Square Four of the Fool’s Tower: The Turning Point

Square Four:  The Turning Point

11-1-2013 (Uranus Square Pluto in the 10^th degree of Aries and Capricorn) @ 5:02am

Uranus and Pluto are two of the three Generational Outer Planets that allude to the collective experience of our global community.  These planets take much longer to move through our solar system, and so their energies have an enduring effect when triggered by alignment.  Though I am writing this series as they approach each of the seven exact square alignments, the powerful effects can be felt months before and after (as they gradually approach and recede from the alignment).

It is important to note that this 4^th square in a series of seven (from 2012-2015) between these planets is a turning point of these revolutionary energies, and leads up to the synodic square (the heliocentric square) occurring in the 138-year Uranus-Pluto cycle that began on January 7^th, 1966 (at the exact peak of the Vietnam War and the height of the Flower Power Movement).  The synodic square, where these energies culminate toward action, occurs on November 24^th of this year.  At the beginning of this synodic cycle, in the late 60s, the theme of this cycle emerged…which can be summed up as ‘war and peace’, ‘destruction vs. creativity’, or even ‘fear vs. love’.  For those born in the late 1960s, it may stimulate dynamic radical action of these matured forces within them.  For humankind, in general, we carry on this theme but bring it now to an evolved and active manifestation.  The ‘Flower Children’ were the fledglings of this revolution…but it is at this time where we show how we have grown and take action against the forces that continue to cause destruction on our planet.  This is the next major shift in our group consciousness, where the square pushes us to take dynamic action to realize those goals that began in the late 60s.

While the following focuses mostly on these transformations from an individual perspective (because if you can’t change yourself, how can you change the world?), the same can be applied on the collective level (as above, so below; as within, so without).  This is so you can apply these energies to what you are personally going through first, while keeping in mind that everyone is going through similar changes that, as a whole, reflect upon our collective transformation.

Uranus in the 10^th degree of Aries

The Sabian Symbol for the 10^th degree of Aries is ‘a teacher gives new symbolic forms to traditional images’.  This is a symbol of re-interpreting what we see and have come to understand in one way, and redefining it in a new way that speaks to who we are currently.  An underlying theme of Uranus-Pluto aspects is often about releasing old structures that no longer serve us to make way for the new…which is why, for the past few years, I have been writing on this subject.  This symbol shows that there is much to be gleaned from the old ways, as long as we can apply them to what is current in a way that creates something useful.  It shows that we have exhausted old habits and ideas in their current form, and need to transform them.  Something has been holding us back through all of these shifts occurring around us, something we weren’t willing to let go of, and now we’re facing it head-on with no recourse but to see it for what it is…an obstacle to our growth.  Though the root is there, in plain (albeit symbolic) sight, and the forces surrounding us push us to address it…we have the choice.  We can rewire our brains, so to speak, and choose new actions…resulting in the difficulties that ensue when we, like reformed addicts, give up something we have relied upon for years.  Or we can make excuses and continue in that world of addiction that we know so well, because at least we know how to navigate that pain by now.  However, to continue only furthers that self-destruction along…without true release.  At least, after making the needed change (whatever it might be), we’ll be better for it eventually.  Do we choose to prolong the pain, or fight through it for a relatively short duration until we can reach the equilibrium we seek?

The Stellium in Scorpio align in sextile to Mars in Virgo to point directly to Uranus at this time in an effort to show us the way to our own specific revolutions.  It seems change is inevitable…so do we follow suit now, while it’s critical, or do we wait until something really terrible (perhaps even irreversible) happens? 

Give yourself a new form, and let that revolutionary energy spiral out from your center to help inspire others around you, and the world itself, to effect more change.  Words mean very little when actions do not back them up.

Pluto in the 10^th degree of Capricorn

The Sabian Symbol for the 10^th degree of Capricorn is ‘an albatross feeding from the hand of a sailor’.  At the last new moon (October 4^th), Pluto was prominent in this same position…and has returned to teach the same lesson. Reciprocity is still the key to unearthing our desired actions.  Giving and receiving in kind creates the necessary balance that provides for everyone involved.  There may be a bit of fear holding each side back from cooperation, after all, there is the potential one could get hurt.  It is disempowering on one side to give too much, and on the other to give too little.  But this symbol reminds us that Generosity heals the wounds that Greed creates.

This degree has much to do with nurturance as well as working harmoniously with others who may be very different from you.  This same symbolism can be seen in the alignments of the planets as well.  There are many harmonious aspects working along with Pluto at this time to feed this transformation among us.  It may be that, because we’re all experiencing this tempestuous energy in our own ways, we are coming together in a spirit of solidarity to provide a safe harbor for each other during difficult times.  Look around you.  Many are likely dealing with serious medical issues, financial troubles, a heavy workload, a job change, a change of residence, a failing relationship, a death in the family, etc.  Even if you can’t see it, know that something is either falling apart in their lives to make way for something new, or something is reaching a frenzy that may be stretching them thin in many directions to push them to find their center.  You’re not alone.  Each individual lesson may be different, but it all relates back to the same theme:  necessary transformation.

The world is not against you.  The world is against itself right now.  Each of our individual struggles are like symptoms of a root cause that deals with collective identity.  Who are we?  And how does what we create, nurture, or destroy tell us about who we are?  What do we manifest when we go through an identity crisis?  Chaos.  What do we manifest when we act with self-awareness?  Order.

Either way, the sea of change is rocky right now.  But do we want to be in the thick of the storm with no place to land, or do we want to be on the ship with all of the other sailors who might just make it out alive with pieces to float upon if the ship wrecks?  I think I'll take my chance on the ship, and maybe we'll all have some good stories to share after this storm blows over.

Love and Gratitude,

Felina Lune Kavi

P.S.  If you haven’t read the information I posted in June 2012 about the first of these squares as well as the general information about what these alignments mean, please check out this article from June 2012.  Here you will find the overview of the squares and their relation to the Fool’s Tower of the tarot.  If you also want a refresher on the themes of the 2nd and 3rd squares, you can find them at these links: September 2012 and May 2013.