Russian Television

 Do try "RT" - the Russian Television service - for a different "take" on World News. A change from the rather bland and compliant BBC -where, despite some wonderful documentaries, wildlife programmes, comedy, etc. there is little on offer to keep you AWAKE!
 Better still - go outside and tune in to the Stars.Years ago, when I was still enjoying the pleasures of tobacco, I would ascend the steep steps to the garden behind the house to indulge in this pleasant but hazardous pastime- away from family members - and, at the same time gaze long at the Night Sky.

 With the turning of the Seasons comes the shifting panorama of the Constellations. In the Autumn the first sighting of the Pleiades as they rise in the Eastern Sky. Now - in May-June, the Glorious Arcturus - high in the South - an Old Star in a hurry ! It is speeding through our part of the Galaxy and will, in some millions of years, be no longer visible to us. A Star of Voyagers, there is also a connection with Arthur- the Bear/Bear Guardian. I may have conveyed this information in a previous blog-but I risk your displeasure by re-iterating this advice - do go outside, LOOK UP and familiarise yourself with "The Neighbours" both near and distant , within this our Galaxy, the Milky Way - and beyond: - by the Autumn you could be viewing the Andromeda Galaxy (through Binoculars!), the nearest to us - set on a collision course with our Milky Way in some remote Future -

 Following the long curve from the "tail" of the Plough/Big Dipper, via Arcturus, we can identify SPICA, a brilliant white Star, much lower in the sky, in the Sign Libra, but the main Star in the Constellation Virgo. Spica represents the Sheaf of Wheat which Virgo carries in her arms - at 23 degrees of Sign Libra.
 This Star might represent the "crop" of tried and tested souls - the "Good Harvest"of this great experiment of Human life on Earth - Saturn will be in conjunction with, and visually quite close to, this Star
 during November 2011, and again from May to August 2012.

 Now - late May 2011, Saturn is very close to the white, binary Star PORRIMA (also known as Caphir) in 10 degrees Libra - a star connected with both Prophecy and Childbirth - by tradition. This Star is situated virtually upon the Ecliptic - the path of the Sun Moon and planets - and can therefore often be in conjunction with, or occulted (hidden by the transit of..) by these other bodies. Off we go to check out the alleged( and very likely accurate ) ascription of Porrima to "Prophecy, Childbirth"; - certainly these are times Prophesied, and the Birth of a New Humanity is in process. -all we have to do is put an end to War, stop Consuming ourselves into oblivion, practice Gender, Racial, Ethnic Equality, place Spiritual values at the heart and centre of our lives , etc - actually, most of this advice is found within the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, Dec.1948, as well as the Earth Charter of 29 June 2000- both of which I recommend you to read through ASAP.(if you have not done so already...).

 Three recent Anniversaries:- 1. Bob Dylan's 70th Birthday on 24 May. Like the Beatles, an influence firmly lodged within the Collective Consciousness, from the vaults of which his scratchy, elderly voice continues to entertain - a sound of the 'Sixties which, though not exactly Fortissimo, is scarcely yet Diminuendo.
2. 28 May - 50 years of Amnesty International.
3. 29 May - 57 years of the Bilderberg Group (Google it and be enlightened.).

   More Astrology :-   The Full Moon of 17 May in 26 Degrees Scorpio was potent for, amongst other things - SPAIN -falling upon the Sun/Mercury of their National Chart - and indeed, there was/is quite a sense of things stirring, people "on the move" in that Country during that period.

 On the day of that Full Moon, I bought a sheaf of Copy Paper -made in Brazil- and, on returning home with it, was prompted to use it to print an item about a Tribe in Brazil that that has no concept of Time!The Full Moon, you see, was precisely upon the Mid-Heaven of Brazil's National Chart at 26 Degrees Scorpio.
Timelessness, Enlightenment, the resolution of the Physical (Taurus) in the embrace of "Death"(Scorpio) - the eternal entering into Form/Dissolution of Form. Ah! - the keynote of the Full Moon of the Season of Taurus- The Moon of the Buddha's Birth, Enlightenment and Death.

  So - Buddha was a Sun-Taurus, then, along with Michael Palin, Vince Cable, David Attenborough, David Icke, the (present) Queen of England, Hitler, possibly Mohammed, Lenin,Krishnamurti, Mark David Chapman (John Lennon's assassin),Saddam Hussein, Hosni Mubarak, Shakespeare, Tony Blair,George Clooney, Tony Hancock, Glenda Jackson, Rick Wakeman,Eric Morcambe, Jack Bruce(of "Cream"), Engelbert Humperdinck (singer, remember?),Ben Elton, Joanna Lumley, Bono, Stevie Winwood, Karl Marx, Nicolo Machiavelli, Emperor Hirohito, Sigmund Freud, Leonardo Da Vinci,Oliver Cromwell,Gary Cooper and James Mason (actors - the "oldies" will remember these...). Bing Crosby, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Robespierre, Manfred Von Richthofen (the "Red Baron"), Florence Nightingale, Eva Peron, Andy Murray (tennis), Burt Bacharach, Pope John Paul the Second, Johannes Brahms,Orson Welles, David Beckham, Jo Brand, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (Jesuit Priest, visionary), Henry Cooper and Joe Louis( Boxers), Harry S. Truman, Jack Nicholson, Bertrand Russell, Sussex (traditionally) Helston (Charter), Totnes (Charter of 1206 C.E.). - to name but a few... many shades of (Taurean) Green, indeed ! A fine balance of Tenacity Titillation Tyranny and Talent, one might be tempted to add -  (mischievously).


 PAGAN PROCESSIONS - (and other matters).  I went down to Helston, in Cornwall on 7 May, for the annual Floral Dance ( actually "Furry" Dance - from Latin "Ferio" -  "Bring Forth" -as in Spring...). Such a powerful, colourful, joyful experience, hundreds of dancing couples wending and weaving their way in and out of the shops and houses of Helston to the Timeless rhythm of the bands playing the Floral Dance tune; the great Bass Drums echoing out along the valley to awaken slumbering Dragons and to stir the waters of Loe Pool, resting place of Excalibur, some would say.. Life, indeed! A celebration of Fertility -of Land and People, both.
 The following day, the Parallel Community -founded by the Dowser/Philosopher Hamish Miller (yes, another Sun-Taurus) and others, held a gathering/ Meditation at Marazion by St. Michael's Mount, with a talk, later, by Barry Brailsford on the original inhabitants of New Zealand - the Waitaha - a highly evolved group,  who understood and exemplified the  principles and benefits of Peace and non-violence. I recommend "checking out" the Parallel Community website if you are not already aware of their work.

 The same Full Moon (after above digression!) - seems to have "permitted" The Queen (of England's) visit to Ireland around the same time - The late Degrees of Taurus seem to have a distinct correlation with things English - especially "old", "Saxon" England and the rhythms of this Ancient land. Ireland, too , is traditionally "under Taurus".

 Meteorological Section :- Again, a hot and sunny April followed by a cold and Murky May ( in Britain, certainly).This has become a distinct trend of recent years. Any connection with the prevalence of Chemtrails ?-Surely not,-just  variations within the Jetstream ?

  An event that might interest you: - Session of Totnes Astrology Group on Fri. 17 June 2011 -GNOSTICS and GNOSTICISM"  .1-4 P.M. at 6 Plymouth Road, Totnes, Devon. £15/12 (concessions available).Bring your Chart - or I can provide a basic copy for use on the day. It is likely that not a few of us are/have been involved in Gnosticism under various guises in the "other/past" incarnations.Essenes, Cathars, Gnostics, Quakers, etc.A look, too, at Sufism.  The Inner "Knowing" that just won't go away...

  Totnes -a small but  not insignificant " Social Laboratory "; Transition Town/Funky Town/Ancient Trojan Town - Pleiadean Earthstation ? (.. is it just me - or do those Stars look like Home ?)

               Thank you for your kind attention ...   -   As Ever - OG (aka David Matthews).