What makes
astrology supremely relevant is that it discloses an unsuspected dimension of
the world we think we know so well. It is as though we have become accustomed
to see only the horizontal yarn of the weaving, the weft, and are largely
unaware of the warp. We are accustomed to break down our world, in order to
understand it, into certain categories, recognizing what belongs to this
category, what belongs to that. That is ‘scientific’. However, astrology is
about learning to think in new categories. It embodies a system of new
categories that are as different from the ones to which we are habituated, as
the warp is from the weft. In this system objects and events that at first
sight appear to have nothing whatever to do with each other are shown to be
intimately connected. Conversely, things we naturally tend to associate may be
distributed otherwise in the astrological scheme. Understanding the world
around us depends on our power to perceive patterns of meaning, to make the
right connections, recognize what belongs with what. It is not easy. Unaided,
it is as if we are looking at the weaving from the wrong side, and it seems a
mess, but with the help of astrology we can see the design as it is meant to
be. As the shuttle of the cosmic loom ceaselessly weaves its intricate design,
astrologers have the responsibility, or rather the awesome privilege, to work
towards restoring to humanity the sense of high meaning it has all but lost.” Dennis
Elwell, The Cosmic Loom
Fifteen years ago, Kim Cheol-woong was a successful
pianist living in North Korea - but his life suddenly changed when someone
heard him playing a Western love song. Cheol-woong sat down at his piano in
2001 to practise the piece of music he planned to play when he proposed to his
girlfriend. Childhood sweethearts, they had known each other since he was eight
years old - they had started learning the piano together. It was the ballad, A
Comme Amour (L for Love) by Richard Clayderman - schmaltzy and not to
everyone's taste, but only in North Korea could playing it in one's own home be
dangerous. Someone passing by overheard the French music and filed a report to
the state security department. June 8; http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33367604
This news
comes to us in the backdrop of a Sun-Pluto opposition in the heavens. A chart
drawn for the exact opposition at Pyongyang has them aligned with the meridian
signifying that a possible event connected to the principle of the opposition
would be highlighted here. The following
extract from Robert Hand’s Planets in
Transit about the meaning of a
Sun-Pluto opposition was used in a previous post in the context of the Greek
referendum but is also applicable here. While the two events are different, the
principle underlying them is the same …that of the need to react to unjust
domination and control.
If you are attempting to dominate others,
you should stop, no matter what your motives are. You may think you have the
best reasons in the world for dominating people, and perhaps you believe that
you are only doing it for their own good, but that is probably not really true.
It is more likely that you simply cannot leave well enough alone. An excessive
desire to meddle and interfere is one of the negative effects of this
influence.
If you are the victim of someone else's
meddling and interfering, the problem is more difficult. In some way, probably
unconsciously, you have given out a signal that you will allow yourself to be
treated this way. And having set off this reaction, it is hard for you to stop
it. On the other hand, you may gain something by fighting back. It is often
useful to experience a test of wills with someone, and it is much less
dangerous to you when you are asserting your independence of someone else
rather than the other way around. You may need to prove to yourself that you
are stronger than your opponent.
The Sun is
conjunct the asteroid Eros and opposite Pluto. The asteroid Eros deals with “smitten” love. It is joie de vivre, the passion for life, the
thirst for survival and “living to the fullest”. Meanwhile Pluto [14cp15] is
conjunct the star Vega [1], alpha Lyrae,
“Harp Star”. In his article, Lore of the Lyre Nick Fiorenza explains Lyra’s connection to music [2].
Lyra, and prominent alignments with Lyra,
indicate involvement with the music of the spheres, that is, the use of natural
astronomically and resonant harmonics for healing, illumination, and for
greater evolutionary purpose. Prominent alignments and aspects to Lyra are
often found in musicians, artists and those involved with art-sciences and
multi-media projects--those with intent to use harmonics of light, sound, and
geometry for the expansion of consciousness.
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