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Comets were once thought to be evil or bring bad 'news' or a bad omen, today we know differently. We understand that they bring or herald an end of an era and the beginning of a new one, along with history altering events and personalities.
Example: Halley's Comet, which marked the birth and death of Mark Twain, America's great literary giant and satirist. Comets also marked the births of Theodore Roosevelt and a generation later, his cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt.
This Comet is particularly Uranian because its orbit is in the opposite direction from other planetary bodies. It does not appear to have a regular visitation pattern, and coming during this intense Aquarian time perhaps it brings a message of surprises that come out of nowhere to completely change our world.
Comet Lulin is making its visitation on the day of the New Moon, when six planets are in Aquarius and the New Moon is in Pisces. Pisces is the sign of transcendence, where ordinary reality becomes blurred and we become open to higher powers, divine beings, and creative inspiration. Combined with the sudden electrical surprises of Uranus and Aquarius, the transcendence of Pisces creates an openness to the spiritual realms that can be quite intense.
The comet will be traveling through Virgo when it is visible, and it will be very close to Saturn so it will set off the opposition of Saturn and Uranus. The New Moon also forms a sextile to Pluto, so there is a transformational element at work here. The symbology of the Comet, a temporary visitor to the Universe in the midst of this planetary festival, suggests to me a dramatic turn of events that gets our attention!
"Perhaps this comet augurs a new collaborative era, where people and groups working together can discover important things they never could have discovered apart. Or even in its apparent backward movement along with stunning beauty, maybe it indicates that we could back into something and when we find others who also have backed into the same thing, we will find complementary understandings.
In the discovery process, one entity got the images, the other got the data, which led to the discovery. This may offer hints as to the influence of this galactic wanderer. In any case, it's interesting to note that the recent Solar Eclipse spoke of the emergence of "new mutations" from Cosmos, and now we welcome a first-time visitor to our Solar System. Some food for thought at the intersection of Fate Street and Free Will Street at a corner of Eternity Boulevard." Robert Wilkinson
For further Information:
NASA site
Wikipedia - comet
