Message for Wednesday 31 July 2024 }Moderation{

Message for Wednesday 31 July 2024

}Moderation{

There are uncertainties galore. Although Mercury does not technically turn retrograde until late on August 4 or early on the 5th, we are feeling the Dark (Slow) Hermetic Epoch since July 17 (and even before that if we include the assassination attempt of the 13th). There has been no resolution of the contested Venezuela election. Kamala Harris has not announced her VP choice. Hezbollah attacks summon Israeli attacks. The presidential campaigns seem lost in insults thrown at each other (Vance is "weird," Kamala "cackles") and the polls waver inconsistently. 

In your own life, it is wise to take things easy, keeping up with essentials but allowing yourself needed breaks. Mercury will not turn direct until August 28, while the Dark Epoch lasts until September 12. Not everyone is crazy, but it may seem so at times.

We have a peculiar set of symbols for Wednesday:

"A shovel suspended in mid-air" suggests "devoting time and energy to what is impracticable and pointless, as if digging in the air and sowing to the wind."

Or there could be intentional protest against exploitation, as "An industrial strike." One could assert "a refusal to accept any lesser in lieu of a greater." 

"A reversed triangle on a red ground" suggests passion or emotion that is excessive; suffering through "sexual allurements" even to the point of danger in the water. Olympic swimmers, beware. More generally we are warned against being "as soft and unstable as water." 

"A square patch of ground, maybe set aside for lawn tennis, covered with a red cloth" suggests "plenty and the enjoyment of luxuries" but "wilful waste, expenditure on the superficial and artificial." The Olympics? 

We might do well to enjoy ourselves only in moderation.

{Wednesday} {Moderation}

Cosmic Piper

Moon in Gemini-->Cancer

/moon goes void-of-course at 7:48p PT | 10:48p ET

until it enters Cancer at 8:20p PT | 11:20p ET

|Karmic sobering, challenging third| of this week continues until Thursday at 2:52a PT | 5:52a ET