Forecast for Saturday 31 December 2011

Saturday 31 December 2011

*Steering Past Reefs to Hope*

The moon in Aries all day suggests people will really be looking forward to a new year with zest. (And, to get this out of the way at the beginning, I am not one who believes the Mayan calendar, or the peculiar interpretation of it some have propounded, rules our lives.) There should be clearer definition of what you want and where you are going than on Friday.

A social trend is present, as always on New Year's Eve, but also a definite desire to be clear about your self-worth, what you mean to yourself and your value in the world. Your bank balance or monetary "net worth" is not an index of your real worth in the eyes of G*d. You care about the latter, and also your reputation in the eyes of human beings, and it is normal in terms of the day's astrological positions that you cannot get that out of your head during partying. So you may choose relatively sober partying, or none at all. Still, there is a tri-quintile between Mars and Venus, and so a happy social trend in one way or another, especially in late hours and early Sunday when the moon is sextile Venus.

You remember what is important in years before, in an evanescent, unpredictable manner, as if a scattered incomplete panorama of your life were displayed before your eyes. Impressions of the present mingle with those from the past.

Preserving yourself from defamation could be an issue (Mercury square Mars continues). People are likely to say things which sound much harsher than intended. It is fine to defend yourself as long as that does not look like self-doubt or whining. If you are in the right you will say what is needed in your defense in a simple inoffensive manner and let it go. That will be more impressive than a pleaful argument.

On the other side of this, you might offend by tactless remarks of which you are quite unconscious. "How does the other person interpret or feel this?" should be a question asked of yourself before every remark. (Maybe this is the secret of the "strong silent type" of days of yore.) People are likely to read a subtext you did not intend.

All this could happen also in connection with opinions, politics, religion, beliefs, agendas, whether your own or someone else's. Yet there is potentially deep tolerance, with Neptune in good aspect with the Jupiter-Saturn opposition, so you can finesse such disagreements somehow and bring good will to bear on the situation. People sometimes do not understand the consequences of their beliefs, and if they did, would change them. If you pretend that they will do that in the future, you will feel better.

Expressing yourself freely is wonderful at certain moments, when the reefs just pointed out are avoided. Then a kind of game-like atmosphere lets everybody relax and joke, no matter how serious beneath the surface.

Subconsciously, some feel that their lives are collapsing or have collapsed. This is not true, in the light of eternity, but seems frightening, so this day and tomorrow could be troubling to them. Helping them feel better could be the secret of a Happy New Year.

{Saturday} *Steering Past Reefs to Hope*

Cosmic Piper