June
24 - 30 , 2006
-The Times Ahead & The Astrology of Tulips...-
Above
is the New Moon chart (drawn up for Western-Europe approx).
The New Moon takes place tomorrow (Sunday June 25th) at
16:06 pm GMT time (or 4.06 pm UT time). It means we can
enjoy a fantastic weekend, because we are in the "balsamic
Moon phase". a phase full of inner peace with having
the time to at rest finish off a few tasks, or just relax
and unconsciously become enriched with something new
implanted in us which will take on a more concrete form after
the New Moon.
Just
as I was about to change the chart for this websitepage and
take off the aspectarium on the left hand lower side, I
noticed that the Moon was at 28N22! It means it is OOB (Out
of Bounds) during the NM! The Moon RULES, rather than
giving in to the inner and outer true ruler of our universe,
the Source of light itself, which is the normal situation
for a NM. It is the EGO which is leading, or, what is also
possible, it is feeling that there is NO connection with any
inner guidance at all. A third, and more fruitful option, is
that in the coming month the feminine aspect will lead and
take on an important role, the more softer and emotional
aspect of life. So let's choose this option:-)
But
there is another reason why I want to bring the signatures
of the NM chart to your attention, because there are some
important signatures ahead of us. The most important one is
that the Moon's nodes, which now changed sign, will be in
square with Pluto soon (in fact, Pluto will be square the
nodal axis, is the proper way of expressing it).
"Soon"
means by the way, to be exact, October 25th, on the 24th
degree of Sagittarius/Pisces and at that time Pluto
has been changing from Rx to D already. It again is near the
Galactic Centre (which is at 26 Sagittarius). What it means
is, that after the turning around of Pluto in September , we
can expect mega-changes in the political scene, somewhere on
the planet. Each transit of Pluto with the Nodal Axis has,
in my experience of it anyway, brought enormous changes on a
mundane level somewhere around the world. Outworn ideas of
rulership may surface to be processed quicker than usual to
make way for a new future. In my view transits between Pluto
and the Moon's nodes are the most important transits in
one's life in the first place, also in our own charts and
lives. One's entire lifepath is changing dramatically and
wondrously quite often when this occurs: we will in such
situations, in this case a square between Pluto to both
Nodes, run into the past to speed up evolution and live it
out quickly, to alter our path towards the future, i.e.
knots in our consciousness are untied:-) Well, now it
takes place on a mundane level, later this year. We will see
what happens! Are there elections in the US? Is there a
feminine candidate for the Presidency? (Sorry about my
ignorance, I don't follow politics currently too much:-))
THE
ASTROLOGY OF THE TULIP
So
here I was, thinking that the Tulip was almost a Dutch
invention. But then this week I read a brochure of a Tulip
exhibition (art and real tulips) in Antwerp which took place
in the past spring and in it I read, that it was a salesman
from Antwerp who discovered some bulbs in a shipment of
cloth which came from Constantinople back in 1562. He ate a
few of them, thinking they were onions, and planted the rest
of them in his garden. The following spring he all of a
sudden discovered these incredibly beautiful flowers in his
garden! And with this the invasion of the tulip in
Western - Europe started. Now remember, it was an incredible
craze in those ages, tulips were sold for sheer fortunes and
they were meddled with to try and create a Black Tulip:-)
So in the spring of 1563 the first tulip flowered in Belgium,
in 1578 they were noticed in London for the first time, and
in Holland they only appeared in 1593! I decided
to have a look at the planets in the spring of 1563 and made
a chart for April 1 1563. And lo and behold, what do I find?
Venus was retrograde, to start with (and Venus rules "flowers"
and isn't retrograde that often). But Venus wasn't
"just retrograde", it was also hitting Pluto, at
13+ Pisces, they were in conjunction that Spring! Pluto
meaning 'mega-power", for instance. In the two
centuries thereafter the tulip quickly became a very exotic
and costly flower, people must have been enormously (Pluto)
inspired (Pisces), because also in art (Pisces) the tulip
turned up abundantly. And some must have had visions (Pisces)
of making large sums of money or having discovered
something really big (Pluto) as people started to
manipulate (Pluto) its color and even tried to create a
Black Tulip. So, in other words, the tulip is ruled by
Venus in Pisces:-) And today we use them because they adorn
our living rooms and make them nicer (Pisces).
Uranus
was conjunct this same placement at 13+ Pisces earlier this
year and thus in Antwerp the tulip was re-discovered. (Pluto's
position April 1 1563 was 13.35 Pisces to be precise).
-Have
a great New Moon(th) and weekend just now first!-
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