Astrology's Present Moment by Barry D. Cowger - HTML preview

The 12 Septile @ 308.57 Degrees of Separation, or 8.57 Aquarius

The 12 Septile Awakening Archetype

The 12 Septile is the original or die-casting archetype of all septile aspect portals. To borrow a popular phrase, "It is the one septile aspect portal that rules them all." Specifically, it puts both any apparent past and any potential spacetime future in the service of awakening. Space, time, cause and effect, or the concept of "before and after" may not always apply here. This quality of awareness goes unnoticed by the finite mind as it simply cannot comprehend this or take it seriously. It is no coincidence that our "base unit" or archetypal septile aspect portal is a quantum "leap" to a completely different unconditioned "experience" of awakening. While deconditioning refers to the process of shedding conditioned states, it is no closer to or further away from awakening than any other state, even the most conditioned one imaginable. A "leap" is the exact quanta in awareness that knows "something else" or an unexplainable event has occurred, separate from cause and effect or the apparent past-to-future outcomes we are accustomed to. Traditional deconditioning astrology signatures implicitly point to the deconditioning of states, but they do not directly lead to awakening. This misses the point entirely because it is awareness, not the deconditioning of states that are the conditions that allow for these unexplainable moments or events to take place. In this context, no one is closer to or further away from awakening than anyone else, regardless of appearances. Awakening can manifest in any form and does not adhere to any particular appearance. The point is that awakening does not "source" from traditionally correlated deconditioning birth chart signatures, as this septile aspect portal can occupy any sign. Awakening realization experience does not occur on a deconditioning gradient that is any closer to it than anywhere else. It is a "leap" to a non-conditioned non-state of awareness that can happen to anyone, anywhere at anytime. The condition or placement of this septile aspect portal in the birth chart can provide insight into how these "leaps" or moments of awakening may occur in one's experiential life conditions or awareness.

Hell, Awakening, States and Heaven

People go through hell and come out the other side. However, our essential nature is not defined by such passages because it is not subject to becoming, or coming and going states. Present-moment awareness is an all access pass to our essential nature that doesn't come and go, even though spacetime hell worlds transit through it. Awakening doesn't need to look any different or unique from anyone else, nor would it draw attention to itself in terms of any becoming states they may claim they aren't now. For example, vestiges or "outlines" of previous lifestyles or states still have substance and may block further progress or awakening. This may be a rest or pause, and that's fine. But it will move again, sooner or later. In other words, in awakening no states remain even though awareness is still present or remains. If an awareness of heaven or liberation is anything, it is one step beyond anything or any state anyone knows they are not. Even the most positive or non-self-destructive definitions must be left behind in awakening. After all, essential nature as a likeness of heaven requires no care from anyone else for its existence, but that doesn't mean that anyone has stopped caring. Generally speaking, people don't change. But "people" do change through contact and awareness of their essential nature not subject to change as we would know it. And present-moment awareness is that opportunity, irrespective of how they might experience or come to know it.

Through Clouds and Turbulence

Awakening subtracts unnecessary subject/object distinctions through awareness itself as a direct experience at that moment. Time can be an unnecessary distinction in terms of a celestial body's previously conditioned state. Some celestial bodies that define this aspect portal have an easier time with this than others. No celestial body, relative to its level, gradient or state of conditioning or deconditioning can fully prepare someone for the leap of some awakening experiences. Sometimes the gap appears to be wide, or the conditioning runs deep. In awakening, any "body" and the nervous system wiring are being altered or unwritten. Awakening is non-historical, not originating from one's biographical history, physical body mileage, finite mind, belief systems, or any other state of becoming. Celestial bodies involved are the conditions that can point to or assist in awakening realization experience that is not a process, but can kick-up a lot of dust or turbulence in one or more "bodies" or states. This turbulence is often a lengthy process that requires a significant level of awareness to manage or get through consciously.

Nervous System Globalization and Creativity

Awakening globalizes brainwave activity, which can be disorienting but ultimately places less stress on the brain-mind in the long term. Awakening opens pathways of communication between different or discreet groups in the brain, revealing new sensory and creative capacities may seem to appear out of nowhere as highly unusual "out-of-the-blue" creativity and exceptional output. Previously compartmentalized defense mechanisms and sense perceptions encounter fewer successful defenses in this reorientation, as different parts of the brain that previously weren't communicating now do so, similar to the trimming process in adolescent brains, shedding unnecessary bio-electric baggage. This increased communication is also beneficial for the longevity of the physical brain, as it is thinking less in present-moment awareness as more parts of brain potential communicate share their knowledge with each other. Daily physical conditioning or exercise is often essential, along with other disciplines to help the physical body adjust or keep up with these changes. Learning to manage or stabilize unpredictable or "wild" mental and emotional states through conscious breathing becomes more of a necessity and lifeline than an option. Support from like-minded brothers and sisters may become crucial as a support system for the collective vibe in which they now participate, find meaning, or aim to actively contribute in the future.

Time-Symmetry in a Retro Causal "Now"

All thirteen phases have inherent momentum in awareness in contrast to whole-number aspects that come to an apparent end as static and reiterating states of habitual reprogramming in the flow of spacetime. Any part of the constellation in a birth chart is not static, or is not subject to this layer irrespective of its sign. It is continuously open in awareness. This aspect portal is unique because it exhibits bi-directional time-symmetry as its quality of present moment awareness. In other words, the momentum of all pasts and all futures accomplishes their energy or awareness transfer in the "now." Reality, occurring along the knife edge flow of spacetime that we refer to as "the present" has a parallel condition or bi-directional linking that defies the "normal" flow of spacetime. It's about how it "conceptualizes" the present moment. The symbol of Aquarius is represented by two parallel zig-zag lines, which can be reversed either horizontally or vertically to define its anti- "x" and "y" axis. The finite mind can never comprehend such things; that's ****ing crazy. Awakening does not participate nor adhere to cause and effect in spacetime. It does not traverse any distance nor though any amount of time but it does arrive. This aspect portal serves as a two-way conduit between any number of pasts or futures that intersect as their present-moment awareness. The laws of electromagnetism and energy transfer are completely symmetrical, when it comes to the apparent flow of spacetime. It always has two solutions that can be solved in either direction. Positrons are anti-electrons that are entangled and do indeed "travel" in the opposite direction. They make up a portion or "half" of the experiential present moment for these individuals. These particles annihilate each other, releasing their energy as the contents of present moment awareness, including any new insights or "ahas" that it may bring. Awareness is the operative dynamic, not the thinking or finite mind. There is evidence suggesting that neurons, particularly in the brain, emit photons as bio-photon emissions, estimated to be substantial - hundreds of billions of photons per second. Spiritually, this would represent an upper level awakening experience, but not necessarily a "higher" level of awakening. This is also a non-local phenomenon: in certain cases multiple potential futures can impact the present within a framework of time-symmetry. As a whole, these are the pieces, links, or components that make retrocausality a source of awakening potential not as outrageous as it might appear. All advancements often require a suspension of disbelief. If they followed directly from what was thought possible before, they would have already been discovered. For individuals whose birth chart are constellated in any way, they may become aware of contents in awareness of multiple potential futures running in synchronistic parallel to various pasts. Both of these elements contribute to the present moment, shaping what it is "now," even though they may not necessarily define how the present has no past to it, as defined from any potential future. Evolution as an awakening realization experience has no particular direction from which it arrives, because it is already taking place in a time-symmetry of quantum retrocausality. All potential futures are already happening, but not in any other place, direction or time, but the here and now as conditions of meditation or contemplation.

Awakening "Accidents"

Backward-in-time syntropic quantum loops, as information-laden processes, manifest as "accidents" that may also serve as a vehicle for the construction of synchronicities or meaningful events in heightened awareness. Some unexpected events may not have any direct or significant impact, while others carry intended meaning. This can occur when a sudden insight serves as a return ramp that was previously overlooked or not recognized. Awareness allows for the recognition of synchronicities that the finite mind may have missed. Greater awareness, whether realized through formal meditation or not, enables individuals to identify is a thought, object, realization, or "accident" as a meaningful return ramp they may have unknowingly bypassed at a crossroads in their history. Awakening "accidents" represent a spiritual recycling process, even though awakening itself is not a process.

The Earth's Body and Frequency as Our Own

The most essential celestial body in our solar system is the one we live on. It has a fundamental resonant frequency, correctly predicted in 1952 as the Schumann fundamental resonance at 7.83 Hz. The concept of the "body" identified as a separate becoming phenomenon was explored in Chapter 1, while the physical body is correlated to Chapter 2. The bio-electric body centered in our heart is correlated to Chapters 5 and 12. The emotional body, identified in Chapter 4, is also associated with the Moon. The birth chart Moon in any sign's sensitive degrees is acutely sensitive to the Earth's fundamental frequency. Moons in Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn seem to be particularly responsive to it, as well as those with a "Uranian" connection. These individuals are likely to positively respond to the Earth's grounding or healing potential in terms of bio-electric nutrition. Establishing a direct connection to the Earth, aims to alleviate or neutralize a wide range of stress-related inflammatory conditions often characterized as self-attacking or catabolic runaway conditions in the physical body. Free radicals, which are highly unstable and reactive atoms or molecules containing unpaired electrons, result from various environmental factors and metabolic processes. These unpaired electrons constantly seek to bond with their negatively charged counterparts or opposites to be neutralized from their free-radical state. Connecting with the Earth allows the body to heal itself by accessing the Earth's supportive energy. Direct contact with the Earth provides an abundant and free source of good, or negative, electrons. Meditating or sitting while in contact with the Earth's field can help alleviate or mitigate these conditions, often leading to immediate improvements in how they feel.

The "Don't-Know" Mind

The don't-know mind is like mental water flowing "towards" the present moment, in terms of its quantum non-state. It knows that it doesn't know, and keeps going in that awareness, and that's fine. It's non-reactive, ever-renewing, and inherently stable as awakening because it isn't anything that ever changes or comes and goes, arrives or leaves.