Forecast for Friday 18 February 2011

Friday 18 February 2011

\One-on-One Realism/

For whatever it's worth, the sun enters Pisces (the real, astrological Pisces, based on astronomical Right Ascension and the orbit of our earth around our sun) at 4:26p PT | 7:26p UT | 0:26a(Sa) UT. Its transit through Aquarius has been characterized by the revolutions or would-be revolutions in Egypt and other Arab countries, now Bahrain; as everyone knows, Aquarius is the sign of freedom, ruled by Uranus the planet of individual rights and liberty, which was discovered about the time of the American Revolution. This urge to freedom and democracy has been marked this year more intensely than usual, except in rare years, because Mars has been right with the sun in Aquarius, together with Neptune and Mercury. All these have been in a zodiacal trine with Saturn exalted in Libra, sign of justice.

Today (Friday) that group of planets is in a part of the daily chart related to relationships, or sometimes battles, that is, the fact of the Other as someone to deal with whether in friendship and partnership or in enmity and conflict. So, you may need to "confront" someone in an honest direct way. This could be painful because of the continuing square of Venus with Saturn. So the advice has to be, maintain your cool while facing differences and try to be respectful and considerate. Love might be too much to ask! However, the moon in Virgo trines Pluto and Venus in Capricorn so, especially in the evening, traditional Friday pleasures may proceed happily.

You could feel that you need to exercise your authority, no matter what oppositions you face temporarily. You have earned the right to the position you have attained. The continuity of your efforts to reside in your community as a reliable friend to it will pay off ultimately. Luck may give you much, which you may or may not share in honorable ways.

Are you superior to someone, or is that someone superior to you? The question may be moot, from the viewpoint of ultimate spiritual worth, but relevant in terms of human hierarchies, which have their place as temporary expedients. Some individuals overstep the limits they ought to observe. Your mind-set determines whether you set yourself up for fulfillment and friendly cooperation. You keep moving toward that, not tiring even though every step requires a further step. Since you do not know when or where this will end, your courage keeps you going, and your faith that all must turn out for the best.

Are you thinking of a place you would like to live, or retire to, or otherwise enjoy free of worries? There is a strong urge in that direction, and a wish that you could be alert to every opportunity for it. The aesthetics of the situation, or colorful traditions you appreciate, have a bearing on where you would like to settle down. You would like to uphold the standards you believe in while dwelling in a compatible environment.

Work and pleasure combine well. That is an ideal we all would like to attain in daily living and you may see better, today, how it is possible. Poetry, music, and subtle thoughts or feelings accompany your work somehow. There is a sensuous element in all this, as if you were immersing yourself in natural luxuries. At the same time you know you need to keep up with measured details of your work or projects crucial at this stage. Venus's square with Saturn is good for realism, bad for romance, in general, although you can combine both as the day proceeds, especially if you take a detached view of people and their reactions, which may be on the wary side. People have been hurt and are hurting. They may welcome you the more you understand that and sympathize.

{Friday} /One-on-One Realism\

Cosmic Piper