The Coming Collective Identity Crisis: Action as the Conviction of Belief and the Cardinal Points.

We are entering an extremely active period astrologically. In 2007 I was able to deduce that we would be entering into severe economic and ecological challenges because of the entrance of the planet (I still consider it a planet for astrological reasons) Pluto into the Cardinal sign of Capricorn, which is reflective of all forms of administration of pragmatic issues, business and government activity, and actual physical meteorological and geological activities.

In general in personal astrology:

The Cardinal signs and angular houses represent the aspects and beliefs about the individual's identity/status issues how one defines the self. Motivation, action, and initiative signify the emphasis in these quadruplicities and houses.

In Aries-the motivation is to become (Fire).

In Cancer-the motivation is to nurture (Water).

In Libra-the motivation is to relate (Air).

In Capricorn-the motivation is to administer the self in physicality (Earth).

These are the primary functions of identity experiencing itself in materiality. All other descriptions arise from these basic functions. When we do Elemental/Modal counts in astrological configurations by assigning points to the planets or points holding this mode we find;

Excess count- Ego focus. An exaggerated emphasis on leadership to defend against the fear of identity invalidity. Motivation, activity and action are employed to resolve developmental issues.

When they are Balanced- Belief conviction. Application of the self. Action, as the conviction of belief.

Low or lacking- The person believes efforts will not materialize desires. Invalidation of the self.

Psychological- The need to reinforce identity validity through action.

So, when we see this idea manifesting in major astrological aspect patterns in the skies for Mundane astrological interpretation, we know these issues will preoccupy the public, national and world mind.

These signs, modes and elements will once again be emphasized and triggered by the Eclipse of June 26th, 2010. This lunar eclipse marks the beginning of the major developmental crisis of activities that will require us to question deeply just what our personal and collective direction must be in the next 5 years. In “The Integrated Astrological Guide”, I emphasized the statement “action is the conviction of belief”.

This statement means that not only what we truly believe we act on, but that what activities and action we see in our lives is the effect of those beliefs held, whether it “appears” we had any direct link to that activity or not. Uranus entered Aries on May 27th 2010. A friend of mine learned one day later that her niece had been killed in an auto accident less than 24 hours later. The young woman had an exact square between Pluto in Scorpio at 25 and Saturn in Aquarius 25, the accident occurred precisely when the planet ruling Uranus’ entry into Aries, Mars, opposed the Saturn and squared the Pluto exactly.

This action was triggered completely outside of the conscious awareness of all involved until its moment of manifestation after Mars took over dispositorship of Uranus.

We will be moving in and out of a Grand Cross of Cardinal signs for the next 5 years. Cardinal requires action and motivation toward resolution, and Mars moves and initiates that action.

This discussion will be continued with the Mars/Saturn conjunction period at the end of July as the ramping up period of this motivational period that will call on many to move to action, and act on many who refuse.

Relevant Articles: Mars and The State of The Ego - The Disposition of Planets - Pluto Returns to Capricorn
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Saturn; Of the Earth, is Spiritual

Saturn reflects the experience of the physical world. The physical world IS the manifestation of the "All That Is" (God or whatever you wish to term it) as polarity pairs and functions as the polarization of the unbroken wholeness of "All That Is."We chose to experience that idea by being born. So although the unbroken wholeness (Neptune=spirit) is the "real" or primary reality base and physicality an illusion (Saturn=physicality)-either is real while you are in it, and valid, none-the-less.

Fear, the effect of negative ego, strangles our recognition of choice in the creation of reality (Uranus). This is why in mythology Saturn castrates (renders impotent) Uranus. This power then rises up again in reflection Venus).

By the same token physicality is real while you are in it, but an illusion none-the-less. As long as we ARE physical we ARE by definition going to experience THIS reality in polarized terms. The entire template of the Natural Zodiac is an effect of that "splaying" of mind into matter-like the refracted light of white light through a prism. This is neither "good or bad"-it is simply one of the ways (in terms of worlds) that we as co-creators along with "All That Is" creates in the exploration of itself. For this reason the negative/positive definitions will apply as long as you are physical. When you die and re-merge with the unbroken wholeness-of course they won't any longer.

Positive is simply integrative, unifying, expansive, inclusive-integral.

Negative is separative, segregative, limited, conflicted functions in parts.

Positive and Negative Energy

<-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >

In mathematics the number line represents the concept of the infinite negative numbers left of the centerline 0, and the infinite positive numbers to the right of centerline 0.  And this energy can be felt emotionally as anxiety (negative) or excitement and inspiration (positive) it is simply a matter of attitude and approach.

When applied as anxiety to any planet, or house or aspect, or aspect of life-that effect is extracted. Vice versa for positive-it is not a "deficient attitude" to cognize and apply these functions in physicality, it is an asset to recognize them while you are physical. Heaven and hell are states of being, and you can be in a positive (heaven) or negative (hell) one anywhere-anytime. It is approach that determines this. But to say one is not subject to them is to say one is not physical and did not choose to be so. Which if you are living, breathing and writing responses is not possible.

Responsibility is the ability to respond to the environment (it's reality creation). To not respond to our physical reality with the recognition that it is us, and that we have created it, is to exercise the judgment of it and need to escape it (Neptunian).To believe that the reflection of physicality is the source of reality is to deny the validity of the unbroken wholeness of "All That Is," invalidate spiritual reality, and judge IT and seek to escape THAT reality by denial of the source and is an illusion as well (Saturnine).

Saturn represents the illusion of the material world within a spiritual manifestation, and Neptune reflects the illusion of spirit within the material world. Where Saturn is found, the material world deceives, and where Neptune is found spirit is sacrificed as an illusion, unobtainable. They are both real, and both illusions. Whether you extract a positive or negative effect from either depends upon the energy they are approached with-period. It has nothing to do with duality (the illusion of unbroken wholeness manifesting as polarity pairs-another "spiritual experience") or non-duality, and has to do with the approach to either of these spiritual experiences.

Time and space are illusions (Saturn), real while you experience them, but illusions none the less. Realism and idealism are not diametrically opposed; a realistic manifestation of the ideal is the issue. By giving our power away to physicality we sacrifice a part of our spirit to the material world (Saturn), this is where we over-strategize and overindulge without regard for spirit. By giving our power away to the ideal (Neptune) we lose sight of practical requirements necessary to functioning in physical reality to manifest the "All That Is".

Both planets reflect the illusion of dis-empowerment, or empowerment, which is not the effect of either planet or world but instead the approach to either.

To be balanced in our approach and view is to be positive in and of itself.

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." Albert Einstein

Relevant Articles:
Saturn Opposition Saturn--The Saturn/Neptune Paradox

Asteroids and The Modern Astrologers

When I began studying astrology 40 years ago, I remember working very hard to learn to associate the rulers of signs (planets and luminaries)

with their proper zodiacal sign and house. This became a critical element in astrological delineation and the steps which were soon to become my sequence of delineation.

As astrology evolved over the years and computer programs became available for calculation it became easier and easier to construct the chart (which we used to do by hand without a calculator) and less time was consumed on that aspect of astrology. That aspect of astrology is very important. Today's astrologers not having to do laborious calculations depreciates the ability to absorb the chart and it's energies as we move through the various positioning of planets etc.. Even the drawing of astrological symbols and planets into the house positions adds to ones appreciation and understanding of the chart at hand.

Today, we see fractions of a seconds of shots for commercials, movie sets, and also in the time it takes to calculate the chart and find delineations, or references to what we produce or want to know.

Astrology is an art/science. Like a painter we build upon a background or base and bring forth our painting into the foreground methodically, patiently, carefully. The art aspect is in part, the actual drawing of the horoscope and its elements. When we blend the significators and aspects to form a concept of the consciousness under evaluation, the disposition of planets slowly and methodically enhances our evolving understanding of the chart at hand. When we understand the law of momentum flow of the chart in question, we can then add the asteroids we see may be significant that support the delineation to be had through proper analysis.

If we were cooking a meal and sprinkled oregano in a pan and said "this _______ will be great, because oregano is in the pan" before we even  knew what the meal was going to be or consist of, we would be seen as not only nuts, but an incompetent cook at best seriously placing the cart before the horse to put it mildly.  

But evidently astrologers who read a few books  and blogs on asteroids and astrology don't believe such things, because they think the oregano (asteroid) itself tells them what the issues are in the chart just by its position alone! Trust a 40 years of experience astrologer who has delineated thousands and thousands of charts. It can't be done. Post-dicting that something occurred because such and such an asteroid was rising or conjunct something at the time only confirms those with critical thinking or scientific minds that astrology is bunk.

"On the first day of January 1801, Giuseppe Piazzi discovered an object which he first thought was a new comet. But after its orbit was better determined it was clear that it was not a comet but more like a small planet. Piazzi named it Ceres, after the Sicilian goddess of grain. Three other small bodies were discovered in the next few years (Pallas, Vesta, and Juno). By the end of the 19th century there were several hundred.

Several hundred thousand asteroids have been discovered and given provisional designations so far. Thousands more are discovered each year. There are undoubtedly hundreds of thousands more that are too small to be seen from the Earth. There are 26 known asteroids larger than 200 km in diameter. Our census of the largest ones is now fairly complete: we probably know 99% of the asteroids larger than 100 km in diameter. Of those in the 10 to 100 km range we have cataloged about half. But we know very few of the smaller ones; there are probably considerably more than a million asteroids in the 1 km range.

The total mass of all the asteroids is less than that of the Moon. " http://www.nineplanets.org/asteroids.html

Modern astrology, although reformatted with modern psychological principles, is basically a refined reproduction of ancient astrological practice developed over 7000 years of observation and application. There is nothing and no reformatting of serious sequential astrological delineation procedure that will ever be replaced with a concocted "archetype" of a small and insignificant piece of oregano disguised as an experienced chef's meal really only meant to add spice, nuance, and hints of flavor to a main course properly prepared.

How Many Known Asteroids Are There?

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Uranus Enters Aries

Aquarius is ruled by the planet Uranus, the great awakener (Buddha and Christ consciousness). Eons ago Uranus was brushed by the dark body Nemesis, counterpart of our Sun and was tipped on its axis. This event reflected the aspect of self-consciousness that was sacrificed to the unconscious as an effect of focus (Saturn) and hence the direct line to the creator was severed, as one pole of this planet faces toward the sun and one away.

The symbol of Uranus is the circle of consciousness submerged under the cross of matter and so reflects unconscious forgotten knowledge and its awakening through creative interaction (Leo is the Polarity of Aquarius and is ruled by the Sun). Discovery that leads to heaven. The recognition of choice in the creation of reality. The falling asleep of the higher self. Rebellion against materiality (next orbit out from Saturn). This is why in mythology Saturn castrates (renders impotent) Uranus. This power then rises up again in reflection (Venus), the mirror of mind in matter.

As we see with the end of Uranus’ transit through Pisces (29 degrees), and urgent wake-up call is being created by oil spills, Orca killing trainers, the seas being polluted, overfished, and currents being altered by climate change and the inundation of CO2. These negative effects are our signal that the last 28 degrees have remained unconscious and not brought to light. Saturn opposing Uranus renders it impotent because the collective consciousness sleeps.

The concepts of birth and beginning are always associated with both the first house (the east point) and the sign Aries. Aries represents the birth of the identity, ego, self and singularity of definition. The symbol is reflective of the Ram's horns, a seed springing up from the ground, a power scepter and the incarnation of any idea; the thrust of a geyser. The beginning. It is the masculine component of identity definition. It articulates the beliefs that define the artificial personality construct self presentation and approach. The concerns are for self insertion, not reception (Mars).

The positive aspects of Uranus in Aries are pioneering events, research, effort, action and the application of the one to serve the whole.

The negative will be terror, war, identity confusion which leads to catastrophe, and lone wolves who undermine the efforts of the many.

Because Jupiter conjoins it shortly after its entrance, revelation will come with regard to our place in the universe, and Genetic discoveries that demand re-evaluation of our beliefs regarding our origin.

Because Uranus squares Pluto during it, there may indeed be major destruction and/or drastic change in consciousness as well as world direction.

Awakening unconscious knowledge leads to the merging and blending with the other dimensional or spiritual awareness at Neptune. Let us have the foresight to wake up before we reach the 29th degree.

About Me: As a student of astrology for 37 years and a counseling astrologer for 30, Edmond Wollmann holds a professional certification in astrology and a double degree in psychology/studio art from San Diego State University. His self-empowering psychological and metaphysical approach to the application of astrology is inclusive and unique.
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Well, here we are in May of 2010. I have been on the Internet since 1994 with a continued presence. Time to bring quite a bit of work into phase 2.

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Edmond H. Wollmann

Original draft: March 87

2nd edition October 94

3rd edition May 97

4th edition September 2002

When I began studying astrology in 1971 I was skeptical and going to disprove it. However, any honest person who attempts this must become aware of the corroboration between astrological symbolism and the knowledge of self. Hence, the more I studied, the more mechanistically obvious it became that there was something there. Of course some of this acknowledgement was my own knowledge of self.

The "what" that allows astrology to work of course is the argument for invalidity of cynical minds with no experience of operational obviousness that astrology reveals when practiced properly. This "what" is still in the realm of the immeasurable (empirically). But there are many practices--even in academia--that are known to work and be valid, that no objective measurement can determine the "how" of.

As I learned astrology and psychology, I could see that my life often unfolded with reason that I could not foresee, and that apparently unconnected events and issues, were indeed connected. I began to feel that perhaps there were some serious reasons behind existence that could be readily observable. There must be a reason, I believed, for my own and others life experiences and needs being so different. However, this perspective raised more questions than it answered. If I had certain needs or characteristics as indicated by the horoscope, was I fated to experience only these? How do I change it? What is the source of the "cause" of the horoscope? Where is the equalizer that balances the experiential fact that some individuals never even hear about a religion let alone have this one life to "redeem" themselves (guilt control and manipulation through emotive appeals). Why does one chart have numerous "negative" aspects and another numerous "positive"? ...Or both? The chart exists AT birth, implying something "brought in."

Learning about reincarnation satisfied many of these questions. The differing experiences were due to actions I had taken in previous lives--that it was "really" one continuous flow, broken only by death and rebirth, not unlike sleep and wake cycles during life between days. What about the fact that time is essentially an experiential construct and not "real"? Actually these "lives" are all at once!

When I began counseling in 1979 I found that most people’s needs and conflicts about self worth and status (or what have you), were tied strongly to the relationship with the parents and early environment. I correlated this with psychological need and developmental theories; much of it presented and pioneered by Noel Tyl in "The Principles and Practice of Astrology" a 12 volume set. With this recognition in mind I began counseling with the idea of assisting individuals in the recognition of this fact and how they brought these beliefs forward into adult conscious commandment. That, self worth, for example, is determined by the level (or lack of it) experienced as a perceived condition in the early environment, and taught by the parents and societal expectations. These beliefs are then carried forward, often in an unconscious state, and externalized in interaction with the environment.

By the early 1980s I studied with great interest the channeling of "Seth" by Jane Roberts. Especially the volume entitled "The Nature of Personal Reality", The Edgar Cayce material (A.R.E.), the approach of the Rosicrucians, and Bashar (Darryl Anka), and the association, Kevin Ryerson (McPherson and John) on reality creation. Now there was a new concern. If we create our own reality 100%, then why was the parental structure so influential in determining a person's reality experience? Why, or how, did we create the horoscope that we currently have? Where does the interaction of nurture and nature begin and end?

It is really not that hard to piece together. The horoscope reflects the belief momentum (past and present lives combined) and the resultant effects of such momentum, because the universe is simply idea and concept manifestation. The illusion is in the perception that there are beginnings and endings of realities: Not unlike one day appearing to be gone when we wake up the next. The parental interaction is the catalyst that is unconsciously absorbed (and created BEFORE birth by birth time choice and parental choice) to manifest the best representation of the belief structure of the identity involved and the experiences chosen as themes to be explored in this life. The horoscope exists BEFORE parental interaction and must therefore be a template vibrational version of the momentum of belief already chosen to act as a springboard of experiential developmental unfoldment.

The constellations and planets do not impel, compel, influence, energize or in any other way determine the identity of the individual. They reflect the signature of the persona: One version of "All That Is" or God, looking at itself in another way. It is all one thing manifesting in all the ways it can--of which--we are those ways. The horoscope is the reflection of the momentum of the idea that you are at any given moment. It is a tool to recognize (rethink or to comprehend with the conscious mind) the idea you are and its momentum or probable outcome as an effect of that definition.

Tools of psychology, astrology or other awareness enhancers allow us the opportunity to own the reality and redefine it with preference through this knowledge of self.

Artisans do not "believe" or "disbelieve" in tools. They use and apply the tool for the job at hand, and their concern is for effect and improvement in the quality of life. Therefore the "proof" is in the improvements--not the tools. An astrologer can only serve as an artisan with a tool of self awareness.

Self awareness is the only agent of change for a probable "fate" in the mirror of mind, matter.