The waning Moon in Sagittarius today and most of tomorrow sends one message: “lighten up.” As Saturday transitions to Sunday, however, a lunar move into Capricorn implies a complementary (but not quite contrasting) vibration more consistent with the rest of the zodiac: “look up.” In other words, don’t hang your head, lest you miss something you would have wanted to see.

For as long as human beings have been walking around, the sky has provided a tableau that complements events on Earth. Above, air and fire are the most evident themes, and the corresponding subject matter leans toward the ethereal. Below, earth and water co-mingle to evoke grounded, immediate and practical motifs.

It’s easy to become preoccupied with and attached to that which is below. Look into things a little deeper, however, and it becomes evident that there is what you might call a synchronized exchange between Earth and sky which provides what is often vital information. From above, for example, comes the sunlight and rain that nourish botanical life on the ground.

If you observe and correlate long enough, it becomes evident that there are cycles and patterns in the synchronization between the Earth and sky. The seasons are but one case in point. Day and night are another. During the day, the Sun is preeminent, making events on the ground easier to see. With nightfall, the solar dominance yields, drawing attention to both the Moon and lesser lights: the stars and planets.

After a while, those who remained awake (for whatever reason) during the night noticed yet other cycles and patterns. In the Moon and lesser lights are a deeper and more subtle background, which exhibits further symmetries of exchange — both empirically expressed and more subtly implied. In the implications, imagination meets observation much as Earth and sky do along a horizon. From that exchange, in turn, comes the human activity of astrology where the complementary synchronization and patterns correlating inner and outer life are revealed to be systematically consistent with everything else.

Hence, the physical activity of looking up to the sky (for subtle indications that provide anticipatory information) complements the metaphorical practice of looking up from the more tangibly mundane. The mundane constitutes much of that which is evident — necessarily occupying much of your waking attention.

Yet, there is an inherent hazard in looking only at what’s evident. Doing so reveals things only as they are. Looking up, on the other hand, engages with the imagination to see things as they could be.

Unless you are a fortunate exception, much of the way things currently are is usually survivable, but often less than satisfactory for thriving. Hence your reason (as implied from above) to look up both literally and metaphorically this weekend.

Those who either ignore or disparage the boundary where the observed and imaginary conduct their own exchange often see things only as they are — whether satisfactory or not, and often with no alternative but to ask “Why?” The evidently smaller number who live on the horizon between the inner and outer (an extension of above and below) have other options.

As implied by the fact that you are reading these words, you are at least potentially among those who have the option of imagining things as they could be, and asking “Why not?” By doing so, you fulfill one of the greatest of your human potentials — contributing to both fuel and sustain a synchronization, symmetry and even an exchange between you and the universe. If that’s not a reason to look up this weekend, what is?

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