Washington Corruption, Alex Jones, and 9/11’s Solar Return 2011
by Jude Cowell
There’s so much going on in the US this week including revelations and scandals prognosticated in recent SO’W posts that it’s difficult to keep up with news and events much less study charts and type up something in fast-n-furious fashion. So instead I’m posting a segment of the Alex Jones Show from August 30, 2011
“Why join the navy when you can be a pirate?” Steve JobsEspecially if Johnny Depp is your co-pilot.Let’s say pirates are unconventional, rule-breaking mavericks. (Not cut-throat criminals in need of a wash.)We’re talking metaphorically here.In co…
Saturn devouring his son by Rubens
In the third instalment of her thought-provoking series on Saturn, OA guest Isy explains what happened next and what that means to you.If you need to catch up, click the links below to read the two previous in…
Astrology in real life
Quick, which god is the month January named after? Each year, as we look back on the old year behind us and the new one ahead, we are in his realm. He is the lord of transition…and we don’t know who he is. On the whole, people don’t think of Jupiter when they […]
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| Alexandre Cabanel’s Birth of Venus (1875). You can see why Napoleon III wanted it for himself. |
In the second post of her three-part series on the myth of Saturn, guest blogger Isy, takes a look at what can happen to a flying penis when it hits the ocean waves.
In my first guest post, we saw Saturn, the youngest Titan, with extraordinary self-management and merciless timing, cut his criminal father away from his furious mother and win dominion over the gods. Let’s look a little more closely at what else happened, and how it relates to Saturn’s distinctive energy.
Saturn attacked his father Uranus for transgressing against nature on three counts.
We left the story right after Saturn thought, planned, waited, then slashed open the gap between Earth and Sky, sending his father’s wedding tackle flying just at the critical moment. The blood that spattered onto the Earth became giants, furies, ash-tree nymphs, and other mythical beings.
When Uranus’s (let’s not beat about the bush) falling penis, anointed by Earth’s body and full of sperm, fell into the sea – realm of Saturn’s older siblings Oceanus and Tethys – it caused a great foaming, agitation, and froth. Aphrodite, later romanized to Venus Urania, was born from the froth and the waves, midwifed by fishes who swept her safely to shore. (This is one of the Pisces origin myths and Venus is exalted in Pisces.)
Thus, Venus Urania has roughly five parents, and was born as a result of punishment/sacrifice for multiple transgressions against love, duty and care. And she could have been born in no other way.
Venus’ very existence depended on Saturn doing everything exactly right, although that’s not why he did it.
The least deviation from his course would not only have meant disaster for himself, it would have meant that the Venus of heartfelt love, cherished children, and rational comfort could never have come into being… She was a natural outcome, as it were.So, on a personal level,
Saturn requires the correct course, regardless of whether you relish the task or fear failure. But, when you do exactly what he calls for, the doors that seem to bar your way simply disappear. Moreover, the fertile opportunities this creates can provide the most unexpected, but perfectly logical, additional benefits.For more of Isy’s writing on health, adaptation, science, and sailing…
* Health and Life with CRPS-1: http://livinganyway.blogspot.com
* Cauterizing the Bleeding Edge: http://biowizardry.blogspot.com
Saturn represents structures and boundaries. We know that. The Moon represents our emotions, the way in which we unconsciously or sub consciously respond to the crap that life throws at us.
Saturn asks us to work hard and achieve, one step at a time. S…
An Astro-Peek at When US Authority and Authenticity Changed
by Jude Cowell
In the Fall 2010 issue of Julie Demboski’s Eclipse e-zine (subscription only, now an email subscription and worth it!), I wrote a column called American Empire: When Jupiter Bowed to the Sun which detailed my views on one of the signposts along the way of America’s change of trajectory toward overreach, over-expansion,
One of the first things we learn–or rather, latch on to–when we begin learning astrology is the serendipity of Jupiter. Wherever Jupiter falls in a chart is lucky, the books tell us. Jupiter is the planet of adventure and good feelings. He’s a good guy, ruler of happy, expansive Sag. We want him in […]
Moon-Tracking the President’s ‘Blame Congress Bus Tour’ Aug 15-17, 2011
by Jude Cowell
President Obama’s *Blame Congress Bus Tour begins tomorrow August 15, 2011 as the president escapes the District in which he has been held captive for most of the last month with lawmakers blaming one another for the debt stalemate, a political theater performance that led directly to the US credit rating