An Undevout Astrologer? Friday's Forecast

Friday 3 February 2012

The moon is gratifying our desire for a happy Friday, for I have not found its square with Venus to be terribly troublesome in the past. It can be a kind of temptation, a desire to jump into some attractive relationship prematurely, but the results do not have to be bad. It can be fascinating. The fact that it is also square Mars, which opposes Venus, is why I couldn't give the day an A rating socially. However, "bold" could be the right word, if you are reasonably careful not to step on toes metaphorically (Mars in Virgo opposite Venus the sign of the feet). Dancing, however, could be a thrill.

Money factors seem on the up-and-up. Your mind can locate strategically whatever will benefit you whether financially or socially. This has an element of fate, which one can lean on as it leans on oneself, in which it is comfortable to trust.

Friday 3 February 2012
Social life, friendship, enjoyment, personal relationships: B
Work, projects, opportunity, concentration on achievement: C
Negotiations, agreements, business, transactions, purchases: B
Cooperation of circumstances, weather, traffic, conveniences: B
Sheer relaxation and liberating self-exploration: A
Spiritual seeking, worship, prayer, meditation, positive thinking: A
E is effete; D is desperate; C is cool; B is bold; A is awesome

Cosmic Piper

An Undevout Astrologer?

One reason I am emphasizing the Bible, religion, spirituality, is because of the serious truth of an old adage, repeated by Max Heindel, that "an undevout astrologer is mad." This has more than one meaning. First, anyone who perceived the truths of astrology and yet could deny Intelligent Planning of the solar system and of human beings would indeed be mad! Second, pride would overtake an undevout astrologer, who might begin to think himself master of the universe.

Some kind of devoutness in the face of the Infinite, and of our Creator, however one chooses to visualize Him or It, is absolutely necessary to anyone rising beyond the dull perceptions of ordinary humanity.

On the topic of the Bible, continued:

3. Another problem (two were discussed yesterday) connected with appreciating the Bible is the absurd notion that everything in it is presented and meant to be taken literally. It is as if the critics of religion and the Bible had no elementary perception of what hyperbole and metaphor are, or what inspired writings are, which invariably use hyperbole and metaphor and other literary devices to give some hint of Realities which, of course, if they are of G*d or the Divine, are way beyond our ordinary thinking ability.

Therefore those who make fun of the notion of God as the Creator of the universe in six days are simply silly, unlearned, uneducated. They do not know that centuries ago, by Philo in Alexandria, by the Jewish cabalists everywhere, the teachings of Genesis were interpreted allegorically and spiritually. Only American Christian fundamentalists of the most simplistic sort take these stories literally. Even the scriptures they purport to believe in refute them, for they say that "a thousand years to the Lord is as one day." Then why not a million or a billion years?

Of course, these atheists do not want to know about the truly profound spiritual interpretations of the Scriptures, spanning many centuries, because they are so firmly committed to and locked into their superficial materialistic preconceptions that no one can jolt them out of them, except possibly death or a near-death experience. (I have been reading about these recently in the superb books of Raymond Moody, Jr., which came out a few years ago but are definitely worth re-reading.)

Sir Real