Message for Wednesday 30 November 2022

Wednesday 30 November 2022

~Enabling Background and Mission~

Moon in Pisces

0 A reader asked if I had anything to say about the current uprisings, or demonstrations for freedom, in China and Iran (and elsewhere including the U. S.). I hope to write about longer-term worldwide issues in the weekend report coming up in a few days. For now, I am studying the annual charts which run from March 20 each year to March 20 of the following year, and finding them very illuminating (as to past events). The Vernal Equinox charts for when the sun enters Aries, the first sign of the zodiac, have been considered important by astrologers for centuries and I am beginning to see why. Preview: Apart from wishful thinking, the chart for Spring 2023 to Spring 2024 looks much more peaceable and harmonious than the current annual chart which seems riddled with conflict.

1 Wednesday: “A man hesitating to trust himself on a wooden bridge over a chasm” has to do with Venus and Mercury, and soon the sun, opposing Mars, which can happen only once in three years or so, when Mars is retrograde (to earth-centered view). People seem to be interfering with one another, and so one might “be of a fearful disposition, inclined to doubt everything and prone to suspect even one’s best friends.” This has happened for me recently, and maybe for you. People see things differently and each has to discover in his or her own way how to walk over that bridge. One can trust one’s friends in certain basic things even if not in other questionable ones.

2 “A house on fire” is metaphoric and at best can indicate inspiration, enthusiasm and zeal for good purposes. One makes everything else subordinate to one’s definite cause or mission. Then one is trusting one’s own judgment more than someone else’s (paragraph 1). One does not have to exhaust one’s powers or commit arson to demonstrate adequately one’s “subtle genius.”

3 “A serpent surrounded by a circle of fire” reminds us of the tragic loss of lives in an apartment fire last week in China when Covid restrictions prevented rescue. More generally, “one may be involved in difficulties and surrounded by dangers. One might find himself in a beleaguered city or in a cruel distraint from which he will escape only with some hurt.” We think of the enslaved or semi-enslaved Chinese citizens or of draftees in Russia or Ukraine. People, including ourselves, may feel themselves captives of “stress and limitation.” The answer might be found in

4 “A large archaic volume.” Probably the Chinese Communist Party thinks this is the Analects of Confucius. I would choose the Bible plus spiritual writings from both the Judeo-Christian and Hindu traditions and their outgrowths (such as Savitri by Sri Aurobindo). “The past always provides an illumination of the present, and man achieves best as he cultivates a sense of obligation to his own roots.” Through respect for one’s background there is “recovery of prior advantages and effective disentanglement of present involvements.” And so one is able to cross that bridge.

{Wednesday} ~Enabling Background and Mission~

Cosmic Piper