Forecast for Thursday 15 December 2011

Thursday 15 December 2011

*Past Crisis with Sincerity and Dexterity*

I thank you readers for bearing with me even when, sometimes, a daily report seems not to apply to you very well. I myself go through that. I re-read the forecasts at the end of the day or the next to check up on them. For the past few days they seem to be more accurate, for whatever reason--I would like to believe it's because of recent research into my methods. I believe that if you overlook the days when the report does not ring a bell, you may get more out of them, because the very next day might be the day it works perfectly for you--and if you gave up you would miss it.

Also, it is good to re-read a forecast at the end of the day when you can evaluate its meaning in your life with all of the day's experiences under your belt. Often something which made no sense in the morning will click in the evening. Usually there are more clues in the readings than even I give myself credit for.

Disappointments are part of life, as Buddhists, Hindus and Stoics teach, and need to be met with some kind of spiritual faith on Thursday. It is fine to dream when things are hard, if the dream is something positive to help you over the hurdle.

"Retreat and advance, advance and retreat" is part of the trend of the Jupiter-Saturn opposition, and today you may feel the "retreat" half. Strategic retreat is better than hapless retreat. You have enough awareness to do the former.
Those suffering ordeals involving home, finances, or learning are likely to get vital help just before they reach a point of desperation.

What is "irrepressible purity"? (Taken from Marc Edmund Jones's book on symbols for the degrees.) Something that is yours in your depths. If you let it bubble up into your consciousness it will save you from worry. It grants intuitive powers. It could not be, without some implicit religious faith in life, the cosmos, G*d. (By G*d, I do not mean the cosmos. That would be pantheism. As Sri Aurobindo has explained better and more fully than anyone else in the history of the world, G*d is one with the cosmos but also transcendent of it, greater than it, master of it, Ishwara.)

When people feel morose, a woman singing can console them. This could be a mother with a lullaby or nursery rhyme, a chanteuse in a nightclub, an unknown voice on the radio or in your head.

While you listen to her, your dexterity in meeting difficult situations is remarkable. You can lean on it, and then it allows you to stand forth strong and free no matter what happens.

Sincerity is a magical quality, overcoming unkind destiny again and again. That means saying what you really believe, and making your beliefs coordinate with your highest aspirations. Then without awkward sanctimony you find yourself relating to people in a way uplifting to all.

{Thursday} *Past Crisis with Sincerity and Dexterity*

Cosmic Piper