What Can Astrologers Learn From Sep 11?

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Hello All,

 

With the week of the first anniversary of Sep 11

drawing to a close, I thought now would be a good time

to raise some issues, ask a few rhetorical questions

and make a few suggestions about the State of

Astrology, in light of the past year's events.

 

Without question, Astrology has come a very long way

in the past century; with the aid of computer

technology, complex calculations are now completed in

mere seconds; we can now warehouse immense amounts of

horoscope data; and we can experiment with totally

brand new techniques that were not even known to such

greats in Astrology as Evangeline Adams and Dane

Rudhyar (Astrocartography would be among one of the

newer techniques). In addition, the Century of

Psychology has greatly augmented our Craft; planets

evolved from mere harbingers of events into symbols of

potential. These two major advancements - technology

and psychology - have given Astrology that much-needed

push into the 21st Century. As a result, there has

been a renewed interest in the Celestial Sciences not

seen since the late 60s, or even the turn of the

century - the 20th century, during Ms. Adams' time.

Computer programs, the Internet and better written

books have made Astrology, of all forms, more

accessible to the general public than at any other

time in the History of the Human Race.

 

But there is still the issue of Prediction - being

able to foretell an event or series of events, with

some degree of specificity, before it/they happens.

For all of Astrology's evolution, with all of its

computer-assisted precision and sophistication, this

key aspect of our Science still remains at the heart

of what we do. And, it is my contention, that Sep 11,

2001, the events of that day, has, and I think

rightly, brought this fundamental issue of Prediction

back to the forefront of discourse and if need be,

debate, within the World Astrological Community.

 

Astrology, and those that practice it, faces a serious

issue here - for, as far as the public is concerned,

the acid test of our Art lies in its ability (or the

lack thereof) to predict events of such massive scope.

To date, there is no article, lecture or statement

from any Astrologer that I know of (and I am immersed

in both the Western and Vedic Astrological Worlds,

have been for at least 4 years now) that foretold of a

Terrorist Attack on the United States beforehand. What

we all DID see, was all manner of articles, lectures

and statements made by Astrologers of all stripes,

about what had ALREADY had occured. This creates a

significant problem for us, in the All-World

Astrological Community, for if we cannot or will not

refine our Predictive Ability in this area, Astrology

will have failed its mandate - that of improving the

Human Condition.

 

There are those in the Astrological Community, that

will read this, and will attempt to downplay or in

some other way try to sidestep my comments today. They

do so at great risk of harming Astrology even further,

for it is my contention that Astrology CAN give us the

tools we need to foretell of such calamities before

they occur. Afterall, this is the idea that has

existed and currently persists in Medical Astrology -

to be able to give early warning of the onset of an

illness before they happen. This gives the patient the

ability to plan ahead, to avert what is surely to

come. The same thing holds true, here in the area of

what has become known as Mundane Astrology.

 

In Jan of 2001, I wrote an extensive article on the

first 100 days of the Bush Administration. Written

about a week before Bush was inaugurated, I clearly

stated that military action could take place in early

Sep or shortly afterward. I also stated that he (Bush)

would be forced to enter the fray occuring in the

Middle East, bewteen the Israelis and Palestinians. I

was correct on both counts - but, like the rest of my

colleagues, I totally missed the signals that

manifested themselves in the form of 19 men flying

planes into American buildings. It was an ey-opening

experience for me; my Astrological senses were awash

in new info, new ways of looking at things, and my

mind raced to consider things that, and I think this

is fair to say of most of us, I had never even thought

of before.

 

I think Sep 11 has given us in the Astrological

Community a great opportunity to assist Humanity in so

many ways - for example, we can assemble the language

of Astrology to fashion for us a Terrorist Profile,

from Astrological point of view. We can research past

incidences of terrorism around the world, discern what

common factors exist there, and come up with a "Early

Warning System" Astrologically. We can then taken this

along with other pieces of Astrological evidence, and

present this to the general public. Think of the

horrors that yet to come, how they can be averted.

 

For me, these things can be done. The Question is, do

we, in the All-World Astrological Community, have the

WILL to do it? Can we find a way to work together, to

get this done? Are we willing to put the work in to do

it? And if so, when? And if not, why?

 

What have we Astrologers, learned from Sep 11?

 

We'll see...

 

Salaam,

Mu

 

 

 

 

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