Saturn cycles, our only hope is to wake up.
Posted by charlottescott on September 11, 2008
There must be many blogs written today remembering, re-posturing, re-analysing the events of 91101. I was drawn to be one of them for reasons still to be known. It occurred to me today that it has been 7 years since this tragedy and a cycle has occurred. Every 7 years, Saturn and its transits represent the lessons we go through in order to grow up and mature into the fullness of our potential. Every 28 years we find ourselves in a new place in life, hopefully more mature and the wisdom to show for it. That is a Saturn cycle, it takes 28 years to complete and 360 degrees of an astrological wheel each quarter turn and halfway mark we culminate our lessons, we shift, change and grow. Not the out of the blue change like a Uranus cycle, but a slow and gradual one that took 7 year increments to resolve.
So, here we are 7 years, in astrology we call that a square, a transition of time that we are asked to take a look at ourselves and access our growth. What have we learned from our trials by the fires of 911? Are we any more awake? I was instantly impressed during the days following that event that apathy had crept back into its shallow dark corner. People began to talk and communicate with each other in a whole different way. The healing center I owned was saturated with people looking for hope of change and transition. We bonded together in prayer and envisioned a brighter future. I wonder….are we there yet?
I do believe that we have collectively opened our eyes but only just a bit. I do believe that we are more likely now than any other time in history capable of creating great change. That change however can be destructive or constructive depending on how awake we might choose to be. With so much power in our hands we have a few choices.
The awake choice: Forgiveness, Kindness, Sincerity, Acceptance, Self Love, Community and Conscious choice.
The in between choice: Belief proceeds experience and whatever you hold within your consciousness will manifest in your world. You hold blame, resentment, separation as the way the world is…then so it shall be. The eyes with which we judge each other are eyes half shut.
The choice found on the path of least resistance is the apathetic choice. OR rather no choice. Eyes closed. No change. Just keep accepting day by day the trials and tribulations of being human. Strive for more stuff and better job or the yearly vacation. No sense of a future past how to survive retirement and what pills to take.
Subsequently as we choose how to do our daily lives the lessons of Saturn continue to unfold. What was the ultimate lesson to learn here with such a vast loss of life? How many lives have we continued to lose as we fight a war supposedly designed to stop terrorism? If this is the first quarter turn of a life cycle what might the rest of it hold for us?
Stop for a moment and think about what you have learned in the last 7 years. How have you changed? Are you awake? Eyes half open? Asleep? I’m guessing you are not asleep or we wouldn’t have spent this much time together. Keep up the good work.
