Henry VIII & The Divine Right of Kings
Henry VIII, King of England from 1509 to 1547, began the doctrine of divine right of kings. 500 years later, that archetype parades across the world stage as Donald Trump. Only this time, when the emperor parades his greed and egomania, many of us are ready to shout out, “The Emperor is naked!”
The fabric of his pretentious delusions are on public display for all to see, yet only a thoughtful and courageous few will call out the truth. He’s been selling himself as a god given savior of America, and all the while buying power for himself in backdoor deals. Trump hasn’t exactly chopped off anyone’s head as Henry VIII did, but he has felt equally entitled to get whatever he wants with impunity.
Why have Americans let him get away with it? Because we have worshiped dynasties, money and wealth? On the world stage we see a reflection of the transformations we’re asked to notice inside ourselves. The 500 year old rule of “divine” kings is crumbling. We are refusing to exonerate criminals because they have or claim to have some sort of special privilege. During this era, A Washington Post article made this observation: “In allowing miscreants to escape accountability, [he] has effectively told his Department that there are no consequences for unethical or even illegal conduct.”
In this I hear the call to integrity from that rare and powerful event when Pluto conjoined Saturn in the sign of Capricorn on January 12, 2020. Like the aftermath of volcanic eruptions, the beginnings of this new 500-yr cycle poured in like hot lava over stygian waters. It immediately changed the landscape—almost overnight the world stopped, never to be the same.
Aren’t we tired of watching history repeating itself with only slight changes in dialogue and costumes? There’s an old familiar saying testifying to our world weariness, “Stop the world, I want to get off!” That’s a powerful wish that has now come true! Suddenly, the doors closed on the so-called rat race. We have the option to get off the spinning wheel that goes nowhere and to go forward at a pace that doesn’t run over our need for peace, or our responsibility to alleviate suffering wherever we can.
Covid-19 is a tragedy of lost lives, but also a proof that we can stop the constant rush hour. Covid-19 has been a catalyst, but is not the cause, of the ensuing shift in consciousness we are called to make —a shift from deception to honesty, from lies to integrity, from abuse of power to the empowerment of reason, goodwill, and a helping hand to all those who have been deprived and overrun by a monkey-minded system.
Jupiter’s energetic signals in 2022 and 2023, are pushing doors open to new horizons of opportunity and renewed optimism. That’s more or less usual for Jupiter. What’s different, now that he’s in Aries fire, is that those opportunities will be for trailblazing, for charging ahead with innovations like a pioneer moving always forward, never looking back.