A STORY – A resistance. A statement. A response. A teaching.
And questions for all of us to hear, to research, to know & to realize.
About the Aquarian Age & the leadership positions (a sacred job/task) in our world.

And so…
Aquarius Sun, Mercury, Pluto. (depth of discussion today).
Mars retrograde – inner contemplation of what is presented.
Taurus moon – things are revealed.
Mars in Cancer – the truth nurtures & nourishes us.

Today is Mercury’s day, Wednesday, February 5, 2025.
Mercury is Ray 4 – a harmony that emerges from conflicts.

Note: upcoming.
The Aquarian Salon is this Friday, February 8th. Everyone is invited. It’s about the Aquarian Age, what is it?

The Story
I was speaking with a group about the 11th Labor of Hercules.
You remember it, yes? What that labor is?
Aquarius, the light that shines on earth & across the seas.
The light that purifies until the dark is gone?
Allowing the waters of life to pour forth for thirsty humanity.

The Aquarian Labor.
The labor 11th (Aquarius) Hercules had to complete – that of cleaning the “Augean stables” from the filth dung darkness & pestilence that had fallen upon a town & village & it was making the people ill because the king didn’t care about the people & the village & so the village & nothing could grow in the village & the people were dying.

The Teacher gave Hercules the task, the job (description), of cleaning up the town. And so Hercules set about cleaning the town by diverting two rivers that flowed around the town. He diverted the waters so they could flow into the “stables” (town, village) & the waters could cleanse & purify.

True Prez Accomplishing the 11th Labor.
In my talk I likened this “Aquarian labor the 11th”, the cleansing of the stables, to the work the true president is doing (quickly, swiftly), in our country, the U.S.) after the terrible work the “last king” & his cohorts did – cleaning up the destruction & selling off of our country, so our people & our country & our world can begin to thrive again. To be free (Aquarian quality).

Reaction
Well, there was a swift reaction (not a response but a reaction!).
I was told quite severely not to mix politics with “precious sacred teachings.”

This was unsettling because I thought of the people involved in the reaction as esotericists, who (should) know there is no separation in all the many endeavors of humanity.
In terms of Politics & government – there is an actual spiritual & esoteric Seed Group called Politics!

I did not respond immediately.
I wondered for a day & a half what is the right response here? How DO I respond? What is needed here?
The answer is & could be quite complex. I didn’t want to meander about with my words. I wanted to be clear & succinct & esoteric.

Response
Here is my response & the late questions posed.
Note: the questions at the end.
They are for all of us to answer, to research.
For all of us to know the answers. Because it has to do with the new Aquarian era & our time now.

It is also important to know that in terms of world leaders –
WHAT is to be respected?
What do we focus on? What do we observe?
We RESPECT THE POSITION OF LEADERSHIP.
THE POSITION.
The JOB that the leader is to perform.
We do NOT focus on the the personality of the leader.

My first questions.
1. what do you really feel, what do you really think of our U.S. president?
2. Isn’t everything precious & sacred?

3. Isn’t our world, what we see in our world, aren’t our leaders, isn’t everyone & everything “precious & sacred?”

4. Two Ways of Understanding Politics.
There are two ways of looking at the Wisdom Teachings & Politics. The old way & the new way. (White Magic, p. 633)
The old way has the Wisdom Teachings & Politics as antagonistic to each other. Everything is an “ideal” but the two realities cannot touch or be discussed together. They are separate (this is the Piscean, Ray 6 idealism way). It silences!

The NEW way – the Aquarian Way –
The Wisdom Teachings (whose foundation is the art & science & observations of the Astrological energies) are applied to all that we see in our world, to all leaders, events, countries, people. There is no separation. Everything is “precious”, everything interacting with everything else.
This is the Aquarian Way, Ray 7, anchoring a discussion, uniting the different realities, creating a new archetype of interaction Way – it allows for freedom of communication).

Specific Questions for the Aquarian Age.
I then offered these questions (below) to the Group.
And I post them here for everyone to read, study, research & answer.
Many of the answers have been posted in the Teachings here.
If everyone has read my posts each day, the answers are there & they are also in the blue books.

Questions to Ponder.

Why I refer to the US president – applying the Aquarian Labor to his actions. There is much to know esoterically in the answers to the questions below – which helps to understand my statement referring to the true prez & the Aquarian labor.

Do We All Know….

1, Why a person is given (world) leadership tasks? Especially leadership of a nation, of the world?

2. The astrology of the US president (Trump) & how it interfaces w/ the US astrology chart?

3. The Spiritual Task of the United States?

4. When the World Teacher appears, what is He coming for?

5. The difference between the Piscean way of viewing politics & the Aquarian Way of viewing politics?

6. When, in the course of 2500 years, the true unity of the Aquarian Age will come forth?

7. What is the first thing that must happen as we enter the atmosphere of the Aquarian Age?

8. What Leo’s tasks are concerning the creation of the new era, the Aquarian Age?

9. The specific task of the Aquarian Labor of Hercules?

10. The Spiritual Seed Group called Politics? Its purpose?

Today is Sunday, day of rest, contemplation & study.
February 2, 2025 – Candlemas Day. The Ashram is filled with candles to be blessed for use in the upcoming year.
Candlemas, the cross quarter day between winter’s cold & warm spring rains.
It is also, in the Catholic Church, the Baptism of the Holy Child.
Mary & Jesus & Joseph were Jewish.
So Mary, after the birth of her son, entered the temple for a sacred bath given to all women who gave birth. The holy sacred bath is called a Mikvah.
So today is also called Purification Day.

Candlemas marks the moment in time (day) between winter solstice and spring equinox (cross-quarter day). Like a spring festival of preparation, we turn over the soil and begin to prepare it biodynamically. We sort our seeds, call forth their life-force, thus securing our future food supply. The Light is returning. We feel hope.

February 1 & 2 are St. Brigid’s Days. We bake multigrain breads, weave crosses of wheat or oat stalks. The crosses, hung in our homes, protect from fires and lightning. We make corn dollies from dried (soaked in water) corn sheaves, offering the dollies as gifts.

In the Catholic Church, Candlemas, 40 days after Christmas, marks the end of Epiphany. On this day, the holy child and Mary are presented in the Temple. Mary is bathed (Mary was purified in a ritual – a mikvah – bath of sea-salt water) and the holy child (Jesus) is recognized as the promised and long awaited one – the “Light of the world.”

We, too, bathe ourselves in salt and sea water. And become the “Light of the world” for thirsty humanity (Aquarian task).

Candlemas is a fire festival, acknowledging the Sun’s rising light creating the rising of the sap (fires) in the plant kingdom. In the Catholic churches today, beeswax candles are blessed to be used throughout the year for light & protection. These rituals anchor into our little world the Light of Life. They connect us to the Earth and to the heavens. We come into balance on this cross-quarter day. We prepare through knowledge.

Candlemas Day, Baptism by water day. Purification Day.
The blessing of the candles day.
It’s also the Celtic Imbolc & groundhog day.
Aries moon today – Aquarius Sun – fire & air today.

February 2nd each year is a multi-festival day. The day our Christmas trees become Valentine’s trees.
And the question today – will winter last?

Tomorrow, a study of the true prez chart.
So we may have a deeper understanding of the man, his leadership & his purpose. Knowledge & understanding unfolds Love. Risa

as the Holy Child is Presented in the Temple.
First Sorrow:
The Prophecy of Simeon
From the Gospel according to St. Luke:

When the days were completed after the birth of Jesus it was time for Baptism & for Mary’s sacred bath of purification according to the Law of Moses. And so they took the holy child up to Jerusalem to present Him in the Temple. And there was a holy man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was devout, awaiting the prophecy to be revealed (the consolation of Israel which the people did not accept), and the Holy Spirit was upon him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the prophecy fulfilled & see the Messiah of the Lord.