The movement of Venus beyond the Sun (Superior Conjunction) occurred last night around 19 minutes past midnight EDT, or late on the 8th by Eastern Standard Time. The Conjunction pegs to 18+ (19) degrees of Gemini in the Tropical Zodiac.
19 Gemini was the degree of another event, the conjunction of a pair of planets, weighted with importance because the pair met in the degree of the North Node (where the Moon every month crosses from South to North of Earth's plane of orbit around the Sun). In divinatory lexicon the North Node represents the "Arm of the Future". Our field of experience encompasses Past Present and Future. The NN symbolically describes relevant features of our Future with which we sustain ongoing connection and involvement, our "approach to relationship".
The precisely conjunct planetary pair was Venus and Mars. Venus actually occluded Mars -- briefly the two planets aligned precisely for our eyes and Mars was hidden behind Venus in 18+ (19) Gemini, quarter of a degree from NN and also in 19 Gemini.
GEMINI DISPLAY is a handy name for this "triple conjunction" of May 10, 2002. The pair met in 19 Gemini at the "Arm of the Future". It was an extremely rare event, a portent of forthcoming resolution in the ancient polarity wars, between forces aiming to cultivate maximum imbalance and others aiming to restore balance. After studying the possibilities implied [NOTES], a "most likely" scenario was drawn out in a lengthy post for the New Years roll-over into January 2006:
WORLD CHANGE VISION: FLASH TRANSFORMATION
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi/read/83707
This highly sleep-inducing post attempts to reach all the way around the full portent of the 10 May '02 GEMINI DISPLAY.
The next one is very brief, yet it aims for Healing in Relatedness:
TRUTH & RECONCILIATION "INTENT" DECLARED BY BENEDICT XVI
Excerpt: BARI, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI visited this eastern Italian port on his first papal trip Sunday and pledged to make healing the 1,000-year-old rift with the Orthodox church a "fundamental" commitment of his papacy.
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi/read/72289
For background on "the 1,000-year-old rift" a recommendation is the Great Schism of 1054 AD.
The Superior Conjunction of Venus has been associated with reconciliations as well as the formation of partnerships.
Coincidentally, the meeting of Venus and Mars at the North Node points to resolution of many ancient conflicts. Taking away all stops, it ultimately points to profound reversal of the extreme imbalance of the MIC. In a balanced state it might look like a blend of MIC optimized for rapid response to disasters "wrought through the forces of nature"... along with a "Gifting Mission" getting the lion's share of the allocations... MIC-GIC will deliver the essential minimum shelter and infrastructure for 4 billion disenfranchised humans, a Gifting Industrial Complex (working also to support healing in societies and their Earth).
Following are excerpts of posts over the last four years. These were all attempts to convey facets of the significance of what occurred 10 May 2002 -- usually without making reference to that -- in relation to the Superior Conjunction of Venus in the present time frame. Starting with the post that started this thread:
: During his first visit to America as Pope, and on his
: (3x3x3x3) 81st birthday, Benedict XVI stood in the presence
: of "Laus Deo" for the first time. Much that he
: said on April 16 was spoken in direct sight of the
: "Monument to the Singularity".
IN THE CITY BUILT ON GOD'S LONGITUDE - A MOMUMENT TO THE SINGULARITY?
: Restoring the governance connection to the Singularity is
: consistent with the fall of the Twin Towers theme
: ("Pillars of a Paradigm have fallen") and
: parallels the fall of the global bankster overseers...
: suggestive of (re-)placing of the true capstone?
Capstone? Representing the cultural traits most highly esteemed by a society?
INTELLIGENT COOPERATION WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
... was implied as a hallmark of the coming culture in the Keyword derived by Dane Rudhyar for 19 Gemini: SEED-KNOWLEDGE.
The astrological tableau for the time frame of the GEMINI DISPLAY drew forth the notion of "return of lost or stolen treasure".
THE LOST SCIENCE OF MONEY
911 & THE RETURN OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE
LOST AND FOUND: CULTURAL WISDOM ON PLANET EARTH
[Excerpt:] In 2004 the masses pay close attention to the Transit of Venus.
In 2003 the Close Approach brought Mars into our daily lives - and kept it there for an entire season.
In 2002 all five of the planets visible to the human eye provided a dramatic Celestial Display in Tropical Gemini.
We have lived through three years of emphasis - repeated and sustained in the Vault of Heaven - on Venus/Mars as symbolic of the potential for human conflict. The emphasis was spectacularly showcased in the GEMINI DISPLAY wherein the two elements symbolizing the human capacity to experience duality and polarity actually conjoined at the point traditionally held to describe the future.
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?read=59170
NOW THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BY INTELLIGENT UNIVERSE
[Excerpt:]It was the rarest of celestial events. Intelligent Universe was DELIVERING A MESSAGE. It was the second of a PAIR of Messages.
The context of the Second DELIVERED MESSAGE is established in the fact that the triple conjunction [the GEMINI DISPLAY] occurred 16 days before the final exact OPPOSITION of Saturn and Pluto for the current cycle. This OPPOSITION staked out a slice of zodiac on the Gemini-Sagittarius axis. The first two exact alignments occurred on 5 August 01 and 2 November 01. Mid-way between these came the First MESSAGE, September 11. The corresponding slice of zodiac - 70 arc-minutes of Gemini-Sagittarius, can be called the 911 Axis. The 911 Message was designed to leverage effect-resonances of the prior OPPOSITION of Saturn in Gemini to Pluto in Sagittarius. That was 1266-67 AD, as Islam turned away from a 150-year engagement with the European Crusades to face what has been described by many as the "Terrifying Mongolian Hordes."
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi/read/59171
All of the above comes into play in the present time frame, on Day #161.
In mid-August '07 Benedict delivered this recommendation:
MERCURY BEYOND THE SUN - BENEDICT SAYS "FOLLOW THE WOMAN DRESSED IN THE SUN"
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi/read/107960
Only a couple days later Venus passed before the Sun (Inferior Conjunction), marking the start of a new Venus-Sun cycle as observed from Earth.
The Superior Conjunction is second in importance after the Inferior Conjunction that begins the cycle.
Was Benedict giving a hint about the timing of anticipated developments?
-tms