Astrology Tutorial: Sedna in Aries, Sedna in Libra

Today's astrology tutorial: the shamanic world view, the birth chart, and Sedna.

To shorthand yesterday's post, Sedna's mythology is implicit both in the shamanic perceptions common to Neolithic times and to the wildly individualized sense of isolation from the unity of all life common in mainstream North America today. What gifts might Sedna offer as a glyph in the birth chart when we consider both the sign she's in, and its other face?

From the end of the 19th entury -- that's the 1800s, folks -- into the transition years, 1965 into 1968, Sedna roamed through Aries. It was all unknown to us at the time, of course, and stayed that way until 2004.

So, about Sedna in Aries?
It's her childhood story: rebellion or individuation, depending on your point of view.
Sedna in Libra, then? It reflects the point of view held by the social network surrounding her.

Sedna in Aries/Libra?
This is her childhood story in its fiullness: the child's point of view and the perspective of the culture in which she's living.This full story raises questions about the violence born from the mind and heart unwilling or unable to see another's point of view; how the society of the person whose chart is being read perceives abstract ideas like justice for all; and the place and the pursuit of beauty in the culture.