Whence – Where – Whither

Part 2 – Where

The Astro­log­i­cal cal­en­dar for 2019 appears to be some­what less event­ful than recent years, but appear­ances are often not what they seem. What are the Astro­log­i­cal con­di­tions that will pre­vail this year?

2019 will be like many oth­er years. We will have three peri­ods of Mer­cury ret­ro­grade, (March 5—March 28, July 7—July 31, and Octo­ber 31—November 20). There will be three Solar Eclipses (Jan­u­ary 5, July 2, and Decem­ber 26) and two Lunar Eclipses (Jan­u­ary 21 and July 16). Of course, there will be New Moons and Full Moons each month, and the year­ly pas­sage of the sea­sons and signs that mark your jour­ney through the stars. But what are the most impor­tant ele­ments that will inform your jour­ney this year?

Uranus in Tau­rus – Trans­for­ma­tion of Value

Many plan­e­tary fac­tors that were true for 2018 will con­tin­ue with mod­i­fi­ca­tions in 2019. The only sig­nif­i­cant shift of sign posi­tion will be the final move of Uranus into Tau­rus on March 6^th, where it will remain now until July 2025, (it had moved into Tau­rus on May 15^th, but it turned ret­ro­grade and re-entered Aries on Novem­ber 6^th, 2018).

The pre­vi­ous times for Uranus in Tau­rus were 1935–1942, 1851–59 and 1768–75. In each of those peri­ods, the effect of Uranus (The Awak­en­er) mov­ing through the sign of Val­ue (Tau­rus) wit­nessed sig­nif­i­cant shocks and con­flicts, lead­ing to cathar­tic trans­for­ma­tions, as dif­fer­ing val­ue sys­tems with­in and between cul­tures, broke the bonds of mean­ing­ful­ness that hold soci­eties togeth­er. With­out a strong con­sen­sus, lack­ing a sig­nif­i­cant agree­ment on com­mon­ly accept­ed val­ues and virtues, the “cen­ter can­not hold” because it seem­ing­ly (or actu­al­ly) does not exist.

For exam­ple, in the Unit­ed States the most recent pas­sage in the late 1930’s formed the lead up to the “War of Democ­ra­cies ver­sus Fas­cism” or World War II; the 1850’s led up to our defin­ing con­flict, “The Civ­il War” (1860–65), and the 1760’s‑70’s wit­nessed the break­down between the Amer­i­can colonies and Eng­land, lead­ing to our “The Rev­o­lu­tion­ary War”. The his­to­ry of those three pre­vi­ous peri­ods should cer­tain­ly give us rea­son for con­cern as to what may lie ahead for us.

It is very appar­ent that our own peri­od is build­ing to a spir­i­tu­al­ly nec­es­sary and cathar­tic cri­sis from dif­fer­ences over, and con­flicts between val­ues once again. There comes a point when the divide with­in a peo­ple, or between one peo­ple and anoth­er, becomes so great that only a fun­da­men­tal shock to those sys­tems will pro­vide the rebirth need­ed to set things right again. Uranus ever serves the cause of Indi­vid­u­al­i­ty and Free­dom. The frac­tures and clash­es that Uranus elic­its will always serve to steer the human sto­ry towards the endur­ing light of this fun­da­men­tal Truth:

Until we cre­ate a world where all are free to be and be self-ful­filled, then none of us are tru­ly free.

Though it may be painful to expe­ri­ence these shocks that Uranus deliv­ers, it brings about the nec­es­sary next step we must take to cre­ate a world of freer minds and lives.

 

Sat­urn in Capri­corn – The Test of Responsibility

Sat­urn con­tin­ues to move through Capri­corn in 2019, and although it will enter Aquar­ius on March 20, 2020, it will ret­ro­grade back into Capri­corn on July 1, 2020, and then re-enter Aquar­ius on Decem­ber 17, 2020. This means that the plan­et known as “The Teacher”, will con­tin­ue to chal­lenge every indi­vid­ual, com­mu­ni­ty, and cul­ture as it tests and so reveals the essen­tial char­ac­ter or wor­thi­ness of the var­i­ous hier­ar­chies and insti­tu­tions that we have formed to meet our needs for one another.

Whether we con­sid­er the most fun­da­men­tal struc­tur­al unit of the fam­i­ly, then on up through more encom­pass­ing com­mu­ni­ties formed by geog­ra­phy, inter­est or belief, or cor­po­rate struc­tures, or state and nation­al polit­i­cal insti­tu­tions, it is through and by means of all these hier­ar­chies that we have incor­po­rat­ed our val­ues and formed the endur­ing lega­cies of our ways of meet­ing one another’s needs. This Hier­ar­chy of Insti­tu­tions form and serve to ful­fill the real­ized (or crystallized/materialized) rela­tion­ships of each of us to one anoth­er. From them we cre­ate our titles and roles, and we under­take our respon­si­bil­i­ties so that we can claim our rights with­in the social order that we have made with one another.

But it is pre­cise­ly this Insti­tu­tion­al Order that is being bro­ken down and trans­formed by the pas­sage of Plu­to in Capri­corn (from 2008–2024), just as it did in the late 1700’s and in the ear­ly 1500’s. Now joined by Sat­urn in Capri­corn, we see this chal­lenge to our Insti­tu­tion­al order fac­ing extreme stress­es and strain. Each of us, with Sat­urn mov­ing through Capri­corn needs to be ask­ing, “What is my pur­pose here?” What is the respon­si­ble way to act in a world turned upside down? What is our prop­er role and what is the truth that will guide us as we face this “end of an age”?

Of course, I main­tain that the answer must always be that these crit­i­cal moments require a return to the ever-last­ing val­ues that have guid­ed our foot­steps from the very begin­ning. The answer is always the same: we must hold to the Spir­i­tu­al, Philo­soph­i­cal and Sci­en­tif­ic truths that form the foun­da­tion of the Human Story.

But, in each cri­sis of tran­si­tion through­out his­to­ry, there have been three nec­es­sary, dif­fer­ent and yet inte­gral respons­es and call­ings depend­ing upon the indi­vid­ual and their community:

There are those who are called to pre­serve, who will seek to main­tain what is good and true, to hold fast to that which still has val­ue and meaning.

There are those who cre­ate, who look ahead, as they seek to build a new mod­el of meet­ing needs and ful­fill­ing respon­si­bil­i­ties for the new age that is dawning.

There are those whose role is to destroy, to be the very break­ers of the old idols and icons, and though they are often seen as pure­ly neg­a­tive and with­out a sense of respon­si­bil­i­ty or hon­or, they also serve to bring about the new age.

More­over, (and I will com­ment more about this in the fore­cast for the Unit­ed States), I not­ed last year that this pas­sage of Sat­urn through Capri­corn has his­tor­i­cal­ly been a rather chal­leng­ing time for the USA. That is prin­ci­pal­ly because as Sat­urn moves through ear­ly to mid-Capri­corn degrees, it forms an Oppo­si­tion to the Venus, Jupiter and Sun in the Unit­ed States’ chart.

In pre­vi­ous Sat­urn pas­sages, (1988–91, 1959–1962 and 1929–32), the USA expe­ri­enced strong if not severe social, eco­nom­ic and busi­ness chal­lenges. These dis­rup­tions were fol­lowed by cul­tur­al upheavals and polit­i­cal upsets. We can now see that although 2018 start­ed with rosy fore­casts, the clouds of doubt (and fear) came to shad­ow the eco­nom­ic land­scape as 2018 end­ed. It will take thought­ful and wise mea­sures to pre­vent even fur­ther upsets and loss­es in 2019.

Yes, 2019 will be a chal­leng­ing year, and you may be for­giv­en for wish­ing that you lived in a qui­eter, more har­mo­nious peri­od of his­to­ry. But you must know, that all who live through such trou­bled times have wished for this too. But they found a way through and helped to bring about a new age, as you will too.

You are here because it is your sacred duty and hon­or to cre­ate a new­er and bet­ter world for your loved ones, com­mu­ni­ty, and soci­ety. The prob­lems and chal­lenges we face are for the most part self-made; we are the Cre­ators and we made the world that is.

The great and good news that we should take from this is that we also have the very Intel­li­gence, Love and Will to make a bet­ter world too. It is real­ly a choice you must make, each and every day, to stay true to the path of Light and Love. And remem­ber this is often made so through the small­est acts of kind­li­ness and con­sid­er­a­tion, and by this you will help one anoth­er to turn back the shad­ow­ing clouds of doubt and fear and build a bet­ter tomorrow.

When­ev­er you find your mind is trou­bled or fear is grow­ing with­in you, remem­ber the ancient Invo­ca­tion that can help you hold to the path of Light, Love and Will:

THE GREAT INVOCATION

From the point of light with­in the Mind of God

Let Light stream forth into our minds

Let LIGHT descend on Earth.

From the point of love with­in the Heart of God

Let Love stream forth into our hearts

May LOVE increase on Earth.

From the cen­ter where the Will of God is known

Let pur­pose guide our wills

The PURPOSE which the mas­ters know and serve.

From the cen­ter which we call Humanity

Let the Plan of Love and Light work out

And may it seal the door

where evil dwells.

Let Light and Love and Pow­er restore the Plan on Earth.

 Next, “Whith­er are we going?”