partial picture of the Zodiac
original now in The Louvre
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
The Earth has a wobble. It takes 40,000 years for one wobble to occur, but that wobble affects the declination to the Sun by a few degrees. Twenty thousand years ago the Sahara Desert was a grassy savannah. I’m guessing that as the Earth wobbled that heated up the area from Morocco through Egypt to the Middle East and Iran and up into Northern China. It’s a huge swath of desert. As northern Africa dried up those people migrated to the Nile Valley and became the ancient Egyptians.
Ancient peoples around the world were aware of the heavens and saw in the stars different representations. There is a band of stars, which we call the Zodiac. We see them as twelve constellations. They rotate throughout the day and night. One constellation is prominent during the vernal equinox. That is the day in springtime when night and day are exactly even. That is due to the tilt of the Earth and its position to the sun. However, the constellations don’t keep up with the rotation of the Earth around the Sun. Slowly, one constellation that was prominent slips backward and another rises to take its place. This takes 2,160 years. We have entered the time when the constellation Aquarius is becoming prominent, e.g. The Age of Aquarius.
Ancient people ascribed all sorts of things to the progression of the stars, and today we have astrology. I have frequently asked myself why do people do this? Why do they ascribe phenomena and behaviors to the heavens? I have concluded that it is one of two things, which are really different faces of the same thing. The first thing is that people seek explanations for things they don’t understand. We, as a people, have a willingness to believe there is something out there greater than ourselves who did all this. The second part is what I call the grandparent phenomena. Maybe just the parent phenomena. Kids learn the word “Why?” and they won’t stop saying it. Finally, in desperation the parents make up a big lie to shut the kids up. It takes a generation for that garbage to stick. Hence, the grandparent phenomena. This I believe is the basis of all religions, which is fueled by politicians and hucksters to cling to power and make money.
Speaking of hucksters, the biggest news out of the Trump criminal trial seems to be that he can’t stay awake. Dopey Donald? Yeah. Who ha.
Meanwhile, his Truth Social stock continues to plummet, but one analyst pointed out that if it keeps any value he could walk away with a ton of money. Yikes. Not bad for a whole lot of nothing.
The other thing about the trial is that DJT has seemed to violate the gag order and the judge is waiting until a week from Wednesday as to whether Mr. Trump did violate it, and then what is the judge going to do about it? Some folks seem to think that Trump won’t be put in jail. That it would be a logistical nightmare. Blah blah blah. I, like many others, say, “Why? Put him in jail.” He will continue to defy the law until he is stopped. For reasons I don’t understand everyone but three people have been reluctant to do the right thing and act. Those three are a Harvard educated lawyer, an Emory educated lawyer, and a Howard University educated lawyer. All are black and two are women. Why them? Because all the white men who had the opportunity to do the right thing were cowards, and ignored the obvious because they were afraid of the truth.
When I see what the ancients believed and I see what the masses of people believe I don’t see that we’ve made much, if any, progress.
So it’s really the dawning of the Age of Aquarius? Will there be Harmony and understanding? Sympathy and trust abounding? No more falsehoods or derisions? Golden living dreams of visions? Mystic crystal revelation and the mind’s true liberation?
I can’t even tell you how many times I had to sing that song in 7th grade chorus!!!!
Yes. Absolutely. Aquarius is ascendant. As to all that stuff happening – eh, not so much.