Q. I have a number of male friends who are in varying degrees of inner turmoil and some are either recently separated or juggling joint custody of their kids. Are there some astrological events that go with the so-called “mid-life crisis”?
A. In my early years of practice I was very influenced by the very solid work of Robert Hand who wrote, amongst many others, the classic “Plants in Transit”. He spoke of the midlife transits, primarily Uranus opposition Uranus, Neptune square Neptune, Pluto square Pluto and Saturn opposite Saturn, all of which came around the 38-42 year mark, at least for those born in the 1950’s. For later generations, these are much more spread out, due to the varying movement of these great outer planets (which is perhaps why some, particularly men, feel that 35-55 is one continuing midlife crises!)...click 'Read More' to continue...
Q. My small son had a very bad accident this year, with horrific external wounds which fortunately should heal in time. I'm having a hard time dealing with that as I blame myself and the other person involved. Everyone keeps telling me it was an accident but I can't accept this.
A. We can look at this "every parent's nightmare" through both karmic and psychological lenses, which for me are intricately intertwined, one without the other being incomplete. Firstly, your son's chart has combinations which do represent the likelihood of him attracting such an event, Sun opposition Saturn, Mars conjunct Pluto and Chiron in Scorpio, conjunct the Nadir (I.C.), to name some of them. It describes an individual with a complex mix of great power, wounding and rage, much of which was directly activated at the time of the accident. It does seem so incongruous to describe an innocent, little boy in such terms but this does illuminate some of his primary life issues both as a soul and a person. The accident is part of what we can call the Necessary Wound, part of a complex of experiences (although not necessarily the same)...click 'Read More' below to continue...
Q. On the very day of this conjunction (of Jupiter/Chiron and Neptune) it was also be conjunct my Sun and Chiron in the 4th, trine to my Neptune in Scorpio in the 12th house, opposite Pluto in Virgo in the 10th, square to my Ascendant in Sag and opposite my North Node as well as my Ninth House Uranus in Leo. I am already feeling this event as considerable level of anxiety in my body as well as an explosion of sexual and electrical energy running through my body.
I do a lot of chakra work and tantric practice, plus I’m a big dreamer. Do you think that I will finally disappear up my own chakra? (written with humour)
A. Well that would be interesting wouldn’t it!? You might just go up in a puff of smoke, which might mean a successful transition, transcended the whole caboodle, pppfff!
But……as tempting as it might be, and basically its part of the deal for “Chironics”, people with strong Chiron’s, to have at least a subconscious urge to escape the planet, its not recommended in terms of fulfilling one’s dharma and karmic mission...click 'Read More' below to continue...
Q. I was adopted at six weeks of age. My adopted family was OK but not close. I have always felt alone, never belonging and lacking trust in anyone. My birth mother objects to any contact. I miss a sense of family line. Any ideas on working this through?
A. Despite all of this, you can eventually reclaim your own sense of roots, not in the traditional sense but in ways that truly honour the individual that you are and, reclaim your absolute right to be here, in this life, in this body!
Being rejected by our birth mother feels like being ejected from heaven by the gods, it really damages our feelings of being OK on the planet. So the first thing to do is to separate the mother rejection from the “god-rejection”. Irrespective of her issues and her reasons to give you up, you have an absolute right to be here, because YOU ARE! This may sound tripe but I’ve seen so many people carry a subconscious belief that they are essentially wrong because they’ve reincarnated again or there’s been some kind of cosmic mistake...click 'Read More' to continue...
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