Sunday 19 October 2014
Sun in Libra; Moon in Virgo; Foci in 11, Friends or Hopes and 2, Allies or Possessions
Moon on course **
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week ends at 7:11a PT | 10:11a ET | 2:11p UT ***
With Fortuna in 11 and Venus exactly sextile Mars, friendship or romance--or semi-romance, or sheer good will--should be prominent.
The baby born to innocence lies helpless on the ground.
Cruel parents do not care if beasts attack her.
A nobleman bearing his flag of loyalty passes by.
He sees, defends, protecting forever after.
His sovereign sent him to the field to fight
If need be, or otherwise defend. The ruler's face
Hovers over the knight's bright consciousness.
His public loves him; his men secure the victory.
The traveler enters the rustic cottage by the way,
Befriended by the benevolent couple dwelling there.
Together on the lawn they see a star with many rings,
Revolving around the strong central sun while blessing.
A word about the quatrains: Often some of the 1080 symbols, given by clairvoyants for the degrees of the zodiac, are martial, or maybe apparently sexist, or classist, or redolent of much 19th century thinking, since two of the sets were delivered in that century. In translating them into poems I sometimes shudder when the result seems just that: sexist or classist or military or cruel or judgmental. I try to modify that and perhaps will succeed better in the future. As most of you know, I am not a militarist. Remember, these are symbols. The "knight" fighting a "battle" could be an activist fighting for a cause, in these days. The "nobleman" with his "flag of loyalty" could be someone with a cause. The LGBT movement and the United Nations, for example, each have their own flags. Or, the flag could be totally imaginary, representing something to which one is loyal. We have to take the symbols as symbols, meaning different things according to one's life-situation. When battles are mentioned, to me they are primarily spiritual battles, which work out mostly as interpersonal conflicts which can be resolved by peaceful yet courageous means. We will see how the quatrains evolve as time goes on.
Cosmic Piper
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