by Robert Wilkinson
On July 29, Uranus went stationary retrograde at 25 Aries. On August 13, Saturn will go stationary direct at 10 Sagittarius. Both of these events would be huge if taken separately; the tight sesquisquare they’ve been making since mid-June is a frictional spur to action for us all, wherever they fall.
Uranus represents our eternal ability in the NOW to individualize our lives and consciousness. It is the Divine Revolutionizer within us that is directly connected with Spirit. It shows us how to live in a truly free way, not reacting to the world’s inertia, but instead moving into the eternal unknown adventure where we are forever free to explore, discover, and revolutionize our lives and consciousness.
Saturn, on the other hand, symbolizes the universal binding force in Nature, the “Ring Pass Not” of Dharma that permits all things if they serve Dharma and no thing if it does not serve Dharma. Saturn is our “skin of personality,” the boundaries of what we are able to master, found through the ten thousand things that temporarily enslave us through various types of mental, emotional, or material inertia.
Uranus is the Higher Law, Saturn is the worldly law. Uranus helps us break free, break out, and break through the binding force Saturn represents. Saturn helps us give structure through discipline to our eternal discoveries along our Path to Truth. In one esoteric system, Saturn is Divine Understanding, whereas Uranus is Divine Wisdom. Both serve each other in the Great Work each of us is here to do.
Uranus now begins to re-trace ground it’s covered since it last went direct in December 2015 at 17 Aries. Since then, we’ve explored how to individualize in the span of experience from 17-25 Aries. Now that it’s retrograde, we will take a new look at what Uranus awakened in us to since June through August 2015, when it first hit 21 Aries. That is part of its “shadow zone” for this year, since it will retrograde back from 25 Aries to 21 Aries, where it will go stationary direct in December 2016.
Since last December, we have withdrawn from profitless situations, found a way to preserve energy by getting above the stress of worldly things, and joined with others in more loving and reinforcing relationships. We have learned how to generate power and optimism, follow through on obligations, gotten concentrated doses of spiritual energy, and now stand on the threshold of a promise to be redeemed next year for those who can shape their minds to make it a container for spiritual fulfillment.
We now sit at 25 Aries, preparing to review the span of degrees between 21 and 25 Aries. That is said to be the emotional-social and cultural face of the Scene of Potency, so we can expect now to the end of the year to be a time when emotional, social, and cultural activities will help us focus our potential in ways that revolutionize our lives, liberate us, and get us ready for the spiritual individuality that will predominate 2017.
In part 2 we’ll discuss Saturn going stationary direct, and how it will impact all of us in coming months, along with the dance that Saturn and Uranus are doing at this time.
© Copyright 2016 Robert Wilkinson
"Saturn is Divine Understanding, whereas Uranus is Divine Wisdom. Both serve each other in the Great Work each of us is here to do."
Brilliant way of putting it down!
Blessings be to all.
Posted by: Nic | August 05, 2016 at 02:10 AM