Sun in Taurus and Moon in Leo, 2012

Beginning Saturday 28 April at 9:11a PT | 12:11p ET | 4:11p UT
through Sunday 29 April
/moon goes void-of-course Monday 30 at 7:18a PT | 10:18a ET | 2:18p UT
until Luna enters Virgo Monday at 4:03p PT | 7:03p ET | 11:03p UT

*Diversions Foster Success*

The grand trine in earth signs---in March it was Mars, Pluto and Jupiter, then it faded in early April, then returned in later April as Mars, Pluto and the sun---has been good for the stock market. As a matter of fact, the Market fell backward during the gap in this Grand Trine in early April, but has now recovered with the help of the sun's position. (However, although such large-scale trends are sometimes observable, I warn against trying to predict the Market with astrology. There are too many variables, and sometimes investors will go into buying frenzy under bad aspects, then sell to take profits during good times; sometimes they will do the exact opposite. In the former case, things are "good" for the sellers taking profits, "bad" for those holding on. And so on.) I hope this Grand Trine has been good for your personal finances. At least, it has made most more confident and relaxed about income.

As for the labor market, which all consider crucial, it would appear that unemployment ought to decrease with Mars turned direct in Virgo, a sign of work from some viewpoints (even to the point that Labor Day is celebrated in the month of Virgo). Mars has been retrograde in that sign since January; now that it is direct (since April 14), and headed to trines with Pluto and Jupiter, I hope employment will increase from now through June. Things are even worse, of course, in some places such as Spain, Greece and Italy, so let us hope they too shall see improvement under these configurations (and the Bright Hermetic Epoch lasting until June 27).

During this solar-lunar period your mind is sharp and strong to deal with financial and other matters, flexible and able to take account of pertinent factors. Things at a distance connected with travel or education come into play.

Even if you spend most of your time at home, whatever you are trying to achieve gets a green light. You sense how something you ultimately complete will be notable and a blessing for the human race. Some are looking to you and confident that you can do that. The wherewithal, even if delayed, is there. The location is there (established on someone else's foundational endeavors). So it is well to formulate your goal and expect success.

The fruits of nature are satisfying, and your attempts to gain and share them, through gardening or farming perhaps, are soul-satisfying. If you don't do that yourself you might visit a farmers' market, neighbor's garden or the like.

In all this you will benefit by pulling yourself back to center whenever you realize you are getting lost in inessential trivia. It can be exalting to rush, experience much, luxuriate in hurry and thrill, but then enough is enough. You know your ego's deeper direction.

There is something like a carnival of diversions around you, even if close to home. This exercises your body and spirit, mellows your understanding and pleases you. When it turns into mere self-indulgence, and starts to feel gross, you know it is time to turn elsewhere.

Within it you might become linked with someone interesting and uplifting whose take on life is refreshing because mysteriously tantalizing. Together you could found a colony or a secret order. Dreams and visions are wonderful so long as they do not mislead the unwary into flowered paths ending in poison ivy. A sense of proportion gains the best from competing worlds before they know what has happened.

{Saturday, Sunday, Monday} *Diversions Foster Success*

Cosmic Piper