Message for Tuesday 1 August 2017

Tuesday 1 August 2017

^Hopeful Idealistic Turmoil^

Moon in Scorpio-->Sagittarius

/moon remains void-of-course

until it enters Sagittarius at 5:02a PT | 8:02a ET | 12:02p UT

One may be able to regrasp things which fell apart or were hard to control yesterday. Whatever chaos remains is less chaotic at least.

Career matters are susceptible to study and strategy. 

Quick thinking may lead in too many directions so that there is diffusion, so it is better to consider what those important to you want or need and let that limit or direct your focus. They will appreciate your kindness.

Some of your effort is secretive, as if hidden from the public gaze. Those who want only popularity are somewhat offensive to you because of their evident narcissism. 

I saw that this was a difficult month for Capricorn (until at earliest the 22nd) and Capricorn Scaramucci met his end as Trump's communications director Monday ten days after his appointment, which was so thrilling to him. But if you are a Capricorn, your sign seems to thrive on difficulties and so I would expect you to go through a sort of ordeal of rebirth during August and September and come out of it well. Scaramucci's problem was overconfidence leading him to overplay his hand, promulgating nastiness as if it were virtue. Such overconfidence can be a problem in any DHE (Dark Hermetic Epoch, July 24 through September 18). Scaramucci met his comeuppance on a day the moon was void-of-course in Scorpio, symbolically a time perhaps for poetic justice to arrive. If you got through the day unscathed your karma must be pretty good.

We are all needing to set up standards for ourselves this month. We want definite reliable ways of doing things. These should be, in any DHE, not radically new but continuations and refinements of past tested approaches.

You may catch yourself doing things which go nowhere, and decide to get a better grasp on your energies and their intentions. The good part is that you can contemplate everything from a higher level in consciousness, even if not ready to implement many details of plans so conceived.

The morose, broken view of those who have lost faith in humanity or its current socio-ecnomic systems, akin to radicalism or Bolshevism, may be evident around you or in yourself. Of course we need a leaven of idealism to make things better for the masses. At times the message seems so pessimistic that it inculcates hopelessness, however.

You may see people in politics or business as who they are, very clearly, and indulge yourself in a bit of colorful character-diagnosis which some might call character-assassination. Friends like to gossip about those in power-positions. Some human beings are indolent, almost beggars, or actually so; others may shun them, fervently selfish and uncaring about others' deprivations. It sounds like a Marxist scenario being set up. 

I do not care to offer my diagnosis or prescription. Sri Aurobindo said that the political solutions for the human race were neither along the lines of raw capitalism nor freedom-destroying socialism, but something else, namely, the rule of the Suprermind which might be called the Mind of God. All we go through is ultimately making us ready for that.

{Tuesday} ^Hopeful Idealistic Turmoil^

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Paragraph worth repeating:  Quick thinking may lead in too many directions so that there is diffusion, so it is better to consider what those important to you want or need and let that limit or direct your focus. They will appreciate your kindness.

P. S. I'm publishing this early, so please remember to re-read the Monday forecast after this one so you don't get too far ahead of things.

Message for Monday 31 July 2017

Monday 31 July 2017

~Seclusion, Retirement, Luxury~

Moon in Scorpio

/moon goes void-of-course at 4:11a PT | 7:11a ET | 11:11a UT (for the rest of the day)

Donald Trump said that he was ousting Reince Priebus because he was not strong enough, according to reports. Priebus is Pisces, not known to be an outwardly "strong" sign but it is inwardly very strong and resilient. Some say that, as the last sign, it ultimately conquers all, but spiritually rather than materially. 

Mr. Trump put in place, instead, John Kelly, a Taurus, known as a sign with the strength of a bull! So if he was looking for "strength," maybe his famous "intuition" was astrologically attuned. I feel a little sorry for poor Priebus, who was amazingly loyal to Trump when other Republicans were shunning him during the election campaign, and now is getting shafted by the man who is said to value loyalty above all else. Hmm. Pisces is subject to being "leaned on" by others who lean when needed and then disappear. 

Monday is a void-of-course day within a Dark Hermetic Epoch and so we may feel adrift. There are indications of wandering, roaming, going places perhaps with little purpose or with inconsequential results. 

As for work, it is hard perhaps but necessary, done as if in seclusion. You may feel secretive and on the defensive.

When relating to people, however, you could be adaptable, trying to keep up with events by adjusting your self-presentation to whomever you are with at the moment; this is deft, as is also your special ability or skill, which is producing results which look remarkable to any fair observer. 

There is propaganda everywhere, on all sides of the political spectrum. You may hear or read it even while enjoying yourself in a prosperous setting which feels almost snobby because of its magnificence and beauty. 

Whenever you feel you are momentarily caught up with things, you may "retire" or seek a chance to relax and enjoy reality while treasuring memories. These are wonderful, such as marriage or near-marriage, or family. I ought not to be a tempter, but lazing away a summer day looks like a prevailing temptation. Remember the interesting colorful work you are good at. 

{Monday}  ~Seclusion, Retirement, Luxury~

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Data for Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 July 2017

Saturday 29 July 2017

Moon in Libra-->Scorpio

/moon goes void-of-course at 2:31p PT | 5:31p ET | 9:31p UT

until it enters Scorpio at 5:24p PT | 8:24p ET | 12:24a(Su) UT

< moon in the Via Combusta 

Sunday 30 July 2017

Moon in Scorpio

< moon in the Via Combusta

   until 10:57p PT | 1:57a(M) ET | 5:57a(M) UT

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Message for Friday 28 July 2017

Friday 28 July 2017

Moon in Libra. It goes into the Via Combusta beginning a little before 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET, 8 pm UT

}Obscure Mission{

The DHE, or Dark Hermetic Epoch, from July 24 through September 18, is evident as I write on Thursday. Things are delayed or slow, and many things which seemed relevant recently seem less relevant; in other words there is a change in consciousness. We do things in "out of pattern" ways without planning to do so. The unexpected happens and we can never plan for it fully.

Friday: A mission you believe in may make you feel like "a ball of fire flying through the air."

There is practical work to be done honestly and simply.

You have expended yourself, succeeded and failed and succeeded again, been in seclusion and in the public eye, and are ready for a bit of change again, more adventure: "A gypsy coming out of the forest." 

We need the past and its comforts and secure rhythms; we also need variety. "An old-fashioned woman and an up-to-date girl." People try to be hip or exciting, or else try to absorb these qualities from someone else who seems to be living a more exciting existence. 

"Two arrows crossed" shows what is going on in politics. Partisanship is at an all-time high. Some of us are inclined to just relax and watch the show rather than get hassled and harried concerning it. Such apparent escapism is not a bad DHE attitude, often.

The contrast between varying lifestyles, as in the brouhaha over transgendered ones in the military, is partly just the spice of life. Without differences, even wild ones, things might be rather dull. 

We all have our disappointments. "A man of disheveled appearance sitting upon a barren rock by the sea, weeping." The loved one is elsewhere, or there is no loved one, or so it seems, or . . . 

Being angry at existing systems of government or religion leads exactly nowhere, or rather to further upset. That does not mean we all have to be conservatives at heart but that understanding such (and all) temperaments promotes peace and goodwill.

However, there remains a tendency to contention and self-assertion (sun conjoined to Mars in Leo). This could be used in military pursuits or in athletics, for example. It is prowess.

{Friday} {Obscure Mission}

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Message for Thursday 27 July 2017

Thursday 27 July 2017

}Winning through Patient Endeavor{

Moon in Virgo-->Libra

/moon goes void-of-course at [11:32p(W) PT] 2:32a ET | 6:32a UT

until it enters Libra at 8:38a PT | 11:38a ET | 3:38p UT

|Karmically serious or challenging third| of this week continues 

until it ends at 9:10p PT | 0:10a(F) ET | 4:10a(F) UT

Some may suffer from the heat. Others will feel that they are imprisoned by routines, and yet those routines are a key to their well-being if accepted peaceably. There is much strength, with sun conjunct Mars. Simple, persistent effort cuts out one's part in life. No matter the weather, oddly many will be thinking of autumn and winter, indirectly. We can be "out of time" and out of pattern while we are in a Dark Hermetic Epoch (July 24 through September 18). Where do you want to be, or what do, in the autumn after September 18? Such plans would be highly inconclusive now but might be interesting to ponder.

Contention and strife would not be helpful, but might go on even if just on the mental level without words exchanged. When there is crisis one has to make an immediate choice, in order to put one's affairs on an enduring basis. There are difficulties, but through them one expands one's living and livingness. They do not have to become dangers if one maintains aplomb. 

We can expect the peculiar drama and confusingness of the Trump era to intensify over the next couple of months. We can hope that there are safeguards within our system to prevent anything extreme from erupting. 

To be critical and quarrelsome over existing systems is usually folly. There is too much mocking and taunting on both sides of the political spectrum. There can be contest and disagreement but it does not have to turn into feuding or battling. 

Rather, one could indulge in elaborate researches intended to improve success and personal advantage. Mostly, it would be wise to stick with the methods and plans one has worked out before July 24 (in the previous Bright Hermetic Epoch). The current studies or observations could just put icing on the cake or shape things up smoothly. We seem to be geared to win.

{Thursday} {Winning through Patient Endeavor}

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Message for Wednesday 26 July 2017

Wednesday 26 July 2017

\Competence within Caring Universalism/

Moon in Virgo

|Karmically serious or challenging third| of this week continues (until Thursday evening)

What makes these reports hard is that I have to qualify everything. It's the |kamically serious or challenging third| of this week and I have tested and proved this over the years so I know it is real. However, it does not mean things are terrible. So I have to reassure everyone. It gets tiring. Surely you can sense that although things are serious, they are not tragic or horrid. You sense responsibilities, and your conscience is active. This does not make you totally depressed unless you have a very guilty conscience. Karma is not punishment! It is taking up honestly the work or duty one has assumed in this lifetime, consciously or unconsciously. It is life in its more serious aspect."Karmically serious" does not mean we have to suffer punishment; it means we are aware that natural laws are going to make us suffer unless we shape up. So there could be illness, brought on oneself; or upset, or worry, or a sense of being unloved or not knowing how to love (with Venus opposite Saturn in the mix this time). There can also be a quiet, calm facing of these things manfully or womanfully so that one stays on an even keel and makes things better by a patient, trusting, healing attitude. And, of course, work, which is the basic meaning of the Sanskrit "karma." 

The splash pattern of the planets at this time means we do not necessarily focus on specific actions in a totally precise, single manner but are spread out in our interests so that everything we do has other things accompanying it in consciousness. We are interested in people, their reactions, their qualities (common natural disposition in technical terms); and that in a very personal style (Mode of Self-Integration in Personal Circumstances). So we care about ourselves as seen by others and others as seen by ourselves, in a big way. This means, of course, looking for love, as we always seem to be doing (listen to any popular songs at all). Or giving up on love, which is another way of learning how to love more deeply, even if not conceived that way. There is freedom and lightness in this, at certain moments; at other times a deeper more profound emphasis on the Eternal or on trying to comprehend what our own G*d-concept really is, and live it.

Wednesday: I keep saying that many are enjoying prosperity. Even if that doesn't seem true in one hour or another, I think you may agree that opportunities are present abundantly for you. Some quiet or calm work, in a uniform manner, could be what you need. You enhance things by attention to little details, trimming them as it were so that they are more efficient. 

There is a sometimes frustrated desire for popularity. We want to be the center of attention, "a man climbing a maypole." Go for it! And don't be upset if you fall off the pole and have to brush off the seat of your pants. One should not be bullheaded when there is danger, but one cannot avoid all risks either. We endure as we check ourselves in time to avoid accidents. Aplomb accompanies competency.

There could be a tendency to run off in any direction just for the sake of running, or for heedless unknown adventure. However, there is much subtly high intelligence, which can be cunning, an ability to compete, to better rivals and gain advantage. Withal there is a studious or philosophic trend, "an old book lying open upon a table, a burning lamp beside it." It is amazing how choosing one basic text of living (the four Gospels, the Psalms, as examples, which help me enormously, or your own favorite guru or guide) can act as constant counsel and support. It seems to me that we all need that, and if Bible-reading has gone out of fashion, something similar ought to replace it. What is the book which offers you the most consistent spiritual help, comfort, upliftment? You could turn to it and derive great benefit. 

{Wednesday}  \Competence within Caring Universalism/

P. S. WordWeb says that "Universalism" is a theological doctrine that all shall be saved. I guess Google wants me to use "Universality" instead, but "Universalism" has a ring to it that I prefer.

P. P. S. I sometimes wonder if my labors in writing these reports are worth the time. I wonder if I am even saying anything that fits the day. Today (Tuesday as I write) I felt that, re-read my report for the day, and was still not happy. But then in the evening I re-re-read, it, and it seemed to be "spot on" on every point. In other words, if you find the reports peculiar, or seemingly "off," when read in the morning or afternoon, please read them again at night. You may be surprised how much light they throw on the day and how accurate they really were.

--HHH  --CP

Message for Tuesday 25 July 2017

Tuesday 25 July 2017

\Playing the Game/

Moon in Leo-->Virgo

/moon goes void-of-course at 2:23a PT | 5:23a ET | 9:23a UT

until it enters Virgo at 3:33a PT | 6:33a ET | 10:33a UT

|Karmically serious or challenging third| of this week begins at 3:27p PT | 6:27p ET | 10:27p UT (until late Thursday evening)

Something in your home is being cleaned up or straightened out. This could be a relief.

Brilliant perceptions and insights have a practical or monetary value. Money luck seems to be holding for most individuals.

One could be quite active, with the sun conjoined to Mars in Leo, feeling that one knows what is best for business and keeping up with whatever will be advantageous. Prosperity is smiling on many. 

There can be fun and adventure, a stretching of limits. There is a desire for popularity, and there are paths to that.

"A cat upon the watch for prey" could have gamey erotic or seductive as well as monetary implications; there is prudence and circumspection in approaching what one wants. 

One may feel that oneself and one's talents are quite impressive. One has won trophies, or applause and esteem, and therefore morale is boosted. One might get ahead of oneself, and run off in a direction one does not understand. 

Yet there is friendliness for the most part, despite doubts surrounding it. People are persuasive, and are not hiding their feelings. The |karmic third| beginning later in the day could be the onset of deeper moods, not necessarily morose or upsetting. One wants to know what is what and find answers. 

{Tuesday}  /Playing the Game\

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Message for Monday 24 July 2017

Monday 24 July 2017

^Dark Reflections Made Mellow^

Moon in Leo

This is the first day of a Dark Hermetic Epoch extending to September 19. We discussed its meaning last Friday and will be discussing it further. I felt it already on Sunday as a "walk down memory lane" because I was thinking about old high school friends and tried to find a few on the Internet and also listening to old music from the 1930s through the 1950s. Don't be surprised if you find yourself doing similar things over the next almost-two months. There is an emphasis on re-experiencing or re-working, re-embracing, freshly understanding the past, whether one's own in very personal terms or the world in historic terms.

Monday: There are mysteries of the sublime and glorious, "a veiled statue." At a more practical level, there is a desire for easy money, and this could succeed to some degree if one uses the exact trine of Mercury with Uranus as the mental or perceptive brilliance which can detect opportunities accurately. One may feel elevated into unconditioned creativity, which may not seem "practical" but can be exalting.

Seclusion and extended labor is possible for many. One may feel inferior in an alien or unfriendly situation. Yet this is an opportunity for sober achievement which improves one's situation slowly. One makes sharp decisions which mobilize one for the sake of personal ambitions. You examine yourself and choose ways to participate more smoothly in the social group around you even if that requires changes in your way of presenting yourself. 

The worst possibility is that one feels abandoned, cut off, separated from the people one has valued in the past (Venus opposite Saturn exact today). The storms of life through which one has passed may seem to have ruined one's zest for living. The good side is that one can examine the past in a philosophic, reflective manner, "a retired sea captain." One has had one's day, one's successes as well as failures. Why not think of those as well? That helps prepare for future successes even if one feels one doesn't really care at this point. Rather than "Enough of that, I'm free of it now" it can be "I learned from the failures and successes, now I can apply that knowledge in fresh situations even if not immediately."  There is too much of a tendency to "throw in the towel" and become inconsequent and unreliable. 

A little aimless wandering accompanied by deep reflection or reminiscence may be good for the soul. Then there is an unknown but happy future awaiting us. Luna's trine with Saturn and sextile with Venus can help us accept things with a mellow attitude. The good plans we have made over the past month are still valid and workable, even if with necessary adaptations during the DHE.

{Monday} ^Dark Reflections Made Mellow^

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Messages for Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 July 2017

Saturday 22 July 2017

~Languishing Superiority~

Moon in Cancer

Sun moves from Cancer to Leo at 8:16a PT | 11:16a ET | 3:16p UT

/moon goes void-of-course very late at 11:06p PT | 2:06a(Su) ET | 6:06a(Su) UT

There should be no bitterness because of restrictions. They are merely "what is" in regard to your specifically prescribed way of manifesting your powers. No one is to be blamed. Something strong in you, irresistible, gets, even demands, cooperation. This may happen in unusual, unsuspected or unplanned ways because we are in the final day of an Old Moon. A certain amount of drift is to be expected, an epidemic of "nothing seems to be working." 

There is strength and pride (sun in Leo) as if one sensed one's nobility and fearlessness, and consequent ability to govern others. This could be arrogance at worst, and if frustrated bitterness, envy or jealousy. But brilliant insights can justify one's confidence in oneself. It could be a time for research or study. Someone with aptitude in spiritual pursuits could be a companion. You will sense when there is disproportion in one direction or another, and mitigate it. 

Some individuals are simple, honest, impulsive and persistent. They labor toward what they want. You might become more popular than you think, and get more attention in regard to what you do best, if you refuse to miss your calling. We underestimate ourselves too often.

If you make quick savvy decisions you will be supplied with what you need.

{Saturday}  ~Languishing Superiority~

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Sunday 23 July 2017

^Toiling Toward Fresh Harmonies^

Moon in Leo

beginning at 1:35a PT | 4:35a ET | 8:35a UT

New Moon of early Leo follows, at 2:47a PT | 5:47a ET | 9:47a UT

Things become more real when we are regrasping them in a setting new to us, so one ought not to shrink from entering such a scene. However, there is susceptibility to being ill-at-ease, if not actually ill, when things are challenging at a transition point, as the beginning of a Dark Hermetic Epoch tomorrow (until September 19). So it is good to make wise decisions, during the day, which are both fresh and safe, while refusing to make new decisions about other basics in your life which are a bulwark to you. The DHE is a "stay the course" period for the most part.

When there seem to be emergencies, one can meet them with a sense of vigor and refreshment. One need not be so weak as to be buffeted from one opinion or interest to another, first hopeful and then nervous, so as make no headway at all. One can attune oneself to beauty and harmony, gentleness, singing, music, poetry, being kind-hearted and generous. 

Yet there's also a trend of devoting some attention to being a winner. We on the spiritual paths tend to try so hard to be selfless that we forget we can play the game of life as winners without forsaking goodness and spiritual evolution. The winning merely takes on a different aspect with us, not utter selfishness but tinged with attempts to use our gains for the good of all. There can be enthusiasm while the sublime and glorious are being revealed, "a veiled statue." Although Venus is moving away from her wonderful trine with Jupiter to an almost exact opposition with Saturn, which we feel as depression often, yet there can be gregariousness because of three planets in Leo and Venus moving to a sextile with Uranus, "A barn dance." 

{Sunday}  ^Toiling Toward Fresh Harmonies^

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From Sai Baba (click for helpful message)

Message for Friday 21 July 2017

Friday 21 July 2017

~Persistence in Spite of Moods~

Moon in Cancer

|Karmically serious third| of this week continues

until it ends at 3:47p PT | 6:47p ET | 10:47p UT

Simple and persistent effort is wonderful, lifting one's moods when, if one were lazy, all would seem bleak.  We have had trials and reversals of fortune, but though hidden in obscurity for years, we may come to the surface of public awareness when the time is right. "A large archaic volume" suggests learning much of practical value from the past, one's worthy background.

There is danger of becoming misanthropic through resentment and jealousy. Blighted hopes in love affairs or friendships may make one feel one cannot evoke a loving or friendly response from anyone. But others are feeling the same way (Venus opposing Saturn). Some may seek escape from the disappointment by assuming a superiority which makes them feel better than those who spurn them. Others could erupt in a demonstration of demands, insisting on being loved, imposing on others, like a child having a fit.

There is much force of consciousness, to be leashed to one's objectives rather than tossed away in fretting and fussing. Some feel bereaved or deserted, sorrowful. Yet if they would try, they could find an internal freedom from worry about others' feelings about them, and get on with demonstrating real freedom through intuitive judgment, insight into human character, a sharp mind, ardent spirits, and daring.

{Friday} ~Persistence in Spite of Moods~

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Message for Thursday 20 July 2017

Thursday 20 July 2017

}Sticking to Accurate Perceptions and Plans{

Moon in Gemini

|Karmically serious third| of this week continues (until Friday evening) 

With both Venus and the moon opposite Saturn, feelings about love, relationships and friendships are morose, or one questions what they mean. Real or unreal? Leading somewhere or not? Always it is better to love and keep on loving, but perhaps not always better to let someone absorb one's time and attention.

Something one has figured out, but not finished, in the past few days needs to be finished. This is imperative and should not be delayed.

A lot of things are fortunate, denoting prosperity. You may feel you are lost within the ferment of humanity and its toils, never to be recognized, yet some things you accomplish may gain for you an immortal name. The differences in ways of approaching life are enormous but we can talk with one another through them, around them or about them and find some sort of concord. 

Seeking for love and youth is normal at any age. You weigh values through contradictory indications until you arrive at insights which reconcile opposing attitudes. People need to rely upon techniques which work for them. Mars and the sun square Uranus could be " a case of apoplexy," or in better terms, an irresistible impulsion to get what one wants or needs without any delay or pussyfooting. "I need it and I am going to get it!"

People are finding ways to fight without rancor for what they believe. You may feel restrained, and sense that friends are similarly restrained within their differing lifestyles. We are all victims of our own patterns. Yet we have a sense of direction, and can pursue our goals directly without deviation, aiming at our mark and, if missing, aiming again. We are smart enough (excellent Mercury aspects outlined yesterday) to know how to get what is most important to us and can stick to that track of discovery and success no matter how moods sink toward too much worry.

{Thursday} {Sticking to Accurate Perceptions and Plans}

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Message for Wednesday 19 July 2017

Wednesday 19 July 2017

}Answers at Hand{

Moon in Gemini

|Karmically serious third| of this week begins at 9:05a PT | 12:05p ET | 4:05p UT

until Friday afternoon

What was said last week about this being a good time to "shore up" one's methods, strategies, and plans, is still very valid. This for at least three reasons:  1. The Bright Hermetic Epoch lasts only through Sunday this week, and then on Monday the 24th a Dark Hermetic Epoch (with Mercury Retrograde at its center) sets in for almost two months until September 19. That will make things, as usual, more confusing or with unexpected complications. So it is well to prepare for that by setting methods and strategies in place.  2. Mercury has amazingly good aspects now! He is our "mind" or "mentality" (as Marc Edmund Jones prefers), our ability to think wisely and perceive or conceive accurately. He now enjoys trines from both Uranus and Saturn and sextiles from both Venus and Jupiter. That is extremely rare. Add a bi-quintile with Pluto and a quadri-nonagen with Neptune (both favorable "minor" aspects) and we have rare luck when it comes to seeing, planning, and understanding what is most favorable in our approach to life and all its circumstances and situations.  And 3. we are in a period of "fixed natural disposition" which means we can search for and find settled, reliable values which we can cling to tenaciously. Most likely, these should not be "new" if that means sharp departures from what you have been thinking about and discovering over the past few weeks. You are already on the right track. 

From the chart and symbols for Wednesday: Someone you respect, either in business, government or academia, is strong and able to handle whatever comes up. He or she has a commanding appearance and does not take nonsense. 

There are happy indications for worldly prosperity. Good things develop slowly. You sense the adventure of friendship and also world-wide "friendship" in the abstract or through vicarious experience as news, current events, and gossip. We don't want to be just lazy minds or busybodies, however, so need to keep one foot in practical matters.

You have sought for some things, or answers, and have found them. Hurrah! Some answers involve realizing the compatibility between old cultures or ideas and current, modern, or up-to-date adventuring. The difference between them is partly illusory, or we make too much of it, rather than finding how each of these "opposites" supports the other. This applies in interpersonal relations and friendships, so that one who is conservative or old-fashioned can be good for the other who is searching for new approaches, and vice versa. You have an inheritance of traditions which can support and uplift you. 

Something involving veterans or whose who have been hurt by warfare could be stirring. You could bring peace to such a person through your attitude. Some individuals may seem to be "losing it" in some way, or there are lapses when their faculties don't seem to keep up with what's around them, but that does not mean they are senile or hopeless. They are experiencing life in a deeper way through soulful memories and reflections. If they drop or fumble something that is not so important really. 

The open country, with the beauties of Nature, may call to you, whether you are urban-bound or country-free. At least a park, yard or other greenery could impart gentle harmony. 

{Wednesday}  {Answers at Hand}

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Message for Tuesday 18 July 2017

Tuesday 18 July 2017

\'Tis What It Is/

Moon in Taurus

/moon goes void-of-course at end of day in the West, 11:12p PT [2:12a(W) ET | 6:12a(M) UT

Firm control over things is essential when one is doubtful about the outcome. A sense of injustice in some matters could make one indignant but that is just in order to bring about worthy change. 

One can enter into unexpected areas or places if need be, but this has its limits. It's generally better to stay with reliable routines, which are not as confining as they seem. Within strict limits the best things develop. Things get intensified within small spaces. 

When one weighs values constantly one can make right choices quickly rather than dithering over alternatives while time fritters away. "A boat landing washed away" had fascinating applicability yesterday when a friend and I had to go up and down escalators twice to get a cab because the cabbie had not understood which parking lot he was supposed to meet us in. Something similar could be going on today. So there is patience needed to get another "boat" at a different "landing" if necessary. 

One wonders why one has to endure unfruitful labor. The Bhagavad Gita teaches us that the work itself (karma) is the key factor, when offered to the One in His and Her myriad guises, rather than the result of the work, which we can leave to Him and Her rather than pining that it is not what we expected. Whatever happens, the service will have its ultimate reward, and its immediate one in peace of mind. 

{Tuesday}  /'Tis What It Is\

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Message for Monday 17 July 2017

Monday 17 July 2017

\Making Poetry (or Hay) out of Letdown/

Moon in Taurus

I am not finding the squares of the sun and Mars (together at the end of Cancer) to Uranus (near the end of Aries) to be upsetting particularly. They seem rather stimulating. Many are feeling energized to pursue the particular tasks, interests, or hobbies which make them uniquely who they are. It would not be surprising if this came out in impatience sometimes. It seems we are in a hurry to understand a lot of things. Even if that is more than we can handle, the attempt is mind-expanding. 

Mercury has no less than five "good" aspects and no difficult ones. I hope you realize how valuable your mind is to you. You can use it to telling effect and see just what is real and what isn't, what makes sense and what is illusory. This can have excellent results in career and business or finance. 

I often dwell on Venus's hard aspects with Saturn as the "nobody loves me" aspects, and another one is revving up, exact by ten degrees from Sunday the 16th through Tuesday August 1st. However, Venus is also in a trine with Jupiter, which is the exact opposite: expansive feelings of appreciation, delight, and love or at least mutual harmony. So perhaps we will get off easy this time. At best the Venus-Saturn period can be a deeper appreciation of what the most important people in your life have meant to you, whether you are with them now or not. It is also shrewd realism in business. At worst it is feeling abandoned by people who once seemed close. It can be sad sentiment and tears, but also a willingness to make the best of current relationships or friendships because, after all, those are what you have and you realize it doesn't help to pretend they are other than they are. "What you see is what you get."

There is speculation or gambling. I am not recommending it unless the "speculation" is carefully thought out and wisely moderated. "A man driving a bull or an ox" may indicate that the long-term Bull Market is not over yet. (I deem it wise not to predict such things. If you want to read intelligent analysis of the stock market, I recommend Mark Hulbert. He does not make predictions, wisely, but analyzes how well others have done in the past, in great detail.) The indignation of the Mars-Uranus square could come out in women because Venus is at the center of semi-squares from each of those planets, and we have the symbol "A woman suffragist haranguing." That is not making fun of the women's movement but suggesting it might be highlighted or get some good results perhaps before the Dark Hermetic Epoch sets in (beginning on the 24th, next Monday). 

The free insights of youth are something their elders could profit by. There could be repose and happiness in reading peacefully. Those good Mercury aspects show you could comprehend difficult material more easily than usual. We are weighing various approaches to life and estimating their value, perhaps very successfully. 

"A boat landing washed away" could be a signal that you have missed some opportunity, but there are other landings and other boats. There is uncertainty, rise and fall, but that is just normality. The symbols of the day are less optimistic than the aspects, so it appears we need to keep confidence and faith going strong. "A woman holding a bundle of faggots, her hair disordered by the wind, wandering in search of something." In Signor Borelli's inimitable manner this indicates eccentricity, versatility, and confusion. Let us hope there are no forest or other fires threatening homes. More likely for most of us this means we can benefit by making firm choices and sticking with them, which is a skill of Moon in Taurus people and she is in that sign today. If all else seems inadequate, a poetic and aesthetic approach to life (Luna sextile Neptune) could be rewarding. 

{Monday}  /Making Poetry (or Hay) out of Letdown\

Cosmic Piper