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Originally written Spring 2001 | pp. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
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Imagine that there
is a creative, chaotic field of energy that is enfolded and collapsed into
the fabric of the universe that permeates and affects our lived experience,
our stream of consciousness, and the concrete structures of material reality.
Out of this void of pure potential arises our most insightful and stimulating
ideas; shocking, captivating, and surprising experiences; brilliant "what
if's"; and novel forms and patterns. Like a summer lightening storm gently
rolling over a sparsely populated Midwestern plain, these concentrated pockets
of creative potential simply come and go in our lives, largely to be ignored
as the demands of daily existence occupy most of our energy and conscious
attention.
These chaotic disruptions
are the energies of the archetype of Uranus at work and at play, and, much
as we individually must suppress ideas of brilliance and deviance into the
margins of our own unconscious, Uranus's lightning most often strikes on
the periphery of the cultural landscape, too insignificant and impractical
to make more than noise and static on the radar screen of the collective.
However, when archetypal
conditions are just right, the Uranian archetype is able to concoct a light
show of such dazzling brilliance, enormity, and awe-inducing novelty, that
normal defenses against Uranus collapse, daily routines are set aside, and
we marvel at the creative force like children inspired by viewing their
first fireworks display.
Are these light shows–like
the archetype of Uranus itself–inherently unpredictable, or do they occur
with some observable regularity? Approximately every six to seven years, Jupiter
and Uranus form a conjunction or opposition to each other, that is to say,
Jupiter and Uranus are to be found in either the same position or opposing
each other from the perspective of Earth. It is during these times (approximately
lasting an entire year)+ in which the constant flux of novelty originating
out of the Uranus archetype is amplified, uplifted, and granted success by
the archetype of Jupiter. The physical planet of Jupiter mirrors its archetype:
both are grand, big, and expansive. When Jupiter makes a significant angular
relationship to another planet, it acts to increase the energy involved. Thus,
Jupiter is the solar system's archetypal "magnifying glass."
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