Hello my fellow travelers,
There are those times when one's use and understanding of the astrological relationships about or between the birth planets in their horoscope fail them miserably in real life! This is one of those times....I'm speaking about the Mercury/(Hermes) Uranus/Prometheus configuration in my own horoscope. Often I'm lead astray by this archetypal configuration . Especially when it runs my life as if on steroids. A quick aside here. When speaking of a planet such as HermesM/ercury, my sense of things says always pair that planet up with it's archetypal partner. Ie. Hermes/Mercury or Uranus/Prometheus. Archetype and planet are like lovers that go hand in hand,, through good times and yes, bad! But I digress...
Now, thanks to Bonnie Oh so Bright, I've landed in the right place in which to promote archetypal astrological dialogue..I hope that we can have some..Here ..Now!!!
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On the subject of computer dis-ease, I've found a correlation between my own computer dis-astres and solar flares. I have a close Uranus/Prometheus conjunction to my Natal ASC from the 12th House. You might enjoy this excerpt from an article by esoteric astrologer Michael Erlewine on solar flares. It was posted last February about one that was as wide as the Earth!
In my experience, he's right, we just need to "roll with the punches."
Kathleen Burt
from M Erlewine:
A flare is an eruption of mass and matter, this one central to us, so look inside and not outside for its effects. And inside means not just a little inside, but deep inside as in: who we are or feel we are or wonder-we-are. Such a deep shift or “touch” may slow us down a bit today or even for days and our decisions, outer events, projects, may well go on hold for a while, while we reorient ourselves and take it all in.
What does this mean? Good question. In esoteric astrology, the Sun is the heart of our innermost self, not to mention that externally it provides all heat, light, warmth, growth, etc. Think about that for just a nanosecond please.
These solar flares can be very strong events and I tend to just roll with them and not be too upset that whatever schedule I have going gets a little trampled on or rearranged.
Bonnie I noticed you raised some excellent thoughts about Aquarius and the planetary/collective impact of the coming cycle. This is something that many astrological historians such as Richard Tarnas are beyond brilliant at. Unfortunately I'm not one of those people. Not that I'm not conversant with the material or ideas of planetary/evolution and or destruction, because I certainly am. And I do care. Often painfully so. But what I've found is that for me it's best to confine my astrological interests to the more personal concerns of individuals who compose that collective. Given that let's look at the configuration of an Aquarius rising in the horoscope....In this case yours truly!
A broad description of this might be someone who is an agent of change. Someone who can impact large groups of people with ideas that might impact the future of individuals on a personal and collective level. Now here is what I think is important about being astrological. There must be caution here about being too general when it comes to speaking to an individual about his/her Aquarius rising, Yes, there may be an Aquarian impulse to effect change for the many in a future sense. But, what kind of larger collective impact is right for that specific person in his/her specific life? Agent of change may be the metaphor.....BUT following James Hillman's ideas from The Soul's Code, WHAT kind of activity is right for this particular soul/person. Does their soul's daimon lead them to the chicken yard where they then can produce healthy eggs for the masses or are they meant to start an online community such as Depth Psych. Alliance?
The Aquarian impulse is at its best when it works to bring a larger perspective to the greater whole for the greater good. It's kind of like a chicken whose lived within an egg during it's gestation and then at birth sticks it's head through the crack in the egg and says ...Jeez! There's a whole world out there. As I see it. The Aquarian/Uranus /Prometheus impulse functions to make our universes bigger . But often the shell has to crack in order for that to happen..And that hurts. But in the words of Leonard Cohen, "That's how the light gets in.."
Sometimes I ask myself a question when I wake up. I pretend I'm an Aquarian and ask
How can I make my neighborhood, my community , my world a bigger, better place today?