Forecast for Friday 30 October 2015

Friday 30 October 2015

}It's Working Out{

Moon in Gemini   ** |

|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week ends at 10:27a PT | 1:27p ET | 5:27p UT   ***

/moon goes void-of-course at 7:53p PT | 10:53p ET | 2:53a(Sa) UT   ** /

If we take the above lineaments seriously, we could say there is a 9 and a half hour period during which we could get a lot accomplished, though it's a time when man will be wanting to get into weekend pleasures. Of course one can get a lot done during a |difficult third| period also, earlier this day, although with the Grand Square commented upon yesterday I found that Thursday was a diffuse day for me when I got more or less lost in a lot of side issues. That was despite the warning I gave myself and you on that very question. So I exhausted myself in trivia and am writing this at 5 a.m. my time, 8 a.m. Eastern; some early risers will miss it.

Friday could be more of the same, although the Grand Square has faded. The remaining squares of Luna with Venus and Mars are good for energy and accomplishment. But the Part of Fortune in the 8th sector together with the sun in Scorpio could make us morose. I know I felt that way on Thursday. It feels as if we are critics of everything including our own lives and wonder what is really worth saving--the 8th sector is that of Death, which means usually, What do I throw out and what do I keep? What is worth doing and what should I drop? I think we have been going through that and it continues today. May your choices be good ones.

The so-called minor aspects with Uranus now are intense. They put him at a focus which challenges him, and he is retrograde. He is our independence and freedom and our determination to be something unique or special. We want that in a big way now, as indicated by his position in Aries, the first sign and that of the baby or the beginner who believes he can do anything. So we try, but the two septiles and one quincunx with the three Virgo planets challenge us to find the right detailed applications of our hopes and energies. "The devil in the details" is often a Virgo monster. We can vanquish him through patience, but Uranus in Aries is extremely impatient. So sometimes we just "cut through" all the details and jump to a conclusion we feel is imperative and cannot wait. Then the results are inconclusive. Will Uranus win, the bold decision? Or will Virgo win, the details which trip us up once again? Actually Virgo is a good, necessary sign, but it demands perfection (see the writings of Sri Aurobindo on Mahasaraswati recorded here yesterday). Uranus needs to calm down, slow down, and take account of all the needed details, but not the unneeded ones! There seems no escape from a focus on fine discrimination. 

Venus and Mars in Virgo are quintile Saturn in Sagittarius. This shows that our underlying philosophic or religious viewpoint can uphold our working out the details we have to face. The song, hymn, or prayer our soul sings can keep us content while we focus on the detailed efforts required of us. Spiritual study and contemplation always brings luck.

And, beyond all details, there is Sol's trine with Neptune, in water signs, exact today. This is the escape beyond all other escapes, the Neptunian release into Ananda or spiritual bliss. This is easier when one has a solid assurance of continued life beyond death. For some it is attained just through rest, a nap, a reassuring dream. Others will take to spiritual discipline or mantra, prayer, ritual, study to pull down what the Theosophists call the Buddhic level into their awareness and feel that "all is good, everything is working out." Amen!

{Friday} {It's Working Out}

Cosmic Piper