Message for Wednesday 25 July 2018

Wednesday 25 July 2018

\Patience with Projects Recovers Youth/

Moon in Capricorn

|Karmically serious third| of this week is with us until mid-morning Thursday

Mercury turns retrograde at 10:03p PT | 1:03a(Th) ET | 5:03a(Th) UT

ATHENS — Fast-moving wildfires near Athens have killed at least 74 people, officials said on Tuesday, and have forced thousands of tourists and residents to flee in cars and buses, on foot, aboard boats and on makeshift rafts. In desperation, some people plunged into the Aegean waters and tried to swim to safety. (New York Times on Tuesday) 

As you know, I keep drumming on the Dark Hermetic Epoch, which might be called the Slow Hermetic Epoch (it is when Mercury is slow and retrograde) or the Reclusive Hermetic Epoch, since it is sometimes wise to be reclusive or hidden, quiet and prayerful during these times. (This one lasts until September 2 and the center of it, Mercury Retrograde, will be from the time given above until August 19.)

This period has more than its share of disasters such as the fires near Athens. It might be said, without irony, that these fires occurred while the moon was in Sagittarius, a fire sign, while the duck-boat accident in Missouri occurred while the moon was in Scorpio, a water sign. Things are not always that neat, but it is worth noting. Also: The fires in Greece occurred on the very first day of the sun's presence in Leo, another fire sign. Further: The sun at Leo 0 and 1 was square Uranus almost exactly at Taurus 2. Further: Mars, planet of fire, is retrograde at 4 Aquarius, squaring Uranus and opposing the sun within four degrees, and that is increasing. Mars in an air sign suggests the strong winds which fanned the flames of the sun in a fire sign; both were squared to, or putting pressure, on Uranus in an earth sign, namely, the houses, buildings and trees which were burned up, and unfortunately the bodies lost either through fire or water while fleeing the flames. Not pretty. 

If you say, "But most of the world's people experienced nothing like this" I will say, True, but what were they experiencing internally which was something like that disaster? A parable of Jesus I read this morning says "Some seed fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil, and it sprouted quickly because it had no depth of earth; but when the sun rose the young corn was scorched, and as it had no root it withered away."  Leo, of which the sun is ruler, is called a Barren sign. Further, Jesus said, in symbols of course, "As the darnel is gathered up and burnt, so at the end of time the Son of Man will send out his angels, who will gather out of his kingdom whatever makes men stumble, and all whose deeds are evil, and these will be thrown into the blazing furnace, the place of wailing and grinding of teeth. And then the righteous will shine as brightly as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. If you have ears, then hear."  So the same "heat" which "burns up" the wicked, glorifies the righteous. That is something to ponder during these times. (To me none of this has to do with "eternal" punishment, for which a loving G*d could not ever be responsible.) 

As a matter of fact, a reader of these reports wrote Tuesday morning saying that the air conditioning both in her workplace and her home went off on Monday-Tuesday and she had a "horrible" night. She lives in a summer-hot climate, and this happened to her just while the Greeks were fleeing the flames. 

Further, all this happened (check for yourself) during the |karmically serious third| of this week. I never use that term lightly.

We need to remain calm and patient no matter what our individual circumstances. 

Not everything is harsh. I see that farmers, or some of them, are going to get a 12 billion windfall from the government, if Trump's plan goes through. It sounds crazy to me and many others, but there it is. At a more normal and rational level, the trine of Venus from Virgo to Pluto in Capricorn (Virgo often the sign of farmers and Capricorn of government) could be yourself taking care of your house or garden plants and benefiting from that. Something nice, simple, and pleasing in this summertime.

Wednesday:  The mysterious can also be the sublime, the great and lofty. We come into contact with loftiness while the sun is in Leo, at its best a sign of divinity (no matter how undivine lesser Leo individuals may seem). We also get intimations of the future through our normal acumen as well as through "psychic" or paranormal means and processes.

We can treasure and cherish young people whose innocence and beauty transcends their immaturity. They may seem unreliable, but this is rather the elastic and undeveloped condition of their minds. 

Sharing a meal or drink with someone could be a splendid recovery maneuver. 

A "council of ancestors" is with you in consciousness. You can rely on those who have guided you well in the past. Those who can bridge from one generation to another, being guardians of both, live long and happy lives.

{Wednesday}  /Patience with Projects Recovers Youth\

Cosmic Piper

Message for Tuesday 24 July 2018

Tuesday 24 July 2018

^Being Masterful Amid the Drift^

Moon in Sagittarius-->Capricorn

/moon goes void-of-course at 1:23a PT | 4:23a ET | 8:23a UT

until it enters Capricorn at 2:50p PT | 5:50p ET | 9:50p UT

|Karmically serious third| of this week is with us

Most of the working hours are in a v-of-c period, plus the |serious third|, plus the Dark Hermetic Epoch, so if you or others seem to be floundering, that is not surprising. Moments of spiritual meditation or prayer at frequent intervals could save the day.

Does the world seem to be passing you by? Do you have a talent or ability which you are not using, and so denying the world something you could offer it?

"A volcano in eruption" suggests the explosive character of many of the President's recent pronouncements, as likewise those of the Iranian leader. This goes along with the T square of the sun, Mars and Uranus in fixed signs, exact today and tomorrow and also (with Mars) the first few days of August. Patience is required to avert disaster, on many levels.

There is beauty in someone youthful and lovely, "A cherry tree in full blossom." He or she may seem often weak, rambling from one distraction to another, like a streamer in the wind. Yet her or his naturally appealing qualities make life happier for others.

More conservative indications suggest that we may rely on "a council of ancestors" or any family or group tradition which has sustained us in the past and may continue to do so. What we grant to it, it gives back, and more. By the time Luna enters Capricorn (see above), we may be ready to reap fruits from our foresight, and see how to increase them through patient diligence.

{Tuesday} ^Being Masterful Amid the Drift^

Cosmic Piper

Message for Monday 23 July 2018

Monday 23 July 2018

^Winners and Losers Celebrate^

The sun entered Leo Sunday at 2:01p PT | 5:01p ET | 9:01p UT

Moon in Sagittarius

Very important people in the world's development toward "something better" may not be recognized during most or all of their lifetimes. You may be aware of such an one before "the world" is. 

Some seem awkward while learning to be themselves, but develop dexterity in time. If you look back over the weekend you will sense how some, through having a wonderful time, developed more social awareness and poise. Yet today there is a sort of primitive power trying to express itself in self-respect whenever it feels threatened (Mars retrograde squaring Uranus and the sun squaring it from the other side). This ought not to be violence but could be firmness.

Losing one's temper is not good, but facing an opponent calmly and honestly could bring conflict out into the light, preparing it for resolution. High intelligence and useful information are available to both sides.

The sun in the first degree of the Lion's sign indicates someone free, strong, ambitious and jealous of honors. (A certain prominent person in everyone's awareness was born with Leo rising and Mars therein.) He or she is subject to praise and flattery (a key to dealing with her or him) but, says Sepharial, "unless the heart be kind, will be a mere pompous tyrant." Still, such individuals, even the one you may have thought of, as representative of the Sun, center of our system, and born in a "fixed" or stabilizing sign, may be pivots around whom the world has to revolve for the worse or better. This is the idea of the king, of monarchy. Reviled or adored, he, or she the queen, sets the agenda.

Your life is blessed with at least one individual who is innocent and harmless. She or he acts from the heart and favors you with unquestioning love.

The definiteness of the fixed T square with Uranus at its center, including Mars and the sun, is coming out in politics. People take their sides and are firm in their positions. Yet there is something festive in this. People relish being in opposition to someone they regard as a familiar enemy, even a "frenemy." It is as the performance of "a mystery play." All are heroes in their own eyes. Yet in and through the conflict and self-glorification are sociable and humane feelings toward those on both sides. Persons mutually advantageous to one another are brought together, and surprising sympathies make this something like a party celebrating a sporting event.

{Monday} ^Winners and Losers Celebrate^

Cosmic Piper

Message for Sunday 22 July 2018, and current Epoch

Sunday 22 July 2018

Patience! 

Moon in Scorpio-->Sagittarius

/moon goes void-of-course at 2:19a PT | 5:19a ET | 9:19a UT

until it enters Sagittarius at 3:13a PT | 6:13a ET | 10:13a UT (less than an hour later)

I am writing this on Saturday which is supposed to be my day off. But during the night I was awake pondering what you readers might need to get you through this Dark Hermetic Epoch (July 7 through September 1). I have written so much about this over the 19 years I have been doing this forecast that collecting all of what I have said would fill a book. I ought to look up some of that and repost it here. But instead I "keep it fresh" by rethinking and rewriting:

Maybe the single most important word for these 55 days is Patience! We can get so frustrated. Things seem to go backward. We wonder if our lives have any meaning. We want to move "somewhere" or escape to the Land of Oz. More people resign at these times; more separations or divorces occur and even suicides. (I am convinced of it without having to consult statisticians, who are so averse to astrology, as are all academics, that they would never do a fair study of it.) 

There are dangers. I do not overemphasize that because I am a "positive thinker" and a Christian Scientist. But more mistakes are made.

It seems that mechanical things go wrong. Item: Two evenings ago I tried to turn on my trusty desk lamp and the switch would not work. Taking it apart did not help. I no longer have that light which I have used for 6 years. "Dark" Hermetic Epoch indeed! Get the lamp fixed? You know that story. How many people would try to find some repair person who would do such a little job, take the lamp there, go back to pick it up days later, and pay perhaps more than the cost of a new lamp? We just trash things rather than fix them. So I have a little lamp on my hands to get rid of in some environmentally responsible manner. 

A small matter? Yes, but it is not an accident that the lamp "died" during a DHE after working for 6 years. 

This morning, also for the first and only time in the 6 years I have been living in this apartment, while making coffee I spilled some on a finger and burnt it. Not a huge problem but uncomfortable. I put the finger under the cold-water tap and now, a couple hours later, I feel no pain. A very small inconvenience but it is not an accident that it happened during a DHE. 

The lamp was not my fault. The burning was. There are both types of inconveniences during a DHE: Those you cause yourself and those for which you are not directly responsible. 

A more dire example:  Thirteen people were killed in a boating accident a couple days ago. (Now I see that the number has increased to seventeen.)  I checked the time and found that the moon was in the Via Combusta half of Scorpio when they were killed. Thirteen is the number of Scorpio in the Tarot. Scorpio is the sign of death and of water. (The "thirteen" symbol is not necessary since the final number became seventeen, yet in the first reports which stuck in people's minds the number was thirteen, symbolically interesting.) 

The thirteen boys plus their coach who got stuck in that Thailand cave did so when the moon was in the Via Combusta half of Scorpio (June 23). They escaped death but came close to it and had to fight it off courageously (with the help of some Buddhist meditation an of course the rescuers).  Here is an example where the problem started during a BHE and was resolved, with great difficulty, during a DHE. And so we must remember that REclaiming lives, REscuing people, and even REpairing (or REplacing) lamps can be done in a DHE. It just takes a lot of time and effort. 

Is it an accident, a meaningless coincidence, that when the moon was in the Via Combusta half of Scorpio (where it is for one-24th of the time)  thirteen boys got stuck in the cave, and one month later when the moon was again  in that one-24th of the zodiac thirteen (now seventeen) people were killed in a boating accident in Missouri, while thirteen is the number of Scorpio and Scorpio is the sign of death and water, and the reason the boys could not escape the cave was water from rain, --yes, a totally meaningless coincidence, as the materialistic atheistic rationalists claim? (They are your professors and your journalists and they control the thinking of the nation.)  No, it was not a coincidence and the materialistic atheistic rationalists are not very bright. Hey guys, come into the universe of synchronicity, of magical correspondences, of MEANING! If there is one major premise I am trying to get home in these reports it is that our lives are meaningful, implicitly, and nothing is coincidental. Knowing this does not take away our responsibilities but makes it easier to fulfill them happily.

One more point about the DHE: You can perceive amazing things which are meaningful and true. In dreams, for example. You may have richer, more lucid dreams than usual. You may have wonderful insights. Studying astrology or anything else (if it is positive and not demonic) can result in incredible wisdom. This is the "bright" side of the DHE. The darkness is more in the material realm, that is, losing a lamp's light or burning one's finger as if one could not see. The brightness is in the internal side, in dreams, visions, and insights. It is because one wants that internal illumination that one turns away from the material world and so there can be more accidents and external problems. I am trying to lead a way away from that to a happier reconciliation of both realms. 

It can be a good vacation time, often, if there are other good aspects; and there are some good ones now, Venus sextile Jupiter and trine Mars. More about that in the daily forecasts coming up.  

Rather than escaping to a totally illusionary Land of Oz, one can escape to the real Kingdom of Heaven which Jesus said was "at hand" a couple thousand years ago--for those ready for it. 

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. 

Hide not thy face far from me; put not they servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. 

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. 

Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path . . .

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 

Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. 

--Psalm 27

{Sunday and DHE to September 2}  Patience!

Cosmic Piper

Spiritual lesson for healing, redemption, fulfillment:  Life

Message from Sri Sathya Sai Baba: False or True Education

Message for Saturday 21 July 2018

Saturday 21 July 2018

~Drift Toward Subtle Concord~

Moon in Scorpio

One may feel that one is not controlling things directly in a definitive manner; rather letting them drift somewhat, while subtly managing the drift, as in a boat on a lake. 

Those who are strong in appearance may have government or other positions which announce their power.

Others use what power they have, small or great, to hold in check the errors of so-called superiors. The one who is superior in a hierarchy may or may not be superior ethically or spiritually. 

When someone is hypercritical, this may be because of strong opinions which feel like principles. The moon is square Mercury in fixed signs. Something has to give for there to be reconciliation. If that happens, because of a need for harmony, there is relief.

Some feel freedom because of implicit intelligence and high spirits. Intuition may protect them even when they do what seems daring.

Widely separated viewpoints and experiences are linked together tenuously and get glimpses of ways to coexist peaceably.

 Individuals interpret the world in subtle ways which are mysterious to others and enact their visions as if in a play. The beauty of nature, fine arts, or music brings concord. People are then obliging and influence one another fortunately. 

{Saturday}  ~Drift Toward Subtle Concord~

Cosmic Piper

Message for Friday 20 July 2018

Friday 20 July 2018

~Links of the More Reliable Sort~ 

Moon in Scorpio

< moon in the Via Combusta (final day of that)

"A man driving a bull or an ox" is suggestive of the Bull Market we have been having for so many years that everyone is worried when the Bull shall fall of exhaustion. I make no prediction of that. 

Within the peculiarity of the time, commented upon plentifully here already, we have a nice bi-quintile of Venus with Mars and Venus's growing sextile with Jupiter. Something sweet in interpersonal relations could be happening, "A bride with her veil snatched away."  Accepting an invitation may bring good fortune.

We have more bulls, "Two bulls fighting," maybe Trump's tax cuts spurring one bull on while his tariffs hinder the other one. Or something like that (read the comments by the professional Market timers and you will know no more than you do from this forecast!). At the personal level, this symbol suggests fault-finding or a need to find a compromise.

Intelligence does not always guarantee freedom if there are secret enemies. That is a dire statement which is more likely to be true in nations run by tyrants where human rights are trampled upon. We should pray for those people, too many of them political prisoners, such as the American Pastor Brunson in Turkey or countless others of all persuasions in other places. Our President ought to be on the side of the persecuted rather than the persecutors. That is obvious to most except himself.

One plays one's part as best one can avoiding, or untangling, vicious or self-defeating entanglements. 

Yet people can link with one another in specialized ways to solve problems. 

{Friday}  ~Links of the More Reliable Sort~

Cosmic Piper

Message for Thursday 19 July 2018

Thursday 19 July 2018

}Stalwart Through the Doldrums{

Moon in Libra-->Scorpio

/moon goes void-of-course at 12:53p PT | 3:53p ET | 7:53p UT

until it enters Scorpio at 6:14p PT | 9:14p ET | 1:14a(F) UT

Costs of home and costs of travel may be facilitated luckily. But you may not feel that much is "facilitated" at all on a day like this!

I't spelled out above: Via Combusta (loss of morale or confusion) and then later void-of-course (departure from pattern, whether happily or unhappily). Plus, of course, the DHE which I am calling this time the "summer doldrums" because at its best it is just lazing around, sitting in a deck chair with a drink or whatever summer scenario you prefer. At its less good it is not knowing what in hell you are doing. 

Shades of the Trump-Putin "summit" (declivity?)!

And frankly, folks, I took a day off from a lot of things, watched dragonflies fly around in two parks with a friend, and do not feel like writing this forecast! Nor am I getting any cooperation: I type and the words do not come out until 20 seconds later or more. 

I carry on.

As my mother and dad both told me, Sometimes you just have to do what you don't want to do. There could be a lot of that for all of us now and after Mercury turns retrograde on the 25th-26th (to turn direct then on August 18-19 although the Dark Hermetic Epoch will last until September 2). 

Yes, it can be mechanical difficulties. Engines, computers, phones, on and on. (Tiny example: I almost never find my cell phone running down since I recharge it in the morning and it has a good battery, but today I forgot to recharge it and it conked out just as I was going to take a picture. Also, before that it unexplainably went into flashlight mode for the first time ever. I did not want a flashlight and that ran down my battery further but maybe the phone was saying "It's the Dark Hermetic Epoch, you need more light!"  Very strange. If you have never felt like Alice in wonderland, or through the looking glass, you may during the next few weeks.)

Another example: Google on which I am writing is not showing me what I write and I have not seen this sentence, oh just now it showed me most but not all of what I just wrote. Another example: I wrote "declavity" for the so-called "summit" above but used WordWeb to look it up and it said no, there is no such word; then I finally found that what I wanted was "declivity." 

Then Google put a wavy red line under "unexplainably," unexplainably, and I looked up the word on WordWeb and it gave me a "go" because there is such a word even though the rather dense Google programmers don't know it, so I added it to my Google dictionary. Not without wasting another five minutes of my time and then I saw "Google Chrome Not Responding" at the top of the screen. No kidding.

So I had to restart the browser.

Thursday:

(First, see the first few paragraphs above, which were intended to be the beginning of the Thursday forecast).

There are signals for prosperity today, in some form or other. You look after your money wisely.

You may feel good about some individuals or yourself who are living up to expectations, "A boy molded in his mother's aspiration for him."

Powers you have developed in this or a past life are with you strongly even if you are only semi-conscious of them. 

If you can be out in the open country or near a farm or natural setting or park, all to the good.

Friends and even strangers want to be frank, friendly, comradely. 

You are basking in "illimitable potentials" which sustain you in all circumstances.

Intelligence makes for utility and you can direct things with practical comprehension. That is a far cry from what I wrote above about the DHE and Via Combusta, but if you are stalwart you will live up to your own expectations.

{Thursday}  {Stalwart Through the Doldrums}

Cosmic Piper

Message for Wednesday 18 July 2018

Wednesday 18 July 2018

}Observation Strengthens Purpose{

Moon in Libra

|Karmically difficult or sobering third| of this week continues

until ending at 10:45p PT | 1:45a(Th) ET | 5:45a(Th) UT

< moon enters the Via Combusta at 3:01p PT | 6:01p Et | 10:01p UT

Mercury will turn retrograde late on the 25th or early on the 26th depending on your zone, a week from now. We are feeling its effects almost to the full, however. Things get complex or complicated. We slow down, demur, pause to reconsider, wonder, mind-wander, dream a little, and on and on. Nothing wrong with that! But your boss may think there is. And on and on . . . A conflict between a tendency to rest into the past and one's own brilliant consciousness (which is not "dark" at all) versus the need to "keep up with the program." I call it "dark" only because it is dream-like and can be confusing, and lead to actions which seem impractical or dangerous. But internally it may be illumining. 

Intelligence requires at least two viewpoints, "Two heads looking out and beyond the shadows."

We have powers of which we are unconscious. When they become conscious, we may get over-exhilarated and do something rash which does not confirm but diminish our impact. So we need the long steady pull.

Patient work shows that one is docile and tractable up to a point. That strengthens one's job and economic foundations. 

Whatever is essential is secure within you, its roots in the past, connected with your father perhaps.

Money which comes to you is susceptible of quick departure if you incline readily toward spending it on fabulous pleasures or seductive attractions. 

"Blessed are the peacemakers" and you may be connected with one of them, or be one yourself. People need a reassurance of goodness in others in order to be good themselves.  

Despite the |difficult third| which makes us moody, there can be comradeship and frank joviality: Venus is moving to a sextile with Jupiter.  

{Wednesday}  {Observation Strengthens Purpose}

Cosmic Piper

Message for Tuesday 17 July 2018

Tuesday 17 July 2018

}Making It Smooth{

Moon in Virgo-->Libra

|Karmically difficult or challenging third| of this week is with us until very late Wednesday 

/moon goes void-of-course at 3:51a PT | 6:51a ET | 10:51a UT

until it enters Libra at 12:43p PT | 3:43p ET | 7:43p UT

The early hours indicated above may be specially difficult because (a) the moon is void-of-course, (b) we are in the |difficult third| of this week, and (c) we remain in the Dark Hermetic Epoch until September 2. During such a "triple witching" period the World Trade Center was demolished. 

If no such horror happens, then we may just feel that we are floundering for a while and need to restore our faith that things will get better. Precipitate actions or decisions should be avoided, such as quitting a job, lashing out at some injustice in a way to make it worse, or (at worst) suicide.

There may seem "extra burdens" at times like this. People may seem to expect more of you. You expect more of yourself. So it is good to decide quickly which tasks are essential, which not, and which can be trimmed down to size so you don't have to spend so long on them. "The beginning is half the matter."

A group of associates, some of them women, are having a pleasant time together (despite all the indications mentioned above). Venus quincunx Mars makes people interesting to one another at a subtle level.

One experiments with the future, or with what it might mean, by using insights derived from the past. Ancestors may be specially significant.

You may be entitled to something you weren't aware of. (I don't mean you should follow up one of those scams on the Internet.) Travel and youth are alive in your mind and you might think back to a vacation you enjoyed as a child or younger person and get some help from that. The past amplifies the future.

The uncertainties of life may seem exaggerated. Think of successes you have had, and know that you can repeat them in some different yet similar manner if you are patient until an opportunity becomes firm. Hope is better than impatient hurry.

Someone comradely and frank may be a good influence on your occupation or career. You can share things with each other you share with few others. 

There could be stagnation and decay if you spend too much time in indolent indulgences. But the essentials of life become clear to you, despite differing opinions and attitudes, if you are calm and intuitive. Then it is easy to discriminate the better from the worse and find the smoothest path.

{Tuesday}  {Making It Smooth}

Cosmic Piper

From the Sermon on the Mount:

How blest are those who know their need of God;

     the kingdom of Heaven is theirs. 

How blest are those who show mercy;

     mercy shall be shown to them.

How blest are those whose hearts are pure;

     they shall see God.

--Matthew 5  (The New English Bible, Oxford and Cambridge, 1970)

Message for Monday 16 July 2018

Monday 16 July 2018

\Ideals Sustain/

Moon in Virgo

|Karmically sobering or challenging third| of this week begins at 6:44p PT | 9:44p ET | 1:44a(Tu) UT,

lasting until Wednesday evening and reaching a climax Tuesday afternoon-evening

Being lackadaisical, or losing interest in ordinary tasks, is one drawback of the Dark Hermetic Epoch (lasting until September 2). However, its good features should not be overlooked:  Hyper-dimensional awareness! Brilliant insights! Deep thinking! When all that is going on, we see ourselves and life differently and so ordinary tasks may seem dull. So we need to remember that they remain the practical foundation of things and keep up with them (giving ourselves leeway to modify or change them when possible without upset). 

We are more likely during these times to link with people from the past, in our minds, and people long "dead" whose living influence can be very good for us. (If it seems negative, we need to make it positive however we can.)

High aspirations are wonderful. They impel you toward noble thoughts and deeds.

You assist others to find and express themselves and their talents, "First dancing instruction."  Likewise they are aiding you. Those far from you may come closer, if not physically then mentally.

On a mundane level, costs of technological devices or services may be questioned or negotiated.  

In some ways you have striking gifts, though you may remain semi-conscious of them. Probably you could use them more effectively if you believed in them.

The poetic or aesthetic side of life dabbles in what is uncertain or temporary, like the blazing light of a falling star. Yet while it lasts it illumines the way and you can remember what it reveals. 

The essentials of life and consciousness remain with us forever. Sometimes they are like "a true friend and constant lover" who never fails us even if away for a while. 

A contemplative mood is not wrong even if we have to interrupt it often to "get back to work." It gives substance and motive to that work. By hoping for beauty and fulfillment we bring them nearer.

{Monday}  /Ideals Sustain\

Cosmic Piper

Message for Sunday 15 July 2018

Sunday 15 July 2018

Moon in Leo-->Virgo

/moon void-of-course

until it enters Virgo at 10:32a PT | 1:32p ET | 5:32p UT

Spiritual lesson for healing, redemption, fulfillment: The Invisible Governs the Visible

Message from Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Cosmic Piper

Message for Saturday 14 July 2018

Saturday 14 July 2018

^Concealed Designs Break Through^

Moon in Leo

/moon goes void-of-course at 4:13p PT | 7:13p ET | 11:13p UT

There can be drifting and dreaming during any Dark Hermetic Epoch (this one until September 2) and especially if the moon is also void-of-course as it will be later today and tonight. This may be good if one is in a "summer vacation" mode. Purpose can be subordinated to "mere being" for a while.

There are complex communications which have an aura of mystery. The complications in young people's lives are interesting.

The manager of a restaurant has his eye on his own business pretty carefully.

The diversions of life bring people together temporarily, "A merry-go-round." 

Whether it is astrology or some other way of classifying and understanding people, such an approach is valuable even if it requires effort. Kindly sharing what one has learned with someone could be enlivening.

Someone fond of adventure, who enjoys walking and exploring, could overcome dangers through his or her natural powers.

People's characters and qualities are revealed through their bodies and the way they carry themselves; and this can be stimulating or seductive. 

Venus within a grand trine in earth signs and by its position suggests animal spirits, youth, and personal beauty. Either through planning or unexpectedly you may enjoy sharing personal pleasures such as a meal and drink with someone. Multiple attachments or connections link you to each other. 

{Saturday}  ^Concealed Designs Break Through^

Cosmic Piper

P. S.  A lot of this may not be clear until the end of the day. Then it has value in aiding you to understand what happened.

Message for Friday 13 July 2018

Friday 13 July 2018

\Loose Links Strengthened/

Moon in Cancer-->Leo

/moon is void-of-course

until it enters Leo at 10:32a PT | 1:32p ET | 5:32p UT

There is always an "internal quietude" at the time of the New Moon (which was late Thursday evening) and that lasts for at least one or two days afterward. In a group of spiritual seekers yesterday, one very observant one said that he too experienced "internal quietude" at the time of the New Moon each month. It does not mean one can do nothing externally, of course; just that one acts from a calmer inner center. It might be called a "spiritual seed-planting time." If you read this on Thursday, you might want to calm down and meditate silently for a while Thursday evening (exact time of the New Moon was given yesterday). But this could also be done Friday.

Friday:  Individuals who are fretful, artificial and peevish may disturb you. One feels them as obstructionists. 

Contrary to that, there are trends toward a more subtle spiritual outlook, "A man dreaming of fairies." This could be exciting or thrilling at times. 

Ways of classifying people, such as true and complex astrology, are not artificial when one's heart is involved in a kind way. One wants all to fulfill themselves in accord with their own highest destiny, which might be called the purpose of astrological understanding. 

There could be indolence, lazing away the time, during a /void-of-course period as well as the Dark Hermetic Epoch. This could be uplifting spiritually but one also needs to "take care of business."

One notices affecting things about people's appearances: a hair style; a striking shape or seductive pose or something which stays in one's memory. 

Some individuals may be efficient and honorable, "A soldier prepared for battle." This is the complement of the "man dreaming of fairies" and both may play into each other. The Grand Trine in earth signs is practical and wants to get things cleared away.

This can be done partly through making connections among people through unusual and cogent communication.

{Friday}  ^Loose Links Strengthened^

Cosmic Piper

P. S.  I hope you will review these forecasts at the end of the day, or early the following day, to see what they may have meant. You could not know all of that on the day before or early in the morning. The value of reading them later is to review one's day and get insight into important ways of viewing its happenings for deeper understanding. 

Message for Thursday 12 July 2018

Thursday 12 July 2018

~Adrift or Sweetly Awake~ 

Moon in Cancer

|Karmically sobering or challenging third| of this week remains until very early Friday

The New Moon of Cancer occurs at 7:49p PT | 10:49p ET | 2:49a(F) UT

There is definitely a "retreat mode." The sun and moon in Cancer are touchy and reclusive at times, though desiring much affection; afraid that it will be denied and so holding back. Further, the moon in its last gasp before the New tonight makes for retreat, or a need to be alone or get extra rest. (I have noted over the years that in the final days of a lunar cycle I often fail to do my daily physical exercises, though sometimes I force myself.)  

Yet you are likely to feel that you have power within yourself and that you can get others to "obey" or carry out some of your wishes. Obeying someone one respects grants strength to command others.

There can be intimacies developing in unusual ways even if timidly, "A colored child playing with white children."

True kindness stems from understanding, such as what astrology provides those who study the charts of friends and relatives.

It is definitely wise to hold on to what one has, rather than become unstable by drifting into pointless paths. Hope and perseverance are needed to avoid a bad position:  "A waning moon, amid a bank of clouds, reveals a ship at sea, but all disabled." Rather, the ship could just need respite for a day or so while it regains its bearings. 

Not all is bleak; "Beautifully gowned wax figures" or striking human bodies may be redolent of the past and impact you in a way which invigorates romance or friendship.

To live a useful life is, ultimately, to be successful. There is good fortune in simple attention to basic responsibilities.  

People will let down their defensive or apprehensive masks at times when they can relax with one another, even if briefly.

{Thursday}  ~Adrift or Sweetly Awake~

Cosmic Piper

"Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from secret faults." --Psalm 19