Aquarius Papers - Global Astrology

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, a.k.a HPB - One of the most remarkable Beings in history

by Robert Wilkinson

When asked long ago who I would most like to spend an evening with, without any hesitation I answered "Helena Blavatsky." She was truly one of the most remarkable women of history, and besides a host of interesting personality qualities that would keep anyone enchanted for a lifetime, she possessed a phenomenal mind, very advanced "psychic" powers cultivated in Tibet, and absolute integrity. She traveled her world extensively, and stories of her influence are the stuff of legend. (I realize some might think of speaking with Christ, Buddha, Zoroaster, Abraham, Babaji, or Mohammed, but most of us could not have much of a conversation with such beings. We might be in awe, but the evening might be fairly one-sided.)

The Age of Aquarius – Laying the Patterns in the Present

by Robert Wilkinson

Following up on a previous post, the Age of Aquarius is upon us, but since Cosmic Time is somewhat more stretched out than our human-based perceptual framework, it’s going to be a while before we will finally bid adieu to the old, rapidly-fading Age of Pisces. We have already had various parts of the Aquarian Age awakened at two different moments in recent history, these occurring when Uranus transited the sign. At present, Neptune is weaving and blending Aquarian energy into the holographic matrix of both collective consciousness as well as the collective unconscious, and in decades to come Pluto will awaken the seeds of the coming era which will look completely different from anything we’ve seen in over 200 years, ultimately manifesting as a completely transformed humanity.

Fate versus Free Will - How Much Control Do We Have?

A reader commented "I have read that when we don't live consciously, things then 'happen' to us as fate. I have also read that the outer planets (Uranus, Pluto) bring situations into our lives that are (seemingly) out of our control. Or do we attract these situations into our lives? How much control do we really have?"

In my experience, we have tremendous ability to control our responses; we have no control over when we will have to confront the need to rise to an occasion, as these are set at birth by the timing on our birth chart. We also must live within the larger configurations that affect us all. That said, we can shape what happens and how long we will be maneuvering through the rapids of life by what we do, feel, and think in any given moment. We can get beyond certain problems fairly quickly, but we cannot escape our need to keep learning all we can to BE our Highest Self.

The Age of Aquarius - Signs and Signals

by Robert Wilkinson

Today's article arises from a fragment of a comment stream where I stated "Neptune is now embedding into collective consciousness what was awakened when Uranus transited those points (in Aquarius). When Pluto eventually crosses those same points, it will awaken the seeds of the Aquarian era. It'll look much different than most 20th century thinkers suspect. Thank God for time." We have had momentous activity in Aquarius as a prelude to the next Great Age of 2100+ years, with more to come.

The North Node and South Node - What Do They Mean In A Chart?

The Moon's Nodes are well known and important factors in any chart, but almost no one has published much on how they work. There are many possible interpretations, but to put it succinctly, the sign of the North Node shows the quality of your line of greatest evolutionary development; the sign of the South Node shows the quality of your line of least resistance. In this regard, remember that often the North Node efforts are difficult, whereas the South Node patterns are familiar, and therefore usually easy. The Nodes of the Moon show when eclipses occur, and mark 4 points in the year when the Sun and Moon bring forth new emphases, and shut down old lines of energy and activity.

Finding A New Job, Career, or Life, Part 2 - Astrological Factors

by Robert Wilkinson

Here's part 2 of this "job search" series, and it's the complement to what was posted in Part 1. This article is more astrological in nature, and sets some of the framework encompassing what was posted yesterday. Since so many are going through so many changes, please feel free to contribute to the public dialogue in the comment stream, since we all have wisdom from our experiences that we can share with others going through similar circumstances. That said, welcome to an astrological exploration of the factors in jobs and professions.

Finding A New Job, Career, or Life – Part 1

by Robert Wilkinson

A dear friend asked via email “Don’t know if this is outside the scope of what you want to do at the a Aquarius Papers, but if you ever felt like doing a piece on where to begin looking/planning for a new career/life change - you'd have at least one person interested in reading it. I guess it would have to be a pretty general type of thing, but l think a lot of people have a hard time just getting started/oriented.” I started thinking, and believe this is a great idea, so let’s begin our quest of exploring how to move into new jobs, careers, and lives.

Agni Yoga - Helena and Nicholas Roerich, Brotherhood, Thought-forms, Bees and other things

by Robert Wilkinson

I love the material by Helena Roerich, author of the Agni Yoga series and wife of the venerable Nicholas Roerich, the first artist ever nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts at global disarmament between world wars 1 and 2. Among his achievements were many books and thousands of paintings, at least two thousand of Tibet done when he made his pioneering expeditions into central Asia, one of the first Europeans to do so.

The Rulership and Exile Positions of the Planets

by Robert Wilkinson

If you're into astrology you no doubt have encountered the concept of the Rulerships, Detriments, Exaltations, and Fall positions of the planets. These have come to us from antiquity, and each of the 7 visible planets (known of the "Sacred Seven") has two signs it is said to "rule," and two signs in which a planet is in "Exile" or "Detriment." Though seemingly describing "good" and "bad" positions, this doesn't tell the whole story. A planet in the sign it "rules" can express negatively, while a planet in "exile" may show a favorable effect. It's all in how we choose to use the energies at our disposal, since astrology describes the dynamic art of living rather than a static set of determined responses.