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This past week, two people in my life turned to me for help in interpreting symbols. These symbols had invaded their conscious worlds. A close friend, sending her first child off to college, found her previously clear pond muddied by dream images that lingered uncomfortably through the day. Another friend was visited by a butterfly that wouldn’t leave him alone — for him, a recurrent symbol of a relationship lost. Why another butterfly, and why now?

I was more helpful with the first than the second. I could objectively interpret the dreams: blood representing life, water the unconscious, stone steps leading to the heavens. These images showed her the way forward. Yet try as I might, I was unsuccessful in unearthing an astrologically sound pattern for the butterfly. Astrology can only do so much — sometimes the symbol belongs to the personal heart alone.

Grappling with life through symbol is a complicated process — whether we seek help or not.

— Dawn Bodrogi

Astrology, the art of the circle, shows that growth is not straightforward. It is a spiral reaching forward and back. On a birthday, we feel caught between the inherent loss of the past and the exhilaration of the future. As astrologers, we are continually at a crossroads: Do we go the conscious way, with full awareness of the symbols? Or the messy way, where feeling and instinct win? In truth, neither way is the right way.

The life force, as exemplified by Leo and the Sun, follows the path of the heart. Creating is a messy business. But the greater cycle of readiness belongs to Leo’s opposite, Aquarius. Aquarius never lets us forget that there is a higher mind at work, a greater plan. Astrology is Aquarian — our glyphs and archetypes are bridges connecting ordinary consciousness to the higher mind.

When we trust in our own process, the symbolic realm becomes a sacred way. Through this, the individual and the universal become one. Helping others find this way is astrology’s greatest purpose. In true Aquarian spirit, we can help ourselves and those we love to become living symbols of the divine at work in the world.

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The Foundations Book by Dawn Bodrogi

For a deeper understanding of how astrology functions as a bridge between ordinary consciousness and the higher mind — and how the Sun, Leo, and Aquarius work together in a complete chart synthesis — Dawn’s Foundations Book is the essential companion.

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We can help ourselves and those we love to become living symbols of the divine at work in the world.