Fire Signs

   You are probably aware of the riots and fires in London which have broken out in these last few days of August.
 Astrologically, one can associate these events with a Cardinal grand Cross, still extant/on and off until late August, involving Pluto in Capricorn, Uranus in Aries, Saturn and Asteroid Juno in Libra, and now, Mars, in early Cancer, acting as the spark which has set the pile alight.

 Mars represents men, especially young men, and, particularly, angry young men. When in Cancer, Mars can represent "family conflict", or, "defence of family", and, when connected by aspect with Uranus and Pluto can indeed "boil over" under provocation. The current round of "cuts" in the public budget, plus the evident tensions which exist as the gulf between "haves" and  "have nots"grows yet wider, provide a fertile ground for the flowering of rage and defiance such as this.

 All the more important, then, to think, enact, visualise and practise, goodwill to all and sundry, and not to yield to fear, whatever one might encounter.

 Many of the younger people who have been involved in these events have, natally, Pluto in Scorpio, and here we see a dramatic manifestation of the "destroyer" aspect of Pluto in such a Collective context.
One might perceive that there is some scope for questioning the errant "philosophy" of rampant, aquisitive materialism, promulgated by those who should know better, which has led us, Globally, into the cul-de-sac in which we now find ourselves.
 
  Pluto also can represent the Phoenix experience -  new life, new Creation,arising from the ashes - and that, I suspect, is the eventual outcome of  this trend of events - an ancient and fundamentally flawed Paradigm imposed upon, or simply "fallen into", on this Planet simply cannot  sustain itself much longer and seems to be collapsing as it rots from within. Many Nations and organisations have their Natal Sun and other Planets in or around 9-10 Degrees of the Cardinal Signs, and so will be/are simultaneously aspected by Pluto, as it approaches those degrees over the next 2 years or so.

  A phrase from the I Ching( the Chinese Book of Changes) comes to mind:-

          "It is the law of Heaven to make Fullness empty and to make Full what is Modest ".

      And - from Socrates:-"The Unexamined Life is not worth living". (be CONSCIOUS - of yourself, and watch your own thoughts and actions objectively).

  Also (source unknown )-  "Give a man a fish and you can fed him for one day"
                      "Teach a man to fish and you can get rid of him for an entire weekend..."


       Thanks for your kind attention. More in a while !

              Sincerely - OG  (aka David Matthews).


      
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