Lorelei

              

Preparing for the cycling marathon Munich-Vienna, I selected the departure day with a nice Moon in Libra as the best possible option (avoiding Moon in Scorpio for the trip). I was still worried about the conjunction Saturn-Mars falling into my 3rd house of short journeys, as that could signify problems on the way. 

Despite all my worries about the bike (which flew with pumped tyres but survived all the pressure fluctuations), chain/brakes/wheels managed to stand all the 600km without a single issue. 

What did happen, however, is that during the week of cycling, I had, first, 100km of gravel path in the forest, and then in the last two days (fortunately, with only short remaining distance to Vienna) I had all the way extremely strong frontal wind, which made my progress very slow and tiresome. 

Good lesson for me regarding the 3rd house signification. 

Still, I saw the most beautiful pristine places on Danube, which made all the trouble easy to forget! 

If you observe the happy cyclists 
With silly grins upon their muzzles,
If all the human sins and vices
Look as remote and pointless puzzles,
 
If you can stop and call in forest 
For legendary Lorelei, 
And forest, as a perfect florist,
Sends buds and whispers in reply,
 
If every minute lasts forever,
And you aren't eager to arrive, 
Despite the miles and freezing weather,
You feel again as twenty five, - 
 
Without a guide or a noisy group, 
You're cycling on the blue Danube!