18 The disciples said to Jesus,
"Tell us, how will our end come?"
Jesus said, "Have you found the beginning, then, that you are looking for
the end? You see, the end will be where the beginning is.
Congratulations to the one who stands at the beginning: that one will know the
end and will not taste death." ~The Gospel of Thomas
I don’t usually celebrate January 1 as the
New Year like most people, simply because Pope Gregory made it so. The spring equinox has been the beginning for
me, ever since I had this
dream in the early
90’s:
Excerpt from a dream in which I am being taught:
{Dreaming
myself lucid, I Walk into a cave; there in the far ends are three witches
standing around a black kettle over a fire that is flashing light off the
walls. They are maiden, mother and
crone.
As the
flames lick the walls a lusty yellow-umbery-orange-golden-brown, they light up
symbols and markings, pictures and writings that have been painted, etched and
drawn on the walls over many
years.
As I
gaze and try to make out some of the markings, the crone begins to ask me
questions. I consider them and answer
them all to her satisfaction. I Am
adding up numbers and explaining the meaning, gematria, etymology and connecting
the dots that create the bigger matrix, as the fire continuously flashes onto
the wall, revealing more symbols like doorways into other dimensions.
She
smiles reassuringly as if she is proud of what she has taught me so far, and
then she tells me that I AM doing very well, and all that I say
is true but that when I relate some of the numbers, I AM forgetting the old
ways.
I
consider what she is saying, and it doesn’t take me too long before I realize
what she is prodding me to remember; that
January is not the first month, but
the 10th astrologically, and I must consider this as it is the
Spring Equinox that is the new beginning, and that Aries is the 1st
month.
As I
make this realization and the numbers fall into deeper meanings, even the 10th
house (My father’s house has many mansions, every degree in astrology is a mansion.) and the combination of the 1 and
the 0 open up into common sense with the 0 being the magnification and gifts
from beyond and past lives, making complete sense of the Capricornian relationship
to the 10 rather than the 1.
Yet,
it does mark the Cardinal point on the MidHeaven…0…1…10 a binary code that
unlocks the higher truths that the goat scales up into the heights to find,
precariously perched on seemingly nothing at all, standing at the cliff walls
as they venture upwards to the very peaks of the mountains ~PAN and his similar
hoofs.}
I am reminded of Book VII of The Republic, The
Allegory of the Cave and this excerpt where Socrates is talking to a young
follower of his named Glaucon:
…”To them, I said, the truth would be literally
nothing but the shadows of the images.
That is certain.
And now look again, and see what will naturally
follow if the prisoners are released and disabused of their error. At first,
when any of them is liberated and compelled suddenly to stand up and turn his
neck round and walk and look towards the light, he will suffer sharp pains; the
glare will distress him, and he will be unable to see the realities of which in
his former state he had seen the shadows; and then conceive someone saying to
him, that what he saw before was an illusion, but that now, when he is
approaching nearer to being and his eye is turned towards more real existence,
he has a clearer vision, -what will be his reply? And you may further imagine
that his instructor is pointing to the objects as they pass and requiring him
to name them, -- will he not be perplexed? Will he not fancy that the shadows
which he formerly saw are truer than the objects which are now shown to him?
Far truer.
And if he is compelled to look straight at the
light, will he not have a pain in his eyes which will make him turn away to
take and take in the objects of vision which he can see, and which he will
conceive to be in reality clearer than the things which are now being shown to
him?
True, he said.
And suppose once more, that he is reluctantly dragged
up a steep and rugged ascent, and held fast until he 's forced into the
presence of the sun himself, is he not likely to be pained and irritated? When
he approaches the light his eyes will be dazzled, and he will not be able to
see anything at all of what are now called realities.
Not all in a moment, he said.
He will require to grow accustomed to the sight of
the upper world. And first he will see the shadows best, next the reflections
of men and other objects in the water, and then the objects themselves; then he
will gaze upon the light of the moon and the stars and the spangled heaven; and
he will see the sky and the stars by night better than the sun or the light of
the sun by day?Certainly.
Last
of he will be able to see the sun, and not mere reflections of him in the
water, but he will see him in his own proper place, and not in another; and he
will contemplate him as he is.
Certainly.
He will then proceed to argue that this is he who
gives the season and the years, and is the guardian of all that is in the
visible world, and in a certain way the cause of all things which he and his
fellows have been accustomed to behold?
Clearly, he said, he would first see the sun and
then reason about him.
And when he remembered his old habitation, and the
wisdom of the den and his fellow-prisoners, do you not suppose that he would
felicitate himself on the change, and pity them?
Certainly, he would.
And if they were in the habit of conferring honours
among themselves on those who were quickest to observe the passing shadows and
to remark which of them went before, and which followed after, and which were
together; and who were therefore best able to draw conclusions as to the
future, do you think that he would care for such honours and glories, or envy
the possessors of them? Would he not say with Homer?
Better to be the poor servant of a poor master, and
to endure anything, rather than think as they do and live after their manner?
Yes, he said, I think that he would rather suffer
anything than entertain these false notions and live in this miserable manner.
Imagine once more, I said, such an one coming
suddenly out of the sun to be replaced in his old situation; would he not be
certain to have his eyes full of darkness?
To be sure, he said.
And if there were a contest, and he had to compete
in
measuring
the shadows with the prisoners who had never moved out of the den, while his
sight was still weak, and before his eyes had become steady (and the time which
would be needed to acquire this new habit of sight might be very considerable)
would he not be ridiculous? Men would say of him that up he went and down he
came without his eyes; and that it was better not even to think of ascending;
and if any one tried to lose another and lead him up to the light, let them
only catch the offender, and they would put him to death.
No question, he said.
This entire allegory, I said, you may now append,
dear Glaucon, to the previous argument; the prison-house is the world of sight,
the light of the fire is the sun, and you will not misapprehend me if you
interpret the journey upwards to be the ascent of the soul into the
intellectual world according to my poor belief, which, at your desire, I have
expressed whether rightly or wrongly God knows. But, whether true or false, my
opinion is that in the world of knowledge the idea of good appears last of all,
and is seen only with an effort; and, when seen, is also inferred to be the
universal author of all things beautiful and right, parent of light and of the
lord of light in this visible world, and the immediate source of reason and
truth in the intellectual; and that this is the power upon which he who would
act rationally, either in
public
or private life must have his eye fixed.”…~ end of Plato's allegory.
On
this New Year’s Day however, we happen to also be experiencing a New Moon at
10* of Capricorn and a particularly powerful astrological configuration as I
partially explained in the last blog.
This last happened 18 years ago in 1995 also at 10* of Capricorn. This is the first of 5 Super Moons this year.
So,
we start the year with the second decanate of Capricorn. This is the
Taurus-decanate of Saturn’s sign and thus it is about work and possessions, the
‘I have and I desire’. The moon is also
swimming in its detriment, slogging through the earthy world Saturn rules. Saturn wants structure and the moon is watery
and reflective. As she mates with the
sun, the heiros gamos or Hierogamy in Greek, plays out the ancient dance of
marrying the pairs of opposites. The
moon stands before the sun, where she is hidden as the dark mother ready to
initiate us in the Cardinal sign of Capricorn.
We
will be asked to make the most of whatever environment we find ourselves in, as
we question what it is ‘to have and have not’.
What has value? Is something worth the investment of our time and the
hours we must work to ‘have’ what we believe we desire? Can we possess anything at all or do we
realize that our possessions can and do in fact possess us, just as the earth
herself is our possessor, our earthen
vessel?
The
sun (ego/identity) and moon (feelings/emotions) are also travelling with Hades
(underworld/death/transformation/rebirth) and in the court of Hades, we are
asked to cut away as we also have things cut out of our own lives, including
the death or consideration about the loss of those we love.
What
did they mean to us in this life, what have they given to us and what did we
give to them? What cave do we hide and
restore ourselves inside of and then proceed to give birth to, what are we
giving birth to? Desire, is to De-sire,
to give birth to the emotional world from the top of the mountain in passion,
as well as to see the suffering of others, which gives birth to compassion and
wisdom as the Buddha was enlightened.
The PASSION of Venus /Aphrodite (what we love, the heart of the matter) is
leading this Capricornian stellium at 26*, so she has already been opening or
triggering this issue for the past month.
Mercury/Hermes/Thoth/Thought
(communication, siblings, travel) is tightly paired up with all them at 12*,
and in the world of Capricorn, issues of money take the stage whether it is
lack or luxury; the messenger who meets us at the crossroads and takes us
across the river Styx is exactly the guide who freely enters the court of
Hades. We plumb the depths of our
psychological world, and just as the fire flashed across the cave walls
revealing images and insights, we gather up our inspirational moments, travel
with the goat to the tops of the mountain, precariously placing one earthly
hoof in front of the other, until at last we see the Promised Land.
On
January 6th, we look for the epiphany, that aha moment as the three
kings orient (Orion) and align our trinity of soul, matter and mind to achieve
the Wisdom found through compassion, we are given the virgin birth of grace, to
wash away the past and restore our
spirit anew. From our perch high atop the mountain, what
new insight is revealed to us?
Jupiter/Zeus
(I U PATER/joy/expansion/higher knowledge) is opposing this stellium in
Capricorn across the Great Divide in Cancer, and as Jupiter rules the LAW, he
is a co-ruler of Capricorn which rules the structures of POWER. Zeus is also forming the forth branch of the
Cardinal Cross, as he pulls back the curtain in retrograde; he is also squaring
Uranus (Insight/sudden change/electricity) who recently went direct in Aries (new
beginnings) and also squaring Mars (Ares/war/anger/passion) in Libra
(partnerships/the other), we see a very incendiary formation in our heavens; to
both burn away the dross revealing the truth of the situation, what is integral
to our higher order and ascent as well as a much clearer path…even as it comes
from perhaps very difficult circumstances.
What we thought
we needed as a partner to walk through this life with may take on new meanings
as Fiery Mars impassions our need for a considerate ‘Other’, who wants to put
as much energy into the partnership as we are willing to INVEST. This is especially magnified as the duality
of Janus, who looks to both sides of the mountain and backwards over her
shoulder to the past, our travels, our failures as well as our accomplishments,
now turns forward to plan our future and using Poseidon’s bridge across the
watery dimensions of our dreams, project our path forward into the matrix. As our vision is anchored into the neuronal
mapping of the starry vault of our Temple, a New World lights up and we will
clearly see the path we came to walk. Don’t
worry, there
is plenty more
in the Grand Astrological Architecture to reveal your destiny.
Because
this of course also means that both Mars (at 11* of Libra) and Uranus (at 8* of
Aries) are squaring this stellar line up of: Sun, Moon, Pluto, and Mercury in
Capricorn. Uranus wants to break free
and run, he will cut lose given a glimpse of Freedom and he wants to feel the
electrical charge of what is new and exciting.
As Pluto is reignited by the solar flares a passionate inferno (Dante’s
read the last post) is stoked, the volcanic magma of our blood bursts forth
like the fireworks exploding all over the world and lights up the dark moons
black heart, even as Black Moon Lilith who is paired up in this Grand Cross
with Zeus at 18* demands to be seen and respected, we finally must acknowledge
our own darker truths, the shadow side we have hidden.
All
things conspire to reveal the INDIA Inked lining woven within our journey, who
reflects back like Nostradamus’s mirror, our own hand and responsibility in our
world and the circumstances we now find ourselves living. Once we can
acknowledge our own responsibility, we see what we are RESPONSE-ABLE FOR AND
THAT WE ARE NOT VICTIMIZED WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO RESPOND AS THE VICTOR.
Neptune/ Poseidon
(Dreams/music/delusion/fantasy) at 3* OF Pisces; whispers from our watery
subconscious, a deeper connection to all that is and so, how can you harness
your dual horses of Freedom and Discipline, of Justice and Strength with the
Mercy Seat of compassion? I Suggest
first of all that you use ArcAncient’s Sleep Angel ©, to help get that good night’s
sleep that will also help you harness that dreamscape and paint the canvass of
your mind with your deepest thoughts and desires.
So,
the perfect alchemical cauldron has been created and will continue to burn off
the dross and reveal the shiny steel that remains in its integrity,
strengthened in the fires of this inferno, the phoenix can rise from the ashes
of despair and circle the snowy mountain peaks as the fallen light of the snow
reveals our own hidden light.
The
Golden Sun can emerge, and in case you still don’t know your own strength the
moon will enter Libra again on the 22nd and 23rd right
after Venus/Aphrodite goes retrograde on the 21st. and Jupiter
Opposes Pluto/Hades exactly at 12* of Cancer and Capricorn respectively and
really harnesses that furnace with a full metal jacket or shall I Say, tin
jacket of the Crab.
ReMember
is also amazing to roll onto the tummy to help with upset stomach or heartburn,
assisting in digestive difficulty.
Set
your blue-print right now, draw it out after you meditate with Ascension, Roll
On the Remember and apply just a small dab of Sleep on the base of the
feet. This will ground you deep into the
earth, while also vaulting the spirit into the lofty heights of the starry
canvass above and grasping those ideals and gifts we came to share.
Draw
that path, your journey onto paper with goals, rest periods and list the tools,
experience, assistance you will need along the way, as well as the bench marks
that will remind you that you are on course.
What
do you need to acquire to achieve your goals?
http://hstrial-arcancientaroma.homestead.com/About-Astrology.html
Happy
NEW YEAR!!!
We are almost ready to welcome in the Year of the Wood/Horse,
which will arrive on Friday the day after the new moon a SUPER MOON, which is Thursday,
January 30, 2014 at 5:40PM, EST.
This is the supportive aspect we can tap into, which would
be to make those changes and take those lessons you learned and move forward. The changes should
include new ways and/or approaches to your life, how will you invest your
identity/ego (sun) as it mates with LaLuna (emotions/feelings) and how you
mother your world/family..jpg)
Can you work out of the home, using the internet
somehow? Can you create a mixture of
working part time at home and part time in a physical location? IF Not, then it will be time to move forward
with a whole new attitude, or new way of ‘feeling’ about what you do and how
you invest your ego/identity inside of that module. When we marry the male and female aspect, we
want to forge a new approach, and since this is the year of the horse, one
which is well rested. We are ready to charge forward, reigned by the knowledge and
wisdom the past few years have forged within us.
We have all learned lessons, how our choices make us ‘feel’
and where we find ourselves inside our own story? Where do those we love and
those who love us, find us, both mentally, emotionally and physically?
As we reign in our new found forces, we are ready to gallop
forward towards the next square.
A WiseWoman takes away the pain! Roll on those areas of discomfort, stressed
out shoulders and necks, lower back pain and sciatica and rub into skin. Apply what is needed to take away the
pain! For the painful time of
menstruation for some, or just to help with the cycles of menopause, roll on
the tummy and rub into skin. This is a
roll on, no one should be without!
