Are the Symbols Real?

Are the Daily Symbols Real?

We have been listing these daily symbols for quite a few months. I know that one person at least  besides myself is finding them extremely interesting and helpful. I realize that there are times when one may wonder what they "mean" or if they are really applicable to one's situation. I recommend pondering them again at the end of the day, or even the next day, to see how they in fact may have panned out in your experience. Understanding the past is key to a better future. 

I read today in the New York Times of the historic meeting of the leaders of North and South Korea last Friday. " At a historic summit meeting, the first time a North Korean leader had ever set foot in the South, the leaders vowed to negotiate a treaty to replace a truce that has kept an uneasy peace on the divided Korean Peninsula for more than six decades. "  It is inspiring to look at some of the photos of this historic occasion.

What were the symbols for Friday? Here are some of them, as posted here on Thursday the day before:  

A general accepting defeat gracefully.   Expediency.   s

Two swords forming a cross lying on the ground, and a man standing on them with a sceptre pointing heavenward.   A person of peace who confides in the higher power.   c

A Sun that is rising upon the ocean waters.   Restlessness and travel for the sake of discovery. Elevation and coming honors. Changes and voyages in the direction of the Orient. Fortune and distinction.   Illumination.   b

A man dressed like a Minister of State, of venerable and kindly aspect.   Kind and noble. Occupies positions of trust. Rises to eminence in his sphere of work.   Dignity.   b

Holly and mistletoe.   Ritualization.   s

I left out just two of the symbols which seemed less relevant (though still applicable probably in hidden ways and to other situations on that day). These five seem to speak brilliantly and clearly of what happened between the two Koreas on Friday. Even the "mistletoe" symbol, a kiss between the leaders of the nations! That is really what it looked like, especially if you find the photo of the two of them holding hands and walking across the border between the two nations. 

Am I saying that peace is here, all is well, there will be no nuclear weapons in the North, etc.? I do not make such predictions or promises, not regarding astrology as intended for that. But it provides wonderful illumination on what actually happens, as in the above symbols. Let us rejoice in that. I hope that if you are skeptical about the validity of the symbols you will continue to work with them, and play with them, until they start speaking some of their secrets. 

Then today, Monday as I write, I am reading about the continuing strike of teachers in Arizona and Colorado. It is very impressive. These teachers are protesting against not only inadequate pay and working conditions but a lack of funding for their schools, their students, which means old falling-apart books and on and on. I for one feel that they are right and that their State legislatures are betraying them and the children in their states. Here are the first six symbols for Monday:

A man struggling in a lake; only the head out; sometimes the head appears to sink under, but it rises again and again until at last a lifebuoy is thrown to him by a person witnessing his position; finally he is saved.   In trouble through debt; always involved, on the verge of bankruptcy; finally by some unexpected "god-send" he or she is delivered.   c

A scrawl or flourish of the pen.   Disappointments through lack of judgment. Incapable of adapting himself to conditions required of him; anticipating what he cannot realize.   c

A house on fire at night-time.   Rash and warlike, inclined to destruction. Apt to stir up disputes among others and bring desolation upon himself through a false sense of security. Domestic life full of turmoil.   Strife.   b

An industrial strike.   Protest.   s

A woman drawing two dark curtains aside.   Daring.   s

A woman entering a convent.   Consecration.   s

The first symbol is obvious: The schools and students and teachers need help! The second is humorously suggestive of a student learning how to write (let's hope "cursive" is not cursed!). The "house on fire" symbol could be taken by opponents of the strike as the teachers "bringing desolation upon themselves" but I would take it rather as the State legislatures doing that "through a false sense of security," that is, not understanding how dire the situation of the schools and teachers really is. The "house on fire" symbol shows people needlessly divided to the point of self-hurt. The next gets it exactly, "An industrial strike. Protest." Could it be more accurate? 

Notice the photos and you will see that most of the teachers demonstrating are women, and the last two symbols show "A woman drawing two dark curtains aside," in this case not as a seduction but as a revelation of the miserable state of the schools, and it took "Daring" to do that.  Finally the "woman entering a convent" shows that these strikers are consecrated, in a sense, to the cause of their pupils and very serious about it. I hope good answers will come for them.

Just some adventures with the daily symbols. I hope you are finding them interesting and useful in your own way.

Hugh

Cosmic Piper