Forecast for Tuesday 8 December 2009

Tuesday 8 December 2009

\Working Things Out Patiently/

Last week after reading more about the horrendous Amanda Knox trial in Perugia, Italy, I was so aghast at the terrible way in which the trial was conducted that I felt sympathy for Amanda and a kind of American patriotism. "Those damn Italians!" I said to myself. I resolved to boycott all Italian products and restaurants. (The Italian seasoning I used in my lunch today doesn't count because it was produced in the U.S.) Whether Amanda was guilty or not, the trial could not possibly have proved her guilt because it was so shamefully conducted, and just about everyone who studies it agrees on that. She deserves, at the least, a new trial.

The very afternoon the verdict was delivered, before I knew what it would be, I found myself walking into an Italian restaurant! I don't know why, but I guess I thought, "If I am going to have to boycott everything Italian this will be my one last fling." I sat at the bar and talked with the non-Italian bartender about the case. He knew nothing about it. The owner of the restaurant is definitely Italian and welcomed me graciously as I entered. Later that evening I learned that the jury had found Amanda guilty. I had told the bartender about my intention to boycott everything Italian if that happened. He was amused. If the Italian owner overheard our conversation, I doubt that he was.

And I am not.

I just studied Amanda Knox's birth-chart, though I do not have the exact hour of birth (July 9, 1987 according to Wikipedia). A horoscope cannot be used, ever, to determine anyone's guilt or innocence. However, it is certain that her chart does reveal a great deal of the peculiar circumstances in her life, very sad at this point. Her Mars in Leo is at point focus because of squares to Pluto in Scorpio on one side and Jupiter in Aries on the other. That in itself shows the danger of strange accidents or possibly violent ones, love or sex-related because of Leo. Planets in Cancer (sign of the home, in her case Seattle, and of parents) are exactly quincunx planets, especially Saturn, in Sagittarius (sign of international travel). She is imprisoned in a foreign land and her parents are planning to move there to support her appeal.

Astrology is truly amazing. But not fatalistic. One can only think, "If only some astrologer had warned Amanda about the dangerous possibilities in her chart, she might have been more careful than to get mixed up in all this." Or not, we don't know.

Tuesday is a day of Prime Time and is the last day before the Dark Hermetic Epoch begins on Wednesday.

You might think over the past two months and what you have decided about your life during that period. It is likely to be correct, or more correct than what you might feel you want to change beginning tomorrow until early February. This latter is not a "bad time" any more than evening and night are bad times, but it is not so good for big changes in plans, which are likely to be based on errors of perception or conception. So "stand pat" is pretty good advice in most cases. In rare cases, major changes need to be made, but then one ought to be specially circumspect about all factors involved.

If you ponder the past two months today (Monday or Tuesday), and the conclusions you have arrived at, you may be set up nicely to fend off errors of judgment in the next two months. It might even be good to write down some of your major plans and intentions for December and January, or make a list of them.

You may be thinking about people or places at a distance and wondering what place they have in your life. Educational plans or plans for study may be worked out.

You may feel befuddled about some financial or business plans, and yet you feel that you are protected. You are. Only injudicious actions on your part could upset the apple cart. One clue: Consider that the usual, ordinary, conventional approach to some things which bother you could be more correct than your unusual independent approach. That could protect you.

A plodding attitude to what you know you need to do will also protect you. Flamboyance or garishness in your approach could make you offensive or 86d. There is room for individuality, but it needs to be discreet.

You are able to get supplies you need. These could be wood or other material, or---maybe a Christmas tree. There is always some disagreement about Christmas decorating or celebrating, but in the spirit of the season such differences can be overlooked or overcome cheerfully.

Since today is the first day of Venus's trine with Mars, by ten degrees (it lasts through the 24th), holiday cheer may start percolating more than it has so far.

Zealous or visionary tendencies can be good so long as they do not get out of hand to the point of interfering with practical realities which need to be faced. You may want to convince someone of something nicely and patiently, rather than assert your rights ferociously, which could cause a backlash you do not want to deal with.

{Tuesday} /Working Things Out Patiently\

Cosmic Piper