When the
Martial ability to act without judgment is well tempered, with the energy at its
lowest point, it is most appreciated.
Nov 11, 1918 when the Armistice was signed with Germany to end WWI is also a day Mars entered Capricorn. Mars in Capricorn is kind of like a month long holiday for soldiers that comes every two years. They don't always get time off, but they receive appreciation. Mars was also in Capricorn in the middle of the Great War from Dec 2, 1916- Jan 9, 1917. Let' s go back to the beginning, here's a chart for when Germany bombed Algeria under the Russian flag at the beginning of the war.
You can see
Saturn almost caught up with Pluto (in beginning of Cancer). They
reached exact conjunction May 19, 1915 two weeks after the sinking of
the Lusitania.
Next a chart for the end of WWI. In the Armistice Chart the conjunction
between Saturn and Pluto is opened up,
and Jupiter the opportunist is no longer under the direct influence of Uranus
the revolutionary but advanced to the ominous shadow of Pluto. What began
with high expectations for the Austro-Hungarian Empire while Jupiter was
meeting Uranus in 1914 was winding up in a loss of innocence about
nationalism. Jupiter was exactly
conjunct Pluto Aug 10, 1918.
Unlike now Mars was not
the ruling planet during the years of WWI; the Moon was (Pluto and Saturn in
Cancer) and the Sun (when Saturn and Neptune entered Leo) and Uranus (Jupiter
and Uranus in Aquarius). So
astrologically speaking WWI was about social revolution (Uranus), nationalism
(Moon) and ego or spirit (Sun). Link to page about Dispositors and link to page about Rulerships and Exaltations.
So there are
many differences between now and Nov 11, 1918 but there is still something
special about Mars entering Capricorn.
The soldier is exalted. The
soldier reached a place of exaltation that day the Armistice was signed and we
can look for current events to reflect a similar elevation of the hero. Mars is the hero, the animal in each of us. Mars is our
ability to consume others and our ability to talk and shout. It is our ability to move around. It is our ability not to think, or
communicate, or judge but to act. When
that ability to act is well tempered, with the energy at its lowest point (Capricorn-the
sign of organization and institutions) it is most appreciated.
Here is a chart for today. The exaltation of Mars is a sobering affair as we would expect with any planet in Capricorn- picture a soldier receiving a medal of honor from the president. The deed celebrated in that medal is heroic but chances are good the soldier being honored lost a comrade or killed someone in the action. These years while Pluto is in Capricorn the elevation of Mars is even more somber than usual.
