Forecast: Friday and Saturday, 22-23 February, 2013

Friday 22 February 2013

Sun in Pisces and Moon in Leo
beginning at 2:13p PT | 5:13p ET | 10:13p UT
/before that, moon void-of-course

The |karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week is upon us until Sunday evening, but other factors make Friday much better than Saturday for partying or having fun

Join the parade! It weaves through dark streets
Where ghosts gather, then to bright lights
Which need a fuse. When three horses reach the
Bazaar of bouquets, let the toasts begin.

*Modest Celebration*

This is the day of this weekend for fun or partying, not Saturday and probably not Sunday, at least not big-time.

In fact, there may be cause for celebration. People feel good about themselves and therefore good about everyone else.
There is a slight discount from that statement because of the |difficult third| but we have to live with that and work with the relativities we are dealt.

You may find that things get better as the day and evening proceed. Many feel good about something in their careers and might share that. It is as if they were emerging from obscurity into public favor.

Pioneers in the spiritual realm are aware also of accounting, of keeping finances in shape which will support their mission. Then they feel they do not have to protect themselves from ambush.

If anyone gets over-excited, feeling his mana as irresistible, he or she may feel specially privileged. If he rather tries to awaken his joy in others and benefit companions, things will go well.
Mutual instruction goes swimmingly. There is accord among two or three individuals. People want to share pleasures in a setting which supports amicability. There is praise and flattery which does not detract from dignity.

Because we are in the Dark Hermetic Epoch (until April 6), not all the plans and hopes discussed so exuberantly will work out exactly as imagined, but we are wary of this and ready to abrogate problems which could imperil our schemes. A traditional decorative ambience improves the tone of the mind.
 
At worst, the jubilant mood could turn dark if someone gets too cocky and before realizing it stirs up a fight. We need to remember that we disagree about some things and there is no remedy for that except patience. Remembering what we have, our security, our homes, is a help; we have privileges which should make us calm rather than arrogant, and protective of what we rely upon.

In the background of people's thoughts may be a feeling that they are cheated, underpaid or under-appreciated. Yet in the foreground is self-dramatization and mutual inspiration. Let us celebrate.

*Modest Celebration*

Cosmic Piper

 
Saturday 23 February 2013

Sun in Pisces and Moon in Leo
moon not void-of-course
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week
lasts until Sunday at 4:23p PT | 7:23p ET | 12:23a(M) UT

The poker hand looks good. No bluff. Not so
Good. Back to accounts. Bubbles in the air.
Lumber to chop. Dice to roll. Drills to go through.
Snakes uncoil; slither away at command.


*Long-Term Aim, with Patience*

While the Full Moon approaches (exact on Monday), overconfidence could be a problem, when it involves gambles or risks. Most likely it is better to pull back and be prudent.

You can definitely aim well at your target in career areas, if study or some other approach to them is possible. You might also dream of high ideals, bright thrilling fantasies, which is fine so long as they don't entice you into dangerous actions. Mercury is at its station, ready to turn retrograde early Monday, and the effects are evident. Your mind drifts into past obsessions, some of them "flaky," others legitimately fascinating but seemingly impractical.

Good strategies may come to you as you ponder ways to accomplish a mission. You may see how to handle the commercial side of it, protecting yourself from loss.

Someone well-disciplined, perhaps a military person, might fascinate you, as if some of his or her skill rubbed off on you. Possibilities which seemed promising yesterday may recede, though you still dream of them, awaiting a chance to bring them closer to fruition.

Warnings against hopeless gambles abound in the chart. It's fine to dream, but not wise to risk loss by trying things which in more sober moments you would realize are not realistic. One bit of good advice would be to finish up duties, or things you feel you ought to do, before trying anything fresh, unusual, adventitious or possibly delusional.

Mobilizing your abilities to get immediately necessary things done will be a tonic. It cuts out the deadwood from your thinking and feeling.

Rash acts could bring turmoil or strife. Everyone is likely to be in a mood to try to gain by some crazy scheme and so there is angry competition under the surface which can explode when anyone is frustrated in his designs.

Covertly, people are thinking of their work, their position in the world and how inadequate it seems. They are silently protesting against that indignity and it makes them edgy. 

Seeing things as a circus in progress could help. Then you don't take it all too seriously. Of course there can be entertainment. It is just wise to realize it is entertainment rather than get carried away by desires, angers or passions aroused by it. Life is an interesting long-term experiment. Impatience could make it an agony it does not have to be.

{Saturday} *Long-Term Aim, with Patience*

Cosmic Piper