The 5th House (Part 2)

So far, we’ve seen that the fifth is the house of creativity and self-expression.  In addition, it is the house that shows how we attempt to distinguish ourselves from others.  And as we noted in Part 1, it is colored by the spiritual Piscean Moon’s needs, emotions and mentality.  That Pisces Moon is also a reflection of the public’s emotional responses to its (fifth house) creativity.  All this and not even a mention of the eccentric Uranus here yet.

The Discovery

Sir William Herschel, an amateur astronomer and professional musician of historical little note, first discovered what he thought was a new comet late in the evening of March 13, 1781.  Within months of its sudden, unexpected and “out of the blue” discovery, John Townley tells us1, Uranus2 was recognized as the first trans-Saturnine planet.  It is so eccentric that its poles, instead of being in a north/south orientation, are actually almost parallel to the plane of its orbit.  In other words, from Earth, it seems to be lying on its side.   Now that’s different!

It is perhaps no coincidence that the discovery of Uranus coincides with the adoption of the Articles of Confederation by the Continental Congress (3/1/1781, BTW, the date that I personally consider to be the correct date for the birth chart of the USA), and the year of Cornwallis’s defeat at Yorktown.  It was the year that “the world turned upside down.”3 In every sense then the coming of Uranus marked the conception of the Age of Aquarius.  This two hundred year gestation period has been marked by revolutions, the struggle for freedom and liberty around the globe, the development of electric power, an exponential period of industrial growth, the development of modern transportation systems, an explosion in the field of communications and the “first step for man” into outer space.  All this since that planetary discovery.

Uranus in the 5th

Anniversary Astrology – The 5th House (part one)

Now that the move from our Web Forum over here has been completed, I can get back to the astrology of the Harmonic Concordance 5th Anniversary (just in case you forgot why we’re here ).

5th House

The Concordance Anniversary’s 5th House

Here’s the very short story with this particular 5th house, with Pisces on the cusp and occupied by the Moon and Uranus: we fill our emotional needs by creating something spiritual in unexpected and unusual ways.  Once again, pretty neat, considering what the Concordance and its Anniversary Party is all about.  But let’s fill in the details of how this is so, astrologically.

Anniversary Astrology – The 4th House

Something that I haven’t mentioned yet concerns what you, as individuals, may wish to do with all this astrological information.   As I see it, there is good reason to call together the millions of folks who celebrated the Concordance back in ‘03. The world seems to be rushing headlong to hell in a hand basket. If there is any way to arrest that flight, anything that I can do about it at any rate, then I have to do it.   I am urging you to do what you can with this information.  Take that Global energy that was so apparent in the Concordance chart, and bring it home, inside, to your own individual selves.  And let’s do it, once again, collectively.  Hold your own remembrance celebration, alone or with others, now or then (is not “time” the greatest third-dimensional illusion?) and in holding that energy, give Gratitude that it has been accomplished, for all of us (we are ONE, after all), for “…these things I do, you shall do, and greater.”

That said, let’s have a look at the Fourth House.

The Annniversary’s 4th House

In the first place, the 4th is seen as representing the mother or the father.  Some refer to it as the parent of the opposite sex. Actually, depending on the chart and the person, I have found that it may be either.  For the purpose of this discussion, however, I’ll take the Mother, as it fits appropriately with another notion, I will explain in a little while.

With Cancer and the Moon as its natural ruler, the 4th is so often associated with the “home.”  However, first and foremost, it is where one discovers “the root of the root of the Self,” that part of us which is at the very bottom of ourselves.  The 4th house marks an important element of a person’s character and nearly rivals the Sun, Moon and Ascendant in importance when discussing the basics of an individual’s self expression.

Anniversary Astrology – The 3rd House

I have been working on rounding up folks who will be holding “anniversary parties” for the Concordance. Apparently there will be many such fetes going on around the world. Drop me a line if you’d like to host one.

And now…

The 3rd House

Concordance Anniversary’s 3rd House

As I mentioned there, in a previous post regarding the “show me something three times” idea, Jupiter’s position in the 3rd actually has quite an important role in this Anniversary chart, not only by its placement in the third house, but also by its effect on the house opposite it, the 9th.   But before we get to that, let’s take a look at the spiritual side of this particular Capricorn ruled 3rd house.

Now Capricorn is what is referred to as a dual-bodied sign.  Its symbol is known as the “Sea-Goat.”  The upper part of its body is that of a mountain goat, arguably the terrestrial animal which lives at the highest elevations on the planet. The bottom half is that of a fish, the Earth creature that lives at the lowest altitude, below sea level.  It looks like this:

The Capricorn Sea-Goat

Anniversary Astrology – The 2nd House

Time to move on to…

The 2nd house

The Concordance Avviversary’s 2nd House

Here we have a Sagittarius house, occupied by Venus and Pluto. In common astrological parlance, it is referred to as the house of possessions, one’s financial standing, one’s sense of self worth and the things that one values. In a strictly mundane account the second house is the field of money markets, banks, financial institutions, and the national wealth. But remember what I said when I began these notes…that I would be looking at this chart as that of a spiritual event. In those terms, none of the above quite qualifies. However, appropriate adaptations of them may certainly be applied.

For instance, in regard to the concepts of “possessions” and “things that one values,” there are clear spiritual correspondences. In this field of experience (i.e. house), what is it that we possess? Clearly, in a spiritual sense, it is nothing material. However, I do possess a sense of “Self.” I and I alone am me, myself and I. I “have” me, but what does that “me” have? The key idea that comes most readily to mind is that of my “soul.” It is my one true spiritual possession. As such, it is that personal asset which I value most. If it were not such a valuable commodity, what price wouldn’t the Devil pay for it?

Anniversary Astrology – The 1st House

As most of you know, astrology is basically the study of the language of a specific set of symbols. As in every other language, those symbols can speak on different levels and be directed to diverse audiences. Here I make the assumption that the audience I am addressing is largely one that understands spiritual and metaphysical concepts. Therefore, my commentary on the Concordance astrology is slanted along those lines.

Now, when reading a chart, one may choose to begin at any number of places. For the purposes of this discussion I’ve chosen to begin with the Anniversary chart’s 1^st house; sort of like beginning to read a book at Chapter One.

It must be remembered that the H.C. 5th Anniversary chart is not one relating to an individual. In that regard, it does not relate to the usual 1^st house significators describing an individual’s body, appearance, personality, chief characteristic, and the way he/she sees the world. This Concordance chart, on the other hand, describes an event. As such it has more in common with Mundane Astrology which carries the qualities of a moment of time in regards to a nation, its people, and its image. In this case, we can substitute the Harmonic Concordance, its “people” and the image that the Anniversary projects, since the “natal” chart that provides the basis for this analysis is the original Harmonic Concordance chart of November, 2003.

The First House

Anniversary 1st House

Here we have Scorpio as the rising sign. I particularly like the association of Scorpio with the Phoenix rising from its ashes. In a spiritual context the symbol represents death, re-birth and transformation. Additionally, according to Dane Rudhyar, it suggests the collective urge to unite with others.¹ This notion can easily be transposed onto the mundane aspects of the first house, particularly when considering what the Concordance, and its anniversary, is all about. And did I mention that there is no sign as intense as Scorpio?

Philosophical Musings

I’d like to address a question that someone sent me: Why are you bothering to promote this anyway? (Thanks, Ramon)

To tell you the truth, it’s a question that I’ve asked myself several times this past month. About four years ago, one of my best friends asked me if I was going to do anything, now that the 1st anniversary (2004) of the Concordance was coming up. At that time I had just spent more than five years trying to bring the Concordance to the public’s attention, and frankly, I was spent. Also, I really didn’t think that there would be that much interest in such an event, nor did I want folks to think that I was doing something to promote myself in any way. Actually, at this point in my life, I would very much like to be fully retired. So why am I here?

Well, in the first place, I believe in the Concordance Ideals:

that since our beloved planet, Gaia, a major conscious being Herself, feeds, clothes, shelters and sustains us, our prayers for Her gentle healing are always most appropriate.

that we are indeed all ONE, that first and foremost we are Earthlings, not members of nations, races or creeds, and that what I do to my brother I do indeed do to myself.

that each soul, in all the Multiverse, is a manifestation of the Creation, that each is but a mirror of that Creator energy and that I Am All That.

Anything that I can do to promote those principles is a necessary task in my life.

The "Bowl" Pattern

So let’s look at the chart for the Concordance anniversary Solar Return. If you will recall, the particulars are as follows:

Date: November 8, 2008
Time: 7:10 AM, BST (the exact moment of the Solar return)
Place: Greenwich, UK

Astrologers will note that I have used the the Equal House system, a practice which I have used successfully for more than 30 years now. It is also the house system that was used in all my past discussions of the Concordance. Consistent, me.

Lots of places to begin, but I’ll start with the very obvious pattern in the chart. You can easily see that all of the planets fall in half of the chart, dividing the circle in two. Here they are arrayed, counterclockwise, from Saturn to Uranus. Marc Edmund Jones, one of the 20th century’s most widely read astrologers, in his book The Guide to Horoscope Interpretation, called this pattern “The Bowl.”

Perhaps the image below would more readily show “The Bowl.”

An Introduction

If you have followed the ongoing tale of the Harmonic Concordance you know that it is based on an astrological depiction of three metaphors found in the Grand Sextile Total Lunar Eclipse chart of November 8/9, 2003.   Those three Truths are:

• our individual relationship with the One Source of Creation,
• the unconditional acceptance of Unity Consciousness (that we are all ONE), and
• a healing for our beloved Mother Earth.

The Concordance was unique in spiritual circles because of the marriage of astrology and those three components, and it touched millions of people world-wide.  The full story of the astrological, spiritual and scientific underpinnings of the Concordance message can be found on its web pages.

The astrology of this current time frame points to, among other things, the 5th Anniversary of the Harmonic Concordance as a potentially strong day to re-focus our prayers of conscious intent on the actualization of those major Concordance metaphors.  Those wishing to follow a discussion of the astrology of that date, may find it under our category entitled “Concordance Anniversary Astrology.”

The focus of this blog, however, is not so much on the astrology of the times as it is on those items we find on the net which promote what we see as “harmonic concordance.”   Once the Concordance aniversary has passed, we will more specifically focus on that agenda.  We hope you check us out frequently and join in an exploration of just what that means.

For now, please use the “Category” botton to get you started here, and thanks for stopping by.

A Note on Chart Calculation

This coming November 7/8 will mark the 5th anniversary of the Harmonic Concordance.   I intend to use this blog as the web address for the discussion of this event.   There are two things which I will address here: the astrology of the Anniversary and the spiritual, cultural and social aspects of ceremonial observations of it. I hope you are interested in participating in the conversation.

So, let me start with this. The Harmonic Concordance was celebrated on November 8th or 9th of 2003. The reason that it was an either/or situation is that the actual event was timed for the exact moment of the maximum of the total lunar eclipse that took place that day (or evening as the case may have been). This meant that in each of the world’s 24 different time zones, that moment would occur during a different hour. So it was generally true that, for locations East of Greenwich, England, the eclipse maximum happened on the 9th of November, while in time zones west of Greenwich it took place on November 8th. This had the effect of having people from all around the globe celebrating in the exact same moment of prayerful intent, regardless of what the local clocks said.

For the 5th anniversary however, there will be no lunar eclipse to mark the time to hold observations. This has an effect on choosing the time to set up for the anniversary celebration since every astrological event is pinned to a DATE, TIME and LOCATION.