Message for Monday 12 March 2018

Monday 12 March 2018

\Stimulus Toward Conservation/

Moon in Capricorn-->Aquarius

/moon goes void-of-course at 8:37a PT | 11:37a ET | 3:37p UT (times now in DST except for UT)

until it enters Aquarius at 3:46p PT | 6:46p ET | 10:46p UT

The Dark Hermetic Epoch, March 9 through May 2 this time, is with us, and I leave it to you to figure out what it mean in your own life, because it means different things to different people.  All I can do is give clues.

Strange things happen. One connects with old memories and old tendencies, wondering who one really is, or if some self from the past is resurfacing. 

People on the outside are unusually unpredictable. Trump agreed immediately to talk with North Korea, but I cannot find from the New York Times whether that happened Thursday afternoon or Friday morning--if Thursday, it was on the final day of the Bright Hermetic Epoch. At any rate, he is likely to do surprising things. His call for the death penalty for drug dealers, which is not going to happen, is an example of erratic behavior at these times. 

That is an example of the worst that can happen, something like "Nothing I have done so far works, so I will do something radical" and that can end in tragedy. The saddest example I noticed in the news was the veteran suffering from PTSD in California who killed three wonderful young women who had been trying to help him. Horrible. It shows how one's mind can get thoroughly tangled and make very bad choices at these times. (And at the |karmically difficult third| of each week, for the hostage-taking and killing occurred on Friday during that time, as was pointed out here a day before). 

In other cases, the peculiarities are less serious, merely playful things one does to "find out who one is" perhaps. I found myself, on Saturday, ordering some rather wild items online, things I would usually consider silly, but something in me wanted to have them--toys, if you will. Did I waste my money? Time will tell but I think this was harmless and maybe needed in my own psychological development.

And so it goes. It is a good time for self-observation, and observing one's close ones with love and consideration, realizing that they too are going through peculiar psychological moods and modes which may make them act in ways you didn't anticipate. 

Monday:

A warrior in helmet drawing a long bow to which the fletch is duly set.  Strong character, set purpose, knowledge of future events. Or, weakness which depends on the hazard of life; carelessness in vanity; self-inflation.  Speculation.  b 

A man surrounded by others seeking a quarrel.  Quick to anger, or to disturb the peace of others. Rash and Impetuous.  b

A column of smoke ascending on a gigantic scale, followed by a terrible burst of flame. The phenomenon partakes of the character of an explosion.  NOT FATE, but a tendency to sudden losses, or things turning out unexpectedly.  c

A funeral procession and an open grave, and a great concourse of people; great excitement.  Death through violence or accident.  c

A large hat with streamers flying, facing east.  Excitation.  s

A man habited in rough clothes hewing timber close to a log hut.  Contented and laborious. Adaptable to circumstances. Fashioning a world of one's own from materials which nature supplies. Industry, stability, virtue, humility.  Utility.  b  

An old bridge over a beautiful stream.  Conservation.  c

I pl;aced these with the worst at the beginning, suggesting a possible sequence of tragedy if anyone in any situation sets himself or herself up for that. One may wonder if these rather upsetting symbols have a real utility as warnings. One might think that they are too much like the boy crying "Wolf!" to the point that everyone starts to ignore him. Well, I give them as they are for you to figure out. Often they point out things which are possible, or actual, in others' lives, not in one's own. A woman I know who had a birth-planet at the degree of "a funeral procession," etc., as above, did not suffer a violent death herself but as a nurse in a hospital was necessarily a witness of such things.  Today could be a good day for circumspection and prayer. 

Or, the final three symbols could point to a successful use of the day's energies, the "excitation" being a good stimulus, and the "conservation" suggesting conservative, wise use of Nature's potencies granted us as stewards. 

Things may be better toward late afternoon and evening when Luna approaches good aspects with Venus and Mercury. 

{Monday}  /Stimulus Toward Conservation\

Cosmic Piper

b: Signor Borelli, 19th century clairvoyant; interpreted by Sepharial who was Walter Gorn Old

c: Charubel, 19th century clairvoyant who was John Thomas

s: Sabian symbols which came through psychic Elsie Wheeler, interpreted by Marc Edmund Jones

The symbols and their interpretation are intended to apply basically during the hours from dawn to midnight. Often a planet will move from one degree to another during the day, so I use a time near mid-afternoon for all of them, so that they shall be exactly right during most, often all, of the daylight hours. The period from midnight to dawn could partake of the nature of either day or both. 

Messages for Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 March 2018

Saturday 10 March and Sunday 11 March 2018

\Stamina/

Moon in Sagittarius-->Capricorn

|Karmically difficult third| of this week continues (until Monday)

/moon is void-of-course 

until it enters Capricorn at 1:53p PT | 4:53p ET | 9:53p UT

A beautiful star of the color and size of the planet Venus, about 50 degrees from the mid-heaven; it shines brighter and brighter, then suddenly disappears.  A mighty genius; poet, painter or musician. May pass away before middle life.  c

A sculptor.  Immortalization.  s

A lunar crescent emerging from a cloud from which also proceeds a flash of lightning.  Strong and forceful. A proud and conflicting spirit. Hopeful, but schemes and projects will not always bear the light of day. Judgment comes in the dark hours.  Cleavage.  b

A man walking in darkness with an old-fashioned lantern in his hand.  Individuality. Conservative. Experiences adversity, but finds his way by divine instinct, with implicit faith in forefathers' religious truths.  c

A man habited in rough clothes hewing timber close to a log hut.  Contented and laborious. Adaptable to circumstances. Fashioning a world of one's own from materials which nature supplies. Industry, stability, virtue, humility.  Utility.  b  

A person climbing a rock in the midst of a fierce storm. Flashes of lightning reveal the figure in dark outline. It appears strong and climbs well.  Force of character. Makes his way against insuperable difficulties, efforts finally crowned with security and comfort. Uncertainty, Peril, and Final Success.  b

A triangle with wings.  Zeal.  s

The first two symbols point out how the artist or creative soul can attain immortality through his or her work.

The rest are rather intense, reflecting perhaps the moon's position with Saturn in Capricorn, not an easy position but one which can attain "final success." I hope the clues will help you.

{Saturday}  /Stamina\

Cosmic Piper

Sunday 11 March 2018

\The Easy Path or the Conscious One/

Moon in Capricorn

|Karmically difficult third| of this week continues

until it ends Monday at 6:46a PT | 9:46a ET | 1:46p UT (Daylight Savings Time except for UT)

A man sitting at a table with a carving knife in hand, about to carve a round of beef which lies before him.  An epicure, fond of good living.  Harmless and fortunate.  c

A woman of dark countenance standing over a prostrate man.  A woman's influence predominant for ill. A man's undoing through weakness; a woman's victory through dishonor. Full of warning and threat.  Prostrating.  b

A fox running along a path beneath the shadow of a wall.  Wily, prudent, cunning. Diplomatic. Self-defense without violence. In extremities, a clever ruse or presence of mind liberates.  Caution.  b

A beautiful star of the color and size of the planet Venus, about 50 degrees from the mid-heaven; it shines brighter and brighter, then suddenly disappears.  A mighty genius; poet, painter or musician. May pass away before middle life.  c

A man habited in rough clothes hewing timber close to a log hut.  Contented and laborious. Adaptable to circumstances. Fashioning a world of one's own from materials which nature supplies. Industry, stability, virtue, humility.  Utility.  b

A sculptor.  Immortalization.  s

A man successfully expressing himself in two realms at once.  Proficiency.  s

{Sunday}  /The Easy Path or the Conscious One\

Cosmic Piper

b: Signor Borelli, 19th century clairvoyant; interpreted by Sepharial who was Walter Gorn Old

c: Charubel, 19th century clairvoyant who was John Thomas

s: Sabian symbols which came through psychic Elsie Wheeler, interpreted by Marc Edmund Jones

The symbols and their interpretation are intended to apply basically during the hours from dawn to midnight. Often a planet will move from one degree to another during the day, so I use a time near mid-afternoon for all of them, so that they shall be exactly right during most, often all, of the daylight hours. The period from midnight to dawn could partake of the nature of either day or both.

Message for Friday 9 March 2018

Friday 9 March 2018

^Floundering Toward Pleasure^

Moon in Sagittarius

|Karmically difficult third| of this week begins at 7:29a PT | 10:29a ET | 3:29p UT (until Monday)

/moon goes void-of-course at 6:29p PT | 9:29p ET | 2:29a(Sa) UT

It's hard for me to write this without being depressing.

I am suffering a long illness and it is hard for me to keep up with these reports. Apart from the illness, I would have already been reporting on the Dark Hermetic Epoch which begins today and extends until May 3. Those of you new to these reports have a lot of catching up to do. I cannot repeat a complete exposition of the Hermetic Epochs every two months. I expect you to have read these reports in the past and know something about what they mean.

Anyway, we need to be prepared for the "dark" or "slow" or "devious" or "confusing" or "difficult" or "out-of-pattern" things that always happen during the almost two months of a DHE. All is not lost, but it may seem that much is lost, which is why it is so important to know about these periods--to keep one's faith up and know that it is a temporary situation. 

Compounding it are the squares of Mercury and Venus with Saturn, mentioned yesterday. They began during the past week and Mercury's square with Saturn (at worst, depression; at best, firm study and awareness and sharpened intellect) shall continue through the whole DHE because Mercury happens to have its station (motionless moment) while square Saturn. We need patient realism.

The Venus-square Saturn aspect is even harder, emotionally, and lasts from about Tuesday March 6 through Monday March 19. "Suffering" is a general keyword for it, I am sorry to say, but at best it might be termed "Love learning how to be love through difficulties." It deepens our natures, testing us when it comes to friendships and relationships. We ask ourselves, "Whom do I love, who loves me, and what does all that mean?" It can be a period of spiritual evolution at its best. Who and what is reliable? The only answer, for me, is G*d. And so this can be an avenue to understanding the deep love of G*d which goes beyond our limited understanding of what love ordinarily means. I wish you the best in that.

Symbols for Friday:

A giant of monstrous dimensions.  A prodigy of some kind--maybe in stature; maybe in mind.  c

A flag-bearer.  Nobility.  s

A woman sitting on a tombstone in the act of weeping.  Sensitive and sympathetic. Lover of the shady side of life more than the sunshine.  c  

A helical scroll.  Undecided, changeful, fickle. Lost in a multitude of projects and imaginings. Imagination runs riot with reason.  Wandering.  b 

An angel blowing a trumpet.  Will publish to the world some important message. Preacher, lecturer or popular person.  c

A wood, in which much wild undergrowth abounds, and many plants of different kinds and colors.  Rustic nature fond of country beauties. Not much learning, but natural wisdom. Prodigal of energies and wealth.  Ruggedness.  b

Two lovers strolling through a secluded walk.  Enjoyment. s

You may mix and match to get insights from these.

{Friday}  ^Floundering Toward Enjoyment^

Cosmic Piper

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; 

The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up . . .

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting.  Amen, and Amen.

--Psalm 41

b: Signor Borelli, 19th century clairvoyant; interpreted by Sepharial who was Walter Gorn Old

c: Charubel, 19th century clairvoyant who was John Thomas

s: Sabian symbols which came through psychic Elsie Wheeler, interpreted by Marc Edmund Jones

The symbols and their interpretation are intended to apply basically during the hours from dawn to midnight. Often a planet will move from one degree to another during the day, so I use a time near mid-afternoon for all of them, so that they shall be exactly right during most, often all, of the daylight hours. The period from midnight to dawn could partake of the nature of either day or both.

Message for Thursday 8 March 2018

Thursday 8 March 2018

^Developing Patience^

Moon in Sagittarius

A man in a balloon with the dark clouds beneath him.  Experimentalist; investigator of the imponderables. Trials, but ultimate success.  c

A chubby boy on a hobbyhorse.  Emulation.  s

Two daggers crossed.  Contention or litigation. Incisive, aggressive. Want of harmony.  Wounding.  b 

A cameo profile of a man in the outline of his country.  Exploitation.  s

A woman sitting on a tombstone in the act of weeping.  Sensitive and sympathetic. Lover of the shady side of life more than the sunshine.  c 

A man lying in a bed, a grey dark cloud hanging over him. His chamber also is dark and gloomy. Yet the horizon looks bright.  Affliction in younger days. In latter days, health and comforts.  c

A woman sitting in a chair as if conversing with someone. Her hands are folded lightly upon her lap, her face has a pleasant, smiling expression. She is loosely habited in a Grecian robe, her neck and arms are bare.  Easy manner, kind and accessible to all. Never cruel or harsh. Impulsive in passion yet gentle in manner. Lover of peace and harmony. Many friends.  Luxury.  b

The gloominess of some of the symbols is partly justified by the approaching squares of both Mercury and Venus with Saturn. This can indicate sorrow and separation. It fits well with the woman weeping at the tombstone; also with the man afflicted by ill health and yet recovering at last (Saturn teaches patience in trial). We can "ride the hobbyhorse" and live up to the cameo profile we have seen of ourselves in the outline of our nation, that is, carry on. The man in the balloon faces trials, but has "ultimate success."  

The beautiful image of the woman in the Grecian robe is heartening. This had an exact correlation to an unforgettable event in my past, when it came up one special day.

{Thursday}  ^Developing Patience^

Cosmic Piper

b: Signor Borelli, 19th century clairvoyant; interpreted by Sepharial who was Walter Gorn Old

c: Charubel, 19th century clairvoyant who was John Thomas

s: Sabian symbols which came through psychic Elsie Wheeler, interpreted by Marc Edmund Jones

The symbols and their interpretation are intended to apply basically during the hours from dawn to midnight. Often a planet will move from one degree to another during the day, so I use a time near mid-afternoon for all of them, so that they shall be exactly right during most, often all, of the daylight hours. The period from midnight to dawn could partake of the nature of either day or both. 

Message for Wednesday 7 March 2018

Wednesday 7 March 2018

~Self-Command~

Moon in Scorpio-->Sagittarius

/moon goes void-of-course at 0:56a PT | 3:56a ET | 8:56a UT

until it enters Sagittarius at 2:04p PT | 5:04p ET | 9:04p UT

Separations from people at a distance could be disturbing. Travel and connections are possible in the future, of course. Home at a distance, or home at home? Planning to visit someone? Or receive a visitor?

Health may need wise precaution. 

A man in a balloon with the dark clouds beneath him.  Experimentalist; investigator of the imponderables. Trials, but ultimate success.  c

A chubby boy on a hobbyhorse.  Emulation.  s

A horse and its rider falling at a fence.  Adventuresome and headstrong. Taste for outdoor sports. Dangers to career through something foreign to the individual. Do not break law. Bridle desires to prevent  Catastrophe.  b

A military officer mounted on a fine-looking charger, with sword in hand, on the top of a hill as if on a look-out.  A strategist; competent to organize a multitude and command it, either temporally or spiritually.  c

A man standing, armed with sword and spear; richly dressed in scarlet and purple, with jewelled clasps, and helmet of fine brass or gold--apparently prepared for battle and confident of victory.  Proud, warlike, confident in own powers. Few friends, independent.  Fond of  Display.  b

A comedian entertaining a group.  Release.  s

Crowds coming down the mountain to listen to one man.  Appeal.  s  

I left these in the order they came up, rather than organizing them to tell a story.  I hope they speak to you. The preponderance of military symbols goes along with the entrance of Mercury and Venus into Aries, to be followed by the sun at the Equinox later this month. I like the man in the balloon and the comedian. However, it is likely that with the Aries planets plus moon in Scorpio much of the day we will have some semi-"military" ambitions, or want to get order in our lives as if commanding a multitude. Three of the characters are on horses if we include the boy on the hobbyhorse! There could be some easygoing lightness with Luna trining Venus in the evening.

{Wednesday}   ~Self-Command~

Cosmic Piper

b: Signor Borelli, 19th century clairvoyant; interpreted by Sepharial who was Walter Gorn Old

c: Charubel, 19th century clairvoyant who was John Thomas

s: Sabian symbols which came through psychic Elsie Wheeler, interpreted by Marc Edmund Jones

The symbols and their interpretation are intended to apply basically during the hours from dawn to midnight. Often a planet will move from one degree to another during the day, so I use a time near mid-afternoon for all of them, so that they shall be exactly right during most, often all, of the daylight hours. The period from midnight to dawn could partake of the nature of either day or both.

Message for Tuesday 6 March 2018

Tuesday 6 March 2018

~Higher Manifestation?~

Moon in Scorpio

moon leaves the Via Combusta at 9:15a PT | 12:15p ET | 5:15p UT

A man with two horses ploughing.  The plough prepares the earth for reception of the precious seed. A pioneer, or forerunner, to prepare the way for a higher manifestation.  c

A straight column with square capitol and base. Personal influence and egoity strongly developed and asserted. Didactic and self-assertive. Rigid and unbending.  Egoity.  b

A man falling with upraised arms between the parting timbers of a broken bridge.  Beware of accident connected with water. Avoid hazards. Keep to broad highway of life, not isolated path.  Collapse.  b 

The Great Stone Face.  Discernment.  s

Crowds coming down the mountain to listen to one man.  Appeal.  s 

A ship in full sail on the midst of the ocean.  Fond of change. Travels far; maybe trader in foreign produce. Never settled.  c 

A bluebird standing at the door of the house.  Fortune.  s

It's rather amusing that the symbol for "a trader in foreign produce; never settled" came up yesterday and today, when the world is trying to assimilate and comprehend Donald Trump's new trade-tariff policy.!  Would anyone say he is "fond of change"?

I leave the symbols to your comprehension. On the whole they seem uplifting, fitting with Luna's trine with the sun, conjunction with Jupiter and sextile with Pluto. Though Trump may be "rigid and unbending," he gets his audience, and his luck seems to hold (the bluebird). 

{Tuesday}   ~Higher Manifestation?~

Cosmic Piper

b: Signor Borelli, 19th century clairvoyant; interpreted by Sepharial who was Walter Gorn Old

c: Charubel, 19th century clairvoyant who was John Thomas

s: Sabian symbols which came through psychic Elsie Wheeler, interpreted by Marc Edmund Jones

The symbols and their interpretation are intended to apply basically during the hours from dawn to midnight. Often a planet will move from one degree to another during the day, so I use a time near mid-afternoon for all of them, so that they shall be exactly right during most, often all, of the daylight hours. The period from midnight to dawn could partake of the nature of either day or both.

Message for Monday 5 March 2018

Monday 5 March 2018

Moon in Libra-->Scorpio

< moon in the Via Combusta

/moon goes void-of-course at  1:20a ET (three hours earlier in PT zone) 

until it enters Scorpio at 5:24a PT | 8:24a ET | 1:24p UT

A ship in full sail on the midst of the ocean.  Fond of change. Travels far; maybe trader in foreign produce. Never settled.  c

A man upon a raft floating in open sea.  Misanthropic, lack of initiative. Discouraged into nerveless apathy. Let him follow his chart and trust in Heaven.  Isolation.  b

Two swords crossing each other.  Litigations, quarrels.   c 

Crowds coming down the mountain to listen to one man.  Appeal.  s 

A tiger standing guard over its young litter.  Strong attachment and devotion. Circumspect and patient. Fierce in defending those related to him.  Watching.  b

A prism.  Validation.  s

A bluebird standing at the door of the house.  Fortune.  s

Cosmic Piper

b: Signor Borelli, 19th century clairvoyant; interpreted by Sepharial who was Walter Gorn Old

c: Charubel, 19th century clairvoyant who was John Thomas

s: Sabian symbols which came through psychic Elsie Wheeler, interpreted by Marc Edmund Jones

The symbols and their interpretation are intended to apply basically during the hours from dawn to midnight. Often a planet will move from one degree to another during the day, so I use a time near mid-afternoon for all of them, so that they shall be exactly right during most, often all, of the daylight hours. The period from midnight to dawn could partake of the nature of either day or both.

Message for Sunday 4 March 2018

Sunday 4 March 2018

}Hopes Reviving{

Moon in Libra

>moon in the Via Combusta 

/moon goes void-of-course at 10:20p PT

An arrow in flight passing through a cloud of smoke.  Penetrating, keen and incisive mind. Pursues what he sees without vacillation. Feels his path in life is already marked out.  Directness.  b

A hand with a sword in it. Just rising in the ascendant, a halo of golden light envelops it. That sword is not for indiscriminate slaughter. It is to defend the right.  A mission to accomplish. A child of the sun. The inhabitants of this red planet will not see thee as thou art seen by thy compeers.  c  

A person at the bottom of a deep ravine, with lamp in hand looking for something.  Mineralogist, geologist, or earth researcher.  c

A serpent standing erect within a circle of fire.  Disposed to searching out deeper secrets of nature. Wisdom. Scientific study especially as related to healing. He will take life at the crisis and turn it back from the Gates of Death.  Knowledge.  b

A man habited in rough clothes hewing timber close to a log hut.  Contented and laborious. Adaptable to circumstances. Fashioning a world of one's own from materials which nature supplies. Industry, stability, virtue, humility.  Utility.  b  

Immigrants entering.  Entrance.  s

A fertile garden under the full moon.  Ultimacy.  s

The symbols indicating positive and brave change go along well with what looks like some release from the harshest aspects we have had among the planets in the past week. Rebirth seems a possibility.

{Sunday}  {Hopes Reviving}

Cosmic Piper

b: Signor Borelli, 19th century clairvoyant; interpreted by Sepharial who was Walter Gorn Old

c: Charubel, 19th century clairvoyant who was John Thomas

s: Sabian symbols which came through psychic Elsie Wheeler, interpreted by Marc Edmund Jones

The symbols and their interpretation are intended to apply basically during the hours from dawn to midnight. Often a planet will move from one degree to another during the day, so I use a time near mid-afternoon for all of them, so that they shall be exactly right during most, often all, of the daylight hours. The period from midnight to dawn could partake of the nature of either day or both.

Message for Saturday 3 March 2018

Saturday 3 March 2018

}Gallant Effort Recompensed Generously{

Moon in Libra

|Karmically difficult third| of this week continues

A Chinese laundry.  Seclusion.  s 

A May-pole with a crown of flowers at the top, and a man climbing to procure it.  Sole object: popularity. The love of approbation predominates.  c  

An earthquake. Unexpected calamities. Let him be careful where he builds. He needs care, plus stronger faith in God, himself and man.  Reversal.  b 

A man stripped to the waist hewing timber.  Difficult work. Good will, an earnest soul. He will work to deserve more than his slender means. Rustic simplicity; maybe agricultural worker, or builder of a house or founder of a colony.  Labor.  b

A man habited in rough clothes hewing timber close to a log hut.  Contented and laborious. Adaptable to circumstances. Fashioning a world of one's own from materials which nature supplies. Industry, stability, virtue, humility.  Utility.  b 

A field of ripe corn ready for the sickle. A cloudless sky and brilliant sunshine.  Most fortunate for all mundane matters. Health of body, peace of mind, happy disposition, prosperous in transactions.  c

A harvest moon.  Benediction.  s 

I continue ill with a virus, though there are signs of improvement.  This day does not look cheery, what with Luna square Saturn (|difficult third|). However, we can get comfort and even pleasure from Venus's trine with Jupiter in water signs, something mystical or inwardly sweet and fulfilling. I leave the symbols to your own understanding.

{Saturday}   {Gallant Effort Recompensed Generously} 

Cosmic Piper

b: Signor Borelli, 19th century clairvoyant; interpreted by Sepharial who was Walter Gorn Old

c: Charubel, 19th century clairvoyant who was John Thomas

s: Sabian symbols which came through psychic Elsie Wheeler, interpreted by Marc Edmund Jones

The symbols and their interpretation are intended to apply basically during the hours from dawn to midnight. Often a planet will move from one degree to another during the day, so I use a time near mid-afternoon for all of them, so that they shall be exactly right during most, often all, of the daylight hours. The period from midnight to dawn could partake of the nature of either day or both.

Message for Friday 2 March 2018

Friday 2 March 2018

\Affections and Resolves Purified/

Moon in Virgo

|Karmically difficult third| of this week begins at 11:27a PT | 2:27p ET | 7:27p UT (until late-afternoon Sunday)
/moon goes void-of-course at 3:51p PT | 6:51p ET | 11:51p UT

The above clues suggest that this is not an extremely great party Friday. However, if one is calm and peaceful one can have a good time, probably with less spending and exorbitance than one might have chosen at a more convivial period. One needs to watch health carefully, though social vibrations are present as well.

A May-pole with a crown of flowers at the top, and a man climbing to procure it.  Sole object: popularity. The love of approbation predominates.  c

A Chinese laundry.  Seclusion.  s

There is no symbol to this degree.  Charged with evil, possibly wickedness of a most diabolical nature. Reserved and studious practitioner of black magic. Hopefully modified by other factors.  c

A woman sitting on a tombstone in the act of weeping.  Sensitive and sympathetic. A lover of the shady side of life more than the sunshine.  c

The purging of the priesthood.  Reformation.  s

A crown through which is set an upright sword.  High resolves. Capable of sustaining the assaults of enemies to achieve purposes without loss of fortune or honor.  Unswerving faith.  Victory.  b

A circle within a circle, both concentric.  A life bounded by another, a happiness that can never be shared alone.  Close relationships of domestic life in perfect accord.  Sweet influences engendered by a nature disposed to harmony.  Cherishing those of smaller attainments or less mature.  Guarding.  b 

There is plenty in the symbols to carry out the theme of the |karmically harsh third| of this week into which we are entering. Someone intent on climbing the Maypole to win popularity, but also having to work in seclusion as in a laundry, could become bitter and turn into a "black magician," to gain love or power by evil means since other means have failed. We have plenty of stories about such characters in movies and TV episodes, though most of us find it hard to believe that there are actually people practicing the evil arts with dismal success.  Still, the square between Mars and Venus now could inflame jealousy to the point of malice or revenge. Probably, since a pure heart is usually the best protection, it would be better for us to seek out and nullify those unseen evil urges in ourselves than to be looking around suspiciously for them in others. 

Sympathy with others' woes, as in the woman weeping at the tombstone, is also salutary in lifting our ethical tone and guiding us to admirable acts or prayers of kindness. 

The purging of the priesthood could in fact be perceiving hypocrisy in supposed ethical or spiritual leaders, and taking a stand against it, or it could be our trying to purge ourselves of the "black magician," reforming ourselves. The latter needs to precede the former.

Then there is the invigorating guarantee of victory, when one's resolves are high.

Finally, one has the power and incentive to protect those dear to oneself, or one especially perhaps, through guarding and cherishing. This inevitably brings guarding and cherishing of oneself in return. This is a beautiful symbol.

{Friday}  /Affections and Resolves Purified\

Cosmic Piper

b: Signor Borelli, 19th century clairvoyant; interpreted by Sepharial who was Walter Gorn Old

c: Charubel, 19th century clairvoyant who was John Thomas

s: Sabian symbols which came through psychic Elsie Wheeler, interpreted by Marc Edmund Jones

The symbols and their interpretation are intended to apply basically during the hours from dawn to midnight. Often a planet will move from one degree to another during the day, so I use a time near mid-afternoon for all of them, so that they shall be exactly right during most, often all, of the daylight hours. The period from midnight to dawn could partake of the nature of either day or both.