From Now Until 2012 - Part I: Astrology as Art

What amazes me with astrology is that every time I look at a chart, I see something different. It is the same planets, the same angles, the same placements, yet each time I look at it, I see yet another layer that I hadn't noticed before. It is very much like looking at a beautiful painting, or reading a beautiful piece of poetry which never seems to get old because each time you look at it, or read it, you experience it in a slightly (or a completely) different way.

This is because astrology, very much like painting or poetry, is art, and not science. As in all other forms of art, in astrology not only beauty but also knowledge is in the eyes of the beholder. So each time I look at a chart I see something different not because something in the chart has actually changed, but because my perspective has changed.

It is very important to understand this about astrology because it means what an astrologer sees in a chart (whether a chart of an event like the 12-21-2010 alignment, or your birth chart), totally depends on the perspective, mind set and even the mood of the astrologer at that moment. Unfortunately very very few astrologers read charts with the responsibility and self-awareness that the craft vitally necessitates. In my view, a responsible way of reading charts is when the astrologer offers the richness of potentials at any given chart and makes sure to convey that no matter how the planets are aligned, they are always there to serve us in the best way possible. In short, astrology is not there to take our power (of creating our own life) away, but to bring us empowerment and freedom.

All this being said, what I see in the chart for 12-21-2010 is an astoundingly powerful, rich and beautiful alignment of energies that have come together to open a path in front of us that leads, if we choose to take it, to complete empowerment and freedom. Since this alignment is so rich with multiple layers of meaning and is long lasting, it will take at least a couple of posts for me to go through all the energies I see there. This one will only be the introduction.

What is 2012 (2010) about? -- Returning Home

Now that I'm convinced the start-off for the famous 2012 date is actually 21 December 2010 (look here), I want to explore what this astrological alignment is all about.

First of all, there is no doubt anymore that this date is very significant both astrologically and astronomically. Even NASA issued a report about how rare it is to have a lunar eclipse on the same day of solstice. What NASA does not take into account is that the Winter Solstice Sun that is coinciding with the eclipse is also coinciding with the Galactic Center (the point on the ecliptic as viewed from Earth that faces the center of our Galaxy) on this day. This is something that happens once every 26,000 years and is the basis of the Mayan prediction that underlies the significance of 2012. So what is already a very rare event that happens once in about 500 years as reported by NASA, is coinciding with a much rarer event that apparently has a deeper and more profound significance relating to the nature of human existence on earth and the evolution of human consciousness, which goes through a 26,000 year cycle.

What makes today so special  is not only the rareness of the event, but also the astrological/esoteric/spiritual (or poetic, as I prefer to call it) meaning of this incredible alignment. 

2012 is happening now! (on 21 December 2010)

My interest in 2012 has been as much as the next person. Curious but wouldn't bet anything on it. And all the brouhaha about Planet X or Marduk, or a polar shift that brings catastrophe and destruction all over the world just sounded - and still sounds - to me like a huge pile of drama that someone made up out of boredom to get a kick out of some conspiracy or another... Still, wanting to give this date the benefit of the doubt, I checked the charts for 2012 but couldn't see anything special. So I let it go, thinking whatever will happen will happen, resting assured that it will eventually serve us in wonderful ways, as it always does.

Then I saw the chart for 21 December 2010 with a full lunar eclipse on the day of the Winter Solstice. This event that I wrote about here was so awesome that it inspired me to start a blog about all the wonder I see in the skies. What amazed me was this Solstice/Eclipse was happening exactly on the day of the famous 21-12-2012, but two years ahead of time.

Could they be mistaken about 2012? The more I study the charts for both solstices on 2010 and 2012, and the more I look into the whole 2012 thing, the more I am convinced that what was expected to happen on December 2012 is actually happening now in 21 December 2010.

The 12-21-2010 astrological alignment

On December 21 there is a very powerful configuration of the stars. Many different astrological events are coinciding this day. There is a full lunar eclipse. It is also the winter equinox. Furthermore, numerologically this day has a similar significance to that of the famous 12-21-12 date, since this one is a 12-21-21 day. This simultaneity is itself important, but what is more significant is how all the planets, astrological points (the moon's nodes and Lilith) and even some of the fixed stars (Beeltegeuse, Polaris) are collectively involved in forming a very rare pattern. The pattern I see is not one of the standard astrological patterns like the grand trine, or the grand cross, but it is what I call a "crossbow" pattern, because the way the stars appear to be aligned look very much like a double crossbow. This is a pattern I made up, but I think it is as astrologically meaningful as the other recognized patterns, if not more. To me, such a crossbow pattern means all the energies of the involved planets converge on the arrowtip of the crossbow, as if to launch it off in the direction that the crossbow is pointing at.