Friday 22 December 2017
}Earned Respect Plus Grace{
Moon in Aquarius * * *
We are trying to leave the determination of probable "mood" to the star-rating system. (It is embarrassing to admit that this seems to be still in a construction process and so sometimes sadly wrong; see the material in [brackets] after this report.) However, no matter what is going on there, we have to consider the fact of Venus and the sun being together very close to Saturn, the planet of limitations and so often of sorrow or depression. This could make Christmas a "blue Christmas" for some who feel bereft of family or friends. At best, however, this is a willingness to see the depth in one's loyalties and remain loyal and true to those one loves, making it a "true Christmas" instead.
One wants also to be special, to demonstrate one's competence at something and to have a good position "before the world." it can be a matter of pride or of honor. Doing the honorable thing of course makes us feel better about ourselves, G*d, and humanity (four planets in the 10th field of honor or position).
Yet at the same time there is a large emphasis on friendship and on younger or vital, energetic people. Meeting the desires of children is of course one thing many are trying to do at Christmas. That may be evident today. With Saturn so prominent, there could be some resentment about the process, "a child of about five with a huge shopping bag."
We want respect for ourselves. Practical advantages seem important. You may be impatient around people who do not seem to be very informed or who bring little practical advantage into your life. You want to prove your worth through achievement that is noticed. Who is the one person, visible or invisible, you want to impress favorably? That is important. You do not want to be vacillating or procrastinating.
There are plenty of smooth lunar aspects increasing in strength and so equanimity and good feelings should increase into the evening. Neptune is accented and favored, so our other-worldly seekings, and connections in spiritual realms, should be a strong comfort. Grace can be sought, if there is gratitude in one's heart and a desire to do the right thing.
{Friday} {Earned Respect plus Grace}
Cosmic Piper
December 2017, Daily Ratings (Maximum * * * * *)
21 Thursday * * (Rating revised after further research; see below in brackets)
22 Friday * * *
23 Saturday * Before 6:43a PT | 9:43a ET *-
24 Sunday * * * After 6:49p PT | 9:49p ET * * *-
25 Monday * * After 4:28p PT | 7:28p ET * *+
26 Tuesday *
27 Wednesday * * * During 12:58p-10:24p PT | 3:58p-1:24a(Th) ET * * *-
28 Thursday * * * *
29 Friday * * * * After 6:02a PT | 9:02a ET | 2:02p UT, * * * *-
The most crucial distinction is between one or two-star times versus three, four, or five-star times. It's wise to "lay low" on the former (except in one's inner, spiritual life), but expand and be more daring on the latter. Sometimes long-term aspects will depress the ratings for weeks at a time, or raise them. The indications are intended to be most accurate from dawn of the given day until midnight. Then, from midnight until the next dawn, that quarter-day may partake of the nature of one or both days on either side. It is a transition period, usually reserved for sleep. Note: I am not giving any five-star ratings until the Dark Hermetic Epoch ends on January 10. The other ratings remain the same, but the uncertainty in the DHE makes * * * * * unrealistic.
[I'm putting this moaning and groaning about how hard this job is in brackets, so you can skip it if you find it depressing or boring. But I feel I need to explain myself.
[I write this on Thursday which I said would be a * * * * day. I do not find that to be so, in my case; in fact I have been rather depressed. Although I have gotten a lot done, I felt as if it were drudgery. And because of my work load I rejected a request by a friend to go out for some fun. So I looked at the daily chart again. The sun is conjunct Saturn today (Thursday) by less than a degree Voila! But I had not thought that that conjunction was important enough, in my previous research, to merit a deduction in the rating system (very complex). However, today it was exact, rather than by 10 or 5 or 2 degrees. Finally it dawned on me: The sun was Cazimi at the very moment I was feeling this dutifulness and accompanying depression and lack of holiday spirit. Cazimi means "in the heart of the sun" by less than 17 minutes of arc. That happens to any planet usually only one day a year. According to Dr. Jones, such a planet is at that time "immeasurably strengthened." Immeasurably! And Saturn, of course, is the most difficult planet of all, usually. Aha! So I searched through the "positive" charts for wonderful, prospering, thrilling, exalting events, in the archive, and found that on none of them was Saturn Cazimi, or even within 40 minutes (less than a degree) from the sun. New rule! I am deducting 11 points from those days, namely, on average, a little less one day every year. That would bring Thursday's rating down to * * rather than * * * *. For me at least, that makes sense. How about you? In other words, how was Thursday for you? **** or merely **? (I ask but don't expect any replies.)
[Of course, this would not always happen at the Winter Solstice. It does so this time because Saturn happened to move into Capricorn (for the first time in 26 years) on the 20th, and the sun on the 21st. Unusual. And a * * rating is not "bad," it just means the day is good for less thrilling or less "fun" things probably. I have been getting a lot done after realizing it was not a "fun" but a work day. That sort of understanding is what I am aiming at in this rating system.]
[So you are seeing "the scientific method," as I understand it in relation to these forecasts, in effect and in process. I am sorry that the rating system was not perfect at the beginning. But the truth is that I have to learn by doing and that it is far better to share what I have already seen, or hypothesized, than to try to wait until all is perfect. Yes, it is learning by doing, by trial and sometimes error, and that is the scientific method in a nutshell; you do not have to read a hundred complex books on the scientific method and statistics and the philosophy of science in order to understand it. Some things work consistently; others fail too often and are not reliable. Scientific method. Anyway I keep trying and if you're reading this, thanks for caring.]
[This is also a good example of what can go on in the Mercury Retrograde period. Review, recasting, reconstruction. It has to be done sometime, and MR times are the ones seeming to be designated for it by the Cosmos.]
CP / HHH
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