The Call of the Wild … Self

On 17th / 18th March the Sun (36.5) will be opposite Makemake (6.5).  This dwarf planet at least partly represents the way history gets rewritten by the victors.  On an inner level it represents the story our more civilized and controlled self tells us to justify it’s ill treatment of our wild and creative self.

We can also see it from many perspectives on the world scene.  The Japanese government’s attempts to save face over it’s current nuclear issues by continuing to tell us everything is fine.  The story of dictators like Gaddafi who truly believe their own mythology, that all their efforts are for the common good.  And the collusion between government and global economic interests which create a mask of business as usual while stealing homes and livelihoods.

There’s a clash of tribal v’s global here.  When tribal interests were paramount it made sense to put our own limited interests first.  We can’t afford that old way of behaving any longer.  We have no more resources – petrochemical, geopolitical or economic – to take from the earth and her people.  She’s done with our raping and pillaging in the name of progress.

The underlying reason for the clash of civilized and wild is the rationalisation of our need to take whatever we want from whoever we want, for the purpose of progress, development, wealth.  If we can get away with it, then it’s okay.  The issue at stake is taking rather than receiving.  Think about the ways in which you might be rationalising taking from an aspect of yourself, rather than receiving the natural gifts that are there for the asking.

And here’s one of those wonderful synchronicities.  Diana – guardian of the wild self – is in the Money Gate (45), bringing transiting Jupiter to the throat for expression.  This is a huge activation of a new economic system arising from our own internal being, a strong and healthy ego self that won’t be interfered with or enslaved because of a fear of lack of resources.  Our wild self aligns with the earth and does not find it lacking!  There is a wildly abundant new reality arising from our coming together in alignment with our soul calling.

There’s a profound sense of excitement in the air and it is strongly influenced by the Makemake energy of celebration of the eros of life.  Eros is in the Gate of Illumination with Neptune and Ceres – due to have an exact meeting on 21st March.  Eros is the creative energy of the masculine, the pure potent power of it.  It’s not all might and thunder, but gentle and supportive, aligning perfectly with the feminine in a dance of creation.

Mars is off on another journey – that of ensuring we have strong boundaries around what is ours.  There’s a need to be more open, more vulnerable and more present.  But blood belongs on the inside and so do parts of your psyche.  There’s a time and a place for everything, and everything else represents an interference in our true self.   Mars in Gate 63 is at a watershed, the end and the beginning.   Jupiter in the Gate of Interference is also part of this process – making the interference in our lives loom large so that we can be sure to see it and put an end to what doesn’t resonate well with us.

Makemake affects our sexual lives as well, so expect issues of ownership and co-dependencies to suddenly need clarification.

As we approach a most amazing 6 weeks of initiation, Makemake asks us to watch and see how the old story is suddenly revealed in all it’s ridiculousness.  The so-called victor’s perspective of what’s going on just doesn’t make sense anymore.   The veil of the superiority of the civilized is being lifted, and we can finally blend the two aspects and find ourselves much more whole.