Monday, June 12, 2006 | What's in the Stars I WANT to follow up on yesterday's entry, with the note that it's been revised -- please see the new areas of text with bold type. We have many questions to ponder about what to do with astrological information. The mission of Planet Waves is to make that information, all of which is based on interpretation by a human (me and the human astrologers and newswatchers I listen to) as much as it is on objective data, available to you; this way we can at least consider it, and at most apply it and use it to change ourselves and the world in some way. Astrology is a source of information that world leaders have tapped into for millennia. Now it's available to those who seek it out. But it's not the world from the Almighty; it's not The New York Times; it's an interpretation and an opinion, in the current instance by a guy sitting in a hotel room at 6:40 one Monday morning. You could say that one problem with our world is that so little affects us. So little, and yet everything; and, we seek a relationship to larger events, we seek involvement, emotional or otherwise. That's why so many people watch the news so obsessively. You would think you were looking for your best friend or little sister to be covered on MSNBC. So while we seek involvement, many also deny the impact of events. We live and experience life as if nothing matters to us. One thing that's crucial about the charts for June 17-23 is, 1. The involvement of so many past charts that have affected so many people and 2. The presence of astrology that joins us as individuals with the world, with one another and with the largest, widest, deepest turns of history. This is Aries Point stuff. It's related to eclipses, too, since three full strength eclipses, one from 2001 and two from 2006, are involved in the developments. It's not usually so healthy to live on fear, though fear is natural and necessary and it's there to warn us; and it's usually a great idea to live doing what you need to do, even if you're a little scared. Rising above fear is one of the most important parts of growth; so too is discretion being the better part of valor. And, information is part of our environment. The problem with most of what we get in the media is that it's trivia; it's manipulated; it's plain wrong; there is an agenda working that has nothing to do with you, me or the people we know and love. It's not for our benefit. Why should it be? Because you pay your cable bill? So: all I can tell you is all I've been saying in this space for years -- pay attention: to yourself, to what you learn from your environment, and to your state of mind. Interact with spirit and ask to be protected. Stay in touch with your mission and let that keep you on track, including the mission of loving and caring for the people you're traveling with, and the perhaps more important one of being loved by them.