Weekend of May 29-30, 2022, Memorial Day Weekend
}Retrospection and Renewal{
There is so much. I am forced to write on Mercury Retrograde again and again because it seems that for most of us everything is going haywire, or in unpredictable and often unsettling directions. What good would I be as Cosmic Piper if I didn’t try to elucidate that and what it might mean? First, lunar data for the weekend:
Saturday 28 May:
Moon in Taurus
|Karmically serious, sobering, challenging third| of this week continues
Sunday 29 May:
Moon in Taurus-Gemini
|Karmically serious, sobering, challenging third| of this week continues (until early Monday)
/moon goes void-of-course at 7:11a PT | 10:11a ET | 2:11p UT
until it enters Gemini at 10:24a PT | 1:24p ET | 5:24p UT
Yet I do not like to abandon the daily Symbols which so many of you appreciate. Here are some which apply to both Friday and Saturday: “A cameo profile of a man in the outline of his country.” Of course this could also be a woman, and today I sent a fascinating bit of writing about Mormons and the way they look, their physiognomy, because most of them come from certain Northern European ethnic backgrounds, to a lady I know with a Mormon background. Here it is. (Its subtitle: Why are Mormon Girls so Hot? Thought that might pique your interest; there are a lot of photos.) On the destructive side, the “profile of a man in the outline of his country” could be the insane killer in Texas who seems to epitomize something “wrong with us” as many are saying. On both days there is “a jewelry shop” showing that we are trying to preserve what is valuable to us. Super-positively, on both Friday and Saturday we have “two lovers strolling through a secluded walk” and “a very straight road; an interminable perspective” signifying “an evenly balanced mind and a life that will be long and happy.”
I hasten to add, only if we cope successfully with the perils of Mercury~Retrograde and the |difficult third of the week| more prominent on Saturday. Another symbol for that day is “an industrial strike” which fits a holiday weekend.
Now back to M~R: It works out in both small and big ways. For example, I have been waiting interminably for some pages to load on my laptop, for days. I found that my new iPhone did not ring, and realized that somehow the little side button muting calls had gotten pushed out. How, I do not know; ask Mercury. I think of people I want to, or ought to, contact, but postpone it because it seems communication is fraught with difficulties or misunderstandings. Is it worthwhile trying, in this case, or not? Be bold or timid? No easy answers but maybe during M~R we are being trained to work more closely with our intuition.
REview: How many hours will police and school and other officials in Texas be REviewing what happened at the Uvalde school on Tuesday? M~R can bring much legalistic or technical review of things that need to be fixed or at least better understood. As for myself, today I am REviewing what I have written about M~R over the past few days and REposting some of it. That seems inevitable while we are in this time-loop.
More small things with M~R, to give further perspective: There can be forgetfulness. A couple days ago I was outside my apartment building and noted that a car parked nearby had its lights flashing. I wished I could warn the owner, but how? Then two days later I went down to get my mail and saw another car parked on the same street with its lights flashing and the owner nowhere in sight. I hope that neither of these drivers returned to find their batteries run down. That may not be major in some cases but in others, as an emergency, it could be major. “For the want of a horse, a battle is lost . . .” M~R can be forgetfulness. (The principal at Uvalde, some have said, could not find the key to the killing room.)
REposted from Friday: The Texas school massacre is a textbook case of what can go wrong when Mercury is retrograde: The police seem to have been grossly incompetent all the way through the hour and 20 minutes of the horror. They stupidly let the killer into the school! Then, apparently the principal of the school could not find the key to the locked room! That sounds almost funny but the consequences were hideous. Incompetence, or malfeasance? Maybe, although it is wise to “judge not that ye be not judged.” I believe strongly that if police forces and emergency responders knew about Mercury Retrograde and were trained in what it means they would do enhanced jobs during those times.
And, a long section reposted from last weekend’s report (with something new at the end):
Despite all I have written about Mercury Retrograde (May tenth—June second this time) it seems that many still do not get the message or the idea or comprehend what it means, so I press on with endless explanations and examples. Actually the M~R period of three weeks always occurs at the center of the seven- or eight- week long Dark Hermetic Epoch (as I named this cycle decades ago). That period this time extends from April 26 through June 19. (Note: Of course Mercury is not literally dark during this period, but it is Slow and that seems to manifest as darkness in the human consciousness.)
DHE began April 26 . . .(Mercury Retrograde May 10-June 2) . . . DHE ends June 19
A Disinformation Board proposed by the Biden Administration, widely mocked and ridiculed as the Ministry of Truth, was made public on April 27! The very day after the Dark Hermetic Epoch began! Now, three weeks later, it has been DISbanded, ended, or “put on pause” amid much embarrassment. That’s while Mercury is retrograde, suggesting REmission, REtreat, REvaluation and so on
Elon Musk announced his plan to purchase Twitter in April before the beginning of the DHE, but by May 17, during the Mercury Retrograde period, the New York Times observes: “Behind the scenes, the two sides are proceeding with the deal: They jointly put out a regulatory filing on Tuesday. Renegotiating a deal would not be easy for Mr. Musk.” Notice the REnegotiation terminology. And the REgulatory filing. But this is not just playing with words. Musk and Twitter may go through with the deal, but often our plans need to be REbalanced, REviewed, and REarranged during the REtrograde period—-for Musk, Twitter, you and me.
It goes without saying that the M~R period, through June 2, brings the unexpected, and often the unwanted, every day if not every hour. We REadjust constantly. Things we had abandoned in the past come to life again, as for example UFOs, even in Congress last week. We consider psychic phenomena in a fresh way and feel we have one foot in another world. Sometimes this can be disorienting to the point we feel we might be going senile or “losing it,” but I assure you this is not true. It is just one symptom of that huge syndrome, Mercury Retrograde, which seems to catapult us into a different kind of time, a fourth dimension unlike our usual temporal sense. Thinking or dreaming of the past is natural and not to be despised. Wondering about the future can be unsettling and so to make it harmless we should give ourselves a lot of affirmations of goodness to set our minds in a fulfilling direction rather than bring on what we worry about pointlessly. At best this can be a fulfilling time if saturated with openness plus calm poise.
Other words to consider during the M~R period are DIS words. The Ministry of Truth was (wisely) DISmissed. People get all hot under the collar about supposed DISinformation, but there is vast DISagreement as to what that is. It is easy to be DISturbed by multiple odd factors which seem almost demonic, like my neighbor keeping me awake so that I had to move my bed to another room (just a few days ago) or REpair noises connected with plumbing in my neighborhood which sound like metal banging on metal for the past week, calming down a little today. There must be examples of such things in your life.
There are ANOMALIES, another M~R word, such as yesterday my probing with a tablespoon in a bag of coffee only to find that there was already another tablespoon there, which almost caused me to drop the bag on the floor, but fortunately the demons of DISplacement did not trip me up that far. Trivial? Yes, but I have never before had an accident exactly like that and it happened under the aegis of Mercury’s backward dithering.
Related to anomaly is “anomie,” a rarely used word except in sociology and philosophy. Merriam-Webster says: “Social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values. / The reforms of a ruined economy, under these conditions, brought about social anomie, desperation and poverty rather than relief and prosperity.— T. Mastnakalso : Personal unrest, alienation, and uncertainty that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals. / In the face of these prevailing values, many workers experience a kind of anomie. Their jobs become empty, meaningless, and intrinsically unsatisfying.”
It does not have to get that bad during the Mercury Retrograde 3 weeks, or the Dark Hermetic Epoch’s 7 to 8 weeks, but it can. Other words are Drift, Daydreaming, Confusion, Uncertainty, and Doubt.
But let’s look at the bright side. “Dark” can mean profound, and in the darkness of night we have some of our most profound experiences. These can be thrilling, whether for good or bad. Probably most crimes are committed under the cover of darkness, but also exciting discoveries and exalting meditations. Psychic phenomena are rife during the MR and DHE periods, as well as UFO experiences whether “in the sky” or as contactee, and whether imaginary or veridical. For decades I have noted that I am attracted to the UFO phenomenon during the DHE periods (or MR periods at their center). This time Congress was also drawn to the phenomenon. UFOs, and other anomalous phenomena, DISappear magically, and REappear.
We REview and REcollect and REminisce. The past is our friend, not our enemy, provided we look on its happy side and embrace the goodness it has offered and holds for us in memory. A TV series, musical group, or set of novels may be DIScontinued, but we can always go back and REanimate the episodes, stories or songs we want to REexperience.
RElationships can fall on the rocks, or they can REvive.
It’s a fascinating time.
Things are “out of pattern” in countless ways, yet this can inspire us to seek what is permanent or eternal, our living souls and the Creator of them. Spiritual growth can be a major happy product of the M~R and DHE cycles.
{Memorial Day Weekend, May 29-30, 2022} {Retrospection and Renewal}
Cosmic Piper
