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Monday, May 8, 2006 | Probability fields PREDICTIVE astrology is pretty amazing stuff. Imagine the feeling of actually looking at a chart, seeing something in the future and then having it happen. Imagine the sadness or sense of loss of not seeing something critical. As an example, while several astrologers did apparently see the Sept. 11 incident on its way, none that I know of predicted the sweeping global changes that came about as a result or consequence of the event. It's one thing to see terrorism; it's another thing to see the result of an event. As well, I have seen no discussion in advance of event of the extensive fraud and scamming that came about as a result. There have been other times recently when something extremely specific was apparent to someone. For example, an astrologer named Jim Shawvan was able to describe the mess surrounding election of 2000 so precisely the summer before that you would think he had access to future editions of USA Today. And what of the consequences of that? The idea of prediction, though, usually assumes a linear model of time. That model might work like this: You're driving down the highway, you see a sign that says "rest area five miles," you're doing sixty and you know that if you manage to keep going at the same speed, in five minutes you're going to get there and have a coffee. But the universe doesn't really work so simply. Imagine that actually getting to the rest area is one probability. Imagine that getting a flat tire is another. Imagine that there's an exit right before and you can take that exit and go someplace else. Imagine the rest area is closed or out of coffee. You seem to be in control of some of those probabilities becoming real, and maybe not others. Maybe there's a nail on the road that causes a flat. Maybe you just put new tires on your car and it won't happen. Maybe you have really old tires and it does. You had an opportunity for influence -- earlier -- and may or may have not used it. Maybe, in the present, you have certain opportunities to take avertive action later on. Pretty clearly, you have no influence over whether the manager ordered enough coffee to get through the day. When we look at an astrology chart, or hear a description of astrology that's coming in the future, what exactly do we do with it? We can look at it as a linear model and assume "rest area five miles" or as many astrologers will say, "big disaster five miles." Or we can look at the many possibilities that the chart suggests, and begin relationships with them. I call these probability fields. There are many potentials; charts (and the cosmos) work on many levels. The question is tuning into the level we need to and working with the energy in the most constructive way. One thing is pretty much certain: we know the transits are coming. But hey we don't know everything. Astrology now has to deal with the fact that new planets are discovered. A new planet does not necessarily have a "big impact" (such as adding or subtracting Saturn from the situation) BUT it IS a factor and if we ignore it, we're only pretending it's not there. Here's how I put it last night an email to David Roell, my friend and colleague at the Astrology Center of America book store. We have been discussing the solstice chart covered in the article on the Planet Waves front page (from Astrology Secrets Revealed) called From Beltane to Solstice: Part of the issue is understanding how astrology manifests in 3D, how the various potentials associated with given transits or aspects manifest. Since there are a variety of possible outcomes...there needs to be some way that we choose or some determining factor...some path of manifestation...or some way we relate to the energy that makes the difference. It's like waves at the beach. The exact same wave can drown one person, be something another person dives into and is undisturbed by, and which a third person goes surfing on. Much of what makes the difference is awareness...imagine if we could not see these transits coming. == Note: Mandy Hall has sent me a page of supposed predictions of Sept. 11. I can't verify the text, but I can tell you I know Rob Hand, Robert Zoller and Jim Shawvan persnoally -- not well, but I do know these guys. Here is the link, it is interesting. http://www.astrologyweekly.com/astrology-articles/911-prophecy-prediction.php Reach Jim Shawvan http://www.jshawvan.homestead.com/ Reach David Roell http://astroamerica.com/ From Beltane to Solstice http://cainer.com/ericfrancis/eric.html Sept. 11: The One We All Missed http://planetwavesweekly.com/book/chapter17.html | ||||||
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