Pluto’s rape of Persephone
The British
prime minister has rejected a call from a leading expert on public health to
lower the age of consent to 15. Faculty of Public Health president Prof John
Ashton said society had to accept that about a third of all boys and girls were
having sex at 14 or 15. He said the move would make it easier for 15-year-olds
to get sexual health advice from the NHS. Downing Street
said the current age of 16 was in place to protect children and there were
"no plans to change it".
Full Moon
Last week Venus
met up with Uranus and Pluto, first squaring the former
(Nov 14) and then conjoining the latter (Nov 15). Venus is about love and relationships
while the Uranus-Pluto square is about
the need
for reform. The square represents the archetypal clash:
courageous/warrior-like actions of individuals on behalf of the people's
liberties (Uranus in Aries) vs. an intensification/ consolidation of power by
institutional structures facing threats
to their authority (Pluto in Capricorn). [1]
In his
article The Uranus-Pluto Square 2012-2015,
Nick Fiorenza writes [2].
In general, the revolutionary
uprising and spontaneous force of Uranus synthesized with Pluto's intensified
dismantling and opening force in the very depths of consciousness can produce
an intense cultural and social rebellion that motivates a profound and radical
transformation in collective consciousness.
On one hand, this synthesis brings
attention to radical, non-conforming, rebellious, authoritarian destructive use
of power and its ramifications rippling through generations to follow. On the
other, it can motivate radical and mind-expanding change in the very foundation
of matter, energy and consciousness that
breaks us from very deep-seated and long-standing genetic, cultural and social
behavioral patterns.
Since Pluto is a symbol for the burning primal or animal instincts inside us Venus-Pluto is about the early awakening of sexuality in relationships and Prof
Ashton is rightly asking for a recognition of this at the Full Moon. It may be
interesting to add that the Full Moon [25ta26] is conjunct Algol, beta Perseus
[26ta22]. Diana Rosenberg notes[3]:
“Under the
influence of Perseus, those here desire to “make a difference”, with the idea
of “rescuing” people, social groups or nations from their ills.”
The Sabian
symbol for the MC [14cp22] of the Full Moon chart at London
Phase 285: In a hospital, the
children’s ward is filled with toys
Keynote: The responsibility of
society to ensure the welfare and total health of the new generation
The sociocultural processes must
look to the future as well as to the past. It has created conditions which may
harm the children who will carry forward its work, and it must try to repair
these negative conditions through love as well as physical care.
[3] Secrets of the Ancient Skies, Diana K. Rosenberg [v.1; p.201]
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