Forecast for Saturday-Sunday, April 30-May 1, 2011

Saturday-Sunday April 30-May 1, 2011

*Poise Recovered and Employed*

The exhilarating feeling many are having now has a lot to do with the five or (today) six planets in Aries. It is a sign of infinite expectation! Nothing is impossible! The first sign of the zodiac is like a young boy. However, all this has been hindered by the fact that Mercury in that sign has been retrograde; now it is advancing more speedily day by day. Also, it and Mars are escaping from their opposition with Saturn retrograde in Libra. This was and remains difficult. Libra rules the kidneys, and Sai Baba, a world teacher with millions of devotees, passed on while part of his physical problem was related to the kidneys. Then yesterday I learned that an old friend had a serious kidney problem. One can only pray about such things and hope that some day, when astrologers, spiritual healers, and physicians join hands as they should, we will be able to heal in ways we can't envision as yet. I do not have a pat explanation of what "kidney trouble" signifies spiritually. In Sai Baba's case, my guess is that he was taking on the world's karma.

Let us affirm and believe that love will heal kidney problems!

Saturn in Libra, bitterly afflicting the world through the quest for balance and justice in Arab regions, also comes out in another way---the royal wedding. Why? Because Libra is the sign of Venus (with Taurus) and of relationships.

And so I feel a little sad that I jocosely chided the royal family for not using astrology to choose the wedding date. Venus in Aries opposing Saturn in Libra (with four other planets) is a perfect signature of something happening in the world in regard to relationships. The royal wedding was a symptom of that or, as one might say, the royals were "taking on the karma" of relationships for everybody!

In other words, the royal couple focused the world's attention on what relationships mean. This has been exhilarating because of the Aries planets, but sobering because of the Saturn-retrograde-in-Libra (Aries's opposite sign) phenomenon. If Aries is a boy, Saturn in Libra could be a mature woman reflecting on her past relationships or her lost marriage. I could not help wondering what Charles felt during the wedding. Those serious, solemn, almost frightful vows, as made intense in the Church of England's ritual, might have fallen on his head like a thunderbolt since he must have been recalling his own marriage to Diana. What did those solemn vows mean to him then, and at their divorce, and at her tragic passing?

And just so others must have been reflecting on their own lives or marriages, among the millions who watched the wedding or are re-seeing it.

From commitment, loyalty and its suffering comes poignancy and soul growth. That is Saturn retrograde in Libra, and we are living through it now.

It is "opposed" or balanced by the five Aries planets, the youthful sense of infinite possibilities yet to be realized. This heady mixture means that "dead" relationships are revived, or seen in a new light which makes them fresh, or reveals a meaning in them one can live with.

Saturday looks good for household matters, business, careful purchases or deals, organizing possessions, and friendship. There could be even more romance or friendliness than on Friday. Technically we are still in the |stressful third of this week| but that is mollified by many factors. Working out from the stress is exhilarating.

Saturday is better than Sunday for getting things accomplished, so even if you are Jewish or Seventh-Day Adventist I would suggest making Sunday your sabbath this week. On Sunday the moon goes void-of-course at 8:21a PT | 11:21a ET | 3:21p UT. Since it is also the "dying moon" or in its final phase before the New Moon early Tuesday, there are two reasons for Sunday to be a time of recovery, rest, and peace. If there are necessary things to do, a minimum of bother would be the right formula.

{Saturday-Sunday} *Poise Recovered and Employed*

Cosmic Piper