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Saturn Square Uranus, And Sparrows (Part Two): The Individual

(This probably won’t make a lot of sense unless you’ve read Part One. CLICK HERE for that)

“Are not two sparrows sold for only a penny? But not one of them falls to the ground without your Father knowing it.”
-Matthew 10:29

My first job out of college, like many people who have recently undergone the hard work and expense of getting a higher education, was working at Domino’s Pizza. One night at 3 AM as I was locking up and heading home, there was a loud thump at the front window. A sparrow had flown into the window and was lying on the pavement, stunned.

At first I thought the bird was dead. On closer examination I discovered that it was still breathing, but completely unconscious. I was tired. I wanted to go home. My day had been difficult… but obviously, if the sparrow’s story was to be believed, things could have been much worse.

So I decided to sit there with the sparrow and wait, just in case one of the stray cats in the neighbourhood came across at first. I sat down on the pavement next to it. And I waited.

As you can imagine, doing this sort of thing gives one time to think. I admit that I spent most of that time thinking about my own life and not that of the bird. But still, the sparrow weighed heavily in my considerations.

A little over an hour later the sparrow begin to stir. Twenty minutes after that and he finally had the faculties to get up and wobble around a little. Shortly after that he managed to fly away and carry on with his life. On occasion I still stop and wonder what became of that bird. However, since that sparrow doesn’t have my email address, or at least isn’t inclined to use it, I have no idea.

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It seems that having so much time to sit around and think has given us all the opportunity to squabble and finger-point over how exactly our world should be run, and who’s responsible for this mess. I’m not going to bore you with any of my socio-political opinions here, but it seems to me that maybe we should all take a step back and follow the Golden Rule a little more.

The Saturn-Uranus square has given us the fuel to argue, but little reason to patiently listen. Being caught up as we are in the middle of this square, it’s a little hard to keep one’s sanity and sense of direction. So often we seem caught up the whirlwind of larger events going on around us. Like this it’s too easy to simply pick a target and fight against this, as if that was the only problem we were facing. It’s easy to believe misleading voices who tell us what we want to hear.

I believe this illustrates the value of independent counsel . As an astrologer, I have both a deep interest in the lives of my clients and the ability to detach from that a certain point and see the larger patterns that are at play. I believe the proper guidance requires both the input of someone who cares about you as an individual, yet isn’t trapped in the same tunnel that you are.

In the last couple of years my attention has been drawn to how important that role as a caring but independent councillor can be. And if I may say so? I believe I’ve done a lot of people a lot of observable good. You can survive a tornado if someone tells you it’s coming, and when to barricade.

And that, in a nutshell, is why I am pleased and proud to be a counselling Astrologer.