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Tears of the
Phoenix: Total Solar Eclipse 12/4/2002 by Ken Kalb  At this moment in Earth
history, humankind is poised at a critical evolutionary crossroads. As the next
New Moon orbits precisely between the Sun and the Earth on the 4th
of December, its shadow will create a Total Solar Eclipse for Earth dwellers. The
golden rays of the Sagittarius Sun will dim as the interplay of eclipsing
planetary dynamics presents a plethora of possibilities which I hope to
illuminate here for you. The matrix of eclipse connections is truly
mind-boggling! The Path
The eclipse begins in the Pacific Ocean, crossing Africa over
Angola, Zimbabwe and the Transvaal heading across the Indian Ocean, where it
reaches its peak in the Indian Ocean, before it crosses the Australian coast at
Ceduna and heads over the Queensland border. It peaks at 7:34 am GMT on
December 4 (11:34 pm on 12/3 PST, 2:34 am EST on 12/4). In the “Heart of
the Matter” section I will interpret the path. Wrinkle
in Time
Eclipses seem to freeze or stretch time,
shifting and altering events in the cycle ahead with a sometimes ominous, even
perilous flavor. From a week to six months after a total eclipse, significant
manifestations begin to unfold, which can be gleaned by examining its chart.
Nature reflects this stillpoint, as astrologer R. C Jansky asserts, "during
the period of totality, darkness falls and the electrical character of the
Earth's near cosmic field is drastically altered. Birds fly about excitedly,
night creatures come out of their dens, predators howl, roosters crow, diurnal
animals go to sleep and flowers close their blossoms." The entire
biomechanical matrix and geocosmic landscape wrinkles. Flashpoint
of the Eclipse
Let’s look at this chart from a variety of
perspectives. The flashpoint of this Total Solar Eclipse is 12 degrees of
Sagittarius, the point where the New Moon and Sun conjoin near Pluto and
Mercury -- forming a stellium. Sagittarius is the sign of truth, humor,
vision and higher consciousness, offering the opportunity to take the high
road. With Sag’s ruler Jupiter, planet of blessings trining the entire
Sagitarrian stellium, there should be ample opportunity. These qualities may,
however, be darkened or “eclipsed,” and instead, we find ourselves
on Mr. Toad’s wild ride down the low road crashing through the hall of
mirrors. We are thus at a critical crossroads. For this point connects both our
conscious and subconscious mind to the events and emotions of all the
tumultuous changes and challenges of the last two years -- as the eclipse
flashpoint is on the very same vector where Pluto and Saturn were in opposition! Oppositions are
crossroads events. This could easily trip the trigger of fear generated by the US
government and media, and foreshadow another round of the consciousness of
panic. This will also empower a potent anti-war movement. To review, Pluto and
Saturn faced off peaking in August and November of 2001, then again in May of
2002 -- as a geocosmic hurricane swept the Earth turning the structure of
our world and our lives upside down and inside out. Jupiter, the benevolent ruler of Sagittarius
turns retrograde on the very day of the eclipse. The good news is that
the Jupiterian impulse actually increases in power during this eclipse station.
Furthermore, Jupiter trines the entire Sagittarian stellium. However, the
Jovian rays tend to diminish as the jolly giant picks up retrograding speed
about a week later. On December 2, God of war Mars moves into powerful Scorpio
where it conjuncts Venus and asteroid Juno, a sign where it can be too powerful, sneaky,
controlling, and even deadly. This intense conjunction during a New Moon, near
powerful Pluto during a Jupiter station creates quite the passionate mix. On
the personal level, this may be a very juicy, creative, and tantric time,
though on the collective, a rather combustible one. Overlighting 12 degrees
Sagittarius is the potent fixed yellow star of wisdom Rastaban, head of
constellation Draco the Dragon, beckoning illumination through kundalini
serprent power. Will our leaders drink from the fountain of wisdom or succumb
to designs of manipulation, control, greed and power? As Ralph Waldo Emerson
once said, “peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be
attained through understanding”
The
UN, US, and Saddam
The
Heart of the Matter
The path of totality of the eclipse leads right
through Africa, theoretical seat of hominid evolution. This puts the very
existence and survival of the human species right in the crosshairs of our
world leader’s nuclear trigger fingers. During last Summer’s Earth Summit in South
Africa, the United States was singled out as the planet’s primary
environmental violator. Is the money from oil worth the cost of human blood?
The United States and Western friends, so thoroughly addicted to this
Earthblood which gives life to machines and makes men rich, greedy, and powerful
has a deep and dark history of responding with massive military firepower. So
while I hold the torch of peace high, I am not naïve to the current modus
operandi. Energy flows to this Earth from the Sun at a
constant rate of 170 billion megawatts a day, or about 25,000 times global
energy demand. We have all the resources and know-how to be free from the
politics and perils of oil, all we need is the inspiration, leadership and
initative . It appears that it is humanity’s destiny to do this out of
emergency, rather than awareness. Will we have to await the healing tears
of the mythological Phoenix to move collectively in this renewable and
sustainable direction? Ignition
Fiery Mars crosses the eclipse flashpoint on
February 4, 2003. If the Iraqi issue is not peacefully resolved by then, I
would choose this as the prime time for the next episode of Desert
Eviceration. Infinite Twilight During the infinite twilight of this eclipse, we
stand at the epicenter of the deepest issues facing humankind. It is essential
to live in remembrance of our holy birthright. We are alive during the
evolutionary implosion of a civilization: a testing time when massive karmic
cycles are working out. We find
ourselves living the brilliance and magnificence of creation from within, while
at the same time, it is being severely threatened from without. We must dig
deeper and shine brighter than ever and create and live our sacred peace from
within. On our pathless path to universal truth and divine love, may we shine
the special light of our mastery. “Some of them grew angry, by the way
the Earth was abused, by the men who tried to forge her beauty into
power…”
-- Jackson Browne Ken Kalb is an author,
publisher, and astrologer with over 800 published articles and 4 books. He is
the director of Lucky Star Astrological Services. In the last 6 years, he has
been the vortex of the global LightShift 2000 peace initiative, bringing
millions together in Spirit for quantum global meditations to raise planetary
consciousness. The August 11, 1999 Total Solar Eclipse, 1/1/2000, May 3-28
World Illumination Days, and 1/1/2001 Millennium meditations are among the
largest spiritual convergences in history. The LightShift 2000 website is www.lightshift.com
and Lucky Star is www.luckystarz.com
. Email Ken at dolfunman@aol.com. Ken’s birthday
happens to be December 4. |