The CHANGING of the Guard!
Nov 28th 2011 – The fixed Star Regulus moves into the sign of Virgo. After 2160 years in the sign of Leo, it now shifts into the sign of Virgo. The star has been known as the King maker, the star of heroes, bestowing honours and fame to those linked to the prestige of Regulus, it also comes with a warning that money doesn’t necessarily bring happiness.
” Regulus, a Little King, and often called Cor Leonis, the Lion’s Heart, and symbolically the Crushing Foot. It was one of the four Royal Stars of the Persians in 3,000 B.C., when, as Watcher of the North, it marked the summer solstice. [Robson*, p.194-195.] It gives violence, destructiveness, military honor of short duration, with ultimate failure, imprisonment, violent death, success, high and lofty ideals and strength of spirit, and makes its natives magnanimous, grandly liberal, generous, ambitious, fond of power, desirous of command, high-spirited and independent. [Robson*, p.195.]
Regulus is one of the four Royal stars that sit close to the ecliptic and have been the markers of the four corners of the zodiac for millennia. These four Royal Stars used to grace the fixed signs of the zodiac, Antares – Scorpio, Regulus- Leo, Formalhaut- Aquarius, and Aldebaran Taurus, but as the signs have since moved out of alignment with the original constellations they are associated with, so have the stars embedded within the constellations. Formalhaut is now in mutable Pisces at 4 degrees, Aldebaran is in Gemini at 9 degrees, Antares is now at 9 Sagittarius and Regulus now at zero Virgo. Antares and Aldebaran exactly opposite in the sky, shifted in about 1300 CE, and Fomalhaut shifted to Pisces in 1725 CE.
The shift of these royal stars from fixed to mutable signs is based on the tropical zodiac which moves 1 degree backwards in the zodiac every 72 years. This is known as the Precession of the Equinoxes. Tropical astrology as it is called, a popular western astrological method, and what we use here at the C*I*A, begins the zodiac at zero Aries when the Sun aligns with the Equinox point as the Sun ingresses into Aries on March 20-21st every year. From this point 30 degrees of each of the 12 zodiac signs follow.
With Regulus about to move into Virgo, it seems so appropriate and timely as we consider a world ruled by powerful elites and societies ruled by money and power. Now we have Regulus move into the sign of service, resourcefulness, technology, skill and duty. As we consider waste, global resources, efficiency and how to get things working better, this shift seems timely to say the least. We are all called to a service of some kind, helping to shape a better world.
Leo is a Fire sign ruled by the Sun and Virgo an Earth sign ruled by Mercury. The shift from one to the other brings with it a new focus, a new energy. From Leo to Virgo Regulus won’t change his spots, what it stands for or what it means, but it will have a new influence, Virgo. Virgo, ruled by Mercury could indicate a lightening up from material dependence and resources, but also accentuates the need for efficient and clever management of global resources and the economy. We move from an agenda of greed, power seeking, gold digging, ego consciousness, megalomaniacs concerned with their own greedy agendas to those who adapt an attitude of service to the sacred planet, her precious resources and the healing of the planet. What is now required is a giving, purposeful and universally aligned attitude to the world around us, we have used our Earth as a playground for long enough, and Virgo energy now wants us to pay much more respect to that which we take for granted, which has become dangerous and destructive. Regardless if we consider “Climate change” to be a fabricated control tactic or not, or climate change being just a cyclic phenomena, should we continue to deplete the planet of it’s natural resources and continue to mindlessly pollute the planet ? Or do something to change our attitudes about our connection to planet Earth.
Those who learn to adapt an attitude of service to the sacred, the planet earth and her precious resources and the healing of the planet will be the new heroes of the next age.
This shift is accentuated also as Regulus opposes Neptune and Chiron which it will do now for another few years. Neptune will be at zero Pisces again next February 2012, another indicator of the changing of the old guard, moving from ego centered rulers to those more attuned to collective and universal needs. Fixed Stars are only really considered if they conjunct a planet, but the opposition to Neptune at this time seems quite significant and hints at the uncertainty of what exactly comes next or with this new age. Regulus remains at zero Virgo for 72 years, but Neptune is opposite only up until 2013-14. We are not assured of what exactly comes next, what sort of leadership we are looking for or who will rise to the new standards being set by collective intentions.
Source – Solar Fire V 8
The chart above is a symbolic reference of the shift of Regulus into Virgo and indicator of what this shift may be about. When the last Leo era of Regulus began in 157BC(source Solar Fire software) it is hard to pinpoint anything highly significant, but what is noticeable is that the Roman Republic a very patriarchal Leo like society was gaining strength and power, a major influence in the development of the western world. Some interesting things happen not long after this shift however, when a waning Pluto squares Regulus, Julius Caesar is born, when Pluto conjuncts Regulus, Octavian, is given supreme power by the senate. Neptune’s connections seem to correlate with the transition from Republic to Empire and Caesars death, and the death of Christ correlates to when Neptune opposed Regulus in 33 ACE.
A shift is definitely on the way, it has been building and will continue over the next decade and beyond, therefore a particular date may not be a great significator, but it is interesting nevertheless to consider the chart above. Mercury is retrograde in Sagittarius. Are we re- considering our drive to conquer the planet? Are we a re-looking at what the future holds ? With Venus close to Pluto and square Uranus, as we can already sense the power of the Pluto Uranus square building and what it is bringing with it. With Venus here a representative of our” Global Value System”, want we want and value, what we attract into the world around us and how become highly significant. Are we creating more greed, gluttony, envy, avarice, sloth, pride or love, peace and harmony. This seems much more significant than the coming of an “Age of Aquarius”. If we use the tropical zodiac, the Age of Aquarius would only start when the precessed equinox point, zero Aries, moves into the sign of Aquarius, which is currently at 5 Pisces, for this point to move into Aquarius, we still need to wait another 350 years!
Another interesting symbol of this great shift in consciousness, priorities and needs stems from the Mayan creation stories telling of the end of this Age. As the complex calendars of the Mayans end in 2011 and 2012, these creations stories seem to very much reflect the shifts we are experiencing right now and which will no doubt become more intense over 2012 and into 2013. Mayan mythology tells of the fall of Seven Macaw, a corrupt ruler who has ruled this last Age of Man. He is avenged by the twin Sons of one Hunaphu, a Sun deity who is rightfully restored to his place by his twins sons. The image is that of ego consciousness being restored to universal consciousness.
More later : as research I am doing unfolds.
In the meantime :
Ask yourself what your service will be as the changing of the Guard takes place. What will be your sacred service, your role in the healing and health of the planet? Everyone is called to take responsibility and play their role as we change our minds about what’s most important in this world.
Those who learn to adapt an attitude of service to the sacred, the planet earth and her precious resources and the healing of the planet will be the new heroes of the next age.
* according to Solar Fire software calculations.Although divisions of the constellations cannot be exact, when using the tropical zodiac of all signs being 30 degrees each, this is the timing for this shift of Regulus to Virgo.
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