By Len Wallick
Evil… has every advantage but one — it is inferior in imagination. Good can imagine the possibility of becoming evil… but Evil, defiantly chosen, can no longer imagine anything but itself.”
-W.H. Auden
Today the Sun is on the Aries Point, conjoined with Uranus. That’s one luminary, one planet and one very special place. These particular three coming together is rare and exceptional. It happens no more than twice in a century. In order to make the most of being alive today, it would be of benefit to examine one element at a time.
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The place is the first degree of Aries, otherwise known as the Aries Point. This is where the tropical zodiac begins. Twice a year, the Sun is directly over the equator. It happens when the axis of Earth’s rotation is not tilted either away from nor towards the center of the solar system. When that happens, it is an equinox. The Vernal Equinox was exact yesterday when Sol moved into Aries. A corresponding event will happen in six months when the Sun is directly over the equator again, moving south instead of north as it is now.
If there is anything to astrology and synchronicity, something is stirring inside of us at this very hour, beyond the restlessness brought on by a new season and besides the anxiety over a nuclear disaster in progress. This something else is a matter of imagination.
For many it will be an unfamiliar and uncomfortable sensation. It may be mistaken for taking ill. Perhaps there will be a reflex to fight it with sedatives or distraction. It is in fact well and good to note any distress, but if you are reading these words, please take a moment to hold back on the medication. What you are feeling may ultimately make you feel better about yourself than you have in a long time. Fortunately, we have astrology to help us step back into the symbolic and sort it out.