Being in Love Published: 13th August 2012 | Author: Smiljana Gavrančić

Being in Love

Published: 13^th August 2012 | Author: Smiljana Gavrančić 

„In real love, there is no relationship. What is the mechanism for love to become a relationship? The moment when you say to your loved one “Love only me!” you have started possessing it. And, at the moment when you start possessing it, you have deeply offended them, as you have turned him/her into a thing… We must remain individuals and exist as independent and free consciousnesses. We may go together, we may melt in each other, but no one should possess the other. Then there is no relationship…” 

In the coming week, an inharmonious aspect (a square) will occur between the planet of love, Venus in Cancer, and the planet which is related to freedom and to higher states of mind – Uranus in Aries. It is difficult for most people to deal with this aspect, as it brings about sudden and unexpected turns in love life and a lot of love-related stress. This aspect is asking us not to get emotionally attached, because, as soon as this is done, something unexpected and unpleasant will happen to us. With this aspect, it is almost impossible to keep stability, as everything that should have a structure of a loving relationship between two persons simply breaks apart, because Uranus cannot love only one person, but it needs to share love with everybody, as it is cosmopolitan and loves the whole world… Only those who manage to overcome jealousy and selfishness with this aspect may be happy. Of course, this requires a lot of inner work on oneself…

If we look back at the very myth, Venus was created from the Uranus’ genitals, after which she ended up in the sea with the god Poseidon (Neptune), thus, at the core of it – love is freedom and, above all, it is a ‘secret’…

Uranus at 15º Aries

It is precisely Osho, an Indian mystic, guru and spiritual teacher – who had in his chart a square between Venus and Uranus. And then, in 1931, when Osho was born, Uranus was in Aries, just as it is now. Osho really was a pioneer of his time, as he advocated for freedom, creativity, humor, courage, for very free and radical approaches to love, sexuality (he was nicknamed the “sex guru”), he denied marriage, tradition, religion…

If we take into account the fact that his Uranus (freedom, a higher state of consciousness) was in his natural field, the field of freedom (the 11^th house), as the ruler of his 9^th (purpose) and at a royal degree, 15° Aries, it is precisely here where we may suspect that the purpose of this man was – to set himself free… Uranus is precisely the apex of a cardinal T-square in Osho’s chart and it ‘colors’ completely the character and work of this Indian mystic. 

Venus, the planet of love, is in his chart at a degree for which we say – “secret” (12°), it is precisely the ruler of the 5^th house (love), but also of the 12^th house (inner need, personal myth) and it is in the 8^th house (deep transformation), in Capricorn (the ancient, the past). Osho was in favor of destruction (…square Uranus) of some socially set norms about love (Venus in Capricorn – love that has a form, i.e. marriage) and he had a very strong inner need to, above all, transform himself in the area of relations, love (Venus in 8), therefore transforming his followers and his students (the 5^th house also describes Osho’s students that he has had around the world, while Venus is the ruler of his 5^th, thus, in addition to love, describing his students). Venus is in conjunction with the Moon in which Pluto from Cancer ‘lives’, which is also a part of a cardinal T-square here, thus the emotional (the Moon/Venus conjunction), deep transformation (the 8^th house) is something which Osho has been through himself, which, in the end, brought him liberation (… a square with Uranus in 11). 

As a young child, Osho loved freedom very much, and he emphasized that a significant person, who has affected his spiritual growth, has been his grandmother, whom he had lived with. “My grandmother gave me freedom, she did not put limitations on me…”. The Moon – Saturn (an older woman – grandmother) is in Osho’s 8^th house, the house of transformation, forming a strong, exact square with Uranus in 11, which is a picture of the grandmother, who has affected his emotional transformation and liberation, and who was, somehow, different for her time. As neither Osho (nor his grandmother) paid any attention to religion and he emphasized that the only religion is love and that love is freedom, it is no wonder that Osho has the Moon (which ‘passed over’ Venus – love) at the degree of Jupiter’s fall (religion), at 15° Capricorn, in a square with Uranus (freedom) in 11 (freedom).  

Of course, the position of emotional planets, the Moon (who “carries” Pluto from Cancer within) and Venus in 8 (death), in a square with Uranus is the picture of fears from death that Osho must have had, thus precisely the two deaths affected this mystic quite a lot. The death of his grandfather and one of his cousins had put a burden on Osho and he have experienced fears, until everything changed (the 8^th house) and he set himself free (… a square with Uranus in 11). 

During his education, Osho had quite a lot of conflicts with his teachers, professors, simply speaking he was a “wild spirit” – the ruler of Asc, Mercury, being at the cusp of 8 (transformation) and going towards the square with Uranus in 11 – which is a picture of a rebel, a reformer, an “eccentric”. Even through disposition (Saturn in Capricorn), he remained in a square with Uranus, namely, he had a very strong inner need (square) to take the old (Capricorn) and replace it with new (Uranus in Aries). Having in mind that he has come from the country in the symbolism of Capricorn, Saturn – India, it was much easier for Osho to set his advanced ideas about love and sexuality in the United States, in the country which is related to the planet Uranus, where he still has a huge number of followers, as well as his organization, which has been dealing with publication of his works after his death…

  

The First Spiritual Enlightenment - 3º Aquarius

Osho claimed to have had his first spiritual enlightenment at the age of 21, more precisely on 21^st March 1953, while he sat underneath a tree in the garden in Jabalpur, India. He referred to this as his first mystical experience. 

In the solar chart for that day, we can see the Sun precisely at 0° Aries, which is a picture of something new, as this is a degree from which the journey through the Zodiac starts. The Sun in the chart of Osho rules his 3 house, starting at 3° Leo, thus on that day, the position of the Sun at 0° Aries certainly gives a picture of a new, pioneering mind/intellect. However, what is particularly interesting is the position of the Moon (the Soul) almost at the very Asc of Osho and it is in sextile with Uranus (freedom) in 11 (liberation) in the chart of this spiritual guide.  

Further, if we look at the directions of Osho (in which everything is moved by around 1° for 1 year), we seen then that Venus in the directions (love), at that moment, was at 3° Aquarius, at the cusp of Osho’s 9 (purpose), which is the picture of love as his purpose. He precisely talks (3°) about love, sexuality at one completely different manner, quite freely (Aquarius), moving the limits… 

The First Group of Followers – 15º Aquarius 

On 26^th September 1970, Osho gathered his first group of followers. It is interesting that in the directions of Osho, he had then a directive Mercury (studying, students) at 15° Aquarius, in an exact sextile with natal Uranus (liberation) in 11 (freedom) of Aries (the New Age – Osho and his followers are linked to the New Age)! We should remember now transit Moon from the solar chart on the date of his first spiritual enlightenment. The Moon was at 14° Gemini 37’ (almost at 15°), thus Uranus at 15° Aries in the chart of Osho is of a real significance. As this is actually a very strong lotus constellation, we can see how special everything that Osho and his followers have done and have been doing since his death…

“Being In Love“ - 15º Aries

All Osho’s statements had been noted by his followers and students, who published them after his death. The book “Being In Love” was published on 15^th January 2008, in New York. Precisely on that day, secondary Venus (love) of Osho came at 15° Aries to the natal Uranus (freedom) in 11 (liberation) of this spiritual guide. As Uranus is the central plant of a cardinal T-square in Osho’s chart, as I have said at the beginning – something the most significant in his chart, then precisely the publication of the book “Being In Love” marked that the right time has come to speak about love as freedom, and not relationship or dependence on somebody…

It is also interesting that today, after so many years, we have Uranus in Aries, and the other two planets from this cardinal T-square from Osho’s chart have only changed their positions – Venus is in Cancer (where Pluto was in Osho’s chart) and Pluto is in Capricorn (where Venus was in Osho’s chart). 

We should be reading Osho, precisely now at the times when the sky brings a square between Venus and Uranus, as his words may contribute quite a lot to a deep transformation and bring different views about love. Love truly is freedom and not an expectation, and it is only when we start to live this approach, instead of only talking about it, that we will become happy…