}Freedom within Self-Imposed Tasks{
Moon in Gemini
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week is upon us once again, extending until some time Christmas eve (exact time in tomorrow's forecast) ** |
I failed to post a forecast for today on Tuesday evening as I should have. Holiday celebration caught up with me and I gave myself an excuse because I had already posted the Fortnightly forecast for December 18 through January 1. However, it is clear to me that we need the daily forecasts also. This was driven home this morning (Wednesday) when I felt a curious depression, lack of enthusiasm, "holiday blues" and even worse. Then I looked at the ephemeris and realized that the |difficult third| of the week had begun. I apologize for not alerting you to this before it began as I would have if I had written a forecast Tuesday evening.
It is a real thing, but it help me, every week, to know about it so I can make allowance for it and know it will be temporary. However, that should not prevent us from trying to understand the particular "karmic lesson" that is being pointed out to us during that period. For me it was (a) be very careful in your choices and portions when eating and drinking and (b) keep on giving even if you don't seem to get much if anything in return.
Wednesday, almost half over for some of you as I write this, has four square aspects by less than 5 degrees and only two trines and sextiles by that orb. We are "up against it" in some ways. You might feel specially unhappy in late afternoon or early evening as the moon's opposition with Saturn becomes exact. So we need to keep up our faith and hope and charity to overcome the "wicked forces" or entities or thoughts and worries which can drag us down. "Just going through the motion" of some necessary activities could be enough, and then you will feel better. Then the nice aspects of Venus sextile Jupiter and Mercury trine Jupiter can take over and give us a sense of well-being and satisfaction.
Honor seems at stake in many minds. What does the world think of me? What have I accomplished? There is always hope of doing a little more, maybe just that extra amount which will make you feel you are fulfilling your life's purposes. It doesn't have to take every minute of your day but if it takes enough of them the rest will be happier.
{Wednesday} {Freedom within Self-Imposed Tasks}
Cosmic Piper
Thursday 24 December 2015
}Easing Into Christmas{
Moon in Gemini
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week continues ** |
/moon goes void-of-course at 12:05p PT | 3:05p ET | 8:05p UT * / |
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week ends at 4:55p PT | 8:55p ET | 1:55a(F) UT ** /
moon's void-of-course ends when it enters Cancer at 9:28p PT | 0:28(F)ET | 5:28a(F) UT ***
As you can see from the above, things get gradually better through this day, which is nice because it is Christmas Eve. Theoretically one could say it is wise to complete as many preparations as you can before the v-of-c time, but things are not always that neat. After that, a little more free-form spontaneity is appropriate. If you forgot or failed to do something you wanted in preparation for Christmas, give it a wink and promise, or say Merry Christmas instead of a present or card. It's a holiday of the heart, not of the pocketbook.
As the popular press likes to report, it is a Full Moon Christmas, although I fail to see exactly what that means except that the Full Moon always grants an expansion of consciousness on more than one level. I am happy that the |difficult third| ends before the kids open their gifts from Santa Claus.
Irritations we feel with certain people, and disagreements, may remain in the background but seem to be diminishing, so let us tune in to the pleasant aspects among Mercury, Venus and Jupiter--the latter two the "benefic planets" according to the ancient astrologers who were first to know of the birth of the Messiah.
"After his birth astrologers from the east arrived in Jerusalem, asking, 'Where is the child who is born to be king of the Jews? We observed the rising of his star, and we have come to pay him homage.' . . . The star which they had seen at its rising went ahead of them until it stopped above the place where the child lay. At the sight of the star they were overjoyed. Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and bowed to the ground in homage to him; then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh." --Matthew 2
Yes, the most scholarly translation of the Bible, the New English Bible, translates "Wise Men" as "Astrologers." We aspire to understand this sacred science and live by its light as well as the light of the Christ Child.
Happy Christmas!
Cosmic Piper
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