Weekend of December 23-24. and Coming Week
~Serious Yet Happy Christmas Season~
Saturday 23 December 2017
Moon in Aquarius-->Pisces *
/moon goes void-of-course at 2:14a PT | 5:14a ET | 10:14a UT *-
until it enters Pisces at 6:43a PT | 9:43a ET | 3:43p UT *
Sunday 24 December 2017
Moon in Pisces * * *
|Karmically serious third| of this week begins at 1:03p PT | 4:03p ET | 9:03p UT * * *-
/moon goes void-of-course at 6:49p PT | 9:49p ET | 2:49a(M) UT * *
Could anything be more redolent of what often goes on while Mercury is retrograde than the following, from the New York Times?: "Working vacations. Pizza-fueled all-nighters. Overflowing inboxes. Auditors, analysts and accountants are in a mad dash to make sense of the new tax law." So much fun (?). Most certainly any astrologer worth her or his salt would have told the Republicans to pass their tax law during some time other than a MR period. But they "had to" get it done by the end of the year for some strange reason (pretending to be Santa) and probably made a mess of things, or that is the way it looks to most analysts.
However, in accord with the Gurdjieff-Ouspensky teaching that "people are machines," they could not do otherwise than they did, for Mars and Jupiter were conjoined in Scorpio, the sign of "other people's money" and therefore of taxes among other things. This egged them on, in terms of astrological "causation," which is Aristotelian formal causation, not efficient or material causation. That is, the planets Jupiter and Mars are not sending rays or vibrations from the area of space we call Scorpio to push legislators to do what they did. That is probably superstition. But in accord with the observations of astrologers over millennia, what happened happened in accord with those zodiacal positions. That is formal cause. It postulates no material or immaterial "forces," but just notes lasting and reliable "formal" correlations. That is enough! You can cut them with a knife and almost eat them.
Another thing: The tax law was finally passed by both houses, and made a certainty, and then signed by the President, while the Part of Fortune was in the second house of Money, money, money! (beginning Wednesday evening and continuing to Saturday morning). Is astrology real?
More from the Times: "Late nights spent scrutinizing the new rules in the office have fueled UberEats and other food delivery services. Christmas shopping? Forget about it. Long-scheduled holiday trips are being delayed or interrupted." "All this is a headache — possibly a migraine — for many companies and individuals." All together now: Mer-cur-y Re-tro-grade!
How is the MR, apart from the tax law, affecting you? One thing important to REmember is that we are not "losing it" when we feel disoriented, forget things, or wonder what we are doing or why we are doing anything. That is "normal" during these times. And it might remain normal, for most, even up to January 10 when the longer Dark Hermetic Epoch ends. It helps me to remember this so that I don't worry that I might be "losing it." This disorientation has a Final as well as a Formal cause--it shocks us into remembering the Transcendent Whose domain and consciousness are beyond time and space (though encompassing it benevolently).
But back to time and space: The coming week (through Saturday the 30th) seems oddly heavy on job status, career, and honor, rather than just holiday merriment. Apparently most human beings will be making New Year good intentions important a week early, or trying to get in the swim of their higher destiny, with four planets in Capricorn including its ruler Saturn (which shall be there until March 2020). It's a matter of wanting to live up to one's own and others' expectations. There can be pessimism, suffering, and estrangement, but this leads to renewed determination to be diligent and concentrated while living a simple life.
Disillusion or disappointment in love is likely, to some degree, but this does not have to be major because besides the Venus-Saturn conjunction there is the growing sextile between Mars and Venus, one of the most pleasing of all aspects. Interpersonal love may be a little wary yet still flourishing. "I see the loved one's problems and failures, but will make do with them because there is so much else she or he gives me." The desire for loving contacts is strong, even sensuous at times, and a tendency to express oneself in a lively, confident manner which wins ready approval.
Not just because of the tax law (which of course will not take effect in most matters until 2018 taxes are due in 2019) but because of helpful sextiles from Scorpio to Capricorn, business gains will be pleasing, and planning for them successful, at least tentatively. We remain in the DHE until January 10 but Mercury turns direct Friday afternoon, the 22nd, perhaps by the time you are reading this. That does not mean the "I'm losing it" syndrome will be gone because the DHE is very similar. Too much to do, what can I leave out? is one frequent question. Choosing what is truly essential and dropping unnecessary tangles helps enormously.
A cardinal-sign emphasis does not mean that we don't care about people but gives a "business first" attitude, or "What can I accomplish?" more than "How can I share life with people?" Yet this is the season of compulsory jollity! The Venus-Mars sextile will help a great deal with that, and also the sextile between Jupiter and Pluto, which is growing in intensity. It is indeed a sort of "corporate Santa Claus" mentality, as evidenced by some big corporations saying that they are going to be charitable and nice as a response to their tax cuts. We can hope so but skeptics on the Left and in the center will be watching for hypocrisy.
We discussed last week how the Grinch makes Christmas only a two-star day, but Christmas Eve should be more pleasing. Then toward New Year there are a lot of four-star days.
Neptune is in a strong position in relation to most of the planets and this is a spiritual openness which facilitates the needed merriment, giving it a more mellow or relaxed quality. Caring for those who need or would appreciate kindness is facilitated.
Happy Christmas Season!
Cosmic Piper
December 2017, Daily Ratings (Maximum * * * * *)
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 * * * *-
30 Saturday * * * *
31 Sunday * * * * After 3:40p PT | 7:40p ET 12:40a(M) 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.
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