Message for Weekend of January 14 -15, and coming week

Weekend of January 14 -15, and coming week

\Emerging from Chaos/

Saturday: Moon in Libra

< moon in the Via Combusta

Sunday: Moon in Libra-->Scorpio

/moon goes void-of-course at 0:40a PT | 3:40a ET | 8:40a UT

until it enters Scorpio at 4:09a PT | 7:09a ET | 12:09p UT

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week begins at 4:59p PT | 7:59p ET | 12:59a(M) UT

We have a coming week which is not going to be easy or comfortable. I have to speak it as I see it. Of course the purpose of these reports is to make things easier and more comfortable to bear as well as to point out opportunities. Saying "Don't do this" is one of the hardest things to do, as those know who have tried to teach practical skills. And I do not claim to be an adept at living out the astrological aspects in a happy way, only to have observed and pondered honestly for decades. 

Last week we had Venus square Uranus, which I mentioned as the "end of a friendship" aspect at its worst. Better, it is the evolution of friendship through realizing and learning what one can through difficult connections with people who are good at heart no matter how irritating some of their behaviors. 

This week (Saturday the 14th though Friday the 20th) that aspect continues, and is made more poignant by Venus moving along to a conjunction with Saturn. This is the "test of love" aspect. To whom are you loyal, and to whom do you want to be loyal? You can face those questions. Love is not just for the sunny days. 

We all know the problems of Mercury retrograde, and they continue through the week. Sometimes the apple cart just gets upset and the fruit has to be RE-collected. Mercury turns direct on Wednesday at 13:13 UT but this will not really help much because he will be moving very slowly until the next Bright or Fast Hermetic Epoch begins on February 7. His square with Jupiter could make for hasty thinking which stumbles over itself, but his trine with Uranus could bring original insights which are liberating. 

The sun's conjunction with Pluto enhances obsessions, whether trivial ones or magnificent ones. The Sabian symbol for the planet's position is "a woman reading tea leaves." There are multiple signals or signatures to guide us even in the midst of Mercury's Dark Epoch.

{Friday} /Emerging from Chaos\

Cosmic Piper