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ASTROASTROA to Z MED DaffDaffodils!odils! MEDFROM C.E.O. CARTER’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA Neurasthenia. This covers a variety of HE daffodils in my flower beds no loss of life, not even in the thousands, will conditions of different degrees of sever- bloomed today! I have not paid atten- T make them see the light. We can do better! ity and originating in many ways. We tion to them in years past so I cannot say if George McCormack said that tornadoes nearly always find them to be charac- they were early this year, but it sure seems are products of Neptune. Here is an extract: terized by Mercury being afflicted in or likely. The tulips and crocuses are pushing As the extreme expression of the Venus from a Saturn sign, 26O appear- up behind them, but will not bloom for sev- influence, this planet induces the heaviest ing particularly severe in this respect, or eral more weeks. I’m not much of a gardener, downpours in the shortest space of time. Dur- by Saturn itself. Degrees commonly but it is impressive to see one set of blooms ing spells of heat, combined with excessive involved are 10O and 25O succeeded by a second and then a third. humidity under Neptune’s influence, surface -, and one or both of HIS past week brought severe air currents ascend vertically, carrying dust these I have found involved in nearly storms and shocking loss of life in particles in large quantities into the upper every case. The worse the afflictions the Kentucky and Indiana, as well as in T atmosphere. Disturbances in the upper air more severe the malady. Examples: the surrounding region. The forecasters levels are sometimes generated so quickly N.N. 813. Mercury square Mars and were able, a day or two in advance, to alert that a spiral motion is set in operation, form- Saturn both in Aquarius and in an ; a general area to the danger of tornadoes, ing like an inverted cone. These cloud for- Neptune 26O Aquarius. but the specifics, both location and timing, mations have the effect of vacuums. As these Female, born midnight, March 11, 1890, elude them and always will. Astro-weather lowering dark clouds sweep in from the west- Birmingham. Shock and severe neuras- forecaster Carolyn Egan tells me she is fear- ern horizon, preceded by increasing wind thenia. Mercury 28O Aquarius heavily ful that someday the Weather Channel will velocity, the intense atmospheric turbulences afflicted. Venus ruling 6th in 26O Pi- take up astro-meteorology. I am skeptical. sweep along narrow paths not more than a sces. Carolyn, I said, you’ll know when they do, mile wide across country. Such storms are Male, born 9:30 am, April 29, 1870, because one of their storm models will in- intensified in the lowlands and along water- Taunton. Shock and debility from variably be right, a week, two weeks in ad- ways, when attended by preceding high tem- wounds. Mercury 28O Taurus afflicted vance. All the official weather forecasters perature. (my emphasis) — from A Textbook by Saturn in 28O Sagittarius . . . know of Astro-Meteorology, have known for of Long Range Weather Forecasting. — Encyclopaedia of Psychological As- many years, but their bias is so powerful that Coming Soon! trology, by C.E. O. Carter. ALMANACK for the week (all times GMT)

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The Snowflake Theory of Astrology is a de- Past Lives THE velopment of my earlier theory, that the signs of the zodiac are not of the sky, but internal to the earth itself. So I will start with a re- THINK we make a mistake when we Ivy M. Goldstein-Jacobson 1893-1990 WEEK view of the zodiacs: look for reasons. You have to be pretty Iwise or very foolish to chalk it all up to THE TROPICAL ZODIAC the Will of God, just shrug and walk away, when harsh or senseless events occur. The Shape You ODIACS are defined by how they Searching for reasons doesn’t always work, determine 0O . In the Tropical either. Perhaps there has to be something in Are In Zodiac, Aries is defined as the mo- Z the middle. ment the Sun’s apparent motion shows it to Saturn’s position in the chart shows be crossing the Earth’s equator, going north. F you could take off your skin and sit where the pain, or improper thinking, is defined as the Sun’s maximum around in your bones, the pattern of your started—in a past life and in this one! The north latitude/declination (the Tropic of Can- Ilife’s framing would show up at once, astrologer Marc Robertson wrote an excel- cer), is defined as the moment the Sun with Saturn the most evident of all your lent booklet out about past life-times with crosses the Earth’s equator going south, and planets because he rules the skeletal frame- Saturn in the twelve signs. The posi- is defined as the Sun’s maximum work and, by extension, your basic pattern tion of Saturn can give you even deeper south latitude/declination (the Tropic of Cap- in all things. To recognize your inherent things about past lifetimes. Stare at your chart ricorn). pattern or the shape your life is framed in in the section where Saturn is. What hurt For its part, the date of maximum north you must look to your natal Saturn there- you so damned much that you had to close declination may be obtained, anywhere in the fore, noting which ANGULAR house he is off and quit trying? northern hemisphere, by using a plumb line already in or first enters by transit as he goes If Saturn makes nasty angles to a planet to erect a vertical shaft, and then carefully through the Signs either direct or retrograde, in your chart, your past-life fears and hang- noting the length of the shortest shadow of after your birth. ups are probably getting in the way of what- the year. Which will be at noon on the day When actually achieved and thus in ever you’re trying to express with that planet. of the Summer Solstice. your 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th House — the ones For example, Saturn attacking Mars in a The dates of the equinoxes are a bit that give shape to your wheel of life — then man’s chart hints that something in past lives trickier to establish. For these, you need a the pattern is considered to be shaped by gets in the way of expressing his sexy man- reasonably well-calibrated clepsydra, or wa- the nature of that house and he throws two hood fully in this life. Is his Moon in a femi- ter-clock. Ideally, it should have a water res- squares and an opposition to the remaining nine sign? The “feminine” signs are Taurus, ervoir large enough to run several days with- three, to modify your pattern accordingly. Cancer, , , Capricorn and . out refill, so that a central mean rate of water The angle he is in has the effect of a con- If Saturn attacks Mars and the Moon is femi- loss can be used as the unit of measure. We junction and makes matters of that house nine chances are he is making the transition then measure the time from sunrise to sun- basic in your fundamental urges. The two in this life from female memories and habits set, and sunset to sunrise, until we find a houses that are square show where obstacles to his present male body. This does not nec- single day where they are both of equal lie, and where too-zealous efforts to estab- essarily indicate the man is homosexual; he length. lish a pattern may react in loss, undue ex- is desperately learning to be a man in this Which is to say that very ancient, very pense or much disappointment. The angle life and is deeply afraid his is not man enough primitive civilizations knew both the season, in opposition shows the non-cooperation or for the job. as well as the length of the year. In other separative influence to be faced in main- Similarly a masculine Moon sign and words, they could calculate the Tropical Zo- taining your pattern. An opposition how- Saturn attacking Venus in a woman’s chart diac. In marking the seasons, the Tropical ever is like a full Moon: you are fully aware reveals a woman who “thinks like a man.” Zodiac shows a simple Sun-Earth relation- of the conditions you face and can see She may be extremely popular with men ship. Trisect the seasons and we have the clearly, since you have a light in the dark- friends because she feels like one of them. twelve signs we know today. This has noth- ness. When we have an empty house we These women desperately want to feel pretty ing whatever to do with stars or constella- read it as an outside or world condition into and successful at being women; the motivated tions. which we are born on the planet Earth. — ones work hard at it. Here and There in Astrology, 1961 Ancient Persians externalized the seasons continued, pg. 4 © Debbi Kempton-Smith, 1999 Copyright © 2012 by David R. Roell. All rights reserved. HSTUDENT’S CORNERH Like what you read? These are excerpts. Get the complete books from: Martha Lang www.AstroAmerica.com This is a serialization of Vivian Robson’s ** H Wescott’s Order toll-free: 1-800-475-2272 masterpiece, A Student’s Text-Book of Astrology. It is now in print. ASTEROID DOGDOG OFOF THETHE Part 84: OF THE MONTHMONTH Love and MONTH The Pisces dog is an adorable pet, Marriage and big or small Toro needs absolutely loads of affection. (b) Female. This is judged similarly from He will go to any- the positions of Sun, Mars, and Venus. [See ORO is Ernest Hemingway heaven . . . think of Spain and corridas and the one who will pat last week—Dave] If these are strong, in him on the head or fruitful signs, not afflicted by Saturn or Ura- Tstreets crowded with men who prove stroke him. Never nus, and the Sun is in aspect with Mars, their courage in the running of the bulls. Tests of testosterone! Real men don’t eat quiche! leaves your side, marriage may be expected. The indications even when walking, so he is a joy to be STUDENT’S CORNER denying or delaying it are Mars weak and While matadors are scarce in most neighbor- hoods, fear not: Toro is alive and well, em- with. Also he give you an excuse to take in no aspect to Sun; and Sun, Mars, or Ve- that much needed stroll. nus afflicted by Saturn, Uranus, and some- bodied in Rambo and Rocky stereotypes; in football and prizefights, Stanley-Studleys, Left alone at home, when you go shop- HH times Neptune, and weak or in barren signs. body builders, machismo and bullies. Toro is ping or whatever, he will hang his head and Time of Marriage. (a) Male. The gen- look mournfully at you as you leave. eral strength and positions of the significa- cave man mentality and the worst of “blue- collar” attitudes; it is unnecessary roughness. They are real people dogs and you can tors must be carefully considered and the easily relate to this one. Definitely will probable time of marriage estimated by bal- Toro is “seeing red” and charging blindly; it can be somewhat coarse, unpolished and un- blubber all over you, so be prepared for ancing the indications. An early marriage undying affection. is indicated if the Moon is unafflicted in a refined! It is attempting to use force to get your way. It’s being “pushy” and overly as- Sometimes they seem to see and react to fruitful sign; Moon or several planets be- things that are not readily apparent to your tween 1st and 10th or 7th and 4th; Moon sertive or aggressive. Toro uses anger (along with the strengths of its Sign, House and As- sight. Could be disconcerting or amusing, increasing in light; or Moon and Venus un- depending on your frame of mind. aspected by Saturn. These indications may pect Pattern) to intimidate. © Marian Futterman, 1976, Your Dog sometimes also denote marriage to a very It is also making with the muscles or do- and Astrology, $3.00. Yes, Marian, we young partner. Delay is shown (or alterna- ing the bull work, so it can be instances of physical work/labor or some kind of physical still have copies. Some of the best sun- tively marriage to an older or elderly part- sign writing I ever came across. ner) when Moon or Mars are afflicted by showdown (that is often elicited by a dare or Saturn; Sun and Moon afflict each other; the idea that anger/aggression is a contest + STUDENT’S CORNER + The New Newsletter through the aspecting planets). Resistance to significators in barren signs; Moon between ost people, most astrologers, 10th and 7th or 1st and 4th, or decreasing the force of Toro is handled with a show of anger and attempts to bully or overwhelm. The even, have no idea how rich, in light. — A Student’s Text-Book of As- how varied, astrology really is. HH positive Toro is competitive and assertive MM trology, by Vivian Robson. Female time of I’m lucky. For the last eighteen years, I’ve marrige next week. (through the Sign, House and Aspect Pattern). Where Toro aspects more passive energies lived in what amounts to a world-class March 11: Clocks Full Speed Ahead! (such as the Moon, Venus, Neptune or retro- astrological library, which I’ve been pass- 1708–Queen Anne vetoes Parliament grade planets) or is tied in a highly stressful ing off as AstroAmerica. Every week I 1824–Bureau of Indian Affairs created Aspect Pattern, the individual has used these will serve up a slice for your amusement. 1851–Premiere of Rigoletto, Verdi planets to defend him or herself from anger, ‘Til next week – Dave 1861–Confederate Constitution adopted violence or pushiness of others. March 11 birthdays: 1888–Great Blizzard, US east coast — from Mechanics of the Future Asteroids, 1926–Ralph Abernathy 1927–Roxy Theater opens, New York © 1988, 1991 1931–Rupert Murdoch 1942–MacArthur leaves Corregidor 1934–Sam Donaldson STUDENT’S CORNER H into convenient stars. This let them easily motion that causes them gradually to change But there not just one Sidereal Zodiac. see, in the night sky, what season they were their positions relative to each other. In all There are many. Each of which is used for a in, and how long it would be until the season cases the relative motion appears very small specific purpose. Each of these are known changed. They called these the four Royal owing to the great distances of the stars . . . by its shift, in degrees, minutes and seconds, Stars. They were: The Sidereal Zodiac is no more star-based from the Tropical Zodiac, which, unlike the Regulus, which marked Summer/Cancer. than the Tropical Zodiac. many Sidereal variants, is the only zodiac that Antares, which marked Autumn/Libra. HE relative value of these two great can be precisely timed. This shift is termed Fomalhaut, which marked Winter/Cap- systems, Tropical and Sidereal, can the ayanamsa. Using a computer program, ricorn. Tbe judged. Vedic astrologers have you may easily calculate the ayanamsas of Aldebaran, which marked Spring/Aries. long touted their Sidereal system as superior, the various systems: Calculate a chart for These four are more or less square and based, in part, on their preservation and con- the Sun’s entry into Tropical Aries, but set opposed to each other. Regulus, which to tinued use of many ancient texts. Conversely, the chart in the Sidereal Zodiac of your the ancient Persians was at or around 0O Can- many Tropical astrologers have found them- choosing. Subtract the Sun’s zodiacal posi- cer, is now at 0O Virgo. As fixed stars move selves apologetic and defensive, based upon tion from 30O00’00” degrees. The result will at a rate of 1O every 72 years, we may date their incomplete and fragmentary under- be the ayanamsa of that system as of that date. the Persian externalization to be approxi- standing of the Tropical zodiac, owing en- In 2012, the Sun will enter Aries on mately 4300 years ago, or about 2300 BC. tirely to the loss of the Tropical system over March 20, 2012, 1:15 am EDT. Which is Around two thousand years later, this the past 300 years, in particular, the great loss 5:15 am GMT. convenience became mistaken for something in the latter half of the 20th century. Which I, If, for example, you want to predict us- else entirely and a large and misleading su- and many others, are determined to correct. ing solar and lunar returns, use the Fagan- perstructure of stars and constellations grew In the Tropical Zodiac, the signs mean Bradley Zodiac. Its ayanamsa is currently up around it. I am not being revisionist. I pretty much what they say they mean. Tropi- 24O55’. This is what you must SUBTRACT am merely observing first causes and trac- cal astrologers have traditionally made much from Tropical positions to get positions in ing their influence. The Tropical Zodiac is use of the signs, as well as their elemental the Fagan-Bradley (or Fagan-Allen) Sidereal based entirely upon the Earth-Sun relation- and energetic qualities. Hellenistic and Zodiac. (Traditionally ayanamsas are given ship. Always has been. Always will be. horary astrologers often use decans and to the nearest second of arc. I have skipped terms. Aries produces rams. Taurus produces this, which is my error.) The Sidereal Zodiac bulls. Aries is fire and cardinal. Taurus is To forecast using Parasara’s Vimshottari Well, then, the Sidereal Zodiac is based earth and fixed. Aries is ruled by Mars, co- Dasas, you must use the Lahiri Sidereal Zo- O on the stars, is it not? It is, after all, based on ruled by the Sun. Saturn and Venus are de- diac. Its ayanamsa is currently 24 02’. the motion of the stars, 1O every 72 years. bilitated. Tropical Aries, like all twelve signs, If you wish to use the Krishnamurti sys- But no. It turns out the Sidereal Zodiac has three decans and five terms/bounds. As tem of subs, you must use the Krishnamurti has no stellar basis. The apparent drift we I have demonstrated in this newsletter, the Sidereal Zodiac. Its current ayanamsa is O see is not based on the stars’ own true mo- Tropical Zodiac will precisely delineate the 23 56’. The Krishnamurti system is more tions, but on the Earth’s wobble. individual. nearly a system of divination. It gives the What is the “Earth’s wobble” - ? As we None of this is true for the Sidereal Zo- most astonishing results. know, the Earth spins about on its axis, mak- diac, and I am being neither hasty, nor igno- Are these hairsplitting differences? Yes, ing one revolution every day. What we some- rant. In this room, a few feet away, are up- but as each system is very precise, you must times forget is that the Earth, like a spinning wards of 500 Vedic astrology books, im- be equally precise. Richard Houck had his top, has a secondary wobble. ported from India, written by the very best own ayanamsa, which was a tweak of the Why does the Earth have a wobble? Be- Indian pandits, including a good number of Lahiri. I suspect it was close to Krishnamurti. cause the Sun pulls the Earth in one direc- ancient texts in modern translation. In addition to these four ayanamsas, there tion, while the Moon pulls the Earth in an- In Vedic astrology, while the signs have are many secondary ayanamsas, among them, other. In other words, the Earth’s wobble is the same meanings as in Tropical, those val- Raman, DeLuce, Shill-Ponde and Usha- due to the Moon. Not to the stars. ues are rarely used. While there are ruling Shashi. When all the various systems are The Earth’s wobble defines the Great planets, those rulerships are rarely used. stacked up in this fashion, the limitations of Year, which is to say, one degree of drift There are the same four elements and three the Sidereal Zodiac, the superiority of the (wobble) every 72 years, times 360 degrees, modalities, but, again, Vedic astrology makes Tropical, become clear. (Sorry about that!) equals a complete cycle of 25,920 years. Di- little use of them. In Vedic astrology there vide by 12 and you have the Astrological is, so far as I am aware, no decans, nor terms. The Snowflake Theory Ages, each of which are 2160 years. (All of So far as its overall structure, Vedic astrol- HE Snowflake Theory sets out to re- these numbers are approximate.) ogy is cruder than Tropical. Vedic astrology solve a problem. Yes, the signs of Stars in fact have their own proper mo- relies on many mathematical calculations and Tthe Zodiac, all twelve of them, are in complex relationships, many of which have T tion, and it seems that every star is different. the Earth. Not the sky. And because of this, You may read about the proper motion of little to do with actual planets. dispositors and rulers and lords and planets stars on pgs. 13-14 of Robson’s celebrated Where Vedic astrology shines is in its in exaltation, debility and fall, can actually book: In the year 1718 Halley discovered forecasting ability. Most Vedic astrologers, work, since, down below, it’s all one big that Arcturus and Sirius had moved south- as well as many Western astrologers, believe muddle anyway. wards since the time of Ptolemy, and it is now forecasting to be not only the primary use of Since we’re made of that same stuff, that’s recognized that all stars possess a proper astrology, but also its highest and best use. why the head is ruled by Aries and Mars, but Copyright © 2012 by David R. Roell. All rights reserved. the left eye of a male is ruled by the Moon. three interlocking cubes. That would give unique properties. One of which would seem Mercury in Virgo rules the hands, except the me the twelve rays/signs/beams I needed. to be the ability to interact, to be in relation- Sun rules the right hand in males. Excited, apprehensive, I was staring at a ship, with other, similar crystals. And it makes no difference where in the Google page of crystal images, when my eye It is therefore obvious that as the crystal sky the ruling planet may be. At the moment chanced upon a snowflake. at the center of the Earth receives vibrations Mars is retrograde in Virgo, but he still rules And then it hit me. from the other crystals in the other planets in that chunk of sky 60 degrees over yonder My theory did not need a twelve sided the Solar System, it produces its own re- (Scorpio), and that other one 150 degrees in crystal. It only needed a six sided one. sponse to which we, its unwitting passengers, the other direction (Aries), as well as having The pointy parts of a snowflake are the must adapt. Simple crystals can both trans- a dislike of the next sign over (Libra), as well six masculine signs. mit and receive radio signals. as not liking Taurus, liking Capricorn, etc. The valley things are the six feminine It is as if the Earth was a ship at sea. In Once “the food gets to the stomach” as it signs. calm seas the crystal is tranquil and so our were, your ham sandwich can interact di- The crystal at the center of the Earth lives are as well. When malefic planets form rectly with the green salad you ate just prior. is six-sided. stressful aspects, in other words, when a cos- But when we tear ourselves free of the So, is there a version of iron, an alloy or mic storm comes up and our Earth ship is Earth and look into the sky, it’s entirely dif- isotope, that is six-sided? I am still staggered thrown about, then so are we. Those of us ferent. J.H. Nelson’s work with radio trans- by what came next. who are healthy and have “sea legs” will sur- mission, undertaken while an employee of Yes. There is. It is a rare mixture of iron vive the storm. Those who cannot will fall NBC in the 1950’s, did not need rulers, nor and nickel, known as hexahedrite. ill. Those who are overwhelmed by the in- dispositors. Neither did George McCormack Where is hexahedrite found? tensity of the crystalline vibrations may be with his work with the weather. Hexahedrite is found in some meteors. lost. And it’s frankly difficult to reconcile a What are meteors? Since we cannot escape the crystal at the muddled mess of signs-in-the-earth with the Meteors are believed to be the cores of center of the earth, it is our duty to study and exact zodiacal positions we find in the smashed-up planets. know it, as it is the very core of our exist- ephemeris. Nor can we dodge the issue by It is therefore reasonable to believe the ence. This is Astrology. transcribing, say, Pluto’s declination into center of the Earth is a massive hexahedrite As the center of the Earth is a six-sided zodiacal longitude, as that process only works crystal. crystal, its vibration will favor other six-sided for the Sun. And if there is such a crystal at the center crystals, which we find in abundance. We are left with the conclusion that while of the Earth, it is reasonable to believe there Water, one of the most plentiful sub- things in the earth may be a muddle, as soon are similar crystals at the center of the Moon, stances on the planet, when frozen becomes as the Zodiac (that’s the Tropical Zodiac) Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and a six-sided crystal. Groups who adopt six- breaks free of the earth, it becomes twelve the Sun itself. If all of this is true, then, sided symbols as their emblems will of course distinct, precise, “rays.” Like “beams of I have now reduced Astrology to this as- find themselves in alignment with the fun- light.” Earthbeams. A “ray” of the Zodiac is tonishingly fact: Astrology is the study of damental energy of the planet and as a result like a searchlight combing the skies, search- giant planetary crystals. Most importantly, may come to believe themselves to be fortu- ing, not for enemy aircraft, but for the odd the giant crystal upon which we live. nate in some unique way. wandering star, aka planet. To which it im- The rest falls into one’s lap: Note that humans are not qualified by six, mediately gives a degree number and a sign. The daily rotation of this crystal, in con- but by five and ten. Therefore the five Which implies there is something at the junction with the sun, produces sect and the pointed crystal (you may substitute the word very center of the earth that produces these houses. “star” for some of this) is the unique emblem “Earthbeams”. Which on the way to the sur- The tilt of the Earth’s axis (23O44’), is of humans, as entities distinct from the Earth face are muddled by the intervening layers the tilt of the crystal itself. This determines itself. As six-ness can give birth to two-ness of the Earth’s crust, before breaking free to Zero Aries. This is because the Earth’s axis and three-ness and four-ness and 12-ness and shoot straight out into the cosmos above us. always points in the same direction. What many other variations, the fact that humans Something that sends out invisible beams. direction is this? By definition, the north pole are fives hints that humans, or more precisely, How about a crystalline structure? Suppose points towards the Sun at Cancer and away human souls, are an alien species. Which is at the center of the Earth was a 12-sided crys- from it at Capricorn. So the “Aries/Libra in keeping with old metaphysical teachings. tal? alignments” happen when the Earth’s axis is A secondary, specialized use of 5-sided I was seized with this idea on Thursday, at right angles to the Sun. Therefore it is the crystals is to cut oneself off from the 6-ness February 23rd. Eagerly I went to Google and tilt of the Earth’s crystal, in relation to the of the Earth. Note that five is the lowest num- made a search. Science has long said the cen- Sun crossing the Earth’s equator, going north, ber that has nothing in common with the ter of the Earth to be a mass of iron. There is which determines 0O Aries. Earth’s six. a new theory that the iron at the center of the I had previously guessed that astrology Earth to be a single, gigantic crystal. If that’s worked because the mass of the Earth inter- SCIENCESCIENCE a 12-sided crystal, then I’ve got it! acted dynamically with the mass of Sun, CIENCE, like Art and Philosophy, has Regrettably, my Google search informed Moon and the other planets. A single, cen- always been with us. Like Art and Phi- me that iron does not form a 12-sided crys- tral, massive crystal, with its highly organized Slosophy Science is a noble and pro- tal. Only a cubic one. But then I thought, molecular structure, under high heat and S found subject, but about 350 years ago a new maybe under intense pressure and heat, enormous pressure, possessing a powerful version arose. This new “science” made great maybe that simple cube would morph into magnetic field, will obviously have many claims, which should have been a warning. It insisted it was Truth itself. This new dis- Astrology is the only discipline which can science was to remove the fear of death, once cipline immediately repudiated Astrology. do this. Prediction is merely a side-show. and for all. Instead, science blindly pretended We know of this mistake as The Age of En- Truth is Astrology’s real power. that nothing could be known of death. I my- lightenment. Discredit Astrology, strip it of its power, self know otherwise. Science has insisted The new movement patterned itself after throw the astrologers out, and petty mendac- the coarse material world which it invented Martin Luther’s Reformation of 150 years ity, casual evil, lies and mayhem of all sorts to be the only world that exists. earlier. By the start of the Enlightenment (the will appear and establish themselves in its This past week I taught a friend in Aus- end of the 30 Years War), the result of place. Freedom will be lost. Men will be- tralia how to rescue discarnate humans, Luther’s rebellion was clear: The power of come slaves. This has been the goal of evil people who die in distress and who need the the Church was broken, and hereafter reli- men for thousands of years. But until the help of the living. I have done such rescues gion was whatever some individual said it arrival of the Enlightenment and science, As- since 1985. When properly done, the result was. Man was no longer subservient to God. trology was stronger and not only survived, will hit you, completely by surprise, smack Man was now his own master. but prospered. between the eyes. Indeed, this is one of the The Enlightenment extended this secu- Astrology was supreme until a false sci- most effective ways of proving the images lar power at the expense of Astrology. Be- ence imposed arbitrary standards to deceive in our heads are not entirely imaginary. There cause astrologers could not cite any material the world. Look around you. This is not a are millions of souls in dire distress. With- basis for astrology, the new science said there “scientific” world we live in. We live in the out our help, they will remain in distress for was therefore no such thing as astrology and latter stages of an industrial revolution, which upwards of a full century. Every minute of that astrology must be thrown out. Astrolo- was itself based on simple engineering. En- every day an agonizing eternity. gers were stripped of their power and As- gineering has been with us forever. It was Yet if I were to teach this openly, I would trology itself was discarded. the Industrial Revolution, not the Age of be attacked by know-nothings and idiots, At no time was there any hesitation, at Enlightenment, which produced the money posing as “scientists.” If you are an Ameri- no time any doubt. This new science could to buy our present opulence. Just as it was can, what are your chances of ending up in have had an open mind and left Astrology near-industrial revolutions that gave Rome, such distress? At least one in three. People alone to sort itself out. Science could have Persia, Egypt, India and China their wealth you know, people in your immediate family, made proving or disproving Astrology one and power. Of the physical sciences, Engi- will end up in this horrible condition, a lit- of its goals. neering is far and away the king of all. eral nightmare from which one cannot awake, Instead, science invented numerous Science, by contrast, has given us medi- from which there is no relief. Without help methods to further discredit Astrology. Sci- cine that cripples instead of heals. It has people stay in pain and agony until they sim- ence has held astrology to standards that it given us doctors who lack the ability to make ply burn out and fade away, yes, a century applied to no other discipline. It has refused a simple diagnosis. It has given us weather later. Instead we have Jason Hawes and to make any serious investigation of its own, forecasting that can barely predict the tem- Grant Wilson, of SciFi’s Ghost Hunters ig- and has refused to accept proofs that Astrolo- perature a day in advance, and which has, norantly traipsing about, discovering a tiny gers themselves have presented. over the past week, left millions of US citi- fraction of the distressed souls out there, and, Within a span of only twenty years, J.H. zens defenseless in the face of deadly torna- if anything, making matters worse. The ut- Nelson, George W. McCormack and does and storms. Which George ter scorn I have for “science” and its endless Michel and Francoise Gauquelin each pre- McCormack, single-handedly, could predict charades. sented strong scientific evidence for the ex- more than half a century ago, by means of Science gives itself the right to decide real istence of astrology. Science was not deaf, techniques which were almost lost. from unreal, truth from fiction, based merely but hostile, as each of these researchers Science has produced a religious credo on whim. Upon the egos of its various mem- learned to their dismay. Michel Gauquelin, which we must affirm daily, or risk denounce- bers. Upon passing fads. It has substituted who started his researches as an astrological ment: Evolution is real and important. Cli- nihilism for knowledge. Science is a cult. skeptic, was personally converted to astrol- mate change will kill us. Forty years ago the There is nothing I, personally, scorn so much ogy, and then made proving it his life’s work, fathers of these same scientists were con- as the wide-eyed acceptance of this utter was eventually driven to suicide. vinced we were about to enter a new Ice Age. fraud. In other words, the Enlightenment was Who cares! With the understanding that Astrology is not about science or truth. It was about The central fact of our existence is fear the study of cosmic crystals, we have proven power. Explicitly, power at the expense of of death. Before Luther, the Church had this astrology to be the master. Science as we know Astrology. problem solved. When you were on your it can be discarded, and the real science re- I am not interested in being another sac- deathbed, you rang for the priest. Who, cor- stored. This moment is long overdue. rifice. “Science,” with its rigid ideas of rupt and venal and greedy and stupid as he “truth” and “falsity,” has long been a clique, may have been, came, heard your final con- U . A . C . a deformed religion. It is past time to aban- fession, and gave you absolution. The next HE quadrennial conclave known as don this science and reassert the primacy of day a requiem mass was said over your dead the United Astrology Conference Astrology. We can do this. We can reclaim body. And, properly reassured, you died in will be held in New Orleans, May 24- our own the power. We can seize it. peace. In destroying the Church, Luther de- T 29. I have been asked if I will be there. I did While some may think forecasting to be stroyed its way of death. not apply to speak, nor have I been asked. I Astrology’s purpose, Astrology is the knowl- Men and women now die in mortal fear. confess I am not the most social, so I will not edge of True and False. It gives man the We are terrified of what lies beyond. After be there as an attendee. ability to separate the Real from the Unreal. the destruction of religion, the purpose of The Snowflake theory, that the Zodiac is in the Earth, that Astrology itself is based on æ a six-sided crystal at the center of the Earth, should be presented before the community ç as a whole. UAC is the proper setting, and May is the proper time. Presented to an au- dience of peers, for their critical examina- tion. å Is it too late to go to New Orleans? Well, è ä probably. It’s also true that I have no public speaking experience, have never made a for- mal presentation and so would need help. Why am I putting a note here, rather than using the phone and my contacts? I know everyone in the field. Many of them are Ý ã friends. I hesitate because those whose charts are dominated by oppositions, such as mine, tend to be polarizing influences. The more oppo- sitions, the more polarizing. Formal appli- cations are invariably rejected, for precisely Þ á â this reason, because the easiest way to deal with people such as me is to leave them alone. On the phone two weeks ago, Eric Fran- cis toyed with the idea of presenting my Earth-as-Zodiac theory as one of his UAC programs. Two quick comments: I refuse ß to give permission to anyone to present this on my behalf. I am the only one who un- à derstands it, I am the only one who can an- swer questions about it. The last thing we need, as a professional group, is an ill-pre- pared presentation. The science crowd, the 90 people who recently trumpeted the 13th sign 60 of the zodiac, will be delighted to rip us apart yet again. I encourage everyone, including those at UAC, to argue, to debate, to speculate about this theory. A revolution that stays in 30 one man’s head is a revolution that goes no- where. I give this to you to do with as you see fit. I only ask you do not pass this off as your own idea, as you will be crucified if you try. Let the world crucify me. I did not name this The Dave Theory, as I have no in- terest in promoting myself. I named it The0 Snowflake Theory. Yes, just another flaky thing.

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