Friday 26 August 2011

War of Titans: the historical Uranus - Pluto "square"!

("Prometheus brings Fire to Mankind" - Heinrich Fueger)

The war of the Titans is not taking place just in some Greek mythology books. We are actually witnessing such a Titanomachy above our heads, as planet Uranus is forming a (multi-annual) harsh square aspect with planet Pluto! Under the two battling Titans we stand as feeble spectators and fatal receivers of the tidal cosmic waves they produce.

The implications of this  Uranus - Pluto square are enormous! They extend far beyond our current 2010's decade (which astrologically will be remembered as the "Uranus - Pluto square decade") and they will keep reverberating for whole generations to come! So it is very important to comprehend what this battle is all about and what the two Titans are holding in store for us humans beings!


The two opponents

Every time I want to get deep into the astrological archetypes I am resorting to Greek mythology. It never lets me down and is ever more enhancing my awareness of the archetypes - not to mention that is impressively enriching my astrological interpretations! Strictly speaking, Pluto is not in mythology a Titan but an Olympian god (although a grimly one, being the god of underworld). Neither Uranus (Ouranos in Greek, meaning "sky") was a Titan, but one of the primal "elements - Gods" out of which our earthy dimensions were created. But apart the fact that Ouranos is "the sky", this primal deity shares very few attributes with planet Uranus. There is though an authentic Titan who shares a plethora of attributes with planet Uranus (and with the sign of Aquarius), PROMETHEUS!

First of all Prometheus is a Titan. The Titans actually were the "second generation" primal deities. Meaning that they were less primal and "archetypal" than their parents and more partaking in our earthy dimensions (more muscular, vigorous and "titanic" in appearance)! Prometheus (his name means "foresight" in Greek) was considered the wisest of the Titans! He could foretell the furure (how appropriate to an Uranian - Aquarian entity). Prometheus somehow befriended the Father of the Olympian Gods Zeus (Jupiter) by whom he was consequently given the task to create - with his rather foolish brother Epimetheus - living creatures on Earth! Hastily Epimetheus commenced creating animals, giving them all kinds of "survival traits" (fangs, claws, armour, feathers to fly etc.). But when he arrived to the creature destined to become the human being he realised he was left out of survival traits. With no "weaponry" at all, this delicate being was doomed! Fortunately Prometheus - who obviously had a weakness for this creature - intervened! He modeled the humans after the Gods and endowed them with the ultimate gift: reason!

Zeus was outraged by this Prometheus action! To compensate, he unleashed upon mankind all kinds of suffering. Humans were left in a dark, cold misery. But again Prometheus came as their rescuer! He stole the fire from the Gods and brought it to the humans, delivering them warmth, "light" and energy. This time Zeus punished Prometheus severely (he bound him to a stake on Mount Caucasus, where an eagle was coming each day to feed upon his ever regenerating liver)!

What is this myth telling us? How crazy in love is Prometheus - Uranus with the human kind! What a superb humanist he is! He doesn't want us humans to be animal-like, deprived of reason and of the divine "goodies". Actually, Prometheus' biggest secret is that he created us upon his own image, that we somehow partake of him! He considers us almost his equals, a sort of brothers. That is why he is so devoted to us humans, that is why he is ever striving to liberate us from our animal descent, to lift us from the "gutter" and enlighten us!

Pluto on the other hand is not that much of a friend to us. He is rather a friend of the "human kind" (in its entirety). And he somehow is a "Spartan"! He wants humans to be strong and crafty, to have a good DNA, so that the human species endures all kind of adversities and survives. He does not love at all the weak, fragile, disabled, gullible individuals (he'd rather have them exterminated as he considers them a peril to the survival of the human race)!

As the god of underworld (the "Hades" in Greek mythology) Pluto is a friend of our souls - meaning of the most "undifferentiated" and collective part of ourselves. Thus, it is not in his interest to know how we behaved during our lifetime, how much "animal-like" or idiotic we have been - as long as we deliver him a soul the moment we die. So actually he is a friend of ours from our death on but not during our lifetime! Pluto is uninterested in single humans, in their individual stories, sorrows, traits, level of awareness etc. (that's Uranus bussiness). To him people are important only in the masses, when they act as a sort of "mob", as an homogenized portion of the "human race"! He may turn utterly cruel to seperate individuals.

You may have realized now why Pluto is thriving during major wars, disasters, epidemics etc.! His kingdom is flooded then with human souls. Plus in such circumstances the weaker individuals, those who bear a bad DNA etc. are massively extincted and this means that the human race as a whole is ever more "cleansed" and strenghtened - through a process known as "the survival of the fittest"! No need to guess that Pluto adores the "cleansing" processes in general (and that the fascist regimes adore Pluto)!

Pluto is related to money, to a lot of them! The name Pluto (Πλούτων) sounds like "ploutos" (πλούτος) in Greek, a word that means "richness" ("plutocracy" stems out of the Greek word "ploutos" and plutocracy indeed is ruled by this remote planet)! Pluto is constantly gaining colossal amounts of money, as he is ever usurping the fortunes of the weaker and of the deceased people.


The match!

The two planets are actually forming a harsh square aspect between them. Such an aspect is VERY difficult on its own. But in this case there are some other factors that exacerbate further the hardness of the specific square:

 1) First of all, both the signs these two Titans are in (Aries - Capricorn) are "Cardinal". By their nature, they are very impulsive signs and they tend to start things with a great impetus. This means that since Uranus and Pluto are on a collision course here - in a discordant aspect - their crash is going to be trully defeaning!

2) As if this "cardinal" dominance wasn't enough, Uranus is located in Aries, in the sign ruled by the bellicose planet Mars! Pluto on the other hand is in Capricorn, in the sign where Mars - the god of war - is "exalted"! Too much Mars is involved here and this denotes an extremely violent "crash" of some kind!

3) Uranus - in its circular motion in the zodiac - is currently forming a waxing "first quarter phase" aspect in respect to Pluto (think of the Moon forming a first quarter phase in respect to the Sun). A waxing phase unleashes tremendous energies.

4) The "polarization factor". Uranus (being a masculine planet) is in a masculine sign (Aries) while Pluto (being a feminine planet) is in a feminine sign (Capricorn). Too much "polarization" occurs here and polarizations often lead to dramatic outcomes!

There is still another crucial fact: Pluto in the last few years has climbed up to the very "Zenith of the World" - which in the zodiac is represented by the sign of Capricorn (you may read my article explaining this concept here )! Any "social - collective" planet standing on the "Zenith of the World" dictates the "spirit" that will prevail in humanity during its stay there! And since Pluto is the most "elevated" planet now - and it will remain such at least untill 2018, when he will be momentarily supplanted by Saturn - it is Pluto's spirit that currently rules the entire world. As we said before, Pluto is a dark, underground, ruthless, highly transformative planet that loves the strong and crafty individuals and favours plutocracy (while he disdains the weak and the poor). Don't we perceive his dark spirit all around us now?

With the dark and "diabolic" Pluto sitting currently on the "Word's Zenith" our governments seem more "dark" and sinister than ever (a government is ruled astrologically by the sign of Capricorn)! They are apparently getting ever more corrupted and irrational, reaching to the point of even conspiring against us (supposedly they are spraying us with chemtrails, they are massively administering us vaccines containing harmful to us toxic ingredients etc.). And this situation will definitely aggravate by the end of  2012, when Saturn will move into the sign of Scorpio and will start forming a "mutual reception" with Pluto in Capricorn!

And it's not just Pluto in Capricorn the culprit of the "Middle Ages" mini-era we are entering in. We should blame the Pluto - Uranus square too. Because of this square aspect Pluto is fiercely combating Uranus, hurling him often to the ground and neutralizing thus his "promethean", humanitarian, awaking energies - to such an extent that these energies seem at times totally lacking from our world! But Uranus/Prometheus is a tough god too, he regains consciousness, stands up on his feet and fights back Pluto (through the street protests the weaker people organize). Who is going to win?

Thomas Gazis

(To be continued)

Saturday 20 August 2011

Money vs "money-energy" - an astrological explanation of the crisis


Has ever occurred to you – under the stress of the titanic financial crisis we are actually facing – the thought that at some point we might be left without money (for all kinds of reasons, out of a bank failure for example)? The thought that money might dry up in society, ending in the pockets and safes of those privileged ultra-rich (who are making now enormous profits out of this crisis)? It feels like a nightmare! How are we going to feed ourselves and our family, how are we going to survive if money disappears?

Thursday 21 July 2011

Summer (2011) and smoke!


The summer of 2011 does not seem to be particularly sunny - astrologically speaking. We have so far experienced two eclipses on June, a menacing Solar eclipse on the 1st of July and we are going now through a critical period where the Uranus - Pluto infamous square is getting ever more tighter (meaning more acute)! And as if all these were not enough, bellicose Mars will soon enter Cancer and will trigger both the point of the July eclipse and very dramatically the Uranus - Pluto square!

Monday 20 June 2011

Jupiter in Taurus (and the Taurus' "dark" flip-side)

(photo: Sergey Larenkov)

On the 4th of June 2011 planet Jupiter entered in the sign of Taurus (after completing a crazy race in Aries -  very apropriate to that fiery's sign nature).  I wanted from the begining to post on my blog an article interpreting Jupiter in Taurus but I had the sense that I was missing something. I could not figure out what it really meant for Jupiter to be in the sign of "the earthy reality". I was reading other colleagues' articles who were interpreting Jupiter in Taurus as a "world-wide financial growth" but that interpretation seemed simplistic to me and not very congruent with the current global situation. So, I decided to shy away from any possible interpretation till some kind of inspiration would illuminate me.

Thursday 9 June 2011

Astrologer John Panayiotopoulos denouncing the committee formed to pave the way for a formal Greek Astrological Federation!


 """ I had the honor of being one of the members of the seven-member committee, which was formed in order to pave the way so that a Greek Astrological Federation could be established. The committee was elected by secret voting, on the occasion of an historical meeting of 32 Greek astrologers, which took place on May 15th, 2009. I alphabetically mention the members of the committee: Galanou Mary, Gazis Thomas, Konti Vasia, Panayiotopoulos Yianis (John), Rizopoulos Yianis, Sotiraki Smaro, Zachariadou Evita.

Thursday 26 May 2011

How does a love story (and everything else) unfold according to the hierarchy of the 12 signs! (The Zodiac as a powerful Universal Software!)


(snapshot from the Youtube video "How to flirt")


by Thomas D. Gazis
(Copyright: Thomas D.Gazis)
 
Back in 2004, an article of mine titled "The Zodiacal Banquet" was published in the prestigious magazine "American Astrology".  In that article, I proposed that the Zodiac is a type of universal "software" that every entity or process must "run" in order to come to being, evolve, and fulfill its purpose. Even a formal banquet must religiously follow the "steps" of the twelve signs, in order to take place and flow properly. In this article, I'll show you how a love story unfolds according to the zodiacal signs' intrinsic hierarchy!

Our household zodiac appears quite ordinary to most astrologers, but in reality it is a deep mystery! It has much more dimensions than meets the eye. We might say that it is a sort of "primum mobile," an archetypal "field" applicable to our earthly dimensions and the entire Universe. We could think of it as a kind of powerful Universal "software" that every process, situation, and creature must "run" in order to come to being, properly unfold and carry out its mission.

The Zodiac comprises 12 fundamental “steps” (the known to us 12 signs). It starts by laying out the most viable traits of each entity or process (the very first signs, Aries, Taurus, and Gemini, are assigned that mission) and gradually advances to ever-more sophisticated stages, ultimately culminating with the sign of Pisces (which is symbolizing the completion of a cyclical process - and its dissolution as well). And as the zodiac permeates the entire cosmos, it influences every single entity and process, even the ones we would never suspect so.

Think of a love story and consider it as a "process" in evolution, something that is born, played out, matured and finally worn off and dissolved. Every love story has to run the "zodiacal software" in order to become a true love story and not a parody of it. Every full-fledged affair has to faithfully follow the 12 “steps” (signs) of the zodiac, it has to pass one by one the 12 sign-stages, starting with Aries and ending with Pisces. If it misses a step, then it will not properly unfold and it will remain in a sort of suspended animation (consider the countless wannabe love stories that have remained suspended, for various reasons). Let us see now the specifics of how a love story unfolds according to the sequence of the zodiacal signs:


- Stage one: The ARIES beginning - “A ram among a flock of sheep”!

Let’s set the beginning of our love story on a crowded boulevard. People are walking up and down the boulevard, including a man and a woman (in the heterosexual version of the story) who have never met previously but are about to fatefully cross paths. They are walking in opposite directions when they suddenly meet, glance into each other’s eyes, they instantly feel a humongous attraction and… kaboom!!! A sudden electrocution, a ventricular flutter sweeps all over them leaving them semi-paralyzed, staring at each other in absolute shock, as if they couldn't believe what their eyes just saw…
 
Let us pause this scene for a moment. The two individuals share a one-of-a-kind experience at that particular moment; they abruptly separate themselves from the other passersby and are intensely focused on one other. They somehow become a distinct "islet" in the torrent of people that is flowing around them. And, regardless of their previous state of mind, they are suddenly thrust into a rare condition of total excitation! A major "differentiation" occurred here, a dynamic burst of energy, the potential birth of a new "process" (of a love story, in this case) took place, and the "beginning" of a whole new cycle of things for both is probably about to unfold. These are all classic Aries themes!

Aries is a masculine astrological sign. Masculine energies are overtly manifested, thus when people become involved in "electrocuting boulevard flings" casual passers-by generally notice the unusual energy surge between the two…


- Stage two: The TAURUS stabilization phase - “Let me take a better look at you”

We began the narrative with two boulevard passers-by who were instantly drawn to one another. Their encounter though is, at this point, quite crude, amorphous and transient and as such not sufficient for a love story to emerge. The two will most likely be lost in the crowd, after exchanging heated glances as they passed by. Some form of "niche" must be provided for them, either through a serendipitous situation (such as her books falling down and him picking them up, as in the movies) or through a "repetitive pattern" (both meeting frequently at that very spot, so that finally some day they naturally talk to each other). So, an additional prerequisite is needed here, for them to get close and verify their "chemistry", reassuring themselves that they have indeed fallen in love with the right person!

Let's imagine that there is a nearby café, where the two wannabe lovers are brought to, immediately after they were "thunderstruck" on the boulevard. In comparison to instantly bumping into one another, that kind of environment looks far more promising for them. They should pick tables that are close to one another in the café, so they may take their time leisurely "exploring" the other persson (their overall features, "aura," movements, behavior, their voice when ordering, etc.) That's crucial for them to decide whether they madly like the other person or not. 

This particular phase corresponds to the cautious, feminine, fixed sign of Taurus: it represents the stag when a person must determine whether or not he or she truly likes someone s/he has met, to ensure that his or her "frequency" clearly matches his/her own, and that s/he was not just momentarily and "deceitfully" mesmerized by that person!

At this point, the two don't even need to talk. You see, the stage of Taurus is a "feminine"/ "yin" one and this means that things may remain here ambiguous and unspoken. Thus, our protagonists may walk into that cafe pretending that they are not there for each other's sake. They just came in to sip a delicious cup of coffee, nothing more...
 

- Stage three: The GEMINI communication phase - “Hello there!”

To dispel any uncertainty that they are enthused about the wrong person, the two are "exploring" each other, while sitting in silence at close tables, in that nearby the boulevard café. If they ever become certain that they truly like the other person, an overwhelming need to speak with them arises. So, even under a flimsy pretext, they address him or her and attempt to start a discussion (from scratch, since they essentially don't know anything about one another).

At this point, they are desperate to learn as much as they can, to complete the picture and understand what sort of person this alluring "stranger" is. Continuous queries and responses about their "whereabouts", lifestyle, preferences, habits, and so on are exchanged here. It becomes clear at this stage how mentally "sharp" each individual is, how bright and witty (via the various innuendos and "elaborated" lines they exchange, the verbal "teasing" between them, and so on).

After exchanging enough information, the two build a rough idea in their minds about the other person and understand in broad terms how much common ground they share with him/her - regarding points of view, personal interests, life routine, and so on. All of these are Gemininian characteristics (communicating with others, exchanging ideas, and learning some fundamental information about someone). Things can be openly stated here - as Gemini is a masculine, extrovert sign.


- Stage four: The CANCER journey of intimacy - “What warm eyes s/he has!”

As the two continue their talk, it becomes ever clearer that they share common points of view and have a strong affinity. As a result, their initial concern about having a crush on the wrong person is dispelled. At this point, someone frequently invites the other to his or her table, saying "Why don't you come over to my table?" This move represents the very first step in the two people's path toward intimacy (Cancer is a cardinal sign, and cardinal signs do initiate critical stages). And as one comes over and sits at the table of the other, the two become closer not just in space but emotionally as well! Their "inner worlds" are tackled head-on here, and that might turn out to be either a quite warm and soothing experience or a painful one!

In fact, a person who seems likable from a few meters away may not be as likable when they sit down at our table (just as we may like their ascendant but not their other astrological components). Therefore, as the two individuals in our scenario suddenly move closer, stepping into each other's "personal space" for the first time, they may somehow feel helpless and "naked" in front of one another. They exchange deep stares and, because the eyes are portals to the soul, they ultimately end up examining each other's soul! Each time we gaze into someone's eyes, we literally "slip" into their soul, travel through and encounter their vast, intangible "inner world"! We are then forced to either merge with them or irrevocably collide with their "inner world" and thus experience an acerbic alienation! 

This stage, in which the "inner worlds" of the two ex-strangers' are compelled to meet face to face and develope emotional bonds, is distinctly Cancerian. If the individuals sense that the other person's eyes and general "aura" are sweet, warm, and "mergeable" with his/her own, at this closer distance, then something new is born in them, and a surge of warmth sweeps over their souls. Through their eyes, facial expressions, voice tones, and overall posture, they start to freely exchange feelings and "soul energy" as they yearn to connect with each other's inner world and feel emotions at their best.  And since Cancer is a feminine sign, most of this process is invisible to outsiders.

Thomas D. Gazis

P.S. This is just an excerpt of the entire article
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Sunday 15 May 2011

The astrological saga behind Strauss-Kahn's (IMF's head) alleged assault to a hotel maid!


(An alternate title for this article could be: "How astrology "dictated" the self-undoing of an Ultra-Powerful man")

The first two signs of the zodiac - Aries and Taurus - are considered the most "bestial" of all, in the sense that they have extremely strong urges and drives and a very acute individualism. Don't get me wrong here, you might be an Aries or Taurus and not feel at all a "beast", as you might have other mitigating or even "sublimating" factors in your chart. Which apparently Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the illustrious head of the "International Monetary Fund", seems to lack! On Saturday 14 May 2011 he was arrested at JFK airport for allegedely assaulting sexually a hotel maid in New York! And this is not the only sexual assault allegation pending on Dominique Srauss-Kahn!

Let's take a look at Dominique's natal chart. He is a Taurus (his Sun is in the sign of Taurus) with a strong Aries emphasis (both his Moon and Mars are in the sign of Aries).


Although his Taurus Sun and his Leo Ascendant grant him the look of a cool person - in control of the situations - in reality he is very impulsive inside him (Moon and Mars in Aries). He is conditioned by an acute Ego and by his very strong, raw and uncontrollable urges (Pluto in his natal First House makes things even worse, giving him a very impulsive and aggressive sexuality). Plus, we shouldn't forget that the axis Taurus - Scorpio is the axis of sexuality in astrology, so definititly we have here a person who - in spite of his 62 years - has an insatiable appetite and unstoppable sexual drives!

But why such a prominent man reached to the point of allegedly assaulting a hotel maid in order to have sex? He has enough money and connections to invite in his hotel room the most expensive call girl - or girls - of New York and have endless sex with her/them! Why did this - genious otherwise - man resort to such a superficial and stupid action? Well, his natal chart and the Transits and Progressions over it can reveal us the "inside story"...

The alleged sexual assault to the maid occured when Jupiter was transiting on his natal Mars in Aries (and in his Ninth House - meaning "When abroad I am going to do whatever I want, cause I will have no consequences). Transiting Jupiter on his Mars bestows a sexual over-drive to an alreary over-sexed man.


Even more impressive is the fact of the transiting Uranus in a perfect (partile) conjunction to his Moon! Uranus is the planet of unconventionality, the "great liberator", the god Dionysus type of "Inebriator"! No doubt then that during this assault Dominique was in a kind of "trance", of "inebriation", feeling that his sexual drives should be very naturally accomodated by this hotel maid, as if the two were participating in a Dionysian orgy! On the other hand, transiting Pluto in a square aspect to his Moon has been scratching in the last 3-4 years "old wounds" in Dominique's soul, breeding in him a very murky, dark and revengeful disposition towards women!

Finally, what I consider the key theme to the whole story: in the last few years Strauss-Kahn's 12th House has ever more been activated by his progressed planets (with both his progressed Sun and Moon forming at the present - utterly humiliating to him - period an almost perfect square to his natal Moon - meaning among other things hardships through women-figures and a negative disposition of the people towards him). And as if this was not enough, his progressed Sun and Moon receive harsh aspects by transiting Pluto, Uranus and Saturn (the "trio" which is the culprit of the infamous Cardinal Climax delineation).

This "12th House - Outer planets harsh aspects" combined configuration is a "once in a lifetime thing", an extremely difficult and mega-"dissolving" configuration which Strauss-Kahn has never experienced before! And traditionally the 12th House is the House of "self-undoing", of "fall" and "disgrace". Impossible as it might seem, this omnipotent, extra-powerful person has been repeatedly confronted in the last few years by the subtle, invisible, psychological powers of the 12th House, by his own demons that is and apparently has been defeated by them, resorting - unconsciounsly - to the classic 12th House behavior of "self-undoing", of dissolving and demolishing (by himself - with no complete awareness of the fact) his "omnipotent" and acutely individualistic figure! If the "IMF's head" has indeed acted this way (even on an unconscious level), then there is hope for humanity...

Thomas Gazis