A reader has asked us to review the possible astrological motives behind the current, rather amazing, example of a Tipping Point, where people are starting in some cases to Pay Attention and even Respond when women are assaulted – of which Alabama’s Choice might be an example. This is a Big Question, and it will take me a long while to give it the Attention it deserves, but I’ve uncovered a few clues so far, so I’ll start what will undoubtedly end up being a looong series…
My first guess would be the Uranus-Pluto Cycle that was Initiated in 1965, because it’s one of the bigger (ie, longer) Cycles that’s begun in “our” era. Pluto is about major Changes of Cultural Winds (equating to Jung’s “Universal” Unconscious, which we’re demoting to encompass not the Universe or even the Galaxy, but “only” our Solar System). We could go on at length about Pluto’s role as Guardian of our known Solar System, until its demotion – Sedna plays that role now. Pluto Protected Human Consciousness from having to deal with Reality, and played the role of a movie projector, projecting the Dominant Paradigm onto the Hologram we mistake for Hardcopy Reality.
It was the Waxing Square of the Uranus-Pluto Cycle – when the Cycle’s Energy emerges from gestation and becomes “Permanent,” or at least Pervasive – that ushered us through the whole 2012 Transformation. The word Transformation or TranceFormation – Formation of a (New) Trance, a new movie in the projector – is in my humble opinion the best single keyword to characterize Pluto. The second-best keyword is “Mandatory” – it’s usually futile to Resist Pluto’s Transformations, though they can be adapted within Limits. So to me the Uranus-Pluto Cycle Increases the degree to which the Soul Self insists on its right to partner with the Ego, as its Supervisor.
I don’t regard Slavery as a natural unfolding of the Soul Self, except of course as a Heuristic or Learning Exercise. So any new Uranus-Pluto Cycle is going to make it more difficult to keep enslaving half the People. Also, because Emotion is more often a carrier of Intuition than Intellect, and because Women for one reason or another are likely to have more dexterity with Emotion than men, Women tend to be more Intuitive, at least for now. That is, they have better access to Information that is usually hidden from the Intellect. Hence they are likely to be more Conscious.
So it’s not like Women became Conscious starting in 1965. There have been untold Uranus-Pluto Cycles prior to this one. But 1965 would be expected to see a Transformation of Consciousness of our Soul Self, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see such a Transformation led by Women. And of course we did see just that; there was huge surge in “Feminism” or Respect for the Sovereignty and Leadership of Women, in the 1960s. Sensitive people would have begun Feeling the 1965 Uranus-Pluto Initiation several years prior to the Exact Conjunction, so we don’t expect a sudden Transition.
The current Uranus-Pluto Cycle began at 18 of Virgo, “A Ouija Board” – in other words, forget Logic and Proportion and Pay Attention to the Red Queen. Gracie’s White Rabbit was released by Jefferson Airplane in 1967, and was certainly a very apt anthem for the Times (Zeitgeist is another good keyword for Pluto). She wrote it for her previous band in 1965-66. Close your eyes and let the Ouija Board guide your fingers – Intuition. We could go into the Uranus-Pluto Initiation chart at length – it’s Fascinating – and I hope to find time to do just that.
But let’s shift our Attention to the Present for a minute, as that’s where the Tipping Point seems to have occurred (not that there won’t be a lashback or two). Where is the Uranus-Pluto Cycle now? They’re 107 Degrees apart. Just beyond a Biseptile. The Septile series or Seventh Harmonic is about Timing. Isn’t that a Coincidence. Of course it’s not an exact Biseptile. So what else do we have?
Let’s look at 5 October 2017, the day the New York Times published their expose about Mr. Weinstein. That was certainly a significant moment, and in hindsight (at least until someone more prominent is impeached) an excellent candidate for the Tipping Point itself. Anything relevant going on then (I haven’t looked at Mr. Weinstein’s chart yet, because we want to focus on the impact on the Planet, not on him)?
Well, a new Venus-Mars Cycle was Initiated on 5 October. When we’re talking about sexual and social intercourse, Venus-Mars is certainly where we’d look first. We looked at Uranus-Pluto first because the Venus-Mars Cycle is only about 18 months or so, and we wanted to look at a longer Cycle. So, where was the Venus-Mars Initiation? Duh, 20 Virgo! Only two Degrees from the 1965 Uranus-Pluto Initiation, the environs of which will remain a “hot spot” on the Zodiac till we start the next Uranus-Pluto Cycle in 2150.
Virgo 20 is “A caravan of cars headed to the West Coast.” Well, that was certainly happening in 1965 and thereabouts, with flowers in their hair. How do we relate it to Mr. Weinstein and the Tipping Point for assault on Women? Elsie read these Symbols in 1925 (in San Diego), so a caravan of cars would not have been a common occurrence yet. But on long trips cars may have been likely to travel in caravans, as auto services would have been scarce. It wasn’t until twenty years later, after World War II, that people flooded to Southern California, after seeing what a paradise it was while they were stationed on the edge of the Pacific Front. So these people (or cars) were harbingers.
Is it a coincidence that the West Coast is burning up as we move through this Tipping Point about Respect for Women? Collapse of an Olde Order – Death by Fire – would be an appropriate interpretation. If you follow the Sun, the West Coast is as far as you can go without a boat; darkness follows. The Venus-Mars Cycle is really about how our Inner Female and Inner Male are getting along with each other; the sexual stuff is just a Mirror. So we have the Spirit (Fire) of an Olde Order descending into Darkness, and a caravan coming to Celebrate a whole new level of Integration, to witness the Heiros Gammos that’s underway. Heiros Gammos is certainly an excellent Initiation into 5D Reality.
The only major Angle that the Venus-Mars Initiation made was a Square (Challenge) to Asbolus – which symbolizes Intuition.
Anything else happening on 5 October? Yes, another Initiation, of Hopi by Haumea – Rebirth of Respect for All Things. I’m not sure we need to even say more about that. But for the record, it occurred at 25 Libra, “The sight of an autumn leaf brings to a pilgrim the sudden revelation of the mystery of life and death.” Suggesting that this is no ordinary Rebirth, but an Enlightenment. This Initiation Opposes Uranus-Eris (Revelation of the Soul’s Truth) and is Squared by Nemesis (Ego Death).
Bingo. We could go on, and as time allows we will. We could sleuth out the other 99 Monkeys. But we should remember that any chart speaks with many voices, most of which Harmonize. For instance, on 5 October OR10 (Intrusion of Memories into Consciousness) and Nessus (Abuse and Privilege) were only two Degrees apart. Their Initiation occurred a while back, and they’ve been Dancing ever since; it will be interesting to see what manifested into “Real” Life on or about their Initiation date.
There are a number of other Initiations in the neighborhood of 5 October – Pholus-Lilith (Taking Full Responsibility for Self-Sovereignty!), Quaoar-Lilith (Self-Sovereignty as Survival), Saturn-Lilith (Self-Sovereignty as The Most Important Thing), Ixion-Lilith (Honoring the Sovereignty of our Hidden Genius), all near the Galactic Center, as well as mutual Unions between Varuna (the Life Force), Aletheia (Truth), Ceres (Sustainability), and Mnemosyne (Memory) on the Cusp of Leo (Self-Trust). These suggest that Transition to the Yang Feminine is critical to our Survival, which is not very surprising at all.
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