Sorry, Willow ~ to which post were you commenting?

Vive Astroville!

<<It's the 5th (the Sun Leo, self expression) and 11th (Uranus, Aqu, community) Polarity axis.>>

Thanks Dragon-of-Q. This polarity axis idea more accurately represents for me the Aquarian Age dynamic. If we focus too much on one archetype over the exclusion of its opposite, we only feed the shadow. And if we are not to make Leo the shadow (and scpaegoat) of the Aquarian age, we must somehow learn to rest easier with our unique talents (instead of feeling insecure about them) and embrace the ego that comes with those distinctions. We cannot expect to get over ourselves before we have developed enough self to get over.

The purpose of developing ego, or selfhood, is to eventually have enough self to offer. Perhaps, with enough of these self-developing Leonine qualities we can participate at a new level of group unity based, not in any tribal mind merging while losing our distinction but rather, with individual integrities intact in a miraculous interaction of self-governing bodies.

Heh, can be quite the habit to break.

Course just be aware cause if you go on vacation or on a visit to an institution you might end up voluteering your services to people then as well.

"'To me, the permeation of The Secret ideology has fallen into this for the most part. The idea that we create our own realities 100% through our own thoughts'

I wonder who gains from the popularity of ideas suc as these. It does not actually encourage questioning the many social injustices around, not those who may have a versed interest in maintaining the status quo."


Exactly... individualism used as isolationism... to keep individuals in competition with each other instead of cooperation. You are responsible for your life and no one else's. And, of course, as you mentioned, promotes a degree of inactivity in dealing with the injustices that are prevalent. I think that the Earth houses are very important in seeing this... especially the second house where our basic values are seated. In the age of Pisces you get an Aries second house... we see this as competition and our ability to compete is valued. The "go-getters", "doers", or people who like to take on roles of leadership are valued above those who would prefer to take directions from others.

And these same basic values are being pushed as "Aquarian"... that we are all our own leaders and completely responsibility for our own actions... or as Willow so eloquently put it, "there is no collective thought/consciousness creating anything and therefore no collective responsibility for the circumstances we find ourselves in on planet Earth." The anarchists and libertarians like to glorify chaos, this idea of personal "liberty". From a very simplistic view, this appears to value the individual. But it really only values the "go-getters", "doers", etc. It's the same model that we've been working with since the dawn of civilization. This is Piscean Age thought, not Aquarian.

But to understand that some individuals would prefer to take direction (thank god, lest we not end up with "too many chefs in the kitchen"), and that these people are just as necessary and valuable to society is another story. We're beginning from a point of seeing each person as an individual with something to bring to the table. This is truly respectful and supportive of the individual... this is what I was talking about when I brought up the Aquarian ability to see each person's talents and how they fit into the whole.


"Homogenous humanity is a very scary concept to me. And I think that it is not only unrealistic, but undesirable from a collective psychic hygiene standpoint, to go too far in rejecting the essential need for some conflict and struggle in the human experience. Not only is Mars here for a reason, but so are Saturn and Pluto."

Yes... Mars, Saturn, and Pluto are still there, as are the Moon and Neptune. It's not about getting rid of "leaders" and "followers", but respecting the need for both. Not that in order to be promoting the Aquarian Age, you need to reject any leaders, and if you happen to be one of the people who prefer to take direction (or "sheep" as they're often called in those circles), you're not with it. It's not a glorification of chaos, but accepting that Saturn, a desire for some type of social structure, is still there. And there's still competition, it's just not glorified.

There may still be "hierarchy" in some form, if you see some people giving direction and others taking direction as hierarchy. It's more about changing our relationship to Saturnian "hierarchy", understanding that both sides are necessary to and valuable to society.

And, yes, there will still be conflict and struggle in the human experience. You may still take on a role only to find out that that role doesn't suit you. You may still be lost or confused as to what your role is. And you'll still be playing the game of interaction and of personal growth which are most often infused with conflict and struggle.