In tonight’s special extended edition of Planet Waves FM, I play the full recording of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Then I do the astrology of that day, and also take a look at Dr. King’s chart as well. The charts are below; here is the verified text of the speech.
Our musical guest is the Connecticut-based rock string quartet Darlingside, who I met at Backstage Studio Productions (BSP) in Kingston, New York.
Note — Friday’s member edition of Planet Waves will focus on BSP, and I’ll soon have a special edition podcast about the place.
In the second half of the program, I look at the chart for John Kerry’s pitch to go to war with Syria. And I investigate the astrology of Miley Cyrus after her performance at Monday night’s VMA awards. If you want to see the video, it’s the second one down on this page at Huffington Post.
I don’t critique the video — rather, I explain its significance as an event in the history of sexual liberation. I also give a good sniff to Miley’s extraordinary chart. Note, I don’t have the birth time but I do know that the published time is wrong. I plan to publish the accurate data when I have it from the state of Tennessee.
OK, I’ve caught up with Miley. Your report demonstrates it’s not the medium that is the message, but the context that makes the message. This is the clearest example since I have been following you of how some investigative dot-connecting, along with the expansive view of astrology, can reveal a story. It’s your gift. I appreciate you.
We didn’t have purity balls and rings to denote daddy’s ownership when I was in Tennessee. It there were no options: just the white dress, no shotguns, forever.
Except it rarely worked out like that.
My rebellion was to run away to NYC and invite my kids to my wedding, when I got around to having one.
Eric, I am still making my way throught this podcast. Thank you for posting the speech entire. I have never heard the whole speech before. It was just the right length for my drive from Hope to Rockland, down Rt 17, and I wept the whole way. I don’t remember that event consciously, a young child in rural Tennessee. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was not discussed in repectful terms in my household or community. My only memory of 1963 was President Kennedy’s assasination.
I do remember April 4, 1968. By then I was 13 and the Rev. Dr’s murder was the first crack of the foundation of my acceptance of the Racist party line in my family and community. I felt shame first. The full import has grown throughout my adult hood. Hearing the Dream speech yesterday, in this climate that would tear down what MLK built, I feel the loss of his life and leadership.
Eric, thank you so very much for this. The MLK segment was personal because that event was a strong one in my childhood – and the ‘SmileyMyrus’ segment gave me an exceedingly large “missing link” to understanding my son.
Both of my kids have the Uranus Neptune conjunction in Cap, but my son’s is exact (Uranus at 18.34 and Uranus at 18.35 5th house). They exactly sextile his moon in Pisces (18.09). As well he’s got a stellium in Scorpio (3rd house) including Sun, Mars, Mercury and Pluto. Chyron (6.17) is exact on his AC (6.18) in Virgo Both Venus and Jupiter square off with the Uranus/Neptune conjunction from Libra.
Your explanation of S’miley’s astrology painted a picture that’s oh so useful to understanding my son’s world. Thank you!!
Hi Eric, I wish I could have links to those reader’s comments you quoted in your recording today. Is there any way you could post them here as a comment? Thank you.
yeti —
that was that angle that caught my attention yesterday, too. definitely some interesting thoughts, esp with the this week being the 50th anniversary of King’s “I have a dream” speech and the March on Washington.
On Miley: Well, there’s the sexual liberation angle, but there’s also how black people were used onstage as props:
http://groupthink.jezebel.com/solidarity-is-for-miley-cyrus-1203666732
Eric,
Whoa…thank you so much for last night’s edition of Planet Waves FM. I feel like I’ve been on a trip in an altered state…in a good way! From the shivers up and down my spine listening to the Rev. Dr. MLK’s dream as I contemplate yet another two murders of young black men in my adopted city of Asbury Park NJ where I mentor three young black men who have become as dear to me as my own sons. I realize how far we still are from his dream, as this city is still segregated and families still suffer the loss of their future. Now that the oldest Zaire is 14, I have had to have a serious conversation with him about the sad fact of life of living in a black man’s body and the danger implicit in his corporeal form, so far from the beauty that is his spirit and his 150 watt smile that melts my heart. How I hated being the one to destroy his innocence for the sake of his safety!
Then the piece on Kerry/Syria. Those readers of the NY Times are spot on! Yes, endless, agonizing war where no one wins except the beneficiaries of the military economy. Thanks for saying it like it is! Most people, if they’re paying any attention, are swayed by the false emotions telegraphed by the political spinners. I appreciate your context and opposing views which provide balance and sanity. I think most people are Quakers in their beliefs on war.
Finally, when speaking of the young adults born in late ’80s early ’90’s, you articulated what I lived with my three children born 8/88, 3/90 and 5/91! I was born 2/64 in a constricted, punitive, totalitarian regime of Irish Catholic Crazy! When this cluster of babies was born to me at 24, I knew on a very deep level I had to remember how my parents would handle a situation with my siblings and me and do a 180 with my own children. In this way, they raised me! They were willful, brilliant, and banded together like little lobbyists against any perceived subjugation. When they were reckless, rebellious teens, I would wail, head in hands “Oh why did I raise them in a democracy?!” All that you said about Uranus conjunct Neptune in Capricorn and Uranus conjunct Pluto in Virgo collided with us! You named what I lived! Whoa. These kids transformed me top to bottom and I’m happy to report they are the coolest, most independent, responsible and kind young adults I know. They realize the BS in the culture and find their own truth, trust their own instincts, and though not as prominent as Miley, live on their own terms. Cool, right?
Thanks for being you!
Katie