Forecast for Tuesday 1 February 2011

Forecast for Tuesday 1 February 2011

}Readiness Plus Resilience Build a New World{

Let us hope the people of Egypt will, in solidarity, invoke a new and better government for themselves and that a happy new democracy will be their lot.

In Saturday's report I wrote, "Perhaps the people of Egypt ought to look toward their country's ancient lineage more than to its later Muslim orientation." I am not sure exactly what I meant by that, but it came to me. Yesterday I saw a very moving photo of free Egyptian citizens voluntarily forming a cordon, holding hands, around a museum housing their Egyptian antiquities, to protect them from looters. It seemed the answer to the meaning of my prediction. Here is what an Egyptian writer, Mansoura Ez-Eldin, said in the New York Times: Hour by hour on Friday evening, the chaos increased. Police stations and offices of the ruling National Democratic Party were on fire across the country. I wept when news came that 3,000 volunteers had formed a human chain around the national museum to protect it from looting and vandalism. Those who do such things are certainly highly educated, cultivated people, neither vandals nor looters, as they are accused of being by those who have vandalized and looted Egypt for generations. Indeed it was a touching moment and I completely understand Mansoura's tears. There is something about ancient Egyptian architecture and art which feels ancestral to us whatever our nationality.

Tuesday looks an excellent day for the continued demonstrations in Egypt, as planned. In your own life it could be a signal day. I would only point out one period of lassitude or confusion, the void-of-course time before the moon in Capricorn enters Aquarius, during the hours 11:33a-3:22p PT | 2:33p-6:22p ET | 7:33p-11:22p UT. It would be good to accomplish your most-important tasks before or after that time, especially if they involve negotiations or agreements with someone, or purchases and the like.

The camaraderie between the Egyptian revolutionaries and the soldiers is wonderful. In your own life you may see how those who together defend themselves may cooperate amicably. At the same time you will be happy at home when you spend time there, thinking of how it may be made an even happier place. You are alert to indications pointing toward definite action when that seems right, even if some of it may be delayed for a day or more since we are in the last day of the Old Moon before the New Moon Wednesday evening.

There is pride emanating from the conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus. It is evident, for example, in the faces of the long-suffering Egyptians who have hope for a new life. Fresh possibilities are thrilling. Science or mathematics may intrigue some, who spend much time on them whether or not there is anything "practical" to be gained. Others may release their personalities through laughter or comedy. The moon and Mercury sextile Jupiter and Uranus give happy perspective and confidence.

The sexes join together in chivalry, awakening to possibilities of fresh action, as in Egypt where although the majority of demonstrators are male, the women are there and highly supportive. When some facilities have collapsed, as in Egypt because much business is at a standstill, it is possible to improvise and recover. When people are caught up in internal excitement they are likely to forget some practical things or be absent-minded. You can train your memory if you focus on essentials as pegs, rather than TMI or too much information. It is also courteous to let some social contacts go when it is likely the "other" is too weary or preoccupied for them.

Somehow you are rising to the top of your field, as if by inspired inertia, or long-term patience, willing to deal with delays and obstacles one at a time for months and years. There come times when some who are eagerly in pursuit of objectives will risk danger or death. This could be one of those times, yet I hope that all who are in such a pass will be wise in choosing, so that the likelihood of accident or violence is minimized. The tortoise knows when to pull into its shell.

Venus's sextile with Neptune, exact, resurrects the beauty in all things, which keeps us going subconsciously when many other factors seem daunting. That should carry us into the evening, and by midnight or before in the Eastern Hemisphere (later in Europe) we escape the |daunting or worrisome third of this week| which, however, as outlined above, is likely to be less disturbing today than Sunday and Monday. Possibility, hope, and faith are being restored.

{Tuesday} {Readiness Plus Resilience Build a New World}

Cosmic Piper