Friday, March 31, 2023

Message for Week of April 1-7, 2023

Week of April 1-7, 2023

^Hopeful^

Defending or organizing one's home could be important. One wants it to be meticulous. "Game birds are feathering their nests." "A strong iron gate within a trilithon" suggests "a haven of refuge for the weak and defenseless and a protection to all who stand in need of a friend." We are guardians of that over which we have provenance.

Human relations are less intensely disturbing than last week. Yet one may feel ill-used by some who seem to be escaping responsibility, as if "crows in the bed of a dried-up riverbed," "wayfaring and deceitful men." The sadism of "beating an ass with a stick" is to be avoided. When kindness is under strain we need to refurbish it.

On the optimistic side, "Steps up to a lawn blooming with clover" indicate "intuition of divine reality as one entrenches oneself in beauty and order." Spring is a time for hopefulness. "A strong and prosperous-looking man extends arms, holding in his hands a bowl full of wine." Many will be generous and hospitable, steadfast and sincere, consciously meritorious. By the end of the day or of the week, "Brownies are dancing in the setting sun." "The dance of life is an unending rehearsal and exhibition of every special capacity of selfhood." That is invigorating. 

{Week of April 1-7} ^Hopeful^

Cosmic Piper

Saturday 1: Moon in Leo

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week is with us until Monday evening

/moon goes void-of-course at 11:04p PT

Sunday 2: Moon in Leo-->Virgo

|Karmic sobering, challenging third of this week continues until Monday evening

/moon is already void-of-course in PT zone, goes v-of-c at 2:04a ET | 6:04a UT

until it enters Virgo at 3:58a PT | 6:58a ET | 10:58a UT



Thursday, March 30, 2023

Message for Friday 31 March 2023

Friday 31 March 2023

^Inverted Magnification^

He is looking at all things through the large end
Of a telescope, seeing all as small and himself as
Huge. No one has merit but himself. 
Two bulls fight together and in the human world 

There is too much strife. Why are so many petulant,
Warlike? Testosterone's a paltry explanation.
Much more reasonable is a cat arguing with a
Mouse, justifying itself and its supposed needs

Like a human merchant persuading all to give
The requested price. If we could learn to look
Through the right end of the telescope, 
We might discover virtue, skill and goodness

In those around, realizing the greatness of the
Mouse while fresh happy ideas dawn on us.

{Thursday} ^Inverted Magnification^

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Leo

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Message for Thursday 30 March 2023

Thursday 30 March 2023

~Toward Adequate Simplicity~

A man swimming in the river against the current
Makes no progress. Nature and society have not
Designed that for which he strives. His exertion
Would succeed were he to attempt exploits which

Could bring prestige; he would resemble a man on horseback
In a battlefield whose enemies are defeated.
Or he could, pioneer, lead a shaggy deer
Beyond normal boundaries, indomitably,

From the known to the unknown come what may.
At last he and the deer might inhabit a green field
Surrounded by shrubberies, with a villa on the northeast side,
Content with the simple adequacy of their boon.

Striving and trying, fighting and leading, bring in
Their train mighty victory or homely reward.

{Thursday} ~Toward Adequate Simplicity~

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Cancer-->Leo
/moon goes void-of-course at 6:47a PT | 9:47a ET | 1:47p UT
until it enters Leo at 3:32p PT | 6:32p ET | 10:32p UT

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Message for Wednesday 29 March 2023

 Wednesday 29 March 2023

~From Wildness to Self-Assurance to Comfort~

From Monday's forecast-meditation, day of the killing in the Nashville school:

Two contending armies are in deadly conflict

On a battlefield. [Christians versus "trans" people.] Soldiers could be close to death. [Two police officers, Rex Engelbert and Michael Collazo ]

Others have cause to grieve over their own

Conduct. [Audrey Hale] It would be wise to suspend one's mind

/

Above a vast level place for an overview of 

Experience in advance of involvement. Through

Poise one escapes random compulsions, preserving

Free choice. [The killer ended her/his "free choice" by NOT "suspending his/her mind above a vast level place for an overview of experience in advance of involvement."]

And so who can say that my forecast was wrong? It was not all sad. It concluded:

In the lodge at night a right angle and plane
/
On a table mark justice, rectitude and strength--
Fraternal or sororal graciousness and peace.

This was literally true for me because I went to the Seattle Theosophical Lodge where we had a gracious fraternal-sororal discussion of esoteric and psychological matters. The "right angle and plane" were a self-made Tarot deck one participant brought, used for a basis of sharing.

The Tuesday report was even more apt, for the 'day after" the tragic murders, when many were sadly considering, or blaming, or praying:

Quick to anger, he is surrounded by others also seeking

A quarrel. Opinions fly like missiles. Rash and impetuous,

Many fall victims to dangerous imprudence.

One lies helpless on the ground, bleeding, while angels

/

Encourage him to pray for soul-fortification,

To God for help and guidance.


I do what I can. I do not like these "difficult" degree-symbols but they can be red flags and aid us in directing our consciousness toward the better.

Another observation: The murderer was 28 years old. Do you remember what I have said about that here, more than once? The age 25 to 30, inclusive, is the "age of crisis." I derive this not so much from astrology (though the "Saturn return" occurs within that time-frame) but from observation and news reports. People 25 to 30 years old are the premier age group for suicide, homicide, accidents, arrests, and so on. It's a mistake-prone six years. Or, at best, it can be a time for intelligent experiment rather than throwing away opportunities.

Wednesday:

/

A man bundled up in fur is leading a shaggy deer. 

The animal would rather hold back to what it knows

Than press ahead to a cold unknown, but its master 

Is indomitable. In a jungle a white cow and bull stand together;

/

Behind them a tiger is ready to spring. Advantages

And prosperous marriage make some falsely secure,

Relaxing into ruin and sorrow. One man stands on

A lofty place, his arms folded and head erect, 

/

An able friend endowed with courage. Proud, 

He gains his ends through temerity. At least himself

Adores himself. Others are drawn to a very large

Ballroom with music, dancing, singing on the 

/

Program. Amateurish? All are active, amused

After a cold trek to a warm venue.

/

{Wednesday} ~From Wildness to Self-Assurance to Comfort~

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Cancer





Monday, March 27, 2023

Message for Tuesday 28 May 2023

Tuesday 28 May 2023

~Soul-Perspective~

/

Quick to anger, he is surrounded by others also seeking

A quarrel. Opinions fly like missiles. Rash and impetuous,

Many fall victims to dangerous imprudence.

One lies helpless on the ground, bleeding, while angels

/

Encourage him to pray for soul-fortification,

To God for help and guidance. His astral body

Ascends above the level scene so he can

Contemplate ramifying potentials in advance of

/

Material preservation or resurrection. A venerable man

Seated in a window, surrounded by books and instruments,

Sees what is dark to others. He seeks no friends but sends 

Thoughts to the dying man. Nature's inner workings

/

Allow for miracle when soul-perspective gets the better of

Anger, dispute, harshness. Night falls before dawn.

/

{Tuesday} ~Soul-Perspective~

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Gemini-->Cancer

/moon is void-of-course

until it enters Cancer at 3:23a PT | 6:23a ET | 10:23a UT

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Message for Monday 27 March 2023

Monday 27 March 2023 

}Battle Suspended; Contemplation; Liberality{

/

Two contending armies are in deadly conflict

On a battlefield. Soldiers could be close to death.

Others have cause to grieve over their own

Conduct. It would be wise to suspend one's mind

/

Above a vast level place for an overview of 

Experience in advance of involvement. Through

Poise one escapes random compulsions, preserving

Free choice. Contemplation provides orientation

/

As if one could wander in a forest of big oaks with no 

Underwood. One's groove is conservative yet

Joyful in the chase for what it desires.

In the lodge at night a right angle and plane

/

On a table mark justice, rectitude and strength--

Fraternal or sororal graciousness and peace.

/

{Monday} {Battle Suspended; Contemplation; Liberality}

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Gemini 

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week ends at 2:25a PT | 5:25a ET | 9:25a UT

Friday, March 24, 2023

Message for Weekend, and Week of March 25-31

Week of March 25-31

^Character Manifesting^

One keyword is Survival. You have built, and are building, structures which are not flimsy. To do that you have wide vision, a gift of contemplating everything from a vast inclusive viewpoint as if suspended high above. You can be assertive yet tactful; bold, yet reticent when pushing things would not help. Such good judgment bolsters self-reliance. Your energies can find a progressive outlet. Power or wealth could accrue. (Thanks to astrologer Grant Lewi for some of this vocabulary about Mars trine Saturn.)

One's love-nature, and that of others, could be idealistic and either repressed or explosive, that is, erratic as well as erotic. One thinks about love-attractions overmuch, perhaps, and then when they express they are hasty or jumpy. Or you may see this happen in others. Emotions could seem eccentric or bizarre, or be tinged with "abstracted passion" according to Grant Lewi (Venus conjunct Uranus).

Mercury's aspects make for cleverness, wit, and adaptability. There could be more talking or writing than usual. Your opinions can't be swayed because you feel sure about what is right. Business or executive ability is highlighted. 

Mars square Neptune continues from last week, emphasizing spiritual leadership, both someone else's and your own. When that comes it has the ring of authenticity and can be overawing or "awesome." It has the flavor of a general directing a righteous war or a Moses leading through the wilderness. Many will feel such integrating insight motivating them in the political realm.

For the first time in more than a century Pluto enters Aquarius this week, its first degree symbolized (in the Sabian system) by "An old adobe mission." According to Dr. Jones this is "everlasting sustainment" with the keyword Durability. There is a need for both "an over-all orientation and an underlying stability in all personal existence." There is "a heritage of enduring ties which one must neither neglect nor underrate." There is "effective breadth of vision and a respect-compelling depth of character."

{Week of March 25-31} ^Character Manifesting^

Cosmic Piper

Saturday 25: Moon in Taurus-->Gemini

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week continues

/moon goes void-of-course at 9:20a PT | 12:20p ET | 4:20p UT

until it enters Gemini at 5:43p PT | 8:43p ET | 12:43a(Su) UT

Sunday 26: Moon in Gemini

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week continues until Monday morning

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Message for Friday 24 March 2023

Friday 24 March 2023

\Eccentric Personhood/

/

An ox lies on the ground, asleep in the sunshine,

Two blackbirds perched on its back. Indulgence

Has degenerated to idleness and grossness.

A man enjoys himself in a garden abounding with

/

Fruit trees, flowers and fountains; he admires his own

Self-decoration and self-ornamentation.

Yet he might be drawn to a path which winds into

A labyrinth of willful seeking after what prove to be

/

Eccentric mini-paths blocked or locked. His way

Is hard. Yet it leads at times to beaches where

Bathing beauties relax and display endowments

Immune to change or loss. Radiant personhood 

/

Postures and plays, releases, tempts, frolics. 

Labyrinth curves harbor curvaceous bodies.

/

{Friday} /Eccentric Personhood\

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Taurus

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week begins at 5:48p PT | 8:48p ET | 12:48a(Sa) UT

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Message for Thursday 23 March 2023

Thursday 23 March 2023

\Panorama of Charms/

/

Covered with decorations and ornaments, he stands in

A garden abounding with fruit, flowers and fountains.

The sun shines; he enjoys and admires himself.

Another man, portly, walks among pigeons flocking

/

At his feet. He cares for his home and children. Young

People find him attractive and benevolent.

A large glass globe receives images of stars in

Space while reflecting the panorama of the earth.

/

Some minds are open to the truth, honorable and

Just, rising beyond infancy to seership.

On the beach bathing beauties disport themselves,

Each radiant and reliant among the others,

/

Exuding charms of natural endowment,

Free from responsibility except being themselves.

/

{Thursday} /Panorama of Charms\

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Aries-->Taurus

/moon goes void-of-course at 10:14a PT | 1:14p ET | 5:14p UT

until it enters Taurus at 11:43a PT | 2:43p ET | 6:43p UT




Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Message for Wednesday 22 March 2023

Wednesday 22 March 2023

^Ennui or Quickening^

/

Though it's March, something like snow covers the earth

Making all cheerless, uneventful. Not crime

But ennui threatens to devitalize and humble.

A man poorly clad stands beside a river

/

Raking bits of wood and straw for sustenance,

Gaining small comforts by easy ways.

A woman in Grecian robe, neck and arms bare,

Hands folded on her lap, pleasant, smiling,

/

Seems to converse with someone. She is kind,

Enjoying harmony, luxury, peace. Nearby a

Mockingbird, the first in spring, sings vicarious

Participation in the world's estheticism. 

/

All hearing are quickened, stimulated,

Inspired to articulate novel aspirations.

/

{Wednesday} ^Ennui or Quickening^


Cosmic Piper


Moon in Aries



Monday, March 20, 2023

Message for Tuesday 21 March 202

Tuesday 21 March 2023

^Evolving Assurance^

/

The first mockingbird in Spring contributes esthetic 

Realization to those who listen raptly. The full

Symphony may be missing yet each part is throbbed

In turn within nature's greenery where everything

/

Seems on the move. Four-footed and two-footed

Wanderers seek the imponderable without rest.

Among them stands a man with sword and spear,

Richly dressed in scarlet and purple, helmet of

/

Brass and gold, emboldened of his powers.

Another stands upon a dais holding a scroll of

Papers, on his head a laurel wreath.

Large understanding secures favor from the people.

/

Animals prowling, birds singing, prefigure blithely

Human confidence aiming toward some future.

/

{Tuesday} ^Evolving Assurance^


Cosmic Piper


Moon in Pisces-->Aries

/moon goes void-of-course at 8:59a PT | 11:59a ET | 3:59p UT

until it enters Aries at 9:02a PT | 12:02p ET | 4:02p UT (just 3 minutes later)

Spring began yesterday afternoon

Sunday, March 19, 2023

Message for Monday 20 March 2023

Monday 20 March 2023

~Beyond Banking to Heart-Wealth~

It's the first day of Spring, the Vernal Equinox arriving at 2:26p PT | 5:26p ET | 9:26p UT (See last Thursday's post for a rundown of the coming zodiacal year, up to March 20, 2024.  It looks much "better" or easier to me.)

/

A man plowing in the midst of a boundless plain

Wants to be first in everything, jealous of rivals.

His individuality and originality are outstanding.

When things get hard he ends up going bankrupt

/

To obtain deliverance from penalties. A point of futility

Yet allows for new paths of opportunity. 

Chopping wood near a cottage, sheep grazing nearby,

His orchard filled with fruit, he loves nature and is 

/

Loved by her more than by bankers. 

When his garden abounds with fruit, flowers and fountains,

The sun shining brightly, he covers himself with

Decorations, vain as a peacock, proud of good luck.

/

But what counts is his happy disposition and goodwill.

Labor is his contentment, heart-wealth his gain.

/

{Monday} ~Beyond Banking to Heart-Wealth~


Cosmic Piper

Spring begins (time above)

Moon in Pisces

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week ends at 2:13p PT | 5:13p ET | 9:13p UT


Friday, March 17, 2023

Weekend, and Week of March 18-24, Saturday-Friday

Week of March 18-24 (Saturday through Friday)

People are magnetic, but to what effect? It may not be clear. There is a mystic, inspirational bent, with a need to also keep feet on the ground. Unreliable people may be boon companions with unstable notions which you have to take with a grain of salt. "A comedian entertaining a group" offers release at least. Drugs and alcohol have well-known limits (and perils if excessive). 

"Two prim spinsters," with the keyword Divorcement, suggest that one can be wisely alone at times without being really lonely.

Energy and quivering intensity could could be directed toward a goal if well-defined. Personal passions such as hate, rage, fear, could get a hold on you so it is wise to avoid vindictiveness or revenge, grudges or "getting even." Let justice be restored judiciously and calmly for better results. Women may rule or control men effectively in ways that are not resented.

A detective quality makes you suspicious, or else your sharp mind can just show you how things really stand without resentment. 

Spiritual leadership skills allow you to "speak as one having authority," or else you appreciate such authority in a spiritual, occult or religious leader. There is "spiritual insight into affairs of earth" and "a practical viewpoint about ideas of heaven" (Grant Lewi). If your authority is real, you "have a grip on the hearts and minds of people that is invaluable."

You could be a builder or architect, figuratively, of some grand scheme, even if you do that behind the scenes, with caution. Spring is here, quickening us. With Mars trine Saturn, "you know when to fight and when to run away, when to push your affairs and when to let them bide their time." (GL)

Character and personal worth are strong, plus a cheerful and optimistic nature most of the time. "A comedian entertaining a group" is also "successfully expressing himself in two realms at once" so he may evoke laughter but also wisdom.

"The first mockingbird in Spring" may be ahead of himself, trying to be everything at once, but that is inspiring; and as reported in the Thursday report we are coming into a more promising zodiacal year beginning March 20, Monday. 

{Week of March 18-24}

Cosmic Piper

Saturday 18: Moon in Aquarius

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week is with us until Monday

Sunday 19: Moon in Aquarius-->Pisces

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week continues until Monday

/moon goes void-of-course at 3:34a PT | 6:34a ET | 10:34a UT

until it enters Pisces at 8:13a PT | 11:13a ET | 3:13p UT

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Message for Friday 17 March 2023

Friday 17 March 2023

}Error Reversed Subserves Life{

/

He holds a triangle with a hole in its center,

A magical object whose magic drains through the gap.

Secret false notions make good intentions abortive.

At last he finds himself lying on the ground,

/

The sun setting, hopes vanished in clouds,

Life's lessons learned or else lost in death.

He fumbles for the talismanic triangle, 

Grasps it gently while he prays, feels its opening

/

As an entrée of hope and possible rebirth.

He hears whistling and singing, casual footsteps--

A gypsy is coming out of the forest. He stoops

And grasps the lying, not dying, man's hand,

/

Raising him to his feet. They journey together

Wherever the triangle, opened to Spirit, may lead.

/

{Friday} {Error Reversed Subserves Life}


Cosmic Piper


Moon in Capricorn-->Aquarius

/moon goes void-of-course at 7:14a PT | 10:14a ET | 14:14p PT

until it enters Aquarius at 7:26a PT | 10:26a ET | 14:26p UT (just 12 minutes later)

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Message for Thursday 16 March 2023, and Year Ahead

 Thursday 16 March 2023, and Coming Year

\Hope Renewed/

On Wednesday and Thursday the Part of Fortune is in the 10th house (top of the chart) of Career, Position, or Honor, so I as well as you may be thinking about what brings us dignity or credit in the community. For me that is partly this forecast-meditation and I feel impelled to write a longer-term report (usually reserved for weekends).

Money! Banks crashing! Crypto-currencies (not just FTX) plummeting! The standard stock market (SPX) going down by 12.75% since last March 20. That brings me to the topic, the most significant (to my observation) annual charts in astrology, those from Vernal Equinox to Vernal Equinox, Spring to Spring, March 20 (or 21) to March 20. We begin a new year four days from now.

It should be better! That's what gives me extra motivation to write this. 

The 2022-23 chart covering the year soon ending was, without doubt, very difficult. By conventional aspect patterns we had Venus conjunct Saturn, with Mars in the same cluster, all square Uranus, indicating conflict, separation, harshness, and resentment. One might find a good use for this setup, but it seems few of us did, or we struggled to do so with some success and much failure. No doubt character was developed! It was the year of the Ukraine-Russia war, which began a few weeks before the year technically began. As already mentioned it was a year of harsh financial conditions and upsets, one of them in just the past week, others seemingly congenital (inflation, Market decline, soaring government and personal debt). Why, astrologically? Venus is the single planet connected most with money and as just mentioned she was conjoined with Saturn while square Uranus. Harsh indeed, and any superficial astrologer could see this setup as showing big losses. And there were no contrary indications (such as good Jupiter aspects) to help. 

The over-all pattern shows Mars at the focus of a T square (the other component being a moon-Uranus opposition). This can be warlike, and it was. Glimmers of hope for peace talks seemed just glimmers. 

Why would the positions of the planets at the Vernal Equinox be significant for a whole year? Because they are, which is the only answer one can give to skeptics. The ancient astrologers used such charts and after comparing them with many other methods I believe them to be of major importance, the best indications there are of annual tendencies. Even, their accuracy extends to the degree-symbols of the planets within the annual charts. As you probably know, I use three different sets of symbols given by three clairvoyant individuals, two of them in the 19th century. Again, just because they work. For the annual charts, so far I have found the Borelli-Sepharial symbols the most telling so will confine myself to those in this particular report. 

Mars, at point focus, was in the degree "Two bulls fighting on the edge of a precipice." Zelensky and Putin, or Biden and Putin, and the "precipice" could be a nuclear World War III. For brevity, let's take in addition the major rulers in the chart, Saturn and Jupiter. "A man lying wounded or sick upon the ground" (tragic war photos) and "Two daggers crossed." We have had too much of all that, not only in the war but in political turmoil and dissension in the U. S. and elsewhere. More than usual? So it seems to me.

The position of Venus in the 2022-23 chart now ending seems specially relevant because it is in the same degree as both Mars and Saturn (the two "malefics") in the birth-chart of Sam Bankman Fried, the favorite "financial villain" of the year. It is 13Aquarius14: "A broken bridge spanning a rapid stream." "Unforeseen dangers. About the middle of life there will be a great catastrophe, by which he could suffer a total collapse of his affairs. He will then be in danger of liquidation and serious trouble." SBF may be facing a prison term unless his lawyers can rescue him. Also, this same symbol fits neatly the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank over the past week, and much else, maybe even some facets of your personal finances.

Why does the 2023-24 chart beginning four days from now look better? There are too many reasons to report fully but I may mention more as the year rolls on.  Here are some: Venus, the money (and love) planet, sextile Mars on one side and Saturn on the other. This is major, and Venus is in her own sign, Taurus, a money sign. At the very least this should mean smoother sailing for virtually everyone. 

It may not mean "getting rich quick" but more like the symbol for Venus's degree-position (in the same Borelli-Sepharial set of symbols we are using for the sake of consistency): "A man of benevolent countenance stands near a cottage chopping wood. Around him are orchards well filled with fruit. Near him is a sheep grazing."  "With a contented, happy disposition one is a friend of Nature and beloved of her. One's wealth is one's own contentment and one's ambitions are fulfilled with the day. Keyword: Heart-Wealth."

Venus is one ruler within the chart; the other two are Mars and Mercury so let's look at their symbols: Mercury: "A wood in which wild undergrowth abounds, and many plants of different kinds and colors." "A rustic nature, brusque and rugged but rich of heart; abundant but untrained--one very prodigal of his energies and wealth." Quite the opposite of the Silicon Valley Bank! 

Mars: "A large and well cultivated tract of land." "A healthy body, with keen appreciation of nature's beauties; a successful life with large family and many friends. More physical and emotional than mental-spiritual, yet these will be reflected in the life, and work for good in it. Keyword: Fruitfulness." Again, the opposite of the forbidding symbol for Mars in the year now ending (bulls fighting, given above).

It lies to ourselves to take advantage of such favorable astrological conditions, but it appears that the cosmos is going to reward us for the tribulations we have been going through. Voila!

{Thursday, and year ahead} /Hope Renewed\

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Capricorn


Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Message for Wednesday 15 March 2023

Wednesday 15 March 2023

\Toward Spring/

Confusion has to do with Mercury and the sun both with Neptune in Pisces Neptune's sign. Confusion! Enough said. Spiritual reality calls to us when material pseudo-reality is impossible to work with in any consistent, planned way.

/

Winter frost in the woods still does not make way

For Spring. Its splendor masks the sharp suspension

Of growing life during creative transformation.

A humble but strong man, heedless of weather,

/

Fells a tree with an axe. Practical and aggressive, 

He contends against obstacles with ardent labor.

Another man in full armor, plus shield,

Is forearmed against danger, brave and dauntless,

/

Faithful and just, therefore secure.

Another person cannot be word-described

Because, giving forth magnetic light and power

Beyond analysis, he and she, above popularized

/

Evils, transforms them as reformer, healer, giver.

Now: Waiting, labor, bravery, transcendence.

/

{Wednesday} /Toward Spring\

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Sagittarius-->Capricorn

/moon goes void-of-course at 1:51a PT | 4:51a ET | 8:51a UT (all times now in Daylight Time except UT, which is Universal or Greenwich Time)

until it enters Capricorn at 5:07a PT | 8:07a ET | 12:07p UT

Message for Tuesday 14 March 2023

 Tuesday 14 March 2023

^In a Harsh Cycle Fortune Smiles^

/

In a large field of grain are many reapers

But few sheaves. Adequate results elude one whose

Motives are good and aspirations high. 

In the woods there remains winter frost canceling

/

Most man-friendly interests by the splendor

Of new natural cycles supreme over human 

Convenience. Nevertheless, inside a man sits

At a table carving a sumptuous feast provided by

/

That same Nature a few months before. 

An epicurean, he is harmless though overly

Fond of the things of the world. Fortune smiles

On him as also on a fair woman 

/

Richly attired, standing alone, loving 

Luxury, whose goodness of heart attracts friends.

/

{Tuesday}  ^In a Harsh Cycle Fortune Smiles^


Cosmic Piper


Moon in Sagittarius

Sunday, March 12, 2023

Message for Monday 13 March 2023

 Monday 13 March 2023

^Passage Cleared for Angels^

\

A man richly attired, having lost his foothold,

Is falling to the ground in Silicon Valley. Decadent

Reversal of fortune is like family breaking up for

Loss of tradition. A man trimming palms 

\

Cuts away what's dead or useless to make room

For nature's further, enhancing revelation of

Soul-power. Meanwhile an angel blows a trumpet,

Publishing to the world an important message

\

To uplift the social-spiritual condition of mankind.

Light-stars signify a person of great magnetic

Power destroying popular evils, a reformer,

Healer, philanthropist, his influence partly hidden

\

From the ordinary mind. Reading between the lines 

One realizes how loss of pretense summons angels.

\

{Monday} ^Passage Cleared for Angels^


Cosmic Piper


Moon in Sagittarius

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week continues until Tuesday morning

Friday, March 10, 2023

Message for Weekend of March 11-12 and Week Ahead

Weekend of March 11-12, and Week Ahead

In a broad way, if last week was one of "relationships," this week is one of "career." 

How this works out could be quite mysterious, because Neptune is highly accented, conjoined by both the sun and Mercury.  Unattainable plans, disappointments, and impressionability. Money matters probably not very successful yet not disastrous. Alcohol or drugs a detriment if overdone. 

Neptune square Mars could paralyze initiative and working energy if one submits to weakness. Rather, one could rest and meditate, pray and recover, then be ready to expend energy while inspired. 

Mercury square Mars is hastiness, restlessness, nagging, nervousness and disputation. (Podcast heaven.) Sun square Mars can be rashness, irritation, obstinacy, impulsiveness, quarrelsomeness and overstrain. One's demands on life should not be extravagant. Others' demands should be faced calmly. There is really time for everything if one husbands it peacefully.

Venus square Pluto could be a fanatic attachment. Erotic energies could slide into lust, or be refined into artistic talent and accomplishment. Mars sextile Venus is a strong need for love, a desire to participate in social gatherings or entertainment. Small successes keep us optimistic. We should be content with that because inflation and debt are making most wisely cautious financially.

Venus and Mars both in good aspect with Saturn, and each other, grant soberness and reserve to love-life, and also loyalty. One knows the worth of the love-object, and of oneself. One can be perseverant in action especially while with, or thinking of, someone loved. 

Yet Venus in Aries could make others and oneself somewhat pugnacious even when friendly. Such energy could be channeled into fine arts or fashionable living. "A spacious room is filled with expensive furniture and mirrors." 

In accord with the first sentence of this report, your work or career could prosper, especially when with "feet on the ground" in a realistic manner. "A man with a sheaf of corn under one arm and a sickle under the other" is reaping gains and prospering, at least in a small way which maintains confidence. 

As for greater things, if one has a mission one may resemble "a man standing alone in a dark and gloomy valley. A ray of brilliant light comes direct from the heavens on the crown of his head." 

{Week of March 11-17, 2023}

Cosmic Piper

P. S. Thanks to Reinhold Ebertin for some of the language used in delineating the aspects, and to Charubel for the two symbols.

Saturday 11: Moon in Scorpio  <moon in the Via Combusta 

Sunday 12: Moon in Scorpio until it goes void-of-course at 10:59p PT | 1:59a(M) ET | 6:59a(M) UT, to enter Sagittarius 23 minutes later

Thursday, March 9, 2023

Message for Friday 10 March 2023

Friday 10 March 2023


}Danger, Mission, Fun{

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During dark hours judgment strikes home.

Hopes and fancies are real to themselves, 

But may not bear the light of day. Force

May not yield happiness. In a bar a man stands,

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Tankard in hand, while two others with averted faces

Talk together, slanderous comrades of the weak.

But enveloped by a halo of golden light, a 

Sword not for slaughter defends the right. 

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A real mission arms with power a child of the sun.

When things are set right, channels of self-discovery

Open, non-static attempts at self-expression

Like children skating on ice. Beneath them reality

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As foundation provides for dynamic adventure.

Righteous aims fulfilled make room for fun.

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{Friday} {Danger, Mission, Fun}

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Libra-->Scorpio

< moon in the Via Combusta until Saturday morning

/moon goes void-of-course at 3:37p PT | 6:37p ET | 11:37p UT

until it enters Scorpio at 4:07p PT | 7:07p ET | 12:07a(Sa) UT (just a half hour later)



Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Message for Thursday 9 March 2022

Thursday 9 March 2022

}Not Injurious but Circuitously Nascent{

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A man, uncertain and tottering, spills water 

On the ground. Wavering, unstable, he seems

Not to know what he desires. Let's hope he doesn't

Fall prey to something diabolical, such as

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A reserved student of black magic leaning toward

Injuring rather than aiding his fellow humans.

Better and more fortunate is one who, changeful and fickle, 

Resembles a helical scroll, wandering without purpose.

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Virile companionship could make him less circuitous.

Yet more innocent are three fledglings in a nest

High in a tree. Early immature perspectives are

Elevating, restoring youth and unconditioned

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Creativity. Complete freedom from immediate

Involvements lets nascent character flap wings.

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{Thursday} {Not Injurious but Circuitously Nascent}

Cosmic Piper


Moon in Libra 

< moon enters the Via Combusta at 11:39a PT | 2:39p ET | 7:39p UT (possible loss of morale during a cosmic reshuffling) until Saturday night

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Message for Wednesday 8 March 2023

Wednesday 8 March 2023

}Ascending to Harmonious Merit{

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Two daggers are crossed. There is contention. 
A penetrating intellect gains distinction in the use of
Arms or legal arguments. There is want of harmony.
Therefore the ascendant is enveloped in gloom and blackness.
/
"The shades of death" abound when one does not devote sufficient
Energy to the spiritual side of nature.
Yet three fledglings nest high in a tree, 
Their nascent potentials awaiting a chance to prove
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Themselves, elevated in transcendent immaturity.
Beneath, a prosperous-looking man stands, arms
Extended forward, bearing a bowl of wine. 
Steadfast, sincere, he is held by friends in respect.
/
Conscious of merit, he has conquered contention and fear 
Of death, happy and hopeful as the fledglings.

{Wednesday} {Ascending to Harmonious Merit}

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Virgo-->Libra
/moon goes void-of-course at 6:08a PT | 9:08a ET | 2:08p UT
until it enters Libra at 6:45a PT | 9:45a ET | 2:45p UT (just 37 minutes later)

Monday, March 6, 2023

Message for Wednesday 7 March 2023

Tuesday 7 March 2023

\Adventure/

Is Mercury retrograde? No, but to me it sure feels like it. Why? It dawned on me a few hours ago when I was struggling with glitches and online problems, several at once. Mercury is in Pisces from March 2 through 18. On one hand this is good, ending the dominance of Saturn as the major dispositor of the other planets. Yet in Pisces Mercury is not only in its detriment but in its fall--Pisces is opposite Virgo, the sign Mercury rules and also the sign of its exaltation. That means that Mercury's position in Pisces is the only planetary-zodiacal position of both detriment and fall. And I have seen that some individuals born with Mercury in Pisces in fact seem to have problems with writing, technology and communication. Yet they may be very good, spiritual individuals. Mercury in Pisces is good for the soul but maybe not for the "lower mind" of everyday manipulation of letters and numbers. I know of two individuals born with Mercury in Pisces who had enormous spiritual wisdom but seemed to express it in odd or even incompetent language which turned off many who were not patient with that. 

Tuesday: 


A military office on his charger, with sword in hand, 

Rests on the top of a hill as if on the look-out. 

He could organize and command a multitude.

A deep red star rises quickly past the ascendant,


Virulent, causing the eruption of desires and passions

Not good for health and longevity. "Overcome these elemental

Promptings to secure a long, prosperous, happy life."

One might undertake a rough journey, belted and armed,


Fond of discovery and adventure. An inquisitive pioneer,

One travels on new roads of knowledge and research.

By nightfall one may chance on a country scene, a barn

Decorated for a dance, and relax with the common folk


In the richness of gregariousness. There's happy give-and-take 

While all plunge into experience without reservation. 


{Tuesday} /Adventure\

Cosmic Piper


Moon in Virgo


Sunday, March 5, 2023

Message for Monday 6 March 2023

Monday 6 March 2023

\From Frustrating Confusion to Amity/

Venus with Jupiter while sextile Mars has the elements of "a barn dance." Dr. Jones says this is "complete self-fulfillment through the established, normal activities of the community at large." "Richness of living comes from an uninhibited sharing of everyday potentialities, with a maximum of happy give-and-take between any one individual and any other." 

[There was a glitch yesterday when I wrote this causing me to use the wrong symbol. I replace Paragraph 2 with this]:

"A dense plain with low fog, but sunshine above." "Frustration and confusion with worldly matters, but perhaps great heights in matters spiritual and transcendental." - Charubel

"'A man with two horses plowing' is to be taken psychically or spiritually. The plow prepares this world of mankind for precious seed. One could be a pioneer or forerunner to prepare the way for a higher manifestation." --Charubel

"A man and woman are standing hand in hand, looking with affection toward each other." (Sepharial) Many will display "an amiable and pleasant disposition, friendly to all. There can be peace, concord and amity."

{Monday} /From Frustrating Confusion to Amity\

Cosmic Piper 

Moon in Virgo

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week continues until Tuesday morning




Friday, March 3, 2023

Message for Weekend of March 4-5 and Coming Months

March: Astrological Weather Improving

I don't know, guys, but thank you for reading these reports. Sometimes it is hard going. I wanted to write long-term forecasts on the weekends and shall try that today but luck does not seem to be with me in terms of giving me the time to write a full report. I shall "play it by ear."

I realize that many will not care to hear about long-term aspects like Saturn square Uranus, but that one has been super-important and it has just ended. It lasted from January 11, 2020, through January 23, 2023. Guess what were the dates of the "global pandemic"? You got it, almost exactly the same. 

In fact, to make  my job on a Friday late-afternoon easier so I can TGIF, I remembered that I already wrote about this! Here it is from early February:

Is the Covid pandemic over? 

It's a fraught topic. In my favor: about a year ago I looked at the situation and said here that it might end by January 2023. It was already getting "better" in most people's experience. 

Here was, and is, my astrological reasoning:

Some say the pandemic began, officially, on March 11, 2020, but its beginnings in China were detected in December 2019 and it was named Covid 19 by the World Health Organization on February 12, 2020. What astrological indication might correlate with this? (Astrology does not show causation in the ordinary meaning of that word but it shows correlation.) Well, the big-culprit aspect Saturn square Uranus began on January 11, 2020, just before the official designations. These are very slow-moving planets and that square has continued for three years, ending finally on January 23, 2023, a couple weeks ago. (A neighbor who has been very stringent over masking was seen on the street without a mask twice in the past two weeks. Hallelujah!) (I always use a ten-degree orb for major aspects, as did the spectacular astrologers Ptolemy and Marc Edmund Jones.)

Astrologer Reinhold Ebertin says of this aspect: "great psychological tension, inflexibility, provoking behavior, contradiction, dispute, animosity, estrangement, separation, bereavement, illness, hardships, formative interference in destiny (prison); use of force or suffering of violence, nonsubmission, struggle for existence, backlash from past mistakes, disputes, resistance, losses, mental and emotional pain, sorrow, danger of accidents or mishaps." 

Does all that sound familiar? There are many now, experts, who insist that we should not just "memory-hole" all that but investigate the governmental and medical agencies responsible for harmful lockdowns, masking, and enforced vaccination. Such investigation, even legal action, is being done by some very brave people. (It is not really "politics," it is an attempt to save human freedom, but to avoid the appearance of politics I'll leave it at that.)

And that fateful square in the sky is not all. Saturn, the most difficult planet or "greater malefic," rules the signs Capricorn and Aquarius and has been strong in those consecutive signs since January 2018. Further, by ruling other planets in those two signs, and then the planets ruled by those planets in turn, Saturn has often been the "sole dispositor" of the seven anciently-known planets. It was playing that role when the virus became known in China in December 2019, and in February and March 2020 when WHO named and declared the pandemic. (Except for Venus having gone into her own sign a few days before 3/11/20, to be exact.)

This was a "double whammy!" Not only one of the worst, or rather hardest, of all aspects, Saturn square Uranus, but the dominance, by rulership and disposition, of most of the planets by Saturn. 

Then look ahead two years to the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on February 24, 2022. The Saturn-Uranus square is still there, while Saturn as top dispositor rules Mars, Venus and Mercury in Capricorn. Let's hope that the amelioration of these celestial configurations (pointed out in the next paragraph) will facilitate the peace negotiations we so desperately need to prevent World War III. 

Saturn has again been Sole Dispositor since December 20, 2022, and continues thus until March 3 when, finally, Mercury moving into Pisces shall release the planets it rules from Saturn's dominion and then, even more conclusively, until March 7 when Saturn itself moves into Pisces, losing much of its power, ruling no planets. 

So my good news is that we have something to look forward to in early March! (And now we are there!) Probably people will not be dancing in the streets, though the sun, Mercury and Saturn shall be in Pisces the sign of the feet and dancing, but things should be less fraught with tension and worry.

Further, beginning March 20, day of the Vernal or Spring Equinox, we begin a new astrological year which looks a lot less difficult than the previous challenging one we are winding up. More about that next weekend.

If you study or re-read the above, and memorize some of those dates, you will know more about what is "really" going on than most astrologers, who (1) are often very sloppy and (2) do not use a full 10-degree orb for major aspects as Ptolemy did and (3) give little or no attention to the planetary dispositors. This excludes them from major insights.

I hope your life is starting to seem easier for you to manage and streaming more benefits to you.

Cosmic Piper


Saturday 4: Moon in Leo
|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week is with us

Sunday 5: Moon in Leo-->Virgo 
|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week continues until early Tuesday morning
/moon is void-of-course for just 20 minutes, 7:20-40p PT | 10:20-40p ET | whereupon it enters Virgo