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Insights, Inspirations & Forecast:
A special event is destined to occur today. Specifically, it is the Sun conjunct Uranus in Gemini. The last time this occurred was June 17, 1948. It was the 7th conjunction of the Sun and Uranus in Gemini, the first of which began on May 22, 1942. That was the day that Mexico declared war against the Axis powers, joining the Allied Forces. Of course, many things occur in the world on any given day, yet it is those having a collective impact that get the press.
The Sun illuminates and energizes whatever it connects with, both literally and symbolically, as with astrological aspects it makes, such as this conjunction, which means that from our geocentric position, the Sun shares the same longitude as Uranus. Although far in the background, any planet in the solar system can be understood to be within the domain and under the influence and authority of the Sun. While the solar system is populated with many planets, moons, asteroids, comets, meteors, and so on, its radiation not only pervades every object in the solar system, (even at the farthest reaches which extend outward in a spherical field about 3 times the distance of Pluto), it also constitutes 99% of the mass of the entire solar system!
So, the Sun illuminates everything in its domain, and Uranus is symbolically associated with illumination in terms of intuitive awakening and realization. Epiphanies, eurekas, and any other sort of sudden flash of insight, understanding, visionary awareness and awakening is symbolically associated with Uranus.
Thus, together the Sun and Uranus are indeed powerful.
However, there is also a downside to the combination, which in its more negative sense, tends to inflate the ego. So, it ranges from inspired visionary and creative genius, on one hand, to narcissistic tyrant on the other. In some cases, both extremes can be recognized as operative. Perhaps the sweet spot would produce a highly intelligent, if radical and unpredictable personality, who can be generally categorized as a benevolent dictator.
It is noteworthy that Donald J. Trump has a close alignment of Uranus and the Sun in his birth Chart.
A golden rule in Astrology, as is true of every aspect of life, is that every case must be assessed on its own ground. ‘Pat’ and conclusive interpretations based on factors that are not in context to ‘the whole’ will always prove inadequate in the whole sense. This all-important factor can be described as the paradoxical fact that existence is ultimately subjective, and all notions of objectivity are ultimately illusory. This is at least true in terms of personal experience and meaning, without which existence is empty and without purpose.
In fact, neuroscientists will assert that no person or creature of any kind or size lives in and experiences the world, but only the experience of the processes of their brain, or perceptual apparatus. The implication of this understanding is immense and effectively renders every truth to be subject to personal belief, bias and meaning. Thus, no person or group ‘knows’, or has ever known or will ever know ‘the truth’, no matter how much their ego is determined to convince you that they see reality as ‘it is’.
We each personally and collectively perceive reality as we are inclined by our nature and our conditioning. Even facts become relative, based on their contextual meaning and importance. According to both the far reaches of mysticism and science alike, they must confess that the solidity of the physical world is ultimately an illusion.
Where this understanding gets really interesting is that matter is not only ultimately a form of energy, in a more essential sense yet, this so-called energy can be correctly understood to be intelligent based on the reality that the very manifestation of the material existence reveals supreme levels of intelligence. In this regard, the essence of existence is not merely energy; it is more accurately understood to be regarded as MIND or consciousness. So, energy itself is neither entirely real because it is consciousness, which cannot be reduced to energy alone. Thus, consciousness itself transcends notions of energy alone and can be understood to find its source in what can best be described as pure SPIRIT. In turn, pure SPIRIT can be described as LIGHT.
This essential consciousness or MIND as the expression of SPIRIT can be further described as intelligent, intentional, creative, and purposeful, at least. Upon observation of the natural world, notions of random, arbitrary chance begin to sound like the ravings of insanity. Ironically, that remains the position of the paradigm of materialism under which mainstream science finds its authority. Yet, the advance of science is currently breaking free or being ejected from the materialistic paradigm and is moving progressively to that of holism, which happens to be the paradigm of Astrology.
To illustrate this point more clearly, watch this 2.5-minute video (on Facebook) – The Pulse of the Universe by Jason Padgett. Some of the terms and sophisticated mathematics might be beyond your scope of knowledge, but the essence of what is shared should prove quite clear. Also, pay close attention to the imagery from the 1-minute point and the next 35 seconds following it. What you will see there are glimpses of the very design construct of an astrological chart, or a circle divided into equal portions, especially by 4, or a horizontal line crossed by a vertical. Incidentally, the cross is symbolic of matter, as with the 4 Elements, directions and so on…, and the circle that encases it is symbolic of SPIRIT, and the cross encased by the circle is the symbol of Earth.
Hopefully, this brief explanation has served to illuminate your mind and activate the illuminating realities of intuitive epiphany and the eureka of sudden awakening associated with how and why Astrology works, because this knowledge is essential to this understanding. Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg, yet if understood correctly, you will realize that true science is not based on materialism, but on spirituality and what can be described as spiritual science, or scientific spirituality. However you are inclined to understand it, the holistic nature of existence is intelligent, intentional, purposeful and creative, and you are an expression of it, and it is also what Astrology, or the symbolic, archetypal language code that it is, is all about.
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