Dawnings

‘We humans see so clearly in retrospect I don’t know  why evolution hasn’t grown a fourth eye in the back of our skulls.’

* Nature’s carvings in limestone revealed at Rye ocean beach when the tide was out. January 2007.

We enjoy an immense diversity of festivals and traditions on our planet. As we gradually merge into a Global village, some of these traditions take on a more Universal flavour. February 14th is the tradition of Valentine’s Day. It was originally designed for women who sought a partner, to approach the free men of the tribe/clan/village with an invitation to romance. My own memory includes women being able to propose marriage. If the man refused, he had to buy the lady in question a pair of white gloves. Since I am now officially in the ‘impossible’ age group for marriage proposals, I’m not sure what I would do with a pair of white gloves.  If they’re cotton I suppose I could clean with them. If they are winter gloves – fine, I can use those. Gardening white gloves seem a tad impractical. Ho hum, methinks I’ll just muse about it all from a distance. Zooming out to the greater Cosmos, the astrology is quite intriguing.  The heavens seem to be supporting this quaint old tradition.From the 13th to the 15th February 2007, there is a Yod formed by, yes, Venus and Mars in Sextile, both quintile (150 degrees) retrograde Saturn.  This is a perfect setup for an arranged marriage or a ‘shotgun’ wedding supervised by a stern parent. Or a classic Romeo and Juliet story. We have the (probably deliberate) synchronicity of the world wide publicity of the intertwined skeletons found recently. What a story those two could tell! A ‘Yod’ according to esoterica, is ‘the Finger of God’, the geometric design depicting our Covenant with the Divine. It links Venus (the closest mentor of the Divine within us on Urth) and Mars (the lowest common denominator of evolution residing here.)  In Mundane astrology they are depicted as female and male. In the cosmic sense, these two describe the Higher Mind (Venus) and Action (Mars). 

Women all over the world, in every culture, shake their heads in disbelief at the ‘unthinking’ behaviour of men who seem more action oriented than thoughtful. Men, complain about women talking and thinking with a reduced capacity for practical activity. Getting both together in Love and Wisdom, the overall theme of our Solar Village, is held in tension (like guy ropes to a tent), by Father Time and Fate/destiny ruling Saturn.

Saturn is in Leo, and the rulers of the world are definitely facing an increased tension between thought and action. The opportunity (sextile) is there, to bring the two together. 

Venus is in Pisces, (Spiritual Sensitivity and…rain) and here in Melbourne, Australia, we are now facing the reality of being in a rain shadow. This has most probably been aggravated by the destruction of the rainforest buffer in the Ottway ranges to our West. In the past, when those fronts swept across from Adelaide, they brought us rain. Since decimating the rainforest, we have clouds racing over the city and narry a drop of water falls. Further east, in Gippsland, 134 mm of rain fell from the same cloud mass this weekend. Thanks. Devastating for Melbourne.

Mars is in Capricorn: Governments, politics, decisions and Hierarchical actions. The thrusts in politics in USA and Australia are sparking feuds. The lads are frisky and sparring. There are lots of ways of interpreting this one. I’m sure someone will pick up on the battle between a woman and a man running for President of the USA. Here in Australia we have a man/woman team confronting the dear old- fashioned leaders in egocentric Leo. Enjoy yourselves fellow students!

My instinct, intellect and intuition combined emerges as an insight that we are facing the consequences of our actions in the past.  Saturn retrograde refers to past traditions, past patterns of behaviour, past policies of world leaders and public authorities. The sextile between Venus and Mars brings us the opportunity to correct our actions based on sentient thought. We humans see so clearly in retrospect I don’t know why evolution hasn’t grown a fourth eye in the back of our skulls.

I am deeply disturbed and concerned by the lack of rain and water in our City and surrounding countryside. I don’t need to coerce an innocent man to buy me white gloves. But I do truly, heartily seek men AND women, who are Mindful of the long term consequences of their behaviour and policies, both political AND spiritual ones. 

If I have any kind of Covenant with God, I’d like it to be simply that we commit (Saturn) to support and live in respectful harmony and Co-Creation with our planet and each other.

That would indeed, be, Divine … and it goes with white gloves.