Planetary Cerealization ~ June 2, 2010

Can you feel it? Uranus is now in Aries, soon to be joined by Jupiter (June 6th +/- your location on the planet). The anticipation and expectation for these planets joining up with the goddess of discord, Eris, runs high - at least amongst the astrological optimists. Hope rages for innovation, alternative thinking and blazing new trails with precocious pioneering spirit. Let us hope.


Funny though, the first glimpse I had of Uranus in Aries occurred while in Seattle last weekend for the amazingly wonderful, annual Norwac conference. Several speakers had arrived on Thursday to settle in before Friday’s start. Most of us had gone off for a pleasant dinner and returned for a libation in the hotel’s lobby lounge. Then, Uranus entered Aries. Within ten to fifteen minutes, most of the folks disbanded, retreating to their rooms, no doubt responding to the urge to retreat into a mode of savoring personal “me time.”


Anyway, we now witness and enjoy to the implications of an amazing pattern forming over the next days involving Ceres, Jupiter and Uranus. Well within the reach of a reasonable orb, Pluto neatly fits into the mix, too.


Ceres, goddess of grains, pomegranates (and opium as I found out at the recent Norwac conference) and often depicted with serpents (hopefully not snakes in the wheat grass) presently retrogrades back into a square with Uranus. Here she feels the added push of an early Aries Moon (also on the 6th +/- where your feet stand on earth). Later that day (again the date depends on where you are), Ceres retrogrades back into a precise square with Jupiter. That’s a lot!


Remembering our mythology, Pluto (Hades), who is well within the orb in this pattern, abducted Ceres’ (Demeter) daughter Persephone (Prosepina, Core, Kore). Because of the rage of Ceres and her threat to put an end to all life-supporting agriculture on Earth, Jupiter had to step in and conduct some cerious (okay, I do know how to spell serious) arbitration. A successful workable deal was struck between the adversarial parties and life on Earth and in the Underworld went on. With this square in play, similar efforts must be made. It’s not likely that differing parties want to enter into hard core negotiations and give up something cherished, as the typical thinking goes. Given all the Aries energy in the mix, conceivably the negotiations might occur between varying parts of one’s own psyche.


Here, the important issue wraps around the idea that specific actions in play must be modified to prevent negative consequences. Think of the benefit of this pattern. If any activity is not serving its highest minded cause (Jupiter) and the intention stays off the intended dharmic course (Pluto), Uranus intervenes with a necessary correction that actually benefits all parties involved. This might be just on the alchemical side of magical!


Jupiter had to deal with Ceres’ temper, desire for compensation, equalization. As we observe the unfolding disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, we can see this pattern playing out. (Oil actually comes from the domain of Pluto and it is the result of regeneration of decay under the earth.) The press of activists to challenge Israel’s blockage of Gaza also falls into this pattern. Personally, and in interaction with others, each person on the planet re-evaluates personal space boundaries, incursions around those boundaries and negotiates with adversarial parties to come up with scenarios that benefit all and do not negatively tax the energy sources of those involved. It seems the primal indicator of Uranus in Aries is a crisp reminder to keep one’s energy intact. Jupiter reminds everyone to revise beliefs as necessary so they remain useful and work as a guiding beacon in life. Ceres insists upon challenging noble causes but without issuing threats that cannot be upheld or cutting off the nose to spite the face.


The tense energies of this complex underscore every possible manifestation of the Jupiter Uranus, Moon square Ceres pattern occurring during this forthcoming weekend. Not only does Ceres take on these other celestial bodies through a challenging, potentially contentious, but positive result-oriented square, she aligns with an array of binary x-ray accreting pulsars. The binary quality of these pulsars seeks consideration of the points of view of others to secure the sanctity of one’s own view. To be truly alternative, alternate ideas - often those alien - must become part of one’s thinking. Sure this could be considered to be a thought form invasion unless one agrees to enhance one’s thinking with access to the best and most brilliant ideas out there. And certainly new ideas that add nothing need not be added to the mix.


The x-ray component of these pulsars insists that a clear and deep look within occur. No doubt this pleases Pluto who craves bare bones perceptions and well-intended actions. Critical to successful integration of these bizarrely wonderful pulsars is the accretion phenomenon. When something is understood, grasped and assimilated (accreted), enjoy the exciting increase of energy and make a decision based upon the shift in consciousness, putting the resulting plan into play. All this satisfies Aries, Jupiter and Uranus. If the assimilation procedure considers all available information, then any potential arguments between Ceres and Pluto about perceived losses and territorial or proprietary considerations dissolve.


A critical point to this process becomes that of knowing when to desist from deliberation. Arm chair quarter backing, back seat driving, obsessive recalculation, checking the setting of the alarm clock eighteen times or talking something to death, works against the perfect manifestation of the pattern. When a fork in the road appears, take it. But realize that at each instant in time a new fork in the road appears.


A parallel concept seemed to be in play at Norwac in a large way. Can a person have any external verification of their existence in present time? No, actually, thank you for playing. If you look at a photograph, digital or otherwise of yourself, you see yourself as you were. Should a person look into a mirror, given the time it takes light to travel and do the reflection thing added to the brain’s processing time, the image and its interpretation remains fractions of a second in the past. The only way one can perceive the existence of the self with any degree of contemporarity is to stay within the self energetically. Again, the accretion quality of these amazing early degree Capricorn pulsars comes into play. If one stays energetically current, one can work faster than is humanly possible and conduct that work with an astounding level of mental alacrity.


To be energetically aligned while remaining respectful of the Ceres (and Pluto) to the Moon, Jupiter and Uranus pattern, one must remain inclusive of incoming information, while defining which parts of the incoming informational blast apply and which must be deflected away. This discernment cannot occur without full consideration of the options and alternatives making themselves available.


One thing we know for sure with Saturn's recent return direct he soon joins the fray. He'll apply the notion that the outdated, confirmed to be ineffective and ineffectual, untried, untested and untrue furthers no cause.


Planetarily we have a cerealization of effects that encourages us to build excitement about life and one’s presence in it, conjure a spirit of adventure that boldly strides ahead and seeks to grab onto those free-floating insights to secure a change ridden (in a transformative way) selection of destinations ahead. Make sure you start the day with a bowl of cereal dotted with pomegranate seeds for full propitiation effect!


More to come soon. Stay tuned.