Floating Upstream ~ 07 November 2006


Old sayings refer to people that astrologers describe as having a strongly placed Uranus for being “so contrary they float upstream.” Right now I’m not so sure about people, but stuff surely seems to be floating upstream. Virtually every time the phone rings the person on the other end reports life circumstances that resemble the story line of a very badly developed movie. Sound familiar?


It can’t be blamed on the grand cross or t-square that’s been on and off all year. Nor can it be assigned to the present collection of planets partying (yeah, right) in Scorpio. Could it be the Mercury “transit” or eclipse formation, occultation-like alignment of tomorrow? (Today midterm elections take place in the United States and elsewhere I understand; in this country in 1960, a Mercury transit happened exactly on election day - for what it’s worth, the election day of John F. Kennedy). Maybe a little of it goes to Mercury’s solar crossing but not much. Is it Pluto to the Galactic Center? Hmm, maybe, but I’m thinking that’s where the remedy actually lies.


These days things happen that inspire absolute incredulity. People say, I’ve done this time and time again and it’s always worked. Or, this can’t be happening; all the evidence says otherwise (not a reference to exit polling compared with tabulated votes). It’s just too weird. It can’t be true.


My research recently revealed a hint of the source, I believe. It’s the newly encountered dwarf planet, Eris. First, she stirred up war (or conflict in general) by the spread of rumor and the inculcation of jealousy. It seems there existed a bit of conflict in Mycenae over who should hold the throne Atreus, who claimed to have rights to the throne and Thyestes. After initially conceding the throne, Thyestes accused Atreus of being a vain braggart and led magistrates to his home where he displayed a stuffed, sacrificed lamb that Atreus was to have rendered to secure his fate. So the appointment was overturned. Zeus favored Atreus and asked Thyestes if he would resign his claim to the throne if the sun moved backward on the dial. Thyestes agreed to concede if he witnessed such a portent.


Now Zeus and Eris got together and essentially unwound the clock and reversed the laws of nature. The Sun set in the East; the Pleiades and all other stars reversed their course in sympathy. For that day only, the solar course and the nature of the day reversed. So it was that the greed and deceit of Thyestes came to light.


While this may seem like an unfortunate political plot in America, I intend it only to offer insight to the reversal of fates reported by many. Sedna must enter here. She chose a way of materialism and the allure of wealth to assure quality of life. What she pursued did not exist, but it was her choice - no victimization occurred. Eris, with her closest contact to the Sun in Libra, focuses on status and social standards. Her node lies in Taurus, amplifying the materialistic theme also evident in Sedna, and the myth in which Eris worked with Zeus to overturn the fate assigned to greedy, dishonest folk.


Here’s the distillation. Make sure what you seek exists. If it does not, you’ll have to create it. With Pluto to the Galactic Center, seek creations, causes and inspirations that truly serve the evolution of the planet. When things that used to work fail to work, upset them. Apply constructive Chaos (that is the myth of all Creation and yet another Trans-Neptunian body). Find causes that serve the spirit and physical well being. For a long time it’s been noted that the world turns on the gears of money and power - but at one time the myth reported love makes the world go round. Which is it? One thing for sure, it will take contrary, go against the flow of the mainstream well-intentioned people to reset the clock of this very long reverse order day. Who knows, maybe the universal axioms will now be stated prefaced by: contrary to popular opinion...