Message for Tuesday 3 October 2017

Tuesday 3 October 2017

~Working in the Harvest~

Moon in Pisces

|Karmically serious or challenging third| of this week is with us (until Thursday morning near sunrise)

It is true that the massacre in Las Vegas Sunday evening did not occur during a Via Combusta or a |difficult third| or a void-of-course period. I trace it, so far as such horrors can be traced astrologically, to the squares of both Mars and Venus with Saturn. The Mars square with the Greater Malefic was within 6 degrees, and increasing, while the Venus square with it was within 8 degrees and increasing. These were exacerbated because Neptune was also involved, opposite Mars-Venus very closely and square Saturn loosely. I would not be surprised if either alcohol or drugs were part of the syndrome leading to the madman's behavior (Neptune at its worst, as substance-pumped escapism and irresponsibility). Also, the only two planets at "critical degrees" (see the books of Marc Edmund Jones) were Mars and Uranus, the two planets known, at their worst, for violence. The Sabian symbol for Mars on Sunday was "A volcano in eruption." The keyword for it according to Dr. Jones is EXPLOSION. The symbol of Signor Borelli for the sun that day was "A gladiator armed with dagger and shield ready for the fray," and its interpreter Sepharial says "The native will be in danger of losing his life in some affray or quarrel, and should know how to forefend himself by self-command, which is the greatest of all conquests. It is a degree of FIGHTING." I did not post a forecast for  Sunday and do not know how I would have interpreted these symbols. But they were evidently in the ballpark (rather concert park) of what happened. 

Life is serious. We see that and shudder. Or we summon up courage and loyalty to Principle.

Tuesday:

Utter practicality seems essential. A symbol of that might be fertilizing a crop with manure or cleaning a bathroom. Dreaming of mountain scenery or rural life might be helpful. The wisdom of the everyday world can be yours to share with (or gain from) anyone close to you. 

There might be petulance and tantrums, or passions beyond easy control. You can run with a dog on a leash, but you don't have to let it lead you into dangerous traffic. 

There is competition. Any excellency has to prove itself, at least within one's own evaluation. Some win the race and some lose, but there are other races and other pursuits; those who lose x may win y. Mercury is rushing toward the sun near the center of this Bright Hermetic Epoch on Sunday (though that Epoch lasts until November 15). We can find our way.

There are high endeavors and there are base instincts. We alternate between them. Diplomacy helps us be what others think we should be. Then some day we live up to the preliminary pretense. 

"An old man cutting grapes in a vineyard" intimates a lovely autumn harvest season. We have been careful and our foresight brings a naturally munificent vintage-reward.

{Tuesday}  ~Working in the Harvest~

Cosmic Piper