Chernobyl 26 Years On

As some might remember or for those born years after, today is the anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Today the Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovich is to inaugurate the construction of a new 1.2 billion euro sarcophagus to hold the remains of the reactor which exploded.

It was a combination of flawed design and operator error which caused the blast and produced a radioactive cloud.

Chernobyl’s reactors were shut down and eventually decommissioned . Reactor four was initially encased in an unstable concrete shell. The more permanent casing should be completed by 2015. Let’s hope and pray that the new sarcophagus won’t be like the last which I think has caused more damage than good.

Also please add in your prayers and thought for the thousands of post-Chernobyl victims that suffer the most horrific illnesses because of the nuclear fallout, these diseases are mainly cancer.

Remember that nuclear disasters are only a few minutes away if handled by the wrong persons and can never be erased or remedied. Tell your loved ones you love them or help a charity out. As patronizing as it may sound but too many of us take our lives, freedom and clean air for granted. In Belarus, Ukraine and parts of the Russian border there the people will suffer for generations.

Bright blessings to all that read this ♥

Luck Helps Those Who Dare

Do we create our own luck or do we simply have our lives determined by a single person or a group of superior forces that we can neither see nor hear?

I spent some time yesterday sending playing card artwork to a group of lady friends on Facebook wishing them much fortune. You might wonder if I am a Romany gypsy, that which I am not. I asked my husband yesterday about the Romany ways regarding luck, whether it is a fallacy or if there is any truth in it. His response was, yes but it mostly derives from witchcraft, the Romany people adopted and adapted it to their way of life.

Some time ago I played some card game with a group and found myself winning 5 times on the trot, but it seemed to follow in a pattern. Somehow the cards automatically found themselves back to me because of the amount of players. So it made me question, is luck man made or natural. Amazingly a deck of cards can make one a millionaire or broke in one fell swoop or alternatively a tarot deck can define whether one is going to die or be fortunate in times ahead.

After researching the history and meaning of cards I found this out.

Popular legend holds that the composition of a deck of cards has religious, mystical, or astrological significance.Thus each suit of 13 cards represents the 13 months of the lunar year. Since the sidereal lunar month may be approximated to 28 days, each suit is equal to 364 days of the year.

Similarly, the whole deck of 52 cards represents the 52 weeks of the year. Therefore, the whole deck is also equal to 364 days of the year (the positivist calendar).

The ace is symbolically “alpha and omega” or “the beginning and end.”

Maybe I am right in saying that like the dear deck of cards that we have enjoyed playing with so much over the years, that luck is merely just a representation of our lives. We have positive and negative times, like a wheel. To me Luck is 50% trying at something and 50% up to the “Gods”. However if you are bad at cards maybe this proverb will make you smile.

“Unlucky at cards, lucky in love”

Good fortune to all on this day!