It is as if we are worker bees in the growing hive of consciousness on the planet. The queen bee is returning with Neptune returning to its rightful home in Pisces. Our job is to gather nectar, fertilize and make honey. Share your light; there are already plenty sharing their fear and anger. That voice will get heard, but if you see some light through the cracks, share the sweetness. See if you can find the spark of divine light within yourself and act from there. Now.
Astrological high surf warnings are in effect for the next 3 years as two of the planetary giants square off with their irreconcilable differences and humanity faces an evolutionary identity crisis. Uranus with the urge for freedom will square Pluto, the controlling forces squelching that freedom, 7 times beginning in 2012 through 2015. Since these are both collective in nature, this influence will be pervasive in human society. This archetypal identity crisis which we will see played out in the global theater will also be wrestled with inwardly within each individual. This deep questioning is born out of the world being at war with itself as it goes through a crisis of direction.
Karmic Adjustment Cycle: Pluto squares are karmic adjustment cycles. Normally we have free will to direct the course of our life, except when we are dealing with Pluto. Imagine you are a space shuttle captain and it is your job to pilot your space craft to its specific mission. In our make believe story, you first sit down with NASA and map out your journey, then assemble your crew and head off on your mission. What would happen if you drifted off your prescribed course? NASA would have the ability to override your onboard controls and redirect you to the intended course. NASA in our story represents your authentic soul’s purpose that brought you into this incarnation.
If a Pluto square were happening in your personal chart, it would be a time you wouldn’t be able to make progress in directions not consistent with your original soul intent. Pluto is the place within you that has never forgot what your soul came here to do in the first place. Also remember in our story, NASA didn’t blast you out of space, it redirected you to the intended course. If you were dealing with an insurmountable obstacle in your life, you would be advised to look around and see what alternative directions Pluto was opening up.
This aspect releases collective karma. We are all part of the collective, so it will also be experienced personally. There are two ways to liberate yourself from personal karma: One is through awareness within your consciousness; you make the adjustment inwardly and you are free. The second type you simply have to live through, burning through the accumulated karma and reaping the lessons for good or for ill.
The deep work with Pluto is “purging who you aren’t to become who you are.” Although Pluto at the highest level can direct you to your soul’s purpose, you first have to purge the shadow side of Pluto from your character. This is not easy because Pluto is by definition subconscious; if you know what it is, that is not it! You learn about it by seeing its manifestation, its impact. Like the wind you can’t see save for the leaves rustling on the trees. What is your effect on people and world around you? The second and more difficult aspect of knowing the Pluto influence is the brutal self-honesty required to see the less than honorable aspects of your character necessary to take full responsibility for where you are.
This way of working with Pluto individually works the same collectively. This is a collective karmic release: We are where we are because of choices we’ve made. This is always the first step in liberation from karma; taking responsibility for our role in where we are. This is not a time that we can ignore our role in the collective state of affairs and just go about our own way without some consideration for our measure of accountability.
Imagine humanity was an individual person who you were just meeting and he/she first showed you around with great pride his tremendous accomplishments and the beautiful treasures he had amassed while here on Earth. After being very impressed you began to look around his domain and noticed that many of his children were dying of hunger, while others were gorging on gluttony. You would likely think this person was totally out of touch, out of balance and unenviable.
Uranus and Pluto were together 1962-69 and the current correction cycle had its inception during this time of their union. This revolutionary period fueled the human rights movement, the Civil Rights Act, the feminist movement, sexual freedom, anti-war movements, etc. Barry McGuire recorded The Eve of Destruction on July 12, 1965 and it became a mainstream song of the protest movements. This was followed by Donovan’s release of Buffy Saint-Marie’s song, The Universal Soldier, the next month poignantly revealing the individual responsibility for sacrificing one’s body as a resource to support the war machine.
This song could be rewritten for the protest movement against corrupt capitalism as The Universal Glutton, poignantly revealing the individual responsibility of looking at greed, taking more than you need, voting with your pocketbook and not your conscious, profiting from investments that are against your values, sacrificing your integrity to support the corrupt side of capitalism.
This is a crisis because it isn’t easy when “a man has got to do what man has got to do,” just to survive and get by, let alone be a glutton about it. So wrestle with this each in our way we will likely do. How much to honor your personal integrity, how much to take advantage of a good deal?
The Astrology of Revolution: The most obvious feature of the astrology for the next three years is the spirit of revolution. People who are living oppressed lives are rising up in revolt against those who are profiting from their misery.
There are two types of revolutionaries and each will be drawn to their own way. The first types are the activists and whistle-blowers who tell us of corruption in business and government and encourage us to participate in doing something about this abuse of power.
The second types of revolutionaries have successfully broken free of the oppressive forces and are actively living a life with a totally different game plan. There already are people who are doing the work of rebuilding a sustainable culture and are successfully living lives that aren’t a compromise to their values. Both groups are demonstrators: The first joining together with others as a loud demonstration of protest. The second group is living a life that is a demonstration of an alternative way to move forward.
Both are necessary. Which are you inclined towards? No fence post sitting; that would be akin to waiting for things to get better as a strategy and that could be a long wait.
Is it a world-wide suicide? Will civilization stampede off an evolutionary cliff without even looking up? Or will there be a mass awakening of humanity with this surge of galactic energy bombarding our planet over the next few years? Not likely. It is most likely that awakening will happen in fits and spurts as it always does. First, just a small portion of the population gets the evolutionary direction of new information coming into the system through the cracks, say 1%. Just as in the individual process of awakening. Think of your own process. Fits and spurts most likely. The first light of consciousness that gets in through the cracks of how you think things are, grows, and eventually you become more conscious and awake than unconscious and asleep as you were when just following the herd.
The Field of Uncertainty: Along with the revolutionary theme this is also the signature of a quickening in the vibration and pace of the background field that we all dwell within. A spin off of this is the background feeling of uncertainty in the air. Get used to it, it comes with the territory and it wouldn’t matter how your life were going, it just is. Breath is still the most accessible and powerful tool for dealing with this background anxiety. Breathe deep into the energy and, like a surfer, picture yourself getting up on top of the wave rather than trying to quiet it. The wave is a wave, it is what it is and it is building, so no sense in waiting for it to pass, it won’t.
Enjoy the moments of temporary permanence when you find yourself where you want to be. Enjoy these islands in the river of time, delightful respites in the flowing river that eventually washes everything away.
The Earth itself will be going through this same astrological pattern of upheaval energy. The Earth’s crusts and her weather will likely be just as unstable and unpredictable as everything else. It is simply prudent to at least give some thought disaster preparation and what would you do if…?
Democracy Over-Run by Capitalism: Our country started off in a revolution against unfair and corrupt British policies that were imposed on the population. Democracy was born with the desire to level the playing field with the declaration of “…all are created equal.” Free enterprise and capitalism were installed as the vehicle of commerce to support democracy. Our country was founded on Democracy and funded by free-enterprise.
The Uranus/Pluto square triggers an identity crisis for our country; Are we a democracy first and must subordinate capitalism to that which supports a level playing field? Or, are we a capitalistic society first and should therefore mold the laws of democracy to support the right to make money however one chooses?
Democracy and capitalism have always had an up and down marriage in our country. Too much social controls from government squelches human ingenuity and doesn’t allow for individual greatness, nor creative genius into the system. Capitalism gives democracy its punch and personality by allowing for unrestrained industrious endeavors, but too much capitalism is ruthless and squelches the very principles of freedom for all that democracy is built upon.
This struggle will go on within each of us as well and it will come to a head. How much do we vote with our pocket book as the highest priority and how much to keep a level playing field for ourselves, others, our children and their children? It is not a clear-cut nor easy decision. You’ve got to support yourself and those you care for. Where is it that each of us are willing to sell out our principles, values, and integrity in the name of success? Like an individual who has been exclusively focusing on his career life while his home life and personal life are in shambles, the marriage between democracy and capitalism is also in shambles, from the same over-focus on success, money, and business first mentality.
Humanity is not on the eve of destruction, but democracy is.
How would you find a meaningful and fulfilling life if acquiring and consuming weren’t available as the dominant and viable path? Make room in your life by indentifying, reprioritizing, letting go of these dysfunctional patterns; fighting to hold onto to something that is dysfunctional in the first place is ludicrous. The game has been changed.
We’ve all been playing the game of our life as a monopoly game with familiar rules you can depend on. The game board has been replaced with a multidimensional field. Who wins and who loses and how is that defined and measured is radically different. “He who dies with the most toys wins” is no longer a viable game plan.
The incredible lightness of being gets mighty weighty while saddled with the burdens of trying to maintain something that is not satisfying, nor sustainable through time.
Sustainability is the big picture with Pluto in Capricorn, and if you want to align with the evolutionary intent behind the crumbling down of the old system, get on track with creating a sustainable life. The system that is crumbling is not sustainable; for the Earth and its finite resources and for individuals carrying an impossible load of burdens trying to maintain a life that is not sustainable.
By definition, Pluto is subconscious until, in its volcanic fashion, it erupts into conscious awareness. Uranus square Pluto activates unexpected experiences that force us to become conscious of that which we were previously unaware. This shocking illumination of becoming conscious of the consequences of our collective choices can be hard to live with at first.
Sometimes it seems bizarre even to participate in a world gone mad. Why even participate with such trivial or insignificant concerns when you see the truth of the evolutionary crisis we are facing?
Peace doesn’t happen when the one at disadvantage calls for a truce. Peace happens when the one in advantage ends the conflict in favor of a cooperative path. The disparity of wealth distribution in our country won’t end by the disadvantaged people calling for equality. It happens when those in advantage positions become conscious, one by one and breaking free of soul crushing greed.
We want the 1% of the financial community to change their hoarding ways and the same could be implored of the 1% of the consciousness community. Why participate in a mad world once you have awakened? Because it is your role in the slow process of humanity awakening. Don’t hoard your awakening, don’t let the awakening be wasted by not participating, give back to the collective. Instead of being resentful for those still largely unconscious, be thankful for your own awakening and give back from there in your day to day involvement with the life you are living. It will have its subtle influence.
Neptune returns to its own sign Pisces and The Call to Return to Source: While Neptune was in the Air sign of Aquarius the last 13 years we’ve been encouraged to seek alternative methods for connecting with the spiritual realm, attempting to find the link between quantum physics and the spiritual realm as an example. With Pisces you are encouraged to return to source, your own internal source of knowing. Invite it back into your life.
Neptune returns to its own sign February 3rd for the next thirteen years and holds the promise of a global spiritual renaissance as the planet of imagination enters its strongest domain. Artists and spiritual seekers both will know how to get the best of this passage. Pisces is the sign of the fishes; one is swimming in the upper waters interacting with the world and the other is swimming in the deeper, inner waters that only you know about. The arts, music and all forms of creative expression will likely flourish with this creative surge and urge for transcendence.
The urge for transcendence: The high road function of Neptune in Pisces is to dissolve the separate ego identity so that you become aware of being part of a larger spiritual reality. You transcend the separate sense of self to become absorbed in the life around you as all feelings of separateness disappear.
The shadow side of self-transcendence is self-denial. Woe is me, self-pity and guilt are all still focused on the separate self and ego, in its demise and denial rather than its glory, but still anchored in self-absorption, rather than transcending self and becoming anchored in the all.
Self-denial as a path doesn’t work; by denying yourself, you are denying part of existence; your part.
Escapism, drugs, alcohol and fear are also shadow side manifestations of unskillful ways of transcending reality. The wine and movie industries will certainly thrive.
Let this be a return of sacred awareness in your life. Reap the rewards of meditation: when you meditate you break the conditioning cycle by tapping into the eternal source within you that has never been wounded or tainted by life’s experiences. Be informed by this source as much as your worldly identity. Beyond spiritual practices, this can be sitting, walking in nature, or even becoming absorbed in the face of a child.
This energy is more lyrical than logical. The power of storytelling should not be discounted as a means of having influence as the public’s desire to lose itself in fantasy continues.
Empathy and compassion are natural expressions of this combination and thankfully should be in more evidence.
It appears as if it is our collective role to be stewards of the Earth and its inhabitants. We can do a better job. We must. Existence is infinitely patient with our karmic lessons; do it till you get it right, or do it again, and again, and again. The urge to belong and feel at home is strong, but this Earth is our home for now. We will stay here till we get it right, and we don’t have it right yet, so back to work. Our gardens are a mess, our water is atrocious, and children are dying of hunger. There is plenty still to do.
Exhaustion: The poet David Whyte tells a story of being exhausted from serving on volunteer committees that were not making any progress. He was about to spend an evening with a colleague interpreting Rilke poems when he first asked his friend about his thoughts about exhaustion. His friend’s response was life changing for me:
“Exhaustion doesn’t come from need of rest. The antidote for exhaustion is wholeheartedness.”
This I found staggering in its truth and its implications in my life. When not being wholehearted about whatever I was doing, I started evaluating what was standing in the way. You might want to evaluate your own life in terms of not being whole hearted in certain areas. Where is it in you that your resistance is standing in the way of you being whole hearted in your involvement with your life? And just as important, where is it that the container of your life is not large enough to allow you to pour the fullness of your being into it?
Flashpoints: The 60’s were a flashpoint in the normal slow crawl of civilization with the public unrest with status quo and innovative progressive ideas at a peak. The consciousness movement of the 60’s was high-jacked by the yuppie movement of the 80’s when many bright minds of the movement were enticed by capitalism because it was the hottest game in town; it was where the action was. It no longer is. The consciousness movement will be fortified by the growing disenchantment with unsatisfying attempts to regain the glory of days gone by. We are in another flashpoint in our individual and collective process.
Spiral up, or spiral down, or simply go round and round. These are our choices during karmic adjustment cycles when choices do matter. Will you/we stay on the merry go round of someone else’s bidding and keep repeating the same lessons over and over again? Will you/we spiral down in defeat from the soul crushing fear mongers? Or will you/we make the choices to spiral up and take part in the growing light of consciousness, helping to usher in our next phase of our life together on this lovely planet: At least it will be lovely when our work is done.
May the Source be with you,
David
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