Weekend of September 17-18, and the Continuing Fortnight
\Hope Within the Doldrums/
1 Waiting! Investors are waiting for this week’s “bear market” to turn around. Thousands of Britons are waiting in line to view their deceased monarch. Others are waiting for a better employment deal, as: from Friday’s Wall Street Journal:
“More Workers Head to the Picket Lines
"Teachers, nurses, railroad workers and others are seeking pay raises to catch up to inflation while the tight labor market has taken away some of the risk of walking off the job.”
It’s the DHE! (Dark Hermetic Epoch). Another word that comes up could be made official: The Doldrums! My old dictionary defines “doldrum” as “a becalmed state,” or else, as “the doldrums,” “dullness; low spirits.” That’s where we are. It’s especially noticeable while Mercury remains retrograde, until October 2. I am struggling to write this.
2 Unreliability. A couple hours ago I tried, foolishly, to buy a product I had some doubts about, and my credit card did not work online. Why not? Then I got a text from my bank warning of fraud. I replied “No, I do not want this” and mercifully my bank took it off my bill. I wouldn’t doubt that more people get swindled during these times (to October 2 but even beyond that to October 17). The unreliability extends to the media, where the standard commercial outlets use their tricks to sneak political propaganda into their supposedly factual reporting. Disgusting.
3 Let’s look again at the Fortnightly chart for September 8-21. We did that last weekend but it remains in effect through Wednesday of this week. It has Mercury opposite Jupiter (sometimes fraud and lying) and Venus square Mars (discord between or within the sexes where love or erotic attraction is concerned). But at best Mercury opposite Jupiter can be deep thinking, considering all the contradictory angles to arrive at profound reconciliation. That is Hegelian dialectic. And at best the Venus square Mars fracas can be stimulation, whether in competition, argument, or erotic sado-masochistic play. Here are some of the symbols for the fortnight:
4 “A young maiden weeping over a grave” represents melancholy and mourning, which continues to go on in the U. K. and probably in your life when you think of someone beloved who is missing. “A blazing fireplace in a deserted home” is a haunting image suggesting both the onset of winter and the absence of loved ones. In some news media 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!
5 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.”
6 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, even to the point of domination, 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).
7 “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.
8 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.”
9 “A royal coat of arms” brings us back to the royal family playing such a compelling role on the world stage this fortnight. For yourself, it could be that you become aware of some of the 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.
10 If everything seems a little unreal, we can chalk that up to Mercury Retrograde, “the doldrums” when there is no wind to power our ship or else we have to spend a lot of time setting and resetting the sails. “There is green everywhere; every object is a dull green. At the same time everything is on the move.” “One will ever be seeking rest, but find none. Changes one makes leave one as far off from the goal as ever.” Or that is how it seems, though in fact spiritual evolution continues. “Obey thy nature and fulfill thy fate; / Accept the difficulty and godlike toil, / For the slow-paced omniscient purpose live. / The Enigma’s knot is tied in humankind.” / “The high gods look on man and watch and choose / Today’s impossibles for the future’s base.”
{Weekend of September 17-18, and the Continuing Fortnight}/Hope Within the Doldrums\
Cosmic Piper
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