In case you missed yesterday’s edition of Planet Waves FM:http://planetwaves.fm/podcast/111012podcast.mp3
Today is Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. The Moon is in Taurus all day, having just passed through the Full Moon earlier in the week. It’s now in old gibbous phase — still bright and strong in the sky, though rising earlier in the day.
The Sun is conjunct Saturn in Libra. This is exact today at 5:13 pm EDT. Sun-Saturn aspects are often said to ‘suppress vitality’, but with all the action in Libra, that’s hardly the case. This is partly due to how strong Saturn is in Libra. Sun-Saturn aspects also illustrate the need, or the potential, for self-mastery and maturity, and that is something that’s truly meaningful in our current era. We live in a society and in a time of history where we’re constantly avoiding growing up and taking on adult responsibility, leadership or consciously structuring our lives. In Libra, the key is that these choices, moves and decisions can feel good.
This might be a new perspective for you. Or maybe you’ve taken on so much responsibility and leadership for others, the novelty has worn off. Challenge the idea, if you have it, that taking responsibility equals some sort of death to a life that you love and would be nobody without. Wrestle, if you must, the notion of ‘leadership’ from the jaws of your codependent coworkers and neighbors. In the movie of your life, edit out the scenes where ‘structure’ is a small room to which only your ‘superiors’ or parents have the key.
Where does that leave you? Namely, in a position of creativity – but not alone. Think of the thousands of people involved in Occupy Wall Street (or Occupy Everything). They have decided, individual by individual, to lead by raising their voices and lending their presence. They have decided to take responsibility for their frustration by calling out the injustice they see, rather than fuming in silence. Each person is contributing to new structures of decision-making, public address and public living space.