House of the Sun

According to Wikipedia, Leo's rule the heart and spine and are associated with heat and the sun. Leo's are "generous and warmhearted" but also "pompous and patronizing." Leonians are "Creative, broad-minded, faithful, loving and expansive" but also "bossy and intolerant." It's hard work being ruled by the sun.

I can't say that I am huge believer of astrology. I generally look into it once a year - on my birthday. Apparently I am in for a pleasant surprise today I just need to see it.

"A surprising opportunity awaits you, but you have to be willing to see it to take advantage of it fully. Expand your awareness and you'll find that your life is enriched with a much-needed adventure."

Yes, I was born on this day 29 years ago and I've already gotten my first birthday gift in the mail - my official participant handbook for the New York Marathon!

Another annual habit is to review who else was born on July 26th... I am in pretty good company:

• Kate Beckinsale
• Sandra Bullock
• Dorothy Hamill
• Aldous Huxley
• Mick Jagger
• Carl Jung
• Stanley Kubrick
• George Bernard Shaw
• Kevin Spacey
• Vivian Vance

Other major/interesting events which occurred on this day in history:

• New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state in 1788.
• On this day in 1908 the United States established the Office of the Chief Examiner which is later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation)
• In 1947 Harry S. Truman signs an Act creating the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defence, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the National Security Council
• Fidel Castro leads a failed attack on Moncada Barracks in 1953 beginning the Cuban Revolution
• Apollo 15 launched in 1971 marking the 4th trip to the moon

I leave you with a final quote:

“We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

- George Bernard Shaw