Astrology's popularized form, which you can find in newspaper and magazine columns and on a lot of websites, can be thought of as introductory material. Astrology is much bigger and more complex than sun-sign astrology because it looks at all of human and worldly experience as ability topics. If you want to learn about astrology, there is no better place to start than with individual human experience, which is what sun-sign astrology is about. We can all relate to some part of what it's like to be a person, and we can all see ourselves in common events or stories.
Once we have a framework for this kind of personal experience, we can apply what we've learned to a wider range of world experience. Thousands of astrologers around the world do this every day. Astrologers get better at what they do by studying on their own, and then they learn how to use those ideas in a wider range of situations.
For example, we could move from astrology about a single person to astrology about a couple in a relationship or a group of people, like a family, a business, or even a rock band. A new astrologer might focus on a specific area, such as health, business, the stock market, the weather or earth movements, world events, cities, states, or countries, politics, or even karma. Astrology's basic ideas haven't changed, but for each application, a new set of descriptions has to be made.
Because I was interested in the 2008 election process and the 2009 inauguration of our new president, my personal research project has turned political. In order to understand the United States as a whole, I focused on the 13 number one points of america sky map as symbols of 1) our country as a whole and 2) the people it represents.
The ten planets, the midheaven, the ascendant, and the lunar node were the 13 points. How do you apply normal personal astrology to a country, both as a separate entity and as a way to rule a group of people? It's not always hard to move from personal astrology to other uses of astrology because the ideas are the same. What changes are the words that are used to explain how these ideas are used. First of all, what is mundane astrology? My use of astrology in politics or the law falls into this large category.
Mundane astrology is the study of the everyday or "mundane" parts of human life. There are many ways to use it, but it can be used for cities, states, countries, weather, earthquakes, and more. Political or legal astrology could be thought of as a type of mundane astrology.
Planets and homes seem to be the main criteria for figuring out how to use astrology in everyday life, with signs and symptoms describing behavior and attitude. Aspects are always the reason behind an analysis, along with the planets' natures and traits that make them good or bad. For this newsletter, we can look at the nature of the planets as a starting point, which is most important, and then look at how a country, its people, and its government work.
The Sun is the most important part of our solar system, and the name "solar" shows who it is. It gives us light and heat, so it is the source of life for our machine. The Sun is the most important gravitational force that keeps the whole machine together. Without it, we would all be dust. Again, the basic ideas of astrology stay the same; only the words change. Because the Sun is a symbol of self-identification in general, it would represent what the U.S. is at its heart and core, its national identity, how the country and its people see themselves as a group, and how the U.S. sees itself as part of that group.
This could be the average person in the United States. It is the pro-lively (giver of life) principle of the United States. As the relevant gravitational pressure as a particular experience, the Sun represents the ability (or loss of it) to be cohesive and "keep it all together." As a country's central figure, the Sun is the top of any town, county, state, or the USA. The name could also be different. For example, it could be prime minister, dictator, king, chancellor, or president. We hope you could definitely see how the words changed.
My own ideas about the Moon are home, fireplace, family, feelings, feelings, remembering, being reactive, protecting, and taking care of. The Moon is a symbol of the people of the United States expressing themselves as a group through emotion, safety, clan, and fire. These are the "emotions" of the group, which is called the U.S.A., and the reactive precept of the people. We depend on each other as individuals and as a group. We react based on what we've learned and experienced in the past, which is stored in our collective memory. In preferred, the Moon controls nesting, self-defense, cocooning, or the need for food, shelter, protection, farming, and water. It's also a sign of financial stability to the point where it helps bring emotional balance. When our finances are in danger, we feel it on more than one level, not just in terms of money. We get scared, which brings it right to our emotional, self-protective, fear-based, and reactive level.
Mercury stands for a country's youth, its ability to train and move people, and all forms of communication, including the media and the click. This can be any kind of writing, like a letter, a story, or a play. Mercury stands for gathering facts when it is in Gemini. Mercury in Virgo is a sign of being able to see things for what they really are. In terms of politics, Mercury also has a strong sense of community and local issues.
Mercury, then, is a symbol of mental collectivity, which includes things like speeches, opinion polls, local press and media, citizen drives like marches, town hall meetings, and actions at the grassroots level. Sometimes we are the ones learning, and sometimes we are the ones teaching. First, we learn the basics, the nuts and bolts of our lives. Then, we should move on to more advanced or broad teachings and programs. Mercury is in charge of the basic part of learning, and Jupiter is in charge of making the system grow and get bigger. In the end, the student will be the worker and the teacher.
Venus's similarities to Taurus and Libra make people think of her as voluptuous, sensual, expensive, beautiful, and a little bit greedy. Venus in Taurus usually likes a place to live, food, water, creature comforts, luxury if she can get it, stability, and comfort in her surroundings. Taurus wants money and things of value. Venus likes people, relationships, institutions, working together, and partnerships when she is in Libra. By rephrasing these ideas, Venus represents the financial and monetary interests and social values of a country as a whole, as well as wealth or the loss of it, the stability of the society, and the relationships between people in the country. Venus also loves beauty and art in all their forms, so artists, entertainers, celebrities, style, society, fun and games, and a country's women in modern times are all represented by Venus.
Mars is the warrior in people, and sometimes there isn't enough warrior-like behavior in the world. There is a back to every front. If you flip the coin that says "assertion" and "aggression," you'll see that the other sides are on the bottom. If the face looks like war, then problems with that face show on the bottom. Mars is sometimes just disagreeable and hard to deal with, not always aggressive. Mars is a symbol of how a country's people all agree on what they want to do and how aggressive they are, as well as how divided they are.
That could include all types of policing, including violent crime and weapons, militancy, which includes defense forces, fights, or police moves, and equipment, which includes business issues (think of how the 19th century saw the start of the commercial revolution). Since not all countries are assertive and aggressive, Mars could still be the planet that comes to mind for countries that choose neutrality or a nonviolent way to solve a problem or to take a defensive stance instead of an aggressive one.
To get to Jupiter, people would have to take a big step from Mars over the asteroid belt, which is thought to be the remains of a planet that blew up or, more likely, the leftovers from how the sun was made. This is the "leap of faith" that people have to take as they turn their backs on the "knowns" of their more private inner space to reach into the "unknowns" of outer space, which looks huge and mostly empty. Jupiter's main ideas are growth and expansion.
I said in the Mercury notes that we move from the nuts and bolts of experience to bigger and broader standards of getting to know. Jupiter is about getting better at learning, philosophy, including faith, religion, clergy, churches, and the search for God, the law in general, including lawyers and the courts, advertising and exposure, and having more people from different cultures in your family. Jupiter pushes us to grow, get bigger, reach for more, have more, and show more. It isn't always hard to change a word in its everyday software to refer to Jupiter. Also, the idea of philanthropy and the "cream of society" or "top training" has no effect on it.
Saturn was the farthest planet that early astrologers could see, so it came to represent the limits of society, how far we can go, and where we can't go because of rules or circumstances. Saturn is in charge of shape, narrowing, and any kind of barrier, real or imagined. It could be the huge rock in the middle of every road. Saturn is organized, traditional, conservative, and has been around for a long time. Because of this, he "guides" these problems in human experience.
Politically, Saturn rules over governments, institutions, bureaucracy, infrastructure, obligations, systems, controls, governing our bodies, and the body of regulation. Saturn is organized, responsible, and strict. He is more interested in the "letter" of the law than the "spirit" of the law. Saturn could represent the three parts of our government—the judicial, the legislative, and the executive—each with its own rigid structure and problems with running the country. It could say what a country and its people have to do and how they should live.
Ancient people no longer used the three outer planets in their everyday or legal astrology. Uranus was found in 1781. Neptune was found in 1846, and Pluto was found in 1930. Many astrologers still use the old seven-planet rulership system, but just as many use the newly discovered bodies as well. Any astrologer has to make a decision about whether or not to use something or not, so you will also find different sets of everyday rules. If you understand the nature of the three bodies where they are now, it won't be hard to make institutions that serve their interests or give them power over a country.
Uranus was found during both the American and French Revolutions, which is not surprising since Uranus is the rebel in charge of the counter-tradition and is usually pretty radical. It shows the details of breaking through, lightning, earthquakes, explosions, and surprises in human experience. It doesn't like rules, structure, systems that bind or limit, a set way of life, or anything else that has to follow certain rules. It makes up its own rules because it wants to keep going and doesn't always have a better idea while it's busy blowing up the status quo.
Uranus does rule large groups of people (humanity as a whole), such as associations or collective governing bodies that are usually made up of a congress. Hasn't everyone noticed that the rogue energy of Uranus shows up in all kinds of strange paperwork and moves, making it clear that the modern U.S. Congress is anything but cohesive and working together? Uranus played a part in the development of the smartphone and in how people from different cultures got along. Uranus became well-known when air travel was discovered, which also made it easier for people from different cultures to get along. Take another look at all the new ideas and inventions that were made in the 20th century. What has the computer done for us and for the growth of our media? Look to Uranus for any new ideas, inventions, or steps forward that affect all of us as a group.
Neptune was found in 1846, just before the Civil War, which was a very hostile and confusing time. With the discovery of the Earth came photography and all that it means for the world we live in today. There are real pictures of Abraham Lincoln, who was killed in 1865. At the same time, there was a rise in both psychic experiences and religion. Neptune was named after the god of the ocean in Greek mythology, and it is clear that he is connected to all things oceanic and liquid, such as the navy, oil and other chemicals, drugs, brewing and alcohol, the growing art scene, glamour, theater, fantasy, and fiction, to name a few. When Neptune is at its best, it is a source of inspiration, leaning more toward spirituality than scripted faith, creativity, and acts of kindness like charity and rescue work. When Neptune is bad, it leads to confusion, illusion, delusion, scandal, lies, fraud, hidden or covert actions, misapplication or misdirection of words and actions. Does this sound like authorities for now?
Pluto became discovered in 1930, right before the Great Depression hit its worst in 1932. This was a hard time for America and the world as a whole. This became a time of a lot of crime, criminals, and the criminal underworld. It was also a time when nuclear energy was invented and dictators and countries that wanted to rule the world rose to power. Much has been pushed underground, where it has built up and gotten worse, like a wound that nobody knows about. As Pluto moves away from where it was first found, a lot of what was hidden has been found and is now coming to the surface as problems for modern society to solve.
As the ruler of the modern eighth house, Pluto is in charge of economic and political power, big business, insurance, credit, power brokering, the criminal underworld, long-term health and economic issues, disaster reports, ecology, the environment, and so on. Does any of this sound like something you've read about in the news? Is getting access to nuclear power something that people talk about in our world? Do any dictators make their wills known? Are criminals like Somali pirates, Mexican drug lords, US gangs that are out of control, the Israeli spy and assassination network in Dubai, or terrorist training camps in Yemen, Afghanistan, and Pakistan making the news? We are also promoting an oxymoron called "clean coal," which comes from underground mines. This is in addition to growing fuel and oil reserves, nuclear power plants, and the nuclear threat from Iran and North Korea.
I hope I've shown how easy it can be to use a basic astrological idea in the real world or in politics. The same is true of another astrological idea that can be used in a unique way. The trade has nothing to do with the basic idea. It's a change in the way you choose to describe things. We live in a complicated world, but there are things that give it shape and make it make sense. If I tried to give an overview of New York City's Grand Central Station, it would look random and chaotic. Underneath what looks like chaos, however, there is rhyme and rhythm, a reason and a pattern that can be seen through comment. I want you to take a look at the world of everyday astrology.