{"id":50297,"date":"2011-12-07T17:22:55","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T22:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=50297"},"modified":"2011-12-08T21:49:59","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T02:49:59","slug":"gemini-total-eclipse-and-the-sibling-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/planet-waves-fm\/gemini-total-eclipse-and-the-sibling-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemini Total Eclipse and the Sibling Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-50297-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/podcast\/111207podcast.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/podcast\/111207podcast.mp3\">http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/podcast\/111207podcast.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Today&#8217;s edition of Planet Waves FM is ready. In the first half, I read and consider the chart of Saturday&#8217;s total eclipse of the Moon in Gemini. This eclipse happens across Gemini\/Sagittarius while both Mercury and Jupiter are in the process of stationing direct. I take a close look at the conjunction of Psyche and Apollo that is square the eclipse (prominently aspected, which brings out the message of these two asteroids).<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_41500\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 140px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/225_web-eric-podcast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41500    \" title=\"225_web-eric-podcast\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/225_web-eric-podcast.jpg?resize=130%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"169\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then we take a song break, featuring the musical ensemble <a href=\"http:\/\/girlyman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Girlyman<\/strong><\/a>. I am looking enviously at their tour schedule &#8212; they&#8217;re playing Nashville tonight, then Decatur, then Durham, Asheville, Birmingham, McCook, NE and Loomis, NE. I don&#8217;t see a NY or MA or PA on the list. Come north, Girlyman! We will feed you and read your charts and donate publicity photos if you want, and I have a fantastic luthier if you need your guitars adjusted.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half of the program I talk about what Robert Bly called &#8220;the sibling society&#8221; &#8212; that is, a society of non-adults who refuse to take responsibility for their lives and the culture around them. This is in the context of the Occupy movement, in particular a video about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hhPdH3wE0_Y\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>UC Davis pepper spray incident<\/strong><\/a> that sparked the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>I read from a PBS interview with Bly from about 15 years ago. Here is the thing &#8212; Bly took some shit for what he said when the book came out, but his perspective has only been supported or even proven. If you&#8217;re looking for the book, you can get it for <a href=\"http:\/\/product.half.ebay.com\/The-Sibling-Society-by-Robert-W-Bly-and-Robert-Bly-1997-Paperback-Reprint\/58969&amp;tg=info\" target=\"_blank\">less than a buck from Half.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the podcast I mention a paper called <a href=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/pdf\/ray_glass_sasu.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Are Student Governments Obsolete?<\/strong><\/a> by Ray Glass, one the founders of SASU &#8212; the now-defunct Student Association of the State University of New York. Ray is a friend in spirit. He died when I was 11 years old but his work and his ideas have influenced my thinking, and I am happy to share a <a href=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/pdf\/ray_glass_sasu.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>PDF of his paper<\/strong><\/a> on the Internet for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s program is about 1:14 &#8212; a little longer than planned, but there you have it. Remember that Planet Waves FM is sponsored by your subscriptions and product purchases. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetwaves.net\/store\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>We have cool stuff for you<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; well it&#8217;s not stuff, it&#8217;s ideas that you can take with you to your next incarnation!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/current_sky\" target=\"_blank\">Here is your program in the old player<\/a><\/strong>, where you\u2019ll find the full archives and a downloadable zip file.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribers, I&#8217;ll catch you Friday with a new edition.<\/p>\n<p>Lovingly,<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Planet Waves\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.planetwavesweekly.com\/resources\/images\/sign_white.jpg?resize=185%2C45&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Eric Francis\" width=\"185\" height=\"45\" vspace=\"10\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>P.S. The pocket watch dates to the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pocket_watch\" target=\"_blank\">16th century<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/podcast\/111207podcast.mp3 Today&#8217;s edition of Planet Waves FM is ready. In the first half, I read and consider the chart of Saturday&#8217;s total eclipse of the Moon in Gemini. This eclipse happens across Gemini\/Sagittarius while both Mercury and Jupiter are in the process of stationing direct. 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