pp. 249-250 AN ASTROLOGICAL MANDALA, by Dane Rudhyar (1973)
PHASE 302 (AQUARIUS 02°): AN UNEXPECTED THUNDERSTORM.
KEYNOTE: The need to develop the inner security which will enable us to meet unexpected crises.
An interesting connection can be made between the symbols for Taurus 01° and 02°—"A clear mountain stream" and "An electrical storm"—and those for Aquarius 01° and 02°, two hundred and seventy degrees apart (a "waning" square, in terms of a cycle of relationship such as the lunation cycle). In the first case we deal with energies or activities that can be related to the natural development of the individual. But here we are primarily concerned with social, collective processes and the function of the individual within them. The symbol itself—"An unexpected thunderstorm"—could be given a very positive meaning in an arid environment, but the emphasis on "unexpected" tends to accent the sudden and dangerous character of the event. Such a thunderstorm in a region of dry hills can cause a devastating flood. At any rate, it refers to an event for which one is not prepared—a menace to men's works.
Seen as a second stage symbol—thus in contrast to the preceding one—this scene stresses the fact that nature may reduce to impermanence the seemingly most permanent endeavors and constructive activities of men. Under a downpour of rain, adobe brick can return to mud. All human institutions and their achievements can be washed away, even in their day of great glory. "Dust you were, dust you must become." This is NATURE'S CHALLENGE.
Girlcapsule's Response:
The nature of the evolutionary process will always include cataclysm and metamorphosis. My question is: what more is possible that we have yet to entertain?
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