Forecast: Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 July 2014

Monday 28 July 2014

Sun in Leo; Moon in Leo-->Virgo; Foci in 1, Self or Personality and 12, Confinement or Research

/moon void-of-course   *

until it enters Virgo at 8:38p PT | 11:38p ET | 3:38a(Tu) UT   **

|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week ends at 10:01p PT | 1:01a(Tu) ET | 5:01a(Tu) UT   ***

^Freeform Facility^

An interesting and useful observation: We are going to be in a period, from now through most of August, when there are intense squares from the sign Leo to the sign Scorpio. Here is a general rundown:  Leo can be fun, pleasure, enjoyments of all kind, summery happiness (the sun rules Leo). Scorpio can be a lot of things which put a curtailment or limit on fun, such as death (well, as thought of, as considered, as a limit to things), poverty or lack of resources, expenses, and so on. It can be "the other person's money" as connected with one's own through debts, costs, inheritance, investment, gains or losses and so on. So: We are in a long period of a tug-of-war between those two. You want fun; you can have it! But you will constantly be considering the cost and the limits on it. Curfew? Scorpio. Party till dawn? Leo. So you will be constantly modifying one by the other. Oh, it's almost midnight--party on till the bars close? Or drag ourselves home? That's just one example. It can also be a conflict between the exuberance of young people (Leo) and the limits their wiser elders know are best for them (Scorpio). It is also the conflict between those two things in yourself as your own elder and your own child.

Our task during this period through most of August is to "fight this battle" without making it a battle! In other words, to be very cool about it. To be aware of the two sides of the situation and gently modify one by the other, both within ourselves and in relation to a friend, lover, acquaintance, stranger. We could make the "tug of war" a "tug of love." Or, if lucky, a "tub of love" . . . (Scorpio and Leo together suggest a hot tub.)

There are other more profound meanings of this square which we will consider as the days go by.

Monday:  The v-of-c means, take it easy, doing your work, but only the basic stuff that needs to be taken care of, or new stuff that is routine and necessary. There can be liberation, vitality, graciousness.

Embarrassing incidents need to be accepted for what they are. Perhaps they are warnings to you, or just indications of ways you might improve your bearing. When the beans are spilled, someone blushes; or there could be public flatulence. Or you spill out an embarrassing revelation. Maybe it had to happen. 

Then you consider your appearance. You needn't worry too much about it, though you might modify your grooming (again!) and spend a lot of time in front of a mirror. 

There is energy and vitality, a fiery urge to be something stupendous, which you can do. Go for it, even if (in the v-of-c) it is more like trial and error, with a lot of error. So it has been for the finest accomplishers. You have some mission which wants out, an outlet.

Song of the day: St. Augustine by Band of Horses

I'm not sure why I chose this for today, but I love the music--the lyrics are mysterious; I haven't fully fathomed them. 

What do you have to do with mathematics? It might be formal math for those equipped for that, or maybe you just toy with numbers and proportions in some area of your life, but you could profitably spend time on that. (For a musician, math is chords, harmonies and rhythms; for a businessman, spreadsheets, and so on.)

The mental tone of the day carries on into language, for which you may feel facility, and fascinating areas of knowledge. You see into opposites and how to reconcile them, as in Taoism or Hegelianism. Life is more than the moon, but we either mold the waxing and waning moons or they mold us. Hegel knew it; and accomplished Taoists know it. 

{Monday} ^Freeform Facility^

Cosmic Piper

Tuesday 29 July 2014

Sun in Leo; Moon in Virgo; Foci in 2, Possessions or Allies and 11, Friends or Hopes

Moon on course   ****

\Shared Success/

This should be a remarkable day. Not a whole lot is harsh in it, so I suggest forwarding your plans straightforwardly. Even if there seems discouragement, or mischief or vacillation, you can set things right. 

There is motion and activity. You can carry out errands and tasks with gusto. Things come together. You will not stop; what you want, you feel, is your right, and you will push on as if you had the whole cosmos behind you. Character, will, and passion uphold you and lead you on. 

You know someone, perhaps a teacher or guide, who is superior to anyone else you know, and you reflect that superiority to problems, so that you can be a central figure in the scheme of things. Your chosen destiny is sustaining you.

Song of the day: Happy Days Are Here Again by Barbra Streisand

There is poetry and gentleness, with success derived from links with illustrious or well-off individuals. You are connected with those who want to bring you into their circle of attainment.

It's as if there were a house-raising, a mutual desire to further one another's hopes and ambitions. Others give you their services through good will. You may do the same for them.

{Tuesday} /Shared Success\

Cosmic Piper