Enforced Vacation

Delays continue

Technology has not been good to me for the past ten days. It got worse when the sun entered Libra, and I see reasons for it (in relation to at least my own chart) in the Libra time-frame (until October 23). Although I now have a functioning computer, I do not have access to my astrology program yet, and human delays today are not helping, so I may not be able to chart, print, and write intelligent forecasts until Monday, October 2.

I thought I needed a vacation this summer, and felt it deeply, but did not take one. So the Cosmos forced me to take one.

Hugh

would-be Cosmic Piper

Delays continue

Without a computer, I am frustrated from communicating with you. I'm using my phone now but cannot print charts using it or feel comfortable writing at length. This afternoon in a bar I saw the Dallas cowboys, with maybe another team, "take the knee" all together while the national anthem played. All eyes in the bar were on the moving, heartening scene. A defining moment in American history? It felt like it.

Delays

Computer problems have prevented me from charting, writing and posting for three days, I'm posting this through my phone. I expect to be back whenever the computer is repaired.

Message for Thursday 21 September 2017

Thursday 21 September 2017

}Through Darkness to Light{

Moon in Libra

< moon enters the Via Combusta at 6:33a PT | 9:33a ET | 1:33p UT (until Saturday afternoon)

We are in a Bright Hermetic Epoch until November 15, yet today there are challenges. The Via Combusta is a time of doubt, usually, or suspicion. Are you on the right track? Is someone apparently challenging you really a threat? It's a bumpy road with disagreements as the speed bumps. Because of the BHE, you will be able to triumph over these things if you are patient and composed.

Venus, Mars and Mercury all opposed to Neptune is an interesting configuration. At worst, degeneration into overdrinking or overdrugging. A little better, escapism into TV, movies, or other vacuous entertainments. Better than that, escape into those same things but they have an uplifting tone to them and serve to uplift your mood, as good fiction or film (or music) can do. So if you choose entertainment wisely you could get something both euphoric and soul-nourishing from it. At an even higher level, Neptune can be the planet of spiritual search and spiritual finding, through deep reading, prayer, and meditation. Of course that requires faith to kick-start the process.

Signor Borelli offers this: "A man standing, either headless or with the head shrouded in black cloth." He says that can be someone eccentric, a lover of midnight studies, a recluse. That goes along with what was said above. But it does not have to end in chaos or confusion.

There is strength of will, but strong animal passions. You want something from friend or partner requiring hard convincing, or the other way around. There is fog and darkness on one hand, light and sunshine on the other. You want the truth and will not accept any substitute. Eventually your head comes out of the shroud.

Fortunately there are "Two angels bringing protection." Why two, I leave you to surmise or sense during the day. Solid pure convictions summon angels. "A boy molded in his mother's aspiration for him" suggests willing conformity to the best in family traditions. This could be protection from the chaos of the Via Combusta. 

Four planets in Virgo give us the ability to study, think, and discover on a sound basis. There could be industrious research and investigation. You are hopeful about finding answers, and when you do they could be fruitful ones. Virgo is the harvest sign.

{Thursday} {Through Darkness to Light}

Cosmic Piper

Message for Wednesday 20 September 2017

Wednesday 20 September 2017

}Character Liberated through Ceremony{

Moon in Virgo--Libra

New Moon of Virgo exact at [10:31p(Tu) PT] | 1:31a ET | 5:31a UT

/moon goes void-of-course at that time

until it enters Libra at 3:07a PT | 6:07a ET | 10:07a UT

|Karmically serious or challenging third| of this week continues until 3:21p PT | 6:21p ET | 10:21p UT

We have both the beginning of a Bright Hermetic Epoch (until November 15), starting yesterday, and a New Moon (time above). So there is a sense of beginnings, no matter how inchoate.

I have mentioned here often how it seems we, or at least I, tend to slack off from physical exercise at the end of an Old Moon. On Tuesday I just did not feel like keeping up with my exercise schedule, which is quite rigorous on weekdays. I have only done a quarter of the assigned regimen and may do a little more but it seems harder at these times. There can be a lot of mental energy but it seems physical energy is depleted.

That changes a little at the New Moon so today we are beginning a stronger cycle.

There could be conviviality among friends or associates, with a somewhat ecclesiastical or religious-spiritual ambiance. 

The strange, curious or sublime could be revealed to you, perhaps through the mediation of an author. There is prophecy, poetry, and hope: "A bird perched atop a high tree, welcoming the dawn with its song." (Fitting for a New Moon.)

A portrait or mental image of someone represents true character to you. That is uplifting. Intelligence requires transcendental powers which perceive formulas. Since they come from the transcendent, the formulas may not be mental or written down in graphs--or they might be. But often they are implicit "formulae" of the subconscious or of Spirit.

Ceremonial, even if religious or semi-religious, can lead to the sensual. This may be one reason why colorful holiday observances are so popular. Those restrained in one way, as priests, can be highly creative in other ways. You could enjoy a meal or drink with a friend, or maybe three friends. (If not with you physically, they might be mentally or spiritually.)

{Wednesday}  {Character Liberated through Ceremony}

Cosmic Piper

Message for Tuesday 19 September 2017

Tuesday 19 September 2017

\Implicit Merit/

Moon in Virgo

|Karmically serious or challenging third| of this week lasts until tomorrow afternoon

The Bright Hermetic Epoch, beginning today, may not seem very bright because of the |difficult third| just mentioned. Yet you should be getting some solid and clear perceptions of your path forward for the next two months until November 15.

There are signs of fruitfulness and generosity either now or in the near future. If you feel like complaining or lamenting, this may be a signal that you are being indigent rather than competent.

The mysteries of life are fascinating and you may study them at home. You could be keeping up with something that, laborious, could have a powerfully good influence on the world. 

Something you have written may be viewed by someone you hadn't expected to see it, as a letter or email. Yet this has probably no bad consequences. People treat one another's confidences with confidentiality. Trust is important. 

Intelligence is able to see both sides of every issue, disagreement, or competing strategy, and arrive at some reconciliation or balance which makes sense and allows further good developments. 

There is a chance that one could be too self-centered and morose to get things done. Being industrious and careful of one's resources is the cure. Richness and success come through employment of inherent merits.

{Tuesday}  /Implicit Merit\

Cosmic Piper

Message for Monday 18 September 2017

Monday 18 September 2017

\Yen for Subliminal Union/

Moon in Virgo

|Karmically serious or challenging third| of this week begins at 9:31a PT | 12:31p ET | 4:31p UT  and lasts until afternoon Wednesday

This is the final day of a Dark Hermetic Epoch extending from July 24; the Bright Hermetic Epoch will last from September 19 through November 14.

Monday:

There could be awkwardness and slackness, a giving up, and a disappointment in one's skills or the present use one is making of them. Yet there is, socially, good fortune, happiness with someone special or among friends. 

There is a yen for exploration and discovery; making camp somewhere.

Basically, there are favorable conditions: a set-up for prosperity.

There is an appetite for experience amid the creative needs of life. People quicken each other's instincts toward mutual trust.

You may be impelled to experiment in unusual ways, sensing opportunities in the future.

The |difficult third| is felt as backwardness or an unhappy disposition, imagining one's skills to be blunt or inadequate. This is temporary. The Part of Fortune in the 12th sector (waning moon) suggests a need for retreat at times.

But there could be shared happiness in wonderful ways: "Two golden circles joined by a blue ribbon tied in a double bow." The nature of the day seems mostly practical, but this aspect of it spells unifying magic in some sort of interpersonal connection which probably has a bearing also on career or job.

{Monday} \Yen for Subliminal Union/

Cosmic Piper

Atypical: Astrology and Autism

Atypical: Astrology and Autism

Watching a Netflix show called "Atypical" seemed to help tonight, yet it also made me more depressed. Am I autistic? I can identify with some of the problems of the autistic character. (He is fictional and much less affected by it than the severe cases.) Is astrology as I study and write it an escape into an autistic world where everything is planned, mapped out ahead of time? That is one of Sam's problems. "I like rules" he said. He needs rules to regulate his search for a girlfriend and makes ridiculously inhuman mistakes in the way he speaks to them. I have often thought that astrology, as some practice it, can be an illness--but so is medicine (yes, medicine can be an illness), for some, or Pilates, or anything which becomes obsessive or "anal" in the Freudian sense. Some astrologers I have known do seem unbalanced, almost unhinged, believing in superstitious forms of astrology which I have already seen through. I am very careful to verify everything I "believe" in astrology over and over again, with multiple tests, which is why I consider myself a scientist. Others may make fun of that or say I have not done enough statistical research for the validity of my conclusions. I can only tell them that I trust my own mind more than theirs or the minds of so-called "scientists" who are not really scientific but scientistic. Yes, I trust my own mind, people! That is a wonderful thing the study of astrology can do for someone who is serious about it--show him that his own mind is safe and sound and can arrive at sound conclusions through experience, trial and error, without consulting "authorities" of any kind. The freedom of the human mind is gained and reinforced through phenomenological astrological research of a personal nature. Looking up the horoscopes of interesting people, and people you know; watching the daily, monthly, and longer motions of the planets as they coincide with events and experiences of one's own or of "the world." It is no more a harmful obsession than is stamp collecting, which looks awfully "anal" and peculiar to me, or reading murder mystery novels, which looks positively evil to me. Why would one want endlessly to read and think about murders, which are the unthinkable? Astrology is a very healthy use of the free human intelligence, if one studies it in a good, sincere, honest, careful manner. It does not restrict the mind but expands it, over and over again and in amazing unexpected ways. *** The Hermetic Epochs are something I may go down in history as the discoverer of. I am convinced that they are the best way of measuring human time on our little planet. They are remarkable. I have expanded and refined the method, over the past week, to include a single chart for each two-month (approximately) period, whether a Dark or a Bright Hermetic Epoch. Such charts seem to reveal almost everything about what goes on within each epoch. And "epoch" is a word I chose after careful consideration; they are longer than one month and they feel almost like a lifetime while they are going on. The question is whether I can make this real to people. I would have to write a book or mini-book to make it all clear, and even then it would be only a sketch of the methods, not a full-blown exposition of them. And, frankly, I wonder how many people are serious enough about careful study to wade through all that and consider it honestly and thoroughly and see the magical reality of it? Not many. Not many have appreciated the writings of C.E.O. Carter or Grant Lewi or Marc Edmund Jones, to mention only three older astrologers. (The older ones are the best.) It really is a matter of thoroughness. Most so-called "students" of astrology are dilettantes. That is their privilege, but then they are missing its utter reality and playing around in scattered drops of water sprinkled from its fountain of truth. Autism is an important corrective to astrology, that is, considering "Is astrology autistic?" is a good question for each individual studying it. That would be true only if it actually stopped one from appreciating people in an open, easy, spontaneous manner rather than studying rigorously their horoscopes. But I do not find that happening with me. I can relate to people smoothly, in most cases, without knowing their horoscopes or mentioning astrology to them. And their horoscopes, when I do know them, do not make me less able to appreciate them, but more. It is a free open inquiry with endlessly fascinating and helpful results. It is because I have studied the horoscope of someone I love deeply that I am able to look beyond her or his small peculiarities or weaknesses and know the deeper self beyond that. Astrology deeply understood releases one into wider, more comprehensive understanding of the loved one and therefore deepens the love.

Hugh

Message for Friday 15 September 2017

Friday 15 September 2017

~Passing Unusual Tests~

Moon in Cancer-->Leo

/moon goes void-of-course at 2:24p PT | 5:24p ET | 9:24p UT

until it enters Leo at 6:10p PT | 9:10p ET | 1:10a(Sa) UT

Many will have a lawyerly or legalistic viewpoint. They want to find out the causes of things, with no nonsense. 

You may be drawn to someone artistic, eloquent, musical or popular. You sense the struggles he or she has made in order to make a living in a creative way, and that is inspiring.

We are adequate to overcoming handicaps and difficulties, though we may not feel we are until we get started and keep going. Freedom of thinking-and-feeling go hand-in-hand with a willingness to keep training oneself toward perfection. That can be exhilarating.

A peculiar symbol is "A harem." Dr. Jones interprets it in terms of overcoming restraints, by first accepting them (how many women in an old-style harem had any real choice?) and then transmuting them through one's attitude, ultimately to become free. Of course, some might choose remaining in the harem as their freedom. Putting this together with the first paragraph, we may see legal or semi-legal developments within the women's movement. 

There can be loneliness, despite all the good opportunities available. One might be unsociable and therefore estranged or outcast. Could you be short-sighted, failing to see how good things and people really are? 

Then, as escape from that mood, there could be a surrender to desire and impulse. Rather than a stable program, surrender to allurements. This could be expensive. Too-easy pleasures could be a blessing, or a temptation if they lead away from the soul's purposes. 

If one has sufficient awareness and perspective, one could find the right middle path between drudgery and escapism, and be elevated toward colorful good fortune. 

{Friday} ~Passing Unusual Tests~

Cosmic Piper

Message for Thursday 14 September 2017

Thursday 14 September 2017

~Imperturbable Romanticism~

Moon in Cancer

|Karmically serious or challenging third| of this week

ends at 5:36a PT | 8:36a ET | 12:36p UT

The Dark Hermetic Epoch ends on September 18th and the Bright Hermetic Epoch begins on the 19th, and today I heard a spokesman for Florida Power and Light say that full service should be restored to Floridians by the 22nd. So in this case the Dark Epoch was quite literal for many of them! Fascinating.

Another thing that happens in the Dark Epochs is useless discussions and arguments going nowhere. There are proposals and counter-proposals, sometimes anger and argument about them, and then probably nothing is resolved. That has just happened over the past few weeks in one group I belong to. If you find it happening at work or in groups or family, realize that it is partly a symptom of the time-period and wait for people to have a less biased or confused outlook.

Thursday:

There is much power of perception, and a willingness to experiment and find better ways in whatever field of study or observation you attempt. 

Some who investigate more unusual or "far-out" subjects (such as astrology or the occult) may perceive remarkable things which they seem unable to commit to paper, e-paper, or speech, except in words which will mostly be misunderstood because they have to be symbolic or metaphoric in order to stretch the minds of the hearers or readers. 

One may be imperturbable, maybe to the point of self-obsession, not caring what others think, refining oneself inwardly. This could be the gruff unkempt genius pondering his internal treasury. 

"A merry-go-round" is still with us, a happy cycle of connecting with all kinds of things, people, and potentials in a way which is diverting. At a deeper level it may be comprehending the cyclic nature of time and of human experiences within it. Let's emphasize the "merry."

"A ship in full sail" is a degree of roving, finding whatever one needs or wants, new experiences brimming over with danger or romance. 

There could also be rude or rustic work, "a man felling a tree," but this is fulfilling and contented, with warm feelings toward all with whom or for whom one is working. 

{Thursday} ~Imperturbable Romanticism~

Cosmic Piper

Message for Wednesday 13 September 2017

Wednesday 13 September 2017

}Charismatic{

Moon in Gemini-->Cancer

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

/moon goes void-of-course at 11:36a PT | 2:36p ET | 6:36p UT

until it enters Cancer at 3:13p PT | 6:13p ET | 10:13p UT

Have you noticed? . . . 

During this Dark Hermetic Epoch, July 24 through September 18 :

Amazing interruptions to the general routine. There was Charlottesville, August 12, which set the country into a tizzy, accusations of Nazism or racism on all hands, removal and defacing of statues, on and on. There was Harvey, August 26 until now. There was Irma, September 9 until now, and both of them continuing because of the enormous amount of reworking and rebuilding and clean-up required in both Texas and Florida. There were fulminations and legitimate worries over North Korea's behavior--nuclear development and missile tests. There was the solar eclipse which had people traveling to strange places to view it, August 21. 

I did not travel to view the eclipse and I did not go out demonstrating over Charlottesville and I was not a victim of the hurricanes, and yet . . . I, and everyone, went through unusual interruptions and changes in routine. Many of them are voluntary. The hurricane was involuntary. But I found myself changing my schedules frequently, abandoning routines for something fresh or bracing. This was usually okay even though it seemed irresponsible or lax. Is this not true of you also? We do things in "out-of-pattern" ways. And that may continue just as much over the next week as previously, until Tuesday the 19th. We need a vacation, perhaps, but since most of us can't have one we put variations into our routines. 

Then there are memories. When you are free of duties and are relaxing or lying down, do you not remember things from the past which seem compelling in fresh ways, as if you were reliving some of them? This to me is a wonderful aspect of the DHE. I would say that anyone who wants to write a memoir ought to do it entirely during DHE periods. Since they make up nearly half the time, that would not be hard to do.

There are dreams, often unusually vivid or meaningful ones, lucid or almost-lucid dreams.

There is postponement, otherwise known as "slipping behind," of which I have done quite a lot. 

On the positive side there can be unusually meaningful communications with people which touch the soul level. These might be fractious at times, because of planetary aspects, but not always. At best they are telepathic, revealing, and loving.

And there is an appreciation of calm, peace, rest. Our souls seem to need to be free of external compulsions and endless forced labor during these times, so they can retreat into a womb-like or chrysalis-like state of consciousness which seems almost timeless, or able to time-travel willy-nilly anywhere into the past or present. 

Wednesday:

There is an experimental mode, with Mercury and Mars close together in Virgo. There could be investigation of machinery, technology, or chemical, dietetic or medicinal matters. The new Apple products may be stimulating much investigation or trial-and-error.

Charubel suggests we might become aware of a true man or true woman who could lead us into a new era. I leave it to you to sense who that might be. It could just be someone notable who is important to you right now in your thinking.

One could be audacious in displaying oneself or one's gifts, "A bareback rider." At the same time there are diversions or pleasures, "A merry-go-round." The hard aspects to Saturn of the sun and moon could mute these, but the good Venus aspects could enhance them. Duties first; then some delightful escape.

Our Victorian clairvoyants warn us often of sexual indiscretions; today: "A well-favoured woman, but of evil aspect, stands before a mirror." The mother of Snow White! Or ourselves, perhaps flattering ourselves as to our seductive powers. Considering the good Venus aspects, this could be harmless. 

There are further hints of someone wonderful, extraordinary, a good person who is a leader, perhaps on the spiritual plane or perhaps more mundanely. This is someone both intelligent and intuitive, who has followers well-guided by him or her.

{Wednesday} {Charismatic}

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Message for Tuesday 12 September 2017

Tuesday 12 September 2017

}Elusive but Real Harmony{

Moon in Gemini

|Karmically serious or challenging third| of this week is with us until Thursday morning

Several of the symbols and paragraphs given in the report for Monday hit home exactly for me, but rather than take time to write about them (we are all busy if not hassled at a time like this, DHE plus sun squaring Saturn) I will just proceed to Tuesday:

Things may go along smoothly in some ways but it is good not to be lulled asleep. One needs to make some conscious efforts to keep up with necessary matters.

Someone pompous or self-sufficient may seem annoying in that he is unaware of others' good ideas, only of his or her own.

It's amazing sometimes how people can get good ideas and even information in almost magical ways: "A carrier pigeon." When your personal "pigeon" brings you a message you can rejoice, and luxuriate in the helpful signification or instruction.

People are subtly persuasive when they have a magical outlook on life. 

There is a desire for money, more money, and more. This could be considered avariciousness, although it might just be that you are finding ways of enhancing your income or security, and protecting yourself from unfairness. 

People hurt each other, either consciously, subconsciously, or unconsciously. Then they pretend innocence. This goes on in families, groups and friendships. There is no wonder, in a time like this, that people feel hassled and blame someone else for the tiniest misstep or inconsiderate word. Others, by becoming nasty, become their own enemies. 

There is a remedy. It is the sextile between Venus and Jupiter, made even better by the moon's good aspects to both especially in the evening. The desire for popularity is not entirely a mistake if one finds the right subtle way of earning it, through regularity of conduct and love of harmony, which then harmonize difficult situations.

{Tuesday} {Elusive but Real Harmony}

Cosmic Piper

Message for Monday 11 September 2017

Monday 11 September 2017

}Penetration Toward Equanimity{

Moon in Taurus-->Gemini

/moon is void-of-course 

until it enters Gemini at 12:30p PT | 3:30p ET | 7:30p UT

We need to keep our bearings, astrologically, because this is the solar system we live in--just as the people of Texas and Florida have had to keep their bearings, meteorologically, because of where they live, listening to the experts, otherwise they might have suffered much worse devastation. As an astrological "meteorologist" I have to say, Heed the Dark Hermetic Epochs! And just as the meteorologists are telling, over and over, the people hunkered down in their homes and shelters in Florida to remember that the storm is not over and that the surge can be devastating, so they need to wait, likewise I am telling you, the Dark Hermetic Epoch is never over till it's over, and that will be September 19, a week and a day from now. 

That means: Avoid prematurity in all things. Do not rush to do new things. Finish old ones. Take your time. Do not jump to conclusions (or jump into a storm). Wait.

As for the people in shelters or away from home, certainly the void-of-course time today, extending to late afternoon in Florida, shows that the experts are right: Don't go home yet. 

Astrologers also need to "wait," that is, rather than jump into using asteroids and Chiron and dozens of imaginary planets, nodes and parts, use instead the longer-orb aspects of the major planets. Right now, Saturn has been at focus in a T square since August 26 (by ten degrees). It is the only planet at focus in a T square and it it the harshest planet of all. (To human appearance.) It is not an accident that Hurricane Harvey hit Texas exactly on August 26th, the day that the sun also began an opposition with Neptune by ten degrees. It is not an accident that those two aspects are still in effect while Irma hit Florida, and while people are talking about "end times." Astrologers, see these things. Look at the longer-term and larger aspects and be patient with them. They are trying to tell you a lot of stories you will never hear if you are studying the tiny aspects of tiny invisible planets, asteroids or points to one another. 

Monday:

A long straight road ahead is a good thing, if you can make provision for traveling it smoothly, having all you need without upset.

Although on the defensive, you are aware of your superior strength. 

Things are accentuated in good ways: "Chickens intoxicated." This is not an invitation to drink, which would probably be very unhelpful and even hurtful, but to rise above restrictions through an "intoxicated" or inspired frame of mind, ready for anything. Venus is sextiling Jupiter, a superb aspect bringing out enjoyment, but we could take it too far in deleterious directions.

The outlook is fantastic: "A man dreaming of fairies." This needs to be insight bringing a foretaste of achievement to be earned through activity (Mars has crucial, sharp minor aspects). The wonderful dream has to be translated into something practical through cooperative endeavor.

This is an anniversary of 9/11/2001, and the sun's symbol today is exactly what it was on that day: "Two men fencing with swords. A man in black stands aside watching them." (Osama bin Laden, in 2001?)  ". . . a predisposition to disputes and quarrels, involving a fracas in a foreign country or with a foreigner. . . . liable to hurts from secret enemies, his life overshadowed by a melancholy fate. Fighting. " I do not know how that symbol from Signor Borelli, given in the 19th century, could have more accurately described the events of 9/11/2001, though Borelli knew nothing of airplanes or reinforced steel towers in his day. What does it mean for today? I don't know. Maybe, avoid pointless quarrels or anything which could end tragically.

There is intuition and foresight, concentration and good memory. There is diplomacy plus penetrating insight into character. Use them wisely, and Jupiter's position can bring equanimity plus harmony, even some wary popularity.

{Monday} {Penetration Toward Equanimity}

Cosmic Piper

Messages for Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 September 2017

Two Messages, for Saturday and Sunday September 9-10, 2017

We have to remind ourselves that hurricane Irma is not the only thing happening in our world. Yet it is likely to color everything else, at least in the U. S. A.

I cannot claim that there is a perfect astrological way of anticipating or predicting hurricanes. We already know without astrology that they occur in August or September usually. My first "filter" after that, to find times when they are likely to occur, would be the Dark Hermetic Epochs. Case in point: The last huge hurricane to his the U. S. , Katrina in 2005, hit New Orleans at its strongest, and caused the most suffering, on August 29, 2005, the final day of a Dark Hermetic Epoch. This was a confirmation of my method of calculating those (a very precise method) as was the attack of 9/11/2001 which occurred on the very first day of a Dark Hermetic Epoch. Those are the times (a little less than half of all times) when the worst disasters happen, without a doubt. But also it appears that hard aspects to Neptune, ruler of the sea and of rain, have a lot to do with it, for Mars was square Neptune by less than a degree on 9/29/05, and by the 10.5 degree orb I use for applying aspects (only 9.5 for separating ones), Saturn began an opposition with Neptune exactly on 9/29/05 when Katrina did its worst damage. And of course that aspect, as well as the Mars square, remained in effect during the cleanup and salvage efforts of the coming weeks. Further the sun was opposite Uranus in Pisces (Neptune's sign) within three degrees on the 29th. 

And what do we have now? Mars is opposing Neptune by a ten degree orb exactly beginning Saturday, September 9, 2017 (or on Friday by the 10.5 degree orb for applying aspects). Saturday afternoon is the time when the experts are saying everyone should have been already evacuated. And Saturn has been square Neptune during the whole Harvey-plus-Irma period, from June 18 through September 29. I shall not predict the force of Irma as it hits Florida or the amount of damage it shall do. I am content to note these astrological correspondences as pieces of a puzzle to be put together ultimately by astrologers over the centuries. The fact that both Mars and Saturn, the two "malefic" planets according to the ancients, are in hard aspect with Neptune as Irma approaches during a Dark Hermetic Epoch is enough to suggest that it might be a harsh one.

Another interesting fact is that when Harvey hit, the moon was in Scorpio and in the Via Combusta. As Irma hits, the Part of Fortune will be in the 8th house (or the Part of Life in Scorpio, which is the same thing), corresponding in a general way to the sign Scorpio. These are the signs and houses of "death" according to the ancients, but according to moderns, of possible regeneration through challenge. Let us hope it will be the latter.

Astrology is a spiritual system, a system of spiritual guidance, and not a submission to the blind fate of planetary movements. These merely indicate what we need to face as challenges to our growing spiritual awareness and ethical sublimity.

Saturday 9 September 2017

\Sapient Protection/

Moon in Aries-->Taurus

/moon goes void-of-course at 8:53a PT | 11:53a ET | 3:53p UT

untl it enters Taurus at 9:24a PT | 12:24p ET | 4:24p UT

Setting: Scientific instruction is important. You might take "scientific" as meaning anything requiring precise study or observation. There is sagacity and cool strength. One wants to defend the weak or helpless.

Game Plan: Someone with a brilliant intellect is basically kind and sympathetic. Yet some others will be aloof or seem to think slightingly of their good friends. They want popularity but try in a wrong way to get it. How can mental skill be used beneficially for all?

Issue: It is good to rest in a place where those of differing ages support one another, the older guarding the younger. There can also be angelic protection from above, for those who have developed conscious faith and high-mindedness.

Meditation: People will sense what is happening or going to happen through an internal ouija board, as it were. This could degenerate into the ridiculous but at best is a freedom to let loose one's distinctive or unique qualities so that the game of life is ever-interesting.

{Saturday}  /Sapient Protection\

Sunday 10 September 2017

\Distinctive Escapade/

Moon in Taurus

/moon goes void-of-course at 5:55p PT | 8:55p ET | 12:55a(M) UT

Setting: There is congeniality, "A houseboat party." In Florida? The Keys are said to be one of the most threatened areas, because so low. But people will find something good to celebrate. People will want to play games in rather artificial settings, such as shelters, or for those of us not affected by the storm, other places colorful yet conventional.  

Game Plan: Foolishness and obstinacy are a danger, as for example in those refusing to get out of the storm's path. Arrogant pride gets criticism. People will have trouble disposing of waste, or there are restroom issues, yet frugality and industry can set things right. 

Issue: Those who feel rugged and strong will want to chase something or someone. This could be a romp through the country for those so situated. Those of differing races or lifestyles become intimate with one another, like it or not.

Meditation:  People want to be free and distinctive, letting their special destiny manifest rather than worry how it looks. Some are in a hurry to get things done, and so eliminate whatever gets in their way. They themselves could be eliminated from a "swimming race" as it were. No swimming in Florida flood waters I hope. Rather, we each know what we want to live up to and can do our best.

{Sunday} /Distinctive Escapade\

Cosmic Piper

Message for Friday 8 September 2017

Friday 8 September 2017

^Helpful Connections^

Moon in Aries

Setting:  One can be industrious and prudent, cultivating wealth patiently. A childlike tendency could please helpful contacts and bring security because it opens up friendship with angels of protection.

Game Plan:  Someone you know or know of is brilliant, sympathetic, and generous. He or she learns much but is also original. One can cultivate this person with excellent results. There is good fortune, so that one may pay for the services of others while feeling endlessly prosperous. This could be problematic only if one became too self-indulgent or idle. 

Issue: Pride and isolation could create enemies. This does not have to be. Visualize something bad that might happen, but then override that visualization with its opposite. We do not have to suffer from our own jealousy or the jealousy of others. If there have been tantrums, "A volcano in eruption," we can learn from these explosive reactions and develop helpful creative passion by their aid. 

Meditation: People are looking for communion within group activity, and could find it in cool, calm, sagacious ways when everyone's personal distinctions are appreciated and respected. "An elephant with his castle on his back."

{Friday} ^Helpful Connections^

Cosmic Piper

Message for Thursday 7 September 2017

Thursday 7 September 2017

^Isolation or Cooperation^

Moon in Pisces-->Aries

/moon is void-of-course

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

|Karmically serious or challenging third| of this week continues

until ending at 4:12p PT | 7:12p ET | 11:12p UT

The perhaps clumsily termed |difficult third| of this week was intense for many on Tuesday, when the determining aspect, Luna square Saturn, was exact mid-day. It is still with us but as you can see, things get better as the day proceeds. 

As for Irma, we determined two weeks ago that the opposition of the sun with Neptune began (by ten degrees) exactly when Harvey hit Texas. Now that aspect is exact, by less than one degree on Monday and Tuesday, and Irma is Category 5 (most intense) while Harvey was 4 at its maximum. So there may be something to the fact that Neptune "rules" the ocean and storms connected with it. 

Further, the sun is square Saturn, always a difficult one to face, and that will be exact a week from now on the 12th-14th. Today I heard on NPR the sad story of the seven Navy men who were killed on June 17. The sun was square Saturn within two degrees, and also the moon's position put that day within the |karmically serious or challenging third| of that week. These periods are very crucial which is why I list them every week at the start of the forecast. I do not know how that information could have prevented those deaths. Perhaps by encouraging the officers of the ship to beef up their security arrangements on such days.

The whole sun-square-Saturn period this time, by ten degrees, is from September 3 through the 23rd. This can be a depressing time. The best way to cure the depression is (1) by keeping up one's spiritual consciousness through study, prayer, and mantra (Mary Baker Eddy who was a champion of that method through her Christian Science was born with the sun square Saturn, showing that it was her mission to overcome that aspect, and she did a remarkable job of it) and by (2) facing Saturn issues, that is, work, extra duties, and so on, with patience and fortitude, and by (3) being patient with people who are all feeling this aspect though they know nothing about it and so may disappoint you by their negative attitudes. Praying for those who seem inimical is a Christian therapy.

Thursday:

Setting: "Sunshine just after a storm" may be a premature symbol for those in the Caribbean and Florida, but it may signify that people are looking forward to the storm's end and preparing for it. Probably storm-preparation will go better today than yesterday. Storm or not, there is a sort of snoopy interest in other people and what they are doing. 

Game Plan: Impulses are strong, perhaps headstrong or rash. One is enthusiastic and restless. Yet to get to what one wants one may have to "wade through mud knee-deep." (An apt symbol for the storm.) One must not let hope perish, but keep on keeping on.

Issue: "A large white cross upraised" could be the prayer already recommended. It could also be a "Red Cross," that is, the efforts of many to help others during the storm, or in other ways for those (most of us) luckily stormless. We are challenged to be our best for the sake of others. Meanwhile along that path there can be festivity, interesting costumes or clothing, and casually formed associations which are advantageous.

Meditation: One ought not to be too solitary, if that means being in a dangerous isolated spot (this could be appropriate to those affected by the storm; in other ways for the rest of us). One needs amicable relations with all. What would you do if facing an orangutan? Visualize yourself making friends with him or her. 

{Thursday} ^Isolation or Cooperation^

Cosmic Piper

Message for Wednesday 6 September 2017

Wednesday 6 September 2017

~Ultimate Patience and Grace~

Moon in Pisces

/moon goes void-of-course at 1:30p PT | 4:30p ET | 8:30p UT

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

It's pretty intense. I feel sometimes that I am not preparing you for the days, because I am too optimistic. I did not prepare you adequately for Tuesday, I believe. It was a very hard day for me. I hinted at some of the problems in the forecast but, trying to be optimistic as I always do, I diminished them when I might have been more forceful in warning you.  How was your Tuesday? Hard? I would guess so. 

Wednesday: It seems many will just want to stay at home! Well, if you have to go out to a job, wonderful, do it. It will be your "home" for the day. Take things slow and easy. Don't feel over-ambitious. Your work is pulling for you, financially. That is enough! You are doing well. That is enough and you do not have to try for something greater at this point.

Being in seclusion is good, and is not a mistake. 

Setting: You are awaiting opportunity to express yourself. You feel blocked, restrained, even imprisoned perhaps, until you can relax into some form of self-expression. It should be easy, not strenuous, though you need to push yourself to get it going. You may feel you need to use cunning or even deception to get things moving in your favor. Of course, not deception, or you will be Pinocchio! People are trying to be father-figures, that is, controllers of others, their "children," and this can be wrong; or it could be helpful at best.

Game-plan: You may feel aimless, wanting to just let things happen. That is all right up to a point. Yet you have amazing skills you could employ. You have a quiver full of arrows, right in your own home or workplace; you are a quick observer and a skillful executant of whatever will bring you closer to goals. 

Issue: To whom are you devoted? Who is devoted to you? This is love, even if hidden or obscure. It goes deep into your past, that is, someone you loved long ago is still with you, invisibly at least, and you become a person of value in that person's eyes if you just live up to what you want to be in his or her sight, or what he or she wants you to be. All this could be subjective, not clear on the surface, requiring time and effort to be made visible and satisfying. 

Meditation: Enormous ambitions seem to fail. A giant-like figure is almost too big, clumsy, struggling upward to no effect. But he can find himself. Something beautiful, delicate, and gracious in someone he loves is his salvation, lifting him beyond his own clumsiness. 

{Wednesday} ~Ultimate Patience and Grace~

Cosmic Piper