Wednesday 1 November 2017

^Proclamation of Truths^

Moon in Aries

|Karmically serious third| of this week continues until it

ends at 4:35p PT | 7:35p ET | 11:35p UT

Investigation, study, and discovery are favored. Anything blocked or unclear yesterday seems released and clarified today.

Still, one needs to push forward without depending too much on easy cooperation from anyone, for Luna is opposite Mars and square Pluto. This doesn't have to be quarreling, but probably skepticism, or honest discussion of differences.

Nevertheless, there is a high order of inspiration present, even angelic intervention. And "a mariner's compass" suggests secret studies, discoveries and strong intuition.

A researcher or careful student of distinction may teach or stimulate you. 

One does not want to be timid in proclaiming one's opinions or discoveries to the world; nor do others, so there could be cocks crowing in the barnyard. Who will hear, or whether they will hear one another, is a question. 

Withal, there is a sense of humor, and perhaps playing parts in a semi-sarcastic way, imitating others either in mockery or emulation. 

There can be shrewdness in rejecting hurtful influences and then embracing positive, nourishing ones. 

{Wednesday}  ^Proclamation of Truths^

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Message for 31 October 2017

Tuesday 31 October 2017

~Orphans Need G*d; G*d Needs Orphans~

Moon in Pisces

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

I am ignoring Halloween. If you want to celebrate it, or help others celebrate, fine. But please remember what it really means:  The Evening of All Hallows Day, which is November 1:  Hallow-Evening, or Hallowe'en. So it is a sacred holiday honoring those who have passed from this life, and has nothing to do with witches, devils, goblins, monsters and the like. That is a human perversion of a sacred holiday honoring those whom you love who have passed from this life into the Afterlife. 

At perhaps a weak moment I purchased a Halloween costume a couple weeks ago. I doubt that I will put it on. 

In the true spirit of the holiday we could remember the good things about those who have passed from our lives into the "Other Side." And celebrate their memory, and living presence, by lighting a candle or by any other gesture which seems real to us.

The ritual of "trick or treat" is really a ritual of orphanage. The kids who go out knocking on strangers' doors and asking for treats are orphans. Their parents are at home, or if they lurk in the background they are not wanted there. The kids say, "I am alone in this world; my parents don't get me; I am an orphan. Please give me something or I will trick you, just as I would trick my parents for their stupid neglect of my real being." 

It's a peculiar holiday.

Carelessness is a result of ignoring signals that one's lassitude or laziness in some direction could result in loss. Of course it is better to prevent that. 

Someone who is more than an ordinary person, a Messiah or semi-Messiah, is in your consciousness as your servant--if you prove yourself worthy of his or her service.

It's the harvest season and those who are wealthy, or modestly wealthy (the "middle class"), are feeling proud of themselves and, if at all worthy of their prosperity, ready to share it with others who have less. 

Such solicitude is creative concern for those who have problems or need support in an immediate or temporary way. 

Someone who personifies your ideal may appreciate your assistance, even if that assistance is disguised as mere friendliness and moral support. The ideal person for whom you live has need of kindness and goodwill. (Maybe even G*d has such a need?)

{Tuesday} ~Orphans Need G*d; G*d Needs Orphans~

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Monday 30 October 2017

~Uncertain Social Experiment~

Moon in Pisces

|Karmically difficult third| of this week begins at 10:37a PT | 1:37p ET | 5:37p UT

The weekend had us thinking a lot about family, ancestry, the past, homes in the past, and the like. Now we are more likely to be youth-oriented, which is good for Halloween. My feeling is that if you are really going to celebrate the holiday, put half your celebration into today and the other half into tomorrow, because today looks smoother in quite a few ways. 

Working along a false or dilapidated trail could be a problem. This could be a lowly position where resources run dry. You have the ability to see this for what it is and extricate yourself from it.

You may enjoy going to an old place, a restaurant perhaps, which brings up bygone days or old traditions in its appearance and style.

You notice those who are eccentric in the background, but they may not disturb you overmuch.

Some of your activities or interests may seem inconsequent, like an archer shooting at a flock of birds and hitting none of them. It's better to focus on what is truly significant or useful.

Someone embodies your ideals; makes you feel you have found "the one." This could be pretty remarkable, whether lasting or a mere infatuation.

It's exhilarating to be in a group of people, whether friends or strangers, who are feeling good about themselves and dissolving their sensitivities together. 

{Monday} ~Uncertain Social Experiment~

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Messages for Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 October 2017

Saturday 28 October 2017

}Sincerity{

Moon in Aquarius

This looks like a pretty free-sailing day, with Luna trine Venus, sextile Saturn and sextile Uranus.  

We had an amazing day in the stock market Friday, especially in the Nasdaq. This might be Venus in her own sign, Libra (Venus the money planet), together with the sun's close conjunction with Jupiter in Scorpio a money sign (less than one degree on Friday). The latter of course has a lot to do with the hoopla about possible tax reform.

Have you heard about the amazing rescue of the two women lost in the Pacific on a sailboat for several months? It happened Wednesday October 25. The sun was approaching its conjunction with Jupiter in Scorpio, a water sign and the sign of death, to which the women felt they were close. Scorpio can be the sign of rescue at its best. Further, those two planets plus Mercury were all forming trines to Neptune in Pisces, planet and sign of the ocean, suggesting help to those at sea. Taking this metaphorically, there has been also help to those of us "at sea" in our thinking, hoping and planning, and that continues through this weekend and for a few days to come. The lost and rescued women speak for themselves

Here is what I wrote last weekend about the month of Scorpio in which we are and during which the two women were rescued by a Navy ship:  

'Women rule! perhaps, in some subtle or obvious sense, because Venus in Libra is the sole dispositor of the other planets. This goes beyond politics into personal living including marriage relations and platonic friendships, for Libra is the sign of harmony, at its best, and Venus there shows a background of willing conciliation rather than a desire to nag (one problem of Venus in Virgo). In fact, with Venus and Mars both in Libra (both in Virgo last month) we might expect amity on a large scale. The sexes do not "become one" but find that they have a lot more in common than they thought, or that the differences are pleasing rather than irritating. . . . [Unless I am a poor judge of body language, it seemed clear that the two rescued ladies are loving "partners."] . . . None of the Venus emphasis detracts from the fact that Scorpio is the warrior, or the one who is determined to triumph over enemies and obstacles. Jupiter there suggests that that can be done in cooperation with reliable allies.

In this case the "reliable allies" were the Navy men, as well as the Taiwanese fishermen who first discovered the women's situation; in fact they owe more to them, perhaps, since they reported their plight to their Coast Guard which reported it to the Navy. One of the two women said, "We are eternally grateful." This is a case of Mars, males and military, in Libra, the sign of Venus, being "ruled" by women in the sense of going to a lot of trouble to rescue them in this case.

Astrology is amazing. Looking at the charts of the women might be interesting but who has time for everything? (It would be hard to find their birth data in any case.)

Saturday:

As said: This looks like a pretty free-sailing day, with Luna trine Venus, sextile Saturn and sextile Uranus. Her square with Mercury keeps us alert and on our toes. 

Dexterity in the use of tools could be an advantage. You cut your way through impediments.

You may be aware of those who are not what they appear, or who are deceptive, slandering others either behind their back or to their face. This could be someone at a distance from you or in another country or in literature or history. 

"Two men placed under arrest" is not to be taken literally, but as one's inner and outer capacities being put at the service of the world rather than to merely selfish advantage, according to Dr. Jones. We may feel there would be unpleasant consequences of neglecting duties. (One thinks of Senators Corker and Flake, who, as Republicans, have in the past week spoken out bluntly and courageously against the President's ways and attitudes. In this case their "arrest" could be disapproval by fellow Republicans and the President, though they did what was right.) 

Patient work in which there is continuity is recommended, though this need not be arduous on a weekend. 

There remains the possibility of "a group around a campfire," most pleasing at this season of the year when people used to burn leaves and toast marshmallows. 

"A well-lighted house with open door" indicates hospitality, open-handedness and sincerity. 

{Saturday} {Sincerity}

Sunday 29 October 2017

Moon in Aquarius-->Pisces

/moon goes void-of-course at 9:23a PT | 12:23p ET | 4:23p UT

until it enters Pisces at 4:47p PT | 7:47p ET | 11:47p UT

Astrology is either a spiritual path (as well as a phenomenologically scientific one) or it is an illusion or delusion. This was known by the astrologer Max Heindel who quoted an old proverb, "An undevout astrologer is mad." 

"I will sing and raise a psalm;

  awake, my spirit,

awake, lute and harp,

  I will awake at dawn of day.

I will confess thee, O Lord, among the peoples,

  among the nations I will raise a psalm to thee,

for thy unfailing love is wide as the heavens

  and they truth reaches to the skies.

Show thyself, O God, high above the heavens;

  let thy glory shine over all the earth."

--Psalm 57

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Message for Friday 27 October 2017

Friday 27 October 2017

}Faith Rewarded?{

Moon in Capricorn-->Aqauarius

/moon goes void-of-course at the time given yesterday, very early

until it enters Aquarius at 6:00a PT | 9:00a ET | 1:00p UT

Using tools could be important. There is a desire to do something requiring faith, hope, and charity, the virtues not entirely neglected in 2017, perhaps as evidenced by the announced campaign against opioid addiction and devastation. Can the two parties really work together on this? Many Republicans would be indifferent--"If people want to ruin their lives, it's their problem"--and many Democrats would think, "Why work with Trump to do something good for which he will get the credit?" Ah, politics, how thou dost demean faith, hope, and charity. Still, we need to hope and be charitable. It appears that the trines of Jupiter, the sun, and Mercury with Neptune, two of them just beginning and one long-term, may be supporting this effort, since Neptune is the planet of escape, drugging, and pain-relief.

The squares of the moon with Jupiter and the sun in fixed signs are a need to prove oneself and one's ideals. Harsh symbols from Signor Borelli warn us against being rash, abrupt, and disrespectful through wanton mocking or quarreling. This of course goes on in politics all the time so if we face it from others we should try not to reproduce it, making things doubly worse, but cauterize it with "faith, hope, and charity." Big assignment. 

If we succeed at that, we can luxuriate in good aspects to Venus on a Friday, her day, supported in Sabian symbols by "A retired sea captain" with the keyword Relaxation. Then there is the Amiability of "A group around a campfire." These perhaps need no explication.

{Friday} {Faith Rewarded?}

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Message for Thursday 26 October 2017

Thursday 26 October 2017

\Useful Reformulation/

Moon in Capricorn

/moon goes void-of-course very late, at 10:23p PT | 1:23a(F) ET | 5:23a(F) UT

Even a Capricorn individual, an astrologer, told me she did not enjoy the moon's monthly transit of the Goat's sign, as today. I thought I had learned to live with it but on Wednesday it seemed to present harrowing problems. I felt sad or depressed for no particular reason and did not feel like "carrying on" but did carry on because, as was said in yesterday's report, we have enough gumption while Luna transits Capricorn to do what we have to do "come Hell or high water." Actually, it was exactly "high water" for me, an overflowing sink in the bathroom! Among other problems.

That may continue today but less harshly because Wednesday was also during the |karmically difficult third| which we have now escaped. Luna's square with Uranus however, increasing through the day, might make us feel separated from people. The degree Herschel (first name for Uranus, after its discoverer) occupies in Aries is, in the Sabian symbols, "Lost opportunity regained in the imagination." That has definitely been true for me, since I have been pondering a lot of practical things I might have done to be more prosperous rather than hovering on the edge of poverty. Dr. Jones warns that it could be "self-pity as a retreat from reality" and at times it felt like that. It might be accentuated for many of us today. Positively, one can reformulate one's strategy or approach to things based on seeing how one might have not lost the opportunities.

It is amusing that the conjunction of the sun and Jupiter in Scorpio, the latter planet having entered that sign for the first time in 12 years just two weeks ago, coincides with attempts by the Republicans to get tax reform and tax cuts. Since Jupiter is the Santa Claus planet, and it is in the sign of "other people's money" (natural 8th house, Scorpio), we are going to let George or Georgia, or Uncle Sam in the Sky, pay for it and get off Scott-free! Endless Republican dream. 

Thursday:

Secret laws as those investigated by occultists might be available to each of us in her or his own way, if we are alert to ways of using them: magical potentials. There is strong and effective will-power.

If some things don't pan out as hoped, or are delayed, "A boat landing washed away," one can enjoy the respite, perhaps, before landing in a different port.

The fine arts and drama are peaceable and harmonious, ultimately, even if getting there through "Sturm und Drang." 

There could be something problematic, yet ultimately stimulating and helpful, in connection with electricity or electrical devices. 

"The dawn of a new day, everything changed" sounds good, if we can rise to that vision and seize on some sort of innovation which makes things better.

{Thursday}  /Useful Reformulation\

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Message for Wednesday 25 October 2017

Wednesday 25 October 2017

\Seductive or Selective Prestige/

Moon in Capricorn

|Karmically serious third| of this week continues until 10:40p PT | 1:40a(Th) ET | 5:40a UT

The |difficult third|, or |karmic third| or whatever you choose to call it, lasts longer than I had thought when I posted the times yesterday and Monday. I have developed this formula based on close and detailed observation over twenty years. The times given above are exact. That does not mean that you will notice that things change at that exact minute, of course, but it is the closest to exact that I can determine with ordinary human intelligence. 

In other words, we will still, through this day or most of it, feel the weight of responsibilities which are often called "karma." Evading them does not bring punishment in a direct way, perhaps, but it brings suffering because one is not fulfilling one's natural God-given destiny.

Moon in Capricorn says, "I'm going to do it come Hell or high water." May that be a worthy ambition and intention.

Fine perception, intuition, and refined taste are with us. 

Brain-gifts are yours; they could bring approval.

When things go around in circles, repetitively, you can study those circles and arrive at valid conclusions which make them a happy dance rather than a treadmill. 

People are reaching toward a higher destiny for the human race, as envisioned in Theosophy and in the miraculous teaching of Sri Aurobindo. We wonder if we can get there but need to trust. No one can set out on the journey who does not believe it possible and worthwhile.

We go deep into philosophic thought and sense the eternal verities. This makes us detached from the illusory attractions of "the world" in which most are entangled deliciously (?). Then there is more pleasure rather than less, because not based on anything fragile and undependable but on the Spirit which can never be quenched or extinguished. 

Meanwhile there may be some flattery at the human level; some flirtations, or pleasant interlinking of arms in happy adventures which go nowhere but make us feel alive for awhile.

{Wednesday}  /Seductive or Selective Prestige\

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Message for Tuesday 24 October 2017

Tuesday 24 October 2017

^Deep Calm Prepares Gain^

Moon in Sagittarius

|Karmically serious third| of this week remains until late afternoon-evening of Wednesday

/moon goes void-of-course at 9:46a PT | 12:46p ET | 4:46p UT

until it enters Capricorn at 5:13p PT | 8:13p ET | 12:13a(W) UT

For about seven and a half hours we have both the |difficult third| and the moon void-of-course, which is a signal that we need to calm down and take things patiently. We are likely to "go kaflooey" or worry about things which are hard to grasp, elusive, and confusing. 

The |karmically serious| period, for lack of a better term, is a time to take care of serious concerns, but in patient, careful activity rather than in worried hustle, and in prayer. I usually feel it quite intensely as a suspicion that some things are wrong and a need to try to make them better. It is exact this time early in the morning when people are waking up and will probably be felt through the day. Our conscience or inner monitor wants us to take care of essential matters.

It is good to do study or research, or think through issues thoroughly. The sun conjoining Jupiter in Scorpio, with Mercury also there, is encouraging us to work out our financial plans or the details of our budgets. This can be positive although of course there are "devilish details" to get straight (as in Washington and the attempts to revise the tax code, but probably thinking about that at this point would be a waste of time). Money and job or career matters could reach some promising resolutions both today and tomorrow.

There are fine perceptions, akin go the musical or rhythmical and harmonized. The right music could aid equanimity.

Melancholy is not necessarily suffering, but a way of working things out in a more thorough way rather than just dismissing them.

Some simple, childlike, enchanting things which turn up offer mild relief.

At a deeper level, some of us are on a threshold of spiritual advancement into a higher region of consciousness than experienced by ordinary humanity.

Being solitary or semi-solitary is not a mistake. Higher understanding and exalted consciousness are beckoning. 

{Tuesday} ^Deep Calm Prepares Gain^

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Message for Monday; and Month of Scorpio, 2017

Month of Scorpio, 2017

First:

Monday 23 October

Moon in Sagittarius

|Karmically serious third| of this week is with us (until Wednesday afternoon)

Responsibilities weigh, but easier indications are also present, such as those contained in the following report. It is good not to give offense when annoyed. A  lighthearted mood of self-appreciation could intervene to ease tensions. 

~Harmonization within Strength~

Let's put our major attention on the month beginning today, that of Scorpio (until November 21, late in that day). As discussed recently, we are trying a new approach based on considerable research. Because it is new, I will perhaps be modifying what I believe and predict concerning this month as we go along, but am giving it my best shot today.

We have a Bright Hermetic Epoch until November 15--that is, for most of this zodiacal month--so we can proceed with plans already conceived and tested, and expect them to work out well. In fact, they ought to go better, because this month's chart is less stressful than last month's (Libra, from September 22 through October 22). There were 11 difficult and 11 smooth aspects in that chart; this month there are only 6 harsh versus 10 smooth ones. Not everything is easy, but the intense T square with Saturn, of last month, is gone. Worries are lessened. Saturn, the planet of trouble in a superficial sense, or of karma and deep concern, has only one harsh aspect whereas last month it had four. Its square with Mars continues, so we need to proceed consistently with plans we developed last month to fulfill responsibilities. 

Last month there was a focus on values, on finding out what one deeply believes to be true and good, with a realization that one needs to live up to those values. That could continue, and ought to, but this month with less trauma because it appears we have already settled some of those important questions in our minds and so are less disturbed by them, feeling we are capable of living up to our newly discovered or refined values with less anxiety. 

Last month there were no planets in Scorpio, a money sign, but now there are three: the sun, Jupiter, and Mercury. Scorpio is the "natural 8th house," that of "other people's money" and so of taxation and inheritance among other factors. 

Tax cut or tax reform? The time seems ripe for it, whatever one may think of the plans currently floated by the White House or various senators. 

On the personal level one might profitably reorganize or settle one's financial arrangements in regard to long-lasting regimens such as investment. (I shall not predict whether the stock market shall continue its phenomenal rise. I am not at all sure there is any astrological formula for that. But one's personal thinking and intuition about such matters could be reliable this month especially before November 15th.)

We have mentioned how last month's T square with Pluto at point focus correlated to some matters of sexual exploitation, such as the much-discussed Harvey Weinstein affair--taking Pluto as often "the tempter or exploiter planet." That T square continues; but Venus, planet of women, was in Virgo in last month's chart, the sign of its "fall," while she is in Libra this month, her own sign and so is enthroned. This could put the whole situation on a level of more-equal cooperation between the sexes (Libra, sign of equilibrium) rather on the level of the subordination of women (Virgo). 

Women rule! perhaps, in some subtle or obvious sense, because Venus in Libra is the sole dispositor of the other planets. This goes beyond politics into personal living including marriage relations and platonic friendships, for Libra is the sign of harmony, at its best, and Venus there shows a background of willing conciliation rather than a desire to nag (one problem of Venus in Virgo). In fact, with Venus and Mars both in Libra (both in Virgo last month) we might expect amity on a large scale. The sexes do not "become one" but find that they have a lot more in common than they thought, or that the differences are pleasing rather than irritating.

There is no cancellation of personal differences, because Uranus is in high focus in a bucket-shaped chart. At the worst this could be an extreme exaggeration of individualistic or eccentric tendencies. At best it can be a willingness to be oneself no matter what people think, and a tolerance of their right to be themselves. Let us hope for that. There can be free experimentation in regard to one's personal purposes. Included in those is a touch of artistry (Venus as the planet of oriental appearance). None of the Venus emphasis detracts from the fact that Scorpio is the warrior, or the one who is determined to triumph over enemies and obstacles. Jupiter there suggests that that can be done in cooperation with reliable allies. 

Much more could be said but I hope this will be a helpful beginning. We will continue to ponder and explicate further details as we go along.

{Monday; and Month of Scorpio} ~Harmonization within Strength~

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Message for Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October; and Coming! month of Scorpio

Saturday 21 October 2017

Moon in Scorpio

What stands out in the daily pattern is a challenge to one's competence. One might feel that one has been too lazy or that one has shirked some duties. Even if today is a "Sabbath" for you, some things for which you are responsible should not be overlooked and fobbed off onto someone else. 

"Down" moods could be based on this internal "toughness on oneself," that is, one is internally lecturing oneself to get on with something important rather than neglect it.

I don't like this advice, because I want to have a little entertainment tonight, but sometimes entertainment has a way of being "work" also when it is speaking to one's inner consciousness in a meaningful way.  That does not make it less enjoyable but more so because one's conscience feels assuaged. 

Sunday 22 October 2017

Moon in Scorpio-->Sagittarius

/moon goes void-of-course at 4:36a PT | 7:36a ET | 11:36a UT

until it enters Sagittarius at 4:58a PT | 7:58a ET | 11:58a UT (just 22 minutes later)

Sun enters Scorpio at 10:28p PT | 1:28a(M) ET | 5:28a(M) UT

Some of what was said for Saturday applies today, especially in early hours, but Luna now in Sagittarius moves toward a good aspect with Venus.  So there is more relaxation and happier social times, within limits. This has been a month of "wanting to prove ourselves" and that continues so that efforts to do that will make everyone feel better. It is not that one is obeying some external parent figure but that one's own parent within oneself wants to be pleased with one's accomplishments. One may feel happier with all that as the day progresses, and so happier in being with or sharing with people. 

Coming!

This weekend report is late because originally I planned to write a long report on the coming month of Scorpio, beginning late Sunday (time above). But I found that I felt still unprepared to do that, wanting to work out some further details in my method. This will be the first time I have attempted a report on a zodiacal month, that is, a month determined by the sun's presence in one sign of the zodiac (Scorpio, this year from October 22-23 (time above) until November 21 (late evening). So I wanted to be sure of my ground. 

I had already studied, as reported here, nearly a hundred charts for past events by this method, but always there is a lurking question, "Am I missing something?" So this morning (Saturday) I spent more hours researching more past time periods. It was worth while because I refined some of the method's details, such as orbs within fields, etc. What convinced me most of all that the method works was my study of the chart for the sun's entrance into Pisces in February of 2003, because the Iraq war--the invasion by the U. S. of Iraq--began precisely on March 20, when the sun was in the final degree of Pisces. However, the chart for 29 days earlier, when the sun entered Pisces, was far more revealing of the dire situation. It has, as you could see for yourself, Mars opposite Saturn within one degree! That is extraordinary because Mars, planet of war and Saturn, planet of dire suffering (at worst) are the two "malefic" planets according to the ancients and an opposition between them may be the worst aspect of all (although Mars opposite Jupiter is also said by CEO Carter to be among the worst). Pluto less then two degrees from Mars and opposite Saturn by less than three intensifies the aspect enormously. This is not going on on the actual day of the invasion, but in the much earlier monthly chart according to this method.

I believe we are on firm ground with exploring this method and we shall begin tomorrow, I hope, when I expect to write about the new month of Scorpio (beginning late Sunday or early Monday depending on your time zone).

{Weekend of October 21-22, 2017}

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Weekend Report Delayed

October 20, 2017

I hope to write and post a report this weekend, but perhaps not Friday evening as usual.

Hugh

CP

Message for Friday 20 October 2017

Friday 20 October 2017

~Autumnal Serenity~

Moon in Scorpio

(This is not horrible but gives us a tendency to pull back and reconsider things in a different light while they are being reshuffled by the cosmos.)

Autumn is with us, and we feel loyalty to what holds us together through the seasons, "A burning fireplace in a deserted home." We guard our residence, neighborhood and loved ones with our heart's passion. We do not have to be careless to feel free, though the trees feel free to let go of their leaves. The blazing fireplace in a lonely home might suggest the absence of the soldier we thought about yesterday because of the incident of the misunderstandings in that now-famous telephone call. His mother might be represented by "A young maiden weeping over a grave." We carry the past with us and those who have gone from this life--gladly, when we remember their best features and their kindly interaction with us. 

There is work, even on a Friday, and we can do it relentlessly so that we then feel good about ourselves and our lives. 

Discoveries we make, "A man gaining secret knowledge from a paper he is reading" (a symbol which has come up often recently), are fruitful and productive. 

We sing out our our hopes and get a response from the universe. The poetry of life is alive, conveying to us a serene outlook. There is dignity and valor in our hearts for we sense that we are ready for fresh beginnings, with the New Moon increasing in light. We luxuriate in  the privilege that children feel, that life is ours for the taking. 

{Friday}  ~Autumnal Serenity~

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Message for Thursday 19 October 2017

Thursday 19 October 2017

}Interesting Developments{

Moon in Libra-->Scorpio

New Moon of Libra occurs at 12:13p PT | 3:13p ET | 7:13p UT

/moon goes void-of-course at that very moment

until it enters Scorpio at 6:42p PT | 9:42p ET | 1:42a(F) UT

Meteorologists have confirmed that there is more rain a few days before and after a New Moon, and just before and after a Full Moon. Unlike many other astrological correlations, this one may have to do with physical, gravitational forces. It was certainly true where I live on Wednesday, with a cloudburst and torrential rain. And, as I had predicted here, I and probably many others felt "under the weather" and wanted extra rest. It helped to assuage my conscience, knowing that this is normal just before a New Moon. 

Thursday:

Some of that laziness may continue through today. The social mood should be better than on Wednesday, with a bit of lively interest in people or their interest in you.

There is a lot of hope, and a determination to focus on one thing, or one major thing, till you get it accomplished, and then on to another. You work partially in seclusion and get more done that way. As mentioned in last weekend's two-month report, we may be in a smoother time-period beginning Monday the 23rd when the sun enters Scorpio, and we may be sensing that intuitively today. Meanwhile there is strength and calm courage to do what is needed. 

You are shrewd in sensing what people need and also protecting them from unnecessary suffering or worry, 'a woman feeding chickens and protecting them from the hawks." Unusual knowledge has multiple benefits, "a man gaining secret knowledge from a paper he is reading." 

Money or income as related to job is under the microscope, that is, something fateful or inevitable is happening in connection with it which you can just accept as part of the current plan or situation.

There are suggestions of "an untimely fall" into sexual indiscretion or allurement, according to Signor Borelli. This could be harmless flirtation or something more upsetting. The moon in the Via Combusta brings out unexpected factors. However, there are subtly comforting indications: "A rustic cottage overarched by a spreading cedar tree," hospitality and benevolence.

{Thursday}  }Interesting Developments{

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Message for Wednesday 18 October 2017

Wednesday 18 October 2017

}Knight{

Moon in Libra

>moon enters the Via Combusta at 2:23p PT | 5:23p ET | 9:23p UT, remaining there until very early Saturday

I am indebted to Thomas Friedman of the New York Times for his succinct analysis of some of Donald Trump's characteristics, in his column today in the paper. I follow his comments up with my own astrological ones in brackets:

On nearly every major issue, President Trump’s position is: “Obama built it. I broke it. You fix it.”

And that cuts right to the core of what is the most frightening thing about the Trump presidency. It’s not the president’s juvenile tweeting [In Trump's birth-chart, Mars is in Leo, sign of youth, rising, sextile Uranus on one side and Jupiter on the other, and trine the moon---very lucky for free self-expression and getting away with it] or all the aides who’ve been pushed out of his clown car at high speed [Venus conjunct Saturn can be very nasty] or his industrial-strength lying [very obviously, Mercury square Neptune, which has always had a reputation among astrologers, since Neptune's discovery, for deception].

It’s Trump’s willingness to unravel so many longstanding policies and institutions at once — from Nafta to Obamacare to the global climate accord to the domestic clean power initiative to the Pacific trade deal to the Iran nuclear deal — without any real preparation either on the day before or for the morning after. [This is, of course, Mars rising, as any young astrologer would know from his or her first month of study. "Now, not later." It goes along with Uranus being the high-focus planet in this bowl-shaped chart. "Bowl" people feel very self-contained and sure of themselves, and Uranus is the "cutting" planet---it wants immediate change.]

Indeed, Trump has made most of his climate, health, energy and economic decisions without consulting any scientists, without inviting into the White House a broad range of experts, without putting forth his own clear-cut alternatives to the systems he’s unraveling, without having at the ready a team of aides or a political coalition able to implement any alternatives and without a strategic framework that connects all of his dots. [I see this as the impatience of Mars rising and of Uranus in high focus. That goes along with the bowl temperament's self-assurance, "Something will work out." Of course Mars in Leo is more self-assured than in perhaps any other sign except Scorpio, and its position as rising planet in the first house intensifies that enormously. "Why should I consult experts? I already know everything" is the pure Leo position, especially with Mars there. Leo of course is the sign of the King and Trump, with that sign rising, plays the role with alacrity and vengeance.]

In short, we’re simply supposed to take the president’s word that this or that deal “is the worst deal ever” — backed up by no serious argument or plan about how he will produce a better one. [Some of this again is Mercury square Neptune, "Just trust me, no matter how wrong I have been in the past." This goes along with all the self-assurance just pointed out.]

Thanks, Mr. Friedman. Once I post something from another publication here for some reason Google (multi-billion dollar organization that can't hire good programmers???) ruins everything by insisting that the format of the post be changed and unchangeable.  We will have to endure that. Blame Google.

Wednesday:

The moon is in its final day before the New Moon on Thursday. I have always pointed this out as a time when we may want extra rest, or benefit from lazing around and letting our emotional minds (moon) relax and "wane" or recover poise, before they are reborn at the New. I found on Tuesday that, again, I did not feel like doing my daily physical exercises. This happens almost every month at this time.

However, we are very determined to do well today, it appears, and our minds are ready for concentrated endeavor (Mercury conjoined to Jupiter in early Scorpio). Whatever our trials, Venus and the moon both in Libra provide a sense of harmony in the background. One wants to finish some project decisively, or a major feature of it.

There is labor, at least mentally, which is repetitive, as if turning a wheel that has to be turned to keep the world turning. But this can have a strong positive effect on everyone if one does it consistently.

It's a good day for fine perceptions, and an awareness of multiple things happening at once. 

You may be aware of someone who personifies your ideals remarkably. This can also be some boon or earned credit which grants you security in a remarkable way (good aspects with Saturn). 

Dominant individuals have a driving power which can get things moving. If you are one of them, your freedom and independence are being boosted. You may see that going on also for others around you.

Whatever one may say of Donald Trump, his Martian and Uranian qualities are forcing others to become more martial or martian either in their cooperation with him or their opposition to him. Today we have "A knight of the field, a strong man mailed and plumed, ready for the attack." I have been happy to see Senator McCain and Senator Corker take on the President. Who will it be today? 

If there is secluded labor for you, you can endure it, and look forward to a certain reward.

{Wednesday} {Knight}

Cosmic Piper