Life is uncertain; every heart beat and breath and thought comes and goes without anything to do with what we call 'ourselves'. Our Brains and central nervous system run like computers and the energy required to run them is forced upon us by thirst and hunger. In short, volition and control at best are things we are designed to make a necessity. Its no design fault that depression and death will follow when the volition in the 'brain computer' is short circuited. indeed, it is now becoming accepted that our very self-the thing we cherish the most-is an illusion of hormones, instinct, automatic and autonomic process and pure addictive patterning. If anyone doubts this there is a very simple experiment; simply dont drink for a day, or try to stop thinking, or change the time you eat or sleep...etc. You are sure to find that at best you will fail miserably and the pattern will take over.

All this begs the question, can a 'thing' be other than what it is?

Janus, is an exclusively Roman God, with little equivalent in Greek mythology. The nature of Janus is hard to define, but broadly, Janus is responsible for beginnings and endings-doors and passages-time and space, vitality and of course life and death transitions. As befits, the relationship of beginnings and endings the transitional moments are not easy to define and even Janus cannot explain them to us. All we are left with is the fact of the nature of Janus and our own Human conundrum.

As everyone will know, Janus is famously depicted with two faces signifying the ability to see the past and the future. This is a gift most have coveted at sometime in their lifes, perhaps because it deals with the uncertainty of the middle-the transition that can be so painful due to its unerring quality of never-quite-knowing (timelessness). Who has not been in a situation where they have been desperate to experience the beginning or end of something.

The Janus card then is our wish fulfillment. Our need to understand so as to be relieved of the stress of uncertainty. The ability to predict once again becomes part of our instinct. Janus, of course can look back and forward as well as open, or close doors and so aid our escape.

Play the Janus card against any fixture you think will have more than 3 goals and claim an extra 10 points. If the corresponding fixture (played earlier in the season) adds up to an even number you receive an an extra bonus of 5 points.

for example;

Middlesborough v Rotherham 2-3, would equal 10 extra points, plus;

Middlesbourogh v rotherham 3-0, an extra 5 points. (an even 8 Goals in total)

Good Luck!

1. Brighton 1 V Bournemouth 4.  Janus card. corresponding fixture: Bournemouth 3-Brighton 2.

2. Fulham 1 V Wigan 1

3. Derby 2 V Brentford 2

4. Birmingham 2 V Wolves 1

5. Bolton 0 V Norwich 2

6. Ipswich 2 V Blackpool 0

7. Leeds 2 V Cardiff 1

8. Middlesbrough 3 V Rotherham 1

9. Millwall 1 V Watford 2

10. Nottm Forest 2 V Huddersfield 1

11. Reading 1 V Blackburn 2

12. Sheff Wed 1 V Charlton 2

-- Edited by ian on Wednesday 8th of April 2015 10:19:36 AM