Message for Tuesday 8 December 2020

 Tuesday 8 December 2020

\Expanding Liberty for Self and All/

Moon in Virgo-->Libra

/moon goes void-of-course at 2:36p PT | 5:36p ET | 10:36p UT

until it enters Libra at 4:02p PT | 7:02p ET | 12:02a(W) UT

Cruelty is what I abhor above all else, hence am not pleased with the symbol "a man holding a fowl by the neck and strangling it."  Yet no one can deny the prevalence of cruelty to animals, and this could be a wake-up call to help where possible.  PETA, Farm Sanctuary, Mercy for Animals, ASPCA, the Humane Society and other groups are working in that area.  Charubel says the symbol shows someone not only cruel but "a coward who will take advantage of the weak and defenseless."  Another bane of the day could be someone colorfully eccentric but disorderly to the point of grotesqueness.  We can tolerate such behavior or even appreciate it but at a certain point it becomes unbalanced and unfortunate.  

"A secret business conference" could be good or bad depending on what the business is doing and what its stockholders use their profits for.  It could signify opportunities you could benefit by if you were a little more savvy.  It might mean monopolizing others' resources, but could this be done for a good purpose?  If one is more humble one follows the safe and perhaps God-fearing path of "a plowman engaged in plowing," that is, being steady and industrious in a plodding but admirable manner.

The sun's square with Neptune can be impressionability leading to self-delusion, or it can be receptivity to the mystical and profound.  It could be some small success plus empathy and sharing.  "Tiny children in sunbonnets" are innocent, normal, fully participating in everyday living, trying this and that.  When inspired they might summon a "magic carpet" transporting them into panoramas of vivid adventure through freedom of spirit and soul.

{Tuesday}  /Expanding Liberty for Self and All\

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Message for Monday 7 December 2020

 Monday 7 December 2020

\Guiding Compass within Chaotic Amusement/

Moon in Virgo

Avoiding politics, except:  It is quite amazing that three outer, slow-moving planets, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto, have been in Capricorn during the whole dispute about the presidential election, and that Capricorn is the "natural 10th house" which rules the government, superiors, and the executive branch.  This Trump-Biden tug of war is slated, according to the date the Electoral College "meets" (a non-meeting), to reach a conclusion on the 14th, a week from today, and on that date Jupiter and Saturn will be exactly together in the FINAL degree of Capricorn.  Looking back, Mars was at exactly that same degree when Trump was surprisingly elected four years ago.  Something intense is brewing.  On to a report for today, Monday: 

Not surprisingly, we have "an indescribable scene:  chaos, confusion, dissolving views."  Apart from whatever TV series you might be watching, this is virtually everything, including the debate with multiple evidence about the presidential election.  Charubel warns against insanity or idiocy.  (It seems that the elections in the battleground states were conducted by inane or idiotic individuals.)  In your own case some of the chaos may have to do with the problems or confusions of friends or partners.  Do they know what they are doing?  Likewise, they may wonder about your state of mind.  (Fortunately, the day seems to be past, I hope, when we lock up people for being "crazy" when they are no more crazy than their peers, though in varying ways.)  

"A buffalo on an eminence pawing the ground and snorting" is forceful and independent, enduring privations to be bold in defense of its freedom.  Likewise you and I.  The intensity of possible conflict in this and the following week, or up to the 18th, was discussed in the weekend report.  It's happening.  But not all is harrowing, so we have "a little boy in a state of nudity blowing bubbles."  He and we are innocent, intent on personal amusement which might seem worthless but does no harm.  

Our minds are alive, with the moon in Virgo, and so as remedy for the chaotic "dissolving views" we procure, or make use of, "a sextant and compass."  There is honor in the study of difficult, complex subjects which enable us to explore life guided by "rigid and exact principles" which lead to precise success.  This is the definition we need to defeat the chaos around us.  Still, the strong trine of Venus with Neptune (at critical degrees) is playful, so despite our prudence we are like "a man in the midst of a lot of children at play."  Simple manners and childlike fun are compatible with whatever is serious in our lives.   

{Monday}  /Guiding Compass within Chaotic Amusement\

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Message for Weekend of 5-6 December 2020, and Look Ahead

 Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December 2020 with Look Ahead

Week of Saturday 5 through Friday 11 December 2020

My mantra has been, "I try to avoid politics" but it is increasingly difficult to do that.  I realize many of my readers are supporters of Biden and believe that "Trump has lost."  Some readers are Trump supporters, and others are more or less neutral but concerned about the viability of the election.  I probably can't please all, but have to say that while I voted for Kanye West, as a protest against the other two, I take very seriously the multiple and increasing charges of election fraud in Biden's favor, and I am angry at the evident bias of the media in his favor, to the point of pretending that there is no evidence of election wrongdoing.  Facts are facts and the truth will come out, multiple complex truths no doubt. 

And so I am looking at the current planetary positions and aspects and seeing (quoting from a book by astrologer Reinhold Ebertin) "Desire to assert oneself and to bring about decisions, meeting with opposition at negotiations, conflicts, difficulties due to superiors or officials."  Sounds like the current political landscape of the USA.  There is also "severity, harshness, insubmissiveness, stubbornness, desire to overcome opposition, tendency to estrangement, separation, grief."  These indications are especially strong this week and next, past the 14th which is supposed to be when the Electoral College votes.  No matter what happens, half the country will be upset and disappointed.  And if the dispute drags on, both halves will be upset.  There is also "ruthlessness, brutality, violent acts, being harmed, danger of accidents and injury."  We do not have to submit to that of course, but perhaps the warning is appropriate.  Apart from politics, our personal lives could be subject to such trends, plus "illusion, self-delusion, deceptiveness, defamation, sleeplessness, overenjoyment of alcohol or nicotine etc."  Thank you Mr. Ebertin for being frank.  "Plans without possibility of realization" is a catch-all which could feel appropriate, though in this Bright Hermetic Epoch through January 14 we can shape our plans wisely.  

I believe that beginning December 18 we will have a much better time of it, on the personal level.  The Christmas season beginning then should be a great treat and relief this year.  And so if the previous two paragraphs seem to get you down, take heart.  Of course the way we deal with the challenges will affect what happens in the later period either positively or negatively, so we have to remain responsible through the storm. Let us hope that courage and honesty prevail. 

This week, Tuesday the 8th and Wednesday the 9th, though "in the storm," should display some strong, friendly, and prospering factors working for us.  True, there is stress and rebellion, yet we can appreciate the good things also and these could be two good days for planning happy events beginning on the 18th, as well as for enjoying what is going on at the moment.   There can be "hopefulness, high ideals, generosity, acquaintance with prominent personalities, profit or advantage without effort."  In other words, a foretaste of what will be more definite beginning on the 18th.

However, I can't sugar-coat this week.  There might be also "philosophical, political or religious conflicts" (no kidding), "revolutionary ideas, tactlessness, overhasty acts."  Even harder, "backlash from past mistakes, disputes, resistance, losses."  Perhaps "mishaps or machine damage."  (As I write, at least two lawsuits are being leveraged against the Dominion voting system. A friend on the Left says he agrees there is something wrong there.  "A woman suffragist haranguing" is saying "our votes didn't count.")    

We take the weeks as beginning on Saturday and ending on Friday.  By Friday the 11th you should have gone through a lot of "rocking of the boat" and know more clearly where you are and what is possible next.  I hope what was given here will strengthen your spine for whatever you have to face.  It's never all suffering.  Who will attend the "embassy ball"?  Biden, Trump, or neither?  "An Indian woman pleading to the chief for the lives of her children" has a lot on her mind.  "A master instructing his pupil" is a fortifying influence if we take time to listen.  "A golden-haired goddess of opportunity" proffers rewards if we earn and accept them.

Saturday 5 December 2020

Moon in Leo

|Karmically serious or sobering third| of this week ends at 10:10a PT | 1:10p ET | 6:10p UT

/moon goes void-of-course at 2:29p PT | 5:29p ET | 10:29p UT

Sunday 6 December 2020

Moon in Leo-->Virgo

/moon is void-of-course

until it enters Virgo at 11:47a PT | 2:47p ET | 7:47p UT

{Weekend of 5-6 December 2020, and Look Ahead}

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Message for Friday 4 December 2020

Friday 4 December 2020

^Persevering Interests on the Qui Vive^

Moon in Cancer-->Leo

/moon goes void-of-course at 2:30a PT | 5:30a ET | 10:30a UT

until it enters Leo at 4:54a PT | 7:54a ET | 12:54p UT

|Karmically serious or sobering third| of this week continues until Saturday at 10:10a PT | 1:10p ET | 6:10p UT

There is an interesting combination of focused and effective work plus wayfaring, wandering, journeying.  It may seem crazy to do both but you do.  

When this doesn't work out, you may feel like "a battered hulk lying upon the seashore."  Adversity or inconvenience has battered you to the point that you feel passively abandoned or actively derelict.  Yet there is hope, summoned up by sheer will-power and felicitous superstition: "A magician in sacerdotal vestments standing in a magic circle performs some magic rites."  Active hope during each unusual encounter of the day evokes magic.  

There are mysterious things going on in your consciousness while Mercury is in a rare septile configuration with Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune.  "The Pyramids and the Sphinx" silently and obscurely announce truths which, though settled in stone, bring to life one's historical journeying in the fresh context of currently varying locations.  Thought going deep could unearth mysterious knowledge.  Meanwhile those around you might be lascivious or libidinous as symbolized by "a woman in a state of nudity."  Venus trine Neptune makes thin the line between imaginings and meetings.

There is a studious or intellectually curious tendency: "Many books and papers in disorder."  Memory is strong and imagination under control. Whether reading or writing, one brings multiple factors to bear in one's thinking.  One might be anywhere in the world, or everywhere.  "A mountain pilgrimage" harmonizes ideals and intensifies vision.  There is perseverance in worthwhile projects.  

{Friday}  ^Persevering Interests on the Qui Vive^

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Message for Thursday 3 December 2020

Thursday 3 December 2020

~From Miser's Prison to Benevolence~

Moon in Cancer

|Karmically serious or sobering third| of this week is at its most intense today and tonight, but lasts until Saturday

We need to traverse difficult aspects and symbols, but the point is not that we have to suffer ill-fate passively but that we can use these indications as aids to overcoming it.  And so, do not be shocked by . . . 

"Death, with a scythe in one hand and a bag of money in the other."  This could be "one who would delight in slaughter and carnage if it would prove of some monetary advantage to himself."  Some will say this could be Donald Trump; others, viewing Hunter's laptop and its revelations about Chinese dealings, Joe Biden.  Take your pick, or George Soros or the Koch brothers.  It's Scrooge a few weeks early.  It could be a hint to be generous rather than miserly in your charitable giving.  As relief, we have "a person with ardent desires, an enthusiast to the causes he espouses; a true friend and an open enemy," symbolized by "a red flame, ascending upward to a great height."  It could be someone you admire or yourself, or both encouraging each other as ruby flames in the darkness.

"A portcullis guarding the entrance to a prison" is not to be taken literally but symbolizes "narrow limits, stern necessity and restraint."  Accepting such secluded circumscription along some lines, self-imposed, could liberate you along other lines.  Work is ultimately lonely, even if supposedly done within a team.  However, there is always "a girl's face breaking into a smile," or gregarious acquiescence to the magic of personal friendliness.  It may seem muted during a |difficult third| but is not absent.

Ordeals of the spirit are suggested by "a widow's past brought to light."  One protects oneself within inner or spiritual realization.  Any past failure can be rectified by accepting current pertinent responsibility.  This could develop into generosity and humaneness, even spiritual grandeur and loftiness, as "a cup or goblet from which rays of ruddy light are emitted."  'Tis the season to be charitable and benevolent.

{Thursday}  ~From Miser's Prison to Benevolence~

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Message for Wednesday 2 December 2020

 Wednesday 2 December 2020

~Crowing Flag, Ripe Fruit, Fun~

Moon in Cancer

|Karmically serious or sobering third| of this week begins at 5:58p PT | 8:58p ET | 1:58a(Th) UT (until Saturday)

"A flag that turns into an eagle that crows" no doubt has reference to the dispute over election results in various places.  In our personal lives, Dr. Jones refers to "the tireless struggles of self with its situation" and this is Adjustment between allegiances and ambitions, giving their due to each.  You display your personal flag, which links you with others sharing your ideals,  and you crow when you succeed at a task or project.  Mars is moving slowly ahead, to repeat its squares with the three planets in Capricorn, and this can seem like "a battle-field where two contending armies are engaged in conflict."  This time, the confusion of both Mars and Mercury being retrograde in October and November is lessened so that clearer, less controversial outcomes are likely.

"A fair woman sporting herself on a couch" is a Victorian-sounding symbol of "the delights of the senses" espoused by someone "sybaritic and self-indulgent, yet ambitious of honors and wealth."  Venus is moving from a disruptive opposition with Uranus toward a harmonious trine with Neptune.  A degree of sensuousness mingles with "love on a higher plane," perhaps platonic.  This is the second day of Advent, leading to Christmas, and "a round temple with pointed roof" may harbor a manger or perchance a Hanukkah scene.  Both Mercury and the sun in Sagittarius bring goodwill whether outwardly religion-linked or not.  

"An apple tree bearing ripe fruit" emblemizes "an affectionate husband or wife, kind parent and benevolent citizen."  This is the grand trine in water signs with Luna, Venus and Neptune, which might also take more youthful-carefree forms such as "children playing around five mounds of sand."  We meet all possible eventualities with the naïve openness, curiosity and creativity of children at their best.  

{Wednesday}  ~Crowing Flag, Ripe Fruit, Fun~

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Message for Tuesday 1 December 2020

 Tuesday 1 December 2020

}Cagily Letting Things Turn Around{

Moon in Gemini-->Cancer

/moon went void-of-course late Monday in the Western Hemisphere, remaining void-of-course

until it enters Cancer at 7:34p PT | 10:34p ET | 3:34a(W) UT

With such a long, 23-hour void-of-course period (quite rare), we may need to emulate "a fox sitting on its haunches" because like the fox we haven't figured out exactly what to do yet.  Charubel says we may "be ever on selfish ends" and might make "good strategists."  Both sides in the current election battle may seem like "a tiger crouching as in the act of assault."  (I am not taking sides but believe there is credible evidence of election fraud.)  With the moon void-of-course, it is appropriate that both these animals, forced to live by their wits and strategies, are preparing their attack rather than carrying it out.  There are likely to be many more delays than usual during a void-of-course period.

Another animal figure, a lion, is said to be "high-minded, honorable, bold, courageous, and fearless of foes."  You may decide for yourself who lives up to that description.  Mars has turned direct, in his own sign Aries, and could at his best fit that characterization.  He was square to Pluto, Jupiter and Saturn while retrograde (from August till now) and shall again square those planets but while direct, having a chance to correct what was wrong before, from now through the first half of February.  It has been exhausting for all of us.  I hope we shall be pleased by how things "turn around."  We may feel like "an inventor experimenting" today, and the experiments are incomplete during the v-of-c.  Still, we may make progress as long as we are not overeager to implement discoveries in a way which could go kaflooey.  

As for social trends, they seem contradictory.  It is hard to estimate what people's real feelings are during a long void-of-course period.  Many may feel like "a great lonely tower rising from an eminence of rock," relying on their own counsel, standing alone.  Taciturnity and reserve, however, might be respected by someone, showing innate strength and stability.  At other times we might be like "a man and woman standing hand in hand looking with affection toward each other."  Venus's tri-septile with Mars could bring fatefulness in interpersonal attractions and loyalties.  Maybe this will be easier to comprehend in the earlier or later evening hours (see when the v-of-c ends, above). 

{Tuesday}  {Cagily Letting Things Turn Around}

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Message for Monday 30 November 2020

Monday 30 November 2020

}Before the Ball is Over{

Moon in Gemini

Full Moon of Sagittarius-Gemini occurs at 1:31a PT | 4:31a ET | 9:31a UT

(this is also a lunar eclipse in some places, but I do not emphasize that as some astrologers do)

/moon goes void-of-course at 8:23p PT | 11:23p ET | 4:23a UT 

I try to avoid politics in these reports, but the conflict over the election is not ended, and we have "Cross-swords" indicating, according to Charubel, "someone always at variance and involved in quarrels and broils."  At worst this could be "a battle-field where two contending armies are in deadly conflict."  It is not going to be "deadly" in a literal physical sense, but it is deadly serious.

At a more passive level we have "an empty hammock."  I am not sure whether it is empty because someone has just left it to take up activity, or because someone is contemplating lying down to Ruminate, which is the keyword.  Rumination is good and expansive during any Full Moon period (which lasts throughout the day though exact very early).   And so we have, serendipitously, "a full moon shining in a clear sky," indicating sympathy, adaptability, and "powers of imitation and assimilation."  One might "shine by reflected light" yet finally "outshine all others in capacity, wealth, and fame."  Neptune at station (motionless) and turning direct in its own sign Pisces strengthens underlying spiritual foundations and could have an effect in the political world also.  "A woman reading tea leaves" knows how to discern signs and signatures, and so maybe we should hire her to replace Smartmatic and Dominion.

Venus is beginning a sweet trine with Neptune, and for just a couple days a fateful tri-septile with Mars, so we have "a man and woman standing hand in hand looking with affection toward each other."  Such amity and concord could ameliorate yet not totally eliminate the strife of the first paragraph.  There may be covert enmity or secret strategy at "an embassy ball," yet also display of one's charms, and exploitation of one's personal potentialities, a la Cinderella or Cinderfella.

{Monday}  {Before the Ball is Over}

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Message for Weekend of November 28-29, and Look Ahead

 Weekend of November 28-29, and Look Ahead

Saturday through Monday are the final days of November and happen to be calmer days when one might relax more than was possible through most of the month.  Whatever the "bee in your bonnet," it maybe has buzzed off for a while so you can calm down.  There is peaceful perspective on a lot of factors, plus a sense of mission sure to work out.  

You have been using "a mariner's compass" during November to find your way in finance, business and career, and you may sense that you have a better-constructed map as a result.  

Tuesday (1st) through Friday (4th) continue as relatively peaceful days when you may settle into the perseverance of "a mountain pilgrimage," that is, realize what you are dedicated to, and feel good about staying with it loyally.  There are things which are wrong which you want to correct, "a woman suffragist haranguing," but you feel more sure of yourself and able to be persuasive without as much "blood, sweat and tears."  

There is a propensity to reflect, to sit by "a dark pool under dense foliage" and contemplate the future and ways of getting there.  Such quietude is not escapism but a withdrawn yet deep support of your aspirations.  If in competition in some way, you are able to "aim at an object in the distance" as a good marksman.  

Building for the future, in cooperation with your visible or invisible community or cohorts, is going well no matter what the opposition.  "A golden-haired goddess of opportunity" is among those who help you to see beyond the clouds a bright horizon, and recover from nights of uncertainty (Dark Epoch, two months ended November 18).  Developing agendas behind the scenes is not exactly plotting or scheming, but wise planning.  A lot of that is going on, whether designated as research or detective work.  

And so, taken as a whole, the calendar month December should be considerably more pleasing than November, and more conducive to carrying out one's intentions.

Saturday 28 November 2020

Moon in Taurus

|Karmically serious or sobering third| of this week ended [Friday at 10:21p PT] 1:21a ET | 5:21a UT

Sunday 29 November 2020

Moon in Taurus-Gemini

/moon goes void-of-course at 4:50a PT | 7:50a ET | 12:50p UT

until it enters Gemini at 8:17a PT | 11:17a ET | 4:17p UT

{Weekend of November 28-29, and Look Ahead}

Message for Friday 27 November 2020

 Friday 27 November 2020

\Freedom Shared in Rapport/

Moon in Taurus

|Karmically serious or sobering third| of this week continues until Saturday morning

Charubel warns against "revolting" indulgences, dissipation, "the gambling hells," stimulants, and bad company.  Sepharial says we might "shoot arrows toward a flight of birds" inconsequentially.  This could be disrespect of convention, and "too many love affairs than can be managed successfully."  All this could tie to the exact opposition of Venus to Uranus, now joined by the moon. 

This could be "the eccentricity and waywardness of a comet," yet such an extreme search for freedom could summon "Cupid knocking on the door."  Romantic leanings inspire us to refine ourselves while we make, break, and remake ties with those we find alluring.  Some "knocks" are answered at least for a while.

"A lady sitting on a divan fanning herself" is said to indicate "the good things of this life," fortune and prosperity  Elevated moods inveigle us to feel we are appreciating "the moon shining across a lake."  Hearts are released into luminous goodwill and harmony, in rapport with all other hearts.  

{Friday}  /Freedom Shared in Rapport\

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Message for Thursday 26 November 2020

Thursday 26 November 2020

^Happy Thanksgiving!^

Moon in Aries-->Taurus

|Karmically serious or sobering third| of this week is with us until Saturday

/moon goes void-of-course at 4:47p PT | 7:47p ET | 12:47a(F) UT

until it enters Taurus at 7:44p PT | 10:44p eT | 3:44a(F) UT

Some "are utilized without getting much credit or respect," as if they were "a mill-wheel driven by the wind."  Yet there could be undisturbable peace for those who contemplate life and nature, no matter how obscurely.  They "will walk by the side of their mother Nature, their souls lifted to a place of rest."  Even if unpractical, one might be "a favored child."  (Sepharial)

Some may feel as vain as "a man looking at his face in a looking-glass," and have momentary bursts of intense confidence.  This could settle down into native dignity and innocency, "a naked boy, a crown on his head, a spear in his hand."  (Charubel) 

Whenever there seems confusion or disturbance, one could play a game according to the rules, "a game of cricket" or whatever is convenient, so that sportsmanship helps all to be themselves regardless of losing or winning. Though markets are closed, one might feel one is receiving good fortune, as if having spaded the soil to find "a jewel which reflects the sun's rays."  

{Thursday}  ^Happy Thanksgiving!^

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Message for Wednesday 25 November 2020

 Wednesday 25 November 2020

^Normality is Prospering^

Moon in Aries

|Karmically serious or sobering third| of this week is with us until Saturday

Confusions could disturb us, as if we were living in chaos.  "Bad company" or people who are submitting to bad habits or addictions may be around us.  How to help them without being officious or offensive is a question.  One might feel like "a man of middle age watching over a cradle."  We may repine while not deserting anyone suffering.

One might feel like "an old owl up in a tree," resting in one's dignity and self-respect.  Normal events and habits are reassuring.  One continues the continuity of effort when one's heart is in one's work, building something up carefully. 

There can be complacence while thinking of people or places at a distance, as if one could sail in consciousness wherever one chooses.  The lure of gain is evident, as in "a gold rush."  Ambitions summon toward good fortune.  Personal initiative makes one independent of life's inadequacies.   Preparation for the holiday (and beyond) is effective in fresh ways.

{Wednesday}  ^Normality is Prospering^

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Message for Tuesday 24 November 2020

 Tuesday 24 November 2020

^Brave^

Moon in Pisces-->Aries

/moon goes void-of-course at 2:46a PT | 5:46a ET | 10:46a UT

until it enters Aries at 7:06a PT | 10:06a ET | 3:06p UT

Venus still square Saturn inclines toward separation or isolation, as in "two prim spinsters."  Venus opposite Uranus inclines toward abnormal inclinations, or letting repressed emotions go, as in "a storm-swept prairie" which can indicate waste, extravagance, rashness, even wantonness.  Or one may observe such behavior.  

"A man walking on the edge of a precipice" may be reckless and impulsive but is sensitive, affectionate and honorable.  He or she may get back to safety and pick up "a trefoil" symbolizing Faith, Hope, and Charity.  Inspiration, rich imagination, and spiritual comprehension are fostered by Mercury's trine with Neptune.

Aries can be a child-sign, and the moon and Mars there are "a little child learning to walk" in order to further his or her discovered individuality.  Then there is poise and security, a stabilization of trust and hope as represented by "a massive, rocky shore."  

{Tuesday}  ^Brave^

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Message for Monday 23 November 2020

Monday 23 November 2020

~Chess, Construction, House-Raising, Goddess~

Moon in Pisces

The moon with Neptune in Pisces, plus Mercury trine Neptune, could make some feel like "an old man seated beneath a shady tree, his head bowed in thought.  A pilgrim."  There could be solitude, with deep or abstruse thought.  "All around me is unreal" is a common thought of mystics East and West.  Yet there could be signs of a decisive momentum.  "Two men playing chess" make moves according to their abilities, the winner the one with refined skills, discipline of understanding, and concentration.  They care about winning but may share the pilgrim's detachment and disillusionment should they lose.

"A man at a table with drawing instruments and paper before him" could be an artist, architect, or engineer.  Or yourself with your own particular project.  If the effort becomes unselfish and social it could be like "a house-raising" in which there is simple cooperation and common enterprise.  This is helpful to those helped and those helping.  

"The Goddess of Mercy enthroned" is self-explanatory.  Whether Mary, Durga, or Kwan Yin, she is the Mother who never fails us.  Her sympathy extends in all directions, and she is with us today.  As "brownies dancing in the setting sun" we sense success in both career and family domains while the universe sorts and sifts things into convenience and order.  The impersonal forces of nature are friendly.  We sense a day or season ending, but feel invigorated while dancing into the next episode. 

{Monday}  ~Chess, Construction, House-Raising, Goddess~

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Message for Weekend of November 21-22, and Thanksgiving week

 Weekend of November 21-22, and Week Ahead including Thanksgiving

It is good to focus on one selected task or project at a time, sometimes in seclusion.

High spiritual consciousness is recuperative.  "A mariner's compass" guides past temporary illness or fatigue to a brighter horizon. 

Greater confidence is arising, in accord with the Bright Hermetic Epoch which began Thursday and continues through January 14.  It gives us mch to be thankful for on Thursday, the day of Jupiter in the month (Sagittarius) of Jupiter!  Our national holiday has cosmic concordance. 

Homey, sweet factors are a holiday sauce, even if at times it seems one is struggling to keep up with daily tasks and necessary routines.  "Shellfish groping and children playing" are the emergence of everything pleasing when we reach out to broader potentials. 

Some may partake of the holiday feast on "a table upon which a right angle and plane are lying."  These suggest liberality, justice, peace, and fraternity-sorority.  Whether the pilgrim-Indian story is a myth or not, it could inspire us.

There are bursts of strong energy of a masculine sort which break out of boring molds.  Gloom can be lighted up by "a Christmas tree decorated" or the Thanksgiving equivalent of that.  "A fellowship supper" could be vitalized by disagreements rather than upset by them. 

Whatever harshness, envy, or jealousy there may be in our feelings can be assuaged by viewing all as if from "an airplane hovering overhead."  Reflection makes us more gracious.  Anger may be suppressed, or converted into humor that stings but does not injure. 

Determination in personal and career matters does not have to interfere with domestic or family matters.  "Two prim spinsters" could be relatives respecting one another with neither great enthusiasm nor antagonism.  They know they belong together.  Independent, original qualities may chafe at times when not appreciated yet could find a spectacular avenue to admiration even at home or in the family.  

"A merchant ship in mid-ocean" is a favorable indication, whether commerce and business is local or international.  Surprising benefits turn up, with success that is real even if not proclaimed or boasted of.  

Happy Thanksgiving!

Saturday 21 November

Moon in Aquarius-->Pisces

/moon goes void-of-course at 4:50p PT | 7:50p ET | 12:50a(Su) UT

until it enters Pisces at 8:07p PT | 11:07p ET | 4:07a(Su) UT

Sunday 22 November 2020

Moon in Pisces

[The regular daily reports shall resume beginning Monday, to be posted Sunday]

{Week of Saturday 21 November through Friday 27 November 2020}

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Message for Friday 20 November 2020

Friday 20 November 2020

}Fascinating{

Moon in Aquarius

/moon goes void-of-course at 4:50p PT | 7:50p ET | 12:50a(Sa) UT

You may be feeling that intriguing plans and projects are emerging for you, symbolized by "an oriental-rug dealer."  He or she almost has to instruct his or her customers in a craft in order to make their use of his or her services valuable to them.  So you may be "selling" some feature of yourself or your skill even if without monetary payment.  The universe has given you a consignment of goods to be shared, with a return payment for yourself guaranteed in one manner or another.  When things are relaxed and you feel at ease, you could become "the Halloween jester" or release buoyant energies in a refreshing way.  Ideals are important, but so is humor shared in an ingratiating way which awakens spontaneous delight.  

As opposed to friendly humor, there could be the sharp caustic cries of "a raven standing on a stone."  Some individuals could seem morose, avaricious and revengeful.  This could be a result of Venus's square with Saturn.  "Nobody likes me, so I will scorn them all."  Or, instead, one could use the impetus of Luna's sextile with Mars in a semi-military way, "with helmet on head and spear in hand," that is, becoming an impressive, appealing and effective "soldier" for one's own cause or a larger one. 

Even an afflicted Venus has her charm, so she may, perhaps out of desperation, turn into "a woman in railing robes waving a wand around which is coiled a serpent."  She cunningly "asserts power over others by persuasion or fascination." There could be mutual attraction, no matter how questionable with Luna square Uranus on one side and Mercury on the other.  Or there could be intellectual curiosity and quest, "three mounds of knowledge on a philosopher's head."  He or she sees one viewpoint, the opposite viewpoint, and some sort of reconciliation or harmonizing overview.

{Friday}    {Fascinating}

Cosmic Piper

P. S.  I'm writing on Thursday just a couple hours before the Bright Hermetic Epoch begins (time was given in Thursday's forecast), and two incidents this morning are evidence that my hypothesis is correct, there is a SHARP quantum leap from the Dark to Bright Epochs!  I tried to pay my credit card online.  For the first time ever, I did not get a message saying "Thank you, we have received your payment."  I exited and logged in again.  Same problem.  This was the final day for the payment and I wanted to make sure it had taken.  So I went through the trial of calling someone on the phone.  Actually he was helpful and assured me that the payment had gone through.  But I had to waste about a half hour on all this.  Then, a little later while writing this forecast, I got, repeatedly, at least 8 or 10 times, a superimposed message, "Oops! Something went wrong and your latest typing may not have been saved."  In all my years of writing on Google, this has never happened before.  The DHE is almost exactly like Mercury Retrograde, a cornucopia of human and non-human glitches.  (Consider what is happening with the election.)  Now it is an hour and a half before the Bright Epoch begins, and I am looking forward to it!  

H H H / C P

 

Message for Thursday 19 November 2020

 Thursday 19 November 2020

}Carefully Dispelling Gloom{

Moon in Capricorn-->Aquarius

/moon goes void-of-course at 8:31a PT | 11:31a ET | 4:31p UT

until it enters Aquarius at 12:26p PT | 3:26p ET | 8:26p UT

A Bright Hermetic Epoch, or fast-Mercury phase, of greater clarity and confidence, begins at 12:50p PT | 3:50p ET | 8:50p UT, continuing through January 14 

I have often moaned about the Venus-square-Saturn aspect (exact again today) as the "nobody loves me aspect."  Or, better, it can be a time when you find out something reassuring about long-term, old friendships or relationships, realizing that "these are my people, like it or not" and resolve to get along better.  The gloomy symbol "a dark pool of water in the shadow of dense foliage" suggests lack of ambition allied with fatalism and melancholy.  Maybe this is a needed meditation-rest.  If one is roused during that period to something critical one might be like "an Indian mother pleading to the chief for the lives of her children."  This requires awakened sacrifice, and a balancing of rights and wrongs for the greater good of ourselves and posterity.  

"A series of bubbles floating in the air" are emblematic of the light, fantastic and ephemeral.  One might resemble a mere superficial dabbler in life's mysteries.  Or, because today is the beginning of a more straightforward and logical Mercurial (Hermetic) period, one might pass beyond the bubbles as mere entertainment and proceed to something solid and workable.  "Humanity seeking to bridge the span of knowledge" is ourselves using our reasoning powers on our accumulated experience to bring about wise choices and projects over the coming two months.  

In our lighter moments we may experience something like "a woman standing on the head of a serpent."  She is sage, not really weak as women are supposed to be, and has "great fascinating power."  In other words, persuasion can work in bringing our fondest dreams closer to reality.  We might even be entering an epoch when we have "a field of ripe corn; the reapers at work 'neath the beams of the sun."  Gloomy moods may question that, but a smoother time is beginning no matter how inchoately at first. 

{Thursday}  {Carefully Dispelling Gloom}

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Message for Wednesday 18 November 2020

 Wednesday 18 November 2020

\Earned Dominion/

Moon in Capricorn

|Karmically serious or sobering third| of this week is with us until Friday evening

We are called on to face Mars and Saturn, the two "malefic" planets as the ancients called them, for one symbol for the day is said by Charubel to signify "an evil mixture of Saturn and Mars" as pictured in "a tiger crouching for a spring on its prey."  Mars in Aries (since June 28 and until January 6, a very unusually long transit) is audacious, trying for the impossible, and that can be good or it can be too restless and irritable.  Its long-lasting square to Capricorn planets including Saturn could have inclined some to inflammatory (Mars) conditions of the skin (Capricorn) such as eczema, hives or other irritations.  Saturn also in its own sign, Capricorn, is strong and when good that is honesty and determination to work toward desired goals. When it goes wrong (as it probably has in many cases because of hard aspects to Mars, Mercury and Venus) it can be gloominess, bias, and dissatisfaction resulting sometimes in cunning and underhanded strategies.  (Both sides of the political spectrum are accusing the other of that.)   However that may be, "a rhinoceros" has his intention on one object at a time and stands unmoved without fear.   That is wise during this |hard third| of the week (moon-Saturn conjunction) lasting until Friday evening.

We may sometimes retreat from all this turmoil to "an airplane hovering overhead" where we can reflect on a broad over-all view of the world to our advantage.  That could help us recover poise which could have been lost while Venus is exactly square Saturn this weekend, making us feel unloved or unappreciated and finding it hard to love or appreciate anyone else.  Calm realism is not harshness, envy or jealousy.  We might even attain the rock-like security of "a cross carved in stone standing against the rising sun, haloed in divine light."  

When free of labor we may find peace and comfort, and offer it to others benevolently, as if living in "a rustic cottage 'neath a spreading cedar tree."  We or someone else may take on the role of "the king of the fairies approaching his domain," giving and accepting heartfelt allegiance.  He or she has chosen to imagine sovereignty over people and things, and such imaginative perspective generates fairyland yet real dominion.  

{Wednesday}  /Earned Dominion\

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Message for Tuesday 17 November 2020

Tuesday 17 November 2020

\Left Right Left/

Moon in Sagittarius-->Capricorn

/moon goes void-of-course at [11:56p Monday PT] | 2:56a ET | 7:56a UT

until it enters Capricorn at 8:36a PT | 11:36a ET | 4:36p UT

We have had a lot of military symbols, what with Mars being in his own sign Aries and stationary, now moving very slowly ahead.  "A plumed warrior haranguing a multitude of soldiers" could be anyone who feels he or she has a mission to arouse others to undertake duties or responsibilities.  There is power for persuasion.  "A knight of the field mailed and plumed, ready for attack" is steadfast in defense of his own and others' rights, and can be victorious.  

"A military band on the march" is making music instead of war.  Yet they have to "left right left" and play even when they don't feel like it.  Intrepidity is a keynote, or self-mobilized effort when reward or fulfillment seems far away.  Another person engaged in that is "a woman entering a convent" who gives up what she has found to be shallow for something profound to which she feels allegiance.  Such consecration comes of inner vision and is a reward in itself.

Charubel tells us that we may be, or know someone who is, "an extraordinary person, designed to take an active part in public life and who will exercise a great influence on mankind."  He gives for this degree the symbol *  *  *.  Yet sometimes this person and ourselves may enjoy "a tankard set upon a table," sincerity and frankness, appreciating people of the common walk while purveying spiritual truth in a natural unpremeditated manner.  Life is good in its fortitude and in its relaxation.

{Tuesday}  /Left Right Left\

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Message for Monday 16 November 2020

 Monday 16 November 2020

^Offenses Softened through Harmony-Quest^

Moon in Sagittarius

(/moon goes void-of-course at 11:56p PT, and early Tuesday in further-east time zones)

It seems that things for most of us are getting easier to handle, but first let's deal with the hard part.  "A man swimming in an angry sea" sounds like the opposition of Venus and Mars we have been enduring, and also like the square of Venus with Saturn which is getting exact a couple days from now.  Anger is not necessary but may feel natural when we confront those who seem to be very wrong about something.  However, Sepharial says that the man "in the angry sea" is "resolute and brave, disposed to take great risks upon himself for the benefit of others."  He may "meet with recognition and honor as the leader of a forlorn hope."  Some feel this way in regard to current political battles.  "Information in the symbol of an autumn leaf" is one of those intriguing symbols one can interpret in multiple ways.  The keyword "tact" suggests that one might have to hint kindly to someone that something is ending, whether a relationship or some side of it, or a friendship or some particular facet of it, a business deal or some clause in it.  (That is what often happens when Venus squares Saturn.)  The "leaf" of that particular experience has matured, turned colors and fallen.  However, I love the autumn and the colored leaves, sometimes picking one up to bring home.  We get the message that a season is ending but we are heartened by the hearth-fires we will enjoy over the holidays, which the gold-red leaves emblazon beforehand.

The square of Venus and Saturn combined with the exact opposition of Mercury and Uranus fits with "a mole" signifying "great individuality; very reserved; very determined" to do whatever deemed necessary whether the public (above ground) likes it or not.  This could be "true grit" in some area of your life where you are not going to give up no matter what people think.  Yet there is no desire to offend; "a Welsh harp" denotes "evenness of temper and regularity of conduct," "a lover of the harmonious in all things."  The moon is tuning itself with both Mars and Venus by good aspects.  Our "hard edge" is not so sharp as to push people away but can sing out a melody appreciated.  

We're in the second day of a New Moon and it is good to begin things which look promising, even if they are not absolutely clear until Thursday or the weekend.  "Indians making camp" are not sure of everything, but will find fuel and food and establish a temporary home with whatever is immediately at hand.  Such extemporization is profitable now.  Then we may find ourselves on "an elevated promontory, crowned with many variously colored flowers."  This is a light-hearted, charming and fortune-attracting mood (Luna sextile Venus especially later in the day and evening).  

{Monday}  ^Offenses Softened through Harmony-Quest^

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Message for Saturday and Sunday, November 14-15, 2020

 Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November 2020: Reorientation

Saturday 14 November

Moon in Scorpio

< moon in the Via Combusta until 8:01a PT | 11:01a ET | 4:01p UT

New Moon of Scorpio occurs at 9:08p PT | 12:08a(Su) ET | 5:08a(Su) UT

Sunday 15 November 

Moon in Scorpio-->Sagittarius

/moon goes void-of-course at 3:14a PT | 6:14a ET | 11:14a UT

until it enters Sagittarius at 7:48a PT | 10:48a ET | 3:48p UT

We are going through a strange, difficult, confusing yet promising period.  "Promising" because it seems to be a time to re-evaluate and re-estimate things so that something better can evolve from what we already have.

First, Mars is turning direct just as I write (Friday).  This is a big thing because that planet only goes retrograde about once every 3.5 years.  Its retrogradation this time has corresponded with huge upsets and worries about the pandemic as well as the presidential election.  That is not finished, but it is interesting that the President's announcement of a vaccine came today (Friday) a couple hours before Mars turned direct at 4:37p PT | 7:37p ET | 12:37a(Sa) UT.  Big changes seem to be in the offing, and also in your personal life in your own particular setup or projects.  Plus, we have a New Moon Saturday night, and then a new Bright Hermetic Epoch beginning Thursday the 19th.  

In view of all this, I am taking a break from writing about the situation.  Let's just wait and see.  Those who have a campaign to run, as those who are supporting President Trump in the complex litigation, will of course be very busy, in that sort of "treadmill" busy-ness of the Dark or Slow Hermetic Epochs when it seems the "devil in the details" is leering at us everywhere.  In your own life you probably have noticed how complex or confusing things still are (until maybe Thursday), and an "easy does it" approach is probably best.  It could be that we will feel relieved and relaxed while we watch things gradually sort themselves out in a more congenial fashion.  "Reorientation" is a keyword.

I hope to continue with the regular daily reports beginning Monday.

Cosmic Piper

Message for Friday 13 November 2020

 Friday 13 November 2020

~Intensity Presses Toward Exhilarating Transition~

Moon in Libra-->Scorpio

|Karmically serious or sobering third| of this week continues until Saturday

<moon remains in the Via Combusta until Saturday

/moon goes void-of-course at 3:34a PT | 6:34a ET | 11:34a UT

until it enters Scorpio at 8:20a PT | 11:20a ET | 4:20p UT

There is a mixture of continuing difficult aspects together with some promising ones (sun in good aspect to the three Capricorn planets).  "A man sowing in the wind" warns against waste and dissipation, or vain and illusive projects.  That does indeed often happen during a Dark Hermetic Epoch (this one ends on November 19, six days from now).  We might "use our superior faculties to small advantage."  If we get in trouble we would be like someone struggling in a lake, almost drowning, but saved by someone throwing a lifebuoy.  This might be because of debt or other issues.  Some of them might be resolved favorably this weekend or soon after.

Secret or controversial desires emerge to the surface under the aegis of Venus squaring both Pluto and Jupiter.  You might be embarrassed if some of these were revealed to the public.  Yet when you know that what you want is ethical and harmless you may be like one who has "a cross formed of darts," "a very positive character, a person of strong will.  He will never allow anyone to impose on him.  Ever on the defensive; one with magical abilities."  (Charubel)  If our desires transcend themselves, we are like "a bunny metamorphosed into a fairy," for "imagination molds and remolds everyday reality."  Poetry of soul sings out a transition from merely animal impulses to ideal aspirations.  

Though things are intense, it's Friday and we might want to sit down with "a tankard set upon a table," not to get drunk but to be open to receiving truth while our passions are well-regulated.  We have "a sincere regard for all that is simple and natural in human nature."  Vineyards and hostels have their place.  Purveying spiritual truths is also possible.  We are men and women "of the common walk, our sympathies with the people."  "Unconditioned friendliness brings facets of ourselves to a point of immediate expression."  It's as if we were in "a crowd upon the beach."  Such naive mutual assurance is exhilarating.

{Friday}  ~Intensity Presses Toward Exhilarating Transition~

Cosmic Piper

P. S.  Quotations are taken from Marc Edmund Jones, Sabian Symbols in Astrology, and from Charubel and Sepharial, The Degrees of the Zodiac Symbolized.

I avoided politics today.  More shall be said about it in the weekend report to be posted tomorrow.