Pisces 09º: A jockey spurs his horse, intent on outdistancing his rivals.

12:57, 02.27.2015, Pisces 09º (late posting)

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PHASE 339 (PISCES 09º): A JOCKEY SPURS HIS HORSE, INTENT ON OUTDISTANCING HIS RIVALS.

KEYNOTE: Intense mobilization of energy and skill in the drive for success in any social performance affected by the competitive spirit.

Since the end of the archaic ages and the stressing of individualism, especially in our American society which worships the material images of "success," the desire to win any kind of "race" engenders an often-feverish release of energy controlled by technical skill and long practice. Wherever this symbol is found, it indicates the need to spur one's total being toward speedy attainment of whatever goal it may be.

This is the fourth symbol in the sixty-eigth series; its technical significance is quite evident. Every superfluous "weight," every unnecessary consideration is to be dismissed in the one-pointed attempt to reach one's social goal. SELF-QUICKENING may be the Keyword.

Girlcapsule's 2¢:

Pisces 08º: A girl blowing a bugle.

12:56, 02.27.2015, Pisces 09º (late posting)

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PHASE 338 (PISCES 08º): A GIRL BLOWING A BUGLE.

KEYNOTE: A call to participation in the service of the race, as an evolutionary crisis approaches.

This symbolic picture presents another aspect of the emotional relationship between the individual and the collectivity of human beings. It can also be related to the old feminist movement or the present women's liberation. In traditional symbolism the woman refers more specifically to the biological and psychic aspect of human life; she is see primarily as the mother, and/or the intuitive or "psychic" type of person. A new race of human beings may well be slowly unfolding some of its potential of consciousness and fulfillment. The individual who envisions this evolutionary development "sounds the call." He or she is both seer-herald and mutant. In that sense such a human being is both an individual true to his original nature and a dedicated person–dedicated to the future he or she holds in latency as does a seed in mutation.

At this third stage of the sixty-eighth five-fold sequence the two preceding phases blend in a new form of consecration of the individual to the Whole. Tomorrow acts through today; it SUMMONS men to rebirth.

Pisces 07º: Illumined by a shaft of light, a large cross lies on rocks surrounded by sea mist.

12:53, 02.28.2015, Pisces 09º (late posting)

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PHASE 337 (PISCES 07º): ILLUMINED BY A SHAFT OF LIGHT, A LARGE CROSS LIES ON ROCKS SURROUNDED BY SEA MIST.

KEYNOTE: The spiritual blessing which strengthens individuals who, happen what may, stand uncompromisingly for their own truth.

Men who do not depend upon collective values, traditions or support but seek at any cost to be true to their individual self and destiny almost inevitably face some kind of crucifixion. They are sustained only by the power within them,  to which a light above answers. The symbol tells us: "Be true to thine own self, and in the midst of the outer confusion displayed by those surrounding you, you will realize what you really are as an individual–a son of God." [no reference provided in original text]

This second stage symbol presents us with a  realization in polar opposition to that evoked by the preceding scene. It implies the supreme worth of a life guided by an inner voice and manifesting a high degree of SELF-ASSERTION.

Pisces 06º: A parade of army officers in full dress.

12:52, 02.28.2015, Pisces 09º (late posting)

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PHASE 336 (PISCES 06º): A PARADE OF ARMY OFFICERS IN FULL DRESS.

KEYNOTE: The dedication of human beings to the service of their community, and the assurance that it will be emotionally sustained by the people at large.

Here we see at work the emotion-rousing appeal of social activities which demand the surrendering by the individual of his personal way of life, his opinions and his comfort. The socializing process is pictured in all its intensity but what is implied even more is the support that the socialized person can expect from the collectivity if he is ready to act and to sacrifice himself for the nation or the group.

This is the first symbol of the sixty-eighth series. It allegorizes the power generated by a totally accepted and enforced collective discipline, and the exaltation and mass response which he who has achieved this self-surrender to a social tradition can expect in return. The Keyword is GROUP-RESPONSIBILITY.

Pisces 05º: A church bazaar.

12:51, 02.28.2015, Pisces 09º (late posting)

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PHASE 335 (PISCES 05º): A CHURCH BAZAAR.

KEYNOTE: The value of giving a spiritual or transcendent sanction to even to most commonplace interchanges between social persons and individual minds.

This is the last of the five symbols emphasizing the interaction between people constituting a social group, small or large. It brings in the element of religious sanctions. The purpose of any organized religion is primarily to meet the need of giving a more permanent significance to interpersonal relationships within the framework of a particular way of life and culture. It helps to keep the society "whole" by making it "holy"–at least in principle and ideal. It justifies human behavior by blessing it with a divine Revelation of what is good and valuable. It idealizes biological and social needs by ritualizing them.

This ends the sixty-seventh five-fold sequence on a note of RITUALIZED BENEFICENCE. It stresses the possibility of the "Presence of God" in even the most material human activities.

Pisces 04º: Heavy car traffic on a narrow isthmus linking two seashore resorts.

12:50, 02.28.2015, Pisces 09º (late posting)

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PHASE 334 (PISCES 04º): HEAVY CAR TRAFFIC ON A NARROW ISTHMUS LINKING TWO SEASHORE RESORTS.

KEYNOTE: The mobility and intensity of interchanges which make possible and characterize complex social processes.

Here we see the concept of commerce and social interaction in a new form. What is stressed is the need to establish unceasing dynamic relationships between all aspects and functions of the social life. The more complex the relationships, the more dynamic and restless the society. In this symbol the "isthmus" refers to a geographic situation found near San Diego, California, where these Sabian symbols were produced–also in Florida and elsewhere. A narrow strip of land separates the sea from a lagoon and on this strip, houses are built and roads are constantly filled with moving cars. The proximity of the sea stresses the collective nature of social experiences and of what may appear to be "individual" achievements.

This fourth stage symbol evokes many aspects of what at several levels can be called TRAFFIC. The technique for achieving social results is always based on an interchange of ideas and interplay of activities. Often, however, confusion ensues and traffic jams are ever-present possibilities.

Pisces 03º: Petrified tree trunks lie broken on desert sand.

12:49, 02.28.2015, Pisces 09º (late posting)

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PHASE 333 (PISCES 03º): PETRIFIED TREE TRUNKS LIE BROKEN ON DESERT SAND.

KEYNOTE: The power to preserve records of their achievements which is inherent in fully matured cultures.

When a vast group of men succeed in building a culture with strong institutions which express themselves in significant symbols and works of art or literature, such an effort of many generations is rarely lost altogether. In one form or another, records of this culture endure or are mysteriously preserved, simply because they reveal the place and function of this particular culture in the long process of unfoldment of the potentialities inherent in archetypal MAN. It is such a concept that has been mythified and popularized in the religious idea of the resurrection of the dead on the Last Day. The symbol of petrified wood in the Arizona desert, however, tells us that the actual preservation of the records is never perfect or total. Only fragments remain, significant enough to reveal the essential archetypal form.

This third symbol of the sixty-seventh five-fold sequence brings the promise of social immortality–i.e. the preservation of the enduring (because archetypally meaningful) factors in whatever man attempts within his culture. A symbol of INDESTRUCTIBILITY. 

Pisces 02º: A squirrel hiding from hunters.

16:06, 02.21.2015, Pisces 02º

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PHASE 332 (PISCES 02º): A SQUIRREL HIDING FROM HUNTERS.

KEYNOTE: The individual's need both to ensure his future subsistence and to protect himself from aggressive social elements.

The squirrel not only has to hide and store food for the winter, but to be on the lookout for the dangers involved in gathering this food supply. Social processes always cast strong shadows. The individual is never certain of being safe among his fellow-men, once the process of individualization–with its negative aspects, competition, social aggressively and greed–forces the breakdown of the organic tribal state of mankind during the archaic ages.

This second stage symbol contrasts with the first. It warns of the dangers of life in society during an era of exacerbated individualism, when violence is a possibility never to be dismissed. The need for SELF-PROTECTION and caution is ever present.

Girlcapsule's–2¢:

I am feeling drawn into this process in a new way lately–that is to wait a few days and then do a catching-up. I feel the impact is very much more powerful in terms of following a kind of mind-yoga, and actually being able to track the echoes of the various threads that lay themselves out side by side. Like weaving Indra's net with infinite care.

It seems to me that my invitation to this process, entitled "Protean Ponderings," has allowed my current focus on trans-dimensional "contact" scenarios to blossom through the prism of these Sabian symbols (symbols linked to the Babylonian culture,) to find a kind of wonky output of insight– Rudhyarian-style circa 1973. Which, by the way, is also my year of birth.

Pisces 01º: In a crowded marketplace farmers and middlemen display a great variety of products.

15:53, 02.21.2015, Pisces 02º (late posting)

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SCENE TWENTY-THREE: FEDERATION
(Pisces 01º to Pisces 16º)

FIRST LEVEL: ACTIONAL

PHASE 331 (PISCES 01º): IN A CROWDED MARKETPLACE FARMERS AND MIDDLEMEN DISPLAY A GREAT VARIETY OF PRODUCTS.

KEYNOTE: The process of commingling and interchange which at all levels demonstrates the health of a community.

In any twelve-fold division of a complete cycle (for instance the 12 zodiacal signs and the 12 Houses of a birth chart) the twelfth section often has been given a negative significance. It can refer to oppressive conditions as it represents a "closing of accounts," a final evaluation of the harvest of the cycle a man reaps what he has sown. But it may also be honors, social prestige, the interests of well-managed wealth. In this twenty-fourth scene what is stressed is the coming together, in a final experience of community, of all factors previously experienced; this means constructive interaction and an interchange of the products of social activity. In a practical sense, the symbol, whenever it is found, emphasizes that the time has come to take full advantage of the social opportunities to bargain and to trade.

This is the first stage of the process related to the sixty-seventh five-fold sequence of symbols. It refers to all that can be gained from social interplay and especially, in the broader sense of the word, from COMMERCE.

Aquarius 30º: Deeply rooted in the past of a very ancient culture...

15:22, 02.21.2015, Pisces 02º (late posting)

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PHASE 330: (AQUARIUS 30º): DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE PAST OF A VERY ANCIENT CULTURE, A SPIRITUAL BROTHERHOOD IN WHICH MANY INDIVIDUAL MINDS ARE MERGED INTO THE GROWING LIGHT OF A UNANIMOUS CONSCIOUSNESS IS REVEALED TO ONE WHO HAS EMERGED SUCCESSFULLY FROM HIS METAMORPHOSIS.

KEYNOTE: The ability for the person with an open mind and a deep feeling for self-transcendence to come in contact with higher forms of existence.

The originally recorded Sabian symbol stated: "The field of Ardith in bloom," which referred to a scene in an occult novel by Marie Corelli centering upon ancient Babylon. The reference may well have been a "blind" inasmuch as Marc Jones has stressed his inner contact with a Brotherhood with Babylonian (or "Sabian") roots. A spiritual Brotherhood constitutes a state of "multi-unity"–i.e. a multiplicity of individuals, if one things of the paths they trod to reach their final metamorphosis, but a unity of consciousness and "Soul"–thus unanimity ("anima" meaning Soul). In this spiritual Whole each unit is a recognizable "form" or entity if one looks at it with the eyes of personality; but when seen through a unified spiritual vision or from a distance, the Whole appears to be one single area of radiant light. Similarly, when studied by the modern physicist, light can be apprehended either as a stream of identifiable particles (photons) or as one continuous wave. Whether it is seen as one or the other depends on the point of view.

This is the last and culminating symbol of Scene Twenty-two of the cyclic ritual. This is indeed a fitting symbol, as the number 22 symbolizes all forms of mastery. At any level, it is a symbol of spiritual group fulfillment–of CONSCIOUS TOTALITY OF BEING.

Aquarius 29º: A butterfly emerging from a chrysalis.

15:08, 02.21.2015, Pisces 02º (late posting)

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PHASE 329 (AQUARIUS 29º): A BUTTERFLY EMERGING FROM A CHRYSALIS.

KEYNOTE: The capacity to utterly transform the character of one's consciousness by radically altering the structural patterns of everyday living and the types of relationships one enters upon.

This is the second time within a very short span of the cycle that the butterfly symbol appears (cf. Aquarius 25º). Here what is emphasized is the process of metamorphosis itself. It is the fourth symbol of a five-fold sequence and it stresses the essential character of the activity required at this stage of the cycle; i.e. nothing short of a complete renewal of all the implications of being alive as a human individual would do. A radical change is needed. At this stage, this change is individual and mental, and it should be seen against the background of humanity as a whole. What is revealed is the potential ability of every human being to participate in a higher realm of evolution AFTER his or her emergence from a critical state of transition.

At this fourth stage of the sixty-fifth sub cycle the Keyword is METAMORPHOSIS. In spiritual terms, this implies "Initiation," i.e. entering a higher real of conscious existence and there joining a sacred Company.

Aquarius 28º: A tree felled and sawed to ensure a supply of wood for the winter.

15:45, 02.18.2015, Wednesday∞Aquarius 28º

Ganesha of Westmarch

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PHASE 328 (AQUARIUS 28º): A TREE FELLED AND SAWED TO ENSURE A SUPPLY OF WOOD FOR THE WINTER.

KEYNOTE: Knowledge and skill used in its natural surroundings for the satisfaction of vital basic needs.

This symbol combines, as it were, the implications represented in the two preceding ones. It relates to natural living in the human capacity to prepare for the future and to use both physical strength and mental ingenuity. In meeting the hardships inherent in an existence close to nature, strength, efficiency and intelligence are needed, but they are incorporated in a life in which every act can be part of a harmonic and beautiful ritual permeated with deep significance.

This is the third in the sixty-sixth five-fold series of symbols. It refers to the efficient use of natural resources for insuring man's well-being. Such a use is based on INTELLIGENT FORESIGHT.


Girlcapsule's∞2¢:

Holy smoke. I'm starting to think Rudhyar was a cultural prankster among other emergent qualities.

Aquarius 27º: An ancient pottery bowl filled with fresh flowers.

15:29, 02.18.2015, Wednesday∞Aquarius 28º (late posting)

Note to self: Red Book of Westmarch–YouTube video schnap-schot  ;)

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PHASE 327 (AQUARIUS 27º): AN ANCIENT POTTERY BOWL FILLED WITH FRESH FLOWERS.

KEYNOTE: The importance of traditional skills and artistic values deeply rooted in man's instinctive feelings as frames of reference for man's most authentic emotions.

This symbol contrasts  with the preceding one just as personal reticence and a simple love of natural beauty contrast with the rush, bawdiness and intellectual efficiency characterizing so much of our modern existence. Violets have often been considered symbols of modest and humility–values which were understood to be the mark of true womanhood…long ago, it seems!

In this symbol we see pictured the dependence of the purest feelings of natural living upon the traditions within which they find their most adequate and effective setting. It is a symbol of DELICACY OF FEELING.

Aquarius 26º: A garage man testing a car's battery with a hydrometer.

15:27, 02.18.2015, Wednesday∞Aquarius 28º (late posting)

Featuring: Boulder Opal 

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THIRD LEVEL: INDIVIDUAL—MENTAL

PHASE 326 (AQUARIUS 26º): A GARAGE MAN TESTING A CAR'S BATTERY WITH A HYDROMETER.

KEYNOTE: Skill in applying knowledge of natural laws to the solution of everyday problems resulting from life in our technological society.

Here we see a man using his analytical mind to check up on the operation of the machine his inventive genius produced. This simple commonplace operation is used here as an indication of how deeply technology involves us in small matters, yet matters which in some circumstances could make the difference between life and death—i.e. a mechanical failure in a car on a crowded freeway. The need for "management" therefore is seen to affect every detail of our individual lives; this applies as well to the complexities of interpersonal, social or political relationships, because our modern society is indeed like a  huge machine speeding on dangerous ground. Safety depends on available power.

This is the first of five degree symbols in the sixty-sixth sequence. It tells us that we constantly need the use of our intellectual power of observation and analysis to check on the effectiveness of the energies at our disposal. It is a symbol of MENTAL EFFICIENCY.

Aquarius 25º: A butterfly with the right wing more perfectly formed.

15:15, 02.18.2015, Wednesday∞Aquarius 28º (late posting)

Why are we all so crazy?

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PHASE 325 (AQUARIUS 25º): A BUTTERFLY WITH THE RIGHT WING MORE PERFECTLY FORMED.

KEYNOTE: The capacity to develop the rational and fully conscious aspect of the mind ahead of normal evolution.

What seems implied is a kind of mutation, and more specifically the special development of whatever is symbolized by the "right side" of the organism. Here, however, the spiritual body (the butterfly) is what the Image represents. A strong process of conscious individualization is suggested, perhaps at the expense of the instinctual-emotional aspect of the personality (its "left side").

This last symbol fittingly concludes this sixty-fifth sequence, which began with "A disappointed woman…" The five-fold set deals with the management of human energies at the emotional level; here management means overcoming–this, on the basis of negative or ego-challenging experiences. This fifth symbol refers thus to the results of a TRANSMUTATION OF EMOTIONAL ENERGIES.

Aquarius 24º: A man, having overcome his passions, teaches deep wisdom in terms of his experience.

15:05, 02.18.2015, Wednesday †Aquarius 28º (late posting)

Tribute to Jung

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PHASE 324 (AQUARIUS 24º): A MAN, HAVING OVERCOME HIS PASSIONS, TEACHES DEEP WISDOM IN TERMS OF HIS EXPERIENCE.

KEYNOTE: The constructive use to which difficult past experiences can be put as examples for those what are still striving to overcome their passions.

Every type of experience can be made to serve a spiritual purpose. Every man or woman, however humble his or her status, can be an example to younger people who are still struggling to overcome or control the compulsive drives of their emotional-biological natures. Who ever has managed a difficult performance contributes to the collective wisdom of his community and of mankind. Every achievement is to be passed on to those who may be inspired by it to greater and more adequate efforts.

At this fourth stage of the sixty-fourth sub cycle we are given a never-to-be-forgotten hint: it is the responsibility of anyone who has taken one step ahead in his evolution to help others to take that step. This is true education. The Keyword is COMMUNICABILITY.

Aquarius 23º: A big bear sitting down and waving all its paws.

14:55, 02.18.2015, Aquarius 28º (late posting)

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THIRD LEVEL: INDIVIDUAL—MENTAL

PHASE 323 (AQUARIUS 23º): A BIG BEAR SITTING DOWN AND WAVING ALL OF ITS PAWS.

KEYNOTE: The self-discipline which results from an intelligent development of individual faculties under proper training.

What constitutes the proper training of children or animals is like a complex and much-disputed problem. The symbol seems to state simply that powerful life energies can be trained adequately–the implication or extension of the idea being that no training is really successful unless it leads to the realization of the value and power of self-discipline. We are constantly faced with situations which, whether we are aware of it or not, are in fact training situation; God or the Soul is the trainer. Much depends on the attitudes we assume in these situations.

This is the third symbol in the sixty-fifth sequence. We see in it the outcome of what is suggested in the two preceding ones. Character and a warm "under-standing" of what is involved in the process of growth and overcoming of emotional heaviness can be taught. We can learn to discipline our natural impulses and to use them for a more-than-personal purpose. This is DISCIPLESHIP in the true sense of the term.

Girlcapsule's—2¢:

I feel that this archetype of calling someone's individual opinion their (his/her) "two cents"
has a kind of life of its own.

Aquarius 22º: A rug is placed on the floor of a nursery to allow children to play in comfort and warmth.

09:48, 02.12.2015, Aquarius 23º (late posting)

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PHASE 322 (AQUARIUS 22º): A RUG IS PLACED ON THE FLOOR OF A NURSERY TO ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN COMFORT AND WARMTH.

KEYNOTE: The warmth of understanding which comes to those who, early in life, are open to new possibilities.

Man is never left without assistance when eagerly seeking to grow emotionally and spiritually. Even if he does not consciously realize the intent and value of what sustains his self-development and cushions the shocks which life provides his growth in understanding, still the assistance is there. He may think: No one understands me. But the understanding is there if he does not egotistically take for granted that life and society owe him everything.

This second stage symbol contrasts the kindness inherent in so many of life's situations with the tragic feeling of disillusionment represented by the first stage symbol. Through a warm APPRECIATION of basic opportunities and even small comforts, we can safely and happily grow into personal maturity.

Girlcapsule's 2¢:     I give gratitude

...sometimes giggling

Nietzsche's Chiron?

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Dali Tarot Universal

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Robert Moss collection of quotes