In the past few days, the incident of the mother of 8 children in Feng County, Xuzhou has ushered in a major breakthrough.
On the one hand, Jiangsu Province reported the results of the investigation yesterday, and 17 people were held accountable.
On the other hand, the central government officially issued a document saying that it is necessary to crack down illegal acts that infringe on the personal rights of rural women and children.
This event, which was previously promoted by the public and social media, and the deeper social diseases behind it, have finally become clear.
So, does this collective "review" of gender issues draw a stage here, or does it herald the beginning of a new stage?
Perhaps we can find the answer in the recent celestial phenomena.
From February 12, Venus, which represents the law of yin, and Mars, which represents the law of masculinity, form a close union within 1 degree in Capricorn;
The intimate dance between them will continue from Capricorn to Aquarius until sunrise on March 13 and 1 degree of tolerance.
The combination of gold and fire is a 32-year "reincarnation".
That is, every 32 years or so, Venus and Mars meet at similar ecliptic positions.
However, this golden-fire phase has many peculiarities:
On the one hand, it spans two constellations.
In the view of the famous astrologer Michele Feeney, this pairwise conjunction is actually part of a 70-year cycle of conjunction series.
On the other hand, it triggers a lot of important celestial phenomena: Pluto at the end of Capricorn, wood-earth conjunction...
Undoubtedly, the combination of gold and fire in early 2022 will bring many profound and lasting changes to our personal and social lives.
How should we deal with this tense time, and how can we create new paths in the future?
The motto of the combination of gold and fire is: Live your most unique self.
A cycle spanning 70 years
According to Michelle Finney's research, the 2022 golden-fire combination is a pair in a series of five pairs of gold-fire combinations from 1964 to 2034.
The last such 5 pairs of gold and fire combined series appeared in 1665-1736. Therefore, this is undoubtedly a rare and important celestial phenomenon.
Each pair of gold and fire will bring about major innovations and breakthroughs in social values, gender relations, art, inventions and creations.
In the 1964-2034 cycle, the first pair of gold-fire conjunctions occurred in July and August 1964.
That year, people suddenly felt free to communicate their sexual preferences, which until then had been a taboo topic.
The advent of oral contraceptives has changed the role of women, who no longer feel tied to their families and children.
There is a new freedom in relationships. Music and art flourished.
In 1977, the second pair of gold and fire converged in Aries and Taurus, and humans witnessed rapid social change.
The sexual revolution was in full swing, and the counterculture of the 60s was reinvigorated.
New musical styles: disco, punk and heavy metal, swept the globe.
In 1983, the third pair of new golden fires were located in Leo and Virgo, once again accelerating the pace of social change;
The use and influence of computer technology in the workplace is growing, sexually transmitted disease AIDS is discovered, and the first clinic to treat this disease was established in San Francisco...
The February 2022 golden fire conjunction capricorn and Aquarius are the fourth pair in this 70-year cycle.
Events at the societal level have shown that we are in the midst of revelation, breakthroughs and transformations it brings.
Throughout this year, we will continue to witness the further manifestation of its influence.
"The Dance of Individual Life and Collective Consciousness"
Back to ourselves, the energy of Venus and Mars is particularly important.
As inner planets, they are key breakthrough points in manifesting our individual preferences and achieving our personal goals and desire satisfaction.
Venus defines what we like? What makes us happy, and our identification of our sense of self-worth.
Mars symbolizes our power, personal will and opinion, and its action leads us to the mission of the sun.
Therefore, outside of the emotional relationship, Venus and Mars have laid our unique personality foundation, which must maintain a certain degree of independence.
And when the golden fire running on the day prys the changes in the earthly world, it also hints at us:
The dance of energy between gold and fire corresponds to the dance of our individual life and collective consciousness.
In this process, we must face the challenge of living ourselves, and this challenge necessarily requires us to be in the midst of social change and, therefore, to participate in reshaping the future of society.
The golden-fire conjunction at the beginning of 2022 is located in two social constellations, Capricorn and Aquarius, so the "collision" between the individual and the society we encounter will also highlight a stronger tension.
Specifically, it can be divided into the following two stages.
Impact time: February 12 - March 6
Key Zodiac Signs: There are individual planets and four axes in the creation of constellations (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) 14 degrees - 29 degrees
"A sense of dignity hurt"
On February 16, Venus and Mars were accurately combined at 16 degrees 50 in Capricorn. In fact, the two stars have formed a close phase within 1 degree since February 12.
This allows them to dance together in Capricorn for more than 20 days.
In my opinion, this is not a comfortable position.
While Capricorns are concerned with the values, traditions, authorities, and cold laws of matter that are established and upheld by the collective, Venus and Mars display the uniqueness of the individual and the creativity that arises from it.
Such a collision of two kinds of energy is bound to go through a run-in.
As a result, we may vacillate between defending ourselves and compromising outwards, or we may be caught up in some kind of tugging and struggle with a more powerful subject.
At the societal level, we see how the exposure of old structural (Capricorn) issues involving both sexes (Venus, Mars) has piqued popular anger.
On a personal level, when we express our own desires and demands, explore and create ourselves, and find our own unique paths, we may have to face restrictions, judgments and denials from reality or authority;
No matter which area of relationship, family, career, or money and finance that these questions will take place, the bottom of them may be torturing us:
Am I respected, recognized, and seen?
Have I been rewarded for what I have done?
Am I good enough? Or is it dwarfed and not worth mentioning in comparison with others and the mainstream?
and
Can my unique self really stand in the world?
Can I be loved for who I am?
......
In short, during this time, it is easy for the individual to experience a sense of low self-worth, or rather, a sense of dignity and hurt.
These feelings may have been deeply cultivated in our early life experiences and in the collective culture and protocols that have been shaped.
"Always be yourself, never give up"
After all, in society, we all need to cede a part of our rights to the self in order to obtain greater security provided by the collective. Just as when we are young, we also need to rely on our parents for safety and security.
However, if the transcendence of personal standards is overemphasized (the dark side of Capricorn), it may create a lack of self.
For example, individuals will subtly cater to external standards for this sense of security, deny their own demands, make compromises, and give up fighting.
The Capricorn mannerism is that it seems that we meet the external "strict" standards and requirements, and even stand on the so-called worldly "peak", but in fact, we still live in a powerless self;
He has a sense of shame about living a "small and unique" self, because he has not learned to defend himself, nor has he been affirmed for his original appearance, so he can only desperately seek proof from the outside world.
But if we are accustomed to relying our self-establishment on external "authority" and the recognition of reality, then during this time, we may face greater challenges.
Especially when the golden-fire conjunction meets Pluto in early March, we will feel an inner sense of powerlessness and security crisis more strongly.
In this process, we may follow Venus's "trick" of rejecting conflict for the sake of so-called harmony and beauty, which becomes what Liz Green describes as "becoming a victim in a relationship that pleases the other."
Thus we have a superficial peace under which anger, frustration, discontent, and aggression against ourselves are bubbling up.
On the contrary, we may erupt in shocking, even extreme ways, triggered by certain internal and external circumstances, breaking all conventions and appearances and parting ways with the past.
No matter what kind of game we play as "weak" vs. "strong", there is an unrecognized, deeply buried trauma here.
This trauma, which seems to be caused by others, actually stems from our "abandonment" of ourselves:
When we should have pleased ourselves (Venus), we compromised to satisfy others, and when we should have defended ourselves (Mars), we flinched back out of fear.
Now, once again, we are faced with the challenge of living ourselves.
This time, can we stand firmly with ourselves like real adults? What about speaking out bravely and stating one's position?
I think of a passage from Inner Planet:
"If we can't show Venus and don't value ourselves, how can we find goodness and value in others?"
If we can't represent Mars, how can we recognize and respect the right of others to be ourselves?
... When we have no way to value our own devotion, why assume that another person values our 'noble' behavior of self-sacrifice? ”
We used to work so hard to try to get ourselves heard and seen that we called it "love."
But true love and respect must flow naturally and equally in both directions.
The premise is that we can first learn to give love and strength to ourselves.
This means that whether the world has embraced us or abandoned us,
We always keep ourselves from giving up.
Impact time: March 6 - March 13
Key Constellations: There are personal planets and four axes in the fixed constellations (Taurus, Lion, Scorpio, Aquarius) 0-8 degrees
"Creativity is stimulated together"
Although Aquarius is also a collective sign, the collective it conceives is based on respect for the individual's uniqueness.
Aquarius is a constellation that is particularly associated with originality and innovation.
Therefore, when Venus and Mars come to Aquarius, it will be a period when creativity is stimulated together.
At the societal level, there may be some new inventions and innovations in the fields of art, science and technology, aerospace, aviation and so on.
Internet, finance, fashion, and industries related to art and gender relations will make a good breakthrough if they can dare to try new things.
Previously, some obscure, repressed, and exposed dark places in the relationship will be more clearly and objectively illuminated by us at this time, perhaps seeing some truth, or perhaps drawing conclusions.
Interpersonal communication will be easier to collide with sparks in communities, circles of friends, the Internet, or like-minded groups and organizations.
However, Aquarius will also highlight the tension between fraternity, equality and personal interest and competitiveness.
Because when everyone is eager to manifest themselves and act according to their own will, the unity of collective goals and the implementation of ideas will inevitably face opposition and challenges from some people.
Can individual equality and common interests be reconciled?
In this process, how do we distinguish between legitimate personal rights and the pursuit of selfish desires?
This is the combination of gold and fire in Aquarius, throwing issues to the individual and the collective.
The core motivation for 2022 is you
On March 6, Venus and Mars will walk out of Capricorn together and merge at 0 degrees Aquarius.
This location is exactly where the wood and earth converged in December 2020. The conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn at 0 degrees Aquarius opened a new 200-year wind element "era" of human civilization.
And the combination of gold and fire, at the beginning of 2022, will emphasize this theme.
The portal to Aquarius, as if once again, has been opened, and it will inject a powerful, forward-looking energy into us individually and collectively.
This may indicate that in 2022, major social, institutional, and economic system innovations will be breakthroughs, and they may be driven by new scientific or technological achievements.
The seeds of new consciousness, products, systems and structures that sprout in the meantime may also erupt in the next 1 to 2 years and become a new collective foundation, because Pluto will enter and hover at 0 degrees Aquarius in 2023-2024.
However, for Venus and Mars, which are combined in Aquarius, the most important thing is the power that comes from the individual.
This is the core driving force behind the "new" in 2022.
When we call on society to innovate and see our unique nature, are we willing to find and live out this unique nature?
When we think that we are bound and defined by society, do we forget that our words and deeds also define this society at all times?
A healthy collective depends on the active participation of each individual.
If you ask me, where is the new future?
TA is defined by the most unique of you.
Resources:
Venus and the Birth of Mars, Michelle Finney
The Inner Planet, By Liz Green, Howard Sasspotas