Uncle Sam is asking himself some hard questions about violence right now. Against the backdrop of the cardinal grand cross (2014-15) (1), Mars is revving his engines. During the final months of this year, Americans will be tweaking our relationship with the god of war. Starting in mid-October, Mars begins a series of provocative transits to the USA chart. Beginning with Mars’s opposition to natal Mars (October 15), the warrior planet will hit the US Venus-Jupiter-Sun (10/31-11/15), its Mercury (11/28) and end up, over the first week of December, in a conjunction with natal Pluto. This is a dramatic send-off. Mars and Pluto together symbolize raw power made manifest.
Violence
It is hard to look at violence. Real violence, that is. Millions of Americans have no trouble at all looking at the bloodshed depicted in video games, action movies and high-concept torture porn (e.g. Luther, True Detective) (2). The plethora of killing and maiming in American entertainment suggests that something within our mass psyche is trying to work itself out. We might ask ourselves what a concerned kindergarten teacher might say about a child who repeatedly made pictures of people stabbing and shooting each other. She would probably advise his parents that Little Jacob has a lot of aggressive energy he is trying to work out. It is not the just the USA, of course, that is thus fixated. Humanity as a whole is in the third year of the Uranus-Pluto square’s peak period. In the frenzy (Uranus) of destruction (Pluto) reflected in global headlines we are seeing the paroxysms of an old world order in collapse (3). The astrological way of looking at breakdown is as a precursor to new life; the more dramatic the death throes, the more significant the rebirth to come. Our job as human participants in these cuspal years is to try to maintain this perspective while staying engaged. Summer 2014 saw war in Ukraine, schoolgirls kidnapped en masse in Nigeria, jihadists beheading journalists on the Internet and the pummeling into rubble of the Gaza strip. Despite the fact that this violence is occurring far from American shores, Uncle Sam’s fingerprints cover the crime scenes.The state-of-the-art weaponry used for the asymmetrical slaughter in Gaza (4) is, of course, American-made; US tax dollars paid for that fancy iron dome. Moreover, Americans were dismayed to learn that some of the missiles used by the ISIS fighters—Washington’s sworn enemies—were also forged in the USA. It appears that these arms, shipped by the Pentagon to the Iraqi army, are often captured by the jihadists and moved into Syria. A deft exercise in re-gifting.
Soldier-Cops
The specter of a militarized police force reared its head this past August, after the latest cop killing of an unarmed black teenager spurred riots in Ferguson, Missouri. Local police forces have been acquiring leftover equipment from the US army for quite a while, but the issue had not burst through the threshold of collective consciousness until the Uranus-Pluto square lined up with that natal Sun-Saturn square (conflict with authority) in the USA chart.What people saw on the news blew their minds. Those visuals of cops in combat gear rent asunder the comforting national stereotype (Sun in Cancer) of the friendly neighborhood cop. Footage of paramilitary police brutalizing demonstrators in Missouri featured the kind of imagery Americans had heretofore associated only with fascist takeovers (Pluto square Saturn) in other countries. Now, the picture was suddenly (Uranus) and irrevocably etched in the mass mind, of police—officially protectors of the peace (Saturn in Libra)—decked out to wage war.
Filicide
This escalation of state violence appeared just as the phenomenon of citizen-on-citizen violence reached crazy new heights. America’s current wave of mass killings began in earnest with the movie theatre murders in Aurora, Colorado, when transiting Mars triggered the US chart at the first hit of the Uranus-Pluto square (see The Darkest Knight). The litany of mayhem that followed, from a campus in Santa Barbara to the Bullets and Burgers shooting range in Arizona, revealed a country whose relationship with Mars (aggression) is fatally skewed. This is not the fault of planetary geometry. It is what happens when a group entity is living out not the promise of its birthright, but its shadow. With Pluto (death) still hovering in the degree range of the Sibly Sun cluster, we are seeing a massive failure (Saturn) to protect (square Cancer). It was the Newtown shootings that made this point most poignantly, because the victims were so heartbreakingly young. One got the sense of a nation committing filicide.
Victim-Perps
But the little girl who became an accidental murderess at the shooting range in Arizona in late August made another side of the issue vividly clear: that in a gun-crazed society, the shooters are victims, too. In this group we must include the disaffected, unstable young men (Aaron Alexis, Adam Lanza, James Holmes, et al.) who had better access to automatic weapons than to mental health services. The USA’s failure to protect its children from harm includes our failure to protect a growing list of young men from the inner demons that make them pull the trigger. To this sorry list of victim-perps we must now add a hapless nine-year-old, whose parents thought it was a good idea to arm her with an Uzi. Awash in a sea of guns (5), US society is playing out its destructive impulses so outlandishly that we cannot look away. This is essentially the point of the transits upon us. It is terrible that in this purported land of the free and the brave, citizens with a certain skin color regularly get shot, beaten and choked by the police. But it is not a terrible thing for a populace to recognize that this is happening. It is horrible that the USA is abrogating its Cancerian responsibility and purpose (square to Saturn in the 10th house) by allowing violence to run amok (Mars square Neptune). But it is not horrible to have the veil ripped away from the national pretence that, except for a few aberrant individual cases once in a while, everything’s fine.
Out of the Fog
Astrology is invaluable as a lens through which to watch disturbing cultural phenomena. The distance it gives us allows a larger meaning, and a conceptual clarity, to emerge out of the fog of emotion and chaos. This does not mean astrologers dismiss the closer-to-home responses to human suffering, such as empathy (Moon, Venus). Nor does it mean that we abdicate our responsibility (Saturn) to stay informed (Mercury) about what’s happening at the level of current events. Earth life is a multi-layered experience, where our ego impulses (Mars) and ideals of justice (Jupiter) are just as real as the lofty esoteric lessons that we draw from epochal transits like the Uranus-Pluto square. We can legitimately address the issue of American violence through “politics.” On the level of public policy, “Guns make violence happen; gun-control laws make it stop,” as writer Adam Gopnick has put it. But as transit trackers we have a vaster vocabulary, as well, with which to address these things. On the level of cosmic policy, we would look at gun laws not as a cause but as an effect. That is, gun laws are an example of something that might happen if America’s consciousness about violence were to radically shift. The function of the outer planets (a.k.a. the transpersonals) is to jack up our awareness. They do so by wrenching us into the moment, which is the only place where consciousness lives. Pluto gets us into present time by reminding us that death exists. Uranus slams us into the present by shocking us. Through the grand cross to America’s chart, together they are forcing a consciousness jolt that could not have been affected any other way.
Notes
(1) The Uranus-Pluto square, whose outside range is 2008-23, is coming up on its sixth exactitude (out of seven), on December 14, 2014. During 2014 and 2015 it is forming a cross configuration with the Sibly chart (7/4/1776 5:10 pm Philadelphia). For details, see At the Crossroads.
(2) The way American movies are rated speaks volumes. As film critic Mick LaSalle puts it, the MPAA gives an R rating [restricted] to “humane little movies like Before Midnight, and a PG13 to any violent summer film with money behind it.”
(3) The particulars of this collapse are succinctly outlined by ex-military intelligence expert R. D. Steele, who helpfully gives it a timeline. The man pulls no punches.
(4) As of late August, 857 Palestinians (including 149 children) had died, as opposed to 37 Israelis.
(5) I knew the USA had the world’s highest civilian gun ownership rate, but I was blown away to read that it amounted to
89 guns per 100 people (Small Arms Survey of Geneva). Residents of the USA are 20 times more likely to die by gun-related
.
Monday, October 6, 2014
hamburgers and bullets and mars in scorpio -----> by Jessica Murray
Uncle Sam is asking himself some hard questions about violence right now. Against the backdrop of the cardinal grand cross (2014-15) (1), Mars is revving his engines. During the final months of this year, Americans will be tweaking our relationship with the god of war. Starting in mid-October, Mars begins a series of provocative transits to the USA chart. Beginning with Mars’s opposition to natal Mars (October 15), the warrior planet will hit the US Venus-Jupiter-Sun (10/31-11/15), its Mercury (11/28) and end up, over the first week of December, in a conjunction with natal Pluto. This is a dramatic send-off. Mars and Pluto together symbolize raw power made manifest.
Violence
It is hard to look at violence. Real violence, that is. Millions of Americans have no trouble at all looking at the bloodshed depicted in video games, action movies and high-concept torture porn (e.g. Luther, True Detective) (2). The plethora of killing and maiming in American entertainment suggests that something within our mass psyche is trying to work itself out. We might ask ourselves what a concerned kindergarten teacher might say about a child who repeatedly made pictures of people stabbing and shooting each other. She would probably advise his parents that Little Jacob has a lot of aggressive energy he is trying to work out. It is not the just the USA, of course, that is thus fixated. Humanity as a whole is in the third year of the Uranus-Pluto square’s peak period. In the frenzy (Uranus) of destruction (Pluto) reflected in global headlines we are seeing the paroxysms of an old world order in collapse (3). The astrological way of looking at breakdown is as a precursor to new life; the more dramatic the death throes, the more significant the rebirth to come. Our job as human participants in these cuspal years is to try to maintain this perspective while staying engaged. Summer 2014 saw war in Ukraine, schoolgirls kidnapped en masse in Nigeria, jihadists beheading journalists on the Internet and the pummeling into rubble of the Gaza strip. Despite the fact that this violence is occurring far from American shores, Uncle Sam’s fingerprints cover the crime scenes.The state-of-the-art weaponry used for the asymmetrical slaughter in Gaza (4) is, of course, American-made; US tax dollars paid for that fancy iron dome. Moreover, Americans were dismayed to learn that some of the missiles used by the ISIS fighters—Washington’s sworn enemies—were also forged in the USA. It appears that these arms, shipped by the Pentagon to the Iraqi army, are often captured by the jihadists and moved into Syria. A deft exercise in re-gifting.
Soldier-Cops
The specter of a militarized police force reared its head this past August, after the latest cop killing of an unarmed black teenager spurred riots in Ferguson, Missouri. Local police forces have been acquiring leftover equipment from the US army for quite a while, but the issue had not burst through the threshold of collective consciousness until the Uranus-Pluto square lined up with that natal Sun-Saturn square (conflict with authority) in the USA chart.What people saw on the news blew their minds. Those visuals of cops in combat gear rent asunder the comforting national stereotype (Sun in Cancer) of the friendly neighborhood cop. Footage of paramilitary police brutalizing demonstrators in Missouri featured the kind of imagery Americans had heretofore associated only with fascist takeovers (Pluto square Saturn) in other countries. Now, the picture was suddenly (Uranus) and irrevocably etched in the mass mind, of police—officially protectors of the peace (Saturn in Libra)—decked out to wage war.
Filicide
This escalation of state violence appeared just as the phenomenon of citizen-on-citizen violence reached crazy new heights. America’s current wave of mass killings began in earnest with the movie theatre murders in Aurora, Colorado, when transiting Mars triggered the US chart at the first hit of the Uranus-Pluto square (see The Darkest Knight). The litany of mayhem that followed, from a campus in Santa Barbara to the Bullets and Burgers shooting range in Arizona, revealed a country whose relationship with Mars (aggression) is fatally skewed. This is not the fault of planetary geometry. It is what happens when a group entity is living out not the promise of its birthright, but its shadow. With Pluto (death) still hovering in the degree range of the Sibly Sun cluster, we are seeing a massive failure (Saturn) to protect (square Cancer). It was the Newtown shootings that made this point most poignantly, because the victims were so heartbreakingly young. One got the sense of a nation committing filicide.
Victim-Perps
But the little girl who became an accidental murderess at the shooting range in Arizona in late August made another side of the issue vividly clear: that in a gun-crazed society, the shooters are victims, too. In this group we must include the disaffected, unstable young men (Aaron Alexis, Adam Lanza, James Holmes, et al.) who had better access to automatic weapons than to mental health services. The USA’s failure to protect its children from harm includes our failure to protect a growing list of young men from the inner demons that make them pull the trigger. To this sorry list of victim-perps we must now add a hapless nine-year-old, whose parents thought it was a good idea to arm her with an Uzi. Awash in a sea of guns (5), US society is playing out its destructive impulses so outlandishly that we cannot look away. This is essentially the point of the transits upon us. It is terrible that in this purported land of the free and the brave, citizens with a certain skin color regularly get shot, beaten and choked by the police. But it is not a terrible thing for a populace to recognize that this is happening. It is horrible that the USA is abrogating its Cancerian responsibility and purpose (square to Saturn in the 10th house) by allowing violence to run amok (Mars square Neptune). But it is not horrible to have the veil ripped away from the national pretence that, except for a few aberrant individual cases once in a while, everything’s fine.
Out of the Fog
Astrology is invaluable as a lens through which to watch disturbing cultural phenomena. The distance it gives us allows a larger meaning, and a conceptual clarity, to emerge out of the fog of emotion and chaos. This does not mean astrologers dismiss the closer-to-home responses to human suffering, such as empathy (Moon, Venus). Nor does it mean that we abdicate our responsibility (Saturn) to stay informed (Mercury) about what’s happening at the level of current events. Earth life is a multi-layered experience, where our ego impulses (Mars) and ideals of justice (Jupiter) are just as real as the lofty esoteric lessons that we draw from epochal transits like the Uranus-Pluto square. We can legitimately address the issue of American violence through “politics.” On the level of public policy, “Guns make violence happen; gun-control laws make it stop,” as writer Adam Gopnick has put it. But as transit trackers we have a vaster vocabulary, as well, with which to address these things. On the level of cosmic policy, we would look at gun laws not as a cause but as an effect. That is, gun laws are an example of something that might happen if America’s consciousness about violence were to radically shift. The function of the outer planets (a.k.a. the transpersonals) is to jack up our awareness. They do so by wrenching us into the moment, which is the only place where consciousness lives. Pluto gets us into present time by reminding us that death exists. Uranus slams us into the present by shocking us. Through the grand cross to America’s chart, together they are forcing a consciousness jolt that could not have been affected any other way.
Notes
(1) The Uranus-Pluto square, whose outside range is 2008-23, is coming up on its sixth exactitude (out of seven), on December 14, 2014. During 2014 and 2015 it is forming a cross configuration with the Sibly chart (7/4/1776 5:10 pm Philadelphia). For details, see At the Crossroads.
(2) The way American movies are rated speaks volumes. As film critic Mick LaSalle puts it, the MPAA gives an R rating [restricted] to “humane little movies like Before Midnight, and a PG13 to any violent summer film with money behind it.”
(3) The particulars of this collapse are succinctly outlined by ex-military intelligence expert R. D. Steele, who helpfully gives it a timeline. The man pulls no punches.
(4) As of late August, 857 Palestinians (including 149 children) had died, as opposed to 37 Israelis.
(5) I knew the USA had the world’s highest civilian gun ownership rate, but I was blown away to read that it amounted to
89 guns per 100 people (Small Arms Survey of Geneva). Residents of the USA are 20 times more likely to die by gun-related
.
Friday, July 25, 2014
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Mars in Libra in your Solar Chart
Red-hot firepower - that’s Mars. Mars gives you the courage, will and drive to achieve your goals. Like a planetary engine, Mars generates a lot of physical energy. He’s a ‘work horse’ - put him to work, and he’s your ace in the hole. Try to keep him in a box, and he’s not so friendly! So knowledge of where Mars is transiting through your chart helps you make the most of that power and use it constructively.
Mars spends an unusually long time in the sign of Libra this coming year, starting December 7, 2013 and lasting through most of July 2014. Matters connected with the house Libra occupies in your chart will be highly energized - an area of major focus in your life for the next eight months. Libra is a Venus-ruled sign, so you’ll need to use grace and diplomacy to get your needs met. Keep this in mind as we take a look at what this transit can mean in your solar chart.
ARIES: Dealings with others, and especially partnerships of all kinds are highly energized now with Mars in your seventh solar House. Because Mars is by nature assertive and ‘self-oriented’ you may find your personal needs conflict with those you’re in relationship with, whether personally or professionally. To make positive use of this transit, get pro-active to bring grievances out in the open in ways that evolve the relationship to a higher level. You can also get a lot of work done together, as on a project of some kind. For you especially, Aries, to remember that diplomacy is necessary to attain your personal aims will serve you well.
Taurus: With Mars in your sixth solar House, you’re fired up about work related projects, with a strong personal stake involved. If conflicts in the workplace arise, tread carefully to keep the workflow moving smoothly. A proactive approach to personal wellness is necessary now; a great time to implement fitness or diet programs. With Mars urging you to do more than you can probably handle, it is important not to let your wellbeing fall to the bottom of the list. It’s wise to use this transit to work hard in ways that help you get ahead, so you feel you are making progress.
Gemini: Over this period with Mars in your fifth solar House, you’re inspired to assert your identity with expressive abandon! Follow through on artistic impulses. Creative expression of all kinds gets a real boost during this transit. You’re definitely ready to socialize and may be more than a little focused on romance. If you have children, they can reflect Mars’ energy by being a little rowdier than usual; ‘no running with scissors,’ is a wise reminder now. In general, this is an up-beat, pleasurable transit. The only conflicts may be the difference between your urge for self-gratification and any obligations that require discipline.
Cancer: Mars in your fourth solar House can stir up issues related to your childhood. You can find yourself irritable or emotionally triggered without apparent cause. Try to be as conscious as you can, nurture yourself and process what comes up in a healthy way. Your home environment is highly energized this year! You can be fired up to improve your living space in ways that serve your personal desires and needs. Conflicts among family members call for diplomacy. With Mars opposite your 10th solar House of professional matters, you will want to replace any frustrations at work with solid planning for the future.
Leo: The powerful Leo ego strongly identifies with ideas and opinions with Mars in your third solar House. Defend what’s truly important to you, but watch for unnecessary conflicts, especially with family members or those in your local network. Communications of all kinds are fired up; this transit helps if you need to promote an idea at this time. You’re a good salesman and negotiator, but over this period clinching the deal calls for diplomacy and grace – remember that communication is a fine art! Studies and writing projects get an extra boost during this transit.
Virgo: You identify more strongly then usual with your drive to manifest and protect financial assets and possessions during this time. This obviously can be a good thing, as long as you’re mindful of the potential for unnecessary conflicts around anything related to material security. With Mars in your second solar House, money, or values, in general are in the spotlight. Your sense of self-worth is interwoven with all issues involved here. Use this transit to strengthen your base of security and focus on healthy self-esteem in a fundamental way. You need to feel good about your work to feel good about you, Virgo. This year can help you make necessary changes in this part of your life.
Libra: There is a tremendous drive to assert yourself and really show the world what you’re capable of with Mars in your sign, your first solar House. This transit brings a lot of physical energy. Channel it wisely in ways that further your interests; sensible exercise will be especially helpful now. Libra is by nature considerate of others and dislikes conflicts, yet you may feel the urge to fight for your rights and defend what is yours in a more aggressive way than usual. This is a major, up-beat, active period where you can achieve a lot and work independently to better your place in the world.
Scorpio: Mars in your 12th solar House can stir up unconscious or repressed energies and you may find yourself acting out patterns from your past. If you feel uneasy or angry, focus that intense insight of yours into deeper understanding of your own psyche, to receive the gift of this transit. Be kind to yourself and mindful to direct the energy into greater self- knowledge, to avoid self-defeating behavior. If you’re frustrated playing a background role, think strategically and use this period to plan ahead. This is a good time to work independently. You can also offer compassionate service of some kind, which can have a profound effect on both you and those on the receiving end.
Sagittarius: Teamwork is a key to achieving your personal needs with Mars in your 11th solar House. The energy fires up your approach to personal goals, your future and those who can help you achieve your dreams! When you work with the right people to get a job done it can be a win-win for everyone. Sports or other physical activity with friends serves you well now. You can use this period to make giant strides in creating the future you want; just take care to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings that can result in conflicts with others.
Capricorn: Your professional profile is even more highly energized than usual with Mars in your 10th solar house. Capricorn ambition is at an all-time high and you can really accomplish a lot at this time. Capricorn understands patience and strategy so keep your eye on the prize and channel your energy into effective plans that also take others into account. Those in your professional sphere may feel threatened by your actions and conflicts can arise. Defend your needs by all means, and don’t hesitate to promote yourself. Let inner wisdom and a cool head guide all dealings with co-workers and everyone related to your professional goals.
Aquarius: Personal belief systems are strongly identified with through intellectual pursuits and possibly long distance travel with Mars in your ninth solar House. With your drive to achieve so tied in with your personal views, remember to give others room to have their own opinions - in any and all forms of relationships. If you have any involvement with legal affairs at this time, you may feel the warrior side of Mars itching for a fight; keep a level head and use your keen mind to work through clashes if they do arise.
Pisces: Eighth solar house signals a period of intense transformation with Mars in this position of your chart. Your ego can interact with others or with circumstances in ways that trigger significant changes in your life. Issues related to jointly held resources, such as in a marriage, or in terms of legacies or business partnerships, will require diplomacy to avoid disagreements and ensure a positive outcome. Your sexuality as it relates to personal identity is also activated by this transit. If you feel overwhelmed by the demands and changes you encounter, Pisces, tap into the deep well of faith and cosmic connection you have access to; it will help steer your way this year. Whether changes are more subtle or profound, this is a period where an old way of life gives birth to a new you.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/horoscopes/mars-libra-drive-diplomacy-article-1.1542017#ixzz2no4KLENn
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Tuesday December 10
Tuesday December 10
Marsday of Waterweek and your muscles need attention, don’t they? Stretch ‘em, massage ‘em, work ‘em baby!
One’s Will has lot in common with muscle tissue. Like a muscle, The Will becomes stronger the more one work’s it.
As an exercise today, find something that you regularly do, yet automatically, and don’t do it with the intent of
giving one’s Will a workout. Sun quincunxes Jupiter (waxing/gibbous), juxtaposing Sagittarian truth with Cancerian nurturance, made harmonious by
Jupiter’s reception of the Sun in its Jupiter-ruled sign. More ways in which women’s rights are being eroded may surface,
and we may find that we need to balance caring with honesty, so that our potential is freed to its full expression.
However, the outcomes are good, and already in motion as, for instance, in initiatives to raise money to defend and
enhance women’s rights, as well as to support the candidacies of women in upcoming elections.
Mercury trines the near-stationary Uranus, empowering us to communicate our individuality in a better way than earlier
this year and fulfill a promise made in July. It simultaneous squares Chiron to show us where healing energy must
still be focused. The Moon enters Aries at 5:06 am (8:06 am ET), touching off the Cardinal Grand Cross for the first
time since Mars entered Libra. We can apply optimism to the mix all the same, thanks to Mercury’s contacts. The Mayan End
Times, the Hopi Fifth World, the Turning of the Ages, Timewave Zero, the Ascension, and the Great Awakening. These
prophecies signal that humanity is in the process of making a dimensional shift, from the limited perception of duality
to a collective awareness of our inherent divinity and interconnectedness. Lightcraft seems paradoxical in that the main
body of its information was given to our present selves by our future Self in order to load the dice in favor of its
own manifestation. One of the reasons this happened is that we are on our own for the present. The benign influences of
the older races have been suspended for this coming-of-age Initiation ordeal that we are experiencing. We are allowed
to talk to ourself, however. Time’s arrow only applies to the physical Metaverse. Once an event has happened in this sphere,
it’s frozen into the Order of Mainstream Reality and cannot “unhappen”. Information can be exchanged on levels other than the
physical, and isn’t limited by Time’s arrow. Our future conscious Self is aware of its tentative nature from our present. By giving its ancestors
certain ideas and techniques, the Metaverse insures its own manifestation(s). This is possible only because the Metaversal mutation can be
activated in any individual by that individual. The hardware and the program are in place for Metaversal consciousness
Marsday of Waterweek and your muscles need attention, don’t they? Stretch ‘em, massage ‘em, work ‘em baby!
One’s Will has lot in common with muscle tissue. Like a muscle, The Will becomes stronger the more one work’s it.
As an exercise today, find something that you regularly do, yet automatically, and don’t do it with the intent of
giving one’s Will a workout. Sun quincunxes Jupiter (waxing/gibbous), juxtaposing Sagittarian truth with Cancerian nurturance, made harmonious by
Jupiter’s reception of the Sun in its Jupiter-ruled sign. More ways in which women’s rights are being eroded may surface,
and we may find that we need to balance caring with honesty, so that our potential is freed to its full expression.
However, the outcomes are good, and already in motion as, for instance, in initiatives to raise money to defend and
enhance women’s rights, as well as to support the candidacies of women in upcoming elections.
Mercury trines the near-stationary Uranus, empowering us to communicate our individuality in a better way than earlier
this year and fulfill a promise made in July. It simultaneous squares Chiron to show us where healing energy must
still be focused. The Moon enters Aries at 5:06 am (8:06 am ET), touching off the Cardinal Grand Cross for the first
time since Mars entered Libra. We can apply optimism to the mix all the same, thanks to Mercury’s contacts. The Mayan End
Times, the Hopi Fifth World, the Turning of the Ages, Timewave Zero, the Ascension, and the Great Awakening. These
prophecies signal that humanity is in the process of making a dimensional shift, from the limited perception of duality
to a collective awareness of our inherent divinity and interconnectedness. Lightcraft seems paradoxical in that the main
body of its information was given to our present selves by our future Self in order to load the dice in favor of its
own manifestation. One of the reasons this happened is that we are on our own for the present. The benign influences of
the older races have been suspended for this coming-of-age Initiation ordeal that we are experiencing. We are allowed
to talk to ourself, however. Time’s arrow only applies to the physical Metaverse. Once an event has happened in this sphere,
it’s frozen into the Order of Mainstream Reality and cannot “unhappen”. Information can be exchanged on levels other than the
physical, and isn’t limited by Time’s arrow. Our future conscious Self is aware of its tentative nature from our present. By giving its ancestors
certain ideas and techniques, the Metaverse insures its own manifestation(s). This is possible only because the Metaversal mutation can be
activated in any individual by that individual. The hardware and the program are in place for Metaversal consciousness
Mars in Libra
Mars' stay in Libra is prolonged due to its retrograde period in this sign from March 1 until May 19, 2014. When the warrior Mars enters peaceful Libra he puts away his arms of aggression and puts on his diplomat's coat. This is a time when strategy counts more than brute force. Initiative involves negotiation and partnership, rather than Mars' usually independent ways. Reaching out with an open hand is more effective than threatening with a fist.
Mars isn't comfortable in Libra, according to astrological tradition. Libra is the sign of Mars' detriment, opposite its natural home in Aries. This means that Mars is considered weak in Libra, because it can not operate in its most natural way. However, modern astrologers recognize that a planet in unfamiliar territory presents unique opportunities, not just challenges. When disparate elements such as spontaneity and strategy, individuality and co-operation or action and reflection meet, the mix is combustible, but very powerful. Those able to harness these seeming contradictions can gain the strengths of both sides, rather than being confused or torn between them.
We all have a greater possibility to build bridges now as martian initiative meets Libran conciliation. It takes courage to make peace, and this combination favors those who move in that direction. The shadow side of Mars in Libra, however, is the smile-wearing (Libra) attacker (Mars) who masks his aggression with a pretense of kindness. We are likely to find ourselves carefully measuring others to balance the seemingly opposite forces of self-interest and co-operation during this period.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Tuesday, November 19th
Tuesday November 19
The Day of Mars in the week of active Air, and the Mighty Red planet is now traversing Virgo. On the surface Mars and
Virgo seem very different. Mars is direct , impulsive, fiery and impatient, while Virgo is careful, practical and
detail-oriented. However, these two share a certain sharpness that can be combined to enhance productivity and
higher levels of efficiency. Neither Mars nor Virgo wants to waste time. Both understand the value of getting a job done
with dispatch. This period, then, can help us find out where to cut the fat in our work habits, so that tasks are handled quickly, making time for the development of new skills. Taken to its extreme, however, this focus on results can manifest as ruthless detachment and a lack of concern for the human side of the equation. The critical (Virgo) attack (Mars) is a negative potential for this period. It's easy to find fault and express oneself aggressively. If a situation is getting too tense, it may be that someone is frustrated by a lack of efficiency or are feeling a loss of power. Patiently attacking problems in a systematic way can help restore harmony. Chiron makes its direct station at 9°07' Pisces, taking up forward motion again for the first time since June 16. Venus enters its retrograde shadow at 13°33' Capricorn, and it’s time to start tracking your story of (self-)love, relationship, and finance if we haven’t already. The potential to develop our new foundation has never been greater, and we will see ourselves in a radically new situation by next June. As Mars sextiles Jupiter, we see the opportunity for a stepping-stone enterprise. Mercury’s third pass at Uranus brings out an awkwardness that must be dealt with,
with a great freedom the result. The Moon in Gemini completes its active period when it goes void of course at 7:59 am for the remainder of the day. Delaying new enterprises until tomorrow may prove beneficial, but actions based enterprises already in motion will not be thwarted by the Moon’s void condition.
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