News & Notes – Notes: Notice we no longer own anything. The prez said yesterday, if we don’t own anything we don’t protect it. Note, we own nothing – technologies now mine our ideas. We lease, we rent, we stream, etc. – we don’t own anything. We are being sold back to ourselves. What we own we protect. We own nothing these days & the left is telling us owning our own home is white supremacy! 

The Seven Rays. And Jupiter brightest in the heavens now!
And Jupiter joins Venus, both in Capricorn.
Truly, “Lost (in Joy) are we in Capricorn’s light supernal, lost are we in absorbing the Capricorn sunlight, knowing on this light we will turn our backs. Turning back to humanity to share this Light.”
Today – Friday, January 9, 2026, Venus’s day today.
Venus joins Jupiter today – making it a very auspicious day.
Venus in Capricorn, Jupiter in Cancer – the Two Gates opening.
The Involutionary (into matter) Gate – Cancer.
The Evolutionary (return to heaven, the Father) Gate – Capricorn.
Sun Mercury Venus Mars in Capricorn – a stellium of lights!

Today Libra Moon (Ray 3). Adding harmony & balance to the beneficience & beauty & love of Jupiter & intelligence of Venus
As it’s Friday, Venus’s day, it’s Ray 5 day – true science, true knowledge, truth. Ray of the true scientist whose purpose is not what a Ray 6 (visions, hopes, wishes & dreams) experiences. The true scientist must observe very carefully all forms, all matter, all realities on heaven & earth & not speculate or have opinions, but describe what they see. Each of the 7 Rays, stars on the Big Dipper, has a purpose.
Ray 5’s color is a brilliant golden orange persimmon color.

Seven Rays
All of humanity (all the kingdoms have) has the 7 Rays (energies, vibrations, colors, tones, etc.) flowing thru us.
We each have an overriding Ray, a Soul Ray, a personality Ray, a physical body Ray, an emotional/astral Ray & a lower mind Ray. We discover what these each are over time by knowledge of the Rays & by observation of ourselves. It is a science & an art.

We can also apply the Rays (& colors) to our astrology charts.
We find that in reality our kingdom, our own, our friend’s, our family’s, each person’s, the world itself – the kingdom is very colorful! If we had “eyes” to see.

Today in the sky – multiple planets in Capricorn.
Jupiter is both conjunct the Sun & opposite the Earth.
Behind the Sun are Venus, Mercury & Mars.
A circle is forming in the Sun, a coronal hole – creating a solar wind on the Earth. The Earth is moving between the Earth & the Sun. The heavens are very busy today, especially in & around the Sun. And vibrant & living energies & light falling to Earth.
Jupiter, the planet of expansion, of benefience, of Love/Wisdom.

Today
National Days, Celebrations, Recognitions Day.
1. National Apricot Day. (plant an apricot tree, bake w/ apricots, there are California apricots & Turkish apricots – the two are different). Apricots are a member of the rose family.
Venus makes a rose pattern in the sky during retrogrades!
2. International Choreographers (dance creators) Day.
3. National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (relevant in our days & times now)!

Apricot facts:
Apricot Facts:
California produces about 95% of apricots in the U.S.
Apricots are a member of the rose family.
Refrigerating apricots will dramatically impair their ripening process. Leave them out at room temperature until they are ripe, then refrigerate them.
Apricot trees will generally produce fruit for 20-25 years.
Apricots have been around for over 4000 years.
Apricots are a great source of vitamin A, which aids in improving eye health.
Apricots are a relative of the peach.
Apricots do not contain saturated fat, sodium, or cholesterol.

It is Epiphany today. Tuesday, January 6 2026 –
A long in-depth read with a task to do at the end.
While Venus is hidden & One with the Sun.***(read more below)
Epiphany is today – A festival of depth & meaning.
The significance of which, to apply it to our present times – the need for a simultaneous birth that must occur within the hearts of humanity, the birth of the realization of the Soul, as the new era of Aquarius begins.
And so, we have the story of long ago which is also the story of now – an Initiation for humanity – the 1st Initiation called the Birth.

Epiphany – also called Three Kings Day, ends one part of the Christmas season (the Advent/Christmas season begun the 1st Sunday of Advent) & yet also continues the season ‘til February 2, Candlemas Day, the Holy Child’s Baptism in the Temple.

Today, Tuesday, January 6th, is the 12th Day of/after Christmas. It is under the protective sign of Pisces.
It took 12 days under the direction of the stars, for the Three Magi Astrologer Kings to travel from the East to the West to find the “holy child.” Epiphany falls on the last or 12th Day of Christmas, in Pisces, the sign of the Savior & of Saving the World.

The word epiphany means “to show, to make known, to reveal.” The first Epiphany – when the Magi Astrologer Kings found the Holy Family & the Child & in their magical yet hidden ways, informed the world the prophecy that a world Teacher would appear at the beginnig of the Age, was fulfilled!

This is what is referred to as the Messiah’s birth – although the birth of the child Jesus was just the beginning of the fulfillment of the prophecy – Jesus, the Master of Religions, was the “vehicle” the Christ (a job description), Archangel from Sirius, would use (Jesus’s body at age 30) for three years teaching & directing humanity thru the new age of Pisces.

Epiphany – that long time ago at the beginning of the Age of Pisces – the birth of the Holy Child was “revealed” to the world by the Three Magi Astrologer Zorastrian Kings. When they found the child, an angel told them the child was in danger & for the Holy Family to leave immediately & travel to Egypt for protection.

When the Three Kings returned to their countries the word of the holy birth was shared & it eventually spread worldwide – the fact that the “expected One (savior, messiah, Piscean Teacher)” had arrived.

Epiphany celebrates the coming of the three wise men bringing gifts to the holy child. The gifts were gifts of recognition. Later the Three Kings “reveal” Jesus (later to be overshadowed by the Presence of the Christ from Sirius at age 30 at the River Jordon) to the world as the Lord (Law – fulfilling the prophetic Law) and King (Christ, overshadowing Jesus, later saying “I am the Light of the World. To get to my Father you must go through Me”).

The Three Magi Kings were Zoroastrian astrologers. They understood the symbols in the heavens as God’s handwriting, as direction & also as protection. The Kings were scholars, wise & learned men.

Recorded to be Twelve Magi Astrologer Kings, the three known Magi’s names were:

1. Melchior, a Babylonian scholar astrologer
2. Caspar, a Persian scholar astrologer
3. Balthazar, an Arab scholar astrologer

Understanding the Symbology
The holy child was born in a manger (humble abode, signifying for all of humanity, all nations & races of people), in Bethlehem (House of Bread – nourishment for humanity).
He was born on the geographical line where East meets the West, signifying that the ancient wisdom teachings were to move from their protected places in the East (India, Persia, Tibet) and move to the West, to educate the people in the West.
It is appropriate therefore why the Magi Astrologer Kings, the first Gentiles (non-Jews) to acknowledge this holy child, traveled from the East to the West. It is important for these facts to be emphasized and understood.

Three Gifts
The Three Kings brought three gifts – note there was no offering of sheep or calves or animals (the usual offering). The gifts were from the mineral & plant kingdoms.

Gold – virtue, Kingship, the highest brightest shiny golden metal.

Frankincense – prayer, perfume symbolizing a Great One

Myrrh – suffering, “holy unction (Holy Orders, a Catholic sacrament calling down grace, prayers & anointing in preparation for death), used as an embalming oil (for the child’s later death, a prophecy)

Marking Our Doorways With Prayers
The colors during Epiphany are white and gold. Traditional liturgical symbols of Epiphany are associated with the Magi. The symbols include crowns or pictures of the Wise Men, three gifts, a five pointed star, a globe portraying the world.

In our Institute (college, school, temple of learning, etc.)-we placed symbols +C+M+B+, symbolizing the Three Kings, over our doors invoking prayers and blessings to all who entered. This symbol placement occurs during Epiphany and it is especially done for homes.

On January 6, the symbol +C+B+M+ with two numbers before and two numbers after (for example, 20+C+B+M+26) can be seen written in chalk above the doorway of Christian homes.
The letters are the initials of the Three Magi: Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar. They also abbreviate the Latin phrase Christus mansionem benedicat, “May Christ bless the house.”

The beginning and ending numbers are the year, 2026. The crosses represent Spirit Into matter, dispersed throughout the world. Marking the lintels of doorways is an ancient European practice with overtones of ancient magic (protection of the house). However, the symbols are now used throughout the world and usually represent a traditional Epiphany prayer and blessing.

The Blessing While Marking of Doorways”
“Peace be with this home (or place of work) and with all who live, visit & enter here.”
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Three Kings Cake
It is usual on Epiphany to make a Three Kings Cake, hiding a small almond in the cake. Whoever finds the almond, representing the holy child, is specially blessed. And therefore, must make the Three Kings Cake next year. A simple Three Kings Cake is a sweet pastry dough filled with cinnamon & nuts, shaped into a circle like a crown. Remember to add one almond into the dough. Who will find it this year?

The Astrology Today.
Capricorn Sun Mercury Venus & Mars – “Lost are we in Light Supernal.” We are the Three Kings, too, offering ourselves in service to the Holy Ones.

Virgo Moon today – we offer all of our talents, gifts, abilities in service to humanity. Virgo is the sign of Service. Offering our personality to the Soul in order to serve the world.
This is our gift of dedication to the Holy Child.

Sun/Venus today – our elder sister, Venus, is One with the Sun.
***Venus reaches Superior Conjunction, meaning it passes directly behind the Sun from Earth’s perspective, making it hidden in the Sun’s glare and invisible in the sky for several weeks as it transitions from the morning to the evening sky. Astrologically, the Sun and Venus conjunct in Capricorn, bringing focus to practical love, values, and commitments.
When Venus is behind the Sun from Earth, it’s a key point in Venus’s 8-year pentagram or rose cycle, representing a spiritual transition from morning star (warrior) to evening star (lover), symbolizing rebirth and a deeper inward journey of the pilgrim.
Venus, hidden now by the Sun, will appear in the night sky on February 17th.

Our Christmas tree. It remains up until February 2nd. Then it magically becomes a Valentine’s Tree. love, Risa