Cosmic Weather:
“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.” – Herman Hesse, Siddhartha
Venus in Aquarius sextile Jupiter in Aries (4:08 am) – This more pleasant, feel-good aspect – often linked with the bestowal or arrival of love, generosity, and kindness – suggests that some good fortune or positive karma may be in the cards for us today! Wouldn’t that be nice?
Too, while it’s not necessarily a huge aspect, it can be a time when we feel a bit more optimistic or hopeful. Especially when we are perhaps gathered with friends or loved ones, or simply doing things that we enjoy. It’s often a great time to have a party. Or to mingle with new people from diverse backgrounds – especially now with Venus in eclectic Aquarius.
Also, it could be that this potentially nice cosmic payback is in humble recognition for some of the accumulated good that we have somehow managed to generate in the world to date – despite, sometimes, the onerous presence of many overriding, contradictory, inherent behavioral tendencies, within our delicate being, that often causes us to seemingly screw up much of what we touch. Psychiatrists call these tendencies the “reverse Midas Touch” or the “Midas-less Touch.” Too, if you were watching C-SPAN yesterday you maybe witnessed Kevin McCarthy displaying a few symptoms, of this condition – on the House floor – after the third vote was counted,
Too, it is really fascinating, astrologically – the correlation – that we now have no Speaker of the House at a time when ‘speaker’ Mercury in Capricorn – the sign which rules government – is also retrograde. Along with mover or shaker Mars retrograde, which is essentially at a standstill now, in the heavens, in Mercury-ruled Gemini – ahead of his direct station on January 12. Maybe I’m making too much of all of this. But it just strikes me as hugely symbolic for the moment. Too, feel free to weigh in here, if you like.
Anyway, reportedly nothing can get done now – no sausage can be made, so to speak – in the People’s House – until a new speaker is selected.
Historically, the speaker vote has not gone past a first ballot since 1923 – when lawmakers needed nine ballots to pick a leader.
All times EST
Hope it’s a good one! Please be safe and well.
Patrice Thompson
Copyright 2023
Source Notes:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/fortune
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You called the Speaker of the House thing perfectly the other day. It is just not his day and I would love to say it is a winning day for civility but I am not sure that is what is driving this. Nonetheless, I hope that the favorable outcome of someone working across the aisle being proposed and garnering Speaker will prevail.
I would love to see all of Congress working together someday. Not sure we are at that point yet, though. That said, I must confess that I am very transfixed on watching all this House stuff going on. For some reason, it totally fascinates me.
I just read the recaps and saw your prediction came true last night…and now today. Well, let’s see what happens. I agree, hard to imagine them getting along after all this time but maybe we will see small signs of it here and there.
I just heard on CNN that Steve Scalise’s name is also being floated around as House Speaker. Will be interesting to see if he gets any traction tomorrow. Maybe the full moon on Friday will bring the whole thing to a conclusion. Of course, then we still go back to the matter of the Mercury Mars retrogrades! The plot thickens!
Steve Scalise is likely the best of the alternatives…and that is concerning. Well, we will see.
It seems to me that McCarthy is just going to keep hunkering down as he really wants to be House Speaker. Reportedly, in meeting with the “resistance,” last night, he did agree to some of their concessions. The interesting thing today will be how many of the resisters are going to continue to stand firm for what they want. I kind of sense, though, that the tide is now moving more in McCarthy’s direction.
That was my sense as well. Also, that the GOP does not want more bad press so they may be inclined to get this secured. Either way, the damage is done and it will be a fairly lame congress..
Agreed!