The measurement of declination and declination longitude has not been a major theme of interpretation in astrological circles. I have been in previous articles making comparisons from both geocentric longitude and declination longitude. My purpose was to clarify and focus on the earth centered feeling of experience as an adjunct to the path of the Sun. When these two great circles cross as in eclipses a palpable dynamism is set in motion. The principle of where earth meets heaven and heaven meets earth has been a philosophical holy grail. Our current state of pandemic has made it clear that the roots of Earth run deep. The ecliptic interpretation that we have been embracing, similar to lightning, needs grounding. The calculations for geocentric longitude positions are generated from earth as in right ascension but have been neglected as a reference all on its own. I mention this in hopes that it will generate interest towards our Mother Earth , lord knows she could use some attention!
I would like to offer at this time another definition for out of bounds. In past articles I used the sports metaphor. As a planet leaves the ecliptic it is no longer in the realm of cultural momentum, the” normal” is suspended. The principle i.e. planet is partially disconnected from the cultural expectations, for an opportunity to reflect and reboot for the time being. During our current pandemic Mars and Venus were both out of bounds , Mars through February and Venus through April and May. Our actions were in disarray from misinformation and our values have been challenged to adapt to virus protection protocol s. As of this writing, the George Floyd police brutality protests have been escalating. The reassessment of the sheer numbers of such incidents has our Venusian values on racism reaching new heights.
Pluto will be out of bounds August of 2025 at 2 degrees of Aquarius geocentric longitude and 2 degrees of Capricorn in declination longitude. In researching the periods that Pluto has been out of bounds it has become apparent that this is the last time Pluto will be out of bounds till 3,000AD and beyond. This makes this last period historic. So what has Pluto out of bounds signified in the past? Pluto as we know is the planet of transformations. It also rules mob fury, obsession and a myriad list of underworld nasties.(see Rex Bills “ Rulership Book”) For the purposes of this article we will be looking at past historical periods and possible theme connections.
Pluto has been out of bounds in Capricorn every 248 years. I would like to focus on two of the most recent April 1525-May 1553 and May 1774-January 1795. 1525-1553, This period saw the challenge of Martin Luther against the scandal and corruption of the Roman catholic church. This Prompted the Councils of Trent, 1545-1563 with a reorganization of Holy Roman policy. They declared the exclusive right of interpreting the bible. The sale of church indulgences and offices condemned. Clerics could no longer have concubines and must pursue higher standards of education. The threat of the protestant movement on the personal relationship to God and scripture interpretation set political shockwaves through the European dynasties. Allegiances were parlayed for monetary and political support from the Pope. Expansionism from Spain into Central America and New Mexico was in play. Nicolaus Copernicus dies 1543 and his “On the Revolution of Heavenly Bodies” is published, furthering the challenge of the power structure of the church and status quo. We can begin to see from this thumb nail sketch, that the theme of religious freedom and independent thought has begun to create quite a stir. The backlash of reprisals on the protestant movement and the grip of prevailing religious doctrine created tremendous bloodshed.
May of 1774-January 1795 brought us several revolutions, the United States included, no doubt with the help of the discovery of Uranus who was also out of bounds during 1735-1740. The timeline of world history is dominated by the American Revolution at the beginning of this period and ends with the French revolution beginning in 1789-1799. Needless to say that independence is again a major theme. The restructuring of governments to reflect the needs of the people dominates this period. “The age of reason” also continued to challenge the church. , The separation of church and state became a battle cry. We can see that the theme of individualistic thinking, beginning with Martin Luther from the previous period, gains advantage within government, crystallizing the rights of individuals. I would like to look deeper with the symbolism of these time periods and see if we can’t glean a clue of what 2025 may bring.
The Sabian archetype for Capricorn is Capitalization, to gain by turning something to advantage. The first 15 degrees are categorized as crystallization. The activity is cultural and the declination longitude of these degrees is moving backwards from 6 to 2 degrees, toward 0 cardinal/Capricorn. These are the lift off degrees from the ecliptic in declination longitude for the successive periods of 16th, 18th and 21st centuries. This reiterates a theme in previous articles with regards to the influence of the galactic center. The essential relationship to “all that is” (God) is evolutionarily inching closer to the galactic center. The desire for independent thought and expression with cultural support is a growing need for the evolution of collective effort. Ethnocentricity and nationalism have progressed past tribal. I also see the common thread of these periods as an evolutionary push toward larger forms of organization.
The geo longitude lift off position from the out of bound of Pluto during these periods is moving forward through Capricorn. The shift first occurred in the 16th century. The second half of 16-30 degrees is titled “Group performance” The Sabian symbol of 19 Capricorn is ”A FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD CARRYING A BAG OF GROCERIES Keynote: Rising to the occasion when asked to assume social responsibilities ahead of one’s normal development. Accelerated Growth.
This underscores the infancy of the individuals’ participation in self- governance. Martin Luther and the protestant movement along with the proliferation of printing began an uphill climb for acceptance.
The 18th century saw lift off at 24 degrees of Capricorn. The Sabian Symbol : A WOMAN ENTERING A CONVENT keynote: Total commitment to a transcendent goal. TRANSCENDANT SECURITY. The age of reason and the rise of science were challenging the power of religion and the search for existential truth was a growing imperative.
The declination longitude lift off for the 18th century was 3 degrees of Capricorn. The Sabian symbol, A HUMAN SOUL, IN ITS EAGERNESS FOR NEW EXPERIENCES, SEEKS EMBODIMENT. Keynote: A powerful yearning for whatever will increase the scope and depth of one’s contacts with other living beings. What is implied in the position of this symbol seems to be the strong drive in every human consciousness or will toward new experiences, whether they are constructive or destructive. Man may grow and gain understanding and wisdom through both types. Desire to prove oneself
The restlessness of this period and the challenge of governmental oppression had escalated. The opportunity for suspension of the status quo offered a new beginning. These experiments are still in play. The responsibility of self-governance is becoming a key to evolution.
Pluto in 2025 will be out of bounds for the last time in our history going out to 3,000 AD and beyond. It is also the first time its lift off, will be 2 degrees of Aquarius in Geo longitude an air sign. So let us see what we can add to our current narrative. I don’t think it is a coincidence that the current Saturn station was there or that the Saturn /Jupiter conjunction is also at these early degrees of Aquarius.
Saturn’s geo longitude and declination longitude station happened at 2 degrees Aquarius on May 9th. The easing of lockdown in many countries and states has officials worried that it is too soon. The collective economic pressure to open business is growing White house staffers test positive for Covid 19 and Dr. Fauci the face of science in this administration is under self –quarantine. The positive side is the overall co-operation of people wearing masks, for the protection of each other. This is unprecedented on a global scale. There is a common understanding that we are in this all together. A spirit of solidarity, if harnessed could truly transform the world.
The Sabian symbol for 2 degrees Aquarius, An unexpected Thunder Storm; Keynote: The need to develop the inner security which will enable us to meet unexpected crisis .NATURE’S CHALLENGE. This can certainly speak to global climate change as part of the coming narrative not to mention the Corona Virus in our current situation.
I thought I would look at the contra-parallels because of the underlying collective vs the individual themes in a lot of the previous symbolism throughout these articles. The contra-parallels of 2 degrees Aquarius is 2 degrees of Leo . The dynamic opposition of the contra-parallels exemplifies Aquarius; collective ego - mental programming-social pressure vs. the individual efforts in harmonizing its affects; Leo-personal-creative –centering ,life giving. The individual s sovereignty and responsibility to choose allegiance to the ideal social contract is at stake. The ideal social contract would support the basic survival needs for the pursuit of happiness . This would allow for the freedom to create and foster supportive relations with all that is, a symbiotic exchange of mutual support.
The Sabian symbol for 2 degrees Leo: An Epidemic of Mumps; Keynote: The spreading power of individual crises through a collectivity “The broad meaning of an epidemic is that one individual, if infected by a certain type of disease can spread the disease to a vast number of persons in his environment, and in some cases all over the globe” Thus we are dealing with THE INFECTIOUS SPREAD OF INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES. You can’t make this stuff up !
I would like to interject that other than the obvious correlation to the current pandemic, the future ideas and solutions that will evolve to sustain these global adjustments will be generated by the creativity of individuals that will spread.
The stars of early Aquarius; according to “Secrets of the Ancient skies”
Diana Rosenberg’s opening quote: “ We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness… “
Thomas Jefferson (Uranus here) and the Declaration of Independence, 1776 (Pluto here)
She continues; Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness! Here Aquila stands in for North America’s great bald eagle, representing the high flying aspiration and intense desire for freedom these stars bestow, along with a need to be admired, to surpass one’s roots, colleagues and environs. Intensely daring, competitive, pioneering, ambitious, doggedly persistent, willing to take risks, those born under these stars have a need to define themselves outside of the conventional values of their society, and will search for the ideal in every part of their lives, for like the eagles they want to fly ever higher, even beyond the Sun, as if to bring earth to heaven and heaven to earth.
I don’t know about you but this sounds pretty exciting! Could this be the dawning of the Aquarian age? The mire we find ourselves in politically and the despair of our gutted ideals need to be redefined and reclaimed. The promise of the potential is self- evident. Our yearning is written in the sky. In the years ahead we have many opportunities with the Saturn/Jupiter 2020 conjunction and the follow up of Pluto’s out of bounds in August 2025-2036. I have hope that we will no longer need the services of Pluto out of bounds to guide us on our life mission. These windows of opportunity are a challenge and gift to be mindfull of want is truly important for life, liberty and Happiness. It is our choice as individuals to uphold the vision of promise and dive deep into the underworld of our unconscious collective shadow and weed out the mistaken beliefs that hold us captive from our unalienable rights.
Our current shake up will not be our last , our mother has much work to do to nuzzle us back on the path that leads us to a caring and compassionate role in our co-evolution. She is ruthless but just and the cost will be equitable for the future of mankind. I want to end with the symbol of the 2nd degree of Capricorn. It is the lift off degree of Pluto in declination longitude for 2025. Again we are moving toward the galactic center. I am switching to Martin Goldsmith’s “ The Zodiac by Degree” second edition, it feels more relatable to me at this time.
2 Capricorn: A PRIEST DELIVERS A SERMON, EVEN AS THE BOMBS ARE FALLING. ON THE WALL BEHIND HIM A LUMINOUS ROSE WINDOW PICTURES THE CHRIST CHILD SURROUNDED BY THE TWELVE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC
DESCRIPTION: Interpreting earthluuiy events by identifying and clarifying the spiritual archetypes that these events approximate; seeing historical events as moral parables; surviving the blows of fate by putting one’s problems in a higher perspective; abiding by values that will survive the rise and fall of nations (ideologies-closed to alternative views); standing firm in one’s spiritual ideals (feel besieged by the gross materialism and negativity of modern life; struggle to retain their faith); seeing the big picture vs. getting lost in fragmentary truths; emotional roots that spiral down through time to feed on immortal truths of an embattled spiritual tradition; connecting to a gnostic spiritual tradition (essential unity of esoteric Christianity and pagan solar worship) spiritual teaching or preaching.
The commandeering of corporate interests in our current expression of government has broken the trust of the people. The disparity and divisiveness is ever growing. The tipping point is upon us. The founding fathers saw and tried to protect the possibility of such incursions on the public trust. Our current state of affairs and apathy would be a tragedy in their eyes. We are on the threshold of the historic last period of Pluto being out of bounds. I believe that the transcendence beyond culture is our birthright, as citizens of Earth. We need to actualize the equality of our common humanity. Our willingness as individuals to except responsibility for examining core beliefs that no longer serve us is imperative. The beliefs that nature and “all that is” are not here to guide us in loving relationship are absurd. The reluctance to accept our inner voice as her gentle call needs to be examined. We can do this but we need help. Our willingness to surrender in loving relationship and appreciation of the beauty and majesty all around us is an individual participation that requires nothing but a change in perspective. I pray that we collectively sieze these opportunities for the betterment of mankind. There will be many a storm ahead but our personal connections will keep us on a steady course for love to survive.
I would like to acknowledge the gift of sharing this vision. It has given me hope for my grandchildren and the future of humanity. We are destined to learn our co-dependence with all life on earth. May we continue to use the insights of the ancient ones, to guide us on our way home.
Blessed BE, denis