Wednesday 16 November 2022
^True Judgment^
Moon in Leo—>Virgo
|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week continues until Thursday at 5:09a PT | 8:09a ET | 1:09p UT
/moon goes void-of-course at 3:57p PT | 6:57p ET | 11:57p UT
until it enters Virgo at 5:05p PT | 8:05p ET | 1:05a(Th) UT
^ We are getting a lesson in what Mars Retrograde means (from October 30 until January 12). To me it is seeming as bad as Mercury Retrograde. Consider, for example, the widespread failure of pollsters to predict accurately the Midterm elections plus, more horrific, the failure of accurate and flawless vote-counting in places like Arizona. A mess. Today as if to underline that we have “A man lying upon a heap of stones by the roadside.” He “is given to projects that are unprofitable and to dreams that lead to no practical result. Controlled by caprice rather than prudence, he will have a hard bed to lie upon. Nevertheless, freedom of spirit and love of natural simplicity will reconcile him to much privation. At heart he is content.” (Borelli-Sepharial) One might say, reduced expectations facilitate contentment.
~ Other individuals will be inclined more toward greed than contentment, as if “a wolf standing upon the carcass of a horse.” A “predatory and adventurous spirit” is cunning but could bring on distress and contention, so that snatching advantages only leads to surrendering them. Selfishness may be normal, but stretching it too far does not bring happiness.
+ Is our culture a military or non-military one? The answer has to be paradoxical because while we have no draft, we give billions to support the Ukraine-Russia war and the horrid oppression of Yemen by Saudi Arabia. Who is the “man in full armor, with helmet on head and spear in hand”? You and I, by proxy? This might also represent political conflicts. When is a soldier “a good soldier”? When the battle is just. Of course that is a matter of judgment.
& Many are reviewing their careers or professions to clarify exactly what they are doing or trying to accomplish. “A prism” represents “the reliability of normal processes and the consistency of true intelligence.” There is reliable measurement as well as appreciation of natural beauty. Through the validation of hypotheses there is “judgment of unusual accuracy.”
* A happy Sabian degree (Venus there today) is “A Grand Army of the Republic campfire” with the keyword Reminiscence. Our nation needs reconciliation and perhaps it can come, eventually, “through the cultivation and preservation of enduring ties with others.”
{Wednesday} ^True Judgment^
Cosmic Piper
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