Metaphysical
Year End Musings
December
27, 2008
There
are many ways to look at the zodiac. At one level it describes well
the stages of one's individual life. Planetary motions through the
zodiac time opportunities, the rise and fall of nations and the challenges
to careers, relationships and aspirations.
We
live in critical times which are hard for us all. Many are having
a tough time financially. Others are having health or job problems,
relationship issues - or a combination of many things. And it isn't
just us humans - nations, corporations, forests, animals and fish
- they're all having a tough time. And who knows - maybe despite their
reputation as survivors, maybe cockroaches are having a tough time
too. It's not exactly a conversation I want to spend much time on,
but the image of a Mr. Cockroach scratching his head (with one antenna)
while telling Mrs. Cockroach that he'd better get down to cockroach
union hall does spring to mind.
But
back to the point. Why now? What good is going to come out of all
of this? Given that we're moving into the Age of Aquarius, things
are supposed to get more equal, more free. But for that to be true,
lots of powerful structures have to go, and there's nothing messier
than uprooting entrenched power. The rich, the powerful hold on to
their advantages while the middle class and poor cling to what they've
got. But existence and time are more powerful than any of us: what's
going to happen is going to happen.
And
if everything which has been falls down, rich, middle class and poor
are all going to have a hard time, but today's rich may well initially
suffer most. Why? Because one of the curious things about money is
how it so often renders people helpless - and by a generation or so
down the line, relatively inflexible - sometimes unskilled. It's the
magnates who aren't going to know how to survive in a truly troubled
society.
But
poor people? Poor people know how to survive being poor. They know
how to just barely make ends meet. And this odd conjunction of human
conditions…the privileged, so newly stumbled, and the long deprived
may just work wonders for the whole human race - and in the end thus
make life better for us all. How? Well, in such a situation, while
I'm sure many an aggrieved poor soul will get into dealing out huffy
doses of 'See? It ain't so fun, is it?' - in the end the one
thing people at the bottom seem to know better than those at the top
is that being human really counts. It's not the trappings, it's the
spirit. It's that we're here. And alive. And meant to help each other,
despite our differences. It's part of our heritage, part of why the
ancients despised those who wouldn't share with strangers - even those
born as enemies of their tribe.
So
after being annoyed and giving a bunch of cold shoulder, those folks
who used to be at the bottom of a big pile are likely to help those
new to struggling with terrible times. And when that happens, we're
likely to get treated to a whole lotta People Magic going around.
For
one, in helping out the less fortunate will recognize their power
- what they know counts! They know how to survive. They're
in the position to be the magnanimous hero. To be sure there will
be some stinkers in the pack (we are talking about human beings, after
all) but those who get past injuries passed and on to teaching out
of the PPSPB (Poor Person's Survival Play Book) will like as not find
their stock in their own self worth quickly rising as they realize
just how valid they are as human beings. And while this is going on
those used to trading on designer names and fancy addresses will be
treated to that one thing so precious to every human being - the opportunity
to realize they're valued simply for who they are.
This
matters because its part of the lesson of our times. By now you may
be tired of hearing about Pluto leaving Sagittarius and entering Capricorn,
but since Pluto seems to strike the thematic hour in our solar system,
in the sounding of Capricorn o'clock we have all been moved from the
spiritual work of seeking to the certainty of knowing.
In
moving from Sagittarius to Capricorn, Pluto has moved from the receptive
and reactive side of the horoscope wheel to the proactive side. So
while for the last 140-odd years (roughly the whole of the industrial
revolution) we've imagined and worked on how to make our own lives
better, now we get to do what it takes to take care of the world.
One
of the questions put to me by a friend rather recently was about materialism.
He wanted to know whether I thought the materialism of the 1980's
more serious than the materialism of today. My initial answer was
'today,' but the real answer is that they're one and the same. The
1980s is when the Pluto in Virgo tribe came of age, and as each generation
comes to adulthood their challenges become that of the general society.
So the rampant materialism and all the greed and competitive showing
and flaunting of wealth which has become so prevalent has been a function
of that time, helpfully broadcast far and wide as Pluto moved into
Sagittarius, sign of dissemination of information by whatever means.
We're
now in a moment when the Pluto in Scorpio tribe is coming of age.
With that have arisen the quintessentially Scorpionic issues of debt
and credit. Moving forward, the Scorpio issue of power and control
are likely to mean life or death for thousands, maybe millions.
Yes,
what we do now counts. Under Capricorn, making things all about you
and yours becomes less attractive - even ugly - yet that doesn't mean
there won't be those who will go in that direction anyway. But no
matter what their excuses are, if you look closely, you'll see that
they're doing what they're doing out of defensiveness as Capricorn's
negative side can cause people to feel threatened by losses physical,
mental, emotional or physical. And it doesn't matter what end of the
life spectrum they're on - fear can foster negative motivation in
the powerful as easily as in the powerless. Sometimes even more easily,
since only those what have - whatever it is they have - can be threatened
with loss.
And
yet we all actually know better. The faith, the grasp on how clever
and ingenious we actually are as human beings - all that was learned
under Pluto in Sagittarius. And all we learned over the past decade
plus - that's supposed to become a force for unification, an inspiration
and light when life looks bleak or dangerous or cold. The lesson isn't
about being right or exerting might. Nor is it about sitting in judgment.
It's about being human - that's what Sagittarius is really all about
learning: what it means to be human, from science to religion, from
education to media to politics to religion. In Sagittarius we imagined
and we idealized, and now we face facts and in doing so, experience
many feelings: pride, regret, wonder, trepidation, courage and humility.
In being the most worldly of signs and about the concrete quality
of reality, Capricorn forces us to acknowledge all we have wrought
and been, some of which isn't pretty. But in doing so, these years
which open before us also offer us the opportunity to require of ourselves
that we do the right thing and be the kind of people we really know
we should be.
Which,
considering how vastly brilliant the conception and creation of humanity
is... well, that says a great deal - if not everything.
Read
More from Boots:
The
Blessings of the Sun in this season of Passover, Good Friday and
Easter (posted April 6, 2009)
2012: The End Of The World?
(posted March 26, 2009)
Ages Patriarchal, Matriarchal, and Religious (posted February 24,
2009)
Madoff: Web of Need and
Greed (posted January 27, 2009)
Election
vs Inauguration
World
Economics and the Federal Reserve
The Astrological State of
the Union
Pluto in Capricorn
The Fixed Signs
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