Forecast: Friday and Saturday, 19-20 April, 2013

Friday 19 April 2013
I am not responsible for the mess in the following forecast, that is, lines pushed together, no paragraphing, on and on. Blogger manages to mess this up every time, whether I use Firefox, IE, or Google Chrome. And if I hit the "edit" button and try to fix it, is just gets worse.  --Cosmic Piper

 

Sun in Taurus and Moon in Leo

|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week continues

The farmer pounds with a hammer while a woman indignant
Rants political views. The students gather round the duck pond,
view the sky and clouds, draw a figure on the ground and dance
within it. Looking north, they want to help the farmer fix his roof.

*Protection through Higher Appreciation*

Mental powers are strong and much can be learned. Knowledge is a treasure, spiritualized knowledge an even greater one. At best there is humility in it, and the ordinary reliability of a keeper of ducks (students) or worker of the soil.

With Mercury conjoined to Uranus, we see into things startlingly. There can be original, fresh comprehension, a new approach to things including work. "All is connected" becomes more than a platitude. You are pleased with your inner integrity no matter what harassment you face.

One wonders sometimes who one's parents are, or what they meant to one, or how to adopt new ones or see the old ones in a different light. Children need parenting perhaps more as communion, assurance that they are all right and developing in a good way. They get clues from those they trust or are trying to trust.

Hard or confining labor may be on the agenda. No matter what uneasiness it brings at first, one finds peace ultimately through effort which benefits one's community, or a chosen community of interest.

Self-defense is important when there is any doubt about someone's machinations. Some never forget an injury, even an indirect or imagined injury, and so can become dangerously partisan. (Of course we have seen that in terrorist preoccupations and actions.) One learns to journey forward confidently with whatever practical or spiritual protection one can summon.

There are natural laws which try to prevent us from going too far in a wrong direction. We all have unconscious assumptions or biases which make us indignant at some opinions or lifestyles. This could stir up trouble, but an appreciation and love of the beautiful in art, nature, and human beings is an antidote.

Whatever seems futile or unfruitful, yet apparently has to be done, is a process in building something needed, perhaps a bridge to somewhere majestic, at which we would never arrive without those small seemingly barren efforts. The latter become channels for higher purposes.

Where are the true teachers, the ones whose mind-wealth enriches their students' lives? The salutary impressions they make are enduring, and change the world for the better. Such a calling is not arrogant or grandiose, but reliably competent through sincerity and naturalness.

{Friday} *Protection through Higher Appreciation*

Cosmic Piper

Saturday 20 April 2013

Sun in Taurus and Moon in Leo-Virgo

/moon void-of-course at 4:49a PT | 7:49a ET | 12:49p ET

until Luna enters Virgo at 6:10p PT | 9:10p ET | 2:10a(Su) UT

He rakes the river for effluvia he can sell. He pounds

Metallic objects into shape. He has a sleigh but

There is no snow. He whines but recovers; helps a man

Repair his porch. In moonlight he studies Mysteries.

*Down but not Out*

With the moon void-of-course, there could be lassitude, laziness, indolence, a "que sera sera, let it be" attitude. When all else fails, there is spiritual peace, which can be attained in one way or another. Implicit resourcefulness allows us to begin and re-begin, no matter how world-weary at first.

Many tend to think that they themselves are the only ones who see everything truly (Mercury with Uranus, both square Pluto). So they could be traducers, assuming temariously that others are always wrong. Fortunately this same astrological aspect, with a little humility, can produce the true sage or magician, the one who studies and ponders endlessly until he sees right and knows truth.

If neglected or of obscure origin, we feel as if orphans. This is a state of mind. Yet we were born, somewhere and somehow, of some mother and some father. We don't have to be suspicious of everyone, or doubtful of how we will be received, but can let ourselves be what we are confidently.

Those who are morose, and have strong will power, tend to be cruel unless they find a way to channel their reserved powers into the execution of good deeds for their community. That is where they would gain peace and fulfillment.

There seem two extremes in which one could get caught, or between which---1. Lamenting and complaining and whining so that nothing can be accomplished, or 2. Trying a lot ambitiously but failing horribly and feeling defeated. One's worry that 2. will happen can produce 1. There seems no way out, except by getting a new perception of things and of what is possible. We need to arise out of this defeatism, connected with the oppositions of both the sun and (now especially) Venus with Saturn.

Misdirection of effort can be a curse when one does not sense what one is doing backwards. It might produce indignation in someone, and that could teach one a lesson. Or one might get indignant that others are not accepting one's futile approach, and make things worse. The resulting scuffle could be educative. If you are not guilty of such behavior, you might detect it in someone else.

Some feel that they are incapable of much except boring hard labor which does not seem to go anywhere. Actually I am a champion of those who work for the minimum wage--I did it myself for many years--and believe that it is sinful that "we" (and it is "us" because we all reap the benefit of those low wages) pay workers such a pittance when actually minimum-wage jobs require more labor and suffering (and indignity) than other jobs. Still, those stuck in such work, let us hope, will be there only a few years and find something better. They can be sustained by their ideals and hopes. Offering their work up as a gift to the Highest is sure to win for them something better eventually. Still, the minimum wage ought to be increased. These people have no insurance and no paid holidays or vacations. In our rich society, that is criminal. These people are the opposite of parasites--they sustain the parasites who profit by their "cheap labor"! We need to fix this.

Meanwhile, for today the lazy way may not be a mistake. Both rich and poor can be covetous, but we could take a vacation from that. True resourcefulness arises from consistency of action rather than from ambitious schemes. Staying with our plans and hopes in mind while letting ourselves relax a bit outwardly could be the right formula.

{Saturday} *Down but not Out*

Cosmic Piper