As Above, So Below (again)

The Divine Life

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The Divine Life

Is it possible to ‘pinpoint’ a past life using Astrology? I think so, and A.T. Mann thought so, too. In his book’s Chapter 9, entitled “The World Age”, he postulated that one can calculate the ‘when’ of these lives by having an accurate birth chart erected, and then looking for the specific placements of the planets.

“The limits of the world age of 48,000BC and AD1950 are graded by an astrological sequence from Aries to Pisces. The same log sequence divides history as individual life, but in the reverse direction of time.”

World Age Log

“The intermediate dates occur at 5000 years and 500 years before AD2000, which places them at 3000BC and AD1500, equivalent to the beginning of Leo and Sagittarius.”

The Chart

Using my own birth chart, I will endeavour to demonstrate how this works.

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The Planets

The Sun

20º Aquarius 3′

This may have been a Great War life, but not the one I ‘remembered’ during my Hypnotherapy session. What I specifically saw was my death on the battlefield after being blown up by some sort of bomb. The birth of that life corresponds to 1892 AD. (It could have been an earlier echo of WWII.)

It turns out that this life may have extended into the rest of the first half of the 20th century as “Ramsay”. The ‘death’ I experienced may have just been an NDE from the Great War. My ‘spy’ persona is strong in this one.

The Moon

14º Scorpio 45′

I thought this could have been the Christian Rosenkreutz lifetime, as discussed in my recent blog. Scorpio is secretive and the 11th is the house of groups and fraternities. The timing of that life corresponds to 1330 AD. It finally has shown up as Cecco d’Ascoli, who pissed off the Church authorities and was burned at the stake in 1327.

Mercury

24º Capricorn 12′

This one will most definitely have to do with William Blake and John Varley (and their collaboration). Mercury is the writer, and the 1st is the house of expression. The date would be about 1822-23 AD.

Venus

5º Aquarius 44′

I haven’t had the pleasure of remembering this experience yet. But the indication is of a life sometime in 1855 AD. Turns out I was President Lincoln’s police protection officer who didn’t prevent his assassination. The date refers to John Frederick Parker‘s marriage (Venus) on July 16, 1855 to Mary America Maus.

Mars

10º Libra 59′

I originally thought this might be my Cathar life, but it’s too early in time. Anyway, the energy of Mars is more warlike. Two events which have significance to me happened in the year 720 AD: a stone church was built at Glastonbury Abbey; and the Muslims began a long siege of Carcassonne. Further research indicates a life as Count Roland.

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Jupiter

15º Aquarius 45′

Again, I don’t know the life which this one might represent. The year is 1883 AD, and a lot of things happened in this year, including Karl Marx dying in London. (Again, further research found that Blavatsky and Olcott began working together to start the Theosophical Society.) It is also the year that Rudolf Steiner left university without a degree. Perhaps the Swami of Baltimore?

Saturn

17º Virgo 59′

I call this life the “Roman Governor”. Whether or not it’s Pontius Pilate remains to be seen, but the timing is 10 AD, so definitely in the early part of the 1st Century. Subsequent investigation concludes that it was a Centurion of the Roman Army in Judea instead. In the end, I decided to make the connection with Tiberius Julius Alexander.

Uranus

1º Cancer 17′

My friend Christina thinks we were part of the Atlantis ‘experiment’ which went horribly wrong.  I’m not sure, but it seems entirely possible, given that the date for this placement is 6700 BC.

Neptune

17º Libra 14′

Again, I’d hoped that this represented the Cathar life, but again it’s too early. The year is 862 AD and the most notable event in the West is the death of King Donald I of Scotland after a 4 year reign. In Eastern Europe, Saint Cyril and his brother do some great work with the Slavic language and a translation of the Gospels.

Pluto

16º Leo 56′

There are no records which would help me decide which life I had lived in the first decade of 1600 BC. However, my friend Christina, when asked if she could come up with the name of a Greek god that might be connected to me, said that the only name she got was Homer. That was a surprise! His great poems the Iliad and the Odyssey were written between the 9th and 8th century BC (according to scholars). The Trojan War occurred in the 13th century BC, and Sinon seems to fit the bill, but then again, history has a way of telescoping events into a single narrative.

North Node

10º Aries 2′

This date corresponds to 39270 BC. Could this be when I incarnated for the first time? Perhaps. It also represents the last time, too. It is the Alpha/Omega point of my life.

Ascendant

18º Sagittarius 51′

This is my fur-trader/explorer life. The date relates to 1650 AD. This is the one that makes me restless for the open road. It also keeps me from being complacent. Radisson is sooo me.

Midheaven

12° Libra 47′

This is related to energy of Mars, as noted above. It is conjunct a South Node of a friend’s chart @ 13° Libra 00′. That year relates to Charlemagne being crowned. Hmm, most intriguing.

Chiron

19° Sagittarius 38′

Further proof of my Radisson life. This position is conjunct my Ascendant and is tied to the date March, 1655. The following quote from “A Brief History of Canada” notes this for 1659 (which is the date for 20° Sagittarius):

Following the loss of trade with the demise of the Huron Nation, the King of France commissioned Pierre-Esprit Radisson and his brother-in-law Médard Chouart des Grosseilliers to explore westward and set up trade relations with any natives they discovered. During their voyage, they discovered the headwaters of the ‘Michissipi’ River. The reactions to their return to Quebec would cause them to change allegiance to England (see 1665) and ultimately create the Hudson’s Bay Company for England.

Chronological Order

39270 BC – North Node

6700 BC – Uranus

1600 BC – Pluto

10 AD – Saturn

720 AD – Mars

768 AD – Midheaven

862 AD – Neptune

1330 AD – The Moon

1650 AD – Ascendant

1655 AD – Chiron

1822 AD – Mercury

1855 AD – Venus

1883 AD – Jupiter

1892 AD – The Sun

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Conclusion

After connecting with most of my “past lives”, I would like to explain something intrinsic: The energy of the times is symbolized by at least one ‘hero’. In my case, the overarching energy is that of a “Warrior”. I’ve been through a few battles, that’s for sure.

In the times past, especially the ones closer to the present time, there seems to be a doubling or trebling of incarnations. It seems entirely feasible that one’s spirit can inhabit more than one life at any one time. This may have been explained better in Jane Robert’s “The Education of Oversoul Seven”. The people from the past seem to be whispering in my ear: ‘Look here, look here.’

Whatever this Divine Life is actually about, I am always being exhorted to:

know thyself

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Aphasia: Moonlighting with One’s Mind

Bruce Willis (March 19, 1955)

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My daughter, Rosanna, thought that this would be an interesting subject to write about. I wasn’t so sure.

Yesterday, Bruce Willis’ extended family issued a joint statement that essentially ended his acting career.

He recently has been diagnosed with aphasia. But no one is sure of why. This is where astrology can help us understand better.

This birth time is considered quite accurate. And, when I first looked at it, I was hoping to see something for his present age (67), and I wasn’t disappointed: Mars @ 14° Taurus 48′. Talk about grounded… (I won’t investigate the two inconjuncts, although they may yield extra ‘proof’.)

If Saturn had been there, I might have thought that this diagnosis was something longstanding that has crept up on him very slowly over time, but Mars is the sign of accidents. So, his thinking ‘out of phase’ may be due to a bump on the head, which isn’t out of character, especially since he has been in so many physically demanding acting roles. But they’re not saying that out loud, so there could be negotiations going on with one or other movie studios to get him compensation for his injury/injuries. We shall see.

The Moonlighting (title) reference comes from the Moon being conjunct his Descendant (@ age 24). This man became very popular, very quickly, winning an Emmy for his wisecracking role as David Addison. His co-star, Cybill Shepherd, played Maddie. Hmm: Maddie’s son? Strange twist of a name.

A recent photo

May your life be healed, Bruce.

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Will He Be the New Boss (Same as the Old Boss)?

Alexander Bortnikov (November 15, 1951)

This man is the Director of the FSB (formerly the KGB). He is considered by many to be the next President of Russia, after Putin steps down (or is forced out, somehow). Change the head, nothing else.

I purposely randomized the timing of this birth chart, and then decided against rectifying it. The timing (accidentally) looks to be correct. And as there are no inconjuncts, I can only surmise that there are no hidden agendas, which seems counterintuitive for a man with his natal Sun in Scorpio. But a Sagittarius Rising individual tends to be more open and upfront, sometimes to the point of being brutally honest.

“Meet Your New Boss, Same as Your Old Boss”

Nothing changes in the outer planets in less than a year, so Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are roughly in the same signs for these two men. But are their destinies the same? Their conjunct Moons in Gemini give me pause. I’m not entirely confident that Bortnikov will succeed Putin, since Putin is a shrewd politician and will inevitably ‘smell a rat’ long before he appears. As always, Biden had better be careful what he asks for, or he might just get it, to the utter dismay of the USA and the world. Time will tell, won’t it?

The body language says it all
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Yesterday in History X

The Alaska Purchase (March 30, 1867)

On this day in 1867: The U.S. buys Alaska from Russia for US$7.2 million.

Big deal, eh?

‘Historian Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer summarized the minority opinion of some American newspaper editors who opposed the purchase:

Already, so it was said, we were burdened with territory we had no population to fill. The Indians within the present boundaries of the republic strained our power to govern aboriginal peoples. Could it be that we would now, with open eyes, seek to add to our difficulties by increasing the number of such peoples under our national care? The purchase price was small; the annual charges for administration, civil and military, would be yet greater, and continuing. The territory included in the proposed cession was not contiguous to the national domain. It lay away at an inconvenient and a dangerous distance. The treaty had been secretly prepared, and signed and foisted upon the country at one o’clock in the morning. It was a dark deed done in the night… The New York World said that it was a “sucked orange.” It contained nothing of value but furbearing animals, and these had been hunted until they were nearly extinct. Except for the Aleutian Islands and a narrow strip of land extending along the southern coast the country would be not worth taking as a gift… Unless gold were found in the country much time would elapse before it would be blessed with Hoe printing presses, Methodist chapels and a metropolitan police. It was “a frozen wilderness.” — Oberholtzer’

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When gold was found next door in the Yukon Territory, later, that helped to populate Alaska.

One in the morning… yields one inconjunct:

Moon Inconjunct Uranus

Your relationship with your mother [country] may be rather unstable. She may be very involved in her own interests, which prevent her from being as close to you as she would be otherwise. She may be an unconventional person, a real free spirit. The problem is that your feelings about her are mixed, both loving and unloving. You may secretly resent her. Probably you don’t feel that you can express this consciously, but it could come out when you are angry or upset. Certainly this will result in not wanting to form close relationships with other people, especially women. And the people you do choose as close friends are likely to be exciting and different from anyone you have known in the past. However, they may also be rather upsetting.

(One thought occurs to me: will Vladimir Putin decide to invade and ‘liberate’ Alaska, too?)

Yesterday in History page.

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It Looks Like I’ve Been Writing My Next E-book

Yesterday in History

Famous astronomical clock at Prague, Czech Republic. Fire illustration.

I’ve even chosen the cover (see above). But instead of actually publishing another non-seller, I’m going to link the first nine chapters here, for reference sake.

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

When, and if, I write any more posts with “Yesterday in History” as the lead title, I shall reference them at the bottom of this page as ‘comments’.

This quote is attributed to many, many people.
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A Once-in-a-Lifetime Shot of the Moon

Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Fontana di Trevi, Roma

Chris Barber’s original (unedited) photograph, taken on March 19th during a recent trip to Italy

The image of the church’s cross is superimposed on the moon to create a shining light for Lent.

The cropped version

To me it shows that we are not alone, and that our constant companion is the Moon’s spirit.

The closeup reveals a Cosmic Cross ‘star’

Amen,

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Episode 8: “The Viscount Who Loved Me”

Bridgerton (Season 2)

Question: When is this Gentleman not a gentleman?

Answer: When he falls in love with the ‘wrong’ sister.

We started watching this season on Netflix last Friday night. We finished it yesterday. Where do I begin? The story line should be enough to excite the hearts and minds of women everywhere, but the plot has some glaring holes.

In season 1, Anthony caught his sister, Daphne, in a compromising situation with Simon, and immediately sought to get them married, before a scandal broke out. This time, Daphne catches Anthony in a similar situation with Kate and doesn’t say a word. Hmm.

It turns out that the book this season is based on is far more likely and enlightening. But that doesn’t help the viewer work out why things happened in a certain order, with a specific result that drives the narrative forward to the end.

Anachronisms

For whatever reasons, the producers of Bridgerton rely almost totally on modern songs translated into chamber music. Whereas that trick of the mind should help viewers understand the message of whatever scene is being played out, I found it distracting, as I was trying to hum along with the tunes and remember the words. Material Girl by Madonna, for example, played in the background while the debutantes were being presented to Queen Charlotte. The message was clear, but completely out of character.

The second thing was the vibrant use of colour (and I’m referring to the dresses, not the characters). We might as well have been in France at the Palace of Versailles during the time of Louis XIV. I’m not sure the Georgian period was so garish, but I could be wrong.

Finally, the story reminded me of several classic novels, plays and recent TV dramas. Pride and Prejudice, obviously; The Taming of the Shrew, by Shakespeare; and even Downton Abbey. Is there really nothing new under the sun?

Overall, an Enjoyable Feast

I enjoyed it, nevertheless. And, no doubt, this series could run and run, as there are many children to marry off. But, for now, I’m just happy that Anthony and Kate found the courage to join their lives together. Long may they run.

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A Short Discussion about One’s Own Chart Ruler

Jupiter in the 2nd House

Ellie Adams has done it again. Just yesterday, she posted a YouTube video about this very subject matter, one that I had not paid too much attention to before. The reason that I pay attention to most everything she says is that we both have Sagittarius Rising and what she says makes total sense to me.

I know that if I mention, “Aegon my face,” my daughter, Rosanna, will understand what I’m saying.

Now, I want you to see how the planetary transits are affecting me, today…

The transiting Sun is about to touch my ‘independent’ North Node in Aries. Transiting Mars is separating from my natal Jupiter (@ 15° Aquarius 45′), while transiting Venus conjunct Saturn are both separating from my natal Sun (@ 20° Aquarius 03′). The moment I raised the Transit chart, the transiting Ascendant is opposite my natal Mercury (@ 24° Capricorn 12′), and the transiting Midheaven is opposite my natal Midheaven @ 12° Libra 47′).

Jupiter is also conjunct my natal Sun

So, yes, the Universe is unfolding, as it should.

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Yesterday in History IX

Solidarity Strike! (March 27, 1981)

On this day in 1981: More than 12 million Poles go on strike for 4 hours as part of the Solidarity movement.

When you look back at historical moments like this, they can be very revealing about how a movement can change the world.

Solidarity (Polish: Solidarność, pronounced [sɔliˈdarnɔɕt͡ɕ]), full name Independent Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarity” (Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy „Solidarność”, abbreviated NSZZ „Solidarność” [ɲɛzaˈlɛʐnɨ samɔˈʐɔndnɨ ˈzvjɔ̃zɛɡ zavɔˈdɔvɨ sɔliˈdarnɔɕt͡ɕ]), is a Polish trade union founded in August 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland. Subsequently, it was the first independent trade union in a Warsaw Pact country to be recognised by the state. The union’s membership peaked at 10 million in September 1981, representing one-third of the country’s working-age population. Solidarity’s leader Lech Wałęsa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and the union is widely recognized as having played a central role in the end of Communist rule in Poland.

In the 1980s, Solidarity was a broad anti-bureaucratic social movement, using methods of civil resistance to advance the causes of workers’ rights and social change. Government attempts in the early 1980s to destroy the union through the imposition of martial law in Poland and the use of political repression failed. Operating underground, with significant financial support from the Vatican and the United States, the union survived and by the later 1980s had entered into negotiations with the government.

The 1989 round table talks between the government and the Solidarity-led opposition produced agreement for the 1989 legislative elections, the country’s first pluralistic election since 1947. By the end of August, a Solidarity-led coalition government was formed and in December 1990, Wałęsa was elected President of Poland.

Following Poland’s transition to liberal capitalism in the 1990s and the extensive privatization of state assets, Solidarity’s membership declined significantly; by 2010, 30 years after being founded, the union had lost more than 90% of its original membership.

Wikipedia

They say timing is everything, which is ironic, since I have purposely set the clock to 9 am local time in Warsaw. However, that one inconjunct, amongst all the stress-filled oppositions and squares, could be the key.

Uranus Inconjunct Ascendant

Your need to be free and do what you want is often in conflict with what others require of you and even with what you feel you ought to do. Sometimes this conflict can cause considerable physical and emotional pain. The task you face is to organize your life in a disciplined way that will enable you to satisfy your need for freedom through your everyday activities. One way to accomplish this is by figuring out your own methods for doing your work.

(Or, in this case, NOT doing your work.)

Comparing this event with the Truckers’ Freedom Convoy shows the differences between truly organized ‘civil resistance’ and a minor (but extended) inconvenience.

Okay. I didn’t expect so many links to show between these two charts: Solidarity’s Uranus is conjunct the Convoy’s South Node; Solidarity’s South Node is conjunct the Convoy’s Sun; the Convoy’s Part of Fortune is conjunct Solidarity’s Midheaven. And their two Moons are almost exactly conjunct. Hmm.

On second thought, maybe the Truckers’ Freedom Convoy will also change Canada and the world forever. Stranger things have happened when people come together in Solidarity!

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Yesterday in History VIII

Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty (March 26, 1979)

On this day in 1979: Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.

And a ‘cold peace’ broke out between those two nations.

The timing is randomized. If you look closely at the photograph (below), the sun appears to be marginally to the right (facing), so that means to me that it’s either slightly before noon or slightly after.

Since this ‘event’ happened on the South Lawn, I would definitely suggest that this is before noon.

At any rate, only the inconjunct pointing at the Midheaven would be suspect. The rest stand as is.

Moon Inconjunct Pluto (Israel)

This aspect means that your emotions are very intense and not always easy to deal with. Often your feelings make you want to do or say something without knowing why. Also you may have very intense moods in which you withdraw from those around you into a world of your own. This should not be a serious problem unless you have been brought up to have all sorts of fears and worries. In that case your actions will be driven by your fears, and you may behave quite strangely.

Venus Inconjunct Jupiter (Egypt)

This can be a positive aspect if you learn to control some of its negative possibilities. You are likely to lack energy and to be rather passive. You may wait for possibilities to come to you, rather than go after them. You may not have enough energy to pursue your ambitions, or you may not have much ambition. Or you may love your comfort so much that you are unwilling to make any effort or put up with any pain that could help you grow and develop. However, if there are any indications of energy in your chart, they should overcome the passivity.

Mars Inconjunct Pluto (USA)

You have a strong will and always to have your own way. But very often it seems as if tremendous forces are working to prevent you from getting what you want. If you have this problems, it is because of the way you go about trying to achieve your ends. If you put too much force into your desire to get something, you may unknowingly alienate people because your aggressive manner shows that you will let nothing stop you from getting what you want. Even if that isn’t the way you really feel about it, you should recognize that your forcefulness creates this impression.

Pluto Inconjunct Midheaven (Security Forces)

You may have trouble with older people who try to teach you how to actively take control of your life. Even while you are young, you may resent their control over you and resist everything they are trying to teach you. To a great extent, your path in life will be shaped by your early confrontations with authority figures. Your parents would be well advised to give you as much control as possible over your own affairs and as much self-determination as you can handle. They should not try to keep an extremely tight rein on you, for if they do, you will explode and become very difficult to handle. Also your self-esteem would be damaged. Your parents and teachers should be very straightforward with you, because if you feel that people are not being honest with you, you will not be honest with them. You are quite capable of acting behind people’s backs if you consider it necessary or if you feel that you never get your own way.

Hindsight

The whole point of looking back at historical events is to give us some perspective about the present and the potential future. Most of the Arab countries were outraged when this agreement was made. And the Palestinians felt betrayed by the Egyptians. But can you blame these leaders for wanting to limit the damage that war between them had caused?

Armageddon may be the result of this peace treaty. We shall have to wait and see.

Thanks for coming along for the ride.

Leader of the PLO
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