~Unusual Companions Need not Deflect Purposes~
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Moon in Cancer-->Leo
|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week ends at 5:45a PT | 8:45a ET | 12:45p UT
/moon goes void-of-course at 7:32p PT | 10:32p ET | 2:32a(W) UT
until it enters Leo 9 minutes later at 7:43p etc.
The horror of what happened in an American synagogue Saturday is in everyone's consciousness. There can be not a smidgen of excuse for it, and in astrology we do not look for excuses for evil acts, but try to see the "formal causes" which might have prompted them, given the evil in particular human beings. Saturday was not included in the |Karmically difficult third| of the week although that began later in the evening after the crime. And the Dark Hermetic Epoch did not begin until Sunday evening. What then? Well I have been writing at length (especially in the weekend forecast just past) about Venus opposite Uranus as accentuating differences among people. It does not have to be violence, of course, but is often revulsion or separation, momentarily. It was exact within two degrees on Saturday. Further than that, we have to look to Mars for violence (the worse side of the planet, that is) and I have mentioned cruelty as a symptom of Mercury square Mars, which has been with us from October 9 and continues until November 1. On top of that, Mars began a square with Jupiter on October 23, which continues until December 13. (A ten-degree orb used for all these.) The period when both of these Mars squares were effective was from October 23 through October 31, with the atrocity occurring on the 27th, near the center of it. Jupiter is a planet of religion, among other things, and is often involved in squares or oppositions when religious matters spur hatred or violence. The hard Mars-Jupiter aspects are especially significant in that regard. The 9/11/01 attack occurred on the very first day of an opposition between Mars and Jupiter. (Other shorter-term factors were operative; no time for that here.) There is no doubt that Islamic "extremism" was a principal factor. Just as of course extreme religious bigotry was responsible for the weekend's tragedy. Whatever our positions on religion and politics, let us be careful to avoid exacerbating differences to an inflammatory degree over the next six weeks (or ever). (That does not mean avoiding all discussion of differences among religions, but trying to keep it civil by hearing both sides.)
Hope? I refer you to the weekend forecast which had a long analysis of current trends. One good one is Mars trine Venus beginning (by ten degrees) today! Some comfort, kindness and amicability in relationships and friendships. The aspect lasts, as reported before, through November 27. Then it shall re-begin before Christmas until early February, a highly unusual length because of Venus's retrogradation. Something to be pleased about.
Tuesday: We perceive people as eccentric or comet-like, disappearing and reappearing, but they have greatness within them. Inner or psychological adjustments can happen through rapport with those who seem difficult yet do indeed have souls, "The moon shining across a lake."
Religions can be severe on their devotees, requiring much of them, and some may retreat into monkish self-discipline for the sake of idealism and peace of mind. Otherwise there might be a danger of accepting defeat as final, "A woman disappointed and disillusioned," rather than as a setback from which to recover and learn.
Quarrels and offenses, conscious or unconscious, may seem to wound friendships. People press toward what they need, or think they need (Mars square Jupiter building up) and may not realize when they are offensive. If we "take it light" we could instead be on "A sight-seeing bus" and cultivate impersonal or naive friendliness.
Someone you know who is restless, flighty and indeterminate (Sepharial's words) may play a role. There is so much going on in his or her life that it is hard to know what it means or where it is going. Yet he remains nonchalant and enthusiastic. Someone else, perhaps yourself, is more careful, studying something requiring developed faculties and a sort of computation. This could be successful eventually.
{Tuesday} ~Unusual Companions Need not Deflect Purposes~
Cosmic Piper
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