Solar Shock ~ 13 December 2006
In case you’re wondering what the license number of that runaway truck was, there’s a reason for your swirling sensibilities. Probably by now one of your co-inhabitants on the planet and cyberspace forwarded the fantastic picture of the tsunami blast on the surface of the Sun occurring last week. If not, you can still locate it on such sites as www.spaceweather.com. The blast was truly staggering. Not only was the visual impact stunning, the result of that blast on Earth perseveres. The radiation ejected from the Sun during last week’s blast continues to douse the planet and all the people on it with supercharged radiation. The effect? Other than disruptions in cellular phone and satellite-based communication, look around. Have you noticed the atypical seasonal feelings? Sure the holiday hype runs high with all the planets in upbeat, hopeful Sag. Now add this energy to the mix and it’s a bit like everyone ate one butter cookie more that their blood chemistry can handle. It’s more than a little hyper out there.
Fortunately, we survived the six planets in Sag and now Venus in Capricorn toils to establish just enough terrestrial tethering to keep people from defying gravity and exploding off the planet in a burst of light. It’ll get a bit better as the Sun and Mercury join Venus (21st and 27th - depending upon where on the planet you stand). Hopefully, between now and then spending and promises of energy commitment and social appearances are not promised beyond capability.
Maybe with all the Sag going on and Venus being the sole traffic cop of sensibility and sanity out there, it would behoove us all to take a step back for a minute and consider what’s going on out there in the larger perspective - as in our awareness of the Universe out there. The overwhelm saturating the psyches of most folks makes sense, really. That sense of the matter does nothing to sort it out really, but let’s at least start with that. In 1992, the Internet Society formed. Also in 1992, the first official Kuiper Belt object after Pluto, Charon and Chiron came into view. This body, 1992 QB1, confirmed the presence of the Kuiper Belt and the suggestion that there are hundreds of thousands of objects to be discovered out there - more than astronomers can name and far more than astrologers can shake a horoscope at. Is that a coincidence that we have more information - some good, some pure junk - at our finger tips than ever before? And what about the Hubble telescope, launched in 1990 and giving astronomers more knowledge than ever before? Since then astrophysicists imagine there is a black hole in the core of every galaxy. I use about 70 of the thousands now available. Other astrologers use scores of them, too. But how can we integrate tens of thousands of black holes into horoscopes, consider the radiation now known to pummel the Earth from galactic sources, and include the critically important mythological archetypes rendered by the solar systems new finds? It’s tough. By my own estimate, if I dedicated every day, ten hours a day to compiling the data I have heaped up on my floor, which my cat continues to collate, I’d need about three years to process it. Whether consciously trying to include the new discoveries or not, the solar shock waves, Kuiper Belt, galactic emanations, cell phones and the latest hand held technology challenge us all.
Since we now approach the solstice, maybe it’s time to use the Sun’s entry into Capricorn to clearly prioritize what can be included comfortably into one’s life. It can be a simple decision really. What contributes to your quality of life? That’s all that matters. Between now and the time the Earth gets as close to the Sun as it does (coming up on January 3rd, 19:45 GMT) reset what adds to your life in a good way. As a writer I’ll not take on the cellular phones that allow you to type e-mails. The thumb work required not only tampers with one’s ability to smoothly hit the space bar on a standard keyboard, there’s a recall memory curve of sending synapses to phalanges that must be reset to type and write effectively. It’s not worth the hassle. Just because it’s cool and everybody else is getting one, if it doesn’t work for you resist the impulses of Eris. Yes indeed, Eris, placed in Aries inspires a person to go get the “good things” in life largely based upon coveting, comparison and keeping up with the Jones. Instead of Jonesing for what you do not need, restore the simple life, rich in quality and simplicity. That will take away the sting of the solar tsunami.
Meanwhile, it’s so close to holiday time there’s barely enough time to get galactic goodies sent your way (but there is). Since today’s GT was about solar concerns, anyone placing an order in my store prior to the Solstice (December 21st) that totals more than $50 will receive a free personal download password for my e-book, The Sun at the Center - A Primer of Heliocentric Astrology. More to come in the next GT, around the Solstice.