Aquarius 17°: A watchdog stands guard, protecting his master and his possessions.

18:04, 02.09.2015, Aquarius 19° (late posting)

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PHASE 317 (AQUARIUS 17°): A WATCHDOG STANDS GUARD, PROTECTING HIS MASTER AND HIS POSSESSIONS.

KEYNOTE: The development of the capacity to protect oneself and to safeguard one's individual rights under complex social pressures.

What seems to be implied in this symbol, considering its position in the entire cycle, is that under present-day social conditions the individual person needs protection against the ever-growing encroachments of society upon his theoretically recognized right to lead a private life free from public interference. Seen in this light the symbol stands in contrast to the preceding one depicting the power of big business and the totalitarian implications of large-scale organization. At a deeper occult level of interpretation it also reveals the need to protect oneself against "astral" intrusions and perhaps "black magic," the more so as one ventures into supernormal states of consciousness. It is said that the Adept trains certain subhuman entities ("Elementals") to protect him. The Christian religion speaks of Guardian Angels in a related sense.

At this second stage we see the individual able to master natural energies which he enlists in his service, so he may pursue his individualized work of destiny in security. This is another aspect of the relationship of individual-to-society. Individuals of course do also seek to rob or injure other persons, but the state of affairs resulting from a society glorifying competition, ambition and success at any cost is largely responsible for individual violence. The more creative the person, the greater is his or her NEED FOR PROTECTION.

Aquarius 16°: A big businessman at his desk.

17:50, 02.09.2015, Aquarius 19° (late posting)




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SCENE TWENTY-TWO: MANAGEMENT
(Aquarius 16° to Aquarius 30°)

PHASE 316 (AQUARIUS 16°): A BIG BUSINESSMAN AT HIS DESK.

KEYNOTE: The ability to organize the many aspects of an enterprise involving a large group of human beings.

A great deal of what is glowingly written about the Aquarian Age is probably sheer glamor. The New Age should be one in which man learns to use the power generated by human togetherness and group interplay—that is, to use it harmoniously for the welfare of the whole of which all individuals are parts, humanity and the planet Earth. This has never been achieved and only vary rarely attempted. Mankind today must make a thorough and irresistible attempt, or be nearly destroyed—except for a creative "remnant" of seed-persons who would have to begin again from new foundations. In the field of big business, of huge war undertakings (like the Normandy landing in World War II) or of major national efforts (like the Moon landings) great results have been achieved, but the motive and the quality of the human interrelationships involved were neither of permanent significance nor invested with a truly harmonic quality. The character of techniques used were totally unsatisfactory from a "human" point of view. Nevertheless there is much to learn from modern large-scale management and systems analysis, even in terms of personal endeavors of very limited scope.

This is the first stage in the sixty-fourth five-fold subcycle. It introduces the concept of management which is basic at this period of the cyclic life process which the zodiac symbolizes, yet which needs to be totally reevaluated if mankind is to actualize the spiritual potentialities implied in the evolutionary transformation just ahead. ORGANIZATION should be the Keyword, rather than mere "organization"; for humanity now can and should realize that it is indeed an "organism."

Aquarius 15°: Two lovebirds sitting on a fence and singing happily.

17:42, 02.09.2015, Aquarius 19° (late posting)

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PHASE 315 (AQUARIUS 15°): TWO LOVEBIRDS SITTING ON A FENCE AND SINGING HAPPILY.

KEYNOTE: The blessing bestowed upon personal achievements by the spiritually fulfilled consciousness of the Soul.

This symbol can be interpreted at various levels of significance, but it evidently suggests a state of being in which two complementary aspects of spiritual reality—however we may conceive them—are united; this union results in happiness or bliss (ananda). As the two birds are "sitting on a fence," and a fence separates two fields or gardens, the implication is that the separative consciousness of the ego can thus be blessed, perhaps as a spiritual reward for long-sustained and well-done work.

This is the last symbol of the sixty-third five-fold sequence which completes Scene Twenty-one. Inner happiness is seen to be the reward for all individuals who have made a valuable "contribution" to their community or to mankind as a whole. In its highest aspect this happiness is indeed BEATITUDE.

Aquarius 14°: A train entering a tunnel.

17:32, 02.09.2015, Aquarius 19° (late posting)

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PHASE 314 (AQUARIUS 14°): A TRAIN ENTERING A TUNNEL.

KEYNOTE: The ability to short-cut the process of natural evolution by the exercise of will, mental skill and physical discipline.

In this symbol we see a condensation of what is implied in the three preceding ones. Man must be inspired by a vision of what is possible for him to achieve; he has to organize a schedule of necessary activities if the work is to be done in terms of successive moves, each requiring a specialized type of skill and strength (i.e. a hierarchy of functions); he has to find a propitious time for beginning the work. The end result is an acceleration of the evolutionary process, whether at the psychobiological level (that of a yoga and other similar disciplines) or at the social level, i.e. the level at which, in its external aspect, civilization proceeds.

This fourth stage symbol presents a picture of what can be achieved by a combination of social and cultural, and even personal, techniques. It implies the possibility of shortening the length of time needed for progress by cutting through obstacles and delays. The Keyword is

PENETRATION.

Aquarius 13°: A barometer.

09:36, 02.04.2015, Aquarius 13°




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PHASE 313 (AQUARIUS 13°): A BAROMETER.

KEYNOTE: The ability to discover basic natural facts that allow us to plan in advance for action.

Here we are no longer dealing with ascent or descent, but with natural laws which involve causal relationships and the passage of one natural condition into another. The barometer registers air pressure, and a change of pressure today gives some indication of what the weather will be tomorrow. In a sense this is the modern scientific equivalent of archaic prognostication through omens. Likewise, animals grow a more or less thick fur in early autumn according to whether the winter will be more or less severe. Planning for the near future is a possibility because the potential (or seed) of the future is already operating at the core of the present.

This third symbol of the sixty-third sequence tells us that it is most important to seek—by whatever means and at whatever levels of consciousness—a knowledge of causal progression. In the broadest sense this implies an awareness of cyclic processes, and this includes astrology. The Keyword is ANTICIPATION.

Girlcapsule's —2¢:

For example, at about the age of 42 something happens in a common way. In recent years it has become referred to (by my peers,) as Uranus—Opposition. For a Douglas Adams fan who is also a total mystic—newbie full of questions and metaphysically adorable magical ponderings. At age 42ish you begin to wake up to a depth of personal wisdom that is opening also into a more collective alchemical cauldron that some call the process of globalization. My peers sometimes say {[or try to say ;):// Noösphere.

It is in these moments (speaking as one who has just "officially", in an astrological planetary-tracking sense, joined the Uranus—Opposition,) it seems to me I can experience myself as that spark thrown out from the Big Bang as a strange monkey—worm representative of what?

ALSO: sampleImage://note2self://capture the castle —2¢

Aquarius 12°: On a vast staircase stand people of different types, graduated upward.

16:21, 02.03.2015, Aquarius 12°

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PHASE 312 (AQUARIUS 12°): ON A VAST STAIRCASE STAND PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT TYPES, GRADUATED UPWARD.

KEYNOTE: The necessity of recognizing differences of types and levels of development wherever human beings live and work together.

This symbol obviously refers to the ascending process of evolution of life forms and consciousness. It seems to apply especially to the fact that differences of levels exist among human beings. The ideal of equalitarianism has to be balanced by a realization that hierarchy of levels is a fact of nature. Each person should be aware of the level at which he (or she) stands, even as he strives to move toward a higher one. He should look up for inspiration and examples, while helping the human beings of the next lower level to reach up. This is the great give-and-take of evolution, and it applies to sociocultural evolution as well as to the progression of biological species.

At this second stage of the sixty-third sequence we find a symbol of "ascent," contrasting with the preceding one which implied a "descent" of spiritual forces. It warns us against sentimentally overstressing our Western equalitarianism which essentially applies to the spiritual core of all individual persons, considered "sons of God" or spiritual monads. Every human being is potentially divine as an individual person, but THE NATURAL PROGRESSION OF STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS is an unavoidable reality to accept at the social-mental level.

Girlcapsule's —2¢:


What an interesting symbol to contemplate. I love that the alternative to "sons of God" is offered as "spiritual monads". What a great term.

Aquarius 11°: During a silent hour, a man receives a new inspiration which may change his life.

14:37, 02.02.2015, Aquarius 11°

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THIRD LEVEL: INDIVIDUAL—MENTAL

PHASE 311 (AQUARIUS 11°): DURING A SILENT HOUR, A MAN RECEIVES A NEW INSPIRATION WHICH MAY CHANGE HIS LIFE.

KEYNOTE: The need to rely upon inner inspiration and guidance at the start of new developments.

What is implied here is the essential value of keeping open to the descent of spiritual or Soul forces, especially when a new period of individual activity is about to begin. The individual should not depend mainly on outer circumstances and on traditional—and in a sense external, because collectively formulated—incentives. There is a creative power within, a power that can be tapped, or rather that should be allowed to flow into the brain-consciousness or the hands which write or fashion materials into original forms.

This is the first stage in the sixty-third sequence of five phases of activity. It refers to the OVERSHADOWING of the individual consciousness by an inner, yet transcendent, Power.

Girlcapsule's 2¢:

Change is happening quickly, doesn't it seem?

Quickly enough for me, at least. I wonderwhatnots too often now. Like suchandsuch...and really? nothing else? gasp.

The thing that amuses me in a popcornpopping of some broader groking, is the depth of a kind of trance state that comes slipping up, saturating my eye's and I know.

That is I notice a knowticing. An aligning of sorts, one might say, for example: nothing is as beautiful as seeing something so enticing as space and form pressing itself through with every breath this is one tribute

#childhood enchanting #sanjayPatel—artist: lower left corner; #taschen #spellbound #kamasutra #kiss