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Moment of Ascension? Certain annual ceremonies and rituals have been practiced across the diverse landscapes inhabited by man for countless ages. The Winter Solstice is one of those multi-cultural celebrations. During this seasonal time of hibernation, it is appropriate to slow down, minimize activity, and let old creations lie dormant. Feeling attuned to these Earth energies, Jan and I planned a celebration to honor this ceremonial time that reminds us all to be still and go within. We had invited several kindred spirits to join us for the gathering in our back yard Medicine Wheel, in recognition of this "stand still" (solstice), of the Sun's ritual death-and-rebirth. Two days before that gathering, while researching Native American Solstice celebrations on the net, and in preparation for it, we came across some unexpected information. It seems that some of the indigenous Pueblo tribes of the Southwest, notably the Anasazi and Hohokam, suddenly disappeared from the face of the Earth, some time in the middle of the 15th century, just before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. They appear to have left their homes abruptly, in the midst of carrying out their ever day activities, we have no record of what might have become of them. The archeological trail ends only in speculation. On a whim(?), I decided to look at the location of the planets during that time frame. Setting my astrological software (Solar Fire) at December 21st, (the 2000 Solstice date¹) and, using my local clock time at that moment (1:09 pm PST), I entered the mid-15th century year of 1449, and ran the program's calculation of a chart for that date. Imagine our surprise when we saw the 6-pointed Star of David pattern in the chart for December 21, 1449! (left) Compare this chart to that of the Harmonic Concordance, some 600 years later. (right) (Click on each image for enlarged views of the charts) While it's true that the two charts do not match up perfectly (for example, there is no eclipse in the 1449 chart, the planets in the grand sextile patterns of each are not the same, nor are they in compatible signs), nevertheless the coincidence of this rare pattern is striking.² Despite those differences, there is a host of very dynamic planetary contacts between the charts. In an astrological analysis of a relationship between any two birth moments, the "synastry," or angular relationships between the planets in both charts, is generally an astrologer's first consideration. Secondarily, a planetary "mid-point" or composite chart is often consulted. In applying these techniques to the two charts discussed here, several significant relationship elements emerge, suggesting an important connection between them.
Let's look at just one example of the many "concordances" between the two charts. If one were to start at the Ascendant of the Concordance "discovery" chart,³ 13º Cancer, (a logical place to look in a synastry analysis), you would find the Uranus of the 1449 chart conjunct to it at 14º Cancer, where it is also conjunct to the Concordance's Saturn, at 13º Cancer. This suggests an exciting and unique relationship between the charts. The energies of the 1449 Uranus at the Concordance Ascendant would propel those of the Concordance moment to an expression of individuality and rebellion against any form of "business as usual," provide it with an impetus for unexpected, out of the blue growth and change, and lend it a definite metaphysical quality. Further, Uranus, as the first of the unseen to the naked eye planets, metaphysically represents our first reach beyond the patriarchal limits of Saturn and into the realms of higher consciousness. Seen in this context, the 1449 Uranus stimulates stolid Saturn, urging it to "open up" and reach beyond itself to it's own highest ideals. And this is just one point of the comparative analysis. The similarity in the patterns and the very dynamic aspects between the planets in the charts suggest the possibility they are intimately linked. On a non-astrological note, Alberto Villoldo (see Stepping Through the Condordance Paradox) tells us that according to Inka beliefs the end of an age is marked by a Pacachutti, or a period when the old world is turned upside down. He has said that the end of the present Pacachutti (expected to conclude sometime just before the end of 2003) the will provide us with the opportunity to walk through a "tear in the fabric of time." Interestingly enough, that he tells us that the last Pacachutti coincided with the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors. Perhaps a similar time anomaly occurred in the period of time immediately preceding their coming. From our point of view, therefore, it is not out of the question that those (and perhaps other entire groups of people) may have indeed vanished (read: Ascended) into to the next level of consciousness. It is possible that they are being joined at that level, even now, as more individuals develop their own Ascension Consciousness. Perhaps the window of time between now and the Harmonic Concordance date offers us an opportunity to insure that entire contemporary communities also make that transition. What do you think? _______________________________ ¹ An interesting anomaly here is that in this newly discovered 1449 chart, the Sun is at 09 Capricorn, rather than at 00 Capricorn, which would be the Sun's expected position for any Winter Solstice date in our current Gregorian calendar. This is due to the fact that my calculation program, Solar Fire v5, automatically defaults to the OLD STYLE Julian calendar when prompted for a date prior to 14 Oct 1582, CE. To me, that chance "coincidence" makes the discovery of this chart all the more remarkable.
² Note the 1 in 30 chance "coincidence" that 13º is rising in both charts.
³ While not technically a discovery chart, I have used this term to indicate that it was the chart that I "discovered" on August 28, 1998, while living on Long Island, New York.
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