Saturn in Virgo - Order Prevails
The Galactic Times ~ Order Prevails?___
Universe .. | 27 Augustus 2007 | 04:47:06
Before getting to the theme of this GT, the
Virgo era ahead, it is worth noting the pattern involving Venus, Sedna and
Neptune. Presently, Venus retrograde opposes Neptune (What is it I want
again? Oh yeah, the more soulful stuff, not just glamour, glitz and
goodies.) and both those planets square Sedna (Make a good choice. Make a
good choice. Make a good choice.). This pattern stays in place pretty much
through the time Venus ceases her backward motion on September 8th and turns
about takes her sweet time to clear the pattern around September 23rd, or on
the heels of the equinox. Clarity in needs and wants requires inspired
vision, lofty aspiration and a smidgeon of deliberation. Distill hype and
impulse down to: Will this really serve my purposes?
This week I rummaged through the back of my
file cabinets for copies of ancient Galactic Times. Back in the late 70's
and early 80's I used to mail these things out... and they were typed on a
typewriter! Anyway, I was looking for one issue I remembered from when
Saturn entered Virgo last time around. I had cleverly used a hodgepodge of
fonts for the title: "Saturn Enters Virgo, Order Prevails.
." Actually, it was
a sight-gag on order having all the topsy turvy fonts creating the headline
and gave me a chance to use up an aging scattering of those rub-on
dry-transfer font decals. I was hoping to pick an insight or two from that
old GT, but I made reference to nothing much of substance, instead noting
the epidemic of radically changing hairstyles as Saturn left Leo. Huh? Not
that useful really.
Useful brings up an interesting Virgo
archetype: Is it useful? Does it further? What contribution and attribute
can an idea, comment or inspiration offer?
Just in the past couple days with the most
gravitationally potent and massive body in our solar system - our Sun -
clearing out from Saturn's waning days in Leo and entering Virgo, the air
seems fresher - still hot in Arizona, but fresher nonetheless. A hint of
renewed optimism blows in the breeze and the weight of the world evidently
shed a few ounces. It was downright heavy and suggestions, opinions and
rendering of others, while well-intended, seemed like immovable, time
consuming, energy-devouring tasks or lessons in impossibility. Maybe a few
well-applied Virgo hints from the Sun, handed back to Saturn make his
September 2nd ingress into Virgo easier.
A concept that appeals to me about Virgo
comes from the sign's ability to ponder things critically and creatively.
Let's be clear that critically does not imply the "I'm right, you're wrong,"
You're inferior and I'm superior," down the nose slants nor the "You are so
much an ignoramous," attitudes poorly attributed to the sign. Critical
thinking formulates and asks crisp, insightful questions. For instance, if
the outermost planet in the solar system symbolizes a boundary marker of
competence and functionality in life, why did those attributes not get
reassigned from Saturn to Uranus when the tilted planet was discovered? Good
question. The ability to cite oxymoronic thoughts applies as well. The
antiwar slogan popularized during the 60's and 70's, "Fighting for peace is
like f***ing for chastity," fits that characteristic neatly. With this line
of logic intact, the door for an inspired, alternative thought with an
allowance for an oblique or abstract spin is left open. The art of m. c.
escher comes to mind. Of course, logical conclusions can jump the tracks as
can a recklessly driven choo-choo. As one of my favorite comedians notes, if
one puts a plant in the Sun and one in a closet and compares them after two
weeks, one might linearly conclude that clothes kill plants. Right and the
restless moving of branches on hyper-active trees causes wind.
During the days of Saturn's last passage in
Virgo, I worked in micro component development for a large electronics
company. My own Saturn in Virgo saw heaps of problems with our plant and I
decided to go on a campaign to improve those flaws by justifying my case
with the horoscopes of the parent corporation and my plant's first day of
operation. The plant manager listened patiently and when I finished
documenting the plethora of problems I observed, he dryly replied, "We know
what the problems are. We just don't know how to fix them." What a shocker
that was to me. Here I thought I was being all insightful and I was really
being an annoying pain in the ass and using up his problem-solving time. Too
chagrined to make a second pass there, I developed my creative "rule of
three" rule for Virgo problem-solving. Mercury, ruler of Virgo (or at least
associated with Virgo's thinking in a big way) must orbit the Sun three
times for both sides of its surface to enjoy the benefits of conscious
clearing sunlight. For every problem noted, report three creative solutions
and render the solutions in advance of citing the problem(s). Once solutions
offered received a speculative "Hmm" from the target of those suggestions,
then decrypting how things got that way can untangle the mess.
As we go into the Saturn in Virgo era,
Ceres, the upgraded dwarf planet who bears a strong affinity to the
symbolism of Virgo, meshes nicely with Mercury, who like the Sun, lead the
way for Saturn to step into the wheat fields. There's yet another
correspondence here. Both Ceres and Saturn have sickles and scythes figured
into their glyphs. Both can be used to harvest the wheat and reap sown
crops. Both could be use to cut down or destroy. An idealized image of
Saturn notes that he seeks to inspire improvement, enhance quality and get
it right again. Notations of Saturn as grim reaper, taking a harvest of
souls can easily be transferred to the upgraded dwarf planet, Charon. That
was really his job. Saturn works to set it straight here before completing
the task of incarnation.
I'm reminded of two axioms my Sagittarian
father passed along: "Any job worth doing is worth doing right," and "If you
don't have anything helpful to say, button it." I had to sanitize his last
axiom to make it work in the context of Virgo.
As Saturn enters Virgo, he'll pass over a
series of black holes that require impeccable attention. Note all ideas at
the time of appearance. Document every idea fully. Share the idea or copy it
to every relevant application. Minimize no thought that tracks from
well-intended inspired places. Filter garbage. Cull consciousness. Restore
simplicity in your work place.
Doesn't that feel better already? Ah, yeah,
that was a rhetorical question not requiring e-mail response.
Since this is long, it is time to conclude.
I have a special offer, though. While rummaging through files in search of
the ancient GT's I found two old astrological magazines I won in a raffle.
The first is Everyday Astrology, January 1941 and the second is Everyday
Astrology July 1942. Having recently purchased similar ten cent publications
on eBay, these kinds of things can go for more than $35! So, here's my
offer: The first two people ordering retail and reports from my store in the
amount of $125 or more will each receive one of these magazines. The
magazines will be awarded based upon the time/date code on the payment
e-mail and will be given in the order mentioned above. The offer does not
apply to consultations, but can the new question and answer feature on my
site can be used to apply to the order total.
Again, just a Saturn note of my own.
Commencing mid-September and through early November, my consultation time
will be extremely limited. As well, expect the frequency of Galactic Times
to be less during that interval.
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