Forecast for Friday 8 January 2010

Friday 8 January 2010

~Letting Success Germinate~

We seem to be in a peculiar transition time. (When I say "we" I mean everyone on Planet Earth, but of course you will automatically be able to interpret what I say in terms of your own life, which obviously differs from anyone else's; so that the generalities I announce will become specificities for you. The genius of astrology is that the pertinent generalities at one time are strikingly different from the pertinent generalities at another time. So it is that what I say could guide you even though I do not know you or your individual horoscope. I have found over the decades that pertinent general but timely statements for the whole human race, as determined by astrological research, are usually more helpful to me than pondering the complex progressions and transits to my natal horoscope. Therefore I began this forecast as Cosmic Piper more than ten years ago.)

The peculiarity of this transition time is that Mercury remains retrograde until January 15, a week from today, though the Dark Hermetic Epoch lasts until February 5, while the harsh aspects to Saturn gradually diminish, quite strikingly as I observe the daily charts. We are not exactly "at a loss" but are able to retreat mentally and then regrasp our destinies in a fresh way unencumbered by the conscious or unconscious errors (or sins) which have been beaten out of us, or stripped away from us, by the difficulties of recent weeks.

On Friday the moon remains in the Via Combusta (early Scorpio) but forms good aspects with the four planets in Capricorn. It's a time to be sober, slow, and methodic. You see through the pretenses of the powerful, or even of your teachers, and yet you can respect them for what is not pretense but firm wisdom. It is important to separate one from the other. Those in a position "over" you in some hierarchical sense may appreciate your kind and humble criticism if it suggests answers to them they have unconsciously been fumbling for.

You appreciate what is solid in you, not understood yet able to stand up over the years against the misunderstandings cast against you or upon your path. That is something to rejoice in, even though you cannot share it with anyone, for to do that would seem pretentious. Keeping it to yourself, gleefully, you are empowered to expect even more from life and yourself. You would probably sense, even without these forecasts, that the time is not ripe for the next satisfying steps forward toward your goals. For most, that will be late in January or, perhaps more securely, early in February.

Wealth can be a karmic burden to some, if it makes them lazy. Poverty can be a blessing to some, if it impels them toward valorous activity. You have everything you need, for that is a law of the cosmos. Lacks are there to be filled in by action. Mental and spiritual action may come first though, for many, especially during this period.

Too many think they have the prerogative of supervising or controlling others. This is certain to lead to strife and harsh treatment from both sides. The urge to control can be used effectively in teaching, for example, or business, where a natural hierarchy is required for efficiency in an organization. As a matter of fact you do control, that is, your own body and mind; and from there the world will grant you control over facets of it reflecting what you have brilliantly controlled in yourself. (Have I given the secret law of success in one paragraph?)

{Friday} ~Letting Success Germinate~

Cosmic Piper