In astrology, cardinal signs are about action, doing, movement, forward thrust. Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn. Those are the cardinal signs. Aries, a fire sign, reads like the Star Trek motto – going where no man has gone before- and follows this path through focus on physical action to achieve a goal. Cancer, a water sign, follows this path through emotions, intuition, the subjective grasp of life and the universe.Libra, an air sign, follows this path through social interactions, relationships, communication, mediation. Capricorn, an earth sign, follows the path through career matters, public interactions, and always strives for what is practical and efficient.
On August 6-7, there’s a rare astrological cardinal cross. It involves Jupiter (expansion), Uranus ( sudden, unexpected events), the moon (emotions, your inner world, the puhlic) Pluto (profound, irrevocable change), Saturn (restrictions,delay, karma), Mars (physical and sexual energy), Venus (love, $, the arts). It’s a biggie. Astrologer Susan Miller says this configuration is so rare she has never seen it in her lifetime and we probably won’t see it against for another 500 years.
Cardinal signs will feel this most of all. But if you have a moon or rising in a cardinal sign, you’re going to be impacted. If you have planets in cardinal signs, you’ll feel this one. If you don’t have a copy of your birth chart, this site generates one. Be sure to have an accurate time of birth – parental verification, birth certificate, recollection of siblings, ministers etc.
OK. So let’s get down to what it all means. Some sort of internal shift is going on and eventually spills into the media, into the public awareness. It’s big, prominent, powerful, and whether we recognize it or not determines the quality of our journey.It occurs suddenly, unexpectedly, out of the blue and results in irrevocable change in how we see the world. The change may not be immediately obvious, but unfolds over time.
A paradigm shift? Perhaps. But what kind of shift? Toward dusk and darkness or dawn and sunlight? The optimist in me hopes for the latter.
That optimist celebrated the Harmonic Convergence at dawn on a Fort Lauderdale Beach in 1987 (and I am NOT a sunrise person!) and later wondered if it, like Y2K and the alleged end times of 2012 was just hype.The Harmonic Convergence, like the 2012 hype, came about in part because of Jose Arguelles book The Mayan Factor. Astrologically, the convergence was supposed to indicate a major energy shift from conflict to peace. But if you look at the 23 years since the Harmonic Convergence, the shift seems to be anything BUT peaceful. And yet, some people, like author and actress Shirley MacLaine, referred to it as a “window of light” that allowed “access to higher realms of awareness.” I agree on that point. More people are looking for answers now. Real answers. More people are asking deeper questions.
But the astrological aspects that occurred between August 16-17, 1987, are vastly different from the aspects coming up on August 6-7, 2010, from this cardinal cross. Cardinal signs are aggressive according to the nature of the particular sign. Aries is the archetypal warrior. Cancer is the archetypal nurturer and psychic. Libra is the archetypal mediator. Capricorn is the archetypal gungho type A personality. As a species, maybe the 23 years since the Harmonic Convergence is going to culminate with this cardinal cross. If so, will it be a kind of gluttonous free for all, an orgy of consumption, war, and chest-beating beasts staking out their territories? Or will it be the booster rocket that propels us over the edge, past the tipping point so that we become the powerful mass consciousness that reaches for peace, harmony, equality?
