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This has been quite a week for pomp and ritual in Washington, DC. On Monday was broadcast the certification of the Electoral College results, an all-day affair consisting of top congressional officials and Vice President Harris opening envelopes from the fifty states and determining that each one looked kosher. Trump was declared the winner at 1:37 pm EST.

The big news was that nobody “stormed the capitol” or “staged an insurrection.”

Previously, only the wonk who was president of the high school Political Club knew or cared about this pro-forma procedure until a fuss was made in 2021. Sadly, I forgot to wear my Electoral College sweatshirt for the occasion. (I attended and double-majored in art and hanging out.)

Tuesday, attention shifted to the Capitol Building’s exterior and then the great rotunda, as the body of Jimmy Carter made its final return to Washington for an elaborate state funeral.

He received the full customary treatment: representatives of all the armed forces present, braving the cold; the riderless horse, symbolizing the fallen leader; the solemn-looking men and ladies standing waiting under the dome for the coffin to arrive and lie in state. My God, we are still a great nation after all.

Carter’s contribution to that greatness is that he is being billed as an ordinary, cardigan-wearing, decent man who became president and wanted us to turn down the thermostat. In the day of the Datsun, he had the nerve to expect cars to get better gas mileage.

His administration was troubled, ostensibly by that very decency, but we shall remember him as a good Christian and as someone who built homes for the motivated poor. He would say things like, “The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.”

And everyone thinks, what a lovely man to have as our leader. At least there was one.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) — It will help if you set aside presumptions and expectations of others, and ask them what they want. You may also politely inquire whether something is troubling them — if you think something might be. However, be prepared for a tale of woe, and consider that there are other points of view before you get dragged in too deep. Mars retrograde is calling for a degree of introspection to which most people are not accustomed, here in our world of push a button for everything. However, the drama that a close partner may be going through involves where they are willing to place their attention, and whether they are willing to ask themselves difficult questions. And one of those questions is about what they want. When that is a constant variable, one is insulated from making decisions and taking meaningful action.

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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Emotional maturity is in short supply these days, and you are being called on to muster up a little. Actually the situation in our society is worse than I’m suggesting: people are conditioned to be off their rocker, and it’s an example of something going quite well. There are lots of examples and plenty of inspiration and an environment that tends to punish emotional depth and sensitivity. And that all may be fine for the other kids, but it’s not going to serve you; and I doubt it’s what you prefer. However, it’s another few steps to sustaining a commitment to stabilizing yourself and honoring your inner core values (which is the heart of the matter). It’s easier to slip, slide, distract and desensitize. Yet there are no rewards in the long-run, and you are wise enough to understand that life is a long game.

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