Message for Friday 24 April 2026

 Message for Friday 24 April 2026

• Serious and then Adventurous • Enduring values are never lost through what appears to be death. "A widow at an open grave" can hold on to aplomb within "an ever-spiraling self-discovery." The keyword is Reorientation. She will make friendships that are sincere and advantageous. "Two yellow flowers grow beneath the shade of a luxuriant tree." She will be protected by someone great; by his or her widespread and beneficent influence. "A man with a sheaf of corn under one arm and a sickle under the other" is a hard-working agriculturist. What "crop" are you growing in your daily life? "A man of benevolent countenance stands near a cottage chopping wood. Around him are fruitful orchards; near him a sheep grazes." This person has a contented, happy disposition. But some know that all is not work. They have an indomitable desire for freedom. "A flock of wild geese" seem naively independent, yet follow the undeviating course characteristic of migratory fowl while seeming capricious. The keyword is Insouciance. Beneath them, two persons are rowing in a boat on a large lake. They are fond of company, change, and adventure. Friday • Serious and then Adventurous • Moon in Leo goes void-of-course at 3:22p PT until entering Virgo at 6:06p PT Cosmic Piper

Thursday 23 April 2026

 Thursday 23 April 2026

• From Loneliness to Luxury • There are warnings against anger, which would come back to afflict oneself. A lonely phase, however, is natural and harmless. "A ram standing alone looks toward a flock of sheep in the distance." "Sympathies toward the opposite sex are wanting" says Charubel. Aries, containing four planets now, can be a bachelor sign sometimes. "A rising Sun" represents "a Solar man, destined to rule or command." This too is an Aries propensity. Is "the president of the country" vainly and destructively assertive, or does he make the self-sacrifice required of anybody who would be the creative representative of eternal value? The keyword is Idealization. "A dark man, richly apparreled, surrounded by servants and courtiers, reclines on a couch." He has wealth, influence, and artistic tastes, plus a love of ease. The keyword is Luxury. Others seek the promise of a covenant with the universal matrix of life itself, that is, "The rainbow's pot of gold." The keyword is Faith. Thursday • From Loneliness to Luxury • Moon in Cancer goes void-of-course just 13 minutes before entering Leo at 12:42p PT Cosmic Piper

Message for Tuesday 21 April 2026

 Message for Tuesday 21 April 2026

• Through Isolation to Happiness •

Many feel mentally isolated, not in sympathy with the present state of things. Some are looking through the wrong end of their perceptual telescope, feeling that no one is as great as themselves.

The catharsis of nature comes in "an electrical storm." The universal forces spell out Transformation. Most will recover fully. Some may feel almost suicidally that their hopes are gone

A man climbing a pole has ambitions in the clouds which may be mere Vagaries. But "A man teaching new forms for old symbols" is onto something real. The keyword is Interpretation. Some may be actual Seers possessing a globe reflecting the whole panorama of the earth.

We conclude with the beautiful symbol of "a very straight road, an interminable perspective" indicating a life that will be long and happy.

Tuesday • Through Isolation to Happiness •

Moon in Gemini is void-of-course until entering Cancer at 10:01a PT.

Karmically sobering third of this week is strong today, ending by Thursday morning.

Cosmic Piper

Message for Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th April 2026

 Message for Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th April 2026

Saturday 18th: • Above the Earth? • We start with the "cheerless" symbols of the day, such as "the earth covered with a deep snow" suggesting an uneventful life lacking the native energy required for success. Then there is "a bed of a dried-up river wherein crows are feeding." One may have given much to unthankful people who offer nothing in return. Still, we remain in the month of Aries and "two men are engaged in a fight." Many are pugnacious. It would be better to put that energy into simple, persistent, honest effort, like "a man of humble appearance but much strength felling a tree with an axe." Springtide is described thus: "I see green everywhere, and everything is on the move." Many changes seem to head nowhere; yet someone is wearing "a large hat with streamers flying, facing east." Naive creativity accompanies Excitation, the keyword. "I seem to be above the earth. I see a man, yet one greater than a man! His mission is a WORLD mission." Who is your candidate or candidates? Higher yet, "A celestial choir is singing." There can be "a gift for the effective articulation or manifestation of those eternal realities through which all people find themselves at one." This is a cure for the first two paragraphs. The keyword is Veneration. Saturday • Above the Earth? • Moon in Taurus Sunday 19th: "Above the world the world-creators stand, In the phenomenon see its mystic source. Above the illusion of the hopes that pass, Behind the appearance and the overt act, Behind this clock-work Chance and vague surmise, Amid the wrestle of force, the trampling feet, Across the cries of anguish and of joy, Across the triumph, fighting and despair, They watch the Bliss for which earth's heart has cried Winding undetected through the scepic days And to meet it guide the unheedful moving world. Then the masked Transcendent mount his throne. A few shall see what none yet understands: God shall grow up while the wise men talk and sleep; For man shall not know the coming till its hour And belief shall be not till the work is done." Sri Aurobindo, Savitri, pp. 54-55 Moon in Taurus goes void-of-course at 8:46a PT until entering Gemini at 9:19a PT Cosmic Piper

Message for Friday 17 April 2026

 Message for Friday 17 April 2026

° Favor within one's own Groove ° (I hope it helps you to know about the Karmically Sobering third of each week, which I report here faithfully. On Wednesday it was exact in late afternoon and early evening, and where I live there was an enormous thunderstorm with lightning and then hailstones! There was also a failure of the heating system in my building for a few hours; Saturn is the planet of coldness. Things are calmer on Thursday, and by Friday the Difficult Third will be gone. Still, there are other issues . . .) Friday: We may have to pass through a dark, sad, gloomy phase during which everything seems pointless. "A king sits on a throne; behind him stands a figure veiled in black." The keyword, Collapse, suggests a fall if one undertakes feats beyond one's natural powers, especially if they are morally questionable. "A large disappointed audience" suggests that one cannot always expect applause from the momentary mood of the masses. The keyword is Disjunction. One can be spiritually independent, and large-hearted, with great soul-force, rather than dependent on mental scheming. Nobody can put anything over on you. You might enter "A forest of big oaks, with plenty of scope for wandering," loving a rural life filled with firm purpose and singleness of aim. You prosper when allowed to go in your own groove. You might also benefit from "a farmyard with a lot of cows," or maybe from dairy products. "A man successfully expressing himself in two realms at once" experiences many interpenetrating realms of reality, with unlimited versatility. The keyword is Proficiency. "A fair woman, richly attired, standing alone" receives great attention and many friends because of her goodness of heart and generosity. The keyword is Favor. (Some may gain success through a woman.) Friday ° Favor within one's own Groove ° Moon in Aries goes void-of-course at 4:53a PT until entering Taurus at 8:59a PT. The New Moon also occurs at 4:23a PT. Cosmic Piper

Message for Thursday 16 April 2026

 Message for Thursday 16 April 2026

• Reformulating Tradition • A violent person on horseback (tank, ship, etc.) is Rushing and Rash. He would do well to calm down and luxuriate in the greenery of nature. Everything is on the move. A person with shears is a fine, dexterous artisan. Or he or she might be pruning trees in a garden as a horticulturist. "A man richly attired, having lost his foothold, is falling to the ground." His dignity and influence fail for lack of judgment or persistence. Families may break up or lose their traditions. The keyword is Decadence. However, "lost opportunity is regained in the imagination" through psychological maturity. The keyword is Reformulation. "A swarm of bees encircle a tree standing in a field of rich grass." The yard of my beekeeper grandfather! Diligence leads to the acquisition of money and friends. The keyword is Utility. "Things are given their fundamental ordering as they are accepted in consciousness." "A square is brightly lighted on one side." The keyword is Set. There is the absolute unimpeachability of a genuine self-direction. Thursday • Reformulating Tradition • Moon in Aries Karmically sobering third of this week ends shortly after midnight of Thursday-Friday. Cosmic Piper

Message for Wednesday 15 April 2026

 Message for Wednesday 15 April 2026

• Equipped for Discovery • Be prepared to know that "darkness, sadness and gloom" are only temporary. "A man in a dark room at a table with books, papers and mathematical instruments distributed about him promiscuously" gains little from his studies. "A crow or raven standing on a waterpot" may be up to mischief because of envy, but would suffer as a result. Instead, one could use mental curiosity to make a Discovery, causing a new idea to dawn on the world. Some will rise from a low estate to Eminence, like a flag on a staff at the top of a high mountain. Then they would resemble "a triangle with wings," inviolable in their light-bringing Zeal. (That's a remedy for the first paragraph.) "A kingly person presents a scepter to one kneeling." Merit and ambition effect great things, with help from above. In fact, "a man" may be "possessed of more gifts than he can hold." Prodigality of effort attempts all things. The keyword is Equipment. Wednesday • Equipped for Discovery • Moon in Pisces goes void-of-course at 6:08a PT until entering Aries at 7:05a PT. Karmically sobering third of this week continues until early Friday. Cosmic Piper