In
Vol. 181, which was written in August last year, I
described the kind of energies that may come to your
consciousness with the current Saturn/Pluto
opposition if you would have been born with Pluto in
house 1/6. In the introduction I said: Are
you prepared to "die" for the truth of your
soul even it it means this crucifixion , or are you
killing your own Soul? Not long
thereafter we saw some terrorists indeed being
prepared to die and although I DID write:
(This does not necessarily mean
a struggle for life and death with the surroundings,
but ultimately a struggle within, between your true
self and your outer needs, without of course damaging
the surroundings when one chooses for the truth), I
was a little shocked at the fact that some people
were literally prepared to die for their 'truths'.
Not long ago we saw the suicide killings in Israel.
And last week, just as Uranus in transit hit the
Midheaven of the horoscope of the Netherlands (sic) a
Dutch politician (formerly columnist) was killed
because 'he spoke the truth'. He did not want to die,
but he was prepared to go to extremes for the truth:
he spoke out on a number of subjects in Dutch
politics which people did not freely discuss before.
He gained such a tremendous support that it was
feared that he would win the elections (in fact, he
still might, postmortem..) - some foreign newspapers
have reported this man to be very right wing and
racist, but that was far from the truth. In fact,
Pluto in Sagittarius is what happened. Some people
tend to speak out so clearly, that they run against
the judgments of OTHER people who are much more
narrowminded, who consequently condemn the person who
was not afraid for the truth.
This
man was born with an Aquarian Sun opposite Mars in
Leo, with his Sun being conjunct the midheaven of the
chart of the Netherlands. (He in fact mentioned
openly that he wanted to become president of this
country, he only entered politics a few months
earlier... and swept the country as a consequence).
He was a pain in the neck for the ruling political
parties but in fact, he opened up the debate and
discussion and made the bureaucratic system listen.
Reluctant as they were (and still are), they no
longer had any choice. And just before the elections,
which will occur May 15, he got shot by a
fundamentalist of the animal defense front. God knows
why. But this country got as shocked as America did
on September 11. In fact, the chart of the attack
shows 14+ Libra rising, just as the attack on the
World Trade Center in New York. And everybody said:
"what happens to democracy if someone gets
murdered for speaking out? Where is the tolerance for
free speech? Apparently, one can get killed for
speaking out.
And
in fact, indeed, this is what happened. This
particular person (he was called Pim Fortuyn) was
born with Pluto in the 9th house (ruling the
Ascendant). It IS the theme of Pluto in Sagittarius:
"are you prepared to die for the truth?"
However, there is truth and there is fundamentalism:
believed-truth. Truth is never about oppressing other
people, or terrorism... true, the terrorist attackers
in September in America were prepared to die, but not
for the truth, but for THEIR indoctrinated
beliefsystems. Being prepared to be crucified for the
truth does not mean one starts out to kill other
people. That is the OPPOSITE of truth. Pluto in
Sagittarius brings all this mess to the surface, this
mess of what people believe and how they IMPOSE this
onto other people. Do you remember how on the DAY
that Pluto went into Sagittarius the theme of TRUTH
was broadcast to the world? On THAT day there was a
Japanese religious group called "the truth"
(hm) who started to kill other people in a
devastating way.
What
this Pim Fortuyn did, was the opposite: he spoke out
against the impositions made on the Dutch people by
an arrogant bureaucracy. And he created such a
following, and gained such a lot of power, that he
eventually got killed for it.
If
you are born with Pluto in the 9th house, and you are
living in these Saturn-opposite-Pluto times,(which of
course you are:-) yes, it is true that the question
you are confronted with in these times is: "are
you prepared to "die" for the truth, i.e.
have your ego crucified, and allow your soul to speak
out? " But again, let it be known that all
things from the soul are not about killing other
people. The soul may cry out, against impositions of
untruth from others, but it will never become violent
against other people, or other life as such. That is
not of the soul. I am also reminded of this Chinese
religious group Falung Gong, who are condemned by the
Chinese government: and members of this very peaceful
group are continuously being killed: they are people
being killed for their truths. People feel threatened,
the government feels threatened, and violence because
of beliefsystems occur. What a Pluto in Sagittarius
mess. But this is exactly, what Pluto in Sagittarius
is about: to bring out into the open the failure and
mess of our beliefsystems, and to open things up
towards a little more truth, and light. Pluto in
Sagittarius is about the truth but truth can arise
only BEYOND condemnations with negative
thoughtpatterns. As long as there are condemnations
of other people, one cannot see clearly, there is no
light in one's thinking, no real truth. Real Truth is
not dark, it is Light. it shines and makes you lift
yourself up to a higher part within, which KNOWS the
truth, which does not fool itself, that part, which
is of the soul. Pluto in Sagittarius is about
"killing" the "truth" (read
falseness) of the ego, and bringing the light of the
Soul to shine out, no matter what, in some cases. And
rather then spreading darkness and fear, it spreads
peace of mind.
We
will slowly but surely be seeing the finals of the
Saturn-Pluto opposition: May 26. Maybe I will even
get around to Pluto in the remaining houses 7,8,10,11
and 12, we'll see:-) Mercury is about to retrograde,
May 15 at 18.51 pm GMT, and that could be a good time
for it. But get this one: May 15 is the day of the
elections over here in this country. And do you
remember what happened with the USA elections when
Mercury went retrograde on the day of the elections
too? It was a total mess, with recounts and
recounts...
Anyway,
have a great week, (and Monday it is Neptune day, by
the way, Neptune will retrograde at 12:11 pm GMT).