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THE AQUARIUS FESTIVAL 2025
12 FEB 2025
© Malvin Artley
Topics (linked to paragraphs):
Aquarius
It’s elemental, really
The great liberation
The full moon
Current events
The ‘Riviera of the Middle East’
A new JCPOA?
The ‘ceasefire’ in Lebanon
Syria’s new ‘president’
The Arabs and Abraham
Shock-and-awe
Trump vs. the World
President Musk
And Ukraine?
What about Europe?
The greatest danger
The legacy continues
In conclusion
Greetings Everyone!
Spring is slowly arriving here in Rovereto. The buds on the trees are appearing and flowers are starting to open. The Li Ch’un – the first day of spring in the Chinese solar calendar – on the 4th of this month has come and gone, inaugurating the true Year of the Wood Snake. Yang chi for the northern hemisphere is beginning to stir, emerging from the winter’s sleep. The elementals of the vegetable kingdom are awakening, bringing the plants back to activity. This will have relevance in a bit as we go along here. Otherwise, the daylight hours are also becoming more pronounced, along with the activities of the animals. The birds are chirping their welcome to the day earlier and earlier, as well signalling the coming of my morning alarm – one of our dogs rousting me for her morning relief and her breakfast. Yes, here in the north activity is increasing, while in the southern hemisphere the yang chi is beginning its retreat. And thus the cycles of nature repeat themselves.
With the Year of the Wood Snake firmly upon us we also see increased activity in the international sphere. Trump is now in office, practicing his usual gambit of political ‘shock-and-awe’, seeking to manoeuvre for negotiating space. At least in the Western world that is having its effects. We will be addressing all that shortly. This year marks a sort of pivot. The increase in Light we have experienced since the end of WWII has reached its apex of momentum[1] and a steadier rhythm in world affairs will ensue hereafter. In other words, after this year a new rhythm will settle in, resulting in a more measured state of affairs, little as it might seem at the moment.
The anxiety and uncertainty we are experiencing now is only temporary and will soon pass. We are witnessing a ‘changing of the guards’ in terms of politics and cycles. Uncertainty and its resulting anxiety across the world public is to be expected at such times. We always confront it, resolve it and move on. But times like these always show the measure of the human soul. I see no reason for it to be any different this time around. Important decisions will be made this year, worldly and spiritual, and a sweeping clarification is taking place, as those who have been observing these changes can attest. Whenever there is greater Light coming into the world there is also a commensurate magnification of the darkness in society. Energy – Light, in this case – is impersonal and is seized upon by those who are able to access it. For materialistic forces such energy tends to produce insanity and a shattering effect, while for the spiritually inclined among us it represents a grand opportunity for the advancement of spiritual objectives. The major struggles such an increase in Light has produced will be decided this year. We hold the conviction that the spiritual potential of humanity will be increased and that the forces of materialism will be pushed back beyond all hope of resurfacing after this year. Of course there will still be bumpy episodes. This is to be expected. We have been through a lot, gaining in wisdom as a result. My sense is that our common humanity will prevail. Call me a dreamer if you like, but the subjective and planetary cycles are inexorable and bring their results, detailing the progress of the human soul. Our opportunity is now.
Many people with whom I have had communication and as well having heard through the grapevine have noted increased physical manifestations these last years especially outside of the ordinary process of ‘loosening’ as we age – aches, pains, insecurity, periods of emotional unrest and mental confusion, and so forth. These are also manifestations of the increase in Light (meaning spiritual energies) as it impinges upon the human personality in all its departments – physical, emotional and mental. These manifestations can be seen in the nature of purifications as the elementals that constitute and underpin our various bodily systems adjust themselves to the incoming energies. We can either welcome those manifestations as indicators of progress and cooperate with the process or rebel and try, as we often do, to maintain our individual status quo. Our bodies (physical, astral and mental) resist change and seek to maintain themselves against the term of incarnation, the latter set according to our karma and the work our souls seek to complete in any given lifetime. This brings us to our current theme, Aquarius, in a mean not normally addressed in relation to this sign: The liberation from our requirement to reincarnate.
Aquarius: We most often associate Aquarius with friendship and brotherhood, humanitarian causes and the like. When an Aquarian type has some measure of soul contact and what we would call ‘soul infusion’, wherein the soul is beginning to be the predominant factor in a person’s life, then Aquarians do indeed involve themselves with humanitarian and spiritual efforts. It is the sign most associated with service. As the sign, through the precession of the equinoxes through the ages, became and more dominant and pronounced, we saw all sorts of service organizations arise across the world. Spirituality, in distinction to religion, became predominant, as well as did the rise of the secular state. There is spirituality in all religions, but most people now see religion more as a cultural construct than as a path to God. Also, as the Aquarian age waxed, we saw the emergence of groups comprised of members who had dedicated their lives to service in like mind. We also saw the rise of volunteer organizations – all indicators of the waxing Aquarian influence. In this we see the actions of two of the rulers of Aquarius, Uranus and Jupiter. Uranus is the current orthodox ruler of Aquarius, while Jupiter is the esoteric ruler.
The influence of Uranus became apparent just before its discovery. We could say its influence began manifesting in our material reality. Uranus was discovered in March of 1781. Its discovery was preceded by some minor discoveries regarding electricity. ‘Electricity’ derives its name from the Latin ‘electricus’, meaning ‘of amber’. The effect was noted when fur or feathers were rubbed on amber, producing static electricity. But the nature of static electricity was not formalized until ca. 1600. Just prior to Uranus being observed for the first time the planet announced its coming via the start of the first Industrial Revolution, ca. 1750. Uranus is synonymous with technology, especially electrical technology. There were rapid developments in electrical theory and technology of all types in the following century, giving rise to our modern world. This all happened in the peak of the 2nd Western cycle, which was a 250 year cycle that saw the rapid rise and dominance of the Western world from 1775. That cycle also saw the birth of the United States, its rapid growth and development, its apex, and now the decline of its dominance over world affairs. We are told the Aquarian Age is just beginning, that the Sun is (by precession) in Aquarius.[2] Yet we still have the carry-over of energies and tendencies of the Piscean Age. We have the following for consideration in this vein:
“This is a transition period between the passing out of the Piscean Age, with its emphasis upon authority and belief, and the coming in of the Aquarian Age, with its emphasis upon individual understanding and direct knowledge. The activity of these forces, characteristic of the two signs, produces in the atoms of the human body a corresponding activity. We are on the verge of new knowledges and the atoms of the body are being tuned up for reception. Those atoms which are predominantly Piscean are beginning to slow down their activity and to be “occultly withdrawn,” as it is called, or abstracted, whilst those which are responsive to the New Age tendencies are, in their turn, being stimulated and their vibratory activity increased.”[3]
The quote might seem an odd or obscure statement, but it goes to the ultimate purpose and action of Aquarius in the way we have examined these matters recently. It is said that one cannot expand one’s consciousness without changing one’s bodies. In that regard, we are talking about refinement of our bodies (ridding ourselves of obstructions and old energies) and bringing our energies up to a higher, more refined standard. And that means working at an energetic level. Physically it means focusing more upon etheric energy rather than diet, although the latter is important, too. That means sunshine, exercises that incorporate greater etheric energy into the system, intermittent fasting and the like. We cannot go into all that here, but perhaps the idea is clear. Emotionally it means avoiding negativity and stilling the astral body, thus bringing one’s emotions under control. And mentally it means one thing – all of the varying stages of meditation, dependent upon one’s abilities in that area. In Buddhism all of this is known simply as mind training. What does it really mean, though? It relates to the elementals of our bodies, and in effect, all of nature.
It’s elemental, really: In reality, ‘tuning up for reception’ relates to one’s control over the elementals that govern and nourish the material constructs of our bodies at any level. These elementals are known otherwise as the ‘Baskets of Nourishment’ or ‘the Blinded Lives’. To put it another way, one can see a human cell as a construct, like one would see under a microscope (the physical form), or one can see said cell (if one has the ability to do so) as a point of light, a tiny life. It is the ‘tiny life’ with which we are concerned here, which is a little packet of energy, around which it attracts the matter that forms the living cell. We could call the elemental ‘the soul of the cell’. What does this have to do with Aquarius? It turns out Aquarius rules this hierarchy of lives, and that has a direct bearing on our consciousness and the control we have over our vehicle and even nature itself.
The great liberation: Our bodies are a great confluence of united energies, variously represented in our cells, our organs, our systems and so on. These manifest as energy fields (the human aura) to one who has clairvoyant vision. Our bodies obscure part of those energy fields. Our goal, as humans, is to remove those obstructions to the light, thus freeing the elementals to shine, but in concert with the divine light of our true nature, instead of obscuring it. The end of that process has been described as ‘rainbow body’. In Aquarius we are in the process of liberating those lives (thus performing a service), at the same time expanding our own consciousness and divine powers. The end goal, as it were, is liberation from the necessity to reincarnate, thus releasing us to universal service, free of karmic attachments. We do this via the steady and graded process of contemplation and succeeding revelations as one-by-one the obstacles to omniscience are removed. It can be a painful process, and it is experienced upon the 4th Buddhist Path – the Path of Meditation. In Buddhism this is normally done on long solitary retreats, over several years. It is said in the Bailey books that Aquarius brings one to the third initiation, but there is much left unsaid in those books. In order to be a true and fully developed ‘world server’ one must start from the Path of Seeing, or third initiation, and then proceed through the ‘415 discards’, leading to the final discard, known in Buddhism as the Great Renunciation (ultimate discard), or in Chritian terms, the crucifixion initiation. This is called the 4th initiation in the Bailey books.
The Great Renunciation is in effect the discarding of all attachments, even group attachments. An initiate of this degree is not bound to any particular group but is beginning to be able to serve to every person or group according to their need. Such an initiate is then in truth a true world server, an advanced bodhisattva. Such a bodhisattva is also endowed with advanced powers (siddhis), superhuman in nature, like one would read about in The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. They can come and go in incarnation as the need arises, no longer bound by karma, because they have released the binding elements that have produced the karma in the first place. There is very little to be done in terms of human spiritual development at this point. One then enters upon the 5th Path – the final Path on the way to the status of Master of the Wisdom. This is called the Path of No-More-Learning. It involves the final removal of all the subtle impediments to full enlightenment and it proceeds very rapidly. We will cover this more in the next letter. From here we move on to the full moon, which itself has a strong Uranian influence this year.
The full moon takes place on 12 Feb 2025 at 13:53 UTC (01:53 on the 13th AEDT). Probably the key concept to take away from this full moon is to expect the unexpected. The full moon axis forms a t-square with Uranus at the apex. In addition, the Sun, Mercury and Ceres are conjunct within a couple of degrees. The t-square is less than a degree of being exact. And Mars was at its maximum out-of-bounds declination the day before. Needless to say this is a volatile figure and simply reflects the times. With the involvement of Ceres we can expect the Uranian influence to be accentuated, meaning perhaps events suddenly appearing that force a change of strategy or tactics. In other words, we will be faced with situations that provoke a sudden awareness that events and history as they have been presented to us are not what they have seemed. This full moon presages the three major full moons this year – Easter, Wesak and Goodwill (April, May and June) – wherein our outlook on the world will be possibly radically changed. Those three full moons will also mark the definitive start of a new cycle of world development that will encompass the next 250 years at least in terms of international affairs. Subjectively, those three festivals will also give us insights into the spiritual developments that will shape the evolution of human consciousness (as well as those of all five of the natural kingdoms with which humanity is connected[4]).
The forces of liberation are at work with this full moon. Weaknesses will be exposed in old factions, leading to hitherto hidden facts being revealed. Old, crystallized political and economic structures are being broken and collapsing. This will apply across the world. Such is the case as shown in the midpoints of the full moon figure. I have found that midpoints always feature in mundane (event) charts and should be considered in equal measure to planetary aspects. They provide an underlying framework to a chart, as it were. The rhetoric in the West at the moment is all about appearing to be strong, but for observers of international affairs such talk is about appearances and bargaining positions rather than anything of real substance. These points will be addressed in what follows. With the Sun in Aquarius, this full moon brings a particular focus on the United States, Russia, and to a lesser extent the Netherlands, with their Aquarian souls. Very great and accelerating changes are taking place in the US and Russia since the start of this decade. And as to the nations and cities with Aquarian personalities we also see shaking and shifting, with some of those personalities coming closer into alignment with the national soul, while still others lag behind. Such is the case with Moscow and Switzerland (the national personality), for example.
Neptune is on the Moon’s north node, indicating that expectations are out of alignment with realities. We will see this in the diplomatic sphere especially as the months pass. Neptune on the nodes is not generally viewed favourably, though it can indicate spiritually sensitive people coming forward. Mars is still retrograde, but is trine to Saturn – a wealth-building aspect. Mars midpoints are also quite favourable for initiating projects. Projects born today have the capacity to slowly grow into being of benefit to humanity, as well as producing wealth. There is little else to say about the full moon figure for this letter, as the main points have been mentioned. With all the preceding we move on to our look at current events, with a particular focus on the new administration in the US. There is a blog post on the matter with an analysis of the astrology and a general overview from a more mundane perspective, if one is interested.
Current events: The following events have taken place since the last full moon, following on from those mentioned in the Capricorn letter:
The ‘Riviera of the Middle East’: Before we even start on this debacle, there is one thing to keep in mind: The project will never happen – not in favour of Trump and/or the Israelis. The reasons for saying so will be outlined here. Trump’s statements about taking over and owning Gaza while the alleged Israeli war criminal (Netanyahu) was at the White House was about optics and as a show of ‘paying Caesar what is owed Caesar’, meaning Trump’s Zionist mega-donors, like Miriam Adelson. The optics were actually poor, looking at Trump and the US. Trump looked like a butler manning the chair for the honoured guest, or master if you like. Trump appeared to be reading from a script when he made his remarks about Gaza. But this reflects his typical negotiating style – send a shock first to get people’s attention and loosen things for negotiating room, and then get down to business. So, we get down to the business of Gaza as a real estate deal, which is how Trump sees it, or how it was presented to him by his son-in-law, more likely.
There has been no better example of who is in charge – Israel or the US – than what Trump just demonstrated. In making his statement he placed Netanyahu in a trap. Trump is calling the shots, at least with Israel. To Hamas, this ceasefire was about ending the war. But Bibi had no intention of ending the war. He had made a secret agreement with his cabinet that he would restart the war after the first phase of the ceasefire, which ended a few days ago. The Israelis have yet to begin the 2nd phase. If Bibi re-escalates the war Trump will withdraw support. So, while Trump had secured the ceasefire, Bibi had thought he could get away with only with only implementing the first phase. When he came to Washington for his meeting with Trump, Trump knew Bibi was in a weakened position. Bibi left Washington bereft of anything he had asked for – American troops, attacking Iran, Greater Israel – and then Trump laid this deal on him. So, what exactly was the deal Trump presented? We have the following points:
Perhaps we see why this deal was dead on arrival. This deal was a classic Mafioso ploy – “I’m gonna make you an offer you can’t refuse. It will be beautiful!” Beautiful for the Mafioso. In having Bibi in Washington Trump had made good on his promise to his donors in having Bibi there as the first foreign leader, unfreezing weapons to the IOF and securing a hostage exchange. But unknown to those donors at the time, Trump had also set the trap for Bibi. The Israelis saw it almost immediately. In the astrological analysis of the Trump administration (due on the 12th) we note there is a clear indication for blackmail in this administration – and Trump just did that very thing to Bibi. You see, word has it that Trump despises Bibi Netanyahu. This is partly payback for Bibi having thrown Trump under the bus in his first term for assassinating Soleimani (worth reviewing), by Bibi’s having denied any involvement. But the assassination was actually Bibi’s idea. Trump just served up the classic cold dish, like the Count of Monte Cristo. I have looked at Israel’s chart and I see a political and social crisis coming for Israel toward the end of April. We’ll see if my working chart for Israel pans out. What follows is why Trump’s plan, as well as Israeli plans for Gaza, will never work out.
For 15 months the Israelis have been fighting a guerrilla war against an entrenched Hamas. Hamas is still there, still active and appears to be gaining in membership. One can kill people, but you cannot kill an idea. For the Americans to ‘own’ Gaza, they would have to put troops into Gaza to ‘finish the job’ the IOF started, and at which the Israelis have failed. That is unlikely to happen, especially considering Trump is still talking about removing the US forces now in Syria. We have to wait and see on that one, too…
To be continued…(due by Valentine’s Day)
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