Message for Thursday 21 October 2021

 Thursday 21 October 2021

\The Seasoning of the Seasons/

Moon in Taurus

|Karmically serious, sobering, challenging third| of this week continues until Friday morning at 8:46a PT | 11:46a ET | 3:46p UT

Once again, for orientation:

Dark or Slow Hermetic Epoch began September 6 . .. .

[Mercury was Retrograde from September 27 through October 17} . . .

Slow or Dark Epoch continues from October 18 through November 2 . . .

Bright or Fast-Forward Epoch begins November 3 . . . until December 29

We are not out of the woods, no matter how impatient we may be to see that clearing ahead.  One reason people lose faith in Mercury Retrograde is that they believe everything should get better the day it turns direct (which was October 18).  It does not get better!  The Dark or Slow Epoch continues for another couple of weeks, as shown above.  

Thursday:  

Dark Epoch indeed:  "A black hole or cavern in a rock."  This indicates "futile or vacuous projects, inconstant and fruitless work, a position of no account."  "Open to receive benefits from others, but yielding nothing of his own, affording a barren prospect."  A clue there is that being generous to people could help one out of one's own quandary.  "Sea gulls watching a ship" may also have a "barren" prospect but they are alert to whatever turns up and will make use of any opportunity through vigilance.  In some areas you might take what would go to waste if you don't grab it.  Then you could be generous toward the other "gulls" with what you have gained.  

Sagacity:  "A woman standing on the head of a serpent" is sagacious (a serpent is a symbol of wisdom) within the guise or disguise of feminine delicacy.  She has fascinating power.  Venus is septile (aspect of fate or destiny) Mars on one side and Saturn on the other.  Even if there is something sad in a relationship, it is there for good reason and will strengthen both parties.  As Mercury gains speed we are still enveloped in partial fog but "humanity is seeking to bridge the span of knowledge" so rationality combined with accumulated experience supports faith in one's own thinking and in human potentials.  

Man or woman for all seasons:  "Information in the symbol of an autumn leaf" might be a signal to "get the home fires burning," or a more cheery, colorful emblem of the joys of the Fall season when Nature seems to take a rest.  We can be adaptable to the seasons within ourselves, and tactful toward others.  There is a shift from autumn to spring in "an elevated promontory illumined by the noonday sun and crowned with variously colored flowers."  Proud, and open to flattery,  one is light-headed, displaying charm and attractiveness, receiving some of fortune's favors.  

{Thursday}  /Seasoning of the Seasons\

Cosmic Piper