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Forgiving the "beast"



Judge in California orders serial rapist's release
A man who raped and assaulted at least 40 women has been ordered to live in a remote California community, despite objections from residents there. Christopher Evans Hubbart, who police believe may have had as many as 100 victims, will rent a small house in a rural area near the city of Palmdale. [1]






We start by looking at the chart of  current New Moon eclipse at Santa Clara. Notice the powerful placement of the ‘transformative’  Grand Cross on the meridian axis. Why transformative? Well, firstly because a key phrase for  Uranus-Pluto is ‘endings and new beginnings’ and secondly because eclipses are also about just that! The Mars-Pluto element of the Cross has a difficult side that is  frequently linked to   sexual abuse, rape, suicide and murder. But let us also fail to notice  that the dispositor for Mars in Libra on the MC is Venus  which is not only in the compassionate and forgiving sign Pisces but conjunct the asteroid Clementia (252). In Roman mythology, Clementia was the goddess of forgiveness and mercy.

This is confirmed when we progress the eclipse chart to May 23, the date of the news. The transformative Grand Cross reaches the horizon axis on that date. On the progressed MC [5sc57] of the progressed chart are the stars of the Virgin (“Justica”), the redemptive Centaur [*] and Crux, the Southern Cross so that all anger, suffering and sorrow can be healed, all sins forgiven [2]. In addition, the MC is trine the Neptune [7pi]. Writing about the stars in this area [5-7pi], Diana Rosenberg states, “Here the Great urn of Aquarius, with its eternally flowing, all-forgiving waters of heaven, purifies and cleanses all sins”. [3]




Finally, the last bit of push towards compassion and forgiveness comes from the water trine between Jupiter (in Cancer) and Saturn (in Scorpio) on May 24.  While the Jupiter and Saturn functions are natural opposites,  the trine brings a time when the expansive energy symbolized by Jupiter naturally balances the rigid and limiting energy of Saturn.  The Saturnian qualities of discipline and harshness are tempered by Jupiterian compassion. The highest potential of Jupiter trine Saturn is reached when we appreciate the inherently beneficent nature of the universe, while at the same time recognize the need for discipline and the law  in the  restraint of immature egos.  It is only then that we can temper discipline with an attitude of generosity and forgiveness toward others.




[2] Secrets of the Ancient Skies, Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2, p.172)
[3] Secrets of the Ancient Skies, Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2, p.692)


[*] In her book “A Nietzschean Bestiary: Becoming Animal Beyond Docile and Brutal”, Christa Davis Acampora explains why the  mythical centaur is an important figure in our evolutionary journey:

Nietzsche praised  the need for the embodiment of great opposing forces of culture in an individual’s life – and he dreamt of the cultural genius in these terms “he is a centaur, half human, half animal”. Nietzsche believed that a  humanising transformation of animality should  blossom into a redemption and not a rejection of the animal part.



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