This is being written on the day of the
first pentagram or quintile pattern in the heavens as noted by
astrologers Jill Whitman and Johnny Mirehiel. On October 27, 2004
at the Taurus Lunar Eclipse another pentagram will be formed.
Together these patterns of energies bring another Harmonic Concordance,
according to Mirehiel. He is responsible for bringing the first
Harmonic Concordance to world attention last year. That planetary
pattern was a six pointed star in the heavens and it formed a tetrahedron,
symbolic of unity, the unity of matter and spirit, personality and soul.
The planetary configuration included Chiron, the asteroid signifying the
wounded healer. It could be seen as symbolizing the desire to
serve the evolution our souls and that of humanity or our Christ
consciousness. October's configurations deepen that goal.
The quintile is an astrological aspect or
mathematical relationship that carries strong creative energies.
Author and astrologer Robert Hand, has said this aspect relates to
forces that combine to bring fundamental change or metamorphosis.
If these forces are blocked, they may be destructive. It appears
that they are impeded in the world at the current time! Authors
and astrologers, Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker, who have taught a
generation of astrologers, say that the pentagram is a symbol of
humanity's will and mastery over the four elements, earth, air, water
and fire. It relates to talents in the use of communication and ideas to
further professional goals. It brings the energy to synthesize
information to help us reach goals in general. Humanity has made
the committment to align with its divine nature and aims. This is
a lofty goal. You may be asking how do we master the elements and align
with these ambitions?
What does mastering the elements mean? It means facing fears,
integrating opposing energies and using these energies positively.
The elements are "stepped down" energies emanating from the
Divine Source. They are significant for many cultures of the world
and are represented in myth, art and ritual. Elements are the basic
energies of astrology. Each sign represents a mode of _expression
of earth, air, water or fire. The planets are focalizing
energies, the signs are our attitude toward them. All
the elements are contained within our bodies. While we contain all
the elements, we are more strongly attuned to three primary elements,
described in our charts by the signs of our ascendant, our
moon and sun. They may be the same element or different elements,
compatible or incompatible. They are our basic attunement to life.
We need to honor our attunement and integrate the other elements in our
natal chart.
Earth is our home, our ground, our
being. It is feminine and receptive to the other elements. If
we value the earth element, we build a foundation that is stable,
practical and worth preserving. Air needs to circulate, communicate and
have a focus for the _expression of its ideas. Air dreams and can
"dream" things into reality. Water needs to feel deeply a full
range of feelings and to empathize with the feelings and moods of
others, too. It is a fluid and has to find a container or it
"floods". Fire is enthusiastic, spontaneous, inspired and
self-motivated. Fire needs to assert itself and expand its area of
influence. The elements work in unison and need to be in balance to
create harmony. Water makes the earth fertile, air feeds fire.
Our feelings are in the water element and guide us in preserving
ourselves, our bodies and our creations. But an excess
of water can destabilize the earth. Too much emphasise on earthly
practicality and stability can parch the feeling element and supress
life. Water may fear pollution by earth. The air element needs
to communicate with the environment to express itself
and exert influence. Too much fire consumes all the
air. Water can put out fire if used excessively. In the
right proportion it makes steam or power. Fire can warm the
earth ,bring fruition and destroy debris. In excess, it can
parch earth or make it barren. Too much earth can tamp out fire. Air
helps the earth to breath and is the source of prana, or life energy.
Ideas can help to bring stability and communication can create
mental structures. Too much air erodes the earth and destroys
it. Earth may fear this erosion. Air may fear being
saturated by water, consumed by fire. However, if we honor our
primary function and needs, we can utilize all the elements. We diminish
fear and can be in harmony and balance within ourselves. This will
be reflected in our outer experience and the world. We will
be emboding Chiron and fulfilling a divine mission.
How do we align with the planetary will? The
planet Venus is our guide for this part of the process. Venus
is the alter ego of the Earth. Her eclipse of the Sun on
June 8, 2004 symbolized our desire to make this alignment, to own our
divine essence. Venus is the lens for the emergence of Divine Love
through the focused Will of the Divine Mind. She links mind with
intuition, personality with Soul. She assists in the
resolution of duality. She nurtures harmony, diplomacy, blends
polarities and differences. We must embody her essence
by embracing all of ourselves and all we have created and experienced in
our growth process with total acceptance and compassion. If
we do not , our self-judgment separates us from the Love and Creativity
from which we emanated. Venus is the symbol of the assistance we are
giving ourselves.
The journey of the planet Venus in the
sky, appearing as Evening Star, Hesporos, then disappearing and
reappearing as Morning Star has ancient cultural significance.
Much has already been written about her appearance as a twin star,
earth's alter ego. As Evening Star, she mates with the Earth,
disappears from view, "sacrificed" to the Sun. About 50
days later, she reappears, or is reborn, as the Morning Star, Phosphoros.
Her heliacal rise as as Morning Star occurs only when she is in
retrograde motion, appearing to be moving away from Earth. After about 9
months, she disappears again for about 50-60 days and reappears as the
Evening Star. The entire cycle takes about 584 days. In
about 8 years or 5 cycles, Venus's movement draws a pentagram in the
sky. The pentagram contains the four elements, one appearing
twice. All the significance of the quintile and pentagram pertain
to this cycle as well. According to astrologer and teacher, Erin
Sullivan, Venus creates a mandala with Earth as the center. She
says that in Egyptian hieroglyphics, the pentagram formed part of the
word groups meaning 'to teach', 'to bring up' as in rearing a child and
the 'teacher'. What is the lesson that Venus is now teaching?
When the planets Mercury and Venus
retrograde, they complete unfinished business from the last retrograde
cycle. Mercury retrogrades four or five times in the same
element before a shift occurs. Mercury will move from the Earth
element into Fire Dec. 1, 2004 and remain in Fire until Nov. 2005 when
it moves into Water. However, unlike Mercury Venus doesn't retrograde in
the same element each time in her 8 year synodic cycle. Her cycles
show a spiralaic pattern of evolution. She retrogrades 3 times in same
element in her long pentagonal cycle, but each retrograde is
in a different element, making at the end of the long cycle, 3
retrogrades occurring in each element. There are 5 points to the
pentagram. In her cyclic movement in the synodic cycle, two points of
the star are in the same element. In 1984, the elements were
Aries fire, Scorpio water, Gemini air and Aquarius air. In 1990, they
shifted into Aries fire, Capricorn earth, Scorpio water, Leo fire and
Gemini air. This same pattern continues until 2026 when the air
element of Libra replaces the water element of Scorpio. On the
level of personality, Libra is ruled by Venus. On the Soul level,
Libra is ruled by Uranus, also ruler of Aquarius. Will this really
signal a time of more social balance and beauty? Will it lead us
to the true astrological Age of Aquarius, thought by many astrologers to
begin in 2060?
According to Alice Bailey, the
Tibetan Master, Djwhal Khul, said in the years, 1926-2026, there
will be a "push" by the Planetary Hierarchy to assist us in
learning the laws of thought to master the mental plane and to bring
about a realization of the nature of the Soul. We are to learn to
further develop the ability to concentrate, to be more receptive to
intuition and to envision ourselves as Divine co-creators. He said
that we are to release desire, to develop "gentle stillness".
Pain and unhappiness come from our rebellion against what "is"
in the present moment. Acceptance of each moment and ourselves
frees us to perfect our gifts to humanity, to be the lens through
which the Divine is focused and to experience bliss and
contentment. Yes, it is an attainable goal in the present moment!
We are currently working with the Gemini energy of
Venus's June 2004 retrograde and completing the lessons of her prior
retrograde in Scorpio in 2002. Scorpio is the sign of the
disciple, where the goal to raise consciousness and go through the many
tests of this committement is willingly established. Water
cleanses and purifies by dissolving any impediments in its path.
That was humanity's goal and committment in 2002. The recent
retrograde of Venus and eclipse of the Sun occured in the air sign of
Gemini. Gemini is the builder of the Rainbow Bridge, the
Antahkarana of esoteric literature. This bridge is a link between
personal will and the will of the Soul, between the emotional body and
intuition, water and air. It is built on the mental plane by the
heart. It is the uniting of heart and mind, fire and air.
Our love of ourselves increases, we love and appreciate our bodies more, water,
fire and earth. Our minds open to ever expanding views of
ourselves, others and the world. Our intuitive abilities increase.
This doesn't occur through struggle. The Earth Mother creates the
desire, opens the channels and the energy of cleansing and elevation
occurs. Our only job is to set the intention, to focus our desire
which is the fire element.
Lets go back to the unfinished business we
need to attend to now. It is Scorpio business and Scorpio asks for
a deeper commitment to the path of embracing our buried fears and
darkest places. While the quintile aspect brings assistance, there
are also challenges in the coming Lunar Eclipse in Taurus. Venus
is at a critical degree in the Eclipse chart, 29 degrees of Virgo.
This degree asks that we complete the unfinished work of both Venus and
Virgo. Virgo has a spiralaic pattern of energy movement. It
is in the element of earth. Here we need to build a stable
foundation, to focus on the present NOW, the reality of our lives and
the world. Stephen Arroyo, M.A., in writing about the elements,
says that Virgo directs its energy downward and is connected with
past crisis in the development of personality. It seems to me that
Venus in Virgo wants to create more harmony on the mental plane.
She wants to release judgment and replace it with discrimination.
She embodies endurance and the strength to accept all of ourselves
and our chosen journey. She creates what esoterics call Right
Human Relationship. We are in right relationship when we do not
judge ourselves; when we identify what we need to address in order to be
more loving and open. Virgo wants to bring out into the world the
beauty of itself, the grace of its divine nature. Isis must drop
her veil of illusion and emerge as the goddess. In Virgo this
would be the goddess, Ceres.
Ceres is the Earth Mother whose daughter
[what we have created], Persephone, was abducted by Pluto [ power of
destruction and regeneration] and taken to Hades [the underworld, the
hidden and disowned]. Allegorically, all the parts of this myth
are contained within us. Ceres so grieved for the loss of her
daughter that the world became barren; the fire element, the drive and
spirit were lacking. Pluto [ regenerative soul power] restored
Persephone for half of the year and the world was fertile again; water,
the feeling element and heart fire bring fruition and unite the
dark and the light. Ceres in Virgo wants to master skills and
self-worth and perfect service to the world. The Sabian symbol for
29 degrees Virgo is a seeker after occult knowledge reading an ancient
scroll which illumines {his/her} mind. Dane Rudhyar says that it
presents a technique to "reach the other shore". What
could be more beautiful than the synchronization and harmony of the
universe and its signs?
Venus will retrograde again in 2006 in the earth
sign of Capricorn. Capricorn is the sign of initiation, where a
disciple becomes a conscious co-creator willing to serve the collective
purpose of humanity. Capricorn is a ruler, a leader. It represents
mastery of the self. Let us hope that we achieve that goal and can
consciously co-create a more loving, accepting world.
Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning
of time, you are incomparable. Brenda Uleland
Bonnie Orgren, M.S.W. Astrologer, Counselor, Energy Practioner
@ 319-643-2451 or starlight7@Lcom.net
