Happy Equinox? PUT THOSE SCREENS DOWN!

September 23, 2023

Note: See yesterday’s post.

And while we’re at it, part of getting personally active is to let go of screens and return to our natural selves, our bodily selves, the the natural world. At least some of time!

Screens drive us “crazy,” in that they offer a constantly cascading overwhelm of so-called “perspectives” that entice us to “beLIEve” one way or another. “I’ve GOT to figure this out!” — we say to ourselves. Got to ground my awareness in something, some certain belief.

Oh? Please! That’s not how to ground. Take your shoes off. Stand barefoot on the good green earth. even better: lie down, roll around, smell the flowers, feel the breeze . . .

We think intellectual certainty will yield emotional and physical security. It does not. Just the search for certainty itself shoots us out of our bodies, so that we no longer feel at home in the natural world.

Plus, when we’re on screens, we’re not moving. Basically, we’re barely in our bodies, and sense them as encumbrances, objects which, when we do need to get somewhere else, we drag along, distracted by our screens which, typically, are still open, on our phones; or at worst, we’re limping along clutching our phones . . .

I see this every single morning on my (phone-less) walks with puppy Shadow. I’d say 9 out of 10 IU students are either on their phones, or carrying them, as they schlep to class. GROSS!

How many times have I posted this justly famous photo?

Speaking of which, here’s a great substack piece that resonates with the above.

Kathleen DeVanney: It’s simple, keep it complicated?

 

Autumn Equinox 2023: GET OFF THE COUCH!

September 22, 2023

I spent a considerable amount of time figuring out exactly when the Fall Equinox arrives here in Bloomington, Indiana.

Here you go: 2:50 AM, early tomorrow, September 23, 2023.

(In other words, at 2:49 AM, the Sun was still at 29°59′ Virgo, changing to 0°00 Libra the very next minute, at 2:50 AM.)

Given that this chart features both Chiron and Mars almost exactly on top and bottom of the vertical line of the chart, the line that signifies how we are rooted, and what is our path, and since the degrees on all the houses (including Midheaven and Immum Coeli) change approximately every four minutes, I found myself mesmerized by Chiron, Mars, and their combination.

Specifically:

What especially struck me about this chart was the fact that Chiron, the wounded healer, is almost exactly conjunct the Aries Midheaven path,  almost exactly opposite Mars in Libra at the foundational Immum Coeli, and closely harmonizing via trine and sextile with Venus in self-expressive first house Leo.

So, for me, this combination signifies: from now until Winter Solstice, as darkness gradually consumes the light, use these three months to initiate activities on your own, no matter how difficult or unfamiliar. Experiment! Take risks! The more creative (Venus in Leo) the effort, the more this active, independent attitude is rewarded. Plus, though the frisson will be obvious, partnering with others is inevitable, with Mars in Libra at the foundation of the chart, though each one, if he or she is also independently activating, is likely to be as headstrong as yourself!

Required, dynamic dancing with the other — as inspired, independent, creative equals!

In other words, the final quarter of 2023 is definitely a time to get off the couch. No more “hopium,” no more waiting around for others to “fix it.”

It’s our time, each of us, to act as a fiery independent change agent, both mirroring and exchanging creative energy with equal others.

No excuses.