Turning Points

Submitted by ciuboda on 8 April, 2008 - 07:34.

"Much of our daily lives consists of schedules, bustling about, taking things for granted, and not paying much attention to what we’re doing. Except for feelings of vague disgruntlement with how things are going or wistful yearnings for some goal we hope and imagine is just beyond the horizon, we rarely stop to take stock of ourselves, to ask ourselves whether we’re on the right track and doing our best. Every now and again, however, an event occurs which jolts us out of our customary routines and forces us to consciously reflect on what we’re about.  These are the sorts of events symbolized by the transiting planets’ changes of station (shifts in motion from direct to retrograde, or retrograde to direct).

Transiting changes of station are, quite literally, turning points:  they symbolize a pause in our everyday routine in which our habitual modes of thought and action are suspended, and we become conscious of our true feelings, which we usually ignore or repress. The event symbolized by a station may be a major spiritual breakthrough or a minor memo from the cosmos to the effect that yes, things are okay, all is as it should be.  Stations highlight a need to be fluid, to just relax and let go."

Author: 
Bob Makransky
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Turning Points
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