Forecast: Sunday and Monday, 7-8 April, 2013

Sunday 7 April 2013

Sun in Aries and Moon in Pisces

/moon goes void-of-course at 9:11p PT | 12:11a(M) ET | 4:11a(M) UT

With a carving knife the meal is set for those who appreciate

The host. The recently dead hover, alive, having spurned

The masked man plundering a herd. The thinker ponders

Geometrical figures. The boxer has trained. The contest begins.

~Merit Recognized~
 

The process of clarification continues. Things are less puzzling. Not only have we entered the Bright Hermetic Epoch, until June 10, but Mercury is separating from its square with Jupiter which has been in effect since early March. However, today you might have a recrudescence of some of those "crazy-making" problems. They come back in order to be resolved and dismissed.

There is prosperity, merit, and a desire for recognition. At the same time there are issues which require handling through exertion. Aries, containing four planets, can be a very impatient sign. The wheel of the ages turns too slowly for it. 

There is concord through good living, in the sense of materialistic pleasures as well as more spiritual interests. Well, there could be too much eating, but who wants to hear that?

Someone difficult to understand is more playful than malicious. He or she is tamed through familiarity and kindness. Sharing a meal is more a social than a gastronomic delight. We surrender to whatever seems real in the Other.

Clear, spectacular thinking is possible about many matters. Some of it may be connected with those considered "dead." My bias in philosophy and literature it toward the past, that is, older stuff is usually better. A policy I have touted is to read mostly books which are at least 50 years old. That means it might be safe now to read anything published in 1963 or earlier. That includes an enormous amount of good stuff. If a book has lasted 50 years and you feel like reading it, maybe it is worth reading. This is based upon the Jubilee (every 50 years) recommended in the Hebrew scriptures. Well, with this policy, you would be reading and communicating with a lot of "dead" people. They are sometimes excellent companions. If they created something still interesting after 50 years, they are alive, perhaps more than the authors of the current best-seller list.

Acquisitiveness is strong. Yet you want to account for all your spending and saving. That would prevent you from getting lost in a lot of meaningless pursuits. Well, they have a function, but could get too multiple, that is, multiply beyond reason so you get lost like a kid in a carnival. Well, I love carnivals, but . . . Now some philosophy! Is deliberate pleasure, that is, enjoying something just to enjoy it, as at a carnival, ethical? There are some sour-faced spiritual teachers and ethicists who do not think so. Oh philosophers! You could write hundreds, thousands, of papers on that topic. I wish there were a carnival to go to. I would read one of those papers on the ferris wheel and perhaps release its pages into the air . . .

What is white magic (ethical magic) when it comes to love? A fascinating question. A quick answer, from my viewpoint, would be: You can have telepathic communication with someone you have loved and lost. If you were to try to use that to compel a renewal of affection and contact, it would be black (unethical) magic. You would be subjugating someone to your will. If you were to use it to bless the other person, out of love and care for her or his well-being, it would be white magic . . . which might or might not have the (probably desired) effect of bringing the person closer to you. If it were purely white magic instead of grey, you wouldn't even care about that. Yet it would be magic, because something would change for the better in your life as well as that of the Other.

What is primary in your life? Getting something for you? Well of course we all, except rare saints, think that way. The answer I suppose is balance, that is, wanting a lot, but wanting also to share it. Even wanting an audience to applaud one's success is a form of sharing, though perhaps a selfish form of it, but don't we all like some contests and appreciate the winner's glory? The loser is the loser for some reason or other but we forget him and glory in the winner.

Such recognition is desired by virtually everyone, some more than others. There are other ways to get it than winning contests or boxing matches. Being steadfast and sincere, gaining respect, is one. That requires patience with others as well as oneself. Then there follows natural sharing through wanting to have a good time with those who appreciate oneself. How wonderful. 

{Sunday} ~Merit Recognized~

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Monday 8 April 2013

Sun in Aries and Moon in Pisces-Aries

/moon void-of-course in Pisces until it enters Aries
at 12:03p PT | 3:03p ET | 7:03p UT

In a bar two friends discuss a third behind his back,

Lifting their glasses while he lowers his. The piano

Man sings and plays. A bomb goes off in the war

Zone. A lovely lady leads to a happier venue. 

*Living Through Detraction; Toward a Happier Prospect*
 

I am in the unenviable position of never being able to say "Everything is perfect! No worries! Just enjoy the day!" I really would like to do that. And at some metaphysical, meta-psychical, spiritual level, that is perfectly true, every day! But through astrology we try to deal with the world of relativities in which we dwell at least during our waking hours. In that world, there are consequences for every act or non-act and so it is necessary to point out dangers and possible mistakes. There are days when I really do not like that role. But I must be faithful to the astrological guidance I receive from the books I continually study. These are not randomly selected books, but those I have found trustworthy over repeated trials (I started writing daily guides 35 years ago). Written by the best astrological writers ever, they have pointed out to me dangers which I did not heed as well as those I did heed; they have remonstrated, corrected, and given pertinent suggestions. I have to do the same here for you if I am to be faithful to what I have seen.

A great deal looks good about today. You can rule your world! That is not an empty promise, but based on several factors, among them the fact that five planets are in Aries (after the void-of-course period ends), the first sign and the sign of the ruler (as is Leo to an even greater degree). For now, Aries rules; and that could be a little boy. Aries to me is "the sign of the boy," at least in one prominent respect. Its sincerity and aspiration are boylike. It is a sign of hope, appropriate to Spring.

But (here it comes!) other indications suggest that just as a boy can fall in with bad companions who don't care if they hurt him, so could you. It would be wise to think carefully about what is going on when you "hang out" with people for pleasure. I love to do that myself. Yet at times I have found that when people were in a bad place, their supposed companionship put me in a bad place also. If you are on top of that warning, you will know when to say no and when to offer cogent guidance to someone rather than accede to something which is not good. You can also filter out others' wrong, unsupportive or bad opinions of you.

I hate warfare. But I have been reading a book, The Yellow Birds (Kevin Powers) about one soldier's experience of the Iraq war. It is not happy reading but I felt I needed to read it. Today you may hear about such things or contemplate violence or warfare. When our world will be free of it, I do not know; at that point what astrologers have written about certain "bad" aspects would have to be revised to reflect a higher level of human consciousness. For now, I have to say that it would be wise to avoid rash acts or getting involved in someone else's rashness. Poise is essential.

There is something fascinating about someone who likes to caricature people and situations, as a stand-up comic. The stereotypes of a nation, race, or gender are easy to make fun of. One can also exploit what is predictable in people, using "herd psychology" to lead wisely or to use cleverly and selfishly. People often do not see what is coming until it is upon them. You have a chance to use better judgment than that.

There can be entertainment. You take a dim or caustic view of some of it, yet enjoy it at its own level. It does not have to be great to be entertaining. Your power of intellect persists while you are being entertained so that you think of amazing things or gain spectacular insights. You are tenacious in reasoning things out.

Adventure and discovery are essentially fearless and bold. One needs to be adroit to handle all one's ordinary work responsibilities and also have an adventure. A beautiful, calm, accessible and harmonious woman may be part of the assay, impulsively yet gently sharing in it.

Gaining someone's love has been called "conquest." This can happen, however, not by proud and noticeable deeds but by easygoing intimations of affection and approval. It is well to be sure that destructive envy or jealousy is not part of the program. One may be Lord, the other Lady, as long as nothing untoward or hurtful is employed in the "conquest." 

A quest for wealth is going on, in one form or another. Yet there is something reticent about the approach. One cares about gain but also about the integrity of the approach, through effort of some kind which serves someone in one way or another. What look like miracles can occur as a result of steady unheralded endeavors.

When someone seems to be discussing you with someone else, you could become paranoid. What are they saying and why are they not saying it in your presence? We tend to create little hierarchies in our minds. While I am with X, Y is at the bottom of the hierarchy and we can discuss her or him judgmentally. While I am with Y, we do the same thing to X. This is "all too human" but does happen. It is important to refuse to let this demoralize you or destroy your faith in your friends. They mean well. All of you are looking toward a prospect for the future which is wonderful. You just have different ways of understanding it, all of them perhaps inadequate. So it is good to keep that larger, happy prospect in mind. Dreams can become realizable expectations.

{Monday} *Living Through Detraction; Toward a Happier Prospect*

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