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523, June 22&25, 2010
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Summersolstice
Mondaymorning June 21, when by
chance, we were with four
astrologically educated people and
just before the summersolstice took
place (11.30 GMT and local time
13.30 or 1.30 pm), I was thinking
that the Sun ingressing in Cancer
would of course be making some hard
aspects to the T square between
Jupiter/Uranus - Pluto <and Saturn>
in the skies. A T-square that has
half the astrological world in
uproar if not more, for fear
and worry are at a peak currently.
The Sun already was passed the
square with Saturn since it
retreated into Virgo to enter Libra
in a month's time. But in our
regions it certainly made for a few
colder days than the days before and
after!
I all of a sudden asked the other
three whether they would be willing
to do a summersoltice ritual. Not
that I had any clear ideas of the
form of the ritual, but an authentic
ritual happens almost by itself,
spontaneously, if the intentions are
joined for a common purpose to
strengthen energies.
So here we are on our way to the
oldest and largest Oak of the
Netherlands, an oak who went through
two precious Pluto/in/Capricorn
passages already, number 4 made the
photo:-)
This particular Oak is very suitable
for astrological rituals for it has
a round fence around it, a circle-
And because we were with four people,
which was a nice `co-incidence ´ I
thought that we could act out the
Grand Square of the planets and we
decided to go for a symbolization of
its energies in the highest way
imaginable. Thus giving an impulse
to that which is also
possible beyond all the fear,
expected crashes, of the markets,
the world, of your and my life,
etcetera.
First we walked three times around
the Oak as a sign of respect for its
venerable age and wisdom. After that
it was our intention to each go to
one of the four directions, one
person in the South representing the
Sun in Cancer, the other opposite
her, being Pluto in Capricorn, the
third one square to them both
representing Saturn and the fourth
playing out the Jupiter-Uranus
conjunction in Aries. I waited until
each found her place but they
assigned Jupiter-Uranus to me which
of course I did not mind at all.
However, when I made the chart
coming home I saw that Uranus was in
the West and not the East, where I
was standing, what was I thinking
during the ritual, it was obvious
none of us were thinking at all...,
in reality I was on the spot of
Saturn:-)
MissusM
in the South with the sun shining on
her back, that spot was not too
difficult to locate:-), she
represented the Sun in Cancer.
MissusC
opposite her as Pluto in Capricorn,
a role which she played very well as
she took control and spoke briefly
about how she was committed to dig
for dirt with regard to unethical
behaviour in the world, in order to
transform it to more ethical ways.
She was ruled, speaking in planetary
terms, by Saturn who is the ruler of
all that is in Capricorn, and who
was symbolized, on the wrong spot or
not, by the `Queen of the hives`dressed
in black and invisible for me as the
oak was in between us. How symbolic,
Jupiter and Uranus temporarily not
being obstructed by Saturn as they
currently are in different signs.
But I could hear her, she said I
need nothing, and that what I need,
I will create from within. But I
peaked a little sideways to make a
photograph:
For the rest we had not planned
anything in advance, but we did try
to think of a higher potential for
these planets working together.
And then the Sun in Cancer spoke:
I feel safe
starting a new phase
which is ethical
from within
This was the sentence that in the
flash of a moment, within a minute,
was conceived by consulting each
other a little in the role of the
planets: the Sun in Cancer offering
safety, with the new start of Uranus
in Aries, ethical by order of Pluto
in Capricorn, from within, the
higher vibration of Saturn.
After a little break where the Sun
and Saturn were the best of friends
:
we went for a walk further in the
woods and into the summer. And with
this we wish everyone else and you
who read this especially a very good
summer!
