Forecast: Thursday 27 February 2014

Thursday 27 February 2014

Sun in Pisces; Moon in Aquarius; Foci in 12, Confinement or Inner Life and 1, Identity

|Karmically intense or sobering third| of this week continues

Moon on course

Mercury turns direct tomorrow, Friday, at 6:01a PT | 9:01a ET | 2:01p UT

}Worries Understood in Order to be Dismissed{

My own experience of the Mercury cycle is that things do not get immediately better when Mercury turns direct. That realization led me directly to the discovery of the larger Mercury cycle, in 1978-79, which I named the Hermetic Epoch. The Dark (slow-and-retrograde Mercury) Hermetic Epoch will not end until March 20. 

However, I do experience that an inner, inchoate, subtle change does occur when Mercury turns direct. You might prepare for it by collecting yourself in meditation and prayer this evening so that whether you are awake before or after it turns direct you will be attuned to the "motionless Mercury" (from geocentric perspective) which is called in astrology the planet's Station (time given above). 

On Thursday there may be a feeling that much is being settled calmly, even though we are in the |difficult third|. It's a matter of being resigned to what must be done and feeling that while doing it one is making definite, smooth progress in a desired direction.

You might feel reclusive at times, pulling back from outward involvements in order to be settled within yourself for meditation or prayer and deep pondering. 

Another facet of things is finance and accounting, which you could handle peaceably although I would suggest waiting for Mercury to turn around before making any unusual or large-scale financial decision (or even until the Bright Epoch after March 19). There could be preparation for that today, or handling other minor money matters.

We press on trusting the world and the solar system to "straighten out and fly right." They shall.

Meanwhile the places of delay on which we are sandbagged can be opportunities for preparing something better. 

Disappointments are temporary; they may be partly disillusionment, that is, losing false hopes about something or someone. This is likely in the romantic department with Venus squaring Mars. Yet of course all is not lost in a relationship, but something which, when understood for what it is, can make the relationship even better because on a more realistic, firmer footing.

One does not have to be careless in order to get appropriate rest. It is possible to finish really essential duties and leave some others for a time when they can be performed more efficiently.

The characteristics of people can become galling when one is so familiar with them that their usual peccadilloes or faults seem overwhelming. Then is the time to make a grimace and joke and trust that they will come to their senses in time. 

The highest possibilities of the day are transcendental, psychic, uplifting, yet not likely to be comprehended by our "lower minds" which cannot wrap themselves around what is beyond their boxed-in categories. 

Well-being is wonderful, making one perhaps a little complacent, but isn't that a relief from constant anxiety? Tranquil manners and a sunny nature are irresistible. Either you display them or someone you like does. People are slowly getting the drift of what will be best for them in coming weeks.

{Thursday} {Worries Understood in Order to be Dismissed}

Cosmic Piper