Message for Thursday 7 January 2021

 Thursday 7 January 2021

~Strength of Purpose~

Moon in Scorpio

< moon in the Via Combusta (burning way; cosmic reshuffling with confusion or reorientation) until tomorrow

|Karmically serious or sobering third| of this week continues until tomorrow

Christmas Day in Eastern Orthodox churches and nations

The above indications tell a story.  In the U. S., the anger and clash over the election and the attempt to de-certify it will go on in one form or another.  In the symbols we have 'Two men in fierce strife.'  No comment necessary.  As for being 'aggressive and quarrelsome,' I see that on both sides of the aisle and I do not agree that the Trump supporters are more quarrelsome than the Democrats and the timid Republicans who support the probably significantly illegitimate election returns.  No one is looking good in all this.  Mars in the first degree of Taurus is symbolized therein as "a black diamond-shaped figure" which according to Charubel can be "one of a rather morose disposition, and possessing magical powers; one with strong will-power, very reserved, inclined to be cruel."  

'A racecourse, the racers at full speed' shows that probably the election 'race' continues in one way or another.  Charubel says this can indicate a gambler, betting man or bookmaker.  'The Pope' by contrast represents sanctity within a hierarchy, which can be preserved only when the 'pope' continues to 'win appreciation from his fellows.'  Biden is said to be Catholic, though he called the Psalmist a Palmist, and Trump wins the evangelical and anti-abortion vote.  Sometimes people feel they are electing a spiritual leader in a president, however unwise that may be.

'The Union Jack' can represent 'strong-armed paternalism' and no doubt Trump is being accused of that.  His supporters on the other hand see the 'socialist paradise' of the Democrats as 'strong-armed paternalism.'   We do not want excessive supervision though we do want our $600 or $2000 checks.  Perhaps beyond and above all this there is, in our personal lives, 'a spade protruding from the soil' showing that we have sustained serious work through which some of the 'dark secrets of Nature' have been revealed.  Our spading has turned up current or potential gain through discovery.  We ignore advice we don't like, finding our own way with incisive thinking and strong purpose.  

{Thursday}  ~Strength of Purpose~

Cosmic Piper