Article of Interest:
Galactic Times:
All Sorts of Stuff ~ 06 May 2008
by PhilipSedgwick
In honor of Mercury in Gemini, let's talk about all sorts of stuff. How about seven important celestial notations all in one Galactic Times!? You can either take them all in during one read or print this and break it up into manageable bite size Saturn in Virgo pieces or save the e-mail for future review. Let the celestial smorgasbord be set.Let's start with the fleet-footed messenger.
He presently skips opposite a series of black holes in early Sagittarius and squares a collection of them in Virgo, which now are driven by Saturn to make it real, make it solid, make it tangible, "it" being the stuff of life. This Mercurial passage promises ten days of fertile ideas hitting the mental sensors, prompting that "hmm" reaction. When this occurs, the underlying x-ray pulse of 283 seconds insists upon you taking a seat to let the thought mature for at least that interval of time. Without this attention, it's unlikely that you can reopen the access keyhole at a later time. Might as well nail it down. Realizing this point has been made in GT's many times before, consider that the centaur, Ixion, the poster centaur for second chances, now retrogrades back over the Great Attractor. In just about nine days, Mercury joins Ixion's quest of "this time gather all the insight" and as Mercury likes to do, acutely apply it.
The Great Attractor emanates in all known electromagnetic frequencies, embracing an enormous vastness of space. The massiveness of whatever this object is bends light with such severity that an attentive observer can see behind its presence. The GA's message notes that those who look can see and if no discrimination is applied, unlimited, far-reaching answers appear. It intends to offer up an all-considering objectivity that renders a blazingly accurate picture of cosmic reality and down here on Earth, the real deal about what's up. Of course, to see what's up, you have to agree to see things for what they are, not as you want them to be. What if you want things/outcomes to be different from how they appear? There's an assist for that, too. Ixion's second chance nature reminds us, when the second chance comes, tarry not.
In the past days the Sun passed opposite the midpoint of the core of our galaxy and the core of the cluster of our super-galaxy. Sparing details about the technicalities, the gist is far more important. This potent point contains the spark of alchemical magic. It offers wish power that when applied with a debris-free subconscious state, creativity, passion and intention, produces favorable, possibly miraculous results. There is a little trick here. Some prefer to call it a secret, but it's really a no-brainer. You can't bet against yourself or hedge bets. You mustn't use contractions in statements or sentences that intend to serve as affirmations. Make clear, inclusive statements of the outcomes you seek, allowing for the results to exceed your minimum standards. Avoid assigning too many details, figures, financial requirements or physical conditions. Consider that you seek to achieve a new, unknown state of well-being and emotional satisfaction. Should you overlay what is known, it is possible to short-circuit the potential outcome.
Wait, you just wrote the Sun had passed that point as in past tense. Yes. The Sun, representing conscious awareness wanted to take the reality seen with the second chance driven Ixion to the GA with the increasing cogent awareness of Mercury and contrast it with the intended outcome. Next week when Venus opposes the midpoint of the galactic cores, the added passion of the desire of Venus amplifies the urge to wish upon a star or the intersection of galactic cores. With things seen for what they are, the distinction between reality and desired outcome becomes more clear. With that clarity, direction and motivation improve. Ardent aspiration appears and away you go.
How does one go? In the last days, Jupiter and Saturn traded forward/backward motion status. Saturn recently resumed prograde (forward) motion and Jupiter commenced retrogradation (backward going), reversing the previous trend of Jupiter direct/Saturn retrograde. Before, planning dominated over strategic action. The need to get the plan right could have retarded forward effort. What seemed like a good idea might have faltered during execution. Since Jupiter refers to expansion and reaching out as Saturn refers to contraction, consolidation and making things perfectly compact, it is interesting that Microsoft's bid to buy/take over/consume/devour Yahoo disintegrated as these planets reversed motion. It will be also interesting to watch the status of two huge pending/proposed airline mergers, those of Delta and Northwest and U. S. Airways and United.
But that's big business and not the efforts of a person of consciousness seeking to acquire a state of contentment and prosperity. In that realm with the planetary motion trade, action provides an awareness of adjustments to be made in the plan. The conditions ahead cannot be pre-perceived (unless applying the gifted insight of the Great Attractor) until encountered. Get out there and do and adjust along the way. Baseball offers an analogue for us here. Pitchers and batters alike form strategies of how to approach each other based upon history and the conditions of the present game. They go at each other. Pitchers observe how batters react and perceptive batters detect pitching patterns. There's a thing known as the second time through the order. The second time a batter comes to the plate if the pitcher failed to adjust, he gets creamed. If the batter makes no modifications, he often ends up on one knee humbled by the pitcher's prowess.
That's what we do when we drive cars, thus the back and forth motion of hands on the wheel. Airplanes do it, too. It's second nature. Second nature and second chances? Sounds four times as good.
It wouldn't hurt to reality check belief systems either. On the 7th Jupiter makes a square to its closest contact with the Sun. While we know squares to challenge and contest, at ths point Jupiter stands halfway between his closest point and most-distant point to the Sun. It is at this point that his more rapid motion slows, for the time achieving mean (average) motion. Here he reassesses urgency, usually deciding that retreat might be a better strategy. This actually works well within the push of Saturn to advance on the mundane plan. Push and adjust as the planets prescribe, then take some time to review what you've learned. Modify the applied belief system and clear the head of the latest adjustments before pressing onward again.
And finally, the centaur, Pelion, enters Aries this week. This is the only centaur not given the name of a mythic creature. The name refers to the mountain where centaurs abounded. Perhaps this transit era reports the need to climb a nearby hill, gaze at sunsets or sunrises or the light of the day/night whenever you can get there given Saturn's squeeze and Jupiter's push. On that hill, let quiet and repose prevail. There's no telling for certain, but it is rumored you can see the Great Attractor from there. At least it'll prevent you from using "f" words. You know, frustrated, flummoxed and flabbergasted.
