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Saturday, 26 February 2011
The Last Post
“(I don't believe in democracy because....)....Politics, like penal reform and legal reform and the health service and care of the elderly – all these big issues can’t work until people take a very different look at the bigger (the biggest) picture which ironically involves examining themselves first. For evolution to happen in all these areas we have to value the individual much more which in the democratic principle we don’t enough where democracy is seen as preferable only to the other ways which usually involve military dictatorship. We are not thinking right yet as individuals. Until the collective understanding of why each one of us is here develops, the regular political options will continue to be served up. However, the peaceful insistence against the current rule in some of the African states is clearly not a bad thing. But to ‘believe’ in the democratic principle because you can’t think of anything better isn’t good enough anymore.
“Once people understand why they are here and start to work on themselves and the outside of themselves from that understanding everything else will fall into place ‘as if by magic’ and we will have something better than the rule of the majority. That’s my view. If a single soul (you perhaps, or me) is sacrificed because of the way we are governed, then our system doesn’t work properly.”
The previous post (below) has been lingering in cyberspace for some time pretending to be my last word on all things which it isn't. So I thought I'd write another post. This one. Then I thought about something that came up in an e-mail recently (see above) which made me seem like an idealist, but I'm not really. Least, I don't think I am. But I am a little confused right now. And this is why:
In no particular order:
We all know that if we were born on a certain day then we “fall under the sign of Aries or Taurus or whatever....”. This means that on your birthday SYMBOLICALLY not in reality anymore, the sun was to be seen (at night but also during the day) against a background of stars forming a pattern that the ancients called by a name that seemed to represent the shape of that pattern. It also corresponded with the manner and characteristics of those people which eventually the ancient astrologers learned to recognise. So the constellation of Aries looks a bit like a ram and Taurus looks a bit like a bull and Gemini has those twins in it, Castor and Pollux.
It's the same with moon-signs which we are more aware of in daily life once we know how to detect its behaviour in us.
When I was born the sun was to be seen against the background of the zodiac sign called Scorpio also the moon was seen against the sign of Virgo. Now, in actual fact, people are more 'detectable' by their moon signs because it is easier to be your moon sign. The moon nurtures and comforts us. So in the place described by your moon sign you will find your safe-place, your comfort zone. It is harder to be your sun sign because your sun sign is your work, your mission. Yes, yes I hear you - you identify with your sun sign – you like being an Aries. Some people get along very well in their particular role. Other's don't so much.
Yesterday was a bad day for me as my body (Virgo) was not feeling right, so finding myself the subject of a conversation felt awkward. I just wanted to go home to relax in private.
I am going to make this all hook up with the above quote soon. And this will be the last post of this Blog as I intend to begin another Blog that is more current which this one has mainly not been. This blog has been a recap of my life ¬ the past 30 years. Now I am readying myself for the great Saturn Return, my second one and I hope my last, so I am turning (even as you read) to look ahead.
What is a Saturn Return? When, on your birthday your friends say: 'Many happy returns of the day', they mean that the day when the sun was in a particular place in the sky has returned yet again. In astrology it is called your solar return, (which in fact doesn’t always fit with the calendar, it can be a day or so out). The same happens with all the other planets. Saturn's orbit is about 30 years. The sun as we all know, doesn't orbit the Earth, but from the point of view of the Earth it takes one year to orbit the sun - hence your yearly birthday. So since it takes Saturn such a long time, these events - 2 or 3 in a life time - are times of major significance in a person's life. If you are approaching age 30 stuff will be changing. Also if you are approaching age 60 or 90.
More on the new blog to link to the above quote and onto a subject much heralded at present i.e. that humanity will wake up and see the light, that the world as we know it will change (before and by and after) the solstice of December 2012.
“Once people understand why they are here and start to work on themselves and the outside of themselves from that understanding everything else will fall into place ‘as if by magic’ and we will have something better than the rule of the majority. That’s my view. If a single soul (you perhaps, or me) is sacrificed because of the way we are governed, then our system doesn’t work properly.”
The previous post (below) has been lingering in cyberspace for some time pretending to be my last word on all things which it isn't. So I thought I'd write another post. This one. Then I thought about something that came up in an e-mail recently (see above) which made me seem like an idealist, but I'm not really. Least, I don't think I am. But I am a little confused right now. And this is why:
In no particular order:
We all know that if we were born on a certain day then we “fall under the sign of Aries or Taurus or whatever....”. This means that on your birthday SYMBOLICALLY not in reality anymore, the sun was to be seen (at night but also during the day) against a background of stars forming a pattern that the ancients called by a name that seemed to represent the shape of that pattern. It also corresponded with the manner and characteristics of those people which eventually the ancient astrologers learned to recognise. So the constellation of Aries looks a bit like a ram and Taurus looks a bit like a bull and Gemini has those twins in it, Castor and Pollux.
It's the same with moon-signs which we are more aware of in daily life once we know how to detect its behaviour in us.
When I was born the sun was to be seen against the background of the zodiac sign called Scorpio also the moon was seen against the sign of Virgo. Now, in actual fact, people are more 'detectable' by their moon signs because it is easier to be your moon sign. The moon nurtures and comforts us. So in the place described by your moon sign you will find your safe-place, your comfort zone. It is harder to be your sun sign because your sun sign is your work, your mission. Yes, yes I hear you - you identify with your sun sign – you like being an Aries. Some people get along very well in their particular role. Other's don't so much.
Yesterday was a bad day for me as my body (Virgo) was not feeling right, so finding myself the subject of a conversation felt awkward. I just wanted to go home to relax in private.
I am going to make this all hook up with the above quote soon. And this will be the last post of this Blog as I intend to begin another Blog that is more current which this one has mainly not been. This blog has been a recap of my life ¬ the past 30 years. Now I am readying myself for the great Saturn Return, my second one and I hope my last, so I am turning (even as you read) to look ahead.
What is a Saturn Return? When, on your birthday your friends say: 'Many happy returns of the day', they mean that the day when the sun was in a particular place in the sky has returned yet again. In astrology it is called your solar return, (which in fact doesn’t always fit with the calendar, it can be a day or so out). The same happens with all the other planets. Saturn's orbit is about 30 years. The sun as we all know, doesn't orbit the Earth, but from the point of view of the Earth it takes one year to orbit the sun - hence your yearly birthday. So since it takes Saturn such a long time, these events - 2 or 3 in a life time - are times of major significance in a person's life. If you are approaching age 30 stuff will be changing. Also if you are approaching age 60 or 90.
More on the new blog to link to the above quote and onto a subject much heralded at present i.e. that humanity will wake up and see the light, that the world as we know it will change (before and by and after) the solstice of December 2012.
Monday, 31 January 2011
Sexual Orientation
Why is this somewhat private matter of interest to people to the extent that it is always in the news and even my doctor asked me about mine the other day? Or rather why is it of any more interest than say, one’s religious orientation or philosophic orientation or food orientation? There may be a simple answer to this that I am overlooking, but I cannot see it at this time. I do not define myself by my sexual preferences. Do other people actually see this matter as being of over-riding concern to other matters in their lives?
These days it is hard to find a subject that is any longer considered ‘taboo’. In astrology, 1/12 of the zodiac is given over to matters that used to be considered ‘taboo’. Now we must call these matters by another name: ‘that of yourself which you give away to another person, or share with another person – willingly or not’ might be one way of expressing it.. life/death, sex, taxes, money, inheritance, wealth: all these areas have in common the fact that you have the opportunity to give up something that belongs to you.
But why has our world singled out the biological fact of sex over the other ways? Am I unusual in not seeing it as an important issue when I meet someone new? I’ve heard that the world is quite overpopulated. Perhaps the surge of interest in technological gadgets and the internet is serving to distance us a little from wild promiscuity? Maybe this is its function so far as Mother Nature is concerned. The Age of Aquarius is less to do with blending and bonding than was the Age of Pisces, and more to do with thinking in groups and about matters more impersonal.
I would prefer to be defined by my religious orientation if definition is needed, I think this is more important. Why would anyone care who anyone has sex with or not? What does it mean?
These days it is hard to find a subject that is any longer considered ‘taboo’. In astrology, 1/12 of the zodiac is given over to matters that used to be considered ‘taboo’. Now we must call these matters by another name: ‘that of yourself which you give away to another person, or share with another person – willingly or not’ might be one way of expressing it.. life/death, sex, taxes, money, inheritance, wealth: all these areas have in common the fact that you have the opportunity to give up something that belongs to you.
But why has our world singled out the biological fact of sex over the other ways? Am I unusual in not seeing it as an important issue when I meet someone new? I’ve heard that the world is quite overpopulated. Perhaps the surge of interest in technological gadgets and the internet is serving to distance us a little from wild promiscuity? Maybe this is its function so far as Mother Nature is concerned. The Age of Aquarius is less to do with blending and bonding than was the Age of Pisces, and more to do with thinking in groups and about matters more impersonal.
I would prefer to be defined by my religious orientation if definition is needed, I think this is more important. Why would anyone care who anyone has sex with or not? What does it mean?
Monday, 24 January 2011
Jo Yeates murder suspect
Has anyone else noticed that the police have been especially hyper-vigilant in this investigation and the more so as time went by? I have the impression that whoever is in charge is super-concerned about his own reputation. Yes, in a one sense this is good, but we are all human and even policemen can go over the top. So my mind is open as to whether they have charged the right person or if he is indeed, a scapegoat. Also, the horoscope for 10th February 1978 in Amsterdam looks particularly innocent - all day.
Sunday, 23 January 2011
Good People Do Bad Things.
Bad things happen to good people and good people do bad things. It is like good parenting: it is important to make a distinction, to tell our child that he/she is not bad but that he/she has done a bad thing.
The media has reported the Joanna Yeates murder tragedy intensively. In an earlier post I spoke of my feelings toward the handling of Christopher Jefferies by police and media. Now I am moved to comment on the common pattern of ‘handling’ which will accompany the now charged suspect, Vincent Tabek. This time the media have been more restrained in any negative portrayal of this man prior to his being charged, but if he committed the crime (IF), the reaction from police, media and public will be unreservedly negative. To signal the beginning of a more advanced world, what if we were to collectively say: This man has done a terrible thing, but he has previously shown himself to be a good person, so, how can we help him recover himself?
Because, if he is not by nature a murderer, he will need help not punishment to recover from this crime.
The media has reported the Joanna Yeates murder tragedy intensively. In an earlier post I spoke of my feelings toward the handling of Christopher Jefferies by police and media. Now I am moved to comment on the common pattern of ‘handling’ which will accompany the now charged suspect, Vincent Tabek. This time the media have been more restrained in any negative portrayal of this man prior to his being charged, but if he committed the crime (IF), the reaction from police, media and public will be unreservedly negative. To signal the beginning of a more advanced world, what if we were to collectively say: This man has done a terrible thing, but he has previously shown himself to be a good person, so, how can we help him recover himself?
Because, if he is not by nature a murderer, he will need help not punishment to recover from this crime.
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
2011 here I come
Stephen Fry: (when asked what sign he would be if he could create his own zodiac) "Skepsis. I am a true skeptic, born under the noble sign of skepsis, the sign of the man who knows that all astrology is absolutely and without reservation the bullest of bullsh*t that ever there was. It is a senseless delusion that does not even have the benefit of being harmless fun. It is a harmful bore. Harmful to the human spirit, harmful to the dignity and wonder of the real universe and the real power of the mind to think for itself. I hate astrology with a fervor that is almost frightening."
Spoken with passion; that’s something. Astrology is an innocent tool which, in the right hands, is most helpful - as is a chainsaw. Its potential is to reveal a map for the soul's journey.
Stephen was apparently born under the sign of Virgo: 24th August, 1957 probably at around 11.00am, with Sun conjunct Pluto square Saturn, crying out for its native to take a less superficial view of his world: those black holes are important times for serious self study. I too have my darknesses.
Spoken with passion; that’s something. Astrology is an innocent tool which, in the right hands, is most helpful - as is a chainsaw. Its potential is to reveal a map for the soul's journey.
Stephen was apparently born under the sign of Virgo: 24th August, 1957 probably at around 11.00am, with Sun conjunct Pluto square Saturn, crying out for its native to take a less superficial view of his world: those black holes are important times for serious self study. I too have my darknesses.
Friday, 31 December 2010
Disturbing Media Interest
I have simply got to comment on the tragedy of Joanna Yeates’ murder and the arrest of Mr Jefferies. As Mr Yeates said, the end of the story is so terrible that really there is nothing else to be done – I hope the family believes in a positive afterlife and knows for sure that God does not make mistakes.
What is frightening me at this time is the media machine and the way it is digging and printing in a frenzy about a man who is described as a ‘private person’ with no dubious history at all. It frightens me because if the same thing happened to me (I am a landlord and an ex English teacher and a bit weird) I’m sure that after they’d dug enough through the dregs of my life they’d lock me up and throw away the key whether I’d been charged, tried and sentenced or not. The force of our often quite stupid police units has more dubious background than this apparently ‘upstanding pillar of the community’. I’m not an upstanding pillar. Doesn’t it worry you too, dear reader? The media is becoming more of an old gossip every day. I wouldn’t want to talk to it either as I am sure that anything I said would be distorted.
When they release this poor man and then one day someone finds him dead by his own hand, will the media blame it on the media, or on his interest in, not punks or goths or drugs, but a classical Pre-Raphaelite poet?
I pray for the family and the loved ones of Joanna and for Christopher Jefferies and for whoever perpetrated this terrible crime.
What is frightening me at this time is the media machine and the way it is digging and printing in a frenzy about a man who is described as a ‘private person’ with no dubious history at all. It frightens me because if the same thing happened to me (I am a landlord and an ex English teacher and a bit weird) I’m sure that after they’d dug enough through the dregs of my life they’d lock me up and throw away the key whether I’d been charged, tried and sentenced or not. The force of our often quite stupid police units has more dubious background than this apparently ‘upstanding pillar of the community’. I’m not an upstanding pillar. Doesn’t it worry you too, dear reader? The media is becoming more of an old gossip every day. I wouldn’t want to talk to it either as I am sure that anything I said would be distorted.
When they release this poor man and then one day someone finds him dead by his own hand, will the media blame it on the media, or on his interest in, not punks or goths or drugs, but a classical Pre-Raphaelite poet?
I pray for the family and the loved ones of Joanna and for Christopher Jefferies and for whoever perpetrated this terrible crime.
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