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From today’s edition:
We’ve known for a long time that big changes are brewing in the world. Numerous ongoing transits that would have massive and sweeping effects in any event are now concentrated around the cardinal points (early Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, also known as the Aries Point), which is magnifying the effect. The lunar nodes are backing toward the first degrees of Cancer and Capricorn; we just had an eclipse right there, and numerous slow-moving planets have been dancing around on the early cardinal cross since Pluto showed up in 2008. All of this adds up to what we’re seeing now — except that the momentum is just picking up. It’s easy to recognize the revolutionary spirit vibrating across the Middle East as characteristic of the Uranus-Pluto cycle that’s about to reach the first peak since the mid-1960s: that is the Uranus-Pluto square, which will be exact for the first time in June 2012.
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Hi Eric,
I’m one of your fb friends & a longtime reader of planetwaves.
I’m also a former new yorker who’s been living in the sinai for quite some time.
I wanted to thank you for your terrific coverage of the situation in this country.
Until now there haven’t been problems out here, other than petrol shortages. No internet connection for over a week was a real bitch — a feeling of total isolation from the rest of the world.
All that “living in the present” jazz has a very real meaning for me now — hallelujah, i finally got it!
Sending you a big hug from the sinai/red sea,
Pamela
Very interesting Graffiti. The wikileaks material has a lot to say about the Israeli Mafia and its control!
I’m just free-associating here, but I wonder if this is the beginning of something MUCH MUCH bigger.
Eric said as much in one of his Egypt posts, and I’m thinking back to the Spanish Civil in the 1930s.
That war occurred after pro-democracy Spaniards had set up a fragile constitutional republic. There were still strong conservative (mostly pro-royalist) forces in the country and they were rallied by General Franco, who went to war with the Spanish republic and eventually destroyed it.
I’m just liistening today to the BBC special report on Egypt, and just today Obama is saying Mubarak should remain in power, and this really strikes me as the Israeli line — Israel is so paranoid they probably think that if Mubarak goes, they will have to contend with someone or something that is much less likely to tolerate them. I’m sure they do not want to risk losing influence or control for something of so little value in their eyes as “middle eastern democracy.”
Anyhow, whether or not Obama’s new position is being whispered in his ears by Israel, it does look like the beginnings of a new political alignment – I think we are going to see various powers align themselves with the “security contingent” — ie Mubarak, and others line up oppostie them, in support of the pro-democracy movement.
And this is why it reminds me of the Spanish Civil War. Because in that conflict, we began to see the beginning of the political alignments that eventually coalesced as the “axis” and the “allies” that fought WWII. Spain was a staging ground for them — it was the early version of WWII, played out before all of the political deals had been made and all of the alignments were fully gelled.
Anyhow I hope Egypt is not going to be the corollary to the Spanish Civil War, and I hope it is not going to be followed by a much bigger conflagration.
But I also hope Obama has the sense not to plant his flag on the wrong side.
We had to replace this whole page for search engine optimization — the title was wrong, but if you change only the title you create other problems.
Seems to be something wiggy with the comment app. The app is duplicating the info in the posts. And, it says there are only 2 responses so far. . .when there’s 5+.
Happy Friday.
Kyla
Kristal, thank you for posting that YouTube.
“Just go down anywhere and say it:
we are free human beings!”
wow.
Kristal, thank you for posting that YouTube. “Just go down anywhere and say it: we are free human beings!” wow.
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phall
And, then there’s Bill Maher’s New Rule for Egypt and Tunisia.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/03/bill-mahers-new-rule-for-_n_818291.html
And, then there’s Bill Maher’s New Rule for Egypt and Tunisia. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/03/bill-mahers-new-rule-for-_n_818291.html
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Fe Bongolan
My new daily addiction is checking in on the situation in Egypt at Juan Cole’s “Informed Comment”. The coverage is comprehensive and completely cognizant of the history of the entire region. Today in Mubarak news, there is a background story on the government crackdown and what may appear to be inklings of “gee we fucked this up”, in Mubarak’s cabinet. Let us focus on them gracefully exiting with no more bloodshed and a peaceful transition to begin.
My new daily addiction is checking in on the situation in Egypt at Juan Cole’s “Informed Comment”. The coverage is comprehensive and completely cognizant of the history of the entire region. Today in Mubarak news, there is a background story on the government crackdown and what may appear to be inklings of “gee we fucked this up”, in Mubarak’s cabinet. Let us focus on them gracefully exiting with no more bloodshed and a peaceful transition to begin.
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kristal
You may want to do the chart for this amazing young woman who took the incidents of men setting themselves on fire and started the egyptian protests by calling out to others to do so on social media.
First time three men and she showed up….and lots of army and riot police so she tried again and set the date for January 25th…..and they showed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgjIgMdsEuk
xoxoxoxox
You may want to do the chart for this amazing young woman who took the incidents of men setting themselves on fire and started the egyptian protests by calling out to others to do so on social media. First time three men and she showed up….and lots of army and riot police so she tried again and set the date for January 25th…..and they showed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgjIgMdsEuk xoxoxoxox
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Eric Francis
My comment to astrology bloggers Facebook discussion group:
We are indeed doing journalism when we write about astrology for the public. Just like we don’t expect journalists to know about astrology, we shouldn’t expect astrologers to automatically know about how to do journalism. You may not believ…e this but people actually do come to astrology websites as an alternative to going to CNN, because they perceive the news as lacking any spiritual content or human perspective.
What astrology bloggers are doing is inventing a new genre of literature — astrojournalism. The idea is less about heady analysis and more about immediate, time-sensitive, salient, somewhat newsy writing that is designed for punters and not just other astrologers — but which is up to professional standards. I believe that in order for astrology to be taken seriously by the public and the media, it needs to be relevant and offer a kind of analysis you can’t find other places. These are skills and themes we can develop in the discussion here.
Presumably as writers we want to reach as many people as possible with a clear message, and that requires skills, practice and cooperation. I come here to offer what experience I have and to seek the thoughts and ideas of other astrologers who can help me in my work. Even a single idea from a colleague or reader can focus my thinking on a topic.
I would suggest taking a loose approach to guiding the content of this board, though being especially encouraging of newsworthy topics, posting data, and discussing how we’re going to relate a particular message. I suggest that the people who are not (or not yet) writers remember that some of us who participate in an “astrology bloggers” area do so because we’re in the company of other writers, who have a community of interest — we have the privilege and responsibility of relating to the public. You can work in support of the writing process by sharing ideas and providing information that you think is useful.
When I post charts, data and articles, I do so specifically to provide resources for other writers. I am interested in feedback and discussing other angles I might take. Most of all I am interested in helping cultivate a community ethos of responsible journalism in my field. To a great extent, the credibility of astrologers is collective property. If I do good work, you are trusted that much more, and if you do good work, I am trusted that much more, so we have a vested interest in supporting one another’s learning and daily exploration of how to tell the story of the world through astrology.