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ARE WHITE LION MYTHS CLOSELY RELATED TO PRE-ROMAN CHRISTIC MYTHS?
Excerpts from Rhodesia-born astrologer Melanie Reinhart's essay, THE LION PORTAL OPENS, were also posted December 6, first and last parts in reversed order. Author's permission: THIS MATERIAL MAY BE CIRCULATED TO THOSE WITH A GENUINE INTEREST IN IT.Last July there was great interest in celestial events pointing to the Leonine Mysteries. With a view toward evoking optimal guidance-feedback from and through Intelligent Universe (IU) the post above attempted to bring an appropriate question into focus:
: Will e-mergence be our DECISION?
: Can we endure the difficult phase imposed by the new
: allegiance upon the reoriented consciousness?
Are WHITE LION MYTHS closely related to pre-Roman CHRISTIC MYTHS?
THE LION PORTAL OPENS by Melanie Reinhart
[Excerpts - the full essay is linked below.]
On July 7th, 2005 bomb blasts ripped through London, capital city of Great Britain, killing around 50 people and injuring about 700, many seriously. At the time of writing, the underground tunnels in which the explosions occurred have yet to be fully cleared, and there may still be bodies trapped in the wreckage.
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The dis-aster was especially poignant in its timing, occurring as it did in the week when London heard of its successful bid to host the 2012 Olympics. In Edinburgh the G8 summit was underway, and the ‘Live 8’ musical fund-raising event had just been staged. Four carved lions guard the points between the cardinal directions in Trafalgar Square, and the anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar had been recently celebrated. In this essay I offer some reflections on the symbolism of this juxtaposition.
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We find the Nodal axis of this chart lying exactly along the opposition of Chiron in Aries and Saturn in Libra which features in the UK 1922 chart. (We are currently in the midst of a sequence of oppositions of Chiron and Saturn, the next one due on July 21st 2005.) Mars and Jupiter conjunct the Nodal Axis. Mars, God of War, dignified in Aries, is placed in the 8th of the Underworld, giving a macabre and literal rendition of the symbolism - violent explosions under the ground, and also in a red double decker bus, red being the colour of Mars.
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Zeus was the King of Olympus in ancient Greece, the mountain abode of the gods from which the Games have taken their name. The Olympic Games are meant to be a platform for the demonstration of heroic excellence, which to some degree they still are...
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The Fixed Star Regulus, one of the Royal Stars of the Persians, is currently located at 29.54 of the sign of Leo, and rose just after 9.00am on July 7th. All four Royal Stars refer to potentially ‘fatal flaws’ of character which if avoided promise honour and success. According to Bernadette Brady, this star was associated with the Persian king Feridam, who lost his kingdom when he engaged in revenge. Thus the temptation to vengeance is the testing-ground of Regulus, and this piece of star-wisdom is poignantly appropriate for the current situation, in which concerns are already being expressed for the safety of numerous Islamic communities, schools and mosques. The fear has certainly been raised. The possibility that the London bombs are themselves a vengeance attack cannot be ruled out, given the well-publicised statements from extremist groups of various kinds, the irony being that a huge percentage of Londoners were against Blair joining Bush in the Iraq war, itself a vengeance war, in response for the 9/11 attacks which themselves were called ‘vengeance attacks’. And so it goes on ……
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The terrorist war plaguing the city of Belfast and other areas in Northern Ireland has been like a bleeding sore for a very long time, and perhaps the bomb blasts in London will serve to bring renewed focus on this issue. The wound of ‘The Troubles’ has been hurting for so long that it has perhaps receded from the awareness of many people, anaesthetised by repetition and familiarity. This terrible war has been fought not by ‘foreigners’ or ‘Islamist extremists’ but by people against their own neighbours, divided along sectarian lines. Recent years have seen a cycle of hopes dashed as encouraging moves are undermined or blocked. It is perhaps not surprising that various people in power have sought to displace their focus on to more high profile and glamorous causes elsewhere, while the blood flows past their front doorstep, so to speak. The fact that the UK is a nation perpetually at war with itself seems to have escaped the nation’s self-definition.
Saturn into Leo
This juxtaposition of Chiron and Saturn also provides a powerful and sobering signature of the forthcoming entry of Saturn into the sign of Leo. Saturn is more about delivery than promise, and supports actuality rather than possibility. The Ingress chart (16.7.2005; 1.26pm BST), set for London, flags up this juxtaposition in a very poignant way. Chiron in Aquarius at the ‘root’ of the chart symbolises the wounded ordinary people, and perhaps also the healing possibilities inherent in a sense of national determination and idealism. The aftermath of the blasts was characterised, as always with such events, by stories of the heroism of ordinary people. In my view, there is no such thing as an ‘ordinary person’. We are each and every one a Divine Mystery living a life of such astonishing richness and depth, whether or not we honour this consciously.
The Leo/Aquarius symbolism provides a canvas on which were indelibly painted many poignant images of the heartfulness and courage of ‘ordinary people’. I offer below a few examples collected from various media sources, with astrological signatures relating to the ‘Bomb blast’ chart.
• A foreman working on a building site near one of the disasters rounds up his men and takes them to the nearest Blood Bank to give blood. (Mars in Aries, ruling the 4th house of buildings, and signifying men!)
• A 92-year old woman who had been an ambulance driver during World War II immediately volunteers her services (Saturn in Cancer, surely!)
• The overground blast occurred in front of the BMA Headquarters (British Medical Association), which becomes an impromptu treatment station. (Chiron in Aquarius = the wounded place of work, and also the working place of doctors.)
• Hotels nearby receive hundreds of wounded and shocked people, offering food, blankets and support. (Pluto, sometimes ‘Lord of Wealth’ rules the IC of dwellings.)
The UK 1801 chart
This chart has Saturn in Leo, retrograde at 23.22 and is thus coming up for its Saturn return. I find this very interesting, as this chart marks the Union of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, a unity that was broken up in 1922 with partition, and which is currently challenged in many ways by the Scottish Parliament and also by the Welsh National Assembly, both seeking increasing levels of independence from the central government at Whitehall, London.
However, the ‘lion-spiritedness’ of the people is a quality that all nations in the ‘United Kingdom’ relate to strongly, as witnessed by their heraldry and national symbols. Perhaps this spirit is returning to the people wounded by the betrayal experienced as their leaders took them into a war to which they were bitterly and vocally opposed, ignoring everything except the urge to demonstrate solidarity with ‘Big Brother’ himself, like the runt of a playground sidling up to the local bully.
St. Botolph – patron of travellers
The blasts occurred near St. Botolph’s church in Aldgate, and their statement of belief serves as a beacon of light in the darkness of recent events, especially considering that the violence may have been perpetrated by fundamentalists who although officially denounced by Moslem leaders, purport to be acting in the name of Islam. (See http://www.stbotolphs.org.uk/statement.php ).
St. Botolph was the English patron saint of travelers, and the 3 churches in London dedicated to him are located near old city gates, perhaps to enable travelers to pause and offer prayers of supplication or gratitude when entering or leaving the city. St. Botolph’s in Aldgate became the headquarters of rescue operations, and provided support for police and rescue crews as well as members of the public who were injured. Their doors were open 24 hours a day. On the ‘Bomb blast’ chart, St. Botolph’s is also represented by Pluto in the 4th house – the place of worship transformed into care station, logistical HQ and synthesizing rescue efforts in a suitably Sagittarian way, with faith and hope. I would like to think that St. Botolph is himself available to those travellers seeking reassurance, guidance and protection in the coming times.
The Star-Lion Regulus Rises …….
The Fixed Star Regulus, one of the Royal Stars of the Persians, is currently located at 29.54 of the sign of Leo, and rose just after 9.00am on July 7th. All four Royal Stars refer to potentially ‘fatal flaws’ of character which if avoided promise honour and success. According to Bernadette Brady, this star was associated with the Persian king Feridam, who lost his kingdom when he engaged in revenge.
Thus the temptation to vengeance is the testing-ground of Regulus, and this piece of star-wisdom is poignantly appropriate for the current situation, in which concerns are already being expressed for the safety of numerous Islamic communities, schools and mosques.
The fear has certainly been raised. The possibility that the London bombs are themselves a vengeance attack cannot be ruled out, given the well-publicised statements from extremist groups of various kinds, the irony being that a huge percentage of Londoners were against Blair joining Bush in the Iraq war, itself a vengeance war, in response for the 9/11 attacks which themselves were called ‘vengeance attacks’. And so it goes on ……
The Lion King
Let us now shift level and look to the inner meaning of the Lion symbolism, prominent in the event itself, and onwards over the next weeks, including the Ingress of Saturn into Leo. The Lion is called the King of Beasts, the Guardian of Kingship both in political terms, and also in the qualities he represents: nobility of spirit, individuality, creativity, generosity and integrity of heart, courage, dignity, leadership, worthiness, regality, radiance and joy.
The sign of Leo is ruled by the Sun, the centre of our Solar System, and likewise brings a kingly flavour to planets passing though this sign. The Sun is the only planet which casts a shadow on Earth, as the Moon’s light is reflected from the Sun. These shadow qualities are highly destructive: narcissism, egocentricity, arrogance, ruthless pursuit of supremacy and success, intolerance of competition, elitism and paternalism. The Sun represents the ruler, the father, the centre, and the focus of light in a situation.
Christ the King
On Christmas Day in the year 2000, there was born in Bethlehem, South Africa, a rare female white lion, named Marah.
The association of Sun and Lion with Christ is well-known in the Bible, and this lion birth took place a few months after a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in Taurus, with the conjunction wide, but still within orb.
This conjunction is the most widely used ‘signature’ for the birth of Christ, as there was in the year 07BC a triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in Pisces, said to be the herald of this event.
At the time, the Age of Pisces was beginning, and the followers of Christ were known to each other through the symbol of the fish. Marah was also born just after a solar eclipse, an astounding piece of symbolism given that her birth came in the wake of the near-extinction (eclipse) of the white lions, the sun-beings. And Marah is the ion Queen was born in Bethlehem ……….
The story of these extraordinary animals and their significance for humanity is the subject of an equally extraordinary book ‘Mystery of the White Lions: Children of the Sun God’, by Linda Tucker.
(It is available on www.amazon.co.uk )
She undertakes a tour de force of scientific research and intuitive connections supported by African folklore, shedding light on the symbolic significance of the lion for humanity. She points out that from the perspective of the Southern Hemisphere, where the vernal equinox is of course opposite that of the Northern Hemisphere, we are entering the Age of Leo, opposite to the sign of Aquarius.
These astrological ‘Great Ages’ have multi-leveled significance for the unfolding of cultural and religious forms during the period of their duration, which averages just over 2,000 years.
So the Age of Aquarius is indeed underpinned by the energies of the sign of Leo, which in turn have been made manifest in the appearance of the white lions.
According to research in the realm of palaeontology, humans once shared dwellings and food with lions, who were the hunters. The Zulu shaman Credo Mutwa informed Linda that at the time when the lions became the hunted, there was a spiritual pact formed between the soul of the lion and that of the humans, and so the soul of the lion came literally to represent the forces of evolving individuation within humanity. And so our destinies are intimately linked with the fate of these magnificent creatures.
All that glitters …..
Gold is also associated with the Sun and the sign of Leo, and it is along the meridian of longitude 31.14 East that the highest concentration of gold deposits is found over the entire planet, giving substance to the metaphysical notion of the ‘subterranean Sun’.
Under this meridian is also located the sacred heartland of South Africa, where the white lions were first seen in the area known as Timbavati, which means ‘ the place where the star-beings came to earth’. Slightly further North on the same meridian is found Great Zimbabwe, the ruined city from which the country takes its name, and is even today the seat of a powerful cult of lion shamanism. In the culture of the Shona, the predominant tribe in Zimbabwe, the spirit of a great leader will take up residence in the body of a lion. The equation of lion and king is expressed in a very literal way. Much further North, this meridian goes through the Giza plateau, on which is located the Sphinx, the mysterious stone lion-beast whose implacable gaze has fired the imaginations of countless generations of people.
Within 2 degrees of this line, further north in Turkey, is located the city of Konya, home of the whirling dervishes within the Sufi tradition, and focalised around the teachings of Jellal u’ddin Rumi. Rumi was an orthodox cleric within Islam until he met a wandering dervish called Shams e Tabriz. He gave up orthodoxy and worldly position to commit to the life of a mystic, writing the largest collection of poetry in the world’s literary heritage, much of it inspired by his relationship with Shams, who had become his teacher. ‘Shams’ means ‘the Sun’ and the movements of the dervishes depict the planets whirling around the sheik, or Teacher, who is the Sun. The heart is understood to be the home of the Inner Teacher, of whom the outer is a reflection.
Coeur de Lion
Regulus, the Lion in the Stars, as ‘Coeur de lion’ or ‘Heart of the Lion', was called by the Persians ‘The Watcher of the North’, which is reflected in the prominence of the lion in European heraldic imagery.
‘North’ in the energy body of the human being points to the Third Eye or Brow Chakra, ruled by the signs of Leo and Cancer therefore the Sun and Moon. It represents the capacity for seeing inner meaning, for intelligent intuitive reflection (as distinct from intellect).
Internalising the qualities of ‘Lion-ness’ is an important aspect of our spiritual work. We are to seek gold within rather than worldly power and glory without, and we are to be custodians of Creation, as the Lord of Beasts protects his Kingdom. We are each and every one of us Lion Kings, in this sense, presiding over the kingdom of our own souls, in the knowledge that we are but a small part of something far greater than we can ever imagine, as well as being One with it. The Light of the Beyond focalises through us, and if we have prepared well our kingdom, it flourishes.
Rudhyar's Keyword for the Tropical Degree of the New Moon 9 December, 2:39pm EST:
PROTECTIVENESS.
A tiny lion carved long ago in white limestone surfaces in the pre-Solstice news.
The peculiarities of this story give it the attribute of "singularity". Because this peculiar little lion figurine is obviously of singular relevance to the post above, it makes sense to consider the symbolic meaning underlying the appearance of this object just now. It does happen to provide a connecting link into today's world from long ago.
It's described as a 5,000yr old lion sculpture measuring barely 3 inches. Yesterday at Sotheby's in New York the winning bid broke records for sculpture and antiquities, according to this AFP item at Yahoo:
Wed Dec 5, 8:36 PM ET
Mesopotamian sculpture sells for record 57 million dollars
It may be especially relevant and significant that according to the article this talisman of sovereignty and protection changes ownership but remains in private ["non-institutional"] hands.
Sotheby's Auction
Rare Ancient Near Eastern Sculpture Soon to be Sold in New York
According to the articles linked above the winning bid was about three times Sotheby's October estimate. Facts about the scupture in the suite101 article suggest why it's so valued by the wealthiest collectors.
Does this link to MESOPOTAMIA (Iran/Iraq) present indicators of the release of the Lion Kings' very potent Saving/Protective Force?
Three years ago a pride of five ALSO VERY UNUSUAL lions was ceremoniously released into natural habitat in Africa:
LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
4 December 2004
"For years white lions have only been found in captivity. Last month, Beverley Fearis saw five released into the wild."
A pride of white lions was released into the wild three years ago!
The ritual release occurred near the meridian pointed out in Melanie Reinhart's essay above as the location of the greatest concentrations of gold on the planet.
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