Sabian Symbols: A petrified-forest

A petrified-forest

This universal idea is best expressed through planets in

Pisces 3 (2°- 3°)

LONG TERM REACH OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS​
Imperfect though they are, records exist for millennia of social events that occurred so long ago; what is important endures
"Read between the lines to infer whatever cannot be fully known"

If we look at historical, or especially geological, periods of time as individuals typically we are rather unimpressive. And yet collectively we co-create our culture and participate in getting that culture to make its mark upon its time and place. Thousands of years later there are still enough clues from which we can infer the essential aspects of ancient cultures. This shows that it is impossible completely to destroy the effects of something that has once had life.

Rudhyar:  
PETRIFIED TREE TRUNKS LIE BROKEN ON DESERT SAND

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​A petrified-forest

Survival

Standing firm or projecting forward – do we fear or do we trust?

The image is of something dead that once was living. We tend to clench up against change, in a futile attempt to turn to stone that which eternally must be cyclical by nature. Security is not found by resisting the dynamic forces of life; if change seems threatening it is because we have come to depend upon that which is not dependable.

In every situation, we are required to make a contribution, even if only by witnessing. Otherwise, we are in fact an obstacle, immobilised into a superficial stone-clad reality.

We need to blend in with the current circumstances we encounter so that we add to the resonance of the moment. In this way we become a creative part of the melody that eternally sounds throughout the cosmos.

Our best survival strategy is to develop a sense of certainty about what we find right and wrong as life strategies. This certainty derives from having and applying a steady orientation of a strong mind towards conscious knowledge.

Real power comes from this. As much as we have to accommodate the changes, we also have to stand firm and project forward a steadfast, clear motivation.

In every moment, throughout eternity, we are asked to adapt or to stand firm, and we must answer this call given no certainty about right or wrong, except that which we have discovered for ourselves.
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This ambiguity is either intimidating or liberating. That is the essence choice in life – do we fear or do we trust?

​A petrified-forest

Advanced Level: Elven Star Analysis

​Although we can find relevance in some way to all 360 degrees, each degree resonates particularly, and mysteriously, with the 6 other points of its Elven Star and clues, from the 7 Words System, and the Sabian Journey, are shown in the text below. This third degree of the Expression "Harmonisation" is the Reconciling principle.

The scope of Pisces 3 is "Read between the lines to infer whatever cannot be fully known", and its means of expansion is Leo 7, "Knowing of the spiritual truth beneath the illusion of that which changes". Its preferred path, Capricorn 11, "Refining and beautifying Nature", leads to its principle challenge, found in Gemini 15, "Confirmation and validation".

Awareness of its spiritual purpose is described in Scorpio 20, "Through the deepening of faith, opening up to an expanded future", which generates the feedback found in Aries 24, "Allowing higher forces to shape our lives" and thus the evolutionary gateway offered by Virgo 28, "Honing the will to exceptional levels". 

​​(This list will differ slightly from your Elven Star points unless your degree is exact, such as Taurus 15:00 not Taurus 15:39)

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