Do I Have Cancer?

Article 3: Let'S Learn The Cancer Language First

There are over 100 separate types of cancer. Each type of cancer can have separate symptoms, diagnostic tests and treatment options. As a result, there are many terminologies and phrases that are used to reveal the type, symptoms and diagnosis of cancer, and treatment methods. It is often very confusing as well as frustrating for the readers if too many curative jargons or terminologies are used in describing this condition. It is difficult for readers to understand the context of the topic or take any action, if required, after reading any description or book on cancers. As a result, the facts is often misinterpreted or not fully understood or comprehended.

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In this 3rd description of my cancer series, I would like to explicate in very simple terms all phrases and terminologies used in describing a cancer. This will help readers in understanding the cancer terms, types of cancer, base diagnosis and treatment terminologies, and the health personnel complex in management of cancer. These are described in alphabetical order here.

Ablation: extraction or destruction of body part or tissue. Radiofrequency Ablation (Rfa) therapy involves destroying cancer tissue with heat. Rfa is generally used in the treatment of lung, liver and kidney tumors.

Adenocarcinoma: cancer that begins from lining of internal organs or from skin

Adenoma: a non-cancer tumor that starts from glands

Adenopathy: swollen glands

Adjunct or adjunctive therapy: another treatment used together with customary treatment. For example, radiotherapy is sometimes given after surgical operation to treat cancer as adjunctive treatment.

Anal: of anus, anal cancer

Anorexia: an abnormal loss of appetite for food.

Asbestos: a group of minerals that are found in the form of tiny fibres. It is used as insulation against heat and fire in buildings. Asbestos dust when breathed into the lungs can lead to cancer of lungs and mesothelioma.

Asthenia: feeling or frailness or lack of energy. This is base in late stage cancer.

Astrocyte: this is a type of cell in the brain or spinal cord. Astrocytoma is a tumor that begins in astrocytes.

Asymptomatic: having no signs or symptoms of disease. Most cancers are asymptomatic in the early stages.

Axillary lymph node dissection: extraction of lymph nodes in the axilla. This may be done in the treatment of breast cancer.

B-cell lymphoma: A type of cancer that forms in B cells.

Barrett esophagus: this is a health where the cells lining the lower part of the esophagus have changed or been replaced by abnormal cells that could lead to cancer of the esophagus. The regurgitation of the contents of stomach into the esophagus over time can lead to Barrett esophagus.

Basal cells: they are small round cells found in the lower part of epidermis. The cancer that begins in the basal cells is called basal cell cancer or basal cell carcinoma.

Benign: not cancerous, also called non-malignant. Malignant tumor is a cancerous growth.For example, fibroadenoma is a benign tumor of breast whereas as adenocarcinoma is a malignant tumor of the breast.

Benign prostatic hyperplasia: this is a non-cancerous health of prostate where there is overgrowth of prostate tissue.

Biological therapy: this is a type of treatment that uses substances made from living organisms or its products to boost or restore the quality of the immune system to fight cancer. Examples of biological agents contain vaccines, interleukins and monoclonal antibodies.

Biopsy: the extraction of cells or tissues from the cancer or suspected cancer area for exam by a pathologist. This is the most sure way of diagnosing cancer.

Bone marrow ablation: This is a course that is used to destroy bone marrow using radiation or high doses of anticancer drugs. It is done before a bone marrow or blood stem cell transplant to kill cancer cells and bone marrow cells. This is a part of arduous treatment of some leukemias.

Bone marrow aspiration: this is a course in which a small sample of bone marrow is removed with a wide needle and syringe and sent to laboratory to check for cancer cells. If a small sample of bone with bone marrow inside it is removed, it is called bone marrow biopsy.

Bone marrow transplantation: A course that is used to replace bone marrow that has been destroyed by treatment with high doses of anticancer drugs or radiation.

Bone metastasis: cancer that has spread to bone from the customary (primary) site.

Brachytherapy: it is also called internal radiotherapy. In this type of radiation therapy, radioactive materials sealed in needles, seeds, catheters or wires are placed directly into or near a tumor.

Brca1 and Brca2: these are genes on chromosomes 17 and 13 respectively. A someone who is born with changes (mutations) in Brca1 and Brca2 genes has higher risk of getting breast, ovaries and prostate cancer.

Breast reconstruction: a surgical operation that is done to rebuild the shape of the breast after removing breast.

Breast self-examination: a woman examines her breasts to check for lumps or other changes.

Bronchogenic carcinoma: cancer that begins in the tissue that lines or covers the airways of the lungs.

Cancer antigen 125 or Ca-125: a substance that may be found in high amounts in the blood of patients with obvious types of cancer, together with ovarian cancer.

Cachexia: loss of muscle mass and body weight. Cachexia is seen in patients in late stage cancer.

Cancer: this is a health where there is uncontrolled department of abnormal cells.

Carcinogen: any substance that causes cancer, for example, tobacco smoke contains more than 50 carcinogens. Benzene is a carcinogen for leukemias.

Carcinogenesis: it is a process whereby general cells start changing into cancer cells.

Carcinoma: it is a cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line the internal organs of the body. For example squamous cell carcinoma of skin or adenocarcinoma of gallbladder.

Carcinoma in situ: these are abnormal cells (not cancer) but can become cancer cells and spread. They are also said to be in stage 0 of cancer for example, cervical carcinoma in situ.

Carcinoma of unknown customary (cup): in this type of cancer, cancer cells are found in some parts of the body, but the place where the cancer cells first started to grow cannot be determined.

Cervical: of cervix, cervical cancer

Colostomy: colostomy is an performance that connects the colon to the covering of the body through the abdominal wall.

Cryosurgery: this is a course in which tissue is frozen to destroy abnormal cells. Liquid nitrogen or liquid carbon dioxide is used to freeze the tissues. It is also called cryotherapy or cryosurgical ablation.

Cyst: a sac in the body; cysts in the ovary are very common.

Cytotoxic drugs: drugs that kill cells.

Dilatation and curettage (D&C): this is a course where some tissues are removed from the lining of uterus or cervix. The cervix is first made larger (dilated) with a instrument called dilator and another instrument called cutrette is inserted into the uterus to take off the tissue. The removed tissue sample may be sent to laboratory to check for abnormal or cancer cells.

Debulking: this is the surgical extraction of as much of a tumor as possible. This type of performance is commonly done to ease symptoms of cancer in the late stages of the disease.

Dermal: of skin

Duodenal: of duodenum, duodenal cancer

Dysplastic nevi: it is also called atypical moles and have a tendency to compose into melanoma.

Endometrial: of endometrium, endometrial cancer

Esophageal: of esophagus, esophageal cancer

Euthanasia: the intentional killing of a someone to end his/her sufferings. It is also called mercy killing.

Excision: extraction by surgery, for example, excision of melanoma from skin.

Familial adenomatous polyposis (Fap): this is an inherited health in which many polyps form on the inside walls of the colon and rectum. Fap increases the risk of colorectal cancers.

Familial atypical manifold mole melanoma syndrome (Fammm): this is an inherited health that increases the risk of melanoma and pancreatic cancer.

Familial cancer: cancers that occur in families more often than in general population, for example, breast or colorectal cancer.

Fecal occult blood test (Fobt): this is a test to check for blood in the stool. This is a screening test for bowel cancer.

Fibroadenoma: this is a benign tumor of breast.

Fibroid: a benign tumor that arises from flat muscle, for example, uterine fibroid.

First-degree relatives: this includes the parents, brothers, sisters, or children of an individual.

Fistula: an abnormal opening or passage between two organs or between an organ and the covering of the body.

Follow-up: monitoring a person's health health over time after treatment.

Gardasil: this is a vaccine to forestall infections by human papillomavirus (Hpv) types 16, 18, 6 and 11. It is used to forestall cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancers caused by these viruses.

Gastrectomy: an performance to take off all or part of the stomach.

Gastric: of stomach, gastric cancer

Gastric feeding tube: a tube that is inserted through the nose, down the throat and esophagus, and into the stomach to give liquid foods, liquids and drugs. Feeding tubes are often inserted in patients who have mouth, throat, neck and esophageal cancers, particularly when the surgical operation is total or combined with radiotherapy or chemotherapy.

Gastrotomy or Peg tube: this type of tube is inserted directly into the stomach through an opening in the skin and abdominal wall. This type of tube can be used for long-term feeding.

Gene: genes are pieces of Dna and contain the facts for manufacture a specific protein that is passed from parent to offspring. Genetic means connected to genes.

Genetic counselor: a health pro trained in counseling on the genetic risk of diseases. This may involve discussing the person's personal and family curative history and may lead to genetic testing.

Genetic testing: this is analyzing Dna to look for genetic convert (mutation) that may indicate increased risk for cancer.

Genital warts: these are raised growths in the genital areas caused by human papilloma virus Hpv) infection.

Germ cells: these are reproductive cells of the body and contain egg cells in women and sperm cells in men. Tumors that arise from germ cells are called germ cell tumors.

Gleason score: this is a system of grading prostate cancer tissue based on how it looks under a microscope. Gleason scores range from 2 to 10 and indicate how likely it is that a tumor will spread. A low Gleason score means the cancer tissue is less likely to spread whereas a high Gleason score means the cancer tissue is more likely to spread.

Hematuria: blood in the urine.

Hemoptysis: coughing out blood from the respiratory tract.

Hemorrhoid: swollen blood vessel, commonly seen in the anus or the rectum

Hepatic: of liver, hepatic cancer

Hepatoblastoma: it is a type of liver cancer more base in infants and children.

Hepatocellular carcinoma: this is the most base type of liver cancer.

Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (Hnpcc): this is an inherited disorder in which the affected individuals have a higher-than-normal opening of developing colorectal cancer.

High intensity focused ultrasound: (Hifu): this is a course in which high-energy sound waves are aimed directly at the cancer or abnormal cells. These waves originate heat and kill the abnormal or cancer cells. Some types of prostate cancers are treated with Hifu.

Histology: the study of cells and tissues under a microscope.

History: the signs and symptoms the outpatient may have for a singular disease

Hysterectomy: an performance where uterus and/or cervix are removed. When both uterus and the cervix are removed, it is called a total hysterectomy. When only the uterus is removed, it is called a partial hysterectomy.

Immunotherapy: a treatment that boosts body's immune system to fight cancer, for example, immunotherapy of bladder cancer with Bcg vaccine.

Implant: a substance or object that is put in the body as prosthesis, for example, breast implant after extraction of breast for cancer.

Intensity modulated radiation therapy (Imrt): this is a type of radiation therapy that uses computer-generated images to show the size and shape of the tumor and direct thin beams of radiation at the tumor from separate angles. This type of radiation therapy reduces the damage to healthy tissue near the tumor.

In situ: means 'in its customary place'. Carcinoma in situ means the abnormal cells are found only in the place they were first formed and have not spread nearby.

Incidence of cancer: the amount of new cases of a cancer diagnosed each year.

Incision: a cut made in the body by a surgeon to accomplish surgery.

Induction therapy: this is the preliminary treatment given to cut a cancer, for example, induction therapy for acute myeloid leukemia.

Intrathecal chemotherapy: treatment in which anticancer drugs are injected into the fluid-filled space between the tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord.

Intravenous (Iv) chemotherapy: treatment in which anticancer drugs are injected into a vein through a canula.

Labial: of lip

Laryngeal: of larynx, laryngeal cancer

Laser surgery: a surgical course that uses intense, narrow beams of light to cut and destroy cancer tissue.

Leukemia: a cancer that starts in blood forming tissues such as bone marrow.

Lymphedema: a health where extra lymph fluid builds up in tissues and causes swelling. This can be seen in the arm after breast operations.

Malignant: means cancerous. Malignancy is the term used to reveal malignant cells that invade and destroy tissues.

Mass: a lump. It can be benign mass or malignant mass.

Mastectomy: extraction of breast.

Medical oncologist: a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating cancer using chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, biological therapy, and targeted therapy.

Mesothelioma: cancer arising from the mesothelial lining of the pleura (covering of lung)

Melanoma: the cancer that begins in melanocytes. base site is the skin but can also occur in the eyes.

Metastasis: the spread of cancer from one part of the body to another. The cancer that is formed by cells that have spread from customary site is called metastatic cancer or metastatic tumor.

Mucosal: of mucosa, mucosal lining of vagina

Mutate: means 'to change'. Mutation means convert in Dna of a cell.

Nasal: of nose, nasal polyp

Neoplasia: it is an abnormal and uncontrolled cell growth.

Neoplasm: it is an abnormal mass of tissue. Neoplasms can be benign or malignant (cancer).
Nodule: it is a increase or lump or mass that can be benign or malignant.

Oncogene: this is a changed or mutated gene and may cause increase of cancer cells.

Oncology: the study of cancer

Oncologist: a physician who specializes in treating cancer.

Oral: of mouth, oral cancer

Ovarian: of ovary, ovarian cancer

Palliative therapy or treatment: this is the treatment given to ease the symptoms and cut the suffering of cancer patient. Palliative care aims to heighten the quality of life of patients.

Pancreatic: of pancreas, pancreatic cancer

Pharyngeal: of pharynx, pharyngeal cancer

Pap test: this is a course in which cells are scraped from the cervix and examined under a microscope. This test is done to detect cancer or to detect changes in the cervix that may lead to cancer.

Partial: not whole, partly, for example, partial gastrectomy which means part of stomach is removed.

Penectomy: surgical operation to take off part or the whole penis

Penile: of penis, penile cancer

Plastic surgery: a surgical course that improves the appearance of body structures. The someone who does plastic surgical operation is called plastic surgeon. Plastic surgeons are complex in many reconstruction surgeries of breast, vagina or face after cancer treatment.

Polyps: these are small growths that arise from mucous membrane of colon and rectum.

Precancerous (premalignant) is a health that may become cancer later.

Proctoscopy: exam of the rectum using a proctoscope, inserted into the rectum.

Prognosis: the likely outcome of cancer. The diagnosis of most cancers in industrialized stage is poor.

Prophylactic surgery: this is a surgical operation to take off part of a body or organ with no signs of cancer but in an effort to forestall development of cancer in that organ in future. For example, deterrent mastectomy or deterrent extraction of ovaries are sometimes done.

Prostatic: of prostate, prostatic cancer

Prostate-specific antigen (Psa): this is a protein produced by prostate gland. The level of Psa in blood may be increased in men who have prostate cancer or enlarged prostate.

Pulmonary: of lung

Radiation oncologist: a physician who specializes in using radiation to treat cancer.

Radiation physicist: a someone who makes sure that the radiation motor delivers the right amount of radiation to the correct site in the body.

Radiation therapist: a health pro who gives radiation treatment.

Radiofrequency ablation: a course that uses radio waves to heat and destroy abnormal and cancer cells.

Recurrent cancer: cancer that has come back after treatment or after being undetectable for a period of time. The cancer is said to have recurred.

Refractory cancer or unyielding cancer: cancer that does not sass to treatment.

Regimen: it is a treatment plan where the dosage, the schedule and the period of treatment is specified.

Relative survival rate: it is an estimated amount that compares the chances that a someone with cancer will survive after the diagnosis or treatment of a cancer with those who do not have the cancer. It is commonly calculated in terms of 2, 5 or 10 years. For example, the 5-year relative survival rate for colorectal cancer in America, if detected and treated early, is 90%.

Remission: this means disappearance of or decrease in signs and symptoms of cancer. A cancer is said to be in complete remission when there are no signs and symptoms of cancer; it is in partial remission if some signs and symptoms of cancer have disappeared.

Renal: of kidney, renal cancer

Resection: extraction of part or all of an organ.

Risk factor: a risk factor is something that increases the opening of developing a cancer. For example, smoking is a risk factor for many cancers.

Screening: checking for diseases when there are no symptoms of cancer. Examples of cancer screening tests contain Pap tests, mammogram, and colonoscopy.

Sentinel lymph node: it is the first lymph node to which cancer is likely to spread from the customary tumor.

Staging of cancer: this is doing examinations and tests to find out the extent of cancer in the body and also either the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. Staging cancer helps to give best treatment to the patient.

Stem cell: a cell from which other types of cells develop. For example, red blood cells compose from blood-forming stem cells.

Stent: it is a gismo that is placed in a body buildings to keep it open. For example, a stent may be inserted in the bile duct if it is blocked by cancer of gallbladder.

Stoma: this is an opening made surgically from an area inside the body to the outside. For example, colostomy has a stoma in the abdominal wall.

Surgical menopause: a woman stops to have menstrual period following extraction of her ovaries. This is seen in operations on cancers of ovaries or uterus.

Surgical oncologist: a physician who performs surgical procedures in cancer patients.

Systemic chemotherapy: treatment of cancer with chemotherapy drugs that voyage through bloodstream and reach cells all over the body.

Targeted therapy: a type of cancer treatment that uses drugs or other substances to identify and charge specific cancer cells.

Testicular: of testis, testicular cancer

Thermotherapy: treatment of disease using heat.

Topical treatment: medicines that are applied on the covering of the body, for example, Aldara cream is applied topically on the skin to treat basal cell cancer.

Ulcer: this is a break on the skin or in the lining of an organ. For example, an ulcer on the face may be a sign of basal cell carcinoma.

Urethral: of urethra, urethral discharge

Uterine: of uterus, uterine cancer

Urologic oncologist: a physician who specializes in treating cancers of the urinary system.

Vaginal of vagina, vaginal cancer

Visceral: of the viscera, viscera mean internal organs. Visceral pain is pain coming

Vulval or vulvar: of vulva, vulval pr vulvar cancer

Wart: a raised increase on the covering of the skin or other organs.

Watchful waiting: This involves closely watching a patient's health but not giving any active treatment. This is used in obvious cancers like prostate or myeloma where the cancer progresses very slowly.

Wedge resection: this is a surgical course where a triangular piece of tissue is removed in order to treat a cancer.

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Yeast Infection removal

A yeast overgrowth infection is a health that is caused by a fungus known as candida albicans but generally called yeast. Found in the body at all times, yeast can cause a lot of stress especially if you have minute facts about it. There are many factors that cause candida to overgrow and you need to know them so that you can avoid unavoidable factors that cause the infection. You will have many symptoms that will help you know what you might have. In women, yeast overgrowth is coarse in the vagina and the many symptoms comprise itching, soreness, pain while urinating, pain while intercourse and the most superior is a yeast infection discharge.

A yeast infection removal comes with a exact color that resembles cottage cheese. For many years, women have been able to tell an infection by finding at the discharge. A woman can have very many kinds of discharges and you therefore need to know the features and characteristics of each one so that you can know what is going on. If you comprehend you have an infection you have to know what choice of cure you have but, there is an aspect that many citizen forget and this is the exact cause of the infection. It might be as a consequent of using antibiotics or other drugs.

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Yeast infection removal can help a doctor in manufacture a diagnosis. A analysis is made by a pelvic test of a woman. A doctor is able to look nearby the occasion of the vagina and he will get to notice any inflammation caused by the condition. If there is a whitish discharge, a sample will be taken to confirm the presence of candida albicans in the woman using a microscope. This process is very vital because there is a confirmation of the health thanks to the discharge. The main reckon why the process is valuable especially if you have never suffered with yeast before is to rule out other infections like sexually transmitted diseases.

Many women often wonder what a general removal is and, if you are not careful, you might be confused by the many kinds of discharges. Yeast infection removal is commonly white like cottage cheese and thick. general removal is commonly light. Many have asked either a yeast removal has a foul odor and agreeing to experts, the removal should not have an odor because the only removal that should present itself with a foul smell is a bacterial infection. Some women have a habit of ignoring discharges and for you to be in good health, take time to know what kind of removal you have.

Women have asked permanently either they can engage in sexual action when they have a yeast infection discharge. Experts do not put any restrictions to relations because the infection is as a matter of fact corrected. However, you will not have to be told when sex can be uncomfortable because you will start to perceive pain and hurt and this is the stage where intercourse will do harm to you. Make sure your partner is treated to prevent reinfections.

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Light Microscopes

Light microscopes or thoughprovoking field microscopes are the most basic form of microscopes. The customary light microscope was invented way back in the 16th century. They are so called because they use light in the descriptive spectrum to illuminate the specimen. Light microscopes are extensively used in any place from high-tech laboratories to schools.

There are many types of light microscopes available from just to 00 or even more. The major types of light microscopes are stereo or dissecting, easy and combination microscopes. Stereo microscopes are the most industrialized and use two light paths for three-dimensional (3D) viewing. They are very costly and are used in laboratories and medicinal practices. easy light microscopes are used only for small scale magnification and they have only one lens both as eyepiece and objective.

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Compound microscopes are the most extensively used light microscopes. There are generally three grades of combination microscopes - student, benchtop and research light microscopes. Pupil microscopes are cheap, small and designed for thoughprovoking field, dark field, and phase disagreement examinations. Benchtop microscopes are used for exam techniques. research microscopes are for research practices; they often consist of built-in computers and cameras.

The components of a tasteless combination microscope are: a mirror or light source for reflecting or producing light, a condenser with diaphragms and filters to adjust the intensity of the light, a stage for supporting the specimen which contains a central hole to pass the light on to the specimen, changeable objective lens for focusing the image for the eyepiece, fixed eyepiece or ocular for focusing the image for the eye, screws known as adjustments (coarse adjustment and fine adjustment) are used to bring the specimen in to focus, and a framework to which all these parts are attached. The power of the microscope depends on the power of the objective and eyepiece.

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Types of Microscopes

Microscopes range from the straightforward singular lens microscope to the sophisticated ones with imaging systems. Microscopes differ on the basis of their resolution, magnification, illumination method, type of image, field of view, degree of automation etc.

Depending on the radiation source, microscopes can be broadly classified as light, electron and confocal. Light microscopes utilize illustrated light as the radiation source. Light microscopes can be again classified into stereo microscopes and mixture microscopes. Stereo microscopes are generally known as dissection microscopes, which can furnish a 3-dimensional view of the object. mixture microscopes furnish a 2- dimensional view of the objects that can be used for laboratory purposes. Phase disagreement microscopes and dark field microscopes modify the ideas of light microscopy to enhance optic quality of the specimen. Oil immersion microscopes use oil between the lens and specimen to growth the magnification.

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Electron microscopes are sophisticated types, which use a stream of electrons as the radiation source instead of light. These can ensure higher levels of magnification and are used effectively in the fields of geology, medicine and archaeology. Transmission electron microscope is used to magnify the internal details of a specimen using an electron beam. The 3 dimensional image of the specimen's face can be analyzed using scanning electron microscope. Scanning transmission electron microscope is a modification of Tem, which scans the object at a faster rate. Confocal microscopes are very automated, and utilize laser as the radiation source. Fluorescence microscopes excite the dyed specimen with singular radiation to furnish a brighter image.

Scanning probe microscopes are a group of microscopes, which form images by scanning the specimen using a corporal probe. Scanning probe microscopes generally include scanning tunneling microscopes, atomic force microscopes, near-field scanning optic microscopes etc. These have great applications in nanotechnology. Microscopes based on magnetic force, microwave, acoustics etc are also available. The inference microscope is used with perfectly transparent objects that are imperceptible under an lowly microscope.

In day-to-day use, microscopes are classified on the basis of the whole of their lenses, i.e., monocular, binocular and trilocular.

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Aquarians and the advent Age of Aquarius

Twelve Nations of the Zodiac Each of us cycles through the Signs of the old Zodiac, though the order of this cycle is not known. While here on Earth we meet members of The Twelve, each forming a mystical 'nation' with language and customs all its own.

Even if you are not an Aquarian by Sun Sign, it can be well worth some investigation! You may have someone very prominent in your life who is an Aquarian and a little extra insight can only help. And, everyone has the Sign of Aquarius governing one of the 12 houses in their birth chart. If this is the 1st house, Aquarius is your Rising Sign or Ascendant and really, is the "other half" of your Self, partnered with your Sun Sign. If you have any planets (or the goddesses or Lilith, Chiron, Saturn, or Uranus, for example) in Aquarius, then you are more of an Aquarian than you know!

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If you discover you have Venus in Aquarius - or Mars in Aquarius - this can convert your entire self-understanding, for Venus rules not only our partnerships - together with marriage - but to a large extent our friendships and the potential and tone of all our relationships. This is true of the material world we attract into our life, together with of course our financial resources.

Each of us, at some point in our Earth History, is born into the Aquarian Sign, probably many times in the course of great Cycles of Time here on Earth. As we head into the Age of Aquarius, we are, in a way, all Aquarians now, for we will collectively sense the Aquarian archetype in a way not seen on Earth, for a long, long time...

We are not sure when The Age of Aqarius begins. Some think it began in the Sixties, with the explosion of the Baby Boomers into the world. Some feel it will start when Pluto, the karmic and evolutionary planet par excellence, moves into Aquarius in 2023 and remains there through 2043. The Age itself will last colse to 2,000 years, and if Uranus and Saturn have whatever at all to do with it, we may have to hold onto our hats! Nothing about the Sixties was simple. The transformations begun were deep, mysterious and in some ways, even disturbing...much Uranus earthquake debris has had to be revisited, and sorted through, by Saturn. In any case, here's to the Age of Aquarius - it looks like we'll be finding the Maps as we go along...

Sun Sign as Archetype Each Sun Sign represents a major Archetype or cosmic pattern - a flowing, dynamic field of power which enfolds, shapes and interacts with a given person, two people, or group of persons - even nations - in a given time. An Archetype is an emanation of God - one of the power Patterns/Stories in the Creator's Mind. Hence we refer to the archetypes as gods and goddesses. They are mysteries which we honor, and whose force we retort and respect.

Archetypes encompass Past, gift and Future. They also comprise their own opposites, which in a way, helps us to work through their main "lesson" - the moral of the story. Each has a strength, and each its frailness or Achilles heel. Like the great tales from mythology, we connect, as the Hero of the story, with qualities within us - the Dark and the Light - of which we had been fully unaware. As we come to know these mysteries of the Self, our story unfolds outward, to join with, and to become part of, the World we originate with others.

The Sun Sign is one of the Hero's many Roads - the one we have chosen for this life...we cannot put it in a bottle or under a microscope - any more than an actor or actress can become too self-conscious when acting their role. We have to throw ourselves into being ourselves - and not look back in over-analysis or too many "if only's..." We are on a journey of exploration and self-expression in the cosmos. We are not entirely in charge of this journey! So ride the wave and don't be too involved about the negatives of your Sun Sign - because those negatives are no ifs ands or buts part of the positives, but this we only understand in the fullness of time.

Aquarius * Bearer of Mysterious Waters The Water Bearer - fastener of Aquarius - hints at a heavenly or esoteric essence, which Aquarius alone brings to humanity. The Waters are associated with life-giving water for the planet Earth - and this may lie in the former "gods" who taught irrigation to early human beings on the planet (see Enki, below). The Waters are also said to be symbolic of the waters of spiritual life - Aquarius symbolized baptism in some faiths, together with Christian.

Ancient teachings hint that the "waters" are no ifs ands or buts a kind of force field or power field, good understood through physics than through the earth sciences and the waters of our oceans and the rains. The Waters of Aquarius no ifs ands or buts appear to be associated with Neptune, but this may be less to do with the seas on earth, and more to do with a kind of Cosmic Sea. There are a great many Sumerian tablets whose writings comprise a rich mythology, which, as Zecharia Sitchin has suggested, may no ifs ands or buts be history, and not legend. Starting with The Twelfth Planet, Sitchin lays out what the tablets say about the gods/astronauts who came to the Earth hundreds of thousands of years ago. Astrology - in terms of the 12 signs of the Zodiac, and the celestial and earth timing used by the astronauts, played a vital role in the visits of these "gods" and their role in creating humanity along with establishing rich gardens of civilization across the face of the earth.

In a appealing record of how our solar ideas was created, the "gods" divulge in detail the former act of opinion between a solitary pair of planets floating in a rich sea of Waters which became the Petrie dish for the creation, one by one, of each of the major planets in our solar system. As a final touch in the somewhat turbulent emergence and stabilization of the solar system, it was said that it was Neptune's odd, magnetic, hypnotic power field which ultimately held the other planets in their orbits. Interestingly, Sumerian records show that these early "gods" - and the Sumerian civilization they nurtured - knew about all the planets in our solar system, together with Uranus, "discovered" in 1781 which is the outer planet that co-rules Aquarius with Saturn. They also associated Aquarius with possibly the most excellent of all the astronauts, a "god" called Enki.

Enki * old Origins of the Aquarius Archetype Enki is very similar to Prometheus, who stole Fire from the Gods to give to Mankind. The theme is oddly the same, for Enki gave to early humanity the practical plans and blueprints for civilization, such as the science of irrigation. Enki is said to have defended Humanity from his brother gods, when they were disappointed with our moral weaknesses (specifically, obsession with sex, it seems), and to have given the plans for the Ark before the Flood to the former Noah, whose story was later, along with others, lifted from Sumerian records to form the early books of the Bible.

Enki was all the time associated in Sumerian records with Aquarius, but was also in some contexts associated with the sign of Capricorn (planet Saturn) and sign of Pisces (planet Neptune). It appears that this triple designation comes from both the "ages" in which he visited and worked on Earth, and to the kind of work, as a science officer, he performed. If Enki is the greatest archetype for Aquarius, this may be why Aquarius is more involved - and also more mysterious - than is so often portrayed in Astrology.

Earth-Centered Aquarius Enki was the science officer and genetics specialist. The old tablets from Sumer state that it was Enki, with the help of a mum Goddess who was also a specialist in this area, who physically created humanity. They did this by blending the Dna of one of the young gods with that of early Man - a "primitive" found already evolving on earth. Enki loved humanity as a father, in that sense, and continued to raise and produce all civilization, as he was the keeper of the great technological keys for agriculture, irrigation, and much more.

Aquarius represents, through this marvelous historical record, a unique bridge between the "gods and men" - together with the genetic bridge. This creates an aura of mystery colse to Aquarius as a sign, and suggests hidden reasons why Aquarians all the time feel as if they are "strangers in a strange land". As participants in the Enki archetype, Aquarians do feel an heavy sense of connectedness and indeed, responsibility for, the fate of humanity. Humanitarian issues like refugees, feeding the hungry, free time of movement, speech, opinion and relationship are all concerns to which the Aquarian, and the Aquarius part of each person's birth chart, will resonate. The formation of international bodies such as the War Crimes Tribunal and the United Nations is a direction for humanity which Aquarians will tend not to see as some fearful New World Order but rather welcome its coming as free time from the tyranny of secretive houses, concluded off villages, nations behind barbed wire, and so on. As we shall see, Aquarians promote free time and revolution (Uranus), but justice, order and world courts (Saturn) too.

Aquarius "remembers" that while we carry the genes of the early humans within us, we take out "image" from those who came from the Stars - out there. These memories transport a keen sense of destiny beckoning us toward the starry heavens. We feel them awaken in astrology, astronomy, Nasa, science fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars, and in our longing hearts as we look upwards on a clear night. The Aquarian essence of humanity reminds us, collectively, of our destiny...that we are not forever earthbound, but will become a song of Life on the solar winds. Just as old space travellers like Enki helped to carry out the Creator's plan, so we too will carry ourselves, as the Seed Children, to other planets, other systems, other worlds.

Saturn and Uranus - Chakra Wheels of Aquarius We come to understand the sign and archetypal power of Aquarius through the story of Enki - science-oriented, rebellious, freedom-defending archetype of Enki - Bringer of Gifts to Humanity. But there are other military at work in Aquarius and other ways to meet and understand this sign. There are the two huge planets that rule Aquarius - Uranus, The Great Awakener and Saturn, Father of Time and Lord of Karma. The Aquarian can best be understood as a someone and as a force for convert when we understand these two planets and how they work together.

Whether you are an Aquarian or have one in your life, you may find you have signed on for deep, often violent, shocking awakenings - these resonate to Uranus, the contemporary ruling planet of Aquarius. Any way - the awakening of Uranus seems then to be followed by a duration of equally intense shaping, disciplining, teaching, and chastening energies - these will be Saturn, old ruler of Aquarius, and known as the Lord of Karma!

So Uranus brings revolution, but Saturn goes back, retraces the steps as to why the revolution was needed, examines the science and religious doctrine involved, and works out new Laws to comprise and direct the new architecture rising on the ruins that Uranus has left behind.

The Aquarian Archetype and its ruling planets are about violent change, upheaval, accounting, facing truth, and reaping of karma. Aquarians - and the Age of Aquarius - will bring dramatic, sweeping and often disturbing changes into our lives and into planetary history. It is hard to fantasize where we got the idea that The Aquarian Age was going to be so suddenly harmonious. We already see and feel colse to us the heavy political, climatic and spiritual upheavals across this planet which may reach a level of instability which will threaten the survival of this world...whether it survives, or does not, and is "reborn" as worlds often are, is beyond our knowledge now. However, when the Uranus military - bombs, revolutions, earthquakes, electrical storms, and the empowerment of the masses via the internet - are finished, it will need the other shoe to drop - the Saturnian elements of order, rebuilding and various forms of truth and reconciliation - to complete the Age of Aquarius.

The Aquarian Personality * Uranus and Saturn Aquarians are freedom-lovers, group challengers, stereotype-breakers, and innovators. They can convert direction at a moment's notice. That is Uranus breathing through them! At the same time, Aquarians can be conservative, traditional, deeply loyal, stubborn, and fixated on justice not served. That is Saturn talking - usually lecturing! The Aquarian is thus strangely gifted at not only tearing down, but also building - if given the right opportunity. Aquarians can write laws and constitutions, and are found creating systems everywhere, either in office procedures manuals, Mozart's great compositions, Einstein's new laws of the universe, Lincoln's declaration of free time for the slaves, and so on.

It is a mistake to overlook the role of Saturn in the life, gifts, and burdens of Aquarians. To live their Sun Sign, Aquarians need to accept without guilt or regret that they bring challenge to the lives of others, but Saturn makes them brood and worry, and doubt their own wunderkind Uranus-style energies. The Aquarius is all the time aware, at some level, that 'here" is only part-way there. There is all the time the feeling that the road of Humanity is still a long one, and that it somehow falls to the Aquarian, more than to other signs, to lead the way, to find the cure, to make the peace, or to raise the flag of free time and revolution. Aquarians feel a deep need to love and be loved, yet also feel, as in a tragic play on stage, that in the end, they will have to ride off into the sunset, to find another habitancy in need of a leader, or another town in need of a sheriff. The peculiar sense of history living through the Aquarian, of having to share his or her life with "something larger", is one of the most excellent aspects of this archetypal Sign.

Relationships with Aquarians It is often observed that it is hard to get close to an Aquarian, that Aquarius is an Air Sign and thus intellectually gifted but emotionally cold. Yet this is not opinion to be the case with Air Signs Libra and Gemini. There is something innately abstract about the Aquarian Soul, as if the price of sure gifts is the loss of others. One of the lost gifts is the potential to merge with others - as if this would be so destructive to the purpose of Aquarius that it has been made practically genetically impossible for Aquarians to no ifs ands or buts seek, accept or accomplish intimacy. For this reason, of course, the rest of the "typical profile" holds - Aquarians have a very low tolerance for the more clinging, dependent personality type, as such habitancy will practically drown their souls. They will value most very someone who has goals and aspirations beyond them the relationship itself, so that the Aquarian is assured that they are not themselves going to be the focus of intense personal drives.

For many habitancy the greatest idea of happiness is to be fully necessary to someone, and in turn, they offer such status to their partner or friend. This makes a relationship akin to staking a claim, really, of a kind of ownership. This is very uncomfortable for the Aquarian, but there are reasons why. For the Aquarian, staking a claim to someone, as one might a gold mine, runs counter to the spiritual requirement to identify the complete free time of another human being. "Ownership" of another being, even an animal, seems foreign - a form of slavery. An Aquarian asks: "Aren't we fighting all over the world to free our brothers and sisters from the chains of being owned? Why would I want to own you, or have you somehow gain "rights" to me?"

Often habitancy complain that the interests and enquiring minds of Aquarians can be overwhelming. They feel they are in the nearnessy of a force of nature, a gust of mental power sweeping them up like a whirlwind, rather than a "normal" everyday person. They feel that the Aquarian's futuristic, restless urge to discover new frontiers suggests lack of contentment with the status quo, and this can undermine a relationship. But the reverse is often true - Aquarians find many non-Aquarians underwhelming, and feel depressed and alienated when their dreams and visions are misinterpreted, resented, and in numerous subtle or open ways, rejected. Aquarians will panic when incarcerated within needy emotional webs, and feel existential pain in an replacement where their ideas meet with a blank stare or a convert of subject.

The Soul, for the Aquarian, is what the person's "essence" no ifs ands or buts is - that is why an Aquarian may seem to find your everyday doings and personality uninteresting! But if an Aquarian can associate with your soul, and you are curious in his, then the bond will be instant and forever, regardless of the worldly obstacles or setbacks which may come. Because the soul relationship comes most simply to an Aquarian, friendship is in many ways the most natural relationship for an Aquarian. Freedom, easygoing companionship, shared interests and ideals, all these corollary where emotional demands and group measurements simply drive the Aquarian into first depression, then desperation, and ultimately flight.

Aquarius In Love In the end, possibly only an Aquarian can know and love another Aquarian, though Leo, Libra, Sagittarius and Gemini can make good partners. Aquarius appreciates the deep, silent, unquestioning loyalty of Leo, Sagittarius' quest for knowledge, the piercing, searching intensity of Scorpio, the mental gifts of Virgo, Libra's quest for justice, Gemini's variety of interests and verbal skills, Capricorn's serious approach to life (they are both ruled by Saturn), and the innovative, fearless leadership of Aries. Aquarius can be overwhelmed by, and distrustful of, the secrecy and emotional needs of the Water Signs - Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. The Aquarian does love mystery and drama along with freedom, however, and this blend often leads them into odd relationships - with someone who is married, in jail, of another race or culture, possibly (with Saturn in the background denoting karma) handicapped or dealing with a serious karmic problem. This of course can draw the Scorpio personality - and the shadow of Pluto's secrets - directly to an Aquarian. The fact is, all relationships form, and un-form, as karma rises and fades in our lives - until we break free of old patterns, so one's astrological sign is not the final word. It is often, however, the first word!

Aquarian males and females are curiously alike since Aquarius is somewhat androgynous. Aquarians are capable of painfully obsessive love, which seems to possess them with the wind and fury of their ruling planet Uranus...and often in conflict with their higher ideals, as Saturn will remind them. Inevitably, it seems, the Aquarian will return to a solitary path, unless he or she can find that comfortable, roomy relationship that starts and ends with friendship between equals.

Aquarius Woman She will touch the life of a man with an unforgettable yearning for something he may never grasp, but is awakened to. The Animus in the Aquarian Woman is cosmic, spiritual, and magical. Thus home, fireside and babies can be foreign to her. She can Any way transform a home and family with her playful, ever-young presence, and she can be deeply, fiercely loyal to a man who seeks redemption and transformation. Pick an Aquarian woman if you have a strong heart and excellent ideals; if you need intuitive insight and acceptance of what makes you dissimilar from the crowd. An Aquarian woman will forgive you much, but don't - even once - lie to her. This is true of an Aquarian man, possibly even more so, because a woman's lies will damage his Anima - though he may rally, if he feels you no ifs ands or buts need rescuing! Children will love an Aquarian woman, and she will defend and raise their uniqueness. She will touch their souls, and stress knowledge, friendship and equality as values.

Aquarius Man If you love an Aquarian man, don't look for group status, money or security. He may become famous, yet lose it all, often through no fault of his own, as part of the Aquarian Archetype. Be ready to share him with his work, and understand it is always, for him, a kind of priesthood no matter how humble his setting. Aquarian males can also be attracted to the underworld of crime, simply because of its wild Uranus lawlessness, only to discover that Saturn rules the mob with an iron hand!

Aquarian men have been not only revolutionaries in history, but a large percentage of those called geniuses have been Aquarian males. There is a one-pointedness, an intensity of focus combined with other-worldly attunement, that makes such a man hard to engage in a sustained, day-to-day manner.

However, he can be a surprisingly good family man, provided he is not a closet clergyman or flirting with underworld connections! Ronald Reagan was an Aquarian man who did - and had - it all! He had the fame, the first divorce, and somewhat unorthodox children and family life, but he also was one-half of an marvelous love story that lasted through to his death, and beyond. The Aquarian male is surprised by the warmth of love and family, but often grows into it quite nicely! He can be a delightful father, but not all the time in the approved sense, for he may be more curious in a child's former ideas and values than in shaping them in a parental style. Aquarian men often seem to have had truly dominant father figures (Saturn) and in turn, they can spend their lives remaining rebellious immature males. The child in him does not accept authority, any more than the adult in him does, and he is uncomfortable when forced to discipline anyone, together with his children - so may do it badly.

An Aquarian man can, when pushed too hard to be head of the family, become harsh and emotionally or even physically violent with their families (Saturn, Uranus). This is because they are uncomfortable in a fully adult role - and under pressure will revert to the dominant archetypal Saturn male against which they have spent their lives rebelling. He will learn quite happily Any way to share home chores and is an ideal house-husband for he needs the security of a home and appreciates it more than most. Aquarian men and woman are both androgynous and will work together as comrades, be it manufacture supper or fixing the car, so they can, if they identify it, be most compatible partnered with another Aquarian. If it is your dharma - or possibly your karma! - to love an Aquarian, awaken your inner foresight of humanity - its base dreams - and you will walk hand and hand in free time out into the Stars.

Aquarians and Group Karma The Aquarian can suffer from the darker aspects of the group consciousness so much a part of his sign. Aquarians are often tentative, marginal members of a group to start with, seeming to hold themselves ready to leave at any moment. The Aquarian often suffers deeply as a corollary of, and as the focus of, group dynamics. It is as if the Aquarian, that the World (Saturn in the Tarot) - and all its "noble causes" - is still Maya to be passed through and left behind. Aquarians often suck up group karma such that they suddenly, without warning, become the "scapegoat" onto which the unowned, and disowned self- transformative urges of the group become projected... The group will be changed, and often for the better, in the end...but in the process the group, as an entity, will no ifs ands or buts drive the Aquarius away. He or she must set out, once again, alone on the Road - like the Fool of the Tarot.

Aquarius * Darkness At Noon The task of the Aquarius Archetype is the evolution of civilization through dramatic, revolutionary break-throughs that influence grass-roots humanity. Technological scientific knowledge is one subject of Aquarius' contribution. The political framework of peace, justice and equality for all is the other branch. Without the political vision, there will be no Earth. Aquarius must rise above personal desires and ambitions in order to make a contribution to the good of the whole. The karmic trap, weakness, Achilles heel of Aquarius is in manufacture these large altruistic goals into obsessions that are in fact extensions of the Aquarian's Ego.

Throughout history, this theme has manifested in Aquarian revolutions in which humanity has been sacrificed to the personal ambitions of visionary leaders who tolerate no obstacles to their own plans. The hidden societies which believe themselves to be the carriers of the Great Blueprint for humanity have often been behind such dramatic events as the French Revolution, and the founding of America. These hidden societies, many associated to Christianity, Judaism and mystic Paganism, have given birth to vast experiments (truly Uranus!) in human political life which have been disastrous for humanity as a whole. The roots of these transformative efforts (communism, fascism and the occult blueprint of the French Revolution) lie in the legends and archetypes of those who first came from Space to help seed and produce this planet. There are glimpses of the experimental genius gone bad in Atlantis - as channeled through Edgar Cayce.

Mother Russia Russia is said to be ruled by Aquarius, and its Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, was led by Lenin, whose Moon was in Aquarius. The revolution was a truly Aquarian company in the scope of its foresight (Moon), violence (Uranus) and obsession with authority, operate and reshaping (Saturn). It was only fitting that it would be an Aquarian, Boris Yeltsin, who in 1989 broke apart the last rotten walls of the Soviet Union. Yet, the post-Soviet era in Russia has not progressed beyond the revolutionary chaos of Uranus to the orderly development of Saturn. Uranus still haunts Russia in the internal lawlessness that prevails. Saturn's nearnessy is seen only in the new hidden police, the oligarchs and their bag-men - enforcers of codes and "laws" best excellent to the underworld.

American Dreams Closer to home, Dick Cheney is an Aquarius and he no ifs ands or buts led the "Neo-Conservative" and Christian-Zionist effort to remake the Middle East in a grand foresight Starting with the ill-starred invasion of Iraq. The violence of Uranus has hardly abated in Iraq, and such elements of Saturn as are gift have been mostly its worst features - justice turned into vengeance, order turned into tyranny and operate turned into organized cruelty - Guantanamo Bay and the Patriot Act cast the dark shadow of Saturn's totalitarian streak across the United States and other nations who followed so willingly along.

The United States has an Aquarian Moon, and many strongly Aquarian presidents, but her dreams for mankind have yet to be shown to be worth the price that has been paid for American Aquarian visions. The genocides - of the Native American peoples, of the buffalo - and the oppressions - in Vietnam, Iraq, West Bank and Gaza, (open-air attentiveness camps run by a Us-backed Israel) - all these were born under these "grand visions" and schemes so deeply associated to the controlling, Big-Picture drives of Aquarius.

The current Us president, Barak Obama, has Aquarius Rising, and Jupiter in Aquarius as well - Grand Dreams indeed! While some fear he will fail in his great visions, others fear he may succeed. It is too soon to tell what America - and this most recent of many Presidents with strong Aquarian features - will do for itself and for the world. But the time of reckoning grows closer...

Aquarius * Light At Dawn Cautionary tales indeed...Aquarius can originate a exquisite Karmic Storm, tossing us back and forth between the worst features of both Uranus and Saturn. It is as if Saturn can so quickly become the driving, narrow, cruel Ego, and Uranus can become the eruption of the contents of the Unconscious in the life of an private or in that of a nation. Only a excellent philosophical and spiritual framework can hold these twin military in check. The Ego yields to the Spirit so that Saturn becomes the indwelling teacher and shaman, while Uranus yields to the direction of the Higher Self - blending the wild, creative, free elements of Soul with love and higher purpose.

In each Aquarian's life, these vast themes will play out in much smaller, but often very dramatic forms. Of all the signs, Aquarius is the most likely to mystify those who live within it and through it as an archetype, and those drawn into its waves of energy. Yet it is through the Aquarian Archtype, wherever it lies in our charts, that we see added and farther than the horizons, and hear distant drummers in other realms.

We are all Aquarians in the Aquarian Age, in ways we may not see on the outside of our lives. But as the Dawn Light breaks, the Big Jet carrying Humanity taxies down the runway, is turning now, getting set for its final run. building speed not seen for thousands of years, it will lift off at last, and take us home to the Stars.

©Carol Leigh Rice 2010

Aquarians and the advent Age of Aquarius

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