{"id":66325,"date":"2013-04-21T23:08:56","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T03:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=66325"},"modified":"2013-04-22T12:07:57","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T16:07:57","slug":"the-politics-of-love-and-desire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/the-politics-of-love-and-desire\/","title":{"rendered":"The Politics of Love (and Desire)"},"content":{"rendered":"

…but first, a mental\/emotional health check-in. Not only did we all live through the past week, we experienced the astrology in the context of our own charts. Our entire society, which now extends its nervous system through the Internet, was affected by what happened, by what we saw and heard, even if only through imagery. Images of mass carnage, whether real or fabricated, have been circulating on the Internet; presumed as real, they have an impact<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Aftermath of Boston Marathon bombing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We were also shown the example of a major American city first under the influence of terrorists, then under martial law. There are political implications to this, and there are personal ones at the same time. If you’re thinking that the use of two bombs justified the house arrest of more than a million people, and that everyone acted voluntarily, please think more slowly.<\/p>\n

These ideas would best be phrased as questions rather than as statements. Was that governmental response justified? What was the emotional cost, and the price we paid in our freedom?<\/p>\n

Many people who lived through having their homes searched are emotionally traumatized. They may never think of the concept of ‘home’ the same way again. Our social contract in the United States is clear. “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…” Was the response we witnessed reasonable<\/em>, in the moral and legal sense of the word? We need to have a long conversation with our neighbors about this.<\/p>\n

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We also need a national conversation. What we witnessed in Boston, from the improvised explosive devices to the firefights in urban areas to the door-to-door searches, is what the American government has been involved with in Afghanistan and Iraq for more than 10 years. The war literally came home to Boston and its suburbs. We don’t like bombs going off in our public places and I hope we don’t like armored vehicles, SWAT teams in our homes or high-powered rifles going off in the streets. It’s time to ask when we’re going to stop doing this to other countries. It’s also time for ‘non-political’ people to raise questions about the conduct of our leaders, both at home and in other countries.<\/p>\n

It’s time to learn how to not feel like an asshole for actually caring and for being willing to speak up, including when it’s considered socially inappropriate.<\/p>\n

Experiencing the Astrology Personally<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking from an astrological standpoint, the Aries stellium that’s currently morphing into a Taurus stellium has been influencing everyone’s chart. This has been a push to find ourselves and assert ourselves, which is more comfortable for some people than for others. It’s easier to handle in the context of some relationships than it is in the context of others.<\/p>\n

This astrology will persist even as the Sun, Venus and Mars move through Taurus, which they now are. The remaining influence in Aries will be Mercury, which is suggesting that we talk out the issues in a direct, but if possible noncompetitive, way. One question is, can you be who you really are in your relationship(s)? If not, how do you compensate for that? Are you aware of your points of compromise, and how do you feel about them?<\/p>\n

Taurus emphasizes the theme of possession. This is often an issue in relationships, which are often based on this concept. Much of our concept of law is based on possession and private ownership. Much of our concept of marriage is about property and people treated as property; most of our relationship styles derive from the concept of marriage, particularly where sex is involved. We have so few examples and so little in the way of experience with something else that it’s difficult to even consider the concept — and when we do, it often comes with a blast of insecurity.<\/p>\n

In a sense, we depend on jealousy to provide a boundary in our relationships. Many people don’t do things (such as associate with others) based on their fear of jealousy, or the fear of their partner doing something ‘in retaliation’ or ‘because they can, now that you’ve done it’.<\/p>\n

Venus is now in Taurus, the sign of its rulership (classical term) or its ‘home territory’ (modern term). Venus is making many aspects this week, including an opposition to Saturn. That has a serious tone, and a caution about loss and the fear of loss. It may feel like facing the sensation of the worst possible outcome, or of giving up something precious. Then that passes, and Venus moves on to many other aspects, including a conjunction to an original asteroid (as in, one of the first four), Pallas Athene.<\/p>\n

Pallas Athene is about politics and negotiation, and with Venus involved, it’s about love; in Taurus, the specific topic is possession. There is a need to be self-possessed that’s described, even if that means some form of withholding or shying away from sexual contact (which can create attachment, or be expressed as part of attachment). It will be helpful to know what sex means to you, and also what it’s a token of.<\/p>\n

As C.T. Butler pointed out <\/a>in a Planet Waves interview, we’re accustomed to ‘majority rules’ concepts of organizing society, but in a group of two, there is no majority. We tend to solve that by one party dominating the other, or by some kind of power-sharing arrangement.<\/p>\n

As for desire. This is a force so powerful, it scares the bejesus out of many people, is off-putting to many, turns some into petty tyrants, and is stuffed into denial by others. To some it’s a moral issue; to those lacking self-esteem, wanting and being wanted are deep emotional triggers. The combination of Venus, Mars, the Sun and Pallas in Taurus is asking the question of how you deal with desire, and being desired, in many different forms.<\/p>\n

I will leave you with this in question form. How do you feel when you’re desired by someone? What do your rules say about when it’s OK and when it’s not? What do you do with the power that being desired gives you over someone, and what do you do when in desiring someone, you give up your own power?<\/p>\n

We’ll continue this discussion tomorrow and in Tuesday’s edition of Planet Waves FM<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Taurus emphasizes the theme of possession. This is often an issue in relationships, which are often based on this concept. Much of our concept of law is based on possession and private ownership. Much of our concept of marriage is about property and people treated as property; most of our relationship styles derive from the concept of marriage, particularly where sex is involved. We have so few examples and so little in the way of experience with something else that it’s difficult to even consider the concept — and when we do, it often comes with a blast of insecurity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1734],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66325"}],"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=66325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}