Message for Wednesday 1 October 2025

 Message for Wednesday 1 October 2025

• Accord • 1 Deep-sea divers, when not absurd escapists, are dramatizing an insatiable determination to plumb all experience. Involvement in day-by-day problems can bring fulfillment. 2 A wanderer over the earth, an explorer, makes discoveries under "the clear blue sky covered with stars." He is endowed with gifts and accomplishments. 3 There is veneration for tradition. "Three old masters are hanging in an art gallery." Faculties of self-expression may be established in effective alignment with one another. One can bring people and events together in high appreciation of greater values. The keyword is Accord. 4 "Several men in festive attire are assembled together and talking." There are benefits from associations formed casually. There are sociable, humane feelings. • Wednesday • Accord • Cosmic Piper Moon in Capricorn goes void-of-course at 8:35a PT until entering Aquarius at 12:53p PT

Message for Tuesday 30 September 2025

 Message for Tuesday 30 September 2025

• Melancholy Honesty or Gold Rush? • 1 Some may feel bereft of family ties and friends. Therefore, even if young, they are sensitive, melancholy and retiring. 2 Someone important to you is truthful, good, and just. "The open Bible with a sword on it" guarantees righteous judgment. 3 A man of the people is practical and honest, occupied in hard work to little personal profit, as if "mining in the rock with a pickaxe." He follows a track made by others, devoid of worldly ambition. 4 Until the "Gold rush." Then he exploits natural resources through personal initiative and intelligence, independent of commonplace limitations or superficial inadequacies. For any of us there can be instinctive dedication to unseen potentials. • Tuesday • Melancholy Honesty or Gold Rush? • Cosmic Piper Moon in Capricorn

Message for Monday 29 September 2025

 Message for Monday 29 September 2025

• Toward Harmony • 1 "A young maiden is weeping over a grave." The nation grieving an impending government shutdown? Or many are melancholy, retiring, sensitive and of keen sympathies, as if bereft of family and friends. 2 But "human skills are forever challenged to their own good fortune." There is "a gold rush," with "instinctive self-dedication to unseen potentials." The keyword is Ambition. 3 A great man or public character is ever appreciated and considered essential. The President and four congressional leaders are meeting today to try to prevent a government shutdown. "The sun is shining brightly." 4 Whatever the outcome, by evening "a river winds its way through a broad tract of open fields under the moon's rays." Many will be feeling calm, joyous and tranquil, exerting an influence of a very effective kind which persuades through Harmony (the keyword). • Monday • Toward Harmony • Cosmic Piper Moon in Sagittarius is void-of-course until entering Capricorn at 2:56a PT. Karmically sobering third of this week continues until very late Monday/very early Tuesday.

Message for Weekend of September 27 & 28, 2025

 Message for Weekend of September 27 & 28, 2025

Saturday 27: 1 "A horse saddled and bridled but galloping away without a rider" could mean one is overeager for experience. Sensual energy lacks overseeing mental direction. 2 But then one gets control: "The index finger of a man's hand is pointing upward as if in command." One can flexibly fulfill various positions in life, with a generous, kind disposition and a high order of intelligence. 3 With or without the "horse," one arrives at "an ancient looking wayside inn." From the branch of a tree before it is suspended an old-fashioned signboard. Usages and customs of bygone days are reassuring. 4 "A youth holding a lighted candle" has "a true contact with inner and transcendental realms of reality." He manifests "an unquenchable and irresistible confidence in the goodness and integrity of all things." The keyword is Reliance. Moon in Sagittarius Karmically sobering third of this week begins near sunset Sunday 28: 1 Do children learn cursive writing? I hope so. No two individuals do it the same. The first symbol has to do with someone who 'writes all kinds of hands." 2 "A woman blindfolded, and a man leading her" has to do with seduction or other kinds of entanglement or emotional complication. 3 "A massive, rocky shore" represents that in Nature on which we may rely. The keyword is Stabilization. 4 "An angel is standing in the air with a long scroll unfolded, covered with writing." This is something or someone uplifting and remarkable, maybe even Messianic. The symbols suggest complex spiritual search. What or who is the "massive, rocky shore" on which you rely? Moon in Sagittarius goes void-of-course at 10:45p PT. Karmically sobering third of this week is most intense tonight. Cosmic Piper

Message for Friday 26 September 2025

 Message for Friday 26 September 2025

• Through Carefulness toward Transcendental Reliance • 1 A person feeling his or her way over a bog has to be careful at every step. 2 Having escaped the bog, he or she may trust too much in luck, as if "a fat pig lying down." Harmless but destitute of ambition, he cares little about how the world goes on so long as he gets his fill of his own desires. 3 That could include "A bag of money on a table; near it stands a dark woman masked." Good fortune, attracting friends and money, could be seductive and dangerous through the machinations of someone, perhaps a woman. Still, one could be sociable, generous and apt in business. 4 It would be good to pay attention to "A youth holding a lighted candle." No matter what happens, he has an unquenchable and irresistible confidence in the goodness and integrity of all things. He has a contact with inner and transcendental realms of reality. The keyword is Reliance. • Friday • Through Carefulness toward Transcendental Reliance • Cosmic Piper Moon in Scorpio goes void-of-course at 10:45a PT until entering Sagittarius at 2:38p PT

 Message for Thursday 25 September 2025

- Helpfulness and Contemplative Amiability • 1 We start with a perception of misfortune suffered by ourselves or someone else, as if someone had his arm in a sling and his head bandaged. 2 However, there is recovery through common enterprise, humans seeking fulfillment through one another, as in "A house-raising." People place dependence on family and neighbors. The keyword is Helpfulness. 3 Nature too confers her blessings. "At the back of a woodland scene stands a tower upon a hill," perhaps the outcome of a "tower-raising." Many are free, open and generous, with a taste for natural beauty and exalted ideals. There is quiet retirement and Contemplation. 4 Yet there is also group experience. "A group around a campfire" share common interests, sustaining one another in morale and fostering greater objectives. The keyword is Amiability. • Monday • Helpfulness and Contemplative Amiability • Cosmic Piper Moon in Scorpio

Message for Wednesday 24 September 2025

 Message for Wednesday 24 September 2025

• Opportunities Gone but Rediscovered • 1 A man with a bow in his hand, but no arrow, is deprived of the means of effecting his purposes. Opportunities pass him by. 2 A broken bottle and spilled perfume represent fidelity to the inner essence of selfhood, which permeates the ambience as an irrevocable form of self-expression. 3 A man and woman standing with their backs to each other are reserved and bashful. Their awkwardness makes them indifferent to marriage. Yet their affections are sincere, their dispositions kind and generous. The keyword is Modesty. 4 Despite paragraph 1, there are "illimitable potentialities to be found in personal participation in everyday affairs." There is "an insatiable appetite for experiment and continuing self-discovery" at "The dawn of a new day, everything changed." Keyword: Innovation. • Wednesday • Opportunities Gone but Rediscovered • Cosmic Piper Moon is void-of-course until entering Scorpio at 2:01a PT. Moon continues in the uncertain or disorienting Via Combusta. Good for spiritual search.

Message for Tuesday 23 September 2025

 Message for Tuesday 23 September 2025

• Monastic Searching amid Available Pleasures • 1 Someone in the garb of a doctor of a monastic order is melancholy but kindly and humane. Perhaps somewhat maniacal, he nevertheless is intellectually gifted to investigate the laws of recondite sciences. The keyword is Searching. 2 What does he conceal in his cell? A broken bottle and spilled perfume? He desires to "flow out and into every last ramification of experience." There is irrevocable self-expression. The keyword is Permeation. 3 He or a nun in a sister order may cultivate a lovely garden of flowers. She has good taste and fine sensibilities, admiring nature in her most lovely garb. 4 Officially far away from the monastery, "A man and a woman are playing together, with fruits, flowers and wine upon a table beside them." Amid youthful joy, animal spirits and mirthfulness, many are endowed with personal beauty and are cheerful companions. Money comes readily and goes just as quickly. The keyword is Pleasure. • Tuesday • Monastic Searching amid Available Pleasures • Cosmic Piper Moon in Libra and the Via Combusta Moon goes void-of-course at 9:03a PT. Serious business could be hard to transact after that.

Message for Monday 22 September 2025

 Message for Monday 22 September 2025

• Toward Friendliness or Secret Love • 1 A soldier is prepared for battle. For most of us that means not literal fighting but speed and efficiency in responding to calls of duty. Friendship establishes itself. 2 There is however a danger of impetuosity, if someone is martial or quarrelsome. "A man with a drawn sword in an aggressive attitude" could wound someone physically or emotionally. There is no need to rush into danger. 3 A better plan: Take a tour on a sight-seeing bus, where there is naivete and indomitability of interest in life as a whole. There are no artificial boundaries, but an exceptional range of understanding and sympathy. The keyword is Friendliness. 4 That might be fairly impersonal self-expression, or it could evolve with someone special into "the true lover's knot," says Charubel. Some have strong feelings and are very affectionate and confiding. Shall they pass through this world unnoticed, the finest feelings of their souls unreciprocated? • Monday • Toward Friendliness or Secret Love • Cosmic Piper Moon in Libra Karmically sobering third of this week continues until early evening

Message for Weekend of September 20 & 21, 2025

 Message for Weekend of September 20 & 21, 2025

Saturday 20: 1 A man feeling his way over a bog can make his way through difficulties eventually. 2 He finds better footing on a solitary rock jutting up from a waste of sand. He may feel poverty-stricken but has fixity, steadiness and gravity of character, enduring scarce circumstances. 3 He may develop into a philosopher carrying three mounds of knowledge on his head. He discerns the eternal fitness of things and so can further all progress. The keyword is Prescience. 4 A bird perched on the top of a high tree welcomes the day-dawn with its song. Some of us have prophetic souls and poetic minds and are ever hopeful. Moon in Virgo Karmically sobering third of this week is with us Sunday 21; 1 A man seems headless but rather his head is shrouded in black; he is a melancholy, eccentric recluse, a searcher for secret things. He should beware of chaos, confusion and obscurity. 2 He could put on a skullcap and get busy with scientific instruments, experimenting for insight into natural laws. Eventually his work can succeed. 3 Then he resembles a philosopher with three mounds of knowledge on his head, maybe the thesis, antithesis and synthesis of Hegel's dialectic. He recognizes cosmic order through its manifestation in all persons and affairs. That perfects an integral Prescience. 4 An angel stands in mid-air with a long scroll, covered with writing, unfolded. Charubel says this could be a Messianic degree, or at least signify "more than an ordinary person." The suffering or despondency of the sun and moon both opposite Saturn and Neptune could drive us toward soul-awakening. Moon in Virgo goes void-of-course at 12:55p PT, the moment of the New Moon, until entering Libra at 2:42p PT. Karmically sobering third of this week is exact about that time, ending Monday night Cosmic Piper

Message for Friday 19 September 2025

 Message for Friday 19 September 2025

• Influential Super-Reason plus Conviviality • 1 "Humanity is seeking to bridge the span of knowledge." It's amazing to recall those with encyclopedic minds long before the advent of AI, such as GFW Hegel, H P Blavatsky, Sri Aurobindo and Marc Edmund Jones. All four were adepts of spiritual paths, and all four are alive to those who study their writings. "The faith of the individual in his own reasoning powers must have every chance to prove itself" says Dr. Jones. The keyword is Rationality. 2 "A man in his shirtsleeves is turning a big wheel." His labors assist in a work that is producing a mighty influence on the world. (All four of those mentioned in paragraph 1 were and are doing that.) 3 Demonic powers try to frustrate such attempts. Nevertheless, "A long pole is suspended horizontally in mid-air with a rope attached to each end." Some know of a law in nature not popularly recognized whose operations are as marvelous as such antigravity levitation. 4 So let's have a festival! There is "an occasion for the assembling together of villagers in gala costume." Many will feel sociable and friendly, with a strong taste for pleasures and festivities. There is good fortune and conviviality. • Friday • Influential Super-Reason plus Conviviality • Cosmic Piper Moon is in Leo until entering Virgo at 5:24a PT (void-of-course for only one minute before that)

Message for Thursday 18 September 2025

Message for Thursday 18 September 2025 • From Whining to Aplomb • 1 Some may be whining and cringing rather than acting and achieving. Indigence goes along with feeling self-centered and morose. 2 Yet even if feeling unhappily disposed and sensitive, many are scrupulously honest and just in all transactions: four-square. 3 Therefore they are "in the midst of brightening influences," realizing the fundamental friendliness of the world at large. They press on from darkness to light, courageously responding to a complete spiritual fellowship with all. 4 When work is done we could all be "grand dames at tea" (like Charles and Trump at Windsor Castle?]. "Each individual may pass on what he has gained and therefore have an effective continuance of himself through others." "The traditions of one generation are the ever-ready strength of the next." The keyword is Aplomb. • Thursday • From Whining to Aplomb • Cosmic Piper Moon in Leo

Message for Wednesday 17 September 2025

 Message for Wednesday 17 September 2025

° Toward Union ° 1 This could be a wonderful culminating day. People are determined to be discriminating and truthful, decided only for the truth. On one side of a country scene, gloom and fog; on the other, all sunshine. 2 "A boy with a censer" makes his conscious appeal to God, for a divine being provides the over-all unity he recognizes. He shares whatever reality he would possess. The keyword is Rapture. 3 "A man in the midst of brightening influences" is realizing the underlying friendliness of the world at large. The keyword is Responsiveness. There is complete spiritual fellowship with human kind. 4 An idealist, a researcher in celestial things, makes many sincere friends. He is kind and benevolent and will attain his peaceful ambitions. "Two golden circles are joined by a blue ribbon tied in a double bow." The keyword is Union. ° Wednesday ° Toward Union ° Cosmic Piper Moon is in Leo beginning at 1:21a ET

Message for Monday 15 September 2025

Message for Monday 15 September 2025 • Adeptness • A man sits naked on a rock by the sea, Covering his eyes with his hands, misanthropic, Estranged and lonely. Then he climbs A steep hill in the dark, allured by A light on its summit which is just a meteor. Misled, he learns he must "try the spirits." Then he turns to something laborious, Plowing with an ox in a field bordering A thick wood. He is steadfast in natural research And modest, firm country life. Above, an eagle and a large white dove Are turning one into the other. Is he vacillating unhappily, or meeting Each new situation with adeptness? • Monday • Adeptness • Cosmic Piper Moon in Cancer Karmically sobering third of this week ends in the evening

Message for Weekend of September 13th & 14th, 2025

 Message for Weekend of September 13th & 14th, 2025

Saturday 13: A man felling a tree does not avoid enduring, Hard work. He has simple, warm sympathies And contentment with manly, productive endeavor. He may cause the tree to fall but its foliage Was already falling. There is information In the symbol of autumn leaves, Subtle endings veiled by tact. In an extensive forest the sun peeps above The horizon, flooding the trees with glowing rays. Somewhere among them is a man, a real man To whom thousands look up for light and Guidance. Spontaneously he elicits goodwill and Plaudits. He founds a new philosophy Or initiates a truth-bestowing epoch. Moon in Gemini Karmically sobering third of this week is beginning by early afternoon Sunday 14: A reversed triangle on a red ground denotes Danger from water or drowning or through A passionate nature easily allured sexually. An eagle and a large white dove are turning One into the other: Vacillation

Between ideals and desires, or else real Adeptness. In a large assembly room A man at a piano plays for a large Audience. He is artistic and eloquent, A very popular musician. In the Heavens are rings of light within each other, Zone within zone. Some, not fitting in The mold of this age, are not understood By their peers. They live in a world of their Own, awaiting a far distant future. Moon in Gemini goes void-of-course at 3:48p PT until entering Cancer at 5:31p PT Karmically sobering third of this week is most intense then, in the afternoon Cosmic Piper

Message for Friday 12 September 2025

 Message for Friday 12 September 2025

• Distinctively Prepared • 1 "An ostrich" is symbolically someone "pompous in his general demeanor, of large build and lofty looks, in assumption a hero. Yet he may despise the ideas of another and have none of his own." 2 Risks of physical or emotional injury, even among kindred, need to be met with care. "Over a nest of young birds a hawk is seen hovering." 3 Each of us has a special destiny in a particular milieu, and each has a uniqueness of make-up. There is "a third wing on the left side of a butterfly." Yet there are fundamental affinities among all differentiations. The keyword is Distinctiveness. 4 Some succeed by being ever on the defensive, alert and prepared for any attack. Void of fear by being conscious of superior strength, they do not shun an opponent. "A lion whose head is exposed" may not be first in the arena but will be the last to quit it. • Friday • Distinctively Prepared • Cosmic Piper Moon in Taurus goes void-of-course at 1:15p PT until entering Gemini at 2:39p PT

Message for Wednesday 10 September, 2025

 Message for Wednesday 10 September, 2025

• Fervor Wins Distinction • 1 "A man being carried by four men in a sedan chair" has an easy time of it as a favorite of fortune. He accumulates wealth and is possessed of numerous accomplishments. 2 However, effectiveness or excellence has to prove itself, as in "a swimming race." Idleness and self-indulgence cannot compete successfully. Some are eliminated from the race. 3 A Chanticleer or clear-singing rooster is possessed of "fearless self- affirmation which wins immediate allegiance from the hearts and minds of everybody." The keyword is Fervor. 4 "A crescent moon joined to a shining star" shows that some (moon) will become eminent through association with persons of high rank and merit (star). There is plenty of imagination, versatility and intuition. The keyword is Distinction. • Wednesday • Fervor Wins Distinction • Cosmic Piper Moon in Aries goes void-of-course at 2:55a ET until entering Taurus at 1:05p PT/ 4:05p ET

Message for Tuesday 9 September 2025

 Message for Tuesday 9 September 2025

• Guardianship • 1 A man with a quiver full of arrows on his back is a quick observer and designer, a prompt and skillful executant. 2 A child giving birds a drink at a fountain is full of Solicitude, a creative concern for others which is an upramp to immortality. 3 A houseboat party takes place in a pleasant pocket of life. It is "a common adventure in self- expenditure" with the keyword Congeniality. 4 An old white-headed man is surrounded by happy children. His long life is invested with the comforts of homely affection. He is kind, fatherly and benevolent toward all. Much beloved, he ends his days in prosperity and peace. The keyword is Guardianship. • Tuesday • Guardianship • Cosmic Piper Moon in Aries goes void-of-course at 11:55p PT Karmically sobering third of this week ends in early afternoon

Message for Monday 8 September 2025

 Message for Monday 8 September 2025

• Protection, Prudence, Ordinary Gain • 1 The karmically sobering third of this week is at its peak today. New or risky plans or agendas should be avoided, or one could be like "a man running in the face of a strong wind, making little headway while his garments fly in tatters behind him." Pride and obstinacy incur criticism and loss. Rather, ordinary needed tasks are doable. 2 "A naked infant, exposed, sleeps alone in an open and dreary place. Around him are beasts and birds of prey. But by some strange power, unseen, this embodied picture of Innocence is protected." Parents and others have been cruel, yet the child has been saved from malice. "No weapon formed against him shall prosper." 3 The same or another "child is giving birds a drink at a fountain." He or she has "uncompromising faith in the friendly relationships characterizing the world at large." There is a creative concern for others, or Solicitude, as an upramp to immortality. 4 In contrast with the foolishness of paragraph 1, some are industrious, watchful, prudent, working with an eye to the future and therefore provident in old age. "An old man is cutting grapes in a vineyard," happily gathering in fruits of foresight and care. (At a very mundane level, these symbols suggest fortunate grocery shopping among other possibilities.) • Monday • Protection, Prudence, Ordinary Gain • Cosmic Piper Moon in Pisces goes void-of-course at 10:45a PT until entering Aries at 11:38a PT Karmically sobering third of this week is at its peak

Weekend of September 6th & 7th, 2025

 Message for Weekend of September 6th & 7th, 2025

Saturday 6th: 1 "A man is standing, resting lightly on the end of his bow, with a quiver full of arrows on his back." He is a quick observer and designer, a prompt and skillful executant. 2 As an explorer and discovering traveler he may eventually set up the framework of a temporary building, perhaps four long posts with four rails fastened horizontally on their tops. This could be some project with four components. 3 With maturity, deeper understanding is shared, as that of "a Jewish rabbi." This could be a guide or teacher inspiring the project of paragraph 2. The keyword is Heritage. 4 Some have fame because of special abilities. They are conscious of their own power of governing others. "A figure like the angel of the Sun, Michael, stands erect and strikes the earth with the point of a dazzling sword." The keyword is Superiority. Moon in Aquarius is void-of-course until entering Pisces at 8:55a PT/ 11;55a ET Sunday 7th: 1 "A man is wading through mud knee-deep. The bank toward which he struggles is enveloped in fog." This is not hopeless but temporarily daunting. 2 Yet some, headstrong and given to Impulse, cannot be restrained by mud or anything else, but like a ram stand upon a barren rock pawing the ground. They are generous friends, warm-hearted and enthusiastic. 3 "A pyramid of red is conspicuously situated on a large open plain." There can be dauntless character and great energy, with the motto "Never say die." Animal passions accompany strength of will. 4 There is "a basic delight in every aspect of human relationship" when one mingles with "A crowd upon the beach." Tensions of personality are released through unconditioned friendliness. The keyword is Exhilaration. Moon in Pisces Karmically sobering third of this week is with us until Tuesday afternoon

Message for Friday 5 September 2025

 Message for Friday 5 September 2025

• Manifesting Deep Tradition • 1 There may be a feeling of aimlessness. "A broken wheel lies upon the ground, while a horse grazes nearby." A laissez faire Friday mood. 2 I hope you feel that human laws, courts and judges are not against you but for you. "A person with wig and gown" is eminent in forensic science. At the spiritual level, we pray that human laws move toward Divine Law which is more understanding and merciful. 3 "A Jewish rabbi" may become a special channel for the aspirations of all. He brings deeper understanding to those around him by standing on the giant souls of prophets who have gone before. The keyword is Heritage. 4 An established tradition is also efflorescent in "A family tree." Our forebears can guide us through their spiritual presence in our blood, while our integrity remains peculiarly our own. The keyword is Gentility. • Friday • Manifesting Deep Tradition • Cosmic Piper Moon in Aquarius goes void-of-course at 1:53p PT/ 4:53p ET

Message for Thursday 4 September 2025

 Message for Thursday 4 September 2025

• From Divergence back to Constancy • 1 Charubel gives us "a long, straight road, the terminus of which I do not see." An uneventful life is uniformly even. But one ought to provide for future contingencies. Things look good, so let's make sure they stay that way. 2 "A gang of robbers in hiding" think they have found freedom by flouting the usual moral code. Such Divergence cannot last long. A more challenging perspective is needed. 3 A counsel of confusion takes over when events are allowed to drift or when leadership proves deficient. We need "a strong hand supplanting political hysteria." Transient crises are opportunities for self-discovery. The keyword is Power. 4 "Tufts of grass hold a thin but certain existence upon a jutting rock." Some have a firm, steadfast character, holding to their own beliefs and principles even when that is disadvantageous. They determine the right thing to do and do it. The keyword is Constancy. • Thursday • From Divergence back to Constancy • Cosmic Piper Moon in Capricorn goes void-of-course at 3:09a PT until entering Aquarius at 3:33a PT

Message for Wednesday 3 September 2025

 Message for Wednesday 3 September 2025

• Consequential Entanglement plus Sagacious Advantage • 1 "A woman blindfolded, and a man leading her" is an exact depiction of what went on between Jeffrey Epstein and his young female "employees," and today ten of them are slated to appear on the Capitol Steps for a news conference with Representative Massie. Said Sepharial of the symbol: "it denotes a person of weak but seductive nature who will have much influence on the other sex, led into dangerous relations with them, so that the life may be compared to a tangled skein in which the complications are more various than the materials which enter into them. The keyword is Entanglement." 1x And thus a clairvoyant in the 1880s described exactly the Epstein Island in a symbol coming into pertinence on the very day ten of these women are to appear before the public. 2 The "Two men placed under arrest" are Epstein and Maxwell in an obvious way, but also potentially many others who squirm at the possibility of being exposed. "Total inappropriateness of impulse and act" has Consequences, the keyword. 3 But there are human beings of a different stripe, perhaps resembling "an elephant with his castle on his back." They have strength, cool courage, and sagacity; they are defenders and helpers of the weak. 4 Troubles of recent days, including earthquakes in Afghanistan which took at least 1400 lives, plus personal troubles of your own, are connected with the precpitating square between Jupiter and Mars. But we also have an increasing sextile between Mars and Venus reflected nicely in a symbol for today: "A fine bull of a white color grazes in the shade of a large tree in a park." This promises "a quiet and successful life, born into large estates or joining such by marriage. The character is steadfast, firm, independent, reserved, benevolent; yet cautious and patient." The keyword is Advantage. • Wednesday • Consequential Entanglement plus Sagacious Advantage • Cosmic Piper Moon in Capricorn

Message for Tuesday 2 September 2025

 Message for Tuesday 2 September 2025

• Escaping from Peril • 1 We have some unhappy symbols today, such as "a wolf carrying away a lamb." Sometimes warnings apply not to yourself, the reader, but to someone you know, or less disturbingly to someone you hear about in the news. Let's hope there are no news stories of abductions or trafficking of children or other exploitation of the innocent. 2 If there are, there is also a remedy: "Two men placed under arrest." Many have to face legal consequences of their cruel or cunning misdeeds. Others (most of us) merely have to face reminders of what would happen if we got out of line. We need to be consistent in living up to ideals. 3 At worst, some have gone so far wrong that the karmic consequences are perilous. "An oak tree is broken by the wind, and beneath is the skeleton of some dead creature." Yet even the worthless are given shelter out of sheer goodwill. If sins or errors weigh on you, remember that Jesus said "The Son of Man has the right on earth to forgive sins," and do some serious study of the Gospels daily in order to be ready for such forgiveness. 4 If free of, or escaped from, most of such problems you can be as "a man with hand and index finger pointing upward as if in command." He has "a generous and kind disposition and a high order of intelligence, capable of filling various positions, ingenious and inventive. He will succeed, and receive tributes to his or her usefulness." • Tuesday • Escaping from Peril • Cosmic Piper Moon in Capricorn Karmically sobering third of this week continues until late evening