Message for Friday 29 January 2021

Friday 29 January 2021

^From Pushfulness Toward Reciprocity^

Moon in Leo

|Karmically serious, sobering, challenging third| of this week ends at 10:06a PT | 1:06p ET | 6:06p UT

/moon goes void-of-course at 5:54p PT | 8:54p ET | 1:54a(Sa) UT

until it enters Virgo Saturday at 0:04a PT | 3:04a ET | 8:04a UT

Mercury shall turn retrograde tomorrow (Saturday) morning, until February 20-21, three weeks.  It is the most well-known astrological indication, largely because very evident as confusion, backtracking, time-wasting, and so on.  This time it shall be evident in the impeachment proceedings, the first time ever for a president no longer in office, which seems almost to define the tangled absurdity of what can happen at these times.  In your personal life you can calm down, go slow, do what is essential rather than what is ambitious, and allow yourself more time to enjoy life, explore a little but without expecting a lot.  'Low key' expresses the wise approach. All of this is apparent to a degree a couple weeks before Mercury actually appears to be motionless and turn backward, that is, in the past couple of weeks.  

Friday:  'Two men running a race' is all too familiar---the never-ending presidential race, for one thing.  That symbol might illumine Luna's opposition with Mercury, which can be fussing and fiddling with things in a hurried manner to keep up with what one desires amid external changes.  If this were to slip off into the intense conflict of the tight squares we have been discussing for weeks, it could be 'two bulls fighting on the edge of a precipice.'  Strong force and energy require direction and self-restraint to avoid dangers which ought to have been obvious.  Pushfulness has severe limits unless moderated by good will and calm explanation of one's position rather than insult of the opponent. 

Venus very close to Pluto can be erotic stimulation, or a sense of deep love for someone which is compulsive, yet the symbol 'fireworks exploding above a crowd' suggests that one's popularity, like that burst of color, is ephemeral; so making the most of it while it lasts, rather than clinging to it, would be the wise course.  At a calmer level one could use 'a farmyard implement' or one's phone, computer, or other gizmo or tool, to keep up with basics while content with one's lot.  

It's Friday and not all is impossible in the realm of affections and connections.  Fireworks come and go, but there is also 'a bright orange flower on which two butterflies rest and fan their wings.'  Sepharial says this can be sympathy and gracefulness, hopefulness and happiness, desiring recognition and affection from someone yet still graceful.  This makes for reciprocity 'on which the heavens will smile.'  At a somewhat more self-centered level there can be 'man tete-a-tete with his inspiration' or enthusiastic idealism translating itself into practical consummation.  Such intimacy with spiritual verities could rise into ecstasy.

{Friday}  ^From Pushfulness Toward Reciprocity^

Cosmic Piper