Message for Friday 1 December 2023 ^Camaraderie^

Message for Friday 1 December 2023

^Camaraderie^

A sleigh rests on the ground without snow.

Not all is defeated. Unrealized possibilities

Are sustainment. Imagination and magic align to

Greater potentials. Rather than a snowball fight

/

Swords are crossed in a quarrel of broils and variances.

Battling sides are not sure how the division began.

Men look at themselves in hand-glasses, vain and

Devoted to profitless callings which flatter their egos.

/

A woman maintains a rustic cottage overarched by

A spreading cedar tree. She solicits peace and comfort

For all who enter her doors, whether wayside travelers

Or family. They come with swords they lay down in order

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To partake of food and drink. The virtues of each lie

Open to the vision of the others. Camaraderie.

/

{Friday} ^Camaraderie^

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Cancer-->Leo

/moon goes void-of-course at 5:08a PT | 8:08a ET | 1:08p UT

until it enters Leo at 8:02a PT | 11:02p ET | 4:02p UT

Message for Thursday 30 November 2023 ~Social Conscience~

Message for Thursday 30 November 2023

~Social Conscience~

A knight of the field stands mailed and plumed,

With lance, ready for attack. He's steadfast in

Defending his rights and those of his country.

What would victory be when, over the battlefield,

/

An eagle and a large white dove turn one into the

Other? Who is adept enough to vary strategies

Successfully? "I am for peace, but they are for war"

Lamented the Psalmist. A general sneaks into a

/

Tent to consult a woman reading tea leaves.

An over-reality, an invisible world, might help him

Cognize winning timing. His men are, some of them,

Young; all vulnerable; they put him in mind of

/

His own children standing on stairs with their

Mother, learning to live a social conscience.

/

{Thursday} ~Social Conscience~

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Moon in Cancer

Message for Wednesday 29 November 2023 ~Toward Peace~

Message for Wednesday 29 November 2023 

~Toward Peace~

Walking on the edge of a precipice, this man

Seems reckless but is sensitive as well as

Impulsive, and honorable and affectionate. 

He sees in the rocks the imprint of invisible

/

Forces forming patterns not yet clear, but their

Composition saves him from falling and shows him

How to remold the course of events. He walks up

A promontory illumined by the noonday sun, covered

/

With flowers. He feels, proud, light-headed and

Charming, welcoming fortune's favors. Two swords

Crossed on the ground invite him to stand on them

And point upward with an invisible scepter. 

/

The world needs peace. He invokes it by confiding

In a higher power, source of rocks, flowers, sunshine.

/

{Wednesday} ~Toward Peace~

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Cancer all day in Pacific zone; beginning at 1:55 a.m. in Eastern zone and 6:55 a.m. UT

Message for Tuesday 28 November 2023 }Allurement{

Message for Tuesday 28 November 2023

}Allurement{

A solitary tree stands on a rocky height,

Behind it a dark threatening cloud. Winter

Approaches. Isolated feelings plus pride

Could invite perfidy. Yet somehow a butterfly

Hovers in the cold air, a third wing on its

Left side. Its unique makeup demands a 

Distinctive destiny or idealistic originality. 

By evening a beautiful star, maybe Venus,

Shines brighter and brighter before it suddenly

Disappears. Poets, painters, geniuses have their

Day. They create a favorable ambience for

A knock on the door by Cupid, who props up

Allurement where no one would suspect it

Could lean without falling. Oh, it falls.

{Tuesday} {Allurement}

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Gemini-->Cancer

/moon goes void-of-course at 5:04p PT | 8:04p ET | 1:04a(W) UT

until it enters Cancer at 10:55p PT | 1:55a(W) ET | 6:55a(W) UT

Message for Monday 27 November 2023 }Goddess Governs Work and Play{

Message for Monday 27 November 2023

}Goddess Governs Work and Play{

A man asleep by the side of money-bags

Lacks a sense of duty, dreaming of the past

And future while the world goes by.

Later he wakes to something interesting and

\

Inventive, bringing new apps to the service of the

World with little advantage to himself, as if he

Were in servitude. To relax he turns to 

Sportsmanship which develops competence

\

And character. He plays games of cricket,

Refining steady potentials within the rules.

Looking on from above sits a goddess of mercy,

Enthroned in a superconscient realm from which

\

All the moves in works and games shuffle 

Together in formulas of omnipotence.

\

{Monday} {Goddess Governs Work and Play}

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Gemini

Full Moon of Sagittarius-Gemini is exact at 1:17a PT | 4:17a ET | 9:17a UT

|Karmic sobering, challenging third of this week| ends at 9:16p PT | 12:16a ET | 5:16a(Tu) UT

Messages from Cosmic Piper are invisible during the Thanksgiving weekend so he can have a small vacation.

 Messages from Cosmic Piper are invisible during the Thanksgiving weekend so he can have a small vacation.

Message for Thursday 23 November 2023 ^Thanksgiving^

Message for Thursday 23 November 2023

^Thanksgiving^

Personal energy is restless, indomitable,

Resourceful. The human soul anticipates

Everything needed irrepressibly.

The ocean is covered with whitecaps.

/

But two men function inappropriately,

Out of balance, and are placed under

Arrest. To escape the consequences of their

Actions they distribute papers, tweets and

/

Missives, partisans in their own cause,

And in time such enthusiasm begets

Reduced sentences. On their release

They celebrate in a well-lighted house with

/

Open door, rejoicing in the company of friends,

Beloved for open-handed hospitality.

/

{Thursday} ^Thanksgiving^

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Moon in Aries

Message for Wednesday 22 November 2023 ^Reformation^

Message for Wednesday 22 November 2023

^Reformation^

Someone has stuck a dagger in an old door,

Striking out at existing systems and customs,

Mocking and taunting, till he is brought up short

To recognize folly. However, he is not wrong

/

To detect hypocrisy in those who purport to interpret

Holiness. A decadent priesthood needs to be purged,

Scourged if need be as Jesus enacted in the Temple.

Reformation's an adventure in integrity. 

/

A more intellectual bent turns the mind of a 

Technologist to ponder pebbles on paper

As factors in an elaborate program

Aping human faculties belonging to Hegel 

/

And Bach. All converge at a campfire: 

A Grand Army of the Republic Thanksgiving!

/

{Wednesday} ^Reformation^

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Pisces-->Aries

/moon goes void-of-course at 7:11a PT | 10:11a ET | 3:11p UT

until it enters Aries at 9:21a PT | 12:21p ET |  5:21p UT

Sun enters Sagittarius at 6:24a PT | 9:24a ET | 2:24p UT

Message for Tuesday 21 November 2023 ~Attraction~

Message for Tuesday 21 November 2023

~Attraction~

A plowman is a plodder but cultivates the earth

Industriously and steadily. Agriculture provides

Contentment. Another man with bow and arrow

Is a good marksman, taking aim at an object

/

In the distance, chasing what he requires yet

Noble and humane; therefore prosperous.

At the right place and season he catches glimpses

Of the aurora borealis in the north, but cannot see

/

The icebergs it envelopes. It's a silent force less

Obvious than that of his bow, yet it engenders

Gaia's dreaming. She herself empowers a woman

In trailing robes waving a wand with a serpent

/

Coiled round it. She asserts control over others

By persuasion, fascination, invincible attraction.

/

{Tuesday} ~Attraction~

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Moon in Pisces

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week ends at 12:35p PT | 3:35p ET | 8:35p UT 

Message for Monday 20 November 2023 ~Security~

Message for Monday 20 November 2023

~Security~

In a public market, give-and-take fosters

Group integrity within individual patterns.

Commerce organizes converging and conflicting

Interests. A mummer wears a mask not to be

\

Dishonest but theatrical, subtly simulating

Others' personalities amid comedy, coquetry 

And flattery. But tragedy threatens a native American 

Woman who pleads to the chief to save the lives of her 

\

Children, putting first things first; gaining

Effective redemption for a coming generation.

She is sure she has won when, against the rising

Sun, she sees a cross carved in stone 

\

Out of a rocky eminence, haloed in divine light.

Austerity and faithfulness guarantee security.

\

{Monday} ~Security~

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Aquarius-->Pisces

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week is at its peak, ending Tuesday afternoon

/moon goes void-of-course at 2:51a PT | 5:51a ET | 10:51a UT

until it enters Pisces at 6:30a PT | 9:30a ET | 2:30p UT

Messages for Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 November 2023

Messages for Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 November 2023

Saturday 18: }Colorful Self-Affirmation{

A fair woman looking at her face in a handglass

Is frivolous and light-hearted, laughing at fate, 

Self-centered and worldly, flaunting her colors.

When a military band goes on the march she would

Distract the troops from clear duty, but their

Intrepidity as a blare of self-affirmation

Postpones any indulgence in self-satiety.

Miners have finished their work for the week

And emerge from the mine, escaped from

Hampering and unattractive labor, ready to

Enjoy its fruits while strong in the character

It builds. The seasons are changing. At home

The family is already thinking of Christmas,

Unpacking from the attic tree decorations.

{Saturday} {Colorful Self-Affirmation}

Moon in Aquarius

\\\

Sunday 19: }Escape to Supernature{

An owl is perched in a tree, unaware of a 

Snake coiled in the branches. He is silent

And watchful, yet his plans could be upset.

Below in the field crouches a tiger, ready

For a spring on its prey, natural to it, but

A man-tiger would be treacherous and cruel,

Unnatural for the human level of evolution.

To escape predatory humans, a person of

Melancholy or misanthropic character, roughly

Hewn like a pillar of black marble, stands upon

A rock. He or she made a bad match and became

Separated and solitary. Pondering life's futility

In loneliness, he develops supernatural powers.

Then he steps from the pedestal to influence public life.

{Sunday} {Escape to Supernature}

Moon in Aquarius

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week begins at 2:49a PT | 5:49a ET | 10:49a UT

Message for Friday 17 November 2023 \Herding/

Message for Friday 17 November 2023

\Herding/

A mole has his own invisible life,

Very reserved, very determined, and

Some humans resemble him, fixed on

Their individuality, despising the public.

/

A centaur, au contraire, alternates between

Man and horse identities, his bow and arrow

Aimed either high or low, diplomatically.

He seems quite free of parentage, searching

/

For guidance where he may, until a finger

Points in an open book to confirm his intuition.

Then he's led to do what my Uncle Bob

Did, conduct a herd of cattle through each dreary

/

Day. I saw him, while his wife struggled for life,

Put his hand on a cow to guide her home. 

/

{Friday} /Herding\

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Capricorn

Message for Thursday 16 November 2023 \Benevolence/

Message for Thursday 16 November 2023

\Benevolence/

A prison door with iron spikes secludes a person

Whose vicious tendencies invite restraint. Yet

Even the caged bird will sing, and even iron

Doors can open. A firm goal develops powers;

/

A canoe approaches safety through dangerous

Waters. Accepting risks and exigencies

Forcibly fosters competence. Then when life

Calms, one walks like a portly man among pigeons

/

Flocking at one's feet. Home and the care of children

Make one benevolent and attractive, inspiring

Faith and confidence. Ministering to human needs

Unfurls a white flag bearing a red Maltese

/

Cross, emblem of a noble mind with pure 

Intentions. Puny obstacles fade away.

/

{Thursday} /Benevolence\

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Moon in Capricorn

Message for Wednesday 15 November 2023 ^Pointing Finger^

Message for Wednesday 15 November 2023

^Pointing Finger^

Our Moon, still New, is unsure what it's doing

But keeps shedding feeble rays in several

Directions. Tentative action capitalizes on

Finesse. A gladiator, armed with dagger and

/

Shield, is ready for the fray to which irascible

Disposition directs him. Fighting has no end

Without self-command; and discrimination is aided

By a finger pointing in an open book to words of

/

Illuminating wisdom. The lessons of human experience

Sharpen attention to significance and purpose.

Crowds of humanity seek confirmation of their

Reason for being; they come down from mountain

/

Fastnesses to listen to one man whose spiritual

Authority awakens them to a practical focus.

/

{Wednesday} ^Pointing Finger^

Moon in Sagittarius

/ moon goes void-of-course at 2:58p PT | 5:58p PT | 10:58p UT

and enters Capricorn at 11:43p PT

Message for Tuesday 14 November 2023 ^Metamorphosis^

Message for Tuesday 14 November 2023

^Metamorphosis^

The New Moon is a slim crescent on a very dark

Sky. What is ready, anything? Or is all gloom

Doomed to end blithe hope? A young maiden

Is weeping over a grave, sensitive, with keen 

/

Sympathy for the departed and for others bereaved.

Family ties and friends disappear into melancholy.

She dries her eyes long enough to see,

Unexpectedly, a rabbit bouncing among the

/

Tombstones. His body is enveloped by a glow

Which, as he leaps, metamorphoses him into

Something like a fairy. The girl's soul-poetry

Attempts the same for her and she makes a transition

/

Into a lady sitting on a divan, fanning herself while

Enjoying good things among invisible companions.

{Tuesday} ^Metamorphosis^

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Sagittarius

Message for Monday 13 November 2023 ~Transition~

 Message for Monday 13 November 2023

~Transition~

In his hand he holds a roll of parchment, or maybe

An E-document, all very public, community journaling

As it were. Let's keep lawyers away.

There's the story of a naked man who fell from a rock

\

Into a lake. His susceptibilities led him astray;

And yes there was a woman to blame, within

The me-too era. Her allurements led him to

An untimely fall.  Embarrassed and reckless, 

\

He took up duck-hunting, the prey legal and speechless.

Straightforward honesty of desire says, "Just 

Go for it." Aren't all exploited somehow? Yet a

Softer poetry of soul takes charge of his body

\

When he sees a bunny by the lake metamorphosed

Into a fairy. The hunter makes a transition.

\ 

{Monday} ~Transition~

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Scorpio-->Sagittarius

New Moon of Scorpio is exact at 1:29a PT | 4:29a ET | 9:29p UT

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week is at its peak, ending early Wednesday

/moon goes void-of-course at 3:03p PT | 6:03p ET | 11:03p UT

until it enters Sagittarius at 6:23p PT | 9:23p ET | 4:23a(Tu) UT

Messages for Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 November 2023

Messages for Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 November 2023

Saturday 11: ~Mutuality~

With a broken plow he stands in an open field,

Suffering from lack of opportunity, reduced to menial

Work, yet adapting himself to cultivation. 

In his spare time he takes up dueling,

/

Fencing with swords, becoming quite formidable,

Not admitting an equal. Then he tries pugilism

With impressive success. But one match is almost

Fatal until a Red Cross Nurse intervenes to lend

/

Him crucial aid. Both up and down, he enlists to

Ease the needs of others, going back to

Farming.  In the public market he charges what is

Fair and makes commerce a living ideal of

/

Community living. Generosity and self-interest

Fuse, conflicting interests equal mutual benefits.

/

{Saturday} ~Mutuality~

Moon in Libra-->Scorpio

< moon in the Via Combusta

/moon goes void-of-course at 7:06a PT | 10:06a ET | 3:06p UT

until it enters Scorpio at 10:40a PT | 1:40p ET | 6:40p UT

///

Sunday 12: ~Escape into Childlike Kindness~

A cataract is falling from one rocky ledge to another.

Some are compelled, from within or by circumstances,

To actions precipitous and hazardous. Does that end

In obscurity and confusion? There is intelligence and 

/

Aspiration, yet temper prods energies to run away

With reason. A red triangle warns against 

Swords and fires. But a Red Cross Nurse can save

The day. Her ideal service make her a phase of 

/

All-self. She loses a sense of separativeness

By concern for the extreme needs of others. 

Those around her likewise enlist, even children, 

Becoming humanitarian in their play. Adults

/

With simplicity of manner play with them,

Fond of youthful, childlike amusements.

/

{Sunday}~Escape into Childlike Kindness~

Moon in Scorpio

< leaving the Via Combusta in mid- to late-afternoon

|Karmic sobering, challenging third of this week| begins at 3:55p PT | 6:55p ET | 11:55p UT (until Tuesday evening)

Cosmic Piper