Redemption lies in Brewing Medicine for Others
Caroline’s keynote address on Halloween for The International Academy of Collaborative Professionals a global organization of professionals guiding families to divorce peacefully, (without going through the courts).
You can learn more at www.collaborativepractice.com
‘Twas a most worthy gathering of those dedicated to resolving conflict into collaborative cahooting…
Thanksgiving – not just a colonial hallmark card – but astro timed –
1st Thursday – Jupiter Day after Sun enters Sag – Jupiter’s sign – Jupiter represents the Intelligence of Curiosity, Gratitude, and Reciprocal Blessing…Pancha Tantra says among the greatest of wealths is to gather with learned friends: “Better with the learned dwell, even though it be in hell, than with fools roam, palaces that gods call home.”
Just as I sat down to hear the talk of Feirfaz, (on line Yorkshire Festival of Story)
the jury truly deliberated justice for the murderers of Ahmed Aurberry…
The Mythic News….
In the Grail Legend, Parsival can only attain the Grail- restore the world to blooming-
when he finds his secret twin 1/2 black Islamic twin- Feirfaz.
Jupiter 24+ Aquarius – Rising,this show, same degree as when Robert was born,
and also rising at that degree when he died Nov. 21. 2021 12:55 pm,
as Pallestrina was playing – and left on the Alleluia…
Robert Bly/Rumi Ode/Exhortation to Saturn,
for whom he was an incarnational agent…
“Inner gifts do not find their way to creatures without just respect…”
“Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise…”
and more of provocative playful dangerous deep befoibled Robert…
Often wrong and ornery, but increasingly willing to be teased and play,
“Woof*Woof*wanna*play?!” – and he did….
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
After contentious Dharma Combat, betwixt…
one day, Bly engaged me to do an astro reading with him (not knowing twas I with whom he had publicly sparred- hee-hee…So I had to be really clean, entering in with an innocent kind heart .)
We invoked the safe atmosphere, whereby he really let me find him, born on King Arthur’s birthday – Sun trine Neptune, his deep ancestral Moon Neptune – the Wise Grandmother down load of playful authentic creative ritual…He created bardic magic, reverie, trances of deep delight..
and so much generous good for so many poets…
Kismet!
(something positive intended by fate.”)
So I just loved him from then on- and the previous polarity was a playful spiral – he (almost) always let me tease him…
and granted me back-stage…
Many Summers of collaborating at the Great Mother Conference for 12 ish years(?!) – twas my favorite Conference of all…
The best introduction of Robert by Michael Dennis Brown (and this must be the beginning of Robert’s long long mysterious Neptune transit-slowly-leaving the world……I wish I had been there, at this reading…to invoke safety- allowing playful to emerge.
But greatenss herein as well, especially minute 48…”Keeping our small boat afloat…”
As he descended there were quirky moments of sporadic connectivity…
Last year, Coleman Barks, his buddy, was giving a reading in his house.
At that point Robert hadn’t said a word for 3 weeks.
Coleman forgot one of his own verses, and without missing a beat,
Robert spoke them…
Then went back into the Deep…
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
Tis Jupiter’s Day!
And note the Jovial symmetry of Jupiter rising at Bly’s departure, at the same degree as his birth…
His Mercury and Mars quintile that Jupiter, his only air planet…
So let us honor Juoiter within and without …
And at his death Juoiter trines the Moon in Gemini-
stories stories spiraling forth into Group Mind…
inconjunct Mercury in Scorpio – the insistence on dangerous spice, as necessary to keep it real..
with the Kindness of heart – his Moon-Neptune-
charisma from charis – charitable- True charisma is a charitable heart…
Transiting Neptune dances with his Moon – his deepest self -be now completely culturally welcome…
To see deeply – with a kind heart –
for this aspiration – let us give thanks!
and join with Coyote spiraling Reciprocal Blessing into the Memopshere
