Hope Is. 9th Jan. '09*
A couple of days ago, I traveled north, to Hope Island on the Gold Coast, Queensland. This area used to be a diverse and wonderous wetlands and series of coastal dunes. Hope Island like so many places on the Gold Coast today, has turned into a typical Gold Coast "wastelands".
The FIG TREE (in the above collage of photos from Hope Is.) is a very very old one that lives in the middle of a bizarre "bazaar" set up of shops, that are appear mostly EMPTY. This empty area of commerce consists of the shops, pavement, utilities and tightly landscaped areas. There are few people. There is scant animal life or plant life. The complex is adjacent to a canal that has no sign of healthy biodiversity.
The FIG TREE is incredibly beautiful, and has been cut back severely, isolated from most of the environmental habitats that it would have been born into. I guess that it has "seen" much, over time. About a year ago, I collected seed from this FIG TREE, and that seed has grown into some lovely little Fig Trees that I am planting about the Mt Warning Caldera Region. I promised this big FIG TREE that I would take its young out to see the world, to grow in places where they might survive also, with the strength of the parent tree. At the time of these photos, this Fig Tree was bursting out in growth, vigour and beautiful plump yellow fruit!! Fig trees are a very ancient form of FLOWERING plant, and as a hub for biodiversity, they are fantastic!
And so, the FIG is in my collage, but what of the Symbols? Well, the FIG is clearly harshly pruned and contained, you can see the close up of the cut limbs. If you try to count th RINGS on the big cut limb, then look at the proportions of the actual trunk , you will see that this is, indeed, an old FIG TREE.
The PALMS (collage bottom right). They were growing at the marina a couple of km away- an exotic species with beautiful big RED FRUIT (collage bottom left) .
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The Moon's SABIAN SYMBOL for when the "moon" photo was taken (collage top left) was:
"A GARDENER TRIMS BEAUTIFUL PALM TREES WITH UTMOST CARE "
ALGOL was the fixed STAR nearest the MIDHEAVEN (26 Taurus 10).
These FIXED STARS carry symbols such as -
Alnitak: A Star in the Belt of Orion. Orion is born, in one myth, out of oxhide by Jupiter, Mercury and Neptune. This is one of three very highly visible stars in the belt of Orion, with many myths from different cultures attached to it. Alnitak is attached to the Chinese White Tiger of the West- symbolizing longevity, peace and kingship. See(**)
Al Hecka: A Star in Taurus, breaking of power, steadfastness, waiting
Algol: A Demon Star, a sign of woe.
(**Interestingly, Jupiter and Mercury had just set, and Neptune was setting as these photos in the collage where taken, and all of them were in AQUARIUS. ALSO, You will see my R80 tank at the base of the moon photo, and below that is the whole R80 in front of the Marina. My R80 is a year of the Chinese Tiger, and is SILVER! Nice one!)
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The journey that is captured in this collage of Hope Is. was showing me TIME.
Time as it extended out in a waiting place, that of Hope Is.
I was waiting, the Fig Tree is waiting. Soon, more of the Fig Tree offspring will be planted out into the Caldera.
All the while, on Hope Is. the gardeners will prune and cut back, moderating constantly to suit the strange powers that are the current human custodianship of that dear land.
I did briefly meet a family of 4 crows that live there.
The nearby Marina was full of boats. An aquantance told me he felt that few people live on the boats, as the costs of paying for the new sullage treatment laws for moored boats had become costly, as were other mooring fees.
As the sun set, the surrounding piers and restaurants became full of celebrating Friday night diners and drinkers.
By ten pm, after eating yummie Thai food for dinner, I was at my R80 in the huge carpark near the evening revellry area, trying to get my tail light working. A drunken young man had attached himself to me and my bike (!) to start up some drunken chat, whilst I spannerized about the R80. My friend found her little red torch (collage bottom left) which I strapped onto the back, thus feeling safe enough to ride along the big highway, then up through devil's country and back into NSW and home. The ride home was truly beautiful and relaxed.
Oh, one more thing. CERES , the dwarf planet, was rising when I took the above photo of the moon.
The fixed STAR near to Ceres was COXA.
As the evening progressed - I noticed about the Marina that there was much swagger, righteousness and all things of largeness and display (Coxa). This contrasted with the gentleness of the land, life and nature, the food the provisions, the fruitfullness, all permeating through it (Ceres).
* The Kombumerri (there seem to be several ways of spelling this name) are the traditional land custodians of this area. My childhood dreams were continually frequented by Kombumerri male spirits. My journeys to the Gold Coast (and subsequent land and people work in the region), art, astrology, stories and visions have all been mentored by those visiting spirits to my childhood dreams. There comes a time, if you stand on the ground for long enough and just LISTEN. REALLY LISTEN, and feel, you will eventually feel, see and hear these spirits, (custodians, generations of life and it's left over "energies) permeating throughout the land.
It is the same with the heavens, stars, astrology charts - all the same. There is alot of HELP out THERE!!! The Moon can often be a great starting point for just getting into the "flow" of things. There are many stories that have been written about the moon, and passed into our human cultures. To watch the moon, see what stories it is passing, and to add your own to them - this is alot of what the ART of reading the CHART really is about.
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