Forecast: Late Tuesday, Wednesday, early Thursday, June 26-28

Sun in Cancer and Moon in Libra, 2012

Beginning Tuesday 26 June at 10:16a PT | 1:16p ET | 5:16p UT
through Wednesday 27 June
/moon goes void-of-course Thursday 23 at 1:23a PT|4:23a ET|8:23a UT
until Luna enters Scorpio Thursday afternoon
at 1:33p PT | 4:33p ET | 8:33p UT

}Overcoming Injustice Builds Strength{

A lot is changing. The Dark Hermetic Epoch begins Wednesday, extending through July until August 22, almost two months. This is a time partially for withdrawal, for a focus on more internal needs while temporizing, or doing the best you can, with external matters rather than pushing them forward through ambitious plans.

I felt this already on Monday as I write. It was the feeling: "The hell with it!" I felt like getting out some vodka instead of continuing with my exercise program. (I didn't.) I was the Mole in the Wind in the Willows, in the first chapter, saying "Hang Spring cleaning!" and hastening out of his burrow to go off with the beckoning Rat for glorious adventures.

Of course we all have a Dear Prudence within us who will caution us against the worst possibilities of self-indulgence, which in fact could lead to grievous loss. So I have to say "Take care" but would rather say "Have fun."

There are strong potentials of gain through business. You see how to use your particular approach to ride high.

A friend has a playlist entitled "Summer in Fairyland." That is in fact a party you could go to. Neptune's aspects are both hard and soft, evoking a breeze from Fairyland which could bounce you in unusual directions. You ascend toward fraternizing with good, enlivening folk.

At the same time, there are protests against the harshness of life. Some will protest business conditions or exploitation by corporations. Others will try to change or bend governmental regulations. Since this is the difficult third of this week, with the moon close to Saturn while traversing the Via Combusta for exactly the second half of the period (beginning Wednesday at 12:10p PT | 3:10p ET | 7:10p UT), none of these attempts to protest or change things will be easy but that does not mean they might not be worth while, provided one adds moderation and common sense to the formula to make sure one is not a Don Quixote hopelessly attacking windmills.

Good style and unusual love-interests mingle, somehow, with all of the former activities.

Can you think of a group with which you have affiliated, or could affiliate, which is refined, cultivated, affluent, and influential? You might benefit by taking up with it.

There is a deep dignity in some who are remote from you, perhaps physically, yet close to you in spirit. They are both inspiring and useful.

Injustice and cruelty could mark the self-assertion of some with whom you have to deal. This is part of the harder side of this period. You do not have to bow to them. However, wise adjudication could be the way around them, that is, appealing to a third party as if a court or judge which could have or acquire jurisdiction and rule partly in your favor. This could be more on a purely personal level than a governmental one, or could be the latter depending on your circumstances.

Again it is a matter of dignity, or respecting others, including opponents, while expecting respect in return. It is not necessary to be incendiary, or inclined toward destruction. Each thinks his own castle is under attack, and wants to defend it by attacking the enemy's, to put this in imagery. Your spiritual path will carry you beyond the dangers indicated if you pull out the right stops and play your soul's motif on the organ of your intensified living. Thereby you invoke the forces of justice which will settle everything in a way favorable to your highest hopes.

{Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday}  {Overcoming Injustice Builds Strength}

Cosmic Piper