Forecast for Wednesday 23 November 2011

Wednesday 23 November 2011

~Mystery Ameliorated by Common Sense and Hope~

Woe unto holiday travelers! Well, take this with a grain of salt. Maybe you will get where you are going in seamless prompt order. However, Luna in the Via Combusta while in the last days of a dying moon, with Saturn in fields of travel and home while tri-septile Uranus in other fields of home and travel, could mean delays big-time. Or it could mean, for those who have no trouble traveling, that they feel out of place this Thanksgiving.

When I grew up, Thanksgiving was "over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother's house we go," because all my family lived close by. So the idea of plane flight to get home for Thanksgiving is alien to me. Call me a curmudgeon, but I believe airplane flight is not healthy for human beings or the planet. When it is necessary for vocational purposes, business, and government (although we all wonder these days whether businessmen and government officials know what they are doing or where they are going), okay; and we might allow ourselves one round-trip flight a year for vacation. The rest seems to me otiose. Take the bus or train, and get to know seat-mates from other economic strata during a grueling days-long trip. It might be good for your soul. Or have Thanksgiving with your next-door neighbors. What an odd idea!

Max and Augusta Foss Heindel say of Jupiter opposed to Saturn (going on until the first week of March): "Gives a diffident, vacillating mind unable to form decisions, always distrustful of others, indolent and inclined to drift with the tide." Sound like anyone you know? Your congressman, maybe? Senators? Some of us wish that they would experience the rest of this delineation: " . . . often a ward of society either in the poor-house or the prison, for the character is basically dishonest." Our congressmen? Perish the thought! But a turn in the poor-house might do them good.

The sun's square with Neptune, which occurs about twice a year, is not terrible but has its peculiarities, such as a need for extra rest or sleep. It warns against too much alcohol or drugging. C. E. O. Carter says of it: "The tendency of Neptune to produce scandal is often seen; sometimes the native is to blame, sometimes apparently not. Often the whole affair is involved in mystery, and no one seems to know the truth about it." Sound familiar? Need I mention Penn State? And Herman Cain? (The aspect began November 5.) More of this delineation by Carter also hits at least the first of those marks: "[subjects of the aspect are] sometimes oblivious to the laws of conventional morality and straightforwardness, not perhaps so often deliberately as by reason of a seeming 'blind spot.'" Also, since Neptune is involved and in Aquarius, "the water carrier," many will have experienced peculiar problems with liquids, urinary matters, water, or plumbing. (Some of the incidents at Penn State are supposed to have been in the shower.)

I like to give out older (and in these cases deceased) astrologers' delineations, like this, because they get so little credit for the amazing work they have done.

Wednesday: We should beware of anger and argument because the sun's square with Mars is increasing (witness Egypt) and the moon in one of Mars's signs, Scorpio.

A musician, poet, or painter (deceased or in the flesh) might impress you, with Venus sextile both Saturn and Neptune. His or her glory is yours for free.

You might notice yourself walking up or down steps which are close to the natural world of growing (or dormant) things or animals. This is a symbol of hope and of the beauty and order you are bringing into your life. (The Sabian symbol for Jupiter lends this insight.)

Doubt is an interesting phenomenon. One wants to trust, but feels one has been betrayed in the past, and fears to trust again. You might be feeling this about conditions in your work situation or what you do for income. Yet you have worked out something solid in these areas you can depend on, rather than searching for something new. Individuals and methods proved helpful should be trusted.

The situation of women and men in connection with strained or restrained alliances having sexual overtones is coming up. Fortunately, this is the first day of Venus's trine with Mars, lasting through December 16 (by ten-degree orb); therefore, whatever the problems, happy outcomes are available.

Pleasing someone in a power position could be important. This is not "sucking up" but being responsible so that you are well-regarded rather than seen as impotent or lazy. Going the extra mile on the day before Thanksgiving?

{Wednesday} ~Mystery Ameliorated by Common Sense and Hope~

Cosmic Piper