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.