Left and Right.

Uranus and Saturn - left and right - are the co-rulers of Aquarius.

How can we reconcile them without resorting to violence?

In fact both are trying to do the same thing in different ways.

Perhaps the relevant passage in the Bible is:
"'For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, "He has a demon", the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, "Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners!"'"  Matthew 11:18,19 (NRSV)

This quotation shows two different approaches to life, both of which are valid.
Self denial and discipline (Saturn, right) and abundance and enjoyment (Uranus, left).

For a man denies himself for God and a man enjoys himself for God.
Both are trying to establish the Kingdom of God on earth.

The heart, however, is slightly left of center in the body, and below the neck.

The Buddha recommended the middle path using the symbol of the harp strung neither too tightly nor too loosely.

The asteroid Chiron orbits between Uranus and Saturn.  He is called the wounded healer.  He also sacrifices himself for Prometheus and is later taken up to Olympus.

Perhaps if we can see the wounds which cause violence and hatred we will be able to show compassion to our enemies.


(Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.)

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