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Introduction 1-5
ZODIAC SIGNS 5-41
q Aries 8
w Taurus 12
e Gemini 13
r Cancer 15
r Leo 18
y Virgo 19
u Libra 21
i Scorpio 22-27
o Sagittarius 28-30
p Capricorn 30-32
[ Aquarius 33-40
Age of Aquarius 38-40
] Pisces 40-41
PLANETS 41-56
a Sun 41
s Moon 41
d Mercury 42
f Venus 43
g Mars 43-44
GFHJ Asteroids 45-51
G Pallas Athena 45-47
J Vesta / Hestia 47
H Juno / Hera 47
F Ceres / Demeter 48
Aegis –Gorgoneion 48-50
h Jupiter 51
j Saturn 52-53
k Uranus 53
l Neptune 54-55
; Pluto 56-57
Pluto’s downgrade 56-57
POLITICAL (MUNDANE) ASTROLOGY
Outer-Planet Discovery 57-60
kl; Uranus-Neptune-Pluto conjunction
timeline charts 62-64
kl; Uranus-Neptune-Pluto conjunctions
61-72
l; Neptune-Pluto conjunctions 75-84
k; Uranus-Pluto conjunction 85-86
kl; conjunctions ephemeris 86-87
Astro-geographic overlay pictures 88-90
Hellenistic Greece 66-76
Glyph development 75-84
Regiomontanus 82-83
Incunabula -84
Antikythera mechanism 70-71
POST-SOVIET REGIME CHARTS 90-105
EU 90-91, 103-104
Russia 105-119
Ukraine 120-131
Aspect meanings 114-115
OTHER REGIMES
USA 132-157
Conservative group 134
Liberal group 137
Pluto transit timeline 140-154
President timeline table 154-156
Precession 138-139
Bolevarian Venzuela 157-165
China 165-170
United Nations 171
Israel 172-174
Modern Greece 174-176
Hellenistic Greece 68-76
BIOLOGY of AGING 176-201
References: 201-210
Index 210-211
The Astrology of Western Imperialism and its resolution with longevity
Van K. Golay
Golden Gate station, Kyiv Metro
Figure 1Madonna01.jpg
Abstract: Every 248 years Pluto, the most powerful planet by transit in astrology, crosses
over the top of the natural zodiac and through the sign Capricorn. The importance of 0}p is
that it is the upper point on the natural zodiac wheel between the two opposing primary
hemispheres. These hemispheres represent the two halves of a collective (World) mind, that
is connected to the population pattern of the World and rooted in the geography of the
continents that produced that population pattern.
The Pluto transit brings to the fore issues of East –West conflict, and also puts the spotlight
on the long-lived character that Capricorn symbolizes. The astrological Capricorn
characteristics of dominance, ambition, authority, and longevity are embodied in human
figures like the father, executive, boss, monarch, and the long-lived messiah or redeemer
figures. As Pluto transits Capricorn (2008-2024) it is a good time to evaluate the progress of
Western Imperialism and also the progress of engineering the long-lived Capricorn character
(phenotype). Eastern Imperialism is primarily defensive because the East is already the
dominant half of the collective mind due to a 2 to 1 demographic dominance. See statistics p.
11 and online supplement. In religious mythology the two phenomena are related in that the
inborn hemispheric competition for World dominance is resolved by birth of the long-lived or
everlasting messiah-redeemer character. As Pluto now transits the apex of the wheel, Western
Imperialism seems in decline but is not dead and longevity science is red-hot but only longlived lower animals (yeast through rodents) are currently being produced. The scientific
revolution of the last two centuries produced dramatic gains in average human lifespan (life
expectancy) but not maximum lifespan. The new discoveries in the biology of aging, signal
gains in maximum human lifespan may be achievable if not imminent.
This article also presents an original theory about the meaning of the Zodiac sign and planet
glyphs (symbols). Individually and in composite, the glyphs describe key philosophical
concepts (not scientifically verified yet) like reincarnating souls, collective minds, and the
basis of opposing antagonistic hemispheres responsible for Western Imperialism. It presents
a symbol based rational for choosing a particular astrological time for birthing children. It
also suggest that the author of these symbols (the majority spirit of the collective mind) is a
scientist as well as philosopher. Several symbols imply a central strategy for longevityextension based on arresting reproductive development at puberty in order to delay/arrest
senescence (aging). That idea gets considerable agreement from current longevity research,
and that research on development control will be discussed in the last chapter.
Introduction:
Here a new interpretation of the the zodiac glyph symbols is presented. The zodiac glyph
symbols were evolved anonymously during late Greek Byzantium, and early renaissance,
(circa 1400). At the core of the zodiac glyph symbols are sub-symbols for body = t, soul =
q, heaven = ], earth = , reproduction by natural selection = , and reproduction by
planned birth = . Together as a system or in composite they explain the most important
philosophical ideas on earth. Those ideas are important to the collective mind that inspired
them and to us humans who are the cells of that mind. In a general way, the natural zodiac is
the horoscope of the World which describes the structure of the spirit world (collective mind)
and basic philosophical concepts held by that mind. They can serve as a guide of life at the
personal and social-psychological level. Figure 2 world4kc.jpg
Other representational uses of the Zodiac: The tropical zodiac is also used to represent a
diagram of the seasons. Starting with the spring (Vernal) Equinox = 0}Aries, Summer
Solstice = 0} Cancer, Fall Equinox = 0} Libra, and the Winter Solstice = 0} Capricorn. The
zodiac probably evolved as a calendric tool to predict the seasons. The twelve part division of
the year being further partitioned by 12 yearly lunar cycles that fit within that 265 day period.
Figure 3 seasone.jpg,
diurnale.jpg
In Astrology horoscopy the House system of 12 houses and 4 cardinal angles remain in the
background with their meaning based on the meaning of the signs of the natural zodiac
starting with Aries in the 1st house on the left side and Capricorn at the top. For any particular
horoscope the ascendant or rising degree will be determined by the earth’s rotation relative to
the local horizon for that exact time. So you get two meanings for the planets position in the
horoscope; one based on their house location at the exact time of day at birth and one based
on its sign location (longitude degree) in the tropical zodiac.
Choosing People:
In a new theory about the glyph symbols (circa 1976) I will show how the wiggly lines
in the symbols of the Zodiac direct us in timing (birthing) the psychologically superior child.
Superior by virtue of aligning the most associative astrological factor in an individual’s
horoscope (the south and north lunar nodes) with the q-u (Aries-Libra) axis. Conception is
timed to put the South Node and North Node of the Moon at 0}Aries and 0} Libra
respectively at birth. This links the Childs Moon Node associations in the world at the
broadest and most balanced position relative to the primary zodiac hemispheres. According to
astrologers the 0} Aries – Libra axis is the most important associative axis for relationships
both public and private. The purpose for aligning these associative factors is to neutralize and
balance the child’s connections to a polarized and historically antagonistic collective mind.
The assumption here is that the East-West geographic divide at the middle East ( 30ºE) has a
psychic dimension in a polarized organismal consciousness.
This will make the child an attractive neutral vessel in which the confluence of psychic
vectors from both halves of the collective mind can converge harmoniously. You are
producing the neutral human element of a potential temporary psychic-trinity, composed of
the two halves of the collective mind (majority spirit, minority spirit, and human). See
Aquarius p.36. The timing of the birth does not give him/her attributes of longevity but only
psychological neutrality/balance in relation to the two arch-spirits of the collective mind. His
or her longevity and moral strength will come by controlling environmental and behavioral
factors that affect the biology of aging. The biology of aging is at a revolutionary stage of
understanding at the end of the 20th century and can stand on its own merit to produce
longevity gains in the future. On the other hand, while astrology timing may seem nonessential from a scientific standpoint, the timing is implied in the symbols to be important for
the social organism’s goal of political unity.
Astrological understanding of the structure and nature of the collective mind (social
psychology) and its relationship to personal psychology is unknown, and unstudied by
academia. Its taboo. Here we look at astrology’s glyphs as a map of the astronomic-inputs
that define social psychology, and the politics of Western Imperialism, a denied phenomena
in the West, that may benefit from Astrology’s repression. The assumed problem of Western
Imperialism and the problem of longevity, are intertwined and both are the subject of this
book.
The next dates for birthing these special children are shown below.
BIRTHDAY - North node at 0}u (true node) CONCEPTION DATE (9 months earlier)
November 11, 2015
February 11, 2015
June 3, 2034
September 3, 2033
December 23, 2052
March 23, 2051
Alternatively one could adopt a needy child with the approximate birth date and raise them as
chosen children, by educating them in the biological sciences of aging, and strategies
designed to silence reproductive development at puberty. Those strategies include activating
the longevity/survival genes Sirtuin Sirt1-7 and FOXO genes 1,3 hereafter abreviated as
sirtuin-foxo genes, which are master transcriptional regulator genes that control a cascade of
downstream genes, that affect organismal physiological and psychological function.
Discussed in last section.
Out of that group and the others that follow every 18 years will come children born with a
putative psychological blessing. The other more overt part of the longevity program is for the
child and its parents to be educated in the biological sciences with special attention to the
biology of aging, development, genetics, molecular biology, evolution and nutrition, because
lasting changes in behavior or environment require scientific understanding as well as
demonstrations of principle, involving the longevity genes. The glyphs imply a particular
strategy to achieve longevity involving reproductive development arrest at maturity, and
considerable recent science supports that notion. That knowledge should grow in the coming
years because of the conjunction of kl in Capricorn in 1993, that, builds on the 1821 kl
conjunction in Capricorn. That conjunction combination stimulates the psychology that is
best for pursuing the individual longevity goal. The timing of this conjunction fits well with
the developmental need of the collective organism for a solution to over-population. Socialorganismal need drives history, while astrology (astronomic inputs) organizes the timing and
characterization of resolution of the need.
Pacifying the inherent antagonism between the hemispheres is implied in the symbols to be
important both for the individual and the collective mind. Over time, the populations of
longer-lived people should get larger and participants live longer, especially in those
countries at the middle ground (30} E.), which divides the primary hemispheres. The glyph
system is the collective mind’s master-plan to perfect the individual and social organism over
time. That increasing longevity phenotype eventually changes population genetics.
As might be expected from the
conjunction of kl in Capricorn in 1993
and Pluto’s transit through Capricorn
(2008-2024) our knowledge of the biology
of aging is undergoing a transformation
leading to extended lifespan in lower
animals in laboratories, and the prospect of
mimicking that phenomena in humans.
Here I describe how the astrological
symbols directly speak to the longevity
project from the individual and social
psychological perspective.
Figure 4 neurcon.jpg
According to modern astrological reference books the origin of the glyphs and the meaning of
the wiggly lines that compose them is obscure. Some of the glyphs have been interpreted as
abbreviations of the earlier zodiac (animal) signs, for example Aries would be the horns of
the ram, and with Sagittarius the arrow is just part of the full archer, but many of the glyphs
appear related to the earlier constellation based
pictograms, but with added meaning not obvious in
the constellation pictograms.
There is little consensus among astrologers about
sub-symbol interpretation of the glyphs or overall
Figure 5 mutecr2.jpg
systemic structure, although parts of the system
have been organized into related groups of signs by
element quality, (Fire, Earth, Air and Water), oppositional relatedness of signs and the
quadruplicity scheme that relates three separate modes of expression (cardinal, fixed and
mutable) in the 4 quadrants of the 12 part zodiac.
Figure 6 worldsej.jpg
How lower signs underpin the social signs of the upper hemisphere. In the glyph system,
the 6 upper hemisphere social signs are more complex social-expressions of individual or
family orientated signs in the lower hemisphere, with opposite pairs dealing with similar
themes. The developmentally more complex social expression builds on the opposite lower
subordinate signs, which are developmentally limited to early stages of individual growth and
reproduction, with the family/clan being the highest level of social organization in the first
six signs.
q The isolated developing soul of Aries becomes the socially supported incarnation in
Libra, u.
w Individual, family, and corporate wealth contrast with collectively controlled
resources of the macro social-organism in Scorpio, i.
e The local information of Gemini is organized as systematic science in Sagittarius. The
local neighborhood vision expands to the global/universal, in Sagittarius o.
r Quiescent germline stem cells of Cancer support the long-lived somatic body (nongermline) in Capricorn p.
t One leading individual as leader of the local family unit (pride) becomes a cell in the
collective consciousness of many individuals in Aquarius, [.
y The matrix of natural-selected reproducive life becomes a communion of mature souls in
heaven (]).
The cardinal cross +, (Aries-Libra and Cancer-Capricorn axis) is the most important
organizing structural element. The cardinal cross of signs relates to the tropical zodiac
solstice points that establish 0} Aries for the horoscope, and diurnal rotation position, which
gives the Ascendant-Descendant, Midheaven- Nadir degrees of an individual horoscope.
This new glyph interpretation is probably discovery of meaning originally inspired by the
collective mind, which is only now comprehensible to us humans, due to the developmental
maturity of the social organism in recent times and the current relative maturity of the
sciences. Much of the glyph-system narrative is about developmental stage of individual and
social organisms. Until the social-organism reached the current stage of developmentalmaturity, parts of the narrative, like the meaning of Scorpio, which describes world political
mass-population dynamics (socialism, and Western Imperialism) were incomprehensible.
Likewise recent biological-science discoveries are making glyph-statements about extended
longevity intelligible. The earliest use of the glyphs, except for the Sun, Moon, Ascendant,
and Midheaven do not show up in horoscopes until about 1400-1474 (see p. 75-84 for
timeline). Before that time the Zodiac signs and planets were just written out or abbreviated,
in literal horoscopes. In the present interpretation, the glyph system is based on two core subsymbols, that combine in many symbolic statements about individual and collective
developmental processes, psychological principles, and philosophical goals, linked to
evolutionary cosmology and biology. An over-arching intelligence is implied in Aquarius
symbolism, a sentient intelligence that learns and evolves as part of the social organism. The
collective mind may have conceived the basic symbolic glyph system as a master plan that
actualizes depending on our stage of developmental maturity, with developmental needsresolution timed by astronomic (psychological) factors, like planet transits and conjunctions
among the outer planets.
Basic meaning of zodiac sign and planet glyphs:
Figure 7aries1.jpg
The lines in the glyphs ( astrological symbols) are actually composites of two basic subsymbols for the body and soul. Aries is the symbol for the soul and Leo is the symbol for the
body.
Figure 8 aries.jpg
Aries, the first sign of the zodiac is the symbol of the soul at the beginning of its evolution
and also the start stage of each new reincarnation. Pisces, the last sign of the zodiac,
represents a pause stage between incarnations, and also eventual soul maturity after countless
incarnations. The Aries symbol suggest something that is unitary in the stem but has duality
or polarity in development. The Aries symbol splits into two separate branches perhaps
reflecting the adaptation of this non-dividing psychic component to the polar nature of
dividing, biological life forms including the polarized collective organism. The physical
nature of the soul is unknown, however the reincarnation cycle, implied in the zodiac
symbols, point to a soul that has structure, but is able to transmigrate in the atmosphere
separated from a physical body. The atmosphere we live in is perhaps the heaven (pause
stage) of existence for less evolved animal life and the surfaces of waters is perhaps the
heaven stage for even less evolved aquatic animals. In this scheme the gradations of pressure
and types of oxygen lure the evolving soul progressively upward. The philosopher Renee
Descartes speculated that the seat or home of the soul was the pineal gland between the two
lobes of the brain.
The layout of the natural zodiac, with Aries on the left and the animal-way progressing
counterclockwise around the bottom of the wheel from Aries, may be related to the
Southwestern quadrant of the geographic-overlay occupying tropical geography that
generated a vast diversity lower animal species, which predominate in the tropical forest.
This may have been even more a factor in prehistoric times when the proposed Pangeaen
supercontinent favored that quadrant, perhaps establishing a circular pattern of soul transspecies migrational-flow that continues to the present.
The easy geographical availability of the Eurasian land mass may have channeled the
dispersal of large mammals and later human-kind out of Africa to go to the East, thus
establishing the basis of Eastern demographic and resultant psychic dominance. The Sun
rising in the East every day may also have been an influence on the circular pattern of the
Zodiac wherein the body hemisphere (the East) was the first to get sunlight in the daily
light/dark circadian cycle, thus orientating vegetation growth and life in general to the East.
PANGAEA SUPERCONTINENT
"The way the Cookie crumbled"
225 Million Years Ago
Current Era
10 Million Years
in the future.
Figure 9 pangaea.jpg
60º
N
30º
N
0º
N
Figure 10 World46.jpg, WorldCo.tif
The idea that the collective mind should have a face or plane of focus with 30} East as the
center of that plane is explained by the theory that the continents were formed from a single
land mass originally, and over the course of the last 225 million years drifted apart but still
maintains a central planar focus that is polarized into primary distinct hemispheres, organized
by the biology of the developing social organism. While the astro-geographic overlay theory
is seemingly new, the concept of World geography being partitioned under the dominion of
the Greek Gods (Zeus, Apollo, Aries, Athena etc.) was first proposed by Plato. In his
work Critias. He suggest a natural systemic order exist, established by chance in
antiquity. The social-psychological structure (collective mind) can be understood as having
its roots in the Worlds demographic pattern and the geography that determined that pattern.
The total of all species in descending order from human may make up a demographic anchor,
with the human species dominating the conscious (thinking) part of the collective mind. That
structure is critical to understanding political structures and history, but perhaps equally
important is the philosophical story the symbols tell about individual and social development
processes like reincarnation, collective minds, longevity and future goals.
DIVIDING THE WORLD AT 30} EAST
Country or
area
Population
(2009)
World totals
6,790,062,216
=
West of 30}E 2,124,942,917
4,567,648,620
East of 30}E
North of
2,774,144,963
30}N
South of
3,937,486,910
30}N
See country statistics at website
Area (sq.km.)
130,702,918
Km2
65,867,201
64,548,105
59,447,628
70,983,300
Arable and permanent
cropland
(Thousand hectares) 2003
1,540,572
757,168
758,874
777,686
757,853
Figure 11 Worldm.jpg, 30E.jpg,
30x30R.jpg
Border countries like Egypt, Turkey, and Ukraine were divided proportionally by rough
estimate. All of Hawaii and ⅔ of Alaska was counted as Eastern land area because it lies west
of 150} W., the proposed boundary on the opposite side of the globe from 30} East. While
this division of the world is geographically central, the East dominates in population by over
2 to 1. As people are the presumed cells of the collective mind, the East is the dominant
hemisphere. The West hopes to rearrange the world population equation through warfare,
which is the base motive for Western Imperialism.
The Aries (soul) symbol is found exclusively in the left hemisphere while the Leo (body)
symbol dominates the right hemisphere. Capricorn - at the top of the wheel - is the only sign
where the two symbols join, as an Aries symbol connected to a south node leg of a south
node symbol. It is appropriate that body and soul should come together in the sign associated
with longevity and the second half of life. Part of the theory presented here is that human
generation and the collective mind is astrologically polarized down the center of the zodiac
and down the center of the world at the Middle East. By superimposing the zodiac on the
world using 30} east longitude, then the surrounding geographic sections take on
psychological traits associated with the overlaying signs. For example Russia takes on the
signs in the trans-famial quadrant, Libra through Sagittarius, as post-Soviet Russia shed most
of its former Capricorn geography. Africa is mostly Cancer and Gemini. China is VirgoScorpio. The USA is Piscean. Great Britain is Aquarian, etc.
These boundaries are not exact and could change with geographic or demographic shifts. The
circle of signs is largely a social psychological diagram of the collective mind, authored
(inspired) by the majority spirit of the collective mind to explain its own nature, structure,
and what it considers the most important philosophical concepts. More precise maps on p. 8789
Fixed cross signs
Figure 12Tauruse.jpg, mutefx.jpg
Taurus is the symbol of the world with the moon on it. It represents geography as shaped over
the eons by tides and seasons both of which are results of the moon's and the earth's cyclic
motions. Taurus is part of the fixed cross of signs involving the sign opposite to it (i) and the
two signs at 90 degree angles to it (t,[). It is called the fixed cross because it relates to
factors that cannot be changed easily. The basis of this is that geography is cosmologically
determined and that geography in turn determines the demographic pattern of populations
around the globe, which in turn fixes the pattern of the collective mind. An alternative
interpretation would have the symbol of the World with an Aries symbol on top showing
where (geographically) that soul incarnated and represents the material circumstances
surrounding the new incarnation.
Base of mutable signs.
Figure 13 Geminie.jpg, mute.jpg, Gemdiae.jpg
Gemini is traditionally ruled by the planet Mercury and is associated with all types of
communication like talking and writing. It is the base sign, the lowest on the natural zodiac
wheel of the mutable cross of signs involving Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces. It is
mutable because the issues involved are variable and open to change based on ones store of
information. They are issues like ones reproductive decisions in y, ones philosophy in o,
and ones reincarnation schedule in ], all decisions that result from ones store of information.
The symbol rightly indicates that the base factor in mutations of fate to be information, which
one usually gets from the local environment. Gemini is in the initial build stage quadrant of
the natural zodiac which is developmentally immature (non-social) where the soul begins to
relate to what is outside their immediate geographic environment they incarnated into w) and
has been traditionally associated with the local environment of early life, siblings and
neighbors, but the concept can be logically applied to the dualistic bi-polar World where East
and West arch-spirits are evolving siblings/neighbors. Gemini comes from the Latin word
geminus that means twin, dual, or to double or pair. An example of the occasional hidden
meaning of words may be seen here. In English, Gemini phonetically sounds like (Gem-in-I).
The Gem refers to the diamond pattern formed by the natural cardinal cross (+) of signs, in
the old-style horoscopes shown below, and the effect of Gemini's information in making that
diamond pattern perfectly balanced and fulfilled. The diamond pattern is perfected by using
the two techniques described in this book to produce a long-lived and psychologically more
fit human. The last step is done in order to make the person an independent agent in relation
to an inherently-contentious collective mind and takes care of the horizontal (Aries - Libra)
axis of the cardinal cross, while the first step of maximum growth and longevity are the ideal
qualities of the vertical Cancer - Capricorn axis. The astronomical version of Uranus k shows
the two sides of a Gemini symbol supporting an inverted Venus symbol, symbolizing the
importance of scientific information in mutating the natural order of naturally-selected,
normal-longevity. By overthrowing the Venus symbol of reproduction, the individuals
cardinal cross (destiny symbol), is now on top of the World symbol, making the individual
potentially independent of the World through longevity.
Figure 14 athena5.jpg
Furthermore it is proposed here that the asteroid goddess Pallas Athena is a co-ruler of
Gemini because its glyph, recapitulates the symbolism of the diamond. G, see Athena, p 4546.
The horoscopes forms shown here
were first used around 1400-1474 CE,
with the diamond pattern most common.
Figure 15 Figure 16 Kepler.gif, oldest3.jpg
Glyph development:.
Symbolic horoscopes formed exclusively from glyphs were a huge advance in chart
diagramming. The exact timeline of early-glyph formation remains buried in European
library archives, but a few pre-printing press manuscripts are now available online from the
national libraries of European countries (see references for links). There are many literary
horoscopes in European libraries but very few diagrams with glyphs before 1400 CE. The
best example is the chart from Book Pluti.28.34, acquired by the private library of Cosimo
dei Medici (1389-1464), which is the foundation collection of the Laurentian Library in
Florence, Italy. (see on p. 81) The author and date of writing is unknown. Acquisition was
synchronous with the final fall of the Greek Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman Turks in 1453,
but the date of writing could be anytime in the preceding several decades or after, as Greek
and Eastern philosophical ideas worked their way into a fast evolving glyph system, spurred
on by the invention of the printing press around 1440 CE. The Gutenberg Bible was printed
in 1453. See glyph development timeline p. 75.
An important astrological correlation with the renaissance of science in general and birth of
the new glyph system was the conjunction of l; in 1398 CE in Gemini, at the midpoint of
the much larger kl; conjunction cycle that started in 577 BCE. (Graph on p 62). The l;
conjunction at 4} Gemini was the first of the Gemini series of l; conjunctions that will
continue for the next 3800 years. That repeated emphasis on Gemini puts Gemini in a special
category, that modifies the upcoming Age of Aquarius and beyond. Interestingly the new
glyph system that quickly coalesced to its present form by 1474 in the first printed
Regiomontanus calendars and ephemerides, defines the World as a Gemini-like bipolar, local,
social-organism. Local is here defined as geocentric. If you call the collective-mind a God,
then it is probably a local God, not universal, however a Galactic or universal organization is
probably in our future. We may be exaggerating our earth-centric God’s attributes and
powers. The supposition, argued here, is that the glyph system was inspired by an overriding
intelligence (collective mind, symbolized in Aquarius), in guiding the construction of this
symbol system. Who better to tell the story of the social psychological organism than the only
constant sentient witness, and main subject of the drama. This conclusion is bolstered by the
absence of any single human to claim authorship, or understanding of the whole scheme,
even as late as today. It is primarily a social-psychological system that integrates personal
psychology in a complimentary role. It also relates to physiological development of
organisms and collective organisms, and non-biotic cosmic development. Like ourselves, the
collective thinks as a scientist as well as philosopher, and the symbols seem to reflect both.
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Fsiigure 17 Can.jpg, Cancere.jpg
Cancer is composed of two horizontal north node leg symbols, one on top of the other in a
compact and insular pattern. If the complete nodal symbols are drawn, it shows equal
orientation to the North and South Nodes ideal positions on the Aries-Libra axis, with the top
North Node symbol orientated toward (u). Traditionally cancer is the sign of the mother,
home, food and nurturing. Cancerian maternal love is East-West neutral and unconditional;
focused first on itself and by extension of self to include offspring. In viewing the Cancer
symbol as quiescent (silent) germline cells with the power to perpetually feed the organism at
large with biomolecules required for longevity, it is a suitable symbol for the base of the r,p
growth/longevity axis. Those molecules may be those involved in maintaining the capacity
for self-renewal of stem-cell pools throughout the body but symbolized most potently in the
male germline stem-cells of the testes, due to germline progenitor cells capacity to be
harnessed for energy production (ATP) and their ability to differentiate into all cell lines of
the body, besides sperm generation. Perhaps the most important survival/longevity factor
discovered in the last 15 years are the sirtuin genes (Sirt1-7) that are regulated in part by
metabolism of food, giving us a way to manipulate them through diet. Sirt1 has recently been
found to be a regulator of stem cell differentiation. With that in mind a diet proposed by the
author to activate Sirt1 is discussed in the last chapter.
Cancer is the first sign of the Leo (body) series of signs stretching around the right side of the
natural zodiac circle. Together in a series they represent the body symbol signs starting with
Cancer, with its emphasis on silent north node symbols through Capricorn with its emphasis
on the south node leg of a south node symbol (end of growth). Other non-astrological
symbols related to the nodal symbols as development markers, are the numbers 6 and 9
corresponding symbolically to the 6th and 9th houses. 6 is the north node leg of a north node
symbol symbolizing maximum growth seen in the natal-adolescent stage), and 9 is a north
node leg of a south node symbol, symbolizing the slow growth seen in adulthood. They each
represent one of the stages of organism development as symbolized by the different legs of
the north and south lunar nodal symbols. You see a progression as you go around the right
side of the wheel from Cancer to Capricorn. Cancer’s two horizontal north node legs are
growth neutral as cells, but may be contributory to organismal growth and long-term stability
of cellular self-renewal capacity if not allowed to jump to the next growth stage symbolized
by Virgo (reproduction).
In this new theory, Africa falls in the Aries-Cancer sectors of the astro-geographic overlay.
Feminine maternality is by tradition Cancerian, and indeed Mother Africa was the cradle of
human evolution. The psychological qualities of Cancer seem strong in the African race,
perhaps derived from a hyper-competitive animal environment throughout evolution in Africa
and pre-African Pangaea, that may have selected genes for body fitness and longevity
including size, strength and increased physical activity, demanded by the hyper-competitive
African environment. That selection pressure for physical fitness and longevity may repress
or delay reproduction by naturally selecting genes for non-sexually attractive traits and
instead express genes for somatic (non- reproductive) fitness and survival. Call it the
primeval-ugliness blessing that selected for fitness and survival genes at the expense of
reproductive development schedules. If asexual traits have fitness/survival benefits then they
would have been selected for in that hyper-competitive large-mammal environment of Africa.
Maybe it is a type of inter-species peer pressure in a crowded environment that demanded the
(increased activity phenotype) and other survival gene attributes for success. See
Aegis/Gorgoneion p. 48 for related Greek mythology.
Figure 18Lunnae.jpg, lunna.jpg
Cancer’s r primal position at the bottom of the wheel and first of the body series of signs
may encourage an asexual insular psychology that would ingather, mother and protect all
resources, (endogenous and exogenous) for its own somatic, (non-sexual) growth and
development. Motherhood may simply be the extension of an essentially selfish psychology
to include extensions of her/himself to her/his baby(s) and a limited insular social circle
(family/clan/tribe). The Cancer psychology may underlie the historical tribal-character of
African social/political organization and the resistance to aggregate into larger national
structures. By favoring that r psychology, by supporting small communitarian units as a
model for social/economic organization, instead of isolated single family units in modern
urban cities, may solve many of Africa’s dysfunctions, and indeed should be considered with
respect to USA, Brazil and other countries with large African populations. That strategy
would feed inherent psychological strengths and preferences that are now repressed in the
African Diasporas and urban Africa.
The family/clan quadrant (rty) is the base (local) social structure that underpins the larger
trans-familial (uio) social structures in the following quadrant. Figure 19 Mutevi.jpg
The individuals somatic body (non-germline) develops in Cancer, reaches maximum
reproductive fitness in Leo, and then normally culminates in
reproductive pairing with another reproductively fit Leo in Virgo.
The proposed alternative strategy, symbolized in Uranus is to
maintain Leo’s maximum reproductive fitness by sequestering all
somatic and reproductive resources for the individual.
Theoretically that could be accomplished by silencing reproductive development, while
simultaneously preserving stem cell pools in a quiescent state.
Figure 20 Leo.jpg, Leoe.jpg,
leoaq.jpg
Leo is the symbol of a body or individual incarnation. It symbolizes the person’s birth, death,
and what comes in between. The right leg of the symbol is the first half of the person’s life
and is associated with the north node of the moon. It has an expanding Jupitarian quality. The
left leg is associated with the second half of the person’s life, the south node of the moon, and
has a Saturn-like constricting quality. In it’s most ideal position (explanation to follow) the
north node is placed - in planning a child's birth - at 0 degrees Libra which automatically puts
the south node directly opposite at 0 degrees Aries. This puts the top of the arch at 0 degrees
Capricorn. Thus the top of the arch takes on Midheaven characteristics, showing the apex of
that incarnations endeavors and where the person stands out in public. Traditionally, the
nodes of the moon are points of association that show where the individuals ties into the
whole matrix of life; psychologically as well as on a mundane level. They reflect the person's
ties to family, country, and other group.
At the local level Leo represents the central leading individual of the family, clan or larger
social unit. The Lion is king of the pride and is selected as most fit to rule and reproduce in
the following sign of Virgo, where two Leo’s unite for reproduction. That sequence suggest
that Leo’s famous pride and deserved-agrandisement may be advantageous for reproductive
sucess. Beyond the local level, Leo’s centrality can be in relation to the larger World, as
symbolized by Aquarius, the opposite sign. The selective positioning of the lunar nodes, in
order to facilitate ideal collective-mind relations to the individual, may be important mostly
for long-lived characters, destined to serve collective roles on the
larger World stage. The planet ruler of the sign Leo similarly points
to the relationship of a central figure to the larger macro (social)
Figure 21 LeoAq.jpg
organism, Sun, a. Here the dot is is the (individual) as center of
his/her social world, be it local or global.
Figure 22 nodes1e.jpg
The nodes of the moon are not planets but intersections of orbital planes. In this case the
planes are the ecliptic and the moon’s orbit. They are opposite points on the ecliptic where
the moon crosses it at a slight angle of 5 degrees. The ecliptic is the plane of the earth's orbit
around the sun, extended into space. The north node of the moon is the point on the ecliptic
where the moon crosses it, going from south to north. The south node is the point where the
moon crosses the ecliptic going from north to south in its monthly orbit. The lunar nodes are
always opposite to each other by zodiacal degree and move backwards through the signs
along the equator every 18 years +11.3 days. The pattern of solar and lunar eclipses is tied to
this cycle. Amazingly, the whole 18 year cycle of eclipses repeats in a three cycle set, so that
every third cycle occurs at nearly the exact time and place only 54 years and 34 days later.
They are points of association, connections and relationships, with the North node associated
with forming relationships and the south node associated with ending relationships.
Figure 23 virgoe.jpg
Virgo is the sign of childbirth as the symbol shows three Leo's or individuals side by side
representing father, mother and child. An x at their north node legs connects the mother and
child. The x is a reproduction symbol, which is seen again in the sign of Sagittarius. The x's
can be different. A simple x emphasizes the fixed cross of signs and indicates birth by natural
selection, while a variant x seen in Sagittarius (o) or the cardinal cross + that emphasizes the
Aries-Libra axis indicates a chosen birth. Many signs have been associated with different
aspects of reproduction, including, Cancer with home and motherhood, Libra with partners,
marriage and love, Scorpio with sex, Leo with children and romance, and Virgo with both
virginity and fertility. Overall it is not a well-understood or settled issue. In this
interpretation, Virgo symbolizes reproduction, with Cancer and Leo having preparatory
functions that nurture and raise the growing child in the maternal home in Cancer, then on to
maximal reproductive-fitness and attractiveness in Leo, at which point the person can
reproduce or not in Virgo.
There are at least eight places in the symbols that indicate that the Lunar Nodes should be
placed on the Aries-Libra axis at birth.
1) First in Gemini where the diamond pattern emphasizes the cardinal cross of signs and the
two main axis that have to be fulfilled for individual and social developmental perfection.
2.) The asteroid Pallas Athena, concentrates on the same Gemini diamond symbolism, which
in total is the universe of scientific knowledge that supports the longevity project.
3.) In Virgo where the mother and child's North Nodes are joined at the end of the symbol.
The end of the sign of Virgo is 0 degrees Libra. It suggest that in each new generation, both
mother and child would share that common placement for the North Node in their natal
horoscopes.
4.) In the symbol of Libra where the Nodal symbol straddles a horizontal line (representing
the Aries-Libra axis).
5.) The variant x in the symbol for Sagittarius o, again emphasizes the horizontal Aries-Libra
axis. The Renaissance version more pointedly emphasized the cardinal cross and the po
cusp point, which is the proposed rulership
point for Uranus, k, which, similarly
emphasizes the cardinal cross at the top of the natural zodiac wheel.
6.) In the Capricorn symbol where the Aries symbol is connected to the South Node leg of a
South Node Symbol. If you position the North Node at 0}u, then the South Node will
automatically be connected to 0}Aries.
7.) The Saturn symbol also seems to imply that positioning the lunar nodes on q-u axis
would be beneficial by aligning the body symbols weakest point (where the Saturn glyph
breaks) with the collective organisms strongest point, 0º[, that is where both halves of the
collective mind have a tendency to find common advantage, cooperate, and act as one. Like
Jupiter, the ruler of Aquarius, it is a lucky spot, based on synergy between potentially
antagonistic forces.
8.) The Jupiter symbol joins 1+2 at a cardinal cross (individual longevity symbol), showing
hemispheric unity resolved by individual perfection, not political constructions, which are
usually the goal. In summary, children would be born only every 18 years; a class at a time,
with similar horoscopes regarding the Lunar Nodes position. Below are the most common of
the astrological sub-symbols, found in part or whole in the glyphs.
+, a longevity symbol, a chosen birth, 12 times
x naturally selected birth 2 times
A lunar nodal symbol, a incarnate body symbol, 9 times
q soul symbol, 6 times
O earth symbol, 6 times
s Moon symbol, 5 times
Figure 24 virgo8.jpg
Figure 25 matryo.jpg
Figure 26 Librae.jpg
Libra is the sign of peace and social stability as it is a Leo (individual body) symbol
underlined, representing an environment of social support and political stability. The ends of
the nodal legs are equilibrium symbols showing the proper position for the lunar nodes to be
exactly on the Aries-Libra axis. The reason is that there is a basic psychological division that
splits the twelve signs at the Cancer-Capricorn axis. The left half is orientated toward the soul
and heaven while the right half is orientated toward the body and its natural environment, the
earth. The bottom line symbolizes the social infrastructures both familial and public, that
support the individual’s physical wellbeing. A Libran psychological attachment to personal
and collective safety (peace) may derive from its position on the defensive end of the
Imperialism equation, opposite to the center point of the West, 0º Aries. The planetary ruler
(most affinity with the sign) of Libra is Venus which is similarly characterized by attributes
of attraction, like beauty, love, accommodation, diplomacy and justice. They are refined traits
that need protection, defense and support to flourish in a dangerous world/universe.
So by placing the factor (the nodes of the moon) that has the most to do with our associations
at 0} Aries and Libra you are astrologically bridging the collective mind and human
associations in the world at their most balanced position. It is an attempt to astrologically
balance in the individual his or her connection to a bipolar collective mind and real world
associations.
Figure 27 Scorpe.jpg, Scorp8
Scorpio is two Leo's or individuals pushing a goal or arrow. It represents group
movements of all sizes. At the global level it represents world socialism and a unified World.
Scorpio and its opposite sign Taurus form the economic axis of the horoscope with Taurus
indicating individual, family or corporate resources and Scorpio indicating public resources
and infrastructure that also materially supports the individual as well as the social organism.
When the Scorpionic psychology (socialism, group welfare, public infrastructure) is
repressed by the state then the psychology surfaces as smaller closed groups like mafias,
crime families, youth gangs, motorcycle gangs and ethnic religious or political separatist
groups whose main themes are power, control, shared welfare and goals. When further
persecuted as groups they can turn nihilistic, terroristic, and suicidal. The idea of the
segmented scorpion in Scorpio is that if the first Leo or individual doesn't push the arrow in
the same direction as the second one, then he may get the stinger. It is nihilistic justice with
self-sacrifice. The Scorpio says you are either for me or you're against me, and if you're
against me then we are going to fight. It's the sign of warfare and
politics. Scorpios are the ultimate team players and on the grandest
scale their team is the peoples march towards fulfillment of the
Worlds goals. The wellspring of Scorpionic emotion, which they
are noted for, is the subterranean desire of the masses for social
justice, usually interpreted as economic democracy, however the
symbol implies a more transcendent concern for future survival of the Earth in a worldthreatening cosmos. When expressed properly it represents collective goal and collective
idealism not individual perfection, which is the focus of the following signs of Sagittarius and
Capricorn. Russia is the dominant country in the Scorpio sector of the astro-geographic
overlay and its territory lies in the geographic corridor through which Western armies have
attacked the East in modern times. That is the physical (geographic) basis for the
development of Scorpio’s martial characteristics of strategic thinking, secrecy, and concern
with physical power. The Scorpio psychology developed in response to innate Western
Imperialism, which is an organismal stage of global social evolution. The astro-geographic
overlay theory seems to imply that the structure of the reincarnational soul development
cycle, (the swirl of the zodiac) out of the tropics is based first on geologic evolution of a
centralized continental system centered on Africa that forced demographic patterns which in
turn determined the psychic (collective mind) power balance. See Aries p.8. It turns out that
psychic power is real power in a unified mind and can only be changed by altering the
biologic base that generates the mind, presumably by changing the population ratio of the two
hemispheres. The Scorpio sector of the astro-geographic overlay evolved the military
attitudes and resultant power necessary to defend the Eastern hemisphere from usurpation of
the power balance by the Western hemisphere. It evolved in response to social-development
dynamics of a contentious bi-polar organism that is pre-destined by necessity for political
unity. Scorpio symbolizes group efforts and social movements. In history these movements
have mostly been associated with wars and revolutions, all of which have been hard on the
individuals whose lives were subordinated to that historic process. Nuclear war would have
been the ultimate subordination of the individual to that collective process because nuclear
war may involve soul death (not just regular death), for billions of souls because
of the disruption of the biosphere reincarnation environment. Fortunately we have
been spared that unspeakable sacrifice for now, with the peaceful ending of the
Cold War, but the threat remains as intolerable as when pointed out by President Kennedy in
(09-25-1961) in a address before the General Assembly of the United Nations. "Today, every
inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be
habitable. Every man, woman, and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging
by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or
miscalculation or by madness."
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As philosophers Scorpio’s are concerned with real-politics; politics based on practical and
material factors. If you are looking for a more complete philosophy, you will have to go to
the sign above it, Sagittarius, which ends at the top of the wheel and includes the goal of
individual perfection (maximum growth and longevity). When Stalin was asked if he wanted
the Pope as an ally he asked in reply, "How many divisions does the Pope have?" If you want
to find out if a person has socialist sympathies then examine the Pluto/Scorpio/8th house
factors in the horoscope. Does the person have a lot of planets in Scorpio or the 8th house,
Scorpio's natural house position? Are there conjunctions or other aspects to Pluto or from the
other planets? When Scorpio/Pluto factors are strong these people will be interested in
politics, social justice issues, and have socialistic sympathies. Scorpio types understand and
value physical power or force in personal and social relationships. They will likely be
secretive, and strategic thinkers, analyzing people and situations for ulterior motives. If they
live in the USA or a Western country that is not friendly to Scorpio psychology (antisocialistic) the person may have feelings of persecution, paranoia and depression, but not
know the social-psychological context of their alienation.
Scorpio's geographic location (NE quadrant) in the astrogeographic overlay diagram is geostrategically important. Scorpio is the sign, psychology, and people the majority spirit has
used to counter the primary military aggressions of Western Imperialism during the
hyperactive last two centuries that includes French, German and American led Western
Imperialism. Before that period the Scorpionic Tartar-Mongol Empire (1206-1480) that
sprang out of the Scorpio sector in the Siberian steppes was used to conquer and militarize
the Eastern Hemisphere. The conquered states evolved into much stronger centralized
regimes (Ottoman-Turkey, and Moscovy Russia) that were able to stop the European
crusades and control of the middle ground until the 20th century. Before that the Hun
invasion, (originating from the Scorpio sector) had a large part in the downfall of Imperial
Rome and the shift of the Roman Empire capitol to Byzantine Constantinople.
When World political unity is finally resolved, Scorpio will continue to be the core sign of
physical social power for the collective mind, but perhaps with an added orientation of goals
to include generation of a long-lived political class, as symbolized by the alternate Scorpio
and Pluto glyphs where the arrow points up and not out. See Pluto p.56. Popularizing
longevity would be a more sophisticated method of politically uniting the hemispheres than
one based on physical power. Power would then concentrate in the virtuous (through
democracy) who would govern from the top of the wheel (0}p), the symbolic resolution
point of hemispheric unity.
Pluto transits of 0}p
-450
-205
-39
287
532
778
1024
Greece conceived a liberal trans-hemispheric empire and world-view;
rationalistic, scientific, with cosmologic pantheism.
Rome conquers the Hellenistic Greek Empire, represses Hellenistic science.
Roman Imperialism replaces Roman Republicanism. End of Hellenistic Empire.
Christianity replaces Roman/Greek cosmologic pantheism. Hun invasion from
the East and related invasions of Vandals, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, led to collapse
of the Western half of the Roman Empire and rise of the Greek orientated
Eastern half of the Roman Empire.
Golden age of Greek Byzantium, but under assault and schism from both sides.
Islam consolidates Eastern political powers as religiously distinct from
Christianity. (632-present)
Beginning of the (failed) European eastern expansion. (Moslem expulsions from
Europe 1031) (Crusades 1096-1291)
1270
Mongol Empire and Muslims consolidate Eastern Power. (Mongol rule in Russia
1240-1480), fall of Constantinople in 1453, and Ottoman Turk expansion into
Western territory of 1300 - 1571
1515
Western Powers Conquer New World and make colonial inroads into Asia,
Africa and the Pacific Ocean.
Western Imperialism continued with birth of the last power center (U.S.A.) in
the far -West. Western Imperialism was frustrated by military defeats in Russia
(French 1812, German 1945, and the “Cold War” Stalemate 1990).
The Easter powers appear poised to dominate economically in the coming cycle,
but military readiness for instant nuclear war, makes Western Imperialism
success a continuing possibility.
1762
2008
Figure 28 imper.bmp
The early Greek Hellenistic zodiac featured Libra as the claws portion of great Scorpio (a
duel sign). See Antikythera dial p. 70-71. Libra, as the scales, was a Babylonian constellation,
reintroduced in post Hellenistic times.(Thompson 2001) The Scorpion is reaching for the scales. It
points to the close psychological connection between
justice issues, political power and international
stability (peace). A difference between the two signs,
is that Libra is orientated to familial and individual
justice issues, coming as it does after the familial
quadrant and the (Aries-Libra axis) that signifies
Figure 29 scorplib.jpg
partnerships of any variety. On the other hand,
Scorpio is focused on macro-justice issues at the
trans-familial, state and international level.
Scorpio versus Taurus resource control, Capitalism versus Socialism:
In the glyph system the 6 upper hemisphere social signs are more complex socialexpressions of individual or family orientated signs in the lower hemisphere, with opposite
pairs dealing with similar themes. (see p. 6) The developmentally more complex social
expression incorporates the subordinate lower sign.
It is illogical to make the upper social sign subordinate to the less-developmentally
advanced lower sign, because the individuals survival is dependent on survival of the macrooganism. Similarly the collective organism is the dominant subject of the glyph system, not
the individual. Power of action, based on resource control is symbolized in the glyph system
to belong predominantly to Scorpio, the anchor of the trans-famial, social-organization
quadrant; not Taurus and individual/familial/corporate interest, which by nature has a local,
factional bias. Collective resource control, (national and global) became an important issue
since the rise of mass populations following the l; conjunction of 1891, when PlutoScorpio psychology went from idle to active social manifestations, in response to
developmental needs of the growing social organism.
Figure 30.Econaxe.jpg, mutefx.1.jpg
Astrologic Arguments for Socialism: Capitalism subverts the natural economic relationship,
proposed in the glyph system, by shifting economic power to the upper class, which in turn
uses that economic power to plutocratically control government policy. Land ownership (the
unmovable base of fixed Taurian-wealth) needs to remain under final control of the state in
order to insure its power of action is not subservient to plutocratic control of state resources
and political bodies that decide collective policies. It is a justice issue because plutocracy
subverts the natural democracy inherent in the collective mind and biologic natural selection
dynamics in general. It is a power issue because plutocratic control inhibits the ability of the
state to organize the welfare and survival of the social organism. The West may be attached
to capitalism because it is an indirect way to achieve control of political destiny through
plutocracy, despite its demographic deficit.
1482 Н.Э.(Hyginus)
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Centuarus Lupus Crux offering a
lioness and foliage. 15th century
interpretation of al-Sufi, a 10th
century Persian astronomer. See (Stall
1996)
for variants.
Figure 31 CentuarA.jpg, al sufi.jpg
Scorpio’s Space Role: If Alpha Centuari is the best destination for relocating the Earth,
because of its proximity to our solar system, then it may be instructive to examine the
evolved symbolism for the constellation Southern Centuarus, which contains Alpha Centuari,
part of a binary-star in a three star system. Scorpio/Pluto and Mars glyphs, i;g indicate
relocation of the mother-planet may be a recurring dilemma, common to all planetary
civilizations. One strategy may be relocation of the planet only after the relocation by
spaceship of all humans and selected animals in the long gradual run-up to the Sun’s
extinction.
Overall constellation = Centuarus Lupus Crux, longitude 29}i, declination 60} South.
Alpha Centuari άβ, = Toliman, Bungula, Hadar – left foreleg, knee, or left hoof.
The symbolism evolved from a Taurian bull-centaur, (minotaur) that emphasizes attachment
to carnivorous based diets, with Lupus and Lepus (cow and rabbit) as symbols of attachment
to animal husbandry and animal based diets. Later the centaur became a true horse-centaur
(like Sagittarius) and Lupus became a wolf being killed by the centaur or an even more
benign centaur (Chiron) offering a lioness and plants. It may symbolize the crux transition (x
to +) from short-lived humans, to Sagittarian- extended longevity necessary for human space
engineering, whether it be by spaceship or by planetary relocation involving whole,
hunkered-down biospheres. Carnovory inhibits longevity by turning off survival genes
related to dietary-restriction methods of activating survival/longevity genes. Fat and protein
abundance in the body turns off survival/longevity genes that may be used to regulate
reproductive quiescence and longevity. The transformation of Centuarus Lupus Crux suggest
that longevity knowledge, coming from Sagittarian science, will compel society to eat vegan
based, symbiotically-created foods that generate the longevity phenotype. Plant-animal
symbiosity produce food compositions that maximize specific longevity genes. See example
last chapter. The symbolism in the Persian Centuarus (above) suggest exploitation of that
strategy. Perhaps reestablishing natural habitats for large herbivore, plant-animal symbiosity,
destroyed in the mega-faunal extinctions 10,000 years ago, could revive nature’s best
laboratories for selecting beneficial food- compositions aimed at human-like mammals.
ca. 1690 CE
Centuarus Lupus
Crux
Sagittarius centaur
Center of galaxy
Ca. 1575 CE
(Palazzo Farnesse)
Figure 32 Centa1.jpg, Zodiac1.jpg, sagite.jpg
Sagittarius is the combination of astrologically planned birth and space travel. The two
together will mark the boundaries of philosophy, that is to say, what is scientifically possible
in terms of individual and collective survival within the solar systems of the Galaxy and
larger Universe. The x on the arrow, like the x in the Virgo symbol represents reproduction.
Sagittarius's x o can emphasizes the Aries-Libra axis indicating a chosen (planned) birth, or a
standard fixed cross x representing birth by natural selection. It probably indicates a two track
approach to space colonization and survival schemes. The first involving long-lived
astronauts, and the later a strategy of seeding strategic planets suitable for human life with
starter organisms designed to boost hyper-evolution in those potential destinations for
colonization. That long term strategy would fit the symbolism the centaur shooting an arrow
with a flaming arrow head into space.
The center of the Galaxy lies in the direction of Sagittarius’s arrow head or alternately, the
spout of the teapot within that same constellation pattern. Perhaps we can control the
movement of the galaxy, by cosmic engineering from the center axis, like a gyroscope. It is
also in the direction of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy, (the next closest galaxy) on the outer rim
of the Milky Way galaxy, but in the same direction as the galactic center.
Sagittarius is the sign of philosophy (the big picture) but all philosophy depends on science.
The arrows of Scorpio and Sagittarius indicate both signs interest in outer space however the
arrow of Sagittarius is larger than Scorpio's suggesting a larger part in space projects for
Sagittarius, perhaps due to its orientation to science and the ultimate procreation of longestlived people that will be required for deep space-work, while Scorpio’s space-work is
orientated toward survival of the Earth as biosphere in the local Galaxy.
Centaur and Centauri both come from the Latin word for 100 suggesting
long-lived people may be necessary for space travel outside of the Earth
biosphere. The main danger of space travel is that it removes one from the
earth’s biosphere which is assumed necessary for reincarnation.
Figure 33
urancan.jpg
Theoretically to die in outer space threatens the person with soul loss
(terminal annihilation) as further reincarnation would be blocked. The
astrological symbols suggest reincarnation is a reality and that it would be prudent to avoid
manned space travel until the science of the reincarnating soul is better understood.
Another time that we are theoretically threatened with soul loss is during
k !
global nuclear war, because the huge numbers involved in the destruction
would make it difficult for the remaining copulating species of life to reabsorb all the
returning souls upon their descent from heaven. The majority of these souls may come to rest
on the surface of the earth and would end their existence in that environment, which is as
non-intellectually uncomfortable as heaven was pleasurable. If the ground is radioactively hot
then it would be a true hell, but either way there would be no further progress for those souls.
SIGN RULERSHIP
ARIES - MARS
LEO - SUN
SAGITTARIUS - URANUS
TAURUS - VENUS
VIRGO – MERCURY
CAPRICORN - SATURN
GEMINI - MERCURY
LIBRA - VENUS
AQUARIUS - JUPITER
CANCER – MOON
SCORPIO - PLUTO
PISCES - NEPTUNE
Since the discovery of the outer planets (Uranus in 1781, Neptune in 1846, and Pluto in 1929)
they have been slowly integrated into the previous astrological model. Uranus became the
ruler of Aquarius and Jupiter became the ruler of Sagittarius. I would switch those two. The
symbolism in this present interpretation suggest Jupiter and Aquarius both describe the
collective mind. Uranus would become the ruler of philosophical Sagittarius, because you
cannot properly answer questions about philosophy, theology, psychology, social psychology
and history without astrology, and Uranus is the planet of Astrology. Furthermore the
function of Uranus as mediator of hemispheric antagonism, through individual longevity,
symbolically operates best from the top of the wheel but coming from the Sagittarian side.
The Uranus symbols also emphasize the apex of the natural zodiac wheel
That switch is the only change recommended. The planets are associated with particular
signs based on similar psychological meaning, traditionally called rulership.
Figure 34 mutecar.jpg
Figure 35 cape.jpg
Capricorn is the sign of long life as it is the combination of an Aries (soul) symbol connected
to the south node leg of a south node symbol. The south node symbolizes the second half of
life. The symbolism is that of a mature soul (one capable of long-term existence in heaven)
connected to a mature body type (human). This combination puts the emphasis on the second
half of life, making for a strong finish or old age. Traditionally Capricorn is the sign of
authority figures such as the father, boss, chief executive, or king. Capricorn introduces the
quadrant of the Zodiac (p [ ]) of developmental completion and body/soul maturity. That
developmental association with the completed product, naturally confers attitudes of
exceptionalism, superiority, and the ideal, plus the desire and expectation to rule.
While the molecular biology of human longevity is unknown, intense aging research is now
focused on resolving those questions. The current intensification on longevity research may
be associated with the current and recent transits of the outer three planets in Sagittarius and
Capricorn, the signs most associated with longevity. Those are Pluto’s transit over the
vertical Cancer-Capricorn, growth-longevity axis, and the top of the Zodiac hemisphericdivide. Pluto transits o-p from 1995-2024, with the midpoint at 0ºp transited in 2008. The
other pertinent outer planet configuration is the 1993 conjunction of Neptune and Uranus in
Capricorn that also signals a new spike of interest in the longevity project, that will unfold
during the following 172 year period.
The astrological symbols of r and k seem to suggest that arrest of reproductive
development at puberty, is a necessary component of extreme longevity. That condition may
involve perpetual maintenance of germline and non-germline stem cell pools throughout the
body through maintenance of a optimized redox environment (low oxidation rate) consequent
to sirtuin survival gene activation which may suppress stem cell differentiation into new
tissue, thus perpetually preserving the capacity of self-renewal of damaged tissue.
Reproductive-development and its arrest/delay are the issues symbolized at both ends of the
vertical, growth-longevity axis in the symbols r and k. suggesting this to be the central
mechanism in the longevity riddle. See last chapter for discussion.
One degree Capricorn (December 22-23) is a suitable degree to celebrate the birth of an
everlasting Messiah character. Even if the Bible is non-historical and only symbolically
telling a story with collective mind inspiration, there may be wisdom from that sentient
intelligence observing life histories uninterrupted for millenniums.
The Old Testament records 26 long lived people, all but one (Sarah), are males (Genesis,
5:3-Job, 42:16). They ranged in age from 110 years for Joseph to 969 years for Methuselah.
Seven of the first ten had over 900 years but as time passed the ages decreased and when
Jacob (also called Israel) was asked by the pharaoh of Egypt how old he was he answered
that he was 130 years old but that his days had been "short and full of sin" and that he would
not obtain the age of his famous ancestors (Genesis 47:9).
Notable, is the correlation of early reproductive activity with shorter life spans as extreme
life-spans decreased over time. All of the early long-lived patriarchs recorded in Genesis had
their children after they were at least 65 years old. (see table) Lifetimes decreased from 900
years to 120 years because "The way of the flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth."
Genesis 6:11,13.
Long lived patriarchs in the Old Testament
Name
Adam
Seth
Enosh
Kenan
Mahlalel
Jared
Enoch
Methuselah
Lamech
Noah
Shem
Arphaxad
Shelah
Eber
Peleg
Age at first
reproduction
110
105
90
70
65
162
65
187
182
500
100
35
30
34
30
Lifespan
930
912
905
910
895
962
365
969
777
950
600
438
433
464
239
Reu
Serug
Nahor
Terah
Abram
Sarah
Ishmael
Isaac
Jacob
Joseph
Job
Moses
David
Solomon
Average for
first 10
32
30
29
70
86
90
?
60
150 yrs.
239
230
148
205
175
127
137
180
147
110
140
120
90
39
858
yrs
References in the Old and New Testament to a relationship between sex and death:
1. The last book of the Bible mentions 144,000 virgins who are without guile (deceit), who
follow the Lamb of God upon his return and sing a song that the rest of the people can't learn
because they have been defiled by women. (Revelations, 14:1,5).
2. "It is good for man not to touch woman. Yet for fear of fornication let each man have his
own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.... But this I say by way of concession,
not by way of commandment. For I would that you all were as myself; but each one has his
own gift from God, one in this way another in that." 1 Corinthians 7:1,7
3. "I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they so remain, even as I, but
if they do not have self control, let them marry, for it is better it is better to marry than to
burn." Corinthians 7:8,9
4. "The wisdom that descends from above is first of all chaste." St. James 3:18 "But everyone
is tempted by being drawn away and enticed by his own passion. Then when passion has
conceived, it brings forth sin; but when sin has matured, it begets death." St. James 1:14,16
5. "Thou didst bow thyself to women, and by thy body thou wast brought under subjugation."
Thou hast stained thy glory and defiled thy seed, so as to bring wrath upon thy children, and
to have thy folly kindled." Ecclesiastes 47:21,22
6. "O how beautiful is the chaste generation with glory, for the memory thereof is immortal:
because it is known both to God and to man." Wisdom 4:1
7. "What, O beloved of my womb, O beloved of my vows. Give not thy substance to
women..." Proverbs 31:2,3
8. "If there be among you any man, that is defiled in a dream by night, he shall go forth out of
camp, and shall not return before he be washed with water in the evening: and after sunset he
shall return to the camp." Deuteronomy 23:10,11
The Bible seems to correlate (early in life) increased reproductive activity, with short
lifespan. It also correlates (late in life/delayed) reproductive activity, with the longest-lived
and most ancient ancestors.
Noah and the Flood story, may allegorically mark a turning point in life-span histories that
mirror the real-world migration of homo sapiens out of Africa and into all continents with
very different environmental pressures, such as lower temperatures, sunlight, and less
competition from large mammals that were finally killed-off in the mega-faunal extinctions
of most large mammal species, in all continents but Africa around 10,000 years ago. Africa’s
large mammals may have survived because they had more time to learn fear and adapt as
humans evolved into capable hunters. African pathogenic insects and microbes that humans
had coevolved with in Africa, were left behind. The megafaunal extinctions forced the
cultures of hunter/gatherers to develop agriculture and animal domestication. Leaving Africa
gradually relaxed environmental pressure for sirtuin survival genes and simultaneously
increased reproductive gene activity and behavior that is now culminating in World mass
populations of a single homogenous species. The longevity mechanism implied by the zodiac
symbols and the Biblical extreme longevity pattern seems to focus on reproductive
development arrest/delay as the main mechanism for longevity control. The biology of aging
is now advancing rapidly toward final theories, and the time is ripe for those theories to be
applied to human behavior, with the expected philosophical results predicted in the
astrological symbols. Need drives history, and the need of mankind now is to resolve the
unsustainable mass population growth in a way that satisfies our personal and collective
goals.
Figure 36 aquare.jpg
Aquarius is the sign of the collective mind. The waves in the symbol suggest two series of
Leo's or individuals connected to each other at their nodes. These two groups of individuals
form the demographic base of the majority and minority halves of the collective mind. You
can think of the collective mind as a huge brain covering the whole world where the cells of
the brain are people, animals, and the souls in heaven (an unknown quantity). The psychic
interconnection (from soul to soul) of all these units forms a bipolar mind wherein both lobes
generate thought and are able to stimulate individual members thereby influencing their
thinking and behavior. This mind is divided geographically at the Middle East with the
dominant half of the mind drawing its constituents from the more populated eastern half of
the world. The Aquarius symbol’s placement in the upper Western quadrant may indicate that
quality (complexity and knowledge depth) are important in where the collective minds
attention normally resides. Gross psychic power may be important in a confrontation
between the hemispheres but the normal focus and attraction of the collective mind may
reside geographically where the ideation is most complex, and advanced in knowledge. That
would be the quadrant of the zodiac p-] associated with developmental maturity and the
advanced cultures of the upper West quadrant; Europe through North America. That bias may
change with the internet distribution of knowledge, education access, and economic
development in the East but the inherent advantage of the upper West quadrant in producing
developmentally more complete individuals will remain, at least in terms of soul
development stage.
Figure 37 onetwo.jpg
WEST – EAST
Heaven
Earth
Soul = q
Body = u
Aries (hemispheric midpoint)
Libra (hemispheric midpoint)
South Node, Dragons tail
North Node, Dragons head
Developmental soul maturity in p-] yields Demographic dominance yields
individual genius, talent and focus on the
political dominance in a democratic
ideal or finished product. Most complete,
system and psychical dominance in a
World collective mind that functions
inclusive, complex ideation.
democratically.
Imperialism/desire to rule/pride
anti-imperialism / inclusion
Separation / factionalism / libertarianism
political and economic union / socialism
individualism / capitalism / isolation
Community / state infrastructure/ focus on
development and life support systems.
Aristocracy, oligarchy, plutocracy
democracy
Minority Spirit, Neptune, Pisces
Demiurge, (public worker), Pluto,
Scorpio
1
The function of the collective mind is symbolized by the glyph (symbol) for Jupiter,
wherein the number (1), representing the western half of the mind is superimposed on the
number (2), representing the demographically-dominate eastern half, forming in the process a
cardinal cross with the ascendant (left) side emphasized. Number one (1) represents the
western hemisphere in general, and in particular those people in the Capricorn through Pisces
sectors of the astro-geographic overlay (corresponding geographically to Eastern Europe
through the United States). Those signs (Capricorn through Pisces) are the last leg of the
soul’s reincarnational journey through the Zodiac “Animal Way”. They are no longer
concerned primarily with earthly (body) existence, which is the theme of the Eastern
hemisphere but are now re-orientated toward soul centered themes characterized by
individual developmental completeness. They are traits like the long-lived master in
Capricorn, the master of group dynamics in Aquarius, and the idealized bliss of the soul,
sought by Pisces. They emphasize a psychology of completion, the final product and the
ideal. This geographically favored position, relative to both (individual and social
developmental cycles, is the justification of Western civilization’s pride and claimed right to
World dominance. Their historical lead in the sciences and high culture may justify their
pride but not their Imperialism, at least not in the majority spirit’s (Eastern half of the
collective mind) view. The number 1 puts the emphasis on the Cancer/Capricorn axis, Ф
which refers to individual developmental-perfection (maximum growth and longevity). The
number two emphasizes the horizontal Aries/Libra axis, Ө that refers to social developmental
perfection, that is to say the goals of the macro (World) organism (sustainable growth and
cosmic survival). Both axes ideally combine in the cardinal-cross destiny symbol + that
perfectly satisfies both organismic pathways (individual and social). Jupiter symbolizes how
the collective mind is hemispherically polarized with the demographically dominant Eastern
half more powerful. Jupiter is not so much an independent entity as it is a symbol of the
democratic nature of combinatory mass psychology.
2
Number two (2) represents the Eastern hemisphere, which is the body side of the
collective mind. Here lie the majority of humans and animals whose evolutionary station is
concerned with physical existence on earth, but that is not to say, that the Eastern hemisphere
is not interested in the highest realms of intellectual knowledge or human developmental
perfection. Sagittarius and its ruler Uranus fully compete with any aspect of proposed NW
quadrant developmental superiority. Capricorn and Sagittarius are symbolically at equal
height. Sagittarius starts low and reaches the high point, while developmentally more
advanced Capricorn, starts high and at best maintains its position. Two (2) dominates the
collective mind because the minds power is in numbers. It is a type of neurological
democracy and number two simply has more votes, although complexity of thought in the
Northwest quadrant, may chronically draw the collective mind’s attention to that sector, as
symbolized by the emphasis of the Capricorn/Aquarius cusp.
Jupiter is the principle of bringing two things together and getting more than the sum of the
parts. 1+2 = 4 with Jupiter. It is the addition of the psychic network itself formed by the
expanded psychic network from soul to soul among the individuals. Seen on a small scale it
is a psychic field formed by the group, for example with a school of fish or flock of birds
moving in unison. Many sensitive people think they feel a step-up of energy when one joins a
group at a party, a meeting of even a market place with a lot of people present. The energy
may seem higher because of the density of the psychic field. The increased energy in the
individual is immediately increased and typically causes one to be more anxious, nervous,
and muscularly more tense. If a person is in good health this step up of energy is experienced
as pleasurable and exciting but if the person is in poor health the experience is uncomfortable.
It is like pressurizing a garden hose with water; all systems get a check and the weak or
damaged areas draw ones attention. Also the group itself and individual members may
feel/sense your condition on a certain level of consciousness and are either attracted to you or
repulsed by you depending on your state of health and comfort. The group will eventually
expel members who are chronically ill at ease with the group's higher level of energy.
Perhaps it is a characteristic of group peer pressure dynamics that have not yet been
physiologically described.
The Aquarian personality is particularly drawn to and adept at handling group energy. If
their health is good, then they are universal in accepting people to their group and need to
have a good reason to reject anyone (even animals). With them it is more the merrier and all
are accepted. It is not a matter of ideology, but an intuitive affinity for [ group psychodynamics. Satisfying the full mind is the dominant urge. This desire to maintain and extend
the group regardless of ideological boundaries and allegiances makes the Aquarian
psychology antithetical to hemispheric competition because division or factionalism destroys
the power of a collective mind (either small or large). Aquarian psychology may be a major
impediment to Western Imperialist unity, especially in Europe.
Figure 38 gem1.jpg
The [ cusp zone seems prone to balkanization where Western Imperial solidarity is more
vulnerable to intellectual heresy, protest, and counter interpretation. Historically it was the
zone of intrusion from the East, from Hunic, Mongol, and Ottoman Turkey invasions, that
directly or indirectly countered early expressions of Western Imperialism, as Imperial Roman
and Catholic-crusader Imperialism. If there is dissonance in the European Aquarius zone it is
probably the result of Eastern hemisphere attributes being repressed in the Macro-European
body politic for the sake of Western Imperial goals. These are the half/happy cultures, like
the UK, Greece and the six Balkan states not members of the EU. That dissonance will
probably go away when the harmony and universal inclusion Jupiter/Aquarius symbolizes is
implemented locally and more importantly at the world level. See table above for Eastern
hemisphere attributes like socialism and democracy. Aquarians have an attitude that seems to
recognize and respect the inherent democratic nature of the collective mind, which leads them
to be broad minded, inclusive, and democratic in their approach to the world's problems.
Great Britain, situated in the middle of the Aquarius sector of the astro-geographic overlay,
seems particularly Aquarian. Perhaps being a large island aided its ability to act and think
independently of European Imperialist movements. They have played a central part in
resisting the great Western Imperialistic thrust of the last 200 years. You can see this in their
opposition to French and German Imperialism and invasions of the East. Although they had
their own imperialistic period with global colonization, their colonialism was perhaps more
benign than other colonizers. They left behind a legacy of civil law, human rights,
democracy, and most of all a world language tied to the vocabulary of science and philosophy
which has its roots in Greek and Roman language. A World language was inevitable but
significant in that a very Aquarian nation was the agent of its spread and that it spread from
the Aquarian sector of the overlay.
The British flag is a symbol of the collective mind, in that it is the confluence of vectors at a
central point (cardinal cross superimposed on a fixed cross). The X represents birth by natural
selection while the + cross represents a planned birth. The two together may symbolize the
coevolution of an aristocratic and a common social tradition in British history.
The cosmic order of the solar system is responsible for evolution, and the day-to-day events
of nature. What is being described in the symbols of Aquarius and Jupiter is over and above
the level of inanimate causation. The collective mind represents a potential second level of
causation (collective mind/will) just as the human mind represents a third level of causation
(human mind/will). Astrology, cosmologically differentiates the planetary inputs to those
minds process. In the scheme presented here Pluto/Scorpio psychology is the lead planet/sign
motivating number 2 coming as it does from the trans-familial social quadrant of the Eastern
hemisphere. That reasoning is in line with the Platonic concept of the demiurge (public
worker) god component being the dominant fraction that molds matter first at the level of
mind. It is also in agreement with the description of Ptah, the demiurge of Egypt who also
created first as a mind who brings it’s plans to reality through the word/ logos. See Ptah p. 66
Temporary Trinity: The symbolism of Jupiter and Aquarius can help explain the trinity
mystery of Christian religion, wherein the two halves of the collective mind focus at the soul
and consciousness of an especially attractive individual. Here the Father, is the majority
spirit; and the Holy Ghost is the minority spirit and the Son is the human component that
serves to physically mediate the confluence of psychic energy. One function of the long-lived
phenotype may be to fill that role of host, compeer, or master of ceremonies at mass
convocations (political or religious). This most fit and favored leader would be attractive to
both hemispheric spirits and the individuals who compose those spirits. The increased
psychic energy temporarily generated at such events may be associated with the religious
concepts of beatific visions in the human host and miracles.
Figure 39.flage.jpg
The Monstrance, used in Catholic ceremony to display the host to the congregation on special
occasions is a good symbol of the individual psychic vectors that converge at the soul and
consciousness of the host, compeer, or master of ceremonies in group or mass gatherings
where the group energy can converge at one human soul. With the monstrance, a consecrated
host (bread) is put in a glass case in the center of the Monstrance symbolizing the Son or
Christ. The symbols of Jupiter and Aquarius do not seem to imply that the halves of the
collective mind can merge into an independent new consciousness, but can perhaps
simultaneously merge at the consciousness of an especially fit individual person due to the
normal connection of collective minds with individual minds. It seems to imply that the
collective mind senses the physical world indirectly through human and other animal's senses
like eyes and ears.
The Age of Aquarius
The relative importance of tropical zodiac misalignment with the larger sidereal background
is unknown. The local earth–centered tropical zodiac and planetary transit system seems
perfectly adequate for tracking the primary vectors of individual and social developmental
history. The tropical system is a self-contained “solar system” describing a local planetaryorganism called Earth. The planetary and sign inputs of astrology logically end at the
boundary of our solar system and projecting that model onto the larger galaxy and universe
may have little significance other than to philosophically orientate our future galactic destiny.
The triple conjunction of kl; in 577 BCE and subsequent conjunctions of kl in 403 BCE
and 232 BCE in Gemini seem fully adequate to explain the revolutionary organization of
astronomy and astrology from 700-30 BCE in Mesopotamia and Hellenistic Greece. On the
other hand, the newly created Mesopotamian twelve equal sign sidereal zodiac that arose
around 700-600 BCE18 and the discovery of precession by Hipparchus around 150 BCE
paralleled the rare alignment of the two zodiac systems at that time. The names of some of
the new tropical zodiac signs derived directly from sidereal constellations found in the earlier
Mesopotamian 18 constellation catalog (mul.apin, circa1000 BCE), but naming and
characterization of the cosmos was in its infancy in 577 BCE, and the concept of separate
zodiacs did not exist. One important fact that was probably known to the collective mind was
the approximate location of the Galactic center thus giving a purposeful organizing point for
the larger Galaxy and Universe, relative to 0} Sagittarius, now associated with space
exploration destiny. Whether the celestial circle has psychological inputs separate from the
local Tropical system remains unanswered.
The exact timing of the beginning of the age of Aquarius is imprecise and controversial
however if one does a chart in the tropical zodiac on the first day of spring, you will see that
the sun's position is not far from an overlapping and diffused Pisces/Aquarius border. In some
pictures the water bearer is pouring water into the mouth of Pisces Austrinus “Southern
Pisces” and into a region of the sky called a sea because of the many water related
constellations there, including Cetus the whale, Eridanus the river, Pisces and Southern
Pisces. Even Capricorn has a fish tail. Perhaps global warming and a parched earth will be
symbolically rescued by the water-bearer. Aquarius is the sign of the collective mind, which
is now contentious, and will remain so until the minority spirits ambitions of regime change
are permanently checked. That condition may require long-lived leaders as Western
Imperialism appears to be a very powerful and persistent force rooted in developmental social
biology that is subject to dualistic polarity. In any event reversing global warming may be a
barometer of the arrival of the Age of Aquarius, although nuclear disarmament under United
Nations control would be a more sure indicator. 2150 is a popular date for the beginning of
the Age of Aquarius among Western Astrologers. Uranus/Neptune conjunctions begin to
occur in Aquarius then so maybe the science of human longevity will have made
demonstrable progress by then.
If spiritual regime-change does take place then the East/West population ratios would have
to be reversed. Initially the Eastern hemisphere’s population would be reduced by the nuclear
war itself and subsequently through population repression in the East, not unlike Nazi
Germany’s plans for its post-conquest master race. How that spiritual regime-change would
affect the natural democratic nature of the collective mind and its subsequent evolution in the
Aquarian Age is unknown, but an enforced World plutocracy or some form of controlled
demographics would be a radically different reality than a World democracy with naturally
evolved demographics. One consequence of a repressed Eastern hemisphere (body side)
might be reduced total power of the collective mind. Such a crisis phase in socialpsychological development may be normal in planetary organisms, and we may encounter
both types of outcome in the Galaxy and beyond.
Sun's longitude on the first day of spring (Vernal Equinox).
Figure 40 piaq.jpg, piaque.jpg
Figure 41 pisces.jpg
Figure 42 pisces.jpg
The horizontal line in the symbol suggest heaven. The Aries symbol on the top of the line
is a mature soul that has developed through air breathing animal species. The mature soul can
stay in heaven indefinitely but the Aries symbol on the bottom that is upside down represents
a soul that is still developing and after a time will drop back down to Earth and reincarnate in
a body. Perhaps the psychic interconnection between all souls is what guides the soul to its
new body at conception. Sometimes the Pisces symbol is written with its sides further apart
(figure b.), symbolizing the balsamic lunar phase between the waning and waxing phases of
the moon. It is the ending of one lunar cycle and the beginning of another representing the
afterlife between death and rebirth, with the horizontal line again representing heaven.
Pisces is the sign of heaven which is here conjectured to be the tropopause boundary between
the troposphere and the stratosphere layer of the upper atmosphere, just below the ozone
layer. Perhaps when the body dies, the soul is attracted to and drawn up to this layer where it
experiences states of non-intellectual bliss caused by differences in air density, atmospheric
pressure or oxygen composition at that altitude.
Figure 43 atmose.jpg
Meaning of the planet symbols
The horizontal line in the symbol suggest heaven. The Aries symbol on the top of the line
is a mature soul that has developed through air breathing animal species. The mature soul can
stay in heaven indefinitely but the Aries symbol on the bottom that is upside down represents
a soul that is still developing and after a time will drop back down to Earth and reincarnate in
a body. Perhaps the psychic interconnection between all souls is what guides the soul to its
new body at conception. Sometimes the Pisces symbol is written with its sides further apart
(figure b.), symbolizing the balsamic lunar phase between the waning and waxing phases of
the moon. It is the ending of one lunar cycle and the beginning of another representing the
afterlife between death and rebirth, with the horizontal line again representing heaven.
Pisces is the sign of heaven which is here conjectured to be the tropopause boundary between
the troposphere and the stratosphere layer of the
upper atmosphere, just below the ozone layer.
Perhaps when the body dies, the soul is attracted to
and drawn up to this layer where it experiences states
of non-intellectual bliss caused by differences in air
density, atmospheric pressure or oxygen composition
at that altitude.
The Moon is concerned with the function of growth,
in the Leo (body) series of signs stretching around
the right side of the wheel. These are the signs
Figure 44 moone.jpg
concerned with the development of a mature body
type. The soul reincarnates through a hierarchy of
animal species and the dominant species on Earth is the human. The lunar symbol is often
compared with the symbol of a cup, containing, protecting, and nurturing something. In this
case it is protecting and nurturing all the living organisms on the zodiac animal way. The
lunar symbol is found as a component of w ] d k l ;.
The cardinal cross of signs is a destiny symbol, in that the Cancer/Capricorn,
growth/longevity axis intersects the collective organism’s relationship axis. Both
axis can be optimized; the growth/longevity axis by scientific methods,
(behavioral and environmental (ie. dietary) and the horizontal social relationship
axis by astrologic timing methods. The first is biological, the second is
Figure 45 merc123.jpg, cross1.jpg
psychological.
The symbol for Mercury d contains the sub -symbols for Taurus w, on top of a cardinal
cross +, a symbol of individual destiny as shown by the natal horoscope. It is a symbol of
personal destiny (fate plus free will). Having the cardinal cross symbol under the symbol for
the world indicates that the individuals destiny is subordinated to higher collective destinies
(local, state, national, hemispheric, and World), all based on Taurus, as symbolizing
geography. Taurus is a Moon symbol over the World symbol, symbolizing geography as
shaped over the eons by ocean tides and currents both of which are dependent on the Earth's
and Moons motions. The Mercury symbol, d, implies that geography is a factor in what gets
said or communicated by Mercury. Mercury was the messenger of the Gods in Greek
mythology, a kind of a neutral postman. So Mercury delivers the psychologically prejudiced
messages of the local geography starting with your family, then your neighbors, community,
region, and country that you incarnated into.
Traditionally, Mercury in your horoscope symbolizes your mind, how you think, and
communicate. It is the ruler of Gemini the sign most associated with communications of all
kinds and Virgo, a sign noted for analytical and critical thinking. The sign it is in tells what
the person likes to think and talk about. Its function is the communication of ideas and
information and when strong in the horoscope gives a good communicator and teacher. They
hunger for mental stimulation in books, conversation, internet, etc. however the depth of their
ideas is sometimes shallow, with a lot of local data but little scientific or philosophical
integration. Traditionally the integration of the gross information of Gemini was the function
of the opposite sign of Sagittarius, the sign of philosophy and higher learning.
Figure 46 venus1.jpg
The symbol for Venus, f, is composed of a cardinal cross surmounted by the symbol for the
world. The world dominates the individuals destiny in the Venus symbol as he or she is
made to serve in a Venus-like, loving way, the geography of their birth by satisfying the
needs of the higher collective groups he or she is a born into. It is their part in the
reproductive biology of the social organism that is demanded by Venus. The individual's
cardinal cross (individual destiny) is subordinated to that collectively necessary biological
function. The Venus symbol is seen as a sub-symbol in the symbol for Mercury, d and
Uranus, k.
The inverted Venus in the symbol of Uranus implies that reproduction is biologically harmful
for the individual (in terms of lifespan) and needs to be harnessed for extended longevity and
independence from that collective influence on their fate. See Uranus below and last chapter.
Venus in the horoscope shows what you are attracted to, what gives you pleasure, and your
own powers of attraction. Therefore it often indicates your mate or partner. When analyzing a
horoscope for romance or resources, Venus is always considered a primary indicator, because
of its rulership of the signs Taurus (the local resource environment one is born into) and
Libra, the traditionally sign of (one to one) relationships of all kinds, like partnerships and
mates. The house, sign and aspects of Venus are looked at. Venus’s primary function is
attraction to bring the sexes together to have progeny. The end result is the maintenance of
the body of the social organism, with specific individuals.
g Mars is the symbol of the world connected to an arrow pointing out into space, in the
same direction as the arrows of Sagittarius and Scorpio, symbolizing the eventual forced
relocation of the earth itself or selected life forms on the earth to other planets, when the Sun
is exhausted. Mars symbolizes cosmic engineering but more generally it symbolizes one
World acting in unison. That is in agreement with the symbolism of Scorpio i, wherein two
or more individuals push a goal in unison. The number 8 (for the 8th house) may be
symbolic of interplanetary associations or actual physical linkage in planetary engineering
schemes. It is two planets connected together. The unequal size of the worlds may also
symbolize future philosophical issues surrounding allocation (apportioning) of votes in multiplanet political associations, composed of diverse planetary civilizations.
All travel outside the biosphere is of course extremely dangerous, because of the threat of
soul loss in that non-reincarnating environment. These symbols are proof of collective
consciousness and plan, long before we humans deciphered their meaning.
Figure 47 Worlds.jpg
Before the discovery of Pluto, Mars was the ruler of Aries and Scorpio but that changed with
the discovery of Pluto in 1930, coincident with the rise of mass populations and socialistic
governments. The great conjunction of Pluto and Neptune in the 1890’s coincided with the
rise of mass populations world-wide, that will define the challenge of this l; cycle. That
conjunction coincided with many technological discoveries and inventions that facilitated
mass population growth. Pluto came to be recognized as having more psychological affinity
with Scorpio, based on its association with power, politics and mass movements. Pluto
became the ruler of Scorpio and Mars remained the ruler of Aries.
The Aries interpretation of Mars energy is very different than Scorpio, in that it is about
individual energy expression acting solitarily and often independent of the group’s direction.
Aries symbolizes the new or reincarnating soul starting out on a solitary journey that
developmentally does not become fully social until the opposite sign of Libra. The
competition inherent in the East-West rivalry that motivates Western Imperialism may be
accentuated in the Aries character because of its central location on the East-West, AriesLibra axis associated with antagonistic hemispheric polarity, however the symbol for Aries,
q, implies growth, (like a plant) developing into a balanced neutral polarity, suggesting
independence rather than a directed antagonism.
Traditionally Mars indicates ones personal energy or drive which fits well with the assertive
and aggressive nature of Aries. There is a big difference between the group orientated
psychology of Scorpio and the "me alone, distinct from the world" attitude of Aries. Mars is
usually not seen as a group or collective energy, but the symbol itself, g, suggest collective
World action; specifically translocation of the planet, so the expression of the Aries
psychology may depend on the local environment it reincarnates into, including the state of
collective mind relative to its birth location. The Mars symbol is telling us to align our goals
with the goals of the World. The arrow of Sagittarius is pointing to the galactic center, and
beyond, while Mars and Scorpio's arrow may signify space activity directly concerned in
relocating planet Earth, as a perishable biospheric organism, to a more local part of the
galaxy, for instance to our nearest neighboring star, Alpha Centuari at 29} Scorpio, but with
a 50} Southern latitude. The collective mind obviously has a vital interest in the health and
survival of the planet that harbors its physical body.
Asteroids: In Greek mythology, the feminine goddesses that were later associated with
asteroids in the early 19th century, were virgins or had variable virgin epithets. The asteroid
glyphs as interpreted here seem to define feminine aspects of sexuality as it relates to the
proposed longevity axis that divides the hemispheres at the Cancer/Capricorn axis.
G PALLAS ATHENA was a life-long dedicated virgin, where her virginity was in part the
source of her androgynous powers. The symbol G exalts the diamond pattern of an idealized
Gemini expression, wherein what is communicated, is the collective minds recipe for
developmental perfection (individual and collective). Athena was born from the forehead of
Jupiter, a symbol of the collective mind in agreement. She was the virgin goddess of wisdom,
and creative intelligence, born fully formed, armed and shouting “victory”. As Plato
explained in his Cratylus. Athena means God’s mind (theos + nous). Athena, and Jupiter
(Zeus) were the two main Gods of ancient Greece, with Zeus’s temple on Mt. Olympus,
home of the Olympian Gods and Athena’s temple (the Parthenon) on the Acropolis in
Athens, the intellectual and political capitol of Greece.
Significantly both sites lie on the Aquarius cusp line in the Astro-geographic overlay of
the natural zodiac, using the proposed center point of 30Nx30E (one degree South of
Alexandria Egypt), which incidentally is near Naucratis, the ancient Greek/Egyptian colony
that melded Greek/Egyptian culture, trade, and military alliance on the Nile above Memphis.
Aquarius symbolism, like Jupiter, describes the collective mind and the Aquarian line is here
proposed to be an auspicious zone where the most complex thought occurs due to its location
in the “developmental maturity quadrant” of the overlay, being directly associated with
North-West quadrant geography/demography. See p. 36.
Figure 48 gem4.jpg, gem5.jpg, gem3.jpg
Athena can be seen as the feminine expression of Jupitarian nous (mind) or master-plan. Part
of that plan (the glyph system) involves the androgenation of femininity away from Venusian
sexual attraction toward a sex-neutral, or androgenic phenotype more fit for longevity. The
feminine asteroids all operate from the lower hemisphere signs that are developmentally
orientated to early stages of individual development and sexual reproduction. They are
associated with femininity, with 0} Cancer as the lower-hemispheric mid- point and feminine
base of the individual r-p longevity axis. Although Cancer is considered feminine the glyph
for Cancer as interpreted here is two quiescent male germ cells. The implication is that there
are special longevity benefits in the male reproductive system.
The upper hemisphere of social signs midpoint is at 0}p on the masculine end of the
longevity axis, a point associated with Uranus and reproductive development silencing and
the long-lived Capricorn leader figure.
Pallas Athena’s diamond, encapsulates the collective-minds plan for personal longevity
and hemispheric peace. The mythic personality of Athena describes the effect on femininity,
of that plans transformation of the feminine individual. On the surface it may seem like
capitulation to masculinity, with loss of intimacy and femininity, but in reality, activation of
the biologic laws governing longevity and reproductive development will transform
subservient motherhood into a new non-sexual woman, with more powerful and pleasurable
attributes, due in part to activation of ancient longevity/survival genes, (specifically the
sirtuin family of genes SIRT1-7 and Daf16-FOXO genes. They may positively alters
psychologic as well as physiologic effects, including longevity and euphoria.
Babies will still get born and be raised but on a different schedule and curriculum, shared by
child and mother, as wise educator of the young, a traditional Gemini function. Pallas Athena
would rule Gemini from the base of the wheel at the Gemini/Cancer cusp, showing Athena as
the guide and anchor of her child, coming from the base of the longevity axis, 0}r. Athena is
the feminine counterpart to masculine Uranus at the opposite pole of the r-p longevity axis.
Here, Uranus rules Sagittarius from the top of the wheel coming from the Sagittarian side of
the cusp. Both Uranus and Athena share dedication to sexual silencing/quiescence for the
sake of maximum growth and longevity. The scientific/philosophical master-plan described
in the astrology glyph system, is repeated and minimalized in the Athena and Uranus symbols
which can be further minimized to the cardinal cross symbol, +, the most common sub
symbol in the glyph system. Pallas’s babies are not her own. Like the mythic baby
(Erichthonius), she adopted and raised, and her role in guiding the ancient heroes Hercules,
Odysseus, Perseus and Jason, her motherhood is functional rather than genetic.
J
VESTA was a conditional virgin dedicated to maintaining the temple from the age of 6
until the age of 36. In the present interpretation if she had not arrested her ovulation cycle by
then, she could opt-out of her virginity, marry and have a child. The symbol shows stacked
Aries (soul symbols) indicating special benefits from repeated incarnations, dedicated to the
goal of longevity, even in the absence of longevity success. Many techniques borrowed from
sacramental religion, like bar mitzvah, communion as a special life-giving diet, dedication to
physical culture seen in the Greek Olympic tradition, communal social structure,
development of aegis culture, where-in the individual is exposed to elemental nature
occasionally through travel, camping and pilgrimage activity. All would be combined with
higher education orientated to understand the biology of aging. Vesta wins regardless of
failure to arrest ovulation, by (growing?) the soul within an ideal social structure, like the
structure of a college or university, where Vesta matriculates to faculty status. Vesta would
be a co-ruler of Virgo, positioned at the Virgo-Libra cusp.
H JUNO symbolizes childbirth either chosen or naturally selected. The reproductive
symbols, x and + combine here. Rulership would seem to be Virgo, at the Virgo-Libra cusp.
As a chosen-birth mother, she could practice abstinence between births. She was one of the
three main Gods of Rome and the Roman empire. She was honored as the vital, fertile queen
who populated the polis and ruling patrician class alike, insuring the power of the army and
state, not unlike Ceres/Demeter below whose feminine fertility served the underworld and
goals of the demiurge Pluto.
Figure 49 athen4.jpg
F
DEMETER/CERES was Goddess of agriculture, especially cereal grains. The scythe
symbol covers the body (t) series of signs Cancer through Aquarius. Ceres and her daughter
Persephone were supportive of the power of the underworld by producing the grain basis of
(Pluto’s, wealth) and the successful agricultural base of the East that generated its
demographic dominance. Persephone was originally a virgin but was abducted from her
circle of virgins and forced into service of the underworld as queen mother by Pluto. Perhaps
in a post–imperialist world with longevity, they will liberated from the heavy-handed service
demanded by Pluto. When Western Imperialism is resolved Ceres and her daughter may
recapture their virginity, sequestering their sexual essence (eggs) for her own longevity at the
Cancer/Gemini cusp, thus allowing a superior destiny that extends to the Aquarius/Capricorn
cusp, where individual human destinies play social roles, and share collective mind attributes
like omniscience, conferred by longevity.
Figure 50 athen3.jpg
The Aegis and Gorgoneion are symbols of protection and power, worn as a goat-skin breast
plate or shield, with a scary gorgon face on it, worn by Jupiter and Athena but was portable
and could be used by any entity. In this interpretation, the aegis/gorgoneiom, is the sum of a
complex of environmental and behavioral antecedents that can activate the primitive
longevity/survival genes, (summarized as Sirt1-7 and Daf-16 FOXO gene overexpression).
When activated they turn on alternative gene-sets, that qualitatively make the organism more
fit and active, both physiologically and psychologically, thus conferring protection by
transforming the being into a more-fit leader/competitor in all endeavors, mental and
physical.
Etymologically, the word Aegis in Greek means “violent windstorm”, “I rush or move
violently” akin to hurricane. Significantly, one of the most observed characteristics of sirtuin
SIRT1 gene over-activation at the organismal level, is the Increased Physical Activity, (IPA)
phenotype, seen in calorie restricted animals, sometimes interpreted as a foraging instinct, but
may be associated with hyper-kinetic states in general, for example, sperm hyper-motility, or
the increased kinetics of metastasizing cancer cells. The organismal range of downstream
genes controlled by Sirt1-7 overexpression is among the largest of all the recently identified
survival-genes and the target of much current drug development. The growing list of
downstream genes, includes genes controlling metabolism, cellular stress resistance, control
of cellular apoptosis, autophagy, inflammation, cell proliferation, genomic stability and many
more that affect most diseases and longevity.
The goat of Capricorn that morphs into a fish tail is emblematic of loss of that epigenetic
(added) protection into weakness and death symbolized by Pisces. The scary gorgon face is
perhaps the ugliness/horror-factor used by species in stressful environmental niches to
repress/delay reproduction and thus increase the above longevity/survival genes by the route
of sexual development delay, repression. The molecular mechanisms involved in the survival
genes, were poorly described before the 1990’s longevity research revolution, associated with
the kl conjunction in Capricorn.
When the Greek hero Perseus cut off the head of the gorgon Medusa that later became the
emblem of the gorgon on Athena and Jupiters shield, it represented the sequestering of a
perceived gross but useful technique of sex repression, utilized in competitive environments,
by many species. Species in competitive environments like Africa may select genetic traits
that fashion into the face, sex-averting, warding-off signs of danger, threat, horror and
repulsion, that stop the male in its tracks, as if
“turning them to stone” or warding them away. Just
think of the baboon, boar, or hyena, that primitive
man and monkeys competed with, in a struggle that
depended on “rushing like the wind” through the
treetops and savanna. Perseus isolated the symbol of
that ancient pathway of survival/longevity gene
activation, by sex repression/delay and gave it to
Jupiter, Athena, in a Greek/Roman world that had
increasingly decided beauty (sexual attraction) was
absolutely beneficial. When humans became the
dominant species and pacified the non-African
world around 10,000 BCE, beauty, and sexual
attraction characteristics became the morphology
gorgon
Figure 51 gorgon.jpg
best suited for rapid reproduction in a wider, less
competitive environment. The advantage of
population density in warfare added selection pressure for reproductive-genes and resultant
sexual-attraction morphology. The gorgon had to go, because the race was on in the growing,
bi-polar, social organism for increased reproduction and population density.
The aegis/gorgoneion protection seems associated with the chthonic (earthy) groups of the
north-east quadrant that includes the severe -weather steppes, Siberia, Mongolia and Eastern
Russia. That Scorpio/Pluto section in the astro-geographic overlay is home to the Huns,
Tartars, Mongols, and Russians that adapted to the severe cold and elemental rawness of the
terrain, which carries several other stresses known to activate sirtuin genes, like food scarcity
stress. Significantly, cold temperature has recently been found to activate sirtuin Sirt1 gene
function by forming smaller molecular products of the gene thus increasing the Sirt1 activity
by a novel low temperature dependent mechanism.(Guo 2012) Cold stress is also a feature of
environment of the mountain goat, which also adapts to food scarcity, and hypoxia (low
oxygen) that are known sirtuin activators. That complex of Sirt1 activators may be the
molecular biology behind the goat/aegis symbolism. The goat probably evolved these sirtuin
activating qualities in response to competitive pressure from carnivore predators like
mountain lions, wolves and coyote that demanded the Increased Physical Activity phenotype,
as the goats and sheep were chased higher up the mountains. Chronic activation of the
longevity/survival genes that stand behind the aegis/gorgoneiom symbolism, will over time
selectively change species genetics to favor those genes crucial for their survival, and the IPA
phenotype which also carries attributed like balance on a spinning rotorod, agility, and ability
to jump made it the premier survival gene in physically competitive environments. We can
mimic those molecular mechanisms dietarily, in some cases and temporily induce the final
result of the protection symbolized by the aegis/gorgoneiom.
In Greek myth “wide tartarus” was the underworld, associated with Pluto. The inhabitants
were prisoners in a type of purgatory, under dominion of Pluto. The glyph system (circa 1400
CE) introduced a radical change with new symbolism for a reincarnating soul cycle, which
presents Pisces as heaven, the destination of the soul after death, not Pluto’s Scorpionic realm
in Tartarus. The inhabitants of the Scorpio sector of the astro-geographic overlay were
peoples used to counter early Western Imperialism movements in Roman Imperial and
Catholic European crusader times. It was the hyper-active Huns, Mongols, Tartars, and
Russians (considered ugly and barely human in some Western opinion), that the demiurge
called upon. The sirtuin attributes of the tartarus environment may be a unrecognized factor
in the famous fighting qualities of Huns, Mongols, Tartars and Russians that terrorized the
Europeans but effectively countered early waves of Western Imperialism. Later the Russians
may have benefitted from the same stressful effects of the cold environment, and food
scarcity frequent in Soviet and Tsarist times.
Regulating population growth:
QUEEN POST = the work of the practicing
demi-godesses, G F H J
Figure 52 A4.jpg
Queen-post in architecture are structural elements in a roof truss; half-way distant from the
base (tie-beam) to the top, cf. king post.
The Virgin Queens, GFHJ role in a sex-repressed World, supports and regulates the steady
growth of the longevity-phenotype by choosing births, timed by the 18 year lunar node cycle
(Soros cycle). The lower hemisphere of signs in the family/clan SE quadrant, is the domain
of reproduction, that the asteroid goddesses are concerned with and potentially control, thus
giving the liberated woman a powerful social role by her conscious directing of the
reproduction, and education of the longer-lived political class members. They are the nexus
Figure 53 mutefam.jpg
of a new familial aristocracy, defined by obvious virtues
associated with longevity control.
Crowding: When some organisms like the soil-worm nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans are
grown in a laboratory glass petri–dish, they reproduce to fill the surface of the dish and then
stop normal reproduction. They switch to an alternative phenotype call a dauer, which is a
semi-dormant, quiescent long-lived animal characterized by activation of longevity-survival
genes, slow growth and low reproduction rates. We humans have almost filled our petri-dish
(the World) and are beginning to produce the counterpart to the nematode dauer, only at a
more sophisticated level. The woman liberation movement and homosexuality in general may
be expressions of a switch to a non-reproductive phenotype in response to crowding of the
World, while the need for humanistic solutions to population build-out is prompting rational
approaches to growth control that may include longevity, as suggested in the glyph
symbolism. The male-like Athena may be the new model of womanhood as women gain
control of their reproductive destiny, in a world where Venus is increasingly inverted ›, thus
liberating a more fit, self-orientated woman. The andro-like face of Athena may be a
moderate reversion to the gorgon principle that results in sex-repression and activation of
survival/longevity genes, only without the more severe terror and fear attributes found in
competitive natural environments like the African jungle.
h
The Jupiter symbol, like Aquarius is a symbol of the democratic function of the collective
mind, where the psychic inputs from all incarnate souls
potentially find common ideational agreement. It is the
number one (1) superimposed on the number (2), producing a
cardinal cross with the ascendant emphasized (manifesting
something). Jupiter shows both halves of the collective mind
ideally agreeing in the formation of the long-lived individual.
That becomes symbolic of maximum agreement of otherwise separable and contentious
mindsets. The ascendant can be seen as a point of manifestation, on virtually any level
(person, place, thing, idea). Collective mental synergism potentially manifest materially as
luck, fortune and increase that Jupiter is noted for. 1+2 = 4 with Jupiter and not 3. The added
bonus is the network formed as a larger system. Jupiter functions like a supervisor of
elections and does not intervene one way or the other, however the number two represents the
Eastern demographic majority, coming from the body-side of the astro-geographic overlay
giving ideational bias toward t, body-centric goals. The demiurge (public-worker)
psychology of Pluto/Scorpio encapsulates that ideational bias, backed by the psychic votingpower of the eastern masses. Jupiter/Zeus, in Greek mythology was given credit as the
planning mind (nous) that is always stronger than that of man. That plan is often concealed
but Zeus has his goal and will achieve it. In the present interpretation Pluto is given credit for
being the dominant (urge) directing the democratic collective-mind symbolized by Jupiter.
The Jupiter symbol, forms a cardinal cross that both hemispheres can get together on. In
theory mass-longevity may eventually lead to a more balanced E/W demographic.
j Traditionally, Saturn shows where you are ambitious, and where you will want to make
something solid in the world. Whereas Jupiter is the planet of expansion and increase, Saturn
is the planet of contraction and limitations, obstacles, frustrations but also of discipline,
concentration and order. The symbol is of a cardinal cross on top of a broken Leo (body
symbol) symbolizing the limitation of normal lifespan (death). The Leo or body symbol is cut
on the South Node leg of a general nodal symbol. Saturn, j, like Uranus, k, has a cardinalcross, destiny-symbol that is on the top and not subordinate to other sub-symbols, showing an
independent leading destiny, but in Saturn’s symbol the body below the cross appears
vulnerable to normal lifespan.
Figure 54 sat.jpg, satjup.jpg, satjup1.jpg, satjup2.jpg
The cross is cutting down on the general nodal symbol at about 120 degrees from 0º Libra,
when the lunar nodes are positioned on the Aries –Libra axis at birth. That positioning would
align the weakest area of the general nodal symbol, (where the cardinal cross cuts the
nodal/body symbol) with the most fortunate degree of the Zodiac, 0º [, a degree where the
two halves of the collective mind have the greatest tendency to interact, harmonize and agree
at the level of thought. That ideational agreement translates into physical reality as luck,
fortune, increase and inclusiveness that jovial Jupiter is noted for.
Both Jupiter and Saturn symbolism focus on the Capricorn/Aquarius border and suggest a
critical juncture where the public-person’s destiny potentially merges with the collective
social destiny either optimally (a chosen planned birth) or a naturally selected birth, subject to
the cross-currents of an unsettled collective consciousness that is as yet unresolved.
Interestingly, the two symbols (h,j) are interchangeable when rotated 90} and mirrored,
suggesting the possible redemption of a limiting death symbol, j to one of harmony and
increase, h. For the individual it is the point where the mortal-human begins to take on
collective-mind attributes, like omniscience, conferred by longevity. In that sense Jupiter and
Saturn are intermediate social planets, linking individual destiny with collective destiny.
Figure 55 uran1e.jpg
The symbol of Uranus is an upside down or inverted Venus symbol between
the two sides of a Pisces symbol showing the overthrow and supression of the
Venus principle of reproduction in favor of the individuals destiny, whose
Cardinal cross (destiny symbol) is now on top of the World symbol. It is the
only symbol where the cardinal cross symbol () is on top of the world
symbol (). Interestingly the inverted Venus is the same as the Christian
redeemer/monarchy symbol, ›.
Figure 56
urancan.jpg
It may seem like a radical idea that reproductive development regulates the rate of
senescence (death) but among scientist studying the causes of aging, the connections between
the two have been proposed since the mid-19th century, and evidence has multiplied in recent
decades. This interpretation of Uranus is in agreement with that of Cancer, r where the
symbol is of quiescent (silent and non-growing) germ-line and somatic stem cell pools, after
maturity/puberty, symbolizing arrested sexual development with resultant longevity. The k,r
symbols are located at the top and bottom of the growth/longevity axis that divides the two
hemispheres of the natural zodiac, indicating the importance of the long-lived human in the
resolution of East-West antagonism.
The present interpretation of Uranus and its rulership of Sagittarius, from the top of the
wheel, from the Sagittarian side are new ideas, but logical and agree with the Greek
mythology of a contest for rulership of the planetary World between Saturn and Uranus, with
Uranus being the original father and ruler of all the Gods. It was only when he was castrated
by Saturn that he lost his rulership. He will regain his former rulership when he learns to
harness his sexual potential for himself or herself. Uranus is rescued by a scientific
understanding of longevity which is the domain of Sagittarius (knowledge system synthesis
and higher education).
People with Uranus strong in their charts are noted for their eccentricity, and independence.
That may derive from its symbolic ideal position between the antagonistic hemispheres. A
neutral top-down psychology may produce eccentricity and independence, relative to the
local prejudiced geography they are born into.
Figure 57 neptune.jpg
In the trident symbol for Neptune, the three arrows of the trident are pointing up to heaven
symbolizing the inherent dangers and difficulties involved in the reincarnation process. The
bottom of the arrows are connected to a South node symbol which is associated with the
second half and end of an individual lifespan. That symbolism is similar to Pluto, ;, only
with Pluto it is the physical World that is being nurtured and protected by the Moon. With
Neptune, the emotional tie is with the bliss of Heaven, and the developmental stage of soul
maturity.
The cardinal cross  (destiny symbol) is here subordinated to the many trials of the
repetitive life/death, reincarnation cycle, that make it a tough old life. Alternatively, in a
planned birth, the Lunar South Node is positioned at the end of the sign Pisces, on the
Aries/Libra axis, thus associating the vanishing point of an incarnate body (Q) with the last
degree before a new reincarnational cycle begins (the Pisces/Aries border), suggesting a
mature soul living its maximum lifespan, while minimizing reincarnation cycles. That would
be the ideal situation for the developmentally mature soul trying to avoid the pitfalls of
reincarnation.
The arrow points of Neptune l, Mars g, Scorpio i, and Sagittarius o are squares (90º) or
semi-squares (45º) and are directional symbols, but also symbols of danger. Aspects are
angles between planets or other astrological factors. Squares and semi squares are member of
the hard, octave (8th harmonic) aspects (the circle, 360º) divided by 8 = 45º (m) or multiples of
45º. For example 0 º (z), 90º (c), 135 º (<), 180 º (x) considered by astrologers to be the most
difficult aspects, where the factors are sometimes at cross-purposes, in opposition, or
incongruent in psychology. They are the foundational aspects in horoscopes that impel action
and resolution of the factors involved.
The best thing that can be said about Neptune is that because heaven is an ideal,
pleasurable, even blissful place for the soul, the psychology encouraged by Neptune also tries
to imitate, or simulate the ideal in the areas of life indicated by its house position, sign, and
aspects. When Neptune is strong in the horoscope the person will try to create the ideal in
their lives, in their relationships, and in their environment. The person will have talent in
those things that are ideal or fanciful by nature like music, art, films, photography, dance, and
be attracted to Neptunian environments (places with lots of water, or natural beauty). They
may also be attracted to idealized utopian social arrangements like communes, religious
groups, and cults. There is a danger in that some of these groups may have an excessive proheaven psychology that manifest in self-destructive, suicidal behavior when the group is
under stress. Examples are the Jonestown, Guyana mass suicide, and mass suicides in Waco,
Texas and Los Angeles, California by Christian cult groups. This points to the need for
understanding this intuitive, non-intellectual sign/planet ]/l intellectually with Astrology.
The USA is situated in the Pisces sector of the astro-geographic overlay, which ads a scary
dimension to their Imperialism, in that an astrological understanding of their situation
remains suppressed, thus setting themselves up for a Piscean style tragedy at the end of the
Piscean age. They may end up being the cosmic poster-child for how not to do Pisces at the
end of polarity-resolution, in a nuclear-armed world.
Individually, the worst thing that can be said about ]/l psychology is that the person will be
so overcome by the pro-heaven psychology, that there life will be ruined by a subconscious
death wish that manifest in self destructive behaviors like alcoholism or drug addiction. It is
behavior that tries to simulate the altered state of consciousness, bliss, and isolation of
heaven. They can also be susceptible to escapism and isolation where the person becomes a
street person, vagabond or recluse, thus imitating the isolating and non-social pattern of
heaven. In heaven ever soul is part of a host of souls but there is no social structure or
intellectual communication, like on earth.
Aries (the beginning of the evolutionary trail) and Pisces (the end of the evolutionary trail)
share some characteristics. The social anarchism that the lower animal species have to live
with, is still present in Pisces but because the souls in heaven have no bodies, there is no
violent struggle for survival, like there is in nature. The combination of factors; no social
intercourse, no intellectual life, and no bodies combine to make the Pisces/Neptune
psychology unsuitable and frequently at odds with the needs of earth based incarnated souls.
Life on earth functions best with strong personal support, social structure, intellectual
development and communication. Neptune is not a bad planetary influence but it must be
understood intellectually, and controlled. We want bliss, but on earth and in a body please.
Heaven can be a trap for the mature soul and should be avoided, as you don’t want to be there
during eventual, dangerous, planetary-engineering involving the Earth. You don’t want to be
behind the 8-ball, as they say in the game of pool, see picture p. 44. The collective mind
needs long-lived leaders to manage the Earth, so it becomes personally advantageous to make
ourselves part of the forefront and not the rear of collective destiny.
In the symbol of the planet Pluto you find the symbol for the world in a cup-like Moon
symbol over a Cardinal cross , symbolizing the primacy of society or the world at large
over the individual’s destiny. The Moon
symbol is protecting and nurturing the
material world and the individual's destiny
is subordinate to that goal, but ideally as a
chosen birth, also maximally supportive of
that goal.
Figure 58 globe4.jpg
This is Mother Earth protecting her
offspring's material world. It is an appropriate socialistic symbol, wherein the goals of the
social organism are primary. The requirement for World unity ( political and material) for
survival in a threatening Universe, seems obvious.
Pluto has been likened to Kali, The Hindu God of War, and it’s Buddhist counterpart, Yama,
God of death and the underworld. The terrifying Kali, who has skulls and body parts attached
to his-her belt and wrist, dances on the unregenerate body of mankind through warfare,
indicating that “fear of the Lord” is about awareness of underlying political and socialpsychological forces that drive international war, and the wisdom to fear/respect that
collective process, especially in the nuclear period when nuclear war can mean soulannihilation and mass damnation.
Multi-national organizations with similar symbolism:
Figure 59 un.jpg
United Nations symbol
Figure 60 cis1.jpg
CIS symbol, Confederation
of Independent States
Figure 61SovUn.jpg
Soviet Union symbol
Pluto downgrade: Many Astronomers and astrologers do not share the rational for the
International Astronomical Union demoting Pluto to non- planet status. Pluto is still regarded
as the most important planet in political astrology charts because of its affinity with Scorpio,
and by transit in all charts. Dr Alan Stern, who leads the USA NASA space agency's New
Horizons mission to Pluto called the action sloppy science and wrote the following in rebuttal
to the decision: "One of the three new criteria for planethood states that a planet must have
cleared the neighborhood around its orbit. Pluto was disqualified because its highly elliptical
orbit overlaps with that of Neptune.”
Dr. Stern pointed out that “Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Neptune have also not fully cleared
their orbital zones. Earth orbits with 10,000 near-Earth asteroids. Jupiter, meanwhile, is
accompanied by 100,000 Trojan asteroids on its orbital path. And If Neptune had cleared its
zone, Pluto wouldn't be there,"
Furthermore the discovery of Eris in 2005, a small planet on the edge of the solar system that
is more than twice the distance from the Sun as Pluto at aphelion, was at first thought to be
larger than Pluto and its discovery started the drive to redefine a planet and demote Pluto as a
planet. It has, since 2010, been found to be the same size or smaller than Pluto, which has 5
satellite moons including a very large one named Charon. It is interesting that Eris was
named for the Greek goddess who was the personification of chaos, strife and discord. Eris
caused a quarrel among the goddesses that led to the Trojan Wars, in Greek mythology.
Astrology is necessary to understand social psychology and Western Imperialism, which may
be why Pluto is being demoted now. The downgrading of this key astrological factor may be just
another kick in the long-running Astrology repression in the West running through the whole
2000 year period of Western Imperialism, starting with the Roman Empire. The historically
powerful Roman Catholic church repressed astronomy and astrology and science in general,
rightly seeing them as threats to their non-evolutionary theology. The academic community,
influenced by the churches that supported them, took up the baton and forbid astrology study in
the cannon of subjects allowed to be studied in universities, claiming it to be divinatory
pseudoscience, when in fact it was neither intrinsically divinatory (seeking knowledge from the
spirit world), or unscientific. Horoscopy has always tried to be scientifically exact, and included
many famous scientists at every stage of development. The real problem is the conspiracy of
Western Imperialism, with an agenda incompatible with astrologic knowledge, that when
interpreted correctly, reveals the mechanics of hemispheric antagonism and reveals a strategy
for its peaceful resolution, without the spiritual regime-change sought by Western Imperialism.
The discovery of the outer planets seem to correlate with the historical periods
surrounding their discovery. The discovery of k in 1781, l in 1846, and ; in 1930 correlates
with the beginning of the maturity stage of social development wherein the World (structured
on the nation-state model) struggled through increasingly violent global wars as military
technology matured. That violent period was checked at its potentially destructive peak in 1990
with the voluntary, peaceful dismemberment of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact military
alliance, with Russia retreating to its historic boundaries, roughly along the East West divide,
30} E. All surrounding nations were allowed independence and the nuclear arsenal was brought
within Russian borders. Those maneuvers halted the Cold War at nuclear parity between the
most lethal super-power states, Russia and the United States, but the threat of instant annihilation
for most of the World was apparently not resolvable.
The discovery of the outer planets correlated with the advent of superlative archetypical ideas
that can only fully manifest at the social level, when the World organism reaches developmental
maturity.
k
The discovery of Uranus in 1781 correlated with creation of the USA federal democracy.
It was the first multi-state democratic constitution with bill of human rights. It was an
amendable document with three independent branches of government, legislative judicial and
executive. The previously planned, loose confederation of independent states had proved
anarchic and unworkable. A centralized federal system with sovereignty over the states
replaced it in the final constitution. It has endured the test of civil war and a long and
continuing struggle to expand the vote to all citizens including slaves and women. It became
a model for modified democratic constitutions for 230 years. Democracy has proved to be the
saving principal for peaceful political change. The challenge for the nation (USA) that
introduced perfectible democracy is to make their democratic federal model work at the
World level. While democracy has no apparent basis in nature it agrees with the
astrological symbolism of Aquarius that describes a functionally-democratic collective mind.
l
The second outer planet to be discovered was Neptune in 1846, synchronous with its entry
into its home sign of Pisces (5-1847 to 2-1862). As Neptune and Pisces both symbolize heaven
and the last stage of soul development, they generate a psychology of completion, the finished
product, the superlative and ideal in all things. The urge to purify the social organism of
contradictions and error is brought to the fore. Demands for redemption of recognized goals
and aspirations become insistent. In 1848 the other two outer- planets, Uranus and Pluto were
conjunct in Aries, (exact in 1850-51) thus adding revolutionary fire to the idealistic urge for
reform. Uranus and Pluto were conjunct next in 1965-66, which should give most readers who
lived through the early sixties a feel for the political mood and turmoil that combination (k;)
can produce. In 1848 the USA constitution talked freedom, and political equality but the reality
was expanding slavery and women without rights. The resolution of slavery and serfdom was a
world-wide movement at this time, but was especially cathartic in the USA which had over 4
million slaves, with the lower South’s population nearly half slave, and a quater of all families
owning slaves. The insistence for containment of the slavery institution by abolitionist in the
North, brought on the civil war and ended with the South’s defeat. Slaves were freed in the
South in 1-1863, and slavery outlawed in 3-1865 thus partially redeeming the USA
constitution’s lofty mandate for freedom and equality under the law for all citizens.
1848 was a period of revolts throughout Europe wherein monarchies were overthrown and
forced to accept liberal constitutions, labor, and other reforms. These reforms were only
partially successful, with a subsequent reactionary backlash. For example the ex-slaves in
America were oppressed and politically disempowered by reactionary state laws for another
hundred years. Similarly the Great Reforms initiated by Czar Alexander I designed to
emancipate the serfs and empower local governments was complicated, conditional, and
underfunded. Individual serfs could not own land, except as members of peasant communes
and villages, which bought land from the previous owners (gentry) that had to be paid over
many decades leaving the serfs as dependent and impoverished as before.
Separately, Marx and Engles published the Communist Manifesto in 1848 beginning the debate
on capitalism vs. socialism in a world with increasing populations, urbanization and
industrialization. The dynamics of economic evolution from capitalism to idealistic socialism
were postulated with a proposed plan to achieve the end goal of non-militant communism,
through organization and empowerment of the proletariat (workers) class.
The same spirit of 1848 is now returning, with Neptune again in Pisces from 2-2011
through 2-2026. The Neptune in Pisces desire for the finished ideal in the social organism
will again motivate reform, spurred on by its position between k and ;. The biggest issues now
seem more international. They are issues like nuclear security, global warming and
sustainable development. Like before in 1848, Neptune’s transit of its home sign will
strongly affect the USA because it is the most Piscean nation (see astro-geographic overlay
diagram p.118, and because the USA is currently the most powerful and probably the last
leader of Western Imperialism. Whether Americans are conscious enough to own their
imperialism is in doubt. They beat slavery in the last Neptune in Pisces transit, but Western
Imperialism is a much bigger foe than slavery. The power of Western Imperialism may be too
strong and too pervasive a multi-nation psychological phenomena, for any one nation to buck.
In the authors opinion, the intolerable level of nuclear first-strike readiness will be confronted
in a crisis, during the current Neptune in Pisces transit, ending in 2024 but not lead to final
resolution of Western Imperialism.
Every major outer planet cycle or conjunction between the outer three planets, brings
progressive changes that reflect the stage of social and scientific development.
Arch concepts and core psychology of the outer planets are relatively simple but also
manifest in a myriad of lesser expressions. For instance Neptune’s discovery in 1846 and
entry into its home sign in 1848, saw increased interest in psychic phenomena, hypnotism,
séances, spiritualism, mysticism, spiritual philosophies, and discovery of anesthetic drugs that
allowed painless surgery like nitrous oxide (1844), ether (1846), and chloroform in 1848. The
first scientific efforts to study those elusive soul-centered subjects symbolized by Pisces and
Neptune were initiated.(Moore 1971)
; Pluto’s discovery in 1930 correlated with the USA stock market crash and beginning of
the Great Depression in the USA and world-wide. The severity of the depression in the USA
led to socialistic solutions like Social Security and public works programs. WWII finally
ended the depression. In the Soviet Union, the only socialist state, centralized planning,
through cyclic ―Five year plans started in 1928, was making progress transforming the
backward agricultural economy and society into one educated, industrialized, and urbanized.
Unfortunately civil war, foreign intervention, WWII and the Cold War dictated the constant
distortion of planning to military ends.
Pluto’s discovery in 1930 coincided with the huge rise in World population in the 20th
century and the popularity of socialism to deal with mass population needs, development and
economic depressions. Importantly the conjunction of Neptune and Pluto in 1891-92 (a once
every 500 year cycle) coincided with an explosion of inventions that made mass urbanization
and industrial production possible. Those were inventions like electricity, combustion
engines, and steel production. The l; conjunction in 1891-92 occurred between the
discovery of l in 1846 and ; in 1930. It started a new 500 year cycle of social development
characterized by mass populations and technological/scientific maturity. The 500 year
conjunction cycle of l; is the longest and arguably the most important in terms of
punctuating World political developments. The effect of that historic 1891 conjunction relate
strongly to idealistic socialism, and other Scorpio/Pluto aspects of dealing with mass
population dynamics. The timing of the l; conjunction was synchronous with the rise of
mass populations, large scale industrialization and socialism.
Vladimir Ilyich Ulinov (Lenin), leader of the Russian Bolshevik party was a Marxist
who formulated his vision of Russian and World communism during the 1890’s. His ideas
and the world-wide socialist movement was probably strongly influences by that historic
conjunction of ;l that can symbolize ideal socialism, when viewed in the context of mass
population economics. His writings during the 1890’s and after reflect that faith in socialist
idealism but the historical reality of the 20th century was two world wars and the cold war,
which necessitated the adoption of strict communist forms of government by Russia, China
and other Eastern hemisphere states as the most efficient form of government, from a military
perspective, while the lofty ideology of an egalitarian just World inspired the emotional heart
of the communist and socialist movements. The previous monarchies and their backward
agricultural societies were no longer capable to counter the new waves of a hyperactive
Western Imperialism, which was supported by Western industrial/military superiority that
developed in the 19th century. The situation was dire by 1917 when the Tsar abdicated and
Russia searched for a solution to their military decline, first noticed with defeats in the Crimean
War of 1854, the short disastrous war with Japan in 1905 and finally the near-defeat in World
War I by the Germans. Most Russian socialist wanted a liberal parliamentary democracy but it
was almost inevitable that a single-minded Scorpionic military regime capable of marshalling
the entire population on a military model would prevail due to the enormity of the threat, the
size of the task and duration of the struggle that was coming. The military attributes of the
Scorpio/Pluto psychology (cohesion of group effort, focus on power, unitary structure and
secrecy) is what Soviet Power brought to the struggle to confront a resurgent Western
Imperialism. While often raw and brutal in execution, the success of that strategy seems to
validate its correctness for the situation. Western Imperialism was checked by the end of the
20th century, and the next phase of resolving Wewstern Imperialism, was transitioned into
peacefully, with the ending of the Cold War. However the question of the relative desirability
of socialism as an economic principal for mass populations has yet to be resolved, or given a
proper test free of Western Imperialism interference.
Political (mundane) Astrology
The outer three planets k,l, and ; affect group psychology much more than the fast moving
inner planets (asdfg), which are considered the personal planets. Similarly the upper half
of the natural zodiac (Libra through Pisces) is considered the public or
social half of the zodiac, while the signs in the lower half are personal or
familial in orientation. So the outer three social planets and last six signs
are the most pertinent signs and planets in political horoscopes and by
Figure 62
transit in political horoscopes. In agreement with that idea, the outer planets muteup.jpg
rule only signs in the upper half of the natural zodiac (;/i, k/o, l/]). In
between the inner and outer planets are Saturn and Jupiter whose symbolism describes
socially-orientated individuals who interact with the collective-organism in leadership roles,
which makes them social when acting correctly (in-character). They rule Capricorn and
Aquarius respectively.
Outer Planet Conjunctions: The interplay of the outer planets by conjunction (0º), among
themselves, time maximum increased social development progress, by exagerating
psychological arch-concepts symbolized by the pairs involved. The particular psychology
comes to the fore of social consciousness for relatively long periods of time. These slow
moving outer-planet conjunctions can be in orb (an arbitrary range of effect and influence
surrounding exactness, 0 º) for decades. Less than 10º is considered moderate for conjunction
aspects while greater than10º apart is considered wide. While only conjunctions are discussed
here, the other octave aspects (those based on 45}) are considered as similar but less
powerful unfoldment stages between the conjunctions which start new cycles. See USA chart
p. 89 for example, and Jenkins9 for extensive historical examples.
Physical needs of the developing organism, within the framework of extant physical
conditions drives history. The inter-planetary patterns only organize the timing of resolution
of those emerging needs. Timing is accomplished by temporarily exaggerating the particular
psychology associated with the planets in the aspect pattern.
kl; Uranus Neptune and Pluto conjunctions: This is arguably, the most important
planetary configuration that can form in our solar system, as it brings together a complete
psychological trinity of the three social (outer) planets, prompting over-arching philosophical
ideas that integrate the two main tracks of developmental perfection. 1. Social developmental
perfection as symbolized by Neptune/Pluto conjunctions and 2. Individual developmental
perfection as symbolized by Neptune /Uranus conjunctions. Corrections to philosophical
systems that appear realizable to the collective mind are made at that time. Countries and
peoples in a psychological position (astro-geographically speaking), to actualize the newly
conceived goals, self organize under the conscious prompting of the bi-polar collective mind.
Figure 63 chartC5.gif
Longevity science
matures.
Renaissance inconabula “cradle
period” of first printed scientific
books. Glyph system appears.
Hellenistic science revolution.
Tropical zodiac astrology
conceived.
Individual goals (maximum growth and longevity) kl, and social goals (unity
and World survival) l;, converge at start and end points of the kl;
conjunction cycles, thus periodically synchronizing the main complimentary, but
separable developmental pathways of individual and collective perfection.
Figure 64 chartC4.gif
Figure 65
chartC1.gif
The earliest kl; conjunction cycle considered here, occurred about 9500 BCE-5036 BCE
in Scorpio with the following l; conjunction series, (every 500 years) covering iop and
correlates with the last period of hunter/gathering cultures that had migrated out of Africa to
all continents, reaching South America around 10,000 BCE . Current ephemerides are limited
to about five thousand years plus/minus 0 CE.
They hunted to extinction scores of the largest species on the earth, mostly mammal
herbivores like giant ground sloths, glyptodonts, wooly mammoth, wooly rhino, giant elk,
moa, kangaroo, camels, horses and elephant-like proboscideans, thus negatively altering the
vegetative and faunal ecology worldwide, leaving degraded biomes like tundra and deserts,
that resulted from destroyed complex symbiotic plant-animal relationships, now missing their
large animal herbivore anchoring-partners. That whole historic period largely agrees with the
psychology of iop, in that (i = tribe/clan as goal-orientated social units, o = extreme
foreign exploration, p = domination of environment).
The next kl; conjunction occurred in 5036 BCE -575 BCE. Starting in early Aquarius,
sign of the bi-polar collective mind. Within that cycle, l; conjunctions were in []qw,
It contained the first expressions of humans as trans-famial nations centered mostly on river
systems in Mesopotamia, China and Egypt. The rise of Egyptian civilization grew out of one
of the most auspicious of the settled agricultural cultures that succeeded the hunter-gathering
domination of the animal world around 10,000 BCE. The immensely fertile Nile river valley
and delta was geographically well positioned at the juncture of ancient African migration
routes into Asia and Europe. The fertility of the delta and defense attributes of surrounding
deserts made Egypt an ideal spot for trans-famial social-development.
Egyptian Pharaonic civilization began about the midpoint of the 4500 year l; conjunction
series (at about 2806 BCE). That date is between the founding of the first Egyptian Pharaonic
dynasty (Menes I) around 3000 BC, at Memphis, Egypt and the construction of the great
pyramid at Giza around 2561 BC. Those events are close to l; conjunctions (see p. 62) at
those dates in late Pisces (sign of the afterlife), and early Aries, sign of the reincarnating soul.
This was a spiritually orientated cycle, influenced by an afterlife/soul orientation indicated
by the sign background of the l; conjunctions during the long and stable Pharaonic era. It
produced stable dynastic regimes, philosophically dedicated to the afterlife of deified
pharaohs, animals, and other gods. Memphis and Giza are located close to 30}Nx30}E the
proposed geographic center point of the astro-geographic overlay. That latitude was also used
to determine the start of the Egyptian calendar year timed with the annual Nile flood and
heliacal rising of the brightest star, Sirius, at that latitude. Memphis, located at the start of the
Nile delta united a mildly-contentious upper and lower Egypt. One of its names was kingdom
of the two lands. Its first name was “fortress of the white walls” suggesting a race divide
between delta and southern Egypt, however domination by northern Egypt, from that time
forward was overwhelming and N/S hemispheric antagonism was not a strong factor. The
Egyptian pharaohs had no competitive East/West neighbors until the end of the 4500 year
cycle (around1650 BCE) when foreign regimes from Mesopotamia, including Assyria and
Persia repeatedly invaded, and were repeatedly expelled; such was the strength of the
Pharaonic culture and delta economy. It finally succumbed to Persian domination in525 BCE,
about the end of the kl; period that had begun in 5036 BCE. That period was largely
devoid of hemispheric antagonism due to poor nation development, although consolidation of
power in Mesopotamia and China was culminating in larger multi-region states.
The kl; 5036 BCE conjunction in 9} Aquarius focused the collective mind on trans-famial
social creations. The social developmental stage in 5036 BCE relative to Western
Imperialism was benign with no E/W nationalistic competition. The kl; triple conjunction
in Aquarius psychologically stimulated the collective mind to conceive social structures
beyond the tribe level.
Ptah, The Gods of Pharaonic Egypt may give us rudimentary insight into how the collective
mind works. Ptah wa a principal god of Egypt that has been described as the demiurge of
Egypt, a public-worker God who conceives as an architect or planner, but a planner who is
limited by extant knowledge. Ptah was described as “the God who listens to men” and ears
were sometimes carved into stella and temple walls. It suggest that the collective-mind learns
from new data and increasingly depends on human discovery to extend its knowledge base,
similar to individuals. In other words the collective mind is not omniscient; it learns. The
difference is that the collective mind doesn’t forget everything through reincarnating, so it
knows much more than any individual. The large-scale social-creations of Pharaonic Egypt
may be the earliest expression of collective mind social planning and pre–cosmologic selfdescription. Systematic astronomy was unknown until the Babylonians initiated record
keeping of astronomical phenomena at the end of this kl; 4500 year period, that was
initiated in 9} Aquarius and mostly covered a l; series of conjunctions in soul orientated
signs Pisces and Aries, plus 10} into Taurus.
Ptah, was worshiped in the main temple at the center of Memphis and many other cities and
shrines. Ptah was the demiurge, who molded the world through thought and by means of the
word/logos, brings his thought into reality, in this case through the agency of the priesthood
class and craftsmen who designed and built the huge public projects that collectively made a
highly functional culture, but one limited philosophically by social developmental immaturity
and the orientation of the period toward the most difficult to understand aspects of reality; the
structure of the spirit-world and the souls life. The very name Egypt derives from the name of
Ptah’s temple in Memphis as the home of the soul of Ptah, implying that the location or
geography of the temple in Memphis was considered important. That is similar to the astrogeographic overlay diagram, proposed here, where the same approximate geographical
location is considered the center point of the collective mind.
The next (current) kl; conjunction cycle occurred in 575 BCE to 3733 CE. That
(current) kl; triple conjunction period began at the dawn of written history in 575 BCE
in the sign Taurus, the sign of local geography and material circumstances, making the astrogeographical overlay useful in understanding why, very different philosophies were chosen
in China (the East), the Hellenistic Middle East and the Roman West). The history of that
early time period was characterized by formation of the major (religious and secular)
philosophical systems that came to underpin Eastern and Western political regimes. Broadly
speaking there were three distinct philosophical trends that developed in the East, Middle
East (30ºE), and West in the 500 or so years that followed the 577 BCE kl; conjunction.
Figure 66 cosmo.gif
China was the largest civilization in the East and was entering a period of consolidation of
large warring kingdoms into a unitary empire that would endure through successive dynasties
until 1911. If we accept that China falls under the yui sectors of the overlay, (see China
p.165) then it is easy to reconcile the acceptance of Legalism + Confucianism’s as the basic
philosophy that China accepted. Together they reflect the humanistic governments that
Figure 67 libra.jpg
promoted Libran values like public safety, law and order, while
maintaining militarily powerful centralized dynasties whose posture
was usually defensive. Libra symbolizes the individual supported by
social structures. Libra follows the family quadrant (rty) and the
Libra psychology is what a society organized around the family unit needs to prosper at the
trans-famial level of social organization. Scorpio on the other hand is focused less on justice
among families and individuals and more on inter-state relationships, however Scorpio’s goal
of political unity seems to require the perception of justice, while Libra’s goal of social
stability seems to require a strong state infrastructure, thus binding Libra and Scorpio
psychology. At the domestic level Taoism and Buddhism flourished, again emphasizing
Libran values of harmony with nature, harmlessness and ethical behavior.
Eastern, Central and Western philosophical beginnings.
China
The Hundred schools of thought
Confucius (551-479 BCE)
-0577 BCE,
kl;
“Period of wandering scholars”
Guatama Buddha (563- 480
BCE)
Lao-tzu (Taoism) (575-485
BCE)
Spring and Autumn Period (770- 480 Unified China 221 BCE)
BCE)
Warring States Period (481-221
BCE)
The Warring states period was followed by consolidation of a political philosophy that
combined Confucianism with legalism. Legalism is a more severe state orientated
philosophy, with Scorpionic characteristics, that ranked state power and material
production as primary goals. After initial unification legalism became secondary, to a
more humanistic Confucianism that would last for 2000 years, through successive
dynasties. China’s geographic isolation from the West allowed it to express its astrogeographic preferences (dominantly Libra) until Western Imperialism became
technologically able to intrude in the 19th century. Confucianism is an ethical code of
relationship behaviors designed to peacefully regulate a just hierarchy of governance and
personal relationships. Knowledge of the written Confucian code was tested for in
competitive exams for public-service positions.
Central philosophy at 30} East
The necessary goal of World political-unification makes the collective-mind the beneficiary
and motivator of the middle-ground philosophy and the few trans-hemispheric states that
have arisen there. Those states like the collective mind itself are an abstract abridgement, and
summary of real-politic forces rooted in polarized geography. There is no inherent middle
ground. It is either East or West when filtered through bi-polar hemispheric-antagonism, so a
middle ground philosophy as suggested in the glyph system is a construction of the
collective-mind. Those few trans-hemispheric states that arose in Hellenistic and Byzantium
Greece were failed experiments in hemispheric polarity-resolution, by political means.
The Greeks were most important as the culture that developed a cosmologically-associated
pantheistic-religion and the astronomical science that became tropical zodiac astrology. Later
Greeks had a leading role in originating the glyph system which describes the astrology
behind World politics. Their dire position at the fault line of E/W political contact from 3301453 as Greek Byzantium forced them again and again to meditate on why Ottoman Muslims
and Catholic Romans could not coexist. As Greek Byzantium was pinched to nothingness in
1453, a minimalist symbol system was born in Greek minds that described their predicament
astrologically. Unfortunately for the Greeks, Istanbul and the Ionian coast of Turkey is by
geography 1} (53 miles/85 km.) within their natural domain (using 30} E as divider) but part
of the Anatolian peninsula. That juxtaposition was a problem for Greek efforts to mediate
boundaries with Turkey and formerly with Persia. Regardless of that problem, their long roles
as trans-hemispheric regimes centered first at Hellenistic Alexandria and later Byzantine
Constantinople gave their intelligencia unique insight into trans-hemispheric political
relationships.
577 BCE was a special time astronomically, in that the sidereal and tropical zodiacs became
aligned (a once every 25,920 year occurrence). That alignment in addition to the triple
conjunction of kl; seems to have spurred the development of astronomy and astrology at
that time. That alignment may have contributed something special when the sages of Archaic
Greece (800-500 BCE) stood before their audiences throughout the Greek world and
channeled the wisdom of the collective mind in unwritten oral presentations, entertainments
and competitions. The creation of a cosmological philosophy built on myths and epic oralstory telling may have been aided also by the desire of the Greeks to understand the complex
political tensions the seemed to flow across the Bosporus and Eastern end of the
Mediterranean, which was the constant object of their attention and eastward colonizations.
The Greek colonization’s around the Mediterranean, Black sea and Anatolia had already
made Greece in part (trans-hemispheric) in attitude and philosophy before the -577 grand
conjunction of kl; and sidereal/tropical zodiac alignment. It is significant that the founding
document of Western literature and philosophy (Homer’s epic Trojan War) was a tale of East
/West struggle between men and Gods that became associated with a cosmologic Olympian
pantheism.
Greece, 2014
Archaic Greek colonies
800 – 480 BCE
Figure 68 world44.jpg, greece1.jpg
In 577 BCE, the discovery of the outer planets k,l,; was 24 centuries in the future. None
the less the collective mind, under the influence of this most philosophical of conjunctions
began the cosmological definition of itself as a spiritual being rooted in a physical, and
increasingly political World. Hesiod’s Theogony (origin of the Gods) written in poetic verse
similar to the Homer’s epic, appeared in written form most definitively around this time as
Greek written language consolidated and replaced oral expressions of history, philosophy and
science. Written prose became the new medium, more suited for rational science, exact
communication and knowledge storage.
After 577 BCE, the Greek Olympian Gods became increasingly associated with the then
known planets. Amazingly, the myths and life histories of the Olympian family of Gods is
supportive of the psychological types attributed by later astrologers to the various planets and
signs. That body of knowledge preceded the astronomical scientific revolution of the
Hellenistic period (post Alexander the Great, to the fall of Ptolemaic Egypt to the Romans,
(323BCE to 30BCE). The Hellenistic scientist thought most intently about rationalizing
astronomy, geography and the physical world by scientific means, with astronomy receiving
special focus and success. By the time that scientific revolution ended, pockets of the Greek
intelligencia were well on their way to making Greek cosmologic theology a science based
system, complete with tropical zodiac, heliocentric solar system understanding, and physical
apparatus like planetarium, and armillary spheres. Scientific literature accumulated in
libraries in Alexandria and the other major city-states. Had Hellenistic Greece been allowed
to proceed on its scientific astronomical path of development, they would have developed a
more robust science based system than what survived into pre-scientific Imperial Roman
times. (Russo 1996) The astrology associated with Claudius Ptolemy (90-168 CE), was a
remnant of the science based system that was under development before the Roman
repression, as evidenced by the existence of the Antikythera mechanism, created several
centuries before Claudius Ptolemy wrote. Post-Hellenistic astrologers had no glyph system to
represent its core ideas as interpreted here, until the renaissance, probably because it took
several waves of Western imperialism to transpire before the collective mind could fully
grasp the structure of its own nature and synthesize a glyph (symbol) system capable of
describing the core cosmologic inputs and processes involved. Western imperialism is a
developmental stage of social-evolution of our polarized world, that is still being resolved,
but the master plan of polarity antagonism resolution was arrived at in the early renaissance,
circa 1400-1474 CE, synchronous with the fall of Byzantium (1453) and the relative
stabilization of East/West military polarity for the next 350 years. That is until the hyperactive imperialist 19th and 20th century.
Antikythera Mechanism:
Hellenistic Tropical Zodiac astronomy relied heavily on soli-lunar eclipse and planetary
records in the Babylonian astronomical diaries (747- 61 BCE). That information
previously led to discovery of the Soros and Metonic eclipse cycles. That astronomic data
was combined with Greek astronomical science and technical engineering capability to
produce the Antikythera (crank-operated) analog computer around 100 BCE. It was
accurate enough to satisfy most demands of an astronomer/astrologer for calculating
eclipses and other astronomical data used to predict the outcome of political and military
questions, not to mention non-military horoscopy. Such was the level of astrological belief
among the Greek intelligencia, that it prompted the construction of the Antikythera
mechanism and the science/technology that surrounded its development. The Antikythera
mechanism was discovered in a Roman shipwreck in 1902, and gradually revealed it’s
secretes, as scientist used x-ray and other imaging techniques to peer into the corroded
devise and piece together the complex gearing mechanisms and inscriptions. It is now
thought to have mechanically displayed Soros and Metonic eclipse dates and times on two
dials, and lunar, solar and planetary positions on the front dial. Importantly from an
astrological standpoint, the tropical zodiac, (12 equal signs) dial was used, indicating
awareness of precession of the equinoxes, which was discovered by Hipparchus of Rhodes
around the time of the devices construction 150-120 BCE. It is the only surviving example
of the high-point of Greek astronomic technology, which disappeared in the hands of the
Roman conquerors starting in 221 BCE with the plunder of Syracuse and killing of
Archimedes. In the long wars that followed between Rome and the Hellenistic states whole
populations were reduced to slavery in some cities, while much of the intelligencia and
their books ended up in Roman villas. The decisive stage was in 146 BCE when Carthage
and Corinth were razed to the ground. In the following year the Greek community of
Alexandria was decimated by an indigenous revolt led by Roman sympathizer Ptolemy
(Euergetes II), who persecuted and purged the Greek ruling class causing an exodus of the
Greeks, and largely ended scientific activity in Alexandria. The subsequent destruction of
the library at Alexandria and its larger parent institution The Musaeum, which functioned
like a university, is symbolic of the overall force of Roman Imperialism and its successor,
in culturally cleansing the empire of Hellenistic science and philosophy, a process that
became more severe and complete under Christian Rome.
The Antikythera mechanism Zodiac
is believed to be tropical as opposed
to sidereal. It also had a
mechanism to calculate the rising
degree based on fixed star risings,
marked on the main dial.
ΚΡIOΣ (Aries)
ΤΑΥΡΟΣ (Taurus)
ΔIΔΥΜΟΙ (Gemini)
ΚΑΡΚIΝΟΣ (Cancer)
ΛEΩΝ (Leo)
ΠΑΡΘEΝΟN (Virgo)
ΧΗΛΑΙ (Scorpio's Claws, i.e., Libra)
ΣΚΟΡΠΙΟΣ (Scorpio)
ΤΟΕΩΤΗΣ (Sagittarius)
ΑIΓOΚΕΡΩΣ (Capricorn)
YΔΡΟΧOΟΣ (Aquarius)
IΧΘΕIΣ (Pisces)
signs on inner dial rim
Figure 69 antiky.jpg, antikyt.png
Hellenistic Greece, a trans-hemispheric hybrid:
Brief history: In 575-332 BCE the Greeks were often allies of Egypt against the Persians
and long-time trading partners. The Persians occupied Egypt at the beginning of Alexander
the Greats conquest. Alexander conquered much of Persia and liberated Egypt in 332 BCE.
Alexander and the succeeding Greek Ptolemy dynasty were accepted as pharaohs by the
Egyptians. Coastal Alexandria became the capitol of Ptolemaic Egypt, and the largest trade
and culture center of the loose community of Greek dominated successor kingdoms that arose
in the wake of Alexander the Greats death in 323 BCE in Babylon. The huge transhemispheric region Alexander had conquered subsequently fractured into four main subkingdoms, (Ptolemaic Egypt - dark blue, Seleucid Empire-yellow, Pergamum Kingdomorange, Greece/Macedonia green.
Hellenistic kingdoms
Figure 70 greece5.jpg
Alexander’s body was carried from Babylon and enshrined in Alexandria. The Ptolemaic
dynasty, fused with Pharaonic infrastructures and culture, through intermarriage with the
priestly hierarchy. This Hellenistic regime was the last of the separate Hellenistic states to fall
to the Romans in 31 BCE, although the decline covered the two centuries of the Roman
intermittent conquest previous to that point. The cultural and scientific zenith that had
flourish in Alexandrian Egypt and the sympathetic network of sister states and special
science-orientated cities like Rhodes, Syracuse, Athens and Corinth, made the Hellenistic
period, (sometimes called the Hellenistic civilization) a unique achievement in antiquity. The
hard sciences like astronomy, mathematics, geography, medicine, and engineering
technology made tremendous discoveries and inventions then. Cultural advances were made
in city planning and higher education as demonstrated by the Alexandrian library. Those
science subjects are the main ones associated with kl, that symbolizes the track of individual
developmental perfection. See timeline chart p. 63.
Map of the World according to Eratosthenes (circa 276-194 BCE), Greek
mathematician, astronomer, geographer. Both Erastothenes, and Hipparchus, the
periods greatest astronomer, chose Alexandria for defining 0} longitude in their
World maps.(Russo 1996)
Eratosthene’s Hellenistic World
centered on Alexandria
6
7
5
4
2
12
3
Lighthouse at Alexandria, 203 BCE, 31ºN12 x 29ºE53 Great Pyramid at Giza,
2560 BCE, 29ºN58' x 31ºE08' Hanging Gardens at Babylon, 580 BCE, 32ºN30' x
44ºE20' Colossus of .Rhodes, 292 BCE, 33ºN40' x 27ºE42' Mausoleum at
Halicarnassus, 353 BCE, 37ºN02' x 27ºE25' Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, 550
BCE, 37ºN57' x 27ºE22'  Temple of Zeus at Olympia, 472 BCE, 37ºN40' x
21ºE42'
Figure 71 eristos1.jpg
The Hellenistic zenith in the sciences at this time may be connected with the first entry of
kl conjunctions into Gemini, (2}e in 401 BCE and 18}e in 231 BCE). Gemini is the sign of
local information or knowledge. The sign e is opposite to Sagittarius (the sign of science,
philosophy and higher education, the muses of ancient Greek myth. Gemini, like Sagittarius
is intellectually orientated, only less universal in its access to information and therefore less
complete in its conclusions. The distinction between Gemini and Sagittarius is ultimately
between Earth based and outer-Earth knowledge not accessible yet. Hellenistic civilization
absorbed all available local science like Babylonian astronomy records. It was an
extraordinary productive and intellectually creative period perhaps aided by the synergistic
trans-hemispheric network of Greek run kingdoms and cities. Pharaonic Egypt also had
straddled the East/West divide but in a more restricted space, at a more primitive socialdevelopment stage. It is argued here that cooperative trans-hemispheric political and cultural
entities confer on any regime a higher level of creative intelligence, produced by physical and
intellectual E/W syncretism. Nowhere was that more demonstrated than at Alexandria,
considered the greatest city of the known world at the time. Ptolemy I was one of the
“companions of Alexander” who like Alexander had been tutored by Aristotle and shared a
progressive Athenian education that was rationalistic, and scientific on many subjects. The
early Ptolemy’s built and supported the first and largest public/private library, not matched
until the renaissance. The dynasty supported public infrastructure projects, bathes, gymnasia,
research centers, schools, collection and translation of foreign books, including the translation
of the Jewish old testament into the Greek (Septuagent), by 70 Jewish scholars brought from
Israel, in cooperation with the high priest of Jerusealem. (Castello 1994) The Jewish population in
Alexandria was the largest outside of Israel and Greek culture was readily assimilated by the
Jewish intelligencia. The many progressive innovations made Alexandria the richest
scientific repository of extant knowledge and an intellectual powerhouse that unified likeminded scientist like Archimedes, Euclid, Eudoxus, Eratosthenes, Aristarchus, and
Hipparchus, throughout the network of Greek ruled cities, connected by strong trade
links.(Russo 1996) Interestingly the revival of that Hellenistic science, in the 15th century
European renaissance coincided with the first entry of the l; series of conjunctions into the
sign Gemini (2}e in 1398 CE and 9}e in 1891 CE). The l; conjunction series (associated
with social development perfection) will continue in Gemini for the next 3800 years (until
5340), so understanding what Gemini relates to at the social development level is a basic
theme to understand for the next 4 millenniums. The glyph master-plan, reduces symbolically
in a Gemini-like structure, to the cardinal cross symbol, +, showing a central goal shared by
both hemispheres, the vertical line (individual developmental perfection) plus the horizontal
line, an astrological technique designed to pacify hemispheric competition, a goal
incompatible with Western Imperialism, and therefore currently valued most by the Eastern
hemisphere. The 1398 renaissance introduced the master plan as an intellectual tool to
understand the macro reality by symbolizing as glyphs, the planetary-psychological-inputs
that time developmental need fulfillment, where each glyph relates to specific aspects of a
unified system. The renaissance revived the hard sciences from Hellenistic Greece and began
anew to build the vocabulary of science that define local World knowledge. That will not let
up until the l; series exits Gemini in 5340, but hemispheric antagonism should be resolved
within the current 575 BCE-3370 CE kl; cycle, probably by the mechanism symbolized in
the glyph system, individual longevity. See timeline chart p. 62. Our Geministic-world is
polarized, but destined to function politically as one World. There may be addendums to our
knowledge base when we meet or create other galactic neighbors, but for now, Gemini is
about the intellectual understanding of our local Geministic World.
The Hellenistic period was when the collective mind began to scientifically understand itself
in astronomic and other rational scientific terms. The collective mind may sense the world
indirectly through animal senses so its conceptual base is not infinite but tied to human
investigation. Its advantage is that it doesn’t forget everything like reincarnating humans.
Starting intently with the 577 BCE kl; conjunction, it planed and urged the antecedents of
culture that would make the mythic muses of archaic Greece, scientifically comprehensible.
The science centers and library at Alexandria plus the trans-hemispheric science network
allowed the creation of the Antikythera astronomical computer, and scientific understanding
of the solar system. That trajectory of a cosmologic, trans-hemispheric philosophy and
science to back it up, was halted by the advent and success of Roman Imperialism, which
destroyed what the collective had conceived and was attempting to actualize in the real
world. Trans-hemispheric hybrids may be fragile because they have no inherent land base.
Hellenistic civilization was a trans-hemispheric hybrid creation that mirrored the
psychological proportionality of the extant world mind, but was perhaps naive to the astrogeographic structure and social psychological dynamics that motivated Western Imperialism.
It took several waves of Western Imperialism over the following 1600 years for the collective
mind to understand and work out the abbreviated glyph system which symbolically
minimalizes the arch concepts of our polarized World and suggest a plan for resolution of
antagonistic polarity. Roman and European Catholic crusader Imperialism set the
action/reaction pattern of Western Imperialism which remains today a catastrophic threat to
the naturally evolved order of Eastern hemisphere psychic dominance. What is different now
in 2014 CE is that we have developed the scientific vocabulary necessary to begin to
actualize the key element of the master plan, human longevity, the game-changer revolution
symbolized by Uranus at the top of the wheel.
l; conjunctions: When you look at the current kl; 577 BCE conjunction cycle, marked
off in 500 year segments punctuated by l; conjunctions, you notice that they start in Taurus
in 575 BCE and move into Gemini in 1398 CE. By that time the World had experienced two
waves of Western Imperialism. Coincident with the entry of l; conjunctions into Gemini,
the glyph system appeared, intellectually describing organismal development, and the
problem of antagonist polarity. Subsequently three more waves of western Imperialism were
experienced, with a final event still possible.
Glyph Development Timeline:
Post Hellenistic astrologers operated under duress. Astrology was illegal after Christianity
became the Roman state religion in 380 CE (Edict of Thessalonica). Astrology progress
depends largely on astronomy and when pre-scientific Imperial Rome destroyed the network
of Greek science centers scattered around the Eastern Mediterranean, (centered in
Alexandria) science stopped progressing. It destroyed much of what had been created by the
Hellenistic civilization and postponed astronomic/astrological development until the
Renaissance, when astronomy and science resumed.
The resultant lack of technical proficiency in chart making was a big problem for nascent
astrologers but more important was poor understanding of the meaning of the planets and
zodiac signs which had not yet been reduced to glyph symbols of consensual psychological
meaning, or recognized as part of a unified system. As interpreted here, the meaning of
individual glyphs is largely dependent on their relationship to the overall system that firstly
describes the social organism, which in Imperial Roman and Catholic European Crusader
times was still a problematic riddle for the collective mind. The l;-1398 CE conjunction in
Gemini (midpoint in the whole 4000 year kl;- 577 BCE cycle) brought the renaissance
(rebirth) of science and importantly for the collective mind a understanding of the
intractability of Western Imperialism and a strategy for its resolution over time. The overall
glyph system has a central dualistic structure that defines the problem and the solution to
antagonistic hemispheric polarity. Personal astrology interpretation of individual horoscopes
is half-done if not understood in relation to the social-psychological structure of the collective
organism.
Early glyph timeline:
1150 CE, John X Kamateros, Compendium
of Astrology ( Maunder 1934, George 2001, Boll 1903)
Sun Venus Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn
Jupiter/Zeus – small or large
letter z, Z for Zeus
Late Byzantine glyphs from book” Greek Horoscopes”, (Neugebauer 1959) It
includes Pluti.28.34 manuscript, and chart shown below.(Laurentian Library
pluti.28.34 text)
See Laurentian library in index for navigation instructions.
Figure 72 kama1gif, kama.gif, glyph5a.jpg
Late Byzantine Glyphs, circa 1400-1453, from Pluti.28.34. Exact
date of composition, and authorship is unknown. The book was
acquired by Cosimo de Medici (1389-1464), and is now in The
Laurentian Library, Florence, Italy, which was founded by him and
holds his library.
Ascendant
Midheaven
Descendant
Imum Coelibottom of sky
Figure 73 glyph 4.jpg
Pre-1474 transition glyphs.
Traité d'astrologie, précédé de tableaux cabalistiques, 1401-1500,
anonymous, National Library of France link
Grey glyphs are margin edits
by a post-original owner of the
book.
Figure 74 cabala1.jpg, cabala4.jpg
The post-original editor, also corrected the mis-orientated Lunar Node symbols. That misorientation of north and south Lunar Node symbols also occurs in the Pluti.28.34 chart on
page 69. They are mis-orientated relative to what survived in the final 1474 glyph set. That
correction of orientation was necessary for the Lunar nodes to make sense in the whole
system as interpreted here, as organismal-development symbols, and sub-symbol parts of
glyphs. The sign Leo, t, as a general nodal body symbol of a developing organism needs
orientation to the top of the wheel as the apex of developmental growth and longevity, as
applied to individual organisms.
Pre-1474 transitional
glyphs. Nomina instrumentorum
astrolabii, cum ejusdem usu et
practica (1401-1500), anonymous,
National Library of France link
The Final 1474 CE glyph set below, first appears in Regiomontanus
calendar books, and ephemerides, published first in Nuremberg,
Germany and shortly afterwards in Venice, Italy in 1474.(Miiler 1474, Miiler
1474a, Miiler 1474b, Miller 1476)
By 1492 the Regiomontanus (Johannes Miiller)
ephemerides looked modern and were accurate (Miiler 1492). These works
were the apex of astronomical science at that time. Other astrological
text became rich in astrologic artwork.(Albumasar 1488, Albumasar 1506) The
square horoscope with the diamond in it became the standard chart form.
Figure 75 alchi.jpg, alchi1.jpg alci.jpg
The glyph system coalesced in post-Byzantium, 1453 CE, after the fall of Constantinople to
the Ottoman Turks and solidification of Moscovy, Russia in the north, as bulwarks against
European Eastern expansion by land,
across the 30} divide. The new glyph
Gemini picture
system recognized East/West
from Biet Alpha
antagonistic polarity as a problem. The
synagogue, ca. 5th
symbolism of the outer planets kl;,
century,
Israel.(castello 1994)
and asteroids, GFHJ discovered later,
1781-1930, repeated the plans central
Figure 76 zodHeb1.jpg
ideas and found rulership in logically
probable signs. The glyphs also
introduced the body/soul sub-symbol system that could be used describe developmental
stages. The body symbol (t), in particular was sub-dividable into 4 node-based parts that
could be used to describe organismal life-span, making statements on developmental biology
possible. The cardinal cross destiny symbol became the unifying symbol of both East/West
polarity-resolution and also individual biological perfection (maximum growth and
longevity), thus marrying the two main goals (social and individual) in the simplest dualistic
symbol possible, a cardinal cross, +. The cardinal cross, upright Gemini glyph, and
Geministic polarity characterize the final 1474 glyph set, while those features are missing in
the Pluti.28.34 set. It should be noted that the new glyph system introduced philosophical
concepts that did not exist before the 1398 l; conjunction in e. Reincarnation and
transmigration of the soul through heaven was new and radically different from the previous
Greek concept of Hades and the underground ruled by Pluto. One was a place of bliss, the
other a place of bondage. Also the introduction of the body symbol t, based on parts of the
Lunar Node symbol, introduced the concept of developmental evolution, as opposed to static
special creation by a God, as previously assumed. Amazingly the new glyph concepts do not
contradict the symbolic pictographs of the zodiac constellations. They only interpret them in
a new schema that recognizes developmental aspects of the evolving social and individual
organism and orientates the whole scheme geographically as proposed here. New knowledge
learned in the intervening two millenniums allowed a more scientific symbol system, that
incorporated accumulated knowledge and the experience of a manifesting Western
Imperialism. Perhaps the disappearance of (middle-ground) Byzantium in 1453 crystalized a
more stark East-West conception of the World in the minds of the intelligencia of Western
Europe that expressed by producing the final Regiomontanus glyph set that reflected that
polarity but also interjected their core religious symbol where crosses were present in the
extant Greek glyphs they inherited from Byzantium astronomer-astrologers.
Oldest horoscope with glyphs, late Byzantine, circa 1400-1453 CE First
symbolic horoscope, of a (literal horoscope). Photo from Pluti.28.34 (Laurentian
Library pluti.28.34 text page 143, see also Houlding 2007)
Figure 77 pluti.jpg
Gods and demi-Gods. Using the first symbolic (glyph) horoscope, the 3rd house is labeled
house of the Goddess, while the opposite house was house of the God, as transliterated
below.
The God and Goddess referred to by this anonymous Greek author of Pluti.28.34 is
probably best interpreted as demi-gods or semi-gods, in the manner of humans that approach
god-like status because of similar attributes like longevity, omniscience and obvious
outstanding physical qualities. Houses 11 and 12 are labeled as good and evil-spirit houses,
suggesting polarized arch-spirits, as in Persian Zoroastrianism. The chart and immature
glyphs shown in Pluti 28.34 show a struggling transition from earlier, indistinct Greek
pantheistic concepts to a radical new set of distinct concepts and structural organization
principles, like transmigrating souls, a bipolar collective mind, and symbolic description of
developmental stages.
(Houlding 2007)
The concept of the 3rd - 9th house
demi-god formation remained valid
in the final glyph system only the
axis of demi-god formation shifted
slightly to accentuate the vertical
longevity-axis shared by both
hemispheres, the er-op cusp.
Figure 78Houlding.jpg, cross1.jpg
The concepts shown in Pluti.28.34 are much like the astrology of Gemistus Pletho the leading
Byzantine secular philosopher, who taught at Mistra in the Greek Peloponnesus. He tried to
integrate Greek Olympian (pagan) religious ideas with astrology that had been rediscovered
from Arabian sources like Albumasar. Zoroastrian ideas like a polarized antagonistic spiritworld and Eastern beliefs like reincarnation were also parts of the framework of Pletho’s
indistinct philosophy. His summation manuscript “Book of Laws” was burned by the
religious authorities after his death, although other source material from his collaborators
survived. The political situation at the time of the fall of Byzantium in 1453, the year after he
died, made his groups astrological output difficult to trace. Pluti.28.34 may be a remnant of
that school, as Pletho was a likely conduit for Greek works being collected by Cosimo Dei
Medici. Gemistus Pletho was instrumental in reviving neo-Platonianism, and pagan ideas in
the renaissance at Florence, Italy. The trail of the Greek author of Pluti.28.34 disappears
only to be succeeded by the sudden full glyph system in Regiomontanus printed books
around 1474.
Regiomontanus: There is good evidence that Regiomontanus (Johannes Muller of
Konigsberg, Germany) had extensive acquaintance with most of the Greek source material of
which Pluti.28.34 was a significant but by no means only part. Whether
he actually read the Pluti document is unknown. Like his teacher
George von Peuerbach of Austria he was a leading astronomer,
mathematician, instrument maker, and compiler of astronomical tables.
If anyone was capable of pulling together all the disparate parts that
went into constructing the new glyph system it was probably
Regiomontanus. Unfortunately both men died around 40 years old;
Peuerbach in 1461 and Regiomontanus in 1476 so the final sequence of
glyph creation is obscure, however we know that Regiomontanus spent 4 years (after 1461)
in Rome and Northern Italy renaissance centers under the guidance and patronage of Greek
Catholic cardinal Basilios Bessarion, where he searched for and translated Greek
astronomical and mathetical manuscripts for Bessarion, and completed the abridgement of
Ptolemy’s Almagest, started by von Peurbach before his death. Cardinal Bessarion had the
largest collection of Greek manuscripts in Europe (over 500), and access to libraries in Rome,
Florence, Ferrara, and Venice, with extensive contacts with the brightest Greek-orientated
minds in the Italian renaissance. Bessarion, like Gemestos Plethon was a neo-Platonist
humanist philosopher and unionist-statesman involved in mediating the rapprochement of
East and West Christianity at the council of Florence in 1438. The attempt to resolve that
dilemma and create a common defense to the Ottoman Turk take-over of Byzantium failed,
but Bessarion was more successful in supplying the Greek manuscripts used by
Regiomontanus to synthesize the final glyph system. When the time came to start printing his
astronomical calendars, ephemerides, and theoretical works on trigonometry, algebra, etc.
(1472 in Nurenberg) Regiomontanus was prepared to make those simple glyph design
decisions. The invention of the glyphs was demanded by his need for simple printing symbols
for printing and instrument making. His whole short life seems to have prepared him to make
those decisions, including the following. While in Italy he reconnected with prominent Italian
mathematicians and astronomers that Puerbach had collaborated with twenty years earlier. He
made a portable sundial for Pope Paul II in1465. Next he traveled to Esztergom, Hungary
where he worked for archbishop Janos Vitez, calculating extensive astronomical tables and
building astronomical instruments. Later he went to Buda, Hungary to the court of Matthias
Corvinus where he built an astrolabe and collated Greek manuscripts. In 1471 he moved to
Nuremberg, and partnered with his student and wealthy merchant Bernhard Walther to
publish scientific literature starting in 1472 with Theoricae novae Planetarum by his teacher
George von Peurbach. It was the first printed astronomical textbook. He was summoned to
Rome in 1475 by Pope Sixtus IV to work on calendar reform, and was made titular bishop of
Regensberg, Germany. He died in Rome in 1476, probably from a plague. Whether
Regiomontanus had a systemic conception of the overall glyph system or a sub-symbol
conception involving the Lunar Node and Aries is unknown, but may be discoverable, with
complete research. His work set a new standard for accurate ephemerides, and horoscopy,
including a popular house system. His books on astronomy, and trigonometry were used to
determine latitude for navigation by Columbus and other New World mariners, while Nicolas
Corpernicus (1473-1543) built on his work in constructing his revolutionary heliocentric
theory On the Revolutions of the Celestial Sphere (1543). See Wikipedia and references
there-in for the above people.
INCUNABULA “cradle” period of first printed books.
Mature glyph system appears
in 1474, followed by many
astrology/astronomy/science
books. Incunabula “cradle”
period of first printed books
1453-1501.Link
Figure 79 icunr.jpg
There appears to be parallels between the way l; conjunctions are followed-up by kl
conjunctions. The l; conjunction concerns the macro socio-political changes of the social
organism, while the immediately following kl conjunction shifts the focus to the sciences
associated with Uranus and the vertical longevity axis. Neptune’s function is to focus Pluto
and Uranus energy to their finished idealized endpoints. Gemini conjunctions shown below,
brought dramatic technological changes in the way scientific knowledge was organized,
communicated and distributed. It appears that the demiurgic strategy is to hyper-activate the
antecedents of science that underpin the longevity phenotype, but firstly it counters ongoing
military threats from the West. For the demiurge Pluto, real-politic success is job-one, which
precedes the more refined long-term solution (longevity) symbolized by kl.
kl;- 577 BCE
l;- 1398
1891 l;
kl- 403 BCE, kl- 232
kl- 1478
1993 kl
Greek Ionic writing system, libraries Printing technology Internet, computers
Hellenistic East-West neutrality
East-West parity
East-West parity
Post Crusades
Post Cold War
Bold type = conjunctions in Gemini
kl Uranus Neptune conjunctions: Neptune acts in conjunctions mostly to modify the
other planet to a more idealized, developmentally-finished product. Uranus rules Sagittarius
from the top of the wheel. Uranus symbolizes a capstone of all knowledge, focused on human
longevity. The sign Sagittarius is associated with philosophy and synthesis of all scientific
systems that underpin philosophical inferences. So Neptune idealizes and maximizes the k/o
core functions like scientific investigation, knowledge accumulation and higher education.
The kl conjunction is specifically about Uranus which is ultimately about longevity, the
endmost goal of science at the individual level. The background sign also modifies the
meaning of the conjunction. Significantly the 1821 and 1993 conjunctions occurred in
Capricorn thus repeating the symbolic focus on the longevity goal. Those two conjunction
periods are flanked by conjunctions in Sagittarius in 1650 (Age of Enlightenment) and
Aquarius coming up in 2165, showing a sweep of time that centers on the top of the wheel
and longevity based on science. kl psychology is focused on the vertical axis of individual
developmental perfection, as different from l; focus on the social organism’s development
in total.
Examples:
1650 kl conjunction in Sagittarius: Founding of Royal Philosophical Societies first in
England and subsequently throughout Europe. The Enlightenment period.
1821 kl conjunction. All sciences were in increased development stage. The biology of
disease and medicine made gains that lead to extended average lifespan. Germ and evolution
theory change basic concepts of life’s origins. Large increases in median lifespan.
1993 kl conjunction: Biology of aging matures, with genetic and molecular causes of aging
mapped. Proof of concept for extended maximum human longevity, using laboratory animals
is accomplished. See Jenkins for an extensive astro-historical correlation timeline of history,
which is in a nascent stage of organization.(Jenkins 1993)
k; Uranus Pluto conjunctions occurs every 115 years and alternately bounces like a pingpong ball from one side of the zodiac to the other in an otherwise steady progression that may
cause its manifestations to surprise the public. See timeline chart p. 64.
This is the conjunction of the hero, where the individual will unites with the will of the
demiurge (public-worker) planet Pluto. They are both planets ruling the uppermost sectors of
the Eastern hemisphere, Scorpio and Sagittarius, so their union in a personality or political
movement is a formidable force for social change. Ideally Uranus’s cardinal cross + destinysymbol is balanced on top of the World symbol, O, independent and neutral of E/W political
struggle. The philosopher-king would rather mediate through creative intelligence than the
force of political revolution or reform. His heart is in individual perfection and the Sagittarian
realms of the intellect. Unfortunately, at the developmental stage of hemispheric powerresolution the normally self-centered Uranus is logically compelled to fight the just-war or
support the emergent reform demanded by the politics of E/W struggle, often expressing as
war, revolution, or contentious social/political reform. The generation whose horoscope the
conjunction appears is often considered revolutionary, with a destiny to overthrow outmoded
institutions that need transformation.
The preferred expression of k; is that of the scientist adding socially revolutionizing
inventions or information that skip steps of violent revolution or contentious reform.
Uranus/Sagittarius symbolizes new science
that has the power to better the human
condition. Uranus is said to be exalted in
Scorpio because of the ability of scientific
knowledge to quicken social transformation
toward the social ideal.
As interpreted here Uranus symbolizes the
resolution factor of human-longevity, that
overcomes East/West antagonism. The last two
conjunctions of k; in 1850 and 1965 are
illustrative of the transformative force of this
Figure 80 worldsek.jpg
conjunction. Those who lived in the 1960’s remember those politically contentious times,
when the “Cold War” took us to the brink of WWIII. Socialist heroes fought the Cold War in
the Soviet Union and hot wars in Viet Nam and other countries to establish their right of
socialist self-determination. Likewise 1850 saw the anti-slavery movement force the
extinction of slavery in the USA’s bloodiest war. Abolitionist heroes like John Brown and
later legions of Union soldiers fought the just necessary war, while the Southern heroes
sacrificed themselves for a futile cause on the wrong side of history.
OUTER PLANET CONJUNCTIONS
URANUS z NEPTUNE
z PLUTO
3940 -4463 year cycle
Oct 23, -5036 10º [
May 1, -577
09º w01'
Apr 1, -575
10º w15'
Jul 1, 3369
18º e09'
Jun 1, 3371
19º e18'
Circa 7310
11º r
NEPTUNE z PLUTO
494 year cycle
Apr, -5041
6º [
Nov, -4545
17º [
Nov, -4049
28º [
Dec, -3553
8º ]
Dec, -3057
19º ]
Dec, -2561
0º q
Apr 24,-2065
11º q59'
Jun 06,-1569
22º q29'
Dec 22,-1073
00º w42'
Apr 23, -577
08º w42'
Jun 19, -83
16º w46'
Mar 20, -82
15º w49'
Jun 23, 411
23º w12'
Mar 24, 412
22º w15'
May 21, 905
28º w27'
Jun 24, 1398
03ºe51'
Nov 27, 1398
03ºe20'
Mar 25, 1399
02ºe55'
Aug 2, 1891
08ºe38'
April 30, 1892 07ºe42'
Sept 02, 2384 12ºe51'
May 17, 2385 11ºe59'
Jul 01, 2877
15ºe00'
Jun 01, 2878
16ºe00'
Jun 01, 3371
19ºe18'
Dec 10, 3863
22ºe26'
Jan 01, 435633 24ºe23'
Jun 01, 4848
27ºe03'
Jun 01, 5340
29ºe11'
URANUS z NEPTUNE
172 year cycle
Jul 03, -575
15º w49'
Mar 31, -574 14º w23'
Jun 1, -403
02ºe18'
Jul 09, -232
19ºe18'
Mar 21, -231 18ºe11'
Aug 04, -61
05ºr49
Apr 23, -60
04ºr38'
Aug 28, 110
22ººr16'
May 02, 111 21ºr02
Sep 14, 281
08ºt25'
Jun 06, 282
07ºt11'
Sep 16, 452
24ºt08'
Jun 03, 453
22ºt55'
Sep 21, 623
9ºy48'
May 20, 624 8ºy40'
Oct 02, 794
25ºy41'
Oct 10, 965
11ºu26'
Oct 17, 1136 27ºu07'
Nov 07,1307 13ºi14'
Dec 06, 1478 29ºi40'
Aug 20, 1479 28ºi33'
Jan 18, 1650 16ºo11'
Oct 16,1650
15ºo03'
Mar 22, 1821 03º p01'
Dec 03, 1821 01º p59'
Feb 02, 1993 19ºp34'
Oct 25, 1993 18º p33'
Jan 17, 2165 6º[
Apr 11, 2336 24º[
Jan 11, 2337 24º[
URANUS z NEPTUNE
Continued.
Apr 15, 2508
Jan 16, 2509
May 2, 2680
Feb , 2681
May 20, 2852
Feb 21, 2853
Jun 7, 3024
Mar 10, 3025
Jun 20, 3196
Mar 20, 3197
Jun 29, 3368
Jan 25, 3369
12º]
12º]
1ºq
1ºq
19ºq
18ºq
6ºw
6ºw
26ºw
25ºw
14ºe
13ºe
URANUS z PLUTO
115-142 year cycle
Mar 14, -5035
12º [
Sep 22, -4908
29º t
Mar 11, -4781
22º [
Sep 27, -4650
4º u
May 16, -4529
4º ]
Dec 4, -4393
0º i
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Apr 7, -2493
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Mar 1, -2352
Jul 30, -2238
Mar 6, -2098
Sep 17, -1981
Jun 3, -1845
Sep 15, -1722
Apr 29, -1591
Oct 30, -1463
Mar 29, -1337
Nov 13, -1205
May 28, -1084
Feb 3, -948
Apr 24, -803
Feb 2, -692
Jul 03, -576
Mar 31, -575
Mar 21, -436
Dec 17, -436
Jun 01, -322
Mar 17,-181
Dec 17,-181
Aug 26, -69
May 05, -68
Feb 9, 74
Jul 19, 185
Apr 15, 186
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Dec 13, 328
Jul 02, 439
Mar 03, 440
Apr 02, 582
Jan 02, 583
Jul 1, 693
Apr 04, 836
Dec 31, 836
Jul 12, 947
Mar 23, 1090
Jul 29, 1201
Jun 11, 1343
Mar 02, 1344
Sep 23, 1455
Jun 15, 1456
May 02, 1597
Jan 22, 1598
Sep 10, 1710
Jun 26, 1850
Mar 23, 1851
Oct 09, 1965
Jun 30, 1966
Apr 24, 2104
Sep 26, 2221
May 20, 2357
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Nov 19, 2477
Jun 7, 2610
Nov 26, 2734
Jun 19, 2863
Feb. 3, 2991
Jun 27, 3116
Mar 14, 3247
Jul 3, 3369
Jan 29, 3503
Jul 15, 3622
Feb 24, 3758
Jul 25, 3875
Feb 10, 4013
Aug 15, 4128
Apr 7, 4267
Sep 8, 4381
May 13, 4521
Oct 18, 4634
Jun 4, 4775
Jul 23, 4888
Jun 2, 5029
May 1, 5142
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Equidistant conic
projection
Figure 82 conic.jpg
Figure 83 world45a.jpg
The main vertical dividing axis of these maps does not change in either Mercator or satelliteview. but sign boundaries diverge considerably the further one gets east or west of 30º East
longitude, in the two views, due to the inherent problem of superimposing a two dimensional
plane on a three dimensional globe, not centered at the equator. There is good geographic
confidence in the vertical hemispheric dividing-axis (30º E), and in the areas close to that
axis, which is the historical zone of definitive East-West conflict. On the other hand there is
considerable uncertainty about the exact boundaries, that are far distant from 30ºE. New
mapping technology may improve on these maps. The satellite view seems the better fit.
Figure 84 world44e.jpg
EU and Post-Soviet horoscopes: There were at least 22 new regimes formed because of the
break-up of the Soviet Union. The long-term stability of all these regimes may be greatly
improved by the long-term goal orientation of the outer-planet aspects discussed in the
“Russia Day” chart below. The placement of Pluto in mid- Scorpio puts power where it will
be maximal for the long-term survival challenges that are inevitable for the planet, while
Uranus conjunct Neptune in Capricorn puts the target on individual human longevity. Saturn
(ruler of Capricorn) and the North Node is also conjunct or close-by the kl conjunction in
all these charts, reinforcing the longevity goal as one of two core themes, for all these
regimes. The timing of these placements was probably influenced by the collective mind
because they are timely, but also timeless World goals, and involve the geography of the
astro-geographic overlay covering Scorpio through Capricorn, the signs whose business is
these very goals. These countries horoscopes now speak to goals inherent in their geography.
Furthermore, the founding of the European Union with the Maastricht Treaty, exactly aligned
in time with the founding of the Confederation of Independent States (12-1991 through 21992). In fact, in the few days (December 8- 9, 1991) when the final draft of the Maastricht
treaty was being completed in Brussels, Belgium, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
were busy in a forest location in Belarus, dismantling the Soviet Union and replacing it with
the loose Confederation of Independent States, the Belavezha Accords. The CIS and EU
seem destined to become multi-state political/economic/social structures that together
straddle the East-West hemispheric divide, 30E. The CIS and EU charts are practically the
same, in emphasizing the grand themes discussed above, involving the outer three planets. It
points to a mutual interest in the longevity project, and the socialistic development program
symbolized by a powerful Pluto in mid-Scorpio. That similarity will allow eventual
integration, however Western Imperialism is still the most powerful organizing force in
international politics and will remain a constraint until recognition and resolution of that
problem. That reality will probably continue to repress the strong Pluto component of all
these charts, including the EU, until the long-lived human phenotype is created that can unite
the hemispheric halves. At least both halves of the hemispheric divide now have similar
multi-state structures (CIS and the EU), with similar horoscopes, that have the long-term
potential to resolve the conundrum of World disunity. The A symbol shows structurally
supportive connections if not unity, except for the top and the rail. The two legs represent
unified east-west social infrastructure, while the rail represents long-lived mass populations
with a shared psychological attachment to hemispheric equanimity.
The Maastricht treaty horoscope was finally ratified and went into force on November 1,
1993. It is a powerful chart with a strong Scorpio socialistic-sector ( including Mars conjunct
Pluto in Scorpio). The chart also contains the last exact conjunction of Uranus and Neptune in
Capricorn, indicating maximal concentration of the psychology that will produce the longlive phenotype. Economic necessity will probably force Scorpionic (socialistic) solutions for
Europe in the coming decades but not reach the level of resolving Western Imperialism,
through trans-hemispheric integration. The EU is approaching half a billion people, and has
immense pressures to utilize the efficiencies of socialism that is here proposed to be inherent
in its founding horoscopes.
22
Figure 85 a2,jpg, a.jpg
Regimes: Webster’s dictionary defines a regime as 1a. regimen, b. a regular pattern of
occurrence or action (as of seasonal rainfall) c. the characteristic behavior or orderly
procedure of a natural phenomena or process 2a. mode of rule or management b. a form of
government < a socialist ~ > c. a government in power d. a period of rule.
Political horoscopes may work, because they represent a new group of leaders of a
society that feel strongly about the issues that prompted the regime change to happen. They
coalesce as a new dominant power matrix in the local body politic that guides the regimes
inception and thereafter. The planetary patterns in the political horoscope symbolize the
goals, characteristics and timing of cycles determined by the astrological patterns.
Presumably the larger the mass of people (popular) or proportion of the society that has a
psychological stake in the new regime, the more powerful and enduring the regime will be.
These post- Soviet charts possess focused symbolism on our most long-standing goals
(human longevity), and perhaps equally important to the majority half of the collective mind
is the ideal Pluto in Scorpio position, symbolizing political organization of the World. It is a
simple combination that may give these horoscopes very long endurance.
Soviet and
Warsaw Pact
disintegration
timeline.
EU timelinegrey
Date
Single Europe
Act – in effect
Jul. 1, 1987
1 Poland
holiday ;
Pluto
l
k
Neptune Uranus
j
A
Saturn
N. Node
Position position position Position Position
7ºi14'
6ºp34'
24ºo09' 16ºo20' 06ºq27'
Aug. 24, 1989 no 12ºi40' 9ºp49'
1ºp27'
7ºp33'
25º[48'
Sept. 10,1989 no 13ºi02' 9ºp38'
1ºp20'
7ºp18'
25º[39'
Oct. 23, 1989 yes 14ºi30' 9ºp54'
2ºp07'
8ºp43'
23º[35'
Neptune Uranus
Saturn
N. Node
(democratic)
2 Bulgaria
(democratic)
3
Hungary
(democratic)
Pluto
4 Romania
(democratic)
Dec. 22, 1989 no 16ºi48' 11ºp40' 5ºp11'
Czechoslovakia Dec. 29, 1989 no 17ºi01' 11ºp55' 5ºp36'
(democratic)
14ºp29' 17º[44'
15ºp17' 16º[55'
5 Lithuania
(independent)
Mar. 11, 1990 yes 17ºi40' 14ºp14' 09ºp07' 23ºp03' 16º[10'
6 Latvia Ind.
May 04, 1990 yes 16ºi28' 14ºp29' 09ºp25' 25ºp20' 11º[58'
7 Russia Day
(sovereign)
June 12, 1990 yes 15ºi28' 13ºp48' 08ºp17' 24ºp12' 8º[04'
8 Germany
(united)
Oct. 3, 1990
9 Macedonia
(sovereign)
Jan. 25, 1991 no 20ºi09' 15ºp02' 11ºp10' 28ºp33' 28ºp01'
10 Georgia (Ind.)
April 9, 1991 yes 19ºi48' 16ºp44' 13ºp47' 5º[42'
24ºp06'
11 Croatia (state)
June 25, 1991 yes 17ºi52' 15ºp43' 12ºp10' 5º[39'
18ºp56'
12 Slovenia (state) June 25, 1991 yes 19ºi48' 17ºp52' 12ºp10' 5º[39'
18ºp56'
13 Estonia Ind.
Aug. 20, 1991 yes 17ºi43' 14ºp20' 10ºp12' 1º[46'
18ºp28'
14 Ukraine Ind.
Aug. 24, 1991 yes 17ºi24' 14ºp16' 10ºp06' 1º[31'
18ºp22'
yes 16ºi14' 11ºp49' 05ºp45' 18ºp47' 5º[17'
15 Belarus Ind.
Aug. 25, 1991 no 17ºi47' 14ºp15'
10ºp05' 1º[27'
18ºp15'
16 Moldova Ind.
Aug. 27, 1991 yes 17ºi48' 14ºp13'
10ºp03' 1º[22'
18ºp03'
17 Azerbaijan Ind. Aug. 30, 1991 no 17ºi52' 14ºp11'
10ºp00' 1º[12'
17ºp42'
18 Uzbekistan Ind. Sept. 1, 1991 yes 17ºi53' 14ºp10' 9ºp59'
1º[09'
17ºp39'
19 Kyrgyzstan Ind. Aug. 31, 1991 yes 17ºi53' 14ºp10' 9ºp59'
1º[09'
17ºp39'
20 Tajikistan Ind.
Sept. 9, 1991 yes 18ºi04' 14ºp10' 9ºp59'
1º[53'
17ºp14'
21 Armenia Ind.
Sept 21, 1991 yes 17ºi53' 14ºp10' 9ºp59'
1º[53'
16ºp25'
22 Turkmenistan
Ind.
Oct. 27, 1991 yes 19ºi37' 14ºp15'
10ºp26' 00º[36' 12ºp16'
CIS creation
Dec. 08, 1991
21ºi17' 15ºp22' 12ºp19' 03º[26' 9ºp52'
Maastricht
Treaty (Draft)
Dec. 09, 1991
21ºi20' 15ºp24' 12ºp22' 03º[31' 09ºp53'
23 Kazakhstan Ind. Dec. 16, 1991 yes 21ºi35' 15ºp39' 12ºp47' 4º[13'
9ºp57'
CIS Alma-Ata
Dec. 21, 1991
21ºi45' 15ºp49' 13ºp03' 04º[42' 9ºp50'
Maastricht
Treaty signed
Feb. 07, 1991
22ºi52' 17ºp36' 15ºp50' 10º[16' 9ºp09'
24 Czech Republic Jan. 1, 1993
25 Slovakia
yes 24ºi36' 18ºp21' 17ºp40' 16º[21' 21ºo19'
Jan. 01, 1993 yes 24ºi36' 18ºp21' 17ºp40' 16º[21' 21ºo19'
Maastricht
Nov. 01, 1993
Treaty (in force)
24ºi46' 18ºp39' 18ºp44' 23º[39' 03ºo03'
25 countries (composite)
18ºi04' 14ºp09' 09ºp42' 28ºp21' 24ºp39'
Pluto
Neptune Uranus
Saturn
N. Node
Figure 86 PoBulHun.jpg
Figure 87 rolilae.jpg
Figure 88rugema.jpg
Figure 89 gecrsl.jpg
Figure 90 esukbel.jpg
Figure 91 MolAzUz.jpg
Figure 92 KyTaAr.jpg
Figure 93 TukazCz.jpg
Figure 94 slcima.jpg
Figure 95 simama.jpg
The EU Maastricht Chart for November 1, 1993 is very attractive as a political union chart. It
has many close conjunctions and aspect patterns involving the outer planets in the social
signs, u-], in tight integrated patterns. The recurrence of the kl conjunction and Pluto in
Scorpio themes in the precursor EU founding charts (above), and the Post Soviet group in
general, shows the paired themes of social and individual developmental perfection, may be
the social-psychological motivating force behind these charts coming into existence in the
short period of years around 1990 when both themes were just right for synchronous balanced
expression.
EU Maastricht November 1, 1993 12:00 AM, Brussels
Individual affluence
supported by abundant
socialistic infrastructure.
Peace orientated
jG, creative, well-integrated political class
Individual perfection
goal
Socialistic solutions
Figure 96 EuMastr.jpg,Eusymbol.jpg
Who are the Russians?
Figure 97 worldrus.jpg,World4kc1.jpg
Russia, covers four sections of the astro-geographic overlay diagram ( p o i u ), and
depending on the period of history under consideration, different sections were emphasized.
Currently in the post-Soviet era, Russian territory is covered by the signs Scorpio, Sagittarius,
Capricorn and a partial, poorly-defined area under Libra influence. (see maps above.) In
Czarist times the Capricorn sector was much more geographically represented than now, with
all or parts of Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Finland, and the Baltic states included at different
periods. Indeed the political foundations of Russia came from the region of Ukraine, with the
ruling Rurik dynasty originating in Scandinavia. Russia is predominantly under the
Sagittarius and Scorpio sectors with both signs well represented in the national “Russia Day”
regime chart.
Charts 1 is for the Romanov (1613) dynasty. The nature of monarchy in general is
Capricornian (authoritarian and autocratic). In general 862-1917 was characterized by
Capricornian authoritarian monarchy without a constitution or democracy. Those dynasty
charts may reflect different aspects of the two dynasty periods 862-1598 and 1613-1917 that
share the long Capricorn-like monarchy period, where over a millennium, autocratic
monarchs consolidated power and grew the geographically successful Russian empire. The
monarchy period ended in 1917 with the abdication of the Tsar Nicholas II, and the start of
“The Great October Socialist Revolution”, also called “Soviet Power”. Power and authority
are the same word in Russian, and “Soviet Power” was a title used by Lenin and others to
describe the regime started on November 7, 1917
The word Slav is very close to the word slave and I think the Slavic peoples, because of their
geographic location are fated to serve indispensible functions associated primarily with
Sagittarius and Scorpio, and to a less degree Capricorn and Libra sectors of the astrogeographic overlay. Those functions are required for insuring the existing power balance of
the collective mind, political unification of the World through longevity, and long-term
survival of the planet as biosphere. The symbolism of Sagittarius, Uranus, Scorpio, and Pluto
make plain the core psychology and arch principles involved. The Majority half of the
collective mind, encapsulated in the Pluto/Scorpio psychology, is championed by Pluto (the
demiurge of the East) who insures those specific functions, as demanded by the Eastern
majority-fraction of the collective mind. Russia’s strategic location has made their destiny
more critical than other nations, and presumable under more strict control by the Majority
Spirit. In the Greek myths of Tartarus, as the underworld, the inhabitants were servitors of the
demiurgic Pluto, which made their fate a serious burden; however Russia is more than
Scorpionic duty, as its territory is covered by more signs than any other state.
The Sagittarius sector shares the top of the hemispheric divide with Capricorn. Russia,
Belarus, Ukraine, and Turkey. All fall partly under the Sagittarius sector. They all have a role
in producing the long-lived human phenotype that may be necessary for achieving
hemispheric unification and survival of the current power
equation. The role of Sagittarius and Uranus may be greater
than that of Capricorn and Saturn in motivating the quest for
individual longevity, because the science symbolized by
Sagittarius is sufficient and necessary for a successful
longevity program, but more to the point, the Eastern
hemisphere has a much greater strategic interest in resolving
Figure 98
the existential threat of Western Imperialism, hopefully by
urancan.jpg,urancan2.jpg
peaceful means, and sooner the better.
Tartar/Mongol influence:
Previous to the rise of a unified Russian monarchy, with the consolidation of Moscovy
Russia under Ivan the Great, III (1462-1505), the Scorpionic Tartar/Mongol Empire, began in
the Siberian steppes (Scorpio sector) and launched one of the most successful empires ever in
terms of territory and military success. Those highly disciplined nomadic tribes (Mongol and
Tartar tribes) were unified under Genghis Khan and began their conquest in 1206.
Figure 99 Tartar2e.jpg
By 1260 they had conquered a majority of the countries in the Eastern Hemisphere including
most of China, Korea, Central Asia, Iraq, Persia, part of Turkey, Russia and parts of the
Balkans. Their military/political attitude was simple and Scorpionic; submit and cooperate or
be liquidated. The Mongol Empire may be considered as the Majority Spirits response to
Catholic European Crusader -imperialism. Relative to Western Imperialism, the long lasting
effect of Mongol domination was to concentrate power in larger successor empires that
followed, especially those that front the East/West divide. Russian and the Ottoman Turk
empires gradually coalesced over the following 200 years into consolidated centralized
empires that presented an effective military barrier to Western European land invasion along
the East/West divide. That land barrier held until the 20th century, but the scientific and
industrial revolution, that was centered in Western Europe gave Western countries a
technologic advantage in colonization of the New World and the East by sea, with the help
of the ever increasing military superiority that culminated in the 19th and 20th century.
The Mongol empire was relatively short-lived (1206-1480) but seems to have had a long
lasting militarizing (Scorpionic) influence on the structure and character of the successor
states, Russia and the Ottoman Turk empires, making them larger, centralized, and power
orientated.
As Russia conquered the remnants of the Mongol Khanates, it was drawn east into Siberia
and eventually extended to the Pacific Ocean. By 1689, it bordered the Turk Ottoman empire,
Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China, thus adding the Scorpio astro-geographic component to the
Russian national psyche. That Scorpio geography added to and solidified the Scorpionic
influence of two hundred years of Mongol domination, (1240-1480) that had already help
mold Moscovy Russia into a powerful centralized monarchy and service state, very different
from the previous disunited federation of city-states of Kievan, Novgorod, or Vladimir
Rus.(Milner-Gulland 1998)
Short history:
Alexander Nevsky, the sainted Russian Prince of Novgorod, defeated the Swedes in 1240
and later in 1243, he defeated the German Teutonic Knights, and local Estonians at battles
near present day Saint Petersburg. Those battles were in part, part of the Northern Crusades
sanctioned by the Popes against pagan and Orthodox Christian territories. Alexander Nevsky
subsequently submitted to Batu the Mongol leader of the Golden Horde, who had recently
sacked Kiev and Chernigov as part of a much larger Mongol conquest that temporarily
extended into Central Europe and the Balkans. Nevsky’s submission to the Mongols saved
Novgorod and Northern Russia from destruction, and he was made Grand Prince of Vladimir
by the Mongols, with the yarlyk authority to rule and collect taxes for the new Mongol
Khanate of the Golden Horde, whose capitol was at Saray on the lower Volga river. The
Rurik dynasty, that had ruled Kievan/Novgorod Rus since 862, continued to prosper in
Vladimir and the nearby Principality of Moscovy, as servitors of the Khanate. A Rurik prince
of Moscow had married a sister of the ruling Khan of the Khanate of the Golden Horde.
Thereafter the small but growing Moscovy principality usually held the Mongol Yarlyk
mandate to rule. Moscovy had a long stable period of six long-lived Rurik monarchs over 225
years, from 1359-1584 that developed a unique unitary power structure, that determinedly
extended its authority, and (gathered-in) the surrounding principalities into a unified Russian
monarchy. That unitary power structure was based on a subservient aristocracy and servitor
class. That structure allowed steady accretion of military power and territory expansion
relative to rival principalities, whose power was more fragmented into local aristocratic
power centers. Significantly Moscovy instituted a policy of land ownership (pomestye)
wherein the monarch held dominium, (unfettered right of disposal) over all land and the state
granted the aristocracy (servitors and gentry) land tenure conditional on continued service to
the state, that could be withdrawn at the monarchs whim. That practice began in 1480, under
Ivan III, with the subjugation of the Principality of Novgorod, the largest principality.
Thereafter, the aristocratic class became dependent on loyalty to the monarch, which greatly
increased the monarch’s power. Under Tartar/Mongol domination taxes, etcetera, were
channeled to the Khan in Saray, but as Mongol rule loosened, those taxes continued to be
collected, only now they were used exclusively by the Moscovy monarch.
Novgorod was emblematic of an alternative (Sagittarian) Russia that in theory might have
been. Novgorod was liberal, democratic and commercially powerful. It was the largest
commercial center, and the easternmost terminal of the European Hansiatic trade- league. It
traded the products of Northern Russia into Western Europe. It was a window on, and conduit
to the West on many levels, and its long tradition of democracy included the institution of the
veche bell, by which any citizen could ring the large bell and convene a council to resolve
political issues. Governments were oligarchic but democratic, where the grand prince, Mayor,
and archbishop were less powerful. The Pskov, Tver and other principalities also had veche
bell institutions. Novgorods ruling aristocracy was commercially rich but politically
fragmented and militarily weak. Novgorods problem/ mistake was negotiating with
Lithuania, Muscovy’s deadly arch-rival to the West. Moscovy was determined to reestablish
its perceived patrimony of a united Russia, and when Novgorod continually procrastinated,
Ivan III defeated them and hauled away the veche bell to Moscow. He ended their
independent state structures, replaced the church leadership and confiscated their lands. Some
thousands of better-off Novgorod citizens were forcibly relocated to other parts of Russia in
the following years, while 1.2 million hectares of land was reallocated under the new
(pomestye) land tenure system to a new servitor class that was quickly extended. The
Hansiatic league merchants were ejected in the 1490’s, and Novgorod no longer permitted to
independently deal with foreign states.
The repression of the Sagittarian component of The Russian character seems to be reflected
in the folk legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh that sank beneath the waters of its lake, in
response to the Tartar invasion, in order to reemerge in better times. Those times may be
now, when Western Imperialism is in check, countries are free, and the sciences are
blooming.
The rise of Moscovy was not accomplished in a vacuum. To the West, Poland/Lithuania,
Sweden and German states remained growing rivals ready to expand East if given the
opportunity.
The Tartar/Mongol influence encouraged Moscovy to evolve a more centralized, power
orientated monarchy than her rivals to the West, which facilitated Russia’s territorial
expansion in the coming centuries.
The Rurik dynasty died out in 1598, instigating a succession struggle that lasted over a
decade (the time of troubles). It was characterized by intervention (invasions) from the
Poland/Lithuania and Sweden, showing the readiness of those Western states to exploit
Russian weakness. The Poles and Swedes were driven out and a Russian elected Tsar,
starting a new dynasty that would last until 1917.
The founding date of the Rurik dynasty (862) is historically vague and will not be discussed,
but the Romanov dynasty chart shown below, for election of Mikhail Romanov, by the
Zemsky Sobor (oligarchic council) is reliable, except for the time of day.
Romanov Dynasty Chart
March 3, 1613
Moskva, Russia
service-state aristocracy
idealistic autocratic
monarchy
land based power
Figure 100 Rom.jpg
united multi- region Slavic aristocracy
The Sun is conjunct Saturn, (natural ruler of Capricorn) and would be a good aspect for any
monarch or authority figure. The conjunction is in mid-Pisces, and in octave (red lines)
aspects to the outer social planets. In many ways the chart reflects the long succession of
ideal conservative monarchs, who guided the territorial expansion of Russia, following the
period of Rurik dynasty consolidation of centralized power into the Moscovy service state.
The result was the most geographically successful contiguous monarchical empire in the
World, but one that by 1917 had lost its ability to counter Western Imperialism due in part to
isolation from the European science revolution, initiated in the Renaissance coincident with
the beginning of l; conjunctions in e 1398 and 1893. The same problem was overcome
by Ottoman Turkey and China, by switching from aristocratic autocracy to Scorpionic
regimes that maximally concentrated military power and state control. The active policy of
sequestering Western technology from Russia and the East remains a potent tool of Western
Imperialism which sees their technology as the final decider of polarity resolution.
The Soviet Power chart is Scorpionic, with aspects for idealistic leadership. The need for this
regime can best be explained in the context of 20th century Western Imperialism, and the
1891 l; conjunction that preceded the “Soviet Power” Bolshevik revolution of 1917.
Fortunately, Western Imperialism was checked by this regime and now Russia can move on
to a less bitter destiny, as promised in the Russia Day and similar post-Soviet charts. The
founding document for the “Soviet Power” regime was composed by Lenin, as decree #1. It
was dated with exact time of day, thus giving confidence to the ascendant and planet house
positions. The Ascendant, a, and d are in Scorpio, plus Pluto and j/l in the 8th house make
it Scorpionic, especially because of the numerous 8th harmonic aspects that link those
Scorpionic factors to factors associated with an ideological and idealistic leadership. The
strict totalitarian nature of the regimes communism may reflect the historical need of Russia
and the Eastern hemisphere in general for effective military and industrial power to match the
emergent threat from the West. Russia had a history of yielding destiny to Scorpionic power
to meet its geographic based strategic needs. The best example being the period under
Tartar/Mongol domination that fostered the militarily successful
autocratic service state.
One of the myths associated with Scorpio, is the phoenix bird that
crashes to earth and rises again from its ashes in a new incarnation.
The myth seems to fit the destruction of the Soviet Union where the
new post-Soviet regimes have a powerful astrologic connection with
the parent regime, because the breakup of the Soviet Union came in
1989 when transiting Pluto was at 15}i which was the “Soviet Power” Sun/Mercury degree,
thus linking the post-Soviet regimes with the “Soviet Power” chart
Figure 101 phoenix.jpg
at a special point (mid-Scorpio) where Pluto is ideally placed for
Scorpio attributes like political, military and economic power. The
Sun was the traditional planet involved with the myth. Scorpio and Pluto are in general
astrologic factors associated with transformation, as metaphoric death and rebirth.
Soviet Power
November 7, 1917
10:00 AM, DST
Saint Petersburg,
Russia
Figure 102 Sovsm.jpg
The chart reflects the very difficult mission that regime had to accomplish, which was to
counter the most powerful thrust of Western Imperialism in all history coming first from the
German center and then the American. That mission was accomplished 100% and Russia
stands today with nuclear parity with the Western countries. Western Imperialism is in check,
but not checkmate.
The Russia Day chart shown below may represent a new era in Russian history, where the
Sagittarian sector of the Russian character gets to shine, coequal with the more familiar
Scorpio sector that dominated the 72 year “Soviet Power” regime period. The Scorpio sector
of the Russian character is fully satisfied in the “Russia Day” chart by the ideal placement of
Pluto in Scorpio. That position insures a powerful State sector. What is new in the new
regimes is the kl stellium in Capricorn with its focus on the personal revolution of
individual longevity and all the sciences associated with Sagittaius, that support that ultimate
personal goal.
While essentially a personal goal, longevity may also have an important political function in
resolving hemispheric antagonism, by creating a long-lived political class, psychologically
connected to both hemispheres. The 60º aspect between the Pluto and the
Neptune/Uranus/Saturn conjunction forms part of a so-called “mystic rectangle” (green lines
below) that connects virtually all the other planets in close cofigurations indicating a close
relationship between the state and the personal longevity project. Similar close aspects
between Uranus, Neptune and Saturn are also present in the Romanov dynasty chart,
symbolizing the many outstanding monarchs in the Romanov dynasty. The kl psychology is
the same but development stage of the sciences and the social organism, limit how it can
express. Russia’s current regime and the other post-Soviet nations all share these two themes
which now will get fully expressed as the World social organism deals with the problem of
over- population in a way that achieves our deepest personal and collective goals. These are
themes that have no end point other than perpetual improvement of individual lifespan and
development of the social organism to meet survival needs. The Russia Day chart in
particular is outstanding for having 5 planets in the signs they rule, including ;jgfd, with
Jupiter in r, the sign of its exaltation. Exaltation, like rulership is part of a system of
clasifying planets based on degree of similarity, afinity or compatability in the various zodiac
signs. The order of description is rulership, exaltation, detriment, and fall. The asteroids
Pallas Athena, G and Ceres, F are also in the signs they co-rule in the interpretation presented
here.
Sun, Athena, Mercury and Midheaven in Gemini indicate education will be a specialty of the
Russia Day regime, with Athena and Mercury well positioned as co-rulers of Gemini and the
whole group in the 9th house of higher education, and foreign associations.
agricultural based sustainable development.
hs; (blue/green lines) plus FQ. Ceres
(grain agriculture)
International
education
institutions
y Ascendant
overall theme = service.
Figure 103 RusDay.gif
Asteroid Juno (marriage/union)
+ Pluto/Scorpio = association with
socialist countries. Ideal
Pluto/Venus positions for
wealth/resources
Core longevity
stellium,
leadership.
Grass roots talent
and affinity for the
public life.
`
Figure 104 RuDayAsp.tif
In the Russia Day horoscope the planetary patterns associated with the two themes
described above are harmoniously connected to each other in two integrated patterns. Pluto
opposite Venus and the other Uranus conjunct Neptune opposite Jupiter form a relatively rare
pattern called a mystic rectangle where the two oppositions are joined by harmonious aspects
(60} and 120}) so that activation of either opposition by a transiting planet simultaneously
makes harmonious aspects to the other opposition line planets. The pattern may reduce
oppositional factionalism in the political body, by synergetic integration of separable goals.
Harmonic Aspect theory: The red line are octave harmonic aspects (the circle divided by
45} or multiples of 45} (0},45}, 90}, 135}, 180}). Some astrologers include 22½} - dotted red
lines. They form a family of aspects with a similar meaning and are the most important
aspects in astrology charts and also by transit. “Octave aspects (red lines) are “the driving
force, the fundamental motivation and energetic structure of the chart. They are a kind of
skeleton on which the other aspects hang. They provide the basic psychological motive that
moves the person or regime to action”(Cochrane 2002) When Pluto makes an octave aspect to
either group it activates the psychology inherent in the particular combination. The other
harmonic aspect groups, modern astrologers usually consider, are those produced by the
circle, (360}), divided by the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 with the lower numbers
the most basic. Fortunately the computer has greatly increased the ability to examine pattern
relationships, and chart construction efficiency in general. Longer empherides have also help
organize the study of historical periods presented here.
harmonic aspect groups combined
name
base
aspect
meaning
circle divided by 1, 2,
4, 8, 16
8th
harmonic
45}
energetic structure
circle divided by 3, 6,
12
6th
harmonic
30}
harmonious
expression
circle divided by 5, 10
5th
harmonic
36}
play, creativity,
culture
circle divided by 7
7th
harmonic
51.4}
discipline, goal
circle divided by 9
9th
harmonic
40}
community
color of lines
in charts
Russia Day aspects, fraction, approaching or separating exactness, relative strength
between .00 and 1.
Figure 105 ruhar.jpg
The integration of the two developmental pathways, symbolized by the X in the
mystic rectangle, may functionally homogenize the effects of outer planet transits,
to a integrated complex. That in effect, takes the bounce out an alternating cycle,
as if turning a 2-cylinder engine into a 4 cylinder engine. Figure 106 Ruspat3E.bmp
The glyph system puts the social organism as the primary subject of the system. An
individual’s horoscope can only be understood properly as a subordinate cell in the macro
organism, but a cell with potential to one day migrate out of the parent organism to another
planetary environment.
The Russia Day chart is full of promise, but like its predecessor regime “Soviet Power”, its
options of action are restricted by a still–active Western Imperialism which restricts any lofty
ideas promised in the Russia Day chart. The demiurgic majority spirit, symbolized by
Pluto/Scorpio psychology still has its hands full in dealing with an active Western
Imperialism; especially the constant threat of instant first-strike annihilation. With that in
mind Russia should pay attention to the USA imperialist cycle, as the USA deals with a truly
challenging Pluto return and period of potentially bellicose Western Imperialism. See USA
timeline chart p.140 and text. The USA Pluto return to its 1776 location has its last transit in
2-2024 and internal political issues of conservative or liberal control of the government will
come to a head and be resolved by then but if the conservatives are in control, there will be
no safety till the whole conservative/imperialist cycle ends in 9-2030, (last transit of Pluto
over USA Mars degree), at which time the alternating liberal/conservative cycle switches to
the liberal part of the cycle.
“Russia Day”
Sovereignty
chart
June 12, 1990
Moscow, Russia
Transiting Pluto 45º to natal
Uranus/Neptune/Saturn, from
01-2038 to 12-2051
forecast: build stage for cultural
superstructure.
Transiting Pluto 90º to
natal Pluto from
05-2032 to 11-2035
forecast: expansion of
CIS and socialist
infrastructure.
;
23
º[
; 15º[х
х
;
;
;
0}p 8ºp
Transiting Pluto 45º to natal
Pluto from 01-2008 to 11-2009
forecast: Plans for socialistic
solutions for Russia and the CIS.
Figure 107 rusday.jpg
Transiting Pluto 0º to natal
Uranus/Neptune/Saturn, from 02-2012
to 11-2021
Forecast: Renaissance period of
Russian culture, limited by imperialist
threat from USA/NATO
In the “Russia Day” chart Pluto is exactly opposite Venus. Both planets are in the middle of
the signs they rule. This is the economic axis of
the signs and corresponds with the 2nd and 8th
houses in the natural zodiac (Aries on the left).
They are the signs, houses and planets where an
astrologer looks for the money or resource
situation. Having this placement of Venus and
Pluto is rare statistically and symbolically
exactly what you would want in terms of wealth
both for the State and the individual, however
Pluto is not in the 8th house, which is its natural
house position, but in the 2nd house of personal
Figure 108 Ruspat5E.jpg
resources, perhaps indicating a close relationship
of the state and personal resources.
The f; opposition in the signs they rule is a strong indicator of wealth both personal and
public. This opposition is connected to Sun Mars and Saturn by what some astrologers
consider the fun or play aspects. They are aspects based on the circle divided by 5 or 10
which is 72} (quintile) and 36}( decile). This shows that in addition to wealth there will also
be much fun and enjoyment for those who work in and manage the projects the Russians vote
for. The citizens will be individually wealthy and enjoy building the socialist infrastructure of
the state, which in Pluto/Scorpio psychology, always wants to expand to the global model.
While the core of this configuration is solidly economic (f x ;) positioned perfectly in the
primary economic signs w and i the abundance of decile and quintile aspects the final state
structure will be as much about entertainment, sport, higher education and cultural activities
as material production. This is not the slave of just-War seen in Soviet times, but the slave of
science and peaceful socialist development.
Russia is particularly strong in the Scorpio/Pluto psychology for several reasons besides
the national chart. One is historical and geographical. It is the geographic situation of Russia
in the main geographic corridor of Western Imperialism. When the West has sent her armies
against the Eastern Hemisphere in modern times they have mainly come through Slavic lands
and have been defeated by Russia and her near allies. That historic pattern has an astrological
correlation as seen in the astro-geographic overlay which proposes that a country takes on the
psychology of the overlaying sign or in Russia’s case 4 signs - Capricorn, Sagittarius,
Scorpio, and Libra, in the overlay diagram. Astrology is sometimes called the divine science,
and is necessary to understand the motive of Western Imperialism, because it is at base a
spiritual problem, (social psychology). Astrology is taboo in the West because Western
Imperialism is still the dominant factor in world politics and it does not serve Western
Imperialism to have itself explained. Now that the Great Patriotic War and the Cold War are
over, the broad pattern of Western Imperialism is much clearer now than say in the times of
Stalin, Lenin or Marx. By using national charts and the glyph system as it relates to
geography one can understand the historical phenomena astrologically.
UKRAINE
Figure 109 W44ua.jpg, trizbfac.jpg
Ukraine is special, in that it straddles the East-West divide at 30º E., split between the two
signs that have the most to do with longevity, o and p. In agreement with that pro-longevity
psychology, the Ukrainian national symbol, resembles two individuals inwardly facing each
other in a Uranus–like symbol, as if to say “we are concentrating on our own special goal and
have what we need to achieve it”. The two people are joined at the heart in a symbol that has
elements of the various Uranus symbols. 1. Directional orientation of the Sun symbol up past
the top of the wheel !, indication a long-lived Capricorn type. 2. k with Gemini sides ( e )
symbolizing comunication of the science necessary to invert the Venus principle of
reproduction and make it quiescent and inwardly productive for the child alone, at puberty.
Taken together the symbol represents a familial longevity strategy, involving parental
knowledge, planning, and guidance. By exclusively combining both hemispheric longevity
sectors p+o in the national psyche, Ukraine may have the right psychology for motivating a
practical longevity program, based on science.
The Ukraine Independence chart for Aug. 24, 1991 substantially supports that astrogeographical orientation to p and o. Pluto’s mid-Scorpio position in between the main
planetary groupings indicate a robust state infrastructure and education system may underlay
the longevity goal by supporting a highly educated and economically free population.
The abundance of Capricorn positions including the Ascendant closely conjunct factors of
union, (the North Node and asteroid Juno) AH, one could expect a high level of public and
governmental activity and association with wider international entities like the EU and CIS.
That nexus of political leadership includes the kl longevity conjunction and a more distant
but well placed Saturn at 1ºAquarius, indicating a leading political role for Ukrainian political
elites, especially when longevity becomes a political multiplier. It is inportant for Ukainians
to understand the astrology behind the overt politics of East–West antagonistic-polarity,
because their national political-body (East-West Ukraine) is a miniture version of the larger
world organism.
Ukraine Independence, Aug. 24, 1991, 6:01 PM, Kyiv
H A S, Juno/
North Node/
Ascendant =
A center of
political unions.
Extended-longevity,
symbolized by kl
eventually becomes a
factor in the
governmental
leadership complex.
; in i conjunct
Midheaven =
robust state
infrastructure.
; F, Pluto plus Ceres =
agriculture based sustainable
development.
G, Athena in Libra
diplomatic skills, See
Athena below.
Medical services involving reproduction and
family planning. Much creativity involving
childhood development.
JGFH asteroids
below)
Leo stellium (see
Figure 110 ukr11.jpg
The problems of the larger organism may be more manageable in the smaller raciallyhomogenous national model, especially if the problems are understood astrologically by the
intelligencia. The Ukraine chart and all the post-Soviet charts are relatively simple and easy
to interpret because of distinct patterns built around two core goals associated with the kl
conjunction and the ideal position of Pluto in mid Scorpio. The Ukrainian chart has good
aspects for applying astrology to political analysis, as indicated by the close aspect pattern
connecting Athena, G to Uranus k, (the planet of astrology) and to the exact conjunction of
Mercury and Jupiter dh in Leo. See pattern below. Also, a social and politically active
asteroid group + virgin culture (delayed, or silenced reproduction schedules, within creative
social environments), may produce the liberated woman.
The Mother Motherland statue resembles Pallas
Athena, the warrior goddess of creative
intelligence, born fully armed from the mind of
Jupiter. Kiev’s Athena has discarded her warrior
helmet but still retains her shield, as protector of
G
the state (polis), and her sword
as symbol of
individual developmental perfection (maximum
growth and longevity), which restates the goal of
the Ukraine national symbol.
In Greek mythology, Athena’s preferred role
was teacher and guide of the Greek heroes and
protector of the state. See. Athena p.46-47
four major asteroids. keywords
G Athena - creative intelligence
F Ceres - agriculture
H Juno marriage, union
J Vesta - reciprocal service
Ceres
Athena
Juno
Figure 111 Ukr.gif, Mother.jpg
WEST
EAST
kl= shared goal, ; in i = East goal
30º E
Figure 113 Ukr2.jpg, 30E.jpg
Ukraine population
West of 30º
Lutsk 1161
Lviv 2626
Uzhgorod
Rivne
Ternopil
Ivano-Franko
Chernivtsi
Zhytomyr
Khmelnytsky
Vinnytsia
Total
48,457 (thousands), 45,660 (in country), 2001 GovernmentCensus
Middle
East of 30º
1161
Kyiv (region) 1827 Chernihiv
1245
2626
Cherkassy
1403 Poltava
1630
1258
Kirovohrad
1133 Dnipropetrovsk
3568
1173
Odesa
2469 Kherson
1175
1142
Total
6832 Crimea
2034
1410
Sumy
1300
923
Kharkiv
2914
1390
Donetetsk
4841
1431
Zaporizhzhia
1929
1764
Luhansk
2546
14278
Kyiv (city)
2611
Total
24548
Totals from below
2488
Totals from below
4344
Grand total
16770
Grand Total
28890
West of 30}
365
281
113
1729
2488
Middle regions division
Kyiv region less Kyiv city (1827)
Cherkassy (1403)
Kirovohrad (1133)
Odesa (2469)
Total (6832)
Ratio split
20/80
20/80
10/90
70/30
East of 30}
1462
1122
1020
740
4344
The demographic imbalance, even without Crimea, like the World at large, predicts a Eastern
bias in political ideology, when functioning in a pure democratic background. The fragility of
trans –hemispheric composites like post-Soviet Ukraine, may be overcome by strictly
respecting democratic processes, and the use of astrology to understand Ukraine’s
connections to the larger organism’s ongoing antagonistic-polarity. Of which Ukraine’s body
politic is a miniature version.
Transiting Pluto regulates political expression in the Ukraine chart.
;
; Ukraine Independence 8, 24, 1991
transiting Pluto conjunct k, Uranus 3- 2013
through 12-2013. Euro union discussions fail,
protest began Nov. 21, 2013.
transiting Pluto conjunct
k/l midpoint at 12}p
2, 25, 2014 = Euromaidan
opposition takeover.
Pluto conjunct North Node/Juno/
Ascendant midpoint (; z H,S, A)
2016-2017
prediction = EU membership.
;xj
Pluto conjunct Saturn in Aquarius 3-2024
to 9-2025. Prediction = leadership shift to
Aquarian 1+2, East plus West
inclusiveness.
;
;xs
Pluto conjunct Moon in Aquarius 4-2037 to 12-2038 Eastern
demographic bias re-assert Eastern values, through elections.
Figure 114 ukr10.jpg
The Pluto cycle last 248 years. It appears that the first quarter of that cycle since
independence involves establishing the political structures that underlay the kl conjunction
complex in Capricorn which also includes the Ascendant. It is a very politically orientated
complex that is obviously orientated to the Western half of the country and has a strong
affinity with Capricornian Europe due to the background sign of the conjunction, and West
Ukraine’s Capricorn astro-geographic location. With Pluto transits in political charts, you
have to consider the whole 248 year cycle. The Maidan revolutionaries are expressing a core
component of the 1991 Independence regime, (kl) and the need to link to the EU may be
necessary for lasting trans-hemispheric stability but they need to understand and respect the
long–term Eastern bias built into the geography of the Ukrainian body politic. Pluto in
Scorpio only expresses the violent incarnation of Kali when it perceives part of the political
body is against its goals. If democracy is allowed to function it will achieve its will
peacefully; if not the Pluto/Scorpio psychology may turn to real-politic power to defend its
strategic interest. The Ukrainian intelligencia needs to upgrade their political tools by
considering the planetary inputs that organize the timing of the Independence regime, and
appreciate the psychological needs of the whole Ukrainian organism and its relationships to
global hemispheric-antagonism, which is a higher order of social-psychological priority.
Russia’s annexation of Crimea demonstrated the strategic geopolitical importance of E-W
geography, of which Ukraine is central in current military calculations. Unlike the Russian
chart, built around a harmonious rectangle (4 points) the Ukraine is a polarized 2 point
system mediated by a commanding Pluto in Scorpio at the top of the wheel, with the overall
cycle timed by long duration Pluto transits.
Political timeline:
Pluto transit to natal
Event
Aug 24, 1991
11-1991 to 9-1992
1-2003 to 11-2003
2-2013 to 12-2013
2-2014 to 12-2014
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z
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z
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;
D
S~D midpoint
k
k~l midpoint
Independence
2-2015 to 12-2015
3-2016 to 11-2017
4-2024 to 12-2025
3-2038 to 1-2039
Aug 4, 2174
Sep 14, 2202
Jul 23, 2203
Aug 4, 2204
Nov 23, 2216
Nov 6, 2223
Dec 17, 2233
Feb 2, 2238
Jun 26, 2240
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Orange revolution ferment
Failed CIS + EU compatability
Euromaidan takeover
Predictions: new elected government.
Time of confusion, disunity.
EU membership
Government leadership shifts to
East – West inclusiveness.
Eastern majority exerts its dominance
through elections. Goals include those
of the West, minus Western
Imperialism.
Ukraine-Russia composite chart (mid-point chart): Basic themes involving the outer
planets are not substantially altered in the composite (compatibility) chart with Russia. Core
themes and goals are indicated to be mutually reinforced by cooperative agreements. Both
countries, like most of the post- Soviet charts share the outer planet configurations that unite
them all as a unique group. Russia’s geography is overlayed in part by Scorpio, while
Ukraine is not, but they both, like all the post-soviet regime charts have the powerful Pluto in
Scorpio position in their regime charts, so Russian economic unions will always robustly feed
that Pluto/Scorpio socialistic factor with material and psychological support. To minimized it
or demonize Pluto/Scorpio psychology is probably a mistake, but a common theme in
Western Imperialist ideology that exalts capitalist individualism as the economic ideal.
Ukraine-Russia composite chart (mid-points chart)
Large creative
projects.
Traditional,historical,
family ties, agriculture
and housing industry.
Socialistic
compatibility in
government
projects.
State, collective
resource factors
(Scorpio, Pluto, 8th
house) See Scorpio
p. 22-27
Figure 115
UkrRuCom.jpg
nd
th
Economic axis – 2 to 8 house
(shown within yellow arcs.
Strong state infrastructure and governing
bodies, eventually reinforced by the
longevity phenotype.
Both Russia and Ukraine share completely the Sagittarian sector and part of the Capricorn
sector so they are both wedded to the goals symbolized by the kl conjunction. There is
really no psychological conflict or difference in goal orientation between the two countries,
however Russia is geographically dedicated to the fixed responsibilities of Scorpio. Russia
will always be the slave of the demiurge Pluto, and defender of the majority spirits interest,
coming from the Eastern hemisphere, but that does not prevent Russia in any way, from
expressing the Sagittarian, Capricorn, and Libran parts of its psychological personality. The
Pluto/Scorpio Ascendant aspecting Venus and Mars in the packed 8th house in the composite
chart shows that Russia reinforces the Eastern bias in the Ukrainian chart for Eastern
hemisphere goals and psychology. That bias will always express at the government level if
democracy is allowed to operate. The Maidan takeover of the government leadership by proWestern factions subverted that Eastern bias by removing the previous pro-Eastern
leadership. In the long run nation–wide democracy will be restored and the pro-Eastern bias
built into the geography and demography of a united Ukraine will reassert its natural proEastern affinity through elections. In the meantime the political crisis in Ukraine is forcing a
resolution of the problem of NATO encirclement of Russia. The larger dynamic of WesternImperialism overlays the Ukrainian/Russia relationship, and cannot be understood
intellectually without astrology. The Jupiter/Athena conjunction in the 9th house shows the
intelligencia of both countries will eventually employ that tool for political analysis and
understanding of foreign affairs problems.
Final thoughts on resolving the conflict between Ukraine and Russia:
West/East demographic ratio using 30 degrees E. longitude
Whole country (pre-crisis)
16,770,000 / 28,890,000
Without Crimea
16,770,000 / 26,856,000
Without Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk
16,770,000 / 19,469,000
Astrologic analysis using the above demarcation of hemispheric-polarity describes Ukraine as
a rare and fragile bi-hemispheric state, of which there have been only a few in World history,
including Hellenistic Greece centered on Alexandria, Egypt and Byzantium Greece, centered
on. Constantinople, both destroyed by the forces and counter-forces of Western Imperialism.
Ukraine, like the World at large, had a large Eastern demographic bias that expresses in
psychic power in a collective mind, and in political power in democratic elections. It is in
Russia’s interest to restore that Eastern bias to the political process in Ukraine, sooner rather
than later, before hard-to-reverse decisions are made in the near future, as Pluto transits the
Neptune position in the respective horoscopes (2-2015 to 12-2015) which will predictably,
take several decades to reset to pre-crisis ratios. See timeline. Precession corrected exact
dates below.
Russia’s Neptune
14}p08 Pluto exact conjunct on Jan 29, Jul 11, Dec 4
Composite (midpoint) Neptune 14}p22 Pluto conjunct on Feb 5, Jul 2, Dec 11
Pluto conjunct on Feb 13, Jun 22, Dec 19
Ukraine’s Neptune
14}p36
Concerning the 2015 (; to l) transits, the overall psychology of Neptune l is to modify the
other planet (in this case Pluto ;, the planet of real-politic power) to a more complete and
ideal expression. At the macro-political level, dissonance in conflicting goals of East and
West antagonistic polarity can express as mis-understanding, conflict and war but ideally
when all factors are known including astrological inputs a more benign pathway to resolution
may be achievable.
It is plain from the heavily planet-populated economic-axis (2nd-8th houses) with the
involved planets of the Ukraine/Russia composite chart, that this crisis and the relationship
in general is very-strongly economic in nature. The problem of NATO encirclement of Russia
and Western Imperialism in general may be better countered with the former intact-Ukraine
demographic. Giving up Crimea and restoring Donetsk, and Luhansk should restore
completely the political Eastern-bias built into the Ukraine body-politic, affecting votes on all
issues important to Russia, like attitudes of elected officials, economic relations and joining
NATO. The author recommends adding astro-logic calculations to foreign relations analysis
especially in this case, where the E/W factors are so dominant. It could save a lot of pain,
aggravation and economic loss in the coming decades, for both countries.
Ukraine- EU
(Maastricht Treaty
activated)
composite chart
q-u, East-West
mediator role for
Ukraine/EU union.
Socialistic (i;),
accommodations
eventually
facilitated by
Ukraines transhemispheric links
to the East.
Higher education
associations.
kl goal augmented by minorharmonic aspects, (person to person)
state and non-state interactions;
commercial, educational, and familial.
Increased
agricultural
development.
Figure 116
ukrEU.jpg
Ukraine-EU composite chart: The shared octave harmonic (red line) aspects to jkl; that
represent dynamic interaction in the socio-political sphere, between the Ukraine and the EU
are not as plentiful as in the Russian composite chart. The composite ascendant is Scorpio,
between Mars Pluto, perhaps indicating a tendency of Ukraine to draw the EU closer to the
socialistic model in the future.
The economic benefits of EU membership may be more passive and slow to materialize than
promoted, because of shortcomings of the capitalist system revealed in recent years in
satisfying less-developed member states economic needs. The biggest benefit may be from
tapping into the Western educational system, and the culture of the NW quadrant in general,
which is currently the most scientifically advanced. That conduit may feed the kl longevity
goal, which is arguably the dominant theme in the Ukraine and the post- Soviet regimes in
general. That theme/goal is heavily dependent on science education, which is strong in the
NE quadrant; however, the kl conjunction is only half of the two outer planet
configurations.
The problem may come, if joining the EU prevents the satisfaction of the PlutoScorpio (socialistic) component of the Ukraine horoscope, and alienating the Eastern half of
the Ukraine political-body.
The EU is presently stifled in solving their economic problems precisely because of
limitations imposed by the strict capitalist model of passive government intervention in the
economy. The same problem limits the USA economy which currently carries a
17,000,000,000 dollar debt, with no plan to adequately fund future social needs. The
capitalist model has yet to prove itself capable of reversing the ongoing economic downturn,
now entering its 6th year. The USA forecast (below) predicts the situation to worsen around
2018, and come to a crisis point of resolution around 2-2024.
All of the post-Soviet regimes have a major socialist component in their horoscopes,
indicated by the Pluto in Scorpio position. That socialist factor should eventually stronglyexpress itself, but for now (early 2014) capitalism is the only option in Western Europe.
EU association may benefit the EU by forcing it to accommodate socialistic methods and
historic attitudes that Ukraine brings to the arguments in the EU parliament, while Ukraine
gets to pacify the demands of Eastern Ukraine populations for unfettered access to Western
culture and markets. See Scorpio p. 25, for discussion of capitalism versus socialism control
of land resources. Fortunately there is a high level of political expertise indicated in the
Ukraine, Russian and EU charts that may facilitate socialist and capitalist solutions to coevolve.
Ukraine is like the previous middle-ground political hybrids, Hellenist Greece, centered
in Alexandria, Egypt ca. 332 BCE-33 BCE, and the later Greek Byzantine Empire centered in
Constantinople, 330-1204, 1261-1453. It is somewhat artificial and fragile because of its
situation between antagonistic entities mirrored in its own composition. Modern Astrology
can help ferret out relationship dynamics of the social organisms components, and there are
good aspects in these charts, involving G and k that suggest that astrology will become a
tool in political analysis for EU, Ukraine, and Russia.
The inverted Venus symbol is the same as the monarchy and Christian redeemer symbol.
Monarchy was not a chosen birth and the X symbol of naturally selected birth shows up in
these pictures, perhaps symbolizing the coevolution of the ideal within the confines of social
evolution.
Figure 117 queen.jpg, cris.jpg
Queen Catherine the Great and St. Christopher
Russian Federation and UK royal symbols
Figure 118 Eagle.jpg, crown.jpg
Novgorod Millinnium statue 1868
Figure 119 crosor.jpg, Novgorod.jpg
Pysanka (Easter Egg) tree
by Ukrainian folk artist
Ivan Skolozdra (2005)
link Ukraine National
Academy of Sciences,
Lviv
Figure 120 skolozdra.jpg
U.S.A. The United States falls under the
Pisces section of the Astro-geographic overlay.
Their flag has a upper field of stars against a
blue background perhaps symbolizing heaven,
Pisces, and the large number of extraordanary
individuals that the land normally produces in
all fields. The Piscean stage of soul
development induces a psychology of
completion, the ideal, or the finished product.
The stars symbolize our best, whether as
movie stars, sports heroes, or prize winning
research scientist. That corner of the flag is
Figure 121 World4kd.jpg
surrounded by the the orderly red and white
stripes symbolizing the alternating liberal/conservative pattern of their democracy, proposed
here. The astro-geographic overlay theory suggest that the reincarnational development
highway (zodiac) mirrors soul flow direction and development stage caused first by
geography, which sets continental species demographics and general progression stage of the
souls passing through those species, with Pisces being the last stage of soul development,
associated with the NW quadrant of the overlay. The problem with the USA is not their
Piscean exceptionalism, but their (end of the line) position as last leader of Western
Imperialism.
Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, 5:14 P.M. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
event: Signing by John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress.
Figure 122declar.jpg
USA Independence
Declaration, 1776
Figure 123 USAnew.jpg
Figure 124 chart10.jpg
Conservative group
(dx;), Plutocratic distortion of information.
Monitarization of knowledge and education.
Plutocratically influenced underfunding of public
infrastructure, except for the military.
(Sagittarius Ascendant
opposite k/g =
Philosophy, religion
potentially connected
to science.
Sagittarius Ascendant semisquare
Pluto in 2nd house = Philosophy
influenced by Plutocratic
concentration of wealth in the
upper class, influenced by the
local Piscean astro-geography.
(gxoS), proactive philosophical
zeal involving foreigners plus
gcl, Mars square Neptune =
ideological and religious
idealism, fanaticism, illusion.
Figure 125 char10Ajpg
Most of the conservative group is composed of
mutable signs and the planets that rule mutable
Figure 126 mute1.jpg
signs. Mutability is based on the changeable nature
of knowledge and ones store of extant knowledge in
determining ones beliefs and decissions. If Western Imperialism is a predetermined stage of
World social development between competing hemispheres, then American Imperialism can
be seen as fullfilling a need of the Western half of the collective mind, and not some aberant
logic or evilness. It is more about biology than ideology, however as mental beings we can
choose a different destiny if we have all the facts. Fortunately mutability allows great
flexability in interpreting reality, as American history has shown repeatedly, in ridding itself
of social ills like slavery and gender inequality, thus perfecting its democracy, yet American
Imperialism remains, unacknowledged and viable, a threat to itself, and the Eastern half of
the World.
The Ascendant is in Sagittarius, the sign of science and philosophy. It is opposite Uranus, the
planet that rules Sagittarius. The two together in a non-imperialist environment should
produce a rich astrology and science based rational philosophy. Instead the influence of
Western Imperialism necessitates its repression. The study and work of science, in the USA is
superior among the educated elites, but not difused in the general population; the majority of
which do not believe in evolution and have little understanding of astrology. The majority
believe in pre-scientific religious concepts like a universe creating man-God, and special
creation of humans, separate from evolution. The point is that there is a disconnect between
the science orientation of the Sagittarius ascendant and the anti-science attachment to
ideology and religious beliefs of the general population, that support Western Imperialism.
Like the1776 era song-verse ”Yankee doodle went to town riding on a poney, he stuck a
feather in his cap, and called it macaroni”. Piscean psychology has a tendency to illusion and
gulibility, which may make their fate less rational and amenable.
The anchor of the conservative pattern may be Pluto’s position in a Piscean orientated
Capricorn in the 2nd house, symbolizing the monetarization of power in the hands of the
upper class. That Pluto position is the economic base planet of the consevative-imperialist
pattern. Normally in the natural zodiac, Pluto rules Scorpio from the 8th house where natural
resources (land and minerals) of the state are the presumed foundation of the states economic
power and stability, but in the USA horoscope Pluto is in Capricorn in the second house, of
personal,family and corporate wealth. Taken to extreme in the capitalist model, what was
state collectively-owned wealth becomes the near exclusive domain of personal and corporate
wealth accumulation. That concentration of wealth in the upper class subsequently becomes
political power in a plutocratically-tilted democratic system. The chronic tendency for
plutocratic corruption of the democratic system is the major flaw in the USA chart, because it
perpetuates the conservative/imperialist cause regardless of the liberal /conservative cycle.
The military/industrial complex always gets funded; currently at the rate of 50 billion dollars
a month.
As the current Pluto transit returns to its 1776 position (exact in 2-2024) the core
conservative-group psychology of 1776 is returning. Already by 2010, a conservative
supreme court has changed election laws, that increase the power of money in elections,
while weakened voting rights protections. Citizens United case, 1-2010 and Voting Rights
Act, 6-2013). Furthermore, gun laws have been liberalized to permit military style weapons
availability and legal protections for their use.
While the similar conservative period during the Great Depression saw liberal democrats
voted in and socialistic solutions imposed, the 2024 Pluto return to its natal position is a
much stronger aspect, (comjunction versus opposition), and is coming from a more
conservative position (2nd house natal Pluto position versus the 1930’s, socialistic, 8th house
opposition to its natal position). The reaction to the coming depression, may have more in
common with the 1776 period psychology, which in 1776 was violently revolutionary and
installed a regime that was in part imperialistic. In 2024, the socialistic programs, seen in the
1930’s, that were needed to correct mass unemployment, may again be necessary, and put
liberals in power, but that is not assured. The desire of Western Imperialism to persist
through this upcoming Pluto return period appears strong and explains the extreme attitudes
and actions of the conserative group, encapsulated in the reborn Tea party movement, whose
main goals are preserving the plutocratic upper class base and continuing their imperialistic
military policy.
Mercury is closly bound by aspect to the Conservative pattern, however the planet Mercury
d in the horoscope at 24}r is potentially a shared planet by both groups. Mercury’s is weakly
conjunct the large Liberal group stellium of ahf in r, It has a natural affinity with the
Liberal group, coming as it does from the 8th socialistic house in Cancer. Removing
Plutocratic distortion of elections may allow that association to express freely, but for now
Mercury is repressed by plutocratic interference in what get said, seen, taught and thought in
the multifacited media.
All three of the outer social planets kl; are in the conservative group but not connected by
significant aspects to each other, suggesting an absence of social goal. The goal of Western
Imperialism is silent and unacknoledged. Keywords like American exceptionalism, freedom,
free enterprise, and capitalism glorify the individual or family over collective social goals.
Liberal group
Saturn and
Midheaven in Libra
= government
bureaucracy and
infrastructure
orientated toward
Libran values of
socialistic support,
law and order. Peace
orientated.
Core stellium in Cancer containing both benefic
planets Jupiter and Venus plus Sun in the 7th
house. Cancer themes like family support, home
ownership, child education, employment security,
community development, and health insurance. =
key components of the liberal Democratic
platform.
szG, Moon, ruler of Cancer
conjunct Pallas Athena =
Womans liberation
movement, including
political, educational, sports
and economic equality
achieved in the 20th century.
Figure 127 char10b.jpg
The sG Moon/Athena conjunction is
also part of a 7th harmonic triangle
involving k and l planets in the
conservative group pattern. That may
be a bridging pattern that unites women
of both the liberal and conservative
persuasions in a surperlative gender –
specific conjunction (sG). See below.
Figure 128 chart10c.jpg
Saving factors:
The USA chart and the liberal group in particular has a large Cancer representation
(fhad), connected with a potentially enlightend Moon/Athena conjunction. See asteroids p.
45-50. This feminine-orientated complex is being accentuated now by several factors. 1. The
Moon/Athena conjunction is now precessing into the next sign of Pisces, (with the Moons
entry in 1977, and Athena following in 2026) That long-lasting shift (2160 years) may inspire
this politically-orientated conjunction to seek the Piscean ideal in the political realm, and in
general. 2. The current transit of Neptune through its ruling sign of Pisces, (2011-2026) will
temporarily stimulate sG political activism, to reform the social organism through Athenian
creative-intelligence. There is a genie in the American femine personality that is only now
coming into expression. The virgin goddess Athena in Greek mythology was largely political,
as protector of the polis (state) through action as a warrior if necessary but usually as a
creative diplomat.
The femine component of the American psyche is destined to increase in power also
because of the current World-need to downgrade reproduction in the face of over-population,
and resurect the classic sex-neutral femine phenotype, best characterized by the powerful
Athena, and her sister conditional-virgin queens. Overpopulation dictates a social-need to
downgrade reproduction, while the majority spirit has a need to manage that downgrade in a
way that pacifies antagonistic polarity. It is the educated women, who will consciously
regulate that transition, liberating them from sexual determinism in the process.
Precession shift is the slow misalignment of tropical zodiac positions relative to the siderial
(star) constellations in the universal backgroung. The effect of precession-shift on horoscopes
(1} per 72 years) is unknown and seldom considered by astrologers because most human and
political charts are not old enough to study the effect. The USA chart is 238 years old in
2014. The shift now equals 3}18'. Besides sG shifting into ], Pluto is shifting into Aquarius
in the USA chart (entry in 2024) synchronous with the USA Pluto return to its the natal
position of 27}p. That shift seems a potential bonus and wild–card in the whole tramatic and
dangerous Pluto return period, in that 0}Aquarius is the lucky-spot of the zodiac where the
halves of the collective mind tend to mentally agree, producing apparent luck, increase and
synergy in the physical world. It is a far better psychology for peace than the more partisan
Capricorn, as Aquarius is by nature a combinatory process, tending to be universal, inclusive,
democratic, and progressive. If ever America needed some luck, 2024 would be that time.
Precession shift may indicate a slow rare change in psychology of the planets involved, but
how precession shift could physically change psychology of a future generation is not clear.
Only the sign backgroung changes; the house position and aspects to the other planets remain
the same. The Pluto precessional shift into Aquarius is arguably a big change for the better,
because of the central role of Pluto in the USA conservative group and the chart in genreal.
America has often elected Aquarians, who had broad appeal and likability, durring times of
crisis. For example Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan, during the
Civil War, Great Depression, and peaceful ending of the Cold War respectively. The
Aquarian switch of Pluto psychology is of very long duration and especially affects the
leadership of the conservative group, in the USA political body. The Aquarian personality,
like Jupiter, channels the collective thinking of the group he or she is the leader of, but in the
backgroung the Aquarian always has a bias for the global collective/belief. That makes for an
ideal leader because they make decisions that deviate the least from the World collective
mind. The Aquarianization of the conservative group, could bring a revolutionary change to
conservative American politics, but probably not reach the level necessary to abandon their
imperialism. The whole precessional question is a wild card because it is really not a settled
issue, even though astrologers factor it into transit work. It is new territory for astrologers and
will take many centuries to verify.
Precession Correction for imperialist periods 1776-2022
1776 = 0}
1898 = 1° 53' for 126 years
1982 = 2° 51' for 206 years
1810 = 30' for 36 years
1934 = 2° 12' for 158 years
2000 = 3° 8' for 226 years
1846 = 59' for 70 years
1964 = 2°° 37' for 190 years
2022 = 3° 27' for 246 years
Pluto in Taurus when farthest from
the Sun.(aphelion), resulting in long
Pluto transit periods.
Pluto is in Scorpio when closest to
the Sun. (perihelion), resulting
in short Pluto transit periods.
; mid-Scorpio 1989
Pluto inclination to the ecliptic = 17.1}
; mid-Taurus 1868
Imperialist periods length in years
2-1774 thru 11-1782 = 8 yrs. 10 mo.
10-1962 thru 8-1969 = 7 yrs. 4 mo.
5-1804 to 2-1816 = 12 yrs. 6 mo.
1-1982 thru 10-1987 = 6 yrs. 7 mo.
7-1845 to 3-1861 = 15 yrs. 6 mo.
1-2000 to 10-2006 = 6 yrs. 9 mo.
9-1893 to 4-1908 = 14 yrs. 5 mo.
2-2022 to 9-2030 = 8 yrs. 7 mo.
10-1934 thru 6-1945 = 10 yrs. 8 mo.
Figure 129 Plorbit.jpg
U.S.A. imperialist cycle shown here. (precession corrected)
It is regulated by octave aspects (0º, 45º, 90º, 135º, 180º) of transiting Pluto (;) to
the core group of red (conservative) planets (Uranus, Ascendant, Pluto, Mars and Mercury).
Cold War, Regan military
buildup, Star Wars
period = 1-1982 to 10-1987
Cold War, Viet Nam War
Period = 10-1962 to 8-1969
Economic depression, repressed
Imperialism, Pluto 180º to natal
Pluto (1937-39) period = 8-1935
to 6-1945
Iraq War,
War on Terror,
NATO expansion
Period =
1-2000 to 10-2006
Economic 8th house
public resources
D
Pluto at
second
house
border ,
19ºp24'
2-2018
(forecast)
Economic
downturn.
Eighth
house
border
19ºr24'
Stock
Market
crash
10-1929
Pluto here
c
x x
x
13}oS
m
m
;
G
;
Economic 2nd house
Individual resources
1-2022 to 9-2030 Conservative cycle
Pluto Return 2-2024
(forecast) economic catastrophe,
repressed imperialism
SpanishAmerican War
Period =
9-1893 to 4-1908
Mexican –American War
period = 7-1845 to 3-1861
War of 1812, Indian Wars
Period = 5-1804 to 2-1816
A Liberal/Conservative cycle in USA history appears to be regulated by transiting Pluto.
Octave Pluto transits alternately seem to change the group psychology of the country to favor
the conservative imperialist faction in the body politic or a liberal, domestically orientated
and peace orientated group. The liberal (Sun, Venus, Jupiter) stellium is in Cancer, a
domestically orientated sign that is in the Libran 7th house. That core stellium is closely tied
by octave aspects to Moon/Athena, Saturn and the Midheaven. (see patterns above) Saturn
and the Midheaven are both in Libra, the peace sign. In contrast, the conservative/ imperialist
group is an octave harmonic aspect pattern, with no close conjunctions.
The USA was born (July 4, 1776) with Pluto in the 2nd house in Capricorn economically
anchoring the conservative imperialist group in the upper class. Because Pluto is the
dominant planet in political horoscopes and by transit to positions in horoscopes, it is logical
that it can serve here to characterize the USA imperialist group and time the subsequent
alternating Liberal/Conservative cycle. The historical evidence seems to agree with those
ideas.
Octave (45}or multiples of 45}) aspects of transiting ; to natal planets in the
conservative group k,S,;,g,d and the liberal stellium f,h,a from 1774 to 2064
(Precession corrected at 1º per 72 years, added to natal positions).
Grey = conservative imperialist periods. Yellow = liberal, pacific periods. White = shift
periods.
Transiting aspect
Exact time range
2-1774 thru 12 1774
; 135}k
4-1775 thru 10- 1777
; at natal ;
2-1776 thru 1-1777
; 45}S
3-1781 thru 11-1782
; 135}g
Revolutionary War period (2-1774 thru 11-1782)
Historic Events: Defiant Continental Congress meets 10-1774. Declaration of
Independence declared July 4, 1776. End of Revolutionary war 10-1781
Shift to liberal pacific psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal
Mars 11-1782
Shift to liberal
11-1782 thru 3-1789
Paris Treaty 11, 1782
Constitution convention begins 7-1787
US Constitution approved 09-1787
3-1789 thru 1-1790
; 135}f
3-1791 thru 2-1792
Bill of Rights approved 12, 1891
; 135}h
4-1796 thru 12-1797
; 135}a
Shift to conservative imperialist psychology begins with the last pass of Pluto to natal Sun
12-1797
Shift to conservative 12-1797 thru 5-1804
5-1804 thru 1-1806
; 90}k
4-1807 thru 1-1809
; 45º natal ;
8-1808 thru 9-1809
; 90}S
6-1814 thru 11-1816
; 90}g
5-1804 to 2-1816 Indian Wars, War of 1812
Historical Events:
U.S. buys Louisiana from France, doubling its size, 12-1803. Spain looses west
Florida 10-1810. Spain looses east Florida, 5-1812. Defeat of the Indian Confederation at
the battle of Tippecanoe, 11-1811. Creek Indian War ends 8-1814 with Creek Indians
loosing half their lands.
U.S. declares war on British, 6-1812. British repulse second invasion of Canada, 12-1813.
British burn Washington, 8-1814. Battle of New Orleans, 1-1815. Treaty of Ghent ends
war. 12-1814. Barbary Coast pirates defeated, 8-1815
War of 1812
This war was not declared until 1812. However economic sanctions and trade blockades had
been imposed since December 1807 precipitated by a naval incident at sea and the issue of
impressments of former British seamen from American ships. A diplomatic war over free
trade with the two warring superpowers in Europe (England and France) had preceded the
military war.
In the proceeding 15-years before the War of 1812 American exports had increased 400 %,
shipping capacity by 800%. Sailor's wages had tripled. The threat to that economic expansion
and the desire for land both Indian and Canadian motivated the war. Also the Louisiana
Purchase stimulated westward expansion and confrontation with the British over the fur
trade, Indian relations, and trade with France.
Defeat of the Indian Confederacy at the Battle of Tippecanoe, in Indiana, in November
1811.
This defeat and many others facilitated westward expansion into all Indian territories. During
the peace treaty of Ghent the British demanded that the Indians be given their own country or
autonomous region between the U.S. and Canada. The U.S. would have none of it. On the
contrary some of the American negotiators wanted the British to succeed all of Canada to the
U.S.
U.S. Territory after the Treaty of Paris, 1784
Louisiana Purchase 1803
Territory claimed by USA
Figure 130 Lou03.jpg, 1784map.jpg
Death of Tecumseh, Leader of
the Indian Confederacy, Thames
River, Canada, October 1813
Figure 131 TipCanoe.gif
Shift to liberal pacific psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal Mars
11-1816
Shift to liberal
11-1816 thru 5-1825
Era of Good feelings 1817
5-1825 thru 2-1827
; 90}f
4-1828 thru 1-1830
; 90}h
5-1835 thru 1-1837
; 90}a
Shift to conservative imperialist psychology begins with the last pass of Pluto to natal Sun 11837
Shift to
1-1837 thru 7-1845
conservative
7-1845 thru 1-1847
; 45}k
6-1849 thru3-1851
; 90º natal ;
5-1850 thru 3-1852
; 135}S
6-1859 thru 3-1861
; 45}g
Mexican American War period. (7-1845 to 3-1861)
Historical Events:
Texas annexed to U.S., 12-1845. USA declares War on Mexico, 5-1846. U.S.
takes California, 7-1846. Mexico City captured, 10-1847. Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
makes the U.S. 1/3 larger, with all Mexican land from the Rio Grande river to Canada,. 81848. British give up Oregon under threat of war. 6-1846.
U.S. granted transit rights at Panama isthmus from New Grenada (Columbia). 12-1846.
Railroad completed 3-1855.
Rebel groups called filibusters, from U.S., executed in Cuban revolts. 9-1851. Spain refuses
offer of U.S. to buy Cuba 1848, and again in 6-1854. Annexation of Cuba threatened by the
U.S. congress in the Ostend Manifesto. 3-1855.
Filibuster William Walker declares himself Nicaragua’s leader, and promotes the
Americanization of Central America. 12-1855. U.S. investigates annexation of Hawaii 41854.
Figure 132 Leuntz.jpg
“Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way” by Emanuel Leuntz
Mexico City 1848
Mexican War battles
1846-1848
Figure 133 mex48.jpg, mex46.jpg
Mexican Eagle Before the War,
Mexican Eagle After the War
Figure 134,mex47.jpg, mex49.jpg
Early War Photo Saltillo, Mexico 1846
Shift to a liberal pacific, psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal
Mars, 3-1861
Shift to liberal
3-1861 thru 6-1871 Lincoln’s 1st Inauguration, 3-1861. South
surrenders, 04-1865. Slaves freed 12-1865.
6-1871 thru 3-1873
; 45}f
6-1874 thru 4-1876
; 45}h
8-1881 thru 3-1884
; 45}a
Shift to conservative imperialist psychology begins with the last pass of Pluto to natal Sun
03-1884
Shift to
03-1884 thru 9-1893
conservative
9-1893 thru 2-1896
; 0}k
7-1897 thru 4-1899
; 135º natal ;
7-1898 thru 5-1900
; 180}S
; 0}g
8-1906 thru 4-1908
Spanish-American War period (9-1893 to 4-1908)
Historical Events:
Overthrow of the Hawaiian Government by American settlers and U.S.
Marines. 1-1893.
Suppression of the Boxer Rebellion in China. 6-1900. Spanish
American War declared 4-1898. Spain looses Philippines Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam
to USA. US gains Guantanamo Bay and partial control of Cuba codified in the Platt
amendment 6-1901. Hawaiian Islands annexed. 7-1898. Samoa Islands annexed by U.S.
and Germany. 12-1899.
Philippine independence movement suppressed 1900-1902.
Panama Canal authorized by the U.S. congress. 6-1902. “Great White Fleet” of 16
battleships sent around the World. 12-1907
1900 cartoon illustrating Theodore Roosevelt's adage "Speak softly but carry
a big stick". The second cartoon is titled "Peace" It appeared in 1905 when his
big-stick policy was being widely applauded.
Figure 135 Sa1898a.jpg, SA1898b.jpg
Santiago Bay, Cuba 1898
1898 Manila Bay, Philippines 1898
Figure 136 santi.jpg, manila.jpg
The Spanish American War of 1898 pointed out the need to rapidly move ships from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and made an isthmus canal a priority. After 3 study commissions
(1897-1901) the U.S. congress approved plans to build the canal. (Spooner Act - June, 1902).
When the Columbian government would not cooperate, the U.S. recognized the rebellious
state of Panama and built the canal anyway.
Much of the planning of the expansionist of this era (Roosevelt above all) was based on the
book "The Influence of Sea Power upon History" by Alfred Mahan published in 1890. He
compared the Caribbean to the Mediterranean Sea with its Suez Canal and argued for a strong
two-ocean navy joined at an isthmus canal. The goal was to establish U.S. hegemony with sea
power. By controlling the sea-lanes at the Isthmus of Panama and establishing a string of
bases and coal fueling stations in the Pacific and Caribbean. Then America would become the
commanding world power on those oceans. The plan succeeded, but the arrival of dieselpowered battleships, greatly reduced the need for coal fueling-stations like Guantanamo.
1899 cartoon showing
three countries already in
the United States tent but not Aguinaldo. Emilio
Aguinaldo helped
Americans defeat Spain in
the Philippines but
afterwards he led his
native Filipinos in a twoyear war against Yankee
Imperialism. Not until the
spring of 1901 was he
captured.
Figure 137 SA1898c.jpg,
Peking, China, 1900
Boxer intervention.
Figure 138 sa1898d.jpg
Shift to liberal pacific psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal
Mars 04-1908
Shift to liberal
04-1908 thru 8-1917
8-1917 thru 5-1919
; 0}f
10-1919 thru 6-1921
; 0}h
7-1926 thru 6-1928
; 0}a
Shift to conservative imperialist psychology begins with the last pass of Pluto to natal Sun
06-1928
Shift to
6-1928 thru 10-1934
conservative
10-1934 thru 6-1936
; 45}k
9-1937 thru 6-1939
; 180º natal ;
10-1937 thru 6-1939
; 135}S
12-1943 thru 6-1945
; 45}g
Great Depression period, repressed imperialism (10-1934 thru 6-1945)
Historical Events: Socialistic programs put in place to counter the economic
depression. Social Security passes 8-1935.
War production and aid to Great Britain increases as WWII begins in Europe. 10-1940.
Lend Lease programs aid allies, 3-1941. Pearl Harbor Attacked. 12-1941. Germans
surrender. 5-1945. Japan surrenders. 8-1945.
The severity of the economic depression led to the election of democrats willing to try
socialist solutions. Along with their socialist economic policies came anti- imperialist, antiNazi policies.
The imperialism of this period was also muted by the action of Pluto coming from the 8th
house (its natural house rulership) and in opposition to Pluto’s natal position in the 2nd house.
That activated a Scorpio/Pluto psychology that facilitated socialist programs at home in the
thirties, and alliances with England and Russia (anti-German Imperialist forces).
Shift to liberal pacific psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal
Mars 06-1945
Shift to liberal
6-1945 thru 09-1952
9-1951 thru 7-1952
; 45}f
11-1952 thru 7-1954
; 45}h
9-1957 thru 7-1958
; 45}a
Shift to conservative imperialist psychology begins with the last pass of Pluto to natal Sun
07-1958
Shift to
7-1958 thru 10-1962
conservative
10-1962 thru 5-1964
; 90}k
; 135º natal ; 10-1964 thru 8-1965
11-1964 thru 5-1966
; 90}S
10-1968 thru 8-1969
U.S. begins withdrawal from Vietnam
; 90}g
Viet Nam period, Cold War (10-1962 thru 8-1969)
Historic events:
“Cuban Missile Crisis” 10-1962. Kennedy assassination 11-1963. “Gulf of
Tonkin Resolution” authorizing Viet Nam War 8-1964. First U.S. ground
combat forces in Viet Nam. 3-1965. My lai massacre 3-1968
U.S. Moon landing 7-1969.
Viet Nam sorties = 5.24 million
Figure 139 Viet64a.jpg, Viet64b.jpg
Figure 140 atombomb.gif, silo.gif
Shift to liberal pacific psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal
Mars 08-1969
Shift to liberal
08-1969 thru 11-1973
11-1973 thru 7-1974
; 90}f
11-1974 thru 7-1975
; 90}h
12-1977 thru 9-1978
; 90}a
Shift to conservative imperialist psychology begins with the last pass of Pluto to natal Sun
09-1978
Shift to
09-1978 thru 1-1982
conservative
1-1982 thru 8-1983
; 135}k
11-1983 thru 9-1984
; 90º natal ;
1-1984 thru -1985
; 45}S
2-1987 thru 10-1987
; 135}g
Cold War, Reagan Military buildup (1-1982 thru 10-1987)
Historical Events:
Large increase in Defense spending for MX missiles, B-1 stealth bombers,
and ABM Anti-ballistic Missile shield, 3-1983. Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
(SDIO), was established 1-1984. U.S. aids Contras fighting in Nicaragua 1-1983. U.S.
lays mines in Nicaraguan harbors, 4-1984. U.S. invades Grenada, 10-1983. U.S. aids
Mujahedeen fighting the Russians in Afghanistan 1982-1988.
Most of the military actions in this period were proxy wars where the USA supported third
party anti-communist movements in Central America and Afghanistan. Fortunately, the
Soviet’s implemented proactive peace program, involving pullout from Afghanistan,
economic and political liberalization, and arms reduction offers, that the USA could not
refuse. The first nuclear arms reduction treaty was signed in 12-1987, with the Soviets
destroying four times as many warheads as the USA. 1500 versus 350, which was 4% of the
combined inventory.
Shift to liberal pacific psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal
Mars 09-1988
Shift to liberal
10-1987 thru 12-1991 Superpowers sign first missile reduction
treaty. 12-1987
12-1991 thru 9-1992
William J. Clinton elected 11-1992
; 135}f
12-1992 thru 11-1993
; 135}h
12-1995 thru 11-1996 William J. Clinton 2nd election 11-1996
; 135}a
Shift to conservative imperialist psychology begins with the last pass of Pluto to natal Sun
11-1996
Shift to conservative 11-1996 thru 1-2000
1-2000 thru 11-2000
; 180}k
12-2001 thru 10-2002
; 45º natal ;
1-2002 thru 11-2002
; 0}S
3-2005 thru10-2006
; 180}g
Iraq War, War on Terror, NATO expansion, (1-2000 thru 10-2006)
Historical Events:
Attack on USS Cole, 10-2000. U.S. spy plane incident along China coast, 42001.
Attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, 9-11-2001
Large increase in Military spending and on Anti Ballistic Missile program, 11-2001.
Military invasion Afghanistan, 10- 2001. U.S. withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile
treaty in 6-2002. U.S. announces the right of preemptive attack and intention to assert
military dominance, 9-2002.
F35A nuclear bomber.
Nuclear bomb delivery systems
proliferated in Europe (180 Abombs) in Belgium, Netherlands,
Germany, Italy, and Turkey (socalled non-nuclear states), as
NATO’s Nuclear-Sharing policy
circumvented the Non- Proliferation
Treaty rules and spirit, which
prohibits the transfer and acceptance,
respectively, of direct or indirect
control over nuclear weapons.
American Air Force personnel
supplied the nuclear bombs,
retrofitting of planes and training for
those air-forces as part of a nuclearwar readiness scheme using formerly
non-nuclear air commands.
Figure 141 bomber.jpg, sub.jpg
The expansion of NATO into Eastern Europe led by the USA was one of many acts that
violated the spirit of informal agreements between Soviet leaders and the H.W. Bush
administration52 when the Warsaw pact was unilaterally dismantled, with the belief that
former Soviet nations would not become NATO members. Getting Moscow to agree to
German reunification within NATO was considered by all in the West to be a near miracle
and among the greatest policy accomplishments of the Bush administrations. Many
considered it mission impossible when the Berlin Wall came down in 1990. Below is a much
quoted negotion between USA secretary of State James Baker and President Gorbachev
three months later. 52
Baker: “As the two victorious powers over Germany in WWII, the USSR and US had a legal
voice in determining the country’s foreign policy orientation. The president and I have made
clear that we seek no unilateral advantage in this process. If we maintain a presence in a
Germany that is a part of NATO there would be no extension of NATO’s jurisdiction for
forces of NATO one inch to the East. If at the end of the day it is acceptable to everyone, we
could have discussion in a two plus four contex that might achieve this kind of outcome.
Maybe there is a better way to deal with the external consequences of German unification. If
there is I am not aware of it.”
Baker: “Let’s assume for a moment that unification is going to take place. Assuming that,
would you prefer a united Germany outside of NATO that is independent and has no US
forces, or would you prefer a united Germany with ties to NATO and assurances that there
would be no extension of NATO’s current jurisdiction eastward?”
Gorbachev responded that Soviet political leadership would be holding a seminar on matter
shortly and went on to say.
Gorbachev: “Certainly any extension of the zone of NATO is unacceptable”.
Baker “I agree.”
In the mid 1990’s Russian would refer to this and other pledges from NATO allies, that were
subsequently ignored at every step of NATO’s eastward growth and increase in threat to
Russia.
It seems clear that NATO, under USA leadership, and European cooperation has morphed
into a hybrid Western Imperialism tool, preparing step-by-step for a final war against Russia
and the East when the proper occasion arrives. The inability of the liberal Obama
administration to substantially change the massive funding or upgrade of preparations for
nuclear war, or even acknowledge the problem, indicates the 2024 conservative cycle and
Pluto return may be an astrological anchoring transit for a potential final wave of Western
Imperialism, with NATO as a essential component in tactical terms. They should realize the
majority spirit knows the minority spirits plans and has always won out in the past, after such
imperialist waves have spent their effort and sacrifice. The historical odds are not promising
and the sacrifice appears existential this time.
Shift to liberal pacific psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal
Mars 10-2006
Shift to liberal
10-2006 to 1-2011
Democrats win congress 11-2006, Barak
H. Obama elected 11-2008
1-2011 thru 12-2011
; 180}f
3-2012 thru 10-2013 Barak H.Obama 2nd election 11-2012
; 180}h
2-2016 thru 12-2016
; 180}a
Shift to conservative imperialist psychology begins with the last pass of Pluto to natal Sun
12-2016
Shift to
12-2016 thru 2-2022
conservative
2-2022 thru 12-2022
; 135}k
1-2024 thru 12-2024
; º natal ;
3-2024 thru 9-2025
; 45}S
3-2029 thru 9-2030
; 135}g
Forecast; depression, repressed
imperialism, Mass population needsdriven economic revolution.
Figure 142 mute360.jpg
Shift to liberal pacific psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal
Mars 09-2030
Shift to conservative imperialist psychology begins with the last pass of Pluto to natal Sun
10-2045
PRESIDENTIAL CORRELATIONS WITH THE LIBERAL - CONSERATIVE
CYCLE. President dates are for election date to inauguration of the next administration.
Transiting
Exact time range of
aspect
aspect
aspects to conservative imperialist group
2-1774 thru 12 1774
; 135}k
2-1776 thru 1-1777
; 45}S
4-1775 thru 10- 1777
; at natal ;
3-1781 thru 11-1782
; 135}g
Shift to liberal pacific psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal
Mars 11-1782
Shift to liberal 11-1782 thru 3-1789
3-1789 thru 1-1790
; 135}f
George Washington 3-1789 thru 4-1797
3-1791 thru 2-1792
; 135}h
4-1796 thru 12-1797 John Adams 12-1796 thru 3-1801
; 135}a
Shift to conservative imperialist psychology begins with the last pass of Pluto to natal Sun
12-1797
Shift to
12-1797 thru 5-1804 Thomas Jefferson 3-1801 thru 3-1809
conservative
5-1804 thru 1-1806
; 90}k
Thomas Jefferson 2nd term
8-1808 thru 9-1809
; 90}S
James Madison 12-1808 thru 3-1817
6-1814 thru 11-1816
; 90}g
Shift to liberal pacific psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal
Mars 11-1816
Shift to liberal 11-1816 thru 5-1825 James Monroe 12-1816 thru 3-1825
5-1825 thru 2-1827
; 90}f
John Quincy Adams 2-1825 thru 3-1829
4-1828 thru 1-1830
; 90}h
Andrew Jackson
12-1828 thru 3-1837
5-1835 thru 1-1837
; 90}a
Martin Van Buren 12-1836 thru 3-1841
Shift to conservative imperialist psychology begins with the last pass of Pluto to natal Sun
1-1837
Shift to
1-1837 thru 7-1845
W. H. Harrison 4-1841thru 4-1841
conservative
John Tyler 4-1841thru 3-1845
; 45}k
7-1845 thru 1-1847
James Knox Polk 12-1844 thru 3-1849
; 135}S
5-1850 thru 3-1852
; 45}g
6-1859 thru 3-1861
Zachary Taylor 11-1848 thru 7-1850
Millard Fillmore 7-1850 thru 3-1853
Franklin Pierce 11-1852 thru 3-1857
James Buchanan 11-1856 thru 3-1861
Abraham Lincoln 11-1860 thru 4-1865
Shift to liberal pacific psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal
Mars 3-1861
Shift to liberal 3-1861 thru 6-1871
Abraham Lincoln (1st inauguration 3; 45}f
; 45}h
; 45}a
6-1871 thru 3-1873
6-1874 thru 4-1876
8-1881 thru 3-1884
1861)
Andrew Johnson 4-1865 thru 3-1869
Ulysses S. Grant 11-1868 thru 3-1877
Rutherford B. Hayes 12-1876 thru 3-1881
James A. Garfield 11-1880 thru 9-1881
Chester A. Authur 7-1881 thru 3-1885
Shift to conservative imperialist psychology begins with the last pass of Pluto to natal Sun
03-1884
Shift to
03-1884 thru 9-1893 Grover Cleveland 11-1884 thru 3-1889
conservative
Benjamin Harrison 11-1888 thru 3-1893
Grover Cleveland 11-1892 thru 3-1897
William McKinley 11-1896 thru 9-1901
Theodor Roosevelt 9-1901 thru 3-1909
Theodor Roosevelt 2nd term 11-1904
9-1893 thru 2-1896
; 0}k
7-1898 thru 5-1900
; 180}S
8-1906 thru 4-1908
; 0}g
Shift to liberal pacific psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal
Mars 04-1908
Shift to liberal 04-1908 thru 8-1917 William H. Taft 11-1908 thru 3-1913
Woodrow Wilson 11-1912 thru 3-1921
8-1917 thru 5-1919
; 0}f
Woodrow Wilson 11-1916 2nd term
10-1919 thru 6-1921 Warren G. Harding 11-1920 thru 8-1923
; 0}h
7-1926 thru 6-1928
; 0}a
Calvin Coolidge 8-1923 thru 3-1929
Shift to conservative imperialist psychology begins with the last pass of Pluto to natal Sun
06-1928
Shift to
6-1928 thru 10-1934 Herbert C. Hoover 11-1928 thru 3-1933
conservative
10-1934 thru 6-1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 11-1932 thru 4; 45}k
; 135}S
; 45}g
10-1937 thru 6-1939
12-1943 thru 6-1945
1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt 11-1936 2nd term
Franklin D. Roosevelt 11-1940 3rd term
Harry S. Truman 4-1945 thru 1-1953
Shift to liberal pacific psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal
Mars 06-1945
Shift to liberal 6-1945 thru 9-1951
Harry S. Truman 11-1948 election
9-1951 thru 7-1952
; 45}f
11-1952 thru 7-1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower 11-1952 thru 1; 45}h
1961
9-1957 thru 7-1958
; 45}a
Dwight D. Eisenhower 11-1956 2nd term
Shift to conservative imperialist psychology begins with the last pass of Pluto to natal Sun
07-1958
Shift to
7-1958 thru 10-1962
John F. Kennedy 11-1960 thru 11-1963
conservative
10-1962 thru 5-1964
; 90}k
Lyndon B. Johnson 11-1963 thru 1-1969
11-1964 thru 5-1966
; 90}S
Lyndon B. Johnson 11-1964 1st election
10-1968 thru 8-1969
; 90}g
Richard M. Nixon 11-1968 to 8-1974
Shift to liberal pacific psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal
Mars 08-1969
Shift to liberal 8-1969 thru 11-1973
Richard M. Nixon 2nd term 11-1972
11-1973 thru 7-1974
; 90}f
Gerald R. Ford 8-1974 thru 3-1977
11-1974 thru 7-1975
; 90}h
James E. Carter Jr. 11-1976 thru 1-1981
12-1977 thru 9-1978
; 90}a
Shift to conservative imperialist psychology begins with the last pass of Pluto to natal Sun
09-1978
Shift to
09-1978 thru 1-1992
Ronald W. Reagan 11-1980 thru 1-1989
conservative
1-1982 thru 8-1983
; 135}k
1-1984 thru -1985
; 45}S
Ronald W. Reagan 2nd term 11-1984
2-1987 thru 10-1987
; 135}g
Shift to liberal pacific psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal
Mars 09-1988
Shift to liberal 10-1987 thru 12-1991 George H.W. Bush 11-1988 thru 3-1993
12-1991 thru 9-1992
; 135}f
William J. Clinton 11-1992 thru 3-2001
12-1992 thru 11-1993
; 135}h
12-1995 thru 11-1996 William J. Clinton 2nd term 11-1996
; 135}a
Shift to conservative imperialist psychology begins with the last pass of Pluto to natal Sun
11-1996
Shift to
11-1996 thru 1-2000
conservative
1-2000 thru 11-2000
; 180}k
George W. Bush 11-2000 thru 3-2009
1-2002 thru 11-2002
; 0}S
3-2005 thru10-2006
; 180}g
George W. Bush 2nd term 11-2004
Shift to liberal pacific psychology begins with the last pass of transiting Pluto to natal
Mars 10-2006
Shift to liberal 10-2006 thru 1-2011
Barak H. Obama 11-2008 thru 3-2016
1-2011 thru 12-2011
; 180}f
3-2012 thru 10-2013
; 180}h
Barak H. Obama 2nd term 11-2012
2-2016 thru 12-2016
; 180}a
One might logically think that the shift between liberal and conservative periods would be at
the midpoint between Mars and Venus and the midpoint between Sun and Mercury. But the
evidence above suggest an abrupt change in political psychology immediately after the last
pass of aspecting Pluto to the last planet in the respective groups (Mars in the conservative
group and Sun in the liberal group. That shift is strong enough to affect elections. It is easy
for the press and public to get blindsided by that astrological change in the USA body politic
psychology.
Republic of Venezuela:
Uranus-Neptune conjunctions
Uranus-Neptune
conjunctions and Pluto
positions, 1821 blue and
1993 red.
Figure 143 neurcon.jpg, Urne2.jpg
Both Hugo Chavez and Simon Bolivar were central figures in Venzuela regimes (3rd and 5th
Republics) associated with the two conjunctions of Uranus and Neptune in Capricorn in 1821
and172 years later in 1993. The kl conjunction cycle progresses through the zodiac at the
rate of 16º-17º every 172 years. The symbolism of that conjunction proposed here is
ultimately associated with the revolution of individual longevity but more generally is
associated with all the sciences that support that scientific achievement. On the other hand the
Pluto position in Scorpio in 1993 was a strongly-positive socialistic factor of the 1993
Bolevarian Revolutionary movement charts, whereas the Pluto position in Pisces or Aries in
1821, was not, especially after the 1822 when Pluto had moved from idealistic Pisces into
less receptive Aries. Likewise Uranus and Neptune moved from Sagitttarius into Capricorn
making the political environment less receptive to populus, progressive or socialistic ideas
adopted in Gran Columbia’s constitution and founding charts. It is probably a mistake to
ascribe the socialistic character of the Bolivarian Revolutionary movement of 1993 to
Bolivar’s vision of a unified, progressive South America he championed in the 1821 klconjunction period. In any event, Chavez’s Bolivarianian Revolution9 is astrologically
connected to Bolivars period but with a significant positive socialist component added.
Astrology does not drive history. Needs of the evolving, growing, social organism drives
history. The psychologies associated with the various planets, signs and aspects determine
timing. That happens when significant configurations form among the planets that directly
channel the need being resolved by a historical crisis, or necessary change. The outer planet
conjunctions and less powerful aspects chang mass psychology, by temporarily exegerating
the relativly few arch-concepts described by our relatively simple solar system.
Brief history: After the fall of the Spainish monarchy to Napoleonic France, in 1807, the
Spanish colonial empire became politically unstable and disintegrated in South America into
independent countries over the next 17 years. Most of those countries had the NeptuneUranus conjunction in Carpicorn or late Sagittarius in their independence charts but did not
have a strong socialistic aspect like the Pluto in Scorpio position that was present in the 1993
kl-conjunction period. Bolivar unsucessfully tried to unite South America after the final
defeat of the Spainish Royalist forces at the battle of Ayacucho in Peru on December 9,
1824. Bolivar secured the liberation of most of South America but his plan for a progressive
United South America was rejected at the Congress of Panama in June, 1826. Subsequently
Great Columbia (1819-1830), composed of Venezuela, Columbia, and Equador disintegrated
after 10 years into independent states. The United provinces of Central America also
disintegrated.
The failure of Bolivars crowning political achievment (Gran Columbia) showed that his
plans, inspired by the kl-conjunction, and a idealistic populism, were too far ahead of the
historical conditions of the time. Slavery and endemic raceism were the norm in a landed
oligarchy that saw little advantage in political unification or Bolivars progressive ideas, like
ending slavery and political integration. The South American regimes subsequently
developed into isolated countries with strong oligarchic regimes. The dominant kl
conjunction mostly expressed through development of a ruling class of superlative landowning families that flourished in a relatively undeveloped social environment. The
liberation of the remainder of the Spanish Colonial empire in Cuba and Puerto Rico was
stopped and the USA began to exert its dominance with exercise of the Monroe Doctrine,
which excluded future European intervention in South America and the Caribbean. Small
French, Brittish and Dutch colonies remained intact.
The tendency of South America to fractionate into isolated States may be related to its
geographic location in the astro-geographic overlay that puts it in the starting quadrant of
soul development, where the psychology is insular and local in contrast to the opposite
quadrant that is social and organized. That psychology derives from the characteristics of the
souls developmental pathway and the evolved structure of a bipolar World organism.
A major distinction between the two periods (Bolivars Great Golumbia, and Chavez’s
Bolivarian Revolution) was the rise of mass populations in the 20th Century that fueled the
need for socialistic solutions, championed by Cuba, Bolivarian Venezuela and other
socialistic-minded regimes. Another important difference was the maturation of the sciences
and technology in the interveneing 172 years that made mass population development doable
and acquisition of a modern lifestyle the envy of the masses. Need drives history, and mass
populations need infrastructure support optimized by Scorpio/Pluto socialistic psychology. It
was not necessary before the 20th caentury, but by the 21th century it could no longer be
repressed, as it had been in the West for ideological reasons that supported capitalism and
ultimately Western Imperialism. The Post-Soviet regimes and EU are set to satisfy those
mass-population driven needs
with their Pluto in Scorpio
position. The Bolevarian
Revolutionary movement led by
Hugo Chavez synchronized in
time with the Post-Soviet
period, but was not sucessful in
Figure 144 mutear.jpg
alligning his institional victories
with the most favorable period,
1989-1993, when all three outer planets were in extraordanary configurations, described in
the EU and Russian Day chart.
Hugo Chaves initially tried to impliment the “Bolevarian Revolutionary Movement” by
force but failed as did another coup attempt led by Admiral Gruber, eight months later. The
violent Caracazo Revolt in Caracas three years earlier had convinced the coup plotters that
the time was ripe for their populist revolutions. Chavez was of course unaware of the
astrology of the cyclic return of the kl cojunction or the ideal position of Pluto in Scorpio
for socialism, at the time of his coup, but his timing instincts were right. The Caracazo revolt
and coup attempts of the years 1989-1992 shared the outer planet configurations of the
post- Soviet and EU founding charts that symbolize primary long term personal and
collective goals.
The Caracazo spontaneous Revolt in Caracas, and the two failed coups by socialistic military
groups led seperately by Colonel Chavez and Admiral Gruber, repete the kl conjunction of
1821 (see yellow below) that tie the Bolevarian Revolutionary Movement led by Chavez to
Bolivars Great Columbia Union and his vision of a united South America.
After the period of failed takeover attempts, 1989-1992 The Bolivarian revolutionary
movement was still intact and popular. Chavez was in prison during Grubers coup but
released in 2-1994. Subsequently extensive academic polling convinced Chavez that a
democratic path to socialism was feasable in Venezuala. Chavez came to the conclusion that
the Bolivarian movement required democracy as an organizing and legitimizing principle.
After being elected as President in December 1998 he systematically held a series of elections
and referendum in order to get a new Constitution with the broadest popular support.
Seperately he democratically organized and unified many socialist parties into the United
Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV)7. The founding of the United Socialist Party of
Venzuela, The Bolevarian Republic of Venzuela constitution of 1999, and the ALBA-TCP,
(Boliverian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples Trade Treaty) are the main
legacy of the Bolevarian Revolutionary Movement led by Hugo Chavez. Their founding
horoscopes do not not share the dramatic aspects made by the outer planet positions of the
Post- Soviet regime charts of 1989-1993, but they are still fine horoscopes with many aspects
that connect them to the main outer planet configurations of 1989-1993. It appears the legacy
of the Bolivarian Revolutionary Movement may be the institutionalization of Democratic
Socialism in Venezuela, through dominance in future elections, by the United Socialist Party
of Venezuela, the largest Socialist party in South America, with 8 million members.
A.
;
l
k
Pluto
Neptune Uranus
position position position
Bolevarian revolution timeline.
Date
French conquest of Spain
1807
Venezuela Independence Declared
Jul. 5, 1811
18º]15' 08ºo59'
14ºi56'
Great Columbia
Dec. 17, 1819
25º]30' 28ºo16'
24ºo43'
k / l exact conjunctions
Mar., May, 1821 (2-3ºp)
Great Columbia Constitution
Aug. 30, 1821
29º]14' 00ºp16'
Congress of Panama (failed)
June 22, 1826
05ºq20' 12ºp57' 23ºp00'
Great Columbia Union disintegrates with Sep. 22, 1830
Venezuelan Independence.
08ºq46' 20ºp02' 06º[46'
29o10'
172 YEARS LATER (one kl conjunction cycle)
B.
Small (MBR200) Bolivarian
Revolutionary Movement group started.
Dec. 17, 1982
28ºu55' 26ºo42'
Caracazo spontaneous revolt
Feb. 27, 1989
15ºi09' 11ºp49' 04ºp37'
Chavez Coup d'Etat
Feb. 04, 1992
22ºi50' 17ºp29' 15ºp41'
Gruber Coup d'Etat
Nov. 27, 1992
23ºi22' 17ºp09' 15ºp46'
k / l exact conjunctions
Feb., Aug., Oct., 1993 (17-18ºp)
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
inception chart and 1999 Constitution
Dec. 15, 1999
10ºo50' 02º[38' 14º[02'
ALBA-TCP Bolivarian Alliance of the
Americas –Peoples Trade Treaty8
Dec. 14, 2004
22ºo05' 13º[20' 03º]20'
United Socialist Party of Venezuela9
Mar. 14, 2008
01ºp03' 22º[54' 18º]59'
06ºo06'
Great Columbia
December 17, 1819
Cuidad Bolivar, Venzuela
Individual perfection goal, science
Idealistic socialistic leadership
The outer planets are in
progressive aspects that
temporarily inspired the
revolutions leadership, but far
ahead of social development
stage in South America.
Figure 145 Grcol.jpg
Caracazo Spontaneous Revolt
Feb. 26, 1989, Caracas,
Venzuela
6:00:00 AM Standard time
Colonel Chavez 1992
failed Coup d’Etat
February 4, 1992
Caracas, Venezuela
5:00:00 AM Standard
time
Figure 146 Carac1.jpg Chavez92.jpg
Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela Constitution
December 15, 1999
Caracas, Venzeula
Higher education,
science, emphasis
on internet learning.
State sector
supported by
natural resources,
(oil and land).
Figure 147 VenzCon.jpg
United Socialist Party of Venezuela: PSUV
March 14, 2008 Caracas,,Venezuela
Party and serving
Government leadership.
Four corners of a mystic rectangle.
Broad based kl Bolivarian
configuration centered around
the (dfA) conjunction, perhaps
symbolizing community
organizations and development
goals. An idealistic group with
much ]/l influence.
Local chavista social projects, and
community organizations
Figure 148 UnSoV2.jpg
Admiral Gruber’s failed Coup d’Etat on Nov. 27, 1992 was
similar to Colonel Chavez’s with allied participants.
Gruber’s coup chart was also similar to the Caracazo Revolt.
The outer Planet aspects show the astrological timing for a
socialistic revolution was perfect (; in mid-i), but the
forceful method of accomplishing it, did not fit the post-cold
war situation. Chavez proved himself leader enough to
correct the course of the Bolivarian Revolution to include
abundant democracy.
Hugo Chaves became the first President of the United
Figure 149 unsova.jpg
Socialist Party at the above founding congress. It is an
execellent chart for a socialist political party with a well aspected Pluto, strategically located
at 1º Capricorn in the sign associated with leadership. The dynamic “mystic rectangle” seen
in the “Russia Day” chart (p. 114) is seen here, but not the dramatic outer-planet
configurations. It is dynamic in the sense that when transiting planets activate one corner of
the rectangle pattern it simultaneously activates the other corner groups, via less powerful but
still solid aspects 60º,120º and 180º. That creates a frequent and integrated activation pattern,
different than if the planetary groups were isolated and not connected by one of the main
harmonic aspect families considered important by astrologers.
Hugo Chavez was brilliant in building as much paticipatory-democracy as possible into the
1999 constitution, and the United Socialist Party’s organization. He believed that democracy
had many advantages for government and party organization. In particular it legitimized the
parties policies and insured that policy had popular support. Mass population needs +
democracy = socialism. Like the champion baseball player that Chavez was, he
systimatically covered the bases in connecting the body politic to political structures through
paticipatory democracy.
A third institution co-founded by Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro, that may be long-lasting is
the ALBA confederation of like-minded socialist-leaning countries. It is a trade treaty
designed to take the profit motive out of trade arrangements and substitute mutual
development schemes that promote socialistic goals like sustainable local agriculture, health
care and education. While small with only eight countries it has been ative, creative and
popular since its inception. The chart has many idealistic and harmonious aspects (green and
blue lines) (6th ,9th, and 10th harmonic aspects). It is an idealistic organization that takes
advantage of the emotional zeal and altruism inherent in Scorpio/Plutonian psychology. The
idealism of socialistic ideology inspires dedication among the significant portion of the
population that have i/; prominent in their horoscopes. What people fail to understand is
that socialism is not only an political/economic idea but an expression of a major
psychological component of our social nature, that arose because cooperation in social
organisms like bee and ant colonies, has selective advantages for survival. They take their
discounts and maximixe organizational efficientcies. The sign Scorpio is central to the transfamial social quadrant of the natural zodiac. If given an outlet for expression, those people
are political workhorses who emotionally enjoy their work. (See Scorpio p. 22) These are
fragile regimes inspired by social needs of growing mass populations, but they are operating
under the duress of still-active Western Imperialism that vilifies their motives. The SW
quadrant is tough geography to plant nascent socialist regimes at this time.
The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America - Peoples Trade Treaty
December 14, 2004 Havana, Cuba
ALBA-TCP
countries:
Venezuela
Cuba
Bolivia
Nicaragua
Dominica
Antigua and
Barbuda
St. Vincent and
the Grenadines
Figure 150 alba.jpg, alba2.jpg, mutens.jpg
North-South divide of the Americas
It appears that the rise of socialistic movements in the SW quadrant of the astro-geographic
overlay in the second half of the 20th century may relate to a natural psychological divide at
the ]/q border that seperates North America from Latin America. The difference between
developmental maturity in the upper NW quadrant, and developmentally still-evolving souls
in the SW quadrant, that has a natural attraction to the opposite (body-centric) hemisphere,
based on physical needs required for early-stage development.
The sign Aries is associated with independence of thought and
action and a pioneering spirit that operates well in isolation.
The Aries glyph, q suggest a East/ West ambivalence. Aries
traditionally rules the head and typically, they like to form their
Figure 151 mutens.jpg
own opinions and chart an independent destiny.
Overall, the Western hemispher may be still caught up in Western Imperialism, dependent
in part on socialistic repression, but in the SW quadrant, special conditions developed in the
20th century, that permitted isolated movements to express independently in special cases like
Cuban communism that got started with the help of Soviet aid and protection, and later in
Venezuela, Equador and Bolivia, where oil resources supplied a means of financing nascent
socialistic regimes derived from majority populations with unmet needs. The lower half of
South America falls under the Taurus sector of the astrogeographic-overlay and the Taurus
attitude toward resources is orientated toward individual, family, or corporate wealth in
contrast to a collective wealth accumulation model favored by the opposite sign, i, so it is a
less friendly psychology for generating ;/i socialistic regimes but the increasing needs of
mass population growth may trump that aversion over time. Social and geographical isolation
from the competitive 30} East divide, may have also contributed to a lack of developmental
pressure to consolidate into larger social groups in pre-Columbian North and South America.
Note that these sector boundaries are not as precise, far from the 30º East divide, as in this
case.
Whether the Pisces/Aries (North/South) divide affected the USA’s ability or desire to expand
South of continental USA is unknown, but the idelogical aversion of the USA to integrate as
equals with Southern territory is a persistant historical phenomena. There were however preCivil War groups that wanted to extend USA territoy into the central America as slave states.
The independent, and pioneering Aries psychology generated in the Caribbean and Norther
South America may have supplied the right psychological environment for counterimperialist, socialistic and communistic movements to florish in the later 20th century as the
need for socialist solutions driven by mass population growth became insistent. There seems
to be a tendency of ;/i psychology to self-organize into smaller social units when repressed
within the macro social environment, which accounts for much of the gang activity current in
Central and South America.
CHINA
Satellite view
(cylindrical azimuth projection)
Figure 152 World4C.jpg, World45c.jpg
Mercator projection
Peoples Republic of China
Oct. 1, 1949, Peking, China 03:07:00
PM
Standard Time Zone 8 East
Creative, fun-loving Venus at
Midheaven – gold, green blue pattern.
Abundance of idealist Libra in
socialistic 8th house. Individual -family
supported by state infrastructure.
GjH creative labor
and manufacturing
partnerships.
Strong gl peace
orientated military.
Pro-active socialism.
Lucky Moon in Aquarius with Jupiter close. = Collective mind
linked to the majority people. Home of the Dragons head.
Figure 153
PRC22.jpg
Republic of China
“double ten day”
October 10, 1911
Wuchang, China
7:05:00 PM,
Land based
oligarchy
connected to
military – red
lines to h in i
Upper class elites – kxl
Neo-confucian-aristocratic, scholar-official tradition.
Obligately attached to Western science and culture.
(Taiwan = tied to 1), (Double 10 = doubling k x 10th
house Aquarius.
Background
yui Libradominant
values.
Figure 154 PRC24..jpg
Composite Chart: Peoples Republic of China and Republic of China
Idealistic populace –
blue, green, gold aspect
patterns.
Social
support
abundance.
Idealized work
and agriculture
situations.
Large integrated 8th harmonic patterns
(red) = ability to make the symbolized
ideas concrete. kcj + ;zG =
astrology awareness in intelligencia.
Domestically
orientated
government.
Figure 155 prcroc.jpg
Both national horoscopes of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), the Republic of China
(ROC) and the composite compatibility-chart are strong in Libra and Scorpio aspects. That
emphasis on ui is in agreement with the astro-geographic-overlay, showing the
psychological influence of those two signs on the national character and destiny.
Interestingly, a very close and well–aspected Moon remains on the ascendant in both
national horoscopes and the composite. It is of course easy to see the Venus/Libra part of the
Chinese character in their beautiful arts, architecture, and fine manufactures that have always
been a constant feature in Chinese culture. Government administrations were often
determined by knowledge of the Confucian classic books, based on competitive exams.
Confucianism became the guiding philosophy of the long series of dynasties that ruled until
the 20th century. Libra symbolizes the individual supported by social structure. Libra follows
the family quadrant (rty) and the Libra psychology is what a society organized around the
family unit needs to prosper; public safety, law and order. The Scorpio sector may have come
to the fore in the 20th century in order to maximally counter Western Imperialism, which
came on strong for China in the mid 19th century. The timeline of the rise and fall of the
Romanov dynasty 1613-1917, and the Qing dynasty in China (1644-1911) roughly parallel
each countries crisis in countering invasion by Western powers. Monarchy was discarded and
militant Scorpionic regimes installed. The Republic of China (1911) was an attempt at
reforms designed to take back control from the West. The chart seems to reflect orientation to
the oligarchic upper class, still dominant in 1911.
The Composite chart shows reunification would reinforce the core Libran orientation toward
peace and social stability, perhaps in part by reducing the chance for nuclear war with the
USA. The wide gj; conjunction, (symbolizing government leadership) in the separate
national charts becomes more compact in the composite. The gj;G conjunction centered in
Cancer and the 4th house may reflect the local/domestic orientation of the huge Peoples
Congress of representatives in guiding the state in a reunited China. It shows an internal
preoccupation with the domestic issues like housing, family security, and all the concerns that
the Libra-Scorpio state supports. Numerous close integrated aspect patterns show the union to
be beneficial. The Virgo portion of the astro-geographic overlay, is associated with childbirth
and servile work. It fits well with the densely populated section covering Southern China,
most of India, and SE Asia, increasingly becoming the manufacturing center of the World.
Virgo is accounted for in these China charts also.
The Dragon has long been a symbol of China, with the emperor having exclusive right
to wear the dragon symbol. In Western astrology The North node is associated with the
Dragons head, while the South node is associated with the Dragons tail. In the present
interpretation the lunar nodes natural location is on the Aries-Libra axis, with the dragons
head in Libra, geographically associated with China in the overlay. That appropriately links
the head with the most populous hemisphere. The dragon is symbolic of antagonistic polarity
inherent in the collective mind.
Russia’s implacable European dragon.
Saint George dealing with his dragon.
Figure 156 dragon3.jpg, StGeo.jpg
Figure 157 dragon.jpg,
drago8.jpg
The United Nations chart is very similar to the Chinese regeme charts, showing a similar
psychology orientated toward Libra and Scorpio. It is an execellent horoscope for
international conflict resolution and social development. Born at the end of end of WWII, at a
time of yearning for peace and international order.
United Nations
October 24, 1945,
4:45 PM,
Washington, D.C.
Health
services,
Health
education
.
Education services.
Housing. services
Figure 158 UN.jpg
The traditional greater
and lesser benefice
planets Jupiter and
Venus are cunjunct
Neptune and Juno in
Libra = (idealized
relationships & social
support services.
Israel: By astro-geographic position and by her current national chart is Libra/Scorpio with
the Scorpio cusp line hitting the coast above Tel Aviv and exiting below the Golan Heights.
Cities close to the
Scoroio cusp line.
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Amman
Damascus
Mosul
Tehran
Ashgabat
Tashkent
Bishkek
Alma-ata
i
u
Figure 159 Israel1.jpg
Israel independence
May 14, 1948, 4:32 pm
Tel Aviv, Israel
Figure 160 Israel2.jpg
The Independence chart ascendant is at the border of Libra/Scorpio, perhaps indicating a
narrow focus of the current regime on security and military power. The broad stellium in Leo
(gj;s) built around Pluto is indicative of that focus on power. The 7th and 8th houses,
which are Libra and Scorpio’s natural house positions are well populated with planets in
Taurus and Gemini indicating that the local neighborhood is the realm of its power and
extensive relationships that have deep roots in antiquity both Libran and Scorpionic in
character. The consolidation of power in pre-imperialist antiquity, before Roman
imperialism (-221 BCE) in the Near-East and levant region was very competivive among
large states, (Syria, Persia, Babylon) with a similar astro-geographic psychological
background as Israel. Israel though small and under-resourced, was like Greece, a competitor
disproportionate to its size and population. The state was organized in a Scorpionic manner
that marshalled maximum military efficiency out of its homogenous population, unified by its
monotheistic religion. When the Jews talk of one God they could be refering to the dominant
majority-fraction of the collective mind coming from the more populous East, associated with
Pluto/Scorpio psychology that has the most urgent power over and interest in material
destiny, coming as it does from the body-half of the collective mind. Perhaps the majorityspirit did foster a special relationship with the Hebrew prophets with the aim to innitiate a
state with a concentrated allegiance to its Scorpionic interest, close to the center-point of the
E/W divide. That attachment of Israel with the majority-spirit, the demiurge of the East has a
astro-geographic basis. Israel had rejected the man-Gods of Egypt and a religion orientated
toward the spiritual life of the soul after death, signified in signs (]q) central to the Western
half of the Zodiac, and prominate in Phaoronic Egypt (-5036 to -575) outer-planet transit
cycles.
The Jews unsucessfully, fought to the death against Roman Imperialism, while, larger more
distant regimes, (Parthia and Sasanid Persia) also on the Scorpio line halted Romes imperial
ambitions in the East.
The connection with Scorpio may explain anti-semitism in the West, and the disproportionate
role of Jews in socialist movements in the 20th century.
Star of David = the relationship of the social
organism to individual organismal perfection.
The fixed cross midpoints of wti[ sybolize
how Taurus geography becomes Leo individual
biology, which produce Scorpio social
demography which produces Aquarian social
psychology (collective mind). The diamond
symbol within the fixed signs = the longevity
phenotype/genotype that eventually rules and
unifies the naturally-selected World.
Israel’s rail satisfies the demiurge Pluto’s need
for a unified World through chosen births, by
he-brewing the hero or heroin, human semigods.
Figure 161 Israel5.jpg, Israel4.jpg
Idealistic 9th harmonic (blue) patterns involved with planned
reproduction involving the feminine asteroids GFHJ, the controllers
of reproduction and child raising in the future.
Kibbutzim culture for
raising and educating
of chosen children.
S
Aliya birthing journeys
involving planned births
timed with the Lunar Node
soros-cycle, every 18 years,
that emphasizes the q-u
axis.
A harmonious (green) hkG 6th harmonic pattern
emphasizes the longevity axis, integrated with transhemispheric antagonistic-polarity resolution. Israel’s rail.
gj;s and Midheaven in Leo = the product of chosen births =
most reproductively fit leaders of the family/ clan /tribe.
Emblem of Jerusalem, Lion of Juda.
Figure 162 Isr3.jpg, lion.jpg
Modern Greece:
Greece has always been fractionated by rough terrain, many islands and distant colonies on
both sides of 30} East. It has a close astro-geographic connection to the Aquarius cusp and
Jupiter as symbol of the collective mind and Pallas Athena as expressing the core theme of
that mind. The Greeks, above all cultures, have striven to intellectually understand the spirit
world cosmologically, first developing a system of planetary associated gods, described in
Homer’s mythic epics histories and consolidated in Hesiod’s Theogony, (7th century BCE).
Later they championed rational science-based astronomy (4th century BCE) that made
horoscopic astrology possible. Witness the Antikythera mechanism (1st century BCE) p. 70
Later still (15th century CE) Byzantine Greeks under severe pressure from the Roman West
and Ottoman East, initiated the astrology glyph system, interpreted here, which at the
social/political level is largely a self-description of a contentious polarized world and
collective-mind, integrated with the individuals (body/soul) development pathway. The role
of the late Byzantine Greeks in integrating Eastern hemisphere concepts, like Zoroastrian
antagonistic spirit-polarity and reincarnation into the new glyph system, remains a historic
mystery, but the Pluti.28.34 manuscript (discussed on p.75-84) indicates a Greek Byzantine
role may have been seminal in glyph development. In the astro-geographic overlay its present
territory is under the Capricorn sector, except for part of Cypress, but historically it was a
trans-hemispheric entity in Hellenistic and Byzantine times.
The desire to reestablish that ideal trans-hemispheric condition seems strong in the Greek
national consciousness. kl conjunctions were a major astrological factor in the timing of
Hellenistic Greece and the renaissance advent of the glyph system (post-Byzantium) so it
should not surprise anyone that kl in Capricorn is exact in the Greek national horoscope in a
chart that seems too lofty and ahead of its time in 1821.
Greek Revolution, March 25, 1821, Agia Lavra, Greece
Figure 163 Grk1821.jpg, Greek8.jpg
It seems more a statement of intent than actionable plan. The second kl conjunction in
Capricorn in 1993 reinforces and furthers the Greek Independence charts goal of individual
developmental perfection with the new science of aging coming on strong now. Progress lies
in rediscovering the cosmological relationships that underpin the cardinal cross, and the
science behind longevity. When Zeus and Athena reoccupy the Greek mind, new dimensions
of Athenian “creative intelligence” may open up in the political realm as well. In the national
chart the large politically-orientated Sun-Pluto conjunction at the Pisces/Aries cusp may
represent the socialistic parties, that have little support in the current EU economic
environment. That large socialistic part of the Greek body-politic may require a transhemispheric dimension not supported now by the current E-W stage of polarity resolution.
While not discussed here there is much synergism between the socialistic Turkey national
horoscope and the Greek one, that suggest that the day may come when a hybrid trans-
hemispheric union between them and perhaps other states in the area could be achieved.
Such thinking is not new to Greek and Turkey politicians, but the use of astrology to
understand the relationship in the larger E-W context may be helpful.
THE BIOLOGY OF AGING:
A good example of the correlation of the kl conjunctions of 1993 with the current
revolution of the biology of aging was the discovery of the lifespan gene mutations that
increased lifespan. (Kenyon 1993) There were earlier precursor reports of long-lived mutants
along the same genetic pathway, but they did not stimulate the explosion of aging research
that started around 1990-93 .(Klass 1983, Friedman 1988) The discovery of the insulin/ IGF-1
(insulin-like growth factor) signaling pathway (also called the IIS) pathway was the entry
point for the discovery of many interacting gene groups that regulate aging through classical
signaling pathways. Those genetic pathways are stress and metabolic sensors such as insulin
and IGF-1 hormones, TOR (target of rapamycin) kinase, AMP (adenosine mono phosphate)
kinase, and sirtuin genes, whose up or down regulation can trigger cell protective
mechanisms that extend lifespan. Kinases are phosphate transfer enzymes that alter gene and
protein expression. What is presented here could not have been discussed before that time,
and represents a turning point in how biologist understand aging and its potential control. As
Cynthia Kenyon stated in a retrospective article (Kenyon 2011) “In general this was the time of a
great paradigm shift in biology, when we all began to realize that organisms from yeast to
humans used highly similar molecular mechanisms, albeit with variation, to carry out the
fundamental processes of life…. At that time aging was thought to be a hopelessly
intractable, even futile problem to study. We just wear out; that’s it…. Not only was aging
thought to be merely an entropic passive process, evolutionary biologist had argued
forcefully that ageing could not be regulated. For example, they felt the mechanisms for
regulating aging would have no way to evolve, as aging takes place after reproduction. The
aging field at the time was considered a backwater by many molecular biologist, and graduate
students, who rotated through the Kenyon laboratory, were not interested, or were even
repelled by the idea.” “many of my faculty colleagues felt the same way. One told me that I
would fall off the edge of the Earth if I studied aging. However at last in the spring quarter of
1992, a wonderful , risk-taking rotation student, Ramon Tabtiang, agreed to come and study
aging. Months later after experiments with insulin-gene daf-2 mutant Caenorhabditis elegans
nematode worms, Raymon came into my office one day and said, guess what, they’re not
dying. And we had our first long-lived mutant.” (Kenyon 2011)
With that new and rapidly expanding knowledge the glyph symbolism that pertains to
extended longevity is becoming more and more believable. Some highlights of that rapidly
developing research are discussed below.
Besides presenting a new interpretation of the astrology glyphs, the author has been
fortunate to have been forced by poor health at an early age, to become an authority in a
little-researched metabolic (dietary) method of activating key genes (the sirtuin genes) that
are a principle-focus of the current bio-gerontology aging-research. It may be helpful that the
interpreter of the glyph system’s biological symbolism also had first-hand knowledge of a
particular method that may satisfy the glyph's longevity symbolism that suggest longevity,
dependent on repressed reproduction (see r p. 15-18, p 31-32, k 53). In 2010-12 the
author presented his personal research and rational for why the tropical tuber cassava, had the
correct food-composition for organismal SIRT1 sirtuin-gene activation in mammals.(Golay 2010,
2012)
Sirtuin gene activation is believed critical for organismal longevity by many researchers
who study sirtuin biology. That method is also summarized below.
Introduction: Proximal causes of aging.
1. The Oxidative free-radical damage-theory of aging was the first modern theory (proposed
about 1954) to explain aging (Harmon 1981) and remains the most probable cause among
researchers. (Balaban 2005) Oxidative free-radical damage increasingly accumulates in cells
throughout the lifespan,
synchronous with declining
Mitochondrial oxidative-phosphorylation generates
repair mechanisms in aging
ATP (high-energy) adenosine tri-phosphates.
animals. Mitochondria are the
ROS (reactive oxygen species) main sites of ROS
main ATP energy producing
generation are at protein complexes I and III. Entry
organelles in cells which
site of least ROS generation, II Q.
consume over 90% of the
oxygen used in the body and
generate most free radicals,
ROS (reactive oxygen species)
I
as a damaging byproduct of the
7
molecular processes in the ETC
Ii
(electron transport chain) that
0.
oxidize carbon metabolites in
food to carbon dioxide and
water. That situation arose
during evolution after the
earth’s atmosphere became
oxygenated as a result of
oxygen producing bacteria. Life
found a way to utilize the
oxygen in metabolism that
produced much more energy per fuel than anaerobic (non-oxygen) metabolism but had
damaging toxic side-effects. Organisms evolved many ways to avoid or reduce Figure 164
oxphoe.jpg
oxidative damage, at least long enough to reproduce. The big advantage of
oxidative metabolism is it allows creation of a much larger and more complex
organism. Animals have evolved internal anti-oxidant enzymes and metabolic pathways that
reduce ROS production, or repair its damage. ROS damage accumulates in aging
synchronous with decline in ROS defenses and repair mechanisms, which is the main
problem according to this theory.
2. Age-linked cellular senescence is associated with the Hayflick-limit of cellular replication.
Hayflict and colleagues (circa 1964) found that somatic cells have a finite number of mitoticdoubling times before the ability to replicate slows and finally ceases, typically between 5070 times in humans. That replicative exhaustion is linked to shortening of telomeres with
each passing cell division. Telomeres are specialized capping structures at the ends of linear
chromosome strands of DNA sequences. Telomeres are long series of repetitive non-coding
DNA sequences that shield the last sequences of coding DNA from strand breaks,
inappropriate fusions and mismatched replication sequences that produce mutations.
Telomeres preserve DNA integrity and stability. Short telomeres correlate with aging, and
accumulation of dysfunctional but living senescent cells, cell death, and diseases like
premature aging syndromes, cancer, dyskeratosis congenita, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis,
and aplastic anemia.(Zhao 2014)
Telomere shortening promotes these phenotypes in part by inducing apoptosis, cell loss and
tissue dysfunction. A critical point of short telomere length is reached where DNA segments
near the telomeres are exposed and lost, causing the cell to stop dividing. (Kim 2002) The
accumulation of senescent non-functional cells is thought important if autophagic
mechanisms for absorbing damaged cells and organelles is seldom activated, (Lee 2008) or if
apoptosis genes like p53 are inactive.
Non-dividing cells have low SIRT1 protein levels and are more vulnerable to genomic
instability, cancer and dysfunctional organs where they accumulate. SIRT1 protein levels
were found to be tied to cell replication exhaustion stage, progressively decreasing as the cell
stops replicating. (Sasaki 2006)
Using a mouse model researchers found SIRT1 was a positive regulator of telomere length in
vivo and attenuates telomere shortening in aging mice dependent on level of SIRT1
expression. Deficiency of SIRT1 produced significant telemere dysfunction.(Palacios 2010) The
correlation of telomere shortening with loss of SIRT1 in old age was also confirmed in
Yeast. (Dang 2009) See figure below for effect of sirtuin deacetylation of histones (core proteins
of nucleosomes around which sequenced DNA strands are wrapped) on gene silencing.
In contrast to most somatic (non-germline) cells, (stem cells, germ cells, most cancer cells,
and iPSC’s (induced pluripotent stem cells derived from somatic cells) produce telomerase
enzymes that extend telomeres, thus conferring theoretical -immortality on those cells.
Telomere
Nucleosomes, DNA
spooled around 8 histone
proteins.
chromosomes
chromatin
DNA
helix
Histone
tails
Compact deacetylated
Histones, maintain DNA
inaccessible to transcription,
producing inactive genes.
Heterochrmatin – inactive genes.
A
c
A
c
A
c
A
c
A
c
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Unpacked acetylated (Ac) histones are
DNA accessible and gene active.
Euchromatin - activated protein
expressing genes.
Stem cell pools in theory could replace all senescent cells indefinitely but unfortunately they
also deteriorate and loose function in aging due to ROS damage accumulation in the
supporting niche somatic cells. Somatic cells are more prone to age-related loss of NAD,
SIRT1, and consequent short telomeres. Somatic cells are more aerobic in their metabolism
which produce ROS, and lack telomerase elongation enzymes like the stem cells do. As the
stem cells supportive micro-environment is degraded, ROS accumulates which affects
telomere length, telomerase and the ability to maintain stemness and pluripotency. That has
brought attention to the differential role of metabolism (anaerobic and aerobic) observed in
somatic cells versus stem cells. Stem cell quiescence, pluripontency, self- renewal and
telomere elongation was found to be associated with anaerobic metabolism that avoids
mitochondrial generation and utilization in the stem cell. Stem cells convert pyruvate (the end
product of anaerobic glycolysis) to lactate, instead of Acteyl CoA, the main entry-fuel for the
TCA cycle in mitochondria.(Folmes 2011, Prigione 2010, Cai 2012)
The benefit for the stem cell is minimal reactive oxygen species (ROS) exposure, while still
producing the required ATP and biomolecules for quiescent existence or self-renewal. The
lactate produced by this specialized anaerobic pathway is not wasted but is exported for use
by aerobic differentiating progeny cells or other cells where it is oxidized in mitochondrial
(oxphos) oxidative phosphorylation. While the down side may seem to be low ATP
production, (2 versus 38 ATP units) stem cell quiescence and self–renewal do not need ATP
at the level of differentiated growing or mature somatic cells.
That is a big difference between stem cells and differentiated growing or mature somatic
cells. Stem cells (including spermatagonia and early-embryonic cells) minimize oxidative
metabolism. They often reside in low oxygen niches like ovary, testis, and bone marrow that
induce HIF (Hypoxia Inducing Factors) that up-regulate transcription of anaerobic metabolic
components.
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC): It has recently been discovered that it is possible to
induce the stem cell phenotype in mice and humans from adult somatic cells, like fibroblast
skin-cells by over-expressing exogenous transcription factors related to pluripotency, OCT4,
KLF4, SOX2, and c-MYC. During induced pluripotent stem cell generation, telomeres are
also reprogrammed to adopt features similar to classic early-embryonic cells including
telomerase- dependent progressive telomere elongation. Sirtuin genes and especially SIRT1
was found to play a major role in producing the iPSC phenotype from somatic cells by
directly interacting with necessary components of pluripotency and telomere elongation cMYC, OCT4, and SOX2. (De Bonis 2014, Yoon 2014, Zhang 2014) SIRT1was found highly expressed in
embryonic and other stem cells,(Matsui 2012) but down-regulated in differentiating progeny cells
lines. The implication is that maintenance of SIRT1 levels in aging is a necessary factor for
optimized cell longevity, through maintenance of telomere length.
Sirtuin genes were first described in yeast as Sir2 (silent information regulator) genes that
express enzymes that utilize NAD in deacetylation (removal of acetyl residues) and ADP
ribosylation transfer reactions that change gene and protein expression. They are ancient
survival/longevity genes conserved in most life forms, going back at least a billion years to
yeast. (Guarente 2005) They react mainly to nutrition/energy status to protect the cell/organism
when starvation or other stresses threaten survival. Sirtuin activation is largely dependent on
the redox environment of the organism, a measure of energy/nutrition status.
Redox status is usually measured by the ratio between [coupled metabolic (fuel substrate)
intermediates] and cofactors, with the NAD/NADH ratio (oxidized and reduced form of
Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide) reflecting the aggregate of all the other couples in any
particular metabolic compartment in the cell (cytosol, nucleus or mitochondria). The
lactate/pyruvate ratio is used to estimate the NAD/NADH ratio in the cells cytosol. A
different couple of metabolic intermediates are used to measure the NAD/NADH redox ratio
in mitochondria, and there are another 16 or so metabolic couples in electron transport
systems. Redox is a shorthand term used to describe the NAD/NADH ratio generally,
however more recently the term has often been used to indicate the balance between reactive
oxygen species (ROS) and anti-oxidants. Here the former definition is used, although the two
are related. Redox = oxidation/reduction of electron transfer in chemical reactions leading to
high-energy complex formation as ATP or its breakdown and use as ADP and AMP (tri, di
and mono phosphates). The redox couples are said to transfer reducing-equivalents (the H
Hydrogen with its electron and proton), in the main pathways that generate ATP
(photosynthesis, fermentation-glycolysis, and the mitochondrial electron transport system).
Redox is important in sirtuin biology because NAD (Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide) is
used in the two main sirtuin enzymatic-reactions, (deacetylation of histones in nucleosomes,
and non-genetic proteins) and (ADP ribose transfer) which uses NAD to repair damaged
DNA strand breaks and other functions. Therefore NAD’s availability for sirtuinization
reactions determines a cell’s sirtuin activation potential. In that way sirtuins automatically
react to low cellular nutrition and energy states by initiating an adaptive, alternative genetic
program designed to protect the cell and organism from the stresses repeatedly encountered
in life situations, like starvation, ROS stress, ultra-violet radiation, low oxygen, and extreme
temperature change. Those saving alternative gene programs are in our genome but are only
activated by real stress or when the stress is mimicked as with dietary restriction. Gene
expression is altered by environmental manipulations like temperature and diet. Diet changes
gene expression by what are called post –translational alterations, or epigenetic (abovegenetics) changes to gene components like DNA, histone proteins of nucleosomes in the
nucleus and other non-genetic molecules that affect gene expression. Transcription translates
the DNA sequence to produce the basic protein product, that is soon modified by posttranscriptional, enzymatic chemical reactions of fuel substrate metabolism that
phosphorylate, methylate, acetylate, ubiquinate, etcetera, specific amino acid residues of
proteins that regulate how the basic gene expresses or is silenced. Differences in calories or
composition of the fuel-substrate gives us a dietary means of regulating gene expression, but
human diets are so varied in composition that it is virtually impossible to design one that will
activate specific genes. The closest proof of concept are dietary restriction of calories,
protein, or specific amino acids like methionine or tryptophan that have substantial effects on
lifespan, healthspan, and reproductive schedules.
NAD and Sirtuin gene expression decline with age:
Activation of the sirtuin genes by any means possible is currently the object of much
longevity-research world-wide. Success by supplementation with pharmaceutical small
molecules involved in the NAD generation/regeneration pathways like NR, Nicotinamide
Riboside, and NMN, Nicotinamide Mono-Nucleoside has been reported.(Imai 2014) NAD levels
decline substantially in old age. That decline is thought to be the dominant problem, because
NAD is a required cofactor in all sirtuin enzymatic reactions, plus many non-sirtuin
metabolic reactions that consume NAD.(Guarente 2008, Yang 2007) The proximal cause of cellular
damage is ROS (reactive oxygen species) like super oxide O2, hydrogen peroxide H2O2, the
hydroxyl radical •HO, Nitric Oxide NO and others.
Figure 166
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Diagram from (Ying 2013)
ROS damage to DNA and cell biomolecules prompts repair involving ( poly-ADP
polymerase) that increasingly exhaust NAD to a critical low level in aging due to the
increasing damage.(Ying 2006, 2013) NAD depletion causes sirtuin genes to stop functioning at the
regulatory level needed to prevent cellular apoptosis and the resultant cell loss in organs like
muscle, bone, etc. that lead to sarcopenia (muscle degeneration) osteoporosis, organ failure
and frailty. Without sirtuin activation, unrepaired DNA and increased ROS lead to increased
cancer. It becomes a downward spiral, that, as we saw above, can also involve sirtuin
dependant telomere maintenance and replicative exhaustion. Maintaining NAD levels
sufficient to activate sirtuin genes that protect cells in old age appears necessary for increased
longevity, but how.
Some simple strategies include regular exercise which increases NAD, its regeneration and
mitochondrial biosynthesis significantly. (Costford 2010, Hashimoto 2007) Fasting and calorie
restriction dramatically increase NMN, Nicotinamide Mono-Nucleoside mentioned above,
NAD and sirtuin expression.(Baur 2014, Guarente 2005) Lowering ambient body temperature, by
living in a cold climate and habitually working or exercising outdoors can increase sirtuin
activation by several pathways.(Gua 2012, Shi 2005) By faithfully adhering to the circadian
light/dark sleep cycle one can increase NAD regeneration that occurs at increased efficiency
in the six or so hours of sleep after sunset. (Nakahata 2009, Imai 2010) So there are strategies to
increase NAD levels but the steady rise in ROS damage in aerobic somatic cells also needs to
be addressed.
Mitochondria dictate cell survival. It was discovered in 2007, that among the three cell
compartments (nucleus, cytosol, and mitochondria) that contain separate redox environments,
that it was the mitochondria that control cell-death (apoptosis). The cytosol and nucleus can
be depleted of NAD that predicts cell death but as long as the mitochondria is redox-correct,
then the cell survives, characterized as “the mitochondrial oasis effect”.(Yang 2007) Because the
redox-ratio is dependent on variable nutrient metabolism, it pays to feed the mitochondria
their preferred fuels that minimize free-radical oxidant formation in the electron transport
chain while producing fast processing of oxidative fuels.(Guarente 2008) The mitochondria
evolved from endosymbiont bacteria that became specialized organelles to process dangerous
oxidative phosphorylation of ATP. It may be helpful to view them as guest endosymbionts
with special metabolic needs. Their functional health in old age may be necessary to maintain
the proper redox-state for sirtuin activation in aerobic somatic-cells, that dominate the human
body, relative to stem cells. While managing the effects of ROS generation from
mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation may be the only option in pre-adult growing bodies,
in post–pubertal, non-growing individuals an alternative strategy to repress ROS formation
at its source may be available to humans.
An alternative direct strategy to reduce ROS formation in mature non-growing postpubertal individuals may be to temporarily mimic pluripotent cell-type metabolism in much
of the somatic body at large through temporary (dietary) metabolic reprogramming. (
Embryonic, Spermatogonia, Cancer cells, Somatic stem cells, and adult somatic cell iPSC’s induced pluripotent stem cells) all optimize non-oxidative anaerobic metabolism for survival
and self-renewal. Induced pluripotent stem cells are instructive of the required transition from
the somatic-cell mitochondria-rich cell-type to a pluripotent cell-type with regressed, circular,
cristae-poor mitochondria that are small and few in number. In the pluripotent cell-type
electron-transport complex I subunit genes are down-regulated while anaerobic genes that
facilitate the PPP (Pentose Phosphate Pathway) and anaerobic metabolism are up-regulated.
Sirtuin gene expression increases. SIRT1 deacetylation was shown to be a positive regulator
of the PPP pathway. (Wang Y. 2014, Wu 2014) The net effect of pluripotent cell-type induction is to
eliminate ROS generation centers and upregulate benign non-oxidative pathways of carbon
metabolism, in particular the PPP pathway that generates glutathione, the cells most abundant
antioxidant. Induced pluripotent somatic cells, iPSC’s (even using old somatic cells) benefit
from the reprogrammed regression to stem-cell anaerobic metabolism that includes
conversion of pyruvate to lactate with extracellular lactate export. That reprogramming
results in rejuvenation of their telomeres and other pluripotent survival attributes involving
sirtuin gene activation.(Palacios 2010) Importantly some somatic tissue is more capable of
reprogramming than others depending on the cells tissue location and normal functional
preference of that tissue for aerobic or anaerobic metabolism. Some tissue is more oxidative
and/or replicative than others. Also the relative hypoxic state (oxygen pressure/content) of the
tissue environment affects the readiness of a somatic cell to reprogram to an anaerobic
pluripotent-type metabolism. The exported lactate will always be consumed by oxidative
somatic cells, especially in SIRT1 upregulated animals. See lactate utilization below.
CASSAVA DIET: It is argued here that exclusive cyanogenic-carbohydrate is metabolized
in the cell in the least aerobic pathway possible, and over a short time in a restricted cassava
diet accumulates to an organismal sirtuin active phenotype that mimics the anaerobic (antiROS) strategy of stem cells. The cassava diet in its strongest routine is a (one week long +)
mono-food diet that utilizes the cyanogenic-carbohydrate tropical-tuber cassava in several
forms, fresh boiled tubers and gari, which is a pure processed dry form of cassava. (see diet
protocol at cassava.info) How long one stays on the diet depends largely on one’s body mass,
because there is always some demand on adipose tissue fat and protein autophagy-attrition
during organismal sirtuin activation, although it is not as severe as a fast because of the
substantial nutrition in cassava.
CYANO-CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM
Pi (free phosphate) and NAD are necessary for the
first step of glycolysis from G3P (glyceraldehyde 3
phosphate.
TPI (triose phosphate isomerase) decides which
pathway is taken. DHAP (dihydroxyacetone) in the
presence of cyanide and low free phosphate is
converted to methylglyoxal and dismutated to Pi,
NAD, and lactate that can then be used to rescue
stalled glycolysis, thus clearing toxic methylglyoxal
and trios phosphate build-up.
Pi,
NAD
Lactate
Proposed scheme of carbohydrate metabolism in the presence of cyanide.
Broken lines represent metabolic pathways activated or increased in
utilization by cyanide. Lower diagram from Isom et al. (Isom 1975)
Figure 167
Isom.jpg
Tpi3.jpg
Cyanocarbohydrate metabolism may obligatly utilize the methylglyloxal pathway due to
its food composition, which is a non-fat, high cyanogenic-glucoside carbohydrate (97-98%).
At 1-2% protein, it is lowest in protein of all the common carbohydrate foods. In the presence
of cyanide the cyanogenic-carbohydrate may be non-enzymatically converted to
methylglyoxal (a dephosphorylation step, yielding Pi) and dismutated to pyruvate and then to
lactate, (Baxter 1968, Isom 1972, Ariyama 1928, Benov 1998) which is then put into general blood circulation
and taken up in lactate-utilizing cells in brain, heart, muscle, liver, central nervous system
and testis.(Bergersen 2006, Hashimoto 2006, Gladden 2004) In addition to those adaptive inter-cellular
shuttles, aerobic disposal of D and L lactate in the cell of its anaerobic generation has also
been described.(de Bari 2013) However in multicellular animals where anaerobic or aerobic
dominant cellular metabolism regulate a functional divide between quiescent state and
growth/differientation/reproduction mode the ability to transfer oxidative fuels like lactate
would have cell/organism survival advantage by segregating oxidative processing to somatic
highly-oxidative tissue. So two cells are consuming the cyano- carbohydrate or its product;
the first anaerobically, under the influence of cyanide, the second aerobically without
cyanide. In the first cell cyano-carbohydrate shifts metabolism away from gycolysis and
aerobic oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria to the methylglyoxal and PPP (pentose
phosphate pathway) in the cytosol. In the second cell the metabolic fate of D or L lactate is
less well understood, but always aerobically.(Ewaschuk 2005) The methylglyoxal and PPP
(pentose phosphate pathway) in the cytosol are more primitive anaerobic pathways, more
utilized by archeaen prokaryotes, bacteria and yeast. They have the benefit of producing
energy with little oxidation, from the least nutritional factors, in nutrient-scarce
environments, but can be overwhelmed by high –nutrition states of excess trios-phosphates
and glycerol, (sugars and fats) that exaust toxic-mthylglyoxal enzymatic detoxification
systems. (Totemeyer 1998, Ferguson 1998) Cyano-carbohydrate may solve that problem in mammals by
obligately clearing trios-phosphate and methylglyoxal build-up non-ezymatically. Cyanide
had a central part in pre-biotic chemical evolution(Oro 1990, 1981) being a component of earliest
amino-acids, purines, pryimidines and other basic bio-molecule synthesis, for example
condensation of 5 HCN molecules can condense to adenine, but the metabolic evolution of
cyanide metabolites has not been well described. In pre or neo-oxygenic atmospheric-times
cyano-metabolites may have served the same function of clearing toxic methylglyoxal and
excess trios-phosphates from an otherwise benign metabolism. The presence of sub-lethal
doses of cyanide promotes glycogen breakdown to glucose and use in the PPP. Free cyanide
and various cyanide derived molecules directly repress the electron transport chain through
inhibition of cytochrome oxidase enzyme, the terminal electron acceptor in that
mitochondrial pathway (Solomonson 1981) but like most biologic toxins there are many exceptions
and beneficial evolutionary adaptations to cyanide.
It seems likely that the cassava tuber’s food-composition was selectively-evolved
symbiotically, to be utilized as a monofood-mechanism to hyper-activate sirtuin genes, in
particular the SIRT1 characteristic of the IPA (increased-physical-activity) phenotype.(Chen
2005)
Unfortunately for gourmands, maximum therapeutic benefit of the cyano-carbohydrate
may be spoiled by dilution of that precise food-composition with richer food components.
Fats, protein and non- cyanogenic carbon sources shift metabolism back to regular glycolysis
and pyruvate entry into mitochondrial oxidative pathways. Exit from the pluripotent cell-state
in iPSC’s (induced somatic pluripotent stem cells) also involves reprogramming of anaerobic
to aerobic metabolic functions and associated cell morphology, for example regeneration of
plentiful mitochondria during lineage differentiation.(Folmes 2011)
Cyanide’s effect on converting pyruvate to lactate which yields NAD produces a large
increase in the NAD/NADH ratio (greater than two-fold in rats supplemented with sub-lethal
doses of cyanide. (Baxter 1968,) Another laboratory using mice, reported a 50% reduction in
glycolysis and a 100% increase in utilization of the PPP (Isom 1972) See diagram above. That
steady high production of NAD would activate sirtuin genes, especially if the need for NAD
in normal glycolysis is curtailed by the metabolic shift to the methylglyoxal pathway as
reported.
On the cassava diet, as the cells of the alimentary canal organs are overtaken by the
cyanocarbohydrate food stream, that temporary metabolically-driven reprogramming of cells
and would accumulate and reach a organismal phenotype when the large intestine is cleared
of previous carbon sources. Lactate consuming cells would find a steady supply from its
export to the circulation by the anaerobic cell’s cyanocarbohydrate metabolism. Other monocarboxylates like acetate, and ketone bodies that are normally rejected or inhibited in replete
nutrition are utilized in sirtuin activated cells. Sirtuins alter cell metabolic genes, through
deacetylation which allows acetate conversion to Acetyl-CoA in mitochondria and
cytosol.(North 2006)
Lactate utilization: Pyruvate is a competitive inhibitor of LDH (lactate dehydrogenase)
which is required for lactate utilization. Such inhibition is common between oxidized and
reduced metabolic redox couples, and concentration levels of either metabolite in the local
environment is regulatory of which is utilized. (Mita 1982, Kaplin 1968, Blanco 1976) Cyanocarbohydrate
metabolism and the pluripotent cell type (including cancer cells) convert pyruvate to lactate
and export it to the extracellar space. Pyruvate scarcity in the extra-cellular circulation makes
lactate more usable, but in replete nutrition high pyruvate levels repress lactate utilization,
except during high energy demand by oxidative tissue like heart, muscle, and brain.
diagram adapted from (Mita
Figure 168 ldh.jpg
1982)
Cassava cyanocarbohydrate composition may be unique in the World’s foods due to complex
plant/animal symbiocity that targeted sirtuin gene SIRT1 over-expression in one of two
symbionts, in a metabolic pathway that leads, over a short time ( about 7 days) not only to a
Sirt1 organismal (body-wide) phenotype, but also activates the other known
survival/longevity pathways as a consequences of the foods composition and the fact that the
food stream reaches the main centers of organismal longevity control (the large intestine as
terminal sensor of organismal nutritional state, and the gonad which has its own contributions
to organismal survival when reproduction is stalled due to low nutrition signaling. The
special anaerobic metabolism of potentially immortal stem cells and in induced somatic or
cancer forms, point to the correctness of the cassava plants food composition, especially if a
background selection-pressure of complex-symbiocity is to extend the longevity of the
symbiont partner(s).
A metabolic pathway to reproductive repression and longevity:
The cassava food-composition may have been in-part selected for the high-lactate consuming
male testis destination, where generation of sperm stalls at the spermatid-cell stage of
spermiation (sperm creation) in response to low–nutrition, in times of food scarcity.(Rehm 2008)
Low protein at 1-2% and virtually no fat or vitamin A in cassava food composition may
signal low-nutrition enough to stall sperm production, but the adaptive spermatids may
continue to survive and utilize the lactate supplied by the exclusive cassava food stream, to
continue to produce ATP in cells specially adapted for lactate-oxidative metabolism and other
monocarboxylates in sperm-type mitochondria. Vitamin A is a regulator of spermatogenisis,
embryonic and stem cell differientation.(Sugimoto 2012) Spermatogenic cells, centered on the
spermatid type have (LDHC Lactate Dehydrogenase C) genes, not found elsewhere in the
body, except in cancer cells and in small amounts in the female reproductive system. The
sperm- type mitochondria, so-called heavy or condensed-mitochondria have expanded cristae
that preferentially metabolize lactate in the sequestered environment of the testis
seminiferous tubules where sperm is generated. (Burgos 1995, Blanco 1976) If there is a physiological
(functional) advantage to maleness in longevity it may in-part be the adaptability of these
high-energy producing cells at the turn-around point of spermatid progression to
differentiated-elongating sperm or an alternative-function of high energy production of ATP
and perhaps other unknown vital metabolites, flowing back to the somatic body for survival,
in times of nutritional stress.
Once the large intestine is overtaken by the exclusive cyano-carbohydrate food-stream the
large intestine microflora are reduced to cyanide-tolerant bacteria. At that point the full
effects of the diet may include inputs from organismal sirtuin activation, germline stalling in
the gonad and FOXO gene up-regulation in the large intestine and beyond. The malegermline environment, even in replete nutrition, is a lactate privileged environment where it
is the preferred fuel in the sequestered seminiferous tubule environment that feeds the
germline cells (spermatocytes through maturing sperm), however that preference is most
pointedly centered on the spermatid cell type. It is a sequestered environment controlled by
the sirtoli nurse-cells (yellow in diagrams) that in non-cassava replete-nutrition supplies
lactate as the dominant fuel-substrate, which the sirtoli cell produces from fuel substrates,
like glucose, amino acids and lipids from blood circulation. Sirtoli cells do not normally
utilize lactate, nor do they contain testis LDHC lactate dehydrogenase, but rather LDHA, a
Lactate Dehydrogenase variant that preferentially converts pyruvate to lactate after which it is
passed on to the germline environment. Sirtoli cells and spermatagonia stem cells are
connected to the blood circulation while the seminiferous tubule beyond the blood-testis
barrier is not, which give Sirtoli cells control of nutrition in the germinal epithelium.(Boussouar
2004)
Spermatogonia stem-cells also export lactate that may feed the differentiating germline
cells including spermatids, the largest consumer of lactate in the germline cell types, with that
reliance on lactate as fuel substrate diminishing in both directions from there, from
spermatogonia stem cells to mature sperm.
Sirtuin genes are more abundant in the male testis than any other organ in mammals,
probably because of the importance of reproduction in the genome. See figure below. Sirtuin
activation is a prominant characteristic of the pluripotent cell type, including early embryonic
cells to inplantation.
WAT - white adiopose tissue
BAT - brown adipose tissue
Sirtuins are highly expressed in
the testis relative to other tissues.
See reference (Michishita 2005) for
graph that also shows values for
uterus, ovaries, fetus and other
organs.
graph from (Shi 2005)
Figure 169 sirtuin.jpg
The qualities of sirtuin gene activation, like oxidative stress resistance, apoptosis supression,
and cell damage repair protect genomic integrity in the all-important transfer of undamaged
DNA accomplished at sexual reproduction. Preferential lactate oxidative -metabolism
coupled with repressed glucose and pyruvate metabolism in a very hypoxic niche may
constitutively produce the correct NAD/NADH redox-ratio in the testis environment for
sirtuin gene activation. The ratio is optimizes when lactate is high and pyruvate is low.
In normal replete nutrition lactate dominated nutrition in the testis environment supplies
spermatids the substrate to generate the continuous army of sperm (180 million + strong on
average ejaculation) that struggle in a hyper-energetic triathlon where the winner is selected
by the contest, as the most fit champion that penetrates the egg’s resistant zona pellucida,
made weak by the energetically most-fit surviving sperm that reach the ovum. Testis specific
LDHC lactate dehydrogenase is abundant in the testis germline and spermatazoa and is
required for male fertility. (Odet 2008) However glucose metabolism is also necessary for
fertility, especially after spermatid elongation and maturation. Sperm hyperactivity of flagella
after ejaculation into the vagina, is driven primarily by rapid glucose glycolysis, but includes
virtually every pathway of energy generation.(Miki 2004) The high concentration of LDHC
lactate dehydrogenase in spermatids may relate equally to its proposed role in alternative
low-nutrition states that stalls sperm production, but still provides ATP production if lactate
and other substrates are available, from body-mass and exogenous nutrition remaining in the
stressed environment. Sirtuin genes control autophagic mechanisms that harvest endogenous
fats and degradable damaged molecules and organelles like old mitochondria, while utilizing
low-energy substrates, not favored in replete nutrition, like acetate, lactate, valerate and
ketone bodies; all consumed oxidatively in mitochondria. LDHC processes a greater variety
of fuel substrates than somatic cell LDH variant isoforms.(Blanco 1976) Lactate was found to be
utilized at a greater rate than glucose, fructose or pyruvate in spermatids. When saturating
concentrations of lactate are provided, spermatids produce more ATP than with saturating
concentrations of other common substrates.(Mita 1982) Lactate utilization in the testis was found
to be a pro-survival fuel that prevents apoptosis (cell-death) in the germline cells.( Erkkilä 2002)
In theory the cassava diet gives one a doable method to chronically arrest spermiation
progression and activate somatic-body survival mechanisms conferred by organismal sirtuin
activation. Under selective-pressure for the SIRT1-dependent increased physical activity
phenotype the cassava’s cyano-carbohydrate food composition may have adapted to a
previously evolved spermatid-cell centered, alternative-function of energy generation for cell
somatic-body survival.
Perhaps by starting a serial cassava-diet program at the top of one’s physiological
(reproductive) fitness at puberty, one could insure maximum body-mass that can support
longer time-frames that the person can maintain a healthy cassava-diet routine on. Ideally one
would master the diet early in life, at puberty and maintain a serial routine into extended old
age.
CAPRICORN (cap-pri-corn)
Cap the corn early.
Figure 170 cap1.jpg, corn7.jpg
The object is to preserve the organisms stem-cell capacity for self-renewal, with minimum
differentiation into germline sperm production, or ovary exhaustion in the female.
By dietarily repressing reproduction in the germline and by extension, minimizing
all somatic-body stem-cell pool activity captured by the organismal sirtuin phenotype, then
maximum physiological youngness may be preserved.
The cassava diet may borrow a powerful deacetylation strategy that the cassava plant and a
pair of prehistoric symbionts evolved (naturally selected by circumstantial need), over several
million years of a close three-part symbiotic relationship.
Triadic symbiosity = Cassava, Manihot escuentla, giant ground sloth, Eremotherium
Laurillardi and Pampatheres giant (armored) armadillo.
Animal drawings with permission. (Vizciano and Loughry 2008)
Figure 171 cas.jpg,
cas5.jpg
The need for speed in a spatially contiguous area (the sunny side of the forest edge and outbeyond from there) may have naturally selected the best food composition for sirtuin gene
activation in one of the two symbionts, the pampatheries giant armadillo. Producing the
SIRT1-dependent (IPA) Increaded Physical Activity phenotype, may have conferred a
survival advantage by making the pampatheres hyper-active, relative to the slow-moving
giant ground sloth, that often competed for the same plant but at different food parts on the
plant and at different stages of the plants maturity.
Cassava plant
Competitive large-mammal
symbionts
giant ground sloth
pampatheres
Separate plant food parts
leaf
root
Selection pressure for:
territorial dominance, size,
power, immobility
selection for speed, and
defense from blows from
above.
orientation
Upper story plant (foliage)
ground (mature tubers)
Shared function
Symbiont-enabled vegetative-reproduction from stem nodes
The high-protein (6-7%) leaves supported maximal growth for the ground sloth, while the
low-protein cyanogenic-tuber carbohydrate selected for pampatheres hyper-activity during
the rooting season. At plant maturity (9-12 months) foliage decreases, but tubers mature
and often become exposed around the base of the stalk, signaling the stage when the nowactive rooting pampatheres would dig up and eat the mature roots, which simultaneously
scatters the stem nodes on the brittle stalk over a wider area for the next cycle of vegetative
reproduction. That is the time when there was most selection pressure for differential speed
for the pampatheres. It took several million years, over a huge expanse of environment in
tropical South and Central America for this SIRT1 selection process to produce the ideal food
composition that fulfills the molecular requirements for SIRT1 activation in that particular
mammal. The stable-anchor of this proposed triadic-symbiosity was provided by the
powerful, slow-moving giant ground sloth, while the development of a (SIRT1-dependant
IPA phenotype) producing food was the result a secondary symbiont partner that increased
the plants range but also increased the ground-sloths food-security in doing so. The
morphological-plasticity and molecular flexibility of the animals and plant parts in this
relationship is perhaps the most complex proposed for any large-mammal symbiosity, which
flourished before the megafaunal extinctions of 10,000 BCE, and has no match in extant
symbiotic plant/mammal relationships, and probably in all Earth evolution.
Selection pressure for SIRT1 dependant increased physical activity, inadvertently secures the
other deacetylation-dependant sirtuin genes, SIRT1,2,3,6 and 7 (Canto 2012) which makes it a
very special food for humans because it may provide the only naturally-selected food-route to
organismal (body-wide) sirtuin-activation.
Personal history:
The author first started experimenting with cassava diets while working in construction, in
South America in 1981-83. He had been experimenting with diets and foods for about 5 years
to control schizophrenia which had plagued him since 1976 when he was hospitalized for it.
Upon returning to work he found diet and food composition could modestly affect the
disease. While working in Suriname, South America he began experimenting with tropical
foods and found the most popular carbohydrate among the Amerindians and others groups
was cassava. It had a profound effect against schizophrenia when eaten exclusively for 1-7
days, to the point of being asymptomatic and seemingly panacean against other diseases as
well. For instance the diet was effective in controlling a duodenal ulcer but not eradicate the
cause. The bacteria Heliocobacter pylori was discovered as the main cause of stomach ulcers
in 1982, but it took a decade or more for that knowledge to work its way into clinical
practice as a cure of the disease with antibiotics. I was using a strict cassava diet to control
my H. Pylori infection for those 10 years. The diet would stop the ulcer from bleeding and
become asymptomatic on the diet but was not strong enough to completely kill the root
bacterial colony. If I went off the diet for 4-5 days the ulcer would return with blood and acid
in the stomach. In response, I would vomit the stomach contents and start the diet. The
bleeding and acid would stop right away and the stomach would be normal (asymptomatic)
within a few days. It taught me the bacteriostatic value of the food. While that bacteriocidal
characteristic may have more to do with free cyanide in the food’s composition, than with
sirtuin gene activation, the experience motivated my study of cyanogenic-carbohydrate
metabolism, which is at the core of cassava’s unique food composition. The science of how it
might work only became comprehensible with the scientific discoveries in bio-gerontology
aging-research, which really took off around the time of the 1993 kl conjunction, and is
ongoing.
The cassava generated (organismal) SIRT1 phenotype may involve SIRT1
activation in the large intestine including low energy signaling that activates
FOXO (pro-survival genes) in the large intestine, and germline stalling.
SIRT1 organismal phenotype.
Quiescent-germline signaling from
gonad to intestine may further activate
FOXO gene expression in the large
intestine, and by extension in the
peripheral organs via feedback
regulation involving ins-7 insulin gene
(so-called tissue entrainment).
Discussed below in nematode worm
research.
gonad
Proposed secondary reproductive-organ survival pathway.
Low-energy signaling, generated by the cassava food composition, may stall
germline sperm production in the testes, while continuous lactate supply
from cyano-carbohydrate metabolism in the alimentary canal may
simultaneously feed the preferred fuel for spermatids, in the now growtharrested germline, allowing a gradual transition to an alternative somaticbody survival role for the germline cells centered on the round spermatids. It
is a mechanism partially independent of FOXO upregulation in the large
Figure 172
intestine and beyond.
li7.jpg
Spermeogenisis under normal replete nutrition.
Basement membrane
lumin
Single seminiferous tubule.
Figure 173 li3a.jpg, li6r.jpg,li4.jpg
1. Lumen, 2. Elongating spermatids, 3. Round spermatids, 4. Secondary diplotene
spermatocytes, 5. Secondary pachytene spermatocytes, 6. Primary leptotene spermatocytes, 7.
Spermatogonia (germline stem cells) 8. Sirtoli nurse cells (yellow). 9. Sirtoli cell nucleus,
10. Basement membrane, 11. Blood –teste barrier (tight junctions)
Spermatogenesis progresses from the basement membrane to the lumen of the seminiferous
tubule with structurally and functionally essential nurse cells, called Sertoli cells.
Spermatogonia (germinal stem cells) reside in the basal compartment and proliferate. Primary
spermatocytes (leptotene) differentiate from spermatogonia and transverse the blood-testis
barrier formed by tight junction of adjacent Sertoli cells. Secondary spermatocytes
(pachytene and diplotene) are formed by the first meiosis and are converted into round
spermatids by the second meiosis. Elongating spermatids are cells in the process of
spermiation. They undergo the remarkable morphological transformation of the nucleus and
cell body into a cell that resembles an organism. In the final process of spermiation, most of
the cytoplasm will be removed (phagocytized by Sertoli cells) to form fully-developed
spermatozoa that mature in the epididymis. Newly formed spermatozoa migrate toward the
epididymis through the lumen tubule, and later through the vas deferens tube to storage in
seminal vesicles near the prostate.
36% dietary restriction for 6 weeks in (12-18 week old rats) produced
degeneration of sperm and spermocytes, but with spermatid retention. (Rehm
2008)
Figure 174 spermatids2.jpg, li6.jpg
Other longevity background ideas that connect reproduction to aging:
Among vertebrates. there is great diversity in lifespan and life-history events, timed at
different rates, but there is a common phenotype across the different species, which is the
exponential increase in mortality and the functional decline that characterize aging, only
begins after reproductive maturity, whether this occurs at age 13, as in the human, or age 2
months in mice, thus linking the maturation of reproduction to senescence.
Semelparity is the rapid death that follows reproduction in many species. It is common in
plants, insects, nematodes, rotifers, arachnids, mollusks, lampreys, salmon, eels and other
teliost, marsupial rodents, algae, yeast, cnidaria, flatworms, crustacea, and colonial ascidians.
The mechanisms of the process are extremely varied, ranging from anatomical deficits in the
mouth and gut organs, leading to aphagy (starvation), lack of cell replacement, neuroendocrine and hormonal triggered changes, finite budding capacity, birth-related sudden
maternal death, among others. (Finch 1990) Life-history traits like, reproductive development
schedules, age at maturity, and lifespan are associated with one another. Accelerated growth
negatively affects longevity and adult-onset of disease pathologies of mammals, but the
underlying mechanistic causes are unclear.
The evolutionary theory of aging posits that the genome is optimized for reproduction, not
post-reproductive survival. The reproductive development program can be described as a
genetically determined sequence of cellular and molecular events designed to produce a given
adult phenotype most fit for reproduction. The theory holds that the force of natural selection
declines after reproduction, so there are few genes that support extended longevity, and may
even suffer from antagonistic-pleiotropy which are genes which optimize reproductive fitness
but whose continued function are harmful to post- reproduction survival. There may also be
species-selection pressure for post-reproduction death, to facilitate the next generations
resource availability. On the other hand there may have been selection pressure for longevity,
driven by the need for time to accumulate memory to aid decisions in dangerous stochastic
encounters in the environment. As higher organisms became more social, collective memory
of the group and personal intellectual development yielded survival benefits. Knowledge
accumulation and intellectual development became the distinguishing characteristic of
humans, (species homo sapiens = man+wise). Philosophically, as the true dimensions of our
universal environment becomes clearer, the need for individual longevity, that also supports
the social organism’s survival in the galactic environment converges with the local biology of
earth-centric naturally selected longevity. Intellectually based selection pressure for longevity
based on knowledge accumulation is probably an increasing factor in genetic evolution and
points to the need for maximizing public education in this long Geministic period (about four
millinium) of discovery of the local environment, which arguably includes the local galaxy
relative to the greater universe. See l; timeline chart p.62
Research with the soil nematode worm Caenorhabdites elegans discovered fascinating
links between the worm’s reproductive system, metabolism, longevity and size (growth) in
that animal. In C.elegans the insulin/IGF (insulin/insulin-like growth factor)/Daf-16 FOXO
pathway of nutrition and stress control mainly involves two counter-balancing genes, which
are conserved (shared) in worms, flies and mammals. Daf-2 is the nematode’s only
insulin/IGF-1 receptor and Daf-16 is the sole ortholog of the mammalian FOXO (Forkhead
Box O) family of transcription factors
(1,3,4 and 6).
A negative-longevity signal is produced by Daf-2 insulin/insulin-like growth factor signaling,
that represses Daf-16.(Landis 2010) Daf-2 is necessary for normal growth, development and
reproductive development. Mutational repression of Daf-2 insulin signaling allows overactivation of Daf-16
transcription regulation of many
downstream survival/longevity
genes (about 200). In normal
replete nutrition daf-2 represses
daf-16, and normal growth,
development and normal
longevity occur, but in harsh
conditions, the Daf-16 gene is
upregulated and Daf-2 is
Figure 175
repressed. Daf-16 is overduar.jpg
activated under low-nutrition, harsh environmental conditions, duar formation, and germline
reproductive ablation or stalling. (Angelo 2009, Arantes-Oliviera 2002, Mair 2010) Daf-16 over-activation
involves relocation from the cytosol to the nucleus, where it up-regulates downstream
survival genes, like anti-oxidant gene SOD-3 [mitochondrial superoxide dismutase](Honda 1999),
DNA repair mechanisms, anti-microbial defenses and other pro-survival mechanisms.(McElwee
2003)
Sirtuin gane proteins interact with daf-16 by deacetylating several transcription
components, causing a shift to cell cycle arrest, anti-apoptosis gene expression and increased
stress resistance. (Wang 2006, Landis 2010)
Effect of germline ablation on size and longevity. C. elegans have two sexes; self –
fertilizing female hermaphrodites or males. A male can mate with a hermaphrodite and
produce half males and half hermaphrodites, but males are very rare, (1/1000). The nematode
C elegans are model organisms for longevity study because they develop a transparent body
of 959 mostly post- mitotic (non-dividing) cells. The position of the cells is as constant as the
cell number. It has a short lifespan (2-3 weeks), and the reproductive system comprises only
4 precursor cells, 2 germline cells in the middle, and 2 smaller somatic precursor cells on
either side. Those precursor cells can be ablated (killed) with a laser microbeam. When the
two germline cells are killed at hatching, the somatic gonad develops but without germ cells,
which normally develop into oocytes, and sperm. Ablating the somatic gonad kills all four
precursor cell lines because the somatic gonad is required for germ cell development. Killing
the two germline-cells only, was found to increase lifespan and also increase body size up to
twice normal size in some species.(Patel 2002) Some but not all nematode species tested
increased longevity, others only increased growth, and some neither one, so these
mechanisms are variable among species. The role of these germline signals is thought to be to
regulate growth and longevity in response to environmental variation, and to coordinate the
rate of aging with the timing of reproduction. The longevity effect of germline ablation
normally requires an intact somatic gonad, and Daf-16 over-expression in the intestine, while
the effect on growth (gigantism) does not require an intact somatic gonad or daf-16
upregulation. It only requires germline ablation, with or without a functional somatic gonad.
Castration of male animals and humans as juveniles produces the gigantism part of the
germline ablation’s effects. Gonadectomized (castrated) juveniles grow unusually tall, the socalled eunuchoid phenotype, shown in antiquity by Chinese and Ottoman court eunuchs, 18th
century Italian castrati, and in modern hypogonadal patients. Such men have unusually long
limbs caused by failure of long-bone growth plates to fuse in late adolescence. The finding
implies that the testis is the source of a signal necessary for bone plate fusion. The signaling
molecule is thought to be estrogen because the testis is the major source of serum estrogen
and estrogen deficiency in men causes the eunuchoid phenotype, although other unknow
systemic signaling molecule are also involved because germline ablation growth is not
indefinite.(Patel 2002)
Regarding the longevity-extending aspect of germline ablation, upregulation of daf-16 overexpression in the intestine doesn’t occure until early adulthood, suggesting the somatic gonad
signal depends in part on a mature gonad. Surgical germline ablation is analogous to stalled
reproduction in the wild, due to low-nutrition. Signals from reproductive tissue upregulate
Daf-16 localization to the nucleus, first in the intestine in young adults and secondarily
through Daf-16 up-regulation in peripheral organs through tissue-entraimment involving
insulin-like gene Ins-7.(Murphy 2007, Murphy 2003, Lee 2009)
Daf-16 nuclear relocation and up-regulation does not occur in the testis cells but through
lipophilic-hormone signaling to the intestine which accounts for all of the longevity gain
caused by germline ablation, which activates a distinct pattern of Daf-16 transcription.(Berman
2006)
Interestingly, the fraction of the ablated germline that controls the longevity signal was
found to be the proliferating germline stem-cells and not sperm, oocytes or differentiating
precursor cells, and the longevity effect does not begin till early adulthood, despite ablation
being initiated at hatching.(Arantes-Oliviera 2002) Germline stem-cells in C. Elegans appear to
preside over two fundamental
Linking the germline to longevity and growth
processes; reproduction and
longevity. Stem cell
proliferation and
differentiation initiates the
germline cascade that results
in sperm production and also
simultaneously generates
Figure 176 duar1.jpg
steroid-based signals that decrease longevity. Germline precursor cell ablation of (Z2-Z3)
silences the longevity-suppressing signal of a active differentiating germline centered on the
stem cell, causing increased longevity.
In contrast, (non-germline) longevity caused by daf-2 insulin-signaling repression, upregulates daf-16 nuclear localization body-wide including gonad tissue, for a stronger global
effect on longevity. Daf-2 mutants more than double normal lifespan. If germline ablation is
also present, then the increase is more than doubled again.(Kenyon 2010) The phenotype is
synergistic, with the animals remaining active much longer than intact (non-ablated) Daf-2
mutants, with some living up to four months. (Hsin 1999)
Ciliated sensory-neurons located in the head, tail and alimentary canal of the worm that
sense food and chemical agents in the worms alimentary canal and in the exterior
environment near the lips and anus also regulate Daf-16. Twelve bilateral amphid neurons in
the head predominate, sensing temperature, volatile and soluable ordorants, and mechanical
stimuli. Mutating genes of neurons in those environmental signaling organs increase lifespan
in a Daf-16 dependent signaling pathway. (Apfeld 1999) In the wild, negative sensory signaling
reflects real stresses in the environment (no-food) that threaten survival and reproductive
success. That stress generates a distinct and overlapping Daf-16 upregulation patterns.
Extreme longevity (about 10-fold) in the C. Elegans has been achieved by mutating PI3K
(phosphatidylininositol-3-kinase), a central component in the Daf-2 insulin/IGF-1 pathway
that binds to and activates diverse downstream kinases (genes involved with phosphate
transfer reactions).(Ayyadevara 2008, Tazearslan 2009) That mutational genotype is almost completely
dependent on DAF-16/FOXO hyper-activation, for instance a 9-fold increase in SOD-3
(superoxide dismutase) the primary anti-oxidant in ROS elimination.
Insulin/IGF receptor at plasma membrane
The kinase phosphorylation cascade is
under control of PI3K which converts
PIP2 to PIP3 (phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5,
tri-phosphate). The result of the
phosphorylation cascade is to potentiate
conditions for reproduction, cellular
differentiation and growth. DAF16/FOXO longevity/survival gene
expression is phosphorylated and
repressed by kinase expression.
Mutating PI3K interrupts all
downstream phosphorylation signaling
in the pathway, allowing irreversible
hyper-activation of DAF-16/FOXO
survival/longevity genes in a sterile
animal.
Diagram altered from (Tazearslan 2009)
In C. Elegans, reproduction
and longevity have mutually
repressive signaling
mechanisms. The PI3K
dependent, kinase signaling
cascade versus DAF16/FOXO gene activation
which silences the kinase
cascade, demonstrates
counter-repression between
reproduction and longevity
pathways.
Size of lines and type size show relative
activity.
= inhibition
= activation
Diagram unaltered from (Tazearslan 2009 )
Abbreviations: PI3K gene (protein-coding), phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3kinase, SGK1 gene (protein-coding), serum/glucocorticoid regulated kinase 1, PDK1Phosphoinositide-dependent_kinase-1, DAF-18 PTEN Phosphatase and tensin gene,
AKT-1,2 RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase, PIP3 (phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5, triphosphate), P phosphorylation, PPP tri-phosphates INS-R insulin receptor gene, IIS
insulin/insulin like growth factor signaling. FOXO mammal (forkhead box-O) transcription
regulator family, DAF-16 is the sole nematode ortholog of mammalian FOXO.
In normal life-histories the various downstream kinases contribute separately to total kinase
activity depending largely on nutritional/energy factors they respond to, and can only be
manipulated imperfectly by dietary/metabolic means that can upregulate DAF-16/ FOXO or
down-regulate IIS insulin/insulin-like growth factor inputs that regulate kinase
phosphorylation progression. This genetic manipulation is proof of concept that there are
regulatory genetic-pathways to extreme longevity, albiet very difficult to manipulate in reallife human dietary conditions. Kinases regulate the construction of the protein body and
inhibiting components of that protein building program can regulate longevity. Interestingly
the cassava diet is very low in protein in general (1-2%) and specific amino acids known as
key regulators of growth, methione (Miller 2005, Zimmerman 2003, Gallinetti 2013) and tryptophan.(Ooka 1988)
See cassava amino table at.(Golay 2012) That composition may give one a symbiotically preselected food-composition optimized for temporary-inhibition of kinase signaling.
Apparently the post-maturity pivot point between quiescence and germline-initiated
reproduction requires kinase-signaling inhibition strong enough to stall germline activation.
Glucose and glycerol suppress longevity of C. elegans worms: ( Lee SJ 2009)
The longevity increases that manipulating components of the insulin Daf-2 / Daf-16
longevity pathway discussed above, were completely negated or substantially altered by
adding as little as 2% glucose to the normal bacteria-based C. elegans diet. Adding an
equivalent percent of glycerol( simple fat), or downregulating the AQP-1 (aquaporin
glycerol-pore) gene, which allows glycerol transport through cell membranes also regulates
the lifespan of C.elegans. By adding glucose, glycerol or negating the glycerol-transporter,
Daf-2 insulin signaling was up-regulated and Daf-16 survival/longevity gene transcriptionregulator was down-regulated accounting for the loss of longevity by the insulin Daf-2 /Daf16 system. To understand what actually kills the worms one has to look to the downstream
effectors of Daf-16 longevity/survival gene activation, and why removing those protections
leads to short or normal lifespan, and health-span.
The effect of adding Glucose/glycerol to the normal bacterial diet or mutating glycerol
transport genes was not tested in the extreme-longevity experiments above, involving PI3K
kinase cascade mutants.
A distinction can be made between the two main sources of toxicity flowing from aerobic
metabolism which is reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated in mitochondria, and
anaerobic metabolism, which produces methylglyoxal both of which are targets of Daf16FOXO downstream effecter genes. ROS, generated in mitochondria are detoxified mainly
by sod-3 (superoxide dismutase) which is greatly increased by Daf-16 up-regulation.(Honda 1999,
Lee SJ 2009 Tazearslan 2009)
Another of those Daf-16 downstream effectors genes was recently found to be DJ-1gene
which up-regulates a glyloxalase detoxification system which converts toxic methylglyoxal to
D-lactate and glycolate. DJ-1 gene expression is highly-induced by Daf-16 in the duar
survival state, starvation, and dessication (drying) in C. Elegans. Importantly, DJ-1 products
of detoxification (D-lactate and glycolate) were recently found necessary to maintain and
optimize mitochondrial membrane potential, thus protecting the neuron cells from
methylglyoxal or glyoxal-induced death. (Lee J-y 2012 & 2013, Toyoda 2014, De Bari 2013) Glyoxalases are
enzymes that can transform toxic 2-oxoaldehydes, glyoxal and methylglyoxal to
corresponding 2-hydroxyacids, glycolate and D-lactate respectively. D-lactate may be a
special survival-fuel for mitochondria. It is produced in relatively low quantities in humans,
mostly through methylglyoxal enzymatic-detoxification by cells and extensive intestinalbacteria methylglyoxal metabolism.(Ewaschuk 2005)
The methylglyoxal metabolic pathway has mostly been seen as a detoxification system that
targets the extremely reactive metabolic intermediates methylglyoxal and glyoxal, which are
natural but toxic aggressive aldehydes generated in anaerobic metabolism.
Another explanation for existence of the methylglyoxal metabolic pathway, which includes
enzymatic detoxification systems and putative non-enzymatic cyanide-induced dismutation
are remnants of pre-aerobic early evolution. In primitive organisms like worms, bacteria and
plants the toxic methylglyoxal and its associated detoxifying enzymes (glyloxalases) are
believed to serve as a ancient metabolic means to survive in environments of low carbon
sources, but have to quickly adapt to surges to high carbon fuels like sugar-phosphates (trios
phosphates) and glycerol (simple fat) that greatly increase the flux of carbon through the
methylglyoxal pathway, and are toxic or lethal when the detoxification enzymes are
inadequate for the increased flux of high-energy fuels. (Totemeyer 1998, Ferguson 1998, Schlotterer 2009)
The methylglyoxal bypass or shunt, exist in all organisms, yeast to mammals and when disregulated by high-glycemic and high-fat diets in humans that overwhelm detoxification
systems, is associated with complications of diabetes, neurodegeration, nephropathy, uremia,
and many other diseases due to its systemic distribution. Excess methylglyoxal causes
depletion of glutathione, the formation of AGES (advanced glycation endproducts) that bind
and alter proteins and lipid membranes. (Rosca 2005, Beisswenger 2005, Thornalley 1990, Hipkiss 2010) They are
non-oxidative reactive molecules that, like ROS (reactive oxygen species) degrade
mitochondria components. If detoxified, methylglyoxal is transformed into mitochondrial
survival products like glycolate and D-lactate or L-lactate. Perhaps in early non-oxidative
evolution, cyanogenic carbon -metabolites served to protect organisms against methylglyoxal
toxicity by non-enzyamatic dismutation, but receeded in importance when metabolism
became increasingly aerobic and carbon fuel substrates became less-cyanogenic, due to
cyanide’s inherent antagonism to oxygen metabolism. Both cell toxins,
(ROS and methylglyoxal) form the main toxic-systems inherent in anaerobic and aerobic
metabolism which eventually interact in the spiral of senescence, with the mitochondria
serving as the final arbiter of somatic cell survival.(Kalapos 2008)
METHYLGLYOXAL formation, detoxification and generation of mitochondria survival
products.
Figure 177
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The fountain of youth: It was recently discovered that circulating factors in young blood can
rejuvenate damaged tissue in old animals.(Sinha 2014, Katsimpardi 2014, Villeda 2014, Leinwand 2013) The
systemic circulating factor GDF11 (growth differentiating factor 11) is greatly reduced in old
animals but when restored in old mice, the treatment stimulates vasculature remodeling in the
niches that surround stem-cells and rejuvenates damaged tissue in heart, neurons, muscle and
other tissues tested. Parabiosis experiments, wherein old and young mice are surgically joined
at back-skin that allows shared blood circulation, indicate that impaired regeneration of tissue
in aged mice is reversible by exposure to young systemic factors in blood/plasma circulation.
Similar in concept, are reports since 2003 that transplanting young ovaries into aged
overiectomized mice increases their lifespan (Cargill 2003, Mason 2009) and cardiac healthspan.(Mason
2011)
The ovary transplant experiments did not test for that treatment’s effect on circulating
systemic factor GDF11, nor is the tissue source of circulating GDF11 known at this early
stage of investigation. GDF11 is a member of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)
family and the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) super-family of
signaling/coding proteins that play important roles in regulating embryonic
development and adult tissue homeostasis.
Functionally it is a secreted signal/coding protein that acts globally to specify positional
identity along the anterior/posterior axis during development. It plays critical roles in
patterning of both mesodermal and neural tissues and in establishing the global skeletal
pattern and anterior-posterior orientation. Deletions or mutations of GDF11 cause
anterior/posterior and positional defects in the skeletal pattern and connected organs in early
embryonic development. A lot will depend on GDF11 tissue origin and regulation.
In conclusion the author finds the vocabulary of biology as important
as the vocabulary of astrology. Both need to be studied for a rational
understanding and discussion of our individual and collective
situation. On the physical side the author recommends experimentation
with the cassava diet as it may allow the unique advantage of a
symbiotically-selected sirtuin-activating food that has therapeutic
value against disease states we all eventually encounter, regardless
of whether it can be used as the main metabolic dietary for extend ed
longevity. It may facilitate both goals.
On the psychological side, Astrology needs to be mastered in order to
understand and peacefully resolve Western Imperialism as discussed earlier. We
are now in the period of time equivalent to the (Inconabula) cradle period of
information reorganization that followed the invention of the printing press
about 1450 when science and astrology were forcefully reorganized by that
invention. See astrological correlates ( ;l and kl conjunctions) to incunabula
p.84. The computer and internet are having a similar but more dynamic effect on
information and knowledge organization now, that we do not completely
understand. The internet mimics the collective mind in knowledge manipulation
and the effect of sentient participation by 7 billion humans may have a new
additive synthetic function. It is our luck to have such tools, and hopefully that
will quicken the pace of resolution of what threa tens our peace.
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ALBA-TCP The Bolivarian Alliance of Our Peoples of America-Peoples Trade Treaty.
Antikythera Mechanism
Creative Commons license, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
demiurge
dragons
dwarf planets
Erastosthenes
Eris
Gorgon, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon
Greece
Archaic Greece, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaic_Greece
Hellenistic Kingdoms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_civilization
Incunabula catalog, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incunabula_Short_Title_Catalogue
Laurentian Library, Florence Italy, anonymous book pluti.28.34 (includes oldest symbolic
horoscope (carta 143v). http://opac.bmlonline.it/Record.htm?idlist=7&record=576412439469
Navigation hint. Click on text “teca digitale” under the book image and then in the next
screen click on the magnifying glass.
Library of France, anonymous 15th century pre printing-press glyph books.
Traité d'astrologie, précédé de tableaux cabalistiques (1401-1500), anonymous, 270 pages,
Source:National Library of France, ark:/12148/btv1b52000987t
Nomina instrumentorum astrolabii, cum ejusdem usu et practica (1401-1500), anonymous,
129 pages. Source: National Library of France, ark:/12148/btv1b90769058
Palazzo Farnesse of Caprarola, Italy, late 15th century
Pluti.28.34 see Laurentian library above
Pletho Gemestus
Pluto see also Clearing the neighborhood, and dwarf planets
ptah
Pysanka (Easter Egg) tree (2005) by Ukrainian folk artist Ivan Skolozdra Ukraine National
Academy of Sciences, Ethnography and Art Crafts Museum, Lviv, Ukraine, director Roman
Chmelyk
Ukraine:
State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/regions/reg_crym/
United Socialist Party of Venezuela website, http://www.psuv.org.ve/psuv/
Yama