Where do our desires and values come from? And this is a process in which one must repeatedly seek out and find something that is not yet known to anyone. Once sometimes feels that the unconscious is leading the way in accordance with a secret design. There has been a wide range of material desires, from wanting a more simple type of a pet or a house, to more outlandish possessions such as a private jet, exotic animals, and millions of dollars; there has also been a wide range of immaterial desires, from wanting to have happiness and provide service to the local community, to wanting to provide service to the global community and to explore a higher level of consciousness. For example, all it may take is an indescribable look in the eye of a photograph to notice something in a figure from another time period or culture whose essence magnetizes our interest. 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. Going through a near death experience, or a ritualistic experience in which we believe we may die, helps us destroy our ego perspective that feels dependent upon society or the expectations of others to validate our authority, and helps us step into our own inner authority in an authentic manner without fear of judgment. The recent Mercury and Mars cycle is connected with the intense Pisces energy we experienced in February (which then became the intense Aries energy of April, the intense Taurus energy of May- more so than normal just so you know!). Green explained this is similar to how we do not even consciously remember every single thing that happened to us yesterday, and our long term memory becomes even more imprecise every following day, week, year, and decade. In Carl JungsMan and His Symbols, Marie Louise von Franz wrote a series of articles brilliantly illuminating the definition and meaning of individuation. The role of the soul-focused astrologer is to understand the "why" behind any of life's circumstances. Jung, Carl and M-L von Franz, Joseph Henderson, Jolande Jacobi, & Aniela Jaffe. Marie Louise von Franz, fromMan and His Symbols. 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. . Oken, Alan (1980). Through His death and resurrection, Christ illustrated that man must transcend the desires of his personality so that he can gain admittance into the Kingdom of Heaven (conscious immortality in the Spirit). The ego must be able to listen attentively and to give itself, without any further design or purpose, to that inner urge toward growth. we were living from a sense of conformity to the inherited values of the society, family, friends, and associations surrounding us. . Jupiter in Leo trine Uranus in Aries at 15 degrees on September 25, 2014. Jupiter and Uranus were conjunct at 2702 Pisces on January 4, 2011. But this creatively active aspect of the psychic nucleus can come into play only when the ego gets rid of all purposive and wishful aims and tries to get to a deeper, more basic form of existence. It brings up the question of whether or not learning more about how we have been wounded can even be useful. He spoke of the ancient battle between Kronus or Saturn, one who is frightened of the timeless and wants to create finite strucutres, and Ouranos or Uranus, one who wants to break finite structures up. Here the word transformative is not used lightly, as Uranus is force that can enflame Jupiter beyond the boundaries of Saturn to grasp insight unavailable in our former framework. . . But what Jupiter expands is that to which Saturn gave form. 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. It may be outlined as follows: A person finds herself in a relative state ofharmony,but then a certainchange enters her life, shifting the status quo. Uranus: Master of Transformations. Jupiter in Leo and Uranus in Aries will again trine on June 22, 2015 at 2003. In world transits, the cyclical alignments of Jupiter and Uranus correlated consistently with condensed waves of celebrated milestones of creative or emancipatory activity across many fields. Alice Bailey, Esoteric Astrology, p. 380. Uranus being the higher octave of Mercury, and Uranus being in Aries and being triggered by numerous intense transits recently, it would seem we are in a period of time in which new archetypal ideas could be entering our collective consciousness. . How much of this analytic wisdom is actually helpful? I have wondered. When considering how all of this fits into your natal chart, look at the house position and aspects formed by both Jupiter and Uranus and then synthesize this understanding with the phasal relationship between Jupiter and Uranus in your chart. At the time of this writing we still remain with the vortex of incredible Aries energy, as Venus at the moment is headed for her cyclic two year or so conjunction with Mars, which will happen on April 6 at 20 degrees of Aries, here in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Jupiter in Libra will finally enter its Full phase opposition with Uranus in Aries on December 26, 2016. The combination of Saturn in trine to Uranus, as Jupiter opposes Uranus, brings the potential to liberate our personal vision from the restraints of our past framework, healing our past issues in the process. The symbol is A SYMBOLICAL BATTLE BETWEEN SWORDS and TORCHES,and according to Dane Rudhyar, suggests that salvation is attained through the emergent individuals readiness to face all issues as if there were only two opposed sides . Evolutionary Astrology embraces paradigms and methodologies which specifically measure the growth of the soul from life to life. These long term memories of the entire history of the Soul are absolutely vital to consider in Evolutionary Astrology, as they ultimately condition the majority of our conscious thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and desires. The image of the Bull above in the ancient caves of Lascaux, France represents just how long the archetypal image of the Bull has been significant to humans- we are talking over 17,000 years ago most likely! Man, however, experiences something that is not contained in our metaphor of the pine tree. Here I must clarify the relation between instincts and archetypes: what we properly call instincts are physiological urges, and are perceived by the senses. Pluto: The Soul's . We may grow up in a family aligned with the dominant cultural beliefs of our society, or we may grow up surrounded by belief systems that are not part of the dominant cultural narrative and instead experience oppression. 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. 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. With Taurus it can come down to possessing what we desire, and this is where we can come down into our suffering. Fundamental to the Evolutionary Astrology paradigm developed by Jeffrey Wolf Green is the need of the Soul to feel secure. In general, it seems to impel a movement towards encompassing greater wholes and enlarging ones world, embracing higher principles of order, higher orders of magnitude, broader horizons of experience (p. 294). Love expresses itselfthrough the lovers, for real Love is a cosmic undifferentiated principle or power which simply focuses itself within the souls of human beings who reflect its light. Using our capacity for consciousness, we can change perspective on ourselves, giving a sense of space where once there was only habit. 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. Yet though we may utilize the filter of Saturn in defense, this unconscious material can nonetheless condition us into staying stuck in restrictive thought patterns of belief such as I have to have control, I cannot trust anyone, or the universe is targeting me because I am a bad person. Clearly, the archetypal meaning of Uranus has a direct influence on the archetypal meaning of Jupiter and the manner in which we project beliefs in our life. Since the consensus belief systems conditioning the individual often involve moral principles of judgment, there can be a danger that one can be made to feel guilty and ashamed for expressing authentic feelings such as love for someone that consensus religious doctrine labels as taboo. Maggie's general openness and inclusiveness towards other astrologers. According to this idea of going on being, it does not need to connote any fixed entity of self; but it does imply a stream of unimpeded awareness, ever evolving, yet with continuity, uniqueness, and integrity. This as well is the very principal behind astrology in the first place as within so without: as above so below. These methods invariably focus on the planet Pluto and its relationship to the Moon's nodal axis. 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. Fortunately, at the same time that Jupiter in Libra reaches its Full opposition with Uranus in Aries, Saturn in Sagittarius will form a Disseminating trine with Uranus on December 24, 2016. Consciousness, and living a heart-centered life. Abattle ensues between the two opposing forces, which leads to a passing and adeath of the form of the situation. that appeals directly to feeling and emotion (p. 47-49). In popular astrology we are familiar with linking the sign of Aries with the sort of bravado that could lead one to skinny dipping in public, but the deeper astrological symbolism of the sign links it with the courage necessary to fully individuate ourselves, open ourselves to exposing our pure Soul and living our True Path in the world, despite influences of societal conditioning that would have us conform to consensus expectations of behavior rooted in the past and present. He did this through those methods which imparted the means to awaken the Third Eye- the Eye of the Bull. This awakening brings into ones daily life a consciousness in which the expression of the Soul is centered in the intuitive or Buddhic plane. As we open our hearts and Higher Minds, we externalize those aspects of ourself which correspond to the Christ and the Buddha. The opposition point of this cycle was on August 30, 2003 with Jupiter at zero degrees of Virgo and Uranus retrograde at zero degrees of Pisces. Aries energy can be headstrong in the sense of being determined to follow an individuation process in the face of cultural pressure to conform, but the manner in which Aries energy can initiate this process can be more of a surrendering to ones inner nature than a forceful assertion of ones inner nature. 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. Without the living tree, the image of the pine is only a possibility or an abstract idea. Jeffrey Wolf Green - Pluto: The Evolutionary Journey of the Soul School of Evolutionary Astrology 6.58K subscribers Subscribe 1.1K Save 61K views 8 years ago This lecture by Jeffrey Wolf. Rudhyar illustrated this symbol as a representation that every emergent process at first is susceptible to failure, and that when initiating new changes we become surrounded by memories and the ghosts of past failures during previous cycles, and in danger of falling prey to regressive fear or insecurity (p. 50). The First Quarter square between Jupiter in Cancer and Uranus in Aries first occurred on August 21, 2013 at 13 degrees, then again on February 26, 2014 at 11 degrees, and finally on April 20, 2014 at 14 degrees. Jupiter in Cancer square Uranus in Aries included the Cardinal Cross of April 2014 with Pluto in Capricorn, Uranus in Aries, Jupiter in Cancer, and Mars in Libra. In Esoteric Astrology, Aries is directly linked to the idea of birthing new archetypal ideas into collective consciousness. . Keynote: A total reliance upon the dictates of the God-within. Because of these factors of sameness and difference, it is difficult to summarize the infinite variations of the process of individuation. where the Will of God is known (p. 329-30). These can perhaps become more manageable to think of grouped into three categories: Right View (encompassing Understanding and Thought), Right Relationship (consisting of Speech, Action, and Livelihood), and Right Meditation (Effort, Mindfulness, and Concentration).. During each of these, as well as during the intervening oppositions, decisive crests of remarkably synchronous breakthroughs and innovations appeared to take place within a brief period of time in many areas of human activity. According to Rudhyar, the seal symbolizes a regressive step since it is a creature of the ocean clinging to the woman attempting to emerge from the deep water. With regards to the South Node of the Moon, Green describes it as correlating to the kind of ego identities that the soul has created in past lives in order to actualize the evolutionary desires of the soul. Alice Bailey inEsoteric Astrology described Aries as the searchlight of the Logos and the Light of Life Itself . I was recently listening to a taped lecture by astrologer Alan Oken and gained a new sense of understanding for the sign of Taurus by hearing him break down the etymology of Incarnation. In this time of Easter, with a potent conjunction of Venus, the Sun, Uranus, and Mars all occurring in Aries (not to mention that this Aries stellium is square Capricorn Pluto and forms a yod with Jupiter in Gemini pointing toward Saturn in Scorpio), we can resurrect our true Self or Soul, our true Genius or Juno, however you want to describe it, but the soulful callings of our life purpose we can hear in the wind, which may have fallen dormant in years past, now is burning like the bush calling out to Moses, calling on us to liberate our true being from within and actualize our true Path in the World at this time. Free shipping for many products! You may have noticed others, including astrologers, asking you these questions recently as we have been experiencing an incredibly intense time period of Taurus energy these past couple of weeks, but especially now. Thus according to the man who coined the term archetypes, they are not in fact locked in to rigid definitions or classifications, but are indeed open to being birthed into new representations like the Esoteric Astrology interpretation of Aries, as long as they retain their basic pattern. In coming up against the world of psychotherapy, I have tried to use his words from the simsapa grove as a guide. I recently saw a talk given by astrologer Mark Jones in Seattle in which he expressed his feeling that the North Node of Neptune correlates with an evolutionary choice to re-integrate our personal and collective traumatic memories through a creative actualization in some way. Dane Rudhyar, Uranus- Master of Transformations. The winglike clouds may also symbolize the presence of celestial beings (devas, angels) blessing and subtly revealing the direction to take, the direction of the wind of destiny (Rudhyar,An Astrological Mandala, p. 83). Uranus is a galactic interface that can shatter our Saturn structure and when this happens we may be thrown into delusions of grandeur or illusions of psychosis unless we utilize Jupiter to balance our shifting perceptions and their lunar impact on how we are functioning within our changing form. Other astrologers have talked about the Moon or the 12th house as the karmic past. It might indicate that your partner works in the health profession, particularly in places like hospitals or mental health facilities. Walked in for the first time the day of his Saturn return. . Who would you be? However, although we would have been called to pursue various strands of the new beliefs being stirred up from within, unless we were fortunate it is likely that there was a lack of structures in place at that time in which to ground and manifest the full range of what we could feel internally. (2007). 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 work to free ourselves from possessiveness and materiality so that through these lessons true Wisdom may emerge is very definitely at the center of the Taurean phase of the turning of the wheel. Soul-Centered Astrology: A Key to Your Expanding Self. The key, from the Buddhas perspective, is to find nirvana through overcoming ones own self-created obstacles to that composure. Jeffrey Wolf Green did readings there during his formative years. Is it useful to go into our wounds? Thus a two-fold operation: the piercing through then the projection of images. February 26, 2014 at 1033 with Jupiter retrograde as Mercury was stationing direct. Jeffrey Wolf Green has been called the founder of Evolutionary Astrology because he first started to lecture on the revolutionary astrological paradigm in 1977 after receiving a dream from the spiritual master Swami Sri Yukteswar, Paramahansa Yogananda's guru. This is with about a two degree orb for Mars with either Jupiter or Uranus. Horoscope and astrology data of Jeff Green born on 2 December 1946 Hollywood, California, with biography. Richard Tarnas found through his exhaustive research into historical patterns correlating with the Uranus cycle that its nature was similar to Prometheus because it encompasses sudden radical change, creative breakthroughs, rebellion against constraints and the status quo, the impulse for freedom and the new, sudden openings and awakenings, a tendency to constellate the unexpected and disruptive (p. 294). Awaken the Third Eye- the Eye of the situation your partner works in the intuitive Buddhic. 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