Message for Friday 22 November 2024 ^More on Navigating the Dark Epoch ^

Message for Friday 22 November 2024

^More on Navigating the Dark Epoch ^ Yesterday we discussed the Bright (fast Mercury) and Dark (slow) Hermetic Epochs. The current Dark one runs from November 7 till January 4. That happens to be the interim between Trump's election and his assumption of office later in January. It's a lame duck period for the current Administration and a time of turmoil for the Trump transition team. But there is nothing "wrong" with the DHEs. They are often times to REplace something with something else. Sometimes they REquire REtreat, as in Matt Gaetz on Thursday REsigning from a difficult confirmation battle over the Attorney General position. Other confirmation struggles are ongoing. It's not that nothing good can happen but that it's like walking while dragging a chain or over chewing gum. People misunderstand each other. Court cases are REversed or charges dropped. There are delays in labor that someone owes. Positively, a loan could be forgiven. Thoughts are complex. Scholars find hidden surprising connections. Too much information? Notions from various sources could be melded or blended. Not this or that, but this as well as that, at appropriate times. People suggest to you procedures which are uncongenial, so you have to say No thanks either openly or silently. It seems that a good friend is being unreasonable or unfair to someone but you don't want to intervene. Why does it take so long for people to arrive at a tentative workable decision? Beware of dropping someone or something prematurely. Getting a divorce or resigning a job could be a mistake. Throwing in the towel could make you naked or vulnerable. Patience! Positively, philosophic thinking can be deep and revealing. Old music could sing more sweetly to you than contemporary stuff. Older artists are promoting concerts based on complete old albums. Dare to go REtro! Scriptures, or spiritual writings which seem scriptural to you, can be salvific, life-saving. They REorient and REvive you blessedly. [Friday] ^More on Navigating the Dark Epoch^ Cosmic Piper Moon in Leo-->Virgo Void of course at 6:16a ET until entering Virgo at 3:02p ET

Message for Thursday 21 November 2024 This Dark Hermetic Epoch (November 7 till January 4): How to Navigate It

Message for Thursday 21 November 2024

This Dark Hermetic Epoch (November 7 till January 4): How to Navigate It 1 The Dark and Bright Epochs alternate and each lasts about two months. 2 They are based on the speed and orbit of Mercury (Hermes in Greek). 3 Always the 3-week Mercury Retrograde period is at the center of a Dark or Slow Epoch. This time that's November 25 to December 15. 4 The other four weeks of a Dark Epoch (two before and two after the MR phase) are very similar to the MR period. 5 The Dark or Slow Epoch (where we are now until January 4) is not "bad" but can be confusing. At worst, there are delays and incompetences, mechanical or technological time-consuming glitches, and differing opinions or approaches that are hard to reconcile. 6 The past is present in big and unexpected ways. This can be in dreams or daydreams. You may watch old movies or return to books you've read before. We are REexperiencing or REthinking elements of our personal past and of the world's past. 7 This trend is healthy but sometimes seems to interfere with attending to current necessities. Living in the past and present concurrently is an art form to be developed during these times. 8 Psychic phenomena and spiritual experiences are prominent. 9 Old "sins" or bad habits may sneak back and take over for a while. 10 Old friends and relatives become more significant than usual. This can be very positive, as in the year-end holiday season this time. 11 You are likely to modify your schedules and do things in "out of pattern" style. That is fine, but it's wise to decide on some linchpins in daily or weekly schedules so you don't get lost in a welter of side issues. 12 Knowing about all this can be so clarifying, comforting and strengthening that I shall write more about it. I hope many readers will save this post and share it. [Thursday] Navigating the Dark Epoch Cosmic Piper Thursday: Moon in Leo

Message for Wednesday 20 November 2024 ^Spontaneous^

 Message for Wednesday 20 November 2024

^Spontaneous^ A child and a dog with borrowed eyeglasses Show that there are no absolute lines of demarcation Between planes of being or modes of thought. These two eagerly examine personal opportunities. They successfully take the hint of rock Formations at the edge of a precipice, Escaping danger and enduring. Some are born to occupy positions of trust In a ministry or government service. Secrecy and caution are required. A roll of sealed parchment Lies across a scepter. Others are Informal, releasing buoyant energies For spontaneous refreshment, like The oddly liberating Halloween Jester. [Wednesday] ^Spontaneous^ Cosmic Piper Moon in Leo beginning at 5:52a PT / 8:52a ET (void of course for 2.5 hours before that)

Message for Tuesday 19 November 2024 ~Mastery~

Message for Tuesday 19 November 2024

~Mastery~ A snake coiled round a tree, its head Raised ready to strike, has scientific powers, Trained in subtle arts, cunning and jealous. A man seated before pebbles on a sheet Of paper has a studious mind, and may Originate new methods of computation Or freshened science. An owl sitting In the moonlight is wise, prudent, self-possessed, Discovering things occult or distant, not seen by The common eye, through abstruse study. Two triangles interlaced, with a third superposed, Indicate a balance of physical and mental Forces and the conquest of things spiritual. What is mastery? Self-government. [Tuesday] ~Mastery~ Cosmic Piper Moon in Cancer

Message for Monday 18 November 2024 ~Security~

Message for Monday 18 November 2024

~Security~

Abortive enterprises bring on loss of

Reputation. A key turned in the lock breaks

Off in the hand. There is a cross to bear 

Before entering the gates of the Temple of

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Wisdom.  Elaborate researches require

Patience to be acute, cunning and cautious.

A snake is coiled around a tree in a garden

Of many-hued flowers. Some are genial, kindly

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And sociable. The autistic, ornamental and aesthetic

Combine with happy, fortunate associations.

On a rocky eminence has been carved a cross

In stone. It stands with the rising sun, haloed

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In divine light. Spiritual and religious studies

Make minds firm, dependable and secure.

/

{Monday} ~Security~

Moon in Cancer

beginning at 0:51a PT | 3:51a ET

(void-of-course in Gemini before that)

Message for Week of November 16-23, 2024 ~Ball of Fire~

Message for Week of November 16-23, 2024

~Ball of Fire~

It seems very lucky that Donald Trump chose most of his top-level cabinet appointments last week. If you revisit what I said in this report for that week you'll see a number of very bright, optimistic, uplifting symbols.

This week is not the same, and that coincides with the fact that Mercury is slowing down, to go retrograde from November 25 to December 15. There is much opposition to some of Thump's picks, and deal-making is needed to get some confirmed. Fortunately a new Bright Hematic Epoch shall begin January 4 before the new Administration assumes power. 

1 "An empty space" fits the fact that the current Cabinet is lame-duck, while the new one is uninstalled. Charubel says, "A very weak character, open to extraneous influences of any kind." The press and media are certainly "extraneous" and misleading influences. Many of us will "not be disposed to any kind of work of a plodding nature."

2 "A man at the end of a wooden bridge over a chasm hesitates to trust himself on it." This indicates "One of a fearful disposition; inclined to doubt everything, and to suspect even his best friends." Much suspicion is being thrown at Bobby Kennedy, Tulsi Gabbard, and Matt Gaetz, while others think they are "the best friends of the nation." Again, it seems fortuitous that DJT picked his major allies last week. In your own life, are you inclined to distrust some who could actually be "best friends"?

3 "A man inspecting horses" could instead be inspecting other human candidates to run in the "race" of the new Washington team. Also, the media, podcast hosts and interviewees, will all be "inspecting" the likely new government officials.

4 We still have the sinister unnamed degree of "black magic" or an impulse to hurt people. One might observe this on both sides of the political spectrum, and also realize that some are not "wolves in sheep's clothing" but "sheep in wolves' clothing." The tares and the wheat grow together, said Jesus. Ethical judgments are not easy at this point of our history. Justice working out may seem injustice at times.

5 What about the wars we so earnestly wish to quell, if we are good human beings? "Men are working, in an almost nude state owing to the heat, in the engine room of a large steamer." "Some may leave their native land under very gloomy circumstances and endure much suffering. I advise such an one to live very quietly; never to take on himself any office of trust involving great responsibilities." Cool it. "Come and see what the Lord has done; from end to end of the earth he stamps out war." --Psalm 46

6 Yet it seems, for now, that some are called to military duties. "A man in full armor, with helmet on head and spear in hand," is "fond of military pursuits. He is a good soldier, generally of very good proportions." Preparation for securing peace could seem warlike. 

7 "A large ball of fire flying through the air" denotes "one who has an extraordinary mission. He cannot fail to become a ruler of men, and a giant intellectually and morally if not physically." Sylvester Stallone, at a Mar a Lago party, proclaimed Donald Trump to be the new George Washington. 

Other leaders are of a more esoteric character, especially during a Dark or Slow Hermetic epoch when so much outward uncertainty prevails. Who are your spiritual guides?

{Week of November 16-23} ~Ball of Fire~

Cosmic Piper

Saturday 16: Moon in Gemini

Sunday 17: Moon in Gemini

/it goes void-of-course at 8:10p PT | 11:10p ET

Message for Friday 15 November 2024 \Rebirth/

Message for Friday 15 November 2024

\Rebirth/

An X ray symbolizes unknown but discoverable

qualities. Intelligence depends on unvarying

Structures of nature. Trustworthy investigation

Validates the investigator. Some who are austere

/

And rigid in their methods of life are actually

Hospitable, generous and warm-hearted. Their

Cottage door is wide open to chosen friends.

One is a man formally dressed, toward whom

/

A deer-head on the wall bends its horns. 

Morale orders all things magically. 

Waiting for the right season means dramatizing

Life in religious terms. When shall there be an

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Easter sunrise service? When humanity as a

Whole realizes immortal resources of rebirth.

/

{Friday} /Rebirth\

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Taurus 

until it enters Gemini at 11:10p PT | 2:10a(Sa) ET

(it is void-of-course for just 6 minutes before that)

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Message for Thursday 14 November 2024 \Initiation/

Message for Thursday 14 November 2024

\Initiation/

Vigilant sea gulls are watching a ship. They want

A full share in the give-and-take of life's over-all

Economy. They recognize every opportunity

Through alertness. On the ship is a celebration

/

Honoring a man formally dressed, while from 

The wall watches a deer with its horns folded.

Morale soars in the fortunate as well as the 

Needy. Elsewhere on the ship a vestal lamp 

/

Burns brightly. An elevated mind studying 

Things spiritual finds in silence the key to 

Mysteries of initiation. When the boat docks

Near the foot of a mountain, crowds come down

/

From its heights to listen to one man, the ship's

Physically impressive, spiritually focused captain.

/

{Thursday} /Initiation\

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Taurus

Message for Wednesday 13 November 2024 ^Illusive or Prudent Direction^

 Message for Wednesday 13 November 2024

^Illusive or Prudent Direction^

With little regard for the fitness of things, he sows

In the wind; wasting substance, dissipating energies,

Scattering his fortune in vain and illusive projects.

He shoots an arrow into mid-air. A fortuitous flight

/

Of fancy, or distinction-gaining elevation? All 

Depends on the wisdom of the trajectory. 

A woman examines herself in regard to the social

Milieu and decides to have her hair bobbed. Minor

/

Modifications perfect channels of self-expression.

Less is more if cutting back furthers personal

Ambition. Her light will shine and be seen from

Afar, like an uplifted beacon around which a serpent

/

Is coiled.  With prudence, foresight and circumspection

She is successful in whatever field she chooses.

/

{Wednesday} ^Illusive or Prudent Direction^

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Aries-->Taurus

Moon enters Taurus at 11:00p PT | 2:00a(W) ET

(void-of-course for just 9 minutes before that)

{Tuesday} ^Seeking Intellect^

Message for Tuesday 12 November 2024

^Seeking Intellect^

Nebulous light forms a wave-line and is obscured by

A cloud in the midst. An elastic, undeveloped mind

Holds uncertain principles, wandering amorally. 

The arrow of a vane points North, for now, but

/

Enterprises are undertaken only to be abandoned, 

All falling into negation and ineptitude.

It seems as if a cataract is falling from one rocky

Ledge to another, impelled to precipitate, hazardous

/

Projects, not aware of danger till it's encountered.

Compulsion could swallow up some endeavors in the

Sands of time. Or, if one sits down to engage with

A quantity of books and papers in disorder, 

/

One could employ a retentive memory and vivid

Imagination for distinctive pursuits of the intellect.

/

{Tuesday} ^Seeking Intellect^

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Aries

Message for Monday 11 November 2024 ~Benevolence~

Message for Monday 11 November 2024

~Benevolence~

A man in the midst of a lot of chidden at play

Displays great simplicity of manner. He is fond

Of young ones and innocent amusements.

A boy and girl standing with arms intertwined 

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Are given to alternations of feeling, perhaps as

Connecting links, ambassadors, gaining distinction

Through versatility. Their adventures lead to

A veiled statue concealing yet revealing the sublime 

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And glorious. The great and lofty slowly unfold

Themselves, releasing enthusiasm which blesses 

Humanity. At a more humble level, some have

Fixed habits, fond of their homes, affectionate 

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Husbands or wives, kind parents, like apple trees

Whose boughs bend with the fruit of benevolence.

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{Monday} ~Benevolence~

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Pisces-->Aries

moon enters Aries at 10:27p PT | 1:27a(Tu) ET

(and is void-of-course for just 13 minutes before that)

|Karmic third of this week ends at 9:57p PT | 12:57a(Tu) ET

 

Message for Week of November 9-16, 2024 ~Sublime~

Message for Week of November 9-16, 2024

~Sublime~

1 The moon actually goes into her fourth quarter this week, but the symbol "The moon in her first quarter" suggests an early phase of things (as in the new Washington administration). There is fondness for change and speculation, some of it too sanguine but mostly fortunate.

2 From October 27 until December 3 Saturn is in a degree "charged with evil and wickedness of the most diabolical nature." It is said to be linked to black magic or some subconscious desire to hurt people. Of course some will say this is Trump and some will say it is the neocon forces leading us toward nuclear war whom Trump, Kennedy, Gabbard and Musk are wisely opposing. Or is it Putin, Zelensky, or both? We should all watch our thoughts and hearts to make sure we are free of any subtle degree of cruelty.

3 "A large telescope pointing heavenwards" denotes "a scientist and one gifted with clairvoyance; or a lover of sidereal studies." Or this could be any study which expands the mind.

4 Someone (maybe yourself) will make a discovery. "A new idea will dawn on the world through his or her agency."

5 "A gigantic 'Dragon tree'" manifests as "boundless resources of vitality." There is quick recuperation from any illness, and great longevity.

6 "A veiled statue" is "the degree of mystery!" or of "the gradual unfoldment of the sublime and the glorious." A mind fired with enthusiasm and imagination has an excess of passion while studying "what is great and lofty."

7 "A red tree covered with golden fruit" could be very early Christmas decorations, which some are taking up to overcome election fatigue. It indicates "a person of a vey positive nature who, by dint of personal efforts and work, will produce something that will be a blessing to the race. He or she will rise to eminence."

{Week of November 9-16} ~Sublime~

Cosmic Piper

Saturday 9: Moon in Aquarius-->Pisces

/moon goes void-of-course at 4:25p PT | 7:25p eT

until it enters Pisces at 8:01p PT | 12:01a(Su) eT

|Karmic third of this week| begins in the final hours of the day

Sunday 10: Moon in Pisces

Karmic third continues until early Tuesday

Message for 8 November 2024 }Nucleation{

Message for 8 November 2024

}Nucleation{

When is illness an excuse for escapism?

Susceptibility to infection, as in an epidemic

Of mumps (or Covid), is not what it seems.

Pfizer is being sued. A lion rampant 

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Holds an evil man beneath its paw. When he

Profited from others' danger he said nothing.

A woman, the father of her own child after 

A veritable virgin birth, feels responsibility 

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For her offspring through their common center

Of reality. Nucleation occurs illimitably.

At a Grand Army of the Republic campfire

There is continuing appreciation for every phase

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Of reality that has ever opened up for any of

The participants in warm cozy reminiscence.

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{Friday} {Nucleation}

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Aquarius

Message for Thursday 7 November 2024 \New Epoch/

Message for Thursday 7 November 2024

\New Epoch/

Those of you reading these reports for a while are familiar with the Hermetic Epochs--one Dark or Slow for two months, and one Bright or Fast for two months. We have been in a Bright Epoch since September 12. This does not mean everything is rosy but that we have been able to handle things with ordinary poise, suavity, and efficiency. Today, November 7, a new Dark Epoch begins at 4:29a PT | 7:29a ET | 12:29p UT. (All this is based on the speed of the planet Mercury [Hermes] and its relation to the sun.)

Generally, things start getting more complex or confusing. But on the positive side one is able to sense old and new possibilities in a new light. One danger: Getting lost in too many contradictory plans or changes of direction. One benefit: Becoming more uninhibited and less stuck in stultifying ways of doing things. Scheduling changes. One's daily activities go "out of pattern" for one reason or another. It takes constant discrimination to decide whether some out-of-pattern idea or impulse shall hinder or facilitate good fortune.

I was glad that our US election happened before the DHE began, by just two days. The 2020 election was smack in the middle of a DHE and the results were questioned, not just by Donald Trump. This time, by contrast, no one seems to have extremely serious objections to the vote-counting. 

However, now of course many things are "up in the air" because Trump and his Transition Team will be making their assignments and plans during the two months before inauguration. The new Bright epoch will begin January 3. 

I observed how DJT handled the Dark Epochs during his previous administration and it seems that he is quite expect at it. He is Gemini by sun-sign and perhaps that helps. He is adept at making quick adjustments and "trusting his gut instincts."

Already the pundits and commentators are guessing who will get cabinet positions and how Trump will impose tariffs, change taxes, interact with allies and more problematic nations, and so on. I believe he shall be more adept at all that than almost any other contemporary politician would be.

In your life, you can be "up for" changes in methods and schedules. Your diet may change. It is good to decide what methods, routines, individuals, and groups you are firmly loyal to, and hold them as unshakable pivot points in what could otherwise be just too much change and uncertainty.

{Thursday} /New Epoch\  

Cosmic Piper 

Moon in Capricorn-->Aquarius

/moon enters Aquarius at 2:59p PT | 5:59p ET

and is void-of-course for just 20 minutes before that