The
Aries Point Cometh
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Dear Friends,
There are two aspects approaching that
are likely to have some impact on the news, and to prod our personal lives to the
next level. It's interesting that astrology sees the connection between our
private or individual existence and its connection to the larger public life a
lot more clearly than we do. One of the great issues of our times is that we
tend to see ourselves as separate from the world in which we live. The news is
kind of a show, and unless something actually happens in our backyard, it's
more or less irrelevant. It affects other people or other countries.
Astrologically, we are now entering 'the
personal is political' territory -- as in, take the news seriously, think about
your relationship to the world, and consider how you impact what goes on around
you ? and how it impacts you. We're steadily moving into one of those extended
moments when we'll be able to see and feel the connections, and where the level
of energy increases quickly.
Last week, here and on Planet Waves, I
continued the discussion of the Aries Point -- the mysterious first degree of
the zodiac that possesses this 'personal is political' theme. The Aries Point
is related to the first degree of the other three 'cardinal signs' -- those
signs which, with the entry of the Sun, begin the seasons: Cancer, Libra and
Capricorn.
A precursor to the story is that earlier
this week, on Sunday, June 5, Jupiter stationed direct in Libra, close to the
beginning of Libra and quite closely opposite the Aries point.
The next point of transition involves
Mars going into Aries on Sunday, June 12. This means that Mars has been in the
last degrees of Pisces for the past couple of weeks -- not so easy for many
people, as the end of any sign is sensitive, and Pisces is particularly so. So
Mars entering Aries may come as a relief to quite a few people. And it's also
going to stir the global pot.
As Mars gradually approaches an
opposition to Jupiter, the Sun moves through the late degrees of Gemini, and
approaches Cancer. The Sun's ingress to Cancer on June 21 begins summer in the
northern hemisphere and winter in the southern, but in either case, it's a turning
point. In either hemisphere, a peak has been reached; in the north we're at the
longest days of the year and in the south, the shortest. Difficult to believe
that soon, the days start getting shorter for those of us up north who just
seem to have come out of that long winter.
Less than 24 hours later, with the Sun
still in the very first degree of Cancer, the Moon enters Capricorn and makes
an exact opposition -- also called the Full Moon. The fact that this occurs
exactly in the first degrees of the cardinal signs is truly meaningful; not
exceptionally rare (maybe there is an exact lunation right in the first degree
of a cardinal sign every couple of years) but it's still meaningful and
somewhat unusual.
Maybe it's just because I've been paying
attention, but the Aries Point seems to be very active now. I started noticing
in the summer of 2001, after a total solar eclipse of the Sun (including a New
Moon, as solar eclipses always do) occurred four hours after the Sun entered
the sign Cancer. Now, for the first time since, we have an exact Full Moon on
the first day of summer. While not an eclipse, it is aspecting the exact degree
of a very powerful eclipse.
This is followed by two significant
developments in July: Saturn changes signs to Leo, and Chiron makes an exact
opposition to Saturn for the fourth time (of the current cycle), and for the
first time with Saturn in Leo. So, this reminds us that next week's Full Moon
may symbolize events that happen a month or two down the road, that is, some
time in the coming season.
Those of us watching astrology and the
developing history of the modern world often wonder what will ultimately
trigger a real change. It's very difficult to say, and many astrologers have
incorrectly predicted many changes that should have already happened. Part of
what complicates the problems is that vitally important things surface and make
the news that seem to have no actual effect, in reality. People in positions of
corporate and political power these days seem to be entirely disconnected from
the effects of their actions.
And on another level, many, many people
seem to be so involved either in a) surviving, or b) their ideas of how life
should be, that it's difficult for us to notice, or to stand up and make any
fuss at all.
The world is an extremely complex system
at the moment. Nobody really understands how all the different factors
interrelate. But the astrology remains a factor, and the Capricorn Full Moon is
definitely a factor. We will see the logic of something; we will see the
effects of something that originated or first surfaced in 2001; and something
will change. For good or for ill? That, like most everything, is truly a matter
of interpretation.
The gut feeling I have about this Full
Moon is that something that should be obvious becomes really obvious. In
itself, it may not be 'good' but awareness of it certainly will be helpful.
Here's the chart for the Full Moon, set
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