Serendipity ~ 24 August 2005

You gotta love those astronomers. While claiming to maintain conservative, practical attitudes about the Universe, they do things such as announcing that discovery of the hard x-rays of a millisecond, x-ray pulsar came about through serendipitous detection. If one didn’t know what they were talking about, one might think such broadcasts could appear only on cable networks. Regardless, HETE J1900.1-2455, located at 13 Capricorn 38, offered up this imagery during a recent scan near the Galactic Center. Reports indicate that this source, which flared up in June, runs stronger than initially believed.

Serendipity? Capricorn? Some might wonder what’s wrong with that affiliation. Actually nothing. The root of Capricorn comes from the word caprus, implying goat-like and with some fairly simple semantical evolution, creates the word capricious. Imagine whimsy and fancy being natural attributes of the stable, foundation-oriented Capricorn. When observing goats in the wild, they do invoke some quite wild leaps trusting in their surefootedness. Fancy free enables getting out of containers of consciousness and eliminating boxes of protocol that inhibit brilliance and prevent whimsical thoughts from receiving proper musing. Both last June and now the impulse to leap forward following inspired threads of insight drives everyone, whether choosing to be conscious of it or not.

Underscoring this pulsar is the orbital period of 4995.24 seconds, or in more useable terms, 83.254 minutes. Without succumbing to the urging of the current Virgo Sun to define this in too many protocols, imagine that whenever a blast of an idea appears, requiring a leap of faith and brilliant innovation, why not take an hour and a third (or thereabouts) and sit with it? Work it through. Imagine creatively. Ask insightful questions of your musing process and the subsequent mental distillation.

Judging by the times at hand, inspired thinking might offer antidotes. Here’s an example: In the U.S., a rabid debate regarding stem cell research rages. Seems the issue is a pro-life contention that using fetal stem cells defies Christian ethics. A ban on stem cell research is sought - if not careful a suddenly all inclusive ban would shunt the recent proclamation that someone’s brilliance found a way to procure stem cells safely and securely from a living person’s arm. That would be skin off a lot of people’s noses if lost to moralistic debates.

Within the next month, the lunar nodal axis substantially angles to this potent pulsar. Questions about collective direction and personal involvement in that aggregate direction arise. Those connected by horoscope to this pulsar strive to create inspired alternatives to the same old tired solutions. Those not connected might feel the urges to find better ways and lack the incentive to receive the cosmic downloads. However, whether astrologically connected or not, each person connects to the collective directly and indirectly. Given Pluto’s proximity to the Center of our Galaxy (and so much more will be written about this in the next few years) perhaps it’s time for each person on Earth to note the serendipity of cosmic portals. When they appear, respond. Actually, how could you not? If ignoring the energies, you’ll probably assign the intensified vibration to your latest coffee shop visit for whatever you’re inclined to consume as a wake-up beverage.

That’s just it. HETE J1900.1-2455 offers a collective wake up call and a bolt out of the bed of unconsciousness toward conscious action. But as any good mountain goat will tell you, look and carefully assess prior to taking a potentially life endangering leap. And jump as far as you can.

As Saturn, ruling planet of Capricorn, inches out of the dance with Chiron, he moves into a tense relationship with Pluto. The tension seeks to overcome deficiencies in any life situation. The process is simple. Acknowledge the condition. Assess the variables. Determine the desired outcome. State the will to become involved in life matters, which indirectly causes global involvement. That should take about an hour twenty. Ready? Then leap, assured in the solidity and practicality of the latest, greatest spinning insights from space you selected to brilliantly invoke.

By the way, my research indicates the new planet contender, 2003 UB313, will NOT be named Xena. This is a slang reference name as is Santa, Easter Bunny and Flying Dutchman. These are used by the astronomers hopefully to keep those trying to acquire information prematurely from doing so. Please refrain from the use of Xena unless really a devoted Lucy Lawless fan. We’ll know the real name soon as the International Astronomical Union meets.