{"id":15479,"date":"2009-06-03T16:51:54","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T21:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=15479"},"modified":"2009-06-04T01:37:19","modified_gmt":"2009-06-04T06:37:19","slug":"astrology-mercury-direct-taurus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/astrology-mercury-direct-taurus\/","title":{"rendered":"Deer’s leap and the thunderstorm machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the burst of news that came out of this weekend’s Mercury station direct in Taurus, two events have a correspondence that draws attention to our relationship with nature. By ‘our’ — I mean me and you and all of humanity here in the techno world. By ‘nature’ I mean the physical environment around us, in particular the one that was here before airplanes and cars arrived.<\/p>\n

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When Mercury stations direct, the news is often concentrated, and it was especially poignant over the weekend and into the early part of the week; the touch of madness that so many people were feeling. The shootings of both a prominent abortion doctor and two soldiers at a military recruiting post gave a flavor of what domestic terrorism feels like. General Motors filing for bankruptcy was a reminder of the transience of our society, as one of its supposedly great institutions acknowledged its failure.<\/p>\n

Yet two of the issues to me had a special feeling of resonance. As the pieces of Air France 447 are recovered from the bottom of the south Atlantic Ocean, we see the potential of what a storm can do; we have an example of a potential force of nature. Alongside that for a while, story that surfaced for a moment was the dear leaping over a police car<\/strong><\/a> two before the crash in Indianola, Iowa.<\/p>\n

Of course with 447, the torment of the relatives of those on the flight is not knowing whether this really was something like a lightening strike, or an intentional act. The story takes an extra level of meaning in that case, which is to express the uncertainty and loss of control we face on Earth, particularly around the most fateful matters of life and death. Was it a storm, which we could say was a natural event, was it terrorism (which few are talking about, but which is lurking behind the story) or was it a technical failure? I’m not sure what would make most people feel better.<\/p>\n

In the midst of the early reports about the flight, CNN was airing the story about the deer, which takes a kind of unplanned flight over the police car, clears it by at least six inches, is not injured and continues on its way. To me the priceless part of the video is the cop saying that if there were a camera on his face, he suspects he and the dear would have had the same expression.<\/p>\n

When you see an animal portrayed in such a stunning way in relationship to humanity, that is what I would consider a visitation; an encounter with a power animal. Animals in that way mirror part of the human psyche. The deer did something that defied human physical abilities, and made itself known in a vivid day, broadcast all over the country and worldwide on the Net. This is the image of a near-miss. We have these all the time; they are just not as elegant. But this is a reminder how close we are to the edge, all the time.<\/p>\n

With the dear, we have the symbol of the animal — the dear is about the gentle luring to new adventures in life. Its calling is subtle, and there is a risk involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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