Message for Tuesday 19 December 2017

Tuesday 19 December 2017

\Recovering Poise/

Moon in Capricorn   *

|Karmically serious third| of this week ends at 11:57a PT | 2:57p ET | 7:57p UT  * * *

Innocence combined with dignity make for a beautiful, childlike character.  That is well and good so long as there is not too much indolence or laziness. When Mercury retrograde squaring Neptune hits us we might think that nothing is clearly worth doing and just seek escape. 

You may note that a friend is headstrong and rash, dashing into things impulsively. Then, after the damage has been done, there is port mortem analysis, as it were, to see what went wrong and why.

Fallen ambitions and abortive projects threaten one's confidence. This is normal during a Dark Epoch, so we have to keep going regardless of apparent failures. We sense the best course of action and yet may be too timid to follow up on it. 

There is a desire to dive into the depths of things and figure out their complex involvements. Mars quintile Pluto grants detective ability, or penetrating research. Along with that there can be good cheer, "A bluebird standing at the door of the house." It is good to recognize and accept one's good fortune when it is unexpectedly right up close.

{Tuesday}  /Recovering Poise\

Cosmic Piper

December 2017, Daily Ratings (Maximum * * * * *)

18 Monday      * * *

19 Tuesday      *        But after 11:57a PT | 2:57p ET | 7:57p UT,   * * *

20 Wednesday * * *    But from 7:38a to 6:30p PT | 10:38a to 9:30p ET, * *+

21 Thursday    * * * *

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    *

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.