Astrology of 2010 through the Mirror of History

Astrology of 2010 through the Mirror of History

BY VERDARLUZ article link

Right before the moment of coherence is the point of maximum chaos.

Just 2 years before the prophesied Mayan calendar end date of December 21, 2012, in the summer of 2010, 2 transpersonal planets, Uranus and Pluto, 2 social planets, Jupiter and Saturn, and 2 personal planets, the Sun and Mars, will confront each other upon the Cross of Matter in one of the most intense formations in all of astrology, often experienced only once in a human lifetime, a Grand Cardinal Cross. The waiting is over....

The Cardinal signs are the initiators of the zodiac, the outward, expressive thrust of energy in each of the four elements and seasons. Hence, Aries is cardinal fire and the spark of spring. Cancer is cardinal water and ignites the summer solstice. Libra is cardinal air and marks the autumn equinox. Capricorn is cardinal earth and initiates the dark season at the winter solstice. Since they rule the seasons, the alignment of many planets upon the Cardinal signs can literally change the face of the earth. We are about to embark on a time of dramatic change, mounting tension, and the aching pulse for a whole new paradigm of human existence. Do we have a map for the mystery? Are we in completely uncharted waters?

History does in fact repeat itself, only in an updated form, with new masks, costumes, and stakes at play. Planets represent evolutionary urges or archetypal forces within our soul. All of history can be studied as a series of interdependent planetary cycles, where planets relate to each other in specific geometric formations, called Aspects, and when planets occupy particular signs or primal energies of the zodiac. By combining these two modalities of study with astrology and history, we can cultivate an elaborate toolbelt from which to foreshadow the energies approaching all of us.

In Richard Tarnas' epic study of archetypal history, Cosmos and Psyche, he describes the rare experiences where multiple archetypal cycles overlap, involving Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto, as begins in 2010. We find this explosive dynamic during the French Revolution, in 1929-1933, and during the mid 60's.

Of the overlapping, tense asngles between Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto, Tarnas writes, "Especially problematic in such eras was the extreme intensification of both wisdespread revolutionaryy upheaval and violent authoritarian repression in a tightly bound dialectic, mutually activating each other."

The 1793-1796 combination of these three planetary forces gave birth to the Reign of Terror. Dictatorial "revolution" was assumed by the Committee of Public Safety, a term which foreshadows the current geopolitical Orwellian linguistics. This committee attempted to control the entire populace through fear mongering, pressuring neighbors and family members to inform on each other, rushing imprisonments, trials, and executions, and suppressing all women's societies, with their leaders imprisoned and guillotined. In response to this massive slaughter of the populace, the highly conservative Thermidorean Reaction took charge. This all sounds quite similar to the 2009 geopolitical rhetoric, especially in the United States.

The 1964-67 period included the outbreak and intensification of the Vietnam War along with urban riots in over 120 cities, the assassination of Malcolm X, and the stampeding repressive 'revolution' in China under Mao Tse Tung's Red Guards. All of these events led to the last years of the 60's, the psychedelic explosion of the flower power movement and Woodstock, and the further assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

Within a month of 'the blackest day in stock market history, in October of 1929, Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto moved within one degree of an exact T-square formation, mirroring the 2010-11 angle of tension. This formation sets the stage for all the ensuing events of the 1930's, including the rise of dictatorial regimes, communist, nationalist, and other sociopolitical movements, labor unrest, and widespread immigration.

In the 3 above examples, we witness unforgettable pivot points in history's march which mirror back to us in this present moment, overlapping cycles and subsequent themes emerging on the planet through the entire decade of the 2010's. We will unpack all of these further, but briefly, the Saturn-Uranus cycle produces conflict between Saturnian authority's order and structure and the forces of Uranian rebellion seeking freedom and innovative change. This cycle combines with the Saturn-Pluto cycle: its widespread financial failures, the rise of totalitarian regimes, poverty, despair, and a need to study the depths of the soul. A final layer to the above complexes, are the energies erupting under the Uranus-Pluto cycle: mass movements, radical philosophies and politics, cultural upheaval, and a volcanic creative counterculture. Overwhelming, traumatic, and often catastrophic effects ripple out as sociopolitical tsunamis during this potent planetary cycle. What each of these cycles unveils to the collective psyche are systemic problems that catalyze huge breakdowns of socio-political structures, and equally massive breakthoughs in human consciousness.

The 1929-33 configuration of planets. contains a special resonance for the 2010's because of its position on the Cardinal Axis. This was the last time Uranus occupied Aries and opposed Saturn in Libra, both squaring Pluto, who was then in Cancer, the opposite sign of its 2010 transit through Capricorn. During the years surrounding the Great Depression, Pluto transited the U.S. Sun and Mercury, annihilating the very vitality (Sun) of the country and its ability to trade (Mercury).

The cardinal climax will directly challenge the majority of the U.S. birthchart. For instance, between 2008-2022, the archetypal force of Pluto will dominate the U.S. populace in a cascade of intensifying experiences that will force a complete destruction and regeneration of the United States. In succession, beginnng in 2008, Pluto will oppose the U.S. Venus, Jupiter, Sun, and Mercury, in addition to squaring the U.S. Saturn and Chiron, all before climaxing in the country's Pluto return in 2022, a first in U.S. History. Stress, tension, and volatility are understatements in this scenario. Will the United States still be 'united' at this point? Will the U.S. dollar exist or signify anything? How will the citizens of the United States regenerate themselves and their country? Will there be a one-world government with one currency and what will the effect of this be? Will climate change and species depopulation force our consciousness to shift through global cataclysm? What new forms of art, what scientific discoveries, what emerging spiritualities will guide Gaia and her species through the pressures of her birth canal into self-aware, ascending beings participating in a unified, multidimensional consciousness? ...

Saturn-Pluto - an Introduction

It is important for us to begin with the Saturn-Pluto complex for a number of reasons. First, the cycle peaks during the winter of 2009-2010 and the summer of 2010 with a tense waning square formation. Secondly, Saturn-Pluto will continue through the entire decade of the 2010s, as the two planets powerfully join forces between 2019-2020, with a conjunction in Capricorn. Also, Pluto is in Saturn's sign of rulership, Capricorn through 2022, while Saturn will occupy Pluto's sign of affinity, Scorpio, between 2012-2014. That 2.5 year period will mark a mutual reception, where the two planets occupy each other's signs and work to mutually enhance and enforce their combined energies onto the planet as a whole. These two facts emphasize the importance of these archetypes to demonstrate key events erupting on the planet and within our souls over the decade of the 2010's.

Additionally, everyone on the planet will experience Saturn transiting their natal Pluto between 2004 and 2017. This can be one of the more challenging of aspects in astrology as the grime and grit and depth and mystery of our souls must be confronted and integrated. Often we are shoved to our very limits with this transit. Our core wounds are revealed and seek to catalyze a deeper breadth of self awareness, acting as transformative agents on our paths of evolution. As Saturn transits our personal Pluto, he applies pressure to our generational purposes to regenerate and rebirth an archetype.

In our studies of the Saturn-Pluto complex, we will traverse complicated, vast, and intense realms of consciousness, from the need to shift from a monetary to a resource-based economy to the psychological foundations of war. We will venture into artifical intelligence and examine expolitics - the consequences of alien contact for humanity. We will study the territory of the the soul itself by discussing the breakthrough potential of past life therapy, cathartic breathwork, shamanic journeying, and karmic astrology. We will also dive into the film, music, literature, philosophies, and psychological studies of previous Saturn-Pluto cycles, which can support us with luminous candles of insight in our journey through the dark and perplexing caverns of the Saturn-Pluto combination. ...

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An Alignment for Our Times: 2010

An Alignment for Our Times: 2010

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1/13/04 | Astrology for the Soul

The beginning of the next decade has received much attention by futurists, metaphysicians, and historians of ancient civilizations. This brief but important period of time is considered by many to signal either a leap of human evolution, an exponential increase in creativity, or a time of dramatic societal change. Arguably, this time period is receiving more attention than the beginning of the millennium a few years ago as we began the new century.

Astrology also suggests that this brief time period will be an important one, as a dramatic alignment between Saturn, Pluto, and Uranus constellates at this time. Specifically, Saturn, Pluto, and Uranus form what is called a “T-Square” in which the three planets form an isosceles right triangle. Although forming an exact T-Square in the year 2010, the alignment will certainly be potent in its manifestations for a year or two on either side of 2010.

Throughout history, when Saturn, Pluto, and Uranus form hard alignments(1) such as a T-Square, a time of socio-economic and political destabilization, tension, and contraction arise. Any hard alignment involving these planets suggests a period of stress where growth and evolution is demanded yet hard to achieve. On one hand, the alignment represents a stalemate between opposing forces, and, on the other, the alignment represents a time where pressure, hardship, and frustration ultimately give birth to something radically new. Out of this alignment arises a new order, where the old order disintegrates and gives rise to new social, economic, and political visions and movements.

A cursory look at the planetary archetypes involved can explain why these times tend to be so challenging and destabilizing. Saturn symbolizes tradition, order, and limits; for all intents and purposes, Saturn represents the establishment at any given point in time. In many ways, Uranus is in complete contrast to Saturn’s order and tradition. Uranus symbolizes humanitarian progress and freedoms relative to Saturn’s restrictions and traditions. Archetypally, Uranus ushers in new changes, a heightened renewal of creativity, new reforms, and new ideals to aspire to. A person aligned with the archetype of Uranus tends to be more visionary, more idealistic, and unbound from the limits, traditions, social expectations and conservative sensibility that defines the person more attuned with the archetypal Saturn.

Arguably Pluto is the most difficult archetype to define, particularly in a limited space. Writing about Pluto is applying a rational process to a symbol that is almost wholly irrational. In a simplistic way, Pluto represents the primal, primitive survival instincts that drive and compel individual and social evolution onward. What can be expressed is that Pluto is an analogous to a will to power, which often implies a ‘power over’ or dominion over something or someone. Seen more as a process versus a steady state, Pluto symbolizes powerful times of transformation and change that occur at a fundamental level. Both terrifying and cathartic, Plutonic events are the eruption of processes that have long been gestating underground and hidden from collective consciousness.

When these planetary symbols come together in hard aspect, they are “forced to negotiate their differences” and the cross talk between these archetypes is not always polite nor productive. During these times, the socio-political dimensions of the collective approach conflict, if not crisis and breakdown. During these critical junctures in time, prevailing modes of economic and political discourse are pushed far-from-equilibrium and mounting tensions that have been ignored or repressed due to limitations of the current socio-political paradigm reach a breaking point. Simultaneously, new alternatives that range from enlightened progress to regressive barbarism rise to cope with the ensuing crises and difficulties of the time. During the period of the alignment, the problems and crises are often exaggerated or rendered more intense; real progress, forward momentum, or breakthroughs toward the challenges presented manifest after the alignment subsides.

Twice in the twentieth century have all three planets aligned in hard aspect: once in the early 1930s and again in the middle part of the 1960s. Certainly, these times were crucial in constructing the socio-political makeup of the decades that followed and were arguably the most dynamic and tumultuous years of the previous century. A look at the dynamics of these years will help to understand the themes and possibilities that lay ahead in 2010.

Late 1930-1932: Saturn-Uranus-Pluto T-Square

This T-Square in the Cardinal Signs of Capricorn, Aries, and Cancer was the symbol of economic breakdown in the Western economies. Astrologically speaking, we have an instance of the quality of dearth or scarcity associated with Saturn being ignited, empowered, and intensified by the outer planets of Uranus and Pluto. In the United States and Europe, unemployment rates reached their highest levels of the century and many people in industrialized countries experienced the bare subsistence levels typically associated with the Third World. The Great Depression effected all countries; only communist Soviet Union was able to increase industrial production levels at this time.

However, this T-Square symbol of Uranus, Saturn, and Pluto is a complex one, and one would be negligent not to broaden the scope of perspective to include how Pluto and Uranus were each adding their own archetypal dimension to the time at hand. Although the Crash in 1929 and subsequent Depression were sudden, many factors were at work years before the Depression to bring it into manifestation. The industrial boom of the 1920s helped to mask large and looming difficulties in industrialized economies. Moreover, throughout the 1920s, national economies tried to return to pre-World War One strategies that were hopelessly insufficient. Thus, although unexpected, the Depression was the result of many hidden variables that erupted at once. It is the nature of the archetype of Pluto to lay dormant for many years only to manifest in great power, not unlike a volcano or an earthquake.

The beginning of the decade also saw the emergence of the darker aspects of the collective psyche in the appearance of fascist governments, and in particular, Nazism. The scapegoating, lust for political dominance, paranoid obsession with total dictatorial control, and manipulation of mass consciousness through propaganda seen in the Third Reich are all manifestations of the lower qualities of Pluto. With Saturn and Uranus aspecting Pluto at this time, the ‘return of repressed’ elements from the shadow of the unconscious reared its ugly head.

The workings of Uranus can be observed through the quality of accelerated change of the period, as Uranus is always associated with sudden change and reversals. Certainly, the unexpected decline in the world economic situation is the most apparent corollary with this quality of Uranus. However, the acceleration of changing conditions is also noted in socio-political conditions of the day, most notably in Germany. During the time period of the T-Square, the Nazi party rose from a tiny minority with little over ten seats in the German Reichstag to becoming the majority party of the German political system—an extraordinary, sudden twist of events in European history.

1964-mid 1967: Saturn opposition to Uranus and Pluto

If the 1930s alignment brought out the face of Saturn dealing with scarcity and lack, the 1960s opposition brought out the side of Saturn dealing with convention, established values, and tradition. The period of the early 1960s saw a rise in new and unconventional ways of being in all facets of society, however, it was the mid-1960s where the real struggle between old and new, authority and youth, convention and progress came to a head. To the establishment, the wave of rising countercultural tendencies of the late 1950s and early 1960s was not going to influence and permeate cultural values without a showdown and standoff. In nearly every cultural and political arena, the mid-1960s witnessed the old guard of tradition tensely poised against the new vanguard of countercultural and progressive sympathies.

As Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X pushed the frontier of civil rights, race riots erupted all over the United States. In South Africa, as the government tightened its segregationist apartheid policies, resistance led by Mandela and others grew stronger. With American forces in Viet Nam intensifying, protests and civil unrest arose against a war deemed unexplainable and unviable by the majority of the American public. As self-expression and intolerance of communism increased inside the Eastern Bloc, the Soviet regime enforced harsher and stricter controls against dissention.

The greatest demonstration of tension between social and political opposites was not in the West but in China. With his hope of eradicating a rising tide against communism, Mao Tse-Tung initiated his great Cultural Revolution—a veritable civil war in which China’s political and social history and future were at stake. Mao’s enemies were not so much a political party or group but rather values, including his list of four olds: old customs, old habits, old culture, and old thinking. Anything associated with capitalist sympathies and traditional Chinese culture was to be annihilated, and Mao’s Red Guard was happy to oblige his extremism.

During the mid-1960s, progressive idealism and entrenched traditions were in heightened dialectical tension—and the main astrological alignment of the times perfectly mirrored the standoffs across the globe. Saturn, representing order, tradition, authority, fear of change, and restrictions was symbolically and literally opposite Uranus and Pluto, representing change, disorder, youthful idealism, rebellion, liberation of the oppressed and suppressed, and self-expression.

The Aftermath

The above examples demonstrate that when Uranus, Pluto, and Saturn form hard alignments, an era of socio-political destabilization and heightened cultural tensions manifest. During the early 1930s, an age of economic scarcity pressured the rise of new governments and new economic policies across the globe. In the mid-1960s, ideological tensions reached their peak surrounding issues of war, race, politics, self-expression, and economics. These alignments represent global pressure cookers wherein crucial socio-political issues smelt.

Out of this crucible, new ideologies, governments, policies, reforms, and social movements are born—and often the offspring of these alignments are a mixed blessing. After the crises of the Saturn, Pluto, and Uranus alignment of the early 1930s, the Nazi regime established its legacy of hatred, terror, and tyrannical cruelty, and much of Europe embraced fascism and totalitarian control as an answer to the economic woes of the early part of the decade. However, the destabilization and catastrophes of the early 1930s also spawned innovation, reform, and progressive humanitarianism. FDR’s “New Deal”—albeit controversial—reformed business, labor, and the American Presidency to a greater degree than any presidential policy since. Sweden—hit as hard as any nation during the worldwide depression of the time—established the very model of social democratic government and initiated public and political reforms that were way ahead of its time.

The Saturn, Pluto, Uranus Alignment of 2010

Given historical precedence and the archetypal dynamics involved, The Saturn, Pluto, and Uranus T-Square of 2010 should coincide with a period of great socio-political upheaval and destabilization, if not crisis. This alignment is arguably one of the most important astrological signatures of the first half of this century, certainly of the first three decades. This T-Square symbolically represents a turning point in which economic, cultural, and political difficulties of the last decades come to a head and demand resolution.

Out of this alchemical vessel of 2010 should arise significantly original and unprecedented social and political movements and reform. Certainly, there is a hope that what will emerge out the tensions of this time will produce greater freedoms, tolerance, peace, and prosperity. However, to remain true to past patterns, we can only say that what will materialize we be both progressive and regressive, tolerant and fascist, peaceful and oppositional—polarities that grow stronger.

If astrology is to grant anything to collective knowledge, it is the visionary capacity to see through the contingencies of history and see into forces and energies that inform and are in dialogue with our collective evolution. Whatever the period surrounding 2010 may bring—environmental catastrophe, financial collapse, political reformation and counter-reformation (or any combination thereof)—it is best not to see the events as an isolated crisis. Rather, astrology suggests that the events around 2010 should be seen upon a continuum in which tension and problems of the era demand and create growth and evolution. Thus, the astrological paradigm is not the province of Cassandras who intuit gloom and doom but is a way of seeing that potential greatness and maturity doesn’t come without growing pains and birth pangs.

(1) “hard alignments” for this article refer to the opposition and the 90-degree alignment, or square.

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August 6-7, 2010 Grand Cardinal Cross

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August 06, 2010 | Democratic Underground | Reality Sandwich

The exponential acceleration and evolution is upon us.

Astrologically, the summer’s Grand Cardinal Cross of 2010 far surpasses any events on the winter solstice of 2012 for catalyzing consciousness. In many ways, the whole next decade, and even the priorities and motivations for humanity’s next century are being seeded in the trance-formations of 2010....

One of the great tests of transitioning into the Aquarian age will be the full embodiment of its opposite sign, Leo by each individual. We can only enter into the egalitarian, idealist vision of the cosmic Aquarian tribe if each individual discovers the Source within them, and channels their unique offerings for the healing and evolution of earth. During this Mars retrograde in Leo, and until Mars leaves Leo in late May, we should ask ourselves what specific gift can I contribute to the tribe? And how do I sabotage myself in offering this gift through impatient decision making, an insufficient strategy, or a lack of teamwork?....

....One of the great tests of transitioning into the Aquarian age will be the full embodiment of its opposite sign, Leo by each individual. We can only enter into the egalitarian, idealist vision of the cosmic Aquarian tribe if each individual discovers the Source within them, and channels their unique offerings for the healing and evolution of earth. During this Mars retrograde in Leo, and until Mars leaves Leo in late May, we should ask ourselves what specific gift can I contribute to the tribe? And how do I sabotage myself in offering this gift through impatient decision making, an insufficient strategy, or a lack of teamwork? ....

....Summer Climax: The Grand Cardinal Cross

Right before the moment of coherence is the point of maximum chaos. We are now there at the topof the roller coaster, zero point, chaos point.

Just two years before the Mayan calendar end date of December 21,2012, in the summer of 2010, 2 transpersonal planets, Uranus and Pluto, 2 social planets, Jupiter and Saturn, and 2 personal planets, the Sun and Mars, will confront each other upon the Cross of Matter in one of the most intense formations in all of astrology, often experienced only once in a human lifetime, a Grand Cardinal Cross. The waiting is over....

The Cardinal signs are the initators of the zodiac, the outward, expressive thrust of energy in each of the four elements and seasons. Hence, Aries is Cardinal Fire and the spark of spring. Cancer is cardinal water and begins at the summer solstice. Libra is cardinal air and marks the equinox. Capricorn is cardinal earth and initiates the dark season at the winter solstice. Since they rule the seasons, the alignment of many planets upon the Cardinal Cross can literally change the face of the earth. We are about to embark on a time of dramatic change, mounting tension, and the aching pulse for a whole new paradigm for human existence.

In his Cosmos and Psyche, Richard Tarnas describes the rare experiences where multiple archetypal cycles overlap, involving Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto, as begins in 2010. We find this explosive dynamic during the French Revolution, the years 1964-67, and 1929-1933.

Tarnas writes, "Especially problematic in such eras was the extreme intensification of both wisdespread revolutionary upheaval and violent authoritarian repression in a tightly bound dialectic, mutually activating each other."

Those specially affected by this transit, with an important role to play as initiators of this will have planets at the first degrees of the Cardinal signs and the last degrees of the mutable signs, Gemini, Sagitarrius, Virgo, Pisces. There will be a surge of intense stress, motivation, and passion in the planets located at these positions. Let them be your guides for your next phase of evolution.....

....The other side of Saturn-Pluto is that an unveiling occurs. While certain people and institutions will close down in fear, many people will wake up. In 2001, many people awoke to the deception, lies, and fear-mongering of the government. Also, earlier in the year, many government and military officials announced their knowledge of alien species and UFOs on this planet, as part of the Disclosure Project. Indeed, much will be disclosed in 2010, which will serve to either traumatize or give massive epiphanies to people, depending on their perspective on the events which occur. In fact, we are being invited into the heartsource of the problems that exist. If there is a group who hates another group of people, the question to ask is why? What is the root of this issue? In this strategy the solution may be found not in the increase in security measures that obviously do not work. If other civilizations are here and want to help us in our transition to a new earth, why is this being hidden from us?

Uranus-Pluto: Talkin' Bout a Revolution

If there are more threats or another attack on this country, how will we individually and collectively react? We must build conscious, compassionate dialogues around this. If we find ourselves inside of clamp-down legislation, it will likely result in revolutionary action by U.S. citizens and different world populations this year with the Uranus-Pluto square, a five-year transit that promises to shake up every institution through rebellious movements for freedom and liberation. ....

....It is essential that we stay informed to stay empowered in 2010, because the rapid motion will likely feel overwhelming at times. With our willing participation and community support we can co-create the world we want to live in.

The best way of working with the intensity of this summer's energy is to do one's own alchemical and shamanic work, cleansing the old baggage, the outdated dualistic perspectives. Gratitude and forgiveness are some of the best tools for breaking through the irritable, frustrating, finger-pointing and name-calling that can occur. Aligning oneself with peaceful and creative strategies for traversing the coming changes is key. Gaia, our mother, is shapeshifting. We are her stewards. With the Bodhisattva vow to save all sentient beings, let us embrace each other, let down our defenses, and move into the unified field of love, life, and harmony.

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A letter from Susan Miller from AstrologyZone.com article link

August 3, 2010 To my Friends:

On August 6 and 7 this week we will have a configuration in deep space that astrologers call a Grand Cardinal Cross. Planets have been building up in cardinal signs lately to a very high degree. Cardinal signs are Aries, Libra, Cancer, and Capricorn. Within those signs all the elements are represented - air, fire, earth, and water. While we have seen cardinal crosses before, we have never seen one with such a large number of planets involved and in such tight mathematical degree. If you checked your August forecast on Astrology Zone, you already know this is coming up, for I discussed this at some length.

When I went on my pages on Twitter and Facebook this week, I noticed that many readers were apprehensive of the coming cardinal cross. In this letter to you, I want to assure you that the cardinal cross will be helpful. Hard aspects like the one the world is about to experience this week are meant to push us forward in a big way and help us see where we stand.

Truths will be illuminated, secrets will be exposed, and any injustices will be corrected. Under this type of configuration, we cannot deny, ignore, or hide from certain realities, but that's good, for only then can we be energized to make things better. The cardinal cross - like eclipses - often pushes us to either end of the spectrum. That means you may find events to be either very difficult or very thrilling. Either way you will know where you stand and you will be able to plan with a greater sense of certainty. ...

... This month's cardinal cross will include Pluto, Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Mars, Venus, and the transiting moon in Cancer. That's eight heavenly bodies! The only ones not involved will be the Sun, Neptune, and Mercury. That is a large degree of participation!

Technically, in order to have a true cardinal cross, you need to have four squares and two oppositions. You would see a perfect square box with an X in the middle. That's a grand cross. When the group of planets involved are all cardinal signs (Aries, Libra, Cancer, and Capricorn) you have a grand cardinal cross.

This month's grand cardinal cross is extraordinary because it will have not four squares but ten, and not two oppositions but seven. Wow, as you see, this is a very intense cardinal cross. Looking ahead 500 years, I could not find another cardinal cross involving so many planets.

Another remarkable feature of this cardinal cross is that each planet will be within five degrees of each another, and many will be in even tighter configuration, within a degree or so! Cardinal signs are VERY energetic and when they are found in very early degrees of zero to 1.5 degrees, like many of these planets will be, they epitomize the very life force. This is very powerful!

Furthermore - another point that astounded me - is that Mars will be at a very sensitive degree on August 6 and 7, unlocking the message of the June 26 lunar eclipse, or bringing more news to a situation that arose at that time.

Squares are known to present obstacles, but they also help you move forward and even turn a corner. They are a necessary part of life, for they uproot us from our complacency and shake us into awareness. You may experience a big breakthrough or the final ending of a long and debilitating circumstance.

If, for example, you have been hoping against hope that you would 1) get a generous raise even though your company is failing, or 2) see your sweetheart end his or her wild ways and suddenly show a desire to commit, or 3) get your landlord to agree to lower your rent, you will likely see the truth of the situation now and see the other's true colors. You may finally realize you may need to make other arrangements. On the other hand, if you were accused of something unfairly, the truth will come out, and you will be vindicated. View the cardinal cross as a harbinger of clarity and the purveyor of justice.

If you are a cardinal sign - Aries, Libra, Cancer, and Capricorn - you will feel this cross the most, but only if you were born at the end of March, June, September, or December. These reader birthdays will correspond to the early degrees of this group of planets.

Even if you are not born at the end of the months listed, you might still feel this cross quite strongly if you have a rising sign or a planet in of one of the cardinal signs listed, and if you have those planets or rising sign in early degrees of the sign (between 0 and 5 degrees). Still, for example, a Pisces or a Virgo - two mutable signs - could be feeling general financial tensions, for example, even if they have no planets in the qualifying degrees.

Remember, however, that when planets set up "birth pangs" like these, you get results, and sometimes the results feel like a great relief. Other times, things don't quite go your way, but even so, you can find a way to fix things if you like. A lot will depend on actions and decisions you made earlier. Now that those events are maturing, they are reaching a certain critical or fruition stage. While I cannot see all in your chart, I can see your Sun and rising sign, so check my August forecast on Astrology Zone to know more about how things might play out for you.

Two particularly important planets to watch will be Saturn and Uranus, still standing approximately 180 degrees apart. Even though they had their last opposition on July 21, they are still very close. Saturn rules all that is traditional and conservative, and Uranus represents all that is new and revolutionary. As you see, these two planets are very different.

These two began confronting each other on November 4, 2008. Since then, they have been engaging in combat, separating and retreating, engaging and now finally separating. They have not have had direct confrontation since 1965-1967, a time when society moved out of the roles and mood of the 1950's into a much more modern time. In the USA the changes focused on the changing role of women and African Americans in our society. Often when we are participating in big change we are too busy to notice how massive things are shifting, but in hindsight it becomes clear.

Certainly Saturn and Uranus have been keeping up the pressure to force us to decide what is valuable and to be preserved, and what is new and revolutionary and should be embraced to replace all that is outworn. As creatures of habit we tend to cling to what we know rather than try something new. The universe knows this and is currently giving us a big nudge. Saturn is about to do a similar dance with Pluto - and I will describe that situation in more detail in a subsequent newsletter to you.

While it is true, as I said earlier, that squares help us turn a corner by presenting an obstacle, you still have to keep alert, for you will be expected to show resourcefulness to steer your ship correctly out of any choppy waters that you may encounter and into smoother, warmer seas. Oppositions are just as they sound - two planets battling it out for dominance - although in all oppositions there is an equal and counteracting opportunity for cooperation and balance.

Which way things go is ultimately up to each of us, and will most often have to be viewed in the light of what has come before. No one is born "new" into a month, for we bring along all our dreams and goals, disappointments, and victories with us into each month as we go along. You are the sum total of all the decisions you have made so far in life, both little ones and big ones. This grand cardinal cross will pertain to what has come before, and of those decisions and actions, which ones demand correction in the light of changes in the world and in your life.

Everyone will likely notice some tension in the air this week in world events. In the news, we will likely see the global financial market gyrate a bit, a mirror of people's shifting emotions and reactions to what is reported in the news. You may see some wild weather patterns, too.

Here is an important point that I would like you to keep in mind. Any cross pattern isn't just operative for a day, but much, much longer into the future. Some astrologers view a cross as a mid-point, so therefore the outcome might not fully manifest for several months.

It may be helpful to look back on the last time we had a grand cross. That one was not cardinal but in fixed signs on August 17-18, 1999. Fixed signs include Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius. Those signs felt the changes in a powerful way in 1999, especially those readers born at the very end of their signs, in the third week of February, May, August, and November.

So in the coming week, if anything is weak and ready to break, it will. It will be obvious that the center will not hold - something has to change. Actually, that's the good news, for extreme planetary energies like the one we are about to experience will soon display any defective parts in a relationship, project, certain investment deal, or other endeavor or part of life. Those outworn or faulty elements will either spin off quickly and be discarded, or demand fixing or advice very soon. If you were deprived of reward on any level, it may come to you now.

Cardinal energy is not patient, so when the news its, it will demand you attend to it quickly with a sense of urgency. We all will have no choice but to act under such strong gale force winds, but let's not forget that forceful, difficult aspects illuminate and clarify situations like none other. The universe will now take a strong hand in things to show us what we could not see for ourselves. Yet, as I have been saying, if you are with the wrong boss, the wrong sweetheart, the wrong investor, or in the wrong living situation (you name it - there are many possibilities), the cardinal cross may suddenly end that situation and help you get into a new one quickly.

With the planets going through such massive birth pangs, as a society, they will move us to a new and more enlightened social order. The cardinal signs born early in their signs will be at the center of all news and will see the most radical shifts - that is, if you were born at the end of March, June, September, and December, this configuration will speak to you.

We all have cardinal signs somewhere in our horoscopes, so that means everyone will feel some changes. I have written extensively in your August forecast about how you might experience the cardinal cross of August 6-7, 2010.

Best of luck, dear reader. Let me know on Facebook or Twitter how events play out for you, or by writing to me on Astrology Zone. Thank you! Sincerely, Susan Miller

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Alden Beaman: Astrology and Numerology 1

Welcome to Astrology and Numerology

Learn the true meaning of numbers, planets, signs and colors.

Find your life path and determine the timing of events in your life.

Updated May 26 2005

by Alden Beaman

[with some comments and NUMERIC INTELLIGENCE added]

Why another web site on Numbers and Planets?

This site (no longer online) takes the best information from Astrology and marries it to Numerology. Knowledge is power. This site is full of wisdom. With it you will improve your relationships with others, which will have a direct correlation with how much money you will make over your lifetime. You will learn how to size people up quickly and accurately and improve your social skills. I gained this knowledge through the school of hard knocks. I wanted to share my knowledge with others so that they do not make as many mistakes in theses areas as I have. I also wanted to correct the errors found in traditional Numerology and Astrology. First I would like to say that much of the things taught in Astrology are true. I am grateful for the countless number of people who have helped preserve this knowledge in the world. I am also grateful for the Numerologists and for their knowledge as well. Over the years I have fine-tuned these two subjects and have found some areas in need of improvement. I hope that the readers of this site will allow me to explain where the errors are, as well as to suggest some ways for improvement.

I have found that Numerology calculates the Life Path number wrong, and Astrology puts too much of an emphasis on the Sun sign when interpreting peoples personalities. I have found that signs are accurate for events but not always people. To understand personalities I look for trends. I also use the rule of three. Simply put I look for situations that give the same interpretation at least three different times or ways. I have found that the house that holds the persons sun is a stronger indicator of personality than the sign. If a person has their sun in the fourth house they will act more like a cancer. If they have their sun in the 9th house they will act more like a Sagittarius. These have been my observations. I also look for what house the planet Mars is in. I also look for the aspects that the planets make to each other. However I emphasize the Sun, Moon and Ascendant or Rising Sign. Now before you label me a radical rebel I ask that you have an open mind and don’t leave the site in anger just yet. The fact that you are reading a New Age site should help you to have an open mind. You know that you’re closed minded traditional friends would never be caught dead reading such a site. Maybe you are that traditionalist and just looked up this site due to curiosity. I ask that you have an open mind too. If you do I promise you will learn much. Now I want you to listen to a little story about my life and how I as a Christian have learned to accept and incorporate some of those “radical New Age beliefs” into my own life. Maybe you are not a Christian and believe in another Philosophy or God; I ask that you have an open mind as well.

I have always been fascinated with numbers. When I was a kid I always wondered why the earth was flooded for 40 days & 40 nights. Why 40? Why not 39 or 20 or some other number? Like most people I dropped the subject when the answers didn’t come quickly. I went to school and got a respectable degree in business. Around the age of 38 I started questioning if I wanted to work in business for the rest of my life. I started to read about different types of jobs. As I was investigating some subjects on history religion and philosophy, my brother sent me a strange book. It’s message was that early language and letters doubled as numbers. These numbers all had meanings. I then got some books on Numerology. At first I was skeptical and thought it was all hogwash. Then I started to test it out. I decided to test it out on the name of the first man on earth. I analyzed the name Adam. It came out 10/1. According to the Bible. Adam was the fist person on earth, bear with me on this and don’t leave because you believe we evolved from algae. Eve came out 14/5 the number of life or living. I started to take it a bit more serious and studied the subject in greater detail. After doing so I started to share my new found knowledge with some friends. To make a long story short I found out that not everything was correct. My friends found some holes in the way some critical numbers were calculated. Shaken but not defeated I looked for where the errors were. I by nature like to be conservative and traditional but if information is wrong I am the kind of person who wants to make it right.

That in a nutshell is what this web site is all about. It is the result of a study that took over seven years and encompasses hundreds of books. If you have always felt that there was some truth behind Numerology or Astrology but couldn’t agree with it all, this site is for you. Maybe you’re a pure rational logical type and don’t believe in the psychic. Albert Einstein studied Astrology and gained from it. Many other modern and older scientists studied these subjects. In its pages I will explain in detail the true meaning behind the numbers and the planets. I will also explain such topics as pre-earth life (Mormon Doctrine (-BCM)), which has been labeled by New Ager’s as reincarnation and give the true meaning behind such subjects. What started out as a curious look at a subject has blossomed into a site that encompasses History, Religion, Philosophy, Psychology, Mathematics, Physics, and Meta-Physics. My journey encompasses information from the beginning of time till the present. It embraces the philosophies of modern day personality and career studies such as Myers Briggs, and Holland Codes as well. I promise you one thing; you will look at life much differently after reading its pages. This site has taken several years to publish. I wanted to make sure it was accurate before I had it published. I knew it would have the potential to change lives and I wanted it to be accurate, as I knew people would be making decisions that would affect their lives. This site is written as an intermittent or advanced level on the subjects of Astrology & Numerology. If you are a beginner, you should read it but you will also need some beginner’s sites or books as well to understand the basic terminology. I will gear it toward a new reader but I will not explain in detail all the terminology. I will be pointing out where the errors are and where the traditionalists are correct. I wish you the best on your journey as you read this site and as you apply the principles contained in it.

Life Path

The main reason I wanted to write this web site is because of this issue. I believe that Numerologists in not considering a persons sun sign number comes up with a wrong life path number. After inventing my method of processing the life path I wanted to see if it worked. I simply substituted the energy of the sun sign for the month. I took very important peoples dates of birth and determined the dates and years when important times were to happen in their lives. I then researched their lives through bibliographies to see if history recorded any major events occurring at the pivotal years. I found to my delight that the history of the events did in fact correspond to the projected dates. It is one thing to have a theory but I wanted that theory to match reality. If it did then more weight could be given to the projected dates that are to occur in our own lives. It is important to calculate the correct life path as that not only points the person in the right direction but it also has a direct impact on the timing and the type of pinnacles and challenges a person can expect to have. I believe that one reason people do not use present day numerology is because it calculates the wrong info. People loose faith in it because it does not match reality. I have calculated the correct data with many important people but to save space I will report on the lives of just nine people. [not presented here -MMmeta] These span the years from 1706 to 1955. Lets look at the birthdates of these people and see if we could have foretold some important dates and explain the high points and challenges these people faced. Then lets see if history backs this up. The first thing to do is to know how to calculate a person’s sun sign month. I will list the sun signs and the proper numbers that correspond to each one. To be the most accurate a person should run a chart and see what degree and sign he or she was born under. Sun signs can change from year to year but in general they follow the following pattern. (If your birthrate is near a cut off date then you should check to see what your actual sun sign is.) In general the dates are as follows: If you were born from -

March 21st to April 19th = Aries ..... = 1 = Mars

April 20th to May 20th . = Taurus .... = 8 = Venus

May 21st to June 21st .. = Gemini .... = 7 = Mercury

June 22nd to July 23rd . = Cancer .... = 2 = Moon

July 23rd to Aug 22nd .. = Leo ....... = 3 = Sun

Aug 23rd to Sept 22nd .. = Virgo ..... = 7 = Mercury

Sept 23rd to Oct 22nd .. = Libra ..... = 6 = Venus

Oct 23rd to Nov 21st ... = Scorpio ... = 11 = Pluto

Nov 22nd to Dec 21st ... = Sagittarius = 5 = Jupiter

Dec 22nd to Jan 19th ... = Capricorn . = 4 = Saturn

Jan 20th to Feb 18th ... = Aquarius .. = 9 = Uranus

Feb 19th to March 20th . = Pisces .... = 5,0 = Neptune

The following information is explanations or delineations of what any given pinnacle or challenge number would mean for you.

Pinnacles

The 1 Pinnacle

The influence of the number 1 pinnacle is a drive for independence; the desire to express one's individuality using original ideals; leading and directing others, attaining achievements and being recognized for them.

First Pinnacle...1

With a number 1 first pinnacle, most of your youth was probably spent learning how to use original ideas, how to lead, how to rely on yourself without being egotistical, stubborn, self-centered or dominating. This is a period to learn leadership and it may not product the opportunities you would like. It is primarily a learning time.

Second/Third Pinnacle...1

With the second pinnacle and the third pinnacle providing number 1 energies a degree of aggressiveness becomes apparent in your demeanor. Your ability to get ahead and develop your talents is limited only by your own initiative. Your achievements are likely to very apparent to the public and a sense of independence allows you to assume a leadership role

Fourth Pinnacle...1

With the number 1 energies imposing itself on the latter stages of your life, any desire to retire or slow down will be unfulfilled. Challenges and changes will mark this part of your life. Responsibilities and accomplishments will be based on the ability to lead, direct, and express your own individuality and original ideas.

The 2 Pinnacle

You are apt to be a very sensitive person during this pinnacle, even if sensitivity is not indicated in your basic makeup. The 2 shows patience and attention to detail. The general influence of the number 2 pinnacle is that of responsibilities, which may cause feeling of restrictions. There is a close accord with home, family, children, and those in your environment for whom you feel responsible.

First Pinnacle...2

Since this pinnacle is experienced early in your life, it may tend to make you an over-sensitive child, and you may be easily hurt or offended. You may experience early difficulties with expression, both verbal and emotional. Your mother is apt to be the stronger influence in your life throughout this period. As a young person you are likely to find much duty and responsibility related to home and family. There may be strong feelings of limitations because of these pressures. It is a period for you to attend to the demands made on you for family and close friends rather than self. Often, the two pinnacle suggests a person who is under the close dictates of a parent or of some authority figure.

Second/Third Pinnacle...2

The work you do may be very detailed and demanding during this period.

Fourth Pinnacle...2

As a last pinnacle, the 2 brings home the rewards and pleasures of family, security, and a close circle of friends. You are likely to find yourself giving back some of the nurturing and attention that you received in the early part of your life and you will find it necessary to control a tendency toward sensitivity.

The 3 Pinnacle

The general effect of the number 3 pinnacle is one of light, enjoyable activities. Travel, social activities, friends, and entertainment are much a part of your life during this pinnacle. You nature is more affectionate and outgoing. Personal expression is developed, particularly verbal expression. Any latent artistic or creative talents are apt to exposed now. Life seems to flow toward you during a 3 pinnacle, thoughts are of the present, not so much the future nor the past. Being with people and having fun is essential. Attitudes are youthful; easy come, easy go. Variety in work and play is likely. Money is not a concern so long as you can get by. Thinking, using your imagination, dreaming, these are all a large part of this period.

First Pinnacle...3

This is a difficult number to handle on the first pinnacle, for while there may be many opportunities to develop artistic or creative potential, you may not recognize them or be willing to work as hard as may be required for the development of these opportunities. There is a tendency to scatter energies and work on the wrong ideas. You may be too busy having fun to worry about the future.

2nd and 3rd Pinnacle...3

With the number 3 directing activities of the second or third pinnacle, responsibilities and accomplishments will be greatly dependent on social demeanor and general influence. This pinnacle may bring about opportunity for writing, speaking, interior designing, or some form of participation in the entertainment arts. Imagination and feelings are stimulated.

4th Pinnacle...3

There is a good possibility of much travel, social activity and entertainment. This transit usually promises freedom from financial worry in the later years. While there is a tendency to drift in relative comfort, this is a time when you can be at your creative best.

The 4 Pinnacle

The general influence of the number 4 pinnacle is that of a practical, realistic approach to life. This pinnacle demands a higher degree of order, system and organization. You tend to adopt a very conscientious and dependable response. Hard work and determined effort mark your attitude now. It seems as though you have an emotional need for work and truly thrive on it.

First Pinnacle...4

With the 4 influence in your first pinnacle, this can be a demanding period in with you are required to work due to economic circumstances, or in which you are a highly motivated person in your pursuit of education. In either event, you may not be so active in normal youthful activities because of your work schedule.

2nd or 3rd Pinnacle...4

With the number 4 second or third pinnacle, your ability to get ahead and achieve will no doubt be directly associated with your ability to out work the competition. Sometimes, this pinnacle brings a sense of economic limitation. This is likely to be a period of building and steady growth.

4th Pinnacle...4

With the number 4 fourth pinnacle, any desire to retire or slow down is not likely to be fulfilled. You are not the type to relax and enjoy leisure activities. It is important to work and feel the sense of accomplishment. In some unfortunate cases, economic conditions retard the ability to retire and enjoy life.

The 5 Pinnacle

The general influence of the number 5 pinnacle is that of freedom and a lessening of responsibility. The tendency toward change, sudden and unexpected, may enter you life during these years. You may tend to develop more variety in your friends, you work duties, and in your outside interests. You will probably be adventurous and inclined to travel. Your financial circumstances, like everything else in this cycle, can change rapidly, both up and down.

First Pinnacle...5

This can be a difficult first pinnacle because it is hard to find the stability to establish yourself and build a suitable foundation for latter life. You are likely to experience moves that require you change schools and friends. As a first pinnacle, the 5 has you living by your own set of rules, even if you are raised in a tradition family. You are more resourceful that others your age, but you may also tend to get into more trouble. Impulsiveness and a craving for independence are both strong in your nature during this period.

2nd or 3rd Pinnacle...5

With the number 5 pinnacle coming in mid-life, your ability to progress and achieve in may be linked to your ability to function comfortably in a fluctuating environment. Your ability to adapt is very critical. The sense of freedom that you have now is very significant. The caution here is not to burn too many bridges because of your urge for freedom, travel, and adventure. You may need that job (or family) later on.

Fourth Pinnacle...5

With the fourth pinnacle showing 5, any desire to retire or slow down is not likely to be fulfilled. Change and variety will continue to keep your occupied and busy. If you are adaptable, this can be a very interesting time in your life. In most cases, a final pinnacle of 5 means freedom from financial or domestic worries.

The 6 Pinnacle

You are tactful and cooperative, and willing to work with relatively little recognition. The general emphasis of the number 6 pinnacle is that of friendliness, cooperation and harmony. You are apt to be involved in service work. The 6 vibrations have a very balancing effect on circumstances during this period. You are apt to receive many opportunities to serve and help others; teaching, counseling, and promoting harmony and diplomacy.

The first Pinnacle...6

Ill-advised marriages at an early age sometimes occur.

2nd/3rd Pinnacle...6

Your accomplishments during this productive period of your life will greatly depend on your abilities to work with other people, promote harmony, and show patience and a willingness to wait for credit due based on your contributions.

Forth Pinnacle...6

This latter part of your life should be harmonious whether you are retired or continue to work. The key to fulfillment will be patience, tact, and cooperation.

The 7 Pinnacle

The general influence of the number 7 pinnacle is that of learning, investigating, and gaining skills. The number 7 is a somewhat introverted number and you will tend to be more of a loner while the pinnacle is in effect than you will be in other times of your life. You will be more comfortable working alone, and while marriage is not out of the question during this time, it will take a good bit of effort. You are apt to need periods of isolation to develop inner resources. This time will be especially marked by your lack of interest in material matters and little concern with practical affairs. This lack of concern can result in some financial shortages, limited material benefits, or possibly physical handicaps.

The First Pinnacle...7

With the number 7 first pinnacle, your circle of friends will not be large. You are a serious student, motivated to learn by inner yearnings. Your youth may be a difficult and confusing time.

2nd/3rd Pinnacle...7

Unless you are involved in some sort of research or possibly religious or philosophical endeavors, your progress during this pinnacle will be painfully slow. Your accomplishments are simply not the type that bring financial benefits as desired or expected. The benefits of this pinnacle are much deeper and internal.

Fourth Pinnacle...7

With a number 7 fourth pinnacle, your later years will be a quiet time when you will be chiefly involved with the development and refinement of your inner being. This is a time for study, development, and thinking about life in philosophical ways. During this period it may not be easy for you to find individuals with whom you truly feel comfortable unless your spouse has similar attitudes. Be patient for people will come to you for what you know.

The 8 Pinnacle

The general influence of the number 8 pinnacle is that of business and commercial activity. There is a good deal of status orientation, success, and recognition associated with this number, and your financial circumstances and personal status are apt to changing during this period, with improvements likely to occur. The tone of the period is more on the pragmatic side, stressing organizational and management abilities. Emotions tend not to be a motivating factor.

First Pinnacle...8

With the first pinnacle featuring the influence of the number 8, you may become involved in business or commercial activity at an early age and face some restriction on this account.

2nd/3rd Pinnacle...8

During this period of your life you are apt to become very deeply involved with being a executive (or perhaps being married to one). You will begin to rely more on rational feelings and less on emotional impulses. You are more ambitious and success oriented.

Fourth Pinnacle...8

With the number 8 fourth pinnacle, business and position will make retirement at the normal age unlikely. Circumstances in the later years may be an atmosphere of status and power.

The 9 Pinnacle

The general influence of the number 9 is that of humanitarianism. Irrespective of which pinnacle of the life is colored by this influence, the trend will be to feel and express greater concern for those who are weaker, poorer, and less fortunate than yourself. The 9 denotes a degree of selflessness not show in any other number. The attitude is more humanistic, philanthropic and emotional.

First Pinnacle...9

Selflessness is often difficult for a young person, so the tone of this influence may be but barely detectable. You may be the type of person who is a friend to those who have few friends, a protector to those who might be the favorites of bullies, and generally a helping person in whatever way you talent permits. As you mature in our modern society, you are apt to embrace humanitarian political views and ideals.

2nd or 3rd Pinnacle...9

With the number 9 energy apparent on the second or third pinnacle, you may at times express very emotional and dramatic humanitarian views and ideals and become a champion of the need for tolerance and compassion in the world. You may possess a universal view of the world, working in ways that will benefit mankind.

Fourth Pinnacle...9

With the fourth pinnacle showing the number 9, your work in the latter part of life will tend to be more philanthropic, allowing you to give much more of yourself, and if your financial circumstances permit, your assets, to causes that benefit mankind. Certainly, you have a more caring attitude now than in earlier times of your life.

The 11 Pinnacle

The number 11 is the first of the master numbers. The influence of this number is somewhat philosophic and illuminating. The 11 vibration has associations with spiritual and metaphysical studies and understanding. It has associations with the reformer, the philosopher, the welfare worker. With the number 11 energies influencing behavior in any stage of the life, there is a significant lessening of material goals and desires. In fact, thoughts may tend to stray a bit from the practical and the mundane, irrespective of the life path you may be following. A certain disassociation with mundane reality can cause problems with associates in the environment. Frequently, there is a heightened sense of nervous tension associated with this energy.

First Pinnacle...11

With the number 11 first pinnacle, you may identify with some of the foregoing, however, it is difficult for a young person to use the general influence productively. Thus, the background tone of this period is perhaps better communicated through use of the number 2 energies. Since this pinnacle is experienced early in your life, it may tend to make you an over-sensitive child, and you may be easily hurt or offended. You may experience early difficulties with expression, both verbal and emotional. Your mother is apt to be the stronger influence in your life throughout this period. As a young person you are likely to find much duty and responsibility related to home and family. There may be strong feelings of limitations because of these pressures. It is a period for you to attend to the demands made on you for family and close friends rather than self. Often, the two pinnacle suggests a person who is under the close dictates of a parent or of some authority figure.

2nd/3rd Pinnacle...11

With the 11 pinnacle occurring in the second or third stage of your life, you may take on much the same implications as the 2 pinnacles, however, responsibilities and accomplishments of significance will contain the tone of the inspirational nature of this number.

Fourth Pinnacle...11

With the 11 pinnacle occurring in the fourth stage of your life, your responsibilities and accomplishments of significance will contain the tone of the inspirational nature of this number, and it is probable that your work later in life or your retirement years will carry this influence.

The 22 Pinnacle

The general influence of the 22 pinnacle is one that many people cannot readily attain. This is the larger of the master numbers and the connotation of 22 is that of master builder. It inclines toward large-scale endeavors in business or government. It denotes vast influence and power. Both of the master numbers are highly idealistic, but the 22's expression of idealism is in obtaining practical goals and useful projects. At any stage of the life, the number 22 tends to create a significant degree of nervous tension in the individual.

First Pinnacle...22

Young persons, except in very rare instances, are unable to use the general influence of the 22 productively. Therefore, the background tone of this pinnacle is more in tune with the number 4. With the 4 influence in your first pinnacle, this can be a demanding period in with you are required to work due to economic circumstances, or in which you are a highly motivated person in your pursuit of education. In either event, you may not be so active in normal youthful activities because of your work schedule.

2nd/3rd Pinnacle...22

With the mid-life 22 pinnacle, many great things are possible. Much depends on the life's development and preparation up to now, and whether you possess the capacity to bring about such endeavors. If you have not received the opportunity for education and developed sufficiently to anticipate the responsibilities of the master number, it's likely that the reduced number 4 will better describe the tone of this period. With the number 4 second or third pinnacle, your ability to get ahead and achieve will no doubt be directly associated with your ability to out work the competition. Sometimes, this pinnacle brings a sense of economic limitation. This is likely to be a period of building and steady growth.

Fourth Pinnacle...22

If you have the capacity to achieve the statue of master builder forecast by this pinnacle, business endeavors with idealistic ends will likely preclude retirement.

Challenges

Challenge 0

The obstacles of life during this period may not be many, or they may be coming from all directions. The challenge of the number 0 is called the challenge of choice. You are likely to have difficulty acting on your preferences. You are perfectly capable of analyzing a situation and realistically comparing possible solutions. The challenge of 0 may make this decision to requisite action very difficult for you. To overcome the challenge, it should be understood that you must have the faith in your own abilities to the extent that you can analyze, make a choice, then act with ease and comfort. This challenge is one that is normally found on in a highly evolved individual and an individual who can be expected to make your own decisions about life and know where the pitfalls lie. To meet the challenge of 0 you must have control of all of the numbers; the independence of 1, the responsibility of 2, the optimism of 3, the application of 4, the understanding of 5, the adjustment of 6, the wisdom of the 7, the constructive power of 8, the universal service of 9. In other words, to meet the challenge of 0 in your life, you must be a very gifted person.

Challenge 1

The challenge of the number 1 suggests that in these years, you are likely to feel dominated by others with strong influence, probably parents or others with whom you compete. The challenge of the number 1 is avoidance of being dominated, but doing so in a fashion that does not impose upon or dominate others. With the challenge of the number 1 it's extremely important to control the ego, and avoid the negative aspect of individuality. False pride, pomposity, egotism are issues to be guarded against now. You are now in a period of learning about self-reliance and how to solve your own problems independently. Learn to rely on your wit and your intelligence, avoiding argumentation and resentfulness.

Challenge 2

The challenge of the number 2 suggests you are likely to be extremely sensitive and more or less brimming with feeling. You find it hard to work with people because your are afraid of being criticized or, worse yet, ignored. You have a good deal of self-doubt and a definite lack of self confidence. There is a tendency to constantly worry about the opinion that others have of you. There is likewise a tendency to use this sensitivity in a negative way. Used more positively, your keen sensitivities can be a significant strength, allowing you to be acutely aware of so much of with others rarely perceive. But during this period it will be hard for you to assert yourself and make decisions. You will shy away from positions of authority and responsibility. This can be a time for accumulation of wisdom, as you show patience and pay close attention to detail. Try not to take things too personally. Friendships are a source of deep satisfaction to you during this time. Do not let details overwhelm you and keep you from seeing the big picture. Plan for slow growth rather than immediate gain.

Challenge 3

The challenge of the number 3 suggests a tendency to scatter talents and try to do too many things at once during this period of your life. You may have a fine imagination and a gift for words, but you find it hard to express yourself effectively. Though you know you should cultivate friends and be sociable, you tend to be somewhat reclusive and defensive. You may have a talent for writing, acting, or speaking, but you are reluctant to involve yourself with these sorts of activities because you do not like to face the prospects of criticism. You are expressing yourself with a negative emphasis, hiding your creative talents behind a wall of shyness. You must strive to develop yourself in a social and in a creative sense.

Challenge 4

The challenge of the number 4 suggests a difficulty with work. Either you simply don't like to work, don't like the work your are forced to do, or you have difficulty completing tasks and working efficiently. You may be careless and lack a sense of practicality. Often this challenge makes it hard to see the forest for the trees when it comes to work and obligations. It is important for you to learn patience, understanding and the practical, common sense way of dealing with mundane responsibilities. You may also need to learn the importance of working within the parameters of a time schedule.

Challenge 5

The challenge of the number 5 suggests that your challenge is to overcome the desire and the demand for freedom at any price. This challenge number is very difficult to handle because, with it, you are apt to be extremely impulsive; you want to try everything at least once, and you are rather unstable in many ways. Change may be necessary for you, but it must be handled in an intelligent and controlled manner. Make certain that the desire for change is not associated with a desire to escape responsibility. In any event, this challenge requires that you learn as early as possible in life to control your impulses.

Challenge 6

The challenge of the number 6 suggests that you may have difficulties because of your insistence on extremely high standards. You are apt to appear authoritarian, intolerant, and a little self-righteous. It is hard for others to live up to your standards of expectation. Many of your considerable talents for balancing situations are used with a negative emphasis. Avoid creating friction in relationships and strive for harmony. You must learn that your diplomatic approach will only be appreciated if others feel that their needs are met, their desires understood, their point of view respected. You must learn to allow others to set their own pace, make their own rules. This challenge requires learning unconditional love and acceptance. Respect your ability to compromise and grow in a quiet way.

Challenge 7

The challenge of the number 7 suggests difficulties brought on by your discomfort with your own inner feelings; feelings of a reserved attitude and unexpressed emotions. You may feel unable to better your situation, or to change and improve circumstances. There is a tendency with this challenge to be a chronic critic and complainer, while offering little or nothing as a suggest to correct the faults that are found. The sense of discrimination is strong, but it is expressed in a very negative way. A sense of false pride tends to keep your real feelings buried beneath the surface. Avoid a tendency to approach people in a very reserved and aloof way, and develop faith in your own abilities rather than dwelling on your limitations. Marriage is apt to be delayed until this challenge is overcome, or if married, this can be a difficult time.

Challenge 8

The challenge of the number 8 suggests an early life assumption that satisfaction can only be gained and safeguarded by adequate material accumulation. There's likely to be considerable effort exerted to attain money, status, and power, sometimes to the exclusion of almost all else. The number 8 challenge indicates that you are/were using your concern with material matters with negative emphasis. You must learn to use your ability to gain money, status and power with a sense of proportion and an awareness of the relation of material affairs to other matters, and deal with the material world in a comfortable manner.

I have demonstrated a new and different method to calculate your life path and pinnacle and challenges. I believe this method is much more accurate than the old traditional way which is taught today. I hope you enjoy it and receive the same info whether you do a Numerology reading or an Astrology reading. With this method I believe you will. Good luck with your life from Alden Beaman.

Alden Beaman: Astrology and Numerology 2

An overview:

One of the first errors I found in Numerology had to do with January being assigned to the number 1. According to traditional Numerology if a person was born in January that month was given the number 1 when figuring out a persons “Life Path”. This is because in our modern society January 1 is considered the first day of the New Year. However long ago the fist day of the year was during the Spring Equinox, on or around March 21st of each year, which corresponded to the sign of Aries. In Numerology Jan is 1, February is 2, March is 3, April is 4, May is 5, June is 6, July is 7, Aug is 8, Sept is 9, Oct is 10, Nov is 11, and Dec is 12. That seemed too easy, too simple. I didn’t know much about Astrology at the time but I knew that Aries was described just like they described the number 1. (Leader, first, pioneer etc.) Numerologist described the number 4 as foundation, structure, order, and conservative. That sounded a lot more like the sign of Capricorn than Aries. I also wondered how Numerologists who were also Astrologers could accept this on blind belief. Surly there were other people who understood this subject better than I did. The books I read never question this. Why? I noticed that every expert said the same thing. The information was only memorized and regurgitated on print without any pondering or thought or reflection. To me, giving January the numerical value of a 1 and April the value of a 4 was backward. It was like saying an apple was an orange and an orange was an apple. Or that day was night or night was day. I did remember from mathematics that equal meant the items had the same value. Numerology is based on the fact that each number has a different vibration. Pythagoras the Father of Mathematics & Numerology said that all life differed according to these vibrations. Now before you think I am totally crazy consider how science has discovered that white light split by a Prism makes a rainbow. These colors are different according to how much they differ in frequency, red light being at one end and Ultra Violet at the other. Frequency and Vibration are equal terms. Einstein’s theory of relativity differed from Newtonian Physics in that Einstein showed how light could act like a particle or a wave.

(Back to Numbers) In Numerology according to traditionalists, the most important number to figure out is your Life Path. This is made up of the Month, day and year of a person’s birth. According to Numerology a person born April 11, 1956 should have a life path of an 18/9. From the books and web sites I have read most Numerologist’s don’t agree with each other. Some say your life path is the lesson you are to learn in this life, others say it shows the level you have obtained through reincarnation. It is your report card or the grade the universe has given you. It represents your strengths. After much reflection and thought I believe it only shows us the direction we are to go in. It can be a strength or a weakness. But we are to travel that path or road. It may be that after a great deal of exposure and experience we will get better at it but still not be as good as someone who has strengths in that area. However for our purposes we will be better for it. Now I’m not suggesting that people have to choose a vocation based on this number. A vocation should always be chosen based on talents and abilities. When we are at work we have to compete and competition should be done according to our strengths. One thing I could not understand is how the Sun sign is ignored in Numerology. In Astrology this is the number one factor to consider, but in Numerology it is not even mentioned. In Numerology Life Path is the most important area to consider. I thought how could this be? These are both ways to understand the occult or the hidden so why are they so different from each other? Most Astrologers and Numerologists say, “That is the beauty of it.” The way I understand beauty is that it represents things that are harmonious and in balance not opposites. They give the same answers all the time. That is the one reason science has gained so much respect in our day and age. Simply because the formulas produce the same results. (A scientist in America gets the same answers as a scientist in China.) This is not the case in the new age studies. I hope this site helps this group of people become more one.

Now back to life path, I discovered a way to incorporate sun sign into Numerology. It is done in this manner. You simply substitute the following sun sign’s with their corresponding numbers. Aries is a 1, Taurus is an 8, Gemini is a 7, Cancer is a 2, Leo is a 3, Virgo is a 7, Libra is a 6, Scorpio is an 11, Sagittarius is a 5, Capricorn is a 4, Aquarius is a 9, and Pisces is a 5. I will explain how I got all this later but for now just use these numbers in the place of the month. If a person was born April 11 then he or she is an Aries, but a person born April 30th would be a Taurus. Consider Sun sign as an indication of a person’s hero or what makes him or her happy. It is what motivates and gives life to a person. To determine a person’s life path the Alden Beaman method, April 11 is considered Aries so April is given a numerical value of a 1. 11 is a master number so it is not reduced. The year 1956 adds up to 21/3 Adding all the numbers up 1+11+3=15/6. I would have a life path of a 6. Now a 6 is much more different than a 9. It is the essential difference between a Libra and an Aquarius. Now since both are air signs there are some similarities but any Astrologer worth his or her salt knows that Libra is different from Aquarius.One of the reasons I wanted to write this site was because I knew that Numerology had a lot to offer people but only if it was used correctly. If a confused person is told to go in the wrong direction, what good are the directions? If a spiritual guide says you’re here to experience a 9 path when in fact you are to experience a 6 what good is the guide or the direction or council given? I felt bad about people being led by blind guide’s. Another reason it is important to get the correct path number is because it is used in determining a persons pinnacles and challenges in life. When I analyzed famous peoples life path’s using traditional numerology the pinnacles and challenge numbers projected by traditional Numerology did not match their bibliographies. However when I used my method the history matched the projection to the year or within a year. I analyzed many different famous people some being Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and Henry Ford and Bill Gates. All showed direct correlation. I will show this later in this site [not presented here -MMmeta]. For now I will stick with the numbers 1-11

Alden Beaman: Astrology and Numerology 3

The Number One:

This correlates to the Planet Mars. The sign of Aries, The Color of Red, The Ascendant, The Ram, and The letters A, J, &S. -- BODY-KINETIC

The Number 1 - The Number of New Beginnings and Leadership and Offense

Try to visualize the number 1. What do you see? An independent number all by itself. A number that points straight upward. (A tower of strength.) A monument such as the one in Washington DC.

The number 1 needs to be bold because it only has one chance. There is only one of its kind. The immature number 1 doesn’t think a whole lot about others. It thinks about survival. It is about the drive to preserve the self. The mature number 1 needs people. How can a person lead if there are no followers? An adjective given to describe the mature number 1 is leadership. In Astrology 1 is given the sign of Aries. Aries is the beginning of the cycle. It can be the newborn baby as well. As such it can be quite helpless. If a person grows and experiences all the signs they will end up back at Aries. Are they the same? No. Now they have all the sign’s experiences. They have been around the block so to speak. Once they have been around the block they can act as guides. These types of people are leaders. They show other people the way. This is a different type of Aries. Sometimes Aries people are a little of both. In some areas they are great leaders. In other areas they are inexperienced and act like a newborn child. Both types of people are Aries. The Greek Aries or Ares was somewhat of a klutz. The Roman Aries or Mars was much more organized. He was the God of War. Aries is in reality a little bit of each.

As a one you are a leader. You love to be self reliant and independent. You love to take risks and to roll the dice. You are an explorer and a pioneer. You are definitely enterprising. You like to persuade others to your point of view. Selling is right down your alley. You like action and action heroes. You are the type who travels the road off the beaten path. Like Frank Sinatra you relate to the song” I did it my way.” Initiative is one of your strong points and like a match you are good at getting things started. You are a catalyst that speeds up a reaction. Your personality is so strong that it either inspires or repels others. You have a pioneering spirit and are known to be on the cutting edge of anything new. You like the new and the unproven. You may be the owner of your own company. You are the type of person who needs to follow through. This will help you to obtain your goals in life. You can be a controller and you may be selfish.

The positive 1 - Initiating action, pioneering, leading, being independent, attaining goals.

The negative 1 - Selfish, immature, temperamental, argumentative, pushy, offensive.

The Planet Mars - A Fire Planet, The Sign of Aries and the Color of Red.

Mars is dignified in Aries and has its detriment in Libra. It is exalted in Capricorn and has its fall in Cancer. By dignified I mean it rules that particular sign. An analogy to be made is a Planet or a homeowner who lives in his own house and feels most comfortable in this house. A planet in detriment means that it is 180 degrees away and is in opposition to the whole idea. Dead against it. The person comes right out in defiance of it. Even though opposites are real, often times in the real world, a person will have a little of each opposite incorporated into his or her being or personality. The word exaltation would mean the Planet or person does not live at home but is visiting a neighbor’s house and he is most comfortable there. A planet in its fall is one where the Planet or person is visiting and feels most uncomfortable there. The house that holds the planet Mars is very important. Mars shows how a person acts. It shows where a person focuses their energy. In the first house a person would be a lot like an Aries. In the second house they would put a lot of energy into their possessions. In the third the person may have a sharp tongue. In the fourth the person may need to feel secure before they will take a chance.

In Greek Mythology Ares was the God of War. In Rome he was called Mars. Even the color of the planet bears witness of itself. It is a rusty red. I once heard the analogy of a bullet and that stuck with me because it describes the number 1 very well. A bullet doesn’t look back. It gets the job done. It leaves a mess for others to clean up. It is direct & goes straight for the mark. It is used in war. War causes bloodshed and red is the color of blood. It is bravery or the willingness to be bold. The color red can be seen from a long way off. It is supposed to get your attention. That is why it is used for such things as a stop sign or a red light. Red is the color of fire. It is often used as a sexual symbol, the lady in Red ect. (Ruby red lips.) In Astrology the Planet Mars rules over all these things. In ancient times the planet Mars got a bad rap. It was known as the second malefic planet. Only Saturn had a worse reputation. But no planet or number in and of itself is bad. All planets and numbers have a good and a bad side to them. War, killing and hate are some of the expressions of the bad side of the planet Mars and the number one. However drive, action & straightforward honesty are good attributes of the number one. The color red is the first color in the rainbow. It is the lowest frequency of visible light.

I as a person I believe in simplicity when it works. So I will attempt to paint a picture of the sign for Aries as simply as I can. When you think of the sign of Aries think offense and how you go about doing things the first time around. (Think Pioneer) An excellent book on the signs was written by Stephen Forest. “The Inward Sky”. Another good book to start with is Astrology For The Light Side Of The Brain by Kim Rogers-Gallagher

The Mazzaroth and the Signs.

The Mazzaroth is the Hebrew name for the Zodiac or the twelve signs. It is mentioned in the Old Testament in Job 38:31-33. Job is wishing he was dead and Jehovah basically tells him he is not as smart as God. Even the start of the chapter is informative. God in speaking directly to the prophet Job says, "Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the belt of Orion? Can you bring out Mazzaroth in its season? Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?" In other words Jehovah is asking Job. Can you tell me the meaning of the stars?

Do you understand Astrology? I believe the main reason the zodiac was created was to show Gods glory in the Heavens. Each sign shows a piece of the mission of God. It includes his premortal life as Jehovah and his earthly reign as Christ.to his immortality as a resurrected person with an immortal perfect celestial body. I believe these truths were once taught by the ancient patriarchs such as Adam, Enoch, Noah, and Abraham etc. Later the truth was lost and only pieces of the original truth were left. This started in Babylon and continued with the Egyptians down to the Greeks and the Romans. Each society created its own myths to the meaning of the Zodiac. God in his perfectness resembles all twelve signs. All human beings incorporate parts of the Zodiac into their own personalities as well. In each section I will explain the original meaning of each sign. Modern Astrology calls these meanings archetypes.

The sign of Aries.

When Moses was told to lead the children of Israel out of bondage in Egypt he was told to do this around the time of the Spring Equinox. The Jews call this the Passover as this was when the angel of death passed over any house that had lambs blood on it’s door. Again notice the symbolism. Lambs blood. (The Lamb showing the Christ slain from the foundation of the world.) Rams are grown up lambs. When God was on the earth as Christ he was in a sense a lamb. He had not been resurrected yet with a perfect body. In Gods own eyes he was a lamb. The zodiac sign is of a Ram not a lamb. How does that fit?

(Mormon Doctrine (-MMmeta)) To understand this you need to know about the doctrine of Pre-earth life. This is a doctrine, which has been lost and needs to be re understood. It was corrupted into the doctrine of reincarnation. I believe that originally all the ancient patriarchs taught this doctrine. Including Noah to his three sons Shem Ham and Japheth. Over time it was lost but pieces remained. The doctrine teaches that all people lived prior to this life as spirit children of kind parents. We all had a father and a mother. They were perfect. This is where the Greeks got Zeus and Hera. Most of the original heathen Gods had wives. Even our modern Christianity is flawed. It teaches about only one God. The truth of the mater is that we have a father and a mother in the Heavens. The Hebrew word for God is Elohim. Any time im is used it shows a plural. It should be translated, the Gods. (Meaning husband and wife or Father and Son). We lived in heaven as spirit children of these loving parents. Our whole purpose for this life was to be like them. We are to become gods and goddesses. However mankind cannot do this on it’s own. It needs the help of a God. In other words we cannot do this our way we need to do it by following our Fathers rules. A spirit child of our Father who was also the first-born spirits in Heaven always obeyed his father. That spirit child evolved into a God in the pre-earth life. His name was Jehovah or Jesus Christ. (The Ram, which represents the leader, the pioneer.) Jehovah agreed in this pre-earth life to be our Savior. John on the isle of Patmos saw this in a vision and recorded it in the book of Revelation in chapter 5. And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals; [2] and I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?" [3] And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, [4] and I wept much that no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. [5] Then one of the elders said to me, "Weep not; lo, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals." Who was the man seated on the throne? Answer: God the Father. Who took the book from his right hand? Answer: Jehovah or Jesus. Jehovah was Jesus in the pre-earth life. When speaking to his prophet Job, Jehovah explains this concept of a premortal life. You can read about it in Chapter 38 of the book of Job in the Old Testament. Jehovah teaches Job that not only was he to be the Savior slain from before the foundation of this world but that all the people of the earth once lived with God in Heaven. Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: [2] "Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? [3] Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me. [4] "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. [5] Who determined its measurements -- surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? [6] On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, [7] when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? What were the sons of God happy about? Answer, that the earth was finally made and they could receive mortal bodies and live on it. Who made it? Answer it was Jehovah. Later from the book of John we learn that Jehovah was also known as the word, because the word made the world. In the New Testament we read in John chapter 1 in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] He was in the beginning with God; [3] all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. [4] In him was life, and the life was the light of men. [5] The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. [6] There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. [7] He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him. [8] He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light. [9] The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. [10] He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not. [11] He came to his own home, and his own people received him not. I know this all sounds different from what you have been taught but mediate on it and pray about it. Remember in order to gain wisdom you must keep an open mind. I know this doctrine is deep and it may not be easy to swallow but hang in there. It should be understood that God does not require you to understand all the mysteries in order to have Eternal Life. All that is needed is an obedient attitude and faith. I wrote this info up to add more meaning and depth but it is not necessary in order to receive Salvation.

The Ascendant - The first house

If you have studied Astrology you have read that the Ascendant is the way a person comes across to others when making a fist impression. A lot of books call it your front or mask. I believe it shows our potentials or our half-baked abilities. It effects our early childhood. It starts to apply after a child turns eight years old. Prior to that their moon sign rules a small child more. I believe that people develop in the following manor. From birth to seven years old a person is influenced most by his or her moon sign. Then from age eight to fourteen a person is learning to develop their rising sign. From age 15 to 21 a persons birthday number takes over. (The actual day they were born) Then from age 21 to 28 a person develops their sun sign. All of these energies combined determines their personality or Myers Briggs number. Back to the Ascendant or rising sign. If a parent knows the Ascendant or Rising sign of their child they can help give that child a fast start in life. They do this by surrounding that child with experiences that have to do with their rising sign. I have a child who has Leo for his rising sign. I put him in sports and he had an immediate likening of it. I have another child who had Pisces rising. We introduced him to Piano and music and he was a natural with it. Another son has Sagittarius rising and he likes science, travel and sports. My youngest three year old has Scorpio rising and Pluto conjunct the ascendant. What ever he does, he does with intensity. When he talks it is loud. He likes Karate, I hope it is passing but it probably is not.

The Ascendant shows the type of immediate environment that a person likes and feels comfortable with. Without this type of environment the person will get angry and upset. The Ascendant is a strong indicator of potential talents. I emphasize potential, because if you are not exposed to activities that describe your rising sign you will not develop, as you should. I have my sun in the 6th house opposite my ascendant in Libra.

As I mentioned in the introduction I believe that the house that holds a persons sun sign is more accurate in describing their personality. The 6th house belongs to Virgo so I am more quiet and analytical like a Virgo. I also have the Planet Neptune conjunct my Ascendant, so I am also a bit of an idealist. I am involved in counseling, and I like it a lot. My specialty today is career counseling. A lot of the tools I use are my own version of Numerology & Astrology as well as Myer Briggs & Holland Codes. I also like subjects such as religion. The mystical Merlin was always a favorite of mine in the story of King Arthur and the round table. The first house is a personal house. It is one of the six houses bellow the horizon. If Saturn is in this house the proper projection of the self can be delayed or the person may act old for his or her age. That is because he or she has potential to be in charge. The first house has a lot to do with people. This is the self or how others respond to the projection of that self.. It is important that a person develop the talents of their rising sign and any planets in that house, otherwise the person will act this way or make a first impression like their rising sign or planets but it will only be a mask. There will be no substance behind the first impression. With a developed rinsing sign the person makes a fist impression but it has substance behind it.

The Ram

“Mares eat oats and does eat oats but little lambs eat ivy.” Mares are female horses, does are female goats and little lambs are baby rams if male. Lambs or sheep will eat grass or ivy. They can be counted on to clear the ground of unwanted growth. They go right to it and get the job done. Goats will nibble at their food. Keeping the grass low is not a job for goats. Sheep do a better job of it. The same thing can be said of the one personality. If you need a path cleared ask a one person. They are the pioneers in life. They are the efficiency experts. Eight people are the ones you need to have around if persistence is a needed trait. (Back to sheep.) Why the Ram? That was a question I asked myself when I first studied Astrology. The six signs that like to be in charge and in leadership positions are Aries, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Capricorn and Aquarius. The corresponding numbers are Aries =1 Taurus =8 Leo =3 Scorpio =11/2 Capricorn =4 and Aquarius =9. I have found that the numbers one, two and four are similar to cardinal signs in Astrology. Mutable numbers are 5, 6 &7 and fixed numbers are 3, 8, 9 and 11. Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn are cardinal signs. All these signs match the cardinal numbers. Leo, Taurus, Scorpio and Aquarius are fixed signs. The signs Aries and Capricorn are obvious. But Leo, Taurus, Scorpio and Aquarius need some more digging into in order to understand why they like to be in charge as well. The Sun is exalted in Aries and the Sun is the natural ruler of the sign Leo. The co-ruler of Scorpio is Mars. The planet Mars is dignified in Aries. You will also notice that some Cancer & Libra people like to be in charge as well. They can go either way. Usually they prefer a supportive role as Cancer is similar to the number two and two’s like the supportive role. In analyzing the sign of Libra I have found that the planet Venus is the natural ruler of it. These people don’t necessarily like the limelight either, as Venus is exalted in Pisces and Pisces likes to hide. The moon is exalted in Taurus. Taurus is similar to the number 8. Eight stands for new money. The moon is the natural ruler of the sign cancer and Jupiter is exalted in cancer. The co-ruler of Aquarius is Saturn. Saturn is the natural ruler of Capricorn. Capricorn is similar to the number 4.

To sum it up both cardinal and fixed signs like to be in charge. Mutable signs can go either way but prefer the background unless they have a strong cardinal or fixed number for a birthday or rising sign. Of the six signs that like to be in charge only Aries and Capricorn tend to dominate this group. They are the leaders of the leaders. Both of these signs have climbing animals as their symbol. (The ram for Aries and the goat for Capricorn.) The number 1 verses the number 4. The ram verses the goat. A ram is a grown up sheep. Sheep in the Middle East will only follow their master’s voice. Sheep give wool and meat, and goats give milk. Wool and meat are used in the wintertime to stay warm and to survive. Milk is used more to nurture and is used for the young. Even though Capricorns can be somewhat stand off-ish they are more nurturing to others than Aries.

More goats’ milk is drunk in the world than cow’s milk. If you live in the USA the opposite is true. Both goats & rams have horns. Rams have horns, which they use to butt other rams with. Rams are competitive. They are often fearless and will fight other rams for a mate. They are provided with hard heads. An effective military offensive tool was the battering ram. A tree was used to bash down the closed doors of the enemies castle. Aries people attack obstacles in this manner. They don’t always think their problems out. They run over or knock down their enemies or obstacles rather than go around them. A goat will go around obstacles placed in its way. It is more strategic. Sheep eat plants down to the ground. Goats nibble at their food. If you ever felt like you were run over by a person they probably have a strong Aries or number 1 character. An Aries or 1 personality will inspire you and give you a warm greeting, but is impatient with babies. A Capricorn or 4 personality will tend to be more practical and provide you with nurturing instruction. (They are often more serious and act more mature.) The goat nibbles its food. Four people love the materialistic world. They like to sample it all. A one person likes to get the show on the road. If it’s time to eat they eat.

Saturn the planet of time is the natural ruler of Capricorn. Capricorn is the beginning of the winter season, which is harsh and often cold. Under such harsh conditions a person must prepare if he or she is to survive. Aries is the sign for the beginning of spring. Less preparation is needed. One people just “do it”. Planning is not as needed. In a parable Christ talks about the judgment and uses Sheep and Goats to teach some lessons. Mat 25:32.25 "before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats," Version: RSV Christ uses symbolism to teach many doctrines. Goats represent leaders of the material world. It represents those people who put earthly wealth and money and possessions in front of God. Sheep represent those who follow Christ. These are also leaders but these are leaders who put God first. Mat 6:31-33 "therefore do not be anxious, saying, `What shall we eat?' or `What shall we drink?' or `What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well." Speaking of Rams it is interesting to note that Christ was actually born in April (FOT (-MMmeta)). Year unknown. (Probably 7, 5 or 3BC.) The account in Matthew has the sheapards keeping watch over their sheep by night. If it had been December 25, the sheep would not have been in the fields during the winter. They would have been in the barns. The spring fits the story of the shepherds better. Even the colors of Christmas are represented in the birth of Christ and Christmas. April is the color of red and green is the color of the number 6. I believe Christ was born April 6th. The colors of Christmas are red and green. Also remember that Jehovah of the Old Testament was the same as Christ of the New Testament. When Moses asked Jehovah what his name was he said ”I am that I am, tell them I am has sent you”. “I am” is the very descriptive words used to describe the sign of Aries. Christ was the oldest son or first born of all of Heavenly Father’s or Elohim’s children. He in essence is our true eldest brother. He is himself a God. He progressed to this point in the pre-earth life. The humility of God is that he agreed to be our Savior in the pre-earth life and take on a mortal body. He brought about the resurrection so that we could all go back and live with our Father Elohim again. He gave us rules (Saturn) and if we are mature we will keep them. The sun reaches the highest point at 12:00 noon. It crosses over the 10th house at this time. The Sun is a symbol of the hero self. It is symbolic of the kingdom of Heaven. Each day this symbolism occurs to remind us that we will reach our high point and be exalted if we keep Gods rules. The Sabbath was originally kept on a Saturday. The word Saturday is a form of the word for Saturn’s Day. Saturn is the planet, which symbolizes our teacher and our father. It is also the planet of rules.

The Letters A, J & S

In Pythagorean Numerology the letters A, J & S are given the value of the number 1 or Aries. I have found that words that add up to a one are a lot like the sign of Aries. Unfortunately this does not always work with people’s names (INDIVIDUAL SONA/PERSONA EXPRESSION AND SUMMATION). I have found nicknames sometimes work. It works this way A is a 1 B is a 2 C is a 3 D is a 4 E is a 5 F is a 6 G is a 7 H is an 8 and I is a 9. Then it repeats with J as a 1 K as a 2 etc.

It’s not an exact science but it lets you howne in on important facts about a subject or word. More of these numbers and signs will be explained in more detail under their specific number.