Astrological Predictions, Ego and the Winds of Change

The practice of fortune telling for money is a dubious process. Divination has become a methodology employed by many people to create scenarios that more than often, seek to soothe either the soothsayer's ego or the seeker's unfullfilled desires. Divination by sharmans and oracles is a centuries old practice in many cultures.

And today, there is a new breed of "prophets" and diviners creating diverse stories and predictions across the globe. Many of them have short and limited experiences. Some are authentic, many (most?) are not.

Observations, marking of the seasons by the fixed stars , and the correlation thereof with human activity, mundane or personal, can be an extremely useful tool to find timing for events, opportunities and potential developments. The insights offered by the astrologers of past eras hold a wealth of mythological stories that still hold relevance today.

Use of magic with these two above procedures of observation and correlation can create a somewhat precarious reality, that may carry with it a substantial consequence from the "fates" or "judgement from God". The use of Magic can also be a truly divine process, when used in an innocent, selfless and free from ego context.

It is best to reflect on these matters when embarking on the somewhat dubious but often modern day popular human activity of asking for a practicing occultist to intercede on the part of another, using magical spells or divinations, and creating an outcome that is ego driven or fear driven. The winds of change can come from many directions and carry upon them all types of unpredictable outcomes.

Even love driven, or what is supposedly "love driven" gain from occult practices can be a highly dubious affair.

The path that is taken by the authentic student of occult ways is necessarily riddled with tasty morsels offered straight from the "devil's" smorgasboard of "dainties". Oh, how sweet may they seem. How innocent, tantalising the choices may seem. Take care lest your ego trick you!

The student of God and pure LOVE, however, does not take these choices lightly. Mostly, they steer away from the dubious practices of foretelling the future or trying to change someone's "destiny".
The choices between the "devil" and God can be easily recognised for what they are. Best they be either ignored or "marked" for exactly what they are - temptations, little pavers to "hell", that step at a time, that will take the seeker steadily away from God and toward an ever harder to extricate oneself from hell on earth sensation. Staying with God and in the light is the ONLY CHOICE.

And so, if you feel compelled to choose? Choose wisely when seeking out an occultist or magician. The accrued magical power of occult practices thousands of years old, hold with them, the archetypal old "gods". These "gods" can be unforgiving, fearsome, mocking and ruthless.

In an earthly sense, many of these practices may be seen to hold sway..... for a while. Many seem to create a path forward for the ego encrusted "seeker". The extrication from the contract made, with regard to employing the ancient powers may not be so easy. And, after this life, there may be "fate" consequences, that are still not conceived, but relentlessly played out, in the world of spirit, beyond time and "the matrix". To be able to divine is a gift. It is a gift to be used for humanity, to help humanity, either personally or collectively. If you have this gift, use it wisely.

For myself, a general rule of thumb has been, in astrological practice, to remind the "client" that it is a story - for fun, enjoyment and personal well being. On a mundane level, I still find that astrology is best used as a creative story to help others understand patterns and processes that are reflected throughout the earth, the heavens and all the spaces in between.

There are some absolutely beautiful, authentic astrological and divination websites across the internet. They are created by caring souls who share their insights with others, give knowledge to our collective humanity's consciousness, and help awaken our own spirit to its worth. When you find a website that has the qualities of honesty, innocence and true good, YOU WILL KNOW!
a great example of an authentic astrologer is Liz Green .
other related stories in my Myths for a Modern Age series:-
Astrology Links at bluecray.org Astro LINKS .
Syrma - Al Ghafar - in Constellation VIRGO

Astrology for 9th October 2009 12.30pm GMT

The NASA Mission to the moon and the destructive measures of humanity now are linked together in a way that everyone cannot deny any more. Above is the What Watch generated Astrological Chart generated for the time of the impact. 12.30pm GMT 9th October 2009.

I am writing this, because I am wondering if anyone else, who is of an astrological mind felt the massive "shift" in what I described as a shift in mass consciousness at the time. Possibly it was the emotions of all the people who viewed the event. I wasn't aware of when this event would actually take place, but suddenly I was up and onto the computer, looking at the Astrology, because these was an overwhelming sense of change in the way I felt mass consciousness, and how it perceived itself.
I won't go on too much more, except to write down a few observations.
firstly the Sabian Symbols for the time:
(as per What Watch) What Watch? - Version 3.3 Build 92 - © 1999, 2008 Robert Amlung - www.papertv.com .

Sun
RETIRED SEA-CAPTAIN IN UNIFORM WATCHES SHIPS SAIL AWAY
Moon
DANCING COUPLES CROWD THE BARN IN A HARVEST FESTIVAL

Mercury
AN EMERGENCY CALL FREES HOUSEHOLDER FROM ROUTINE DUTY

Venus
A BOOK FOR CHILDREN PICTURES LITTLE MARY AND HER LAMB
Mars
A FURIOUS STORM RAGES THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL CANYON

Ceres
VAST MASSES OF MEN PUSH FORWARD REACHING FOR KNOWLEDGE

Jupiter
AT MASQUERADE, THE LAST MAN UNMASKS, URGED BY THE GIRLS

Saturn
BALD-HEADED MAN DOMINATES GATHERING OF NATIONAL FIGURES

Uranus
IN A TINY LOST ISLAND MEN BUILD HAPPILY THEIR OWN WORLD

Neptune
NOW FREED FROM PASSION, A MAN TEACHES DEEP WISDOM
Pluto
INDIAN CHIEF CLAIMS POWER FROM THE ASSEMBLED TRIBE

Quaoar
PELICANS, DISTURBED BY MEN, MOVE TO PLACES UNKNOWN

Sedna
A WHITE HOMING PIGEON FLIES STRAIGHT OVER STORMY WATERS

Chiron
CHILDREN REVEL UPON A SOFT NEW CARPET IN THEIR NURSERY

Pholus
A STAGE SYMBOLIZATION OF THE "GODDESS OF OPPORTUNITY"
Nessus
TO LOVE-BIRDS ON A FENCE SING OUT THEIR PURE HAPPINESS

Asbolus
MAN WITH RAKISH SILK HAT, MUFFLED, BRAVES THE STORM
North Node
MEN CLIMB A SACRED PEAK:BELOW, THE WORLD-ABOVE, PEACE

South Node
A FURIOUS STORM RAGES THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL CANYON

Lilith (m)
OLD ADOBE MISSION NESTLES IN CALIFORNIA'S BROWN HILLS
These last two are not particularly relevant to the "world at large" as at this time, every sabian symbol is rising(AC) and at the midheaven (MC) somewhere.
AC
A FLAG BECOMES AN EAGLE; THE EAGLE A PROUD CHANTICLEER

MC
MINERS ARE EMERGING FROM A DEEP WELL INTO THE SUNLIGHT

Also, the fixed STARS in conjunction with the moon when this happened (I only mention a few here, as there were quite a few at the time of the impact). You can look for yourself, at constellationsofwords.com :-

MINTAKA - a star in the belt of ORION (The Giant, The Hunter) - the other two being Alnilam, and Alnitak . Mintaka and its position relevant to the ecliptic is one of the key "locators" for half of the cycle of the Precession of the Equinoxes. (wobble of the earth about its axis as it spins, over the period of the Precession - about 25920 years, as at ancient or 25729 years under the modern data.)

Bellatrix - in the Constellation of Orion
Other Stars and constellations astrologically conjuncting the Moon would have been:-
Nihal - In the Constellation Lepus . Nihal is from the Arabic An-Nihal , "The camels quenching their thirst" or the word is derived from the Arabic for the source of water.(Constellationsofwords.com)
Capella - in the Constellation Auriga , the Charioteer.
anyway, I shall let you do more research yourself, I just wanted to mark this time as rather important for some reason.
I suspect that the many people, who have created acts of wanton and ego riddled destruction on the beautiful wildlife, plant life, ecosystems and natural heritage of our blue planet shall find that their consequences are catching up to them.
This act of "bombing" the moon (albeit in the name of science) has little wisdom, and a fair bit of foolishness. There will be people who admire, who are in awe, who are trapped in their justifications of the "plastic" world, that will just stay in denial and say how grand it all is. Forgive them, and quickly move on. Some of them are innocent. This is no longer a time to have a fight. That time has past. It is very much a time to feel remorse, then move on in love, both toward yourself, and others.
Meanwhile, the earth will keep turning, and our hearts will keep beating, but I suspect that mass consciousness will never be the same again, and like pandoras box - everything is open now, and we can't go back.
Be courageous in these times, look forward only, never back, and allow the spark of God's light and love to enter your hearts to carry you forwards.
These are times of extreme fortune, and as we know - fortune, the domain of Zeus, can be either horrific, or fantastically good, but always a double edge sword.
Take care.....
I for one, would like to say "sorry" to the Moon for the abuse that humanity is conducting on it. For our destructive Land and Water custodianship practices that we collectively exhibit- toward this dear protective and nurturing satellite of the Earth -my deepest apologies.
This reflects our collective stewardship of the Earth itself . The technology that we have from NASA that has helped the world is undeniable. I am not pointing blame at this "corporational institute". What I am saying here is our mass consciousness can now, no longer deny the consequences of our destructive behaviour towards life on EARTH.
And like the Luck of Jupiter, that is probably a good thing.

Myths for a Modern Age - second story

Industry and corporate greed has a face, so carefully hidden, that it is a sick secret, chronically denied by wealthy "corporate and political" gamesmanship. Have compassion here for those less fortunate - those people who are dragging us into extinction - those people who, at the expense of biodiverse health, spend their life weaving more and more denial into their complex lifestyles as their ego slowly eats up their spiritual credibility and worth.
Individual champions who work , often without realising it, to alert us to these issues and who have lived simple spiritually worthy lives are few and far between. ( I am not counting myself amongst these, so don't get too worked up - I am constantly working on my inner healing.) However, mostly, we follow blindly, falling prey to that human condition so well known to many Australians -
"she'll be right, mate".
Well, "SHE" is NOT right. "SHE" is very sick. The parallel of the collective earth to the individual
human health condition is astounding.
* We fill our lungs with toxic fumes just as we fill the earth "breath" with the same.

* We clothe ourselves with functionless adornments just as we adorn our society and lifestyles with functionless "stuff".

* Our inner organic systems of liver, heart, arteries and colons areas are as choked as our wetlands, habitats, waterways, and estuarine systems.

* Our skins and bones brittle, diseased and ill as are our soils, infrastructures and urban expansions.

* Our minds have become narrow, hollow and depressed just as our biodiversity has become thinned, weakened and sad.

* Our irrational minds, bent on extremities of lust, hate, greed, glory and imbalance are as extreme as the weather patterns that we greet each day. All the while our precious blue earth turns in space.
To echo the words of John Keel, "the universe does not exist as we think it exists, and we
don't exist as we think we exist"
Much of my life I have been gifted with visions. I have travelled beyond time, through the eons and watched many events and process, both past , present and future. I have been beckoned by both the "devil's" gifts of abundance and "God's" gifts of abundance,and know that love is the pathway, always through time, no matter how painful it may seem at the time, love is the only healing measure that works. Abundance - it comes from within and shines out.

Compassion comes from God and works through us. It is one of God's greatest gifts to us, if only we can unwrap this precious gift and share it with ALL. Remorse, self acceptance and the hard yards of love yield an eternity of bliss. Disdain, denial, the easier yards of hate driven anger and our ego's thoughtless actions yield an eternity of suffering and torment. Choice, through our free will, comes to us through our stories. The stories we play in our head, the stories we hear from each other.

Choice through LOVE and innocence, comes straight from God. The choice to adorn ourselves in the same clothing that our rich "emperor's wear, cut for them by those deceiving "taylors", is up to our free will. Our innocence, nurtured by love allows us to move beyond the idea of any choice and instead, walk hand in hand with God.

I have written a more in depth article (story) on these things at bluecray.org , so if you would like to keep reading and thinking about these modern stories and denials that we weave for ourselves, click HERE.

Baba, Benoit and Lucy, the Burringbar Crows grow up and leave the nursery

Baba, Benoit and Lucy, the young Crows that have grown up next door to me have now officially left the Nursery. Two days after, I took this photo of Benoit the young Crow who became my friend, the three youngsters took their final flight from the nursery area. They were about 1 year old when they left the nursery area. (August 2009)

Their Mother and Father have told them to join the Crows that fly about in the wider open spaces of the Valley of the Crows. Lucy tried to come back one day, and the Father told Lucy to go again. He flew at Lucy, and they got into a foot "lock" together, and then the father just threw Lucy into the air. Needless to say, Lucy flew off. Life seems hard for them, but that is their ways. I love the crows for how they are so strong and to the point.

Meanwhile, Benoit, Baba and Lucy have flown overhead, but very high. They are not allowed anywhere near the ground here, when they fly over. Benoit has been seen chasing hawks away from the area, but he is very high up in the sky.

And just a few days ago, about 7 young crows came flying over the area, in a group - led by Benoit. He paused to see me, whilst high up in the sky, then, as the Parents chased the young crows away, they had to leave. Sometimes I hear Benoit down in the valley. I know it is HIM, because I have an instinctive "hearing" for his voice. Don't ask me how THAT works, but somehow, I just "KNOW" it is HIM!

On the last day before he left, I showed him a fifty dollar bill, and this is what he said...........

“All it takes today it seems, is having

some money to follow your dreams.
The day comes up the sun goes down
and life goes fast in every town.

This stuff you eat that feasts on you
I’m finding it mighty hard to chew!”

"Benoit says" - at bluecray.org

The Baby Crows are ten months old

Baba, Benoit and Lucy, the young Crows living near the Burringbar Range (NE NSW, Australia) are now almost ten months old. They regularly visit the main group of Crows in the valley nearby, and often spend their nights away from the vicinity of their nesting tree, the Crow's Ash on the ridge.

Some of Benoit's images in the Environmental Advocacy Collages and Photos, (2008-2009)

Their eating skills and dexterity have greatly matured, as has their capacity to understand my directions. Their language is dramatically increased in sounds and strength of sound, but still holds the slight "huskiness" of being a young crow.

They somewhat remind me of dogs. Although when he is feeling boistrously active, Benoit has a sensitivity, that he finds hard to put to practice.  This is the time when he may peck at my ear too hard. But a word -  especially a very "sensitively put" word - more like a "feeling" expressed to him, and he then is much more gentle. 

The whole process is much like teaching a puppy or baby how to be gentle - the approach is the same. Showing the crow that gentle is "soft" and "friendly" and "loving". Benoit knows exactly how to differentiate "soft" from "hard".

Benoit and Lucy both regularly like to fly in, nearby and say hello.  I still put clean water outside, in the garden, daily, for the birds.  

The dear little crows  talk in a low language, trying to "mimic" our words. Lucy is still somewhat slower than the other sibling Crows but like Benoit, has taken to coming in to talk with me. 

Baba is still the most cautious of the three, regarding contact with me. 

They all like to garden with me, but particularly, again, Benoit and Lucy.  I am doing a small landscaping "project" outside my shed. I am making a nice flat area to put a couple of chairs, table and umbrella. The Crows have been helping me, in this task, and spend time picking through the soil that I disturb, as I create my new garden area. It is nice to work away with the little friends so relaxed, close by. 

Benoit has become so fast and smart, that at times, the parents are seen to reprimand him, as he display great gusto to trying to take everyone's food, when I throw out fruit or meat scraps for them. He is much larger than Baba and Lucy. His flying skills also show much more speed and agility. He is, in short, a superb looking youngster.

He is often away from the rest of the family, throughout the day, doing his own "crow business", and quite often, I only see him briefly, when he is coming through my way, or the others are nearby to my home, and he flies in to be with them here.  

As I write this, I can hear Benoit calling out about half a kilometer from here. His voice is still softer, like a baby Crow voice, but Benoit's voice is the loudest of the "Babies". He makes me smile, as I hear him going about his early morning.

• A few more photos of Benoit, the Crow, on the bluecray.org site
  

Back when the crows were about 7 months from their September 2008 hatching - this is what I had to say about them:-

"Baba, Benoit and Lucy have now been flying for over about 6months. This makes them about 7 months old. Their eyes show slight blue color, but still appear brown. Their vocal ability has improved strongly, and although they still are very soft in many of the louder calls, they display a great variety of language.

Due to Benoit's encouragement, the other two young Crows - Baba and Lucy, have decided to come closer to me, when they visit my garden. Benoit and Lucy have just spent the last week hanging about together, and Lucy would fly in, afterBenoit, when he comes to visit, and ask for meat or mandarines or grapes.

Lucy has begun to walk up to me, and will sit still for a long time, just looking at me nearby. Lucy has a very soft temperament, compared to Benoit, and is still clearly everyone's favourite. 

Some mornings, we all gather outside, and I garden, and pull back from the area I have dug up, and the Crows fly in and gather the worms and insects. Sometimes, I gather the worms, and throw them onto the roadside, for the Crows to eat. They quite like the worms. They love big grasshoppers, also, and fat heliothes caterpillars.

Benoit has taken to walking on the roof, and her makes great noises, as his large crow feet run across the metal roof. Benoit likes to make noise. He is, by far, the noisiest, busiest, fastest, brightest crow, of the three siblings. In fact, quite a handful for his parents." 

• Gyrating Crow   
  
• Benoit Says   
  

Astrological Stories and Myths for a Modern Age

 Myths for a Modern Age

Since the beginning of time, our ancestors have sat under the stars to tell stories. These stories have been passed down, through generations and often have an astrological component. They are a collective treasure of information about humanity. These mythologies and symbolic epics carry a wealth of insight into the human condition, here on earth, and how we relate to God and God's Creation that we are part of here.

Genomics : Christine Morris - click on this link to understand more about people and stories. 

Christine holds a wealth of wisdom in story telling and perception of the human "way".Meeting with her professionally some many years back, I learnt a number of valuable lessons (insights). 

We are all telling stories. 

That is what we do. I give you a story, you give me a story. Well, in this blog, no one is actually writing back to me, and exchanging stories yet, but I am ever hopeful!!

However, this perspective :- that we are all here on earth exchanging stories, is a beautiful view of life and human exchange with the world. 

Exchanging stories with Christine back in the nineties, also made me think very hard about my own perceptions and discernments concerning issues such as roadways.  This needless, senseless road kill and habitat devastation that comes with human settlement and movement. Perhaps the real question surrounding these issues is:-

"WHY SHOULD THIS EVEN BE AN ISSUE?"

Now of course, on the surface, this carries a very valid and practical assessment of the situation.

 

WHY this should even be an issue? 

The real issue is NOT about worrying how to help the animals in their habitats by and near the roads, not about designing roads that legally support current "environmental technologies" for aiding flora and fauna continuity corridors. These things are clearly important, and are a response to the given current environmental human condition situation .They are, however,  extremely inadequate. 

AND, it is not necessarily about putting up more signs for koala crossings and ducklings crossing the road. Although these things are clearly important too - and the tireless work of conservationists, animal welfare workers and the many people who just care for animals in their lives and love nature.

However, I suspect the REAL QUESTION TO BE ASKING is..................... 

How did we arrive at this point where we even need to consider this immense "POWER" over life and death, in our daily lives? And......

 Where does "I" or "me" fit  into all of this?  

And Where do YOU, my dear reader, fit into all of this? 

Well, ..... right now - I am madly telling stories - visual, via the environmental advocacy collages, and the stories that are in the bluecray articles. 

And hopefully, some of my stories will inspire you to go to the edge of your comfortability zone, and try a little "surrender". A little "faith" A little "humility" in all of this mad challenging world of today. 

But above all - I would like to alert you to your  individual power and your own personal stories. 

You now wield an amazing amount of power, wherever you move and live. Have respect for this. Possibly, if you are reading this, you own or have at your comfortable disposal -  a computer, a car, a home  - or at least, so many possessions that you surely cannot travel about with them - all on your back.

However,  you may travel about a fair bit also. You may be a patron and participant in your society in some way or another. You may be overwhelmingly connected to a vaste amount of paperwork, processes, bureaucratic rituals, documentation, complex communications networks. This complex matrix of events is symptomatic of ourselves, as individuals, in many ways.

Learning to re-relate to nature is one of the challenges of this matrix of human processes.

As cities and high density urban areas of 24 hour lighting and atmospheric pollution/phenomena are on the increase, the skies are often unseen by people, the world over, every night.

 

The world of Astrological stories and observations to mark the timing of the cycles of nature and the heavens is largely physically unrelated to sky observations these days. It is largely generated by machines, paperwork, the hard work of some untiring mathematical and astronomical wizards, that bless us with their precise calculations, direct astronomical observations and knowledgeable application of divination, symbols, mythology and etymology. 

We have become somewhat "disconnected" from the SOURCE:- The NIGHT and DAY SKIES.

But mostly, what is it that we end up exchanging? - it is stories.

Astrological stories are now accumulating, as more and more astrological thinkers exchange stories, ideas, methodologies and mathematical reasonings via the speed of the internet and mass consciousness exchange..

Also, many of the stories now contain components of modern thinking, reflection, philosophy and "setting", however the basic fact is still there.

We are all exchanging stories.

LINKS

• Prehistoric Astronomers (Lost Worlds) - a Documentary at SBS.com.au
  
• Constellations of Words - The Etymology and the Symbolism of the Constellations by Anne Wright
• Some interesting Works by Christine Morris and others at Griffith University - Griffith Research Online 
• The Centre for Psychological Astrology - founded by Liz Greene, the Centre provides Courses, Seminars, Astrology books and much more - take a look

The Moon conjunct Jupiter Neptune Chiron 13th June 2009

Tonight, the Moon (emotions and environmental nurturing connections) will be rather close to Jupiter, Neptune and Chiron (knowledge, vision and healing), in the night sky above Byron Bay, NSW, Australia. You should be able to see the Moon and Jupiter clearly above the horizon about 11pm tonight.  

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Below is an Astrological Chart for 11.32pm AEST (Byron Bay, Australia ), showing that as the Moon, Jupiter, Neptune and Chiron conjunct, the 26th and 27th degrees of the constellation AQUARIUS become important. Also, the FIXED STAR Gienah, in the Constellation CYGNUS, is very close in longitude.

Public knowledge, vision and healing flow well with individual expression 

but there remains much to be UNCOVERED and recognised by our individual "selves". 

These planets, in their intense grouping, as they travel through their first two hours of rising, are in the twelfth house  - the domain of PISCES. 

With Neptune the ruler of Pisces, and Jupiter the traditional ruler of Pisces, this is a powerful location, during this period two hour period after rising.  Focusing on the qualities of the Moon, Jupiter, Neptune and Chiron can help facilitate institutional healing, learning from the past,and is a powerful tool to assist those who wish to uncover hidden things, so that others may see them for what they are.  The story of the Emperor's New Clothing can pertain to this astrological situation, as can the Ugly Duckling Story. 

The mind (Mercury) and the mass consciousness (Uranus) flow well together. Thus prayer and the will for transformation can flow from the individual's knowledge base, to the wider community, via mass consciousness "connections". Wonderful! 

The above chart is for 13th June 2009, 11.32pm Byron Bay NE NSW, Australia. AEST

(above chart by What Watch at PaperTV.com)

Quaoar (manifesting voice and dance) is situated close to the Midheaven, at 19 degrees Sagittarius. It is unaspected by other planetary bodies (thus giving it a somewhat elusive quality). However, if you view the above chart, you will see that there is much harmony in the planetary connections for ALL the other "planets". (blue and green lines).

This can help facilitate shifting blockages and refocusing visionary directions. Again, VIOLETS are a major symbol, as is the idea of thorough preparation for the future, particularly regarding environmental, seasonal and climatic cycles.

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(Sabian Symbol for the Sun today is "THREE FLEDGLINGS LOOK OUT PROUDLY FROM THEIR HIGH NEST".  So, above is a photo of Baba, Benoit and Lucy, back when they where just out of their nest. Their Father is on the left.)