Suzanne Boben

I opened Facebook today to be smacked in the face with a screenshot I posted last year, of my phone’s home screen … an image of Mother Mary on 11/11 at 11:11AM. Just prior to this, I had been mumbling to my guides and mentors, “You need to show me how to do this, you need to show me how to do this!” That screenshot, of Mother Mary on 11/11, 11:11, was surely not a coincidence, as I was intending to proclaim, “I’ve figured it out!” What that is, and what my guides and mentors “need to show me how to do,” is probably more than I can explain in this post, but this story will unfold as the days and weeks and months go by.

We are moving into a death process. In 12 days, the sun will move into the constellation of Scorpio. Yes, I’m speaking astronomically, not astrologically. I will explain why at a later date, but for now, realize the sun is still in the constellation of Libra. When it moves into Scorpio on the 23rd of November, we’ll begin a 6-day process of death. Scorpio rules death, a process whose purpose has been intentionally clouded with fear. There was a reason for that, but again, I’ll elaborate later. You may already be feeling this process. I’ve been in it for at least a few weeks, and when a friend asked about my “funk” the other day, I said, “I think it’s going to get worse.”

If you’ve been feeling this keep reading. ➡️

The sun will be in Scorpio from the 23rd, through the 29th 2PM CST. I imagine this span of six days will be rife with death-like metaphor, emotion and even symbolic events. I’m not here to make predictions, but what the collective experiences, is always reflected in its projection of the heavens. Our experience is cyclical and “death” is the phase we’re in.

Remembering The Ancient Gate of Ophiuchus

Now, unlike astrology, if you look to the actual collective projection of the heavens, you will find that the sun moves into the constellation of Ophiuchus on November 29th, 2PM CST. Astrology no longer includes this archetype. I wish I could tell this story today, but alas, more for later! For now, understand, that if you want to work with humanity’s actual collective projection, you must look to the fact that the sun moves through the archetype of Ophiuchus until December 17th, 8PM CST. This constellation holds the symbolism of an energetic gate that was intentionally erased from the human collective awareness. This is a void of stillness, if you will, where the initiate who has completed all phases of the current cycle, goes through the process of self-assessment. “Have I learned all there was to learn from these phases of this current cycle? Do I need to repeat the cycle, or should I transcend it into the next octave?”

Now, this isn’t as easy as the words might imply. We endure all sorts of experiences as we move through the phases of each cycle. Some are so magical that we never wish to let them go. Some experiences are so horrifying that we seemingly can’t let them go. The initiate cannot bring these attachments into the next cycle. Any identification with these experiences must be surrendered. Ophiuchus is the experience of the initiate facing this challenge. Can you let the experiences of the previous cycle go, in order to transcend them and move into the next octave of experience?

You Can’t Take It With You

This is the purpose of death, both metaphorically and literally. In the days when humanity still knew about the initiation through Ophiuchus, they knew that the phase of death could be metaphorical, or literal. They could choose, but one did not have to die literally, to transcend into the next octave of experience. You could do it metaphorically. You die to the previous cycle, shed the identification with and attachment to all experiences, and transcend … this is the camel moving through the eye of the needle. The rich man would never surrender his riches for the unknown experience in an entirely new octave. After the awareness of Ophiuchus, the transitionary gate, was erased from our collective awareness, we were left with only literal death as a means to process the previous cycle. Our lifespans shortened quickly, and so has been the reality for humanity ever since.

About 10-15 years ago, my friend Michele began to say, “We no longer need to die!” In the beginning, I think she was as surprised as anyone to be saying that. I believed her intellectually; she always spoke from her experience, but it wasn’t until the last 48 hours that I’ve come to understand what she really meant. The awareness of this transitionary gate has returned to humanity’s collective awareness. Once again, we have the opportunity to move through the transitionary gate, without literally dying. I don’t suspect it will be easy. We’ve been conditioned to fear death. To understand its true purpose would restore each person’s sovereignty, making it impossible for the very, very few, to capture all the power and wield it against us. Death is a key gateway that must be transversed in order to move into the gate of transcendence. You cannot bring anything with you, into the gate of Ophiuchus. Only the purity of self can enter into the process and ultimately make the choice to repeat the last cycle, or to spiral into the next octave.

Between November 23-29, we will be in death, and between November 29th and December 17th, the collective of humanity will make its decision: Do we repeat the cycle … another 13 phases … or do we transcend into the next octave. During that death phase, it will be crucial for the collective to shed its past, shed its identification with who it thinks it has become, and shed its attachment to every belief, thought and ideal it has clung to, preventing its collective evolution. This will transpire at the individual level, but will be reflected within the collective, so be aware, over the coming days and weeks, and even into the months of the new year … which choice did you make? How well did you die to the the old, conditioned “you”? Were you able to surrender your identity, and your attachments?

This is what I was mumbling to my guides and mentors for help with … “Show me how to do this!”