Sunday, June 21, 2015

Capturing Saturn

photo by PhotoSiran

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June 2015 - on the New Moon.
I was lucky enough to escape the murky, fast-paced city of 'Angels' this last week and head up north with my closest and most nuclear family for a quick visit to somewhere new but very familiar. One thing that made an impression other than the clean air, actually green leaves and real blue skies  was a flicker of stars on the south side of the night sky. This was after witnessing a beautiful sunset behind a white capped range of mountains called the Sisters. A colourful sunset not due to a chemical paint in the air but by nature herself.


View through Sky View Free (screenshot)
It was on the last evening of our short but sweet retreat that the sparkled commotion made itself apparent to me in the star filled black space. I wondered what it was, what was going on and decided to take out my aptly named Smart phone and turn on my 'Sky View Free' app. Luckily even though I'm no true astrologer, our technology temporarily makes us experts in seconds! It told me what star was in the center; shining the brightest.  Actually it was a planet , pointed out by my aunt, and now confirmed by a professional, that it was Saturn. What it also showed me was that flickering around it were two constellations connected by the planet. It was Libra and Scorpio and they had the planet at their grasps. It was amazing to look at, live as well as through the app, and I stared at that part of the sky for the most of the 13 hours it took to drive back to LA the next night.


"Sky View Free Image" with constellations and zodiacs (Photoshopped together by me)
This, obviously, got me intrigued and interested in what the Universe was doing, what it was trying to say and what I discovered was that it was a reflection of me, maybe even you. It was merely a small section of the sky amongst billions of lights and it had a lesson to teach. On the west, Jupiter shone along side Venus in a perfect line with the star Regulus in the same place where we witnessed the beautiful sunset a few hours earlier. They were observing the commotion; maybe even ordered it to happen! A chase that looked like a  battle-scene not between friends but, what felt like, a team effort, all aiming their strengths to the planet. Sagittarius stood in the distance, but not far away, bow and arrow ready as if telling Scorpio and Libra that he had them covered but was also there to make sure things were going according to the rules! It was too coincidental that out the whole night-sky it was this section that sparkled the most! 
Sky through Star Chart app (just to be sure the info was correct)

What did it mean. I did a quick search and discovered that Saturn symbolically is very much involved in harvest and death. More specifically in the cycle of death and rebirth recycling old to new. In mythology Saturn dethroned his father Uranus symbolising the changing of regimes from the old (death) to the new (rebirth). (reference: http://www.whats-your-sign.com/saturn-symbol-meaning.html). It was a sign of what might be happening to our own lives. A time where the old is outdated, maybe even broken, and where the new is on the way. A new methodology, a new process from all that we have learned so far, a more productive and universal (no pun intended) procedure. It got me thinking that even though the universe has it's own agenda and it feels like we have no control, or even if we do whatever we do it will take its own course, that it is still our choice to either use this energy to be part of this beautiful movement or just plainly be in it.
photo by PhotoSiran
In either case this whole thing is about perspective. Who knows what the folks on Jupiter are seeing happen to the earth? Symbolically speaking of course!

Maybe the constellations were racing to see who grasps the knowledge from the "Great Teacher". Interestingly,  "the most distant of the visible planets, Saturn signifies the boundaries of personal awareness and experience (Reference: http://www.skyscript.co.uk/astrology_saturn.html). Actually I would highly recommend a quick read through this last reference as it turns out Saturn and  it's teachings are quite influential and too many to mention here!

We all know what we have to do, even if we are placed in a seemingly uncontrollable and not-by-choice situation in our lives, we really DO know what needs to be done to make it. A few of us have been lucky enough and have been disciplined enough to already Be there but worry that we might loose it or don't know how to make it 'better'. In both situations the best thing to do is look as far as the eye can see. To the last visible planet and beyond and place ourselves in the chair we are sitting on, realise how we got there, breathe and give ourselves a trim. Get rid of the unimportant "material" and the slack we've been delaying to pick up.  We see what others are doing to the world, why should they be changing it and not us? Do they really have more power than us? Are they superhuman? Are they made of different materials than us? We are made up of every element, small pieces of "stardust" glued together in the forms we see as our reality. Sometimes we need to simply and blindly follow what we have learned. Actually remember the teachings and methods that we all know are the real truth. Love ourselves and our position, which can be ever-changing, but ACTUALLY Love.  The "Doing" kind. The kind that brings us the passion and sparkle in our eyes and souls. The kind we see out in the night sky, loyaly and without fail, there every single night. The kind that inspires us to make it better, make US better!    

Warriors did not worry or question their actions nor the actions of their comrades. Rather they swung their swords confidently along side their partners; for the greater good! It is time to enjoy and trust each other and capture Saturn .
PhilOsophic
Bend, Oregon      Photo by PhilOsophic
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