^Splendor of Intellect and Body^
Moon in Leo-->Virgo
/moon goes void-of-course at 2:24p PT | 5:24p ET | 9:24p UT
until it enters Virgo at 2:46p PT | 5:46p ET | 9:46p UT (just 22 minutes later)
[Note: For anyone who is confused about void-of-course and zodiacs, we use the standard zodiac that Western astrologers have used for centuries, which the ancient Greek astrologers used, based upon the actual relation of the earth to the sun, that is, on the earth's orbit. It begins with Aries on March 21, approximately, and the twelve pie-slices of the heavens called the twelve signs follow along mathematically. Quite literally, they are divisions of the earth's orbit around the sun based on the cardinal points or the four seasons, the equinoxes and solstices. They have nothing to do with the twelve constellations of stars which were at one time coincident with the "tropical" signs we use but have not been for centuries. I and virtually all Western astrologers use this "tropical" rather than "stellar" zodiac for one reason: It works! I and many others have tested both zodiacs according to the characteristics of the twelve signs and their planetary rulers. The tropical zodiac wins, hands down. There are always new books or articles coming out saying "Wow, the signs are all wrong, they don't fit with the constellations!" as if this were some kind of new discovery! The writers of these ridiculous things are just out to make money. They don't know classical astrology. For example, if you are an Aries but think you have more of the characteristics of Pisces, therefore the stellar zodiac must be correct, you may very well have Mercury and/or Venus in tropical Pisces, for those two planets are always very close to the sun. You might also have tropical Pisces rising. Only a careful examination of the whole horoscope can resolve such questions. Or, if you want to use the stellar zodiac the way most Hindu or Vedic astrologers do, that is your choice, but I seriously believe it is a mistake. Obama, Clinton, and Mussolini were Leo, the Lion sign, ruled by the sun, the king sign; they were not Cancer, the moon sign. That is just one tiny example of what one can find through research, and especially if one uses not just the sun-sign but the moon-sign and the signs of all the planets. Al Morrison, who popularized the void-of-course indication (though it was known to William Lilly and all European astrologers) used the tropical zodiac in determining it, as I do, and he believed in it because he found during his work in a government intelligence agency that no serious discoveries or reliable conclusions were ever arrived at during the void-of-course periods. Had he used the stellar zodiac, the results would have been totally skewed.]
Saturday: A love of luxury and desire to be waited on by servants mixes with an intellectual attempt to measure and judge everything through mental brilliance. "A dark man, richly appareled and surrounded by courtiers, reclines on a couch."
For whatever it is worth, Charubel says that "the number six" rules the degree wherein the sun transits. It is a point of skill in mental employments, though the sun's square with Neptune may show that dualities are difficult, that is, choosing between opposites or contradictory methods. Maybe the "six" means that there are more than two ways of doing things, so one could multiply one's choices and gain real insight.
That seems re-emphasized by "A man before a square with a manuscript scroll before him." Profound wisdom could be gained if one faces the squares or obstacles in life with the help of the manuscript, which as a scroll is circular, suggesting "the squaring of the circle," or circling of the square, or some spiraling realization.
There are other indications of an ability to execute one's schemes (be an executive) and procure what is needed. This is a challenge, with Mars opposing Saturn in its own tough-as-nails sign Capricorn, but one could persist and win.
"A peacock parading on an ancient lawn" is something like the richly appareled man attended by courtiers. Beauty and glory are sometimes their own reason for being.
{Saturday} ^Splendor of Intellect and Body^
Cosmic Piper
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