I have a few comments on current events from the astrological perspective that I’d like to share with you…
One couldn’t help but get caught up in the excitement of the recent US election and I think that it must be clear to just about everyone that there is a new era dawning.
The election of Obama is timely from the perspective of the Mayan calendar. On Nov. 13th we will move into the next tun of the galactic underworld. That is we are now moving from the fifth night and into the sixth day. The difference between these tuns will be –pardon the pun– the difference between –night and day!
The sixth day is ruled by the birthing goddess and aims to balance spirituality (wisdom and integrity on the political stage) with the materialistic world we have created. Obama pretty much came out of nowhere in the last year or so and certainly seems to be appling a thoughtful, new and inclusive approach to the political scene. Witness too, the cord he strikes with so many people in so many places all around the world. Truly an inspiring person for these dramatic fast changing times we find ourselves in.
This current underworld which started in Jan. 1999 is concerned primarily with balancing the polarity energies –the yin and yang energies– or another way to put it — left brain / right brain thinking. The world has been heavily imbalanced on the yang / left side for millennia. Materialism, war, over emphasis on technology and ’seperative’ thinking are all hallmarks of this imbalance. The galactic underworld is concerned with the development and equalizing of the receptive, intuitive and ‘inclusive’ energies of the yin / right side polarity. This balancing of energies is a necessary prerequisite for the changing of the ages and the higher vibrational level it is bringing.
The movement through the galactic underworld is in an annual (360 day-tun) type of format . It also develops in a progression of ‘day’ and then ‘night’ type of sequencing.. It is helpful to compare the movement we experience thru the tuns with that of the stages a planting cycle. First a seed is planted, then it germinates, then sprouts, grows into full plant ,buds, flowers and finally bares fruit. This is also true of the cycles we experience throughout time.
What’s the sixth day about?
The sixth day is associated with the flowering phase. –On the personal level it provides the timing for you personal truth/purpose — plans to begin unfolding with the assurance that the cosmic timing will support your progress.
On the global front, the excesses and greed of the overly materialistic forces are being brought into balance with the receptive, community, ecological and spiritually based values. It is indeed ’time for change’.
The fifth night —which has been in process since last nov. was all about destroying the old ways and healing the shadow materials within. The sixth day is about taking action and making a firm footing on the new path. The timing–is –at last, right!
For you personally it may be of interest to take a review of the changes in direction on your path that you have been put into place since 1999. —perhaps some were on an unconscious level initially (after all a seed germinates in the dark). What has been struggling to take form in your life over the last few years? What areas in your life have you had to ‘clear the decks’ in?
PLUTO IN CAPRICORN
The Mayan timing is not the only strong indication of fundamental change that is at hand, these days. On Nov. 27 this year pluto will move into the sign of capricorn where it will continue to bring transformative change until 2024. Capricorn rules government, structure and authority. Pluto is the planet that brings inevitable transformative change. The first phase of any transformation is the breaking down of the old out moded structures. It is also the most challenging phase because what has been known is coming apart and what will replace it is often unknown and unformed as of yet.
We are on the brink of a complete restructuring—of global proportions on how we perceive we should be organized and governed.
On an individual level how this slow unfolding movement through capricorn affects you has a lot to do with what is happening for you with that sign in your natal chart.
SATURN OPPOSING URANUS
Saturn and uranus are also in exact opposition in the sky now and will be again in feb. and finally in mid-sep. ‘09. This promises a time of tug of war between the structured status quo and the revolutionary desire to bring reform into one’s life. These two planets create a lot of tension when they are in difficult aspect with each other. Its clear on the global front –with the economic crisis –that confrontation with the old order of doing things is upon us. Discipline is required now because a tendency may exist to want to throw everything over. Revolutions aren’t known for balanced judgement, are they?
Its worth noting that saturn rules capricorn and uranus rules aquarius — the age (precession of the equinox) that we are moving into. The aspect called an opposition functions to bring balance through the understanding and integrating of the opposing forces represented by the 2 planets in opposition. An infusion of the best of the old with the best of the new is what its really being asking for here.
On a personal level and, as always, depending how these transiting planets may effect your natal chart, one can expect a lot of tensions coming to the surface. The break up of out moded structures in your life and the infusion of bright new possibilities is indicated. Changes can happen rather suddenly when uranus is active so be cautioned not to take rash actions or burn too many bridges when under the influence of this transit. Rather, use it to build on the structures that are valid in your life and explore new possibilities — and, I might add, with the confidence that the ‘flowering’ is at hand.
BLACK MOON LILITH
One more player I’d like to introduce to you at this time is the black moon lilith. It’s actually the empty focal point the between earth and moon’s orbit and its symbolism represents the shadow aspect — specifically the screaming angry, truth seeking side of our lunar ( sub-conscious) selves. She’s a powerful, primal force hidden away in our psyche’s and by transit usually signals something that has to be let go of. As an enforcer of radical breakthroughs, she slices away all falsehoods swiftly and decisively. She is a defender of your deepest and most heart felt truth — something that is often buried deep in our psyches and all too often even hidden from ourselves.
She can move fairly quickly and does have a retrograde motion. Currently she is moving through the sign of sagittarius, alternating between a conjunction with pluto and forming an exact t-square (challenging aspect) with the saturn and uranus opposition…. adding her two cents to the challenges at hand …
OK., so she is a heavy weight, but on the plus side , if one is truly cleared and aligned with one’s true light, Lilith will swiftly and decisively reveal the benefits and rewards that are genuine.
These are indeed interesting times we are living in and there is lots more to come !!
Blessings all ,
Gwenyth