If you are at a party and find yourself cornered by a guest or guests and want to find a way out, here are some conversation topics that are sure to disperse your crowd like pouring water in an ant hill: taxes, astrology, ancient history, your cat’s litterbox challenges or, the best, rape.

When recently mentioning how the US president-elect is a rapist, the reaction was quite strong, as it should be. But this, dear readers, isn’t the first rapist in office. What’s different about this situation is we knowingly chose a rapist.

What is rape and what are we learning by doing this?

The 2^nd – 8^th house polarity

Astrology contains 12 signs of the zodiac which are six polarities. In the horoscope, those polarities are represented by houses, or areas of life where the energies manifest. And that’s what’s most important here and what this astrologer is finally understanding:

Thoughts and beliefs manifest in physical reality.

The houses, then, are where our thoughts and beliefs manifest and become the themes of our lives.

The 8^th house of the horoscope, which is ruled by Scorpio, which is the energy of US elections, traditionally rules death, sex and taxes.

Sex, death and taxes? Ben Franklin famously said, “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” (Not sex?)

What is the relationship here?

The relationship is boundary crossing. Sex is the crossing of physical barriers to join bodies. Death is the crossing of spirit out of the body. And taxes represent others forcefully or legally taking our products or earnings.

When manifesting positively, sex is intimacy. When not, sex is rape. When manifesting positively, death is release. When not, it’s hanging on. When manifesting positively, taxes are shared resources for common goals. When not, it’s tyrants taking money for their own use or to engage in activities without our consent.

And the 2^nd house polarity?

The 2^nd is self, self-worth, values, body and tangible items. The 2^nd house has boundaries – I worked so I get the money; this is my body and I don’t want to pierce my ears; I have value by simply being alive without having to “earn” it.

The 2^nd house is “me” and the 8^th house is “we.” Positive 2^nd house is a sense of self that does not infringe upon others. A positive 8^th house is a desire to form intimate bonds and share our resources with those we love.

Types of rape

When our physical body boundaries are crossed without our consent, it’s rape. Yet rape is the stealing of energy which can occur in more ways than physical. Rape can occur in the four elements of the zodiac: earth, air, fire, and water.

Earth: physical rape

Physical rape is the rape we associate with this word. This is when humans force sexual activity on other humans and needs (hopefully) the least explanation. The trauma from this type of rape is well documented and mostly occurs to women.

Air: mental rape

Mental rape involves others forcing their thoughts into our minds. Cults and totalitarian systems are created for mental rape which control what can be read and said which then limits thought. Families can create this environment as well. Refugees from countries with the most controlling mental systems find that they don’t have the most basic 2^nd house self-awareness such as their favorite color or understanding of their own sexual preferences.

Fire: spiritual rape

Spiritual rape involves instilling an “indelible stain” upon individuals before they form a 2nd house sense of self and personal values. Caste systems are spiritual rape. Slavery is a combination of physical and spiritual rape. These types of rape sever the link between individuals and the source to convince humans that they are not worthy and deserve ill treatment.

Water: emotional rape

The tool of emotional rape is unearned shame and guilt. The family environment is the breeding ground of this type of rape where emotions are used to coerce. Of the different forms of rape, this is the one most preferred by women where they have the greatest (or only) influence in many societies. The mother-child bond is strong and guilt can be a very powerful tool of boundary invasion.

Uranus in Taurus

In the US and other countries, we seem to be learning many lessons of rape.

Why now?

Uranus, the planet of inspiration and enlightenment, has been traveling through Taurus since 2018. Since that time, we have had many 2^nd house issues arise including physical gender versus identity, whether we have the right to reject forced medicine, and a greater understanding of where consumer product originates and the interdependence of countries for staple goods.

Any focus upon one energy will by default trigger the polarity. Uranus bringing light to 2^nd house issues, will also reflect the 8^th house shadow issues.

Enlightenment means seeing clearly. “Woke,” which is a positive idea associated with enlightenment has been used to turn the idea into a negative, much as the ancient swastika symbol used for thousands of years on earth in numerous cultures in positive ways was turned around to become a negative symbol of hatred and tyranny.

When we buy, say, a television and put the box on the front lawn, it generates the awareness that there’s a new television inside.

For thieves, this can create an awareness of what’s inside if they can find their way inside.

Our Uranus 2^nd house definitions of self and sovereignty are like boxes on our front lawns announcing to the world that we have some new energy. The 8^th house – ours and others’ – will be activated. Turning positive images into negative images is a stealing of energy.

Will we let our energy be stolen?