Forecast for Saturday 9 April 2011

Saturday 9 April 2011

~Cultivated Poise~

Would you believe that the moon is void-of-course again? As mentioned, this is happening more frequently of late, for another month or so. That it is happening during a Mercury Retrograde period makes it even harder. I don't know whether to say "Buck up" or "Lie down" because that depends on a lot of factors. If you have necessities to finish which are crucial, buck up! If you don't, and need a break desperately, lie down!

The void-of-course period will end when the moon leaves Gemini for Cancer at 2:03p PT | 5:03p ET | 9:03p UT. (I hope those of you in Europe or India can easily convert this last Univeral Time to your local time. If I had a dozen Indian readers I would give Indian time also but I may have only one or two.)

The void-of-course periods are natural "vacation" periods, and so is the Mercury Retrograde period (up to April 23), and today is the Hebrew Sabbath, so---this might be a triply proper vacation day. Or, if there are things you must do, you might do them gently, easily, with plenty of breaks, and music in the background (if that is what you like).

Writing for everyone, I have to temper the hard or disastrous indications down to the level of the statistical average. For some, today could be intense or painful, for the |difficult or emotionally stressful third of this week| is today through Monday. (It appears to cover three days---the average is about 2.35---because of the way it happens to fall.) So, those in battle or danger zones need to take care. As for the threat of a U. S. government shutdown, I cannot predict whether it will happen, but even if it doesn't, obviously there is a big mess to straighten out which is not yet finished. The areas of government and of law are plenteously filled in the daily chart.

At a gentler level, some who are under stress will become more sympathetic to others and be kind, even to animals. Others, who are preparing for a journey later or in the summer, will do so in adventurous manful anticipation.

There is the thrill of battle, and the tragedy of it, and these unfortunately intertwine in war. We can only hope that prayer will mingle with battle this weekend and prevent serious disasters. Rumination by commanders and leaders could lead to better strategies with more chances of detentes or peaceful resolution.

In your personal life, a woman who is friendly and generous might aid you; she is in a position to do so.

Sometimes it is good to take a break, in war also. "Life goes on" even when death threatens. To be proficient in your career, you can mix such interests with more enjoyable ones. The lighter moments and pursuits pour ease and poised competence into the more ambitious ones.

Caution is the right path when options are confused. Seignior Borelli's symbol for Mars's position today: "A fox running along a path beneath the shadow of a wall." Sneaky? Or just wisely careful.

It's a day of strategy, an intuitive one earlier, a more consciously articulated one after the time in paragraph 2. There is room for entertainment although you may feel a dour vibration within it, as, people trying to have a good time but moody and sullen. Others, feeling that fulfillment must be "somewhere else," might jump over the fence of caution and come a cropper. Ouch. Since everyone senses these morose possibilities intuitively, you have an explanation for the lack of enthusiasm or the forced enthusiasm. Now let's develop immutable poise.

{Saturday} ~Cultivated Poise~

Cosmic Piper