Message for Wednesday 18 December 2024

Message for Wednesday 18 December 2024

○ Conserving Values ○ 1 We are warned of a possible collapse or catastrophe. "A broken bridge spanning a rapid stream" suggests a need for repair. We spoke yesterday of the Jupiter-Saturn square, exact on Christmas Eve. It's a karmic aspect (lasting even through next July) requiring us to struggle to uphold morality and to hold fast to ideals and work for them. That would prevent dire karmic consequences. 2 Our matrix of everyday may seem like "rocks and things forming therein." The Dark or Slow Epoch continuing until January 4 slows us down. Even little things seem to waste time. Coffee spilled, hair in food, bathing or showering taking more time than usual, as examples. Yesterday my refrigerator door started to squeak! Fortunately the remedy, an oil can, is a few feet away. I'll get to it. I couldn't receive important emails for a whole day until I found them in the spam folder; Gmail said I had "blocked" my most important sender! This has never happened before but it happened, naturally, during a Dark Epoch. "Rocks and things forming therein" symbolize slowly forming Composition in our lives. "Each person in accepting his roots and capitalizing on his endowment is enabled to proceed to high achievement." 3 We approach "an old bridge over a beautiful stream." The bridge of paragraph 1 has been rebuilt! The keyword is Conservation. Old things, relatives, old friends and memories are cushions for us during this Dark Hermetic Epoch. 4 If we can tune in to the fortunate trine between Venus and Jupiter we will enjoy the conscious and unconscious role-playing of those around us. There are contrasts, as in the difference between "an old-fashioned woman and an up-to-date girl." They do not compete with each other but stimulate each other. Creatively, we appreciate or adapt the styles and values of others. ○ Monday ○ Conserving Values ○ Cosmic Piper Moon in Leo

Message for Tuesday 17 December 2024

♤ Awe ♡ 1 What are these reports good for? I leave an answer to you. 2 I can only say what I am trying to do, and give some rationale for it. 3 All stems from my realization decades ago that it was more fruitful to study the current astrological positions and aspects, "in the sky" for everyone, than to ponder aspects to my own birth chart. 4 I expressed it like this: "There is only one human being." An exaggeration, of course. But when Venus and Mars are in a good strong aspect, my "love life," whether romantic or just friendship, improves, no matter what aspects are or are not happening to my birth chart. And likewise, those around me are having better times in relationships. 5 Test this by seeing what happens for you from January 18 through February 2, 2025, when Venus in Pisces shall trine Mars in Cancer. 6 For all of us Mercury turned direct on Sunday afternoon, December 15, and since then I have been feeling calmer. It's a subtle turning point. That may be why I felt like writing this today. 7 Still, that planet remains in its Slow or Dark phase (Epoch) until January 4. It's as if a train is finally on the right track but still has to add cars and make adjustments before going full speed ahead during the Bright Epoch of January 4 through February 28. 8 The most crucial aspect now is Jupiter square Saturn, exact on December 24. Christmas this year may not be as merry as thoughtful. This aspect's broad tenure is last July 6 until next July 31. It is an ethical, karmic aspect. Marc Edmund Jones gives a firm warning: "The native usually suffers very immediate consequences of even the least neglect or abuse of his own potentials. He finds he must fight continually for the ideals in which he has come to take the most consistent interest, and also learns that his conscious well-being is wholly dependent on the moral struggles in which he becomes involved almost inevitably at every stage of his experience." 9 Heavy medicine, instilling the fear of God, or awe of Him. I'm feeling it. The Scriptures teach that it should be balanced by gratitude and love for the Supreme. ♤ Tuesday Awe ♡ Cosmic Piper Moon in Cancer, void of course at 10:35a PT / 1:35P ET until entering Leo at 3:40p PT / 6:40p ET

Message for Monday 16 December 2024

Message for Monday 16 December 2024

♧ Prowess plus Leisure ♧ 1 "A lion raging against the bars of its cage" is us coping with our ordinary daily restrictions. It's true that Mercury is no longer retrograde, having turned direct Sunday afternoon, but its slow phase, termed the Dark Hermetic Epoch, continues until January 4. "Little things" continue to be sticky or take twice as long. A love of freedom finds it hard to submit to infrangible delays. We should try to realize that others also have rights and privileges. We can be patient for our sake as well as theirs. 2 Still, Mars in Leo makes us likely to rush into disputes. This is all right if discreet and wisely reined. A soldier's courage and strength is ours, while reining in undue self-assertion increases prowess. 3 There could be some hours when we are like "cattle browsing in the sunshine," placid, contented, happy and self-possessed. The Dark Epoch is best when leisure balances ambition. 4 Fidelity and friendship are available, what with Venus and Jupiter in a trine. Someone with gifts of imitation, acting, and powers of dramatic representation could please you. Lighthearted humor does not conceal a deep and sympathetic nature. ♧ Monday ♧ Prowess plus Leisure ♧ Cosmic Piper Moon in Cancer

Message for Week of December 14--21, 2024

 Message for Week of December 14--21, 2024

♡ Clarification ♡ 1 "A train entering a tunnel" is yourself being willing to go slow and work in the darkness when need be. The current Dark Hermetic Epoch lasts until January 4. Courteously, you let others follow their own paths while you follow yours. Light shall dawn at the end of the tunnel. 2 "A tortoise" is patient and steady. To him all tasks are trivial. Toil does not dismay him. Through steadfastness and endurance he attains to the position he has set out to gain. 3 "Two men playing cards together" enjoy the hazards of speculation. They count on nothing beyond the day, following lives of change and chance. They are hopeful, jovial and good-hearted. Despite privation, the good spirits of each cheer the other. 4 "Two Dutch children talking" share common elements of background and skills. There is self-confidence of spirit. They establish themselves advantageously at ease in any situation. "Hey, brother! Hey, sister!" The keyword is Clarification. 5 Is "a large ball of fire flying through the air" Donald Trump? He was born with Leo, a fire sign, rising, with Mars therein; and that planet is now in Leo, stationary turning retrograde. Further, many of his appointees have strong placements in that sign, including Bobby Kennedy, JD Vance and Kash Patel. "He has a special mission of an extraordinary character and cannot fail to become a ruler of men." 6 The financial and business fortunes of many seem uncertain while Mercury is retrograde; yet we have "a field of ripe corn ready for the sickle." Venus and Jupiter, the two "benefic" planets, are in a trine December 12--27, brightening the holiday season with "health of body, peace of mind, a most happy disposition, and prosperity in worldly transactions." Deck the halls! 7 Yet there can be delays even though Mercury turns direct late Sunday-early Monday. The Dark or Slow Epoch continues until January 4. "The human soul is awaiting opportunity for expression." Meanwhile there can be "an absolute wholeheartedness of participation in the everyday adventures of personality." Week of December 14--21 ♡ Clarification ♡ Saturday 14 moon in Gemini / difficult third of this week is with us / Sunday 15 moon in Gemini till entering Cancer at 11:22a PT / void of course for five hours before that/ difficult third of week ends around 6a PT

Message for Friday 13 December 2024 ◇ Search Escape, Fortune ◇

Message for Friday 13 December 2024

◇ Search Escape, Fortune ◇ 1 Re>search goes along with Mercury Re<trograde. 'A person at the bottom of a deep ravine, with lamp in hand, is looking for something.' Many life coaches find it therapeutic to ask clients, 'What are you looking for?' Putting that in a few words might help. 2 'A lion standing in the open arena' knows what he wants: Escape! for he has been imprisoned, restrained, and forced into servitude. His nature loves freedom. 'He will suffer and serve, and thus gain both wisdom and freedom for all time.' 3 'A large ball of fire flying through the air' 'denotes one who has a special mission of an extraordinary character. He cannot fail to become a ruler of men, and a giant intellectually or morally.' There may be differences of opinion as to who this is. 4 I predicted here that December 12-27 would be a relatively cheerful holiday period, what with the two benefic planets,Venus and Jupiter, forming a trine. And here we are, with a neighbor decorating my building plus a nativity scene on the Capitol steps. Friends seem friendlier. 'A lady is sitting on a divan fanning herself.' We can enjoy the good things of life, fortune, prosperity. ◇ Friday ◇ Search, Escape, Fortune ◇ Cosmic Piper Moon in Taurus-->Gemini goes void of course at 4:40a PT / 7:40a ET till entering Gemini at 9:23a PT / 11:23a ET

Message for Thursday 12 December 2024 ¿ Adaptation ¿

Message for Thursday 12 December 2024

¿ Adaptation ¿ 1 Maybe we should just stay at home, as if working in 'A Chinese laundry.' The keyword is Seclusion. (Last night a dog in the neighborhood wailed and moaned over its seclusion for almost three hours of separation anxiety.) Hard labor while maintaining poise is ultimately good for us. 2 We know Mercury is retrograde and so it seems that our affairs are like 'Rocks and things forming therein.' We create our reality out of the actual situations in which we become involved. Stabilities established are a foundation for all consequent individual initiative. We change the Composition of things slowly, molding or remolding the course of events. (Though with Mercury Retrograde we may feel we are the ones being re*molded.) 3 'A target is pierced by a rapier.' Are you the target or the rapier? There is Vulnerability, yet also powers of penetration. One should follow one's real convictions to avoid disgrace. 'Beware of the direct thrust and practice the use of the two-edged sword,' in other words, be discreet. 4 'An old-fashioned woman and an up-to-date girl' are competitive yet cooperative. They realize their roles in human society are different, yet wink at and imitate each other. Contrasts of personality make for creative appreciation and adaptation of values forwarded by others. 5 The Mercury Retrograde cycle (until Sunday-Monday) often seems like one of those little glass globes you shake up to create a snowstorm. Gradually the flakes fall down and normality is re*settled. Thursday ¿ Adaptation ¿ Cosmic Piper Moon in Taurus

Message for Wednesday 11 December 2024 ■ Wednesday ■ Stabilities

 Message for Wednesday 11 December 2024 

■ Wednesday ■ Stabilities Mercury Retrograde plus Saturn's bad aspects are not killing us but it may seem that way. I'll stick with the regular formula for symbols: 1 Minds are set on things remote from the environment. There's a strong desire to learn and teach. 'An archer is drawing a long bow.' Careful methods succeed in both handicrafts and attempts at prophecy. 2 'A child and a dog with borrowed eyeglasses' are examining life with a universal attitude on more than one plane of being. Individuality develops by analyzing personal opportunity through many dimensions of experience. Mercury Retrograde helps with this (when it doesn't drive us crazy). 3 'The constellations in the sky' are not an infinite regression but a confirmation of orientations we have arrived at through experience. They aid us to trust the surety of our approach to understanding and self-ordering. They clarify when Mercury would entangle. 4 Do you notice how many things take twice as long while Mercury is retrograde? It may seem that our affairs are like 'Rocks, with things forming therein.' Actual situations provide our everyday matrix. Stabilities are the foundation for our initiatives. Realizing this makes patience easy. ■ Wednesday ■ Stabilities ■ Cosmic Piper Moon in Aries-->Taurus Moon is void of course until it enters Taurus at 7:56a PT/ 10:56a ET

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Message for Tuesday 10 December 2024 ☆ Artistry ☆ 1 We might be sedentary, patient, contented, like 'A group of cattle browsing in the sunshine.' Such placidity is one with unambitious activity happily suited to domestic ties. 2 One is attracted to 'A garden of many-hued flowers.' These may be friends and admirers or fortunate associations. One is allured by the artistic, ornamental, and beautiful. There is concord and amity. 3 'A woman nude is looking at her reflection in a pool.' Dalliance and self-absorption bring complicating, perhaps carnal, entanglements. There may be talent for portrait painting or sculpture, lifting egotism toward appreciation of others' bodies. 4 Who wants power, eminence and fame? Or would you prefer the uneventful browsing of paragraph 1? You might take up 'a scepter on the crest of which shines a diamond like a magnificent star.' There is courage, nobility, energy and endurance. You could be a central, superior figure in your field; or admire and learn from someone like that. ☆ Tuesday ☆ Artistry ☆ Cosmic Piper Moon in Aries  

going void of course at 2:15p PT / 5:15p ET 

Message for Monday 9 December 2024 ○ Capacities ○

Message for Monday 9 December 2024

○ Capacities ○ 1 'A serpent surrounded by a circle of fire' is 'continually involved in difficulties and surrounded by dangers. He may find himself in a beleaguered city from which he will escape only with some hurt to his person or fortunes.' This sounds astoundingly like what has been going on in Syria for several days. I pray for protection of the Christian minority there. The keyword, Captivity, means that we have duties to fulfill. 2 'An officer arrayed like a Chinese mandarin in an official robe of purple and gold and blue' is entrusted with high secrets and associated with those of high estate. He may 'boast an ancient lineage.' Inherent dignity and repose enable him to overcome all enemies and arrive at highest posts of trust and authority. Civilized gentility gains where angry warfare loses. 3 'A full moon shining in a clear sky' indicates a sympathetic and adaptable nature, which can imitate, assimilate, and shine by reflected light. Displaying capacities with ease and grace, one can acquire fame and wealth. 4 'A pyramidal figure with a Maltese cross on the apex' came up also in the weekly reading. The sublime, the greater good, and the wonderful fill our souls with celestial glory. These are not obvious when we are struggling with what seem the ordeals of the time, but constitute an illumining, soothing backdrop. ○ Monday ○ Capacities ○ Cosmic Piper Moon in Pisces-->Aries Moon goes void of course at 0:46a PT / 3:46a ET until entering Aries at 5:39a PT/ 8:39a ET

~ Week of December 7 - 14, 2024 ~ ~ Trusting to Sublimity ~

 Message for Week of December 7 - 14, 2024

~ Trusting Sublimity ~ 1 It's a mess, but we can unmess it, disentangle it. A man stands at the end of a wooden bridge over a chasm, hesitating to trust it. Of course we do this more often while Mercury is retrograde till the 15th or slow till January 4th. Who and what can be trusted? Who are your real friends? 2 Two bulls are fighting. Some humans are disagreeable, unsocial faultfinders who cannot talk without arguing or losing their tempers. We do not have to emulate them. 3 Instead we could be noble, high-minded, honorable, like a lion alone with tail erect running toward a panther. He is bold, courageous, and fearless of foes. 4 An archer drawing a long bow has a faculty for teaching as well as for manual crafts. He may travel far, with mind set on things remote. Capable, he meets with distinction. 5 Two men carry slates up a long ladder and put them on the roof of a building. They love peace, and promote good works benefiting the community. (This is happening in western North Carolina.) 6 Under a cloudless sky and brilliant sunshine lies a field of ripe corn ready for the sickle. Some are enjoying health of body, peace of mind, happy dispositions and prosperity in worldly transactions. 7 Two persons are rowing in a boat on a large lake. They have a speculative bent of mind. They are fond of company, changes, and adventure. 8 In the sky appears a pyramidal figure with a Maltese cross on the apex. It is impinged by a ray from a transcendental sun, giving prophetic inspirations and filling the soul with a flood of celestial glory. The greater good and the sublime are available to us. ~ Week of December 7 - 14, 2024 ~ ~ Trusting to Sublimity ~ Cosmic Piper Saturday 7: Moon void of course till it enters Pisces at 1:50a PT / 4:50a ET Sunday 8: Moon in Pisces The karmically sobering third of this week covers both Saturday and Sunday; exact early Sunday morning. Things are not really bad for a patient, kind, prayerful disposition.

Message for Friday 6 December 2024 ♤ Alertness ♤

Message for Friday 6 December 2024 ♤ Alertness ♤ 1 "An arrow in flight" signifies directness and celerity of action toward a high and distant project. However, "The breath of public opinion may carry him wide of his mark." 2 "Sea gulls watching a ship" are unceasingly vigilant. "There is a continual, wholly impersonal give-and-take in every phase of life's over-all economy. What one fails to claim definitely for oneself is promptly surrendered to the devices of someone else." The keyword is Alertness. 3 "The constellations in the sky" are "confirmation, not explanation" said Dean of Astrologers Marc Edmund Jones. "The cosmos is illimitable," but "man's assurance lies within his own being and experience." The keyword is Surety. 4 "The Pyramids and the Sphinx" are among "myriads of testimonials to human genius across the surface of the globe. These provide the fabric for a fellowship of creative capacity and give even the least of individuals an assurance and a self-sustainment as he continues to make his new or better mark on the face of events." The keyword is Certification. ♤ Friday ♤ Alertness ♤ Cosmic Piper Moon in Aquarius  

goes void of course at 4:03p PT / 7:03p ET 

Message for Thursday 5 December 2024 ° Peacemaking °

Message for Thursday 5 December 2024

° Peacemaking ° 1 "If the world goes to Hell, let it go, I'll blow it a kiss." -- Trace Adkins / "I'm trying to prevent World War III." -- Tucker Carlson 2 I stand with Tucker on this, whose new podcast from Moscow is to be released soon. It is insane and suicidal that the Biden administration is not negotiating peace with Russia, not even talking with Putin. 3 In the last three messages I pointed out the really difficult nature of current planetary aspects, and that was not all of them. The fact that the human race still exists is, to me, a proof of Divine Grace. 4 That does not mean that we, collectively, are not responsible for war or peace. "Blessed are the peacemakers." 5 Now, from December 3d to 19th, we have Venus and Mars in an opposition aspect. This is tactlessnes, overexcitement, lack of self-control -- the use of force rather than persuasion. Just what could precipitate the release of more than a thousand nuclear millies already aimed at the US by Russia and at Russia by the US. Therefore Tucker and a few other smart individuals are ringing alarm bells . 6 Venus opposite Mars is also crucial for problems between or within the sexes, such as transgender issues, and just when this aspect began our Supreme Court started hearing a case which could determine whether states can legislate to prevent sex-change operations on minors. 7 Some are remarking that we have a two-headed Presidency because Trump is pushing forward his agenda before assuming office in late January. Trump's sun sign is Gemini, the twins, a sign of duality. Generally DJT has been very facile with this Gemini ability to "talk out of both sides of one's mouth." It seems he more often uses this for the good rather than the questionable now than he did a few years ago. At present and until June the "greeter benefic" planet Jupiter occupies Gemini. Trump seems to be on a roll. 8 We can look up to "the constellations in the sky" for reassurance. Meanwhile with Mercury Retrograde we are like "the groundhog looking for its shadow." High or low we look for "the immediate set or drift of potentialities on which to depend." ° Thursday ° Peacemaking ° Cosmic Piper Moon in Aquarius

Message for Wednesday 4 December 2024 ☆ Sextant and Compass ☆

 Message for Wednesday 4 December 2024

☆ Sextant and Compass ☆ 1 "A man afloat upon a raft" is all of us in the toils of. Mercury Retrograde, November 25--December 15. We feel abandoned. A neighbor in my apartment building, afflicted by drugs and apparent dementia, has been crying out for help. The sun is exactly square Saturn as I write on Tuesday, one of the harshest and most challenging aspects. We are all being tested, it seems. Although Saturn is in Pisces, shipwreck is not necessary. 2 "A quantity of books and papers in disorder" is the milieu of many of us as we try to comprehend what's going on. Do you grasp why the President of South Korea and its parliament are disagreeing over martial law? What is happening in Aleppo? Is Zelensky finally ready for a peace deal with Russia? What are his terms? Will Israeli hostages be released as Trump is demanding? When the world is in disorder, so are the media trying to report on it. (I am finding Axios a somewhat reliable source.) Also, what are your literary and intellectual tastes, and how are you fulfilling them? 3 How we need "a sextant and compass"! We want to be reliable and useful guides for others. To be a cardinal man or woman one has to follow exact, almost mathematical principles. The "raft" of #1 then becomes a ship which one can navigate. Probably your guidelines will be different from mine. You can re*model them if need be during this retrograde cycle. 4 Our questing ramifies in time and space yet is nicely measurable by "the constellations in the sky." Ordering things is a beginning of understanding them. As mentioned, current aspects are challenging, but there is some relief from December 12th-27th while Venus trines Jupiter, above Christmas decorations, eggnog, holly, and all the affluence of these two benefic planets. In divine and human goodwill we find surety, assurance. Wednesday ☆Sextant and Compass ☆ Cosmic Piper Moon in Capricorn-->Aquarius Void of course at 3:35p PT / 6:35p ET till entering Aquarius at 8:22p PT / 11:22p ET

Message for Tuesday 3 December 2024 *Always More*

 Message for Tuesday 3 December 2024

*Always More* 1 Everybody's chattering about the Hunter Biden pardon. It's a prominent example of re<treading, for Joe Biden had said he would never do it. He re<neged. Mercury is re<trograde, November 25 to December 15. 2 It's said that hundreds of FBI personnel may re<treat or re<sign because of Kash Patel becoming FBI director. 3 Patel's birthdate, February 25, is the King of Clubs, and he has written children's books in which a shaman protects a good King (Trump). 4 JD Vance's birthdate, August 3, correlates to the Jack of Diamonds (JD)! 5 Seemingly superstitious takes like these occur to us more often during any Mercury Retrograde cycle. Our minds are more flexible and insightful. The world is amazing! 6 We can grow closer to G*d. Jesus: "All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him." -- Luke 10: 22. 7 A childlike attitude may comprehend more than technology or scholarship. "Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight." -- Luke 10: 21 8 MR brings old friends out of the woodwork. I chatted with one for an hour the other day whom I've not seen in ten years. This will happen through all of December. Re*miniscence re*stores the past in re☆vealing ways. 9 Those departed from this world remain alive and are not barred from our consciousness. Such experiences can be poignant or they can be joyful. 10 Spiritual reading is wonderful at these times. From Sri Aurobindo: "All speech and action comes prepared out of the eternal Silence." "The soul is not here for suffering. Suffering is only 'a circumstance' of our evolution. There are planes where the element of suffering does not enter at all." "There will always be more in God than the thought of man has ever conceived or the tongue of man has ever uttered." ¿ Tuesday ¿ *Always More * Cosmic Piper Moon in Capricorn

Message for Monday 2 December 2024 ◇ Superficial or Superior ◇

 Message for Monday 2 December 2024

◇ Superficial or Superior ◇ A serpent surrounded by a circle of fire Is in a beleaguered city, ready to escape Captivity through stress and limitation. Others seem luckier, tripping the light fantastic Like a series of bubbles floating in the air. Though superficial, they reflect the world's Bright and sparkling aspects. A fair woman Sporting herself on a couch is sybaritic and Self-indulgent, voluptuous and indolent, ambitious Of honor. If she escapes ineptitude She could merit a scepter, on its crest shining A diamond like a magnificent star. Talent and Will would lift her to a superior position, In her field a benign central figure. Monday: ◇ Superficial or Superior ◇ Cosmic Piper Moon in Sagittarius-->Capricorn Going void of course at 7:48a PT / 10:48a ET Until entering Capricorn at 1:10p PT / 4:10p ET