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"This universe of ours, what is it really? Here we are, centres of consciousness, surrounded by a buzzing confusion which we must try to understand. But we are of the selfsame stuff of the universe -- perhaps ultimately a cloud of energy interacting with other clouds of energy -- and on that account we are in the role more of participants than observers. We cannot distance ourselves from our ambient, hold it at arm's length for impartial scrutiny. This fact has been heavily underlined by modern physics since it sets limits to our knowledge. What we experience is not external reality per se but our interaction with it, so that in a very real sense we are constructing our universe from ourselves."
"Astrology is an art, rather than a science or a system of religious beliefs. But what, then, is art? The artist mediates between different dimensions of life. The images, sounds, words and forms which the artist utilises are languages which can communicate the meaningful patterns of levels of reality which would otherwise be incomprehensible or incommunicable to the rational mind. When we are affected by art, it is because the work speaks to us on many levels: intellectual, intuitive, emotional, visceral."
"People who dismiss astrology do so out of either ignorance or rationalism. Rationalists have their place, but their limited assumptions and methods must be kept out of the arts. Interpretation of poem, dream or person requires intuition and divination, not science."
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Astro Inquiry is published in Washington State -- beaming out from Vashon Island. When I was 14 years-old, I made the dogged effort to write to as many astrologers in California as I could, seeing which, if any would take me on as a student. I lucked out with my teachers Ivy Goldstein Jacobson and Margaret Latvala, and studied with them through my high school years. A year later I became a member of Llewellyn George’s Educational Astrology organization in Los Angeles. I helped write, edit and publish the group’s quarterly newsletters... continues
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The Second Phase of the Pluto Uranus Standoff
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The cosmic gyre has finally converged into the crazy-bubble zone of the Uranus Pluto square. Astrologers have been yapping about this aspect, anticipating its alignment for decades and guess what? It’s finally here. The second of seven passes between the two titans began last week.
Here is some information to consider related to what I call astrological optimization: Ways in which you become a participant with this evolutionary event.
Get off of your ass and commence, continue or complete the big creative project you’ve been incubating for the past several years. To not engage will court difficulties. Why? Well that involves:
The rotting floorboards. This could mean that you’re (literally) running out of time (aging and nearing lift off), you feel like you’re running out of time (even though you’re young and just wasting time) or — congratulations — you’ve slipped completely off of the reality grid. You’re this generation’s new frontrunner!
Perhaps you don’t know how to generate enthusiasm amidst uncertainty. To complicate things your survival button is stuck on red alert. Addressing this involves commencing a fresh creative enterprise or committing to a process of therapy or counseling. (Yes, I’m serious.)
Regardless your age: The old feels suffocating, but the new is frightening and you’ve considered becoming agoraphobic. This dichotomy can be solved. But how? Email me and we’ll book a session. Inquiry will allow you to:
1. Become participatory with your dreams. Dreaming becomes passive when you’re disinterested and not tracking its symbols. Become involved and the unconscious is your ally.
2. Unhinge. It’s time to echo the Uranus in Aries part of the cosmic equation: Risk your ‘reputation,’ brazen up and stop taking any shit. Find ways to short circuit your inner critic’s tape loop. Time is ticking, honey. You aren’t getting any younger, though wisdom and beauty are within your grasp.
3. And finally, we’ll discuss what sort of work you $hould capitalize on as the reality matrix unravels: That would relate to Pluto’s grind through Capricorn (for another 20 years or so). This is the transit that highlights the Japenese art of Wabi-sabi. Life/living as the art of impermanence. Can you dig it?
Good luck!
