^Toward Peace^
Moon in Scorpio-->Sagittarius
/moon goes void-of-course at 12:36p PT | 3:36p ET | 7:36p UT
until it enters Sagittarius at 1:36p PT | 4:36p ET | 8:36p UT
I try not to obtrude my Christian faith into these forecasts, for they are meant for any human being who finds them meaningful. Astrology is not a religion. (Although there is a group called the Church of Light, formerly the Brotherhood of Light, and they call their approach "The Religion of the Stars." That has a beautiful ring to it.) I have known and respected astrologers who are non-Christian and even anti-Christian. If they understand how to sense the meanings of the planets, signs, and aspects in the lives of those they study or work with, they are astrologers.
The Friday before Easter, the day Jesus was crucified, is inexplicably called Good, but I understand that originally it was called "God's Friday" which designation eventually evolved into "Good." I do not see how a horrible failure of the human race can be called "good" in any way. I would call it "Sad Friday" or even "Grief Friday." Christians do not have a single understanding of what the Crucifixion means or represents, or how we are to experience it in our approach to living consciously with the Supreme. Nor do the Scriptures---in this case especially the four Gospels---present a single infallibly clear or correct theological interpretation of what it all meant. I believe it is much more profound than a "logical" dogma could possibly elucidate. I study the four Gospels, a chapter every day, and have been doing that for almost fifty years. The meaning of the crucifixion and the resurrection is somewhat different, for me, every time I ponder the accounts. Fresh understandings are revealed as one grows spiritually, or attempts to do so. And so I am not going to preach a Good Friday or Grief Friday sermon here. Whatever your spiritual path, I hope it will deepen in significance for you.
Life goes on, and I'll attempt as usual to look at the chart, aspects and symbols of the day:
Friday: Mars and Uranus have been in a square aspect (very harsh) since March 26 (by a 7.5 degree orb) and it continues until April 19. I have been in seclusion most of the time but have sensed the anger, the temper-tantrum likelihood, the discord, tension and explosiveness. Today I watched a video commercial on my phone that went on for more than a half hour, and was increasingly angry at it, speaking loudly to the perpetrators of this "infomercial" in resentful tones. "Just get to the pitch, stop repeating the nonsense, how many hundred dollars are you asking from me for this miraculous product?" Finally when the thing inexplicably stopped or got stuck, I gratefully dropped out and didn't even get to the "pitch." But I think I startled a neighbor by yelling at the phone and slamming a coffee mug on the desk. This is pretty tame in comparison with violence which can happen during such times. So today we have the symbol "Two men striving to hold a mad bull with ropes about his head." Aries is a "headstrong" sign, though not the bull but the ram. Some are self-willed and "will have their way." Likewise "A man standing with drawn sword" is aggressive physically or mentally. There could be litigation, or taunts intended to wound. Those more mature may be above all this but could witness it.
"Beautifully gowned wax figures" may represent infamous as well as noble persons. We sense how individual character of a striking nature dramatizes our potentials, good or bad. The latter may be unpleasantly unveiled, as they were on a horrible Friday 2,000 years ago. Charubel says of another designated degree, "Too revolting to be given." He recommends "Keep out of bad company. Indulge not in stimulants; keep clear of the gambling hells, and seek to develop thy higher nature; by such a course thou mayest save thyself." Appropriate advice for a holy day.
I remember one Grief Friday when I sat with a friend on a doorstep in the afternoon discussing whether I ought to go to a place of entertainment that evening. It did not seem compatible with the sad nature of the day. Eventually I did go out but not for long. Today we have "A place of amusement with music, dancing and singing on the program. A large ballroom." Charubel says that the entertainer one may encounter here "will never become a great musician or actor, nor yet a great anything." And so at last one might turn to "A peaceful valley; a lake on which a swan is floating. At the back rises a high mountain." Here there could be contentment and quiet happiness. One could have "peace in all relations." Luna's sextile with four planets generates not crude but smooth tendencies. A calm and thoughtful mind breeds courteous and graceful manners.
{Friday} ^Toward Peace^
Cosmic Piper
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