Forecast: Sunday and Monday, September 16-17, 2012

Sun in Virgo and Moon in Libra, 2012

Beginning Sunday 16 September at 5:56a PT | 8:56a ET | 12:56p UT
through Monday 17 September
/moon goes void-of-course Tuesday 18
/at 4:31a PT | 7:31a ET | 11:31a UT
until Luna enters Scorpio Tuesday at 7:47a PT|10:47a ET|11:47a UT

|Difficult or emotionally stressful third of this week| runs from
Sunday 16 at 8:07p PT | 11:07p ET | Monday 17 3:07a UT
until Wednesday 19 at 4:51a PT | 7:51a ET | 11:51a UT
(basically Monday and Tuesday in the Western Hemisphere)

}Daring to Seek and Interact{

Several patterns look smoother than the previous period. The New Moon of late Saturday is conferring somewhat more energy and optimism as the lunar month gets under way. Plans that were postponed may be ready to sail.

You care about directness and honesty. A T-square with Mercury, Uranus and Pluto suggests you will expect such honesty from people and yourself. You are sensitive to pretension and hypocrisy. So you will see through false schemes or scams. The "weight of the world" seems to hang on us while there are six septile aspects (including the bi- and tri-septiles). It is a kind of "stuck" feeling, as if factors outside of you had the control of your fate, so you can only do so much. That is contrary to the New-Moon optimism, which can still cut out a path for you through seemingly immovable factors.

It would be wonderful to be alert to mystical, charming, subtly sweet and enchanting influences which waft to you from other individuals and which you yourself manifest as something they are drawn toward. This is the angelic or demi-god stature of the human race, now made apparent in ways you would never have suspected. People have magical secrets they do not discuss, and these give them feminine, masculine, or beyond-sex charm and grace surpassing the ordinary.

That is not to say that all is sweetness and light. There are tough aspects, especially the square between Venus and Mars, increasing in strength. Who is your "implacable enemy"? This is someone you may have to deal with, face, or at least contemplate and pray about ("pray for those who persecute you" said the Master in a sermon on a mount). If you so pray, you will most likely be led to do something, whether state your case, carry on the "battle" whether legal, intellectual, or emotional, or something else which makes sense as defusing or enlightening or untangling the interlocked horns of the situation. To be aggressive in an ethical or spiritual manner is not an easy skill to learn.

Whether they are among the jobless or not, many recently have felt skeptical about their abilities. Some may feel their skills are draining away through lack of use or through being used only on trivia. Why do things take so long and seem so fruitless? Instead of pounding a nut to get the meat out, you might feel like slapping yourself to wake yourself up. There should be some relief from this dispiriting tedium during this period, especially Sunday. On Monday we enter the |difficult third of the week| (time above) but you can be persistent.

Erotic inclinations could be fascinating. If you can study these as if your own psychoanalyst, fine; if not, you could be swept away by some. This is a tendency with Venus and Mars in a square, especially from Leo to Scorpio. You may note enticement as a factor around you, directed toward yourself or others; seduction of a direct or subtle nature. It might be said that that is thrilling, but the septile aspects with Mars (three of them) suggest that there is fate, destiny or karma involved, so that what happens is partly beyond your choice. Those involved in the sex trade (and there are millions around the world) will probably have unusual, fateful experiences, as will their clients. Others who are more alone or celibate may be contemplating what it is to be wife, husband and child to oneself, as it were, that is, to include all these relationships within oneself rather than seeking for them outwardly all the time.

Toward the end of the summer, there could be lawn parties, city block parties, or other ways of being yourself within a set, group, or community. That is all to the good. It might be more evident Sunday than Monday, but any time companionship dissolves unsuspected psychological blocks or complexes. It is liberating. If you overlook the forbidding side of people, someone patient, cautious and successful may be a benefactor, share with you generously, or nudge you toward happiness wherever you are. You are aware of advantages you might claim for yourself.

{Sunday and Monday} {Daring to Seek and Interact}

Cosmic Piper