Post by Sowelu on Mar 3, 2009 18:58:57 GMT -5
I was impressed with Eric Francis' ability to really spotlight the subtle issues at play in the human psyche with these current energies...
Good morning from Philadelphia:
I was the one they sent to ring the Liberty Bell.
Today the Sun is square Pholus. Of the many minor planets and asteroids I mention in this space, the second two centaurs, Pholus and Nessus, are two that I suggest you put some work into getting a grasp of. Both are making aspects today. They both resemble Chiron, though they focus that super-intense centaur energy in different ways. Sun square Pholus sets off an interior process of release, or of conflict, between two dimensions of what we think of as spiritual experience.
I won’t ascribe one or the other to Sagittarius or Pisces (the two sides of this square) but I would propose that in this equation, one represents belief and the other represents faith. It is impressive the extent to which we confuse the two. This particular square is suggesting that we admit the conflict and then go to the deeper experiencing a kind of reconciliation. Do we have faith in what we believe? Do we believe in that which we claim to be faithful about? What are the points of alignment, and of divergence?
Notably, the Gemini Moon will come through this aspect later today, as today marks the first quarter phase. Sun-Pholus, particularly mixed with a lunar phase, would also be a good time to do your quarterly substance check-in: how much are you smoking, drinking or taking in the way of pills, and why? How long have you held your current pattern? And for how many generations, that you know of? Who do you relate to, in terms of their substance situation? I.e., your mom, Jerry Garcia, the guy in the Xanax commercial, and so on. Pholus is, in part, about the ‘tradition’ of substance use/abuse in our culture. Dionysus and Bacchus are gods; I see no sense in a blanket prohibition of mind-altering substances. I do feel strongly that our part is to bring awareness: the main vibration of centaur energy. (For mythphiles, the story of Pholus is intimately connected to Dionysus.)
As for Vesta square Nessus. This square goes from Taurus to Aquarius. Both of these planets have specifically sexual overtones: Vesta for being the fire goddess associated with healing, creativity and core sexual energy; and Nessus for being related to a story that involves sexual karma. Vesta is about purity and chastity; Nessus is the story of either a rape, or the use of sex in commerce, however you choose to interpret the myth (I prefer the key phrase, potentially inappropriate sexual contact, which leaves it ambiguous).
Structurally, we have one of these critters being about certainty of purpose; and the other about ambiguity of purpose. This is another kind of eternal conflict we face within the psyche. You could describe it as the Madonna/rapist complex, that is, tension in the psyche between chastity and taking what is not ours. Looked at another way, Vesta gives what she has, in the spirit of healing. Nessus shows up with an agenda. Which of these two archetypes do we want to embrace? And if you had to figure out a way to both have an agenda and offer who you are in service, how would you go about doing that?
Yours & truly,
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Sun square Pholus; Vesta square Nessus[/b]
Planet Waves Astrology
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Good morning from Philadelphia:
I was the one they sent to ring the Liberty Bell.
Today the Sun is square Pholus. Of the many minor planets and asteroids I mention in this space, the second two centaurs, Pholus and Nessus, are two that I suggest you put some work into getting a grasp of. Both are making aspects today. They both resemble Chiron, though they focus that super-intense centaur energy in different ways. Sun square Pholus sets off an interior process of release, or of conflict, between two dimensions of what we think of as spiritual experience.
I won’t ascribe one or the other to Sagittarius or Pisces (the two sides of this square) but I would propose that in this equation, one represents belief and the other represents faith. It is impressive the extent to which we confuse the two. This particular square is suggesting that we admit the conflict and then go to the deeper experiencing a kind of reconciliation. Do we have faith in what we believe? Do we believe in that which we claim to be faithful about? What are the points of alignment, and of divergence?
Notably, the Gemini Moon will come through this aspect later today, as today marks the first quarter phase. Sun-Pholus, particularly mixed with a lunar phase, would also be a good time to do your quarterly substance check-in: how much are you smoking, drinking or taking in the way of pills, and why? How long have you held your current pattern? And for how many generations, that you know of? Who do you relate to, in terms of their substance situation? I.e., your mom, Jerry Garcia, the guy in the Xanax commercial, and so on. Pholus is, in part, about the ‘tradition’ of substance use/abuse in our culture. Dionysus and Bacchus are gods; I see no sense in a blanket prohibition of mind-altering substances. I do feel strongly that our part is to bring awareness: the main vibration of centaur energy. (For mythphiles, the story of Pholus is intimately connected to Dionysus.)
As for Vesta square Nessus. This square goes from Taurus to Aquarius. Both of these planets have specifically sexual overtones: Vesta for being the fire goddess associated with healing, creativity and core sexual energy; and Nessus for being related to a story that involves sexual karma. Vesta is about purity and chastity; Nessus is the story of either a rape, or the use of sex in commerce, however you choose to interpret the myth (I prefer the key phrase, potentially inappropriate sexual contact, which leaves it ambiguous).
Structurally, we have one of these critters being about certainty of purpose; and the other about ambiguity of purpose. This is another kind of eternal conflict we face within the psyche. You could describe it as the Madonna/rapist complex, that is, tension in the psyche between chastity and taking what is not ours. Looked at another way, Vesta gives what she has, in the spirit of healing. Nessus shows up with an agenda. Which of these two archetypes do we want to embrace? And if you had to figure out a way to both have an agenda and offer who you are in service, how would you go about doing that?
Yours & truly,
Found here[/blockquote]
