by Robert Wilkinson
This is a unique moment in cosmic time each year that illuminates all of us in some vast way. The Sun is now conjunct the star Sirius.
The Sun begins its transit of 14 Cancer around 5:25 am PDT, 1:25 pm BST on July 4. It will occupy that degree until around 6:30 am PDT July 5 when it will enter the 15th degree of Cancer, where it will stay until around 7:40 am PDT on July 6.
This is a uniquely spiritual moment each year when we can experience the Light and Wisdom of the Source of the Source. While it may or may not be registered by our 5 senses and our mind, it is still happening anyway. Why not ask what that Mystery means for you? You could find a type of Ageless Wisdom, a “permanence in Truth.”
This 50 hour span requires our attention to subtle impressions from Cosmos. Try to be aware of what you’re doing and thinking during this 50 hour span, since the Sun is bringing illumination of Source Wisdom during this time.
We are told in the Sabian Symbols that the degree symbol for the 14th degree of Cancer is "A very old man facing a vast dark space to the northeast.” In The Astrology of Personality, where Rudhyar uses the original Jones class notes on the symbols, he states this is a degree of “fearlessness; and noble, self-perpetuating strength arising from knowledge” and “courage in the facing of spiritual problems.”
In The Astrological Mandala, he goes on to say that this degree symbolizes “fulfillment in transcending and changeless wisdom,” where “an archetypal figure” faces a direction symbolizing “the direction from which spiritual-cosmic forces enter the Earth-sphere.” He speaks of the 26,000 year “circumpolar cycle” associated with the precession of the Great Ages, as well as “the phenomenon of seasonal change.”
He continues that in the dawning of human existence there was allegedly “a perpetual spring” which is associated with a traditionally very high spiritual state. He offers “The Wise Old Man faces the Changeless Reality, the true North – which for us is located in a northeast direction. He faces the great Void, that apparent Darkness which is an intense Light invisible to our senses.”
He states this is a degree of a technique. “Implied is that by consistently and for a long time meditating on the changeless and spiritual reality at the very core of all experiences one can attain the supreme and age-old wisdom. We see in the symbol a way beyond appearances and toward permanence in truth.” He says this degree is in the Span of Expansion, and is the technical degree of the individual, mental, and spiritual Scene of Decision in the Act of Stabilization.
Dr. Jones tells us this is about “the immeasurable reaches of past experience as a strengthening of the human spirit for its immediate destiny, and of the eternal rebirth” where we can discover our “present aspiration and future achievement are without the slightest limitation.” He states “here is an absoluteness of self as a completeness of expectation,” and “there are no dark moments of outlook that cannot yield inspiration or assurance.”
He offers us the keyword SANCTION.” He says when this degree is operating positively, it represents “a highly effective enlistment of deeper and hidden elements of life for some momentary end.”
So here the Light shines a vast view of our limitless potential, and our ability to enlist the powers of Soul to find timeless Truth. We can find a fearlessness and “self-perpetuating strength arising from knowledge,” and see how our past experiences brought us to forms of “eternal rebirth” where we broke through old limitations by finding a new inspiration or assurance.
This degree is about a timeless, ageless Wisdom, and fearlessness in facing and embracing a “permanent Truth.” That’s because that degree is where the star Sirius occupied between around 1922 through 1993, when it moved into 15 Cancer where it will stay through around 2065. Here I’ll note that the 1920s, 30s, and 40s brought forth some of the greatest spiritual outpourings in history, from Yogananda to Alice Bailey to Agni Yoga to Krishnamurti to Dane Rudhyar.
It has been said that Sirius is where the ageless Wisdom came from so that infant humanity might learn its Divine Estate. It is the source of ALL the world’s “wisdom traditions,” as revealed through Avatars, World Teachers, and all the Prophets, Sages, and other Holy Beings ever to walk our Earth. So the first 25 hours of this period shine a light on this technique of individual spiritual decisions.
The second 25 hours complete the theme of this face of Cancer with the symbol for the 15th degree of Cancer is “A group of people who have overeaten and enjoyed it.” In the original notes from the Marc Jones class on the symbols, Rudhyar ways this is a degree of “A turning to superficial things for self-strengthening,” “self-indulgence in sensations,” and “Unintelligent satiation, dullness.”
In The Astrological Mandala he says this is a degree of "the need that exists at an early stage of human growth to materialize the concept of fulfillment.” Here we find a material fulfillment, as well as a “plenitude of being,” that can help us overcome any sense of deprivation or lack within us.
This fulfills the Scene of Decision, and shows us the way to translate the Truth or Ageless Wisdom experience of 14 Cancer into material forms. He states “the mind yearns to translate what it has seen in purely physical terms, (i.e.) the materialization of the spiritual.” He says this degree falls in the Span of Expansion, Act of Stabilization, and Scene of Decision at the culmination of the Individual-Mental level.
Dr. Jones, creator of the Sabian Symbols, says this is a degree of “the inescapable richness of life,” here emphasizing “the rewards which come to (us) as a result of (our) efforts.” He says “there are penalties whenever (we) attempt to freeze the present as a promise for the future or seek to overindulge (ourselves) in one directions as compensation for the consequences of inadequacy in another.”
He states “individuality in its fullness has recurrent and consistent assurance that its potentials will not be dissipated.” He offers the keyword SATIETY. He states that when operating positively, the degree is a “an effective and smooth demonstration of human competence.”
So this 50 hours give us the Light of an Ageless Wisdom with a need to ground it some material form. Listen for the timeless Truth being beamed to the world at this time, and allow your imagination to receive a sign of how you can “materialize the spiritual” in a way which is perfect for you and your skills.
This is a timeless Galactic Wisdom outside the bounds of our Solar System. This is the Light of “the Sun of our Sun.”
Anyway, please take a moment to reflect on your experience, both obvious and subtle, at this particular time. You may find a timeless wisdom and a direct Truth.
© Copyright 2024 Robert Wilkinson
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