Remember to Find Your Center in These Unsettled Times

Planetary aspects in the last several years have presented us with continuing challenges. Uranus and Pluto in transit are in an evolutionary spiral from their conjunction of the 1960s.  We are now living in a similar period of rapid change and social division.  This energy, because of its nature of breaking old patterns, naturally creates fear and a sense of uncertainty within people.  Yet this energy brings opportunity to those who take time to internally comprehend the energy.  If there is anything you wanted to do to change circumstance within your life – now is the time to do it.

What is important to remember in these times is to come from a point of unconditional love.  This is the natural center point when things appear divisive.  Pluto makes us aware of the shadows within us that are transformed when light is shined upon it.  The initial glare of light may be a momentarily shock but the shadow is dissolved.  Uranus is the only planetary energy that affects us from the outside.  When Uranus breaks things down in our lives, it is telling us we are ready for growth.  Initiations are shocks, and Uranus excels in shocking. No matter the planetary transits, remember you are a soul created from a Loving God. That relationship forged in the light of unconditional love supersedes all.

What is the Astrologer’s Role?

The role of the astrologer is to help the client see and then understand their patterns.  The good astrologer can connect patterns seen in the intangible stars “out there” into something tangible to work within the ”in there”  for the client.   An astrologer strives to create understanding giving possibilities of choices through timing and action.  The astrologer can never force a decision or proscribe a certain outcome.  Above all, it is the client’s life and experience, and no matter their result a good astrologer honors the client’s free will choice.

If the astrologer can help someone understand that the way they have thought about something for years is so embedded in the subconscious, then thinking patterns need change to alter outlook.  The subconscious mind has no sense of humor thus experiences everything as fact.  Subconscious programming changes only through repetition of new input.  The astrologer can then encourage the client in creating positive new patterns supporting them by reminding them that these changes do take time.  From this perspective changing blockages within the client is far easier to accomplish.  The astrologer can not tell them how to correct it, but asks the client through questions how they think they can achieve breaking through a blockage.  The client’s inner wisdom is activated and respected.  The astrologer is there to help them see the pattern.  The client can choose to hear or not hear the message, but at the very least the astrologer has planted a seed that can one day com to fruition within the consciousness of the client.

Why Use Astrology?

There is an instinctual knowing within humans that we are more than an accidental biological byproduct of this planet.  We want connection and relationship not only to each other but find a meaningful relationship to a cosmic force because this would validate the existence of our souls.  And we are souls.  We have a reason and purpose for living on this planet.  A physical body and its ego are finite so it struggles to understand the infinite part of us.  Nevertheless, we must look past that struggle to see the true relationship we have as a soul to this universe.

Astrology is a language of symbols that speaks about our connection to our Creator.  It reminds us that we are far more than a physical body.  Astrology in its best form tells us our story through its symbols:  our experiences on that universal journey where we learned, created, loved, feared and how we can take these supposedly conflicting experiences to craft it into a working guide in this life.  This language affirms and speaks of our relationship to Creation who gives light, meaning and perspective to our existence. We are borne of the Creator so we have the same essence and impulse to grow and experience. We are then responsible to enact our experiences and live our lives.

What is the Soul?

To properly understand Soul Astrology we must first define: what is the soul?

The soul is the essence of your being. It is the reality of you.
Because the soul had separated from the high place of consciousness and became more densified in the body, it now goes through bodily experiences (reincarnation) to understand the elevation once again.

The soul is always the soul. It is immortal, but it brings itself through these life experiences.

THE RELATIONSHIP OF BODY, MIND & SOUL

The body is the temple in which the soul dwells. The mind is the tool that permits the physical body and soul to bridge communication. In other words the soul is the reality of you, and the super-conscious mind is its mind. The conscious mind is the directing mind, which is the mind of observation. The subconscious mind is the mind that governs the body, and it rules the body through the pituitary gland. Thus that which the conscious mind sees and garners is fed to the subconscious mind. When it accepts that, it releases the emotion and the feelings that go with that thought pattern through the pituitary.

EXAMPLE

When someone does something to you, and your mind observes it as a negative, you become angry. You signal your subconscious to anger; and all the anger that is programmed there is re-instigated and fed to the pituitary gland, and then to the physical body. The body begins to flush with anger. The body may tremble with anger, or the body may release adrenaline in anger if it is needed. The physical bodily functions happen from the programming of the subconscious.

Now if you understand that, you can see how important it is to know that what you’re feeding the subconscious is the right direction. And remember: nothing really becomes a direction without action. So the person who sits saying, “it’s a wonderful day; it’s a wonderful day; it’s a wonderful day,” will experience a wonderful day but they will only experience it to it’s fullest if they get up and enjoy it.

So you must know that thought is the conception, the spoken word is the birth, and the physical action is the rearing of the child. Every thought you have is an entity, a thing. When you speak it you give it birth into the world; but unless you do something about it, it will die.

Seraph, Julian discusses the soul and soul purpose. 1977

Astrology is the guidance and influences of energy which was created before mankind.

Astrology is the guidance and influences of energy which was created before mankind. Those heavenly bodies were here before  humans walked.  They affect everything in the universe as they move throughout the galaxy. That humans absorbs these energies is true. Each emotional structure absorbs these energies in different manners. The Moon’s influence on the twelve signs of the zodiac will be basically the same but its effect will be slightly different in each sign. And so it is with each pattern absorbing the planetary energies. The personality will interpret the energy and so there will be variations in how the planetary energies will be manifested.

For example, let’s use the sign Taurus.  Because Taurus is a “feet on the ground” individual in their basic solar instinct, they interpret things from that perspective. So when, Saturn comes around during the Saturn return, it teach lessons — hold back, restrict, so forth — you will find that the Taurean will find these energies coming forth in the material life, the mundane life, in a “down to earth” manner. That’s how they will feel it.  In contrast the Libran will find imbalance because they will feel this energy that is teaching lessons through harmony disrupted. The different signs will interpret the energy according to their basic pattern. One cannot always say when this aspect happens you will feel and experience the same thing. Some people do not seem to feel the effect as much as others.

Astrology is not a game nor is it a fatalistic structure.  Astrology is one means of finding self, and that is the key to astrology — the discovery of self, of what makes your emotional structure, you as an individual, react in the universe the way you do. From that understanding of self, each is able to better understand and merge and cope with each other so that astrology is a boon to mankind. It’s a form of self-guidance. Guidance in interaction with others because certain energies affect you a certain way, therefore you know that you can merge with others or work with others at a specific time better than others.

A question that keeps some people from believing in astrology is, “How can the planets really influence us?”  Everything in the universe is made of energy. Polarity of energies is what keeps the universe in its proper balance. In order to exist in the universe, one needs interaction between these energies because if they did not they would have war between the energies. They would either have constant friction or they would have a constant merging which would create imbalance. Each of the energies of the planets was created in order to work with the emotions of man.

There were created those that would be boosted to man or what you would call “benefic”, and there were those that would be lesson teachers and these you often call “malefic”. These energies course through the light years to the earth plane, and all on the earth plane respond to them. The Moon affects the floodwaters — the ebb and flow of water. The Moon and Sun affect the growth pattern of all living things bringing it into energetic state and the repose state. All life cycles, which seem to be minute, independent, functioning systems are guided by the energies of the planets triggering their cycles. The seasonal changes that are created by the Sun bring forth the revitalization of plants, the dormant state, the blooming state, the fruition state. It seems as if it is a natural cycle, but that natural cycle is instructed by the energies of the planets.

The configuration of the heavens is awaited for your birth to occur so that the emotional structure of the individual will be that which will help it encounter those soul-growth patterns that you as a soul has chosen. Thus it is the planets in their position at birth that provide the very first input into your emotional being of the ego-personality. In your lifetime you merge and become one with these energies for specific periods of time so you learn the lessons that the energy has to offer. It is part of the Law of Cause and Effect, for even the most pure individual encounters through this process the testing which permits them to continue or to reject their way of life. And so it is that, periodically, man is tested and proceeds to change his course or continue his course accordingly. It is part of what you might call the perpetual motion of existence. These energies were created to maintain the balance.

Seraph, Julian 1978

What is Soul Astrology?

Soul astrology is your road map for the experiences you will have in this incarnation. Through soul astrology you begin to determine and interpret your experiences. From the spiritual perspective you are then able to determine how you will work out a pattern, know where it will occur, and through that understanding begin to accept the situation while reducing the inner fear.  When you come to understand the spiritual perspective of astrology, you are better able to cope with events.