The sun entering Aries reminds us of the first energies of spring in the northern hemisphere and that powerful force propelling the bud out of the winter frozen earth. Aries people are driven by a similar first explosion of unstoppable, joyful and expectant energy.
This joyful fiery energy is the case whether an Aries person is born in the northern or the southern hemisphere, for we are referring here to deep space constellation influence rather than only planetary energies of the solar system. Thus the sun and the Ecliptic sign of Aries might be said to be focusing towards earth, the greater energies of the constellation Aries, whilst at the same time being over-laid by the energies of the constellation Aquarius, as the Vernal Point moves into that constellation. Complicated? Confused? Look back at the Equinox blogg and do some research on ‘Precession’ for a clearer understanding.
Whatever; Aries people are full of ‘spring’, energy and enthusiasm, wanting to get things done even before the rest of us have worked out just what has to be done! But watch out for their fire, it can be used like a Promethean gift to progress onwards and blaze a trail for others to follow, OR the fire will singe your toes and elbows so that the burns sting and make you uncomfortable.
Salamander being transformed by fire, from the ‘Book of Lambspring’
On a planetary level, another ‘springing’ time is early morning, when a daily sunrise quickens life energies for the coming 24-hour cycle. As the Vedic hymn to the dawn says:-
Listen to the exhortation of the Dawn!
Look to this Day, for it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course, lie all the verities and realities of your existence;
The glory of action, the bliss of growth, the splendour of beauty.
For yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision.
But today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness,
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this Day.
The Ancient Egyptian rebel Pharaoh Akhenaten [c.1380 BCE] took a different tack on sun worship and wrote his own poem, part of which goes like this:-
‘Splendid you rise in heaven’s lightland,
O living Aten, creator of life!
When you have dawned in eastern lightland,
You fill every land with your beauty.
You are beauteous, great, radiant,
High over every land;…
All beasts browse on herbs;
Trees, herbs are sprouting,
Birds fly from their nests….
And if that sounds familiar, it is. From the Hebrew Bible, Psalm 104 reads:-
Lord…thou are very great;
thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment;
Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters….
[that] give drink to every beast of the field…
the fowls of the heavens have their habitation…
….grass to grow for the cattle….
A good read on the rebel king of Egypt is Cyril Aldred ‘Akhenaten’. Akhenaten: King of Egypt
Like the little lamb, young Arians frolic and gamble around the place, oblivious to the toes they step on. The older Ram has a different take on life and stands firm ready to ‘butt’ the opponent out of the way. Some will ‘butt’ even when there is no enemy, in their bid to be free to create something new.
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