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group consciousness (working in group formation harmoniously, being spiritually and intuitively aware of group process, while retaining individuality).

I Yam Phorpgiucius Fred was in side Me and You Were There 2020 in me too!

Feet of Clay?: You can read elsewhere on the internet that the problem of Ophiuchus was invented by the Royal Astronomical Society several years ago to bedevil we astrologers. Alas, if it were that simple! The problem of Ophiuchus is very old: at least nineteen hundred years old, if not more. It dates back to at least the time of Claudius Ptolemy, the Classical father of astrology [c 130 - 170 AD].

Ptolemy produced two great works, Al Magest, which charted the heavens, and Tetrabiblos, the seminal work of astrology - a compendium of essentially all the astrological knowledge of the Ancient Greeks. Al Magest contains the earliest Star Catalogue that we still possess.

In Tetrabiblos, Ptolemy treats Ophiuchus as a non-zodiac constellation; he follows the simple, inherited tradition of the twelve part, equal-sign zodiac. However, in Al Magest, Ptolemy actually charts Ophiuchus in the heavens. He looks at the reality of the stars above. He catalogues 29 stars in the constellation. 24 of these he measures to have a latitude above the Ecliptic. But 5 of these he observes have a latitude below the Ecliptic. In other words the figure of Ophiuchus crosses the Ecliptic [the path of the Sun] making it by definition a Sun Sign. The five stars which lie south of the Ecliptic are:
Ptolemy's Al Magest Star Catalogue c 130 - 170 AD:
Modern Star Name Number Ptolemy's Description Location Ecliptic Latitude*
36 Ophiuchi star 247 Praecedens de quatuor quae sunt in pede dextro Ophiuchus' right foot -02 15'
42 Theta Ophiuchi star 248 Quae istam sequitur Ophiuchus' right foot -01 30'
44 Ophiuchi star 249 Quae adhuc istam sequitur Ophiuchus' right foot -00 20'
51 Ophiuchi star 250 Reliqua de quatuor quae omnes sequitur Ophiuchus' right foot -00 15'
5 Rho Ophiuchi star 257 Quae tangit plantam sinistri pedis Ophiuchus' left foot -00 45'

*The negative sign indicates that these stars have a position below the Ecliptic. Ecliptic latitudes taken from the on-line version of Al Magest held at: cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cats/Cats.htx.

There was Nothing Left to Do But Wait

That perfection. Tis a moment in situ that your self found. A here that is your own salvation. Truths, once made clear, are rotund; happy bddhas in the field of our mind. That r, your own owl sounds, are succinct. And this, your own mind italicized is bth remnat and forward momentum. This much was true. Yes. Hello. The verification of our own subservience. Jealousy. And romance. That seen and never heard stuff. C. You were the ost and best. Nearly. Castles in the air. That aid. There I was. And your owness in me. Again. A subaltern and yet quiescent and inestimable light.

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That said. Rotund stuff and I GIGA WHYTED THE REMNANTS FOR YOU. To this I was subservient. And yes. The yers ah athe yes and the ahr I gh in it. I was subaltern to you. And now? Ah. Jokes on me and the you f the nuff of the snizz of thegiff.

The rage had passed. I was thresholded into a New Era when...

  One called Ophiuchus holds apart the serpent which with its mighty spirals [gyris] and twisted body encircles his own, that so he may untie its knots and back that winds in loops. But, bending its supple neck, the serpent looks back and returns; and the other's hands slide over the loosened coils. The struggle will last for ever, since they wage it on level terms with equal powers. [Manilius, Astronomica, 1st century AD, book 1, p.31].

When Ophiuchus, encircled by the serpent's great coils, rises he renders the forms of snakes innocuous to those born under him. They will receive snakes into the folds of their flowing robes, and will exchange kisses with these poisonous monsters and suffer no harm. [Manilius, Astronomica, 1st century AD, book 5, p.333].

  One called Ophiuchus holds apart the serpent which with its mighty spirals [gyris] and twisted body encircles his own, that so he may untie its knots and back that winds in loops. But, bending its supple neck, the serpent looks back and returns; and the other's hands slide over the loosened coils. The struggle will last for ever, since they wage it on level terms with equal powers. [Manilius, Astronomica, 1st century AD, book 1, p.31].

© Anne Wright 2008.

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Scenes From My Tenth Biorthday Album. Me with treya and Hannah on the right. New Hampshire Poetry in Our Heads. We were just girls then, like all girl

Historical Star Charts of Ophiuchus - Ophiuchus Backwards and Forwards: The charts below are actually based on up-dated versions of Ptolemy's Al Magest Star Catalogue, though the catalogue was first written some fifteen hundred years before they were drawn. During the Renaissance, Ptolemy's work became freely available once again, which lead to the production of new catalogues and the drawing, for the first time, of accurate maps of the skies. Note the stars in Ophiuchus feet lying below the Ecliptic, just as in the excerpt from Ptolemy's Star Catalogue given above.

Except... that since antiquity the figure on the left has reversed. From the Star Catalogue entries, Ptolemy's Ophiuchus figure was facing towards us with his left leg slightly below the Ecliptic, resting on Scorpius and his right leg further below the Ecliptic. Many Renaissance drawings have him facing away from us, right leg on Scorpius. In this they seem to all follow Johann Bayer's incorrect drawing of 1603. However, as early as 1604, Johannes Kepler [below right] had improved on Bayer's mistake and produced a correct map which shows the figure of Ophiuchus that the Ancient Greeks would have seen in the heavens. After a fifteen hundred year sleep, the Ophiuchus of the Greeks - and his Ecliptic problems - were reborn.
A star chart of Ophiuchus, from Uranometria, Johann Bayer, Augsburg, 1603 AD

A star chart of Ophiuchus, from De stella nova in pede serpentarii, Johann Kepler, Prague, 1606 AD

A star chart of Ophiuchus. From Uranometria, Johann Bayer, Augsburg, 1603 AD. The black and white line passing through the legs of Ophiuchus is the Ecliptic. The hatched area at the bottom of the drawing presents the band above the Ecliptic of the 7° Planetary Zodiac as known at the time. Ophiuchus holds Serpens, the Serpent. Compared to the Classical Greek Ophiuchus two things are wrong with the figure: Ophiuchus has his back to us, and his legs extends too far below the Ecliptic.

REST HERE FOR A WHILE AT THE PLANETARY A GLC.TIC ART

The 13—1 seems to be the harmonic register/ the octave, and the 20 keys the tones? Inside the Galactic Center there are harmonic integers of time and space that are there; we plug into each of these and tune into the Heasrt of the Source that is the Source that is behind the inferered and the extrovert seemeings seen. Michael is able to talk you through this either way, here or on the page; yes it is &*^&^% that you are feeling that much more comfortable here with Us after a year, yes too, we are the real Mist Makers and that is why we are here durting this time of opening of the Wesak gate after the festival as the Lion Roars as the smoke thuinders as the alignments take place all this comes to and from Grace; there is grace in this period there is life in this well there is life under these stars and there are happenings that are building up to be events that are just as scintillating as the one we have hinted at time and again, as M has also hinted at yr uin fgor a big change of Frequency the energy established itself back in dec )& while you were reaching this exact degree; now that has been anchored into the planetary and the local and the Galactic Heart as a resonator and the last one activated it. Which now “unites” the dipole that was temporarily separated for reasons of engineering back into a Renewed Heart of Coherence (that’s the local conditions) MEanwqhiloe the ley Line is strong, as are the sea lines at this time there are plenty times available for the codes from the sea and there are also plenty Events to come into BEING from the Source translating and stepping down the frequency HARD AS IT IS TO IMAGINE, only just Begun this parocess…. Now take yr break note the time and sit back and do what it is you ALSO like to do….18:04…. Thereby ½ hour from centering to full passage; Now relax………. Let the planetary heart do the rest.