Uranus in Taurus is just occurring along with the New Moon on the 13 th of May.  This means a new cycle of manifestation (Sun) and emotional support (Moon) is going to occur as the Moon/Sun relationship hits square, and then opposition on the Full Moon, the 28 of May 2018. Also beginning with the new moon and crescent of the Moon is the holy month of Ramadan this year.  This is a time in the Islamic lunar calendar in which there is fasting during the day and feasts and devotions during the night.  Ramadan month focusses the believer on the meaning of being a Muslim  by adhering to the 5 pillars of Islam.  The Hajj or pilgrimage to a holy site is one of the 5 things one must do as a good Moslem.  In Jerusalem is one of the holiest Mosques called Dome of the Rock in which  it is believed that the prophet Mohamed ascended into heaven.  It is the 3rd holiest shrine in the Muslim faith.  The manifestation of the month of sacrifices to Islam during the month of Ramadan coincided with the beginning of the move of the US embassy to Jerusalem and is bound to sew more extreme reactions from the Palestinians…and other Muslim countries.

During the celebration of the anticipated move on the part to the United States to establish its embassy in Jerulsalem from Tel Aviv on May 14,2018, there was a crisis started among the Palestinians who live in the Gaza strip. That is because it was 70 years since Israel was founded but also 70 years since the cleansing of the Palestinian villages that occurred the same time Israel was founded.  Saeb Erekat, a Palestinian negociator was saying the move of the embassy without any reciprical move for establishing a Palestinian state only demonstrates America’s resolve to violate international law in the following:
“The US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and now to move its embassy on the eve of marking 70 years since the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of at least 418 Palestinian villages, and the forcible displacement of two-thirds of our people, shows the determination of the US administration to violate international law, destroy the two-state solution and provoke the feelings of the Palestinian people, as well as of all Arabs, Muslims and Christians around the globe,” Erekat said in a statement.

Three events on May 14, 2018 were an ominous foreboding of more conflict to come:  the start of Ramadan; the celebration of the move of the US embassy; and the anniversary of Nakba, the catastrophe, in which 700,000 Palestinians were forced out of their homes in 1948.  Palestinians have been longing for a two state solution and the right of return to their homeland since the Nakba.  This move by United States provoked them to protest because their wishes for a Palestinian state were dashed with Jersalem being the capitol of Israel  for the Jews and not the same was done for Palestine and for the Muslims.

This Palestinian cause had been historically funded and social services delivered to Palestinians as well as war with Israel by Hamas,  seen as a terrorist organization by the US and most of its allies.  Hamas is Iran funded and is considered to use violent means to establish a two state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.  Hamas was considered by the US to be behind the protests on Gaza on May 14,2018 in which 55 Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers.  But the Palestinian authority denied that Hamas was responsible for the uprising because  it was the Palestinians alone who demonstrated, desperate that their right of return would never happen.

In the study of astrology, countries of the world are symbolized by certain signs.  February 11,1979 is celebrated as Iran Revolution day when the Shah of Iran’s reign collapsed. Iran has historically been symbolized by Aquarius.   Its has a Leo Ascendant and Taurus Midheaven (MC).  If one goes to Persopolis as I did in 1974, one sees the bas- relief of a lion slaying a bull on the invocational temple of Persepolis built by Darius I in 500 BC.  It has 500 stone columns and 2500 years ago it was a priestly temple where the significance is explained by the following:

” the symbol of the sun slaying the bull, besides representing the two essentials in agriculture , sun and rain, is one of the earliest  astronomical myths and pershaps the most important… the fusion of the animal forms into a unified symbol, a symplegma, is found on seals.  It represents the moment when the constellations Leo and Taurus are at their Zenith, conincident with the Sun at the same point, conincides with the spring equinox, March 21 or Naw Ruz, the signal for spring plowing” (Arthur Upham Pope, p. 24 Persian Architecture. 1969, The Asia Institute, p. 24).

In a nutshell we can see  how the constellations and zodiac signs functioned for the ancients in that they were significators by the priestly class to determine the division of time.  Even as far back as 530 BCE , the ancients were using atrological data in order to time their activities in agricultural settings.

Countries of the world have sign rulers and Iran’s sign ruler is the Aquarius, ruled by Uranus.  Uranus is coming into Taurus constellation  (MC of Iran) at this time (2/11/1979@ 5:25pm after the sun set and the last salah or night prayer could begin). The archetype of Uranus is symbolized by the “principle of change, rebellion, freedom, liberation, reform, revolution, and the unexpected break up of structures; with sudden surprises, revelations and awakenings, lighning-like flashes of insight, the acceleration of thoughts and events, Uranus transits are linked to unpredictable  and disruptive changes; “(Cosmos and Psyche.2007,  Richard Tarnas, p. 92).  I would not predict events but would associate the country of Iran as escalating the Arab- Israeli conflict in Jerusalem as  spring progresses.  Perhaps through Hamas but it may be a major player heating up sympathy for the Palestinian cause throughout the Muslim world.  The moon as it becomes full by May 28, represents emtional needs for sympathy and caring linked to the Palestinian peoples’ plight.  The Moon and the star are signals on the flags of many Muslim countries and is the symbol of Islam.  Sky Gods are represented by a star.  I look for possible rebellion as Uranus enters Taurus, among Islamic states, in response to the plight of the Palestinians- led mostly by Iran.

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Edgar Cayce believed that astrological influences show how the soul is connected to the planets.   (Akashic Records, Todeschi, p. 44).  You are “born at such a time in a certain place into the earth- surrounded by planets- at a time and place which materially represents who we are at a soul level.”  The study of astrology could give an individual a fairly accurate indication of qualities, traits, opportunities and challenges that he/she came in with-some of the same information that is available from the Akashic Records’ (Ibid. p. 45.)

The Akashic Record or Book of Life comes from the Sanskrit word meaning ‘boundless space”  and is equated with the central storehouse of all information for every individual.  These records are a collective thing found in the etheric body of the planet earth.

The soul can be that immutable part of us that is not dependent on life-death.  The soul has a primary motivation for love and service, so if we do not develop these traits and downplay the ego, we may not find our soul.  The soul represents the transpersonal experience of ‘beingness’ which is expressed in the realization of what is known as the Soul Ray. (Psychosynthesis the elements and beyond, Parfitt, p. 246).

According to Bruno Huber Astrological Psychologist the Causal body is constantly exchanging information with the Akashic Records and through clairvoyance and dreams, etc. ; we can ‘read’ when we want to see a person’s past or future.  (The Seven Rays, Huber, p. 8).  “Every life that a person lives is processed on the causal plane; the essence of that life is extracted and stored there as experience.  The content of the causal body (see figure 1.1) can be represented at the end of life by a certain geometric figure.”  It is Planetary aspect patterns and colors of aspects (red, green and/or blue)  that determine the quality of a person’s soul ray.  The planetary patterns can create a unique , physical astrological representation of state of the soul, ultimately and spiritually.   The soul is not incarnate, it is a pure entity of consciousness and on its own level.  Bruno Huber gives a formula for finding one’s Soul ray which helps one see how the soul is mirrored in the causal body from the Akashic record or Book of Life, the individual Soul Ray (The Seven Rays, Huber, p. 68).

Further the Moon Node Chart in Astrological Psychology reflects memory traces of previous lives situated in indeterminate time and space.  Thus contemplation on the images of these memories which could create fear and obstacles to growth in the present life; can by a process of disidentification free one of guilt and disability , restoring and proactively transforming the personality.  (Astrological Psychology, Western Esotericism and the Transpersonal, Lewis, p. 94).

Preface

I was very pleased to be asked to write the preface to Life Passages, in which John Grove synthesizes age progression through the twelve houses of the horoscope—the method devised by Bruno and Louise Huber—with the eight stages of psycho-social development identified by Erik Erikson—the German-born, American psychotherapist who coined the phrase, ‘identity crisis’—and he applies these methods to the processing of personal material that arises from within at strategic times of change accompanied by vivid dreams. John is a psychotherapist with extensive experience of working with veterans and interpreting dreams, who has a Diploma of the Astrological Psychology Association and is ideally qualified to write this sequel to his earlier work, Dreams and Astrological Psychology: The Way through the Maze of the Unconscious. Time Passages is a more tightly constructed volume that concentrates on establishing connections between the Life Clock of astrological psychology, developmental psychological profiles, and dreams that represent a turning point in the lives of individuals. A selection of revealing case studies illustrates John’s findings.

The quest to identify correspondences between astrological significators and dreams has a long history, dating back to classical and biblical eras. Notably, the Renaissance astrologer Girolamo Cardano kept a dream diary on which the psychotherapist C G Jung gave a series of lectures in the 1930s. Cardano’s dreams stimulated him intellectually, and he looked for clues to understanding the immediate future, so he took a different perspective from Jung, Huber, and Grove, who use astrological and dream interpretation to guide the individual towards wholeness and strength.

The Huber Life Clock adds all-important timing to events in the outer and inner lives of individuals. Its location in house and sign, and its relationship to specific planets can help client and counsellor to make sense of images that emerge in dreams at pivotal moments, and connect them with the motivational patterns shown on an accurately drawn astrological chart. As well as being rooted in esoteric wisdom and attuned to the hermetic maxim ‘as above, so below’, astrological psychology’s birth chart is a precise psychological map, and its method is assimilated with the psychosynthesis of Roberto Assagioli, as reiterated by Louise Huber in her interview with Verena Bachmann (2003). This volume emphasizes the importance of using visual and symbolic language to develop a healthy ego in preparation for the spiritual path, and images that arise from the unconscious in dreams can be assimilated into consciousness with the help of astrological interpretation.

Following the Introduction, Chapter 1 presents the seventy-two-year cycle of the Life Clock with its loud and soft phases and rhythms, together with psycho-social tasks from infancy to late adulthood. Notwithstanding the acknowledged need to revise Erikson’s dated definitions of sexual identity in a contemporary context, overall the combined framework of reference stands up well. This first chapter culminates with an analysis of an important dream the author had at the age of 24, just after his age point entered the fifth house. At this time, he finally left behind the security of the family home and took a challenging job overseas.  John is at his very best when illustrating his points with case histories, and giving honest portrayals of himself and those who are willing to share their experience with a wider public.

Chapter 2 takes a closer look at life tasks, and emphasizes how necessary it is to differentiate between wants, desires, and self-gratification on the one hand, and what one actually needs to do to develop a healthy ego on the other. The threefold personality of Huber astrology and Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs provide helpful tools for working in a supportive therapeutic environment. Tensions between inherited behaviour traits and environmental pressure are explored in some depth, with a couple of illustrative case histories, testing the ego as it strengthens and prepares for initiation.

In Chapter 3, the focus is on dream patterns, how to create the right environment for capturing dreams, and how to assimilate such ephemeral material from unknown worlds into waking consciousness. This sets the scene for the six case histories of dreams at critical moments in life, featured in Chapter 4.

The final chapter sums up the advantages of using the Huber method of astrological consultation with dream interpretation to achieve personal integrity and psychosynthesis, preparing the way for a spiritual path, a perspective on life supported by astrological interpretation that I fully endorse.

Sue Lewis, MA (Western Esotericism), DipAPI, DFAstrolS

7 April 2017

John D. Grove has been a practicing psychotherapist for 40 years and an astrologer since 1972. With his years of experience of combining psychology principles and astrology, in Life Passages John uses the horoscope as a tool for psycho-spiritual insights. Bruno and Louise Huber’s seventy two phases of psychological development are compared to Erik Erikson’s Eight Stages of Man to demonstrate the Life Clock’s validity. John provides volunteer’s dreams which synchroinize with Age Point Progression in contact with sensitive points in the horoscope. He asserts that environmental life events can trigger dreams which can impact dreamer’s attitudes creating profound identity changes supporting growth. He provides techniques for dream incubation, recall and journaling of daily events that go with dreams amplification.
John D. GroveLife Passages
Life Passages
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When Age Point Aspects and Dreams Coincide

The following is taken from the work of Dr. Richard Tarnas in his book Cosmos and Psyche the conclusions are my own.

     Saturn conjunct Pluto conjunctions are times of conservative empowerment to the point of all- out conflict or even war. It is also a time of religious fundamentalist denunciation of scientific theory (1616 Vatican declared Copernican theory false; astrologer and theologian Michael Servetus was burned at the stake for heresy) These are periods of profound moral urgency and apocalyptic end-time expectations.

     Historically in 1914 this conjunction was the beginning of German aggression leading to WWI and US government got into the war in 1917 after a period of isolation.

     In the second 1948 Saturn Pluto conjunction, the start of the cold war began and this started a nuclear arms race and espionage between US and its allies vs. communist countries. Israel was declared a state-a religious-political state.

     The last conjunction in the 20th century occurred in 1980-1984 with the advent of escalating tensions worldwide as dictatorial state-sponsored terrorism by governments gained ground: USSR; South Africa; Central America; Afghanistan, Iraq etc.

     Now we are in the 21st century and on or near January 12, 2020 the conjunction between these two planets will occur again. What can we expect then? The emergence of conservative or reactionary movements will be religiously provoked. Radical beliefs and restrictions will exist in governmental form; in the form of policies and laws that restrict moral freedom of the individual. Immigration will be seen as a threat during these times. Nationalism will be a priority over being open to cultural and religious diversity.  And at the same time, a crisis will be brought about by financial and resource problems affected by a tax revolution in the way our government is financed. (Uranus in Taurus). Expect the tax breaks now emboldened by the Trump administration and conservatives to manifest even more disparity between the rich and the poor in America. And a conservative backlash against all forces looking for reform and equalization of the resources. Our country could go bankrupt with institutions that normally provide for the general welfare: medicare, medicaid as greed and wealth of the collective will held by only a few.  I pray this does not occur but being forewarned is forearmed and the “Night Watch” has begun. It is 13 months till the conjunction. What trends do you see?  Remember the conjunction does not predict events; instead correlations occur in the way the masses think.  Individuals can be effected too but it is likely that catastrophic thinking may be pervasive during. This time.