“As Above, So Within”
Rick DiClemente’s
Astrology
Newsletter
Volume 61, February 2011
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With Cheryl Crise
The Puncture of the Collective
It
was the middle of the afternoon on
Two
massive planetary bodies, Uranus (U) and Jupiter (J), had just lined up with
the earth. This alignment happens approximately every 14 years. But this time,
the two were in the late degrees of Pisces and that hadn’t happened since 1927.
That’s one complete revolution of Uranus, 84 years, and 6 cycles for Jupiter.
Astrologically,
when these two effervescent planets align, they signify rapid leaps of
scientific discovery (J), sudden growth of public awareness (J), spontaneously
expanded perceptions, merging of social concerns (J) with technology (U), and
major breakthroughs (U). This pairing pushes past status-quo stale boundaries
with great enthusiasm and a sudden sense of impatience and readiness. These two
speak of liberation (U) and creativity (J). Air and Fire.
As
with all combinations of planetary influences, there is also an accompanying
down-side, a shadow-side, a misuse of the energies that can mutate and manifest
in unpredictable ways. The combination of Uranus and Jupiter can loose a wild,
destructive, chaotic, irrationality too. It’s
called going nutso.
This
is what seemed to happen 4 days later to the accused mass-murderer, Jared Lee Loughner, in
His
natal chart was experiencing the square (right angle) from the transiting
Uranus/Jupiter almost exactly to his natal Uranus in late Sagittarius. For a
“healthy” 21-yr-old mind, this should have been a joyful time of discovery, a
liberating time of the initial excitements of young adulthood and independence.
Collectively,
the
Then,
two days later on
Astronomers
use is the “sidereal zodiac (via the stars)” which aligns the planets with the constellations.
Western astrologers use the “tropical” zodiac which is calibrated differently
and aligns itself each spring with Earth’s seasons. Two
different zodiacs. Unrelated. One big confusion. Apples and oranges.
Kunkle’s discussion then went on to a different subject –
“the 13th sign of the zodiac.” Named Ophiuchus (or Serpentarius,) this massive constellation lies above
and between Scorpio and Sagittarius. Since the ever-separating sidereal
and tropical zodiacs are currently offset by approximately 25 degrees, somehow
it was suggested that Ophiuchus could fit in between Scorpio and Sagittarius
and fill in the gap! There never was a gap to begin with! What followed was a
great mix-up of two entirely different stories. Prof. Kunkle
released the beginning and ending dates that would correspond if we did in fact
have 13 signs. This suggested table of 13 date-ranges had already been
published many years ago in a book on “Ophiuchus, the 13th
sign.” The subject keeps reoccurring ever few years and is largely disregarded
by the astrological community. This time around, however, public panic ensued.
Across the globe, people became upset that somehow their Sun sign was no
longer! Some Scorpios now were to be Librans, some
Capricorns would be Sagittarians, etc. People became very confused and weren’t
happy about it! As a by-product, it was a revelation to many that they had developed
this visceral attachment to their Sun sign and its accompanying archetypal
essence.
Then,
before you could even learn how to pronounce OFF-ee-YOO-kuss,
a third unrelated story reared its head and spread quickly across the
internet: one of shifts to the earth’s magnetic fields. These shifts are
common, but apparently the current position of the most recent shift of
magnetic north has gotten to the degree where at least several
So,
add it all up. In the great confusion, we had two different zodiacs; a
13th sign of Ophiuchus, and a significant shift to earth’s
magnetic field! Keep in mind: this was all occurring immediately after
Jupiter had met up with Uranus on
Nothing
like this clamor had been heard before. Immediately, across our planet,
astrologers tried to quell this bedlam. The clarification of the “precession of
the equinoxes” was issued for a kazillionth time and
folks calmed down somewhat - back to the comfort of their misleading newspaper
horoscopes. All was calm. No one cared about Ophiuchus anyway and figured the
airplanes would find safe methods for landing somehow.
Of
course, during this time, I was bombarded by confused clients via phone and
email! “What do I do now?” On the afternoon of
Something much bigger
was afoot
For
the first time in history, I believe, people refused to have “objective science”
disconnect them from their divine connection, their lineage to their natural
archetypal roots that they feel through their Sun sign. Most people cannot
understand how astrology works. Many will downplay astrology as malarkey, but
don’t dare take away their Sun sign. It went deeper than that. They may not
know that they have 4 or 5 signs well represented in their birth chart or that
their chart has many other dimensions, but, they feel at a primal level,
collectively, that their archetypal nature is in fact, valid. This new suggested
Ophiuchan paradigm was simply not workable or acceptable.
Aware of it or not,
people found their real connection to their Sign’s archetypal nature
Why? Because they
were threatened with losing it
So, I started to wonder, “What had happened 84 years earlier, one revolution of Uranus ago?” Often times the completion of a planet’s orbit marks times of special turning points in human history. I also suspected Uranus because it represents chaos and sudden change besides the fact that it rules technology and astrology itself. I did some research and I found that Uranian themes of independence, revolution, scientific breakthrough, changes in ideology, sudden leaps of realization, or collective panic, etc. recur approximately every 84 years in relationship to a “starting event.” Remember, Uranus rules the sign of Aquarius.
This
is just one example of using a starting date and following every 84 years or so
to see the reoccurring return points. To give you an example of these
repetitive cycles, take a wide view and go backwards from WWII:
Year
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1945 World War II (Aquarian President
Franklin Roosevelt)
-84 years earlier
1861 American Civil War (Aquarian
president Abraham Lincoln)
-85 years earlier
1776 Declaration of
-84 years earlier
1692 Mass-panic at the
-85 years earlier
1607
Consider what dramatic shifts happened in the American psyche during these times. Each had to do with massive revolutions to American “thought” and/or issues of freedom - both Aquarian and Uranian keywords. The collective. You’ve both the birth of a nation as well as one of our greatest examples of mass hysteria. Certainly hysteria is a word that can easily be applied to these “modern” political times.
Aquarians can stir up the collective mind for the best or the worst.
Aquarians: Glenn Beck, Dick Cheney, Ellen DeGeneres, Keith Olbermann, Sarah Palin, Ed Schultz, Eckhart Tolle, Oprah Winfrey, etc.
The main effect
Uranus has recently had on the masses in the
those
who want to cling to the pseudo-safety of the past, those who tend to see
all
movement toward progressive change as being radical and irresponsible
I
went back in time about 84 years from 2011 and wondered what had happened in
the approximate year of 1925 and remembered that Einstein was toiling with
other physicists over major differences of opinion regarding the Quantum
Theory of Physics.
That was it!
And
I found that the Fifth Solvay Conference was
held in late October of 1927 in
In October of 1927,
Jupiter was in very late Pisces, as Uranus was in the 1st degree of
Aries.
As of early January,
2011, they were almost exactly back at that same point
Inner ring, where
Jupiter and Uranus were on October 27, 1927
Outer ring, where
Jupiter and Uranus were during their conjunction on January 4, 2011
On
2011
is proving to be a higher octave of what physicists had born in 1927:
We were
experiencing the rebirth, in a manner of speaking,
of
our perception and acceptance of Quantum Mechanics
and
its implications in the greater collective mind
Quantum
thought had begun to gain favor approximately in 1900, beginning with Max
Planck’s innovative formulation (Planck’s Constant.) 27 years later (one Saturn
revolution) brought us to the 5th Solvay
Conference of 1927. Accompanied by Jupiter, the exclaimer, the cheerleader, the
social philosopher; Uranus, the scientist and inventor, staked its claim to the
world that Quantum Physics was to be the new scientific standard and also
raised the bar much higher for collective thought. Nothing was to be the
same again.
Einstein tried as he might with his research in the Unified Field Theory but always had difficulty accepting the Quantum Theory in its totality. At the conference he told Neils Bohr, “God doesn’t play dice.” Bohr responded with his famous line, “Stop telling God what to do with his dice.” Quantum Physics was born. Einstein never did accept Quantum thought in its entirety when in fact he had contributed much to its establishment. New thought was sweeping the land. Heisenberg and Born, speaking to the Solvay physics conference, went so far as to declare quantum mechanics to be complete and irrevocable. That makes a time stamp – a birth, if you will. 2011 was the Uranian response to that “truth” 84 years later.
Matter and wave particles were both vying to be the foundation of science; each was being stretched toward the absolute unboundedness of human understanding. It is no mere coincidence that great advancements in the field of psychology coincided with the paths of Uranus and Jupiter through the sign of Pisces. Pisces rules the subconscious mind and Uranus, breakthroughs. The important work of Swiss psychologist Carl Jung from 1900 until his death in 1961, and of those who followed paralleled the incredible breakthroughs in the physics labs of the time. Jung is known for furthering Freud’s work on the symbolic (archetypal) significance of dreams as well as of the experiences of waking life and the meaning of the timing of events – coincidences. What physicists began calling “acausal correlations” are what Jung referred to as synchronicity.
Jung
came to recognize astrology as a language expressive of archetypal principles. “Jung
began to examine astrology as early as 1911, when he mentioned his inquiries in
a letter to Freud, ‘My evenings are taken up very largely with astrology. I
make horoscopic calculations in order to find a clue to the core of
psychological truth.’” Pg. 61-62, “The Essential Jung,” by Anthony Stoor.
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The new theory of quantum physics validated astrology as understood
from ancient times and expressed by Hermes Trismegistus’ “As above – so below”
Even
though quantum thought was largely accepted by the scientific community from
then on, these theories were mostly incapable of being understood by the public
and it wasn’t until January 4 of 2011 that it became apparent, that it had
found its home in the modern collective mind. This does not mean that it’s
now on the tip of everyone’s tongue, rather, it is now
the basis of collective thought in general. Massive change takes place
gradually but often has a flash-point, a tipping-point, if you will. This is
one such time.
I had found what I was looking for. Now, I knew why the addition of the 13th sign and the other follies had burst into the collective mind. Those manifestations of Uranus and Jupiter were distortions. When chaotic experiences proliferate in a myopic fashion, it can take us a few days to get a grip on what’s going on at the core.
Think
of it. Today we don’t give a second thought to the power of prayer or how words
affect matter. Distance healing is gaining acceptance rapidly. We know via
quantum physics that the observer affects the observed. We know that we create
our own world. Einstein proved to us that there is no such thing as space or
time; it’s all relative. The quantum dimension shows us how an object can be in
two places at once. These are proven facts.
A fiery
debate (J) sprung up (U) immediately after the
Before 2011, we would have reacted differently. I warned people of this possibility several years ago as Uranus has been approaching Aries. Uranus has been impelling us to liberate ourselves but not to the cost of blaming all kinds of “them”s out there. That can only result in more abrasiveness, polarization, and hatred. As a collective, we now know it has been simply wrong and dangerous to be talking the way we have been. We can’t shrug our collective shoulders anymore. It has filtered into the collective mind. That’s what the Tuscon/Giffords principle did for us. That’s the evolution of consciousness.
Hate radio and
hate TV only survive because of those who listen and watch
Thankfully there
are no more
Today, physicists admit that they are “stuck.” Their discovery of dark matter and dark energy has led them to see that 95% of what they thought was there, isn’t! They don’t know how to explain it. In my belief, they’re just starting to catch up with Christ and The Buddha, among others – it’s all God’s Thoughts. Even so, they have a new term for the inexplicable connectedness of things at a “remote distance” (remember, there is no space) and they call it “entanglement.” Doesn’t matter much since they don’t know what entanglement is.
Astrologers call
it synchronicity
Our sense of our primal archetypal bases (our Sun signs) are being shaken, ostensibly by the interjection of a 13th sign. In a broader sense however, what is happening during this Uranus/Jupiter return in Pisces is a collective recognition and understanding of the true, acausal, interconnected essence of the universe and of its beautiful symbolic language, astrology.
Just what does it really mean now that Uranus and Jupiter have arrived once again back at the late degrees of Pisces, together, and at the same spot they were 84 years ago? The fact that the 1927 and current conjunctions of these two giants is no coincidence. Pisces is the sign of the grand collective, the oneness of us all where separateness is seen for what it is – a mirage – an illusion. This marks the end of the “old” Newtonian thinking and the start of all of the breakthroughs that are to follow. I truly believe that we are on the edge of new breakthroughs in physics and many other fields. These new discoveries that are on our doorstep now could not have occurred before. Nothing happens until the planets are in position to reflect their new nature. It’s not possible. They are one and the same. Oneness, remember?
Uranus
and Jupiter represent individual and social freedoms. Ironically, never before
have we been more unsure of our own freedoms.
Remember, we can no longer be stuck thinking in nation-centric terms. Jupiter
and Uranus are together for all on earth at this time. Look and see how many
revolutions (U) are taking place across the globe (J). In the
We have just
experienced a great leap in our evolution
This
new paradigm does not just puncture our old collective mindset, this is the
emergence of the new mind, which is one and separate at the same time; each of
is now a downloadable data-station. Never before have we seen so many psychics
and mediums. Many people are cultivating their intuitive skills. When new
channels open, and rapidly, I might add, it takes time for the human mind to
adjust.
Remember,
however, Uranus and Jupiter are not tame, mild
energies. The initial revolutions that will proceed out of this will be very
fiery, strident and wild. It will take years until the finer energies of
Are we truly seeing the emergence of what astrologer Rick Levine calls, “Quantum Astrology.” I think he just might be right. Astrology needs a new name, and for many reasons. Astrologer Richard Tarnas has suggested the name of Archetypal Cosmology.
The term ‘astrology’
no longer works
Just
what was it about that Ophiuchus? Do you think it was some kind of coincidence
that he re-appeared smack dab in the middle of this new story?
What’s
with Ophiuchus anyway? Mythological Ophiuchus, known as the “Serpent Handler”
is shown with a large snake around its shoulders with a hand gripping each end.
Ophiuchus was known as a great healer. He himself was healed by the greatest
healer of all time, Chiron (true ruler of Virgo.) His healing powers were so
great that he resurrected Orion the Hunter back from death. This
threatened Hades, god of the underworld to the point that he implored of his
brother, Zeus, to put Ophiuchus to death in order to reserve immortality solely
for the gods. Zeus accommodated Hades by slaying Ophiuchus with a thunderbolt.
Even so, Zeus went on to show respect to the fallen Ophiuchus by awarding him a
permanent place among the constellations in honor of his good works. He got his
golden watch.
Ophiuchus, faced the most severe of penalties for
disseminating his knowledge to the public. He’s done it once more. If you think
this was just some simple confusion about the 13th signs of Ophiuchus,
think again. Astrology is a symbolic language. I believe that he dared reach
through the most secretive sign of the zodiac, Scorpio (Lord of the
Underworld), to reveal its secrets to us once more. Thank you, Ophiuchus.
This
whole issue really has had little to do with the signs of the zodiac, the
renovation of acculturation from Jupiter accompanying Uranus signified that the
higher principled thought had also become standardized and socialized. We are
now collectively able to get a grasp on true archetypal astrology. The
sky is no longer the limit; we have shot past the skies. Skies are just
illusions too, it’s all outer space. And there’s no space either. Wow. That
doesn’t leave us much of a place to hang onto. Perhaps that is the point.
Ophiuchus is
rebutting back to Zeus, “No more, we are all gods”
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+ The
++ Hosni
Mubarak (82), Egyptian president’s exact Uranus
return is scheduled for
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