"The Wildman the Earth and the Stars"

Some years ago I bought a book I'd seen mention of on a message board or magazine article: "The Wildman, The Earth and the Stars" by Daniel E. Lowrey (1994). It's said to contain "a revolutionary new system for interpreting the astrological chart.....and is important for those seeking to understand the male psyche....."

"Male psyche"? Why not human psyche?

I believe that humans are humans are humans. While authors and presenters carry on presenting content specifically for males, or females, or black people, other colored peoples, or gays....or whatever....the species will never feel united, equal, or feel empathy for one another. Placing the sexes and races in boxes isn't at all helpful to my way of thinking.

I've noticed the book featured on several "gay" websites, so perhaps it was written with gays in mind - I don't know, but if so - another black mark, for reason given above.

Four archetypes form the basis of the "revolutionary new system": The King, The Lover, the Warrior and The Magician, together with the four quadrants of a natal chart, these produced by the ascendant/descendant and midheaven/nadir angles.



I notice that The Zodiac Master, "Dr. Z", an astrologer whose writing I've always enjoyed and respected has described the book with a little more enthusiasm than I have so far mustered. The link to
Dr. Z's article "What's Your Angle"

You know, I think that Mr Lowrey (whose website seems to be defunct now) could have had a good thing going with his theory if he'd approached it differently, a tad more simply, and without the "male" specialty. I've often pondered that the traditional zodiac is too well-defined, and people are not, on the whole, well-defined. We're a mish-mosh of all kinds of stuff. I think I once wrote in a previous post, which I can't now identify, that a zodiac of 4 sections could be a clearer and cleaner proposition, blending the signs/part signs as they fall, in each person's individual chart, within each of four segments.

Dr.Z writes that Mr. Lowrey's book is now out of print, but as he says, used copies are probably available, for anyone who feels it may be of interest. A new approach to an old subject is always worth looking into, even if later the thought that "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" surfaces.

ODDS.......

Astrotheme's "dominant" pages sometimes throw up oddities. On the first page of "Angular Houses Dominant", for instance.

Two, of the first three, individuals with angular houses 1,4,7,10 (where planets are said to be most powerful) dominant in their natal charts are members of European royalty.

#1....The Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca
#3....Henri Robert Ferdinand Marie Louis Philippe d'Orléans,also known as Henri, comte de Paris. The next two names on the list are Roy Castle and Ross King ..........king, castle, royalty! A nice oddity! (Those two men are/were British entertainers).

*********************************

There's a new service on the market at ScientificMatch.com.

For just short of $2000(per year) they offer:

"Our patent-pending technology uses your DNA to find others with a natural odour you'll love, with whom you'd have healthier children, a more satisfying sex life, and more. Our personal-values-analysis provides a deep spiritual bond, to complete your path to truly amazing relationships."

This all sounds di-stink-tly odd.
What a great opportunity, though, for astrological research, if a group of astrologers were to be associated with this company, and have access to birth data, DNA data, and relationship records.

*****************************

AND....ENDS ?

We should all be aware: "Ominous Arctic Melt Worries Experts"
by Seth Borenstein

"..................This week, after reviewing his own new data, NASA climate scientist Jay Zwally said: “At this rate, the Arctic Ocean could be nearly ice-free at the end of summer by 2012, much faster than previous predictions"...................More than 18 scientists told the AP that they were surprised by the level of ice melt this year............What happens in the Arctic has implications for the rest of the world. Faster melting there means eventual sea level rise and more immediate changes in winter weather because of less sea ice.............."

Saturn the limiter and Pluto the transformer are either in or heading for Earth signs. Perhaps what we are seeing here is a point in an inevitable progression or cycle, albeit that it has been helped and speeded along by human activity. With investment, ingenuity, and most of all the will to do so, surely it need not be inevitable? Man has evolved to a highly sophisticated level technologically, this too is part of a cycle. Perhaps the two cycles are co-ordinated - for a very important reason.

Also....."Up to 200 species, including penguins and polar bears, are in big trouble. Animal and plant species have begun dying off or changing sooner than predicted because of global warming, a review of hundreds of research studies contends.

These fast-moving adaptations come as a surprise even to biologists and ecologists because they are occurring so rapidly."


"What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected."-
(Chief Seattle)