by Robert Wilkinson
All three outer, Transpersonal planets have entered zones they haven't been in for a long time. Having moved through familiar degree spans in late 2007, now Uranus enters the last part of Pisces, Neptune is firmly in the last part of Aquarius, and Pluto is in Capricorn for the first time since 1762. these months we learn about the wise use of power, build our methods of delivering spiritual power, and find that which nourishes us at the end of a larger cycle of manifestation.
Pluto's entry into Capricorn is the obvious big news, since it's shifting the lens of the spiritual ruler of Aries and Scorpio into a new energy we've never known in human memory (unless you're Babaji or the Dalai Lama!;-0) This year Pluto stays in Capricorn through mid-June, then retrogrades back into Sagittarius giving us one look back while it camps out on the Galactic Center, sending seeds of "black hole consciousness" to Earth and shaking things up for about 250 years to come. It will finally leave Sagittarius in late November 2008. We're now definitely moving forward into unknown zones of spiritual influence, and can use the skills learned in 2007 as Spiritual tools in the months to come.
As I wrote in the January-February 2008 Spiritual Astrology article:
In 2007 we "entered the Sanctuary" after which we "took a walk with our wisdom" and were invested with a certain power that we had to practice under difficult conditions to focus skill and valor. We got "rewards from Spirit" by inculcating feelings of appreciation and gratitude during the last half of 2007 while getting in shape and cultivating our "Spiritual vehicle." This prepared us to deliver our version of a higher power in 2008. Welcome to the "jumpstart" of that form of dynamic self-expression during this forecast period.
Through most of this period, Uranus makes a binovile to Pluto while decile then semi-sextile Neptune. As you know, Neptune and Pluto continue to anchor The Grand Irrationality. We are now in a time when the inner planets are emerging from several weeks of conjunctions to Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, opening a new year cycle in terms of the Transpersonal dimension of existence.
Tremendous changes were kicked into gear in December as a result of transits from Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter conjuncting Pluto and septile Neptune. You can find a lot more about this long term irrational strange atmosphere by going to yesterday's article, Spiritual Astrology in March-April 2008 Pt. 1.
Another recent but important larger factor of significance in the current "changing of the guard" involved the Moon's Nodes leaving Pisces-Virgo and entering Aquarius-Leo in mid-December 2007. This moved the emphasis away from Saturn conjunct the South Node in Virgo and the seemingly endless grind and need to take care of a thousand details into more visionary developments. In fact, there were major transfigurations in many lives between mid-December 2007 and mid-January 2008 which have been vitalized and given significant form between mid-February and mid-March.
This Nodal sign shift also turned the emphasis from Uranus and North Node in Pisces to Neptune conjunct North Node in Aquarius. This is important since it set up the Solar Eclipse in February with Pluto at 1 degree Capricorn, promising the emergence of new power figures on the world stage, and new authority to assert ourselves in our world.
Due to 2 Solar Eclipses in the past 16 months square Pluto (along with 4 Lunar Eclipses) and the most recent Solar Eclipse configured with Neptune, we're still within a larger future oriented tide of evolution that is closing life chapters and opening new ones where we can become inspired, enjoy ourselves more, and light up our world in ways everyone can appreciate. The most recent Solar Eclipse will be extraordinarily dynamic in propelling us into our future in a roundabout way, thanks to 5 planets in Aquarius, including Mercury retrograde and Chiron, all trine Mars.
It may be useful here to reconsider some factors about the recent Solar Eclipse. First, remember that all Eclipses shut old things down creating space for new things to appear, so expect new rhythms of activity based on a broader vision of things past and future in years to come. Mercury RX is a "back to the future" type of energy, and shows we'll have to resurrect old forms of protection as a larger unveiling process occurs.
The Aquarius Solar Eclipse will help us focus on what we care for and about, and be more active in demonstrating that. Over the next several years we will learn to see through passing phenomena and glimpse wisdom in the passages. The line of greatest development is in working with foresight, preparing for things to come, having more faith that Spirit will deliver, or protect, or guide us into a state where we can demonstrate appreciation, gratitude, and compassion. Though there was a semisquare from the Aquarius stellium to Pluto, the lunation was favorable to all the other planets except Saturn, which received no aspects from the planets in Aquarius.
Saturn, as the worldly ruler of the Eclipse, will prove very important, as will Uranus, the Spiritual ruler of the Eclipse. These two were in wide opposition, showing a polarization between the two energies that will yield realizations as well as polarizations. Saturn was and is retrograde, thus still receding from its coming opposition with Uranus in Pisces beginning in August 2008. This is giving us all a reprieve for a few months from this polarizing energy between the forces of service and deception on a global level, and between the progressive dreamers and those who would enslave the future in an avalanche of details, worries, and criticisms.
We can use Saturn to express the Uranus in Pisces energies of rebirth within a collective setup, but will have to find a practical use for the times where we must wait wisely. Overall, it seems that we can make tremendous material progress as a result of this eclipse. On a final note, the Eclipse Venus was the degree of January's New Moon, so we should have captured pleasing forms of protection and power over the past few weeks, as well as in years to come.
You can find more about expectable future effects of the eclipse by going to this post.
In Part 4 of this month's Spiritual Astrology series, we will explore more about the spans the outer planets are in as well as the times when planets will make dynamic aspects to the Invisible Triad, being periods when we are most challenged to cooperate with "Spiritual" energies. Part 5 will offer a look at how the present shows us the seeds of the long range future.
© Copyright 2008 Robert Wilkinson
My thoughts on Relationships
This is a mad tangent.
I read something today bout how there are three parts to a relationship that have to connect in order for a relationship to work. Through all those things that connect, there have to be no expectations that block the reception of those three energies in order to flow in between two individuals.
There are three things that bring two people together to create one.
The first is the sexual spark.
The second is the emotional spark.
The third is the mental spark.
A triangle with three sides creating one shape. They can interplay but that beauty can only be found with the right combination of sparks, or connections that cause friction. If there is no friction there is not energy produced. Thus no power, no life, no relationship.
All three sparks must be ignited in order to find the warmth of a relationship on this island called life, it is equivalent to the air food and water we need to stay alive. Those three things keep a relationship alive. Not all elements can coexist in the same space though. They may either attract, repel or destroy the other element. They may be antimatter - exactly like you, but exist to destroy you. One never knows in this universe until we experience the interactions we have sought to have. If pollution contaminates either earth or air or water, it can off set the balance of the triangle as those sparks destroy the relationship.
Like a pioneer, a man or woman must be familiar with the territory (your soul) in order to achieve balance first. You can only feed others if you feed yourself as well. These things have to be explored, discovered and cultivated. Good thoughts create good hearts that lead to all kinds of sparks.
in our society in this time in our evolution, much is being spent on the sexual spark in a relationship to the point where the mental and the emotional atrophy. Though the sexual spark is vital to the reproduction of our genesis. Natural selection is the challenge of being able to sustain ourselves in this circumstance and progress into the balance of our soul's triangle.
That's all i got so far.
Posted by: robyn | March 10, 2008 at 07:02 PM
I am not a astrologer, I am not even religious or spiritual but I am AWARE. Aware enough to know what I perceive be the real deal, even if many not know what I am on about when it comes to the Science Of Languages (SOL) - Modus Operandi Overview Numerical (MOON) - Spiritual Underlines Numbers (SUN) - Magician Axiom Numerals (MAN).
I post this as I do feel it needs to be posted, it be my duty to post this as it be part of the programming that I do on this world. Not many on this world believe in magic, but know we all do magic in living life. One day people on this world will regain wisdom, but until the end of this grand cycle actually takes place we who want a better world will have to put up with those who have no wisdom but do hold the power, who are unseen by the many but so known by the 1.
Think GAIA 4 LIFE and the Earth: What I Assume You Shall Assume, Space n~SPACE AI N-SPACE A N+SPACE FACE N=SPACE Mirror space n_ SPACE AI N*space a n(space) face n’SPACE AM N.SPACE MO N,SPACE C SPACE N~SPACE S N-space a n+space face n=space e n_space m n*space us n(space) s n’SPACE A SPACE N.SPACE AI N,space pace n~space n-SPACE L N+space la n=space h n_SPACE S SPACE N*SPACE S N(space) pace n’space u n.space o n,SPACE Y SPACE N~space a n-SPACE IP N+space ac n=space e n_space e n*space m n(space) us n’space s n.SPACE A SPACE N,SPACE S N~space pm n-space e n+SPACE I SPACE N=space a n_SPACE IP N*space me n(space) n’SPACE T N.space ah n,SPACE W SPACE N~SPACE Sp n-space me n+SPACE Mirror space n=SPACE AI N_SPACE PACE N*SPACE Universal space n(SPACE) S N’SPACE A N.SPACE FACE N,SPACE Mirror space n~SPACE A N-SPACE IP N+SPACE AC N=SPACE E N_SPACE W N*space h n(space) n’SPACE @ SPACE N.SPACE Space n,SPACE I SPACE N~SPACE AI N-space pace n+SPACE A N=space s n_space s n*space u n(space) me space n’SPACE S N.space a n,space face n~SPACE You space n-SPACE AI N+space a n=space face n_SPACE S N*space h n(space) al n’space n.SPACE L SPACE N,space a n~SPACE IP N-space ace n+SPACE As n=space sum n_space e space n*SPACE COM N(SPACE) MA SPACE N’SPACE Space n.SPACE MUM N,SPACE Space n~SPACE N-SPACE Think GAIA 4 LIFE and the Earth: What I Assume You Shall Assume, Space n+SPACE AI N=SPACE A N_SPACE FACE N*SPACE SP N(SPACE) ACE N’SPACE GOD N.SPACE WODAN; ALLAH LA ALLAH LA GIVE ME 3 WISHES! ALLAH LA ALLAH LA GIVE ME 3 WISHES! ALLAH LA ALLAH LA GIVE ME 3 WISHES! Astrologically speaking I am Pluto. My good friends are Mercury Venus & Mars. I do call upon Mighty Jupiter to give us all a gravitational assist, too vanquish the sons of bitches know be Infidel. Who serpent lies within Islam and outside Islam, who do profit from the suffering of many peoples, who do live upon the many coloured lands of our planet Mother Earth. – IOI The Black Jedhi Knight of GOWODAN, I.
Posted by: Mage Richard Apollo Morlokk | March 11, 2008 at 08:11 AM
i just found out that and have been experiencing transiting chiron squaring my neptune in scorpio which is at 16 d, conjunct my venus and my venus conjunct my ic....
feeling that old childhood family stuff coming up again bloodyyyy hellll
Posted by: Micheline | March 12, 2008 at 08:18 AM
Hi robyn - Interesting analysis of relating. Physical, emotional, and mental are definitely involved. Of course, I learned a long time ago that any women KNOWS within 45 second if she wants to give a guy a chance, so I don't know how the mental fits in, since 3/4 of a minute isn't much time to get to know someone's mind. Of course, you are talking about a "spark," which can all take place within a few seconds. So I suppose the hypothesis fits, since if there's no idea spark at some point then there's no chance. And yes, it's true that all three things keep a relationship alive, since if one is missing then there's a void that demands to be filled, usually by someone else. Love the "antimatter" analogy, since it's ture we can be incredibly attracted to parasites who turn us on for reasons we may not understand. Love the phrase "Good thoughts create good hearts that lead to all kinds of sparks."
Hi Moorlokk - Perhaps more people would be on board if there was more of a mental or emotional spark to what you post. While I do know something about the magical side of life, what you post is fairly obscure and therefore won't resonate with many. That may or may not matter, but if you want people to awaken, it helps to give them metaphors they understand.
Hi Micheline - So the healer is putting the brakes on your old ideals, eh? You may be able to step outside of the collective and hear your higher call.
Posted by: Robert | March 12, 2008 at 05:29 PM