Monday 1 April 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Sagittarius
/moon void-of-course until it enters Capricorn
at 10:36p PT | 1:36a(Tu) ET | 5:36a(Tu) UT
The sculptor marvels at his work, wonders where
It will go. A ladder to nowhere oddly beckons.
Two wolves devour a carcase. The seaman lost floats
To a land where someone else's crops flourish.
*The Dance of Lone Wolf*
It would be easy to fulminate about the hard aspects going on. Saturn is the focus of a yod (two quincunxes) with Jupiter and Uranus. Jupiter is the focus of a yod with Saturn and Pluto. Together, these suggest deep soul-challenge, a questioning of who one is, what one is doing, where one is going, what one's destiny means. But is that bad? Rather it is good if done in an appropriate way. An inappropriate way could lead to despair and even suicidal thoughts.
There could be loneliness. Is anyone willing to help? Are you left entirely on your own? You might take comfort
in the fact that others are feeling the same way, whether they show it
or not. Obviously we are not all isolated, since we live in a
functioning society, but the feeling of isolation could be pronounced. If you were to go somewhere else, would things be better? Or would the temporary high of a new location soon dissipate so that you find yourself even more abandoned, an outcast?
A few things
which might help: 1. You have a mission, and you will be much happier
if you do not forget it, but pursue it as best you can no matter how
impossible it seems. 2. There are beauty, art, poetry, music, and they are available as always to lift your spirits.
You have been astute in protecting yourself from loss. You can also pursue fulfillment in some craft, skill, art or talent which is natural to you. It is not pretentious if you are putting your soul into it.
Hard
work has its own glory. You have high aspirations. Since the moon is
void (again, and often these days, as has been discussed), you might
feel you are going in circles, or climbing a ladder to nowhere. A fixed purpose would help. What you have gained is real, and you can gain more. Even a tiny gain is enough.
Rather than fighting with anyone, you can develop creative assurance in your own achievement and future achievement. Mars is at home in Aries and Sol exalted there. The light of the sun is within you making you great.
Revelation comes from surprising sources, from casual observation,
from desire whether fulfilled or checked. What you crave or are
attracted to, perhaps erotically, is revelatory of
something in yourself and your destiny which can have a good direction
if you are both self-critical and self-pampering. Yes, this could be
dangerous, but you need to trust yourself to some degree.
There is even a way to appreciate loneliness. The "lone wolf" is a fixture in literature. His satisfactions can be real, even if indirect or subtle. Venus is with Mars
in Aries, a lonely sign, but two could be lonely together. Life goes
on, and is a dance of fulfillment if we take it as such.
{Monday} *The Dance of Lone Wolf*
Cosmic Piper
Tuesday 2 April 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Capricorn
Moon on course
The broken bridge spells treachery. He struggles to shore.
Two critical spinsters look on ; one offers lunch; the other,
Indifferent, gossips. He gathers up his parchment,
Dries it and its seal, and voyages on his merchant ship.
\Rising Shrewdly Beyond Opposition/
Something like a return of sanity
may be happening. The long Dark Hermetic Epoch (always around two
months) ends on Friday, but something like a return of light and clarity
may be happening for us already. It is accompanied by practicality as if one's feet were on the ground once more rather than in the basket of a balloon drifting in the sky.
"On the ground" means, for one thing, that you will
be wise to avoid anything speculative or questionable. The moon is on
course all day so you could pursue a project you have been wanting to
get on with. But when it comes to cooperation from
others, you might be wisely cautious. People have their internal issues
which might make them less than reliable.
Evaluating people is better than arguing with them.
That means estimating what value they have for you or your plans, rather
than trying to force all in your direction. While one person might feel
your insistence as repellent, another might respond well in time.
If taken unawares by less-than-pleasant communication
from a friend, you can sense his or her place in the over-all context
of your life and be content with "what is" for the moment.
Some transactions or business deals could be highly successful. The moon in Capricorn sextile Saturn on one side and Mercury on the other suggests you know the score when it comes to commerce, a trade, sale or purchase.
Yet you could feel isolated or outcast, at times, as if what you were trying to do had no point
and was doomed to yield nothing but wasted time. At such a moment, you
could look to your authority, your position, what you have earned as the
keeper of the flame in some organization or for someone to whom you are loyal. This would set your feet back on the ground of persistence.
You might encounter some who "take
up arms" too readily when there is no reason for it. Retreating from
them could be the smartest course. You don't need pointless battles. You know what you are capable of, what your talents are, and can pursue further achievements without heeding the clamor of those who oppose.
Some have an insatiable appetite once they have tasted success or have the means to satisfy desires. And when feeling invulnerable they might become secretly dishonest (always giving a perfect excuse to themselves). You do not need to get caught up in their schemes. You have regular activities and labors which fulfill you even if they seem repetitive and dull to others or yourself. Gandhi had his spinning wheel, while leading a nation.
You might have a good link with some who are
in power positions. Whatever treachery they or you may suffer might be
chalked up to normal human weakness. You can divorce yourself from those
who are not on your side. Privately, within yourself, you know what is best and can adhere to it with excellent results.
{Tuesday} /Rising Shrewdly Beyond Opposition\
Cosmic Piper
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013
Forecast: Saturday and Sunday, 30-31 March, 2013
Saturday 30 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Scorpio
/moon void-of-course until it enters Sagittarius
at 8:14p PT | 11:14p ET | 3:14a(Su) UT
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week continues
until it ends at 3:34p PT | 6:34p ET | 10:34p UT
The inventor's odd machine is cumbersome and strange.
It needs some work. The woman of the tribe protects
Its children. The squawking geese are playful while
The teachers show the students how to weave and build.
~Continuity~
The huge number of lunar void-of-course times have been discussed here. This is highly unusual. The slow-moving planets from Jupiter on out to Pluto are all in early degrees of the signs they occupy. Therefore the "target" planets for the moon's aspects have to be among the four close-in planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and the sun (regarded as a "planet" in astrology; that originally meant any celestial body which wandered or moved from geocentric perspective). When all of those four are early in their respective signs, the moon is void-of-course more than half the time, as it has been lately. This gives us a chance to study these periods seriously. If you can sense what they mean in your life, you will be far ahead of the rest of the human race in organizing your time without worry. I will not repeat my viewpoint now (which I have repeated endlessly here); it is better for you to observe for yourself. Obviously these times are not futile. Important things can be done; but the way of doing is different. In general, the more "material" or "practical" the act, the less it is favored during void-of-course periods. The more intellectual or spiritual, the less likely it is to go wrong during void-of-course times. Of course, one cannot withdraw from the material world. So solid, reliable, routine, familiar procedures are safest. And, as just mentioned, internal, meditative, brooding, thinking activities.
It is rather amusing that the Supreme Court has taken upon itself the consideration of gay marriage law during this time when much of their deliberation will be going on while the moon is void-of-course; and in a Dark Hermetic Epoch as well until April 6. Further, it is vastly and laughably appropriate that the gay planet, Uranus, is being conjoined by the sun, Mars, and Venus! Venus and Mars, the traditional marriage couple, are shocked by Uranus! Marriage between Venus and Mars is being threatened (some think) by Uranus! I really think the Cosmic Artist who designs astrology and human events has an incredible sense of humor. People think the "Aquarian age" is ruled by Uranus, and that we are moving into it now, and so it would seem, in terms of the slowly changing public perceptions of homosexuality. For the past week, both Mars and Venus have been exactly conjoined to (married to) Uranus! Somebody somewhere is laughing.
Today, Saturday, is somewhat peculiar or confusing, perhaps. It has a conservative element, that is, it is safe to be conservative, holding to activities you trust. Young people or children may be prominent in your thoughts. They need to be held by the hand, as it were. Yet often they will not realize that and so resent it. Something simple and diligent, regular and consistent, familiar and incontestable, may be best for adults and children alike.
Those chasing something they covet may be successful, at least superficially, yet wonder if what they have grasped is a rose or a nettle. Those who are attracted to young people, pedophiles actually or potentially, could be tempted toward what would be hurtful.
It is good to be watchful. Those who are in charge of children should be mindful, though not paranoid. Although it's a Saturday, I would guess that teachers or those whose work is with young people will be highly aware of the complex and thorny issues they often have to face for the sake of their charges.
Those involved with mechanical procedures, machinists, those dealing with automobiles or other machines, ought to be careful. There is some chance of hurtful accidents. It is not like me to warn about such things but I feel it wise to do so.
At another level there can be softness, kindness, gentleness, displayed perhaps by a woman, but males are not incapable of it. This is wonderful, of course, unless it were too careless and indiscriminate, leading to some indelicate or unwise involvement.
Asserting oneself, when one is not sure exactly what one is asserting or why, is difficult, and could go wrong, yet may be part of the current picture. Trying is important, for the sake of one's growth in personality power. The labyrinthine complexities of the human mind and sensibility, in others or oneself, should not deter one from doing the best one can in the immediate situation.
To be hopeful and honorable, while self-restrained, is itself an accomplishment. Yet the restraint, although it should be prudent, should not be such as to prevent all spontaneity. An insouciance, a delight in motion and freedom, is part of the current set-up. You can rise above dreary involvements, shake off shackles. Previous paragraphs suggest that this has its limits, of course; but we have to live and will rather than languish and wilt.
There is guidance to be had, from whomever you trust the most, a sort of parent, brother or sister. You may also offer such guidance to another unostentatiously. Diligence in doing whatever you do best is an ever-available remedy and tonic, always setting you back on your feet. The spider spins, the bird nests, the writer writes, the singer sings, the cook cooks, the mechanic works on his car. Yet when they pause, look up, and think for a few seconds, there is something utterly new and fresh in what they are doing.
{Saturday} ~Continuity~
Cosmic Piper
Sunday 31 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Sagittarius
/moon goes void-of-course at 10:01p PT | 1:01a(M) ET | 5:01a(M) UT
The young tree damaged by wind is turning green again.
The prisoner, exonerated, climbs with a staff toward
The setting sun. The farmer's crop looks strong and lush.
The brownies dance light-heartedly upon the purple hills .
*Perspective Brings Renewal of Hope*
Happy Easter!
Whatever the tensions, they are highly creative. They impel creativity.
There are rewards for whatever you have done consistently over a period of years. There is cause for celebration. The dance of life is invigorating.
Your disposition is good. If it were a business day there would be high success. There are some indications of selfishness, however, in someone you become aware of. He or she does not credit G*d and humanity with his good fortune but claims it as his "own" as if a right, clinging on tightly.
Insecurity is less real when something definite has happened, as for example the definite end of something one had not wanted to happen, but when it has and there is nothing to do about it, the insecurity is gone. One copes with it, and rectifies the situation as best one can, having learned what one could.
In days when a larger proportion of the population lived on farms, I would be writing about farming success; as it is, those who are viewing their fields with thought of potential harvest may have much to be happy about. The equipment people now use in farming comes into play successfully. For the rest of us, this could be using an appliance, app or technical device with good results.
Limiting factors have to do with restrictions of movement, a feeling of being held back, or befuddled about travel or how to get somewhere; perhaps uncertainty if it is a wise move. Handicapped individuals need help while in motion. But family matters go well, especially when young people or children are included in a big way. One senses that one's work or profession has to do with a coming generation, now in bud rather than flower.
Being petulant has its penalty, and you might be suffering that if you have expressed dissatisfaction to a friend or associate in a way which caused hard feelings. It almost seems that evil powers have caused a rupture in a relationship or friendship. Yet it is possible that the sadness will clear away with time and good feelings be restored.
Perhaps you felt that someone was not living up to his potentials, and also did not understand yours and your way of living up to them. So there were impetuous words and actions which withered the friendship.
Of course it takes time for that to change, for fresh green life to be restored within a relationship which looks brown. Suffering and hard work bring their rewards eventually. You might note what is happening or how you feel at sunset-time today. You might get fresh hope, as well as satisfaction with some of what you have achieved. The natural world is commenting favorably upon yourself and anyone you care about, linking all in a cosmic dance sure to bring happiness again.
{Sunday} *Perspective Brings Renewal of Hope*
Cosmic Piper
Sun in Aries and Moon in Scorpio
/moon void-of-course until it enters Sagittarius
at 8:14p PT | 11:14p ET | 3:14a(Su) UT
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week continues
until it ends at 3:34p PT | 6:34p ET | 10:34p UT
The inventor's odd machine is cumbersome and strange.
It needs some work. The woman of the tribe protects
Its children. The squawking geese are playful while
The teachers show the students how to weave and build.
~Continuity~
The huge number of lunar void-of-course times have been discussed here. This is highly unusual. The slow-moving planets from Jupiter on out to Pluto are all in early degrees of the signs they occupy. Therefore the "target" planets for the moon's aspects have to be among the four close-in planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and the sun (regarded as a "planet" in astrology; that originally meant any celestial body which wandered or moved from geocentric perspective). When all of those four are early in their respective signs, the moon is void-of-course more than half the time, as it has been lately. This gives us a chance to study these periods seriously. If you can sense what they mean in your life, you will be far ahead of the rest of the human race in organizing your time without worry. I will not repeat my viewpoint now (which I have repeated endlessly here); it is better for you to observe for yourself. Obviously these times are not futile. Important things can be done; but the way of doing is different. In general, the more "material" or "practical" the act, the less it is favored during void-of-course periods. The more intellectual or spiritual, the less likely it is to go wrong during void-of-course times. Of course, one cannot withdraw from the material world. So solid, reliable, routine, familiar procedures are safest. And, as just mentioned, internal, meditative, brooding, thinking activities.
It is rather amusing that the Supreme Court has taken upon itself the consideration of gay marriage law during this time when much of their deliberation will be going on while the moon is void-of-course; and in a Dark Hermetic Epoch as well until April 6. Further, it is vastly and laughably appropriate that the gay planet, Uranus, is being conjoined by the sun, Mars, and Venus! Venus and Mars, the traditional marriage couple, are shocked by Uranus! Marriage between Venus and Mars is being threatened (some think) by Uranus! I really think the Cosmic Artist who designs astrology and human events has an incredible sense of humor. People think the "Aquarian age" is ruled by Uranus, and that we are moving into it now, and so it would seem, in terms of the slowly changing public perceptions of homosexuality. For the past week, both Mars and Venus have been exactly conjoined to (married to) Uranus! Somebody somewhere is laughing.
Today, Saturday, is somewhat peculiar or confusing, perhaps. It has a conservative element, that is, it is safe to be conservative, holding to activities you trust. Young people or children may be prominent in your thoughts. They need to be held by the hand, as it were. Yet often they will not realize that and so resent it. Something simple and diligent, regular and consistent, familiar and incontestable, may be best for adults and children alike.
Those chasing something they covet may be successful, at least superficially, yet wonder if what they have grasped is a rose or a nettle. Those who are attracted to young people, pedophiles actually or potentially, could be tempted toward what would be hurtful.
It is good to be watchful. Those who are in charge of children should be mindful, though not paranoid. Although it's a Saturday, I would guess that teachers or those whose work is with young people will be highly aware of the complex and thorny issues they often have to face for the sake of their charges.
Those involved with mechanical procedures, machinists, those dealing with automobiles or other machines, ought to be careful. There is some chance of hurtful accidents. It is not like me to warn about such things but I feel it wise to do so.
At another level there can be softness, kindness, gentleness, displayed perhaps by a woman, but males are not incapable of it. This is wonderful, of course, unless it were too careless and indiscriminate, leading to some indelicate or unwise involvement.
Asserting oneself, when one is not sure exactly what one is asserting or why, is difficult, and could go wrong, yet may be part of the current picture. Trying is important, for the sake of one's growth in personality power. The labyrinthine complexities of the human mind and sensibility, in others or oneself, should not deter one from doing the best one can in the immediate situation.
To be hopeful and honorable, while self-restrained, is itself an accomplishment. Yet the restraint, although it should be prudent, should not be such as to prevent all spontaneity. An insouciance, a delight in motion and freedom, is part of the current set-up. You can rise above dreary involvements, shake off shackles. Previous paragraphs suggest that this has its limits, of course; but we have to live and will rather than languish and wilt.
There is guidance to be had, from whomever you trust the most, a sort of parent, brother or sister. You may also offer such guidance to another unostentatiously. Diligence in doing whatever you do best is an ever-available remedy and tonic, always setting you back on your feet. The spider spins, the bird nests, the writer writes, the singer sings, the cook cooks, the mechanic works on his car. Yet when they pause, look up, and think for a few seconds, there is something utterly new and fresh in what they are doing.
{Saturday} ~Continuity~
Cosmic Piper
Sunday 31 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Sagittarius
/moon goes void-of-course at 10:01p PT | 1:01a(M) ET | 5:01a(M) UT
The young tree damaged by wind is turning green again.
The prisoner, exonerated, climbs with a staff toward
The setting sun. The farmer's crop looks strong and lush.
The brownies dance light-heartedly upon the purple hills .
*Perspective Brings Renewal of Hope*
Happy Easter!
Whatever the tensions, they are highly creative. They impel creativity.
There are rewards for whatever you have done consistently over a period of years. There is cause for celebration. The dance of life is invigorating.
Your disposition is good. If it were a business day there would be high success. There are some indications of selfishness, however, in someone you become aware of. He or she does not credit G*d and humanity with his good fortune but claims it as his "own" as if a right, clinging on tightly.
Insecurity is less real when something definite has happened, as for example the definite end of something one had not wanted to happen, but when it has and there is nothing to do about it, the insecurity is gone. One copes with it, and rectifies the situation as best one can, having learned what one could.
In days when a larger proportion of the population lived on farms, I would be writing about farming success; as it is, those who are viewing their fields with thought of potential harvest may have much to be happy about. The equipment people now use in farming comes into play successfully. For the rest of us, this could be using an appliance, app or technical device with good results.
Limiting factors have to do with restrictions of movement, a feeling of being held back, or befuddled about travel or how to get somewhere; perhaps uncertainty if it is a wise move. Handicapped individuals need help while in motion. But family matters go well, especially when young people or children are included in a big way. One senses that one's work or profession has to do with a coming generation, now in bud rather than flower.
Being petulant has its penalty, and you might be suffering that if you have expressed dissatisfaction to a friend or associate in a way which caused hard feelings. It almost seems that evil powers have caused a rupture in a relationship or friendship. Yet it is possible that the sadness will clear away with time and good feelings be restored.
Perhaps you felt that someone was not living up to his potentials, and also did not understand yours and your way of living up to them. So there were impetuous words and actions which withered the friendship.
Of course it takes time for that to change, for fresh green life to be restored within a relationship which looks brown. Suffering and hard work bring their rewards eventually. You might note what is happening or how you feel at sunset-time today. You might get fresh hope, as well as satisfaction with some of what you have achieved. The natural world is commenting favorably upon yourself and anyone you care about, linking all in a cosmic dance sure to bring happiness again.
{Sunday} *Perspective Brings Renewal of Hope*
Cosmic Piper
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Forecast: Thursday and Friday, 28-29 March, 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Libra-Scorpio
/moon void-of-course until it enters Scorpio
at 5:55p PT | 8:55p ET | 12:55a(F) UT
Moon in the Via Combusta all day
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week all day
The resting careless one half-asleep sees a raven and a vulture.
The philosopher justifying battles reasons conflicts as necessities.
The rabbit peers and sniffs above his burrow. The planted bomb
Explodes without fatality. The proud observer folds his arms immune.
}Maintaining Integral Focus Within Conflict{
As I write several days before the date of this forecast, the talk is of serious problems in Syria, with Iraq and Iran in the mix, and John Kerry our Secretary of State in the region trying to work out compromises. Yesterday's forecast was ominous and today's does not look a lot better. A positive note is that the high-focus planet is Jupiter, and Kerry is a sun-sign Sagittarian, so perhaps Jupiter represents him at present in international affairs. Let us wish him well in his mission.
A cool and collected element is present, as if people under stress are pulling back, appreciating themselves and their ability to rise above crises. That is all to the good. Mercury's aspects are strong and healthy, except for the square with Jupiter which has been going on for weeks. And so it is possible to comprehend what is happening with sufficient attention and determination to understand. The anger in politics, and possibly in personal business, can be impetuous but in most cases will not cause lasting damage.
Whatever tragedies occur, even to deaths, seem to be a price of something working out, even if those who cause the tragedies are misanthropic, morose, secretive and revengeful. I myself am not happy with the idea of some innocents suffering tragic deaths for the sake of "the world" or "the rest of us." But because I believe in immortality and reincarnation, I take comfort that they will reap a reward for their sacrifice, and not so terribly far off in the future.
Being apprehensive about things is normal when there is uncertainty. It appears however that a philosophic or mystical realization of the nature of life will help, calming nerves, assuring us that nothing can happen without its rationale within the overall compass of human destiny.
The trials people suffer sometimes seem unexplainable, and philosophic or mystical rationalizations unsatisfying and uncomforting. Yet I attempt those, because we have to carry on (and, internationally, we have to Kerry on). Also of use at the present time are contrivances, machines, devices which help correct otherwise impossible situations when in the right hands. If some of these are military, I cannot say I approve, but we are at the present stage of human history and not at some ideal future stage.
Self-confidence, in some, can lead to presumptuousness. Yet one would wish one's friends, rather than enemies, to be self-confident. Belief in oneself is fortifying. But if it is not backed up, rather leading to carelessness in the midst of dangers, it does not help.
I do not believe that life is a battle. Yet it often has that appearance, and even in love, the yang-yin symbol suggests a wrestle of opposites. One has to learn to take advantage of every situation. This can be through trial and error, or looking ahead as best one can and choosing what seems the safest course out of three or four. Circumspection is specially important while (a) the moon is void-of-course, (b) in the Via Combusta, and (c) in the |difficult third|, as it is today.
Suffering which seems completely undeserved is the hardest to encounter (whether met by others or oneself). Here is where faith is necessary. In addition, an acute vision of future positive possibilities, as if looking into a magic crystal, can be wonderfully fortifying.
By remaining confident, but not too arrogant and remote from people, one can pass through wrong impetuous and arrogant actions of others without serious harm to oneself.
{Thursday} {Maintaining Integral Focus within Conflict}
Cosmic Piper
Friday 29 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Scorpio
/moon goes void-of-course at 1:26p PT | 4:26p ET | 8:26p UT
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week continues all day
until Saturday afternoon
The dying fall around him as he sits upon the horse whose
Loyalty and valor have upheld his struggle and his triumph.
The dead live on in memory, the best of them; cycles resume;
A friend who is true drinks a toast to the lost and to-be-found.
~Valiant Persistence~
There is a profound element in everything. One ponders life and death; death as a backdrop to life; the deaths of others as signposts on the way to comprehending immortality and the way to it. Personal victory comes to those who are calm and persistent. They tend to rise beyond strong temptations toward inappropriate or depleting pleasures.
Cycles comprise "wheels within wheels" and are amazing to one who studies them. You may not think about them so much as sense them, as upholding you through memory and prospect. Someone who is devoted, a constant lover or true friend, innocent, is an inspiration even in dark hours.
Attachments, connections, smartphones, email, and any way you keep in touch with people, is emphasized as partly problematic, but continuing with it at the right time will prevent worries and problems. Probably doing that before the void-of-course period would be best.
You will control everything better insofar as you get a sense of the mechanics involved, perhaps in your craft, skill or profession, or in connection with technology, appliances or implements you use.
Daring attempts or exploits are not beyond you, although they are likely to stem naturally from your basic work. The hard part of life is a challenge you can meet. There are also easier moments of companionship with someone who is hearty and likes to share a meal or drink and chat about things and people in an easygoing manner.
People mostly know their limits and are able to work within them. At times you feel like blurting out things, asserting your childlike opinion whether anybody likes it or not. Perhaps you will think better of this if you realize that what you want to protest has its place in a larger scheme of things you can divine intuitively as if looking into space and seeing the connections among apparently unconnected phenomena. Then the wish to argue with things is lessened.
The things which seem not to have worked out for you as you wished may be in your mind, with the moon conjoined to Saturn in Scorpio. Disappointment is hard, but interpreting it in the light of spiritual teachings or symbolic clues you get, even from entertainment perhaps, helps to make the disappointment more a signal of what you can still attain in the future.
Frustration can lead to lust, or sexual urges, as has been observed in animals and men from time immemorial. Something of this could happen, yet it seems there is a lid on it derived from common sense and past painful experience. Then the whole complex of things, desires as well as disappointments, takes on fresh revealing colors. Life is fascinating! This is true even during less-glorious or hardly-enthusiastic moments. Therefore the work you need to do, which looks important now, can be faced with interest or fascination which makes it enjoyable even when challenging.
{Friday} ~Valiant Persistence~
Cosmic Piper
/moon void-of-course until it enters Scorpio
at 5:55p PT | 8:55p ET | 12:55a(F) UT
Moon in the Via Combusta all day
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week all day
The resting careless one half-asleep sees a raven and a vulture.
The philosopher justifying battles reasons conflicts as necessities.
The rabbit peers and sniffs above his burrow. The planted bomb
Explodes without fatality. The proud observer folds his arms immune.
}Maintaining Integral Focus Within Conflict{
As I write several days before the date of this forecast, the talk is of serious problems in Syria, with Iraq and Iran in the mix, and John Kerry our Secretary of State in the region trying to work out compromises. Yesterday's forecast was ominous and today's does not look a lot better. A positive note is that the high-focus planet is Jupiter, and Kerry is a sun-sign Sagittarian, so perhaps Jupiter represents him at present in international affairs. Let us wish him well in his mission.
A cool and collected element is present, as if people under stress are pulling back, appreciating themselves and their ability to rise above crises. That is all to the good. Mercury's aspects are strong and healthy, except for the square with Jupiter which has been going on for weeks. And so it is possible to comprehend what is happening with sufficient attention and determination to understand. The anger in politics, and possibly in personal business, can be impetuous but in most cases will not cause lasting damage.
Whatever tragedies occur, even to deaths, seem to be a price of something working out, even if those who cause the tragedies are misanthropic, morose, secretive and revengeful. I myself am not happy with the idea of some innocents suffering tragic deaths for the sake of "the world" or "the rest of us." But because I believe in immortality and reincarnation, I take comfort that they will reap a reward for their sacrifice, and not so terribly far off in the future.
Being apprehensive about things is normal when there is uncertainty. It appears however that a philosophic or mystical realization of the nature of life will help, calming nerves, assuring us that nothing can happen without its rationale within the overall compass of human destiny.
The trials people suffer sometimes seem unexplainable, and philosophic or mystical rationalizations unsatisfying and uncomforting. Yet I attempt those, because we have to carry on (and, internationally, we have to Kerry on). Also of use at the present time are contrivances, machines, devices which help correct otherwise impossible situations when in the right hands. If some of these are military, I cannot say I approve, but we are at the present stage of human history and not at some ideal future stage.
Self-confidence, in some, can lead to presumptuousness. Yet one would wish one's friends, rather than enemies, to be self-confident. Belief in oneself is fortifying. But if it is not backed up, rather leading to carelessness in the midst of dangers, it does not help.
I do not believe that life is a battle. Yet it often has that appearance, and even in love, the yang-yin symbol suggests a wrestle of opposites. One has to learn to take advantage of every situation. This can be through trial and error, or looking ahead as best one can and choosing what seems the safest course out of three or four. Circumspection is specially important while (a) the moon is void-of-course, (b) in the Via Combusta, and (c) in the |difficult third|, as it is today.
Suffering which seems completely undeserved is the hardest to encounter (whether met by others or oneself). Here is where faith is necessary. In addition, an acute vision of future positive possibilities, as if looking into a magic crystal, can be wonderfully fortifying.
By remaining confident, but not too arrogant and remote from people, one can pass through wrong impetuous and arrogant actions of others without serious harm to oneself.
{Thursday} {Maintaining Integral Focus within Conflict}
Cosmic Piper
Friday 29 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Scorpio
/moon goes void-of-course at 1:26p PT | 4:26p ET | 8:26p UT
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week continues all day
until Saturday afternoon
The dying fall around him as he sits upon the horse whose
Loyalty and valor have upheld his struggle and his triumph.
The dead live on in memory, the best of them; cycles resume;
A friend who is true drinks a toast to the lost and to-be-found.
~Valiant Persistence~
There is a profound element in everything. One ponders life and death; death as a backdrop to life; the deaths of others as signposts on the way to comprehending immortality and the way to it. Personal victory comes to those who are calm and persistent. They tend to rise beyond strong temptations toward inappropriate or depleting pleasures.
Cycles comprise "wheels within wheels" and are amazing to one who studies them. You may not think about them so much as sense them, as upholding you through memory and prospect. Someone who is devoted, a constant lover or true friend, innocent, is an inspiration even in dark hours.
Attachments, connections, smartphones, email, and any way you keep in touch with people, is emphasized as partly problematic, but continuing with it at the right time will prevent worries and problems. Probably doing that before the void-of-course period would be best.
You will control everything better insofar as you get a sense of the mechanics involved, perhaps in your craft, skill or profession, or in connection with technology, appliances or implements you use.
Daring attempts or exploits are not beyond you, although they are likely to stem naturally from your basic work. The hard part of life is a challenge you can meet. There are also easier moments of companionship with someone who is hearty and likes to share a meal or drink and chat about things and people in an easygoing manner.
People mostly know their limits and are able to work within them. At times you feel like blurting out things, asserting your childlike opinion whether anybody likes it or not. Perhaps you will think better of this if you realize that what you want to protest has its place in a larger scheme of things you can divine intuitively as if looking into space and seeing the connections among apparently unconnected phenomena. Then the wish to argue with things is lessened.
The things which seem not to have worked out for you as you wished may be in your mind, with the moon conjoined to Saturn in Scorpio. Disappointment is hard, but interpreting it in the light of spiritual teachings or symbolic clues you get, even from entertainment perhaps, helps to make the disappointment more a signal of what you can still attain in the future.
Frustration can lead to lust, or sexual urges, as has been observed in animals and men from time immemorial. Something of this could happen, yet it seems there is a lid on it derived from common sense and past painful experience. Then the whole complex of things, desires as well as disappointments, takes on fresh revealing colors. Life is fascinating! This is true even during less-glorious or hardly-enthusiastic moments. Therefore the work you need to do, which looks important now, can be faced with interest or fascination which makes it enjoyable even when challenging.
{Friday} ~Valiant Persistence~
Cosmic Piper
Monday, March 25, 2013
Forecast: uesday and Wednesday, 26-27 March, 2013
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Virgo-Libra
/moon void-of-course in Virgo until it enters Libra
at 2:33p PT | 5:33p ET | 9:33p UT
The fox has been hurt, is lame and cautious; hiding
To gain his supper. The servant girl taunts; he wanders away
Into labyrinthine strategy. The monk in the cloister plays
His violin. The geese in flight circle, are free: and return freely.
}Full Liberating Moon{
Fretting yourself free from one situation in order to get into another is one likelihood. It's a matter of feeling something is finished and that something is ready to take its place. But you will use caution because you want to avoid premature action. Opportunities have to be paid for in one way or another. As the Full Moon approaches (exact tomorrow morning), there is insouciance, a desire to be free and explore freely. Well and good; but remember we are still in the Dark Hermetic Epoch (until April 6) and radical change is unlikely to be wise. But slow groping toward change could be wise.
In the psychic or spiritual realm, much is possible. You see more than you can immediately realize. Whatever your brilliant gifts, they could be displayed or shared. Refined tastes become evident with the moon in Libra, and exalted, harmonizing intuitions.
Hanging out close to home might be wise whenever you are in doubt, although a journey in connection with business might be necessary. Or this could be just some far-flung contact. You are careful about money and this prevents loss. Still you feel you are on the threshold of something which transcends money or any economic concern, even a new kind of history for the human race. Whatever your personal views, for me the "spiritual" has to include the kind of Relationship with the Divine announced and expounded by Martin Buber in his amazing manifesto I and Thou. It is is new and fresh now as when it was published almost a century ago.
Choosing a path which you know will earn you less, and gain you less economic or social security, is not easy; yet many have done so when they felt they had a unique vision to follow. This looks eccentric or labyrinthine to outside observers, but you might be carefully studying and evaluating everything involved, whether they understand or not.
Prudence and diplomacy, even cunning, are present when you need to draw upon them, and that is well, because the four planets in Aries make us all impatient. Searching for secrets intellectually is fascinating and absorbing. Whether it has a helpful effect socially is a question; you might find you need to hold back some things rather than blurt them out, and so you are cautious.
Yet the impulse to assert yourself and question things is strong, even if it provokes opposition. It can lead to personal growth in both the questioner and the questioned, the challenger and the challenged. Plus, you just want to be free to do what you like, follow your own groove.
Some developments, or absences of development, may be dissatisfying. So much seems to have been snatched from your hands before you could develop it into what you wanted. Yet you have proficiency, and can be content with what you can do, which is more than one thing. You can try your hand at something other than what has failed and succeed with it, then perhaps with the first also. The alternation itself is a help.
A desire for freedom is one factor. Presence of mind and caution, to prevent disaster, is another. Combined, they guide past dangers and give that inward liberty to explore which makes life far more than drudgery.
{Tuesday} {Full Liberating Moon}
Cosmic Piper
Wednesday 27 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Libra
Moon goes void-of-course at 11:16a PT | 2:16p ET | 6:16p UT
Snow covers the camp. Artillery is hidden but ready. A
Bombing warning is issued; death closer than ever.
Bombs explode; the sky lighted by an eerie glow. Force
Combats reason. Damage is small. Smoke clears away.
}Reducing or Eliminating Violence{
The squares of Mars and Uranus, together in Aries, with Pluto in Capricorn are highlighted by the moon's contacts. This is a warning against impetuous behavior which could be a statement of one's firm disagreement with someone or some policy, but could be at least futile if not harmful. Few or none reading these reports would be inclined to real violence, but surging anger is possible. The question is the best channel for it, to make it something better than mere quarreling, or quarreling in one's mind.
Military affairs could be disastrous, somewhere or anywhere in the world. I am not sure what good that prediction will do, since I do not know of generals or diplomats who read these reports, but if they did, I would say, use utmost defensive caution. Unfortunately, deaths are a part of the military approach to life, but reducing the number of them is at least possible, as one of the best things military strategists can do.
When one opportunity or refuge is gone, one must find another. There is an art of doing this effectively, rather than getting lost in worry. The latter is useful only as an approach to wise decision, and more effective when combined with faith, hope, and prayer. When it appears that there is "no way out," there is a way.
It may be revealed slowly, as mists of confusion clear away. It might be involved with something mechanical, a machine or contrivance used to correct a situation. Let us hope this is both effective and ethical.
Disturbing the peace of others is usually a complete mistake. If there is a reason for it, it had better be a good one. There are indications that some may use force, whether through weapons or the threat of them. If you happen to have a way of prayer or white magic to ameliorate violence, I hope you will put it into effect.
Someone asserting herself or himself saucily might have a remedy for some of these problems, if that is an approach which would reduce the threat of fighting. Even a "blackout" or a withdrawal into inertia, temporarily and strategically, might be better than a confrontation if that could become violent.
Unforeseen misfortunes are hard. It is important to be resilient. One can be alert to the trend of events, when there is excitement, and go with the trend which is safest.
There are those who, sometimes or congenitally, would rather have war than peace, who relish conflict and battle, whether literal or legal. Let us hope they do not get the upper hand. Being calm yet alert and resilient, to mitigate their impact, could save the day.
{Wednesday} {Reducing or Eliminating Violence}
Cosmic Piper
Sun in Aries and Moon in Virgo-Libra
/moon void-of-course in Virgo until it enters Libra
at 2:33p PT | 5:33p ET | 9:33p UT
The fox has been hurt, is lame and cautious; hiding
To gain his supper. The servant girl taunts; he wanders away
Into labyrinthine strategy. The monk in the cloister plays
His violin. The geese in flight circle, are free: and return freely.
}Full Liberating Moon{
Fretting yourself free from one situation in order to get into another is one likelihood. It's a matter of feeling something is finished and that something is ready to take its place. But you will use caution because you want to avoid premature action. Opportunities have to be paid for in one way or another. As the Full Moon approaches (exact tomorrow morning), there is insouciance, a desire to be free and explore freely. Well and good; but remember we are still in the Dark Hermetic Epoch (until April 6) and radical change is unlikely to be wise. But slow groping toward change could be wise.
In the psychic or spiritual realm, much is possible. You see more than you can immediately realize. Whatever your brilliant gifts, they could be displayed or shared. Refined tastes become evident with the moon in Libra, and exalted, harmonizing intuitions.
Hanging out close to home might be wise whenever you are in doubt, although a journey in connection with business might be necessary. Or this could be just some far-flung contact. You are careful about money and this prevents loss. Still you feel you are on the threshold of something which transcends money or any economic concern, even a new kind of history for the human race. Whatever your personal views, for me the "spiritual" has to include the kind of Relationship with the Divine announced and expounded by Martin Buber in his amazing manifesto I and Thou. It is is new and fresh now as when it was published almost a century ago.
Choosing a path which you know will earn you less, and gain you less economic or social security, is not easy; yet many have done so when they felt they had a unique vision to follow. This looks eccentric or labyrinthine to outside observers, but you might be carefully studying and evaluating everything involved, whether they understand or not.
Prudence and diplomacy, even cunning, are present when you need to draw upon them, and that is well, because the four planets in Aries make us all impatient. Searching for secrets intellectually is fascinating and absorbing. Whether it has a helpful effect socially is a question; you might find you need to hold back some things rather than blurt them out, and so you are cautious.
Yet the impulse to assert yourself and question things is strong, even if it provokes opposition. It can lead to personal growth in both the questioner and the questioned, the challenger and the challenged. Plus, you just want to be free to do what you like, follow your own groove.
Some developments, or absences of development, may be dissatisfying. So much seems to have been snatched from your hands before you could develop it into what you wanted. Yet you have proficiency, and can be content with what you can do, which is more than one thing. You can try your hand at something other than what has failed and succeed with it, then perhaps with the first also. The alternation itself is a help.
A desire for freedom is one factor. Presence of mind and caution, to prevent disaster, is another. Combined, they guide past dangers and give that inward liberty to explore which makes life far more than drudgery.
{Tuesday} {Full Liberating Moon}
Cosmic Piper
Wednesday 27 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Libra
Moon goes void-of-course at 11:16a PT | 2:16p ET | 6:16p UT
Snow covers the camp. Artillery is hidden but ready. A
Bombing warning is issued; death closer than ever.
Bombs explode; the sky lighted by an eerie glow. Force
Combats reason. Damage is small. Smoke clears away.
}Reducing or Eliminating Violence{
The squares of Mars and Uranus, together in Aries, with Pluto in Capricorn are highlighted by the moon's contacts. This is a warning against impetuous behavior which could be a statement of one's firm disagreement with someone or some policy, but could be at least futile if not harmful. Few or none reading these reports would be inclined to real violence, but surging anger is possible. The question is the best channel for it, to make it something better than mere quarreling, or quarreling in one's mind.
Military affairs could be disastrous, somewhere or anywhere in the world. I am not sure what good that prediction will do, since I do not know of generals or diplomats who read these reports, but if they did, I would say, use utmost defensive caution. Unfortunately, deaths are a part of the military approach to life, but reducing the number of them is at least possible, as one of the best things military strategists can do.
When one opportunity or refuge is gone, one must find another. There is an art of doing this effectively, rather than getting lost in worry. The latter is useful only as an approach to wise decision, and more effective when combined with faith, hope, and prayer. When it appears that there is "no way out," there is a way.
It may be revealed slowly, as mists of confusion clear away. It might be involved with something mechanical, a machine or contrivance used to correct a situation. Let us hope this is both effective and ethical.
Disturbing the peace of others is usually a complete mistake. If there is a reason for it, it had better be a good one. There are indications that some may use force, whether through weapons or the threat of them. If you happen to have a way of prayer or white magic to ameliorate violence, I hope you will put it into effect.
Someone asserting herself or himself saucily might have a remedy for some of these problems, if that is an approach which would reduce the threat of fighting. Even a "blackout" or a withdrawal into inertia, temporarily and strategically, might be better than a confrontation if that could become violent.
Unforeseen misfortunes are hard. It is important to be resilient. One can be alert to the trend of events, when there is excitement, and go with the trend which is safest.
There are those who, sometimes or congenitally, would rather have war than peace, who relish conflict and battle, whether literal or legal. Let us hope they do not get the upper hand. Being calm yet alert and resilient, to mitigate their impact, could save the day.
{Wednesday} {Reducing or Eliminating Violence}
Cosmic Piper
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Forecast: Sunday and Monday, 24-25 March, 2013
Sunday 24 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Leo-Virgo
/moon void-of-course until it enters Virgo
at 8:50a PT | 11:50a ET | 3:50p UT
The fairies and elves of the dream guide to a group
Around a cauldron. Two lovers partake of the cautious
Meal and wander away. A man in a costume
Tells of heroic exploits. The wood's undergrowth blooms.
\Past Obsccurity Toward Dreamful Reassurance/
There could be a thrust into the countryside, as if this brought you closer to yourself. This would be true specially for those who grew up in a rural setting but are now in a city; but might apply to anyone. When things are confusing, the natural world restores perspective. If in a more intellectual mood, you might sense symbols everywhere pointing to hidden meanings.
A person in business, or a worker, who comes to your attention, may be cantankerous because feeling that something is missing in his uneventful life. True, there have been no major problems; but his future is obscured.
Being timorous about possibilities which come to you is natural because you don't want to spend overmuch. What is the real value of this; is it worth the time and risk? you ask yourself. An other-worldly, fantasy-imbued outlook could be good. It gives you perspective and hope, so that you are willing to dream and wait--not always a futile procedure. You might mention to anyone doubtful and dissatisfied that it will be easier to see his or her way beginning April 6th and weeks following.
Clear and broad insight is a bulwark for honesty, for it shows the overall framework in which life goes on, which develops detachment and freedom from greedy impatience. You may note that some who feel unhappy about their appearance or the impression they make tend toward deceptiveness in the way they do things, as if compensating.
Is it you, or someone else, who is displaying amazing courage in overcoming obstacles, climbing upward amid discouraging events and overcoming challenges? This might be going on more subjectively than objectively, that is, within yourself and your determinations, not entirely visible to the world. Anyone else who has done this could be an inspiration to you, like a soldier who dies not fail in his duties and whose effectiveness is reassuring.
Identifying a realistic path for yourself might include choosing a way of educating yourself further. This would be better than getting into scuffles and making enemies of those who defy you. You have been "decorated" or honored in the past for something you have done, and this keeps you pressing on past doubts.
It's fun to join people who want to have a good time, and eat too much. That's your choice, after all; some naive, unspoiled enjoyment could be utterly refreshing. People need to bask in being with one another. Venus moving closer to the sun, Uranus and Mars does not deny romantic potentials.
{Sunday} /Past Obscurity Toward Dreamful Reassurance\
Cosmic Piper
Monday 25 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Virgo
/moon goes void-of-course at 5:46a PT | 8:46a ET | 12:46p UT
Riding above the valley where the workers toil, he
Knows the score; could take control; be President.
But who will trust? The children. They gather round him
Happily. He climbs to where his might could guard them.
\Patient Climbing Rather than Leaping/
Perilous adventures are not perhaps what most of us would choose as a life-path. We might choose them for a movie to watch or book to read. When it comes to experiencing the perilous adventures we like to read about, well . . . might we not decide to postpone that? Indefinitely? Perhaps there is some you cannot postpone today, with four planets in Aries including Mars close with Uranus. Final success seems to be predicted, in whatever tasks you undertake, but not until you have been tested, as if you had to force your will on things. With power comes responsibility; so you could idealize yourself and your role in order to live up to that standard.
As if that were not enough, you have strong desires which could spell trouble. In someone of a base nature this could be a desire to ravish or rape. With it goes a semi-intellectual trend, but with something lacking in the human element, that is, you might be treating friends condescendingly, or underestimate them. (If this paragraph applies to someone else near you, of course you need to be careful, although I never want to inculcate paranoia. That would be a wrong use of astrological signals.)
You could be watchful and apprehensive in an intelligent way, that is, alert not just to dangers but to opportunities, with acumen to read the course of events before they happen.
There are those who think they are the best and brightest, and everyone else is a nitwit. You may be aware of some such individual, and you might note a tendency in yourself to think that way. Together with it is a rather selfish and calculating propensity. Of course, you have to look out for yourself.
If in a position where you rule, boss, or administer, things can go well if you heed the previous warnings. There is the possibility of stirring up resentment when you oversee and administer, even if you are sincere in doing the best you can. You may have superior insight into what is needed, but not all will agree. However, some will agree wholeheartedly, and these are your favorites. Some might be younger, even children. It is wonderful to do the best one can for younger people who are trusting one's guardianship. Their appreciation is one of life's greatest boons.
Is a seeming cause of disagreement or battle a real cause, or imaginary? Is it something which could be ignored advantageously, if you put your mind realistically on what needs doing? Thinking of those who are much less fortunate than yourself could help. There are those who feel that they are lost, hopeless, or dying. One in such a condition has little impetus to fight with anyone. Balancing such detachment with legitimate anger you feel about anything could be therapeutic.
Leaving one's place of birth or current home can be a temptation when things seem meaningless. The zeal of one's hopes can be infused into a desire for new places in which to realize them. I cannot encourage such a tendency at the present time. Not only are we in the Dark Hermetic Epoch (until the Bright on April 6 and two months following) but Mercury squares Jupiter, the two planets of travel. A lot of aimless wandering may be going on. What is happening every day in your present world is your current basis.
Force of character conquering difficulties is the key. The part you play among other human beings is paramount, and you believe in it or you wouldn't be doing it. Maybe we all fall short of our ideals, but they are inherent and active, inspiring ultimate success.
{Monday} /Patient Climbing Rather than Leaping\
Cosmic Piper
Sun in Aries and Moon in Leo-Virgo
/moon void-of-course until it enters Virgo
at 8:50a PT | 11:50a ET | 3:50p UT
The fairies and elves of the dream guide to a group
Around a cauldron. Two lovers partake of the cautious
Meal and wander away. A man in a costume
Tells of heroic exploits. The wood's undergrowth blooms.
\Past Obsccurity Toward Dreamful Reassurance/
There could be a thrust into the countryside, as if this brought you closer to yourself. This would be true specially for those who grew up in a rural setting but are now in a city; but might apply to anyone. When things are confusing, the natural world restores perspective. If in a more intellectual mood, you might sense symbols everywhere pointing to hidden meanings.
A person in business, or a worker, who comes to your attention, may be cantankerous because feeling that something is missing in his uneventful life. True, there have been no major problems; but his future is obscured.
Being timorous about possibilities which come to you is natural because you don't want to spend overmuch. What is the real value of this; is it worth the time and risk? you ask yourself. An other-worldly, fantasy-imbued outlook could be good. It gives you perspective and hope, so that you are willing to dream and wait--not always a futile procedure. You might mention to anyone doubtful and dissatisfied that it will be easier to see his or her way beginning April 6th and weeks following.
Clear and broad insight is a bulwark for honesty, for it shows the overall framework in which life goes on, which develops detachment and freedom from greedy impatience. You may note that some who feel unhappy about their appearance or the impression they make tend toward deceptiveness in the way they do things, as if compensating.
Is it you, or someone else, who is displaying amazing courage in overcoming obstacles, climbing upward amid discouraging events and overcoming challenges? This might be going on more subjectively than objectively, that is, within yourself and your determinations, not entirely visible to the world. Anyone else who has done this could be an inspiration to you, like a soldier who dies not fail in his duties and whose effectiveness is reassuring.
Identifying a realistic path for yourself might include choosing a way of educating yourself further. This would be better than getting into scuffles and making enemies of those who defy you. You have been "decorated" or honored in the past for something you have done, and this keeps you pressing on past doubts.
It's fun to join people who want to have a good time, and eat too much. That's your choice, after all; some naive, unspoiled enjoyment could be utterly refreshing. People need to bask in being with one another. Venus moving closer to the sun, Uranus and Mars does not deny romantic potentials.
{Sunday} /Past Obscurity Toward Dreamful Reassurance\
Cosmic Piper
Monday 25 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Virgo
/moon goes void-of-course at 5:46a PT | 8:46a ET | 12:46p UT
Riding above the valley where the workers toil, he
Knows the score; could take control; be President.
But who will trust? The children. They gather round him
Happily. He climbs to where his might could guard them.
\Patient Climbing Rather than Leaping/
Perilous adventures are not perhaps what most of us would choose as a life-path. We might choose them for a movie to watch or book to read. When it comes to experiencing the perilous adventures we like to read about, well . . . might we not decide to postpone that? Indefinitely? Perhaps there is some you cannot postpone today, with four planets in Aries including Mars close with Uranus. Final success seems to be predicted, in whatever tasks you undertake, but not until you have been tested, as if you had to force your will on things. With power comes responsibility; so you could idealize yourself and your role in order to live up to that standard.
As if that were not enough, you have strong desires which could spell trouble. In someone of a base nature this could be a desire to ravish or rape. With it goes a semi-intellectual trend, but with something lacking in the human element, that is, you might be treating friends condescendingly, or underestimate them. (If this paragraph applies to someone else near you, of course you need to be careful, although I never want to inculcate paranoia. That would be a wrong use of astrological signals.)
You could be watchful and apprehensive in an intelligent way, that is, alert not just to dangers but to opportunities, with acumen to read the course of events before they happen.
There are those who think they are the best and brightest, and everyone else is a nitwit. You may be aware of some such individual, and you might note a tendency in yourself to think that way. Together with it is a rather selfish and calculating propensity. Of course, you have to look out for yourself.
If in a position where you rule, boss, or administer, things can go well if you heed the previous warnings. There is the possibility of stirring up resentment when you oversee and administer, even if you are sincere in doing the best you can. You may have superior insight into what is needed, but not all will agree. However, some will agree wholeheartedly, and these are your favorites. Some might be younger, even children. It is wonderful to do the best one can for younger people who are trusting one's guardianship. Their appreciation is one of life's greatest boons.
Is a seeming cause of disagreement or battle a real cause, or imaginary? Is it something which could be ignored advantageously, if you put your mind realistically on what needs doing? Thinking of those who are much less fortunate than yourself could help. There are those who feel that they are lost, hopeless, or dying. One in such a condition has little impetus to fight with anyone. Balancing such detachment with legitimate anger you feel about anything could be therapeutic.
Leaving one's place of birth or current home can be a temptation when things seem meaningless. The zeal of one's hopes can be infused into a desire for new places in which to realize them. I cannot encourage such a tendency at the present time. Not only are we in the Dark Hermetic Epoch (until the Bright on April 6 and two months following) but Mercury squares Jupiter, the two planets of travel. A lot of aimless wandering may be going on. What is happening every day in your present world is your current basis.
Force of character conquering difficulties is the key. The part you play among other human beings is paramount, and you believe in it or you wouldn't be doing it. Maybe we all fall short of our ideals, but they are inherent and active, inspiring ultimate success.
{Monday} /Patient Climbing Rather than Leaping\
Cosmic Piper
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Forecast: Friday and Saturday, 22-23 March, 2013
Friday 22 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Leo
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week
continues all day
/moon goes void-of-course at 8:29p PT | 11:29p ET | 3:29a(Sa) UT
through all of Saturday until Sunday morning
Lying down depressed, he formulates comedy routines. He
Tries them in a venue sporting terraces and peacocks. A man
Bearing gold-red glasswork meets a saintly lovely lady.
A crystal gazer scans englobed warm scandals: and she laughs.
*The Human Comedy*
As you can see, Saturday should be a day of rest, so whatever you need to finish should be done today before the void-of-course time in the evening. Despite the |difficult third|, other good lunar aspects (trines with sun, Uranus and Mars) suggest you could feel victorious through chosen endeavors. It's not wise to expect people to be applauding because the |difficult third| makes all rather touchy.
Yet you carry on as if the world were applauding; at least you have your own intense approval, and that is good. You are acutely aware of signs and signals which appear to protect you from unwise actions. This is a gift; it tells you, "You're in doubt, so leave this out" before you do something which would be harmful or just waste your time.
Whatever seems to have been a loss need not be terribly upsetting, because you inward poise is able to rise up from loss with aplomb. However, it is well to be aware that there are dangers in the world, without imagining unreal dangers. There are individuals whose anger and resentment at the world make them pestilent. When you get wind of one of them who could affect you, it is well to clear out or find some way of avoiding him and his either malicious or upsetting stratagems.
People are aware how they could be deceived, even by those who have good intentions but are misinformed. You can avoid such deception or confusion deftly by attending to the skills and talents you have and using them in a solid way, which should be possible no matter the moods or misdirections around you. Accomplishing what you do best is a remedy for depression.
People follow false paths and recover from them. Often the paths in question are not totally wrong but "necessary errors" in order to get the lay of the land and see what doesn't work so one can find what does. Then you will be able to guide others, like a trail guide, who could perhaps avoid some of the mistakes you made. You may do this indirectly, because something seems lacking in your skill or approach, and yet you are shrewd enough to do well for yourself no matter what the appearance to those observing. So you muddle through.
A fantastic human being, perhaps but not necessarily a woman, could bring you luxury and happiness to some degree. She is never cruel or harsh: a lover of peace and harmony. Her appearance is impressive and she will converse sweetly with you. This could be in a luxurious or somewhat ostentatious setting. One can only be deeply grateful for a friend like this.
You can identify the best course if you are thoughtful. Realism seems wonderful compared with misleading or delusive paths you have already seen to go nowhere. Through careful reflection you avoid pointless arguments or conflicts. It may be that some of your deep thoughts are brilliant, although you would find it impossible to convey them in any ordinary way to anyone. Yet what you perceive and know is a treasure even if you alone appreciate it.
Entertainment is not missing. You can gravitate toward it naturally. It is a release. The |difficult third| makes it harder for people to feel free of worry, but there is much to enjoy. There is even a sense of humor percolating up from disappointments. What can one do, sometimes, but make fun of them?
Even when you feel alone, you will appreciate yourself and your ability to see into others, their maneuvering, their weaknesses. This is not sadistic, but realistic, and humorous in a good way if you are not mocking people but appreciating their colorful humanity. Their fumbling attempts and even self-deception can be entertaining so long as you prevent yourself from being hurt by it.
{Friday} *The Human Comedy*
Cosmic Piper
Saturday 23 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Leo
/moon void-of-course all day
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week
continues all day
A glass bubble floats from the sky, interprets stars
And desires, wafts sweet scents afar; is it Ozma?
Two bulls fight below; a hawk ravishes a nest;
Ennui chokes the streets. The lady of love smiles.
*Making the Best of It*
This is not a throw-away day! (I am in denial.) Well, maybe it is a throw-away day. No, no day is a throw-away day!
Anyway, you can see that with the moon void of course plus the |difficult third| it might be well to "take it easy" in the good sense of that timeless phrase.
Someone kind and accessible, with an easy manner, will make the day happier for you. She is at her best when just being herself. Whatever difficulties either of you are experiencing, there is a wisdom brewing in your communication with each other, so that everything takes on a timeless, uplifting symbolic value.
Practical business matters could be taken care of, gruffly, as if they were a nuisance, but they are not impossible, As always when the moon is void, no really new deals should be accepted. offered or undertaken. The routine and familiar is safer. Something more ineffable and subtle is afoot, a desire to be your best through a kind of magical kindness which wafts from or through you to the world at large.
Worries may be normal at such a time, but you can separate out pointless worries. Common-sense thinking leads to enough enlightenment for the day.
Whatever strangeness you encounter, or whatever peculiarities well up from within, they are designed by a beneficent, conscious universe to help you comprehend what is not easily comprehensible and gain aplomb in the process.
Spring has sprung and you might be conscious of its charms. There is ruggedness and heart-richness as well as earth-richness in country living. That is well and good, but a warning is necessary: Some who feel loveless could be impatient and assertive, thereby injuring rather than blessing someone to whom they are attracted.
It is not necessary to make an enemy. Realism and restraint can prevent that. Rashness is possible, probably because the day could be frustrating when you find it hard or impossible to do some of the things you wanted, in the way you wanted. So "cool it" is wise advice.
Too much of a good thing could be a problem. I don't want to throw cold water on what could be a pleasure day, with the Part of Fortune in the 5th sector; but even conventional, ordinary pleasures could turn into exploitation of nature, others, or oneself in a way which ends unpleasantly. (Please don't let this advice be a self-fulfilling prophecy; turn it around.) What are people really looking for? could be a helpful question to keep in mind.
The person mentioned in paragraph 3 could be a key to turning things around. He or she is a lover of peace and harmony. Quarrels have a way of diminishing or disappearing in this person's presence. With her or him, you are able to interpret the meaning of life in a broader, easier, happier, more understanding and loving manner. If no one like this turns up, you might get in touch by phone. At least you have memories and visualizations of such an individual. Consciousness is reality.
{Saturday} *Making the Best of It*
Cosmic Piper
Sun in Aries and Moon in Leo
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week
continues all day
/moon goes void-of-course at 8:29p PT | 11:29p ET | 3:29a(Sa) UT
through all of Saturday until Sunday morning
Lying down depressed, he formulates comedy routines. He
Tries them in a venue sporting terraces and peacocks. A man
Bearing gold-red glasswork meets a saintly lovely lady.
A crystal gazer scans englobed warm scandals: and she laughs.
*The Human Comedy*
As you can see, Saturday should be a day of rest, so whatever you need to finish should be done today before the void-of-course time in the evening. Despite the |difficult third|, other good lunar aspects (trines with sun, Uranus and Mars) suggest you could feel victorious through chosen endeavors. It's not wise to expect people to be applauding because the |difficult third| makes all rather touchy.
Yet you carry on as if the world were applauding; at least you have your own intense approval, and that is good. You are acutely aware of signs and signals which appear to protect you from unwise actions. This is a gift; it tells you, "You're in doubt, so leave this out" before you do something which would be harmful or just waste your time.
Whatever seems to have been a loss need not be terribly upsetting, because you inward poise is able to rise up from loss with aplomb. However, it is well to be aware that there are dangers in the world, without imagining unreal dangers. There are individuals whose anger and resentment at the world make them pestilent. When you get wind of one of them who could affect you, it is well to clear out or find some way of avoiding him and his either malicious or upsetting stratagems.
People are aware how they could be deceived, even by those who have good intentions but are misinformed. You can avoid such deception or confusion deftly by attending to the skills and talents you have and using them in a solid way, which should be possible no matter the moods or misdirections around you. Accomplishing what you do best is a remedy for depression.
People follow false paths and recover from them. Often the paths in question are not totally wrong but "necessary errors" in order to get the lay of the land and see what doesn't work so one can find what does. Then you will be able to guide others, like a trail guide, who could perhaps avoid some of the mistakes you made. You may do this indirectly, because something seems lacking in your skill or approach, and yet you are shrewd enough to do well for yourself no matter what the appearance to those observing. So you muddle through.
A fantastic human being, perhaps but not necessarily a woman, could bring you luxury and happiness to some degree. She is never cruel or harsh: a lover of peace and harmony. Her appearance is impressive and she will converse sweetly with you. This could be in a luxurious or somewhat ostentatious setting. One can only be deeply grateful for a friend like this.
You can identify the best course if you are thoughtful. Realism seems wonderful compared with misleading or delusive paths you have already seen to go nowhere. Through careful reflection you avoid pointless arguments or conflicts. It may be that some of your deep thoughts are brilliant, although you would find it impossible to convey them in any ordinary way to anyone. Yet what you perceive and know is a treasure even if you alone appreciate it.
Entertainment is not missing. You can gravitate toward it naturally. It is a release. The |difficult third| makes it harder for people to feel free of worry, but there is much to enjoy. There is even a sense of humor percolating up from disappointments. What can one do, sometimes, but make fun of them?
Even when you feel alone, you will appreciate yourself and your ability to see into others, their maneuvering, their weaknesses. This is not sadistic, but realistic, and humorous in a good way if you are not mocking people but appreciating their colorful humanity. Their fumbling attempts and even self-deception can be entertaining so long as you prevent yourself from being hurt by it.
{Friday} *The Human Comedy*
Cosmic Piper
Saturday 23 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Leo
/moon void-of-course all day
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week
continues all day
A glass bubble floats from the sky, interprets stars
And desires, wafts sweet scents afar; is it Ozma?
Two bulls fight below; a hawk ravishes a nest;
Ennui chokes the streets. The lady of love smiles.
*Making the Best of It*
This is not a throw-away day! (I am in denial.) Well, maybe it is a throw-away day. No, no day is a throw-away day!
Anyway, you can see that with the moon void of course plus the |difficult third| it might be well to "take it easy" in the good sense of that timeless phrase.
Someone kind and accessible, with an easy manner, will make the day happier for you. She is at her best when just being herself. Whatever difficulties either of you are experiencing, there is a wisdom brewing in your communication with each other, so that everything takes on a timeless, uplifting symbolic value.
Practical business matters could be taken care of, gruffly, as if they were a nuisance, but they are not impossible, As always when the moon is void, no really new deals should be accepted. offered or undertaken. The routine and familiar is safer. Something more ineffable and subtle is afoot, a desire to be your best through a kind of magical kindness which wafts from or through you to the world at large.
Worries may be normal at such a time, but you can separate out pointless worries. Common-sense thinking leads to enough enlightenment for the day.
Whatever strangeness you encounter, or whatever peculiarities well up from within, they are designed by a beneficent, conscious universe to help you comprehend what is not easily comprehensible and gain aplomb in the process.
Spring has sprung and you might be conscious of its charms. There is ruggedness and heart-richness as well as earth-richness in country living. That is well and good, but a warning is necessary: Some who feel loveless could be impatient and assertive, thereby injuring rather than blessing someone to whom they are attracted.
It is not necessary to make an enemy. Realism and restraint can prevent that. Rashness is possible, probably because the day could be frustrating when you find it hard or impossible to do some of the things you wanted, in the way you wanted. So "cool it" is wise advice.
Too much of a good thing could be a problem. I don't want to throw cold water on what could be a pleasure day, with the Part of Fortune in the 5th sector; but even conventional, ordinary pleasures could turn into exploitation of nature, others, or oneself in a way which ends unpleasantly. (Please don't let this advice be a self-fulfilling prophecy; turn it around.) What are people really looking for? could be a helpful question to keep in mind.
The person mentioned in paragraph 3 could be a key to turning things around. He or she is a lover of peace and harmony. Quarrels have a way of diminishing or disappearing in this person's presence. With her or him, you are able to interpret the meaning of life in a broader, easier, happier, more understanding and loving manner. If no one like this turns up, you might get in touch by phone. At least you have memories and visualizations of such an individual. Consciousness is reality.
{Saturday} *Making the Best of It*
Cosmic Piper
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Forecast: Wednesday and Thursday, 20-21 March, 2013
Wednesday 20 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Cancer
/moon goes void-of-course at 11:03a PT | 2:03p ET | 6:03p UT
Sun enters Aries (Vernal Equinox) at 4:03a PT | 7:03a ET | 11:03a UT
The raft on which he drifts lights haply on some land whereon
He finds a club. He counts the hours. He chases what he
Pleases, looking up and looking down. A camp of settlers
Welcomes him to food with wariness. It is enough.
~Focus Lost and Recovered Repeatedly~
[I wouldn't want the moon being void-of-course much of today and all of tomorrow to ruin a possibly good period. There is a technicality involved: Is the moon void according to its actual aspecting of planets while within its current sign, or according to a "potential" aspect forming with a planet at the very end of a sign? Venus at 29 Pisces is the planet in question. She moves into Aries just before the moon forms its trine with her, and so technically Luna forms no aspect after the time given above while it remains in Cancer. Yet, before Venus enters Aries at 8:16p PT | 11:26p ET tomorrow, Thursday, Luna forms a "potential" trine with her from the end of Cancer to the end of Pisces. In a horary chart, this would be taken as "not void of course." This sort of thing does not happen very often. I would say, test the waters for yourself. If things seem to be going swimmingly, proceed without worry. If it feels like "void of course," probably it is, and you could use the cautions you usually use for yourself at such times.]
Scattered interest is possible, and too much worry, adding up to possible isolation or a misanthropic attitude toward everyone, which would be self-defeating. You can be proficient at your own work without necessarily "sucking up" to people or trying to please them overmuch.
When worldly matters seem lost or obscured, spiritual awareness is not so diminished, and can be given more attention accordingly. You might want to be at home as much as feasible, or in a place where you feel secure, protected, unmolested.
Partly because of frustration and insecurity, appetites could be intense, so overeating should be guarded against. "Comfort food" may be fine, but too much produces instead discomfort.
Conservative individuals love to be left to their own protected, secluded interests, to pursue what pleases them without interference from government or anyone else. They sense shrewdly how to do this, being perhaps a little deceptive yet successful when left alone.
Force of character which is aggressive and passionate may secure outlet in more than one venue--at home, at headquarters, and possibly other places, even internationally. Yet there might be a cunning, deceptive, charlatan-like component in some who are strong outwardly. There is a weak spitefulness within them like a soft core. They pretend to be other than they are and fool many.
A lazy, gladly incompetent tendency might coincide with the questionable void-of-course period. Identifying one's right path analytically, and sticking with it realistically, could help. What are the schedules you have decided on? It might be good to adhere to as many as possible.
Enjoying yourself is of course acceptable, within or around the schedule, or when you feel you have done well. This could be convivial and festive, within family or a substitute family. While doing that, you may also keep on sensing the "colors of time," gaining prismatic insights which pull your world together in your mind so that both enjoyment and work fit together.
Versatility is good, to prevent boredom. Yet too much scattering of the seeds of attention could isolate you from the reality of what the human race is doing. Continually linking higher awareness with practical action is a key.
{Wednesday} ~Focus Lost and Recovered Repeatedly~
Cosmic Piper
Thursday 21 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Cancer
/moon void-of-course until it enters Leo
at 11:51p PT | 2:51a(Th) ET | 6:51a(Th) UT
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week
begins at 3:26p PT | 6:26p ET | 10:26p UT
and continues until very early Sunday morning
The bulls cannot be pacified; insist that each is right;
And fight. The streamers on the tent display the vigor
of the wind as the storm intensifies. The sleeping man
Awakes, maps out his strategy: becomes invulnerable.
A lot depends on developing one's intelligence, which I believe can be done, at least within particular domains. Learning to do anything well develops a skill, which is a form of intelligence. The basketball player or embroiderer may not score as high on a traditional paper-and-ink IQ test as a mathematician, but the latter's non-skill at basketball or embroidery mark him a dunce in those fields. Your excitement about anything which interests you shows you can master it.
The diremption between the practical and the spiritual continues, in an interesting way, with Mercury conjoined to Neptune and squaring Jupiter. Those who believe that "the spiritual world" is delusion and escapism are wrong. True, it can be an escape, but a valid one, in fact, the only valid escape from dullness if it is really spiritual, which implies that it is ethical and improves the tone of living.
Worrying about too much is a mistake. Not worrying about important things could be a mistake. When things get intensified, as in a tempest, there can be perverse pleasure in the turmoil. Or, the interruption of aplomb can be a chance for divine self-discovery plus expansion of self-power.
Crawling back into bed and covering oneself could be a nice evasion of difficulties. We all do it once a day, after all. Being invisible or powerless in an outward sense could be a shield for inner shrewdness developing advantages no one else knows about.
You may feel independent and self-reliant. You see into possibilities. And the docile side of you will respond willingly to the masterful direction of your executive side. Someone else also might also respond and assist you beautifully as the day proceeds.
A realistic attitude to disagreements will help you rise beyond them. You cannot fight everyone who dsagrees. Choosing your battles is necessary, or avoiding them entirely. Someone else might be all angry about something, trying to get his or her own way, and you need to deal with that as pacifically as possible. Then you might turn this person into a powerful ally.
You might notice some eating and enjoying themselves, as if there were no end to a feast. Inwardly they are imagining something they want to be and perhaps subconsciously think the food will turn them into that. This would be a sacrament.
The strong and inflexible people with whom you have to do could be a trial. They are excited about something which seems supremely important to them. You yourself may become thrilled with potentials you glimpse, and then be influential, even dictatorial. Everybody gets to rule a little, within a particular domain and to a particular limit.
{Thursday} ~Intensified Will Power~
Cosmic Piper
Sun in Aries and Moon in Cancer
/moon goes void-of-course at 11:03a PT | 2:03p ET | 6:03p UT
Sun enters Aries (Vernal Equinox) at 4:03a PT | 7:03a ET | 11:03a UT
The raft on which he drifts lights haply on some land whereon
He finds a club. He counts the hours. He chases what he
Pleases, looking up and looking down. A camp of settlers
Welcomes him to food with wariness. It is enough.
~Focus Lost and Recovered Repeatedly~
[I wouldn't want the moon being void-of-course much of today and all of tomorrow to ruin a possibly good period. There is a technicality involved: Is the moon void according to its actual aspecting of planets while within its current sign, or according to a "potential" aspect forming with a planet at the very end of a sign? Venus at 29 Pisces is the planet in question. She moves into Aries just before the moon forms its trine with her, and so technically Luna forms no aspect after the time given above while it remains in Cancer. Yet, before Venus enters Aries at 8:16p PT | 11:26p ET tomorrow, Thursday, Luna forms a "potential" trine with her from the end of Cancer to the end of Pisces. In a horary chart, this would be taken as "not void of course." This sort of thing does not happen very often. I would say, test the waters for yourself. If things seem to be going swimmingly, proceed without worry. If it feels like "void of course," probably it is, and you could use the cautions you usually use for yourself at such times.]
Scattered interest is possible, and too much worry, adding up to possible isolation or a misanthropic attitude toward everyone, which would be self-defeating. You can be proficient at your own work without necessarily "sucking up" to people or trying to please them overmuch.
When worldly matters seem lost or obscured, spiritual awareness is not so diminished, and can be given more attention accordingly. You might want to be at home as much as feasible, or in a place where you feel secure, protected, unmolested.
Partly because of frustration and insecurity, appetites could be intense, so overeating should be guarded against. "Comfort food" may be fine, but too much produces instead discomfort.
Conservative individuals love to be left to their own protected, secluded interests, to pursue what pleases them without interference from government or anyone else. They sense shrewdly how to do this, being perhaps a little deceptive yet successful when left alone.
Force of character which is aggressive and passionate may secure outlet in more than one venue--at home, at headquarters, and possibly other places, even internationally. Yet there might be a cunning, deceptive, charlatan-like component in some who are strong outwardly. There is a weak spitefulness within them like a soft core. They pretend to be other than they are and fool many.
A lazy, gladly incompetent tendency might coincide with the questionable void-of-course period. Identifying one's right path analytically, and sticking with it realistically, could help. What are the schedules you have decided on? It might be good to adhere to as many as possible.
Enjoying yourself is of course acceptable, within or around the schedule, or when you feel you have done well. This could be convivial and festive, within family or a substitute family. While doing that, you may also keep on sensing the "colors of time," gaining prismatic insights which pull your world together in your mind so that both enjoyment and work fit together.
Versatility is good, to prevent boredom. Yet too much scattering of the seeds of attention could isolate you from the reality of what the human race is doing. Continually linking higher awareness with practical action is a key.
{Wednesday} ~Focus Lost and Recovered Repeatedly~
Cosmic Piper
Thursday 21 March 2013
Sun in Aries and Moon in Cancer
/moon void-of-course until it enters Leo
at 11:51p PT | 2:51a(Th) ET | 6:51a(Th) UT
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week
begins at 3:26p PT | 6:26p ET | 10:26p UT
and continues until very early Sunday morning
The bulls cannot be pacified; insist that each is right;
And fight. The streamers on the tent display the vigor
of the wind as the storm intensifies. The sleeping man
Awakes, maps out his strategy: becomes invulnerable.
A lot depends on developing one's intelligence, which I believe can be done, at least within particular domains. Learning to do anything well develops a skill, which is a form of intelligence. The basketball player or embroiderer may not score as high on a traditional paper-and-ink IQ test as a mathematician, but the latter's non-skill at basketball or embroidery mark him a dunce in those fields. Your excitement about anything which interests you shows you can master it.
The diremption between the practical and the spiritual continues, in an interesting way, with Mercury conjoined to Neptune and squaring Jupiter. Those who believe that "the spiritual world" is delusion and escapism are wrong. True, it can be an escape, but a valid one, in fact, the only valid escape from dullness if it is really spiritual, which implies that it is ethical and improves the tone of living.
Worrying about too much is a mistake. Not worrying about important things could be a mistake. When things get intensified, as in a tempest, there can be perverse pleasure in the turmoil. Or, the interruption of aplomb can be a chance for divine self-discovery plus expansion of self-power.
Crawling back into bed and covering oneself could be a nice evasion of difficulties. We all do it once a day, after all. Being invisible or powerless in an outward sense could be a shield for inner shrewdness developing advantages no one else knows about.
You may feel independent and self-reliant. You see into possibilities. And the docile side of you will respond willingly to the masterful direction of your executive side. Someone else also might also respond and assist you beautifully as the day proceeds.
A realistic attitude to disagreements will help you rise beyond them. You cannot fight everyone who dsagrees. Choosing your battles is necessary, or avoiding them entirely. Someone else might be all angry about something, trying to get his or her own way, and you need to deal with that as pacifically as possible. Then you might turn this person into a powerful ally.
You might notice some eating and enjoying themselves, as if there were no end to a feast. Inwardly they are imagining something they want to be and perhaps subconsciously think the food will turn them into that. This would be a sacrament.
The strong and inflexible people with whom you have to do could be a trial. They are excited about something which seems supremely important to them. You yourself may become thrilled with potentials you glimpse, and then be influential, even dictatorial. Everybody gets to rule a little, within a particular domain and to a particular limit.
{Thursday} ~Intensified Will Power~
Cosmic Piper
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Forecast: Monday and Tuesday, 18-19 March, 2013
Monday 18 March 2013
Sun in Pisces and Moon in Gemini
Moon on course
Distant rumbling inspires protective target practice.
A weary traveler ponders half a map. He falls beside
A plant growing faster than his journey. The moon grows
Too. A goddess shares a potion with labor demonstrators.
}Partial Light is Enough{
Although Mercury has turned direct (yesterday), we are still in the Dark Hermetic Epoch until April 6. That means that although the very center of that Epoch, the Mercury Retrograde cycle, is over, the effects of it continue almost as intensely as before. People have expected everything to right itself the very minute Mercury turns direct. They see that this does not happen. Then they decide that astrology is nonsense. I, Cosmic Piper, am the discoverer of the Dark and Bright Hermetic Epochs. I discovered them after years of intense personal search to understand the periods of my own and others' lives. I succeeded, and published the results in American Astrology Magazine in 1979, which was later republished because readers and editors understood that I was breaking new ground.
The Dark Epochs (about three more weeks this time; which is always the case; they extend two to three weeks past the time Mercury turns direct) are good for research, pondering, meditating, thinking. They are not as good for immediate outward results in a project. The project gets tangled, snared, held back, reviewed, because it is not quite ready, or most often that is the case. Knowing this will help you.
Diligence, and trusting the aid of Heaven, are important at a time like this. You may see something like half of the solution to your problem. Whatever you are doing may be half finished. You are fixing, repairing, getting in shape your mind-set, the set which will allow you to complete the project with genuine self-direction.
You may think of school days, when you were a rival of other kids in some area, trying to outshine them, win at a sport or a course. You had to see the physical or mental target; aim; and try again. That is going on now, again. You may feel stymied by things which slow you down, but can persist amid trying conditions.
You can meet insecurities through the courage of continuing to attack problems. You may feel you are representing others in your endeavor, that is, the particular kind of aspiration and hope which keeps you all going. You feel that the world has been unfair to such as yourself. But you will not accept that as final; so continue to push forward with a sense of what is right and what can therefore be achieved.
Things are on the move, and you follow them, but still are not near the end of the quest. At times they get very exciting; progress is sudden and amazing. Then you realize you need to slow down and continue more patiently. Whatever is fanciful or questionable should be taken with a grain of salt, investigated without credulity. It may give real insight, yet be limited in its practical usefulness.
Indeed, you could lose financially or otherwise by "playing with life" as if it were a casual gamble. This would be Mercury squaring Jupiter as it starts to move faster; yet it will also trine Saturn, so you are likely to be responsible and awaken from unrealistic illusions before it is too late.
You can be brave and honorable through any crisis. Unusual influences may possess you. You may submit to them gladly, and they either lead on to a stumble, or save you at the last moment. When you recover you remain avid; strong in the quest for opportunity and position.
Someone gentle and sympathetic sheds a benediction upon you. This could be someone almost parental, connected with your career directly or indirectly. So much is available! Yet you need to be careful how you use opportunities lest what you do lead to a reversal.
This does not have to happen if you remain patient, realizing, as suggested, that you may be seeing only half the total picture in connection with plans and hopes. Then you will calm down and continue to utilize the part which is illumined. What is still in the dark will come to light as you proceed without drama or haste.
{Monday} {Partial Light is Enough}
Cosmic Piper
Tuesday 19 March
Sun in Pisces and Moon in Gemini
/moon goes void-of-course at 10:28a PT | 1:28p ET | 5:28p UT
until Luna enters Cancer
at 11:56a PT | 2:56p ET | 6:56p UT
The strong column stands there as if itself were all.
The gypsy camp nearby has struck it rich. The Tarot lady
And her nerdy son engorge both halves of Knowledge,
And, complete, found the Cult all-conquering. Wine and dine!
~Determined Fulfillment both Earthly and Intellectual~
The Dark Hermetic Epoch (February 8 through April 5) resembles a "fever dream" some of the time. As, when one is recovering from a fever, one feels the swirling currents in one's head slowing down and consolidating, something like that could be going on in your consciousness, because Mercury is gaining speed and lunar aspects today are solid. Not all easy, but clarifying.
Knowledge, whether abstract as in philosophy or definite as in medicine, is a key to much. Learning is enjoyable as well as productive of opportunity. If complete enough, it develops bravery. What you accept in consciousness is what becomes real to you.
Concentration is a power, as yogis discovered millennia ago. At certain points, according to Patanjali and others, it opens up inner vision as a ray of light opening into a lotus opening into universal comprehension. One can see into the heavens as well as into the depths of the earth.
Insecurities, within limits, are normal; we buy groceries because we would be insecure, literally, with an empty cupboard. Love and spiritual consciousness reduce the unreal insecurities. So can intense concentration on a goal (Mars conjoining Uranus in Aries), which might make you indomitable. There is something on which you will not give up. You will push others to go with you, or drag them, until they stop kicking and screaming.
Spring begins tomorrow; the world is getting green (in our Northern Hemisphere anyway). You may be aware of this, yet have your mind also, or mostly, on shrewd matters such as financial moves or business deals which will redound to your benefit. There seems no end to these, so you need to choose; or postpone choosing when that is wise.
You have a strong influence on people; they bow to you because of your knowledge or personality or charisma. Yet they are likely to feel that you have abandoned them, sometimes, and you may not realize to what extent they feel despoiled and injured. Perhaps, also, you feel that way about someone who has apparently used and abandoned you, or been egoistic and dictatorial with little regard for your feelings.
Just letting things go is a tendency, with Luna trine Neptune: "Strawberry fields forever." Good intentions and amiable qualities are not enough, however, to hold everything together in your life. You can identify what you need to do to mobilize your resources, and proceed to do that realistically, while retaining the "strawberry fields" in your consciousness as a cushioning factor while active in work.
A great deal is available and enjoyable. You feel at home wherever you go. A gypsy trend feels adventurous and lucky. Ultimate fulfillment beckons to you and others. Shared worldly goods are rewarding.
Yet something will keep you knocking at the doors of knowledge, even leaping toward them as if to escape harrowing limitations. Half-knowledge does not seem enough. Your mind-set says, "Knowledge is power," and you proceed in whatever way makes sense to you, whether anyone "gets it" or not. What you don't know is not a fetter but an opportunity to learn, and not under someone else's direction but under your own. The secrets of nature and life, even when partially intuited, decimate frustration.
{Tuesday} ~Determined Fulfillment both Earthly and Intellectual~
Cosmic Piper
Sun in Pisces and Moon in Gemini
Moon on course
Distant rumbling inspires protective target practice.
A weary traveler ponders half a map. He falls beside
A plant growing faster than his journey. The moon grows
Too. A goddess shares a potion with labor demonstrators.
}Partial Light is Enough{
Although Mercury has turned direct (yesterday), we are still in the Dark Hermetic Epoch until April 6. That means that although the very center of that Epoch, the Mercury Retrograde cycle, is over, the effects of it continue almost as intensely as before. People have expected everything to right itself the very minute Mercury turns direct. They see that this does not happen. Then they decide that astrology is nonsense. I, Cosmic Piper, am the discoverer of the Dark and Bright Hermetic Epochs. I discovered them after years of intense personal search to understand the periods of my own and others' lives. I succeeded, and published the results in American Astrology Magazine in 1979, which was later republished because readers and editors understood that I was breaking new ground.
The Dark Epochs (about three more weeks this time; which is always the case; they extend two to three weeks past the time Mercury turns direct) are good for research, pondering, meditating, thinking. They are not as good for immediate outward results in a project. The project gets tangled, snared, held back, reviewed, because it is not quite ready, or most often that is the case. Knowing this will help you.
Diligence, and trusting the aid of Heaven, are important at a time like this. You may see something like half of the solution to your problem. Whatever you are doing may be half finished. You are fixing, repairing, getting in shape your mind-set, the set which will allow you to complete the project with genuine self-direction.
You may think of school days, when you were a rival of other kids in some area, trying to outshine them, win at a sport or a course. You had to see the physical or mental target; aim; and try again. That is going on now, again. You may feel stymied by things which slow you down, but can persist amid trying conditions.
You can meet insecurities through the courage of continuing to attack problems. You may feel you are representing others in your endeavor, that is, the particular kind of aspiration and hope which keeps you all going. You feel that the world has been unfair to such as yourself. But you will not accept that as final; so continue to push forward with a sense of what is right and what can therefore be achieved.
Things are on the move, and you follow them, but still are not near the end of the quest. At times they get very exciting; progress is sudden and amazing. Then you realize you need to slow down and continue more patiently. Whatever is fanciful or questionable should be taken with a grain of salt, investigated without credulity. It may give real insight, yet be limited in its practical usefulness.
Indeed, you could lose financially or otherwise by "playing with life" as if it were a casual gamble. This would be Mercury squaring Jupiter as it starts to move faster; yet it will also trine Saturn, so you are likely to be responsible and awaken from unrealistic illusions before it is too late.
You can be brave and honorable through any crisis. Unusual influences may possess you. You may submit to them gladly, and they either lead on to a stumble, or save you at the last moment. When you recover you remain avid; strong in the quest for opportunity and position.
Someone gentle and sympathetic sheds a benediction upon you. This could be someone almost parental, connected with your career directly or indirectly. So much is available! Yet you need to be careful how you use opportunities lest what you do lead to a reversal.
This does not have to happen if you remain patient, realizing, as suggested, that you may be seeing only half the total picture in connection with plans and hopes. Then you will calm down and continue to utilize the part which is illumined. What is still in the dark will come to light as you proceed without drama or haste.
{Monday} {Partial Light is Enough}
Cosmic Piper
Tuesday 19 March
Sun in Pisces and Moon in Gemini
/moon goes void-of-course at 10:28a PT | 1:28p ET | 5:28p UT
until Luna enters Cancer
at 11:56a PT | 2:56p ET | 6:56p UT
The strong column stands there as if itself were all.
The gypsy camp nearby has struck it rich. The Tarot lady
And her nerdy son engorge both halves of Knowledge,
And, complete, found the Cult all-conquering. Wine and dine!
~Determined Fulfillment both Earthly and Intellectual~
The Dark Hermetic Epoch (February 8 through April 5) resembles a "fever dream" some of the time. As, when one is recovering from a fever, one feels the swirling currents in one's head slowing down and consolidating, something like that could be going on in your consciousness, because Mercury is gaining speed and lunar aspects today are solid. Not all easy, but clarifying.
Knowledge, whether abstract as in philosophy or definite as in medicine, is a key to much. Learning is enjoyable as well as productive of opportunity. If complete enough, it develops bravery. What you accept in consciousness is what becomes real to you.
Concentration is a power, as yogis discovered millennia ago. At certain points, according to Patanjali and others, it opens up inner vision as a ray of light opening into a lotus opening into universal comprehension. One can see into the heavens as well as into the depths of the earth.
Insecurities, within limits, are normal; we buy groceries because we would be insecure, literally, with an empty cupboard. Love and spiritual consciousness reduce the unreal insecurities. So can intense concentration on a goal (Mars conjoining Uranus in Aries), which might make you indomitable. There is something on which you will not give up. You will push others to go with you, or drag them, until they stop kicking and screaming.
Spring begins tomorrow; the world is getting green (in our Northern Hemisphere anyway). You may be aware of this, yet have your mind also, or mostly, on shrewd matters such as financial moves or business deals which will redound to your benefit. There seems no end to these, so you need to choose; or postpone choosing when that is wise.
You have a strong influence on people; they bow to you because of your knowledge or personality or charisma. Yet they are likely to feel that you have abandoned them, sometimes, and you may not realize to what extent they feel despoiled and injured. Perhaps, also, you feel that way about someone who has apparently used and abandoned you, or been egoistic and dictatorial with little regard for your feelings.
Just letting things go is a tendency, with Luna trine Neptune: "Strawberry fields forever." Good intentions and amiable qualities are not enough, however, to hold everything together in your life. You can identify what you need to do to mobilize your resources, and proceed to do that realistically, while retaining the "strawberry fields" in your consciousness as a cushioning factor while active in work.
A great deal is available and enjoyable. You feel at home wherever you go. A gypsy trend feels adventurous and lucky. Ultimate fulfillment beckons to you and others. Shared worldly goods are rewarding.
Yet something will keep you knocking at the doors of knowledge, even leaping toward them as if to escape harrowing limitations. Half-knowledge does not seem enough. Your mind-set says, "Knowledge is power," and you proceed in whatever way makes sense to you, whether anyone "gets it" or not. What you don't know is not a fetter but an opportunity to learn, and not under someone else's direction but under your own. The secrets of nature and life, even when partially intuited, decimate frustration.
{Tuesday} ~Determined Fulfillment both Earthly and Intellectual~
Cosmic Piper
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