Message for Friday 28 June 2019

Friday 28 June 2019

\Message from Venus for the Month of the Crab (June 21 through July 22, 2019)/

In the monthly chart, Venus (the most popular planet, one might say) is in a quadri-nonagen aspect with Jupiter, similar to the trine. This could be gracefulness in demeanor, pleasure in the arts or literature, felicity of expression.

Venus's sextile with Uranus gives more of the same, plus a witty, humorous, fascinating quality. People feel they can express who they are. However, we should not forget the squares of Mercury and Mars with Uranus, discussed in the Messages of Mars and Mercury posted earlier this week, which show that anger can erupt. There could be a contest between anger (felt as righteous) and humor; serious offense or offendedness versus lighthearted satire. We need to cultivate our ability to laugh, perhaps. It is easy to make a joke about someone else and expect laughter, not so easy to appreciate a joke about oneself. 

There is a liking for music. There can be popularity, and adventures in love. There can be eccentricity, though one man's definition of that be not the same as another's. At best, we will be relatively comfortable with one another's peculiarities, or positively appreciate them. This might not extend to questions of principle, which come under the Leo-Taurus squares of Mars and Mercury to Uranus. "I like you but disagree radically" might be an attempted reconciliation of these two. 

There could be anticipation of gain through travel (the nonagen with Jupiter) or through writing or publication, though combined with that skepticism about the value of travel discussed in the Jupiter message. It's probable that travel would be more fluid, natural and satisfying next month (Leo, July 23 through August 22) or the month after that. 

Signor Borelli's symbol is disturbing and we should take it with a grain of salt. "A young tree or sapling bent about the middle and thence growing awry." Some no doubt might relate this to some of the sad events affecting immigrant children at or near the border. (That is too complex for easy comment.) For most of us it could be a sense of betrayal, or that we have leaned upon those who were unfaithful to us. We have perhaps misplaced our trust, or mistrusted when we should have distrusted. That is a dismal thought so we should replace it with something positive, such as a realization that people do their best by their lights and are not intentionally wanting to hurt us. Yet in a sense, we do choose our loyalties and maybe should do that more consciously. I feel that placing trust in someone tends to make them more trustworthy, in the long term, but if there is a glaring exception to that one needs to be alert. 

The Sabian symbol is equally dire, "An automobile wrecked by a train." This could have many applications. Some think that the "automobile" of their health insurance would be "wrecked" by the "train" of single-payer government health care. (I did not say that I agree with that, but maybe the notion of Medicare for all who want it is best, allowing some to retain private insurance.) The "automobile" of individual life could be "wrecked" by the "train" of immigration dependent on governmental permissions (a "train" going one knows not where). A self-driving car could be wrecked by the "train" of inadequate programming or unforeseen circumstances. An independent Uber driver could be "wrecked" by the train of government regulations. What "train" is threatening your independence? 

Dr. Jones says, interpreting the symbol, "The ultimate obligation of the individual is to himself, and not to the narrow and momentary direction of circumstances." You have to stop that car and back up before it connects with the train, not give up your life in order to get somewhere sooner! 

Charubel gives, "A person holding a scale up in his hand, with even beam." He says it shows "A just person, whose mind will spontaneously detect a falsehood, or an injustice, or any wrong." If we are that person, we will have nothing to fear from the twisting of betrayal or the dispersion of collision with the train. We will be alert, and feel when the "scales" are tipping dangerously one way or the other, and correct the imbalance. 

{Friday}  /Message of Venus for the Crab's Month\

Cosmic Piper

Friday 28 June 2019

Moon in Taurus

For those who don't appreciate the |karmically serious third| of the week indications, I report the following:

"Hot weather in Germany has continued this week, though outdoor temperatures in Berlin dropped significantly overnight after peaking on Wednesday. "

It was not just Germany, of course. Thursday has less intense pressures than Wednesday for everyone. Next week the |karmic third| will be most intense on Tuesday but also effective on Wednesday. (For newcomers: Of course this is not the same every week but is based on the relations of the moon and Saturn, and gradually moves earlier so that by September it will be hitting the weekends.)