My mother, may she Rest in Peace, was a lifelong adherent of astrology. During my life, anyway. So I've been open to it as a frame for making sense of the world, while not lending it a great deal of credence in my daily decision making.
But the more I think about it, the more accepting of its potential validity I become, based on two thoughts. One is its age and history. Watching "modern" humans bungle our way through time, with our self perceived superiority and faith in science, gives me greater appreciation of how little we know. And that maybe, just maybe, our sensitivity to the Universe may have been sharper when we weren't so agog and overwhelmed with our own technical achievements. And that this sensitivity, after many centuries of refinement and use, may have provided reliable information. So there's that.
My other thought relates to what you said that we just don't know how the Universe is stitched together. It strikes me as very possible that our spatial relationship to stars' positions may have particular effects on our natures and perceptions. Stars are unimaginably powerful sources of energy, and each are unique in their atomic composition and the resulting energy they radiate - which, lets admit, we can sense with our instruments but have very little depth of understanding about what energy is (how does it travel through the galaxy???).
I think of our own neighborhood star, the Sun, and how it influences our daily lives. It's laughable really, because it IS life. It is the source of all energy that creates life. Beyond that though, consider the difference between night and day. They are two very different worlds. Yet what defines them? Nothing more than the location we each occupy on this dusty spinning rock we inhabit. My night is half the world's day. Why should the power of countless stars not also exert their influence? Our position on Earth will either shade their energy or expose us to them.
I like to think of the crystalline structure of energy relationships, between individuals and celestial bodies also. Who's to say how influence travels?
“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
"Pluto takes 248 years to circle the Sun. The last time Pluto was in Aquarius was between 1778 and 1798, a period of massive change. The American Constitution was written when Pluto was in Aquarius. The Constitution’s first three words – We the People – are perhaps the first modern expression of the “Aquarius entity”. This entity is not a king, a ruler, or a government. This is exactly what the European settlers were running away from. “We the people” is the people – an entity without a leader, an entity that self-governs and self-regulates according to the interests and well-being of everyone.
In Aquarius, it’s this plural entity that takes priority over individual concerns."
This stood out for me, because I'm fully onboard with it:
"Sadly, I do now think we’re at a stage where collapse is inevitable and what we need to work towards is doing all we can to minimise harm to existing and future inhabitants of the planet."
I often come across people of the mindset that pushes back against the recognition of impending collapse. They seem to use it to absolve themselves of any responsibility to minimise harm. My belief is, impending collapse or not, we should always be acting to minimise harm to all life and the planet. Surely, in this way, we can distinguish the wisdom of beneficial human behaviour from the immature destructive actions that drive our modern 'civilisations'.
My mother, may she Rest in Peace, was a lifelong adherent of astrology. During my life, anyway. So I've been open to it as a frame for making sense of the world, while not lending it a great deal of credence in my daily decision making.
But the more I think about it, the more accepting of its potential validity I become, based on two thoughts. One is its age and history. Watching "modern" humans bungle our way through time, with our self perceived superiority and faith in science, gives me greater appreciation of how little we know. And that maybe, just maybe, our sensitivity to the Universe may have been sharper when we weren't so agog and overwhelmed with our own technical achievements. And that this sensitivity, after many centuries of refinement and use, may have provided reliable information. So there's that.
My other thought relates to what you said that we just don't know how the Universe is stitched together. It strikes me as very possible that our spatial relationship to stars' positions may have particular effects on our natures and perceptions. Stars are unimaginably powerful sources of energy, and each are unique in their atomic composition and the resulting energy they radiate - which, lets admit, we can sense with our instruments but have very little depth of understanding about what energy is (how does it travel through the galaxy???).
I think of our own neighborhood star, the Sun, and how it influences our daily lives. It's laughable really, because it IS life. It is the source of all energy that creates life. Beyond that though, consider the difference between night and day. They are two very different worlds. Yet what defines them? Nothing more than the location we each occupy on this dusty spinning rock we inhabit. My night is half the world's day. Why should the power of countless stars not also exert their influence? Our position on Earth will either shade their energy or expose us to them.
I like to think of the crystalline structure of energy relationships, between individuals and celestial bodies also. Who's to say how influence travels?
“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
Peace.
Thank you for this🙏🙏🙏🙏
"Pluto takes 248 years to circle the Sun. The last time Pluto was in Aquarius was between 1778 and 1798, a period of massive change. The American Constitution was written when Pluto was in Aquarius. The Constitution’s first three words – We the People – are perhaps the first modern expression of the “Aquarius entity”. This entity is not a king, a ruler, or a government. This is exactly what the European settlers were running away from. “We the people” is the people – an entity without a leader, an entity that self-governs and self-regulates according to the interests and well-being of everyone.
In Aquarius, it’s this plural entity that takes priority over individual concerns."
https://astrobutterfly.com/2021/06/30/pluto-in-aquarius-2023-2044-power-to-the-people/
That was an enjoyable read, thanks Olivia.
This stood out for me, because I'm fully onboard with it:
"Sadly, I do now think we’re at a stage where collapse is inevitable and what we need to work towards is doing all we can to minimise harm to existing and future inhabitants of the planet."
I often come across people of the mindset that pushes back against the recognition of impending collapse. They seem to use it to absolve themselves of any responsibility to minimise harm. My belief is, impending collapse or not, we should always be acting to minimise harm to all life and the planet. Surely, in this way, we can distinguish the wisdom of beneficial human behaviour from the immature destructive actions that drive our modern 'civilisations'.