Bellerophon falling from the sky
Since its inception, California has always
portrayed itself as the land of opportunity. Kind of like a dream within the
American dream. It’s the California dream to be precise, and while it has taken
on many forms over the years, the song has always remained the same. That song
preaches that anyone can become fabulously wealthy here. But unlike the
American dream, the California dream does not demand effort, at least not in
its current form. Instead, it offers low hanging fruit. It claims to be
overflowing with opportunities, just waiting to be exploited. The grass is always
greener here, and a new millionaire is made every day. So why not you? What are
you waiting for? Anybody can make it big in the Golden State, haven’t you
heard? You’d be a damn fool to stay in your podunk Midwestern town. Get over
here already! Of course, if you ask anyone who actually lives here, they’ll
tell you the truth. The only people getting rich from the dream are the ones
who made it up. They prey on the gullible masses who think they can move here
and become movies stars, and tech CEO’s. But more importantly, this dream is
the lifeblood of our vampiric state, and always has been. Like the myths
surrounding the Great Wall of China, our foundations are layered with those who
fell while chasing the dream. We owe our very existence to this ever evolving
scam. May 17
The solar
eclipse of March 20 was conjunct the star Scheat and in California it was
significantly placed square the horizon axis. Beta (β) Pegasus, Scheat, is a deep
yellow star on the leg of the Winged Horse.
The mythical story of the fall of Bellerophon (see image) from the Winged Horse Pegasus is
linked to this star. Jupiter in hard aspect to the eclipse is a warning
that discipline and self-restraint is required otherwise there is a tendency to
go overboard in some way, overextending oneself
or living in a fool’s paradise where we think nothing will go wrong.
Sometimes we squander valuable resources, only to discover on another day that
we do not have enough of what we need. As an example California’s current water scarcity comes to mind.
Progressing
the eclipse chart to May 17, the date of the report, brings Mercury-Neptune to
the Ascendant. Since Neptune is square Saturn, unrealistic and unsustainable
dreams (Neptune) meet cold hard reality (Saturn) and we feel disillusioned.
Neptune is also part of a Yod comprising Mercury-Neptune-Jupiter-Pluto which is
triggered.
Jupiter-Pluto
is a combination that is associated with large and extravagant projects. Steven
Forrest describes Jupiter-Pluto hard aspects thus:
Under hard aspects between Pluto and
Jupiter, faith is embattled. Perhaps someone has gone down a road for the wrong
reasons…Comforting but phony elements of your life must be released and new
possibilities seized under less than auspicious circumstances.
Jupiter is in
a quincunx aspect with Neptune about which Martha Wescott writes:
Having instances of "false hope" or seeing the
self-confidence undermined..this is a period when "all that glitters definitely isn't gold." People who built
their castles on sand are discovering
that the tide has changed (and that piddly little bump is where their fortress used to be.) There will certainly be plenty of examples of folks who "promise the
world" and, not only can't they
deliver the sun, moon and stars, they're lucky if they can come up
with a map of Newark!
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