Forecast for Tuesday 29 December 2009

Tuesday 29 December 2009

}Unexplainable Devotion{

My succinct Tweet on Twitter: "Does anyone really believe that U. S. intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan has made terrorist incidents on planes less likely?" The answer seems all too obvious to me. Something to ponder.

Apart from the politics involved, the incident on Christmas day occurred when (a) we are in a Dark Hermetic Epoch (as we were on 9/11/01) and (b) we were in the |difficult third of the week| as was reported here. I myself would not board a plane, especially a long or trans-oceanic flight, during such a time if I could possibly re-schedule.

Fortunately, various weirdnesses of the Retrograde Mercury season canceled one another out so that the passengers were saved. First, the decision of Umar Abdulmutallab to blow up the plane and himself with a device hidden in his underwear was bizzarre, retrograde, and nutty. Second, the airline or airport failed dismally to investigate a suspicious passenger or detect the explosive which "would have been easily detected with the right airport equipment" according to the Associated Press. Third, the device itself failed. Fortunately this last "Mercury retrograde" phenomenon was beneficent, canceling out the first two, as a manifestation of divine grace--most certainly not of human sanity or competence! And people doubt God's providence.

Tuesday seems fairly progressive and well-designed for ordinary achievement, and satisfaction with successful endeavors.

Mysterious factors beckon to your understanding, perhaps matters you have investigated before, repeatedly, and want to study again in order to get at the bottom of the problem.

Mars retrograde in Leo at the center of a yod while opposed to Jupiter and Neptune could indicate just the type of male-gone-bonkers as Mr. Abdulmutallab, and there are millions more, though most not as violent, thank the stars. At their best these individuals (and females also) are being challenged to bring out their skills in a way which will get recognition from important somebodies. When they face the requirements of that situation honestly, they will be inspired to proceed, but partly by repeating prior attempts which may have been mostly failures, so they need patience and fortitude.

The patience, indeed, of Capricorn is upon us, with four planets in that sign, three of them squared to its ruler Saturn. I have said, for example, that the coldest weather this winter would last up until January 14. After that, my prediction is that it shall be warmer. Meanwhile the astral weather is also cold, but that calls forth bodily heat to counter the cold, namely, activity toward your goals. As said perhaps too often, while Mercury is retrograde these should be old goals you understand well rather than new ones which could go awry before you realize you are wasting your time.

So it is indeed a good time to review the past, as is a venerable custom before and after the New Year.

If you are alert and responsive to your environment, and also humble, you will avoid seeking things which would hurt you either before or after you get to them. It is not pleasant to stumble into an unseen trap. Your sixth sense, aligned to the fourth dimension, can prevent that from happening. Sometimes that sixth sense requires ritualistic effort to pump it into action.

Venus's square with Saturn stimulates you to find true devotion. That comes by realizing who is most important to you, or probably, who are. Even your mate, if you have one, is mysterious in some ways, and though in some sense you "possess" each other, in another way you never can and perhaps don't want to. Whole-hearted devotion tries to protect the loved one from danger. This need not be overweening intervention, which could have unfortunate consequences, as could needless worry, but prayerful awareness of what he or she is going through, with willingness either to intervene or support when that is truly helpful.

{Tuesday} {Unexplainable Devotion}

Cosmic Piper