Forecast for Friday 25 November 2016

Friday 25 November 2016

}Plodding On{

Moon in Libra

< moon in the Via Combusta   ** <

/moon goes void-of-course at 5:53a PT | 8:53a ET | 1:53p UT   * / <

(until after midnight tonight)

To be the Grinch: I can't really say this looks like a good day for holiday shopping, with the moon both in the Via Combusta and void-of-course. But if you are buying very predictable presents---you always get this person this item every year!---then probably you are safe. To me it looks more like a day for relaxing casually, insofar as duty allows, and then buying things or otherwise spending only when you have a strong intuitive impulse to do so.

I have noted that the Via Combusta often indicates changes in people's lives which require much reorientation. This can be internal, external, or a combination of both. But, let me emphasize, it is not a good time to force a major change or pursue something questionable. On the contrary, the danger flags are up for any such move (especially because there is void-of-course at the same time). 

There is often a feeling, at these times: "I need to go in a wholly different direction." But that direction is probably a spiritual direction, not a physical one. 

According to Christian Science, all force is in Mind, that is, God; is inherent in Mind. What seems outer force is merely a manifestation of Mind. We measure such things with instruments, with thermometers, barometers, radiometers, but we do not understand thereby their whence and whither and especially their Why? 

Sometimes the mind spins around and around, "a mill-wheel driven by the wind," yet we can do important mental work even if it can't be captured decisively. Such are essays and poems, or a scientist's trial and error even if it turns out mostly error. Music can be tentative, as in jam sessions or riffs. Yet this can be effective and persuasive, winning accolades. 

There are questions of trust. We may even feel distrustful of our best friends. It is well to catch oneself in this. They feel what they feel and think what they think for their own reasons and probably wish you well. It is usually better to trust than to make doubt evident, undermining mutual respect. Neither of you can really see into the future, though you can make attempts to do so. Let experiment continue rather than doubt or recrimination.

Steadiness and industry, plodding away, is always restorative of self-respect and stability. Energy and force, when displayed in unusual ways, seem to come from nowhere, but really come from the steady plodding of somebody leaning, evolving, and gradually manifesting an inherent skill or talent. 

{Friday}  {Plodding On}

Cosmic Piper