There is a lot of symbolism that can be attached to the Deepwater Oil Spill. For myself, I was listening the other day to someone who was in some form of breakdown. He was talking relentlessly, and had kept it up for hours, and it was all symbolic, archetypal, but with no processing or guiding by the ordinary mind. It was therefore incoherent. And the Deepwater Oil Spill sprang forcefully into my mind, where you see crude oil gushing unstoppably from the depths because the normal containing crust of the earth has been broken, broken somewhat recklessly by all accounts.The symbolism works both ways. Could it be that the Oil Spill symbolises a collective madness on our part? Saturn, in a way, represents our sanity.
He represents the order and containment that our fragile consciousness needs if it is not to be swept away by chaotic, instinctual forces. Saturn helps us process those forces, integrate them. But what if Saturn goes too far in the other direction, where order and containment and dominance is all? Sooner or later the unconscious, or life if you like, will break through uncontrollably. Too much Saturn is a form of madness (though not usually recognised as such) as much as too little can be. In neither case is there an ability to apprehend what is real.
At present there is a Saturn-Pluto square, which we can see as raw life (Pluto) breaking through human order (Saturn). Oil from the depths (Pluto) breaking through the earth’s crust (Saturn). The reckless exploitation of the earth and its resources that we see today is Saturn gone too far, and the Deepwater Oil Spill is literally, symbolically and astrologically a reminder of that.
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In the case of the US, where the spill has occurred, we have the country that more than any other symbolises the world’s malaise. And the IC of the US chart – the bottom of the chart, the ground beneath our feet – is being opposed by Saturn (the attempt to plug the well!) – having been punctured by Uranus (currently conjunct the IC) and is also being squared by Pluto: the unwelcome and uncontrollable flow of crude oil, raw life, from the depths.
At the time of the initial explosion, the Moon in Cancer was in the US 8th House, Pluto's realm, activating it; and Mars at 8 Leo was conjunct the US North Node which is also in the 8th House: so the explosion (Mars) took place in Pluto's realm and is of deep significance (North Node) for the US.
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you see more than most
it seems to me
and those pluto squares
are becoming more prominent
as the cycle unfolds
your chart is really being light up
It's not as if the earth's crust isn't violated naturally all the time (volcanos? earthquakes?) This too will pass - the real question: will we humans ever learn anything?
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Interesting post. I want to remind the way oil was called in the Middle Ages, when it was well known (you can read about it in “Il Milione” by Marco Polo, for example): It was called “aqua diaboli”, The Water of The Devil...
i'm interested in the guy who was talking incessantly? he sounds like a typical person today?
Yes, this square which in my opinion represents the highly irregular collective (recently deplanetized status of pluto) being forced to accept the detail of this spill is uncomfortable (inconjunctions to neptune) and couple with the union of Jupiter and Uranus (invention) at the first degree of the zodiac, we are about to embark on the world's greatest environmental revolution to save our planet from the manmade consequences at least which are leading to some forms of the ominously predicted 2012 devastation.
Our faces are being smeared in the doggie poo, if you will, and I think now oil companies (my brother builds chevron plants) are capitalizing on the opportunity to clean this mess up and get their competitors green with envy as they herald in a new era of more enviromentally friendly fuel & energy solutions.
Meanwhile, what about them spirals!?
Love the meditation on Saturn which is so misunderstood these days. Also Uranus which, no surprises for once, is on the IC of the displayed chart. People forget that Uranus is actually the father of Saturn, a monster who relentlessly and unremittingly swallowed up anything and anyone who threatened him.
It's true the transits are life changing for everyone. With Saturn in Obama's 12th house it will be interesting to see how the deep and dark waters of pluto (oil) will
work with a "community organizer"!
Now the eclipse on July 11th hits Mr. O. 6th house, work/health and so much more. The opposition as well to his 12th....I think he's over his head in water issues and I'll put my money on the Big three
(Pluto,Saturn,Uranus)What do you think about Uranus in Aries, will we have our internet under control
of our leaders as well?? Please share what the stars are telling you.
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