This is the End of the Beginning

 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 10^th astrologically, and I must consider this as it is the Spring Equinox that is the new beginning, and that Aries is the 1^st month.

As I make this realization and the numbers fall into deeper meanings, even the 10^th 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 6^th, 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.

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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 22^nd and 23^rd right after Venus/Aphrodite goes retrograde on the 21^st. 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.

We will experience the great depths and the heights all at the same time, so ground yourself with the Sleep Angel and make sure you have ArcAncient Ascension Blend © http://hstrial-arcancientaroma.homestead.com/~shop/chakra-blends/ascension-blend/188939/?catId=34773

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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? 

Perhaps an astrological session or update is in order to help you find the way?  USE the tools and angels available to help you achieve your best self, your authentic and unique path that your wounds have revealed as a strength no other person contains.  It might just be the best investment into yourself that you have ever made, many have made exactly this comment after their own reading.
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Happy NEW YEAR!!!