Forecast for Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 April 2014

Tuesday 29 April 2014

Sun in Taurus; Moon in Taurus; Foci in 1, Self or Identity and 12, Confinement or Research

|Karmically intense or sobering third| of this week continues  ***

\Worth Beginning Again/

Although during a |difficult third| weather is often inclement, nature still reveals secrets to those who look. We cherish our mental discoveries and accomplishments. Yet we feel a tendency to let go, relax and not worry about incompetence. It is easy to take the most attractive path of surrendering to appetites.

He feels he is a genius; knows more than anyone about a few things at least. Others may see him as a charlatan claiming what he hasn't earned. Perhaps he is the one who has a right to see that in them? At any rate, he wants to escape from the dull non-entity into which others categorize him. That requires dogged effort.

I am easy-going and do not push my abilities beyond their scope. I like to be at home. I see some others as light-hearted and frivolous, attached to others' attachment to them because of their beauty or charm. I could be their willing victim also, yet feel I need to enlist to help humanity, including them, that is, to do something more worth-while. It might begin at home.

Song of the day: Am I Wrong by Nico and Vinz

She looks great and has talent. She seems to miss out because when opportunities turn up she bypasses them. A gross side of her would rather relax and enjoy herself. There are amazing benefits showered upon her, which she could employ more wisely. Still, she gets a benediction.

Their minds are flexible and they can use them to accomplish much, through ingenious efforts which keep turning like a gristmill. Calamities they suffer are reversals. Then they have to turn them around despite a feeling of devastation, which can be intense. A more sophisticated side of them can laugh at fate, dress up smartly, and try again with a smile.

You have a spirit companion who is influencing or aiding you. Unexpected events could be part of the plan. Something mysterious about you attracts those who sense that you are more than you seem. Though you do not seek them, they seek you. Secret studies enhance mystical abilities. You establish yourself in original ways which occur to you as spiritual understanding increases.

{Tuesday} /Worth Beginning Again\

Cosmic Piper

P. S. The above is based on a new experimental formula. We shall see how it goes. Any paragraph could apply to you; if you are male, the "she" paragraph could still be yours; if female, the "he" paragraph could be yours. Or, in either case, it could apply more to someone you know or even a character in a movie, TV show or story you watch or read. 

Wednesday 30 April 2014

Sun in Taurus; Moon in Taurus-->Gemini; Foci in 1, Identity or Self and 12, Research or Confinement

|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week continues  ***

/moon goes void-of-course at 8:54a PT | 11:54a ET | 3:54p UT  **

until it enters Gemini at 1:57p PT | 4:57p ET | 8:57p UT  ***

}Learning Curve{

He is daring and has much prowess to carry him through dangerous challenges. But he has too many appetites and desires which interfere with success. He is prepared for anything but somehow does not turn opportunities into real advantages. 

I see through hypocrites who detract from others while actually displaying the faults they condemn. They try to usurp others and look ridiculous in the attempt. Learning from them, I try to make my way in the world through strength of character which mines the ores available. This is not easy. I anticipate much but could fail to adapt to required conditions. When writing or speaking I need to be complete, thorough and clear in what I say.

Song of the day:  Brave by Sara Bareilles

She spends a lot of time in front of the mirror. This is not foolish if it makes her attractive, but she also needs to do something creative and solid like gardening or caring for children or other human beings. She has some insupportable notions which sap her strength and needs to see more clearly what preconceptions are impeding her. Then she might bring something to perfection. 

They are watchful and shrewd and do well for themselves, gaining much through trading or business. They have struggled, saved, invested, and followed out projects so that they have gained ultimate success. Yet they retain implicit natural goodness. They have faith in the Most High, crediting His grace rather than their prowess for their good fortune. 

You have survived burning crises, turning death away from you. You have battled to resolve practical issues by facing the powers in charge, organizing situations so you can win from them. Now you are ready also to expand your capacities and your reach through advanced technology if you can choose the right tools--smart phone, pad, computer, or app--and use them wisely.

We have done some foolish things, straining against nature and human conventions to "be ourselves" in ways which were not really ourselves. So we have been unpopular or even despised at times. Yet through all this there was a learning curve. Further, we have received what we did not deserve or earn, like a child at Christmas, and shared that prodigality.  We remain humble; do not claim a lot; spend time at home, content with what we have.

{Wednesday} {Learning Curve}

Cosmic Piper

Forecast: Sunday 27 and Monday 28 April 2014

Sunday 27 April 2014

Sun in Taurus; Moon in Aries; Foci in 12, Confinement or Research and 1, Self or Personality  ***

/moon goes void-of-course at 4:03a PT | 7:03a ET | 11:03a UT  **

^Wise Enchantments^

Is it transcendental magic or daydreaming? When the moon is void-of-course it's sometimes hard to know the difference. Hard work may seem distasteful, and it's a Sunday after all. People have to pretend to be something before they can actually be it. 

Mental powers are strong and flexible, with Mercury near the sun, sextile Jupiter and Neptune and trine Pluto. There is not much you cannot fathom through careful thinking plus a bit of inspiration, with trust in your experience and conclusions drawn from it. The moon being void-of-course does not mean you will be wrong, but perhaps you won't see the best applications of what you fathom until later. There could be indecision, but that could be a virtue if it is wise delay rather than inner instability.

People overindulge themselves easily--unthinkingly rather than intentionally. It is good to know when satiety has hit. The gate to your garden of fulfillment does not lead to overeating but to prospects of intelligent choice, which will enhance your career--your standing in the world or in your own eyes. That does not deny the immediacy of many pleasures.

Song of the day: The Broken Beautiful by Ellie Holcomb

Victories can be yours through a sense of what is possible if that includes upright, vigorous action in the best direction. At the same time there is a dilettante spirit which wants to amuse itself as it goes along with easy pleasures and entertainment. You alternate between these two emphases.

There is a High Power beyond our minds toward which our minds can aspire and which we can invoke. It is celebrated in churches as well as in spiritually humble individuals. Bowing before it is not childish but childlike in the best sense--only the child can enter the Kingdom.

{Sunday} ^Wise Enchantments^

Cosmic Piper

Monday 28 April 2014

Sun in Taurus; Moon in Taurus; Foci in 12, Research or Confinement and 1, Self or Identity

/moon void-of-course  **

until it enters Taurus at 7:24a PT | 10:24a ET | 2:24p UT ****

|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week begins at 2:22p PT | 5:22p ET| 9:22p UT  ***

New Moon at 11:15p PT | 2:15a(Tu) ET | 6:15a(Tu) UT

\Building Security Peaceably/

Only seven hours in morning or afternoon, depending on your zone, get four stars, suggesting you might find your way smoothly then.  Your escape from work is work itself. What you do is your escape from nonentity and the way you do it your escape from boredom. 

People sometimes think they are superior to others when they are mere hangers-on, spiteful and hyper-critical. Dealing with someone like this, you see through the charade but may still be able to gain something from him or her.

The tedious side of work may be with us (Mercury opposite Saturn) but also the uplifting and interesting side of it (Mercury sextile Jupiter and trine Pluto). You are in a position to gain more than usual from your labors. You have a large understanding of how to proceed and what to say, and are appreciated by co-workers.

People want to relax, enjoy, and eat huge lunches or snack more than usual. 

You may try to find short cuts to reduce your work load. You are digging a channel through which extra benefits may flow to you.

You can be secure in your private domain, since you have equipped yourself for gain and also defense. You know how to get advantages without putting yourself too much in the public eye. 

Song of the day: Come a Little Closer by Cage the Elephant

There could be passionate love, and deep appreciation of beauty. You are drawn to someone who fulfills you. People like you because you care about them and try to do things for them to make them happy. You and a partner or friend escape from drudgery together.

{Monday} /Building Security Peaceably\

Cosmic Piper

Forecast: Friday 25 and Saturday 26 April 2014

Friday 25 April 2014

Sun in Taurus; Moon in Pisces; Foci in 11, Friends or Hopes and 2, Possessions or Allies  ***

/moon goes void-of-course at 1:04p PT | 4:04p ET | 8:04p UT **

~Definite Agenda Formed, with Natural Happiness~

There is ease and daydreaming. Too much? That is for you to decide. What is your magic? How can you exploit and enjoy it without losing touch with your work, your mission? That may be your assignment. Idleness is not good, nor pretending to be something you are not manifesting.

Mercury moving forward conjoins the sun today and tomorrow. This is the center of the Bright Hermetic Epoch which began March 20 and ends May 22. Your plans are clear to you. You have worked them out and you know what they are and most likely you are right. So I usually suggest that at this time we write down our plans and schedules, arrangements and programs, agendas and intentions as clearly as we can--and refer to that in the future, up until the time the next Bright Hermetic Epoch begins on July 17. That is so we don't begin to doubt what we are seeing clearly right now.

The beautiful in art, nature, and people is being impressed upon us. The moon conjoins Venus in Pisces, the sign of her exaltation. You can attain victories in easy ways if you remain sure of yourself and goals while still enjoying all the boons life is offering. Getting business done before the void-of-course time would be a good plan for many; then relaxing into pleasures.

Song of the day: Helluva Life by Frankie Ballard

Overindulgence has its price, to be paid later, so it is better to know when to draw the line. A purge of foolishness is sometimes required. We see one another losing honesty or integrity and want to help one another rise beyond such slackness of character.  

You sense what the future can bring, and how to cooperate with it so it brings you the best. This is speculation, but true and successful speculation if you are wise. It doesn't matter if some results seem inadequate at present. If you have right principles and a winning agenda, you will recover whatever is missing.

What is mind-wealth to one may seem vanity or deception to another. So we each decide on our own domain of expertise and attain proficiency in it, and then glory in that. Today this could be done quietly, in a nook you enjoy, with nature or near it. There is the whimsical, the beautiful and enchanting, and there is a deeper search with its resulting manifestation.

{Friday} ~Definite Agenda Formed, with Natural Happiness~

Cosmic Piper

Saturday 26 April 2014

Sun in Taurus; Moon in Aries; Foci in 12, Confinement or Research and 1, Identity or Self

/moon void-of-course  **

until it enters Aries at 3:02a PT | 6:02a ET | 10:02a UT  ***

^Burning Candle at Both Ends?^

Five stars is our maximum but I am careful not to give out too many during the Grand Square which remains with us by very tight orbs. We have not gotten beyond *** in recent days. Still, the sextiles of the sun and Mercury with Neptune are helpful in adding smoothness to the day in whatever way you desire.

There is an enchanting childlike quality in people. If this degenerates into a claim to something the person does not really possess, pretentiously, it could seem unreal, but one can recover a sense of wonder.

Despite the conjunction of the moon and Uranus in Aries, there is a desire for peace and an ability to invoke it by confiding in the High Power. A cool, collected, courageous attitude borders on pride but that is all right if one maintains poise.

One can experience satiety: enough is enough when it comes to food and drink. You may play with your ability to sense where things are going and how to take advantage of momentary potentials, as a child feeling his oats, randy for experience, assuming he can figure out everything. 

Song of the day:  Burn by Ellie Goulding

There can be sensuality, with the sun and Mercury at critical degrees of the hedonistic pleasure-seizing Taurus. People display their personal and bodily charms. After exploring various dalliances you may decide you are getting nowhere and return to something aligned to deeper self and destiny.

There can be harshness and torment, for some, with the moon joining the Grand Square, perhaps subjecting them to cruelty in some form. We need to be careful not to be guilty of this ourselves, no matter how much we feel someone "deserves" it. Other forms of suffering could be a natural result of too-intense physical-pleasure-centered living.

The beautiful and the good are also present if we link with them in consciousness, and childlike simplicity, which can save us from the torment of pursuing what could be hurtful.

{Saturday} ^Burning Candle at Both Ends?^

Cosmic Piper

Forecast: Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 April 2014

Wednesday 23 April 2014

Sun in Taurus; Moon in Aquarius; Foci in 10, Honor or Career and 3, Neighbors and Communications

|Karmically intense or sobering third| of this week continues  **

/moon goes void-of-course at 9:12a PT | 12:12p ET | 4:12p UT  *

until it enters Pisces at 11:56p PT | 2:56a(Th) ET | 6:56a(Th) UT  **

}Recuperating Alone or with the Carefully Chosen{

Those of you who are attentive to the forecasts have noticed that there are more disasters or accidents during the |karmically intense third| of each week as for example last week the horrible capsizing of a ferryboat in Korean waters. (That time, the moon was in Scorpio the sign of death and a water sign, along with Saturn: gruesomely accurate. In my area there was the most intense rainstorm we have had in a long time, with one disaster known to me.) This time I do not predict any disasters--I never do--but suggest that all take special care when in dangerous situations. Ideally astrology would help us avert disasters rather than merely comment upon them in afterview. Police and emergency services are very dilatory in taking account of what Cosmic Piper provides here. This blog could save lives. I do not make myself heard or understood, not for want of effort and dedication. If you know of someone working in police or emergency services of any sort I hope you will alert them to these forecasts and the help they could provide.

A friend recovering from dissipation slept through one of the |difficult third| days last week--a smart thing to do when necessary. Some might need extra rest today. Yet there can be special success in one's career area and inspiring, fortunate links with individuals in upper echelons (Venus trine Saturn among other indications).

Loneliness and isolation stem sometimes from inadequate connections with people; those could be "forced" sometimes to your benefit--"I don't want to be with these people but will do so anyway as a matter of principle" could be a good attitude. Yet really unfamiliar paths probably should be avoided, for there is danger of stumbling and hurting oneself when one is not adequately prepared for something unusual to one's experience.

Song of the day: Let It Go by the Neighbourhood 

Thinking beyond death makes one stalwart. The near-death experiences now available in countless books and films are very helpful in showing us how to think about death in a better way and keep our poise in relation to it. 

Measuring and manipulating circumstances brings intelligence and order into them, and resulting efficiency. 

During the almost 15-hour void-of-course period one could wander within tortuous fancies and worries rather than accomplish anything. Simple, honest efforts along the lines of routine work and necessities are probably best. As for rare fourth-dimensional insights coming to you, wonderful if they do; you could save them in memory or writing for future pondering. Taking them too seriously before you see their value could be problematic.

A go-it-alone tendency is all right to a degree, yet paragraph 3 is pertinent. The sexes may segregate themselves from each other. Being alone versus in a group or with an individual is an issue you can meet, and win through conscious discrimination of what is best. All need some recuperation yet also need one another--a gentle discrimination in one's consciousness could reveal the middle way, choosing contacts smartly yet not avoiding all.

{Wednesday} {Recuperating Alone or with the Carefully Chosen}

Cosmic Piper

Thursday 24 April 2014

Sun in Taurus; Moon in Pisces; Foci in 11, Friendship or Hopes and 2, Possessions or Allies  **

|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week ends at 10:24a PT | 1:24p ET | 5:24p UT   ***

~Hopes Partially Fulfilled~

The stock market is extremely hard to predict by any method, including astrology, yet from the daily chart I would suggest that it might go up wonderfully today--but if I am wrong, please do not blame astrology. It would appear that "the Market" as investors and traders like to call it has a way of its own:  If aspects are very bad, some traders feel an urge to invest to improve things for themselves, and the Market goes up. If aspects are very good, some may look at their gains and sell to get their profits, and the Market goes down. It is not at all obvious what is going on.

People need time to collect themselves, to recover from the intense pressures of the now-exact Grand Square, and today may do just that when they can. Some may go too far and be careless or lazy, passive or indifferent although claiming high positions they have not earned.

Many feel adequate unto themselves, spurning the opposite sex even if mildly interested, finding their fulfillment in entertainment rather than direct interpersonal relations. They want liberty; may express themselves bluntly and get away with it.

Appetites may not be controlled, so there is overeating, or a tendency toward that hardly managed. The moon in Pisces with Neptune can be a dedication to spiritual illumination, and this would have rewards many, including material ones (an effective and observable paradox). 

Some are clandestine in their pursuits, secretly striving for what they would not confess in the daylight. This has sometimes unexpected or upsetting consequences. At worst, it leads to calamity or early decease. 

More optimistically, we are near the center of a Bright Hermetic Epoch (March 20 through May 22), and so can organize definitively our projects, schedules, and intentions with little chance of error because our minds are on track with reality (Mercury aligned with the sun). 

Song of the day: Counting Stars by OneRepublic

The better indications, including Venus's trine with Saturn and Sol's sextile with Neptune, promise good fortune to those who have earned it by diligent labor emanating from a pure and honest heart. It is no wonder they feel they have a right to relax and enjoy when they can.

{Thursday} ~Hopes Partially Fulfilled~

Cosmic Piper

Forecast: Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 April 2014

Monday 21 April 2014

Sun in Taurus; Moon in Capricorn-->Aquarius; Foci in 9, Understanding and Travel and 4, Home and Foundations  **

/moon goes void-of-course at 4:22p PT | 7:22p ET | 11:22p UT  *

until it enters Aquarius at 9:19p PT | 12:19a(Tu) ET | 4:19a(Tu) UT  **

\Being Severe with Oneself/

The responsibility is on us to keep up with things, and we can do it. We are not being coddled by the Grand Square, rather challenged; but the cardinal signs in which it occurs enjoy challenges. So we can enjoy the flush of accomplishment despite hurry and pressure.

If things go in circles, you can keep reorienting yourself so you do not lose a useful focus. You arrive toward a good position in the world through favorable connections.

Natural resources and foods take on interest while the sun is in Taurus. 

Exact principles and definitions help you when anything is confusing. 

Hidden and deep elements of life come alive through interpersonal relations. Are all really alone? Can anyone comprehend another's destiny? It can be hard, but faith in one another's spiritual reality makes it easier. Participating in a large community can be wonderful even when difficult.

Getting away from your main course in life could lead to catastrophe, so it is wise not to jump too far afield. Mars opposing Uranus can show danger from hasty ill-considered action. Someone with a weak or misdirected intellect could be partly responsible for a crazy, chaotic scene in which you flounder. 

Song of the day: Can't Raise a Man by K. Michelle

The lessons of life seem severe. Many including myself believe that we have further chances through reincarnation, but being careful and wise in this life is best in every way. Then one does not have to keep repeating one's lessons through trial-and-error over and over again.

{Monday} /Being Severe with Oneself\

Cosmic Piper

Tuesday 22 April 2014

Sun in Taurus; Moon in Aquarius; Foci in 10, Honor or Career and 3, Communication and Neighbors  **

|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week begins at 7:59a PT | 10:59a ET | 2:59p UT  *

}In It Together No Matter What{

Most of us will be trying hard to live up to requirements and commitments. Yet there is a need to recuperate at various times, pulling back from unnecessary involvements. A Sabian prayer is: "Point out all toil to avoid." A corollary of that is that one wants to remember the toils which are important. 

The beauty of the spring season inspires toward links with influential people who aid success.

The toils which are not to be avoided may be, some of them, arduous. But friendly feelings about the people for whom or with whom one works make them easier. Adapting oneself to what must be done is more comfortable than straining or raging against it.

Song of the day:  Coming of Age by Foster the People

Deep perspective is possible, in the light of eternity, so that one more effectively sorts out tasks which are essential for one's true destiny. There is progression in this, a rising above one's past levels in the social or career hierarchy, but that does not have to be snobby.

Contention and loss of harmony are possible, with the exactness of Mars's opposition to Uranus. It is well to avoid wounding anyone or anyone's sensibilities insofar as possible. Some may seem to be perverse, secretly enjoying others' suffering. They are to be pitied because they are calling that same suffering upon themselves by laws of karma. We need to watch our thoughts and feelings prayerfully.

At a higher level, you may be impressionable in a good way, and sympathetic with people, so that in moments of relaxation or freedom from work you feel a unity with them which fortifies your own hopes for advancement because the harmony you feel with all makes your own advancement advancement for all.

{Tuesday} {In It Together No Matter What}

Cosmic Piper

Forecast: Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 April 2014

Saturday 19 April 2014

Sun in Aries; Moon in Sagittarius-->Capricorn; Foci in 8, Regeneration and 5, Pleasure or Offspring  ***

/moon goes void-of-course at 6:18p PT | 9:18p ET | 1:18a(Su) UT **

until it enters Capricorn 11 minutes later at 6:29p PT | 9:29p ET | 1:29p UT ***

^Deeper Interests and Hopes Prevail^

It's not necessary to lose one's bearings when things are complex. There can be success through connections with illustrious individuals or families. 

When you have what is adequate for your needs, you may drop a wanderlust which could lead you astray. Your work includes discoveries which affirm your right to pursue your course independent of others' advice.

Your resources and potential accomplishments are numerous. You care about spiritual purposes also, and the sanctity of someone you have chosen as a spiritual guide, teacher, or guru. (Sometimes it's the other way around: They have chosen us as disciples.) The real apostles in the Christian tradition and the real gurus of India are not on different paths (if we accentuate the word "real" in that statement.) 

You care about those who are relatively immature, and could try to help them even though they do not understand that you are helping and give you no credit for it. That is magnanimity. You have a mission to fulfill. Within the darkness, the light illumines you so you can aid someone less seeing.

Song of the day:  My Lighthouse by Villagers

Difficulties are part of life, even on a Saturday when you may not have to work at your regular tasks. There is something fortifying in sticking with what has to be done. You can keep adjusting yourself, rather than get lost in circles, and reorient yourself to everything essential. Then you will not feel that all is pointless.

{Saturday} ^Deeper Interests and Hopes Prevail^

Cosmic Piper

Sunday 20 April 2014

Sun in Taurus; Moon in Capricorn; Foci in 9, Learning or Travel and 4, Home or Foundation

Moon on course  ***

\Extended Family Recover Together/

I am risking three stars for the day even though the Grand Square is as exact as a Grand Square can get--because of the trine between Venus and Jupiter, the two benefic planets according to the ancients, as well as Venus's sextile with Pluto. Of the Grand Square, Marc Edmund Jones says that it makes things "develop under conditions of continual crisis," with " a risk of self-defeating confusion or a continual dissipation of resources." This hits home for me--my costs have been enormous in recent days. And, further, I have spent more than wise on some pleasures. (Quotations from Jones's Essentials of Astrological Analysis; "X cross" is in the index.) We need to focus wisely; and with the exalted planet of the X being Jupiter in Cancer, we might well focus on household or family matters.

One can learn to remain true to oneself while Mars remains retrograde in Libra--and that includes being true to someone one loves (Libra, sign of Venus and highly romantic). Then when events circle around strangely one is congruent with someone else's life, which grants a sort of merry-go-round stability and consistency.

Flowers are stars and stars are flowers; and "Every man and every woman is a star" according to a famous occultist. 

Mental powers could be at a peak! with Mercury nonagen the two benefics. You discover something real. That helps you to remove obstacles of presupposition which are mistakes. If you do that for others it could make them feel a prick of criticism. 

Those who ponder mysteries have to ponder among them the mysteries of death and of immortal life. There is a sanction to see beyond darkness into light. One can arrive at absolute foundations. Happy Easter!

A collapse of something you have leaned on (Uranus, Mars and Pluto are parts of the X Cross) is not a necessary happening but if you experience it it allows you to transcend limitations and find the aforementioned absolute foundations. There are beautiful vistas extending around you in various directions, the glories of nature visible and invisible to appreciate so you can regain faith in yourself and humanity.

Song of the day:  This is Amazing Grace by Phil Wickham

Overcoming "enemies" is a martial art or a peaceful art or both combined in ways which transcend warlike methods, achieving the right to be called "spiritual warfare" which is also "spiritual peacefare." Something like that is going on as you recapture your prerogatives from circling events which give you a chance to reconstitute yourself and your program in ways which will be kissed by the cosmos.

{Sunday} /Extended Family Recover Together\

Cosmic Piper

Forecast: Thursday 17 and Friday 18 April 2014

Thursday 17 April 2014

Sun in Aries; Moon in Scorpio-->Sagittarius; Foci in 8, Regeneration and 5, Offspring and Pleasure

|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week continues

/moon goes void-of-course at 0:10a PT | 3:10a ET | 7:10a UT  **

until it enters Sagittarius at 2:45p PT | 5:45p ET | 9:45p UT  ***

^Persistence, with Benefits^

It's a rare occasion when I would give a three-star rating during a |difficult third|. This time I do (for later in the day) because of the trine of Venus and Jupiter now exact. This can be ease, laziness, glory, a blessing of the cosmos on even our weaknesses. 

In minor ways, things change or seem unreliable. Yet success beckons graciously through smooth connections including a fortunate marriage or partnership. 

The harder side of things is with us, and it is well to beware of any kind of violence brewing anywhere (Mars going backward toward opposing Uranus). Even Mars and Uranus, harsher planets, can learn to pray, or appeal to something higher than themselves, rather than explode into misery. Making enemies is not recommended.

Juggling things felicitously is possible when you can feel that the world is friendly. Irritability, on the contrary, would diminish power and efficiency. Feelings irrepressible in you can be released wisely--if used as sources of positive energy.

Song of the day: Vivir Mi Vida by Marc Anthony

We ought not to shirk labor. There is naturalness, simplicity and gain in facing what needs to be done honestly and getting at it. After that, and maybe during it, it is possible to enjoy the marvelous and magical in life, nature and people.

Dairy products could be helpful while Venus trines Jupiter in Cancer the sign of cows and milk. Ice cream or yogurt might be a fetish for some. At times you might feel lost, as if something you wanted to rely on is not there. That is freedom from something no longer needed, and a chance to demonstrate your individual powers in fresh ways.

{Thursday} ^Persistence, with Benefits^

Cosmic Piper

P. S. Since the Cosmic Connection forecasts began, I have used *stars* around the title when the moon is in a fire sign. But now that I use the stars for rating time-periods, that might be confusing, so I have adopted the ^ for titles on those fire-sign days.

Friday 18 April 2014

Sun in Aries; Moon in Sagittarius; Foci in 8, Regeneration and 5, Pleasure or Offspring

Moon on course **

|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week ends at 5:44a PT | 8:44a ET | 12:44p UT  ***  (maximum is five stars)

^Faith Overcomes Doubt^

Nature generally seems impersonal or not concerned with human beings. It is said that Jesus (in the incident of calming the ocean waves) and others of spiritual stature can sometimes change that situation. Meanwhile we struggle on with our individual competence to meet nature's challenges. There can be wonderful success in this and links with specially beneficial individuals (Venus trine Jupiter and sextile Pluto).

A place where there is somewhat amateurish music or performance may be enjoyable for a while. Then it could become a "black hole" when it no longer serves you and it would be wise to move on. 

You are not at a loss for ways of thinking or ways of entertaining people (moon trine Uranus and Mercury). You can be alert to opportunities and grasp what would elude you if you were less sharp. 

You may deal with smokers or pass through a smoky area; or if this is symbolic, you conquer ambiguity by being direct in communications which lead toward success. It may be hard to keep your faith going when things seem murky or at a standstill.

Song of the day: Is it Right by Elaiza

Fighting is possible while Mars and Uranus tangle in an opposition. It would be good to view everything with a sense of humor and see any feud as a game rather than bitter rivalry.

You could take any lack of cooperation with you by nature, institutions or human beings as a respite, a chance to reconnoiter and get your bearings before pressing on again. Spiritual detachment is not indifference, but an ability to view things from a longer-term perspective when much seems blocked, while not losing faith in the goodness of the cosmos and of  individual destiny.

{Friday} ^Faith Overcomes Doubt^

Cosmic Piper