Forecast: Thursday 26 and Friday 27 June 2014

Thursday 26 June 2014

Sun in Cancer; Moon in Gemini-->Cancer; Foci in 12: Mystery, Research, Confinement and 1: Self, Personality, Focus   ****

/moon goes void-of-course at 4:57a PT | 7:57a ET | 11:57a UT   ***
until it enters Cancer at 2:07p PT | 5:07p ET | 9:07p UT   *****

~Passive Fascination~

"I will set my ear to catch the moral of the story

and tell on the harp how I read the riddle . . . "

--Psalm 49:4

I am experiencing the Mercury Retrograde period (June 7 through 30) as an oscillation in plans which I find disheartening and difficult. I am able to keep up with daily routines, mostly, although I seem impaired by (a) daydreaming, which is really an attempt to get at deeper matters our surface consciousness ordinarily neglects, and (b) interruptions from the outside and (c) bad choices which waste time here and there at crucial moments. That is pretty much par for the course when Mercury is retrograde (and, I have to say, also during the rest of the Dark Hermetic Epoch until July 17). But this time, in addition, my travel plans are way out in limbo. I feel I need to decide on them, to secure tickets and make hotel reservations, yet I can't decide--and this feels like a real can't, as if it were simply impossible. One minute yes, the next minute no, with the no winning. The trip would be after Mercury turns direct, but the planning should be now--but I can't. It is disturbing. I mention it because it might be a parallel to something you are experiencing, not necessarily with travel plans but whatever you are wanting to get settled. With a friend, it takes the shape of his would-be girlfriend not being willing to make any choices in his direction at the present time although she says she will in the future. So he feels in limbo, as I do for different reasons. I have no clear-cut advice for solving such matters if you are experiencing one yourself. Maybe we "just have to wait," one of the harder things for human beings to do.

It occurs to me that part of the reason why this oscillation in plans is so intense this time is that Mars (initiative, beginning, decision) is in the sign Libra, the scales, known for its wavering or indecisiveness or ability to see both sides of everything. (Until July 26, but the wavering could lessen or end by July 1 or by the 17th.)

Thursday: One wonders how lasting the various military initiatives in Iraq will be, since all this turmoil erupted during a Mercury Retrograde cycle. The confusion is intense. Well-meaning fighters are strong and valiant, heading into the fray without understanding what is at stake or what result could reasonably be expected. Will somebody, some side, really be the victor? It is hard to imagine. Mars opposes Uranus exactly. Immediate plans of new recruits have been canceled, families disrupted, for the imagined splendor of battle. 

Beauty erupts in friends and friendly relations, at home or in the neighborhood. People want to share their feelings yet keep to themselves. They value their own eccentricity and don't mind if their path seems a reversal of the ordinary and "correct." They prefer uncertainty to prosaic routine. 

Song of the day: Ooh-Aah by Grits

This is rap with a refreshing difference. It fits the day because it touts spiritual renewal and we have both the moon and the sun trining Neptune in water signs while the moon wanes (a seeking sort of time). 

Many will, rather than act, rest or relax contemplating past experiences, maybe wishing they could regale the world with them. Yet there is a colorful desire for a win, a gamble, a fight even to win some prize, a gain as of rich jewels or a treasure-trove. This is the stuff of which movies are made, rarely real life. Ornamental dress and attractive semblance will be donned by many of both sexes, perhaps extravagantly, with good-hearted appreciation of life in its nebulous yet fascinating variety. 

{Thursday} ~Passive Fascination~

Cosmic Piper

Friday 27 June 2014

Sun in Cancer; Moon in Cancer; Foci in 1, Personality, Self, Focus and 12, Confinement, Research, Mystery

New Moon of Cancer at 1:10a PT | 4:10a ET | 8:10a UT

Moon on course   **

~Disillusionment Clears the Deck~

Much is spasmodic and evanescent. The new lunar month is trying to get a foothold. Things seem exciting and wonderful for a moment and then fade like a meteor shower. Talents are intense but hidden or hiding. You could try a hundred things and tire of each quickly. You enhance your life by eliminating whatever is not helpful. There can be strength throughout the fray, and victory when you know you are right.

Aggression and self-assertion in some can be cruel (sun opposite Pluto while Mars opposes Uranus). If you encounter this you need to face the consequences of your own stances, now and previously, as well as someone else's. We endure karmic results in order to learn from them and improve. Good judgment comes from adhering to the instruction of someone wise who has a sense of justice and has gained respect.

Song of the day: Rattle My Cage by Rehab

{Friday} ~Disillusionment Clears the Deck~

Cosmic Piper