Tuesday the 23rd and Wednesday the 24th of August

Tuesday August 23
The Moon in Gemini keeps us in thinking mode and before sunrise, the Sun enters Virgo, also ruled by Mercury. All in All Mercurial energy saturates everything today, and yet Mercury is retrograde till Friday. Rethink, Review. Rehearse. Re-everything with Mercury retrograde.

Wednesday August 24
The Day of Mercury, the Messenger of the Gods, in the World/Week of Earth. The stones attributed to Mercury are Opals and his metal is of course, Quicksilver. Mercury's rear entry into the sign Leo puts a greater than usual emphasis on the need to speak from one's heart as Leo is the Home sign of the Sun. Ideally, this suggests that we are now in a period when direct communication is more likely. Fiery Leo is less interested in analysis and filtered communication than in direct, pure, self-expression. Expect, then, that enthusiasm may carry the conversational day over objective reason and logic. Mercury in Leo also touches on language as a form of Entertainment. Leo loves the show, and now has the Messenger planet ready to do its bidding. We can expect more colorful speech with its focus on impact exceeding its interest in facts. Enjoy the images the mind will conjure now, but try not to be taken in by your own (or anyone else's) hype. It's amazing how seriously we can take ourselves, even when the goal is play. A little extra time to filter through the noise, and a little bit of detachment from the ego, can make this period one that is both joyful and productive.

DAILY ASTRAL FORECASTS; Saturday and Sunday, August 20-21

SATURDAY AUGUST 20

Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, but death is a short certificate written by a sensible fellow with a degree in forensic pathology.

Everyone laughed when I sent my dog Zero to the Canine Academy Of Design, but they won't be laughing today when he continues to shit all over their lawn. I hope this isn't an ackward time to mention that the structural basis for all Light-specific work in the Metaverse is regular, disciplined connection to the No-Form, meditation, contemplation, what ever you want to call it, as long as it's deep. Supremely solitary in that heath of scrub. The Light-Specific state initiates itself with SOLITUDE, the gratifying element of being alone (if only for 20 minutes a day)... without which, true development is impossible. The point is to connect to your inner source of stability, the state of potentia, the No-Form, at least once a day. No-Form is not a goal or state of "spiritual arrival" (as some religions would have us believe), it is a highly practical, multi-purpose tool for dissolving our identification with the ego. If you want to play with us, this is the only rule. The foundation of our Lightcraft is built in Chaos, so you must maintain a firm foundation, or Chaos your life will be. Some of us need this connection four times a day (sunrise, true noon, sunset, true midnight). Some of us actually manage to do it four times a day. It is a choice you must make. I would do it for you if I could. Once a day is all that's required to maintain the Continuity function. Future generations of yourself will be glad this came to pass. The Lightcraft Academy , Yoga Ceremonial Magick, this astrology forecast, they all provide ritual technology for Self initiation. But the key word here is Self. D.I.Y


Sunday August 21
The Day of the Sun in Assiah. The Metaversal Lightpilot, which the ancient Egyptians referred to as the KA, is actually the fourth dimensional driver of the third dimensional Lightcraft, the BA. There is a sixth dimensional solar mind which interacts with all levels and is purely an electromagnetick harmonic, a harmony based on all the other levels coming together around a center. And the sun is the center eternally now and therefore timeless. The Sun never sets on itself. The evolution of the Metaversal song, what some refer to as the Great Work, has as its core the purpose of resonating this harmonic through your individual interactive Lightcraft. Relationships receive more focus today through a number of connections. The adventure this holds for humanity is inconceivable within the limited understanding of third-dimensional time. This adventure will be the result of the conversion of "time is money" to "time is art." The difference between time as money and time as art is the difference between time as quantity and time as quality. The holon is the key to returning quality to time. The holon is to galactic time what the machine is to mechanized time. Every human is born with a third-dimensional body and a fourth-dimensional Lightcraft. The physical body is the biological conductor. The Lightctraft is the time transport unit. The body and its Lightcraft are inseparable. The biological conductor sustains the sensory nervous system, the human instrument for processing the full range of experience. The experience of the body is synchronized within the Metaversal Lightcraft. The Lightcraft is the physical body's coded experience in time. The body in time with its Lightcraft is art. Lack of respect for life arises directly from not understanding the true electrical alchemic principles of time compression at the end of solar ages- alchemizes the heart - is because the charge densities which accompany the solar maxima (2000- 2012 - climax of the Mayan / Solar calendar) formerly called RAPTURE by Christians - permit only those biological structures ABLE to non-destructively (and ALCHEMICALLY) compress / implode - to survive. In a sense - being squeezed - teaches us the biological hygiene techniques for immortality of infinite compression / acceleration thru the Heart of the Sun.. (When the phase fronts of biological magnetics - particularly the ultraviolet component of DNA emissions - blue fire - interface successfully with the superluminal - faster than light speed - the resultant electrical sustainability is the physics of immortality / ensoulment).Go forth into the world and observe what you have created Back in late March (the 26th, to be exact), we wished upon a star that our fondest dreams might come true. We made a pledge to be true to ourselves. Today we reach the culmination of that cycle (the halfway point). This is not a time to celebrate, but a time to check into the process and release our desire to “work” the situation. It’s time to surrender to trust, to let the universe bring it back to us. This is Venus’s opposition to Neptune; the path of love flows through spiritual friendship. This is underscored by the Last Quarter Moon, which highlights tomorrow’s Sun-Neptune opposition, a high point which echoes our longing for love and deep fulfillment. Venus enters Virgo at 3:11 pm, the sign of its fall. Time to let go of self-criticism. The Moon takes us further inside when it enters its void period at 5:00 pm, which ends at 5:53 pm when it goes into loquacious Gemini. The chart of the Last Quarter Moon cast for Washington DC, the emphasis is on money and the economy. Necessity is the mother of invention, and events on the home front reveal how out of touch the legislature is with the reality that Americans face daily. Solutions are available, but some power brokers are not yet finished their shouting match.

At 29 Taurus, the Sabian Symbol states, “Two garrulous old cobblers are working side by side on their ancient bench.” (ME Jones version) Tedious tasks become enjoyable when they are coupled with camaraderie. Not only do they seem effortless, but they forge bonds of friendship that stand up to the test in times of need. This week, everything goes better when we do it together.

Daily Astral Forecasts: August 16 to 18

Tuesday August 16
The Day of Mars in Airweek. Mars hasn't always been a god of War. More
powerfully cool to blast ejacaulations of dragonbreath fireballs at the mainstream media charade, to shoot fireworks out the buisness ends of elf flamethrows at the fleeing asses of slum lords and their hired thugs, and neo-conservative goons. Mars entered cautious Cancer on August 3. This is a challenging transit because of the contrast between between these two. Traditional astrology considers Mars to be weaker than usual here, making it more difficult to act assertively and take the initiative or to behave like schoolyard bullies. A more common response is passive-aggressive behavior since Cancer is sensitive and self-protective and doesn’t like to express force directly. Forward-looking Mars in conservative Cancer can also represent a retreat to the past as we seek out old models to resolve present day problems. Our failure or unwillingness to alter our ways, our inability or refusal to change the direction of this nation and the continued indifference or complicity to the plight of billions has unmasked us all. Well, Your Name, have you come this far to spread intricate sadness with all possible combinations of dour gesticulations and complex facial contortions? Didn't think so. Is there any way the Moon in the last degrees of Pisces could please you without resorting to the obvious? By the time we come to Pisces, we've been and are everything. Identities and boundaries get very fuzzy at this stage, and they're supposed to. Moon in Pisces reminds us that we are on an infinite journey, ever leaving, ever returning. Where have we been? And who are we? We are a raindrop. We are the ocean. As warm jets, we are two fishes swimming in opposite directions, symbolizes the imperative to integrate two dimensions - the finite and the infinite. Neptune, which rules Pisces, was the mythic God of the Sea; he is associated with the swells of emotion and the vast mysteries of the collective unconscious. In the modern Western world, this is largely misunderstood territory. Chickadees have been known to fornicate with badgers here, for christsakes. The moon, she is in the sign of fishes. Sobbing and laughing from the fjord to the poorhouse, The beneficial effects of the Piscean hormone melatonin have been part of the health supplement scene for some time, for high melatonin production is known to be synonymous with a high immune system, a low cancer risk, long life, energy, stamina, and according to many, enhanced spiritual awareness. Perhaps it is fitting then that this hormone is secreted by the pineal gland, a mysterious little item long believed by mystics to be the "Seat of the Soul," "Me Third Eye," and the organ through which psychic powers are exercised. In fact, it actually functions as an organ of sight in some reptiles, and it still seems to possess some sensitivity to light in higher mammals, since melatonin production increases when the person is exposed to darkness (thus melatonin means "night worker!") High melatonin production thereby increases the facility for receiving and transmitting high-frequency cosmic and local broadcasts, and leads to a greater state of cosmic awareness - a state simply of ’knowing.’ In this regard, it is interesting to note that the Pineal Third Eye has been found to contain very fine granular particles, rather like the crystals in a wireless receiving set. Many magical rites and meditation techniques are aimed at gaining control of this organ and the fluid it produces: Veering at the mercy of decadent thighs, In billowing abandonment, A serpent dancing on the coy derrière, A baton in the bawdy dunes

Wednesday August 17
The Day of Mercury in the kabbalistic World of Air, Yetzirah.,. Mercury's function is to communicate. To think. To know. To reason. Language is his playground. The Akasic Library is his home. And oh yes, Hermes is a Love god. He likes the sound of his own voice. Write a poem, a sonnet, or some erotica today and them transmit that information to at least one other person. Mercury teaches(by demonstration), the animation of Eidolons, the magick indwelling of icons by Spirit. . Let intuition rule. Since mercury is bassackwards (retrograde) now in Leo, Add a few extra syllables to every verb you utter today, e.g. enscrubulify, intellarialectualizate, disunstrangulatize. At 4:44 in the morning: you won't see a cop or a raccoon; you can pee in full phantasmagoria under the stars in the night with the wind high and salty and the dome of the sky in full splay sprayed and contusioned upon the black upon the twisted wicked love of the cypress in decline. Someday I'd like to stop three feet from the top of Everest. "Fuck it, I'm not going a single inch further." I'd say and turn around. The Moon is in Aries, all headstrong and full of piss and vinegar. Aries represents the period from birth to seven months old, when as new borns, we experience everything as an extension of ourselves. Virtually all energy is devoted to having our needs met. On the World scale, Aries is between 48,000 BC and 26,000 BC, when the primitive Neanderthals were trounced upon by Cro-magnons. They were virtually identical to modern Homo Sapiens, yet anthropologists do not know from whence they came. The Aries Moon can be so enthused with it's own adventure that it might seem a little arrogant. Don't take it personally. The focus is on action, not reaction. The Aries Moon squares Mars in Cancer at 1234 p.m which could provoke irritability but could just as easily provide the drive to act with purpose. Sobbing and laughing from the fjord to the poorhouse, the tattooed infant teethes, balancing maliciously over the sea


Thursday August 18
The Day of Jupiter in the kabbalistic World of Air, Yetzirah. If you don't have a good laugh today, you are missing the point. There is a whole division of the Angelic Hierarchy assigned to the sephiroth Chesed (Jupiter) whose purpose is divine inspiration through laughter. And there is no vision more critical in the career of the adept than the Metaversal Joke. Did you here the one about the astrologer who broke his arm and attributed it to an accident? There is a fresh breeze in our sails today. The Day starts out with an enterprising Mars/Jupiter sextile at 9:50 a.m.The Aries Moon is awesomely cooperative with it’s creative , energetic trines to Mercury at 2:oo p.m., the Sun at 9:13 p.m., and Venus at 10:53 p.m., thus inspiring ideas, building confidence, and bringing pleasure. What a sweet day.

August 11th to the 14th including the Aquarius Full Moon on Saturday

Thursday August 11
We get a day to assimilate the energy pathways created so far this week. The Moon is void in Capricorn until it enters independent Aquarius at 8:47 pm.I’m not going to candy coat this, so listen up – the multiple reactor meltdowns at Japan’s Daiichi’s Nuclear Power Plant are a global killer, but it may not be the worst disaster we have to face. I might as well get the bad news out of the way first, I’m sorry to report that after all the hard effort; we may have only prolonged the inevitable...without the slightest care for the sanctity of human life, the uncaring nuclear industrial complex, along with their enablers disguised as our protectors -- the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRA), The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), etc. has callously allowed millions of people to die with no remorse or guilt. Let’s be clear -- It makes little or no difference if exposure comes from an “atomic warhead” or from a “nuclear reactor meltdown,” the end result is the same -- people horribly . suffer and die. And just like the world revolution that’s currently being waged around the globe with hardly a whisper in mainstream media, it will not be televised or reported. In war, you must first recognize your enemy before you can fight.Radiation and human health are not friendly co-companions. Exposure attacks the human body at its most basic level – cell structure. Cells carry out the vital functions necessary to sustain and develop all living creatures. Over ten trillion cells make up the human body. The cell takes in food, gets rid of waste, produces protein vital to life, and reproduces itself. Just as all living things are made up of cells, so every new cell is produced from another cell. Thus, the nature of the cell is determined by the genetic material in its nucleus. Genetic “coding” is extremely complex. In brief, our DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is tightly coiled in the forty-six chromosomes, which are stored in the cell nucleus. Surrounding the nucleus is the cytoplasm, the “factory” that carries out the directions of the DNA intelligence center. It is the whole of this cell mechanism – cell wall, cytoplasm, and nucleus – that forms the bases of human life. When a radioactive particle or ray strikes a cell, a lot can happen. Worst of all: it can damage a cell in such a way that the damage is repeated when the cell divides. Think about that last paragraph for a minute….once
DNA is damaged; distorted messages can be transmitted to the cell and passed on through reproduction. Thus thousands of mutated clone cells can reproduce themselves, forming the basis for tumors which in turn – devastates the body system multiplying millions of damaged cells that can later become cancerous.
Radiation is also well known for destroying the body’s immune system. In simple terms, we get screwed on two fronts: The body gets jacked and then disabled so it can’t repair itself. The most vulnerable is the human fetus, infants and young children -- whose cells are multiplying most frequently and most sensitive to radiation damage, especially the bone marrow. Perhaps that is why in a recent court statement released by independent scientist, Lauren Moret, gave expert testimony in a lawsuit brought against Ja..., to force them to do the right thing in evacuating more than 350,000 children from the Fukushima area, where they are forced to endure lethal doses of radiation. Even though she got zero attention here in the U.S., Lauren Moret’s important message was heard loud and clear around the world on the Internet: “Fukushima’s radiation affects thousands of miles across the ocean!”
In continuing, she said “The west coast of North America is thousands of miles across the vast Pacific Ocean, a long way from Fukushima Daiichi and the radioactive solids, liquids, and gases being released daily and recklessly to poison both near and far. Already we are seeing the effects in North America. Air filters from cars in Seattle have been analyzed for hot particles and indicate that Seattle residents are inhaling 5 hot particles a day, in Tokyo it is 10 hot particles a day, in Fukushima Prefecture it is 30-40 times higher - 300-400 hot particles a day. Hot particles and alpha emitters such as Uranium and Plutonium have not even been mentioned by the government or TEPCO, nor has their contribution to total radiation released been considered. Alpha particles are biologically 20 times more damaging than beta particles,” she said.

“Iodine 131 in drinking water in San Francisco was reported by UC Berkeley to be 18,100% times higher than the EPA drinking water standard, yet the US government quit measuring it. Infant mortality in Berkeley, CA, and other west coast cities was reported by Dr. Janette Sherman to have increased 35% since March 11, after the Fukushima disaster. The babies are the first to die. Infant mortality in Philadelphia, PA. Where the highest Iodine 131 levels in drinking water measured in the US have been reported, has increased 45% since March 11. People on the west coast of the United States and even in Arizona are reporting a metallic taste in
their mouths – an indication of radioactive particles in the air as in Japan.”
She went on to say that “On the night of June 14, a nuclear incident occurred in the Reactor 3 building in the spent fuel pool when huge bursts of gamma ray fluorescence lit up the night sky and turned the reactor building as bright as the sun, indicating the spent fuel rods and melted uranium and plutonium were boiling off, vaporized along with the rest of the fission products.” “The radiation from this unreported but very dangerous event was released without protecting the residents of Fukushima Prefecture – especially the children. But the radiation was detected at elevated levels from 2:30 AM until 7:30 AM on a monitor in Ibaraki Prefecture. How many Curies were released? When will this nuclear war against the Japanese people and the Northern Hemisphere ever end? Instead of evacuation, the government gives the children (sick with radiation symptoms) film badges to measure the external exposure dose… another study group like US govt. studies on Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims (they are still being studied), Iraq victims, Gaza victims. And the US government did the same thing to Americans during 1300 nuclear bomb tests in the US.”

Friday August 12
The Aquarius Moon heads toward tomorrow’s Full Moon, loading up with insights to be used in the release. We get to see the plus side of all this activity when we are reminded of processes that are currently blocked. Obstacles serve a purpose now, preventing us from making decisions based on incomplete understanding, as well as giving us a point of stillness from which to operate.


Saturday August 13
The Full Moon at 11:57 am/20°41' Aquarius comes on a wave of love and grace, as Venus also participates in the culmination. Our heart opens to the insight that has eluded us until now. The coming week brings a crescendo in our understanding of what we value and who we love as Venus finally makes contact with the Sun. By the end of the day, we see areas where we’ve acted against our best interests; time to forgive ourselves, apologize, and change our m.o. There is still a mystery to be revealed, so don’t rush to judgment. In the chart cast for the United States, support for America’s workers begins to brings signs of life back into the economy. Greater productivity lies ahead. There is a growing acknowledgment that the nation must become more financially self-sufficient, relying less on foreign monies. The country gets a break from extreme weather patterns, and President Obama looks weaker than he really is. The Sabian Symbol for the Full Moon’s 21 Aquarius depicts, “A woman disappointed and disillusioned, courageously facing a seemingly empty life.” Resist the temptation to indulge in self-pity and other undermining emotional patterns. Use them instead to break through the illusion that life is empty. Where we feel disappointed and disillusioned, recognize that we have held expectations, have become attached to a particular outcome. Instead, face down these emotions and accept the challenge with optimism to bring real meaning into our life. We live in a world of possibility.

Sunday August 14
At 5:26 am, the Moon gives us a brief respite when it goes void, picking up steam again once it enters Pisces at 5:54 am. The Moon in Pisces,is quite useful (even brilliant) in helping us realize our dreams through action. Pisces represents, on the level of the first octave, the period between 28 weeks after Conception till Birth, when after the electrick nervous system of the fetus switches on (Aquarius), we become psychically tuned to the entity later to be known as Mother. On the level of the fourth octave (see Chapter 9 of the Meteversal Lightcraft Training Manual for more on the Four Octaves), Pisces represents the enlightened Self which must give itself totally to the whole, dissolving into the void, in order to achieve the final unity with the realm of pure spirit. On the World scale, Pisces occupies the period between 1910 and 1969. heralded by the founding of Psychoanalysis, when Mankind began exploring again the Unconscious strata of Life, and by Albert Einstein's (a Pisces) Theory of Relativity. This was the time of Jung, Joyce, Hesse, Huxley, Leary, Burroughs. We transcended the limits the illusion, Maya, the physical World of Assiah, extending inward with the electron microscope and outward with the high powered Telescope. The entire range of audible musical notes and the whole spectrum of visible colour, apprehended and understood. The dissolving power of mutable Water, Second coming of the Fish with the Double Wand of Power, Atom Bomb and LSD. With the Moon in Pisces we have a heightened sensitivity to Musick and the Dreamtime, and we feel the depths of pure compassion for the Metaverse and it's inhabitants. Let the subtlety of thought and expression, the depth of imagination, and the ability to think non verbally inspire you to create beautiful art and music today This is a good time to look back over our experiences so far this year: What have you encountered and what have you accomplished because of it? We get another take on our experiences of last week. If we have not put together the real picture yet, we have a chance to do so today.

August 9th and 10th Astral Terrain

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Tuesday August 9
We’ve been feeling it building up since August 3rd and today we get the climax of intensity as Mars squares Uranus. There can be abrupt changes in direction and focus, understanding and behavior today. The Moon finishes its sojourn through Sagittarius on a high note with helpful harmonies to Mercury and Neptune. Its void period starts at 1:25 pm, but can still be used profitably until the Moon enters Capricorn at 1:38 pm PT. Energies well up from the depths of consciousness as she makes her way past the other planets in Cardinal signs—Uranus, Mars, and Pluto by the end of the day. Capricorn represents, on the level of the first octave, the period between 7 weeks until 12 weeks after Conception, when the embryo becomes a fetus, and the sex and physical appearance are determined. The body takes form through it's skeletal system. On the level of the fourth octave (see Chapter 9 of the Metaversal Lightcraft Training Manual for more on the Four Octaves), Capricorn represents the integration and structuring of the higher perceptions of the Self in the World on a practical level. On the World scale, Capricorn occupies the period between AD 1750 and AD 1840. This was the time when the ideology of Sagittarius was translated into material form. Humanity evinced a superiority over the forces of nature, and the Industrial revolution began. Romanticism surrounded the likes of Shelley, Goethe, Byron, and Chopin, reacting to the cold prevailing mechanistic World view. Rudolph Steiner said that the human being is created, and destined to be, a self-defining creature. Are we slightly higher than monkeys or slightly lower than angels? Good old fashion hard work yields the answer. Monkeys and Angels are set to grind corn with the Moon in Capricorn. Tackle those long term projects and remember, the Mountain must be tackled one step at a time. The fun part is knowing that this nice little braid cascade of planetary wave donuts gets its pressure nested to fold all inside out through one slip knot to ... elsewhere because not only is this a powerhouse day when we should not expect things to go as planned; expect to work on things that are not on your to-do list. In particular, use the evening for introspection and meditation—it will pay off over time. The Moon in Capricorn giving us all the stable gravity of magnetism permitted by fractal symmetry to go BETWEEN frequencies in a cascade, but this magnetism is also actually the WIND ON WHICH LOVE TRAVELS.

Wednesday August 10
In a seamless flow of intensity, Mars carries Uranus’s drive to individualism to Pluto, creating a keen awareness of the dilemma we face in balancing freedom and commitment. Although there is no final resolution now, there is a light: Jupiter helps us see the way out of the dilemmas we now face, but we need to tap our optimism and believe in ourselves in order to fully activate its energy. It’s easier today as Moon trines this powerhouse of hope. Don’t let a square from Saturn dissuade you from taking the risk; just make sure your plans are as free as possible of gaps and pitfalls. The Moon enters its void-of-course period at 1:34 pm, which lasts until 8:47 pm tomorrow. Enjoy some rest, relaxation, and time to complete previous projects.

August 2nd to 4th in the Metaverse!

Tuesday August 2
I smell Bullshit sandwhiches! Today’s lone event is Mercury’s station to retrograde. It begins apparent backward motion through the heavens, from 1°12′ Virgo to 18°42′ Leo (August 26). Let the reflective process begin, and you’ll know your direction more precisely by the end of this time. For now, confusion due to incomplete information may be the strongest feature of our experience. Be patient, inquisitive, and imaginative until events unfold that will reveal what you need to know. The Moon is void of course in Virgo all day, the feel of yesterday’s Earth grand trine still lingering.

Wednesday August 3
At 2:22 am, Mars enters Cancer to start another round of Cardinal activity, with the emphasis on action. The things we’ve been thinking about doing we are now eager to set in motion—perhaps overly eager. At 3:04 am, the Moon enters harmonizing Libra, opening the door to fruitful initiative with a social emphasis. It immediately connects with Mars, then gives the nod to each of the Cardinal planets by the end of the day. This gives us a glimpse of what’s coming as Mars does the same thing, with sweeteners from a Mars trine to Neptune to lift our spirits with hope and idealism, and lunar sextiles to Venus and Sun to smooth our interactions with others. Use this day well, for it carries the full potential that life has to offer.

Thursday August 4
It’s a good day to apply yourself to learning something new. Curiosity rules as Mercury sextiles Mars for the second of three times (with July 11, September 29). At 8:11 pm PT, Neptune re-enters Aquarius to take us back into the linear, dispassionate inner perspective that we’ve inhabited since 1998. Now through February 2, we can finish up old lessons and creative processes that focus through our mental powers. Good news if you don’t like void-of-course Moons: With Neptune at the last degree of Aquarius, we get very short void periods most of the time again, until it re-enters Pisces (February 2). With Venus square Jupiter today, we are focused on how we can expand our wealth and our love. The Moon continues in Libra, making no contacts today.