Pluto: The Soul's . Again, the realization of this uniqueness in the individual man is the goal of the process of individuation. FRIENDSHIP - Jeffrey M. "Wolfie" Wolf, 67, of 10 W. Main St., Friendship, passed away Friday (March 20, 2020) at home, after a lengthy illness.Born on May 8, 1952, in Friendship, he was a son of Verno While the Full phase is always about managing opposing desires for external relationships versus internal independence, this conflict will be further exacerbated by Jupiter being in the relationally oriented sign of Libra and Uranus being in the independently oriented sign of Aries. In coming up against the world of psychotherapy, I have tried to use his words from the simsapa grove as a guide. This will create potential for us to go deep within and integrate the wild perceptions entering our mind through a more symbolic approach resonant with the dreams of our psyche. This necessitates at times for our experience of the Uranus archetype to come into conflict with the myriad consensus belief systems in place focused upon the way human beings should interact with one another in society. The ego must be able to listen attentively and to give itself, without any further design or purpose, to that inner urge toward growth. It is his answer to the problem of common unhappiness, to the anxiety that is encapsulated most clearly in the fear of death. Gary became President of the local astrology group in 1976, and they held a mini-conference in 1977. Green, Jeff. And of course, since Taurus is the sign of the bull, we also associate Taurus energy as being embodied by a bull who can be fully engrossed in the presence of the moment in its natural setting, again soaking in the physical delights of its physical form: Taurus is all about being in our body and feeling the sensations of our world upon our flesh. It is like how Taurus rules our desires for form, and in Scorpio we transcend or transmute our desires beyond attachment to form. The cycle and interplay between Jupiter and Uranus connects us with transformative breakthroughs in thoughts, behaviors, and events that can feel unsettling and liberating. such as Uranus-Neptune) consistently burst forth in a more frequent cyclical efflorescence in coincidence with the Jupiter-Uranus alignments. The Evolutionary Astrology paradigm taught by Jeffrey Wolf Green also places great importance on the connection between our desires, our Soul, and our past incarnations. This is a key point to ponder and realize that the Jupiter vision of life we develop is not only conditioned by familial and cultural influences, but also by significant Soul memories and the full meaning of the Uranus archetype, including the South Node of Uranus by aspect and house position. Rudhyar emphasized that Jupiter cannot be interpreted separately from its relationship with Saturn, as Jupiter receives, manages, and initiates within the boundaries of Saturn. He felt a place where Buddhism, meditation, and psychotherapy can all be helpful is the concept of going on being, which he first read about through British child analyst D.W. Winnicott. . The fact the Buddha grew up in such a materialistic state mirrors the lower nature of Taurus, the side of Taurus that has a desire for material possessions that can never be satiated; the more it possesses, the more it continues to desire more materialism. So what does all of this have to do with us today? We can further link this concept of being in the flesh to our thoughts and emotions, and indeed the sign of Taurus is connected to not only our physical form and sensuality, but also the crystallized form of our thoughts and feelings that make up the value system we live from. This can then lead to a crisis for the Soul, as the beliefs it has been following to gain a sense of security come into conflict with the deeply felt desires coming from within. This brings up the question, what is desire? Strictly speaking, however, the process of individuation is real only if the individual is aware of it and consciously makes a living connection with it. This natal interpretation of Uranus in Aries to me fits the current transit of Uranus in Aries being in square to Pluto in Capricorn, as we are all being confronted with how we can manage to integrate the ideal vision we have for our life into the current reality of the power structure, such as economic and political conditions in our surroundings. We do not know whether the pine tree is aware of its own growth, whether it enjoys and suffers the different vicissitudes that shape it. . Especially compelling to me is her use of a pine tree seed as a symbol for individuation, and how the totality of a full-grown pine tree lies latent within the being of the seed: The seed of a mountain pine contains the whole future tree in a latent form; but each seed falls at a certain time onto a particular place in which there are a number of special factors, such as the quality of the soil and the stones, the slope of the land, and its exposure to sun and wind. O n February 11, 1992, Green Bay Packers general manager Ron Wolf traded the first-round pick his team had received from the Philadelphia Eagles . The Buddhas teachings were always direct and to the point. interact with one another in society. Jupiter and Uranus were conjunct at 2843 Pisces on September 19, 2010. . On March 28, 2013 there were several incredibly potent conjunctions in Aries: the Sun and Venus at 8 degrees of Aries, Venus and Uranus at 9 degrees of Aries, and the Sun conjunct Uranus at 9 degrees of Aries. What do you value? Astrology is the study of the correlation between celestial movements and earthly events, and Like I previously mentioned, the link between Uranus, Aries, and Individuation is fascinating from an esoteric perspective since Mercury rules Aries in Esoteric Astrology, and Uranus is the higher octave of Mercury. Mark Epstein,Going on Being: Buddhism and the Way of Change, p. 125. An Astrological Mandala: the cycle of transformations and its 360 symbolic phases. Dane RudhyarsAn Astrological Mandala works with the Sabian Symbols originally written about byMarc Edmund Jones, re-interpreting them as an American I-Ching in which there is a symbolic image and description for every one of the 360 degrees of the zodiac, considered as a cyclic and structured series which formalizes and reveals the archetypal meaning of 360 basic phases of human experience (Rudhyar, p.5). In BotticellismasterworkThe Birth of Venus we can sense the initiatory impulse of Aries: a Goddess arising out of an oceanic expanse, naked and primal, radiant and yet revealing an inclination to slightly cover up her exposed beauty. Thus the First Quarter square aspect between Jupiter in Cancer and Uranus in Aries, that also involved a Full opposition between Jupiter with Pluto in Capricorn, led to an examination of the beliefs we were living from and whether or not we were living from a sense of conformity to the inherited values of the society, family, friends, and associations surrounding us. In the time of Pisces we were able to open to some sense somewhere of greater vision and possibility in our life- now is the time to manifest, and work with our mind to change the way we are thinking, to align our mind and our perceptions with not only our Will but the Divine Will of the Universe. It is a time to go through death, because death is our friend in transformation- like Mahakala, we can make friends with our own personal demons and integrate ourselves into greater consciousness, as Mahakala turns demons into protection. Keynote: A total reliance upon the dictates of the God-within. Dane Rudhyar brilliantly described how Uranus can shatter the structures of Saturn to new awareness: In Jeffrey Wolf Greens Evolutionary Astrology, Uranus is the long term memory mind of our Soul- meaning not just all of the memories from our own lifetime beyond the ones we consciously remember this moment, but all of the memories from all of the past incarnations of our Soul. The Buddha and Buddhism teaches that we are what we think, that we become what we think, and that it is possible to change who and what we become in form, through changing the form of our thoughts. Now we can envision our future free from the obstacles we have allowed to restrict our intensifying growth, and take the risk to seize the moment in pursuit of our deepest passions and sense of what will bring our entire being alive with electrical life. Rudhyar, Dane. Hopefully you can sense by now how in addition to the Goddess Venus, the Buddha clearly connects with the sign of Taurus as well, and not only because he is believed to have been born, reached enlightenment, and have died during the time of Taurus. It might indicate that your partner works in the health profession, particularly in places like hospitals or mental health facilities. Broadway Books. . The conjunction of the two planets occurs approximately every fourteen years. Evolutionary Astrology defined by Steven Forrest and Jeffrey Wolf Green. An Astrological Mandala: The Cycle of Transformations and its 360 Symbolic Phases. Taurus being the sign of the South Node of the Moon at this time makes us even more magnetized than usual to past patterns because of the comfort Taurus finds in the stability, and so it will take the intense transformation energy of its archetypal polarity, Scorpio, to force us onto a path of greater evolutionary growth. On Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 10:00 am Pacific Standard Time, I will be appearing on Kristin FontanasGuiding Stars radio show. Jump to . This new initiation of energy that is prone to reenacting past patterns at the same time, can be found in the first Sabian Symbol of Aries in the form of the seal who is embracing the woman who has emerged from the sea. Cosmos and Psyche. Because of the dominance of popular astrology and the use of pop astrology stereotypes, for example associating an infantile, headstrong, or selfish egotist with the sign of Aries, people can make the mistake of assuming that Aries energy is meant to come off as pushy and aggressive. In the painting The Birth of Venus by Botticelli above, we can see this sense of insecurity even in the Goddess Venus herself, as she feels a need to slightly begin to cover herself. Such an awakening brings forth the potential for the fullest expression of our humanness. Yet these long term memories remain held by Uranus, and a memory formerly blocked can suddenly come like a bolt of Uranian lightning into our consciousness through the boundary Saturn governs with our subconscious. Through the glimpse of a painting, the sound of a song, the prose of a poem, or innumerable other gateways, we feel something within our Soul light up in recognition of a kindred Soul quality. A further interesting aspect of the current first quarter trine phase between Jupiter in Leo and Uranus in Aries, is that Jupiter in Leo is conjunct the North Node of Neptune. Fittingly for this Taurus eclipse season, the two main signs of the 4th Ray are Taurus and Scorpio- Taurus, the sign of being in form, beauty and art, and the creation of the various forms of life and the ultimate release of consciousness from them that constitutes the lessons of daily living (Oken, p.120), and Scorpio, the archetype of transcending attachment to form, ruled by Pluto on our ego level because of bringing about the death process of our desire nature. (p.55-56). Since this stellium conjunction also happened to be in orb of a square to Pluto in Capricorn, and also happened to form a yod with Jupiter in Gemini pointing to Saturn in Scorpio, the week of Easter this year has been fertile with fateful astrological energy. But in order to do this in connection with our evolutionary intentions, we will need to do it while integrating the polarity of Taurus: Scorpio. . The t-square between Jupiter in Virgo with Saturn in Sagittarius and Neptune in Pisces will create disillusionment that fosters a vital reorientation of vision being developed within the cycle of Uranus and Jupiter. So even though the strong Taurus energy in this time period could potentially correspond with us falling into even more of a comfort zone than normal, we can use the deep rooted centering of Taurus to help us be present to the transformations occurring around us with our full being. It pierces through Saturn and throws upon the inside walls of the conscious ego images of the more universal and freer world which extends outside of these walls. Similar to the symbol of the cross, the six pointed star meets in the middle, in the heart. Again, inMan and His Symbols, Marie Louise von Franz uses the pine tree seed as an apt metaphor for this individuating process: .in order to bring the individuation process into reality, one must surrender consciously to the power of the unconscious, instead of thinking in terms of what one should do, or of what is generally thought right, or of what usually happens. In addition, the simultaneous transit of Saturn in Scorpio facilitated realization regarding any cultural taboos that were overly restrictive and in reality were not something that needed to be honored with conformity. This meaning is in contrast to the twin of Prometheus named Epimetheus, who was associated withhindsightand being anafter thinker because he tended to think about events after the fact, or lacked the ability to successfully strategize action beforehand. not only endure as timeless universals but are also co-creatively enacted and recursively affected through human participation (p.86). While it is composed of a set of specific . Does it lead to wisdom, cessation, and peace? In the Buddhist view, knowledge is never envisioned as an end in itself but only as a beginning, useful as a means of getting oriented. Since the full evolutionary arc of Uranus as revealed by its natal position as well as nodal positions in the chart also illuminates where we have experienced trauma, it follows that past trauma plays a significant role in shaping our Jupiter vision of life until we are able to process it and activate the freedom from the known aspect of Uranus developed in Evolutionary Astrology. Epstein, Mark. The triangle pointing upward symbolizes the transmutation of our lower nature into our higher nature, and the triangle pointing downward symbolizes the integration of our higher nature into our lower nature: they meet in the middle, the heart. The path to nirvana means working with ones own reactions to the change that surrounds us, to the change that we are. This opening is at the core of all of our efforts at self-realization; this is the realization of the Self. . sort by * Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. This is the sudden flash of insight famous throughout history, like the story of Nikola Tesla seeing an image of a waterfall as a young boy and becoming filled with the knowing that he would one day figure out how to harness its power as electricity, as he did decades later. This past April, the astrology world was abuzz with warnings regarding the Cardinal Cross that formed with squares between Pluto, Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars, and while many chaotic and traumatic events occurred at that time, events continued to develop with greater severity as Mars crossed into Scorpio and across the scythe of Saturn. Oken, Alan.(1990). we were living from a sense of conformity to the inherited values of the society, family, friends, and associations surrounding us. Both Jupiter and Uranus were retrograde at this time. Thus we can have a feeling like being struck by lightning by a moment that triggers a deep soul memory- yet this triggering can lead to an awareness that can ultimately liberate us in the true Uranian way. This influx of new images and insights, Oken elaborated, is due to the fact that Uranus individuates and is the place of the unexpected where you do not follow the norm. On the global stage, we do not need to listen to current events broadcast from any source for very long without hearing about tragedy of the most oppressive nature. Very few in your hand, Lord. When Jupiter and Uranus come together in their cycle it can not only give one courage to pursue their ideal, it can also correlate to times in which ones perception is opened to receiving a message showing how the ideal will be achieved. In contrast to thinking of the Buddha when we think of Taurus, as a result of Venus traditionally ruling Taurus in astrology many tend to visualize the sign as a sensual Goddess enjoying her physical incarnation and all the pleasures that can come through it. It bores, through the walls of the ego, holes, telescopes, microscopes, channels through which the flashes of intuition, the inspiration of genius, may suddenly reveal themselves to the Saturn-bound consciousness. . Green has written that the South Node of Uranus in Sagittarius correlates with the time period in which humans were nomadic, whereas the North Node of Uranus being in Gemini correlates with the philosophies humans created while transitioning into agricultural communities. As Dane Rudhyar imagined, where the walls of consciousness are strong, the Jupiterian urge opens the gates, that caravans loaded with Uranian gifts from the farther lands may enter. While the trine between Jupiter in Leo and Uranus in Aries is happening in the next month, we will have a Mercury retrograde phase occur from the beginning of Scorpio back into the middle of Libra. As a result, the creative tension that is always part of the First Quarter phase would have been amplified, with old patterns of thought enticing us to remain in the status quo while simultaneously our developing vision would have sparked desire to establish new forms through which to enter into a liberated unknown. Recently, I have felt compelled to read some of Jungs own original writing regarding archetypes and how he came to describe them. Why do we desire and value what we do? Later in the book, Epstein shows how this dukkha of the Four Noble Truths relates to our suffering, and to me this connects with the strong energy of Taurus we are currently experiencing: We want what we cant have and dont want what we do have; we want more of what we like and less of what we dont like. Richard Tarnas has previously established a strong archetypal link between Uranus and Prometheus. Through Jupiter and its archetype, the Soul gains a feeling of security through projecting beliefs upon Creation in order to compensate for lacking actual understanding. The spiritual light within the greater Soul must struggle against the ego-will that only knows how to use the powers of this material and intellectual world. If we can combine this with the guidance the Buddha brings to us in this season of Taurus, to train our minds to disentangle from the desires preventing us from sensing our true being in the world without interruption, we will have a heightened ability to shift and flow with whatever intense events may be on the horizon of our lives. 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