if you can respond, it can be a very rich and rewarding experience in which you learn much about your feelings.

Moon Conjunction Jupiter
exact at 10:54
activity period from 19 January 2007 to 20 January 2007.
Theme:Heart over mind
Weak, transient effect: This influence usually denotes a brief period of good feelings and generosity toward others. Today during the day you feel that everything is all right, and you have nothing to fear. You express your self-confidence by being above petty irritations. Not easily angered, you tolerate even the most harsh behavior from other people. But you probably won’t have to contend with “harsh behavior,” because the energy of this influence does not arouse it in those around you. You will get what you give - kindness, friendship and nurturing support. This influence can also awaken your concern for the deeper aspects of life. You may seek metaphysical and spiritual insights, but with your heart rather than your mind. Rational knowledge is not likely to satisfy you at this time.
Mars Square Pluto
activity period from 18 January 2007 to 21 January 2007.
Theme:Fierce struggles
This can be a time for creatively transforming the world around you, or it can be a time of fierce power struggles and disagreements. These are the two poles that this influence swings between. It arouses your ambitions and makes you want to get ahead. Your energy level is very high, and you can use it to get a lot of work done. But unfortunately you will have a tendency to go about your work in such a way that you arouse great opposition from the people you confront. Or you may have to confront someone else’s energies, which may result in your taking a different course of action from what you originally intended. The energies of this influence can also lead to being the victim of someone else’s ruthlessness. Therefore you should avoid dangerous places and violent people.

So Dakar has come down to serious business. Robby and Andy are 8th place over all going into this stage , a few hours behind the leader. A couple of Rabbit’s are no longer in the way. A couple still are.

Tally Ho!! Onward!!
GAS ON!!

Robby Gordon Andy Grider-Dakar Astro ‘Scopes for Stage 12

After a nice little rest and a non- competitive day, Robby, Andy and Team Dakar USA are staning overall in 8 th place at Dakar.
The ’scope’s for Stage 12 are again, highly competetive…and just what they need. The more “negative” aspects can be turned into positive energy. Robby and Andy are both very good at this.

Robby~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mercury Trine Jupiter
activity period from 18 January 2007 to 19 January 2007.
Theme: Positive thinking.
This is an excellent time for making plans for the future and creating organizational systems, as well as for all other intellectual and mental efforts. However, there is a tendency to avoid really difficult mental or intellectual problems, taking the easy way out instead. But if you can create the proper sense of discipline, you should be able to overcome these negative effects and make this a day of very creative mental activity. This influence opens up and sharpens your mind so that you see, even if subliminally, all the possibilities inherent in a situation. This enables you to turn it to your best advantage. Also this influence gives you a well-founded feeling of optimism, which in turn creates the well-known “power of positive thinking.

Venus Sextile Saturn
activity period from 18 January 2007 to 20 January 2007.
Theme:Mutual expectations
This influence will show you in a positive way the duties and obligations that you have to live up to in your relationships. This will not be especially difficult for you, because you get considerable gratification from being of service to your loved ones. The reality of your emotional relationships is extremely important to you. Because you want relationships that are real, this is a good time to sit down with a loved one and arrive at a conscious understanding of what you expect from each other. A relationship can be ruined by not knowing what each party demands and needs from the other. Today you can make this clear to both lovers and friends and thereby minimize a possible source of trouble in your relationships.

Theme: Moon Square Ascendant
Activity period from 18 January 2007 to 19 January 2007
Wrapped up
Weak, transient effect: This morning your emotions are strong when dealing with others, which can be either good or bad, depending on how you handle it. On the plus side, it gives you a great deal of sensitivity toward others. You can feel their moods immediately and respond to them so that you are able to fit into any group you are with. You value emotional contacts now, and you project feeling, warmth and concern to others. But on the negative side, this influence can also signify that you are so wrapped up in your moods that you can’t get out of yourself and relate to anyone else. In either case your moods are likely to fluctuate rather rapidly, so do not take your emotions too seriously at this time. You should make an effort to be with others, because forcing yourself to relate will bring out the better side of this influence.

Theme: Moon Trine Pluto
activity period from 18 January 2007 to 19 January 2007.
Theme:A serious mood
Weak, transient effect: Today during the day your feelings and emotions are much more intense, but at the same time your sensitivity is stimulated. You feel everything much more powerfully than usual, and you are not likely to take your feelings or anyone else’s lightly. It puts you in a serious mood and makes you seek the most powerful and intimate encounters with another. Sexual relationships may be considerably enriched, because this influence enables you to get past the superficial levels of communication that may have been driving you and your loved one apart. In this way you can again feel as one. In general, life will call you to approach it with some passion and feeling. And if you can respond, it can be a very rich and rewarding experience in which you learn much about your feelings.

Moon Sextile Neptune
activity period from 18 January 2007 to 19 January 2007.
Theme:Selflessness
Weak, transient effect: This influence makes you very sensitive to other people’s moods, and if you are at all psychic you will be more sensitive in this regard as well. But with this sensitivity, you have to be careful about the people you are with. On the other hand, it is good to be with friends whom you are devoted to. This quality of time can signify selflessness and genuinely caring for others without regard for your own needs, and this is not done in a martyred spirit. You feel great sympathy and compassion for those who are in need, and are willing to help either personally or through working with a charitable group. This influence may also arouse your daydreaming tendencies. Tonight you may wish to be by yourself and retire into your own private inner world, or you may wish to talk about your daydreams with friends.

Moon Square Saturn
active only on 18 January 2007.
ThemeA fleeting depression
Weak, transient effect: This influence can indicate a period of fleeting depression. This morning you are inclined to feel lonely and out of touch with others. Sometimes you have a pronounced sense that no one loves you, whether or not it is true. It is very important to realize that your moods and sensations under this influence often do not reflect reality, even though they seem to. One area where you can have real trouble is in relationships. You will find it unusually difficult to relate emotionally to another person during this time. Either you are caught up in internal negativism, or you feel so cold and insensitive that you do not register signals from other people very well. This in turn leads to failures of communication and genuine misunderstandings. Obviously this is not a good time to become involved in an emotionally delicate situation.

Andy~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Activity period from 18 January 2007 to 19 January 2007.
Usually this influence increases the flow of communication and ideas between yourself and other people. However, it can also indicate serious ego conflicts and conflicts of will expressed verbally or through other means of communications. Be careful ou will encounter turbulence and difficulty. You may feel that you have an urgent message to deliver today, and you may find it difficult to wait for the chance to express yourself. When you have said what you wanted to say, others may be strongly opposed to it. A compromise may be necessary, but it will not be easy to bring about except by introducing a third party into the discussion. Just be careful that the third party is really neutral and that both you and your opponent are convinced of that.

Moon Square Uranus
active only on 18 January 2007.
Theme:A bit wild
Weak, transient effect: This morning the quality of time arouses an independent and rebellious spirit in you. You are inclined to do exactly the opposite of what someone suggests and to reject whatever others say simply because they said it. For the same reasons you are impatient with restraints, duties and responsibilities. There is a great need to be free and to do something very different, maybe even a little bit wild. You have a strong craving for excitement with this influence, and you may act in ways that you would never consider in a more sober mood. This could be either good or bad, of course, depending on how conservative you usually are and how unusual or outrageous the action. For some people this can be a very liberating influence. For others it is a bit too much.

Moon Square Ascendant
active only on 18 January 2007.
Theme:Wrapped up
Weak, transient effect: This morning your emotions are strong when dealing with others, which can be either good or bad, depending on how you handle it. On the plus side, it gives you a great deal of sensitivity toward others. You can feel their moods immediately and respond to them so that you are able to fit into any group you are with. You value emotional contacts now, and you project feeling, warmth and concern to others. But on the negative side, this influence can also signify that you are so wrapped up in your moods that you can’t get out of yourself and relate to anyone else. In either case your moods are likely to fluctuate rather rapidly, so do not take your emotions too seriously at this time. You should make an effort to be with others, because forcing yourself to relate will bring out the better side of this influence.

Moon Square Mars
activity period from 18 January 2007 to 19 January 2007.
Theme: Letting off steam
Weak, transient effect: Today during the day there is a real danger of needless disputes, irritability, emotionalism, rash action and hastiness, which may result in harm or inconvenience later. You will find it difficult to handle other people for awhile. One of the challenges now is to successfully let off steam without making an unnecessary shambles. If you frequently feel somewhat discouraged about yourself, you should be especially careful with this influence. You may see everything that comes your way as a threat and react much too defensively. If you have a bolder and more self-confident temperament, you may be inclined to act too quickly, to be hasty and overcritical of others. Or you may be accident prone. With this influence, you are not as careful as you should be, and you might hurt yourself. ** SO BE CAREFUL

We are in the last few days of the Rally. The terrain gets harder and the challenges from fatigue, stress, heat, danger and tough competition will show…
All I have to say for tonite is: Let’s make some stew.
Kill the Rest of those Rabbit’s!!
Gas On!!!
Tally Ho!! Onwards!!

Robby Gordon - Andy Grider -Dakar Astro-Forecast stage 11

You know the saying “I’m out in Timbuktu?” Well…Robby and Andy are where Timbuktu is. Mali.

The Dakar Rally big wig boss’s decided to cancel the two Néma-Timbuktu and Timbuktu-Néma stages, scheduled for the today and tomorrow, after the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised against running the 10th and 11th stages.

In spite of the extensive surveillance and the guarantees provided by the Mali authorities, this precautionary measure is vital in safeguarding the security of the competitors.

After the sporting teams of the rally considered an alternative solution, a loop stage from Néma to Néma, including a timed sector of 376 kilometres, which is what was run today. Tomorrow, the competitors will enjoy half a rest day, and will then take to the road for a liaison stage of approximately 280 km towards Ayoun-el-Atrous in Mauritania, from where the next start of the rally will start on 18 January, heading for Kayes in Mali.

Robby’s ’scope just get ’s better and better. This is his year. Period. Robby and Andy are 8th place overall as of today.

Here are the scope’s for Robby, Andy and Team Dakar USA for tomorrow:

Robby Gordon, born 2 January 1969
Sun Conjunction Mercury
exact at 14:03

activity period from 16 January 2007 to 18 January 2007.

Theme: Getting across
Today you are likely to have many more conversations with people. Certainly this is an opportunity to get your point of view across to others, and you may be more inclined to talk than to listen. The nature of this influence makes you most concerned with matters that apply directly to yourself or that speak to you through your personal experience.You are more involved in examining yourself, stating your position with respect to others and announcing your intentions than in examining the world. You initiate communication, you talk to others and you express your point of view. Nevertheless, it is important to have a thorough understanding of the people and conditions you live with. Being excessively involved in yourself and your own ideas will weaken the effectiveness of what you do today.

Mercury Trine Uranus exact at 10:09
activity period from 17 January 2007 to 18 January 2007.

Theme: Untried and True
This is a very stimulating influence that will make you feel more alive and awake mentally than at any other time. Although your thinking may be somewhat lacking in care and discipline, you will make up for this in the scope of your intuition. This is an excellent day to tackle some problem that you have been unable to solve with tried and true solutions. New ideas will come more rapidly than usual. Solutions that have eluded you will be obvious, and your vision will have considerable breadth and scope. Any new phenomenon will interest you, and the idea of traveling to foreign places will be especially appealing. If at all possible, break with your usual routine and go off somewhere, at least for the day. If you do, you will be glad for the freshness that such a break introduces into your life.

Sun Sextile Neptune exact at 23:55
activity period from 17 January 2007 to 19 January 2007.

Theme: What it all means
This influence enables you to sense energies in the people and circumstances around you more keenly than usual. You are more aware of others’ needs and more willing to help them out. Others will be aware of your receptivity, and friends and neighbors may ask you for assistance. But you will not find this irksome, because service to others is a satisfactory form of self-expression for you now. You want to do it and you will do it. Spiritual and mystical concerns are likely to claim your attention much more than usual. Today it is not enough to understand what something is; you also have to know what it means. This is an excellent day to withdraw from your normal routine and meditate upon the concerns that are important to you.

Moon Conjunction Sun activity period from 17 January 2007 to 18 January 2007. Theme:A burst of energy
Weak, transient effect: Today during the day you experience something like your personal “new Moon,” a time when your mind and body are recharged for the month ahead. Your feelings may now be very strongly influenced by the larger emotional patterns that dominate your life. Usually this influence is felt as a burst of energy in which will, physical vitality and emotions all work together harmoniously. The split between mind and feelings that often plagues us all is not noticeable now, and your relations with others, particularly in interactions with women, will probably work more smoothly than usual. This is an outward reflection of your inner harmony. Group efforts are very favorably affected by this influence, because it gives you greater sensitivity to the feelings of people around you.

Moon in the 10th House
activity period from 18 January 2007 to 19 January 2007.

Theme:Emotional display

This influence brings professional and business concerns into focus, but in a way that will test you. Your most intimate and personal life is on public display more than usual now, and you may find it difficult to hide certain facts about yourself. Obviously you are best off if you have nothing to hide. Even if you usually have reservations about emotional display in public, you are likely to indulge in such displays now. For example, you might have a public argument with a loved one or partner, or you might have a public outburst of good emotions. Perhaps you will want to help someone whom you know through your job and make the relationship something more than professional. But if it is to your disadvantage to blur the distinction between business and personal relationships, be careful, because you will tend to do this.

Moon Square Uranus
active only on 17 January 2007.

Theme: A bit wild

Weak, transient effect: This morning the quality of time arouses an independent and rebellious spirit in you. You are inclined to do exactly the opposite of what someone suggests and to reject whatever others say simply because they said it. For the same reasons you are impatient with restraints, duties and responsibilities. There is a great need to be free and to do something very different, maybe even a little bit wild. You have a strong craving for excitement with this influence, and you may act in ways that you would never consider in a more sober mood. This could be either good or bad, of course, depending on how conservative you usually are and how unusual or outrageous the action. For some people this can be a very liberating influence. For others it is a bit too much.

Moon Square Jupiter
active only on 17 January 2007.

Theme: The loftier side

Weak, transient effect: This is usually a very positive influence, making you feel very benevolent and generous toward those around you. This morning your spirit is inclined toward contemplation of the loftier aspects of life. You are not concerned with the nasty little details that make life less than it should be, although you are aware of them. But you simply cannot see any point in paying any attention to them. Emotionally you feel quite good, for this influence promotes optimism and positive thinking. At times this influence indicates self- righteousness and smug arrogance, as if you considered yourself as the embodiment of social truth and wisdom. This attitude may not be entirely conscious on your part, but it may be subtly evident in your phrasing or in an unspoken attitude toward others.

Andy Grider, born 28 July 1973
Mercury Sextile Neptune

activity period from 17 January 2007 to 18 January 2007.

Theme: Dreaminess

This influence stimulates the imagination in a very positive way. Your sensitivity and awareness of the subtler aspects of the world around you is greatly increased, and your intuition is much stronger than usual. Sometimes this influence accompanies a period of dreaminess, in which you spend much time fantasizing. In your contacts with people, you have a much clearer sense of what is going on in others’ minds. If you can keep your perceptions straight in your head, you will be astonished by the insights about people that this influence can bring. However, during this time it is often difficult to keep your intuitions sorted out. Clear thinking is not one of your strong points today, and in fact you should try not to use your rational mind very much. Rely more on your inner senses and feelings.

Moon Trine Venus
active only on 17 January 2007.

This morning this influence brings about pleasant feelings between you and everyone around you. It is a good time for being with friends or out having a good time. You enjoy everyone around you and they enjoy you. Similarly you will enjoy good food and drink now, but be careful not to overdo it. During this time you will tend to take things into yourself, so it is easy to overindulge. This is not a good time for getting very much work done, because it often brings out a lazy streak. One exception to this is that you may feel like working to beautify or otherwise improve your home. You need beautiful surroundings, and you will work to get them. This is a good time for love relationships. This influence by itself is too fleeting to start a major relationship, but it certainly is a help.

Andy’s moon is at Natal angle exactly at 20:15. I don’t get to see this very often. It happen’s to all of us…however I just haven’t seen it in the Driver’s ’scopes.

If he were a woman trying to have a baby, this would be the time to do it. This information is used in Cosmo-Biology, a theory that claims that this is the most fertile phase in a woman’s monthly cycle. Some women use this theory for birth control.
As much faith as I have in Astrology…I wouldn’t use it for birth control.
So tomorrow, a little rest…and then:

GAS ON!!
RABBIT STEW FOR DINNER!!

Dakar - Stage 10

Mornin’ Everyone,

Stage 10 : Nema-Nema- 36600m

Robby Gordon and Andy Grider did amazing to CP1, they tied with the leader, N.Al Attiyah, with a time of 1hr 56mins 49secs, though they are listed in 2nd. At CP2 Robby and Andy came in fifth, only 1min 28secs behind the leader, H.Masuoka (JPN). They lost 34mins in the final 5okm, finishing 23rd for the stage but still 8th in overall standings. I haven’t found what happen to them, I’ll let you know if I find out.

Stage 10
23 R.GORDON (USA) 04:23:51 00:34:03

Overall
8 R. GORDON (USA) 44:28:13 06:52:54.00

Rosi
OnTheMove-RobbyGordon.com

Robby Gordon - Andy Grider -Dakar Astro-Forecast stage 10


First of all, the Moon enter’s Capricorn tomorrow, for all of us.
Second of all, before you read this go read Fly’s blog, The Dakar Spot… Then come back and read the ’scopes.
From Dakar.com:
This is a loop special stage where competitors will encounter their last sand dunes before moving on to savannah terrain. A curvy route but a fast one as well, which should not help get big gaps… The different leaders of the different categories should play it safe, unless the Mitsubishi benefit right away from the misfortunes of Volkswagen to go get their first stage victory of this year’s Dakar. No…The Monster Hummer can do it…

Robby Gordon’s ’scope looks a bit scary at first…but don’t worry. It’s all cool.

Mercury Square Mars exact at 09:03 Theme:Touchy and irritable
Activity period from 16 January 2007 to 17 January 2007.
This influence can be quite difficult. You are inclined to feel touchy and irritable and to regard almost any communication from another person as a challenge. And you will make this attitude so clear to people that they may even tread lightly around you for fear of setting you off. Anyone who crosses you will be told off in no uncertain terms. The worst way to handle this influence, but what you are most likely to do, is to identify your own ego with what you believe or think. This will make you act as if your very life were threatened, which of course it is not. If you have to fight for your beliefs, this influence can be a help, but don’t look for a battle or create an issue where none exists.

Moon Square Pluto exact at 08:59 activity period from 16 January 2007 to 17 January 2007.
Theme: Sudden urges
Weak, transient effect: This influence can have many different effects, some of which you should be quite careful of. To begin with, it encourages compulsive behavior; your emotions acquire so much momentum that it is difficult not to give in to sudden urges and impulses that may not be good for you in the long run, particularly if you have been trying to suppress your feelings. This influence is least difficult if you deal with your feelings honestly and do not try to hide them from yourself. On the plus side, however, this influence allows you to go inside yourself and find out what you really want in any situation. Emotional self-analysis is very effective now, as long as you are willing to be honest. Encounters with others may also force an emotional self-confrontation which is useful, even though possibly unpleasant.

Moon Square Chiron activity period from 16 January 2007 to 17 January 2007.

Attention, Children!
At this time you have to deal with your own hurt feelings - either you are reminded of old wounds by some incident, or a sore point is disturbed again. Maybe you feel a little weak and are conscious of a certain aversion to handling the usual everyday interchanges - a feeling as if you were coming down with flu. If you now have the need to be alone, then that is what you should really do. If you make too many demands on yourself or if you are not left in peace, you may become hurtful to others - for example, your children if you are a parent - as a result of a certain indifference. Fortunately, this influence lasts at most half a day.

Moon Opposition Moon activity period from 16 January 2007 to 17 January 2007.
Theme: Usually beneficial
Weak, transient effect: Tonight your moods are quite deep and your emotions powerful. If you are aware, all your contacts at this time will show you how your emotional state affects other people. This can be either good or bad, but the growth in consciousness is usually very beneficial. One problem with this influence, however, is that you find it difficult to see any point of view but your own. Also, in dealings with a group there is a danger that you will feel that your own interests and desires are opposed to theirs, thus creating more potential for disagreement. You must learn to detach yourself somewhat in order to observe your feelings in action. Otherwise you will not be able afterwards to evaluate what you saw.

Moon in the 9th House activity period from 16 January 2007 to 18 January 2007. Theme: Just bored
At this time you may feel a strong urge to get away from the daily routine and go off somewhere, and you may not be entirely conscious of the reasons behind this drive. It is a mood, a restlessness that is hard to pin down. But there is more than one way to get away; for example it can be done in the mind as well as in the physical world. Travel may be beneficial as long as the break from your routine isn’t too radical. You are not really interested in getting totally away from it all, you are just bored with your everyday life. Study or mental journeys may be more useful, because you can remain in familiar surroundings supported by the comforts of your normal world. Yet at the same time you can expose yourself to ideas and concepts that are both revolutionary and liberating. Thus you can have some of the excitement that you crave.

Moon Sextile Venus exact at 13:45 activity period from 16 January 2007 to 17 January 2007.
Theme: A reasonably pleasant time
Weak, transient effect: Today during the day you want to be with your friends and the people you love. This influence helps to ensure that you will have a reasonably pleasant time with them. Feelings of love and friendship may build in all areas of your life now, and you feel that life is richer and a little more rewarding. It is a good time to have friends to your home for entertainment. You are able to make them feel good, and they will appreciate it, for you make it clear that you care about them. In general, your home situation and immediate environment will be the sources of your greatest satisfaction during this period. Your light and cheerful mood will be picked up by everyone around you, too. However, you should be careful not to become passive.

Moon Sextile Mars exact at 21:48 Activity period from 16 January 2007 to 17 January 2007.
Theme: An adequate chance
Weak, transient effect: Tonight you have the capacity to work either with others or alone. If you work with others you will have to have a lot of independence or some kind of leadership role in order to feel that you have been given an adequate chance. Probably you will get that chance. You have a much greater desire than usual to take the initiative and much stronger feelings of courage and self-reliance. In working with others, you will be able to give them the feeling that your aims are theirs, so that they will work with you more willingly. If you have to defend your point of view when challenged, you will not back down but will argue your case with vigor and passion. Others will respect you for this even when they do not agree. You do not feel any need to make unwarranted attacks in order to maintain yourself.

Moon Trine Ascendant exact at 02:20 active only on 16 January 2007. Theme: Maternal instincts
Weak, transient effect: This influence is good for all kinds of relationships in that all your contacts with others this morning are warm and emotional. You do not choose superficial or formal contacts but instead desire to make a personal connection with everyone you meet. At the same time you feel a strong need to protect and nurture those whom you are close to. There is something of the maternal instinct in the way you care for others. You are also very sensitive to people’s emotional needs and wants, which enables you to respond to them at a very deep level of understanding. You will want to feel that you belong to any group that you associate with at this time. Fortunately you will also be able to make others feel that they belong with you. Your emotions are so much closer to the surface of your being that you can see them clearly.

Remember that all through this, a very special thing is happening in Robby’s Chart. Neptune is sextile his Saturn, which bring wonderful things into his life and counter balance the small negative aspect’s that are here and there. It has been active since Feb.2006 and in effect until Dec. 2007.

Theme: The real and the ideal
Valid during many months: At this time the ideal and the real are well balanced in your life, and you are in an excellent position to reflect upon their relationship to each other. Ask yourself what is true for you and then ask what you would like to be. In this way you can see which is which without the confusion that so often marks our efforts to separate the ideal from the real. At the same time you can see what actions you can take to help bring about the ideal in place of what is presently real and to make it a solid and useful part of your own life and of the lives of those around you.

But you are not impatient now, and you are much more willing to accept what is real than at other times. You see no real contest between the real and the ideal. Also you are not so concerned about getting your own way that you insist on the kind of ego battle with the real world in which either you or it wins. (And reality usually wins in these cases.)

You are patient now, because this influence enables you to live on very little. You are inclined to be abstemious and opposed to self- indulgence, and you may subject yourself to a rather stern regimen of alternating work and introspection. At this time you are most concerned with higher truths and how you can actualize them in your own life.

This is a good time to withdraw somewhat from your usual activities, to stand back and see what you have accomplished and what remains to be done. You are capable of adopting a very calm and meditative attitude so that you can choose intelligently and take the proper course of action.

This is also a good time to do work that helps others. It would satisfy your need to act selflessly and to be a part of the larger scheme.

Uranus is also Sextile Robby’s Sun from March 2006 until Feb 2007. This is a very significant aspect.

Theme: Who you are
Valid during many months: The effects of this influence are not always spectacular, but if you watch carefully, you will notice that there are all kinds of new and stimulating happenings in your life. It is not running along in the usual manner. But the changes and the unexpected events are not especially disturbing to you. Instead they open up new understandings and opportunities and give you a feeling that life still has some excitement and potential for growth.

Opportunities may come about through friends, or they may simply pop up in some other area of your everyday environment. You may become involved with a new group of people who live in a way that you hadn’t thought possible before. You may be attracted to new philosophies and new techniques for managing your life. This is one of the influences under which people begin to study astrology.

All of these events are expressing your desire for greater freedom of self-expression. During this time you have the opportunity to gain greater control over your life and to make it a better vehicle for what you want to do. Any relationship that begins under this influence will be an expression of this fact, and even old relationships will be changed so that they further your objectives. Opportunities for advancement in your work will come suddenly through relationships with your superiors.

All of this sounds like luck, but this influence actually is showing you that your life can be much more free and that your potentials are greater than you have realized. We all have a natural tendency to settle into comfortable ruts, which can be severely limiting. But the energy of this influence acts suddenly, so that you are forced to sit up and take notice. The purpose of this influence is to tell you who you are. It is not giving you anything you haven’t earned.

Andy Grider

Mars Opposition Saturn exact at 21:43 activity period from 14 January 2007 to 17 January 2007.
Theme: A critical culmination
For many people, this is an extremely irritating influence, requiring great patience and forbearance as well as willingness to keep yourself in the background for a while. During this time you may feel lonely and cut off from others, as if you couldn’t get through to them. At this time you can do work that requires great concentration of energy and meticulous care. If you have been working on a project of this sort, it may now approach completion or each a critical culmination. Often other people’s aggressive actions will have blocked your success, but also you may have not prepared adequately for the challenges that any personal initiative must face. Make sure not to strain your body unnecessarily now. Try to relax and avoid situations that produce needless tension.

Moon Opposition Saturn exact at 16:59 activity period from 16 January 2007 to 17 January 2007.
This influence, although brief, can have a disruptive effect on your relationships. The problem is that it tends to make you feel very lonely and isolated, as if there is no one you can communicate with. And this can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Perhaps unconsciously you send out signals to others declaring that you do not want to be bothered. You may get into a depressed mood that baffles the people around you, so they give up on you for the time being and stop trying to help you. There is a strong tendency to look on the dark side of life and to react much more strongly to disappointments and failures than to reinforcement from others and success. The best way to handle such feelings is to do nothing. Don’t take them seriously and don’t make any decisions based on the way you feel now.

Moon Square Pluto exact at 21:52 activity period from 16 January 2007 to 17 January 2007.
Theme: Sudden urges
Weak, transient effect: This influence can have many different effects, some of which you should be quite careful of. To begin with, it encourages compulsive behavior; your emotions acquire so much momentum that it is difficult not to give in to sudden urges and impulses that may not be good for you in the long run, particularly if you have been trying to suppress your feelings. This influence is least difficult if you deal with your feelings honestly and do not try to hide them from yourself. On the plus side, however, this influence allows you to go inside yourself and find out what you really want in any situation. Emotional self-analysis is very effective now, as long as you are willing to be honest. Encounters with others may also force an emotional self-confrontation which is useful, even though possibly unpleasant.

Now, all of the above are mellowed and even turned around opposite to be balanced out by these influences:

Moon Trine Mars exact at 04:52 active only on 16 January 2007.
Theme: Inner excitement
Weak, transient effect: This morning you can assert yourself in a positive manner and stand your ground if necessary. You may feel more courage and confidence than usual, which you express by taking the initiative in making emotional contacts with others. You speak very directly and forcefully, but without being offensive, which others will respect you for. This is a good time to work as a leader with groups of people. You understand what is needed, and you can unify your objectives and theirs, usually by talking them around to your point of view. Whenever you talk with others, you radiate an inner excitement, as if you were ready for immediate action. Under this influence you have the capacity to start projects, although you should keep in mind that this is a short-term influence and its effects will not last long.

Moon Trine Chiron exact at 01:19 active only on 16 January 2007.
Theme: Strengthen the soul
Almost everyone feels in one way or another unsure of themselves, vulnerable or inferior with regard to their bodies. Today’s influence disturbs just this feeling of yours, but not painfully - rather this is noticeable as a yearning to be accepted with all your hurts, to find understanding and love - and thus also healing and relief. You are now far more aware of your own sensitivities, so that you are also in a position to be more considerate to yourself. If you do something good for your body today - for example, have a massage or visit a sauna - it will also strengthen your soul. Poetic and romantic music have a pronounced effect on you at this time.

The really big one?

Saturn Trine Mars activity period from beginning of October 2006 until middle of July 2007.
Theme: A formidable opponent
Valid during many months: At this time you are capable of hard work undertaken from a very broad perspective. You can put great effort into tasks that are rather narrow in immediate scope but that fit into a larger plan. You are able to organize many small details into an overall pattern in order to accomplish larger tasks. You express your energies in a careful and controlled manner, which will win you the respect of others for your diligence and perseverance. If there is hard exacting work to be done, you can do it better now than at other times. This is a favorable time for any kind of work that requires precision and concentrated effort. It is good for metal or stone work, drawing up exact plans, building, grinding, polishing and cutting, especially with metal tools. This is a time when you are content to be patient and to work slowly toward your objectives. Your expectations are modest, and you are willing to do whatever is necessary to attain them. Others will find you a formidable opponent, simply because you look at all the alternatives and choose your course of action carefully and methodically. One could describe your manner as “relentless.” This is not a glamorous time in your life, but your actions can lead to real and lasting accomplishments.

When you overlay Robby’s chart with Andy’s this is the perfect combination for some serious racing! Move ‘um up and the Rabbit’s out.

** I borrowed this picture from one of the “Rabbit’s” forum’s. I had about 500 hits from one particular foreign forum page, always looking at Robby’s scope’s within minutes of me posting. So I checked it out. Found a tool that translates um….a certain #1 Rabbit Language. They were talking about the Rabbit’s and how worried the Rabbit’s are about The Monster.

So here is the ’scope’s for all the VW’s and Mitsu’s.
WRECK
ENGINE FAILURE
Water into Oil issue’s
Steering column breaks.
Stew for dinner, anyone?
Every one is safe, however…end of the road for them. They should just not bother and withdraw for personal reasons.

Tally Ho!! Onward!!
Gas on!! Kill those Rabbit’s!!

Dakar: Robby Gordon - Andy Grider - Astro -Aspect’s for stage 9


I can’t believe I did this. I wrote the ’scope’s all out last night, and saved it as a draft instead of publishing it. Duh….oh well.
Rosi from OnTheMove-RobbyGordon.com is going to be joining me for updates and commentary on Dakar. She is a bit more on the ball than I am, obviously.


From Rosi…just now:
Another good day for Robby.
Almost a top 10 for Robby. He finished 11th for the stage, with a time of 6hrs 05mins 12secs making him 33mins 09secs behind the leader.
Robby passed CP1 in 10th and CP2 in 9th
His overall standing now is 8th Total time 40hrs 04mins 22secs, he is 6hrs 20mins 59secs
behind the leader.
All the drivers are not in, so his positions could change.
Have a good day,
Rosi

Thanks Rosi!! I see that I didn’t send off that “note” I was supposed to either. What can you expect from an avid fan of The Apprentice. ..and Grease.

Also, there is a new map out of the Dakar Route, I don’t really understand that kind of topographical map, but my #1, #88, I mean #44 fan, Dale did. Of course he did , because he too is a high IQ donkey. See the map here…

Here are the scope’s for what has already happened.

Robby has some outstanding aspect’s in his ’scope for stage 9.
Mars Square Chiron exact at 07:47
activity period from 14 January 2007 to 17 January 2007.
Theme: Verbal Disagreements and Hurtful Arguments
During this time you should be careful and keep a tight rein on yourself - especially if you are anyway of a spirited disposition. If you are after some kind of “conquest”, it is quite possible that under this influence you ignore warning signs and advance too directly and abruptly. There is also the danger, at the moment, that you scent competition or opposition where there is none. If you are too sensitive and quick- tempered, take every criticism personally and react in an offended manner, then around every corner is an enemy, every conversation can turn into an argument in which you finally, without reason, and probably without conscious intent, hurt others and are presumably yourself hurt to the same extent.

Now the good thing is the negativity is all balance out by this aspect:
Sun Trine Pluto
exact at 07:34 activity period from 14 January 2007 to 16 January 2007
Theme:Common-sense answers
Weak, transient effect: Tonight you will keep your emotions under control, not in a repressive, negative manner, but in a way that enables you to take a more sober and realistic view of life. You are able to put up with considerable adversity and strain during this time because it gives you patience and reserve strength. While you are not inclined to talk about your feelings to just anyone, you do not evade them in yourself. You may very well go off by yourself at this time to think about and evaluate your development. If you have a problem, seek out an older person whose wisdom you respect, who can offer emotional support and suggest practical and immediate answers. You need common-sense answers now that can be applied directly.

This is also an awesome aspect to have:
Sun Trine Pluto exact at 07:34
activity period from 14 January 2007 to 16 January 2007.

Theme: Transformative energies
This influence signifies that you need very intense and powerful experiences today so that you can learn everything possible about the inner workings of the world in general and your life in particular. This is an excellent day for taking up any kind of investigation or study. Look within yourself to determine what motivates you, what you are seeking in life and what changes you should make so that your life will run more smoothly. The transformative energies in your life now allow you to make changes rather easily and to derive great satisfaction from making them. In your contacts with others you can, if you choose, express yourself forcefully and with considerable impact. This is a good time to make an impression on someone, if you need to, but do not use this energy for ruthless or selfish purposes.
Andy:
Mars Opposition Saturn
exact at 21:43
activity period from 14 January 2007 to 17 January 2007
For many people, this is an extremely irritating influence, requiring great patience and forbearance as well as willingness to keep yourself in the background for a while. During this time you may feel lonely and cut off from others, as if you couldn’t get through to them. At this time you can do work that requires great concentration of energy and meticulous care. If you have been working on a project of this sort, it may now now approach completion or reach a critical culmination. Often other people’s aggressive actions will have blocked your success, but also you may have not prepared adequately for the challenges that any personal initiative must face. Make sure not to strain your body unnecessarily now. Try to relax and avoid situations that produce needless tension.

Moon Sextile Jupiter
exact at 00:18
activity period from 14 January 2007 to 15 January 2007.
This morning you feel quite good, and you enjoy being with congenial people. Probably it would be best to be with old friends whom you know well and with whom you have already established strong emotional ties. But you will not be closed to new acquaintances. You make it clear to those around you that you are concerned for their welfare and that you will help them out if they ever need it. And the chances are that they feel the same way about you. This influence denotes a time when you and your friends support each other and feel that you belong together. This is a good time for any sort of group activity, because by working together you all will feel that it is a group effort from which everyone will benefit equally. And this is true.

Moon Sextile Uranus
exact at 22:32
activity period from 15 January 2007 to 16 January 2007.
Tonight this influence gives you a pleasant feeling of restlessness, a desire for excitement but not to the point of disruption. You may feel like shaking up the people around you and jolting them out of their seeming lethargy. Or if you are not conscious of this desire in yourself, you may attract someone who shakes you up. Under any circumstances you want to be with exciting and stimulating companions. In your home and other close surroundings you are not willing to accept the same old situation. You may try to find ways to change your circumstances or at least provide some temporary excitement. It is possible that you will meet a new and exciting friend today, or an old friend will come back into your life unexpectedly. Friends may provide opportunities for advancement or for getting away from your usual scene for awhile.

Moon Sextile Ascendant
exact at 22:47
activity period from 15 January 2007 to 16 January 2007.
Tonight you are very sensitive to other people’s moods and can judge them quickly. You lend a sympathetic and friendly ear to people’s problems, for you have a strong desire to protect and support your friends emotionally. Peace and harmony in your personal world are very important to you at this time, and you are not willing to deal with someone else’s harsh feelings, except to try to smooth them over. Your sensitivity to other people also enables you to deal easily with groups. You respond to the group’s changes of mood and are able to fit your communication to that mood. Thus this is a good time for any sort of public appearance or situation in which you have to sell something to a group or persuade them of a point of view. You are able to make others feel that you are one of them.

So …yes….the ’scope’s for stage 10 will be done today. Rosi will be able to get into my blog to post as much as she chooses, and Tony and Jr.’s 6 month’s scope’s will show up eventually.

Tony Stewart win’s Chili Bowl!!

From Chilibowl.com:

TULSA, Okla. (January 13, 2007) – Two-time NASCAR Nextel Cup champion Tony Stewart added another Golden Driller trophy to his collection as he raced to victory lane in Saturday night’s 50-l
ap O’Reilly Chili Bowl Nationals championship feature event.

“Smoke” gridded his Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops No. 20 Spike Chassis fifth and made his way to second in the opening handful of laps before overtaking Shane Cottle for the lead more…

That’s our Smoke!! Keep it up.…2007 is going to be another great year!! Lotsa’ wins for Tony are showing in the Star’s.

Yup….Tony’s 6 month ’scope is coming up after Robby’s Dakar scope.
Jr.’s is too.

URGENT UPDATE that I forgot to gloat about:
**Sooner fan alert**
Boise State’s Chris Petersen won the Paul “Bear” Bryant Award on Thursday night as the national coach of the year. Petersen led Boise State to a 13-0 record and the No. 5 spot in the final AP poll in his first season as the team’s head coach. The Broncos finished the season with a 43-42 overtime victory over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.
Way to go Coach Chris!!
AND
(My little) Quarterback Jared Zabransky, who led the Broncos to a perfect 13-0 season, the nation’s only undefeated team by the way, will lead the Kai against the Aina squad, in The Hula Bowl which features three Gators who upset Ohio State in the BCS National Championship game last week.


Robby Gordon - Andy Grider Dakar Stage 8 ~Top Ten Finish!!


Team Dakar has had a pretty good day with a stage finish of 8th place at 18:12:36. This place’s Robby and Andy 9th over overall!!
Team Dakar USA’S time at each CP was :
CP 1 : 12:43:18
CP 2: 15:17:21
CP 3. 15:58:00

Those darn Rabbit’s were all pretty fast today…the variation between #320 Team Dakar USA and #301 DE VILLIERS and VON ZITZEWITZ was 1:14:44.
Uhbeehuhbeehuhbeeeehuhbeee right back as soon as I know any more…plus ’scope’s for stage 9.
Right on! Another Top 10 finish!

GAS ON!!
KILL THE RABBIT’S!!

**1:22 PM MST Update: Dakar.com is now showing Robby 10th overall. I’ll keep you posted.

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Robby Gordon - Andy Grider- Dakar Stage 7 Astro - Aspect’s

Here is the Video from Stage 5. My golly- gosh gee- whiz! Scary!! There must be some craziness involved. There is no other explanation why anyone would do this. Well, unless your an adrenaline junkie like I am. Plus crazy. I know that I would have some serious panic issue’s on that edge….O.k…you will understand why. Now you see what your opinion is. Could you keep you eye’s open on that edge? Could you keep your breakfast down?
I can’t wait to see the video from stage 6.

Stage 5 Video: (If you cannot see this, it is because YouTube is down for maintenece this evening.

Here are Robby and Andy’s ’scope’s for stage 7:

Robby Gordon, born 2 January 1969
Mercury Trine Pluto exact at 03:04
activity period from 11 January 2007 to 13 January 2007.
Theme: The inner dimensions
This influence signifies a concern with the very deep issues in life. Today you are interested in what goes on underneath the surface of events and phenomena, and you are willing to dig until you find out. This energy can also turn inward, which is often very profitable. It may be beneficial to be alone so that others cannot distract you from
your inward search. For this reason you are likely to be attracted to subjects that reveal the inner dimensions of the psyche, such as psychology or astrology. You may encounter someone today whose ideas have a great effect upon your mind. This is a good time for learning something new, because you can allow your beliefs to be transformed by what you learn. Also you will tend to have a strong effect on other people’s thinking today.

Moon Conjunction Mars exact at 03:35
active only on 12 January 2007.
This morning is not a good time to discuss any issues that are critical to you, because you will find it difficult to maintain your equilibrium and not fly off the handle. On the other hand, if someone challenges you unjustifiably, you certainly won’t back down without a fight. The main problem is that your sense of perspective may be so distorted that you cannot tell the important issues from the trivial ones and will defend both with equal vigor. There is also the risk that you will act hastily on many matters, impulsively and without foresight or planning. All you seem to care about is exercising your will and getting your own way. Obviously with this influence, you must try to calm down and be willing to compromise on any issue that is not really central to you.

Moon Trine Moon exact at 03:14
active only on 12 January 2007.
Theme: Restore and rejuvenate
Weak, transient effect: This morning you should have a very strong sense of well-being. Your inner self is functioning harmoniously, and you do not feel emotional turmoil or strife. At the same time you are most contented with the familiar elements of your life. You enjoy being at home with relatives and friends, and you like being surrounded by the objects you are used to. You are not in the mood for adventures, challenges and major changes, nor is it necessary to be so. There will be other times for adventure. Now you should restore and rejuvenate yourself in peace and quiet. Physical comfort is especially important to you at this time, but it doesn’t have to be lavish. Your need is for a comfortable environment that seems supportive. You want to be surrounded by whatever you feel protects you.

Moon Sextile Sun exact at 23:38
activity period from 12 January 2007 to 13 January 2007.
Tonight you experience a time of inner and outer equanimity. You can stop and take stock of yourself without feeling completely caught up in the usual turmoil and rush of events. Even if your affairs are not going too smoothly, this influence will provide a breathing space. If you have been feeling harried, you now have at least a brief opportunity to take it easy. And if you are relaxed, you will feel even better now. Your relationships with groups and friends are quite good during this time. You are able to understand other people’s needs without losing sight of your own desires for fulfillment. Opportunities may arise from unexpected corners that will improve your life in small ways at least. In general you will benefit from being out in the world today and having as much contact with others as possible.

Andy Grider Andy Grider, born 28 July 1973
Moon sextile Mars exact :05
effective 11 January - 12 January 2007
Theme:High energy
Your energy level will be high, perhaps too high if you are not careful. Watch for signs of irritable impatience with others whenever things do not go exactly as you planned. Be assertive only when the situation calls for it, not whenever you feel like it. Also watch out for baseless conflicts with others, which you may not necessarily instigate yourself. Today you should be particularly careful of conflicts with authorities. Voice your complaints if they are legitimate, but expect a certain amount of hostile reaction to them.
Also be careful that the tone of your complaint does not aggravate this hostility. What you get is usually a function of the energies that you put out. On the physical level, try to find an outlet for your vigorous energies.

Moon Sextile Venus exact at 08:05
activity period from 12 January 2007 to 13 January 2007.
This morning you want to be with your friends and the people you love. This influence helps to ensure that you will have a reasonably pleasant time with them. Feelings of love and friendship may build in all areas of your life now, and you feel that life is richer and a little more rewarding. It is a good time to have friends to your home for entertainment. You are able to make them feel good, and they will appreciate it, for you make it clear that you care about them. In general, your home situation and immediate environment will be the sources of your greatest satisfaction during this period. Your light and cheerful mood will be picked up by everyone around you, too. However, you should be careful not to become passive.

Moon Square Sun exact at 10:14
activity period from 12 January 2007 to 13 January 2007.
Today during the day you will meet some sort of challenge to the structure of your daily life, that is, your home life, intimate relations, routine daily contacts and so forth. All of us have hidden tensions that cause us to operate in ways that we do not understand. The effect of this influence is to bring these tensions to the surface. Thus you may feel ill at ease within yourself and have a bit more difficulty in getting along with others, particularly with women. Now several small areas of your life may simultaneously reach a crisis that forces you to pay more attention to what is happening. This is especially likely to happen with situations or persons that you have been taking for granted. You should take the time to correct little problems as they arise and give them the attention that they require.

Moon Square Jupiter effective 11 January - 14 January 2007
This is usually a very positive influence, making you feel very benevolent and generous toward those around you. Today during the day your spirit is inclined toward contemplation of the loftier aspects of life. You are not concerned with the nasty little details that make life less than it should be, although you are aware of them. But you simply cannot see any point in paying any attention to them. Emotionally you feel quite good, for this influence promotes optimism and positive thinking. At times this influence indicates self- righteousness and smug arrogance, as if you considered yourself as the embodiment of social truth and wisdom. This attitude may not be entirely conscious on your part, but it may be subtly evident in your phrasing or in an unspoken attitude toward others.

All in all I think they will have a great day. There may be a few challenges, but nothing major,or that cannot be overcome easily. There are a few other Moon square somethings and Planet square somethings, that can indicate the “issue”, however they are short and fleeting and not worth repeating.

Tally Ho Team Dakar USA!! Onward!!
GAS ON!!
Kill the Rabbits again!! Make ‘em bleed bad.

By the way…did you know there is a comet visible right now? Taka a look at the new pictures of Comet MacNaught at Spaceweather.com. Very cool!

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