Forecast: Late Saturday, Sunday, Monday, October 13-15, 2012

Sun in Libra and Moon in Libra, 2012

Beginning Saturday 13 October at 4:03p PT | 7:03p ET | 11:03p UT
through Sunday 14 October
/moon goes void-of-course Monday 15 at 5:04a PT|8:04a ET|12:04p UT
until Luna enters Scorpio Monday at 5:07p PT|8:07p ET|12:07a(T) UT

The New Moon of Libra occurs exactly when Luna goes void-of-course (above)

|The difficult or emotionally stressful third of this week| runs from
Sunday 14 at 2:16p PT | 5:16p ET | 9:16p UT, through Monday,
until Tuesday 16-Wednesday 17 at 9:39p(T) PT|12:39a(W) ET|4:39a(W) UT

}Mysteries of Losses, Gains and Games{

The period begins on a Saturday evening when you may wonder exactly what you are doing, continues through a Sunday which has many good, uplifting potentials, and ends on a Monday when you may feel defeated or discontented. So Sunday, at least until early evening, appears best for positive action or decision.

In fact, not to disturb you, it could be the best day for that for a couple of months, for the Dark Hermetic Epoch begins next week on Thursday. We often fumble in the darkness, but also have good dreams. It is not to be feared; but putting things in order before then, and deciding on a regular routine schedule for those two months (October 18 through December 13), would be wise. It is harder to take control of things during a Dark Epoch, so better to put as many as possible in a sensible holding pattern beforehand.

This soli-lunar period may feel like a time of rest (moon shrinking until the New) but also of work. The work is just what you "must" do, for we all have such duties of service, and it would do no good to complain about them. Regular workers are the salt of the earth, often underpaid, carrying the rest of the population on their shoulders. We do not have to restrict our respect for and appreciation of them  to Labor Day. We owe or collect karmic debts based on how much or how little we contribute to the Whole.

Meanwhile, one may feel that "others" are getting all the rewards, that CEOs and celebrities have all the money, luck, and fulfillment, while all one can do is hold ends together. This is a feeling we have to get over. I am not a harsh Republican work-ethic type who blames people for their economic condition. There are reasons for everything. Justice, good working conditions, and reasonable pay are important social goals. But I realize that mooning over or complaining about the "rich" goes nowhere but toward self-defeat.

While doing that, or otherwise wasting your time, you could spill or dissipate your abilities and powers. It is well to make sure you are not throwing your "wad" away. Without self-control, resources and powers diminish.

Seeing things as games might help. Situations in life which seem harsh have their game-like aspect. Even when one feels defeated in the "money game" or the "love game" one can feel one is a winner in the "self-respect" game and perhaps a champion in the "humor" game. People who can make fun of themselves first, and others second, are generally beloved. Self-mockery can be a sign of self-respect, rather than the reverse, for if one feels confident enough to make fun of oneself, one probably understands and appreciates oneself.

The "gaming" side of the period can come out in more direct ways, such as being a spectator of sporting events; or playing games of skill of either the active (touch football) or the sedentary type (chess or cards). Games remind us that it is not a tragedy to lose. Somebody has to. And so what is "losing" in a spiritual sense? Worth thinking about.

Meanwhile, whether active or passive, one can participate in the "wisdom game." Those who are successful sportsmen often have private notions or beliefs which hold them up, keep them going, and make them winners. Sometimes these might be superstitious, in appearance, and sometimes genuinely religious in the good sense. Devotion to and reverence for the Highest leads to the highest wisdom. Then one either loses games graciously, without worry or complaint, or wins with awed gratitude.

{Late Saturday, Sunday, most of Monday} {Mysteries of Losses, Gains and Games}

Cosmic Piper