Mental Guessing Games

There are some things that are always and will forever be unknown.  And not because it is not known, it is because it is a secret. 

But, if SOMEONE knows it, we all know it in the collective consciousness, or at a minimum, within the unconsciousness.  So, how is your mind power serving you?

Mind power?  How do you measure that?

By guessing.

Perhaps not something you want to hear from someone writing a blog with the name "business voodoo," but I am serious.  Guessing isn't for the faint of heart.  Guessing is the genius of creative people and business people alike.  Some people would say that guessing is another form of using your instincts, but the truth is, when you use your instincts, you KNOW; you are not guessing.

Guessing comes from the synthesis of personal intellectual knowledge, a natural understanding of momentum and an innate ability to collect the mental ether relating to your subject.  You do remember that time when you were in elementary school and you raised your hand because you knew you were going to have the answer.  (Instinct.)  But then the question didn't turn out the way you projected it was going to, but there was your hand, up in the air and poof, the answer you had didn't answer the question that was asked.  Of course, your hand was up first, so you are chosen to answer and you are left with the dilemma:  "I don't know" or a guess.  Right before you make your decision, a classmate raises their hand.  They have the answer to the question, and all of a sudden so do you.  You make your guess, it was right or wrong -- more likely dependent on your mental relationship with that classmate.

Some people have mental compatibility and can function fluidly, and sometimes there's a mental incompatibility.  You know this because there are always those people in your life that you do not have to finish sentences for, they already know.  And then, there are people you can explain what you are thinking more ways than you even thought were possible and they still do not get it.  Poor communication?  Maybe, but what if you are otherwise an excellent communicator?   Its less of a verbal communication breakdown and more of a mental "wave length" breakdown.

You should guess often and a lot because that is perhaps the only way that you can shift your mental
"wave length" to any environment you happen to find yourself.  By expressing a guess, right or wrong, two things happen:  You receive a response, and you release your mind to search for an answer within all of its realm.  And since we know, that the mind has a electro-magnetic field it uses to interact with everything else in our reality, and since your mind has no way to choose to not answer the question, unless you consciously tell it not to answer the question, your mind is going to go to fetch the answer, even if its only in the mental ether of the room.  Since we are all one, and truly the mind has no way to distinguish where the answer is coming from, nor does it care, your mind power can be assessed, unscientifically, by your guesses.  .

I have found those who guess best are those who pay attention to the most details in their reality and circumstances, and, of course, those who practice the most.

As for the thing that's hidden in the dark, guess if you want .....

peace & harmony,
elaine

'liberties are best taken straight up!' niki v

Personal Optimization Training With Mercury Retrograde

Oh, yes, that geo-centric phenomenon of the planetary retrograde.

The optical illusion of a "backward" moving planet that is just that, an illusion. But, ask any magician and the illusion is a powerful tool to create a reality that only the magician can create for the entire audience of participants in his magic show.

And, your life IS your magic show, so let's use the illusion of the retrogrades, rather than be a spectator and allow the illusion to hide from us the reality of our lives.

Usually, if you are aware that Mercury even goes retrograde and a little about it, you have experienced those mechanical ups and downs, the difficulties in communications and movement that are the territory of Mercury. But rather than your nemesis, Mercury retrograde is here to help you create reality through the proper use of the illusion.

If you remember, quite consciously, during Mercury's retrograde that you are to "row gently down the stream" you will be able to steer around any "rocks," "blocks" and "obstacles" with ease through accepting them as being "protection" rather than what they are usually seen as: disasters! Ok, so your car broke down. Ok, so your iPhone fell in the bathtub. Ok, so you've lost everyone's phone number and you lost your voice. Receive it. Rejoice in it. Accept it as divine providence that there are no random incidents, that all of this is happening for a reason that YOU are controlling.

The more you look for synchronicity in your life, the less you are subject to random happenings. Trust the universe's plan of synchronicity even if its not apparent in your immediate vision. If you cannot see the synchronicity, take some time to back out of everything ... move retrograde with the planet(s) ... get in sync with the movement of the illusion to understand its workings so you can begin to create once again, this time more fully in the flow of the universe and the true vision of the reality you are here to create.

Sometimes, we need to retrograde into our subconscious to understand what flow our conscious lives are here to live, don't be afraid to let go of the known, the planned, the previously visualized ... otherwise you cannot receive the bigger vision that the whole you is aware of, even if the conscious you is yet unaware.

Retrograde Mercury's clues in communication and movement are very important to listen to as Mercury, being the first planet from the Sun, is the first and most important filter to take ALL of the Sun (or your life source) and make it so in our reality. Thankfully, Mercury works fast and is a brilliant taskmaster, and the more clearly the Sun is channelled naturally through Mercury, the more fully your reality will become your world. Mercury's retrograde cycle, is a time when the Earth is positioned between Mercury and the Sun -- the world is literally "in the way" -- but how else are you going to integrate your Sun (your life purpose and destiny) into the Earth if you do not take some time to see what ... or perhaps more astutely "how" ... the Earth needs to integrate your life source in creating this collectively reality we are all living in?

And, that's exactly what the retrograde cycles of all the planets help us do, each in their own unique way. Mercury's directive is to help in self-growth, and so the Mercury retrograde cycles are very personal and specificially designed just for you. Mercury is direct and to the point, so listen quick, learn fast and move even faster and you will be rewarded with the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound thanks to Mercury's retrograde cycles. Mercury retrogrades are for "Superhero" training!

A quick look at the houses at play in your own personal charts will tell you the "training ground" for Mercury's focus. For those who know how to read your own chart, I suggest a quick read of Cafe Astrology's wonderfully simple yet concise break down of Mercury's retrograde transit will help you understand your own focus.

The more efficient and able you are with the personal planet retrogrades, the better you will be at using the outer planet retrograde cycles to affect changes on a global level.

For those of you who know you can, go do it.

peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'

p.s. For more info on this month's specific Mercury retrograde, go visit my blog on MySpace.

2010 here we come . . .

now, many of you may wonder . . . 'elaine doesn't even use the gregorian calendar anymore, why is she writing about that time cycle?' . . . i write about it because it is the time sequence the prevailing world exists on, and if you do not understand the energy of that sequence, you can never bring that energy into a new time sequence -- your timing, your existence, your journey's sequence. bringing energy, money, whatever, into the world you live in because you are doing what you love.

besides, this is the time we begin to feel the pull of the new energy we are being pulled toward in 2010. think about how much energy is built up to the new year cycle. just think about the fact that almost all corporate financial sequences begin again each 01 january. this is the time when the pull from future is definitively stronger than the pull from the past (unless of course, you are running with a severe temporal deficit, then the past is probably overwhelming you, but that's a discussion for another day!).

working to maintain 'beingness' in this futuristic magnetism stream is a challenge as we make so many future plans ... what am I going to be Halloween? what do I want from Santa Claus? And, the push from our external environment to be future orientated is a blessing if you use that time connection while maintaining the ground to this present moment of being.

2010 is a 3 year . . . but its a 3 year after a master 11 vibration 2 year, which 2009 still has to play out. that master 1-1 is that which one must walk fully and completely in the being that is you.

so, 9 months done, are you a master or are you still thinking you *should* be one, or trying to convince yourself that you are one . . . or are you simply a master. masters no longer have to try, they just do it. 3 more months of training and discipline, and this is where you can believe in just about anything to be possible, as we are being pulled into a year of manifestation.

the 3 vibration is, obviously, related to the trinity, the triangle ... when that which consists of "god" came together to exist as "god" in the form prescribed and optimized for existence in this third dimension. less singularly in belief structure, 3 is the manifestation of the sum of the parts in the third dimension, call it god, the cosmos or merely our feeble attempts to understand our existence and connection to that which is infinite or is, perhaps, only chaos under our defined terms.

so, as you consider today what you want to manifest in 2010, ask yourself these questions . . . how would the person i am be if that which i am working to manifest was manifest today in this moment? 'act it until you are it' . . . besides practice makes perfect, even when it comes to being you.

peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'

Living Sidereally in a Tropical World No. 2

DUK: There are no rules in life. So make your own and live by them, you'll be happiest that way.

No. 2: The Seed of Conception

The more we understand, the less we fear.
The less we fear, the more we risk.
The more we risk, the more we trust.
The more we trust, the more we love.

(from "Practicing the Sacred Art of Listening," by Kay Lindahl)

If you can know the 'seed' of conception, the source of the fruit, the full intention of the truth, you may be one step closer to understanding the answer to "why?"

In business, there is the time the idea is born and then the time the idea is 'incorporated' and the interaction between those two energies is knowledge that one must understand to be successful.

Similarly, running a transit chart for your birth's conception gives a "snap shot" of what was being planted into the natal chart. If you are one of those moms who know when you conceived, this is the kind of information that astrologers can use, so keep that information in the baby book!

On personal levels, take a look at the psychology of the relationship between the seed and the birth. Was the fruit born out of the seed of love, commitment, dreams, hope, faith, conflict, power struggles, insecurity, desperation, guilt . . . you name it. A good dose of all of it was sown into you in order to transform and elevate the family's survival and evolution on all levels. While you are an individual, you are still human and humans have that intense and basic need to survive, your family thread can sometimes be cut, but its still the same thread.

Success in this world requires an integrated being on all levels of existence. Leave one of the levels out, and well, there's this saying about "a couple of cards short of a full deck." In which case, you will find yourself working against the "deadly sins" rather than rowing gently down the stream in the dream that is your life.

Flipping out of the matrix contraption requires a new navigation system. The poles have shifted -- or rather, will shift whenever you are ready for them to do so -- and before you know where you are going in this reality you want to create, you have to understand and know where your "center of gravity" is. [Ref. Ouspensky's "The Fourth Way."]

In astrology, its the cardinal compass points of the zodiac. And, just using basic astrology, the midheaven can really stand for your external achievements, career, standing in society, etc. The nadir or opposite of that, would be your internal grounding and the depths of your roots. "The deeper the roots, the taller the tree."

Looking at the Ascendant and Descendant axis, the questions comes to balance of "me" and "the other." "Do unto others as you would have them do to you," and "be the change you wish to see," and "you reap what you sow," all those realizations can instantly change your perception on any number of levels at any moment in time. The balance between "you" and "the other" . . . moving into this Aquarian age, this becomes a major point of transition.

How to be fully you while being fully integrated into the whole?!

We are coming from Pisces culture programming, and the end of it at that, so there is the best of teachings and the worst of its teachings, and that's why our choices are OUR choices and not our parents, etc., and our choices need to be clear and aligned with our highest good for our survival and that of our children.

Finding that balance and the imbalance of your "programming" is the goal of viewing the "conception" transits, and applying that information to the shifts in your "zodiac compass."

If you make the decision to "be" in the reality you want to create, you have to know how to navigate and read your compass.

peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'

Adrift in the After Life of the Titanic

The Titanic is sinking. You are sitting in a row boat with several other people. This is the new reality, what now?

There is never an easy answer when you are working in the world of symbols until hindsight can reveal the truth from a new perspective. At best, we can glean a glimpse of understanding in the present moment from the symbols we see and their connection in life. Because life is what each of us gives our own unique definition to that which we experience -- truly the meaning of symbols are in the eye of the holder.

The "given" meaning of symbols sometimes mean very little until life experience provides a backdrop for a connection to the collective definitions we give to one symbol or another. To some, something as simply as nursery rhyme can provide the ultimate direction in life:

"Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Gently Down the Stream
Merrily Merrily Merrily
Life is but a dream!"

For others, its just a song we sing as children and it has no meaning. But, if you will and see it as such, all our experience in our world is, in essence, a symbol. You are a symbol of your presently incarnated history, perception, understanding and knowledge. Everything you experience is a symbol.

The Sabian symbols are a new tool I've begun to integrate in my synthesis of astrological symbols, and the Sabian symbology for the current Neptune-Jupiter-Chiron conjunction, which planets are sidereally calculated today at Aquarius 2º28", 2º1", and 2º11", respectively, is:

A deserter from the navy stands suddenly aware of the dawning truth that freedom is never the result of compromise.

The synthesis of this conjunction is that which expands or digs deeper into the illusion or the illumination of cosmic truth for the self to heal. Jupiter which took the wounded centaur, Chiron, is his patron. Jupiter placed Chiron in the stars after Chiron sacrificed himself for Prometheus, hence ending his immortal suffering. Neptune provides a cosmic infusion of cosmic haze in which this stellium is crafting a new reality to be revealed only after the haze is blown away.

Chiron is about the places in our lives that we are rejected just because of who we are. Chiron was rejected by his mother because although, being the son of Kronus (Saturn) he was born an immortal, he was born a centaur. From the cradle we are adjusted so that our expressions and actions are "acceptable." But it is in that cradle when we know ourselves the most intimately . . . what we truly think, what we truly desire to express, who we truly are. As we look now to try to heal the areas we rejected because of our socialization, we must focus our love to accept the parts of us that are us that may have not been what others accepted in us.

A tall order, and definitely one of those "easier said than done," but we have help. Neptune is the cosmic lover, and the planet that dissolves the illusions we have when it comes to our understanding of ourselves. Neptune knows no shame. If others are misunderstanding where you are coming from, laugh.

If its a stressful and serious time with a lot of old patterns of judgment and shame being experienced, Neptune may incite you to indulge in your favorite mind medication, but use this wisely. Medication must be undertaken with the intention of healing, not hiding. The negative affect of hiding through medication can amplify the illusions that have crafted this wound, and you may be digging a deeper hole and you may never find your way out.

Don't you wish you could have laughed at your parents the first time they shamed you because you just said how fake Uncle John's toupee looked? Everyone knew it was funny, probably even Uncle John, but you were shamed because you saw and expressed the humor of innocent observation. The shame is not in what you said, but they felt shame because of what they perceived as an intention you couldn't possibly have.

People do this to one another all the time. "You are guilty because you were doing X." When in reality all you were really doing was Y. But, because the other ascribed what would be their intention on your actions, the projection of shame and guilt results. As an adult, your best response is laughter. If you get on the defensive, you have to ask yourself why you are there? And then, go and take the memory trip to the place the wound began . . . likely that's back to your childhood. What triggered that defensive mechanism?

Tropically, the Sabian symbol at 27º Aquarius is:

In the quiet of afternoon in the cool of an art connoisseur's library is an old pottery bowl with fresh violets.

Applying this healing process to the world that is entrenched in the prevailing energy of our time, is this symbol -- fresh violets in a place where the old is revered, honored and sacred -- and held onto.

Being the breath of fresh air and a shocking bit of the "new vision" for those still living in the reality that is the past (the one that no longer works), reveals this is a time for you to grace that reality with burst of color, life and truth that only you can embody.

So many of us who have become aware of what we are to do, this is the time to do it no matter the ridicule, judgment, shame or guilt others use to cripple our movement, growth and healing. They need us to be bold, obnoxiously and perhaps even laughably ourselves. If they take you wrong, laugh at the absurdity of their projections of your intentions! Soon, they too will recognize how far from the truth they were, and will laugh along with you. For those that do not, you will help them best by "keep on keeping on" in the journey that is unapologetically your's!

peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'

A Primatic Future

"Hero of Alexandria defined [gnomonic expansion] as follows: 'A gnomon is any figure which, when added to an original figure, leaves the resultant figure similar to the original.' The contemplation of this figure leads to an understanding of one of nature's most common forms of growth, growth by accretion or accumulative increase, in which the old form is contained within the new." From Robert Lawlor's Sacred Geometry.

Gnomonic growth . . . the concept of growth that comes through the inclusion of that which existed before it. Phi, the golden ratio/spiral, or the Fibonacci sequence are a classic example of gnomonic growth. That, gnomonic, is the most common form of growth in the universe, it is a "past" based generative system of growth.

The "stimulus package", the "bailout" and all the things that Obama is trying to do, is a form of gnomonic growth.

Perhaps its time we take a different lesson from the economic universe, one that our entire economic system runs on . . . primatic expansion. "Primatic" in reference to the prime number sequence, is the unpredictable system of security for the operation of our economic system. It is claimed that without these complex systems of security based on the prime numbers, all economic systems based on credit will be destroyed.

The primatic expansion is a form of exclusionary growth or expansion. Once a prime number is found, that number and all its multipliers are now forever deleted from the system. It is, a "future" projective growth model. It is an exclusionary form of growth -- it excludes all that may exist based on that which becomes once it comes into existence.

And, it is an inverse model of our present economic structure (and as this is representative of the universally accepted context, philosophy, reason and thought form which constructs our global operating matrix) from which our solutions -- economically, systemically and philosophically -- are sourced. The past (gnomonic system) should provide the security for what "exists" and expansion should be based on that which is yet to be discovered (primatic expansion).

And now, to get into my other favorite "back burner" subject (the first of which is the prime number sequence), time.

"In gnomonic time, all phases exist in ever-present layers, like the light-year structure of galactic space which makes every glance into a starry night sky a view into the past of distant bodies, while the layers of light just behind the visible light are the future energy waves which will strike and influence the earth. All aspects of the material world, including our own bodies, are therefore in the past tense, existing in a residual gnomonic layer already bypassed by inflowing cosmic energies." Again, from Lawlor's Sacred Geometry.

For us to begin to traverse the fourth dimension of time and space, we must assume and exist in primatic time. Once a prime number, reality, space or time is experienced, it and all of the gnomonic futures that will occur based on the multiples of that instance will be experienced in the oneness of existence and hence be forever excluded from ever sourcing any further growth or expansion of our sequence of numbers, reality, experience or existence based on a 'past.' Hence, erasing the concepts of time or space and our existence as being anything but singular and infinite.

This, primatic growth, is, perhaps, the beginning of our stepping into a practical tool for co-existence in the fourth dimension -- the bridge from the third dimension into the fourth. A construct to allow the use our third dimensional awareness and be-ing-ness in a context of a new dimension we cannot innately understand, and from which we can begin to explore the fourth dimension (and perhaps beyond that) in the universal comfort zone of gnomonic growth and expansion.

I think that made sense.

peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'

Saturn Rx . . . Solar Eclipse

whoosh goes the wind.

a slight gust lifts your hair as you sit down, you know that tonight was just a bit different.
well, if you didn't, then don't bother reading this, or do . . . because just like everything in life, what you do now is your choice . . .

make it and do it.

so, we've been making choices. haven't you during 2009? lots of choices, and when you don't you are willing to submit to the choice of others for all of you.

that's the juxtaposition that saturn as the ruler of capricorn and co-ruler of aquarius represents.

and its turned retrograde. always lots of dad issues when saturn turns retrograde. if you have it natal, father issues will likely be the parental theme of your life especially in the house that it plays in on the morning of your birth. me, lucky me, saturn rx in the 8th. but this is not about me, is it?

so the prescription for this Saturn Rx which started on 31 dec 2k8, yes, this past new year's eve (sends the memories running back to 'what was I doing?'), is: the solar eclipse in 'aquarius' . . . ok, sure, really the moon's in capricorn, but what's the big difference in its remedy for what ails you this Saturn Rx/Mercury Rx . . . = )

(and not to mention, the fact that saturn is still doing the fun uranus opposition
thing . . . and will be coming into its 2nd opposition the first week in february!)

as the moon blocks the sun, intuition is being called upon at its highest level. listen to your small inner voice louder than ever -- shuffle through the voices of the ancestors and others who think they know what you should do, and find your own voice and listen to it.

know that what you know to do is your destiny
and you can either live it today (like our new
president is doing it) the best way you know how.

you can wait until tomorrow, but why? stick to the details of your life today, and as you cross of the things you "have to do," the truth that, 'this is what i want to do' becomes your mantra and your life.

saturn retrograde, attention to the details of the structure that exists around you is your success. mercury retrograde is helping you REALLY understand which details you are supposed to being paying attention to . . . me, on New Year's Eve, eating a Trader Joe's French Truffle on the hour until we watched Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve for 3 times zones until Daddy's New Years in Las Vegas @ the MGM Grand's Arena as for the 3rd year in a row, he brought in the New Year's Show's Midnight "Shout" . . . we heard it all the way in Detroit! (Oh, my . . . did you see how i slipped in to 'proper' capitalization?!!! i must be writing too much for the 'structured' world lately!)

so,
happy 2009!
thank you everyone for your love and support.

my trial is scheduled for 6 april 2009. so, i have been called to play the idealist for another couple of months here in las vegas . . . after which i will be relocating . . . to keep up-to-date on the latest developments, visit my "Parent's Summer School" blog . . . that's where I will post all my thoughts on the current case of 1st degree kidnapping and conspiracy which carries a sentence of 'life in prison'.

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peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'

Quantum Paralysis

The standoff in the cosmic skies of Uranus and Saturn ... both moving forward now until Saturn about faces in retrograde on 31 Dec 2K8, when it will shift its direction, angle and strategy. This time until the 31st has all the planets moving direct ... this is "clear sailing" time so to speak, allowing the energy to flow and go with it because its not presenting anything you need to "look back on" to move forward. Being in the moment is critical with an eye forward, this is driving on the interstate freeway or the autobaun.

But as Uranus and Saturn stare each other down in opposition, circling each other, flexing their hands over their cocked and readied weapons of choice, they shadow the conspiracy and intentions of their wills: Saturn to 'make him pay' and Uranus to 'detach from it all' . . . playing out in our everyday lives. Which side are you on? Where is the balance of those two energies in your (and our collective) conflicts?

Because this is about conflict. And it is about facing it, dealing with it until you come to resolution ... that is, if there is resolution to be found and an evolution to experience at this time in your life.

Remember, it wasn't created overnight and its not going to mysteriously disappear overnight as the picture which the resolutions unveil internal conflicts that are larger and deeper over this process for the next two years. But pay attention well as this critical time, here at the beginning of the process, reveals the nature of this conflict for your process in this ourney that will continue into 2010. Paying attention now, will pay dividends later when it seems as if there's no clear vision, no hope or path to resolving any thing whatsoever.

There is a bit of paying the piper (Saturn) that needs to happen in order for one to detach (Uranus) from the situation.

Here's where the opportunity for evolutionary growth comes. Because the one thing we can control, is what are we going to pay the piper? In the tragic dramas of the myths, its always something horrendous, a just punishment for the "evil" done . . . but what about in this new paradigm we are shifting into? Can we "pay it forward" as we pay the piper in a new way?

"Forgive them father they know not what they do," is the kind of evolutionary thought that we can embrace, rather than the disbelief, disgust, anger, resentment, disconcordant feelings that are a natural (or programmed) response of creating some form of "equality" through revenge, judgment and punishment.

BUT, will the piper receive that new form of payment and go on and detach? Because it takes two sides to stay in this opposition relationship that feeds each other in the scenario to perpetuate the cycles of revolution in which we choose to remain locked. Can we accept that which seems "too good to be true" and create a new pattern of freedom that requires no struggle and strife to obtain our liberty?

So, as much as that Saturn wants to seek retribution, if Saturn creates a new structure of forgiveness, understanding and love, will Uranus accept the blessed send off into its freedom, or will Uranus' turn and attach the chains of dependency on its control of how freedom is attained and not just simply receive the freedom so easily and lovingly offered.

Find your balance in the sides of the opposition, look with eyes to both, be the arbitrator of the balance of acceptance and receipt ... choose what you receive as much as you choose what you give . . . 2009 is about those choices, start now in your personal reflection while the planets are moving forward in this first round of negotiation ... it will set the tone for this 2 year period.

What a wonderfully perplexing world we are living in right now!

peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'

An Abstractionist View

Age is the external experience of your surroundings.
But, the truth is,
the deeper you are connected with the eternal,
the less you need to experience in the world
to understand yourself.

In his book, Astrology of Inner Space, Carl Payne Tobey retells a story that an inventor John Hays Hammond Jr. related to him about the nature of science. Tobey recalls,

"At one point, he put his hand on a floor lamp and [Hammond] said, 'we call this electricity and because we have given it a name we think we understand it, but we do not know what it is. In university, they classify and give names to things and think they have solved the problem. They have not. They do not know what electricity is.'"

Over 30 years later, [Tobey] told this story to a college student. [The student] said, 'But, that was a long time ago. Now, we know electricity is a stream of electrons.' 'Thought up a new name, eh?' [Tobey] commented. The student laughed, seeing the point. 'I guess you are right,' he said."

Not much has changed in over 35 years. And, in these past 35 years, another issue Tobey goes on to discuss has bored even deeper roots for our planet's system of materialism: our educational systems.

"Opinions depend on education and a large part of our education could be classified as brainwashing, and this kind of education is compulsory both here in in communist countries.

* * *

There are two opposing viewpoints in science and elsewhere. One is the materialistic viewpoint, the other the abstract. It would seem that the two can never meet. The materialist is less sensitive, restricted to what he can detect with his five physical senses; while abstractionists, particularly mathematicians, inventors and a large number of engineers, see with their minds....

The materialists believe in the doctrine of materialism, which tells us that all cause lies in matter. Others [abstractionists] consider that life itself is a primary cause....

Materialism thrives on rationalization, reasoning to a conclusion a priori, made in advance. Once the conclusion is made, evidence is carefully divided. All evidence that appears to fit into the doctrine is accepted. All evidence in conflict with the doctrine is excluded as not being respectable. Our compulsory educational system is heavily under the domination of the materialist. Our world of material science is principally under its domination."

(Astrology of Inner Space, Carl Payne Tobey, Omen Press, Tucson, Arizona, 1973.)

Using the labels as defined by Tobey, I am an abstractionist with a good dose of materialistic instinct. As it relates to astrology, Tobey discusses the system of houses and some of the more abstractionist views on which to understand the design of house in the horoscope. I highly recommend any student of Evolutionary Astrology to consider Tobey's in depth discussion on house systems.

I have long suspected the "Midheaven" to be the key to the shift of "living sidereally in a tropical world." Given, Tobey's perspective on the houses, I am more convinced that the Midheaven is the way out of and tool to use in the effective operation within "the Matrix" so to speak.

The "tropical" world (the world at large) and modern astrology is based on the materialistic point of view propagated by Claudius Ptolemy (150 AD). Removing from a system of communication and symbols based on cosmic order, the "signs of our time" were etched in stone or matter. It is that stone tablet that we find our clues and the keys to our freedom, only we need to infuse a bit of abstractionist thinking in this materialistic world, lest we maintain a level of superficiality that quiets the thinker, shackles the creators, and martyrs the saviors.

It was Ptolemy's ideas which were integrated into the Julian and then Gregorian calendars. Having a materialist time sequence that is based on what exists and then its existence rationalized (such as having a leap day every 4 years to "adjust" to the conclusion how dynamic time and space will be at that time), rather than experience what life creates in the moment is unnatural and creates an unnatural state of humanity and cosmic energy.

To understand the "unnatural state of humans," one can look to what the natural state is as described in our important documents like the Declaration of Independence, e.g., that humans are free, are creative beings (liberty), and are here to become happier and happier.

In this the next few years, there will need to be many people highly focused, willing and able to effectively operate in both realms of our reality as we transition to the new reality we are here to create. If you are one of those people and would like my perspective on your chart, please contact me.

peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'