This earth was never meant to be too big for us
You can’t be terrified of something when it’s all you have— from “Fighter’s Plea” by Jon Sands and Rachel McKibbens
Sept. 11, 2001. The Banda Aceh earthquake and tsunami. Fukushima. The founding of WikiLeaks. Edward Snowden, whistleblower. What do all of these things have in common? For one, the astrological chart for each of them has a significant feature in the next-to-last degree of Gemini, where the Sun and Jupiter meet in a conjunction Wednesday. As a result, all of these events are trying to draw our attention to a common theme.
That theme is the atrocity that counts as “corporate conduct” these days, including corporate control of government — and the lack of accountability corporations face in everything from “simple” negligence to outright Machiavellian deal making, lying and manipulation. It’s too easy in this time of “tragi-tainment” and “virtual reality” to get distracted by the story du jour in the media, dropping the last big issue from our consciousness like a piece of chewed gum to the sidewalk.
Jupiter and the Sun, coming together in Gemini — the sign of the mind, communication and duality — are trying to get a point across. By conjoining in this curious degree that keeps showing up in charts for era-defining events, these planets are shining a bright searchlight and sweeping it in a great arc as if to say, “There! Do you see it NOW?”
No, the point is not that one particular Dr. Evil is behind all of this. The point is that we have to start seeing the connections between these things shaping our lives and the world in which we live. To see them, we have to look for them.
But there’s a taboo against doing so in our society. Have you noticed that? At its most insidious level, this taboo means that anyone who sees interrelationships between events gets labeled a conspiracy theorist.
So what about those disparate events listed at the beginning? They all point to a larger truth. Even if they don’t point to the same factors, they point to something larger than themselves — and always something about which there are unanswered and unasked questions. Whomever you think was behind the Sept. 11 incident, it’s the impetus for nearly every decision that American society makes; the cause that connects thousands of effects. The Banda Aceh disaster may have been triggered in part by oil drilling in Tasmania, and worsened by the weight of ice coming off of the polar caps. Do people even know that air-powered drilling for oil (or fracking) can cause quakes?
Fukushima would not have evolved into a nuclear disaster had it not been for the negligence of the operating company and the general hubris of those who say nuclear power is safe. Even more significantly, nuclear power is a direct outgrowth of the nuclear weapons program, a fact that is well-established and rarely ever stated.
WikiLeaks did one thing mainly, which is to show the connections between events not generally accepted as related. Most of what WikiLeaks releases are documents involving warfare. It’s become a resource for opening up corporate and governmental secrecy, showing us the motives and lies behind contemporary wars. And Edward Snowden has just let us all know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that our government cannot be trusted not to turn on the public — again with war and security as the excuse.
It’s easier to perpetrate crimes of all sizes and varieties if there’s no pattern to detect, no connections made and if everyone’s distracted. Sun-Jupiter in Gemini wants you to understand that this is about you; it’s about all of us; it’s about understanding the big picture and speaking up about what we see. This world is ours — we can’t afford to be afraid of it or to ignore it.
The reality you see depends on how many dots you can connect. Usually, if others can see the horse, my picture includes the spiral horn and flaring wings. But then, I have astrology in my personal toolbox!
Thank you Planet Waves for righteously and passionately calling a fact a fact, time after time, and connecting the facts to a set of demonstrable, accessible, sane truths to live by. Just what we need at this juncture, just how we need to have it. A standing ovation for you.
“It’s easier to perpetrate crimes of all sizes and varieties if there’s no pattern to detect, no connections made and if everyone’s distracted.”
Yes, and distraction is the narcissist’s best work.
This is the broader discussion, the giving up and taking over of control v/s taking responsibility and awareness in relationship, finding common ground. Codependency v/s Interdependence explains it best.
“Codependency is defined as a psychological condition or a relationship in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with a pathological condition (typically narcissism or drug addiction); and in broader terms, it refers to the dependence on the needs of, or control of, another…Codependency may also be characterized by denial, low self-esteem, excessive compliance, or control patterns.[2]Narcissists are considered to be natural magnets for the codependent.”
“interdependence – a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups). This concept differs from a dependence relationship, where some members are dependent and some are not.
In an interdependent relationship, participants may be emotionally, economically, ecologically and/or morally reliant on and responsible to each other. An interdependent relationship can arise between two or more cooperative autonomous participants (e.g. – co-op). Some people advocate freedom orindependence as the ultimate good; others do the same with devotion to one’sfamily, community, or society. Interdependence can be a common ground between these aspirations.”
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdependence