In his book Cosmos and Psyche, Richard Tarnas says the planets don't emit invisible forces that shape our destinies as if we were puppets.
Rather, they are symbols of the unfolding evolutionary pattern.
Just as clocks tell time but don't create it, the heavenly bodies show us the big picture but don't cause it.
Quoting Greek philosopher Plotinus,
"The stars are like letters that inscribe themselves at every moment in the sky.
Everything in the world is full of signs.
All events are coordinated.
All things depend on each other.
Everything breathes together."
Have you ever pause,
Really observing the fine details around you?
The wise man said you can read the universe current mood if you're sufficiently attuned to the gestalt of creation and pay close enough attention to its unfolding details;
by observing at an arrangement of red onions in the grocery store bin
or the fluttering of sunlight and shadow on the mimosa tree
or the scatter of soap suds in your sink after you've finished washing the dishes.
So it's not just the distant globes whose movements and relationships serve as divinatory clues.
Can you do it?
Discern the signature of creation at this or any other perfect moment?
Peer into the secret heart of the collective unconscious?
Guess what the Goddess is thinking?
You will have to switch on a dormant capacity, transforming your imagination from a mere fantasy-generator into an organ of perception.
I really wish I could adeptly sometime in the near future.
Not for my own selfish need but for the greater good of all.