From the I Ching, Wilhelm version, another copy of which I just purchased, since I don’t know where my old one went. What’s interesting to me is just how far I had strayed from the magical, shamanic, ceremonial (intensely right brain) aspect of my practice (When husband Jeff was alive, we used to do Ceremony, at each New Moon).

So I sat down yesterday, lit a candle, meditated for a bit, and then tossed the coins.

Oops!

Could there be a more Uranian announcement?

Read this hexagram through and you’ll know why this reading ignited a deeper process within myself regarding my Uranus Return.

Deeper in the sense that I simply must deal with two opposing value systems (of course! what’s new?) flowing through me internally: they simply must be reconciled within me as I go forward.

One is the whole business of “intergenerational wealth” (which I saw somewhere, is a “Jewish” tradition, as I discovered recently also, that I am “Jewish”!) All three of the homes in Green Acres Village were purchased, starting 23 years ago, with intergenerational wealth, one each from my deceased husband, father, and mother, in that order. That’s how I chose to use what was gifted to me. To create something both real and inspirational in the material world.

Not that I knew what I was doing. This was definitely a situation that permaculturists have now formally recognized as “Emergent Design.” Little by little, one decision leading to the next, the incipient vision gradually materializing.

BTW: according to (definitely  doomer) Kathryn Austin Fitts, what she calls “Mr. Global,” or, “the committee that runs the world,” is “intergenerational wealth!” I just saw her talking about this, in a tiny clip taken from a much longer podcast.

So why would I happen to see this clip now, now during my Uranus Return, when the two value systems happen also to be glaringly apparent, very much up for conscious review?

You guessed it. The other value system is community-oriented. How to preserve Green Acres Village in the event of my death?

My much preferred alternative is for each of the three homes to be sold to a person or people who are as deeply invested in this “tiny paradise” as I am. Have already sold the third house, to Elisha, a long-time Community Dinner participant who, when she bought it, completely transformed our common garden into a real showcase. I mean we’ve got an eight-pound cabbage this spring, already! This was a total surprise. I had no idea she was so incredibly talented and experienced. Not just with the land, but with friends and neighbors who are now working with us in the garden.

This hexagram reminded me of what’s going on now, at a deeper level. For it’s true, I must set things in order, to guarantee, as far as possible, that my death will not disrupt the evolution of Green Acres Village and its homeopathic effect on this neighborhood and beyond. Does this mean I have to set up some kind of a land trust? I sure hope not. Why? Because I’ve learned that “Intergenerational wealth” is still somewhat of an issue in my family. Don’t want to go against that value system either! Which is why I would much rather be assured that two individuals in our community would want to step up to the plate in the event of my sudden death. (Sell both homes for a bit less than market value, like I did with the first one.)

After all, what is more worthwhile than our Green Acres Village motto?

GROWING COMMUNITY FROM THE GROUND UP.

And who would be more of a fool than one who dies without having even made that further evolution possible?