Today on the 4♦️ in Aries, we find the Planetary Ruling Card by counting to the Mars card in the Waking Spread which is 6♣️. This reading is about the 4♦️ Birth Card of 1/23, 2/21, 3/19, 4/17, 5/15, 6/13, 7/11, 8/9, 9/7, 10/5, 11/3, and 12/1.
The 4♦️ goes through many disruptive changes on the road to firm values.
The Q♥️ Dreaming Mirror indicates that one needs to depart from relationships and patterns of feelings that do not nurture the soul. When seeking to form new friendships, it is best to find those that nurture and accept nurturing. The type of nurturing that will be present requires work and sacrifice for it to be indicated by these cards.
The 2♥️ Waking Mirror indicates that one enters into passionate interactions in many situations that are so captivating that it seems like one has achieved all of life’s goals. However, there is a highly deceptive quality to euphoria that usually results in some type of disappointment. There is nothing wrong with romance, but expectations need to be tempered with practical considerations.
The 7♠️ Sleeping Mirror indicates that one is learning to depart from behavior and situations that do not contribute to balanced living and a sense of spiritual integrity. Spiritual values are simply those that are beyond the concerns of the physical world. They are elevated by advanced societies because material life is ultimately laden with suffering. Identification with spirit helps one that is building a material foundation to keep everything in perspective as to what is important.
Aries 4♦️ is convinced one is already on the right path, and if that is true, then life is balanced between material and spiritual; but if change is required, it will be revealed by roadblocks at every turn.
Notable Events 4/17 4♦️/6♣️:
The state of Virginia’s secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America (1861)
The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day (1907)
Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro (1961)
Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy (1969)
The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender (1975)
Notable Births 4/17 4♦️/6♣️:
J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. (b 1837)
Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b 1882)
Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright (b 1897)
William Holden, American actor (b 1918)
Harry Reasoner, American soldier and journalist (b 1923)
Nick Hornby, English novelist, essayist, lyricist, and screenwriter (b 1957)
Notable Deaths 4/17 4♦️/6♣️:
Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (d 1790)
George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (d 1882)
Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (d 2003)
Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d 2014)