Is there a place for "what-ifs" in astrology?
If the suspicions of some scientists/physicists proved to be correct, and "somewhere" there exist other dimensions, would they exist under the same astrological regime as our dimension? Not likely. Their history, though parallel to ours, would have led down (or up) subtly different paths. Perhaps their astrological doctrine, if they had one, would be a mirror image of ours - or a backwardly moving one as compared to our own, if we were to apply ours as a yardstick.
Even without another dimension existing, our fate and destiny rest upon such delicate threads. Butterflies and hurricanes. One tiny, meaningless, almost imperceptible variation in the scheme of things could change history.
Anyway, a couple or three curious "what ifs" struck me resulting from movies watched recently.
So: (via The King's Speech) What if, in another dimension, or in this one, Edward VIII (referred to as "David" in the movie) had never met Mrs. Simpson and had been Britain's King in place of George VI? Would he have married some fresh-faced gal, had a clutch of kids, the eldest of whom would now be on the throne?
There would have been no Prince Charles and Diana - nor the tragedy that followed.
Would Britain still have declared war on Germany in 1939 with Edward VIII on the throne? Some sources (Christopher Hitchens for one) believe that Edward VIII was far more friendly to the Hitler regime than has been reported. The British royals are closely related to German aristocracy. Would Britain have supported what was happening - could it possibly have done so? I doubt it. Winston Churchill was around - or was he, in this scenario? Could Britain have become an arm of the Third Reich, aiding attack on the rest of Europe and Russia?
What part would the USA have played in this other dimension?
Then, loosely related to The King's Speech, 1930s theme, we watched the movie Max on TV this week. Its plot centered on Germany in the 1930s, with Adolf Hitler as a nervous, paranoid young would-be artist associated with a Jewish gallery owner - a fellow-survivor of world War 1. In the (fictional) plot Hitler tries to get his work exhibited, without much success at first, and is egged on by an aggressive colleague to try political speechifying instead. He proves to be good at this, so good in fact that he incites a crowd to violence, resulting in the gallery owner being kicked to death at the very point he was to meet Hitler to arrange an exhibition of his latest, much improved, work.
What if, in an alternative dimension, the exhibition had happened before that fatal speech? What if Hitler had become a world-famous German artist? Would an alternative, equally manic dictator have arisen to take his place? Would the holocaust have happened? There would doubtless have been some minor wars and perhaps a less stringent attempt to expel Germany's population of Jewish people. But would Japan have bombed Pearl Harbor?
By that other scenario's 21st century, would Britain and most European countries have become the 51st to 65th states of the USA, after defeat at the hands of that country's mighty armies?
Enough already!
Our world situation these days often seems precarious. One tiny variation of events, in decades past, could have brought about something quite different - even more precarious ? Or equally so but in a different way?
If the suspicions of some scientists/physicists proved to be correct, and "somewhere" there exist other dimensions, would they exist under the same astrological regime as our dimension? Not likely. Their history, though parallel to ours, would have led down (or up) subtly different paths. Perhaps their astrological doctrine, if they had one, would be a mirror image of ours - or a backwardly moving one as compared to our own, if we were to apply ours as a yardstick.
Even without another dimension existing, our fate and destiny rest upon such delicate threads. Butterflies and hurricanes. One tiny, meaningless, almost imperceptible variation in the scheme of things could change history.
Anyway, a couple or three curious "what ifs" struck me resulting from movies watched recently.
So: (via The King's Speech) What if, in another dimension, or in this one, Edward VIII (referred to as "David" in the movie) had never met Mrs. Simpson and had been Britain's King in place of George VI? Would he have married some fresh-faced gal, had a clutch of kids, the eldest of whom would now be on the throne?
There would have been no Prince Charles and Diana - nor the tragedy that followed.
Would Britain still have declared war on Germany in 1939 with Edward VIII on the throne? Some sources (Christopher Hitchens for one) believe that Edward VIII was far more friendly to the Hitler regime than has been reported. The British royals are closely related to German aristocracy. Would Britain have supported what was happening - could it possibly have done so? I doubt it. Winston Churchill was around - or was he, in this scenario? Could Britain have become an arm of the Third Reich, aiding attack on the rest of Europe and Russia?
What part would the USA have played in this other dimension?
Then, loosely related to The King's Speech, 1930s theme, we watched the movie Max on TV this week. Its plot centered on Germany in the 1930s, with Adolf Hitler as a nervous, paranoid young would-be artist associated with a Jewish gallery owner - a fellow-survivor of world War 1. In the (fictional) plot Hitler tries to get his work exhibited, without much success at first, and is egged on by an aggressive colleague to try political speechifying instead. He proves to be good at this, so good in fact that he incites a crowd to violence, resulting in the gallery owner being kicked to death at the very point he was to meet Hitler to arrange an exhibition of his latest, much improved, work.
What if, in an alternative dimension, the exhibition had happened before that fatal speech? What if Hitler had become a world-famous German artist? Would an alternative, equally manic dictator have arisen to take his place? Would the holocaust have happened? There would doubtless have been some minor wars and perhaps a less stringent attempt to expel Germany's population of Jewish people. But would Japan have bombed Pearl Harbor?
By that other scenario's 21st century, would Britain and most European countries have become the 51st to 65th states of the USA, after defeat at the hands of that country's mighty armies?
Enough already!
Our world situation these days often seems precarious. One tiny variation of events, in decades past, could have brought about something quite different - even more precarious ? Or equally so but in a different way?
