piercethevale
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There was a Uranus - Pluto conjunction in 1965, both direct motion at the time, another conjunction while both were retrograde in 1966 and a final conjunction while both were in direct motion, again, also in 1966.
Uranus - Pluto conjunctions only occur but once every 115 years, give or take a few months, and it is a period that has been observed to have always been revolutionary in nature. Those born under its influence have a destiny to usurp or reform outmoded social institutions and cultural norms. According to two of my favorite authors, astrologers Frances Sakoian and Louis S. Acker: "The conjunction represents an interaction between the personal will of the individual and the Universal Will of the Creator. If the individuals are highly developed, they become channels for expression of ideas which will better the human environment. They can use te conjunctions power to bring about a more precise understanding of the laws that govern conditions needing improvement in civilization. Such breakthroughs draw man closer to his origin in spirit and facilitate his evolutionary destiny: to return with full self consciousness to the source from which he emanated."
The two authors also noted that it was their belief that the conjunction is very Scorpionic, the Sign of exaltation for Uranus and of which Pluto rules That it is "highly occult" in significance and places a great emphasis on the "death and regeneration" qualities of Pluto. It can also be understood to be that which destroys restrictive manifestations of form releasing the spirit to seek more suitable embodiment.
I have found that the Sabian Symbols involved with the two planets and the Moons' North Node for these conjunctions that happened in 1965 and 1966 to be most definitely relevant to the changes that the time saw occur. Neptune was in Scorpio at the time and sextile to the conjunctions which occurred in Virgo and while I am a believer in Sidereal astrology the aspects remain the same regardless of what Sign they may have occured in but for those of you that don't ascribe to Sidereal observations you then might make note of the fact that Uranus, being the higher octave of Mercury, co-rules the Sign of Virgo. Neptune having been in the Sign of Scorpio, i.e. the Sign of exaltation for Uranus, and being in sextile to the conjunction may have further given this period of time a rather "exalted" influence.
Uranus and Pluto conjuncted for the first time since 1850 [that conjunction was the harbinger of social change in the United States when the issue of slavery reached its pinnacle, politically, leading up to the inevitable Civil War as cause to eliminate it.] on October 9, 1965 at 17* Virgo 09' 57", that is to say in the 18th degree of Virgo. Curiously the 18th degree of Virgo just so happens to be the Part of Soul of the natal chart for the USA [the "Zero Hour" chart, r.e. 12:00:01 a.m. July 4, 1776 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A proven chart and I am thoroughly convinced of its legitimacy.] The Part of Soul derived from the USA's natal chart is at 17* Virgo 18' 24".
The Sabian Symbol for the 18th degree of Virgo is, according to Dane Rudhyar... from his definitive work on the Sabian Symbols, and the primary resource everyone should first consult whenever dealing with the interpretation of the Sabian Symbols, his book "An Astrological Mandala: The Cycle of Transformation and Its 360 Symbolic Phases".
"VIRGO 18°: A OUIJA BOARD.
KEYNOTE: The ability to contact deeper recesses of the unconscious psyche and sensitiveness to psychic intimations and omens.
The ouija board is to be considered here a modern device similar to many ancient instruments used for divination and prophecy. Certain states of threshold consciousness are stimulated by such a use, and what the experience produces may vary greatly in quality and in origin. The release of unconscious material has lost the explosive force pictorialized in the preceding symbol, yet at this stage there is still no conscious and willful control over what reaches the ego-consciousness.
This is the third stage of the thirty-fourth sequence of symbolic phases in the life process. It is at best a stage of transition which stresses a passive openness to the unknown. The glamour of it may subtly pervert the mind of the aspirant; but in some cases, this can be the first manifestation of INNER GUIDANCE. The difficulty is to correctly evaluate what or who does the guiding."
The keywords here according to Dane are "Inner Guidance". So appropriate for the Part of Soul of the United States as it was founded in Philadelphia, the city founded by the Quakers, my maternal ancestors, and the Quakers believe foremost in that very inner guidence. We are taught to "listen to the 'Inner Voice' ".
Thus the great social change this conjunction was about was right in harmony with the American Spirit. The Cosmos was telling us to trust our inner instincts... we inherently knew , we know, what was wrong, what is wrong, with our society and how it needed, how it yet still needs to, change.
It was a breakaway from the Old Worlds religious institutions which had become for the most part, if not all, more about political concerns than spiritual and that was why the early American religious refugees that founded the nation were being given that natal horoscope for the new nation they founded a natal horoscope that portrayed and secured a shared societal Part of Soul/Spirit that was to be unfettered by any centralized, politicized, dogma. An American Spirit/Soul that was to trust in the "Inner Guidance"...some would put it as "Let go and Let God"....or perhaps you would prefer how the Incredible String Band stated it in a song?
From, "A Very Cellular Song" by The Incredible String Band.
"May the long time sun shine upon you
All love surround you
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on."
The Sign and degrees for the chart axis for both Pluto and Uranus' ingress into the coordinates for the conjunction point were exactly the same. Plutos' ingress was at 4:04:40 p.m in Philadelphia that day and Uranus' ingress was at 4:05:35 p.m. The Asc - Desc. in the 19th degrees of Aquarius and Leo The M.C. and I.C. in the 7th degrees of Sagittarius - Gemini.
The Asc. of any chart is the "WHO" of that person in a natal chart and it is the "WHO" of the persona of a society in a national chart and it is the "WHO" of the spirit , the soul, of any event chart. The Desc. is the "WHERE-TO" [although, sometimes, "WHOM-TO" is a bit more appropriate] The I.C. of a chart is the "HOW" that transition is to be made, when interpreting it in a mundane sense, the M.C. is the "HOW" for a spiritual interpretation in consideration that We are ever spiritually evolving. The opposite points, either the M.C. for the mundane, the I.C. for the spiritual, is to be interpreted as the "WHY".
The common Asc. being in the 19th degree of Aquarius gives the "WHO" of the spirit, the soul, of the event of the Uranus Pluto conjunction for the United States at the time.
[ibid.]
"AQUARIUS 19°: A FOREST FIRE IS BEING SUBDUED BY THE USE OF WATER, CHEMICALS AND SHEER MUSCULAR ENERGY.
KEYNOTE: The skill and courage necessary to bring under control the destructive potential of carelessness of karmic 'visitations'.
Forest fires may be caused by human carelessness, by lightning or by the by-products of modern technology. Every individual — at least once in his lifetime, if not repeatedly — may perhaps have to face spectacular reactions to seemingly insignificant acts. These are to be considered means to test his strength, ingenuity or emotional stability. Every faculty at his disposal must be made use of — emotional, mental, physical. He needs faith in himself and in superior Powers.
At this fourth stage of the five-fold series we are shown man in action in a crucial and potentially devastating situation. There is need for a total mobilization of energy and a deep sense of INDOMITABILITY."
The nation had undergone a political coup in November of 1963. those very moneyed and powerful interests that former president Eisenhower warned the nation about in his farewell speech, i.e. "the military industrial complex", had seized power and were trying to wield it with an iron fist. They instigated and escalated a war in Southeast Asia, in Vietnam. Racial discrimination was at it "Rubicon' . Consumerism was being shoved down everyones throat, or in their face, or up their... yeah, you know... American society had become and was being deliberately compelled to become more and more, artificial...plastic... that Life was cheap and that it was seditious to question the direction it was being driven towards
We, as a society, were being "visited" by destructive karma and we knew we had to change the course, seek a constructive, a spiritually evolutionary, destination for American society as a whole. Hell no, we weren't going to go fight a non threatening, so called, enemy. We weren't going to continue recognizing racial barriers and we declared all peoples of all colours, brothers and sisters in soul, in spirit, and we were no longer going to recognize, legitimize, social and political privilege based on monetary wealth.
The Desc. in the 19th degree of Leo is the destination for the transformation decreed by the Uranus Pluto conjunction. It is symbolically given by the Sabian Symbol found for that Sign and degree as... [ibid.]
"LEO 19°: A HOUSEBOAT PARTY.
KEYNOTE: The enjoyment of temporary freedom from rigidly structured social behavior.
This symbol in a sense duplicates the one for Leo 12°, except that it implies a less conventional and more youth-oriented type of gathering. The houseboat brings an intimacy and a 'bohemian' character to the relationships between the participants, while 'the evening lawn party' reflects a more socially respectable and superficial kind of interaction between middle-class sophisticates. The houseboat may be anchored, yet it floats on the river which — symbolically at least — extends far beyond the narrow social setup. What is suggested is that in such a gathering, men and women seek to at least get the feeling of the free flow of energies, as an escape from the routine activities of their business or student lives.
This fourth stage symbol indicates the possibility of finding 'release' for natural energies in group entertainment and enhanced interpersonal contacts. It speaks of FREEDOM FROM SOCIAL RIGIDITY."
EXACTLY... i DON'T THINK i NEED TO SAY ANYTHING IN ADDITION, TO FURTHER EXPLAIN OR SUPPLEMENT. RUDHYAR'S KEYWORDS, "FREEDOM FROM SOCIAL RIGIDITY" SAYS IT ALL.
As we are dealing with the mundane here [generally best, I have found, for all considerations other than natal charts] let's take a look at what the i.C. in the 7th degree of Gemini says as to the means as to "HOW" [ibid.]
"GEMINI 7°: A WELL WITH BUCKET AND ROPE UNDER THE SHADE OF MAJESTIC TREES.
KEYNOTE: Man's primordial faith in the hidden sustaining power of life.
In contrast with the ambitious drive of modern man for power and wealth we now have the image of the eternal search for that which is at the root of all living processes, i.e. water. This search also demands some effort — raising the water-filled bucket — but it is a simple natural effort under the shade of trees which attest to the presence of the life-giving fluid. This presence depends on the cooperation of sky (rain) and earth (the geological formation able to hold the water), and man must develop the intuitive sense which enables him to feel this presence and to make it effectual in his daily life. He must sense the hidden reality which preserves for the use of all living organisms this gift of the 'sky', the bounteous rain.
At this second stage of the fourteenth five-fold sequence of symbols, the power of the collective and bio-spiritual energies which sustain all earth-rooted cultures is stressed, in contrast to whatever the technological mind of man can make available to increase his personal comfort and mastery over matter. The symbol implies A FUNDAMENTAL TRUST IN AND COOPERATION WITH LIFE. "
I really don't think I need to elaborate or further explain the symbol as to its being the "HOW" of the tranformational process, either.
It's all symbolically so very spot on to what the scene was at the time...what brought the "Hippies" into existence...they pretty much appeared spontaneously everywhere...albeit, San Francisco seemed to be leading the way, somewhat, there was obviously some astrological explanation as to why it was the focal center... we'll get to that later on.
The M.C. provides the answer as to "WHY" the Cosmos was compelling this transformation and as to HOW it wanted it done... that is symbolically explained by the 7th degree of Sagittarius,. [ibid.]
"SAGITTARIUS 7°: CUPID KNOCKS AT THE DOOR OF A HUMAN HEART.
KEYNOTE: A stirring-up of individual longings for romantic love.
In contrast to the preceding, this symbol refers to what one might call a personal initiation through an ideal love. Far from being related to social value, ideal love tends to exalt individual characteristics in that it glorifies what seems able to fill poignant and often unconscious needs. Such a love is a projection of the anima or animus Images which in a sense complement the outer character of the one who loves. It is a subjective event which tends to bring to the lover a crisis or emotional chaos. Such a love often turns asocial if not antisocial and is blocked or frowned upon by society.
This second stage symbol is in direct opposition to that of the 'cricket game'. Intensely romantic love knows no rules and ignores collective purpose or dictates of reason. Yet it may bring to the individual an intensity of feeling which no group togetherness can arouse, at least at the ordinary social level. What is implied is a challenge to EMOTIONAL REBIRTH."
So as to "WHY"?
Because it was all about the LOVE, folks... yes sirree
Not selfish, possessive love but the "Ideal of Love" had to be made a part of the consciousness of our society... in fact made the prime directive of that consciousness.
There are two Parts of Fortune for the initiation of the event...the 10th degree of Leo when Pluto entered the conjunction coordinates, the 11th degree of Leo at Uranus' ingress.
The Part of Fortune, so misleadingly translated from ancient languages, would be more appropriately titled as Part of Fortuitous Circumstance [or Fortuitous Action or Opportunity] it is not about a "fortune" of wealth, but rather that which provides the most fortuitous circumstances, or outcome, that enables one to sucessfully fulfill the dharma of the chart... the natal destiny of a natal chart.
As all the Sabian Symbols fall into one of three definitive types, as perceived and presented by Dane Rudhyar, i.e "Actional", "Emotional/Cultural", or "Individual/Mental", depending on which of the three a Part is found to symbolically be in gives the process by which it should be given its ignition. The 10th degree of Leo, the Sign and degree for Pluto's ingress to the conjunction coordinates, is one of the "Emotional/Cultural" Sabian Symbols and that means it is an attitude, a state of mind, that has to be shared culturally in order for it's precept to be given effective ignition. [ibid.]
"LEO 10°: EARLY MORNING DEW SPARKLES AS SUNLIGHT FLOODS THE FIELD.
KEYNOTE: The exalted feeling that rises within the soul of the individual who has successfully passed through the long night which has tested his strength and his faith.
The cold air of night having precipitated upon the field of man's consciousness the moisture of his deepest feelings, this widely spread dew is blessed with the light of significance by the rising sun of the new day. Even tears can be transformed into jewels in the light of victory over night and sorrow.
At this fifth stage of the present sequence we see the potential culmination of the process which began on a note of social and cultural crisis. The would-be reformer has to meet many emotional problems as he begins his work of creation. Creation means transformation; the reformer is actually a transformer if he is truly a creative and inspired individual open to the spirit that 'makes everything new.' The building of a new society, and of one's renewed personality as well, is just as much a process of artistic creation as the making of a delicate glass vase or a symphony. The Keyword is TRANSFIGURATION."
That last paragraph really says it all...please read it again and again, if necessary...let it soak into your mind...
Well, maybe a few of you needed that encouragement and those of you that weren't alive at the time... the rest of us, old hippies" recognized the validity immediately, i'm sure.
The 11th degree of Leo is the location of the Part of Fortune for the Uranus ingress chart. It is of the "Individual/Mental" type of Sabian Symbol. meaning that it has t be applied mentally in consideration of all assessments and plans for action therewith. [ibid.]
"LEO 11°: CHILDREN PLAY ON A SWING HANGING FROM THE BRANCHES OF A HUGE OAK TREE.
KEYNOTE: The power of tradition as it shelters the beginnings of individual self-expression.
The great Tradition of mankind has been symbolized by a vast tree, every spiritual Teacher being one of its many branches issuing from the one trunk of a primordial Revelation. As a man begins his spiritual journey he is like a child in a state of excitement, playing with rhythmic up-and-down moods. He plays with words and concepts which 'hang' from the 'branches' of the Tradition — and often the whole quest is mainly a game for him. Yet he is securely held by the tree, protected by its foliage from too great and burning a light.
This begins the twenty-seventh five-fold sequence of symbols; it deals essentially with the release of emotional intensity at various levels of the individualized consciousness as it reacts to the newly developed potentialities of the mind. We are dealing at this first stage with the SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY OF THE INNOCENT MIND."
Just keep an song in your heart, a smile on your face, and play nice with your playmates...and build something beautiful together...trust in the process...it goes so well with that symbol for the I.C., the 7th of Gemini whihc is defined by the keywords given by Dane, if you recall or refer back, as being "A FUNDAMENTAL TRUST IN AND COOPERATION WITH LIFE. "
The Moons' North Node gives symbolically the precept that all the other astrological activity at any given moment is "depositing into"...that is to say what all the rest is working ultimately in effort for.
The North Node of the Moon at the time was in the 6th degree of Gemini and was in fact conjunct the I.C., although of the next in sequence of the process of transformation symbolically in the process of spiritual evolutionary transformation. [PLEASE NOTE. THE ZODIACAL DEGREES WHEN FOLLOWED IN SEQUENCE BEGINNING WITH ARIES 01* AND ENDING 359 DEGREES LATER AT PISCES 30* REPRESENTS A PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION INTO THE MUNDANE...THAT IS BECOMING MORE IMMERSED IN MAYA. THE ZODIACAL DEGREE WHEN BEGUN AT VIRGO 30* AND FOLLOWED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FOR 359 DEGREES REPRESENTS A PROCESS OF SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION, THAT IS TO SAY OF SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION, THE FREEING OF ONESELF FROM MAYA.]
[ibid.]
"GEMINI 6°: WORKMEN DRILLING FOR OIL.
KEYNOTE: The avidity for that knowledge which ensures wealth and power.
This symbol superficially considered can be referred to the insatiable drive of modern man for power and wealth, his readiness to accept the risk of failure. But it has a deeper meaning, especially if related to the next symbol. Oil is the end result of the decay of living materials. Drilling for oil may represent the attempt to penetrate to the deep layers of the collective Unconscious and to reawaken the powers of the archaic psyche which once flourished — for instance in the true ceremonial magic of the tribal world, perhaps among the adepts of the fabled Atlantis, or even among the shamans and witch doctors of more recent times. The archaic powers may be 'refined' for modern situations, but the almost inevitable result is the release of noxious waste products, 'pollution'. And there is a pollution of consciousness as well as of the atmosphere man breathes.
The zodiacal sign Gemini has basically the meaning of insatiable curiosity and avidity for knowledge; it is logically a 'human' sign (the Twins). One of the Twins tends to seek power and knowledge from the ancient past, the other to discover a living source of strength and wisdom which is forever being replenished by the celestial downpour of Spiritual Consciousness and love (cf. the next symbol). It is man's nature, alas, to begin with potentially negative emotions and desires.
This is the first stage of the fourteenth five-fold sequence of cyclic phases. It deals with the emotional and, at the present-day level of evolution, socially prized reaction of most human beings to the attainment of new forms of knowledge, i.e. AMBITION. "
As near as I am able to estimate/calculate when the exact and precise conjunction between Uranus and Pluto occurred was at 4:07:22 p.m. [Uranus' egress was at 4:12:36 p.m and Plutos' egress was at 04:17:09 p.m.]
Everything was the same as already given except the degrees of the Signs at the Asc. and Desc.
They were in the subsequent degrees of Aquarius and Leo.
[ibid.]
The "WHO" at the exact conjunction [ibid.]
"AQUARIUS 20°: A LARGE WHITE DOVE BEARING A MESSAGE.
KEYNOTE: The answer of spiritual agencies to thorough, sustained and victorious individual efforts.
This concludes most significantly this series of five symbols. The individual who has gone courageously and with indomitable spirit through his crucial crisis receives, as it were, a deep spiritual blessing from the Soul-realm: 'Mission accomplished. Peace be with you'. And in this blessing a secret prophecy of what is yet to come may be seen by the perspicacious and spiritually sensitive mind of the recipient. Every real spiritual step a man takes in his development is the result of a victory over forces of inertia or destruction. The Divine is totally 'present' in the heart of all true victories.
This is the fifth and last symbol of the sixty-fourth series. What the 'message' is depends on the particular situation, but the white dove always signifies peace; at the very heart of this peace is the CERTIFICATION of individual worth and victory."
...AIN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL... MAN?
The Desc. of the actual conjunction, "the "WHERE-TO"...
[ibid.]
"LEO 20°: ZUNI INDIANS PERFORM A RITUAL TO THE SUN.
KEYNOTE: A return to the glorification of natural energies.
While the first symbol of this five-fold sequence pictured the magnificence of the returning sun after a storm, in this last symbol we see, by implication, man returning to nature and glorifying the sun after the long crisis of 'civilized' living in artificial cities. For many years now, the American Pueblo Indian has been for the weary city dweller and the dried-up intellectual a symbol of this 'return to nature'. After having ruthlessly destroyed him, we come to him as an exemplar of peaceful and harmonious group living.
This fifth symbol of the twenty-eighth sequence brings us the image of a reversal of our socialized activity and opens for us the way to the deepest release of our long-denied root energies. Natural man links himself consciously to the source of all life on earth. And this means IDENTIFICATION THROUGH WORSHIP — and the sanctification of the creative power."
...as Crosby, Stills and Nash sang...
"Well, I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, Tell me, where are you going
This he told me
Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm
Gonna join in a rock and roll band
Got to get back to the land and set my soul free
We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion year old carbon
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden
Well, then can I roam beside you?
I have come to lose the smog,
And I feel myself a cog in somethin' turning
And maybe it's the time of year
Yes and maybe it's the time of man
And I don't know who I am
But life is for learning
We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion year old carbon
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden
We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion year old carbon
And we…"
Pray for Peace, ptv
The event chart for the estimated exact conjunction
I will be following up to this post with observations about the following two conjunctions Uranus and Pluto had following this initial one in October of 1965... and what part the other planets had in influence...particularly Neptune in Scorpio and Jupiter found its way into a Grand Trine with Neptune later on that also involved Venus... all leading up to the "Summer of Love" of 1967
Beautiful, huh?
Yeah, I think so.
Keep the Faith, stay true to your dreams.
ptv
There was a Uranus - Pluto conjunction in 1965, both direct motion at the time, another conjunction while both were retrograde in 1966 and a final conjunction while both were in direct motion, again, also in 1966.
Uranus - Pluto conjunctions only occur but once every 115 years, give or take a few months, and it is a period that has been observed to have always been revolutionary in nature. Those born under its influence have a destiny to usurp or reform outmoded social institutions and cultural norms. According to two of my favorite authors, astrologers Frances Sakoian and Louis S. Acker: "The conjunction represents an interaction between the personal will of the individual and the Universal Will of the Creator. If the individuals are highly developed, they become channels for expression of ideas which will better the human environment. They can use te conjunctions power to bring about a more precise understanding of the laws that govern conditions needing improvement in civilization. Such breakthroughs draw man closer to his origin in spirit and facilitate his evolutionary destiny: to return with full self consciousness to the source from which he emanated."
The two authors also noted that it was their belief that the conjunction is very Scorpionic, the Sign of exaltation for Uranus and of which Pluto rules That it is "highly occult" in significance and places a great emphasis on the "death and regeneration" qualities of Pluto. It can also be understood to be that which destroys restrictive manifestations of form releasing the spirit to seek more suitable embodiment.
I have found that the Sabian Symbols involved with the two planets and the Moons' North Node for these conjunctions that happened in 1965 and 1966 to be most definitely relevant to the changes that the time saw occur. Neptune was in Scorpio at the time and sextile to the conjunctions which occurred in Virgo and while I am a believer in Sidereal astrology the aspects remain the same regardless of what Sign they may have occured in but for those of you that don't ascribe to Sidereal observations you then might make note of the fact that Uranus, being the higher octave of Mercury, co-rules the Sign of Virgo. Neptune having been in the Sign of Scorpio, i.e. the Sign of exaltation for Uranus, and being in sextile to the conjunction may have further given this period of time a rather "exalted" influence.
Uranus and Pluto conjuncted for the first time since 1850 [that conjunction was the harbinger of social change in the United States when the issue of slavery reached its pinnacle, politically, leading up to the inevitable Civil War as cause to eliminate it.] on October 9, 1965 at 17* Virgo 09' 57", that is to say in the 18th degree of Virgo. Curiously the 18th degree of Virgo just so happens to be the Part of Soul of the natal chart for the USA [the "Zero Hour" chart, r.e. 12:00:01 a.m. July 4, 1776 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A proven chart and I am thoroughly convinced of its legitimacy.] The Part of Soul derived from the USA's natal chart is at 17* Virgo 18' 24".
The Sabian Symbol for the 18th degree of Virgo is, according to Dane Rudhyar... from his definitive work on the Sabian Symbols, and the primary resource everyone should first consult whenever dealing with the interpretation of the Sabian Symbols, his book "An Astrological Mandala: The Cycle of Transformation and Its 360 Symbolic Phases".
"VIRGO 18°: A OUIJA BOARD.
KEYNOTE: The ability to contact deeper recesses of the unconscious psyche and sensitiveness to psychic intimations and omens.
The ouija board is to be considered here a modern device similar to many ancient instruments used for divination and prophecy. Certain states of threshold consciousness are stimulated by such a use, and what the experience produces may vary greatly in quality and in origin. The release of unconscious material has lost the explosive force pictorialized in the preceding symbol, yet at this stage there is still no conscious and willful control over what reaches the ego-consciousness.
This is the third stage of the thirty-fourth sequence of symbolic phases in the life process. It is at best a stage of transition which stresses a passive openness to the unknown. The glamour of it may subtly pervert the mind of the aspirant; but in some cases, this can be the first manifestation of INNER GUIDANCE. The difficulty is to correctly evaluate what or who does the guiding."
The keywords here according to Dane are "Inner Guidance". So appropriate for the Part of Soul of the United States as it was founded in Philadelphia, the city founded by the Quakers, my maternal ancestors, and the Quakers believe foremost in that very inner guidence. We are taught to "listen to the 'Inner Voice' ".
Thus the great social change this conjunction was about was right in harmony with the American Spirit. The Cosmos was telling us to trust our inner instincts... we inherently knew , we know, what was wrong, what is wrong, with our society and how it needed, how it yet still needs to, change.
It was a breakaway from the Old Worlds religious institutions which had become for the most part, if not all, more about political concerns than spiritual and that was why the early American religious refugees that founded the nation were being given that natal horoscope for the new nation they founded a natal horoscope that portrayed and secured a shared societal Part of Soul/Spirit that was to be unfettered by any centralized, politicized, dogma. An American Spirit/Soul that was to trust in the "Inner Guidance"...some would put it as "Let go and Let God"....or perhaps you would prefer how the Incredible String Band stated it in a song?
From, "A Very Cellular Song" by The Incredible String Band.
"May the long time sun shine upon you
All love surround you
And the pure light within you
Guide you all the way on."
The Sign and degrees for the chart axis for both Pluto and Uranus' ingress into the coordinates for the conjunction point were exactly the same. Plutos' ingress was at 4:04:40 p.m in Philadelphia that day and Uranus' ingress was at 4:05:35 p.m. The Asc - Desc. in the 19th degrees of Aquarius and Leo The M.C. and I.C. in the 7th degrees of Sagittarius - Gemini.
The Asc. of any chart is the "WHO" of that person in a natal chart and it is the "WHO" of the persona of a society in a national chart and it is the "WHO" of the spirit , the soul, of any event chart. The Desc. is the "WHERE-TO" [although, sometimes, "WHOM-TO" is a bit more appropriate] The I.C. of a chart is the "HOW" that transition is to be made, when interpreting it in a mundane sense, the M.C. is the "HOW" for a spiritual interpretation in consideration that We are ever spiritually evolving. The opposite points, either the M.C. for the mundane, the I.C. for the spiritual, is to be interpreted as the "WHY".
The common Asc. being in the 19th degree of Aquarius gives the "WHO" of the spirit, the soul, of the event of the Uranus Pluto conjunction for the United States at the time.
[ibid.]
"AQUARIUS 19°: A FOREST FIRE IS BEING SUBDUED BY THE USE OF WATER, CHEMICALS AND SHEER MUSCULAR ENERGY.
KEYNOTE: The skill and courage necessary to bring under control the destructive potential of carelessness of karmic 'visitations'.
Forest fires may be caused by human carelessness, by lightning or by the by-products of modern technology. Every individual — at least once in his lifetime, if not repeatedly — may perhaps have to face spectacular reactions to seemingly insignificant acts. These are to be considered means to test his strength, ingenuity or emotional stability. Every faculty at his disposal must be made use of — emotional, mental, physical. He needs faith in himself and in superior Powers.
At this fourth stage of the five-fold series we are shown man in action in a crucial and potentially devastating situation. There is need for a total mobilization of energy and a deep sense of INDOMITABILITY."
The nation had undergone a political coup in November of 1963. those very moneyed and powerful interests that former president Eisenhower warned the nation about in his farewell speech, i.e. "the military industrial complex", had seized power and were trying to wield it with an iron fist. They instigated and escalated a war in Southeast Asia, in Vietnam. Racial discrimination was at it "Rubicon' . Consumerism was being shoved down everyones throat, or in their face, or up their... yeah, you know... American society had become and was being deliberately compelled to become more and more, artificial...plastic... that Life was cheap and that it was seditious to question the direction it was being driven towards
We, as a society, were being "visited" by destructive karma and we knew we had to change the course, seek a constructive, a spiritually evolutionary, destination for American society as a whole. Hell no, we weren't going to go fight a non threatening, so called, enemy. We weren't going to continue recognizing racial barriers and we declared all peoples of all colours, brothers and sisters in soul, in spirit, and we were no longer going to recognize, legitimize, social and political privilege based on monetary wealth.
The Desc. in the 19th degree of Leo is the destination for the transformation decreed by the Uranus Pluto conjunction. It is symbolically given by the Sabian Symbol found for that Sign and degree as... [ibid.]
"LEO 19°: A HOUSEBOAT PARTY.
KEYNOTE: The enjoyment of temporary freedom from rigidly structured social behavior.
This symbol in a sense duplicates the one for Leo 12°, except that it implies a less conventional and more youth-oriented type of gathering. The houseboat brings an intimacy and a 'bohemian' character to the relationships between the participants, while 'the evening lawn party' reflects a more socially respectable and superficial kind of interaction between middle-class sophisticates. The houseboat may be anchored, yet it floats on the river which — symbolically at least — extends far beyond the narrow social setup. What is suggested is that in such a gathering, men and women seek to at least get the feeling of the free flow of energies, as an escape from the routine activities of their business or student lives.
This fourth stage symbol indicates the possibility of finding 'release' for natural energies in group entertainment and enhanced interpersonal contacts. It speaks of FREEDOM FROM SOCIAL RIGIDITY."
EXACTLY... i DON'T THINK i NEED TO SAY ANYTHING IN ADDITION, TO FURTHER EXPLAIN OR SUPPLEMENT. RUDHYAR'S KEYWORDS, "FREEDOM FROM SOCIAL RIGIDITY" SAYS IT ALL.
As we are dealing with the mundane here [generally best, I have found, for all considerations other than natal charts] let's take a look at what the i.C. in the 7th degree of Gemini says as to the means as to "HOW" [ibid.]
"GEMINI 7°: A WELL WITH BUCKET AND ROPE UNDER THE SHADE OF MAJESTIC TREES.
KEYNOTE: Man's primordial faith in the hidden sustaining power of life.
In contrast with the ambitious drive of modern man for power and wealth we now have the image of the eternal search for that which is at the root of all living processes, i.e. water. This search also demands some effort — raising the water-filled bucket — but it is a simple natural effort under the shade of trees which attest to the presence of the life-giving fluid. This presence depends on the cooperation of sky (rain) and earth (the geological formation able to hold the water), and man must develop the intuitive sense which enables him to feel this presence and to make it effectual in his daily life. He must sense the hidden reality which preserves for the use of all living organisms this gift of the 'sky', the bounteous rain.
At this second stage of the fourteenth five-fold sequence of symbols, the power of the collective and bio-spiritual energies which sustain all earth-rooted cultures is stressed, in contrast to whatever the technological mind of man can make available to increase his personal comfort and mastery over matter. The symbol implies A FUNDAMENTAL TRUST IN AND COOPERATION WITH LIFE. "
I really don't think I need to elaborate or further explain the symbol as to its being the "HOW" of the tranformational process, either.
It's all symbolically so very spot on to what the scene was at the time...what brought the "Hippies" into existence...they pretty much appeared spontaneously everywhere...albeit, San Francisco seemed to be leading the way, somewhat, there was obviously some astrological explanation as to why it was the focal center... we'll get to that later on.
The M.C. provides the answer as to "WHY" the Cosmos was compelling this transformation and as to HOW it wanted it done... that is symbolically explained by the 7th degree of Sagittarius,. [ibid.]
"SAGITTARIUS 7°: CUPID KNOCKS AT THE DOOR OF A HUMAN HEART.
KEYNOTE: A stirring-up of individual longings for romantic love.
In contrast to the preceding, this symbol refers to what one might call a personal initiation through an ideal love. Far from being related to social value, ideal love tends to exalt individual characteristics in that it glorifies what seems able to fill poignant and often unconscious needs. Such a love is a projection of the anima or animus Images which in a sense complement the outer character of the one who loves. It is a subjective event which tends to bring to the lover a crisis or emotional chaos. Such a love often turns asocial if not antisocial and is blocked or frowned upon by society.
This second stage symbol is in direct opposition to that of the 'cricket game'. Intensely romantic love knows no rules and ignores collective purpose or dictates of reason. Yet it may bring to the individual an intensity of feeling which no group togetherness can arouse, at least at the ordinary social level. What is implied is a challenge to EMOTIONAL REBIRTH."
So as to "WHY"?
Because it was all about the LOVE, folks... yes sirree
Not selfish, possessive love but the "Ideal of Love" had to be made a part of the consciousness of our society... in fact made the prime directive of that consciousness.
There are two Parts of Fortune for the initiation of the event...the 10th degree of Leo when Pluto entered the conjunction coordinates, the 11th degree of Leo at Uranus' ingress.
The Part of Fortune, so misleadingly translated from ancient languages, would be more appropriately titled as Part of Fortuitous Circumstance [or Fortuitous Action or Opportunity] it is not about a "fortune" of wealth, but rather that which provides the most fortuitous circumstances, or outcome, that enables one to sucessfully fulfill the dharma of the chart... the natal destiny of a natal chart.
As all the Sabian Symbols fall into one of three definitive types, as perceived and presented by Dane Rudhyar, i.e "Actional", "Emotional/Cultural", or "Individual/Mental", depending on which of the three a Part is found to symbolically be in gives the process by which it should be given its ignition. The 10th degree of Leo, the Sign and degree for Pluto's ingress to the conjunction coordinates, is one of the "Emotional/Cultural" Sabian Symbols and that means it is an attitude, a state of mind, that has to be shared culturally in order for it's precept to be given effective ignition. [ibid.]
"LEO 10°: EARLY MORNING DEW SPARKLES AS SUNLIGHT FLOODS THE FIELD.
KEYNOTE: The exalted feeling that rises within the soul of the individual who has successfully passed through the long night which has tested his strength and his faith.
The cold air of night having precipitated upon the field of man's consciousness the moisture of his deepest feelings, this widely spread dew is blessed with the light of significance by the rising sun of the new day. Even tears can be transformed into jewels in the light of victory over night and sorrow.
At this fifth stage of the present sequence we see the potential culmination of the process which began on a note of social and cultural crisis. The would-be reformer has to meet many emotional problems as he begins his work of creation. Creation means transformation; the reformer is actually a transformer if he is truly a creative and inspired individual open to the spirit that 'makes everything new.' The building of a new society, and of one's renewed personality as well, is just as much a process of artistic creation as the making of a delicate glass vase or a symphony. The Keyword is TRANSFIGURATION."
That last paragraph really says it all...please read it again and again, if necessary...let it soak into your mind...
Well, maybe a few of you needed that encouragement and those of you that weren't alive at the time... the rest of us, old hippies" recognized the validity immediately, i'm sure.
The 11th degree of Leo is the location of the Part of Fortune for the Uranus ingress chart. It is of the "Individual/Mental" type of Sabian Symbol. meaning that it has t be applied mentally in consideration of all assessments and plans for action therewith. [ibid.]
"LEO 11°: CHILDREN PLAY ON A SWING HANGING FROM THE BRANCHES OF A HUGE OAK TREE.
KEYNOTE: The power of tradition as it shelters the beginnings of individual self-expression.
The great Tradition of mankind has been symbolized by a vast tree, every spiritual Teacher being one of its many branches issuing from the one trunk of a primordial Revelation. As a man begins his spiritual journey he is like a child in a state of excitement, playing with rhythmic up-and-down moods. He plays with words and concepts which 'hang' from the 'branches' of the Tradition — and often the whole quest is mainly a game for him. Yet he is securely held by the tree, protected by its foliage from too great and burning a light.
This begins the twenty-seventh five-fold sequence of symbols; it deals essentially with the release of emotional intensity at various levels of the individualized consciousness as it reacts to the newly developed potentialities of the mind. We are dealing at this first stage with the SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY OF THE INNOCENT MIND."
Just keep an song in your heart, a smile on your face, and play nice with your playmates...and build something beautiful together...trust in the process...it goes so well with that symbol for the I.C., the 7th of Gemini whihc is defined by the keywords given by Dane, if you recall or refer back, as being "A FUNDAMENTAL TRUST IN AND COOPERATION WITH LIFE. "
The Moons' North Node gives symbolically the precept that all the other astrological activity at any given moment is "depositing into"...that is to say what all the rest is working ultimately in effort for.
The North Node of the Moon at the time was in the 6th degree of Gemini and was in fact conjunct the I.C., although of the next in sequence of the process of transformation symbolically in the process of spiritual evolutionary transformation. [PLEASE NOTE. THE ZODIACAL DEGREES WHEN FOLLOWED IN SEQUENCE BEGINNING WITH ARIES 01* AND ENDING 359 DEGREES LATER AT PISCES 30* REPRESENTS A PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION INTO THE MUNDANE...THAT IS BECOMING MORE IMMERSED IN MAYA. THE ZODIACAL DEGREE WHEN BEGUN AT VIRGO 30* AND FOLLOWED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FOR 359 DEGREES REPRESENTS A PROCESS OF SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION, THAT IS TO SAY OF SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION, THE FREEING OF ONESELF FROM MAYA.]
[ibid.]
"GEMINI 6°: WORKMEN DRILLING FOR OIL.
KEYNOTE: The avidity for that knowledge which ensures wealth and power.
This symbol superficially considered can be referred to the insatiable drive of modern man for power and wealth, his readiness to accept the risk of failure. But it has a deeper meaning, especially if related to the next symbol. Oil is the end result of the decay of living materials. Drilling for oil may represent the attempt to penetrate to the deep layers of the collective Unconscious and to reawaken the powers of the archaic psyche which once flourished — for instance in the true ceremonial magic of the tribal world, perhaps among the adepts of the fabled Atlantis, or even among the shamans and witch doctors of more recent times. The archaic powers may be 'refined' for modern situations, but the almost inevitable result is the release of noxious waste products, 'pollution'. And there is a pollution of consciousness as well as of the atmosphere man breathes.
The zodiacal sign Gemini has basically the meaning of insatiable curiosity and avidity for knowledge; it is logically a 'human' sign (the Twins). One of the Twins tends to seek power and knowledge from the ancient past, the other to discover a living source of strength and wisdom which is forever being replenished by the celestial downpour of Spiritual Consciousness and love (cf. the next symbol). It is man's nature, alas, to begin with potentially negative emotions and desires.
This is the first stage of the fourteenth five-fold sequence of cyclic phases. It deals with the emotional and, at the present-day level of evolution, socially prized reaction of most human beings to the attainment of new forms of knowledge, i.e. AMBITION. "
As near as I am able to estimate/calculate when the exact and precise conjunction between Uranus and Pluto occurred was at 4:07:22 p.m. [Uranus' egress was at 4:12:36 p.m and Plutos' egress was at 04:17:09 p.m.]
Everything was the same as already given except the degrees of the Signs at the Asc. and Desc.
They were in the subsequent degrees of Aquarius and Leo.
[ibid.]
The "WHO" at the exact conjunction [ibid.]
"AQUARIUS 20°: A LARGE WHITE DOVE BEARING A MESSAGE.
KEYNOTE: The answer of spiritual agencies to thorough, sustained and victorious individual efforts.
This concludes most significantly this series of five symbols. The individual who has gone courageously and with indomitable spirit through his crucial crisis receives, as it were, a deep spiritual blessing from the Soul-realm: 'Mission accomplished. Peace be with you'. And in this blessing a secret prophecy of what is yet to come may be seen by the perspicacious and spiritually sensitive mind of the recipient. Every real spiritual step a man takes in his development is the result of a victory over forces of inertia or destruction. The Divine is totally 'present' in the heart of all true victories.
This is the fifth and last symbol of the sixty-fourth series. What the 'message' is depends on the particular situation, but the white dove always signifies peace; at the very heart of this peace is the CERTIFICATION of individual worth and victory."
...AIN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL... MAN?
The Desc. of the actual conjunction, "the "WHERE-TO"...
[ibid.]
"LEO 20°: ZUNI INDIANS PERFORM A RITUAL TO THE SUN.
KEYNOTE: A return to the glorification of natural energies.
While the first symbol of this five-fold sequence pictured the magnificence of the returning sun after a storm, in this last symbol we see, by implication, man returning to nature and glorifying the sun after the long crisis of 'civilized' living in artificial cities. For many years now, the American Pueblo Indian has been for the weary city dweller and the dried-up intellectual a symbol of this 'return to nature'. After having ruthlessly destroyed him, we come to him as an exemplar of peaceful and harmonious group living.
This fifth symbol of the twenty-eighth sequence brings us the image of a reversal of our socialized activity and opens for us the way to the deepest release of our long-denied root energies. Natural man links himself consciously to the source of all life on earth. And this means IDENTIFICATION THROUGH WORSHIP — and the sanctification of the creative power."
...as Crosby, Stills and Nash sang...
"Well, I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, Tell me, where are you going
This he told me
Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm
Gonna join in a rock and roll band
Got to get back to the land and set my soul free
We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion year old carbon
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden
Well, then can I roam beside you?
I have come to lose the smog,
And I feel myself a cog in somethin' turning
And maybe it's the time of year
Yes and maybe it's the time of man
And I don't know who I am
But life is for learning
We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion year old carbon
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden
We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion year old carbon
And we…"
Pray for Peace, ptv
The event chart for the estimated exact conjunction
I will be following up to this post with observations about the following two conjunctions Uranus and Pluto had following this initial one in October of 1965... and what part the other planets had in influence...particularly Neptune in Scorpio and Jupiter found its way into a Grand Trine with Neptune later on that also involved Venus... all leading up to the "Summer of Love" of 1967
Beautiful, huh?
Yeah, I think so.
Keep the Faith, stay true to your dreams.
ptv
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