Forecast for Friday 25 September 2015

Friday 25 September 2015

~Patient Resilience~

Moon in Aquarius-->Pisces

|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week continues (until Sunday)  ** |

/moon goes void-of-course at times late Thursday given yesterday   * / |

until it enters Pisces at 12:45p PT | 3:45p ET | 7:45p UT   ** |

"Out-of-pattern" factors prevail. I had a lot of them Thursday, not all bad but all distracting from my usual routines, so that I am late writing this.

That is a big part of Mercury being retrograde. We feel compelled to try new things, or old things we return to, in ways which interrupt our usual schedules. This can be good and creative, or futile and pointless. Sometimes it can appear to be both, so that while we gain something from an experiment, it is basically a failed experiment and we think our time might have been better spent elsewhere. That has happened to me over and over again. And sometimes we are not sure--"Was the time I spent with that person worth while, even though it is probably not going to happen again?" It seems that we are out-of-time, out-of-space, in a Wonderland world or different dimension. Curiouser and curiouser.

We seem to need these strange experiments, failures or otherwise, at these times. Or, when they are not wanted, they seem like annoying irruptions into our lives from some cosmic perversity.

Hurrah! Venus's long-term conjunction with Mars is getting a little closer by the day, as Venus speeds up, to reach its culmination in November. Mutual attractions will turn up when least expected. 

But they have a lot to overcome, for not only Mars but now Venus, as of today, is square Saturn by ten degrees and getting closer. This could be, symbolically, a pair of star-crossed lovers facing the world's (Saturn's) challenge to their love (Romeo and Juliet) and rising above it (we hope). Alternatively, it could be love of a romantic nature (eros) meeting obstacles or just naturally fade-dissolving into love of a spiritual nature (caritas). 

Such concerns are mixed with questions of health today--many may need extra rest. Luna conjunct Neptune in Pisces is comforting and uplifting if we allow ourselves to experience that rather than force ourselves into struggles of an unnecessary sort (Luna also opposite Mars in Virgo). Work is good and necessary when accompanied by the natural rest of a calm and peaceful inner consciousness, and this is possible when conscience is assuaged, that is, when one feels one is doing the right thing.

{Friday} ~Patient Resilience~

Cosmic Piper.

"I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O Lord; for it is good."

--Psalm 54:6

Note that this is a free sacrifice, offered gladly. It does not have to be enforced by the Lord or the Cosmos because it springs from a natural recognition of His and Its kindness. And note that we praise the Lord because He is good, not because he is a monster holding us in chains so we have to praise him to get a little freedom. All these awarenesses are included in that simple sentence, if one repeats it over and over until one feels its essence. That is why scripture is scripture.

C. P.