

In 1932 she founded the woman's orchestra, Die Wiener Walzermädeln ( The Waltzing Girls of Vienna). In 1930 she married the Czech violinist Váša Příhoda (1900–1960). Alma was named for her uncle Gustav's wife, Alma Mahler (née Schindler).Īlma grew up to be a violinist. Her mother, Justine (died 22 August 1938), was Gustav Mahler's sister. Her experiences in the camp were depicted in Playing for Time.Īlma Rosé's father was the violinist Arnold Rosé (né Rosenblum 1863–1946) who was the leader of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for 50 years: from 1881 to 1931 as well as leader of the Vienna State Opera orchestra and leader of the legendary Rosé String Quartet. Rosé died in the concentration camp of a sudden illness, possibly food poisoning. As director, Rosé held the status of kapo of the music block. There, for 10 months, she directed an orchestra of female prisoners who played for their captors to stay alive. She was deported by the Nazis to the concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Her uncle was the composer Gustav Mahler.

That means its most typical part is the first one – the ten degrees making its first decan, 1°-10° Libra. So, four elements and three qualities make twelve possible combinations – the twelve signs of the Zodiac. A Zodiac sign is its most typical at the part of it (decan) corresponding to its quality: cardinal, fixed or mutable.Įach Zodiac sign belongs to one of the four elements fire, earth, air, and water. The strongest is not equal to the most typical, though. Here are the leap years since the beginning of the 20th century: In reality it changes slightly in a four year period from one leap year to the next.

Normally, Libra dates start on September 23 and end on October 23, but that’s just the mean. The leap years make the dates of each Zodiac sign change slightly. So, 1900 was not a leap year, but 2000 was. Actually, there’s an additional rule, to make it more precise with the actual movement of earth and the sun: The starting year of a new century is not a leap year, unless it’s evenly divisible by 400. That’s why we have leap years.Įvery fourth year we add a day to the calendar, the 29th of February, making that year 366 days. The time it takes is closer to 365.25 days. The sun takes a year to travel through the twelve Zodiac signs, but it’s not exactly a year of 365 days. In astrology, your Libra Zodiac sign (also called sun sign or star sign) is decided by the position of the sun at the moment of your birth, as seen from Earth.
