Part 7 of The Chemistry of Time
The charts you have seen before are snapshots in time. There is great value in studying moments, but it is not how time functions. Time is a progression and it is constant motion. For each moment created, the one prior is dispatched. There is continuity, of course, thanks to simple inertia. The physical laws of the world mean that what is right now will be more or less the same thirty seconds from now – it takes the passage of time to make new things, to dismantle old things, and to structurally alter the conditions. It is awareness of how the time passes from moment-to-moment that is at the core of the calendar.
The above chart is in motion. It shows only the core seven planets as they move one day at a time, for about a month. Notice the Moon make quick work of each sign – about 2.5 days per sign. We also see Mercury change signs and pick up speed as it moves through Taurus. The Sun, Jupiter, and Venus all bunch up in “late” Taurus and then find their way into Gemini. Saturn ticks along slowly in Pisces, seeming to barely move at all. Mars enters Aries and is only 2/3 the way through it by the end. The “aspect” lines in the middle dance around, marking the periods when the planets are interacting with each other at notable angles. This is how time proceeds, day in and day out. The planets move around the circle, through the twelve territories, greeting, passing, and mixing with each other. Then again, and again, and again. They have always moved in this way and always will. Their varying speeds change their order and arrangement, keeping things interesting. Some things remain the mostly the same, behaving like foundational anchors of the stage upon which the faster moving planets deliver their lines.
Another way to view this is as a chemical reaction. The formula starts out with the Moon part in Aquarius, which proceeds to Pisces, changing what it consists of and combining with Saturn. At the same time there is a heavy concentration of elemental materials Jupiter, Venus, and the Sun in the territory of Taurus. Later, as the planets move, the combination of these planets is still intact but in the territory of Gemini. As the planets alter their configuration, time unfolds according to the formulation of the elements involved. The first day in this chart might be water but by the end of the chart it is something else because the combination of the elements is different.
By examining the properties of the active elements and the territorial elements they are in we can make some determination of what the material substance produced will consist of. To simplify we’ll focus on just the portion in Taurus at the early part of the month:
Here we have the Sun, Jupiter, and Venus in Taurus. As per our keywords, the Sun generates, Jupiter affirms, and Venus receives, and they are doing this in the territory of Taurus – the fixed sign in the Earth triplicity. Weeks later, the three signs together have moved into Gemini:
We still have the elements that generate, affirm, and receive, but now they are in the mutable Air sign. We can see that the elemental combination has continuity, suggesting that what is indicated in the early chart will persist but it will change form. In Taurus this received and affirmed creation will relate to things which are very material and which have an enduring characteristic. As it moves into Gemini the material, enduring nature of it gives way and lightens, dissipating from a substantial thing into the idea of that thing. In the process the dignity of the planets is altered, changing the proportional volume of the active elements. Specifically, Venus is known to have great dignity when in Taurus but only average dignity in Gemini. Both the Sun and Jupiter are at average essential dignity in Taurus and Gemini, so their quantitative contribution is unchanged. This tells us that during the Taurus period of time the Venus element will be of greater importance and influence. In comparing these two periods it is the increased Venus contribution during the Taurus period which constitutes the primary difference in the formula shown by the active elements. The change from Taurus to Gemini for all three alters the format through which the substance is transmitted.
Considering the complexity of even this single period of time, isolated to only a small percentage of the total inputs, we can see that the potential number of substances produced is enormous and essentially infinite. It is this constant and ever-shifting mixing of elements that produces every moment in time and it is this enormous complexity that is able to produce the variations we see in different periods, even over just a month or two. Further, we can see how unlikely it is for a moment of time to properly repeat but also how inevitable it is that times would occasionally rhyme.
Yet still, another layer of exponential complexity lurks just out of sight.
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