Thoughts on astrology which resonate with
me. They come from Richard Grossinger in his book The Night Sky - The Science and Anthropology of the Stars and Planets. There are several posts, from 2008 onward mentioning Dr. Grossinger's writings - they are all easily accessible via the Label Cloud in my sidebar. In recent years I notice, from his website (which is mentioned in my 2010 post) that he has joined astrologer Robert Phoenix (see astrology blog links in sidebar) for interview on occasion.
Although responses to the planets of the Solar System cannot be demonstrated experimentally in the way that patterning by the Sun and Moon can, we cannot overlook how much electrical, magnetic, and gravitational material is supplied by them, especially those that are particularly close to us (like Mars and Venus) or particularly large (like Jupiter and Saturn). Each of these bodies helps to maintain the overall equilibrium of the Solar System, and each of them gives off varying forces as it passes nearer to and further from the Earth. Jupiter cannot be seen by a bird in flight, nor can Mars be heard by a mole in its tunnel, but these planetary bodies generate resonance, perhaps of a discrete and profound sort not yet discovered, and that resonance makes up part of the overall environmental background in which the Earth occurs. Unquestionably, the influence upon us of Jupiter is small, and the influences of Uranus and Neptune are respectively smaller still, but they are not nil. And it is not their present resonance that matters so much as the repetition, for millions of years, of the same complex pattern in watery mirrors on Earth.
I've quoted this paragraph before, but it bears repeating:
Astrology is patient and long-standing. It tries to coordinate large dynamic blocks of time, space, and personality. It is an attempt to say the impossible, a system for measuring the immeasurable. If it fails, it fails the biggest task of all: to define the simultaneity of life, thought, creation, and space-time. It is better to attempt such a measurement than to pretend it could have no relevance at all.
