{"id":26795,"date":"2010-07-19T01:49:08","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T06:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=26795"},"modified":"2010-07-19T10:50:48","modified_gmt":"2010-07-19T15:50:48","slug":"shine-a-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/shine-a-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Shine a Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Len Wallick<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Today, the Sun is very late in the sign of Cancer, indeed, in the last degrees of that sign. These last few degrees of any planet or luminary in any sign are often a time of trial or transition: the end of a cycle, that feels like it’s gotten old. The nature of the stress will depend upon the luminary or planet, the sign and the ruler of that sign as well as any other objects in aspect. So it’s never precisely the same, this phase, never the same experience except for one factor: the very circumstances that coincide with the last degrees can also be a time of revelation through discomfort, providing us with an opportunity to awaken to that form of awareness we need the most at the time. It is also just too darned uncomfortable to remain asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Today, our Sun also becomes the apex of a functional yod. At the base of the yod is a sextile between the Galactic Center (in late Sagittarius) and Neptune, retrograde in late Aquarius. That will be the focus of our explorations today.<\/p>\n

It would seem proper to start with a review of the yod aspect, continue to the two slow movers in applying sextile at the base of the yod, finally returning to the Sun, the sign that it’s in and the depositor of the sign.<\/p>\n

A yod aspect is so named because it is shaped like the letter “Y”. The base of the yod is equivalent to the upper part of the “Y” and consists of two or more points in a tight sextile. A sextile, sixty degrees of separation, is a supportive and encouraging aspect. It is not a silver spoon, however. Rather it is a golden opportunity.<\/p>\n

To complete the yod, both members of the sextile must also be in a simultaneous quincunx (150 degrees of separation) from a third object that corresponds to the lower member of the letter of the ” Y”. That third object is the apex of the yod. Because a quincunx is not a supportive aspect, two at once would be downright uncomfortable. Thus the meaning of the yod is focused on the object at its apex. It feels like a combination of an aspect from Chiron and an opposition. There is an implied tension that would seem to indicate an adjustment is in order.<\/p>\n

We have had quite a few significant yod aspects lately. This is worthy of note because the simultaneous quincunx from two planets in sextile is relatively rare. Yet another indication of the extraordinary times we live in is that, in this case at least, the rare has become increasingly common. Now, on to Neptune.<\/p>\n

In 1998 Neptune twice made made ingress to the sign of Aquarius for the first time since 1848. The prevalent astrological opinion at the time was decidedly optimistic. Universal love, spiritual awakening, triumph of idealism and improvement in social conditions were part of the outlook.<\/p>\n

Looking back, it seems almost quaint, or would be if it were not so sad. What seems to have happened instead is a gradual perfection of techniques used by the established order to fool more and more of the people all of the time. All the while, we as individuals participated on both the personal and political levels. We have all incurred our share of responsibility not only in the lies we believe but also in the lies we tell. Still, as befits Neptune, there may well have been a cross-current going on under the surface all this time.<\/p>\n

While we have been busy lying about our age and incomes on social networking sites, the very experience of the Internet has acquainted us with a far bigger world than existed in the consciousness of most people the last time Neptune was in Aquarius. This expansion of awareness has for the most part been exploited to promote distraction and denial. Can there have not been a gradual expansion of consciousness that may yet express itself in the awakening of an informed and aware compassion? There have been signs and we still have time.<\/p>\n

Which, thematically refers us to the subject of the Galactic Center. We know we are in a solar system not because we can see it from the outside, but rather through inference. We know we are in a galaxy the same way. The means of inferring our galaxy’s existence are more complex and less accessible. By the same token we know that our galaxy rotates. And anything that rotates must necessarily have an axis, a center. We know the location of the center of our galaxy because it emits a large amount of electromagnetic energy. The nature of that energy implies the existence of at least one very large singularity (or black hole).<\/p>\n

Black holes are theorized to be the ultimate expression of gravity, which is assumed to be what holds the spinning galaxy together. But then, quite recently, the very theory and mathematics which explain the formation of black holes has also been used to support the idea that gravity itself does not exist as a force, only as an illusion. Yup, you read that right.<\/p>\n

So, right off the bat, when we speak of the galactic center, we speak of a great mystery: inferred or implied without direct personal access. It is too big to conceive of, confounding our most basic assumptions. As such it is something we all have in common. What we know is dwarfed into insignificance by the vast expansion of our ignorance. But with Neptune, the discouraging truth opens up an encouraging possibility: what we know confines us. Once something is settled, that’s that, it’s final, we’re stuck with it. What we don’t know, on the other hand, is the road to freedom.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the so-called “fixed” galactic center moved into late Sagittarius. In doing so it began what will be nearly two centuries in this anarectic territory at the end of a sign. The house of pain, the home of revelation. Right in the midst of the cardinal t-square. Even for things that move very slowly, timing is a crucial factor. So, as a result, the galactic center and Neptune have spent months on end in a quiet sextile, operating beneath our consciousness and beyond our understanding, exploring the depths of trial and the breadth of possibility. Waiting, waiting. Today, the wait is over. Today, our Sun sweeps through their mutual quincunx.<\/p>\n

Astrologically, the Sun is our higher self. The ego, conscious of itself and in expression. The life force become self-aware. The problem is we are human beings. We are mortal and our lives are short. To be self-aware is to confront that or, alternatively, to avoid thinking about it at any cost. That predicament would seem to be on the agenda when the Sun is in the cross-hairs of today’s dual quincunx.<\/p>\n

On the one hand we are confronted by what we don’t know as expressed by the mysteries of the universe – too big to comprehend. On the other hand we’re under the pressure of what we don’t know created by the established order we’ve given ourselves over to. That and our own contribution and participation in obfuscation, striving to conceal our shame and assuage our guilt.<\/p>\n

What we don”t know — what has been concealed from us — is in our face with this quincunx, the face which we have hidden, even from the divine. We are posed with the question of how long we can tolerate this and what adjustments we must make in order not to do so. And for that, we look at the sign it is in — Cancer. Then we look to the dispositor of that sign, the Moon.<\/p>\n

Today, as synchronicity would have it, the Moon is well into Scorpio. Scorpio is the sign where the subterranean mysteries find expression and the Moon brings them to light. The reflected light of the Sun, however confounded it may be is captured by the Moon and taken into the darkest places. It is thus that a Scorpio Moon reminds us that we are provided with what we need. It may not be easy to open our eyes, but we must. It may not be simple to trust the irrational luminary to take over and do the detective work for our rational mind, but it is what we have. With a little faith and trust in ourselves, we can adjust our course and stay on the road to freedom.<\/p>\n

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