"A Threshold" The Astrology of December 2013 ~November Recap
November’s total solar
eclipse marked a turning point in the transformation supported by the
persistent Star Tetrahedron.
November's energy
triggered impatience with senseless, needless injustice.
This energy was widely
dispersed, rather than concentrated, motivating and empowering the many,
working against abuse of these energies by the few.
As a result of the
eclipses in October and November, events were weighted in favor of justice,
common sense and common decency, especially in economic areas.
A desire for justice
did indeed appear to be present in November. JP Morgan Chase, one of the
largest banks in the world, was fined $13 billion dollars by the US Department
of Justice for a range of misdeeds.
Coincidentally, JP
Morgan Chase scheduled a Q&A with one of their top executives on Twitter.
Below are two representative tweets:
- "I have Mortgage Fraud, Market Manipulation, Credit Card Abuse, Libor Rigging and Predatory Lending, am I diversified?”
- “What section of the poor & disenfranchised have you yet to exploit for profit, & how are you working to address that?”
Needless to say, the
Q&A was canceled.
Close to the same
time, the US Senate approved Janet Yellen’s appointment as the next Fed
Chairperson.
The highly qualified
Ms. Yellen has already signaled her intention to aggressively investigate and
regulate the major banks.
December’s Chart - Reconciliation
December’s chart works
even more strongly and on a more practical level in favor of reform and uplift.
And once again, the
energies are dispersed, working against the abuse more concentrated, localized
energies might allow.
The world has endured
an era of intense polarization. Public life has become trench warfare.
The 1% are dug in against
the 99%; the right wing is dug in against the left wing.
And so on.
Irrationality, fanaticism and rigid, divisive ideology have dominated to
dominate public debate.
But we appear to be
moving out of this era of strong astrological headwinds - moving forward
against strong winds - into an era of astrological tailwinds - moving forward
with the astrological winds at our backs.
December also carries
forward the karmic account settling of recent eclipses.
Its energies are also
carried forward into the new year by the power of the Winter Solstice.
Soul Searching, Reason and Reconciliation
December’s chart will
jump start a dual process of soul searching and reconciliation.
It will also
strengthen the influence of reason and common sense in our discussions.
This process will be
at work around the globe and at all levels.
Events will stimulate
our conscience and, at the same time, by one means and another, coax us all
into dialogue, often in spite of ourselves.
It appears to be
happening already.
In November, the US
Senate limited use of the filibuster - the rule that allowed opponents to
summarily block virtually any legislative issue regardless of its merits or
popular support.
Without the
filibuster, US Senators can no longer rely on secretive, unilateral action to
impose their will, in defiance of the evidence and the opinion of the
electorate.
Rivals and opponents
will actually have to negotiate and compromise with each other to maintain
their influence.
Look More Closely
The dense, worrisome
looking matrix of aspects in December’s chart include a double T-Square - a
hard six-pointed star that probably functions like a super Grand Cross.
It also includes a
Kite and a Mystic Rectangle that combines in an even more complex, but
essentially positive structure.
December’s Kite, Etc.,
December’s matrix of
worrisome looking aspects resolve into a highly transformative and unusually
constructive, supportive structure.
December’s Kite
includes Saturn and the North Node, the Moon, Chiron, and Jupiter retrograde
conjunct Lilith.
This Kite will help
liberate the ego from rigid, stubbornly rooted ideas and attitudes, and rigid
ideologies.
There Will Be Dialogue
The Moon, Lilith
conjunct Jupiter, Chiron and Pluto make up a Mystic Rectangle.
It encompasses both
the power axis (4th to 10th houses) and the financial axis of the chart (2nd to
8th houses).
This Mystic Rectangle
supports dialogue between the grassroots and financial and governmental
leaders.
People at all levels
of society, in all walks of life, on all sides of these many, sharply
contested, difficult issues, will suddenly find themselves seeking common
ground or suddenly standing on common ground they didn’t realize was there.
The Structure of Reconciliation
The Mystic Rectangle
blends into the Kite, creating a larger structure.
Saturn and the North
Node are at the apex of an embedded Grand Trine.
Combined, the Mystic
Rectangle and the Kite, with its built in Grand Trine, strongly support
dialogue and reconciliation based on conscience, common sense and common
decency.
Hence, as noted, this
large reconciliation structure sets up mutual soul-searching and intensive
dialogue.
The lines of this
reconciling structure converge on Saturn and the North Node in Scorpio in the
12th house.
This loose conjunction
combines spiritual, religious (12th house) and moral considerations (the North
Node) with very concrete and practical political and economic considerations
(Scorpio).
Finally, the North
Node determines what the universe will support and what it will not; karmic and
dharmic processes will enter the picture.
Ultimately, this
structure will support reconciliation and consensus building, based on sound
moral, political and economic principles.
It will tend to
undermine, even sabotage, flawed reconciliation efforts based only on ideology,
flawed reasoning or morally questionable ideas.
In my experience,
unusually complex supportive structures often bring transformative revelations
and important learning experiences while they bring us closer to our goals.
The Hard Parts
Two T-Squares form a
hard 6-pointed star which functions like an especially stubborn Grand Cross.
T-Square #1: Moon
opposes Chiron, both square the Sun.
The ego finds it very
difficult to release old attitudes and values or to resolve the conflict
between its attitudes and the realities that confront it.
We tend to see our
options in very stark, unappealing confrontational terms.
This is the kind of
aspect that foregrounds brittle, dogmatic thinking.
It locks us into the
box we have created for ourselves from flawed and rigid attitudes.
T-Square #2: Mars
opposes Uranus; both square Pluto. Individuals and authority figures tend to clash, unable to
resolve their differences.
This configuration
foregrounds the extreme tensions that separate labor from management, the 1%
from the 99%, the political right from the political left, and so on.
It locks us into the
cage we have created with our narrowly and rigidly defined self-interest.
Slippage
Taken in isolation, these longstanding divisions will look as
hopeless as they ever have.
However, both of these
T-Squares - the entire hard 6-pointed star - is solidly linked to the more
constructive reconciling structure.
So however
stubborn-seeming the conflicts, however irresolvable the confrontations appear,
in reality, they will be moving toward resolution.
The mental and
emotional, political and economic foundations of our conflicts will be
dissolving.
The reconciliation
structure will tend to draw people away from the extremes toward the center.
As a result of deep,
complex interior processes, people will slowly and quietly adjust and adapt
their views.
Events and
circumstances will make extreme positions untenable and more moderate positions
more attractive, their wisdom more apparent.
Voters and officials
will work toward a new consensus that can carry us beyond the long-standing
deadlock.
Reason and Conscience Get the Last Word
The lines of the reconciliation structure converge on Saturn and the North Node in Scorpio in the 12th house.
The Saturn/North Node
energy strongly encourages individuals to bring their views into line with
reason and morality.
The 12th house energy
will compel them to align their thoughts and actions with their spirituality.
We will begin
demanding with ever louder voices that we be governed the same way.
This isn’t only about
December. The recent eclipses will carry the karmic accounting into 2014 and
continue to favor the wise and the just.
The power of the
Winter Solstice will power the reconciliation process well into 2014.
Disclaimer
The rooting out of
irrationality and prejudice can be exceedingly disruptive, even when it is
brought about from within.
You should expect erratic, destructive behavior from those who
rely heavily on dogma, ideology and prejudice to get through life.
They will feel
threatened and alienated by December’s vibes.
There will be a roar
of protest from such people and headlines will fill with freakish, destructive
behavior.
News of such might drown out but will not negate news of more constructive, progressive developments.
News of such might drown out but will not negate news of more constructive, progressive developments.
With this difference.
In recent years, under
different astrological circumstances, that are now passing out, such impaired
personalities have dominated the public’s attention and enjoyed unusual power
and influence.
The astrological
energies now coming in will work to shift attention to more reasonable voices
and seriously curtail the power and influence of the irrational and extreme
among us.
