Breakdown of the Aquarius 22 Symbol
Keywords: Humor, Absurdity
These keywords set the tone for the symbol, suggesting a playful, irreverent approach to life or reality. Humor and absurdity point to a perspective that finds joy in the unexpected, defying conventional logic or seriousness, which aligns with Aquarius’s innovative and unconventional nature.
Image: A rug placed upon a floor for children to play
This evokes a safe, playful space where creativity and spontaneity thrive. The rug symbolizes a contained yet open environment for exploration, much like a canvas for imagination. It suggests innocence, freedom, and the joy of unstructured play, resonating with the keyword “humor.”
Image: A lady with rounded features; fair skin, hair between auburn and brown, deep blue eyes; she is busy at her toilet
This image contrasts with the playful rug. The lady’s detailed description (rounded features, specific hair and eye color) and her focus on grooming suggest refinement, self-presentation, or societal conformity. “Busy at her toilet” implies a deliberate, perhaps vain effort to maintain appearances, which may contrast with the carefree play of the children. This could symbolize the tension between social order and individual freedom.
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Image: A raging bull stamping upon the body of a dog
This violent, chaotic image introduces a stark contrast to the previous scenes. The bull represents raw, uncontrollable power or aggression, while the dog (often a symbol of loyalty or vulnerability) is overwhelmed. This suggests a disruptive force overpowering something weaker, reflecting the “absurdity” of unchecked power or the unpredictability of nature.
Symbol: Pegasus, or surprise Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology, symbolizes inspiration, transcendence, and the leap into the extraordinary. The term “surprise” reinforces the idea of sudden, unexpected shifts that break from routine. This aligns with Aquarius’s association with shock, innovation and breakthroughs.
Concept: The erratic fringe of chill and a straining into novelty or leap of the consistency of order or pattern
This poetic phrase describes a tension between stability (order, pattern) and disruption (novelty, erratic leaps). The “erratic fringe of chill” suggests a boundary where conventional order gives way to something unpredictable, while “straining into novelty” implies an active push toward innovation or surprise, akin to Pegasus’s flight.
Interpretation: Critical intimacy with playful nature exposes the self to subsumption by a superior power which perpetually neutralizes or qualifies order as a datum by the cause-free impulse to initiate.
This complex sentence suggests that engaging deeply with playfulness or creativity (a “playful nature”) opens one to a greater force—perhaps divine inspiration, chaos, or the collective unconscious—that disrupts fixed structures. The “superior power” neutralizes rigid order through spontaneous, “cause-free” impulses, emphasizing creativity for its own sake.
Concept: The pure creative delight in interruption and variation
This highlights the joy of breaking patterns and embracing change. It reflects Aquarius’s love for individuality and rebellion against conformity, finding genius in the unexpected.
Outcome: So that intellectual reduction becomes a perpetual mental self-variation or pattern-creation
This suggests that attempts to simplify or systematize reality (intellectual reduction) are transformed into a continuous process of reinventing patterns. The mind becomes a dynamic, self-renewing system, constantly creating new frameworks rather than settling on one.
Gift: Quickening genius for unexpected correspondence
This final phrase points to a talent for spotting surprising connections or synchronicities, a hallmark of Aquarian insight. It’s the ability to find meaning or innovation in the absurd or unexpected, like a flash of inspiration.
Core Meaning of Aquarius 22
The Aquarius 22 degree symbolizes the interplay between order and disruption, where humor, absurdity, and creative spontaneity challenge rigid structures to spark innovation. The images—a playful rug, a grooming lady, a violent bull, and Pegasus—reflect a spectrum from innocence to chaos to transcendence. The symbol celebrates the “cause-free impulse” to create, interrupt, and vary, suggesting that true genius lies in embracing the unpredictable and finding unexpected connections. It warns against clinging to order (the lady’s grooming, intellectual reduction) while encouraging a playful, open approach to life’s absurdities. Connection to Archetypal Structural Pattern
The Aquarius 22 symbol aligns with several archetypal patterns previously discussed, particularly those involving disruption, transformation, and creativity. Below, I’ll connect it to these archetypes and show how it manifests in Alice in Wonderland.The Trickster’s Disruption
:Aquarius 22 Connection: The “pure creative delight in interruption and variation” and the “erratic fringe of chill” strongly evoke the trickster archetype, where chaos and absurdity (e.g., the bull stamping the dog, Pegasus’s surprise) upend conventional order to spark new possibilities. The keyword “absurdity” reinforces this playful defiance of logic. Carnmoney witchcraft - MC
In Alice: Wonderland’s characters, like the Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, or March Hare, embody the trickster’s role, disrupting Alice’s expectations with nonsensical behavior. Their absurd actions (e.g., the Mad Hatter’s unbirthday party) mirror the “cause-free impulse to initiate,” pushing Alice to adapt and find humor in chaos.
Example: The Cheshire Cat’s vanishing act and cryptic riddles (“We’re all mad here”) reflect the “quickening genius for unexpected correspondence,” as they challenge Alice to see reality differently, much like Aquarius 22’s delight in variation.
The Duality (Order vs. Chaos):Aquarius 22 Connection: The symbol juxtaposes order (the lady’s grooming, the consistency of pattern) with chaos (the raging bull, the erratic leap of Pegasus). This tension drives the “perpetual mental self-variation,” where order is qualified by creative disruption.
In Alice: Alice’s logical, Victorian mindset (order) clashes with Wonderland’s absurdity (chaos), such as the Queen’s arbitrary “Off with their heads!” or the Mad Tea Party’s illogical rules. Her journey involves navigating this duality, finding a balance between her rationality and the playful absurdity of Wonderland.
Example: The trial scene, with its chaotic proceedings and Alice’s attempt to impose logic, mirrors the Aquarius 22 dynamic of order being neutralized by a “superior power” (Wonderland’s absurdity).
The Quest for Identity:Aquarius 22 Connection: The “critical intimacy with playful nature” and “mental self-variation” suggest a process of self-discovery through engaging with the absurd. The symbol’s emphasis on breaking patterns aligns with redefining one’s identity through creative leaps.
In Alice: Alice’s repeated question, “Who am I?” reflects her struggle to maintain her identity in a world of shifting rules. Her encounters with absurd characters (e.g., the Caterpillar, the Duchess) force her to adapt and redefine herself, akin to the “pattern-creation” of Aquarius 22.
Example: The Caterpillar’s challenge (“Who are you?”) and Alice’s size changes (a literal “variation” of self) echo the symbol’s theme of finding identity through unexpected, playful shifts.
The Cycle of Renewal:Aquarius 22 Connection: The “subsumption by a superior power” and “leap of the consistency of order” suggest a transformative process where old patterns are disrupted to create new ones, akin to a death-and-rebirth cycle. The rug for children to play hints at the innocence and potential for renewal through play.
In Alice: Alice’s fall down the rabbit hole (a break from her ordered world) and her eventual awakening (return to reality) frame her journey as a cycle of renewal. Wonderland’s absurdity acts as the “superior power” that reshapes her perspective.
Example: Alice’s growth in confidence, culminating in her defiance of the Queen (“You’re nothing but a pack of cards!”), reflects the Aquarius 22 process of creating new patterns through disruption.
Application to Alice in WonderlandAlice in Wonderland is a perfect canvas for the Aquarius 22 symbol, as its absurd, playful narrative embodies the themes of humor, disruption, and creative leaps. Here’s how specific elements align:The Rug for Children to Play: Wonderland itself is a “rug” for Alice’s imaginative play, a surreal space where she explores without rigid boundaries. The nonsensical events (e.g., the Caucus Race, the Mad Tea Party) reflect the “pure creative delight” of unstructured play, encouraging Alice to embrace absurdity.
The Lady Busy at Her Toilet: This could symbolize Alice’s initial adherence to Victorian propriety or logic, which she tries to maintain in Wonderland (e.g., her attempts to recite poems correctly or follow social rules). However, Wonderland’s chaos forces her to abandon this “grooming” of order, aligning with the symbol’s critique of rigid conformity.
The Raging Bull Stamping the Dog: This violent image mirrors the Queen of Hearts’ tyrannical outbursts or the general chaos of Wonderland, where powerful, irrational forces (like the Queen’s decrees) overwhelm weaker ones (Alice’s logic or the vulnerable characters). It reflects the “erratic fringe” that disrupts order.
Pegasus, or Surprise: Wonderland is full of surprises, like the Cheshire Cat’s appearances or the sudden shifts in Alice’s size. These “Pegasus” moments embody the “quickening genius for unexpected correspondence,” as Alice learns to find meaning in the absurd (e.g., adapting to Wonderland’s logic).
Relationships: Alice’s interactions with characters like the Mad Hatter, March Hare, or Cheshire Cat reflect the “critical intimacy with playful nature,” as each encounter challenges her to engage with absurdity and vary her perspective, much like the symbol’s “mental self-variation.”
Aquarius 22 (Humor, Absurdity): Embraces chaos and disruption for its own sake, finding joy in breaking patterns and leaping into novelty (e.g., Pegasus, the raging bull). It’s more visionary, rebellious, and playful, prioritizing creativity over structure.
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The key dynamic within Aquarius 22... and this includes Leo 22, "A carrier pigeon", the bird that always flies back home... is to explore unknown territory without getting too far from home. This suggests small steps that keep a secure, grounded centre from which to explore.
The dynamic is related to the preceding symbol, Aquarius 21, "A woman disappointed and disillusioned". 'Disappointment is indeed a common theme in this degree placement, however it is disappointment and disillusionment arising out of exaggerated expectations. Moving into the 22nd degree Aquarius, one becomes aware that exploring the unknown is possible... even necessary... but that there are rules that guide the process a little less ambitious than found in 21 Aquarius.
Individuals with placements in the 22nd degree Aquarius (and all 22nd degree fixed sign placements) must guard against collapsing back into habitual patterns. It is all to common that humans will choose a painful, unproductive pattern when faced with anxiety filled challenges, simply because they are familiar.
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