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Wisdom Teaching #9
October 15, 2001
Why War? Why Now? The Saturn/Pluto
Opposition.
Saturn and Pluto became actively engaged
in conflict on August 5th, 2001. This geometrical aspect
is called an “Opposition.” (180 degrees) Basically,
Saturn and Pluto are standing face to face to one another.
The dates of exact opposition are -- August 5th,
2001, November 2nd, 2001, and May 26th, 2002.
One way to picture an opposition is to
imagine two people on a teeter-totter. When the teeter-totter
is balanced, and the riders are exactly opposite, they
can see each other. Oppositions provide the maximum
awareness of “one thing to another.” In any
opposition you can choose to listen, respond and cooperate,
or you can choose to fight. Either way, you must relate.
Blending and uniting concepts that are opposed
is the goal.
What must blend?
Saturn is a guardian of structure, habits
and preservation. Archetypically he is the one who wants
things measurable, exact, ordered, and familiar. Pluto
is the God of transformation and change. Pluto is ready
to do whatever it takes to destroy the outdated so that
new seeds can be planted. Their principles are therefore
opposed—preservation and transformation.
Saturn wants to keep things the same and
Pluto wants to change. One thing is absolutely certain
about a Saturn-Pluto opposition: Pluto WILL transform
and change Saturn’s carefully built structures,
and Saturn WILL resist. This can be a difficult combination,
often times accompanied by harsh measures (which neither
Pluto nor Saturn shy away from) necessary to affect
the transformation, or needed growth.
STRUCTURAL CHANGE always accompanies a
Saturn-Pluto opposition. They typically occur at 31-38
year intervals. The last one occurred in 1965, and the
one before that in 1931, the beginning of the Great
Depression.
The Wisdom that is needed at this time
is to ask yourself where you are resisting change
to any outworn structures in your life. Change can be
easy, appropriate change takes awareness. You must evaluate
and not resist what has really outworn its usefulness.
Be patient with yourself, be patient with others. Next
week I will focus on the chart of the United States
to see where this opposition is occurring for our country.
There is no heavier burden
than a
great potential.
~Charlie Brown
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