Your life is now engaging with the meat of the astrology Eric worked so long to address in his Vision Quest readings for 2016. In addition to availing yourself of those readings, you can put today’s Capricorn Moon to use by considering both the creator and some of the content of a vision manifested nearly 80 years ago.
It was on the Capricorn Solstice of 1937 that Walt Disney Studios premiered the first full-length animated feature film: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
It was a success in every sense of the word, but you might not have thought so during the four years between Disney’s announcement of his vision and its final realization. First off, like all of us, Walt Disney had his flaws. Some of his imperfections resonate in the motion picture industry to this day. Any one of Disney’s personality defects could also have resulted in the failure of his vision to elevate cartoons into movies.
Perhaps the one single thing that brought Walt Disney’s vision to a successful result was that he believed in it even when others did not. Disney’s closest relationships (his wife and brother) didn’t believe. Neither did prospective financial supporters. Disney had to mortgage his home to make the film. Of course, his competitors in the motion picture industry had a field day mocking him. For some reason we may never understand, however, this visionary persisted in what nearly everybody else thought was a fool’s quest.
Whatever visions you now entertain for your life, you might take some inspiration from Walt Disney, and not just his personal example. Whether intentionally or not, a group of characters in his first, grand, realized vision can provide you with some inspiration as well.
Featured prominently in Snow White were seven apparently foolish characters: the dwarfs. It is perhaps significant that each one of those dwarf characters separately — and all of them in combination — represent some important personality attributes that you might consider emulating when you face the challenge of making your visions real.
You can begin with the two ostensible leaders: Doc and Grumpy. Doc’s mind moved faster than he could form the words to express his thoughts. Nevertheless, Doc was the type of thoughtful personality you need to be to prevail in a world where so many are so utterly thoughtless. Grumpy, for his part, was more a healthy skeptic than a grouch. That skepticism grounded him and provided the discernment represented by his squinty eye; another trait you will need to to discern fact from fantasy, if you wish to to nurture and achieve what you believe.
Sleepy knew the value of chilling out and getting what rest he could when he could — a valuable asset as regards to keeping yourself from feeling overwhelmed or coming down sick as you pursue your visions. Happy provided evidence of how a personal relationship with joy can make a big difference for you in a world that can easily be perceived as a dark and discouraging place. Bashful, for his part, demonstrated the importance of how humility can keep you both tolerant and tolerable when the brash wear out their welcome. Sneezy knew the value of expelling that which is potentially toxic before it can cause a problem.
Last but not least, there is Dopey, who was mysteriously mute but definitely not dumb. Dopey was the only dwarf without a beard, evincing the value of embracing the timeless potential of youth within (which, like a baby, can express without speaking), while bringing up the rear without umbrage.
As a cohesive whole, the seven dwarfs demonstrated a daily commitment to the consistent industriousness Walt Disney and his collaborators employed to mine their vision and extract tangible value from it. In addition, the doughty dwarfs showed the abundant courage necessary to defend that which they valued and overcome the most nightmarish scenario.
Finally, each of the seven dwarfs had a soft and faithful heart. They did not have the heart to bury Snow White even when all seemed lost and anybody else would have resigned to grim reality. In the end, it was the collective preservation of tenderness and love inside that made it possible for the return of the same in the world on the outside.
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So can it be for you. In spite of how a well-known bully derides being soft as a liability, you know better.
Your body is not made of iron. Your mind is not computer hardware. Your softness is not just unavoidable, it is your greatest strength. As with water and rocks, the softest things endure and prevail over the hardest things in this world’s final realities.
A vision is a very soft and vulnerable thing, just as your love and your heart are. The jewels Eric spent so much time last year mining are available for you here to help you prevail. But none of what Eric wrote in Vision Quest can help you unless you can bring to his astrological guidance both your vision and the qualities that Walt Disney and his dwarfs exemplified. You have all that (and probably more) within you. It would do the rest of us a lot of good if you could show it.
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Len, I sent the link to your piece to my partner and he replied:
I sure wish Hollywood (or anyone) would come out with a full-length animated film that would help the supporters of Ducky Donald understand the damage Ducky was capable of to themselves, their Nation and the World. Perhaps it could be a story of an evil sorcerer who had cast a spell over millions of kids, all believing he was going to make their lives full of happiness but in the end only causes grief, would be able to reach those supporters in the only language they could understand. The movie could have a happy ending when the evil sorcerer was vanquished and the children were freed from their spell and they all got a lifetime supply of ice cream and candy.
Alas, I know it won’t be that easy in the real world, but it might be a start.
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Ah Len! The comedy of the Dwarves! Or is it the tragedy? All the same in a polar world, I presume.
Thank you for this lively, sleepy and never dopey rendition of Snow White’s good friends. We all just got a little closer to all of them in all of us.
Simply Brilliant Len. And in its light are you, endearing!
Much love and dreams of heart to you, and all the Solar Eclipse, New Moon. xps
What a beautiful useful, beautiful… I repeat ( lol)…piece. The talisman dwarfs will stay in my mind like… well, the 7.. Doc, Grumpy, Sleepy, Happy, Bashful & Dopey. Great work. Thank you . Holaday
Ok.. the 6… 6 of em! Then add the invisible powerful dwarf of love! LOL. Love outward. h
Thanks Len for the inspiring piece but let us also be mindful of Snow White herself who also exhibited an attribute for it was an interplay of care and concern by both Snow White towards the dwarfs and the dwarfs toward Snow White that really provided a demonstration of those attributes: the yin and yang. Examples of feminine and masculine energies each partially expressed in both the dwarfs and Snow White in their care and concern for each other. The dwarfs have no real story or purpose without Snow White for its their love and concern for her that keeps that motivates their spirit. Snow White expands her vision to include something more but always mindful of her need to protect the dwarfs as well, great story to ponder. That is the beauty of fairy tales, Also the beauty of reading them to children. The power of imprinting them while they are young along with great movies, especially those crafted by Disney. But yes, the overarching theme here is love as it should be for all of humanity and the universe. Keep focused on listening to our heart and the passion will guide our vision towards fulfilling our life’s highest purpose!