Thursday 31 March 2011

~Utter Patience and Faith~

We discussed Mercury Retrograde yesterday so I will refer you to that report.

I quote from Wednesday's New York Times:

Japan’s Confidence Slips in Nuclear Crisis

By KEN BELSON and HIROKO TABUCHI

The flow of bad news has undermined optimistic statements by officials.

Pro-Qaddafi Forces Push Rebels Into Chaotic Retreat

By C.J. CHIVERS and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK 11 minutes ago

The Libyan rebels continued their eastward retreat on Wednesday, fleeing before the loyalists’ shelling and missile attacks.

This is the kind of "retreat" and "confusion" stuff you can expect during the next three weeks especially. It is not that Mercury Retrograde is evil but that it requires readjustments. Things which have gotten out of hand need to be corrected somehow. This doesn't seem like fun, yet is necessary. The word "Chaotic" above, plus "Confidence Slips," just about sum up the situation. So however this applies to your life, you have been given a major clue as to how to handle it.

All this applies especially to today (Thursday) and Friday, because the moon will be void of course both days. That is highly unusual. The void-of-course times ordinarily last only a few hours. The last aspect of the moon while it is in Pisces occurs Thursday at 6:45a PT | 9:45a ET | 1:45p UT and so the moon will be void-of-course from then until it enters Aries on Saturday at 4:17a PT | 7:17a ET | 11:17a UT. That is almost two whole days. Beware of utter confusion! You may feel that "nothing is working" and that your plans are all on hold. I would recommend sticking to (a) basic things with which you are thoroughly familiar, ordinary necessities; (b) things you have to do which are ordinary but have been postponed, such as clean-up and organization of possessions; (c) spiritual prayer and meditation which are always good and can give you inner focus and strength at times like these. If you do taxes, for example, okay, but please don't hit the final online "submit" button or put the forms in the mail until Saturday or later so you can re-check everything and make sure it is right. It is all too easy to make mistakes at these times.

Being nice to people will be good today (Thursday) while the moon is in Pisces; there is a universal feeling of good will at such times. Combined with what has been said above, you can see that people will need and appreciate that good will more than usual. Sometimes my prayer to G*d is simply, "Thank you for good people," because what would we do without them? I mean janitors, secretaries, mechanics, and minimum-wage workers, among others.

Also, we need leaders, however imperfect they almost inevitably have to be. The sun conjoined to Jupiter in Aries suggests that some leaders are coming into their own. Obviously one is needed in Libya, for example; maybe something is brewing. Obama's Libya speech was excellent, although I do not know whether or not his remedies for the situation will really work. He laid down a lot of solid principles which might, or perhaps ought to, determine international intervention.

Nevertheless there was a tinge of American nationalism in his speech, understandable in a man facing re-election in little more than a year, but disturbing in that he gave France and the UK little credit for their leadership in the Libya situation and seemed to claim that the U.S. was the leader. A disinterested view would suggest otherwise.

Facing a void-of-course day, let's not be tough on ourselves. Maybe we need time to relax in a natural setting. Things which seem impossible now might be postponed. That is not always a sin. Reading, or observing nature passively, could restore the soul and spirit. It is invigorating to be a part of nature, at times, rather than an administrator of her potencies. That is to participate in Gaia's dance of life. It does not preclude gaining from nature, as a responsible kindly husbandman. We approach a time when our balance with her will be happier.

Precise, aspiring intelligence is paramount within you, no matter what tangles you face outwardly.
So you can be strong in your focus even if flexible in your approach (or even dilatory when that is good ([previous paragraph]). Aren't you happy that something you decided in the past few weeks is still a solid choice? Your discernment showed it to you and you can hold to it no matter how many outer details try to sway you.

Mars approaching Uranus is a signal that some will be obstreperous, angrily determined to get their way. During the two void-of-course days (today and Friday) some such individual could fly off the handle or react in a way which requires others to control him.

Good things are shaping up, so it would be a mistake to jump into something totally new. Almost demonic forces might tempt you toward disastrous thinking or planning. Taking your time is the best course. You can discipline yourself to attend to simple things. That will strengthen you for bigger ones at another time. The targets at which you aim may be hidden for now but will reappear and meanwhile you are resting, recuperating, and developing plans silently while attending to safe basics.

{Thursday} ~Utter Patience and Faith~

Cosmic Piper