Earth, Venus Jupiter seen from Mars

An Unsealed Letter

  Sunday, October 13, 2013 – What an extraordinary morning this has been, finding myself as if sitting on a treasure chest of information, desiring to share it with everyone I know, and hesitating because I’m not sure how to do this so that it will seem relevant to the lives of others, when lo and behold, Mars is crossing “An Unsealed Letter” at 30° Leo!

  The “back story” to this is rather complex.  Perhaps the bottom line is that we all should be encouraged to realize that when we become a participant with others, compassionately serving the needs of others as a primary intent, hidden forces are there to encourage and affirm those actions. Whether or not you can “see” them, they do exist. Some call this “a higher power” or in Humanistic Astrology, “unseen forces” or, as with those who practice the teachings of the Buddha – the universal life energy/force which causes everything to live. Whatever one calls them, they can be defined, they exist within our own mindfulness, and they exist here and now and are readily available.

  Utilizing these “unseen forces” can quite naturally be realized in the simplest ways. As it happens, I began to see this some time ago (1974-5), finding myself in a rather chaotic, pointless existence, reaching out for “grander solutions,” stumbling upon the writings of Dane Rudhyar’s Humanistic/Transpersonal Astrology, and soon after the teachings of the Buddha.

  Perhaps one of the best ways to explain this, is to present the position of Mars in the Zodiac in the next couple of days [October, 2013], and the symbol from Rudhyar’s Astrological Mandala. Mars position in the Zodiac and in the twelve houses of experience at this time—the Fifth House of personal expression, and (personally) the Eleventh House of “Promises Made in Past Lives”—house of Aquarius, points to sharing and participating with others in serving social needs, and in the broader spectrum of human experience at this time, society’s need to share knowledge to better humankind.

  In my own life the symbol touches upon the very nature of recent “searches,” remarkably finding  those of more or less “like minds.” Mars “activity” in and of itself indicates “reaching out, seeking,” and just plain acting upon desire – somehow future oriented. The primary focus of this desire has been “found” in newly formed “friends” at Face Book [2013]– those who share in-depth knowledge, memories, emotional content in broad artistic spectrums, mostly in films, overcoming a frustration I’ve had for years in having literally no one in my life of like mind.

  Let’s be clear – none of the above or below came to mind until I looked at the position of Mars this morning in the Zodiac because I knew in my life, Mars was crossing into the realm of social integration and linking with more “humanity serving” societies. Thus does Rudhyar’s Humanistic, Person-Centered Astrology serve.

Mars 30° Leo – AN UNSEALED LETTER

  The realization by the individual that all thoughts and all messages are inevitably to be shared with all humankind. – “The fact that a letter is sealed doesn’t imply a trust that other people will not read its contents, but rather the idea that the contents are for all to read. The letter contains a public message in the sense that when one has reached the stage of true mental repolarization and development, one has actually become a participant in the One Mind of humanity. Nothing can really be hidden, except superficially and for a brief time. What any person thinks and deeply realizes becomes the property of all. Nothing is more senseless than possessiveness in the realm of transcendent ideas. Nothing can remain permanently “sealed.”

  “Communication and sharing must always prevail over the will to glorify oneself by claiming sole possession of ideas and information.”

  Today, Monday August 8, 2016 – of course, one need not wait for Sun, Moon, and planets to cross significant symbols to affirm the presence of “unseen forces.” Just as a “higher power” does not exist outside ourselves, these “unseen forces” are ever-present within our own mindfulness. And how inspiring it is when our intent toward living with compassion reveals them.