Dawnings

*Photo by Rhys Jones 2004

What is missing in this beautiful pic of the Ocean lapping the Southern shores of Australia?
 

People, animals, trees, flowers, insects?  Oh yes, and planes, buildings, cars, roads, shops and boats. 
 
It reminds me of the Lemurian Era.  A firmament surrounded the planet.  Sound was muffled. It was misty and ethereal with breezes that lifted and carried wisps of cloud amongst the trees and abundant foliage.  Sunlight was filtered through the vegetation. It was the time of the Dominance of the Plant Kingdom.
 
Humans and animals were only just beginning.
 
Now here we are in this time and space: The time of Human Dominance. The Age of Animal growth witnessed a great clearing and refinement of the plant kingdom. The Age of Humans has likewise, changed the Animal, Plant and Mineral kingdoms.
 
Mercury is in its first of three cycles of retrograde motion. We are retreating inwards to contemplate and reflect – the intensity of outer world events, changing climate patterns and pressures to ‘keep on keeping on’ exhausts us. **
 
This Friday 16 February, is World Kyoto Day.  According to the Media release, the Australian Youth Climate Coalition is acting on very real concerns about the pollution we tolerate and seem to blindly accept:
‘Groups of young people in 20 cities across Australia will deliver the declaration to their local MPs’ electorate offices and hand out leaflets in shopping malls on World Kyoto Day.’ ***
 
The debates continue across the world about whether our human activities and lifestyle are causing climate change, or whether this is nature’s cyclical dance. The evidence that our whole solar system is changing is definitely there.
 
Perhaps it is a natural cycle, as we enter a ‘Galactical Summer’. The sheltering Ozone layer and the ability of nature to adapt IS built into the system. OUR human ability to adapt, or become extinct, is part of the process. The real issue seems to be whether we make it worse, by perpetuating what we know is unwise activity in the face of evidence that we need to change for our own survival. The reluctance to change, to grow and to recreate is a very real concern, for it indicates a species locked into dead end maze.
 
This Sunday in the early hours of the morn, is the New Moon in Aquarius. It is a Fixed sign and it challenges all Fixed sign folk and forms on the planet. What doesn’t give a little – breaks. This weekend then is a good time to ponder upon why we have perpetuated this dichotomy between civilisations and the world of nature. Is it really about nature versus us?  Can our modern lifestyle and activities be created and designed to be eco friendly?
 
By dawn on the 18th February, the Moon moves into Pisces and then on the 19th the Sun joins  a stellium of 6 foci of energy in the watery Piscean realm. With Saturn opposite Neptune, the ethereal nature is strong. Yet reality anchors so much there in Leo. What is real and what is unreal? What is True and what is false?
 
On the 21st February, Venus joins the Moon in Aries, leading the charge into the next annual solar cycle.
 
The Youth Climate Coalition are a brave clan of young folk. They may well be campaigning to state the obvious, that we humans need to ‘think again’. How appropriate for Mercury retrograde?  May the heavens support these caring and mindful souls. 
 
 
** See Astro 2007  PDF under astrology  tab for Retro cycles.  See also my Newsletter 2007  PDF under Consultancy

***  www.youthclimatecoalition.org