These are reprinted with the authorâs permission from his book 360 Degrees of your Star Destiny.
21 Libra: The Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse
Libra 21 A magician wearing a live snake for a belt
He dabbles in those arts which bring the world alive. For he is perpetually trying them on for size. He gets drawn back into the common syndromes with every Out Breath. And then again he finds himself freed up in the In Breath to be the regenerator, the far explorer, the innovative self-conceiver.
He is washed by waves, back and forth, in and out. One side of him cannot bear to be so different, so strange, so other. Another side of him craves to enter upon deeper territory and restore his remembrances of who he is and why he is here. Both sides are pulling him apart. Yet he uses this edge to full advantage. He needs to be polarically drawn and repulsed. Thatâs how he grows and gets to know himself.
This one has a tremendous struggle on his hands. He already contains within him all of the basic equipment needed to form and shape a new world into being. And most especially, he has this knack of making the right connections, being where it counts, stepping into the shoes of an ancient self despite himself.
But it doesnât stop there. He has gathered in his travels a massive load of self-discounting. He has learned to be as far away from himself as he can ever be. And the side of himself that is conditioned and programmed to be nice, to be good, to fit in will not give way. It is so intent upon popularity, success, and all those good things.
Perhaps he will never resolve these polarities and this strife. Or if heâs really fortunate and deeply graced, he will be drawn to restore his original personal self on itâs own ecstatic terms. And then he will discover that he contains the most vital quickening element that exists in the Earth, just waiting to be tapped boldly without inhibitions.
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28 Capricorn: Pluto Turns Direct
Capricorn 28Â A mirror covered with a fine film of dust
Seeing through a glass darkly. Remembering the way itâs always been. Consciousness glued to the scene of past visions, old cycles, everything that has gone on previously and seems to be repeating itself all over again.
Doubt coloring all perceptions. Self-judgment hounding the viewer. A bias against the self and all its old familiar worlds and those who people those worlds. Suspicion. Seeing the worst, looking for flaws.
An introspective frequency. So many inner voices saying, âthis is what youâre like,â âthere it is again.â Susceptibility to the influences of negative opinion, belief, assumption.
Yet the need here is to constellate all this, to work it out. The self is given over to a greater task. This involves the collective purging of ghosts. The self takes these things on as itâs own. But the burden of responsibility lies with us all.
It is a reckoning, a calling up of shadows, a bearing of the soul. It is the clearing of the ancient decks. Sometimes it gets tangled up in these wastelands. For it is so fascinating and compelling to be in on the bad news that we have all been so very lost for so long.
The task is graphic and explicit. Take on and take up all the under stuff, see it through and be done with it. The hardest part is to be done with it. We get caught in the cycles and keep on looking in that rear view mirror.
There is an awakening possible amidst this shadow task and its endless ripples. We come to realize that we can release any and all blame, as we see the whole picture and cease demanding that it should have been otherwise. All is as it needs to be.