Why I Was Motivated To Launch This Pancocojams Blog & Astrological Placements For The First Pancocojams Post (August 29, 2011)

Written by Azizi Powell

Yesterday I decided to look up the title and date for the first pancocojams post. I also decided to look up the astrological aspects were that date

Here's that information:

The first pancocojams post [i.e. when this pancocojams blog was first launched] 

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2011/08/is-jumping-broom-black-appropriation-of.html "Is Jumping The Broom A Black Appropriation Of A White Custom?" August 29, 2011

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I was motivated to launch this pancocojams blog because I has submitted a post on the subject of Black Americans and jumping the broom" to a blog called Society Pages (later renamed "Sociological Images". However, that blog's editor rejected that post because she said it wasn't sociologically relevant to those people who visited her blog. it should be noted that a month earlier, that same editor published the first post that I had submitted to her blog:  "Race and the Changing Shape Of Cheerleading"  https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/07/21/race-and-the-changing-shape-of-cheerleading/ July 21, 2011

I'm grateful that that editor published my post on cheerleading. And I'm grateful that she rejected my post on jumping the broom because it motivated me to stretch myself and find an online vehicle that would enable me to publish what subjects I considered relevant without relying on anyone else to decide what was or wasn't relevant and without relying on anyone else to publish them online for me.

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MY MULTI-PAGE WEBSITE COCOJAMS.COM & COCOJAMS2 BLOGSPOT
On January 1, 2001 I launched a multi-page cultural website entitled "Cocojams" with the technical help of a new friend Lucas Musewe. I totally relied on Lucas to publish any content on that website-including any additions and corrections. 

Cocojams.com was consistently online for more than 14 years. I marvel that Lucas Musewe stuck with that website for so long. With the exception of a small grant that I had received from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Lucas and I were volunteers. Around 2010, I happened upon a Google blog, and was delighted to find out that the format of Google blogs was easy to use for people like me who weren't technically savvy. Shortly thereafter I launched a Google blog called jambalaya which showcased YouTube music or dance videos of what I referred to as "Black cultural gems from around the world". That "jambalaya" blog served as the prototype for pancocojams and was soon retired when pancocojams was launched on August 29, 2011. 

In late October 2014, the cocojams.com website became inaccessible, I believe, because of server problems. On October 28, 2014, I was still not able to visit cocojams.com online, so I decided to use my back-up files for the children's recreational rhymes examples and launch a Google blog for that material. I named that blog "cocojams2" https://cocojams2.blogspot.com/.  
The www.cocojams.com website did reappear for a time in November 2014, but at that point I decided to discontinue it and-mostly-focus on my pancocojams blog..

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ASTROLOGICAL PLACEMENTS FOR THE FIRST PANCOCOJAMS POST 
As pancocojams visitors may be aware, in addition to history and folk culture, I'm also interested in astrology.

Here's the information I found about the major planetary placements for the date of the first pancocojams post -and therefore the date that pancocojams blog was launched-

From AI Overview: Planetary placements for August 29, 2011

 "On August 29, 2011, the Sun was in Virgo (as it usually is late August/early Sept), the Moon was a New Moon, Mars was moving towards Cancer/Leo, Jupiter was in Aries, Saturn was in Libra, Venus was in Cancer, Mercury was likely in Virgo, and Pluto was in Capricorn, creating a celestial backdrop featuring focus on service (Virgo), new beginnings (New Moon), transformation (Pluto in Capricorn), and growth (Jupiter in Aries).

Here's a breakdown of major placements:

Sun: Virgo (August 23 - September 22).

Moon: New Moon (a potent time for new intentions).

Mercury: Likely in Virgo or moving into Libra (needs precise time, but generally late summer).

Venus: In Cancer (emotional nurturing, family focus).

Mars: Moving from Leo into Cancer (action, passion, personal drive).

Jupiter: In Aries (growth, new ventures, bold action).

Saturn: In Libra (structure, relationships, justice).

Uranus: In Aries (innovation, rebellion).

Neptune: In Pisces (spirituality, dreams, compassion).

Pluto: In Capricorn (transformation, responsibility, foundations).

This period highlighted themes of practical application (Virgo Sun), emotional needs (Cancer Venus), and big-picture restructuring (Saturn in Libra, Pluto in Capricorn) as Hurricane Irene impacted the US East Coast, aligning with powerful, sometimes turbulent, planetary energies."

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MORE ASTROLOGY - PANCOCOJAMS' EDITOR'S NATAL PLACEMENTS

Mostly for my own study combined with the information given above about the astrological placements for the launch of pancocojams blog, here's the breakdown of major astrological planetary placements for my date of birth: December  16, 1947.

These astrological placements are given without the time, geographic location, and degrees although I know that information.

Ascendant =Virgo

Sun in Sagittarius

Moon in Aquarius

Mercury in Sagittarius

Mars in Virgo

Venus in Capricorn

Jupiter in Sagittarius

Saturn in Leo

Uranus in Gemini

Neptune in Libra

Pluto in Leo

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DATES FOR MY FIRST COMMENT AS A MEMBER AND AS A GUEST ON THE MUDCAT FOLK MUSIC FORUM & MY LAST COMMENT AS A MEMBER ON THAT FORUM

These dates are given without information about any astrological planetary placements.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/12/how-i-became-member-of-mudcat-folk.html "How I Became A Member Of Mudcat Folk Music Forum & Some Observations About Mudcat"

Date of my first comment on Mudcat as a guest: -July 25, 2004 [discussion thread: "Jim Along Josie: lyrics and origin"]

Date of my first comment on Mudcat as a member -  September 5, 2004  [discussion thread: "Kumbaya"]

Date of my last comment on Mudcat as a member -August 26, 2014* [discussion thread: "The Term People Of Color-Let's Nix"]

*This date refers to the last comment that I posted about a Mudcat thread and not the six comments that I subsequently published between November 3 and November 11, 2014  introducing my new blog cocojams2.]

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I was aware when I voluntarily withdrew my membership from Mudcat that this was around the same time that I had voluntarily discontinued my cocojams.com website.

However, until I looked up this information yesterday, I didn't realize that the month and day of my first comment on Mudcat as a guest and the month and day of my last comment on Mudcat as a member were very close to the month and day that I launched this pancocojams blog (by publishing this blog's first post.)

-my first comment on Mudcat as a guest: July 25, 2004

-my first post on pancocojams - August 29, 2011

-my last comment on Mudcat as a member [that pertained to a discussion thread subject and not introducing cocojams2] - August 26, 2014 

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I believe this means something, but I don't know yet what it means.

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