I've been reading Margaret Atwood's fascinating autobiography Book of Lies: a memoir of sorts. Among the many things I learned about her is that she's a fan of several arcane arts, including astrology and palm reading. If one of the planet's greatest living writers is a fan, there must be something useful in learning these skills. hint: some clever Phd student will one day write their thesis on this topic - wish it could have been me ; )-
Our Shared Human Condition
- Mike Zizis December 14, 2026
Some few people get to bypass the crisis of fear and doubt and loss and breakage that a majority of us must pass through, as these things pass through us. They are fortunate. They are unlikely to bring an open heart to their own breakage and the breakage of others. Of course I also mean the rebirth of others who overcome horrid situations. Wealth and solace is attracted to those who deeply understand human cycles as reflected in planetary cycles.
We possess big brains. Collectively we have little idea as to how to use them. There are some who only look for weapons. Treating science as a secular religion, murders curiosity. Weaponizing against astrology secures a place in the hierarchy.
Agriculture, far older than reductionist Cartesian science, reveals that planting crops and harvesting crops follows the cycle of the sun and the moon. That's how astrology was born.
Astrology is far older by 10,000 years than 400 year old science, it becomes harder for the doubters to do anything except use harsh divisive language to silence those of us who know what the seasons, and the stars bring in the way of endless repeating cycles.
So, in order to achieve the Procrustean bed, a one-size-fits-all, they must follow the tradition of ‘no and here's why no is all I have to say’. Every every human being if we live long enough will have crises and transformation to grow through. As I've pointed out numerous times, these will often occur at the ages of 14, 28, and 57 / 58 years old. In astrology we call this the Saturn cycle.
Those who practice hierarchies, are always, and I mean always, afraid of doing their own horoscopes. They are not afraid of cloaking fear with an overlay of anger. In astrology all knowledge begins with self-knowledge. Think how much better off those who brutalize the organizing principle of astrology, would be if they claim their human gifts and vulnerabilities as revealed by astrology. Of course that would mean that they are no longer in lockstep with their peers and their superiors. Carl Jung and Charles Darwin piled up thousands of examples to present to the graybeards … thus proving that quantity, is all that matters to the old boys club. Astrology in part discusses the quality of moon light.
“The song that you hold in your heart is one man's version of moonlight.” - Donovan
Denial is a part of human nature. Everyone goes through crisis.
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Deserted Cities of the Heart: CREAM
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