{"id":29143,"date":"2010-09-28T05:21:17","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T10:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=29143"},"modified":"2010-09-28T05:21:17","modified_gmt":"2010-09-28T10:21:17","slug":"making-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/making-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Today we have an interesting triple conjunction in Sagittarius. The dwarf Planet Ceres, the largest concentration of mass in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, meets up with the Galactic Center and an interesting centaur named Crantor. The theme behind this auspicious gathering is posited to be one of transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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How can anyone now doubt that we live in a time of transition? A lot of us got it in November of 2008 when the United States elected a president that almost nobody considered possible only a year before. On that day Saturn exacted the first of five oppositions with Uranus to kick off the cardinal T-square.<\/p>\n

Now the cardinal T-square itself is in transition with Saturn having passed the lunar nodes as if to signify a departure from the past and the beginning of something new for that planet. The other members of the T- Square are spending the rest of this year re-grouping in preparation for a new rendition. Uranus and Jupiter are both retrograde in Pisces and in between rare conjunctions in that sign, signaling that the end of one age and the beginning of another is nigh. Pluto has recently stationed direct and is re-tracing its steps for the third time to emerge from its echo\/shadow phase precisely when Jupiter and Uranus form that second Pisces conjunction early next year.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Mercury emerged from its own echo\/shadow phase and is today in an awkward relationship — a quincunx — with the dwarf planet Eris, the significator of transformation in identity. This morning the Moon crosses over into Gemini in its own quincunx with Pluto. Pluto, of course, is all about the deepest form of transition, metamorphosis. With Mercury representing how we think, Luna representing how we feel and both currently in mutable signs, indications are that all of us, on some level, will be faced with an adjustment of some sort. For most of us that will come with an emerging awareness that things are not and can never be the same.<\/p>\n

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It is what we do with that awareness that will distinguish us. Some are resisting or in denial, unable to release attachment to that which is on the way out. In the United States, there are those who are challenging racial demographics, attempting to re-define what it means to be a citizen. All over the world the fundamental transition of economics and exchange is provoking ever more desperate attempts to shore up eroding systems and institutions.<\/p>\n

There exists a growing number, however, who are becoming active participants in the evolution of relationships. Many are even now making adjustment to how they share and utilize resources. Others are questioning the loyalties and affiliations that were conferred to them by previous generations. Nearly all of us are being faced with a transition in our gender identities.<\/p>\n

It is fitting that the Galactic Center is in the midst of all this. Nearly everything we see in the night sky is part of the same galaxy we are. Probably every atom in every cell of every living being on this earth had its origin in the stars that have previously constituted this collection of matter and energy that constitutes our neighborhood in the universe. And whatever your take on the cultural phenomena that 2012 has become, there is no doubt that the center of our galaxy is central to that event. It is as if our link to the universe is being re-formatted.<\/p>\n

Over the past couple years, Crantor has been in functional conjunction with the Galactic Center concurrent with the fading first rendition of the cardinal T-square. In mythology, the character Crantor was not a centaur at all. He was a young human being, slain by a centaur. The tragedy felt by this transition from his earthly life is reflected in Philip Sedgwick’s interpretation of this object as having to do with the cathartic; experiences and rituals that are so traumatic and difficult as to require the greatest courage. Most of us would rather do without the trials of catharsis. A few of us seek it out, usually as a remedy to spiritual crisis. All of us have the experience sooner or later, often more than once. We are left changed, transformed, never the same again.<\/p>\n

It is with the third party to this conjunction that we are given a clue regarding the means of adjustment. In Greco-Roman mythology, Ceres experienced the trauma of having her daughter abducted by Pluto. She reacted by lashing out against the innocent inhabitants of Earth, bringing winter and its trials for the first time. The planet cooled and the crops died. Things were looking pretty desperate. For the first time, mortals were faced with starvation.<\/p>\n

This was an existential crisis for the pantheon of gods whose rise to power was ostensibly motivated by compassion for human beings. Negotiations ensued. Mercury went back and forth from Olympus to the underworld and a compromise was worked out. Half the year, Ceres’ daughter Persephone would reside with her abductor, the other half with her mother. Ceres adjusted from her initial reaction with a response in kind by allowing Earth to have its seasons when food crops could be produced. She taught humans to set aside stores of that production for nourishment during the seasons when she mourned her daughter’s absence.<\/p>\n

So it is that we can adjust to the coming transitions hinted at by today’s aspects, rather than resisting the unbidden catharsis of change. I propose this as an alternative to lashing out at those who had no part in bringing on the transition. Instead, enter into negotiated relationships with an awareness that metamorphosis will overcome resistance. Approach the inevitable with a spirit of sharing, not withholding the gifts each of us has to offer. See ourselves as part of something bigger and greater taking place at levels beyond our grasp. Push our own personal envelope’s mortal existence to the limits of our consciousness.<\/p>\n

That’s what will allow us to remain as participants in this adventure of earthly life. On this day like any other day, allow yourself the first step of thinking and feeling that is possible and you will play a part in making it probable.<\/p>\n

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