\Facing and Emerging From the Depths/
Moon in Taurus
|Karmically serious or sobering third| of this week ends at 1:34p PT | 3:34p ET | 7:34p UT
At a time like this, we need philosophy, theology, spiritual thinking, a solid and believable view of the meaning, tenure, and final end of life. Astrologers do not all agree on such points, and neither do theologians, philosopher, or gurus. And so I am not trying to provide a complete philosophic-spiritual view of the pandemic and what it means in general or in individual cases. I am trying to look at the astrological trends. The question of "Why should the motions of the planets have anything to do with human destiny?" is not something I can consider in these daily and weekly reports. They just do, as may be seen by careful observation.
Some of the symbols for the day (according to a formula I worked out scrupulously over decades) raise these questions. One, according to Charubel, is "the degree of death": "The ascendant enveloped in gloom and blackness." I reject this as really "the" degree of death, but it could be helpful as suggesting that we all need to face what death means for us. I believe in reincarnation. I believe also that life, longevity, can be prolonged through spiritual means, that is, through arriving at deeper, more effective ways of cooperating with the will of G*d or the Cosmos so that our lives are worth preserving. Others, such as the philosophers Martin Heidegger or Jean-Paul Sartre, believe that we have to face death as an end and try to live in ways which we consider noble despite the fact that our personal consciousness will disappear at some point. I accept the more positive view that we are immortal, and there is considerable evidence for that in the amazing book by Leslie Kean, Surviving Death. I heartily recommend it. It is a virtual textbook of what can be known at present about the after-death state. Whatever your view of death, this degree suggests it is worth while to develop your attitudes and thoughts regarding it so that you can live more fully: "I advise [those living under the influence of this degree, as we are for a day] to to devote their energies to the spiritual side of their nature. Here they may find comfort . . ." This might apply to those who are working medically to stem the pandemic, for example, and to all of us in other ways. I dreamed last night of a long-deceased relative, and felt that this was important and helpful for me, and maybe for him.
"Swimming against the current" could mean a lot of things: Some, as in Louisiana and the Mardi Gras a month ago, perhaps have accentuated the death-toll by their behavior. That is "swimming against the stream of life." But all of us can try to "swim against the stream" of the pandemic, the virus, and I think we will succeed.
These degrees are not easy. I read yesterday about the situation in India, where stringent lockdown rules set forth by Narendra Modi could result in people actually starving unless some kind of aid can be delivered to them. Many of the poorest there earn their food money from day to day, but now they cannot work. What then? Here is another degree for the day: "A bed of a dried-up river wherein crows are feeding." Sepharial says, "Though all his life long he may minister to the wants of others, yet in his advancing years he will be abandoned to the mercy of wayfaring and deceitful men." A rickshaw driver who now has no way to feed himself and his family? Let's pray for the impoverished in India. There can be hope from those who take up the proper role of "true Brahmins" who help the distressed, symbolized by "a woman entering a convent." Medical and perhaps spiritual workers, and government people if they are good ones, seem to be consecrated to aiding all as if religious workers. I feel very humble before them.
I perhaps am more like "A woman reading tea leaves." I look for signatures in the sky as interpreted by some great minds, trying to "fit the exigencies of practical living into some pattern of possible consummations." I have to say that there are a lot of good aspects in the sky right now, the chief of them being Venus in Taurus trine to both Jupiter and Mars in Capricorn. This is fortunate materially and financially. That may seem odd, yet the financial stimulus bill (probably passed today by the House after the Senate passed it Wednesday) will give a great many some relief. The stock market is up again today as I write. I also believe that we are all finding ways of enjoying some luxuries in our own ways (Venus trine Jupiter is luxurious). (Evening should be better than earlier in the day.) Venus trine Mars can be romantic love, of course, and the final symbol is "A large hat with streamers flying, facing east" which indicates Excitation, naive creativity, "the ever-emerging novelties and variations of human relationships." We can "co-operate with every immediate trend of events." Taking care, of course, to observe the six-feet or two-yards rule . . .
{Friday} \Facing and Emerging From the Depths/
Cosmic Piper
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