I watch the Saturn cycle closely and I have for years. I like to see how history repeats and I specifically wanted to touch base with, Ben, in this regard since we’re completing a Saturn cycle at this time. We reminisced about when we met and our recollections match.

We agreed that we were both in a bad state when we met. We had good fortune to collide at this time as we were able to sustain each other. We were on the phone for two hours and we covered a lot of ground but one thing I was able to articulate was Ben’s ability to empower a person and what he does is not necessarily conscious.

I told him that it was during Saturn’s transit through Scorpio that he gave up all childish things. Saturn hit the top of his chart and eventually conjuncted his (10th house) Sun. People were dying of AIDS back then, in droves. Ben (a gay man) got very serious about his life and his purpose. He became a teacher at this time and we discussed this.

“Do you know that you stepped up and became an authority at the time and you have been busy since? I have called you for the last 26 years and you have been busy, every single minute of that time. You have worked seven days a week since the minute you became a teacher.” He laughed but agreed. “You already had everything you needed to do this. You had the knowledge and the talent. You always had authority but before this transit, you were scattered. You were working two jobs in two restaurants and you were also teaching the cello. Remember? You worked lunch and you worked dinner and you had cello students…”

“I remember.”

“Well, this is when you pulled it all together. You focused your effort on teaching and it’s been incredible to witness. You have not lost your focus in 26 years. Remember when 9/11 happened and everyone was freaked out? I called you and said, what are you going to do, Ben? What am I going to do, you said. I am going to get up in the morning and go to work! I am going to fix these kid’s bow grips and teach them to play, better than they do. God knows, they need all the help they can get!”

He laughed.

“Do you know how many people you have served in the last 26 years? Can you imagine how many lives you have touched? That’s something. When we met, you had your house full of gay men, night and day. They were high all the time, remember? They would come to your house, get high and stay all day. You didn’t like them very much/.”

“You were there for that?”

“Yes, I was there for that. They hated me.”

“Oh yeah, that’s right. What is SHE doing here?”

“Yeah, that’s how they were and you got mad as hell and started kicking them out of your house. This is Elsa! She is my honored guest! She is the only one I even want to be here. She’s the only one here, who I actually INVITED, and if you can’t treat her right, you’re going to have to leave yourself!” I said. “You used to say that to them.”

He laughed. ‘Well, that’s right. That was exactly the situation.”

“Well get this. How is this for a transformation? You quit drugs of all kinds. You didn’t like them anyway and you quit them completely at that time.”

“I did.”

“And you had all these men hanging around because of your charisma but after this transit, I flew to see you and what did I find? I found a slew of boys all hanging around your house. You had become a teacher and they all wanted your guidance. Do you remember?” He groaned. “We pulled up and there they were, waiting for you. I didn’t know what the hell. I had just flew in.  I’d never seen you as a teacher, but you pulled in the garage and sprung into action, You went outside and started yelling at the boys. You boys get out of here! What are you doing hanging around me? What are you doing, sitting on the curb in the street? Go do something with your life! At least stand up like men! You’re not street urchins are you? Why are you sitting in the gutter? Are you rats? The gutter is for rats, not for young men who are going to do something with their lives, make something of themselves, you said! You had totally become your 10th house Sun and if you think about this, it’s mind-boggling how many people you have healed and empowered in the last 30 years.”

“Well I don’t know. I’d have to think about it.”

“Well I have thought about it and you have done this non-stop, seven days a week. You did it for me when we met and you don’t even know it. Want me to tell you how this works?”

“Yes.”

What do you do to empower others? Anything?

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