Message for Monday 23 February 2026
• Explosion Collapse Discipline Uniqueness • Explosion. Iran? Ukraine-Russia? Other trouble spots? "A column of smoke ascends on a gigantic scale, followed by a terrible burst of flame." Charubel says, "This degree is subtle; its events are sudden, always falling out unexpectedly, and generally disastrously." But he hastens to add: "THIS IS NOT FATE." Collapse. We already know that 41 million Americans will be afflicted by rare blizzard conditions, with schools closed in New York and Boston. "A man falls between the parting timbers of a broken bridge." Sepharial warns against "hazards both commercial and physical." "Let him keep to the broad highway of life and not take an isolated path. He who aspires to rulership is a misanthrope; the humble man has safety with the people." Preciseness. With Luna conjoining Uranus while squaring Mars, maybe a semi-military stance is needed. "Officers are on dress parade" though not necessarily in battle mode. Ritual, dignity and protocol rehearse group values through schooled self-assurance. (A possible cure for the first two paragraphs.) Uniqueness. There is always an odd one in any group, such as "a butterfly with the right wing more perfectly formed." Abnormalities do not have to be handicaps if the self mobilizes its powers to take full advantage of significant differences. Monday • Explosion Collapse Discipline Uniqueness • Moon goes void-of-course at 2:30p PT until entering Gemini at 6:30p PT Cosmic Piper
° Forefathers Labor Aptitude Conviviality °
Forefathers. Divine instincts may be filtered through faith in conservative religious truths. "A man walks in darkness with an old-fashioned lantern in his hand."
Labor. In rustic simplicity some work in orchards or woods, maybe building a house or founding a colony, endowed with good will and an earnest soul. "A man stripped to the waist is hewing timber."
Aptitude. Meher Baba had a large, loving presence and spoke with flourishing hand signals, so often looked like "a big bear sitting down and waving all its paws" which was the symbol for Venus's position in his birth chart and Mars's position today. There is "a willingness to dramatize the self's potentials to any necessary extent."
Conviviality. There is "a taste for high living" plus a generous, hospitable disposition. Sometimes considered coarse and self-indulgent, one is actually bountiful and humane. This paragraph and the first may need to be reconciled. "A feast is prepared upon platters."
Friday ° Forefathers Labor Aptitude Conviviality °
Moon in Aries
Karmically sobering third of this week ends in late afternoon