Sun in Taurus and Moon in Cancer, 2012

Beginning Wed-Thu at 10:43p(W) PT | 1:43a(Th) ET | 5:43a(Th) UT
through Thursday and Friday 26-27 April
/moon goes void-of-course Saturday 28 at 12:07a PT|3:07a ET|7:07a UT
until Luna enters Leo Saturday at 9:11a PT | 12:11p ET | 4:11p UT

~Self-Definition in Relationship~

A lot of exciting things could be happening. Yet we are in what I have often called |the difficult third of this week| because Luna is in Cancer moving to a square with Saturn in Libra. This could mean sobriety and realism, yet Venus's good aspects suggest really good social potentials. Being with a friend or partner is recommended no matter what the difficulties. People have their doubts and suspicions under this lunar aspect but are trying to rise above them, so you can help each other and have a happy time in the process.

With the moon in Cancer, the sun and Jupiter in Taurus, and Mars in Virgo, the pleasures of the table, or eating and drinking, are  emphasized. This could mean your own enjoyable work in the kitchen or eating out.

You give up some things, in connection with your home, so that others may be accented. You want to fiddle with your job or career, to become more proficient in it, and put that ahead of just enjoying your home.

You seek peace. The best way to do that is to trust in a higher power.

At times you may give up to a lazy streak, which could be fine for a while, enjoying yourself alone or with someone. Then, while riding the rainbow, be prepared for a fall on your bottom. This could come late Friday, but need be no more than realism and sobriety, as indicated in paragraph 1.

The complexities of life can be fascinating, yet one can sense the thread going through them, which makes them easier. A labyrinth has its charm, like a detective story. Your eccentric way through it is unlike anyone else's. And you will perceive others' eccentricities with horror or delight.

What is envy? We seldom recognize it in ourselves. It can come out disguised as contempt. Or it can be fanaticism, a need to compel others to believe or do what you have chosen for your own agenda and disparagement of them if they do not. Actually there are signs that you may recognize this in yourself (and others) and so modify it so that it can be humorous or even uplifting rather than annoying.

Through all this, even when most concerned about your own standing in the world or your honor, you have an outlook into a fairy kingdom or realm of leprechauns which can absolve you of worry.

Want to hear the worst case scenario for these two days? You become lazy, drifting while only dreaming of what you could be accomplishing, losing opportunities, becoming shiftless and somewhat contemptible in your own eyes. Meanwhile relationships and friendships crash on the rocks and you feel betrayed by someone special or all and sundry. These would be potentials of the harshest planetary positions and aspects. But it need not be so:

The good aspects of Mars, Saturn and the sun could keep you on a sensible course of finishing what needs to be finished even if you don't enjoy it at first. You decide to postpone laziness until you get a minimum done and then all goes well. Further, the good aspects of Venus shore up your confidence and social ease, and bring luck when you dare to mix with people rather than avoid them. (Of course in an extreme case, avoiding the worst in them might be necessary.) Therefore you transcend or transmute the previous paragraph's ugly scenario.

Whether a major relationship for you right now is visible or invisible, objective or subjective, it is yours to focus upon as a basis of self-realization for yourself and maybe someone else. A relationship with the divine Thou, in Martin Buber's terms, is also a relationship, and perhaps the best.

{Thursday and Friday} ~Self-Definition in Relationship~

Cosmic Piper