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Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005 FROM THE mobile astrology laboratory at Café Metro, near Maubert-Mutualité, left bank, Paris -- I'm working out of the house (usually better for getting anything done) on the astrology for Parallel Worlds [see page linked from PlanetWaves.net home] which is turning into a weeks-long delve into minor planets, traditional dignities, transits and progressions. I am keeping Esoteric Astrology by Alice Bailey and a major new collection of Aleister Crowley's as astrological reference works. The Bailey and Crowley books are my two text references for philosophical and spiritual background, events, and placements. This keeps a few parties involved in the discussion. For the dignities of the planets, I'm referencing William Lilly's 1647 astrological text Christian Astrology. He is welcome at any astrological meeting as far as I am concerned. Today I've been shifting between researching the events as they effect each individual sign (I am up to Gemini, for the sign-by-sign portion) and collective events (tonight I re-did the March 29 eclipse and the Aug. 31 Saturn opposite Neptune charts). It is a slow process and my mind is going slowly, but this feels like an extraordinarily worthwhile year to work out the astrology of effectively, and I am looking for the ideas that will give maximum leverage. As part of the process, I've been using a chart animation program, projecting the computer screen onto the wall, and watching 2006 and 2007 go by again and again, forward and backward. Planet Waves home movies. We are heading into a year when the outer planets -- the original ones, anyway, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto -- will be quite active, with Saturn mixed into the story in large measures and stuff rarely considered (such as the Galactic Core) playing a major role. So far I have identified the two charts I've mentioned as two of the three major turning points. The third really occurs first: what I'm calling the Parallel Worlds Alignment, which I may describe in a future blog and which factors eminently into the shape of things to come. Astrology, like time, is in many ways a game of make a good decision; then make another; if you make a bad one, decide again. Keep going. Astrology is considered taboo not because it's about predicting the future. I believe the issue is that astrology is such a meaningful tool for assessing the present and claiming the power of decision. Also, there is a kind of sweep effect beginning midyear when the Planets come into a concentrated focus, clustering together and moving through the signs well into 2007. This, as compared to 2005 (current year), which was a relatively mellow timeframe with the planets kind of scattered around here and there. What made 2005 interesting were the simultaneous sign changes of so many Centaurs and Saturn. As I'm working, email is floating in, and this article came in simultaneously from Truthout and Political Waves. Federal judges don't resign in protest every day. I challenge you to find one in our lifetimes who has quit, particularly for anything resembling a political protest. Also -- don't miss the video below. It's really quite amazing. Judge, upset over Bush's spying on Americans, quits FISA court | ||||||
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