That’s what I thought. ‘Diagram of the Brain’
By an Unknown Miniaturist 14th century {{PD}}

The 27th Is A Good Day To . . . remember the good things. Today we’re tempted to focus on what wasn’t good, what didn’t work, and what failing cost us, but not only is it not helpful to stare at the past, it puts all the em-PHA-sis on the wrong Sy-LLA-ble. Wisdom is contained in taking a more natural approach, in allowing instinct and our connections to rhythm and timing to orchestrate moves forward, and in trusting that the Big Brain that is the Universe both knows more than we do and, in some large indefinable way, loves us and so will lead us and time things right for us. Let our own tiny brains rest for awhile, okay?

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

‘The Mask’ By Thomas Dewing 1902 {{PD}}

The 26th Is A Good Day To . . . to realize that we undermine our own best interests, partly out of delusion about the effects certain practices will actually have, and partly out of compulsions arising from a desire to ‘fix’ relationships or financial situations. It’s a case of mistaken identity: we’ve mistaken ourselves for repair persons, or architects, or maybe, in some cases, idiot whisperers–but no matter what, taking on a role where we feel we can ‘correct’ others is, how do I say this politely? Oh, yeah, delusional. Act as consciously as possible, and concentrate on what’s ‘healthy’, however you may define that, and if you feel compelled to re-do something, make it a room in your house, or your own most troublesome qualities.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

‘Factory in the Moonlight’ By Maximilien Luce 1898 {{PD}}

The 25th Is A Good Day To . . . keep in mind the Finger of God formed yesterday; that assessment of the Finger ends with this sentence: “See your thoughts for today (the 23rd) as not fully formed or informed, and have the courage to wait.” That means that today and yesterday, the 24th and 25th, we are ready to assess things. Processing that Finger at present requires some other, new considerations: we need to know that today instincts and what we ‘know but don’t know’ won’t automatically serve ambitions, but that if we are willing to modify thinking to accommodate that instinctual knowing, the mentality just might support our goals; and that looking toward the future, especially in terms of what we think, act out, and dream, is a very good thing to do, but that we must remain aware of the way what we think we want is somehow tainted by our fears and wounds–so suss out that fear-influence (because it will change our idea of what’s desirable), before setting ourselves on a particular course.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

The Heart of the Andes by Frederic Edwin Church 1859 {{PD}}

The 22nd Is A Good Day To . . . examine whether that shadow hovering nearby is cast by some action or choice of our own, the implications of which we’re in denial of–or is that shade thrown by ‘the Other’, someone hoping to exert their power over us, or perhaps even hoping to convince us that our empowerment depends upon their approval? As the Sun moves into Libra, others loom large, and it’s up to us to sort out whether our attention should be going to being honest with ourselves about our own behavior, or to assessing and so re-balancing a power situation (likely a cooperative or dependent one) with another. Things must be illuminated, because even if we don’t see it now, our responses today will matter to and affect our future.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

The Weighing of the Heart of Ani from the Book of the Dead. At left, Ani and his wife Tutu; at center, Anubis weighs Ani’s heart against the feather of Maat; at right, the monster Ammut, who will devour Ani’s soul if he is unworthy, awaits the verdict, while the god Thoth prepares to record it. At top are gods acting as judges. Photographed by the British Museum; original artist unknown – Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum by Edna R. Russmann {{PD}}

The 21st Is A Good Day To . . . adjust your expectations in areas where you’re anticipating reward, asset delivery, your own work or actions of others meeting your values and standards, financial remuneration, and where you’re expecting to be welcomed, accepted, even fêted. It’s not that you won’t receive what you’re aiming for, it’s more like what comes in more strongly reflects what the social order wants to spare/ allot you or the bare cold facts demand than it will your own imagined recompense in Love or Money. This also applies to relationships, where you could be surprised at the influence ‘the crowd’ or hard realities have on the interaction. Be ready to adjust not just expectations, but also your idea of the venture itself; there’s a distinct possibility that relationships or projects will prove less pure, less true, and even more shallow or mercenary than you thought possible at the start. See this, though, as useful information that will keep you from investing poorly in terms of time, energy, and attention, and instead allows you to deal with things as they really are, and so to deal with them most effectively.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

By Raw Imagination People Expect – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94110844

The 20th Is A Good Day To . . . recognize that neither pressure from the social sphere nor our own dark thoughts can be allowed to run the show today. Instincts and our interior knowing, that sense of having the answer, of automatically knowing the difference between right and wrong, is what needs to be employed to sort our genuine responses from our learned ones (or the ones that arise from the pressures to please or to fit in). Follow core values and core, defining qualities, and things will unfold in an understandable and manageable fashion from there.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

‘The Flooding’ By Ernest Slingeneyer 1879 {{PD}}

The 19th Is A Good Day To . . . be aware we are likely to be flooded with ambitions, desires, and an almost frenzied energy aimed at achieving goals–and yet what we’re prompted to do is neither wise nor practical! The unrealistic and insistent bent to our wants should, if nothing else, tell us that we are pushing too hard or trying to move too fast–and that signals either that there’s some element to this we’d just like to skip over, to ignore (and that could then come back on us in disastrous ways), or that what we think we’ll feel if we reach our goal will fill some hole, the emptiness of which we’re sensing acutely at this time. In any case, slow down, at least enough to allow the mental processes to ‘catch up’ in terms of planning, clarity of reasoning, and to sort through commitments so that anything in play will support, rather than undermine, our goals.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

By Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov – http://www.strani.ru/art/displayimage.php?album=16&pos=9, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1454497

The 18th Is A Good Day To . . . be alert to the potential fairy tales we or others might spin, all in the name of trying to convince ourselves we really are living up to our highest ideals–whether or not that’s reality. What do we get, if we face what is, in all its possible permutations? We see what might be hidden from or denied by or to others; we hear the inspiring message, the specific one we need just now. Then we adjust adjust adjust, according to what has been revealed.

But what if we continue on our present course, maintaining in some area a gossamer veil that obscures our view? We engage in fairy tale theatre, to some extent; we delude or are deluded, mislead or are misled, achieving a kind of Self-inflicted victimhood (even if we are the ones dishing out untruths), spun out of wishes and the energy of matters we have ignored or are in denial about. This is a day when we get exactly what we create (sounds obvious, and yet we do things all the time that we convince ourselves will turn out contrary to logic, or that we will escape the repercussions of), with results in direct proportion to how well we are aligning actions, choices, and behaviors with our highest goals and ideals.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.