Forecast for Friday 15 January 2010

Friday 15 January 2010

}Purpose Strengthened in Tranquility{

The moon is void of course until 9:18p PT | 12:18p ET | 5:18p UT, so before that you might take things a little less heavily, focusing on ordinary routines rather than plans for the weekend or important deals. Making an important phone call after (rather than before) that time might save you hassles. Then Luna enters Aquarius for the weekend.

We are in the first day of a New Moon. There is youthful energy. Younger (or trying-to-be-younger) males may seem lost or confused while Mars is retrograde in Leo (until early March), yet interesting. They are trying to find their way and reviewing what they have learned, while determined to present an impressive macho image. When they fail in this they do not give up.

Strains and stresses are part of life; meeting them wisely, creatively, or experimentally is the sauce of our living, without which we would not know what to do.

Of course, rest is also important, and today that could be specially useful before and after Mercury is at its station, utterly motionless form our geocentric perspective at 8:53a PT | 11:53a ET | 4:53p UT. This is just before the end of the void-of-course period, so the hours before that (morning in the Western Hemisphere) ought to be used for sitting and doing nothing! That is, meditating. (This is true during the preceding sleep-time also, of course.) Whatever your spiritual practice, that is a very good time for it. If you pray, you can rise toward the Higher or Highest. If you meditate you can go very deep. If you have to be at work, you can sneak some times out, with closed eyes.

Abstaining from any (or too much) eating could be helpful at this time. Coffee might pull your mind toward superficial fretting rather than deeper levels.

Calm and tranquility help you to get a handle on everything, not with panic but with peaceful, genial assurance. Later, after the moon enters Aquarius, you might become more restless, wanting to experiment with weekend explorations. These have an impact on your sense of who you are and what you are becoming. You are taking yourself and your life very seriously, and that is appropriate. With Mercury direct and a New Moon, the time is ripe for sensing the path ahead, even if it is too soon to run down it; meandering and observing would be the better approach.

What is the authority you possess? You know what it is. It might be within your family, a group of friends, a fraternal or esoteric organization or church, or your job or career. You are not a tyrant, but people look up to you for guidance or direction or for the service you perform. This brings you closer to goals, because your integrity is respected. When you are tempted to relax and just enjoy what you have, your prerogatives, something within you will only let you do that for a measured duration.

Some who are rugged, natural and gruff in their demeanor may be important to you, helping you on an upward course. Together you are climbing a mountain of aspiration. When you persevere, you find out how better to cooperate toward high attainments.

{Friday} {Purpose Strengthened in Tranquility}

Cosmic Piper