Metaphorcast 9/13-19, 2021
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It is said that all rivers flow to the sea, but what about those rivers of thought that run through each person’s mind. Do they also flow to the sea? Some place that one would rather be? A world that is ideal, a place of dreams?
When was the last time you said the words “there is no place I’d rather be?”. What beautiful illusion surrounded you then?
This week Neptune, the planet of dreams and illusion will not only be the closest to earth this year, the Blue Giant will also be fully illuminated by the Sun. Though it will be but a small blue dot in all but the most powerful of telescopes the fact remains, bright and beautiful illusions are within reach.
Now don’t go thinking I’m talking of flat trickery. The Mona Lisa is an illusion, its fake would be a delusion. Illusions are the arts, the beauty in life that points towards the divine, the places where creativity is breathed back into existence. Cast aside those delusions, those fakes, those things that cheapen the reality of true illusion.
True illusion expands hope and creates a kind of inner buoyancy. True illusion finds you on a sunny day in a garden as a kind of veil seems to be lifted to reveal a new layer of crisp beauty. Delusion on the other hand throws up more veils and narrows the view. Somewhere beyond the sea, the real me spots a liar.
Mark Twain said “Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”
Einstein himself called reality a very persistent illusion.
The question becomes, which illusions are worth your time? Which illusions do you bond to as tightly as sodium might bond to chlorine? Which places or ideas in your mind stir an electricity that sparks action at the most intimate and quantum level? There is nothing delusionary about a sequence so sacred as this.
Mars, the planet of action, moves into artistic Libra on Tuesday, the same day that the fully illuminated Neptune will reach its closest proximity to earth. Art in action at the height of illusion! Bob Dylan said that “art is a never-ending dance of illusions”. The stage is set for an epic performance!
It is art, with its never-ending dance of illusions which ultimately gives order to the chaos of existence, just as science does to the natural world.
Never delude yourself into ignoring your most worthy illusions.
Beautiful dreamers,
Happy astro pondering
Nature's Zodiac 
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