Except we didn't stay there. Because we believed in the myth of America as the land of liberty and opportunity, as the melting pot of the world. In fact, we are living the great experiment to see if different people with different backgrounds and beliefs can live together and create a more perfect union.
Isn't that a glorious purpose. To learn to live in peace.
This also means Americans need to get our act together and find a way to live in peace and cooperation, so that other nations can see that it works. This is the choice we face in the coming years. Can we stand for freedom and equality, compassion and community?
Why is it the right time for us to have this identify crisis?
Let's turn to astrology again. I love that the heavens reflect what's going on down here on Earth! What an amazing cosmic message board from Spirit. Thank You!!!
To give you come background. There are a few transits (where planets are now) effecting the planets in America's 4th of July chart. We do charts for nations and this is one of ours. In this chart, the planet Pluto was in the sign of Capricorn on July 4, 1776. We were founded by corporations and shaped by them. For the first time since the American Revolution, Pluto came back to the sign of Capricorn from 2008 - 2024. And it returned to its' exact degree on February 24, 2022 - the day Putin invaded Ukraine. Coincidence or synchronicity or on purpose? Ukraine seems to be fighting a war for independence much like we did back in 1776.
The planet Pluto symbolizes the energies of death and rebirth - of the primal power of evolution. When a nation has its Pluto return, there is a needed death and rebirth. The old ways of living have to die so the nation can evolve. For America, it's the Capricorn structures of finance, government, corporations, law, education, all of our cultural structures, that need to evolve. Pluto energetically brings up what is no longer viable so it can die and be replaced by new life. You just have to look at the past 16 years to see that this is so.
Just an aside: you do know that the right wing has its own astrologers. That Steve Bannon is an oculist and astrologer? They knew about this Pluto return and its push for rebirth. They gave their people a vision of being patriots and fighting for freedom. Unfortunately, in reality they were fighting for the wealthy, the corporations, the powerful instead of against them, as the American revolutionaries did. We broke free from king and corporations (we were founded by corporations - The East Indian Trading Company) during that original revolution. How twisted and interesting that these poor people couldn't see the truth of who they were fighting for.
Another aspect in America's birth chart is the asteroid Chiron in Aries, squaring (being challenged by) Pluto, pushing this energy to keep evolving. Chiron in Aries is a wound to our national identity. Just who are we Americans?
Chiron was the wise centaur who mentored the Greek heroes such as Jason, Hercules, Asklepios, Perseus and Achilles. He was raised by Apollo and was a healer. He is called the wounded healer because of two wounds: he was abandoned by both his parents and was later wounded by a poisoned arrow. Unfortunately, he couldn't die because he was immortal. He finally sacrificed himself for his friend, Prometheus and was put up in the heavens in the constellation Sagittarius. And so he became the archetype of the Wounded Healer, for only the wounded can truly heal others.
So, what does Chiron have to do with our Identity Crisis? Aries is the sign of 'who am I?', the sign where we seek our identity. In 1776, Chiron was in Aries. In 2024, Chiron is again in Aries, asking all of us to find our personal identity and as Americans, our collective identity. Chiron also just conjuncted the North Node in Aries, the path of our present destiny and evolution. This is another indication that we have to discover our own unique identity. And for the third reason, we have the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8th, covering much of the US, exactly conjunct Chiron in Aries in the sky as well as the Aries Chiron in America's 4th of July birth chart.
All that goes to say, it's time to look at the collective wounds that keep us stuck from evolving, because the energy is available now for our healing. In Aries, there can be rage and anger over what is happening in our world. Our work is to transform the anger into action. Not violent action, which is what the Christian right is advocating, but responsible action. We're being called to take care of our world - because the powers that run the world certainly aren't doing a very good job of it.
So perhaps the underlying story that will unite those of us who don't subscribe to the Christian End Time story is the original American story that drove our ancestors to come to this beautiful land of ours. It is the story of a place where each of us are free and equal, where we have the freedom to live our lives as we choose, a land of liberty that grants all of us the hope of 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness'.
The other big transit to America's birth chart this year is the planet Uranus is going to square (challenge) America's 27* Aquarius Moon (symbolizing the people) in August before the election. This is a big wake-up call to our collective emotional body, a wake-up call for us to remember that being American means that we are the ones who determine our own fate and destiny. It's time to make a soul commitment of our service to Mother Earth and contribute our best skills and talents to 'be the change we've been waiting for'.
We are the Grandparents of the Future.
The mundane action we have to take is to VOTE. And by the way, Corporations are NOT people so their money shouldn't be able to buy them votes!
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