Wednesday 24 June 2026

 Message for Wednesday 24 June 2026

• Camaraderie, Presents, Persuasion • 

0 It's hard to know what the symbols for the following day could mean when I'm recording them. But three of them for Monday were so accurate they helped me make some good choices during the day. Some readers are also confirming their relevance. Thanks, Inner Orbit.

1 "A broken wheel lies upon the ground while nearby a horse grazes." Laissez-faire drifting? Still, minor good fortune tides one over. 

2 "A cat arguing with a mouse" clearly has the advantage, but litigation should be value-centered. The keyword is Justification. 

3 "The dark side of the moon" represents "a strange character whom no one will ever understand." "A magician, but not of any known type; not insane but Moon-set!" There is a gulf between such an one and ordinary humanity. 

4 Have you been unusually conscious of your food intake recently? "A well-appointed table has the remnants of a feast lying upon it." A worldly appetite could be excessive and reckless. There is richness of heart and camaraderie, but maybe too much Sensuality. 

5 A good, kind, benevolent disposition bubbles through "a gentleman with a number of ladies in a carriage." He is liberal with his presents. 

6 Genuine maturity heightens the appreciation of "a woman pursued by mature romance." Eternal promise underlies all objective existence. The soul capitalizes on its more enduring potentials. The keyword is Persuasion. 

Wednesday • Camaraderie, Presents, Persuasion •

Moon is void-of-course until entering Scorpio at 2:44a ET. 

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Tuesday 23 June 2026

 Message for Tuesday 23 June 2026

• Detached and Indomitable •

1 "A woman seated in an attitude of grief, clothes disordered and hair unkempt, holds faded lilies and roses in her hands." Is she a victim of unrequited love, or did she cause it incautiously?

2 "A Native American woman selling beads" has a soul fundamentally disinterested in everyday superficialities, anchored in an inner reality. Her Detachment is a form of creative aplomb. 

3 "On a jutting rock, tufts of grass hold a thin but certain existence." One can hold steadfastly to beliefs and principles even when that is to one's disadvantage. "It's the right thing to do."

4 "A deep shaft descends into the earth; right overhead is a balloon." There could be scientific study of "graduated densities in the atmosphere found at different altitudes."

5 "A man all bundled up in fur leading a shaggy deer" has a pioneer or trailblazing instinct. His unlimited self-reliance amounts to Indomitability. 

6 Someone whose deeds speak louder than words has grand aspirations. His good influence is felt beyond the limits of his neighborhood. He could be likened to "a very lofty pine tree."

• Detached and Indomitable •

Moon in Libra goes void-of-course at 9:12p PT until entering Scorpio at 11:44p PT. 

Karmically sobering third of this week continues until early Wednesday. 

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Monday 22 June 2026

 Message for Monday 22 June 2026

• Coaxing Soul-Depths •

1 "Dogs standing over a bare bone" suggest a breach between haves and have-nots. Let's be merciful and generous toward all, even those who seem indolent. 

2 "A man suspended over a vast level place" has an illimitable overview of his experience in advance of involvement in its details. Leisure in perspective preserves free choice. The keyword is Contemplation. 

3 Back on earth, "a man in a greenhouse is watering some flowering shrubs." Some individuals study and develop the beautiful in nature or the floral kingdom. 

4 "A very lofty pine tree" denotes someone noble whose good influence will be felt beyond the limits of his neighborhood. His grand aspirations result in deeds speaking louder than words. 

5 "A man and woman are seated at a table whereon viands and wine are lavishly abundant." Sepharial warns that instincts might overtake the moral sense, bringing on self-debasement. However, "the disposition is genial, kind and sociable." The keyword is Self-Indulgence.

6 "A Spaniard is serenading his senorita." "A poetry of living and a music of desire become the final touchstoness for a true self-fulfillment." "The will of humanity coaxes depths of soul into its experience." The keyword is Constancy. 

Monday • Coaxing Soul-Depths •

Moon in Libra 

Karmically sobering third of this week is with us until early Wednesday. 

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Weekend of June 20th & 21st 2026

 Message for Weekend of June 20th and 21st, 2026 

I used the time I would ordinarily spend writing the symbolic forecast-meditation to compose instead a eulogy for my cousin Barbara, who passed from this world last Friday. I hope you may find in it something interesting or inspiring. 

My cousin, Barbara Jo Kappler Beck, 1943-2026

How does one sum up such an interesting human being? I won't try for that, but will relate various reminiscences as they occur to me. 

She was about a year younger than I, and we had a lot of fun together as kids. Our interests sometimes coincided. We played card games together. I enjoyed riding my bike to her family house for get-togethers or picnics. What stands out in these memories is her cheerful sense of humor. She could make fun of people in a subtle way which was neither cutting nor derisive. Maybe "Barb" was an appropriate nickname for her. 

She loved her cat Phoebe and would regale me with tales of her latest adventures, such as the time she got "treed". 

My mother Margaret and her brother Ike Kappler, Barbara's dad, would trade off as hosts for delightfully memorable family picnics attended also by my sister Sue and Barbara's brother Jim. So much joy and laughter. 

After graduating from high school, Barbara and I entered a new phase of togetherness as workers at the Bella Villa Motel purchased and managed by my father Howard. Both my parents were glad to have Barbara on hand as a ready assistant. In these pre-John days, of course Barb kept her eyes open for possible links to unattached males in the clientele. Something started when she dated one of them briefly, but didn't last long. "Just get over it" was Barb's lugubrious advice to herself.

Her bedroom and mine were on the top floor of the motel's living quarters, adjoining an open rooftop where we often sat together and chatted in the setting sunlight, pondering life's deep mysteries. 

Our paths parted when I moved to New York City. So I was not in touch with her when she and John got together, the biggest blessing of her life. Therefore I'm not writing about her later years of married life in Wisconsin. 

I'll mention one thing: Her magnificent service to her dear and my dear Aunt Edna. She had health problems in her later years and was living in Florida. Barbara visited her frequently to assist her. This was deep family loyalty, one of Barbara's wonderful characteristics. As I write in Seattle I can look up to see the wall hanging that Aunt Edna wanted me to have and that Barbara kindly mailed me years ago. 

Likewise, she was loyal to her amazing brother Jim. For example, she wrote a moving eulogy for him when he, one of my best friends ever, departed this world way too soon.

Barbara, we miss you and we love you. I don't know exactly how the next world works, but I hope you and Jim and Aunt Edna and your parents are getting together for a heavenly picnic. 

I haven't mentioned religion, but it goes without saying that you and John have been walking the talk of your faith. He says that in recent weeks you report that you have been talking with Jesus. Amen!

May our precious Lord continue to bless you and confer all good upon you. 

Amen

-- Cousin Hugh

Saturday 20th: Moon in Virgo 

Sunday 21st: Moon goes void-of-course at 10:34a PT until entering Libra at 1:56p PT.

Friday 19 June 2026

 Message for Friday 19 June 2026

▪︎ Through Pessimism toward Ardour •

1 "In a gloomy sky filled with scudding clouds, blackbirds struggle against the wind." Pessimism can deprive us of faith and perseverance. Keywords are Doubt and Change. Dreams require confidence for fulfillment.

2 But confidence should not diverge into rufhlessness or inhumanity. "A mounted Indian with scalp locks" couild develop unimpeachable control over life through self-discipline. (But the scalp locks belong in a museum.) The keyword is Command. 

3 Similarly, "a man flogging a boy" is not a prediction, which would be evil, but a warning. Punishment just makes things worse, as those developing deep understanding of human nature come to realize. 

4 Maybe you'll enjoy a favorite restaurant, actually or in memory. "A burly man with an apron before him" could be its manager or an inn keeper. 

5 Through some kinds of imitation, vicarious participation in life is enhanced. Are you, or someone you know, "the first mockingbird in spring"? The keyword is Quickening. 

6 Spiritual faculties are in evidence. "In the midst of an aureole of clouds appears a triangle of flame, and an eye within the triangle." Some minds are exalted, aspiring, noble, and hopeful, full of the divine fire of a worthy ambition. The keyword is Ardour. 

Friday • Through Pessimism toward Ardour •

Moon in Leo goes void-of-course at 4:32a PT until entering Virgo at 7:36a PT.

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Thursday 18 June 2026

 Message for Thursday 18 June 2026

• Sound Judgment Prospers • 

1 Either in the media or in person there are peevish, superficial people who make misery around them.

2 "A man declared bankrupt" is doing the best he can at some point of futility. There is over-all resourcefulness and Deliverance.

3 Any marked achievement in character or skill is mirrored in the luxury of "a jewelry shop" whose keyword is Preservation. 

4 "On the crest of a scepter shines a diamond like a magnificent star." There can be power, eminence, fame and Superiority. 

5 In "a baronial mansion with spacious park abounding with gigantic trees" dwells a student of antiquity who takes but little interest in new inventions--a profound scholar possessing sound judgment. 

6 "A large and well cultivated tract of land" bears the keyword Fruitfulness. It would appear to be an answer to the worries of paragraph 2. There is a genial temperament, healthy body, appreciation of nature's beauties, a large family and many friends. 

• Thursday • Sound Judgment Prospers •

Moon in Leo 

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Wednesday 17 June 2026

 Message for Wednesday 17 June 2026

• Through Melancholy toward Expenditure • 

1 Today should be smoother than Monday and Tuesday, but still, some individuals could be proud, superficial, fretful and peevish, symbolized by "toys or common elements of glass and tinsel." Loving one's neighbor as oneself is not always easy, requiring spiritual evolution.

2 "On the ceiling of a room is a gilded star" while Nature's real stars are ignored by superficial persons. 

3 "Two crossed swords forming an escutcheon" symbolize contention but also Prowess or courage and strength. 

4 "A young man of disheveled appearance sits on a barren rock by the sea, weeping." He is dependent, confiding and sympathetic, but disappointed in love and Melancholy. 

5 "A gypsy coming out of the forest" has found the resources of all nature available for his exploitation. There is self-release through a joy in the accomplishments of the moment. The keyword is Expenditure. 

6 "A jewelry shop" has the keyword Preservation. Personal display is part of the kaleidoscopic capacity of the world at large for producing and reproducing immediate realities with which to deal, and vision is shaped to a larger dimension.

Wednesday • Through Melancholy toward Expenditure • 

Moon in Cancer goes void-of-course at 0:42a PT until entering Leo at 5:06a PT 

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