Happy Birthday Lake Worth - June 14th, 1913!

Click title for link to the Historic Palm Beach County webpage - where you can read about the city's first four years in a 1917 Miami Metropolis article.  June 14th is Flag Day and has other significance that I will share with you.

Perhaps you could tell this by my dogs' names, but I have an interest in astrology.  People, and organizations, born on this day fall within the sun sign of Gemini.  There are lots of things that go into an individual astrological chart - the placement of planets, different houses, angles between the planets and houses, etc.  I have never looked at the City of Lake Worth's chart, but I just may do that now.  It would be a cool thing to do in light of our coming centennial year.

Gemini is famous for being a "twin" constellation in the zodiac.  Duality is part of its nature, so it is interesting that we started off as "Lucerne" - when platted - but ended up as "Lake Worth"  - when we incorporated.  We also have Lake and Lucerne Avenues running as two-way pairs through the center of the city.  We have also been referred to as being a "Tale of Two Cities" - usually referring to the dividing line created by Dixie Hwy.  We are also polarized in to two political camps.  And, come to think of it, we have two buildings that are City Halls.

Geminis usually know a little bit about a lot of things - usually none of them in too much depth.  Geminis are also known to be able to run-off at the mouth without saying too much of anything.  These two traits are played out in many City Commission meetings.  They are also extremely capable of saying one thing and doing another.  Someone told me long ago that the city's chart has Mercury, Gemini's ruling planet, in a retrograde motion.  This meaning it appears to be in reverse orbit or direction in relation to the other planets.  This happens about four times a year, so it's not so unusual.  When it appears in a chart, it means there can be lots of confusion in communications of all types, or none at all.  Things just don't seem to come out right and accuracy with numbers can be a challenge.  If this is true about the city's chart, then we don't have to look to far to see this might be true.  Mercury, its ruler, is considered androgynous, which is also an odd coincidence.

In my life, birthdays have come up with a few peculiarities.  All of my dogs through the years have been born on the sixteenth of the month.  Many best friends and partners have been born on the 28th of the month.  A long-time friend from Michigan - a Gemini, by the way - has two boys.  These are my godchildren.  Each of these children were born on the same day as both my parents - one in April and one in August.  What are the chances of that?  Both were natural births.

If you look it up, you will find that today is also Donald Trump's birthday - my boss of 10 years.  And, in some sense, since I left there, it seems like Lake Worth has been my boss.  Hmmmm.