Pegasus and the Muses
Storytelling events are hugely popular in much of
the US, with more and more people paying to see performers share their most
intimate experiences on stage. But how intimate is too intimate? A room full of
strangers is waiting. Graham Campbell is backstage, pacing one way then another
under the red light of an Exit sign, muttering under his breath. As the compere
gives the cue for him to step on to the stage, he admits he is "terrified".
May 3 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36059246
Eclipses and
Moon phases can weave earthly events with the archetypyal figures of the
constellations in ways that are quite unbelievable. Here we begin with the
chart for the last solar eclipse at Washington,DC from where the author Jasmine
Taylor-Coleman, the author of the piece, posted her story. The eclipse along
with Neptune is placed in the 5th house which rules all public
places of enjoyment and recreation including the theatre or similar places
where creative artists express themselves before an audience. It is conjunct
stars of the winged horse Pegasus and Pisces. According to legend, everywhere the winged horse struck
his hoof to the earth, an inspiring spring burst forth. One of these springs
was upon the Muses' Mount Helicon, the Hippocrene ("horse spring")
opened.
Pegasus, therefore, helps to uplift the imaginary forces of the mind while delving
with Pisces into the oceanic depths natives return to the surface with the gift
of eloquence, the ability to move others with words, music and ideas, yet it only
after experiencing the torments of life,
with its inevitable sorrows and anxieties, that they come to their true mission
, understanding that there is a pattern and purpose to their travails, and that
their gifts are to be put at the service of others [1].
Opposite the
eclipse is Jupiter and the North Node among early stars of Virgo. About Virgo,
the ancient Roman astrologer Manilius wrote:
On them she will
confer a tongue which charms, the mastery of words, and that mental vision
which can discern all things, however concealed they be by the mysterious
workings of nature….But with the good there comes a flaw: bashfulness handicaps
the early years of such persons, for the Maid, by holding back their great
natural gifts, puts a bridle on their lips and restrains them by the curb of
authority. [Astronomica, Manilius, 1st century AD, p.237 and 239]
This
description of Virgo tells us why the
speakers at the “personal” storytelling events are so “terrified” and yet the
challenge of the eclipse is to face an audience and inspire them with their
story.
And
completing the picture is the star Spica, alpha Virgo, on the Ascendant. This
was the single determinant star of the Indian lunar mansion Chitra, ruled by
Tvastr, the heavenly carpenter, who possessed Maya, the power of making and
shaping the way others see the world that is a form of magic. Words and music
pour forth from these natives as from a deep well spring.
If now we
progress the eclipse chart to May 3, the date of the news, notice that the
progressed Ascendant touches off the eclipse T-square.
Readers who go
one step further and draw the chart for
the Balsamic Moon phase of May 3 at Washington, will find the Ascendant [22cn]
is conjunct the star Castor, alpha Gemini often referred to as the “storyteller”
[2]. It is square Uranus [21ar] amidst the stars of King Cepheus about which
Diana Rosenberg writes:
Cepheus is a
solitary monarch. A natural predilection for solitude and study combines with a
powerful emotional expression. Brilliant,
inventive, creative, they have an inborn ability to inspire others if they
can overcome their deep sense of insecurity and alienation that can lead them
into paranoid, hypersensitive and self-limiting introspection.
[1] Secrets
of the Ancient Skies; Diana Rosenberg
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