Astrologer Bill Attride

Sun Enters Gemini (May 21, 2023)

Mercury by Dosso Dossi

Who am I; What am I… Now, what is this?

It is held as a fundamental truth in the Ancient Wisdom, that the Creative Powers of the Cosmos are divided into Twelve Realms or Dimensions, and this division is mirrored or matched by our experience of this by the essential arrangement by the Lords of Time and Space held in the Zodiac. But we must remember this, there is but the One…who became the Two, who became the Three, and from this came all the hierarchies of Spirit-Life-Consciousness.

We also know from the Ancients, that there is but one “Self”, the One of all the selves, manifesting in the Innermost of the Inmost being of one and all. But we have many egos, and many other spirit-matter forms or parts that make up the constitution of the hosts for all monadic life-forms. And because of the many divisions into realms and beings of life we can understand that though it is true that all came from the One and abide in the One, from the most infinitesimal unto the greatest of hosts, we have always questioned and struggled as to what is the source of the errors or of conflicts that we see all around us, or as many have wondered, if all is of the One Spirit, what is the "origin of evil"?

The Ancient Wisdom answers, that this experience of evil is merely the result of the conflict of wills of all the evolving beings, especially those who have lifted themselves to some level of self-awareness and who then operate with more of quality of choice or free will; and that we must understand that error or evil is the inevitable and necessary experience of the host of monads who are moving from unself-aware to fully divine consciousness over the course of countless eons.

In Aries, we experience that we “are”, that we exist. In Taurus, we experience that we are some “thing”, that we are in our body (really many matter-forms or bodies, from the most ethereal to the densest matter). Just as the Universe is formed of Spirit and Matter, or Spirit-Matter, so does in the Astrological hierarchy of the Cosmos we have Aries in a sense holding the first realm of Spirit and Taurus as holding the first realm of Matter. But once again, these two can never be considered separate or apart while the Cosmos exists, for every part of Creation is Spirit-Matter, and then, of course there is so much more than this.

Now we have Gemini, the third in the first triad of truth, and as much as you are One in Spirit, and that you are made of many forms or bodies too, you are also part of the wonder of Spirit that we call Mind or Consciousness. Because just as much as everything is formed of Spirit, and everything is formed as Matter, so too is the entirety of Creation formed as Mind or Consciousness too. Now there are many levels and realms of consciousness, from the most simple and unaware of particles or elementals to the most sublime and encompassing beings who form the Divine Hierarchies of Creation.

All monads are on a journey of becoming, of unfolding and realizing their unique quality of being, that unique self that we know as their Swabhāva or Quintessence. We all came from a Star as a unique spark of the Divine, and through our various stages of realization or self-development we have moved into ever more encompassing bodies and realms of self-realization. But when we moved into this human kingdom, we entered the greater half of our journey from a mere spark of the divine and closer to being a conscious co-creator of Creation.

Long, long ago we were ready to receive what must be quickened/awakened in each monad at the proper time. Whether we look to the book shared by many, of Adam and Eve and the “act” that brought about their self-awareness, or to the many stories, myths (or truths!), of the great ones who gifted to us our self-consciousness, of the myths of Prometheus, of Lucifer, of Quetzalcoatl, of Loki and what the Ancient Wisdom tells of the joining of the Kumaras with us, in all these stories we find the one story, which is that we are awake and self-aware because we are part of a much greater story of Spirit.

Today as we enter Gemini, and forever somewhere in your chart, we bow down to those who passed the “light of understanding” to us, as it had been done unto them long ago. Because this is also part of the teaching. We are not one and apart, we are made of and by one another, by those who came before us and by our fellow humans now. We cannot know without one another, because the very nature of self-consciousness depends upon relationships, it forms in our relationship with the worlds around us and our relationships with our fellow humans.

The story of our journey is also the story of Consciousness. It can only be formed by sharing with one another, by telling one another our stories, by listening to one another, by correcting our errors of perception and comprehension by sharing our experiences, by freeing our minds and hearts from the shadows and fears that blind us to the truth.

The key to wisdom and truth starts with this, “Know Thyself”!

But the first step is to know that you will only know yourself when you see the other as yourself. When you look into their eyes with no shadow or fear, and what you will see shining there before you, in them and from you, is the Light Divine, the Love that is the One, the One whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.

It is then that you will know because it is true, that all of Creation is shining, that all of Creation is alive and Conscious, because it is all the One, and we are all here to live as creators of the life Divine.

2023-5-7 Radio Show Transcript — Pluto in Aquarius, Pluto in the Signs (May 7, 2023)

Astrological Musings — Pluto in Aquarius, Pluto in the signs and what do we mean by an age?

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As many of you know I have been speaking and writing about Pluto’s passage through Capricorn since 2008 as the “end of age”. Naturally, we might assume that the next passage of Pluto through Aquarius, which technically has begun here in 2023, would mark the beginning of a “New Age”. But that raises a number of questions, the first question being what do we mean, or what do I mean by an “age”, or the end of an age, let alone “a new age”?

Many observers of history have categorized periods in history, in various areas and regions in the world as being of a certain type or order, and they characterized what some call “the tides of history”, the rise and fall of civilizations and cultures over years, centuries and even millennia. Some eras or ages are rather long, others much shorter. And you probably would not be surprised to see that many if not most of these ripples in time can be understood as being marked, informed, and shaped by the various cycles of the planets around the Sun, as well as by their intersecting cycles with one another. After all, our Earth is part of this larger system, the solar system, whose planetary cycles can be seen much like a giant forge of energy-forms whose circulations and perambulations and rotations form what I call the “dance of the planets”, and it is this which creates the energy-patterns we experience as “time”.

Jupiter/Saturn Mutation
For example, one of the most well-known cycles in Mundane Astrology is the repeated conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn in a certain element, (Fire, Earth, Air and Water), that demarcate or indicate the type of historical period that cultures and civilizations are moving through. We have just finished a 200-year cycle in the element of Earth at the end of 2020, and we began a 200-year age of Air with Jupiter and Saturn meeting in Aquarius. The complete cycle for the Jupiter/Saturn alignments in the four elements is about 800 years long.

Another means for periodizing history comes from the passages of the outer planets through the Signs individually, and also by the various Synodic cycles that Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto form with one another. A Synodic cycle is the period of one planet’s conjunction with another and those conjunctions can be viewed as being like a “new Moon” or a seeding of that’s planetary pair’s influence.

Pluto’s passage through the Signs takes about 245 years and Neptune about 164 years and Uranus about 84 years. The longest Synodic Cycle is that of Pluto with Neptune, which is approximately 492 years, then comes Neptune with Uranus of around 171 years and finally Pluto with Uranus of around 127 years.

Outer Planets Synodic Cycles
With regard to those combined synodic cycles, the most recent Pluto/Neptune cycle began in 1891-92, and the previous seeding was in 1398-99. I consider this influence to be the reciprocal relationship of Divine Will and Divine Love, and for us forms the dynamic interplay of how we manage the mystery of union or of alchemy, as we learn to join together without losing our individual selves in one another.

The last Neptune/Uranus cycle began in 1993, and the previous seeding was in 1821. This planetary pair concerns the reciprocal relationship between “Freer Minds” or independence and unconditional love or community, it holds the ever-unfolding dynamic tension between our various “kinds” of being and belonging to a community as one of many, while also trying to live and being true to oneself as a “one of a kind”.

Finally, the last Pluto/Uranus cycle began in 1965-66, and the previous seeding was in 1850-51. This planetary pair concerns the reciprocal relationship between the Will and Freedom, or Sacred Space and Freer Minds; it is the ever-unfolding dynamic tension of striving to being freer without causing harm to another or others in their sacred space.

What this means is that in just the last 100 years or so we have had each of the three major planetary pairs begin new cycles, and perhaps that may be another reason as to why we are moving through such a dynamic and tumultuous period of change.

So, in a way we could say that 1891 was the beginning of an age, as was 1965, and also 1993. Indeed, there are realms within realms, circles within circles and for us to try and sort through and understand these multiple influences and energy-forms is quite challenging. But for our purposes today, let’s consider the cycle of Pluto through the signs and see what messages it might have for us.

Pluto through the Signs
The passage of Pluto through the Zodiac takes about 245 years, and I believe it marks one of the more significant shapers for the series of phases in our spiritual development as we travel through the halls of history. Pluto is critical, as it holds for us, or is the Avatar for us in our solar system, for the essential power that is Alchemy, which is the heart of the spiritual process that drives Creation. The beating heart of Creation is forged by combinations of the many ones who in their entirety form the Life and Body of the One. Spirit moves into innumerable forms of manifestation, which proceeds as a series of creative combinations of transformations, which we experience and understand as Birth, Death, and then Rebirth into new forms. As I like to say, the whole of Creation is the story of Spirit dancing through Matter-Forms, which are the temporary forms of materializations which by their very nature are mortal or bound by time.

If we take the “beginning” of the journey for Pluto through the signs, that is starting with Aries, then we should understand that the passage from Aries to Taurus, from Taurus to Gemini and so on, should be viewed as the “story of Pluto” in the signs, with the nature and meaning of each sign being transformed by the agency of Alchemy that is Pluto. That would mean that a New Age of Pluto would begin in Aries and would end in Pisces. In each of those passages in a sign, we would expect to find the archetypal-transformational role of Pluto to take the experiences of that realm to the highest of highs, and equally to the lowest of lows, for us to experience in that sign the alchemical truth of Birth, Death, and Rebirth if you will. So, why did I designate the passage of Pluto in Capricorn as the “end of an age”?

My designation or delineation comes from what Capricorn holds or represents, which is the Institutional Hierarchy, whether that be of family, community culture or civilization. In Capricorn we witness or reach the apex and/or collapse of the development for that Pluto cycle, the fulfillment of whatever energy-form we are examining, (which in our case is the broader human story of culture and civilization). What would come after, where we are now in 2023 until 2044, is our challenge to reimagine the world we want to preserve or create now (Aquarius), and then in the last Sign of Pisces, the final challenge would to be restore our faith and face down our fears. Given our current cycle of Pluto, the next new “age of Pluto” will not truly begin until 2068 when Pluto enters Aries again.

With that in mind, let us see what the current cycle of Pluto through the signs has been. We should arrange this both in date order, but we may also find it useful to consider the four seasonal sections of these passages, Aries to Gemini, Cancer to Virgo, Libra to Sagittarius and Capricorn to Pisces to be insightful as well.

The first three signs, Aries, Taurus, and Gemini, form the beginning of the emergence of any age.

Pluto in Aries
The beginning of the last passage of Pluto in Aries was 1823 to 1853, which most certainly corresponds to the emergence of a new form of world identity, with the seeding of the modern political and industrial age and the beginning of a world-wide globalization of the political economy, as Pluto in Aries heralded that a new type of order was taking shape in the world. It witnessed what historians call the first “industrial revolution”, including the spread of the means of connecting and travelling that exceeded anything before that time ever in human history, the railroad.

Pluto in Taurus
The passage of Pluto through Taurus was from 1853 to 1884 and corresponded with the transformation of the values of the emerging world order of that time, the rise of factories and major industrial production was the substantial manifestation that would lead to the carbon-based world order that we have now. In the USA, this struggle over our values came to a climax with the Civil War, over the very question of the slavery, with the emancipation of the slaves, and then their virtual re-enslavement with the counter-reformation as the struggle for equality and justice in Reconstruction failed, which led to the rise of sharecropping and Jim Crow in the south.

Pluto in Gemini
Pluto’s passage through Gemini was 1884 to 1914 and this corresponded with the transformation through a surge of inventiveness and new technologies that formed the spread of the information networks of the global order, with lines of communication that connected and encompassed for the very first time the entire world. In the USA, inventions such as the telegraph, telephone, the spread of electrification, and the automobile and airplane revolutionized the world.

The second three signs, Cancer, Leo, and Virgo, form the second quaternity, and represent the struggle with the foundations and the viability of what began in the first quarter.

Pluto in Cancer
Pluto moved through Cancer from 1914 to 1939, and the foundations of the world and human security were disrupted by World War One, the world-wide Great Depression and the beginning of the Second World War. The very nature of security which Cancer rules, of one’s land and territorial integrity, was torn asunder as peoples and nations lost their lives and their homes on a world-wide scale.

Pluto in Leo
Pluto passed through Leo from 1939 to 1957, and this passage witnessed the epic struggles of world centers of leadership and power (ruled by Leo) vying for world dominion in World War II and into the Cold War. The epic confrontations of competing systems of belief led to the development for the very first time in human history of a terrifying reality, the weapons of war humans had invented formed and still present an existential threat to life itself, in that we could destroy our world with our craftiness and technology, because our intelligence had surpassed our wisdom.

Pluto in Virgo
Pluto moved through Virgo from 1957 to 1972, as the world became transformed by the development of new technologies and methods of production, which transformed the economy through scientific discoveries and revolutionary applications in medicine, food production, and the nature of work and living were transformed. Diseases were conquered but new sources of human suffering were forged by the disruptions of natural systems by the proliferation of chemicals and other human-made poisons into the world.

The third sector of signs, Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius forms the third quarter of the Astrological calendar, and it is in this second half of the Pluto cycle where we can see that Pluto’s Alchemical force transformed the larger structures of human life.

Pluto in Libra
Pluto moved through Libra from 1972 to 1984, and the transformations of the society and culture of the previous signs led to an eruption of changes in the quality and the nature of the various forms of relationships in society, for sexual relationships, for racial and cultural divisions so that the more constrained definitions of social norms were broken leading to liberations for many and yet equally the rise of counter-movements seeking to return to traditional ways of defining hierarchy and power.

Pluto in Scorpio
Pluto moved through (its own sign) of Scorpio from 1984 to 1995, heralding transformations of the world order as the essential division of East and West was broken down by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the opening of China to the world economy, which created the potential for what some called the “end of history” and the so-called triumph of the liberal political economic order. What really emerged in this so-called “peace dividend”, led to the breaking up of many of the former alliances of the world in the continuing struggle between modernity and older cultures and customs.

Pluto in Sagittarius
Pluto passed through Sagittarius from 1995 to 2008, and the realms of belief, truth, science, and religion were transformed and disrupted by advances in science, in computers, the spread of the internet and other measures that connected everything and everyone, but equally gave rise to a host of what we know as millennial movements, to fundamentalist and authoritarian systems seeking to base their cultures and governments as counterpoints to the liberal world order that had been established in the American and French Revolutions, and their later triumph over communism. Instead, the rush into the brave new worlds led to cathartic eruptions of a longing for a simpler order based for some upon what we know as “blood and soil”, as a return to traditional beliefs and practices, and equally to the misguided attempts to promote “democracy” by imposing freedom through destruction.

Finally, Pluto entered the last quarter of the Zodiac, and the seed that was planted in the early 1800’s would bear its final fruits. Here we have experienced the triumph or failure of over 200 years of history and the painful realities and crises of the present day.

Pluto in Capricorn
Pluto moved through Capricorn from 2008 to 2023, (and actually will dip in and out of Capricorn all this year), and it brought this cycle of Pluto to its moment of reckoning, with the testing of the institutional orders of the world, with either the proper or improper wielding of Authority, with the viability or ineffectiveness of Systems (which Capricorn rules) revealed for all to see. As these institutions of the world were shook, reformed, or broke apart, as the orders of society from the family to the community, in realms sectarian and secular held or crumbled around the world, to many it seemed as if they were indeed at the end of age, and that the promise of a better future for humanity was lost.

Pluto in Aquarius
And now we have Pluto moving into Aquarius from 2023 to 2044, and so we are facing the challenge of the death and rebirth of our hopes and dreams for the future, which are forged and fulfilled by one another, in the experiences of our fellowships, our communities, and our social identities. What can we learn from the previous passage of Pluto in Aquarius, which was from 1778 to 1798?

That earlier passage in Aquarius encompassed the period of our Revolutionary War and its aftermath, with our ancestors’ failed attempts to form a loose Confederation of States, and to finally settle upon our present Constitution of a Federal government. In order to protect the rights of any one individual and the well-being of the many, we formed a compact of “checks and balances” to make possible the dreams of many, while also protecting each individual. But our forebears were as we are, imperfect. And there have been many periods in our history since then when we have advanced and also retreated on the central promise of the dream of self-fulfillment. This was also the period which saw the French Revolution (1789-99), the publication of the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the Haitian Revolution, and the rise of Napoleon.

What Pluto is bringing now from 2023 to 2044, is the necessity to reform/reformulate/transform our ideals and principles of community, to understand that the struggle for a new society from 1778 to 1798 came out of the collapse of the old monarchial systems and mercantile economies, and that a new order was rising, with new groupings of peoples filled with a different vision of themselves and the world they wished to make. Their hopes and dreams were different than their ancestors, and they were forced by circumstances or made the better choice to face the need to move away from beaten paths and be path makers.

We, like our ancestors did 250 years ago, have to face the world that we have made, the dreams we dreamt, the actions we took, which have led to our current crises and challenges. The pursuit of our old ways, of our old dreams and goals, by the same means and for the same reasons, that path not only makes no sense, but it is also not even possible. We have to move away from the absolutist and egotistical approach to this world and towards one another, where the right do what one wants is untethered to the essential truth of Spirit, that first and foremost we must be responsible, we must take care of one another, and that we can only live on this beautiful Earth if we do so in a sustainable and loving manner, or we will fail ourselves and our children.

We have to be bold, as Pluto demands that we renew and transform the dreams we have for ourselves, for our children, and for one another. 

Astrological Musings — Pluto in Aquarius, Pluto in the Signs (May 7, 2023)

Astrological Musings — Pluto in Aquarius, Pluto in the signs and what do we mean by an age?

In my third show of 2023, I will return to our look at Pluto in Aquarius in order to discuss the meaning of historical periods or “ages”, what forms their beginning and ending in Astrology, and to look at Pluto’s cycle through the signs of the Zodiac as being one example of the cycles for an age.

If you wish to suggest a subject or topic for a future show, please email me as I would be happy to hear from you. My email is: [email protected].

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Here is the link to the show on Sunday May 7, 2023 @ 3 pm EDT:

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Please join me on Sunday May 7, 2023 @ 3 pm EDT as we look at the current astrological indications and what they mean for you.

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Sun Enters Taurus (April 20, 2023)

Who am I; What am I?

Today we enter the second realm of the Circle of the Living Ones, the “sacred-made-real” home of Taurus. Forever somewhere in your own chart, and always at this time of the year, we dance and sing and give our thanks to the eternal light that shines in the first of the Fixed signs of the Zodiac.

For the past 30 days you have been guided, shaped, and inspired to consider the fundamental truth that forms your existence, that brings your past and your future together in the only place you exist which is in the “eternal now”. And through each and every moment where you redeem your past and create a better future for yourself and your world, you come to understand that the only thing you can control is this, which is what kind of awareness and presence you bring into this next and every single moment. You need to be “aligned to your highest presence” yet equally aware of the space you are entering; to be aware of how you must constantly refine and seek to understand the first question of life, that most profound of questions, “who are you?”.

But now the next lesson of life may prove to be even more challenging and yet equally rewarding…for now the Lords of Destiny will bring you to consider the nature, quality, meaning, and purpose of the second Circle of the Living Ones which is “what are you?”

It may seem quite obvious, at least at first, that of course I am here is this human body, this wonderous physical vehicle for life on Earth. I am simply that! But looks can be deceiving, and through our tools and methods of reason and science, and from our spiritual inspirations and insights, we have come to understand how very many dimensions and “states of matter” or reality there are!

Whether we approach ourselves and all that surrounds us from a purely scientific approach, or follow the path of the ancient wisdom, or indeed listen to our own higher intuitive self, we have come to understand that the question of “what is the ‘what’” is profound, and yet when we step back and consider the very root of things, I believe that it can be very simple to understand too.

From the Ancient Wisdom we have the understanding that Creation is formed of Energy-Matter, and that Parabrahman and Mulaprakriti are the Sanskrit terms for this division of what is truly an inseparable union and relationship of Energy and Form, wherein we can see Spirit as the most ethereal form of matter, and matter as the densest form of Spirit. From the latest revelations in modern science we find, not surprisingly, that this same notion of Energy and Matter being interwoven and integral so as to form the essential nature of reality as elegantly stated in Einstein’s equation of Energy equals Mass times the speed of Light squared, E = mc² .

What you and I are made of is infinitely complex, and the Perennial Teachings hold that we are formed by hosts of energy-forms that form our twelve levels of being, from the most material to the most ethereal. In material terms we stretch from monads and atoms, to molecules and organs, to our entire encompassing vehicle for life on this earth. And, yet equally, each of these is in itself a hierarchy of energy-forms ranging from the physical  body to the etheric body, to the emotional and lower mental bodies, and on up to our divine triad of our highest self, our Manas, Buddhi, and Atman.

Yes, it can be so complex and confusing to sort through all the various realms, forms, bodies, and energies, so I believe it helps if we can simply understand that all of this, that everything and everyone exists or is formed by the one root cause behind Creation. And this essential “that” is the energy-form that was at the beginning and sustains the entirety of Creation, and we know it and we feel it as Divine Unconditional Love.

This is the message, and this is the story of Taurus. That is what you are, and what everyone and everything is, which means that the tree and rock, and the lake and flower, and the bird and planet and stars above, that all of this is shining with the light of Divine Love. The whole Universe was made by love, and was made to be loved and to be lived with love.

So let us celebrate this gift of Love, this wonderous, luminous, and resplendent Creation.

Let us move into the space of Taurus and know that what we are is love.

That our true nature is priceless, as is everything and everyone around us.

Let us be what we are and live as we should.

Let us be,

Love.

Sun Enters Aries (March 20, 2023)

The Eternal Now

Once again, we find ourselves at the beginning; our journey through the Circle of the Living Ones has brought us back to the first realm of Creation and to the first question of your life, which is “who are you”?

For the next 30 days, and forever somewhere in your chart, you need to align your body, heart, and mind as one, because you need to feel the wind of the spirit that springs from the eternal fires burning in the realm known as Aries. For the past month of Pisces, we have wandered and wondered, we have looked back and considered the whole arc of our lives, and we have found the truth by holding together our triumphs and defeats, so that we might see that that what makes us what we are is founded in our faith and forgiveness, and by our capacity to imagine and dream. Because we are creators, and the fulfillment of that gift is founded in our everlasting love of one another. The greatest illusion we have ever faced is our separation from one another, and equally the illusion that we are separate from the infinitude formed by the encompassing hosts of spirits with whom we journey.  

In Pisces, we felt the truth that we are all related, that there is but One Spirit forming the Universe, and our hearts are held by the fundamental root of all of Creation, Divine Unconditional Love. This Love forms each and everything in Creation, and so we understand that the story of our Spiritual Journey will bring forth our true nature as it will ever bend towards living with love, compassion, and empathy for all of life. We will know in the end that “I am that, that I am”.

But here in Aries, as we emerge out of the oneness that is Pisces and begin again, we are reminded and brought to the essential truth that we are also “separate” from one another too. We are, and until the end of days here to be, a unique instance of the One Spirit. So, we must find our way to be our own essential self too, which means that for us to be the true and living spirit we must strive to be an authentic, distinctive, radiant manifestation a “one of a kind” too. The greatest truths are found in these seeming contradictions about the nature of creation, and this truth about the One and the Many is at the root of them all. All of Creation is the One, yet all of Creation is formed by the infinite hosts of the many, many ones too.

Aries is the sacred space for the beginning of all things. At this time every year, and at the beginning of any activity or endeavor, you must understand the essential truth held by Aries. In Time and Space, in the Hierarchies of the Living which form Manifested Creation let this be your guiding principle, which is you only exist here and now. What you were before, what came before, you cannot change; and what you will make and become tomorrow or a thousand tomorrows from now you cannot know. There is only one place and time that you can redeem your past and forge a better future too, and it is here, it is at the heart of Creation; and the heart of Creation is only found in the spacetime of our reality called the Eternal Now.

But it is equally true that you are not entering a space of emptiness; you do not move upon a virgin canvas or tabula rasa. For the entirety of the hosts of the spirit, and each and every one of us too, have forged the reality of the space that you are now entering into. But you must be ready, this is the moment, where you will bring your past experiences and combine them with your hopes for the future. You find yourself at the crossing point between the darkness and the light, here in the moment of Creation, the only space you are free to be the creative living spirit, it is here that you face the opportunity and test of Aries, the test of your Presence.

As you enter the next space of reality, as you enter any space, it changes. The question will always be, was this the change you intended to make? Did you come into a dull space and bring it to life; did you come into a disturbed space and bring it peace? Do you understand that by how you meet the moment, which is rooted in your motivations, that form and flow into your intentions, which then shape your actions, it is by this that you may be able to heal the world and lift yourself and one another on the path of awakening. If you “fail”, if you come in with less of or a lack of awareness, if you overwhelm the situation or underwhelm it, then you will have missed this moment and you will have to try again.

What you face today has been forged by you and all with whom you journey. But what will be your tomorrow is being made by you today. The motto of Aries is, “Beaten paths are for the beaten, we are here to make a better future”.

The gift of Aries is forged in the spirit and power of beginnings, so that each and every moment of your life holds the promise of light and truth and love. But you must be present, and you must be aware of this, that it is you who is the maker of your future, and that you must choose to be the promise keeper of the Love of the One of which you are.

May all your steps be as those who made the first.

May you walk in beauty, and may you live by love.

And may you shine forever like a bright morning star.

2023-2-26 Radio Show Transcript — Saturn in Pisces and a look at Ukraine and Russia (February 26, 2023)

Saturn in Pisces and a look at Ukraine and Russia (February 26, 2023)

(If you wish to listen to the show instead, here is the link on BlogTalk or Apple Podcasts)

I thought it would be helpful as we approach the entry of Saturn into Pisces, and as we have just observed on February 24^th the first year of the war of Russia against Ukraine, that we should review the significance of Saturn’s passage into Pisces and also consider the planetary indications for what 2023 looks like for the Russia-Ukraine War.

Saturn in Pisces

When I spoke about Saturn moving into the sign of Pisces in my show in December 2022, I suggested that the passage of Saturn through the signs of the Zodiac is one of the principal shapers of our experience of reality. Though I will always consider that the three outermost planets have deeper and longer-term indications for the quality of the period of human history we are experiencing, Saturn is important because it is the avatar or holder of the structures of reality by which we fulfill our needs, as we make and establish the means to meet our needs and preserve our ways of living.

I will always maintain that the planets do not cause anything, that is they do not create the content of what we are faced with and/or are about to encounter. Those facts and matters of substance are made by us, by our past actions as creators of our present and our future realities. But the planets can help us understand the meanings behind a period, help us to understand what phase or stage of an experience we are going through individually and collectively, and guide us as to how we might best face this moment in any cycle, and by this what we might be able to fulfill of our spiritual destiny, what we are meant to be, which is simply to be and become better humans, to be ever-more conscious creators of our reality.

And the reason Saturn’s passage through Pisces should be understood as significant simply comes from the fact that in Pisces, (and this is true of whichever planet is moving through Pisces), we will experience the consequences or reaping of what we have sown during this last 29-year cycle of Saturn from Aries through Pisces. For our purposes, that would mean we are to experience a reaping in the realm of reality of Saturn from 1996 until now. (And of course, because the echoes of karma are manifold and deep, there will be many influences that originate in the previous cycles begun in 1967 and 1937 and even earlier too).

When a planet enters the Sign of Pisces, it enters the Fountain-Source of Creation, the seed and heart of all creations, the source of our dreams and equally the fruits of their manifestations. Pisces is the Dream, and here at the end of any cycle it is equally the harvest or fruit of that cycle of experience too. And know this, that what we harvest is what will form the material of what we will sow. But it is not a mere repeat or looping of reality that we will create. Because what we actually sow will be formed by the manner in which we receive and work with the fruits of our creation, by how we harvest those prior experiences, by what understanding we can bring to bear upon our Karma, and by this ever-expanding exercise of our Spiritual nature we will form the Dharma, the path, of making our way in the next cycle of becoming in the houses of the Holy Ones. It is by our creativity, through our imagination and the power of Creation, by our Spiritual Will or Alchemy, it is by these spiritual gifts that we can form our harvest into the seeds of the next and hopefully better cycle of our lives.

If we face our harvests with fear, then what we form now as our seeds, and what we will plant in 2026 and beyond, will lead to a more bittersweet fruit at the end of the upcoming cycle, which in our case will be in 2053. But if we can face the harvest of our consequences with love, humility and grace, if we can understand why things turned out as they did, to see through to the truths that steered us to creations that we did well and also show us how and why what was more poorly done, if we can understand what errors of commission or omission we need to amend, and if we choose to live by our faith and so act with courage to do and be better, then we will sow our seeds of a more meaningful and beautiful future for one and for all.

It begins with each of us, in our sacred center where we are held in the wisdom, love and guidance of our higher self. There is no judgement there, no reward or punishment to be had. The true nature of the spirit at the center of each one of us and of everything, is simply pure divine love. It is through this Love and Forgiveness that we can turn our errors into blessings, change our doubts into wisdom, and our fears into the living faith that we are the makers of what we are and what we will be, because we really do have a choice. We will make many more mistakes, but we will learn to be better too.

Then we need in our most intimate relationships with our loved ones and friends, and then with our fellowships, communities and so on, we need to cooperatively perform these same re-examinations of the harvests from our created shared spaces, of all our relationships with one another. We only grow through our combinations with one another, and depending upon how each of us has conducted ourselves with one another, these shared fruits will be sweet or bittersweet. But here too we must remember that what holds us in our willingly and lovingly created unions with each other is this essential energy-form that binds one and all, which is Divine Love. If we remember to form and hold ourselves and our shared sacred spaces by this eternal truth, we will forgive one another our trespasses, and so be able to create those better sacred spaces for a deeper and more complete union with one another.

Saturn in Pisces brings the final test of Saturn, which is our “test of faith”. The question for us all is what is the source of your faith, what is the source of your hope for a better future? The Ancient Wisdom holds that your faith is embedded in your true nature, that you are a spark of the Divine Light who is on a journey of self-becoming with innumerable fellow monads of the One, and that your true nature is formed by the light that shines in all the realms of Creation, which is Divine Unconditional Love.   

So, as Saturn enters Pisces here in March 2023, we must each individually, and in our communities, fellowships, cultures, and nations too, we must all use this time of harvest to consider what we have made and what we have learned since the present cycle of Saturn started in 1996. But it is not only what we did or did not do in 1996, but in all the years that followed, in 1997 and 1998, in 2008 and 2016, and 2020, yes all of it was made by you and me, made for you and me, and now we have to accept the fruits of our dreaming and doing. We have to face “the dweller on the threshold”, the shadowed fears of yesterdays and yesteryears, and choose to turn towards the Light of Love in our hearts.

Just as Saturn started a new cycle by moving into Aries 27 years ago, I also would like to note that Putin’s rise to power began in 1996 when he moved from St Petersburg to Moscow to work with Yeltsin, and then succeed him, first as Prime Minister in 1999 and then in 2000 as President. This would mean that as Saturn goes through Pisces, that we are watching the entirety of Putin’s history in leading Russia, both for him and for others who rose to power then, and that they are to be reaping all that they have done since 1996 until now. With that in mind, let us now consider what the Astrological indications are for Russia and Ukraine in 2023.

Ukraine and Russia

With regards to the significance of the planetary energies for 2023 that help understand the influences and meanings for Vladimir Putin and Russia, and Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine, we should review what was indicated for 2022 and see what changes lie ahead for 2023.

Putin
For 2022, the “triggering” planet for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was the same “influencer” as his invasion and seizure of Crimea 8 years earlier, which was Uranus opposite his Sun in 2014. For 2022, Uranus was opposite his Sun’s ruler, which is Venus. Moreover, the “reality” planet of Saturn was squaring his Pluto and opposite his Jupiter in 2014, and then in 2022 he had Saturn opposite his Pluto and squaring his Jupiter, (and we should note that each of these alignments would trigger or activate his propensity, given his Jupiter/Pluto natal square, to seek to impose or force one’s beliefs upon others).

In 2023, there are several major transits in Putin’s chart. Uranus will be on or conjunct his Jupiter while it is also squaring his Pluto, which is the very natal aspect (his Jupiter/Pluto square) that Saturn activated last year. This time Putin will be surprised, if not experience shocks by this move over his Jupiter, and his emotional attachments will be severely tested as Uranus goes over his Pluto. Moreover, Neptune will be squaring his Mars for the entire year, which will bring about confusion and misguided actions, as well as bring an influence that brings about a loss of energy and vitality throughout the year. And finally, the planet of reality, Saturn, will square his Moon all year and as a result he will be emotionally isolated and depressed. All in all, I do not think that Putin is going to have a good year at all.

Russia
For 2022, I noted that the major influences in Russia’s chart were similar also to what happened in 2014 and similar to alignments in Putin’s chart. In 2014 Russia had Pluto opposite Jupiter and Uranus squared Jupiter too, while Saturn was semisquare to Uranus. Just like in Putin’s chart, that combination of Pluto and Uranus to Jupiter indicated the very strong possibility of attempting by the force of Will to impose one’s beliefs upon another. The Saturn/Uranus aspect added to the tension between the established order and the desire for freedom to do as one wishes. For 2022, that same Saturn/Uranus aspect was back, this time as a waxing aspect, but this time it was with Uranus on Venus and Opposite Russia’s Pluto, indicating a more extreme example of the struggle between Freedom, Will and Value. Finally, the most elusive but most telling transit was the square of Neptune to the Midheaven and Nadir of Russia’s chart. I described it as something like an existential crisis as with the house of roots and origins, and the house of destiny being shaped influenced by Neptune, there was bound to be a great deal of confusion for Russians as they questioned the foundations for their nation, of where it is rooted and where it finds its security, and equally on its purpose or destiny. Disillusionment and confusion would be the result.

In 2023, an even more powerful alignment of Neptune is happening for Russia, as it now enters the 7^th house, the house of relationships. What this means is that the experience and nature of Russia’s relationships with the rest of the world will become more confused, as they face disillusionment and/or deception and self-deception. Compounding this will be Saturn aligning with Russia’s Mercury, so that the state or quality of thinking and communication will become tested, shadowed, and fearful, the state of mind in Russia will be constrained by doubts and fears.

Zelensky
For Zelensky in 2022, I noted that Uranus was opposite his own Uranus, which is one of the main indicators for anyone of going through the challenges and opportunities of the so-called mid-life crisis. It calls upon all of us at such a time, to choose to become a more truly individuated person, a more authentic version of oneself. And he also had Saturn opposite his Moon, which creates a deep sadness and fear of being cut off from the support one needs. In 2023, Zelensky has Neptune squaring his Jupiter, (actually for 2023 and 2024), and this brings about a period where one must question and reexamine the truths that guide one’s life, whether those be cultural, scientific, or spiritual truths. It can bring about a crisis of faith but is really an instrument to let go of old assumptions and half-truths and make one’s way to a greater understanding. Moreover, 2023 is the year in which Pluto, the planet of the Will, is opposite to Zelensky’s Mars. This is also in effect for 2024, and it indicates that Zelensky is engaged in a great struggle for survival, and he will have to draw upon his determination and personal strength to face very great challenges.

Ukraine
Ukraine in 2022 had Uranus enter the 4^th house of Roots and Foundations, while it also opposed Ukraine’s Pluto in the 10^th house of Destiny. This most certainly indicated a test of will and determination, and the experience of the violation of one’s boundaries or sacred space. And just like Zelensky, Ukraine had Saturn on its Moon, and the country equally experienced a deep sadness and a feeling of being cut-off from support. For 2023, Ukraine has Uranus squaring the Moon, which indicates a very unsettled quality for the people of Ukraine, a higher degree of vulnerability but equally a time to break reactive behaviors and so that one may be more innovative and surprising in one’s responses. Also in 2023, Saturn is opposite the Sun in Ukraine’s chart, which means it is undergoing an endurance test, a critical test of its character and fortitude. The challenge is to endure, but equally to focus on responsibilities let go of structures or patterns which are not supportive.

The picture for both Putin and Russia, and Zelensky and Ukraine is most certainly challenging, and one would expect this to be the reality of a brutal war of aggression. It is not surprising after all, as there is almost no scenario where there is a winner and a loser in any war, because the very greatest of spiritual crimes is occurring on the largest scale imaginable, and there is so much pain and suffering on both sides that the echoes of this failure to love rather than hate will be with us for many years to come.

The most basic and horrific of spiritual crimes is the trespassing or invasion of the sacred space of any human. Spiritually this is the “first crime”, the ultimate sin of not experiencing and treating any “other” who is before us as a spiritually divine presence too. This is why the first “step” for any aggressor in a war is to dehumanize, or demonize their opponent, as Putin has done by labelling many of the people of Ukraine, and the Ukrainian government as being Nazi’s. As always, the first casualty in any war is the truth.

But the Light of Truth is within every one of us, and “we have eyes that see, and ears that hear”, and we know who is standing for love and who is consumed by hate. Our heart and thoughts are for all those who are facing the fearful darkness of hate that has turned relatives and neighbors against one another, all because of the hatred and fear that has seized one man and some people who have chosen the darkness over the light.

May peace return to Ukraine and her people and may they and many others plant the seeds of a better world in the weeks, months, and years to come.

Astrological Musings — Saturn in Pisces and a look at Ukraine and Russia (February 26, 2023)

Astrological Musings — Saturn in Pisces, and a look at Ukraine and Russia

In my second show of 2023, we will look again at the upcoming move of Saturn in Pisces on March 7, 2023, and take a look at where we are one year after Russia’s war with Ukraine.

If you wish to suggest a subject or topic for a future show, please email me as I would be happy to hear from you. My email is: [email protected].

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Sun Enters Pisces (February 18, 2023)

Alpha and Omega, The Never-ending Story, the end is but a beginning.

Today we reach the “end” of the Astrological year, and at this time every year, and forever somewhere in your very own chart too, you are given this holy period and this sacred space so that you can “see and hold as one” your life of lights and shadows. You are only here and walk forever in one space-time, the shining presence of the Eternal Now, ever reaping what you have sown and sowing what you will become. But let us remember that to become the human you will someday be, you will need to move into these sacred times and spaces of contemplation and integration, of remembrance and dreaming, as you walk with faith through the cosmos, where darkness dances with the light.

Here at Pisces, at the end of a cycle, you will find your next beginning. Because your life is not a line, it is a spiraling journey, a dancing energy-form made by and from your Love. From the first lesson of “presence” in Aries, to the “centering” of self by Cancer, from the “creation” of shared space in Libra and the “self-fulfillment” of responsibilities in Capricorn, and from all the ways and signs in between, you have come around the Circle of the Living Ones once more to receive this final gift of the Spirit for you.

This gift of grace holds the truth to them all, which is that you are the dreamer creating the future you will be. For the dreams you dream will become the thoughts that you think, and those thoughts will inform and form the actions you take. The Law of Karma will be fulfilled, so that what you give is what you will get, and it will be as it always has been, that you are the creator-maker and the reaper of you. And from the deepest part of you, from the intimations lovingly held in your higher self you will know, that you were made by the Light and Love of the One, and your only true purpose is to love one another and be the love that you are.

From your beginning in another life in Aries, you strove to be and become what you are, a unique shining presence of the one. And through each house of the Living Ones, you forged a life that was held together by your courage and humility, by your determination and adaptability, and through each dominium of the living ones you strove to be what you are, to be a unique and special spark of the divine, a quintessential one among the infinite hosts of the One.

But here in Pisces you must look back and ahead because you must prepare yourself to begin again. You understand that all those trials and tribulations, all those many stumbles and falls is how you moved toward a greater self-mastery, as you learned what not to do and how to be better. This is “the way”, this is the path of Spirit that is forged by choosing to love rather than fear, to meeting the next moment in the eternal now with hope as you let go of regret, to forgive yourself and one another because you feel it now from deep within you, and you see it now because it is all around you too, that the Light of the One is shining in everything and everyone, and also in you.

You are the storyteller and the story, the maker and creator of you. You have nothing to fear, because whatever lies before you was made by you, and you have made yourself ready to meet your destiny of Light with Love. Your faith is woven into the very essence of who and what you are, you are a spark of the Divine, an immortal in mortal worlds.

Because you are made of Eternal Love, and your true nature is not fixed but is destined to be what was made at the dawn of Creation, you are the “ever becoming”, a resplendent spark of the Divine, whose journey through the stars, dwelling in the Houses of the Holy, is filled with the Light of a Living Faith founded and forged in the Unconditional Love of the One.

Pisces is Closure; Pisces is the Dream; Pisces is the Future. Treasure this space and time of Pisces, as it is like the final chapter of any story, and by this summing up, by weaving all the strands of your triumphs and so-called defeats, by harvesting the wisdom of it all, in holding as one the entire journey of your life to this point, it is by this reaping that you will create the seed that will be the source of your next great chapter in the book of life.

At this time of ending, as it was at the beginning of Creation, the story remains the same.

There is only one truth, there is only one way.

Love one another.

Sun Enters Aquarius (January 20, 2023)

Aquarius by Michael Trossman 

To Be Human

Since your journey began, since crossing that spiritual threshold where the darkness meets the light, long, long ago, you and all humans have wandered and wondered. We have been trying to understand, we have struggled to comprehend, we have searched for the answer to the question that lies behind all of our questions which is “Why”?

Why are we here? Which leads to why is that here; and to finally why, why is anything here?

Why?

As we wandered and wondered, we looked up, and we began to see patterns forming in the starry firmament; and we looked around our world, and we looked at one another, and we saw those patterns down here as well. And as we listened to the quiet whispers of our higher self, as we followed our intuition, we felt something familiar, and so we came to know that there is meaningfulness within us, and that there is meaning, and beauty, and truth all around us too. And we smiled, and we laughed, and we shared in the wonder of our being part of this Creation, of being together in this journey of the Divine through the stars.

Today we celebrate the entry of our Star into the sign of Aquarius, and at this time of the year, and forever shining somewhere in your chart too, we consider once again the why and the how of being human here on this Earth. Because at the root of answering the “why” for us is to equally appreciate the “how” of us. How did we become, how were we made, and then ask why are we, what is all this for?

The answer, of course, is in our hearts, as it is woven into the heart within every atom and star of the Cosmos. For this is the most essential nature and quality of Spirit, and it forms the Root of all Meanings and Purposes of the Universe. The answer to the why of anything is this, that Spirit’s essential nature is “to be and to become”. Creation is the Journey of Life-Consciousness-Spirit, which is driven by the agency of Self-Becoming, which means that “Becoming” is what Creation is. It is the “One in all” forming all the ones that are Creation. And there in the beating heart of Creation, the driving force is Divine Unconditional Love.

From our desire and inspiration to find meaning in our existence, to truly understand this story of Spirit, which is the Story of Creation, we came to feel within ourselves, and to see in one another, and in the entirety of the Cosmos all around us, that we are a host among many hosts or forms of Spirit, a host of divine sparks or monads. We are part of the Story of Creation, which is this journey of a hierarchy of hosts, who are held together as multiplicities of individuals and communities by affiliation and by love, and that each of these great hosts of life is shaped, guided, and inspired individually and collectively by their unique spark of the Divine. The whole of Creation is the journey of innumerable ones who are on the sacred path of the essential nature of Spirit which is “Self-Becoming by Self-Fulfillment”.

The Truths of why we are here has been passed down through the ages by Wise Ones and Seekers, held in trust by the Perennial Teachings, and it holds that we are here for one purpose. We are here to strive and to grow through trial and error, to learn from our mistakes and by our successes too, so that over the span of many years, and through many, many lives, that we will become better humans, and that each one of us, and together as a host of Divine Sparks, we may shine ever brighter like Creation itself, as beings full of Light and Love.

We are equally made by our own efforts, and by one another and for one another too. That is because the Divine, our monad, is formed by the integral experience of Individuality and Community, so that these truths are interwoven throughout the fabric of the Universe. For humans, we all wish to be “one of a kind”; but we also are made by our kinds, as we alchemically forge our uniqueness from the diversity of meaningfulness rooted in the many groups, communities, and cultures that we weave into ourselves too.

And it is here in Aquarius that we find the vessel or Avatar of this essential and paradoxical Truth, that we are One and we are also the Many. Every one of us is here to be a unique and exceptional human, yet we have made ourselves by and through the many groups or “kinds” to which we belong. We are all in one another, made up by one another and for one another; and we know, because it is true, that we are all for one, and one for all because we are sparks of Divine Love.

And as much as we are shaped by our joining and blending of these various kinds into the special human that we are, we equally contribute our own sensibilities and experiences back into these various groups, communities, cultures, and partnerships. It is this dynamic, alchemic and protean creation made by your weaving of the personal and social, it is by this that “you become you” and equally help one another to become a better human too. Truly, we are the means to make one another’s dreams come true, as our dreams are made through and by one another, and our dreams hold us to one another by friendship, companionship, and love.

This is the Truth of Aquarius; that we are only what we are because we are part of a sacred fellowship, a band of brothers and sisters who are forever seeking to create a better future, to help one another to be the very means by which our dreams come true. We are here for one another; we are for one another the living proof of our dreams coming true because our happiness is their happiness, and their happiness is ours. And because we love one another we also know this, that we must equally look to preserve and protect the dreams of our children and all those who may follow us too, for what we are made from is not bound by space or time.

We are not here for us or what was, because we know, because we understand, that within us is the spark of the Divine, the immortal seed of Divine Unconditional Love and that we have not seen our finer days. We have hope and believe in the dream of what has yet to be, of a day that is brighter, and a world that is healed, and so we set our sights on the far horizon.

Why are we here?

We are here to dream, to create, and to love one another.

We are here to love and be loved and to shine.

We are here,

To Dream, to Be and Become,

We are here to Love.

2023-1-7 Radio Show Transcript — 2023 Preview, a look ahead part 2- Pluto (January 8, 2023)

(If you wish to listen to the show instead, here is the link on BlogTalk or Apple Podcasts)

Today we will continue our overview of 2023 by turning to the most important shift for the year ahead (and for many years into the future), which is the entrance of Pluto into the sign of Aquarius. As you know, I find it quite impossible to consider one planet moving through one sign to be sufficient to understand any period in history, or certainly give us clarity for our current events. Just like in a dance performance, for instance like a ballet, where you may at times focus upon one or another dancer, and then upon a couple dancing, you really cannot appreciate the choreographer’s meaning and message without pulling back, and looking at the whole ballet, with all the dancers moving in shifting patterns of relationships and meanings with one another. (That is one reason I like to call our planetary companions’ movements around the solar system, a “Dance of the Planets”).

I think it is most important to our understanding as to “the why and the what” that we are experiencing here on Earth, is for us to examine the cycle of relationship of the three outer planets which form the long-term historical drivers of spiritual energy in our system. Their movements with one another forming what we call a synodic cycle, (from a conjunction to an opposition with one another, and then back to the next conjunction), form the integral or essential heartbeat of our spiritual journey through the stars.

Triad of Spirit, Pluto-Neptune-Uranus
What we need to remember is what each planet holds as an Avatar, and then to consider what the combination of one with another would create. I like to describe the three outer planets as forming the Triad of Spirit, and that by Pluto we strive towards Self-Mastery from a “Centered Will”; by Neptune we are supported to hold reality and one another in “Unconditional Love”; and by Uranus we are helped to become a unique Spark of the Divine by moving into ever “Freer Minds”. On the Universal level, Pluto as the Avatar of Divine Will creates and forms the Spaces or Containers for any being or group of beings, and Neptune as the Avatar of Unconditional Love holds the experience and root energy-form of each monad as part of the One Life of the Spirit, as part of the One host or Community of Light and Love, and Uranus as the Avatar of Freer Mind shapes the awareness of any being or group towards every greater Individuality, to the realization that each and every instance of the One is special and unique.

Pluto
For our purposes today, let us consider the roles of Pluto and Neptune as they work together. Pluto is the Shaper of Forms; Neptune the Energy-Substance of those forms. Our Universe which is the story of the One, is formed and powered by what we know as Chemistry (physically) or Alchemy (spiritually), and this Fountain Source or Primal Energy for Creation ceaselessly unfolds as the prime mover or the Self-Becoming energy that forges the innumerable combinations and transformations of the hierarchy of Energy-Forms of the One Spirit.

From the One came all the many ones, who then began to forge unions to create every greater ones, and it is these ones who fill and form the spaces of space which form and are the body of the One. To do this, the Alchemical nature of Spirit forges the containers of spirit, within which each one is bounded and held separate from other ones. Then, through the Alchemical mystery of combination, by the Spiritual Will as chemistry/alchemy, atoms combine with atoms to form larger atoms, molecules with greater molecules, organisms with larger organisms, on up to the planets, stars, and galaxies. What drives Creation is the Protean Power that is Alchemy, which is the magic and the mystery of combination. This secret to Creation, the majesties, and the mysteries that we call Birth, Death, and Rebirth, is held by the Sign of Scorpio, and also for us in our Solar System by the Planet Pluto.

Neptune
Neptune is the avatar of the Universal energy-form that holds the entirety of creation as it is. There is but One Life, there is but One Spirit, and there is but One Mind, and it holds the whole of Creation as ONE, (the many ones held as One). This Universal and Omnipresent Energy-form is the Love of the One which we know as Unconditional or Universal Divine Love. Through this Energy-Form, all the Spaces of Space are filled, as the Universe is a Pleroma, a fullness not an emptiness, so that ultimately the boundaries between the hierarchies and ranges of all energy-forms are transcended and held together as one, and it is this experience which is the true seed for your experience of compassion and empathy between one another and really between all life-forms, and truly for the whole of Creation.

So, we could say that Neptune’s message is almost the “opposite” or counterpoint to that of Pluto as the Lord of Will and Boundaries. Or perhaps it is better to say that this reminds us of the paradoxical nature of a true spiritual understanding of and living a life guided by spirituality. While it is certain that we must be respectfully “separate from one another”, we must at the same time see through all our various separations, boundaries, and borders between one another and know that they are necessary, but they are also at the root an Illusion, for everything and everyone is connected, interpenetrated by, and shaped by all others. There is but One Spirit, and Neptune is the Avatar of exactly this, the Holy Spirit. We must therefore also live with this wisdom and act towards one another by holding to this complementary spiritual truth, that we are all in essence one with one another. A great and Ancient Teaching that should guide is that “We are all related”, so that if we bring harm to anyone at all, we will cause equal harm to our own true self too.

What we need to do, at least for our purposes today, is to not only consider what this movement of Pluto into Aquarius means, but to also consider what stage or cycle moment Pluto is going through in its most significant cycle of relationship, which is with Neptune. As I have noted before, their roughly 490-year cycle is quite interesting, as Pluto will go around the Solar System in about 248 years and Neptune in about 165 years, meaning that from one of their conjunctions to the next, Pluto will go around the Zodiac twice and Neptune three times.

Neptune/Pluto Conjunctions as a Series
As they dance with one another, we have found that their series of conjunctions, which are like New Moons where a new spiritual seed is planted, is that these seedings/plantings will move forward through the zodiac by about 6 degrees each time they meet up roughly every 500 years. For the last two conjunctions, they have met in Gemini, both in 1398 and for our current cycle in 1891, and they will do so again in 2384, and twice more after that. Prior to this, Pluto and Neptune aligned with one another in the sign of Taurus. That shift to Taurus conjunctions started in 1071 BCE, which was a very significant shift in human history, as is our current series of Gemini seedings that began in 1398. What this also means more broadly is that every 2500 years we humans experience a series of seedings of Neptune and Pluto in one Sign before moving onto the next, forming a complete cycle in about 30,000 years!

Taurus Series of Conjunctions
The series of conjunctions from 1071 BCE to 1398 CE were focused through the meaning and message of Taurus, which concerns the nature of our human experience of Value, of what is worthy, of what is beautiful, of what makes for and what creates value for us. Great civilizations were formed during this period, ranging from Persia, to Babylon, to Greece and Rome, and the Han in China, and the Mayan and Olmec in the Western hemisphere.

Gemini Series of Conjunctions
The series in Gemini that began in 1398, and that was reinitialized for us in 1891, holds as a focus what has been a spiritual quickening for humans, transforming our minds and our intellect, powerfully shaping our intelligence and means of networking and communications.

We can see that what began at the first Gemini phase of 1398 within 500 years led to a worldwide spread of cultures, communications and interconnectivity that spanned (for the first time as far as we know) all around the Earth by the late 1800’s. The second impulse of 1891 has unfolded until the present day with a veritable explosion of science, technology, and communications that in no small degree has shaped how we humans think and relate to one another. This transformation has changed and continues to change our very understanding of what it means to be human, and it has most certainly transformed and disrupted the experiences of most other life-forms on the Earth.

Sextile Phase for Neptune/Pluto
What we also need to understand is that as Neptune and Pluto continue on their 490-year cycle, they will come to significant moments in their cycle of relationship, which are formed by their angular separations from one another, what we Astrologers call aspects. Another way to understand where we are now, and how what happened in the past may inform our understanding as to what is before us now, is that for quite some time now, beginning in the 1950’s, and continuing off and on through our very own period now, is that Neptune and Pluto have been forming a 60-degree separation or Sextile aspect. That aspect is a time of concretization and consolidation, of materializing or quickening of whatever began at the conjunction, which in our period was 1891.

Let us compare our moment now to what was happening during the previous Sextile for the 1398 conjunction. Just like in our period, and this is due to the unusual nature of the orbit of Pluto, that it is very elliptical and goes through some signs more quickly or slowly than others, (three times longer in Taurus than in the opposite Sign of Scorpio, 36 years versus 12 years), there was a rather long waxing Sextile phase during this earlier period too.

Sextile from 1461 to 1540
This extended sextile for this Neptune/Pluto cycle came in two phases, from 1461 to 1480, where Pluto was in Leo and Neptune in Libra and later when they were in Sagittarius and Libra. And then another phase from 1536 to 1540 with Neptune in Aries and Pluto in Aquarius. So, all in all there was a Sextile aspect for about 80 years. This was what has been termed in Europe as the period of the High Renaissance leading to, (as we would expect of Pluto as the holder of the Power of Alchemy), the Death and Rebirth of the European order which culminated in the Reformation. During this period, just like our own, there was a veritable rush of ideas, a quickening of creativity and intellect, and social and economic change.

The Breaking of the European Catholic Order between the Sacred Realms and the Secular Order led to many wars on that continent and also to conquests and colonization around the world. The most consequential and destructive for our part of the world was the Spanish destruction of the Aztec, and the Mayan and Incan civilizations from the 1520s-30s. We can see how this sextile brought relentless change and development in technology, ideas, and beliefs, but also very great suffering for millions of souls as well.

Sextile from 1950 to 2032
We have been experiencing this same or similar influence in our modern era after the 1891 Conjunction of Neptune with Pluto. For us, the quickening/manifesting stage of the Sextile has been in effect from 1950 to 1956, with Neptune in Libra and Pluto in Leo, just as in the previous cycle, and then again from 1976 to 1986, as before with Neptune in Sagittarius and Pluto in Libra, and then Neptune in Capricorn and Pluto in Scorpio. And we will experience it exactly one more time from 2026 to 2032, and again like in the 1500’s with Neptune in Aries and Pluto in Aquarius (which Pluto will begin to enter this year). That means we will have had this very consequential alignment of Neptune and Pluto for over 82 years, just like in the 14 and 1500’s.

I have for many years been stating that what we have been experiencing with Pluto in Capricorn from 2008 to 2023 makes our period like that of the 1500’s, in that it represents the “end of an age”, and that in some form we are having our own experience that is much like our ancestors, which was of the old order framed by the Pope and the King, between realms Sectarian and Secular, of governments and economies and cultures, of a type of human and what it means to be human, transforming into what we understand now as our modern-age of nation states, with a proliferation of technology and intensification of networking and communications, and truly making us just as it did them into a different kind of human.

But for us today, what our ancestors forged as an Institutional Order, and Economy, and Government and a Way of Life in order to meet their challenges and secure their needs, the very solutions that they created and invented to solve their problems and fulfil their dreams, those very solutions have ended up in many ways being the source of the very challenges we face today. Just as the passage of Pluto through Capricorn was to be a time for the Death of many Institutions of the world, it has also been, in fact it must be, the beginning of the birth of new means of meeting our needs, of new creations, but also for preserving and supporting a rich and diverse hierarchy of earth ecosystems; we need a new Order and/or rebirth in our Institutions and our way of life, of how we live with our world in order to preserve and protect all life on this Earth. Many of us look around and see a world in peril, of life leaving the planet, of our world becoming less vibrant and diminished, and of our own lives and our dreams for the future being circumscribed and bound by apprehensions and fears.

The Second Age of Gemini
We are moving through the quickening of the second age of Gemini. In the first age and into this second age of Gemini, what many call the Industrial and Post-Industrial Ages, humans wielded their scientific knowledge and technical means to bend and shape the Earth and her life-forms to meet our needs, which resulted in a massive Growth in Material Productivity for human Goods and Services and created for a type of relative Plenty for many. But it equally set in motion fundamental changes in the balance of energy and life-forms on this planet which has brought us today to a veritable globe circling war of destruction and devastation for most other life-forms on this planet. Here in this Second Age of Gemini, we are moved into a time that will require maximum adaptability to the global changes that our previous way of life has forged, and that challenge certainly seems to be growing exponentially, and it seems to be overwhelming for many of us.

The approaches and solutions of the first wave of the Gemini conjunctions of Pluto and Neptune led to what became the first truly global or Modern World. This second Gemini seeding wave beginning in 1898 is now moving towards the last critical series of Neptune/Pluto sextiles. Beginning this year with the start of Pluto’s journey through Aquarius and becoming ever more powerful as Neptune moves into Aries in 2026 and into the 2030’s, we will meet the heart of what will forge our futures, our destiny and legacy to those who will follow us.

Pluto in Capricorn versus Pluto in Aquarius
The passage of Pluto through Capricorn heralded the end of an Institutional Age. What is the message of Pluto in Aquarius, what does it offer and what are we entering into now from 2024 to 2044? For Mundane or Worldly Astrology, Aquarius rules “Fellowship” or “Community”, the nature and substance of what are known as our so-called voluntary associations with one another, what you and I would experience as the world beyond our families, that larger human social experience that we know as Friendship.

As you know, I like to say we are made of one another, and that all with whom we journey have in some way become part of us and we have become part of them. We share our dreams and doubts, our hopes, and our fears, and we gather together to help one another, to be and become for one another our dreams come true.

Rebirth of Dreams
Aquarius is our Dream; of the world we wish to preserve and the world we hope to create. Pluto moving through Aquarius will herald the breaking down of our old dreams for our futures and the birth and remaking of a New World Dream. As much as Pluto in Capricorn was the breaking down of the Institutional Order that was created to preserve and support our dreams, Pluto in Aquarius will bring us to the necessity to change the very content or Substance of our Dreams themselves.

The dream that drove the first Age of Gemini was that through our ingenuity and craftiness, through our science and technology, we would bend and form the rest of this Earth to meet our ever-expanding need for things, for the basics of food, clothing, shelter, and for an ever-increasing range of desires. But unfortunately, this ever-increasing growth of wants and desires was met without consideration for the effects and consequences that our means of securing those wants created. We were very smart, we were very crafty, but we certainly lacked Wisdom and Humility. But forces greater than ours are reminding us that we are not the masters of the Earth.

Now we must consider what should be at the heart of our dreams for this Age. Is it to be more of more; are we so enamored of having more, of consuming more, that we are held captive by this value of quantity only, of this material measure of the good life, so that to have more of more is what it means to be human. Or will we dream of a different purpose and meaning for our lives?

I do not think we will, ultimately, have a choice. We will have to humbly and wisely and gracefully accept our need to turn are dreams from the Illusionary Right to do what we wish with the Earth and forge a Way of Life built upon our Responsibilities to one another and to all life-forms with whom we share this world. We must center our dreams upon healing, preserving, and protecting all the life and lives on this planet, on our home, on our mother, on this beautiful Earth with whom we travel through the stars.