Thursday 20th August

 Message for Thursday 20th August 2026 

° Sustaining Ascendancy °

0 You may find it helpful to choose one to three of the following paragraphs as pertinent to your current situation. Near the end of the day you might revisit all six for further light. 

1 Some will "do well by dealing with what lies deep in the earth."

2 "Many little birds on the limb of a large tree" could symbolize "a happy lightness of the human spirit as it rejoices in its infinitely varying relations with the beautiful and the good." The keyword is Ramification. 

3 "A mummer's mask" might belong to a coquette or someone given to mimicry and imitation, simulating the character of others, with a natural aptitude for theatricals. 

4 "In the center of a high mountain plateau one of the ancient magi is performing his matutinal devotions. The lord of day ascends on the luminous horizon." 

5 "Two fairies on a moonlit night" are exalting fancy as a dynamic factor in all self-realization. There is a transforming sensitivity or a healing imagination. The keyword is Ascendancy. 

6 "Two hands are linked in a close grip of friendship." Many are demonstrating "a rich, unselfish nature, capable of those little greatnesses in daily life which make a person beloved, if not remarkable, and probably instrumental in forming some large associations for social co-operation or intellectual improvement." The keyword is Sustaining. 

Thursday ° Sustaining Ascendancy °

Moon in Scorpio is void-of-course until entering Sagittarius at 1:31a PT. 

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Wednesday 19th August

 Message for Wednesday 19th August 2026 

• Overcoming Misanthropy to find Daybreak • 

1 Charubel warns us to avoid cellars, basements or other low places, to escape the danger of something falling from above. 

2 "A dagger," says Sepharial, is "an ominous sign!" Mars in Donald Trump's birth chart is at this degree of quarrels, arguments and impulsive actions. Many today will be on the alert to attack and oppose. They may be "very executive, but by no means constructive in disposition, hence liable to go through life like a tornado, remarked but not esteemed."

3 "A pillar of black marble roughly hewn" denotes someone melancholy and misanthropic. He or she may make a bad match, with probable separation. The keyword is Solitariness. 

4 "Game birds feathering their nests" are consciously participating in a group destiny, justifying their own being by fulfilling the expectation of others. The keyword is Meticulousness. 

5 "Daybreak" is a symbol of the cycles of change as an ultimate assurance to the human heart. "Reality is ever a beginning in the sense of the immediacy it offers the individual." The keyword is Genesis. 

6 "A star surrounded with many rings" is positive and assuring. "Thou never need be cast down. Thou wilt meet with trials, but fear not, 'Thy bread shall be given thee, and thy water is sure.'"

Wednesday • Overcoming Misanthropy to Find Daybreak •

Moon in Scorpio goes void-of-course at 7:47p PT 

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Tuesday 18th August 2026

 Message for Tuesday 18th August 2026

• Under the Rainbow •

1 This paragraph duplicates paragraph 1 of Monday's Message.

2 This duplicates paragraph 2 of Monday's report. 

3 This is the same as paragraph 3 of Monday's message.

4 "A wild boar" represents someone unusual, sometimes coarse or impolite but brutally honest. He has "a life of his own, a sphere of his own and pleasures of his own."

5 "A fair woman looking at her face in a handglass" may be deemed "frivolous, improvident and foolish, laughing in the face of fate."

6 But there is "a rainbow" overhead, a consistent ordering throughout the world in which we find ourselves, lending us "very real spiritual power and presence in all personal effort and desire." The keyword is Significance. 

• Tuesday • Under the Rainbow •

Moon in Scorpio 

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Monday 17th August

 Message for Monday 17th August 2026

• Steadfastness Brings Significance • 

1 It is not necessary to continue any given action to the point of self-cancellation, so it need not happen that "an automobile is wrecked by a train." We have control. "The ultimate obligation of the individual is to himself, and not to the narrow and momentary direction of circumstances." The keyword is Dispersion. 

2 A better form of dispersion is "men getting large granite stones out of a rock." They succeed with the most ordinary things of this world, even become wealthy by means others would consider beneath their notice. 

3 "A thick wood stands at the back of a field in which a man is plowing with an ox." The keyword is Steadfastness. 

4 An ordinary looking, cleanshaven man is fond of conventional pleasures and popular amusements. 

5 "A centaur, half man and half horse" subtly and changefullly simulates the virtues and vices of others, often diplomatically. He may alternate between paths of debasing instinct and high endeavor.

6 "A rainbow" assures us of divine participation in the most unpromising of human relationships. Nature will co-operate effectively with every vision we choose to keep alive. There is very real spiritual power and presence in all personal effort and desire. The keyword is Significance. 

Monday • Steadfastness Brings Significance •

Moon in Libra goes void-of-course at 4:32a PT until entering Scorpio at 2:47p PT. 

Karmically sobering third of this week ends in late afternoon. 

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Weekend of August 15th and 16th

 Messages for Weekend of August 15th and 16th, 2026

Saturday 15th:

1 We are early in a crescent New Moon period, so some matters are premature. 

2 A gladiator, armed and ready for the fray, should calm down. 

3 "A man felling a tree" finds contentment in simple work. He or she is a good friend. 

4 "A cat arguing with a mouse" symbolizes "a gift for persuading others to accept the motives of self and to cooperate with its ends." The keyword is Justification. 

5 "An untidy, unkempt man" seems "insensitive to every exaction or reward of the world. Paradoxically enough the bringing of reality to center is a development and sharing of its potentialities." The keyword is Imperturbability. 

6 "The yard of a farmhouse between high mountains is entered by a white gate." Country life is good, or something white in an urban scene. 

Moon in Virgo is void-of-course until entering Libra at 7:21a PT. 

Karmically sobering third of this week is with us until Monday evening. 

Sunday 16th:

"'If it is at all possible for you, take pity upon us and help us.' 'If it is possible!' said Jesus. 'Everything is possible to one who has faith.'"

--Mark, chapter 9

Moon in Libra

Karmically sobering third of this week continues until Monday evening. 

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Friday 14th August 2026

 Message for Friday 14th August 2026 

° Toward the Supermind ° 

1 "A shovel suspended in mid-air" is the non-implement of one who devotes time and energy to what is impracticable and profitless, "digging in the air and sowing to the wind."

2 But "a man all bundled up in fur leading a shaggy deer" is a trail-blazer exuding unlimited self-reliance. The keyword is Indomitability. 

3 "A gladiator with dagger and shield is ready for the fray" but makes enemies by his irascible disposition. "Self-command is the greatest of all conquests."

4 "A large undershot waterwheel" is suggestive of Sri Aurobindo's major works which appeared first in The Arya, a periodical. He was born with Sol in this degree. The rest of Sepharial's reading is exactly correct: "One who will prove a leading character in some great movement, or the founder of some society or school of philosophy." 

5 "There are illimitable opportunities for the human spirit to dramatize its personal achievement or individual aspiration" as if it were "a bareback rider." The keyword is Audacity. 

6 "A bright, pale blue star shines over a clear lake." This person (as for example Sri Aurobindo) gains distinction by mental powers (even unto the Overmind or Supermind). "The native will shine like a star in his sphere of life, and will have many followers." Voila!

Friday ° Toward the Supermind °

Moon in Virgo is void-of-course all day. This does not cancel out the above reading but hints at how hard it is to manifest even a portion of any Supramental realization.

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Thursday 13th August 2026

 Message for Thursday 13th August 2026

• Contemplative Service • 

1 "A hedgehog" shuns the public gaze and is secretive, defensive, harmless. 

2 "A hawk is hovering over a nest of young birds." There could be "danger of injuries in one's own house and through one's own kindred." 

3 "A young maiden weeping over a grave" might seem devoid of family ties and friends. She is sensitive, retiring, melancholic and sympathetic. 

4 "A man suspended over a vast level place" orients his understanding through an exceptional spread of comprehension. The keyword is Contemplation. 

5 If one has the services of "a carrier pigeon" one has "a universal sensitiveness of mind which in a sense commands all-knowledge" through sheer intuition. The keyword is Enlightenment. 

6 "A person carries a long wand with a glass globe on the top charged with aromatics." The aim of his or her life is to serve some of the wants of a suffering humanity. Says Charubel: "A transcendental sun impinges this degree with its rays." 

Thursday • Contemplative Service •

Moon in Leo is void-of-course until entering Virgo at 3:19a PT, then goes void-of-course again at 12:25p PT. 

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