{"id":37067,"date":"2011-04-17T10:03:57","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T15:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=37067"},"modified":"2011-04-17T21:40:20","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T02:40:20","slug":"a-little-spot-of-qb1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/a-little-spot-of-qb1\/","title":{"rendered":"A little spot of QB1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Later today we’ll have some tarot by Sarah Taylor. While we’re waiting, and as the Full Moon approaches, and while the Sun is conjunct 1992 QB1 (it was exact yesterday, still close today) — the first planet ever discovered orbiting our Sun beyond Pluto — I’ve got a few articles from the archives for you and a couple of new thoughts.<\/p>\n

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We’ve been discussing the patriarchy lately at Planet Waves — seems a bunch of people are figuring out that it exists. (You can read many reader comments in last Tuesday’s subscriber edition about the Varuna-Eris square<\/a>.) You might say that QB1 represents a ‘non patriarchal’ view of death and transformation. To say non-patriarchal implies questioning the accepted power structure of the reality we exist within.<\/p>\n

That means looking at the parallels between what we see in society, what we experience in our relationships, and how our minds are structured. The opposite of patriarchy is not matriarchy; it is coexistence without the need for compulsory action or the imposition of power, the threat of pain or looming punishment. As Alice Miller and others have suggested, our childhoods tend to be so dominated by these threats that we don’t know any other way, and we tend to pass along the injuries rather than reaching for a place of healing within ourselves.<\/p>\n

The distinction is not so much left-right as it is inner-outer. When we give up inner guidance, we make ourselves susceptible to outer influences. The idea of justice is subverted by absolute power, in the form of might makes right. There is nobody who doesn’t believe that on some level, but it’s worth deconstructing. Might is merely might; it does not have to be right. Right is something else, such as justice. Imposed morals are different from ethics. Doing something at the point of a gun is different from doing something because it matters to you. Pluto usually feels like ‘change or die’. QB1 usually feels like, ‘it’s time to grow, and I want to’. If an inner struggle arises, it can be addressed without force or compulsion. That usually takes time, willingness and the power of witness, though the result is more likely to be healing rather than more damage.<\/p>\n

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As does Pluto, with QB1, this comes back to sex, and the terms on which we tend to negotiate it. We often play a game where we think sexual exchange is supposed to be about equality, then on the very next layer down it’s often about domination and submission. Listen to people and notice how much of the thrill of sexuality is about power over others. <\/p>\n

Then imagine the missing piece that is trying to fill up. Done consciously, erotic power exchange is a beautiful place to go. It’s feels so good because we get to be honest about our tendencies. When done unconsciously, our relationships get stressed out, they have an involuntary feeling and all of our social politics suffer as a result. Power arrangements are great, as long as we know they exist. Part of what I see gathering around QB1 is the ethos and the experience of transparency around sexuality and power. We can see what exists when we pull back the veil. Power can only have validity in a world where death is more meaningful than the pleasure of existence.<\/p>\n

Looking back through the archives, I found what may be the first thing I ever wrote about QB1, in September 2003: “QB1 may have associations with the Phoenix-like process of arising into new incarnations within our current lifetime, which often happens as a result of near-death experiences or with the experience of \u2018ego death\u2019.” That was in an article called Worlds Beyond Neptune<\/a>. In a sense, QB1 is about getting close to the edge such that you can see beyond it.<\/p>\n

One of my earliest articles on QB1 (probably the first) is called Her Name is Radha!<\/a> If you’ll notice, it’s in our 2006 April Fool’s edition. File that under truth told in jest. Radha is a figure from Hindu mythology; no doubt she’s regarded as a vegetarian. The horoscopes that follow are a parody of the Jonathan Cainer horoscope, with a vegetarian theme (he’s a famous veggie; his first book was a vegetarian junk food cookbook). If you’re new to Planet Waves, especially if you’re a Jonathan Cainer fan, don’t miss those horoscopes!<\/p>\n

In Small World Stories<\/a>, the 2008 annual edition of Planet Waves, I covered a number of newly-discovered points, including an introduction to QB1<\/a>. Use this link to read more about the minor planets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is a recent article from April 2010, on a New Moon conjunct QB1<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I know lots of my readers are thinking about these things. Many of you have dipped into the pages of Book of Blue, which is gathering art, stories and artifacts of communication around these ideas. I’m interested where your mind and feeling body goes when you’re introduced to these ideas. You’re invited to post to the comment area, or write to me personally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Later today we’ll have some tarot by Sarah Taylor. While we’re waiting, and as the Full Moon approaches, and while the Sun is conjunct 1992 QB1 (it was exact yesterday, still close today) — the first planet ever discovered orbiting our Sun beyond Pluto — I’ve got a few articles from the archives for you … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}