Thursday's article on Mercury-Mars-Saturn — our delicate moment.
We are now in a fast-moving astrological hot spot. I covered this Thursday and am opening up the article a few days early. Thank you to my subscribers who make it possible for me to do this work.
Good morning,
The article is below.
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In the opening sequence to Friday night’s Planet Waves FM, I describe how the Iran war story is being dripped out as good news, bad news, happy markets, sad markets, in a rapid cycle. Everything was chipper and bright 12 hours ago; now as of 7 am ET, Hormuz is closed again and Iranian ports remain locked down.
The key here is pattern recognition — the essential tool of the electronic age. The pattern is not the narrative or the story.
For those seeking to understand the digital environment, I offer two tools in the second half of the program: first, a discussion of physics by two humans, and the same discussion from ChatGPT. You get similar data from the chatbot, minus the human interplay, the humor, the warmth, the curiosity and the spirit of active inquiry.
A robot that says Bark! Bark! Woof! Woof! is not your dog, does not feel like your dog, or smell like your dog, and is not happy when you get home. This contrast makes the difference plain to see, feel and hear.
Right after that, I play (and assess) a short 1965 interview with Marshall McLuhan where he talks about why electronic media is so overhwelming — it creates a feedback loop where people get obsessed with themselves, and respond to their own audience particpation in an endless cycle. That is likely to be a lot of the frustration you’re feeling.
Note, Marshall was talking about this 61 years ago, which is why I read him and listen to his lectures today.
My work as an astrologer is distingushed by my commitment to understanding the digital environment and how it is impacting self-concept, body morphology, relationships, and the tone of society.
Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ —
Sometimes it’s accurate.
You know you are on a path of evolution when you are able to view every challenge…
…as an “opportunity.”
An opportunity to see, learn, grow, heal, resolve…evolve.
When this path begins to unfold, you will recognize…
“Without our humanity, our shared humanity, we will possess nothing of value.”
Eric, your writings are fantastic depth analysis and I appreciate what you are doing. I am wondering what you would do with the newly released investigation of the ZZZ Rape Academy that CNN just released.