12 April

Just as you do not like misery, in the same way others also do not like it. Knowing this, you should do unto them what you want them to do unto you.

Mahavira, वर्धमान महावीर, born 12 April 540 BCE, 24th and last tirthankara of Jainism, “Can you hold a red-hot iron rod in your hand merely because some one wants you to do so? Then, will it be right on your part to ask others to do the same thing just to satisfy your desires? If you cannot tolerate infliction of pain on your body or mind by others’ words and actions, what right have you to do the same to others through your words and deeds?”

Other celebrities born today:

Nothing is as real as a dream. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.

Tom Clancy, born 12 April 1947, Sun in Aries and Moon in Capricorn, American author

Lorenzo Bonechi, born 12 April 1955, Sun in Aries and Moon in Sagittarius, Italian painter

Robert Delaunay  (1.12.3)  French artist (Paris, April  12, 1885 – 25 October 1941)

Swami  Narayanananda (1.3.8) (India, Aprile 12, 1902 –  February 26, 1988)

Georges Franju (1.11.2)  French filmmaker  (Fougères, France, April 12, 1912 – 5 November 1987)

Montserrat Caballé (1.8.3)  Spanish soprano (Barcelona, April 12, 1933)

Howard Sasportas (1.2.10) astrologer (Hartford, USA, April 12, 1948)

Andy García (1.2)  Cuban-born actor (Havana, Cuba, April 12, 1956)

Lisa Gerrard (1.12)  Australian musician, singer, and composer of the music group Dead Can Dance  (Prahan, Australia, April  12, 1961)

Guy Berryman (1.3)  Scottish musician (Coldplay) (born 12 April 1978, in Kirkcaldy, Scotland)

Raven Grimassi (April 12, 1951 – March 10, 2019), American author of over 20 books, scholar of paganism with over 40 years of research and study in the genre of Wicca, Stregheria, witchcraft and neo-paganism. He popularized Stregheria, the religious practice of witchcraft with roots in Italy.

1484 – Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)

1500 – Joachim Camerarius, German classical scholar (d. 1574)

1526 – Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)

1710 – Caffarelli, Italian castrato and opera singer (d. 1783)

1713 – Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (d. 1796)

1716 – Felice Giardini, Italian composer and violinist (d. 1796)

1722 – Pietro Nardini, Italian composer (d. 1793)

1760 – Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer (d. 1797)

1823 – Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian dramatist (d. 1886)

1851 – Edward Walter Maunder, English astronomer (d. 1928)

1888 – Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet musician (d. 1964)

1892 – Johnny Dodds, American musician (d. 1940)

1907 – Felix de Weldon, Austrian-born sculptor (d. 2003)

1908 – Ida Crowe Pollock, English writer

1916 – Beverly Cleary, American writer

1916 – Benjamin Libet, American scientist (d. 2007)

1917 – Helen Forrest, American singer (d. 1999)

1919 – Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader (d. 1991)

1923 – Ann Miller, American actor and dancer (d. 2004)

1924 – Peter Safar, Austrian physician (d. 2003)

1929 – Mukhran Machavariani, Georgian poet (d. 2010)

1931 – Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet-songwriter (d. 1995)

1932 – Tiny Tim, American musician (d. 1996)

1935 – Jimmy Makulis, Greek singer (d. 2007)

1940 – Herbie Hancock, American musician and composer

1944 – John Kay, German-born musician

1945 – Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the WHO (d. 2006)

1947 – Dan Lauria, American actor

1948 – Sandra “Lois” Reeves, American singer

1949 – Scott Turow, American writer

1950 – David Cassidy, American singer and actor

1954 – Jon Krakauer, American author

1956 – Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer

1957 – Vince Gill, American musician

1958 – Will Sergeant, English musician

1961 – Lisa Gerrard, Australian musician

1964 – Amy Ray, American musician

1967 – Sarah Cracknell, English singer

1968 – Alicia Coppola, American actress

1971 – Nick Hexum, American musician

1972 – Sebnem Ferah, Turkish singer

1977 – Sarah Jane Morris, American actor

1980 – Brian McFadden, Irish singer

1980 – Erik Mongrain, Canadian musician

1982 – Deen, Bosnian singer

1985 – Olga Seryabkina, Russian singer

1985 – Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer

1987 – Brendon Urie, American musician (Panic at the Disco)

1994 – Airi Suzuki, Japanese actress and singer (C-ute)

ACIM: 102. I share God’s Will for happiness for me.

Saints: Feria

Gospel of Thomas: (94) Jesus said, “He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be let in.”

Concise Epitome: 10.2 Allo stesso tempo si rendeva conto che c’era qualcosa di arcano di cui il Picco era a conoscenza e che a loro sfuggiva.