Message for Weekend of December 30-31, and current Epoch through January 20

Message for Weekend of December 30-31, and current Epoch through January 20 

We have considered the Dark or Slow Hermetic Epoch chart for November 25 through January 20 already, one post using the Charubel symbols and one using the Borelli-Sepharial symbols. Now it's time to do it again with the Sabian Symbols.

"Wind clouds and haste" means transient instability amid superficial excitement. We see this in the war zones in the Mideast and Ukraine, of course. Yet one can be "efficient in controlling events at any point of transition or crisis" and then the keyword is Exaltation.

"Hunters starting out for ducks" are expressing desire honestly and straightforwardly. They make their own elbowroom to get what they want willy-nilly. The keyword is Enterprise. My caveat is: During a Dark or Slow Epoch, ducks may outwit the hunters!

We may look at things in multiply varied ways, and sense that they are not at all what they seem. Many spend more time than usual reading or thinking about paranormal events such as UFOs during any Dark Epoch. Can this be a "rabbit hole"? Indeed! Or it could add a dimension to one's experience of reality. "A child and a dog with borrowed eyeglasses" supplement their perceptions and examine everything with fresh, colorful vision.

"The purging of the priesthood" is almost literal in the Roman Catholic Church. Just today a church official who had been rebuked by the Pope said, after a meeting with him, "Well, I'm still alive." Many Catholics are unhappy with Pope Francis and feel that he needs to be "purged" of some of his attitudes. Beyond that, there are serious religious disputes, obviously, behind the war between Jews and Hamas. Christmas trees have been attacked by pro-Palestine activists, and so on. Each of us as individuals may be examining our conscience to determine what we believe and what we reject or question.

"An Indian chief demanding recognition" could be Netanyahu of Israel, or various Hamas chieftains, or Zelensky of Ukraine, or Putin, as well as various American presidential candidates. The keyword, Inflexibility, shows what the world is up against. At best, it could be "an ever-effective authority following from a single eye of vision and a consistent dignity of character."

To take care of the wounded and suffering in these conflicts, we have "a Red Cross nurse." She or he has "steadiness of concern for the extreme needs of others." The keyword is Enlistment.

Where is security, something firm and lasting? "A petrified forest" symbolizes "an eternal stoutheartedness and its practical dividends in spiritual continuance." The keyword is Survival.

"A secret business conference" could be monopolistic and exploitative; or it could be "a determination to capitalize on any given situation through effective allegiances among the principal personalities involved." The keyword is Opportunity.

The separations, internationally, are stark, as well as the political separations in the U. S.; yet "a bridge is being built across a gorge." "There are always ways in which physical limitations may be transformed into personal or social assets." We need to "Heal the Divide" with understanding Channelship.

Happy 12 Days of Christmas, through January 5, and Happy 2024!

Cosmic Piper

Saturday 30: Moon in Leo

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

/moon goes void-of-course at 9:19p PT | 12:19a(Su) ET | 5:19a(Su) UT

Sunday 31: Moon is void-of-course

until it enters Virgo at 3:54a PT | 6:54a ET | 11:54a UT

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week remains through Monday