Aries 16º: Nature spirits are seen at work in the light of sunset.

21:12, 04.07.2015, Aries 16º

pp. 62-63     AN ASTROLOGICAL MANDALA, by Dane Rudhyar (1973)

SCENE TWO: POTENCY
(Aries 16º to Aries 30º)

FIRST LEVEL: ACTIONAL

PHASE 16 (ARIES 16º): NATURE SPIRITS ARE SEEN AT WORK IN THE LIGHT OF SUNSET.

KEYNOTE: Attunement to the potency of invisible forces of nature.

In the light of personal fulfillment (symbol of sunset and wisdom) man may be able to establish a life-giving contact with natural forces. These are active any time growth processes take place, but man's individualized mind is usually too focused on working for consciously set goals to be able to realize concretely the presence of invisible (or "occult") forces in operation. These forces constitute a specific realm of any planetary life. They are inherent in all "biospheres," on whatever planet. They are nonindividualized and unfree energies forming in the substratum of all life processes—thus of the process of integration at the level of the planet-as-a-whole, i.e. the planet as an organism with its automatic systems of growth, maintenance and organic multiplication. In this planetary organism those nature forces act as guiding and balancing-harmonizing factors—somewhat as the endocrine system does in a human body, and behind this system the more occult web of chakra energies related to prana—the solar energy. It is when this energy becomes less dominant—thus symbolically at sunset—or when the body energy is weakened by illness, fasting or sensory deprivation, that it becomes easier to perceive these "nature spirits" and to give them forms that symbolize the character of their activities. These forms differ with the cultural imagery of each human collectivity, retaining nevertheless some basically similar characteristics.

When this Sabian symbol reaches into the consciousness of a man seeking meaning, it should be seen as an invitation to open his mind to the possibility of approaching life in a holistic and non rational, intuitive manner.

This is the first stage of the fourth five-fold sequence of cyclic phases. it implies a call to REPOTENTIALIZATION. What this means also is the process of "becoming like a little child."

Girlcapsule's—2¢:

I am fascinated by the mention of the process of witnessing first spirit entities, then clothing them in the thought-form most appropriate to their activity. This reminds me of the story of Findhorn in Scotland. One of the co-founder's, referred to as R.O.C., claims to have been met by the god Pan and meeting other mythically clothed spirit entities as he worked on the project known as Findhorn.

I have not yet encountered such a being, not in waking state. I do believe these energies can come towards us in such a manner—there are many of these kinds of experiences recorded that have been experienced by crowds of individuals together, and not limited to only one person's perception. I am so curious about these events. What might catalyze such a moment? Is this something to be worked with, or something to avoid? What agency does a person have in such a moment?