Sag’s Superlative Slippery Slide ~ 5 December 2006

Here we are with five planets in Sagittarius and Mercury clearing Saturn from his spot in Scorpio soon to join Sag. We should all love it. But it is a bit of a well-polished slide upon which we place our posteriors and planets. Once we push off, there’s no graceful halt to the matter. A few Sag safety tips apply:

When running, keep your head back as to avoid a nose dive. More simply, no getting ahead of yourself.

            Before speaking, engage the brain.

            No exaggerating, even if it does make the story more interesting.

            Keep wishing on stars, whether it be a quasar, black hole or whatever.

            Maintain an open mind about everything, including your sacred cows and beliefs.

            Eliminate drama.

The last one of the Sag tips stands out as the largest probably. Jupiter, Mercury and Pluto combined can bring about a Mark Twain effect. Good ole Sam Clemens wrote something to the effect that his memory was so good, he could remember things even if they never happened. So it goes with Sag. It’s not so much what happened as what you remember happening, or more poignantly, the recollection of the wisdom retained from the whatever it was or was not. A point of view is just that - a point amongst infinite possibilities of points. Astrology reminds us of this. Instead of insisting upon superiority of house systems, geocentric vs. heliocentric, tropical vs. sidereal or Western versus Eastern, why not remember each affords a different point of view or an alternate right answer to any situation?

Jupiter’s dramatic efforts possess a very distinct desire. He wants to be heard as believing in what he believes and wants the recognition that he thinks he’s right. Now if a person can give that to another person and get the same regard back, things are really going to smooth out. If not, then Mercury, Jupiter and Pluto huddle up and go for broke; broke being, somehow I’ll make you know that I’m right even if I must apply infinite levels of hyperbole. Jupiter does love to exaggerate and embellish. He rules fish tales, sea stories, old wives’ tales and urban legends.

Speaking of which, last week astronomers reiterated calculations suggesting that the asteroid 99942, Apophis, might impact Earth in April 2036 or 2037. If that impact doesn’t turn us into dinosaurs, 1950 DA is slated for too close for comfort in March 2880. Why on Earth did this end up on the news last week? Don’t we have enough time to get Bruce Willis and crew suited up? Didn’t we learn last year from crashing a space probe into a comet what we can do? According to the well-calculated prophecies, we have thirty years to solve the problem. Of course with the governments of the world trying to agree on any course of action we might need until 2880. This story was pure Sag. The mischievous side of the Sag collection on the near horizon fights a part of its nature that acts like the kid who can tell a scary story around a campfire. This is the time of year to tell stories of sugar plums and giving and great spiritual leaders. It’s not about threatening kids that something bad will happen to Santa if he flies between Moscow and London with a bag of Polonium. Certainly there are people out there wishing other people ill will - contrary to the songs of the season. And there are religions and cultures, who in their addiction to being right, will install any fear necessary to impose their views. The remedy: Sag. Again, if people can realize that others believe what they do and accept that as an undisputed fact, then and only then, can conversations take place in the interest of closing the gap between that view over there and this one over here. Thus the nature of the time as brought about by those enjoying the slippery slopes of Sagittarius declares each person on Earth can help. Keep it simple. Keep it real. Share views sans argument and next thing you know peace and good will might be restored. If nothing else, great stories about the human laboratory experiment get shared. Some stories, especially without embellishment, are too good to be true. Don’t have any? Go back to Sag basics. Remember to wish upon stars and galaxies and infinite points in space that stretch any sense of limited perception above and beyond anything known. Isn’t that a slope worth sliding?