posted August 29, 2003 11:32 AM              

We have basically four options when it comes to change -- resistance, acceptance, resignation, and affirmation.

Whichever option we choose becomes critical in the matter of the outer planets, whose lessons are vital if we are to become all that spirit intends for us to be.

Resistance is ultimately self-defeating, yet it is natural in the context of our first faltering experiences with significant transits and progressions to difficult natal planetary placements. Indeed, resistance is a valuable tool for growth in the first part of life, when we must learn about limits and boundaries.
As we grow, we learn that the degree of pain experienced through outer-planet transits is directly proportional to the amount of resistance we generate. All outerplanet transits go smoother when we consciously adopt a spiritual attitude toward their energies. It is when we maintain our reliance on material attachments that we have the most trouble.
Eventually, with wisdom, we come to see that resistance to life's processes is death in life, and we are prompted to search for the why's and wherefore's of existence. The prompting comes, paradoxically, through the same agencies that "brought" us our problems. It is in this way that we as individuals move into the collective stream of human experience, enriching that body of knowledge with our own hard-won learning.

We can then move into the sphere of acceptance, which opens us up to further growth.

Resignation is a negative form of acceptance, and it often wears the face of bitterness following a hard experience. Persisted in, resignation represents a brittle rejection of the fullness of life and its shades of gray, its peaks and valleys.

The state for which we were born, and toward which we are constantly evolving, is affirmation. When our attitude toward change is consistently characterized by this vibrant response to experience -- all experience -- we are well on the way toward mastery. It may be the work of many lifetimes, but by orienting toward the affirmative state in our desires and in our minds, we will magnetize ourselves to attract and eventually manifest it.

Astrological transits and progressions reflect overall forward momentum and show us how we grow. The coordinated movements of inner, social, and outer planets coincide with periods of learning, integration, and renewal in our lives.

There is ever within us that which strives toward the light. The light is filtered and focused through planets and signs in their seasons, as all participate in the joys and challenges of evolutionary change.

Some food for thought

posted August 30, 2003 06:45 PM              

Your timing is excellent.

Lunargirl