Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at
the end of this month after nearly eight years as the head of the Catholic
Church, saying he is too old to continue at the age of 85. The unexpected
development - the first papal resignation in nearly 600 years - surprised
governments, Vatican-watchers and even his closest aides.
To
understand this unexpected development readers are referred to the previous
post
Moon Wobble: Accidents or Spiritual Release
The Pope’s
action is not an accident but a deliberate choice – a spiritual release from
obsolete patterns of the past. In this post I had also mentioned that the New Moon at 21Aq was square the Moon’s
North Node [21sc0] and therefore triggering the Total Eclipse of 13th November [21sc57].
About this
eclipse Nick Fiorenza [1]wrote:
“Our late
sidereal Libra New Moon Eclipse lies with the clutches of the Scorpion, just
past Zubenelgenubi and Zubeneschamali. The New Moon conjoins Unukalhai of Serpens;
Alpha Lupus; and Beta Centauri (Hadar).
With Libra, the Scales, we can see how the two
energetics work in balance for the growth of the soul. We must pursue new experience while completing or integrating our
past experience. If we do not choose new experience we stay entrapped in our
past patterns. Our New Moon star Unukalhai (Alpha Serpens), along with Beta
Serpens, which form the neck and head of the serpent, impel us to demonstrate
our true self-mastery by reaching beyond our past
patterns and the entrapments of our incarnational experience to claim
our evolutionary freedom, to create the destiny we seek.
In our
mythical image, the Centaur is firmly clutching Lupus the beast, or is shown in
mythical images of the 1700-1800s (Uranographia of Johann Bode; et. al.) as
holding impaled Lupus upon a long spear. Either way, the Centaur is bringing
Lupus with conscious deliberation to Ara, the sacrificial Altar of the Centaur,
to be consumed in the Centaur's pyre. This articulates the slaying or
sacrificing of lower-self personality desires / egoic self and related patterns
of behavior. This relinquishment is required to claim the profound
level of self-mastery implied and embodied by that which is above the
ecliptic—Unukalhai, the neck of the Serpent whose head reaches for the Northern
Crown. The meaning of the word "sacrifice" as used here is important
to understand. To sacrifice means to give up something of a lower
nature for a higher office—not self-sacrifice. This image
articulates this process of the "sacrifice" of the lower
self-pursuits (even the human form or mold) for the attainment of one's higher
self-mastery and subsequent ascended mastery in the world—the power and wisdom
embodied by Ophiuchus holding the Serpent”.
If, as we
are claiming, the Pope’s abdication is related to the 14th November eclipse, it may
be worthwhile to examine that chart for further clues. We immediately notice
that the eclipse is placed in the fourth house about which H.S. Green mentions:
“Unfortunate for the Monarch; some
great or well known person may die or suffer discredit”.
Of course, here we do not have a ‘literal’
death but a ‘figurative’ one.
Then again
we notice Saturn on the IC along with the TNP Poseidon [10sc20] and the TNO
Deucalion [11sc46]. Poseidon is a TNP associated with religion and religious individuals
like the Pope and a key phrase for Deucalion is: “feeling
overwhelmed, not able to tread water (keep up with life)” [Philip Sedgwick ‘The
Soul of the Sky’ ]
Progressing
the eclipse chart brings the Poseidon-Deucalion conjunction to the progressed
Ascendant on 28th February, the day the Pope leaves office. For
readers who are interested in Fixed Stars, Poseidon and Deucalion are
conjunct the fixed star Acrux, alpha Crux [2]- a constellation shown as a Cross
and associated with religion and mystical and theosophical interests. [Elsbeth
Ebertin].
[1] http://www.lunarplanner.com/LunarMonths2012/lunarmonth.12.11.13.html
Note:
Pope
Benedict XVI was born on 16 April 1927 at
04:15 am; Marktl , Germany
With
an accurate birth time we find the progressed Ascendant [15cn15] conjunct
progressed Pluto [15cn31]; progressed Sun [17cn] just past the conjunction and
transit Pluto [11cp] slowly building up to an opposition to natal Pluto [13cn]
In
terms of transits or progression Pluto squaring (one can add the conjunction
too here) the Ascendant suggests
demanding circumstances in which you are challenged to reveal who you really
are and what you really want. It is a season of unmasking. It may be that your
old self is simply running on momentum…and the situation in becoming untenable [4].
The
horoscope for the Pope’s election (April 19, 2005 at about 5:50 PM local time, Vatican
Pluto-Uranus: the end of an old order
Kronos-Hades: abdication or decline of an eminent person
It
is reported that the Pope informed his inner circle of his decision at 11:42 AM local time on 11th Feb [5].The chart for the moment has 7ge on the
Ascendant conjunct Jupiter 6ge square Neptune 2pi and Mars 7pi.
Jupiter-Neptune:
feeling too passive, sensitive,
disillusioned, overwhelmed, hopeless or weak to do the things that you/others think will make things better
[6]
Finally, the MC of the New Moon [10 Feb] chart for the Vatican is 23s34 which is conjunct the midpoint of Poseidon-Requiem which here clearly refers to the cessation/end of a matter connected with the Pope.
Finally, the MC of the New Moon [10 Feb] chart for the Vatican is 23s34 which is conjunct the midpoint of Poseidon-Requiem which here clearly refers to the cessation/end of a matter connected with the Pope.
[4]
The Book of Pluto; Steven Forrest
[6]
Martha Wescott Lang
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