Forecast for Saturday 31 October 2009

Saturday 31 October 2009

*Masked and Unmasked*

Much as I would like to tout a thrilling Halloween celebration--I bought a costume last year I have never worn--I don't see huge justification in the daily chart for that, except that we are approaching a Full Moon (exact Monday) and Venus's trine with Neptune suggests colorful artistic costuming. The |sensitive, painful, difficult| third of the week ends at 6:51p PT | 9:51p ET | 1:51a(Su) UT, so by then the holiday spirit may improve (Prime Time). Even before that the moon's sextile with Jupiter should be uplifting.

At a more mundane level, you care about finances and career, making headway in articulating what you want to complete in those areas. A practical instinct (as Mercury approaches the sun in the Bright Epoch, both square Mars) means you are willing to face what before you had swept under the carpet, and straighten things out manfully or womanfully. If you feel orphaned, you become your own parent.

The Sabian Symbol for Jupiter's position, "a man unmasked," is interesting in connection with the holiday. Maybe you will decline to wear a mask, or costume; or will see that others' masks are as revealing as their faces.

You handle details well and can build them up into something impressive. Then you rush to exploit whatever can be exploited: friendship, knowledge, competence.

The sensuous side of Halloween, drawing attention to the body, is evident, and need not be alarming unless in bad taste. With Venus in Libra, it could be an opporutunity to cultivate the human approach to supernatural beauty.

The ardor of some may take form in political protest or demonstration, or other expressions of opinion in a harsh or attention-grabbing manner.

It is well not to be careless (putting your wallet in the false pocket of a costume) but well to inculcate a spirit of camaraderie. Sometimes people express their care for one another spontaneously when in unusual situations or apparel.

If you opt for a less gotten-up holiday, you may enjoy it vicariously. Costumed or not we may get to the deeper level of spiritual communion with ancestors which is what All Hallows is about.

{Saturday} *Masked and Unmasked*

Cosmic Piper