Forecast for Wednesday 16 February 2011

Wednesday 16 February 2011

*Common-Sense Achievement*


How things are going for you might depend on the relation of the quadruple conjunction at the end of Aquarius (comprising Mercury, Mars, the sun and Neptune) to your own birth-chart. It has an ominous relation to mine, which is the "formal cause" of my computer problem. I am writing this forecast down the hall from my apartment with a public computer, not the best way to go about this. I couldn't sleep without writing it, so here it is, late for most of you.

Even from the aspects in the sky connected equally with all of us, Wednesday seems a somewhat formidable day. Venus's square with Saturn tends to be the "nobody loves me" aspect, so be patient with that trend in yourself. It does develop deep character strength, at best: the ability to "love without return for love" as Sri Aurobindo puts it in his epic poem. However, the |stressful or worrisome third of this week| has ended (comprising Monday and Tuesday) so it appears you will be able to deal with problems more cheerfully, with a calmer, more realistic attitude. Facing difficulties in relation to individuals important to you may be possible. It's not a breeze but can be done on a one-to-one, honest basis.

A trend toward easy living, having fun, is a response to the difficulties you don't want to deal with. It is not wrong in itself of course unless it goes on too long. Another way to deal with the pressures is to spend your time alone in a comfortable place or in a pleasant natural setting. That would bring out the sun's conjunction with Neptune, which is conducive to meditative largess and spiritual awareness. Ultimately, however, you will want to get at things, get them done. It could be a solid work day because you see what has to be done immediately and get at it without delay. Once you've completed a solid chunk you will feel like rewarding yourself a la the first two sentences of this paragraph.

People you need to deal with may be, some of them, in supervisory positions so you feel you need to tread carefully. You may also feel that you are really the supervisor and are surveying their work or activity. The natural world is active, and you as at some level part of nature are active, wondering if you will ever get things finished. Maybe we need to appreciate activity for its own sake, or for itself rather than only for what it is intended to accomplish. Your mind-set is part of the work, in fact the basis of it.

You will get more done the more alert and responsive you are to what is needed, which is not a large task if you stay "in the moment' while yet being open to clues and warnings which come intuitively as you act. Some of these could seem mysterious, so that you would not mention them to anyone else. They are your own.They increase your efficiency, which expands itself. That has been called "learning by doing."

We approach the Full Moon (early Friday morning) so awareness is high, enlarged as it were as is the appearance of the lunar orb. Yet it seems you will want to use this expanded focus to focus narrowly on immediacies which need attention. It could be an achievement day.

A softer and more subtle sense may come to you when dealing with people, to help you past the emotional distancing already discussed. There is a desire to smooth the path and make things easier in interactions. Still you need to be wary, because when others feel oppressed (as now) they are both more touchy and more dangerous than usual. Making do with what you have is a key; it is abundance if taken as such and used in the most generous way. "Take it light," usually an offensive phrase when uttered to you when upset, is beneficent now if you let it be your own advice to yourself.

{Wednesday} *Common-Sense Achievement*

Cosmic Piper