The Patio is Open!
In celebration of the brilliant winter solstice this year, coupled with the exceptionally close Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in zero Aquarius, I am re-igniting the conversation on my blogs.
All intelligent life is invited.
All intelligent life is invited.
As the other planets in our solar system spin merrily around the sun in the same way, Uranus, the ruling planet of Aquarius, negates convention and spins on an opposite axis, not concerned with conformity.
You might view this an act of rebellion. You might just call it independence. You might say it is eccentric. Or could it be abnormal? It's definitely odd.
Then there are those who see this aberration as genius.
Since Aquarius governs electricity, the nervous system gets highly stimulated in these situations. Shocks, shivers, and brain splitting sensations can result, all designed to catapult the innocent human creature into realms previously unknown. Splitting up confines can appear to be destructive. Or it can resemble the creative. It's a matter of mind.
Anyway you look at it, Aquarius gets tagged with the advancement of humankind. That's purely motion, not a judgement.
There does seem to be some special emphasis on the airy world of Aquarius given the dramatic entrance.
posted by jm at 12:14 AM
58 Comments:
Darlin'
This is another test for Tseka.
Well there we go the vagaries be damned!
Now then what's this about 400 year cycle?
And I am beyond overjoyed RU is open again.
Your wisdom has been missed.
Not to mention things more quirky, which is right up my alley.
Welcome back dearone.
Here's to the Jupiter/Saturn conjuction.
By the way you've decorated the patio perfectly 😘
Those dammed vagaries !!
Get the swatter! Not on my patio!
Yeah, it's my sparse winter theme out there with solstice shimmer and glitter.
So Joop and Saturn are conjunct every 20 years, 400 years in the same element. They were in earth, now it will be four centuries in air.
Rules rules rules. Order is commanded! We're under control!
Sounds like it could be creative, electric.
Frankly the last 800 yr cycle got tiresome. The architecture began quite lovely, but the stuff of late has been so depressing.
The next 800 will probably be more of the same. Just a different flavor.
Nothing much happens generally. Maybe a comet can brush us on the way past and stir things up.
Humans create a lot of detritus. Of course, one man's detritus in another man's nourishment!
Can we hope for a cure for the crybabies?
Maybe we can get a vaccine.
Hmmm was thinking more along lines of the old CCC camps.
Real work seems to wake people up to reality.
And they adore camping.
Our dear fellow humans awaken and fall back asleep with regularity. Reality intervenes anyway.
Then, of course, one man's reality in another man's insanity. It's certainly mine.
No wonder they're whining. Maybe a lullaby will work temporarily. That's my business.
Cure? Ya never know.
I suggest a bit of overtime in the lab with a philosopher's stone.
Oh, and I lifted a delightful little glass of Canadian whiskey to the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction. See you in twenty years!
excited that i found you today, the day after this post. been reading your earlier 2007 posts. super excited to follow along!!
Excellent!
This magic Solstice “star” gets a poor report first day.
Mt best buddy B had pre-op was nuts
My dear friend crashed her car.
We are spending time in the lab philosopher's stone.
But for me the Solstice child all is well, I received licorice for my birthday! Cat shaped!
All to confirm your predictions JM it's gonna be up and down...the usual.
You singing my dear Mira would likely be the cure.
In the span since we parted a wee Mira Rose was born, her mother spent time in those sacred places you love.
July 5.
Hello Unknown
Glad to welcome you.
I too am excited JM opened RU again.
Her insight or far-seeing, may be just what we will need going forward.
Lovely to see conversation here. I hear a suggestion on the wind that the philosopher's stone was originally the philosopher's stoned!
Good God. What a wonderful comment Tseka. Licorice again! All is well.
I, too, fell under the influence of the poor star. Literally. A big ass dog leaped at me while running today and I hit the pavement, bruising a rib.
"Sorry about that", says the leashed owner. Yeah, very sorry. I could tell.
Up and down. The usual. But a car crash is truly awful. As is being at the mercy of the allopaths. Mercy?
Recalling Mira is the best. Singing helps. I've been doing a lot of it lately. Plus I learned something about aggression and expression.
I caught my index finger in a door and lost the nail I couldn't play the piano. The FU finger and the one I use for hard emphasis in my jazz blues riffs.
I realized how much aggressive release is located there and how it keeps me from tearing into others, such as some dog people.
It's a pretty good outlet. So I'm growing a new stronger finger and getting ready to roll. That is when the poor fools decide to open our beloved bars again. Our adult recreation centers. The sound of song will be sublime at that point.
Who is this wee Mira Rose? And what is One Dance Tseka creating in her lab amidst the locking up and down. More of the cure?
Tseka is actually recovering from nearly a decade standing at the holy door as most of my family and friends passed through.
We Saami say we put our coats on and take them off yet we are ever present.
Long ago we all spoke of shamans, and my preferred sjaman ensouled ones.
The act of departing in grace seems to be helped by loving hands and heart.
The cost was almost too much.
Like you I am recovering, a severe supraspinatus tear has dramatically curtailed my go-girl life.
You get that finger workin' we need a bit more uproar against the leashed.
Cat shaped licorice. Your giver is a doll.
I was wondering how many of you are left in this earthly realm. I love your phrase "holy door". I don't think people ever really recover from these partings. They are all amputations. It's a series of trade-offs and compensations. Maybe we can cultivate some grand compensations now.
"The cost was almost too much." That broke my wee heart.
The go-girl life!!! Yes!!!!!!
Uproar against the leashed. I agree.
Tseka was mysteriously destroyed. (Website)
Plans for her rebirth this spring are on the drawing board.
While very occupied with my departing beloveds, I periodically opened my studio sharing small nature spirits made of tree bark with porcelain faces, fur and reindeer skin. They all hold stories so....it seems I was gifted my papa's role as a rememberer or story-teller.
These are old Saami-Alfr stories and ones from the Salish reservation where I was raised.
I can't even begin to tell you how comforting it has been to be among these wise old ancestor's voices -spirits.
As Mira, you know.
The wee new girl is grand daughter of a lifelong friend.
{{{Tseka and jm}}} Glad you are both recovering and rebounding. I have also been saddened by leave-takings this year. But many who left will aid from a new position.
Kadamiros, I'm overjoyed to be in same moment with you here.
Like JM, you have been missing in my life.
Onward!
Yes B my good friend knows - scandi licorice, not the horrible sweet ameican crap
As far as the stoned philosopher goes, he could be creating the experience right there.
The guy who discover LSD was working on some other project in the lab when he embarked on the trip of his life, due to unfamiliar substances penetrating through his fingers. The world will never be the same.
"Plans for her rebirth this spring are on the drawing board."
Good to know! I went looking for the inspiring pictures a few days ago, and wondered what had happened. Will look forward to the rebirth.
Ha Ha! The horrible sweet American crap! Lots of that in many forms.
The rebirth this spring. I am happy, bruises and all.
Seems like the oppression is already lifting. Soon we'll breathe. Or they will. I have been all along.
"scandi licorice"
Oh! I used to live in a building over a Scandinavian candy shop!
But I have moved across the river. I have bought candies from there to give out for Yule. I still have friends in that neighborhood, so no doubt I'll have many opportunities to revisit it.
The compensations are great for you, my Sticky, and for me, with North Node in the first.
The chance to live a genuinely solo and free life comes when they are gone. I'm pretty much there, now and it's as good as promised. Especially good for artists.
Speaking of bones and such, I have been experiencing realignments of bones and vertebrae for a few years now, triggered by studying tai chi. Seems to be accelerating.
On defying expectations, I read today that astronomers were been taken aback this month by the behavior of a massive storm, 4600 miles wide, on Neptune's surface. The storm unexpectedly reversed course, something they've never seen happen before with any storm there. It is heading back to its point of origin, and away from the kill zone where Neptunean storms go to die. They suspect that by shedding a smaller vortex, it was somehow able to change direction. The planets seem predictable from a distance, but they have their surprises on closer investigation. Neptune's on my ascendant, so I suppose an astrologer would say old patterns are being released.
Of long term interest to me, we have been leaving solar minimum and entering a new solar cycle this past year as the Sun's poles exchange places. Interestingly, there is debate about whether the new 11-year cycle will be one of the weakest or one of the strongest ever recorded. The official NASA forecast is for a weak cycle, but a new theory to make better sense of the data has been in the works for years and it predicts surprisingly strong solar activity. If so, then we should expect a lot of sunspots and aurora borealis by mid-decade, intense space weather, possible disruptions to power utility grids or radio communications, and stronger geomagnetism which is known to improve plant growth and health. Time will tell. Things may be possible that were remote before. If it turns out to be a strong cycle, I will look to take advantage of the heightened prana and ambient energies.
The solar cycle debate reminds me of a disagreement that I had with an astrologist a couple of weeks ago. He was expecting disaster from his read of the stars, and he said that intuitives are too optimistic. Well, okay. I said I was skeptical of forced predictions in general, but I think I got him madder!
You might remind him that disasters don't happen frequently. He might be headed for disappointment. See how mad he gets.
Hee! Oh, he wanted to hear from Saturn but then he didn't like what he heard. The good fellow and I are no longer on speaking terms.
I did see that he is one of those people who were very invested in a losing candidate during the primary elections. Maybe it's been like the end of the world for a few ever since.
Many ardently desire large-scale, rapid change but overlook that it would mean disruption and be a messy business even to get it started. In some insightful myths, humanity was formed from malleable earth. So, we're working with clay here, not paint-by-numbers. Hands will not stay clean, and the way forward is nonlinear and upends expectations.
The unattained ideal seems so beautiful that by comparison some think that nothing is really changing except for the worse; reality just doesn't match the mental picture. It's as if wise babies ought to simply pop out of Zeus' forehead to be delivered by storks.
Aha, I see that brings me back to your post's conclusion.
"Since Aquarius governs electricity, the nervous system gets highly stimulated in these situations. Shocks, shivers, and brain splitting sensations can result, all designed to catapult the innocent human creature into realms previously unknown. Splitting up confines can appear to be destructive. Or it can resemble the creative. It's a matter of mind. Anyway you look at it, Aquarius gets tagged with the advancement of humankind. That's purely motion, not a judgement. There does seem to be some special emphasis on the airy world of Aquarius given the dramatic entrance."
And that's it precisely!
The competing visions must play out in the creative process we call the human species. I suspect the species is naturally engaged in a kind of complex problem-solving that could not be done purely mentally nor in spirit. The inherent Aquarian tensions — given the odd couple Aquarian rulers Uranus and Saturn, the interplay between the electrified air and the grounding earth) — are dramatic and therefore full of potential.
Great great comment Kadimiros. I really enjoyed reading it.
And so refreshing, since around the web they're dipping into utopian silliness with the Aquarian transits. You put it well:
"Many ardently desire large-scale, rapid change but overlook that it would mean disruption and be a messy business even to get it started. In some insightful myths, humanity was formed from malleable earth. So, we're working with clay here, not paint-by-numbers. Hands will not stay clean, and the way forward is nonlinear and upends expectations."
Very funny. Paint by numbers. What fun!
The point about change being non-linear is excellent. Expectations have little to do with reality. They are a personal exercise, a way to cope, or a way to impress others with some arcane predictive skill. By chance, or something, the expectation meets reality sometimes but not with any regularity. One key phrase for Aquarius is "circumstances beyond one's control." Humans are a small part of the universe. Most definitely not the controllers.
After Capricorn with its dictatorial flavor, this makes sense.
I expect the expectations to take a hit coming up!
Ha ha, "In some insightful myths, humanity was formed from malleable earth."
Every second is a complex problem solving event. Fortunately, a lot of the solving is done by the unseen. So all bases are covered, since humans often muck it up in their eagerness.
"given the odd couple Aquarian rulers Uranus and Saturn, the interplay between the electrified air and the grounding earth) — are dramatic and therefore full of potential."
Added to that is the ruling planet, Uranus, in earthy Taurus for several years. Plus Pluto still in Cap as much as the kids would like to move prematurely into airy flight.
Everything is contained in every moment. What often appears as great positive change is likely a mixture. Positive and negative, good and bad, etc., are quite impossible to determine. It's a sequence. So bad might be an essential stepping stone to good. That makes it good. Can't do without it.
Who writes the sequence? You got me there.
"Who writes the sequence? You got me there."
Well...could be microbial lifeforms! Came with the muck. They're everywhere though unseen, and some say they've been running the show unbeknownst to us — and from inside our guts, no less.
Of course! Microbes. The little darlings. Very mucky.
Microbes rule the earth, along with insects as I understand it.
They are inside, outside, and everywhere. So morbid fear of microbes is fear of life and self. Right?
Maybe in inventive Aquarius a life repellent germ coat will be designed.
And this is why I love you two.
Brilliant.
Ivermectin a remedy proving useful at treating CV 19 and so much more comes from Japanese dirt.
The old adage, “peck a dirt before you die” has new meaning.
Or old, my Native American grandmother was a proponent of wiping carrots fresh from the garden on her apron, then eating them, as good for what ails ya. Basically, wash your hands but leave the veggies alone.
Ha Ha!!! I wonder if Congolese dirt would work?
OMG!! I've never washed veggies! I welcome it all. My body will deal with it. Even the dreaded chemicals.
And that does it. I sometimes second guess my habits but Grandmother's approach has convinced me I'm all right. Gee wiz.
Absolutely! And they all lived well into their nineties.
I reckon the chemical gad hate them help us survive the current.
Maybe Uranus in Taurus will help us investigate more of earth's wisdom
In other news Boris signed, Brexit is a done deal.
It's timing to Jupiter/Saturn in Aq. Very interesting.
The people spoke, and pushed hard to recover their sovereignty.
Feeling optimistic.
Wow!, as they say. Freedom!
I'm also optimistic that we can recover some lost sovereignty. Separation can be great.
I always thought the EU would end in due time. It doesn't work to forcibly mix disparate peoples in binding arrangements where they lose their say. It has to come organically. Trade ensures that. It's a huge subject. Nationalism, boundaries, and, and collective cooperation. Brexit is a start.
That's why I'm leery of the new push toward federal control in this country. We just got a great education in states' rights and although it was rough, the sovereignty of our states is one of our best features. There's a lot coming up as Aquarius takes the stage and we learn what our government is all about. The Pluto return is a grand lesson in civics.
The US constitution, written by mostly Deists, is one amazing document in light of your comment and the many disparate who abide here.
I too am hoping we can remember who we are as a people, recover some lost sovereignty.
"Maybe Uranus in Taurus will help us investigate more of earth's wisdom."
Uranus is awareness. It's bound to reverse some of the flimsy ideas about dealing with the earth that now abound.
People often say that we are predators endangering the earth. But some wise ones say it's the opposite. That we are at the mercy of the powerful earth.
I see humans as having limited power. Very limited. Not that we shouldn't try!
Would that the earths' wisdom spills into us .
Oh oh oh, I do agree, Tseka. About our founding. It was a never before tried experiment. We must understand it and reconnect. The idea that our rights are not given to us, but are natural with our births is beautiful. We have a lot to do.
Yes JM. In the 60's and 70's it was all about federal law over states. Much pertaining to civil rights seemed appropriate at the time. We got in too deep, the creep has now become global. We've become accustomed to giving up even small privileges in home owner associations. Good fella Pluto breaking it down with a bit of help from Uranus.
100%
People find my love of constitution surprising given my mostly indigenous heritage. I laugh. Rights endowed naturally with our birth is the bedrock of my cultures. I wish more people would explore these exceptional founders and their gift to us.
I cannot believe how aligned we are politically. I mean, of course I can. It was always so.
I thought we were headed in the right direction, but then the trip got aborted so it seems. It cannot be, though. The further squeeze of federalism, if it comes, will awaken our instincts for liberty.
Classical liberals, conservatives, libertarians, and independents are banding together in a glorious alliance. It will bear fruit.
And as to more people understanding the special gift of our founders, I think it will come. The best of the Pluto return is ahead.
It's wonderful to talk about this.
When the covid shit hit the states and all hell broke loose, it was an opportunity to see what our system is all about. People often don't like sovereignty. They like to be ordered around. And every state had a unique twist even though they were playing follow the leader.
What a great civics lesson.
The Governors got a chance to strut their stuff and it was definitely a mixed bag. They need some improvement which is forthcoming.
BTW, the cafe is alive again.
Heading over
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