#dirkmuses

Of all the signs prone to intimacy wounds, I think it has to be Aquarius.

Now I know that seems hasty especially when intimacy and water signs are often seen as two peas in a pod, but that's exactly what I mean. Even if watery energy is poorly aspected, it is still incentivized to be intimate.

Aquarius though? There is no outside incentive. Not only is it not their life purpose (speaking strictly as if though the energy is in isolation) but being the Air Sign that is ruled by Saturn, and is thus called more to karmic endeavors in their life, they can even neglect this.

Is what it looks like to a non-aquarian.

Then I got to thinking about what the chart of someone who is an Aquarius ASC looks like, and found that the water signs are present in the 2nd (Pisces), 6th(Cancer), and 10th(Scorpio) houses. So what can this tell us about all aquarius placements/people? Well that their emotions are rooted in something very real, and very felt, in their daily life. Emotions are not just felt, they affect, it is seen in their worldly possessions (or lack thereof since Pisces gives a sense that these natives are never really sure of their 'ownership' over anything), their daily routine is very much based on their mood. Changes with the moon as any Cancer knows. The 10th house? Well I don't need to say much about the house known as the 'career' house, can't get more worldly than that.

So then I remember that Aquarius is often called to otherworldly endeavors, something greater than themselves. Unlike Capricorn, who is called to work and master the self, Aquarius is called to master others…. that sounds a little weird let me explain.

First let's look at all of the air signs, which we know to be social. Whether they like it or not, Libra, Gemini, and Aquarius must face humanity in some regard in this life. Gemini, ruled by Mercury, is called to communicate, but on an interpersonal level. They are called to master communication in intimate groups of people. Three's a crowd and Gemini can't handle much more communication than that. Libra? Libra is called to the balancing act between groups of people, Venus as the ruling planet calls for things to be orderly in a pleasing way. The aesthetics of it all, Optics if you will.

Then Aquarius, ruled by Saturn, is called to… work hard? Well no, Aquarius is called to show us what we have neglected. Aquarius says "look. We have already let this go on for too long, we must put time into changing this" and that word time is key for why Aquarius is most likely to have intimacy wounds. The time it takes to change the world, is time that is often not invested in emotions. There is no time to focus on the individual, only on the collective (hence why the highest point in the chart for an Aquarius ASC is Scorpio, the sign of transformation and ruled by Mars/Pluto. Emotion that is only used to move forward collectively.) Yet it is very well known that Saturn ruled natives experience intense personal events. No one debates this when it comes to Capricorn, the universe shapes these people under the energies they were born under.

There's a world of color and noise that as artists we're constantly trying to combine into something physical. Something tangible, and often we get lost in that step (The Making) that we can neglect the first step. The Musing.

Musing over the world around us is the first step for every artist. It is the gateway to the canvas. It is the sketch before the sketch. The draft before the draft. So it only tracks that getting lost in the Musing is often what keeps artists from really creating. (Although I would say most artists stuck in the Musing haven't even realized they are creators yet)

But when we as artists free ourselves of this constraint. When we say we can create something as grand as our Musings, there is a tendency to leave behind the Musing. To let it decay into something that may become just as draining as The Making.

I especially struggle with this, always have. The airheaded-ness, the maladaptive daydreaming, the hopping from one thought to another. The upside to this digital landscape is there is more information than ever to Muse over. The downside is the capitalist dystopia does not allot us the time to make sense of it. To sift through the noise and find our gold. The Muse that makes us dream of our Magnum Opus(s) can be exhausting to pinpoint through the noise.

So it is with that practical knowledge in mind of the creative process that the MUSE is born. Mastery, Unity, Style Episodes. Each of us should more meaningfully and efficiently consume, we exert so much of ourselves when we just try and sift through the noise. Scrolling reels, TikTok, shorts, Twitter X, these are all tools that are designed to work against our artistic inclinations. So I propose that instead of rejecting the thing designed to subjugate us, make our minds squishy and dumb so we buy more squishy and dumb things, we can learn to Master it and Unite it with ourselves. A Mastery of the social and digital landscape to then turn into a Unity with it. We can inject our own Style, Unite with the social landscape, then Master it. Or maybe someone will find their Style through Uniting first!

Point being there's a world at our fingertips that we let control us. Rule us. And MUSE is here to help you recognize your power, one step at a time. Through the study and observation of others who have seemingly walked this path. When we are lost by what seems to be a desert, MUSE aims to help artists realize that what looks to be a desert, is a million desire paths from artists before us. We only have to find our own path, and walk it.