Forecast for Wednesday 9 December 2009

Wednesday 9 December 2009

}Conquering Demons{

I had thought I would drop mentioning the |hard| third of the week all the time, and just let my words for the day reflect it. But I will say that today we are definitely in the |difficult| third of the week according to the formula, until Friday. But on Friday we will be in the Via Combusta. No rest for the wicked, my Aunt Bernice used to say.

Further, today the moon is void of course until 2:48p PT | 5:48p ET | 10:48p UT, so that major part of the day could be quite trying for anyone attempting to put things together, as if the demons were out in full force tampering with everything. I do not want to project such mischief upon you, but if it happens you will know why, that is, the formal cause at least. It is a time to pray "Lead us not into temptation," which has also been translated "Do not bring us to the test."

Further, it's the first day of the Dark Hermetic Epoch lasting until February 5. Do things seem a little eerie?

You may, however, feel that you are on the way to victory in your career field or ordinary work. Not that it is easy or does not have its pitfalls, but you are able to see beyond the problems by raising your head high.

Obstinacy can be a vice or a virtue. In the cases of Gandhi and Nelson Mandela it was a virtue. In other cases it can be a refusal to face the facts and adapt to them. This could be happening in connection with costs of projected travel or other spending issues.

The Christmas spirit would suggest giving part of your gift-budget to important charities really helping those in need. Then you will feel better-supported by the cosmos.

You may feel yourself a captive in certain ways, having to perform duties you would not have chosen. Then comes beautiful release when you have finished some of them, and you welcome gaily your particular brand of relaxation-entertainment.

Some plans are on hold, while Mars dithers toward his station (stationary point in the zodiac before moving backward) and Mercury slows. It could be a relief to postpone certain things you feel important but not timely.

Whether you get a real Christmas tree, an artificial one, or other holiday decorations, you may feel unease over the varying tastes of those who will view them. This need not be a problem, of course. Gifts could seem confusing when you consider whether someone will feel you have given more to someone else . . . well, that kind of jealousy over Christmas gifts is rather adolescent, after all. (I myself, away from family, do not plan on trivial giving; I prefer holiday cheer shared in festive surroundings to material gifts.)

You can be reserved yet firm, courageous in not giving in to minor problems but figuring out how to surmount them as best you can at each moment. Perhaps we all feel we have some enemies. It might be part of the human condition, yet ideally it should not be. If turning an enemy into a friend seems impossible, meeting the fight as if it were a play or sport could be the next best thing. Somebody wins and somebody loses, in appearance, but nobody is hurt; and the loser may be the better man. Then his internal win surmounts external defeat.

{Wednesday} {Conquering Demons}

Cosmic Piper