Being at the center of that is a propitious position.
In the mid-1990s, Philip-Lorca dichosea chose propitious-seeming spots in New York and elsewhere and then, when the moment came, did not simply press the shutter, but activated a whole series of lights that isolated the unwitting subject in a filmic aura of radiant illumination.
Along the way, the route passes through important Celtic settlements — Andorra, Nimes — indicating that the Celts founded communities largely only in spots deemed propitious by their druid astronomers.
The equinox is said to produce a reduction in the magnetic field of the Earth, allowing easier access to other dimensions, making this is a propitious moment to be in a power spot — in a forest, near a lake or sea, in a holy place — or even in your own backyard: no spanking necessary.
Neither the time nor the place seemed particularly propitious.
The situation does not look propitious for positive movement anytime soon.
The naga akhadas, militant ascetic orders whose members formerly made their livings as mercenary soldiers and traders, often claim the holiest spots at each Kumbh Mela's most propitious moment.
For hour after hour on Tuesday, Democrats and Republicans interrogated Goldman's mortgage men, including the chief executive, Lloyd C. Blankfein, and Fabrice Tourre, the employee named in the S.E.C. complaint, putting them on the spot over Wall Street's questionable conduct at a legislatively propitious moment.
Nevertheless, the realization of propitious conditions could increase the likelihood of such change taking place [ 55].
The timing was propitious.
