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Advantage E-Zine - November 19, 2001
There will be a pair of eclipses in the next year that are going to
affect a particular aspect in the USA chart quite strongly. One will
be
on Dec. 14th and the other on June 10th. The aspect is Mars at 21
Gemini
square Neptune at 22 Virgo. This aspect has been a prominent player
whenever we have been at war, and therefore, may hold a clue
metaphysically as to why we have done so. First let's examine the
natal
aspect and what it says about our collective character.
As wonderful as our country and way of life is, there has been an
undercurrent issue with this aspect. Neptune is illusion, deception
or
inspiration (among a few other things) and Mars is action...energy
in
motion. In other words, what we actually DO. The square aspect is a
conflict or challenge to growth. Noel Tyl calls it developmental
tension.
We collectively are together to develop or grow in the area of
resolving
a conflict between what we DO and what our ideals are. We are
together
for other reasons, too, but this one is very active whenever we have
a
war. In case you're getting defensive, one example of this is that
we
left England to be free from oppression. Then in a very short time
we
were importing slaves from Africa. Another example is that we were
appalled in WWII by the treatment of the Jews, but back home the
races
were separate, and black people couldn't use the same rest rooms or
ride
in the front of the buses.
I'm not sure of the connection to wars. That is, I'm not sure what
the
significance is, but the activation of that aspect (or it activating
other parts of the chart) is prominent when we go to war. Perhaps it
is
to bring home to us our underlying conflict that this aspect
represents.
After all, we talk about "equality of man" in our constitution, not
equality of Americans, but human beings. I overhead someone say at
the
conference I attended in Florida, that this was a war between the
13th
and 20th centuries. An interesting comment about the disparity of
nations
on this tiny globe. There is a tremendous gulf. This December 14th,
the
eclipse will be at 22:56 Sagittarius, which will be opposite the
Mars and
square the Neptune. The eclipse of December 30 will be at 8 Cancer
which
is the midpoint between the USA Venus and Sun, plus being quite near
our
Jupiter and square Saturn. That is another challenge to our
character
having to do with business and our handling of resources. We can
talk
about that one next time.
On May 26th, the eclipse at 5 Sagittarius will oppose our Uranus. On
June
10th, the eclipse with be at 19 Gemini (again activating the
Mars/Neptune
square) and on June 24th, at 3 Capricorn, which is opposite our
Venus and
Jupiter. All these eclipses indicate this is an extremely sensitive
time.
I've been trying to get across the idea from the beginning of last
year
that we are at "critical mass", and what we choose to do is
extremely
important.
Eclipses spotlight areas of a chart showing that it is time to pay
attention to the issues that they symbolize. Everything, however,
comes
down to the individual. We cannot look at this as the conflict in
character of the government, or the armed forces, or whatever. Every
single person is part of the collective and as it moves, so moves
the
leaders. Mass consciousness rules. If we each unify our ideals with
what
we actually DO, and resolve a conflict within our individual
spirits, it
will heal a nation, and then perhaps, a world. From what I can see,
we
are doing it already. |
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