Forecast for Thursday 8 December 2011

Thursday 8 December 2011

\In Training, with a Bit of Slack/

Most of us, or all of us, are feeling the "drag" of Mercury retrograde. Things go slowly, and often you would rather take a nap or daydream than focus on the "matter in hand." Sometimes this is a very good signal that you need to do just that--take a break. Of course if you are working for someone else, this may not be possible, directly, although the art of "slacking" is practiced in many a corporation.

Adventure is sometimes an escape from responsibility, sometimes a proper escape from the merely humdrum. At these times, adventure or escape can be dangerous, for some people make the worst mistakes of their lives while Mercury is retrograde or slow (in the Dark Hermetic Epoch, in other words, which lasts this time until the end of 2011). Usually those mistakes take the form of running away, quitting, resigning, divorcing, and so on. It is my responsibility to point this out.

You already know what you need to do. You can swallow hard and get on with it, but do give yourself those "breaks" in whatever way is feasible or salubrious. You are not totally isolated. G*d has not forgotten you. You may feel isolated and in fact enjoy that at times when you want your own space.

Are there times to forget your diet, eat and drink what you wish, jump up and dance merrily? (I put it in the form of a question because I don't want the bad karma of getting you in trouble.)

Still, consistency is resourcefulness, so the former paragraph should be practiced in moderation, or when you feel you have finished a good chunk of your work.

There can be prosperity in expected or unexpected ways, and a sense of ease.

Hopes for general economic resolutions and greater fairness in wealth distribution were discussed yesterday; they continue significant in many minds, and a dissatisfaction with current leadership may develop better leadership, as a pearl from the sand in an oyster. We don't want a Robespierre, certainly not a Stalin, and probably not even a Trotsky; but someone needs to do "something," everybody agrees.

Instructing or training someone may be important. You may not think of yourself as a teacher or trainer, yet could do some of that when it seems naturally appropriate. If done in the right spirit, it will not be offensive to anyone. We are all learning how to control ourselves, brain and body. That can be thrilling when it proceeds apace.

{Thursday} /In Training, with a Bit of Slack\

Cosmic Piper