Message for Weekend of September 10-11, and a New Fortnight

Weekend of September 10-11, and a New Fortnight

~Royalty~

Saturday: Moon in Pisces, going void-of-course at 5:30p PT | 8:30p ET | 12:30a(Su) UT

Sunday: Moon enters Aries (no longer void-of-course) at [11:48p Saturday] 2:48a ET | 6:48a UT

In the report for Thursday I made a big deal out of a “triple witching day” because of (a) the Dark Hermetic Epoch, (b) the Hard Third of the Week (moon with Saturn) and (c) the moon void-of-course virtually all day. What happened in big news was that Queen Elizabeth II passed from this world about three hours after the moon went void-of-course. I have noted here, often, that the v-of-c periods can be “the end of something.” So it was in this case. Also I have noted that there are more REsignations during any DHE (Slow Hermetic Epoch). This was a big “resignation” for a Queen whose even temper and considerateness were a bright spot for 70 years. Unexpectedly to myself, I broke down into tears when I saw a perfect photo of her. This woman had character and religious faith.

As a tribute to her, I shall divulge something about the Tarot Calendar I discovered decades ago. I have kept it under wraps because I doubt anyone would believe in it. People are amazingly indifferent to most real occult knowledge (or call it speculation if you wish). The Queen’s birthdate is April 21. April is the fourth month and so ruled by the Emperor card of the Tarot. 21 is The World, the final card in the series, and the Queen had a world-role, constantly visiting and revisiting the nations constituting her Empire (the British Commonwealth). She was the most enduring World Figure for seven decades. Adding 4 and 21 gives us 25, from which we subtract 22 (the total number of cards in the cycle) and the result is 3, The Empress card. She was both the Emperor and Empress of The World, to put it extravagantly but in a way which makes colorful the role she played.

(If you were to ask, “What do you do with the days from the 23rd through the 31st of the month?” I have an answer but shall not divulge it here. Write if you want to know.)

Mercury goes retrograde Friday at 3:39a UT which is late Thursday in the Western Hemisphere. Following shall be more than a week of royal ritualism for the Queen culminating with her funeral which I believe is scheduled for Monday the 19th. It is fitting that Britons, and some of the rest of us, REview, REspect and maybe REvere this amazing life of duty during the Mercury Retrograde period, which always shows a tendency to REmember the past and REminisce in various ways. This is essentially forward-looking because savoring the past prepares us for the future.

Synchronously, a new Fortnight began the evening of Thursday September 7, half a day before the Queen’s passing, extending to September 21. It presents a fascinating chart. What are most colorful are the symbols, which work well with these charts, better than monthly or weekly ones I have experimented with. Here are a few:

“A young maiden weeping over a grave” represents melancholy and mourning. “A blazing fireplace in a deserted home” is a haunting image suggesting both the onset of winter and the absence of loved ones. On the front page of one news outlet (MarketWatch) there was actually a photo of the Queen in Balmoral Castle just a few days before the end, standing alone and smiling before a blazing fireplace!

Does this mean we are utterly alone? No, there is “a conversation by telepathy.” There are “organic relationships of personality” which intimate more to us than can be photographed. There are “illimitable ties between each individual and every one of his fellows” (Dr. Jones). If not underhandedly seductive, this can be “a fabric of invisible sympathies and co-operations.”

As for possible seduction, Venus square Mars brings out spicy teasing. “A woman is blindfolded and a man is leading her.” This could be “a tangled skein of complications.” Influence is one thing; entanglement another. “A well-favored woman, but of evil aspect, stands before a mirror.” Some of either sex are sensual and worldly, susceptible to flattery, vain, and easily led. This could end in shame or at least a red face (or bottom).

“A man riding on a horse near the edge of a cliff, looking down into a valley where people are at work” suggests danger from having “a position over others” and misusing it. “A man in a mask stands beneath the shadow of a tree at night. At his feet there is a dead cow.” Some are wily and acquisitive, and might find willing or unwilling victims while Mercury is retrograde making them subject to bad decisions. Yet the perpetrators could be “deceived in their own powers” and fail tp plunder the wealth they seek.

The gentler Sabian symbols give us “a man muffled up, with a rakish silk hat” who dramatizes his own sophistication whether or not it embarrasses anyone. He uses whatever comes up in his experience with superb aplomb. And lo, he may come upon “a bride with her veil snatched away.” Watch out. Mars square Venus can be haste toward the consummation of a relationship not based on solid values. Yet there is an invitation toward self-giving and “one should continue along the path of experience one has once chosen for one’s own.”

“A royal coat of arms” brings us back to the family playing such a compelling role on the world stage this fortnight. For yourself, it could be that you become aware of some of your prerogatives you have overlooked. You are not exploiting people if you live according to the laws and customs of “the elders,” thus preserving your privileges in a way all respect. Real aristocracy includes worthiness. Of not many can it be said “This is a man among men” or “a woman among women.” Those well-regarded spontaneously elicit goodwill, plaudits and compliance.

{Weekend, and the Fortnight of September 8-21} ~Royalty~

Cosmic Piper