The
Important Question
The 2000 Taurus Alignment
The Question
In
his Mountain Astrologer article, astrologer Greg Bogart reminded
readers that on an individual level: "It is not a question
of 'What is going to happen to me at this time?' but rather, 'What
am I
going
to
make
of this
transit?' How do I choose to invent the meaning of the Jupiter-Saturn
conjunction?"
So how does one go about symbolically inventing the individual meaning
of this historic alignment in Taurus?
The Unknown Visitors
The ancient Roman poet, Ovid, informs us that once upon a time...
the gods were quite concerned that they were being ignored. So
Jupiter (the chief ruling god of thunder) and Mercury (the messenger
god) visited Earth disguised as poor, beggarly travelers. All the
many people who refused Jupiter and Mercury shelter were drowned
in a great flood and thus repaid for their godlessness. Conversely,
those who openly welcomed the unknown visitors into their home
were then honored with the fulfillment of their greatest desires
and hopes.
The archetypal motif of the gods visiting earth disguised as poor,
unknown visitors is quite common among differing cultural mythologies
and religions. In the Judeo Christian tradition (for example), the
unknown visitors are most often identified as being angels. In the
New Testament Book of Hebrews - believers are strictly cautioned
to be kind to strangers because you may be entertaining angels unaware.
In
astrology, the continually moving ("transiting") planets
of our solar system mysteriously serve as the "unknown visitors" and "messengers" of
the universe. Through their changing patterns in the sky, the
planets speak to humanity - using a symbolic language - in regard
to the
purposeful, evolutionary cycles of growth and life on planet
Earth. The planetary movements contain valuable information on
the soul
growth of our world when looked at as a whole, and they also
pass along important information for each of us on a very individual,
private level.
Called Or Not Called
There's an old Latin saying engraved on the gravestone of the great
archetypal, depth psychologist, C. G. Jung: Vocatus atque non
vocatus deus aderit. Translated, this means: "Called or not called,
the god will be there."
In
her book Archetypal Dimensions of the Psyche Jungian author Marie-Louise
von Franz tells us:
"It
seems to me to be one of the greatest contributions of Jung and
his work that it taught us to keep our door open to the "unknown
visitor."
He
(Jung) also tried to teach us an approach through which we can
avoid the wrath of this visitor, which
every frivolous,
haughty, or greedy host in the folk tales brought
down on himself. For it depends only on ourselves whether this
coming of the
gods becomes a blessed visit or a fell disaster."
Called
or not called, the god will be there..... And so the question is:
How will you choose to greet the "unknown visitor" of
Taurus? Will you choose to keep your door open or will you turn the "unknown
visitor" away?
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