Like a long lonely stream, i keep runnin’ towards a dream
-Stevie Wonder
This coming Thursday, our Sun, still in Libra, will reach an auspicious position in the sky. Our local star is moving into a sextile with what is essentially its own sun, the center of our galaxy, located in Sagittarius. That sextile will be part of a larger set of patterns. The aggregate tableau does not foretell anything frightening or catastrophic. There is, however, a profound implication. For each and every life, it would appear that we are together entering a time of discovery and illumination regarding our place in the sun.
A sextile is a geometric relationship. It is two or more objects separated by sixty degrees. As aspects in astrology go, it is fundamental. It is like a building block, or more correctly, two building blocks. In other words, a sextile usually implies something constructive is happening. Like most construction projects, this fundamental aspect rewards work. What you put into it is what you get out of it.
Sun is also fundamental. Most of us see it nearly every day. It is light and, ultimately, the source of any light we manufacture in the material world. Symbolically, it is the light of consciousness. When we have become aware of something, we say the light comes on. When we learn from another person’s awareness we are enlightened. Our orbit around the Sun makes it central to our conscious lives.
Just as Earth orbits Sun, the Sun and all of its solar system orbit something in turn. That would be the core of the galaxy of which we are a part. When you look at the night sky with unaided eyes, everything you are likely to see is likewise on a long journey around the same center. Just as our local star is the source of our light and emblematic of consciousness, the Galactic Center is the common locus of every star we can see. That simple fact confers a spiritual endowment, but it is more than that.