Grieving could offer a pathway out of a destructive economic system

Is it possible to hold all the grief in the world and not get crushed by it? I ask this question because our failure to deal with the collective and individual pain generated as a result of our destructive economic system is blocking us from reaching out for the solutions that can help us to find another direction. Our decision to value above all else comfort, convenience and a superficial view of happiness, has led to feelings of disassociation and numbness and as a result we bury our grief deep within our subconscious. The consequence is not only a compulsion to consume even more in an attempt to hide our guilt but also a projection of our hidden pain onto the world around us and at the deepest level, the Earth itself. The Guardian; 2 October 2014 http://bit.ly/1BHVAOm

The Full Moon eclipse at Findhorn, Scotland falls in the 5^th house of pleasures and overindulgence opposite the Sun in the 11^th house  which is about long term national programs and schemes for improvement implying that these two aims are polar opposites and we need to find a new balance between the two.

On the Ascendant [25sc] is Saturn [21sc]. Here the Serpent of temptation and half-beast Centaurus lure some into intemperance and excessive self-indulgence. The Libra Scales of Justice bring in souls willing to champion difficult or unpopular causes. Very concerned with doing the right thing but sensitive, bitter and deeply angry about injustice there may be great inner tension and a battle with brooding, depression and despair but always with the regenerative, renewing potential of the healing Serpent. Here the Scales offer wisdom and insight to understand the excesses while the Serpent can heal all wounds. [1]

The eclipse Sun [15li] is conjunct the asteroid Lacrimosa [12li] and the dwarf planet Haumea [21li]. Haumea urges us to act in accord with nature and the natural world, and to express a new level of awareness about what is truly life supportive and Lacrimosa deals with grief and despair which must follow if we don’t.

The Full Moon eclipse is the culmination of the New Moon of  September 24, 2014 New Moon conjoins the Dwarf Planet Makemake  which rules the proper administration of resources for the sake of  ecology and human survival. Makemake also impels  enterprising action to create environmental conditions that ensure a healthy, prosperous and abundant life for all.

The New Moon [1li] was placed on the Ascendant [1li50] conjunct the stars of the constellation Virgo. The following passage from Aratus about Virgo tells us why this constellation is linked to simple living and gentleness to all creatures.

Her men called Justice (Dike); but she assembling the elders, it might be in the market-place or in the wide-wayed streets, uttered her voice, ever urging on them judgments kinder to the people. Not yet in that age had men knowledge of hateful strife, or carping contention, or din of battle, but a simple life they lived.

 But when she had filled the great heights with gathering crowds, then would she with threats rebuke their evil ways, and declare that never more at their prayer would she reveal her face to man. "Behold what manner of race the fathers of the Golden Age left behind them! Far meaner than themselves! but ye will breed a viler progeny! [the Iron Age?]. Verily wars and cruel bloodshed shall be unto men and grievous woe shall be laid upon them." Even so she spake and sought the hills and left the people all gazing towards her still. But when they, too, were dead, and when, more ruinous than they which went before, the Race of Bronze was born, who were the first to forge the sword of the highwayman, and the first to eat of the flesh of the ploughing-ox, then verily did Justice loathe that race of men and fly heavenward and took up that abode, where even now in the night time the Maiden is seen of men, established near to far-seen Bootes. [Aratus, Phaenomena, 3rd century B.C., p.237-239]

[1] Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2, p. 230-41)