There be Giants

  "AWAKENING ALBION"

A phrase you'll be hearing more of , from now on. The great "slumbering" soul of the Land of Britain - begins to stir, rub it's eyes, and gaze about upon the Wasteland - the enviromental, financial, moral, spiritual
chaos and confusion -the inevitable result of centuries of short-term, materialistic policies and activities of the natives of these Islands - who are not exclusively responsible, but who do, and have,set the trend and the example for the Planet as a whole -consider the Industrial Revolution:-  with a particularly impressive effort to hack the social fabric to shreds since around 1980.
 Not all have taken such a path - many have watched with growing unease as a desire for gain and profit has overtaken common sense and elbowed aside the more gentle and thoughtful souls amongst us.

However - method in the Madness?- chaos often precedes new life, new hope, new direction - and here, "Albion" - representative of the spirit of this ancient land, assembles the personnel, gathers the pieces together,reveals the lines of communication, sifts the true from the false, mediates, with it's great Heart- with the Moving Principle of the Cosmos, calls in the Powers of Light- as we approach an appointment with what one might describe as a"Phoenix" experience - probable, inevitable, collapse of an old pattern, followed by a rebirth and, from the  purifying "flames" - yes, a "New Earth".

Just a gut feeling about that. How about you ?

 In early May each year, the Sun, rising in the North-East, over the Norfolk/Suffolk border, shines along the length of England - to the western extremity of Cornwall  - along a celebrated Alignment  now known as the Michael/Mary Line (also - the "Holy Line"). This is a time of Activation, of life-renewal , as the Solar impulse travels along the "spine, if you like of the "Albion" figure which can be found (take a look at an Atlas) - the head is at Norfolk/Suffolk- the Alignment begins at Hopton, just north of Lowestoft- on the Brow of our Giant - further south his nose is at Orford Ness (Ness = "nose"); his mouth - the Rivers Orwell and Stour; his chin at Clacton -on-Sea. His eye - at the town of Eye! Suffolk.
 His forefinger, pointing over the Channel toward the Netherlands - is at Margate/North Foreland, Kent.
A second chance to"catch" this energy, this experience, arrives each year around 5-10 August, in the season of Leo - with the Sun again at  Declination 15-16 Degrees North.Our distant ancestors appear to have taken care to note and observe these Solar, and other rhythms of the Year - probably to the benefit of Earth, people, flora and fauna.

 Do take a look, discover for yourself.

Along, or very close to, the Spine/Michael Mary Line- you will find (amongst many other "stations") -Eye, Bury St. Edmunds,Royston, Avebury,Glastonbury - where the two components of the line, male and female, combine in an impressive and beautiful "mating" upon the Tor; Crediton and Brentor in Devon, In Cornwall; Lostwithiel- the 2 Lines meet within the Parish Church; -across the "Arthur" figure outlined between Redruth and Helston; St. Michael's Mount - where other alignments combine to produce a considerable nexus of power; - on to Carn Les Boel near Land's End - here we find the foot/feet of the Giant in Piscean Cornwall ;- National Day 5th March - the Feast of St. Piran.

 Do read "the Sun and the Serpent" by Hamish Miller and Paul Broadhurst -  for the full story.

"As Above, so Below" - of course - the Cosmos reflected in the Landscape.All things are connected - all things are one in this Holographic, "Fractal" Universe.
Except that - "down here" we appear to have forgotten our essential "divine" nature and and  have come to behave as if  the purpose of life was to acquire as many "Toys" as possible in the time allotted - and  -"no man knoweth the time, or the hour....".

 Time to"lift the game" - and set other goals? The Earth is ready - are you ?

GIANTS IN DEVON !

 A recent discovery :- it is "dawning" upon some of us that there exists a very Giant in the South Devon landcape - the Head at Wallshill, Torquay - where a great Head gazes out over Lyme Bay -and a Ley Line then, running roughly South-West, through many significant points - via Totnes, -to  Renney Rocks - his feet, in the waters of Wembury Bay.
There are many more - "Giants" and "Giantesses" in the Landscape - it's fun to search, and a joy to discover - and, it gets you out into the eternal and beautiful countryside, where health and strength abound.

 Interestingly - it is said that, when Brutus the Trojan arrived in Devon (Totnes) around 1100 B.C. there were Giants inhabiting Devon and Cornwall - with whom the Trojans were obliged to tussle for the privilege of settling here.. Totnes was then, as now, it seems, integral to and at the forefront of the developing life and destiny of Britain.

 UKIP - It is possible, even, that the  current interest in UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party) -setting aside, for the moment, any thoughts or observations on their actual policies, might be a manifestation of Albion "waking up".
Reminds one of G.K Chesterton's poem on - the People of England  "... who have not spoken - yet."
Anagram - Nigel Farage (UKIP leader) - "Rageing Elf":- here's something of the Old Ones - making known their displeasure at too-hasty developments in the Old Land ?
True Democracy requires that all voices are heard. What have you to say - what values, for you, are uppermost ?.

Astrologically, Mr. Farage has an Ascendant (we believe), of 11 Degrees Virgo - based on his given Time of Birth.- with Planet Pluto at 12 Virgo, rising - very focused, intense, determined.( in modern terms - a "Game-Changer.... PLUTO - is/represents - the Very Small Thing that makes a Big Difference.)
UKIP - founded 3 September 1993, has Sun at 11 Virgo, also.A good example here of  close identification of man and movement ; - and Pluto's Principle in action.Quite "Virgo", too:- "Not so fast - let me get to know you ...." . Virgo also, as Divine Mother -  Birthing New Forms -when conditions favour.

 And on that theme... Now that Britain has, probably, representatives from every Nation on Earth dwelling here (and a few, perhaps, not of this Earth?) - it has become an excellent Microcosm of of the Planet - such potential,when  friendship, mutual tolerance and respect reach a level which resonates from the heart - to help "lift" the vibration of the Planet - with reverberations on all planes throughout the Universe, manifest and unmanifest...
Idealistic? of course! - but  -"If you don't have a dream - how you gonna make a dream come true??"

 The Metonic Cycle .(no- not a James Dyson Invention...)

A 19 year cycle wherein Eclipses repeat on the same day/degree of the Zodiac after exactly 19 years.I won't tax you with too much detail - except to say that the  Solar and Lunar Eclipses and New and Full Moons of 2013 match almost precisely, and resonate with, those of 1993/4 and 1975-  years which stand out in the development of the "E.C", - or European Union, as it became, on 1 Nov 1993. The Solar Eclipses, especially, of 10 May, and 3 November 2013 (Taurus, and, Scorpio.)- represent shifts and changes in our collective values. Money, yes, but other, deeper values, too. The Life of Earth- on Earth - compared to say, the 1950's - "when I was a lad " - where is the wildlife -?. Gardens then were alive with bees and insects - many butterflies, too.Open windows on summer evenings meant a room, a ceiling peppered with many flying creatures - so many moths. Not so now.
...and - the Beetles ?
 Common Lizards were abundant in gardens. Hedgehogs, too. Ponds - of which there are many fewer nowadays - (although I have see some potholes the size of Duckponds)... large Water Beetles - the large green carnivorous and the black "vegetarian" variety were common - but, I haven't seen either species, in a pond, for years. One could go on - surely, though we need to give Nature a chance..?
And- what ARE Chemtrails ?

  There is no reason why we shouldn't enjoy a reasonable level of comfort  and prosperity - with a few technological "toys" thrown in - but surely, scaled down to a sane level."Sustainable" is the word. How about a Sustainable Spiritual practice, too ? Don't strive - in Silence arrives the Blessing.

On the "Albion" theme - a talk  (by me) at Harbour House, Kingsbridge, Devon on Sat. 8 June 10.30 - 1 p.m:-

"AWAKENING ALBION"  -a discussion of some of the issues outlined above.With particular reference to the Planet URANUS ("the Awakener!") - and its' ongoing dynamic Square aspect to Pluto ("The Transformer") -  Awakening! Transformation! (of the Nation?)-  and how this aspect registers in your Birth Chart.

"Taurus Time" now- - and some Taurean Notables/"National Treasures":- David Attenborough, Michael Palin, David Beckham, Vince Cable (why not?), Victoria Wood, Adele (the singer),Henry Cooper, Al Murray ("The Pub Landlord"), St George (23 April),"John Bull", the Duke of Wellington, David Icke,The Queen. Englebert Humperdinck (aka Jerry Dorsey).Eric Burdon.Sir Thomas Beecham.Mareen Lipmann.Joanna Lumley. Barbara Woodhouse.Oliver Cromwell. James Dyson.
 Further afield ( and some long ago...) Bing Crosby, Perry Como, James Stewart. Bono,G.Marconi,Salvador Dali, Hitler, Lenin, Saddam Hussein,Burt Bacharach. Mark Zuckerburg(Facebook founder).Orson Welles.Johannes Brahms. Karl Marx.Emperor Hirohito.
  Europe Day is designated as 9 May- here we encounter the Myth of Europa :- Europe as Bull, but Britain, as the Lady who rides the Bull - as a Guiding Intelligence ?
Astronomically,of course, Europa is one of the 4 major Moons of Jupiter - and can be observed with  the aid of binoculars.

 Starry Messages in the Landscape.************


                               With All Good Wishes - and in Friendship -

                                                 OG (aka David Matthews).

 P.S. Saw the first Swifts of the Year over Totnes on 6 May. Right on time !.

The Roly Poly Fields

 When we were kids  -  there was a field at the edge of the village where we would lie down, at the top of the slope, and "roly poly", tumbling over and over on our sides, from top to bottom of the field- with much laughter, exhilaration and glee.Regardless of the odd cowpat, nettle or thistle. Sheer joy of living.

 That field still exists, despite the encroachment of the builders over the intervening decades.Not long ago I stood in the lane above, remembering the times when we village kids would roam all over the Lanner valley (West Cornwall) and up onto the hills on either side: the old tin and copper mines and the abandoned quarries were as familiar to us as our own back gardens .
 For us, it was an outdoor life, bikes, bows and arrows, camps made amongst prickly bushes and abandoned mine buildings, newt-filled ponds, feral cats and rabbit runs amongst the gorse.Going home, only when  the demands of dusk, hunger and scuffed elbows outweighed the call of hill and valley.

Nostalgia ? Yes- but how lucky we were to have lived that way - you cannot go back, exactly, but at any time, I can enter the Roly Poly fields of the imagination and feel the Earth and Sky alternating madly as my body  submits to gravity out  there on the green slopes.

 Then -came 1962, or thereabouts, a great Solar Eclipse in February (The great Aquarian Eclipse) signified a shift, an accelleration of events, inner and outer. The Beatles; "Telstar",Television, Technology. Town rather than country and the inevitable drama and revelation (that we all experience) of Adolescence and Young adulthood..
 Your experience, comparable, perhaps ? - may differ in  timing and "texture"to mine - yet we have all shared and partaken in, to some degree, the phenomenal developments since around 1945- at which period, Astrologically, from late August '45 to late September '46- the presence of planets Jupiter, Neptune and Chiron, together, in Libra, represented the great surge of hope and belief in a better Future, with compassion and concern  wrung from the heart, out of the catastrophe of a terrible war,which manifested at that time. Notably, in Britain, through the conception of the Welfare State, embedded in the Labour Party Manifesto of 1945 - written by Michael Young at Dartington, Devon (with Prime Minister Clement Attlee in attendance).

The same 3 Planets were together, again, this time in Aquarius, in 2009. Again, the vision presented - of One Humanity, the prospect of  Friendship whish transcends/ignores the usual barriers of race, class, religion, etc.A hint from the Great Spirit/Cosmic Intelligence?

  As for the Old Paradigm - which one might describe as the "Mushroom Treatment"  -"Keep in the dark and feed on crap.."( if you'll excuse the expression)- that's it, folks- time up!?

 It seems the Light is even reaching toward the Inner Sanctum of the Temple of Mammon - we hear Christine Lagarde, Head of the I.M.F. saying:- "Excessive inequality is corrosive to growth; it is corrosive to Society"
 Well done Christine! You're getting the hang of it!
 But don't over-emphasise the growth - a litle strategic shrinkage, especially around the Higher Echelons, would do no harm.

 In 2013 there will be emphasis upon the 3 Water Signs - Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces- as  many planets transit these zones during the year - Mercury (Guide, Messenger, Psychopomp), especially, spends no less than 205 days "In Water" during the year - largely because all 3 of its Retrograde periods take place in the Water Signs this year.
 Mid-July, especially, offers spectacular Grand Trines in Water, as does late June.

 The significance ? Deep Memory, recollection of things "submerged", objects "thrown in the Water" in lives unremembered, Coins thrown in Fountains - what DID you wish for?, Excaliburs returned to the hand; -and, very probably - RAIN. Atlantis, Lyonesse: Underground - Old wall exposed by Gas Main Renewal in Totnes High Street - Saxon - or older ?
Hidden things revealed.The Unity of All Things - sensed and experienced more readily.Whales, Dolphins and - Mermaids ?
Empathy felt and expressed, tears one cannot hold back, the closeness of guides, friends, family and ancestors in the "other world" .Tir-Nan-Og - the land of Eternal Youth...(the secret location of the Roly Poly Fields..).
 It rather depends upon where you "tune in" - and on that note -

 If you have ventured into the land of Totnes. F.M. (Online radio),you may have come across my Show "Earthstation Og" - a blend of Astrology, Astronomy, History, Guests and Music held together withWaffle.(Or Soundwich...)
  Totnes F.M. is now taking a break while it/we move to new premises in Totnes- a little closer to town - and to go fully "On Air" in the Summer - I'll keep you posted....


            The New Moon of  10 Feb. signals the start of Chinese New year (of the Water Snake).
 The New Moon of 11 March features no less than 8 Planets in  Pisces (if you count Sun, Moon and Chiron as planets).

Comet ISON, which could be "big", arrives in November - a "Sun Grazer", we'll learn more of this during the year. 
 7-9 Feb. - a chance to observe Mercury and Mars together, low in the West, after Sunset.


                  Ready to step into spring ?

           
                            With Kind Regards  - David (aka Og.)


  

  

Cosmology and Other Interesting Stuff

 Dear Friend;

 Early morning -  I sit to compose a Blog -the inobtrusive polite buzz of Radio 3 from the next room; my eye is drawn to the "Alt" key on the keyboard in front of me.
Alt = "High" (Latin - "Altus".) -a message from up there" ?
Probably. While we are "down here" we are in a position to "earth"  energy from "up there" -as we do so, consciously and, perhaps, joyfully ?, we help the Quickening of the Planet and all who sail in her/with her in this endless whirling spiral dance around the Sun - at 19 miles per second.

The Sun - source of Light and Life - a Star - and our "local" conection to the billions of other Stars with their countless Planets in a (Physical;) Universe that we have only just begun to explore.

Our nearest "Neighbour", Proxima Centauri is only 4 Light Years Distant.However, thought, telepathy, the mind - connects instantly - and perhaps we will find that,ultimately,as we are essentially pure Mind, we will not need to transport our bodies around in such a frantic way as we do at present, - but move in and out of the physical with more ease and understanding ;- and there are some pursuits, of course, which are best enjoyed via the (temporary) garment of the physical body - and there lies a major attraction which pulls us back out of the Timeless into this world , perhaps, too often - or more often than really necessary... ?

Now - the streaming forth of Life and Consciousness seems to be about to slip into a higher gear - and take an Upland road from which the view is much extended -as here in South Devon the road from Kingsbridge to Salcombe lifts you from the valley onto the ridge where lies Malborough (once a Viking settlement) - with Dartmoor to the North and the great Bolt Head and the sea to the south - and the heart lifts skyward, ascending as the Lark.(..at least, it does in my case...).

Then - the Mayan Calendar "runs out" on 21 December 2012 - what is the implication ? I asked, some time ago, the Grand Old Oracle - the I Ching ,concerning this  - and received the Hexagram "HUAN" - Dispersion; Dissolution - no 59. -which offers the following:-

 " Here the subject is the dispersing and dissolving of divisive egotism." It talks of:- that which "awakens a consciousness of the common origin of all creatures" - and - "...the melting of Ice Floes - ( well- Global Warming!) - as the hardness and selfishness of the heart has lead to rigidity and separation from others." Then - "... the hearts of men must be seized by a devout emotion - shaken by a religious awe in the face of  eternity - stirred with an intuition of the One Creator of all living beings, and united through the strong feeling of fellowship experienced in the ritual of divine worship." - Wow..

The individual Moving Lines give further insight, but the passages from the Commentary quoted above convey the essential meaning of the Hexagram.
That was the response to one person's (my) enquiry - yours could invoke a quite different reply. Yet any sincere enquiry will produce a sincere response - from the I Ching. Though, as with any genial, but elderly friend - best not to trouble too often with superficial issues that will find their own resolution - given a little time.

  An Astrological;perspective - the next year or so sees a number of Planets transiting the Water Signs - at times there will be no less than 8 of our Planets in the Water Signs in 2013- a "wet" year by any standards, literally and metaphorically.
 Saturn's move into Scorpio,to the very day,in October, co-incided with the emergent "Savile Scandal"- of which you have no doubt heard; -unless you arrived, yesterday, from the Andromeda Galaxy . (But - even there you probably have "Sky News", so you'll be Up To Date with all that.....)


Whatever happens, though,when you  are emerging from a long dark tunnel - the Light, suddenly encountered, may at first dazzle and confuse. - but soon you enjoy the prospect of the "New Country" before you.

 After all -it's not where you go, but "Where you're at" that matters...

Let's keep communicating -and meeting together - ( I mean in general - my living room can only hold so many people at one time...) over this Winter period - to and beyond the Winter Solstice period. There is strength, and comfort, in shared vision - not to mention the tea and biscuits...

   Here are a few Forthcoming Events that might interest you:    (Talks by David Matthews) -

 1. SATURDAY.Nov 17th at Paignton Spiritualist Church 1.30 p.m. - "TIME OF TRANSFORMATION"

2. FRIDAY 30 November -Totnes Astrology Group session at 6 Plymouth Road, Totnes 2-4 p.m. £10/8:-
 ""PLUTO IN CAPRICORN" - (a Domino Effect) - the restructuring of the man-made world.

3. SUNDAY 16 December 3.00 p.m. at Tones Friends (Quaker) Meeting House, Ticklemore St.
 -by Donation -  "THE PROMPTINGS OF LOVE AND TRUTH"  ("New Light in 2013"),

  Other Groups and Meetings "in the pipeline"

   dave@starlynx.plus.com

    tel. 01803 867145.

 My TOTNES F.M. Radio show "EARTHSTATION OG" features Astrology/Cosmology - in varying doses- from week to week. Can be found via the Totnes F.M. site"Listen Again" pop-up menu. Click ONCE onto "Earthstation Og" -to hear at any time.


  Many thanks for your kind attention ;-  With All Good Wishes -

                                                                         David.

   

There's a Drone in my Soup

Hello Friends..

Are you sitting comfortably ? - well, here's a story:-

2 monks were walking a long trail in the Tibetan foothills. The younger monk said to the elder- 
" This is a hard old road - I wish that the entire length of it could be paved with the softest cow-hide to make our progress easier".
The elder monk replied- " Perhaps you should make for yourself a good pair of sandals - that would be just as effective " (and, of course far more satisfactory from an ecological/carbon friendly/Animal Rights perspective).

It's the old adage -you can't possibly control the World and all that it presents to you,(unless you are a certain pathological personality type - frequently found amongst Politicians and the upper echelons of the banking fraternity - who believe such things are possible) -  but you can "go prepared " to meet it .

Otherwise - the ongoing Uranus/Pluto Square aspect  - Aries to Capricorn, is producing/co-incident with the great churning and discontent now growing in the world as we experience this time of Extremes - contrasts between Have/Have Not - Power and Poverty, Fire and Flood, etc. Previous "challenging" aspects between these 2 have a track record of reform/revolution/revelation - and this series of 7 Squares between them - 2012-15  -will probably be no exception....
 Saturn leaves Libra to begin it's occupancy of Scorpio on 5 October. Very probably, incredulity and exasperation with Conditions In The World will begin to morph into a fierce determination to Do Something About It - over the following 2 or 3 years.

 Pluto, in 2013 (assuming we have a 2013 - end of Mayan Calendar - but  - I have Talks planned for January so I guess we're OK there...) - reaches the very "Political"degree of 10 Capricorn with the potential for a"Domino" effect around the Planet as "Rotten"systems and constructs could well crash in a collective "crunch" time.
The need,then, would be - to recognise and to manifest a/the different paradigm which will serve us better in the next major chunk of  Human Life on Earth.Not to mention all the other Kingdoms who co-inhabit here with us. Discuss it with your Cat....

For that- we need all the help we can get - from our friends and helpers -on all dimensions - visible and invisible, Angels are aware of our crisis and potential for rapid "evolution" - just ask ...

Next session of Totnes Astrology Group 2-4 p.m. Friday 28 September -on similar lines :-

 "ST MICHAEL and ALL ANGELS"  -the season of Libra and the Heavenly Hosts - an Astrological Exploration of the phenomenon of Angelic help and Intervention.

at - 6 Plymouth Road, Totnes. tel 01803 867145

   dave@starlynx.plus.com.

Also - "Astrology for Beginners" - a 6 week course starting Friday 7 September 2-4 p.m.Address as above - £10.00 per session.

 I recommend  - The Keiser Report on "R.T" -Russia Today - Freeview Channel 85, for a radical (and very amusing) "take" on the Global/Financial ongoing pantomime/catastrophe.

 My Totnes F.M. show "EARTHSTATION OG" contains odd bits of Astrological/Astronomical news - as well as some nice music....

 As you and I are "here" at this time - (as we intended?) - we MUST be the "right people" in place, to act as "midwives", or witnesses,  or co-creators, as a new era wriggles free of the husk of the old.
Keep Calm and Carry Kindness ! (fom Old English CYNDE -from cynn -kin - we are all "kin"- one human family - albeit with a few dysfunctional tendencies.Nothing that a 5th Dimensional Shift can't resolve .)

 Many thanks for your kind attention..

     Withy Kind Regards -OG (aka David Matthews).

 Hello !
- It's been a while since the last Blog from Og - the focus here now includes my Programme with Totnes F.M.- "Earthstation Og" - mainly Astrology/Astronomy (with Music and Guests on occasion.)

You may have heard of Nicolai Tesla - the Croatian born Promethean pioneer of all things Electrical.In 1901 he began to construct, on Long Island, a tower - the first station for his World Wireless System.Along with this - he had discovered, and demonstrated - how electricity can be conveyed around the Earth via "Terrestrial Statuionary Waves" - using the Earth's natural Magnetic Resonance as a "carrier".

 This system would have provided, it is said, free electricity for all - however, his financial backers, including J.P. Morgan, began to blanch at the thought , saying  "where's the meter?"
 No free electricity, then! But now we see that the coming of the Internet has realised a substantial part of Tesla's vision.

 The Astrological interest here - apart from Tesla's Natal Chart itself, which shows both Pluto and Uranus in Taurus in the First House - Uranus Conjunct Algol - by reputation the most "difficult" of influences- and Pluto conjunct the Ascendant exactly sextiling Saturn in Cancer - great perseverance, inclined to solitude, needs privacy - especially with the 4th House Sun in Cancer - lies with the 111 Patents secured for his work -and particularly with the Electrical Lighting Patent of 23 June 1891.

 We see the exact Conjunction of Neptune and Pluto in Gemini - an aspect which occurs every 5oo years - truly epochal - in this case, Gemini, signifying a great surge in the art of Mass Communication.
The North Node of the Moon - 5 Gemini - the symbol for which (Sabian Symbol) - "Workmen drilling for oil"  -  avidity for material profit - the drive to capitalise on resources discovered or revealed..

 Now, late May 2012, it is the SOUTH node which lies in 5 Gemini (..avidity for profit..) - suggesting an experience more or less completed - time to release the issue, while the North Node is in 5 Sagittarius -  "A game of Cricket",  - an encouragement to PLAY FAIR ! work together, take our turn, cultivate and express the higher virtues exemplified by this, the most "gentlemanly" of sports - which, of course, appeals to men and women alike.

 Because of the complexities of the Moon's Nodal Cycle the North Node lies in 5 Sagittarius (and the South Node in 5 Gemini) from 7 April to 9 June this year, 2012.
 In this way does the Cosmos "Speak" to us- in this case offering encouragement, collectively, to relinquish the "avidity for profit" stance in favour of the "Game of Cricket" scenario.
 Signposts on ther Road of Life - if you care to note them.
 Also - in general - at this time to take the "Sagittarian" turning - toward faith, hope and optimism - with a global view - thankful for our lives and for the oportunity while in Incarnation to offer and receive Hope, Significance and Blessing one to another.

 By the year 2020, the  Nodal Cycle brings Gemini, in turn to the North Node (Future orientation ) position - more on that nearer the time! - but 2020 does also bring the next Jupiter/Saturn Conjunction - this time in Aquarius- one wonders what we can make of that !?

 The Gamut of Geminian Genius?

-    Bob Dylan, JFK,Kylie Minogue,Ray Davies(probably), Bob Hope, Dale Winton, Boris Johnson AND Ken Livingstone - it seems that Geminian city London must have a Geminian Mayor....,Bjorn Borg, G.K Chesterton,Henry Kissinger, Tony Blair (Gemini Rising),Paul Gaugin,
Elgar,Richard Wagner,Lord Kitchener,King James the Second,Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson of the Beach boys - born a few days apart in 1942,Charlie Watts,Robert McNamara,"Jordan" (the Model...),
Richard Dimbleby (Sun conjunct Saturn - a Serious Broadcaster?),Cilla Black...

 I'm sure that you can think of many more...

 Time to go - With All Good Wishes -        OG (aka David Matthews).

Study War No More

Dear Friend:

Here we are - Spaceship Earth has arrived in Zone 2012. Orbiting our guardian Star, the Sun, at 67,000 miles per hour we continue the Waltz Without End around Galactic Centre, in the company of the other 350 Million  known Galaxies, who are performing a similar feat, wheeling mightily, floating blissfully, through Time and Space. All upon the Wheel of the Cosmic Potter.

  Meanwhile in Jakarta, Indonesia, thousands of people live in shacks and shanties, combing through the great heaps of a colossal Landfill site in order to make a bare living, while, over the wall, a comparative few live in considerable luxury and privilege (did you see that BBC TV.programme yesterday?).

 Much the same, in varying scales, the whole World over.

OK - we come to this Planet to learn - "The Hard Way" - but, surely, it time for a change of Syllabus ?

 Together, we are "working on it"....We hope to see the old Pyramids and Hierarchies of power be transformed into Circles of Friendship. If it can be conceived in the mind, it can be born in actuality.
The Quakers, or Society of Friends, have an excellent working model  - I recommend finding out more about this for yourself

 Planet Mars, in the current phase of the Cosmic Dance, is taking a twirl Backward,- in Retrograde motion from 24 January to 14 April 2012. Traditionally, while Mars is Retrograde, it is wise to defer any major decisions until he/it turns Direct in motion, and even better to wait until Mars leaves the Retrograde Loop altogether  on 19 June - from then 'til the end of that month looks Very Interesting, Astrologically: more detail in a subsequent blog on this stirring time .
 However - if you MUST take a major step of some kind during that period, then go ahead - and trust the Spirit to guide, inform  and accompany you ..
 "The Stars Impel, they do not Compel", remember.

 Incidentally, NOT a good time to initiate a War - Presidents and Potentates please take note. Or at any time, actually, - how about beating those Swords into Ploughshares . Drones into Solar Panels.Bombs into Bread: - that kind of thing..

 A few Aquarians - ( for this their season):-

Eckhart Tolle; FDR (Frankin Delano Roosevelt), Oprah Winfrey, Benny Hill,John McEnroe,Alan Alda (Of M.A.S.H - a truly "Aquarian"series),Nicholas Sarkozy - who has Aries Rising, with MoonMars conjunction - also in Aries,Vanessa Redgrave, Germaine Greer, Boris Spassky, BorisYeltsin,Elijah Wood -"Frodo" in the Lord of the Rings Films,Dick Cheney, Phil Collins, Steve Marriott- of the Small Faces band - beloved of old Rockers and ex-Mods,Gene Hackman,George Monbiot - Journalist,Peter Crouch (footballer) - great name for such a very tall man...Frank Skinner,Vic Reeves, Norman Wisdom,Adrian Edmondson, Michael Bentine( comedians all) ,Tony Blackburn, Terry Jones, Graham Nash,Yoko Ono,Norman Mailer, Dave Davies - of the Kinks,Mark Spitz(Olympic Swimming Champion),Edouard Manet,Lord Byron, James Dean.Charles Carter - one of the "Fathers" of modern Astrology.Abraham Lincoln; Ronald Reagan, John Lydon - "Johnnie Rotten", Robert Burns,Alfred Adler,The Planet Pluto - discovered 18 Feb 1930.

 Otherwise -Australia-the First Fleet at Sydney, 26 Jan 1788; Japan - the Meiji Constution of 1889;The British House of Commons( Aquarius "rules" Parliaments in general.)India - Republic 26 Jan 1950.The Parliamentary Lbour Party; Traditionally, Russia, Sweden, "parts of Germany" - particularly Hamburg;Brighton;Leningrad;Moscow;Stockholm;Pisa; - and Friends and Friendship, generally.


     May you have Sunny Days !

      With Kind Regards - OG (aka David Matthews).

Summer Set

   Dear Friend:

 Summer's end now in the north of our planet - and such beauty, as leaves turn to gold in the lingering hours of November Sun. We have just passed the time of Samhain - Summer's End, the next festival of the Eightfold year will be, of course, Yule/Winter Solstice or Christmas, as we have learned to call it.
 Then, one more year to Winter Solstice 2012.

 You may have been aware of the reputed significance of 28 October 2011 as an "alternative" end-date of the Mayan Calendar- the day of the "End of Evolution and the emergence of  a sustainable advanced Garden of Eden ". Well - the ordure certainly hit the fan that week -vide the Debt Mountain/Euro Crisis/Occupy Wall Street/Steps of St. Paul's Cathedral, etc. - quite simply, people have seen enough of the grotesque and flagrant inequality which now exists in the world we have created , financial and other, and can no longer live with conditions as they exist.
,Incidentally (and you may know this...) St. Paul's trade was "Tentmaker"...
 
 The question arises - how to set in place a different/better system ?
 We will find the way to do this - certainly the desire to do so exists and is growing daily in all quarters, in all  countries, despite what appears to be the fervent wish of "The Establishment" to the contrary.

 However, even within the dark-suited ranks of the professional, dyed-in-the-wool career Politicians, Bankers, Speculators there exists a spark of the Divine - and it is to that inner, though in some cases - rather
obscured,  Light, that the appeal goes forth to turn toward an attitude of sharing, friendship and goodwill.

Great things grow from small beginnings.

"You cannot shoot an Idea"  - Abraham Lincoln.

  Meanwhile - it would do no harm to visit the ancient Holy places of the Earth and there, wait silently for inspiration, anticipating communication with the  Guardians who watch and wait, extending their protection to all whose hearts are opening to the Good , and patiently waiting for signs from those who have not yet, but soon will, perhaps also turn to the Good.

 Perhaps, if we continue to need the use of money - then a simple system which does not invove the use of Interest, accompanied by a realisation that a very "unequal"society breeds little but discontent, envy, mental illness and crime born out of desperation.
  Did you hear of the Footballer( or several) that earns £285,000 per week ? Far more than many earn in a whole lifetime. That's an Own Goal for the Human Race.Come on guys! Focus ! Buck-up!.

 Other ASTRONOMICAL features:-

On 8 November, p.m. a close fly-by of Asteroid 2005 YU55- within 200,000 miles of Earth.
On all late evenings in November - JUPITER bright and glorious in the South.Through binoculars you can see its' 4 largest Moons - Ganymede, Europa, Io and Callisto. Their formations change distinctly from day to day as they orbit the parent planet.
 A Partial Solar Eclipse on  Friday 25 November- not visible in Europe.

 MARS enters the Sign Virgo on Friday 11 November, and will remain in that Sign, because of its' periodic Retrograde cycle,  until Tuesday 3 July 2012.  8 months of Mars in Virgo! A good time to get busy and clean up our act ...

 11 November 2011 - brings us to the (much anticipated) 11.11.11 sequence - to many, significant as a "portal" to higher consciousness; a Universal"Dialling Code"? . Could be.
At Stanton Drew Stone Circle in Somerset there is a significant gathering and ceremony on that day. There is no doubt  there will be many similar around the World.

 Some Scorpio people/things:- (for this is their season...)

 John Cleese; Joni Mitchell; Bert Jansch;William Herschel (discoverer of Planet Uranus); The Planet Uranus -Scorpio rising at Discovery;Robert. F. Kennedy;Jonathan Ross;The Findhorn Community in Scotland -17 November 1962;The United Nations Organisation;The Asteroid Chiron- discovered 1 Nov. 1977;The European Union-1 Nov. 1993;Turkey - Sun 5 Scorpio;Dr Carl Sagan;Sir Jimmy Savile(with Cancer Rising and Moon in Virgo);Martin Luther;Picasso;Rememberance Day;Guy Fawkes' Day, and of course, Hallow'een; Martinmas -11 November - traditionally the time for slaughtering animals in preparation for the Winter (Sorry, vegetarian and vegan friends !).Bill Wyman;Jan Vermeer (Sun conjunct Neptune);Hilary Clinton;Georges Jaques Danton -French revolutionary leader;Dylan Thomas;Bill Gates; Private Eye - Satirical Magazine - 25 October 1961;Paul Joseph Goebbels;Burt Lancaster; William of Orange;Art Garfunkel; Edward the Seventh;Richard Burton (the Actor); Rodin; Charles Manson;Price Charles; Claud Monet;Field Marshals Rommel and Montgomery;Voltaire; Coleman Hawkins; Terry Gilliam; -and the rest of the one twelfth of t Planet's population who have entered the stream of Earth-life through the portals of this great, Fixed Water Sign.


     Meanwhile; - Keep Calm (or, if in Japan,- keep Carp) -and Carry On !

        
     With Kind Regards - David.