Weekend of September 18-19, and Following Week
It seems that the 'weekend' is really the 'week beginning,' that is, a change in trends is noticeable on Saturdays, but more particularly beginning Saturday evening at sunset (which is the beginning of the week according to the Biblical formula).
For those interested in the formula behind this report, in accord with long observation I will look at the aspects for the whole week, but use the zodiacal degree-symbols for the longer two-month Epoch of September 6 through November 2 (centered in a chart for October 9 when Mercury conjoins the sun). This time let's follow the three-paragraph method used in the daily reports, for the whole coming week. As for Saturdays from sunrise to sunset, it seems to be the transition time when both weekly charts are in effect.
Challenge (for the week): The T square among Venus, Uranus and Saturn, focused on Saturn, is painful. It could seem like 'a target pierced by a rapier' whether one is momentarily the target or the rapier. People might respond as if you have pierced them, or you might respond as if they had hit a vulnerable spot in you. Sepharial recommends discretion, advising 'beware of the direct thrust and practice the use of the two-edged sword.' A similar symbol is 'an old door in which a dagger is stuck.' The door could be a person or more likely a whole set of opinions manifested by an organization, party, or mind-set to which one is opposed. It is 'old' because one feels it is outmoded and wrong. Yet a mocking, taunting attitude toward it could cause more trouble rather than resolve anything. More fruitful, it seems, is 'two men playing chess.' They are facing each other as equals in competition, rather than with animosity. Each gains confidence and perspective by participating in a common reality through concentration and gradual mastery.
Process (for the week): 'A man bringing down the new law from Sinai' could be, at least in their own minds, Joe Biden or Anthony Fauci, and the keyword for the symbol in fact is 'mandate.' (I am opposed to vaccination mandates and believe them to be unconstitutional.) Dr. Jones says a negative expression of this symbol could be 'self-exploitation and impenetrable egotism.' As for the positive side, who is your Moses, or who for you has embodied a mountain-top aspiration and wisdom you can follow? 'A horse saddled and bridled, and galloping away without a rider' is anyone rejecting restrictive authority (the 'rider') and striking out for personal freedom (such as many avoiding vaccination, to take just one example). The chart for the week has Venus closely opposite Uranus, which can be breaking with someone who seems to threaten one's freedom of motion or thought. It can be 'cutting and running' sometimes, with later sadness that one has ruptured a relationship or friendship. However, differences of opinion and temperament seem unavoidable, however they are handled, so 'three men are in a boat, two on one side, one on the other.' One may be in the majority or a minority when it comes to politics, vaccination, or religion, but rivalry does not have to fracture all human harmony. Somehow the boat gets rowed.
Blessing: We are in a Dark or Slow Hermetic Epoch (until November 3) when things can be unnecessarily complicated or delayed. It seems that much is 'sticky' or that issues from the past are gumming up the works. In a more positive aspect this can be as if one were 'a retired sea captain' resting on his laurels, enjoying the completeness of past experiences bringing self-consummation in the focus of the present moment. Such relaxation while recalling the past summons up fidelity to lessons learned, and unshakeable poise. We do not have to be in a hurry about everything. Good aspects such as Mercury trine Jupiter, Mars and the sun trine Saturn, and Venus trine Neptune could sum up to 'a crown and scepter' or powers of which we are unconscious. We may be entitled to more than we have. 'The Goddess of Mercy enthroned' is one of the most humane and fruitful degrees of the zodiac. One may voluntarily undertake hard things for the sake of others, extending sympathy in many directions. Good works are not a burden when the right spirit prevails.
{Week of September 18-24}
Saturday 18 September
Moon in Aquarius-->Pisces
|Kamically serious, sobering, challenging third| of this week ends at 3:11a PT | 6:11a ET | 10:11a UT
/moon goes void-of-course at 2:16a PT | 5:16a ET | 9:16a UT
until it enters Pisces at 1:24p PT | 4:24p ET | 8:24p UT
Sunday 19 September 2021
Moon in Pisces
Cosmic Piper
P. S. The Mercury Retrograde period begins September 27 and lasts until October 18. The longer-term Dark or Slow Hermetic Epoch, of which it is the center, is from September 6 through November 2.
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