The Beautiful Answer

Idio-Syncrasies

As we near the inevitable astrological pairing of Uranus and Pluto, along with the direct movement of Saturn, I and many of my more sensitive clients have noticed a few things. People seem to already be in panic mode of one sort or another, taking everything on and becoming pretty damn reactive. This aspect is once in a lifetime, and serves to literally force us to choose between that which pleases us and that which serves the greater good of humanity, the planet, and our respective relationships. 

Not to sound dire or anything like that, but it’s some pretty serious shit. Channeling to come tomorrow night. 

I have been drawn to this word idiosyncrasy when trying to describe to people how the energy feels to me. It’s unique, that’s for sure, and very no nonsense — very strong at the core, acting a battering ram and a funnel all in one. But when I looked it up, I found out that the word derives from Ancient Greek meaning “one’s own” with “mixture.” 

That sounds like something that would be ready and able to meld a bit, to let some personal things go in order for the whole to thrive. But so far, and we’re not even to the meat of the aspect yet, my experience has been that most are still looking out for themselves, feeling sorry for their inability to get what they want every second of every hour, and giving very little thought to the idea of the collective. 

With aspects this strong, we don’t really have a choice. Planets are always going to be bigger and stronger than we are. So it’s always best to cooperate with them as best we can. This blog was started nearly a year ago with the thought of looking for what’s beautiful in the world on a daily basis, what’s hidden behind all the stress and inability to see beyond our own issues. It’s somehow fitting that the blog will end as this aspect applies which, if we’re not aware and intentional, could rob us of that ability to see beyond, to the very truth of our being. 

We do not need to be idiots (derived from that same root of “one’s own”). This was a huge diss in their culture, because not taking part in the communal aspects of life was considered a detriment for the entire society. We need to melt a little, to give up something in order to take part of what we need. To not do so is to love ourselves and the next guy less, and that ends up serving no one. 

My Advice? Go Fetal & Stop Fighting

Some people don’t believe in astrology, the same way they believe that herbs don’t work, or Western medicine is better than Eastern, though Chinese medicine, for example, has been treating billions of people over many centuries. 

That’s cool if you don’t want to believe the paragraph-long horoscope you find in most newspapers. It’s actually a lot more complicated than that. But most sane people will admit that planets have strong gravitational pulls and act on us just as the Moon pulls the tides back and forth each day. 

In ten days’ time, we’ll be undergoing a pretty seismic shift, astrologically speaking. Saturn, planet of structure and planning, will go direct (it’s been retrograde since February 7th), while the planets Uranus and Pluto square one another. That’s a pretty big deal, since it happens only every 70 years or so. The last time is happened, the Great Depression was in full force, people were suffering everywhere, Adolph Hitler rose to power in Germany, and the entire world was plunged into war. Various economies were ruined, and took years to rebuild following an Allied victory. 

Which of course does mean that we should all quit living, go underground and drink beer all day while listening to Joy Division. But planets are bigger and stronger than we are individually. Chances are, if you’re not on the path the universe wants you to be on, it will not so subtly shoved you onto a better path ASAP. 

My advice?  Cooperate!

Going fetal for a bit may be the best bet, as long as you’re willing to listen to what’s going on in your heart and in the world at large. What you’re called to do right now you’re probably supposed to do, as long as it doesn’t involve harming yourself or other people. Stop fighting what’s more powerful, and learn to cooperate. That’s the message of this time in history. Don’t let “them” tell you that someone (some group, religion, or other target) is at fault for all your problems. Don’t be that easily manipulated. 

Instead, taking a temporarily passive stance, just long enough to listen to the sounds of your life calling, may well help to avert whatever darkness want to rise in the world. 

Catharsis

I’ve been writing a lot about the strange energy floating around for the past two and a half weeks or so, both in my own life and in many of my clients’. I’ve read people who are ready to chuck an old career and try a brand new road, some who are sick and trying to get better, and people who are just … confused and uncomfortable by all the change and uncertainty around them. 

True dat. The world is in the midst of some serious change. Mars and Saturn have been battling it out in the sky for a while now, and Uranus is in an applying square to Pluto, which will have major historical ramifications (June of this year should be interesting, as well as a few times next year). 

What has to come, when the world squeezes so hard, is a time of reckoning, when the tension gets so tough to bear that you either crack under the strain or go through a deeper kind of awakening. Of course, I prefer the latter path, and have found that catharsis is the natural antidote to this particular type of groundlessness and suffering. 

Maybe for you it’s a good cry, or releasing something (or someone) painful from your past. Maybe it’s letting go of memories that hurt to recall, or practices that aren’t working anymore. For you it could be a combination of these, or perhaps something completely different. All I know, and what I’m continually guided back to, is the need for us as a species to release at this time in our history. To purge our emotions and come back to ourselves renewed and purified. 

So get catharting!  Let it go. Release. Take a moment, relax every part of your body and watch the tension go.