Raising Parents

Another nudge from the subconscious finds me here in Blogland, again, hope you will share with me, these ideas which seek admittance via the computerised portals of the 21st Century.

Early August, now, and the time of the Feast of Lammas - or "Loaf Mass" - when it is possible and practicable to begin the wheat and barley harvest - then, to grind the corn and bake the very first Bread of the season - a time of celebration, of deep visceral satisfaction - food for the furtherance of Life and the assurance that the family, the community will continue to develop through the generations.
Yesterday, 2 August, we did indeed see the very first (combine ) Harvesters out in the fields here in the South Hams of Devon. 2 or 3 men in attendance. 70 years or so ago harvesting was very much a community effort, with scores of people lending a hand, out in the field til dusk, continuing into the season of Virgo - the Lady who holds the Sheaf of Wheat. The many Summer Music Festivals of the present still bring thousands out into the fields ! Slightly different context, yet the underlying desire and motivation to celebrate Life and partake of "Mass" experience is not dissimilar.

Leo Time - and the Mayan Calendar begins, each year, on 26 July. There are 13 months in the Mayan Calendar, with 25 July as the "day out of Time" - a day for dream, contemplation, thanksgiving, spiritual orientation. It seems that increasing numbers of people are becoming aware of this new/old calendar. Will it "catch on"? Other groups, setting out bravely in new directions, have jettisoned the familiar Julian/Gregorian system - the Bahais, for example; the French Revolutionaries in 1789 ; the Quakers, who substituted "First Day, Second Day", etc. for "Sunday, Monday.." etc.

If, as some expect, the Earth will someday tilt, change its orbit, re-orient itself, then all our present co-ordinates, seasonal markers, rhythms, balance of Day and Night would alter completely- and that WOULD be a bold New Beginning for we who walk, down here, in the Field of Earth.

Leo - represents the energy, the Archetype of Creativity, especially as expressed through Fatherhood, though the Sun, Leo's Ruling "Planet", is seen by some cultures, notably in Germany and Japan, as Feminine.

As is said "Raising Parents is not easy", as each generation has to run the gauntlet, of the many prejudices and pre-suppositions of the previous generation... Fathers, in particular, still emerging from the collective authoritarian "fog" of the Piscean Age, will benefit from the warm, focused, affectionate steady Light of the Sun and Leo, in its higher manifestation. Aquarius;- the Group, all of Humanity, we, the Friends together (as a collective "Maitreya", too ), rings out the Keynote of this age, yet, Leo, and the Sun, represent a necessary and vital complement and counterbalance to what can be the rather remote, though sincere, idealism of Aquarius.
It is interesting to view, say, Barack Obama, with his Aquarius Ascendant and South Lunar Node: but Leo Sun, North Node and Uranus - as an example of this polarity in action (regardless, for the moment, of the System through which he has "ascended" and which grants him his position of influence).

Mythologically speaking (if you'll pardon the expression) - Ouranos, the original "Sky Father", when not impressed by the attributes of his own offspring- the Children of Gaia, would "bury" them - not fully acknowledge or admit them into his Heart. Similarly, Saturn, son of Ouranus, would "eat" his children - and this also a way of saying that Time (Saturn) devours all manifested Life - eventually. I suspect these legends refer to the "Gods" who, very probably "created" Mankind, in various stages, with more than a little Genetic Manipulation/Experimentation. Children grow up, though, Children of the Gods, no exception, and produce children of their own, and the same patterns, the Parent-Child dynamic repeats itself perpetually -Until the advent of Light, Insight, and the Understanding which arrives through the perspective of, say Psychology ( thanks, Herr Jung, old buddy..), or Astrology - just take a look at the Synastry (Birthchart Comparism) -between yourself and other family members - it will explain all/a great deal.
He or She who is your Son or Daughter, Father or Mother, Friend or Lover in this Life has almost certainly filled that, or some other role, in relation to you, in some Previous existence. There may be "karma" between you, which can be greatly ameliorated by patience and forethought, as we emerge from the rusting(and crumbling) shackles of a long dark era for Humanity.
Peter Deunov, the Bulgarian Sage/Teacher said that our Solar System, has, for a long period, been traversing a "contaminated" area of the Universe - probably true in different ways and on diferent levels. Perhaps that burden is due to be lifted - the Heart of the Sun, I suspect, holds the key and knows the timing of our likely release. In fact you are already "released" but may not know it....and birds, released, fly Upward. It has been a long, but interesting, detour for us, the Prodigal Sons and Daughters of the Heavenly Father..(you'll know the story.).

"Keep Calm and Carry On" - for the moment !

With Many Good Wishes -OG. (aka David Matthews).