Who Cares Anyway?
There’s a strange object in our skies at the moment. It has been named 3I/Atlas – Atlas because the observation was made last month by an ATLAS telescope that searches for asteroids which might impact Earth, and comets are normally named after their finders; ‘I’ because the object has come from outside our solar system (it is Interstellar), and 3 because it is only the third known object from another solar system that has been observed since 2017[1]. It poses no threat to us, as the closest it will approach is about 170 million miles. Its orbital path to the Sun is described as ‘hyperbolic’ – it is travelling too fast at around 137,000 miles per hour to be bound by the Sun’s gravity and will merely pass through our universe and on to somewhere else. It will reach its closest approach to the Sun around October 30th this year at a distance of about 130 million miles, coming from the constellation of Sagittarius, just inside the orbit of Mars. Comets are usually regarded as harbingers of doom, and it is interesting that it has become apparent just as we approach the September eclipse period, something I will write about in my next blog. What will it augur?
But indeed, does anyone really care? What strikes me these days is just how little people seem to care about anything much outside the parameters of their own individual lives. They don’t seem to care about events that just a few years ago would have sparked interest, debate, outrage – at the very least some kind of general conversation. We have likely been the closest to WW3 ever. Once this would have triggered common conversation and now hardly a word. What has happened within society? Public docility has reached such high levels, particularly here in the UK, that challenges to individually held opinions are often seen almost as emotional violence, requiring laws to prevent them. As part of this ‘docility’ we see people generally unquestioningly accepting anything they’re told, even if just a cursory examination would reveal it as ridiculous. Trust in a highly dubious system has replaced curiosity, and laziness has replaced inquiry, as it seems that the version of reality which requires the least mental effort is the one that will be accepted. And to be fair, I do understand this to an extent. Life is hard for most people and when day to day living becomes a bit of an endurance test, we become overwhelmed by the everyday issues and block out the rest. July was particularly challenging for me personally, and that made it much harder to research down the rabbit holes.
Two power grabs have happened recently here in the UK that will for sure threaten our civil liberties. Firstly, the Online Safety Act is supposed to herald a “safer” internet for children. But, in reality, it’s an unprecedented power grab disguised as a child protection law. It’s a Trojan horse which, instead of protecting children, will bring in the erosion of privacy and free speech like never before. The only way to stay within the law will be if everyone is treated as though they are children. Encrypted platforms like WhatsApp and Signal are now required to monitor user chats for “illegal content,” putting end-to-end encryption in jeopardy. Secondly, the Crime and Policing Bill, currently at the committee stage in the House of Commons, is another proposal in the name of keeping the public safe. If this is passed, however, ‘respect orders’ may be doled out, just because the court considers that a person may have caused, or might in the future cause, ‘harassment, alarm or distress’ to any person. But what constitutes alarm or distress? One person’s threshold of distress may differ from another’s. So it’s a very arbitrary, subjective notion. In other words, if this becomes law it may herald the arrest of those for a ‘pre-crime’ that may or may indeed not happen in the future. If we add into the mix threats to trial by jury and we have a UK justice system in serious trouble.
But, of course, we live in a world of illusions and probably have done all our lives. We have the illusion of choice. We have two main political parties, and we choose the least bad of those two options. This gives us the illusion that we live in a democracy where we choose who governs us. In fact we are governed by an elite section of society who have been well versed for centuries on how to prevent the masses from turning on their rulers and, therefore, how to retain governance. But now our options merely consist of two sides of the same coin - are we at the point where we are ruled rather than governed?
Plato knew about this illusory world, and the psychological manipulation that brought it about, when he wrote the allegory of the cave. He was aware back then that facing up to the true realities of life would be far too shocking for most people. Democracy has long been captured, mainly by financial institutions in the form of the bankers. It has not collapsed; it has been surgically replaced. Monetary policies act as cover for social engineering whilst unelected bank governors are redesigning market and payment systems to enforce behavioural compliance.
Neptune has been in Pisces since 2011, and it’s no surprise that people have become obsessed with the illusion of their own personal image and how to change that image – their looks, their size, etc. Now that Neptune has joined Saturn in Aries the veil may drop from our eyes as, finally, we are asked to take responsibility for our own reality - a reality that is not the one we thought it was.
The right to privacy and integrity over our own bodies is rapidly vanishing with the increased use of so-called ‘wearables’, such as Fitbits and Apple watches, that collect astonishing amounts of intimate data. This data, interpreted as stress, depression, heart irregularities and early signs of illness, is sorted and fed into systems. It then becomes a potent tool not only for health analysis but also for control. In fact, these devices are like digital cattle tags, handing over the data to insurance companies, tech giants and employers who will fulfil their roles as enforcers for the surveillance state.
Interestingly, the Roman Republic (509BCE - 27BCE) incorporated elements of democracy alongside elements of aristocracy, and even a touch of monarchy. It had democratic features like popular assemblies and elected officials. Following on from this the Roman Empire understood that true power lay in shaping belief to manufacture consent. It was in no way a democracy but capitalised on feeding the people ‘bread and circuses and grand spectacles’ which encompassed the illusion of participation and the privileges of citizenship. These were the psychological tools and ancient algorithms specifically designed to distract, pacify and ultimately suppress individual thought in favour of collective obedience. Rome’s genius lay in its ability to manage the minds of its diverse subjects – mind control began a lot earlier than we would think!! The Roman ruling class defined what was true, and dissent was a sickness of the mind. Have we come any further than ancient Rome? It doesn’t seem so. Philip K Dick has described it as the Empire that never ended. And, just like the Roman Empire, President Trump has sent the National Guard in to protect Washington from ‘increased crime’. But, this is Washington, the state capital of America, that has been militarised, so far more likely it is to protect the political classes rather than the people. And yet this militarisation is seen as normal.
More modern leaders, such as Mussolini, spoke of a new Roman Empire as a return to imperial glory, whilst Hitler’s Third Reich – his New Order - perfected the Roman blueprint for the modern age. And, of course, the Nazis were never actually eradicated. Operation Paperclip in the immediate aftermath of WW2 was a US secret programme to bring over 1600 German and Austrian scientists, engineers and intelligence officers, who were absorbed into the power structures of the West. Scientists and spies integrated within multinational conglomerates such as heavy industry, chemicals, communications, shipping, banking and finance; and so they became major components of the global capital elite.
Fast forward to the current day and ‘The Empire’, ever adaptive, found a potent tool in the form of the digital age. The Nazi regime was already expert at perfecting total surveillance through the Gestapo, monitoring every aspect of life, whilst enforcing compliance through social control measures and using propaganda to deceive the public. Digital currencies will complete the financial element of the programme, and digital identity will lock the doors to a metaphysical cage that traps human consciousness. Deception and illusion, such as existed in Plato’s cave make people believe they have free will. In the modern era contemporary government corporations and institutions serve as manifestations of the same underlying, malevolent imperial power. The methods might have become more sophisticated, but the people have become complicit in their own oppression by accepting the Empire’s version of reality as natural and inevitable.
But the walls of the cave are not real – yet!!! They are still an illusion. And the house of cards can easily collapse once perception of what is real is gained. The laws are not all yet in place, but it remains that people cannot resist what they cannot perceive. At the moment they are trapped by illusion. As Dick has said – the Black Iron prison is not physical – it is a state of consciousness, or rather unconsciousness. The prison functions because perception is limited and belief systems make alternatives seem impossible. The people remain trapped because they cannot imagine freedom and they don’t even realise they have been trapped anyway[2].
The archons in gnostic cosmology act as the agents of the demiurge. They maintain control over the material world and rule the dark energy forces. The psychological archons act as internal forces that keep people trapped in fear, despair, conformity and influence the desire for security over truth which in turn renders the people as their own guards of the Black Iron prison. The information archons control the information flow of media, education and propaganda systems that shape perception and belief. And so it all becomes self-perpetuating.
In today’s modern technological version of Plato’s cave, the cave itself is continuously self-updating, continuously creating data and continuously trying to ‘nudge’ people into what it considers to be a ‘better’ reality. So the prisoners are imprisoning themselves through their own data - data that keeps making better shadows. Every bit of data recorded is used to improve their imprisonment. Traditional escape routes are no longer enough because the ethics driving the system are not traditional moral principles. Most people, however, cannot grasp this concept and, therefore, never ask the right questions. This is a takeover on a scale that seems incomprehensible; it is the unelected bankers using pre-determined algorithms to automatically trigger how government spends our money that are the jailers.
Democratic governance has been completely captured by financial institutions as central banks conduct unauthorised social engineering under the cover of monetary policies. Democracy has not collapsed it has been replaced. This is what happens when we no longer question or even care about what is being done to us. If we don’t ask the questions, we don’t get the answers. In turn we can’t analyse the data to form our own patterns from which we can synthesise and rationalise. The cave has morphed into the nature of AI. It learns from its mistakes — and your resistance — and builds even better chains. There are certain questions that, if asked properly, would expose the entire operation as a sophisticated control mechanism rather than organic institutional evolution. And these weak points reveal why the cave works so hard to make certain topics undiscussable.
The cave’s strength - its apparent moral authority and technical sophistication - becomes its greatest weakness once people understand how that authority gets manufactured and how that sophistication serves predetermined institutional outcomes. The cave collapses when its credibility collapses. The moment enough people understand that ‘the emperor has no clothes’ the entire system, of manufactured authority becomes indefensible. When will we finally learn that systems must serve the people, or otherwise we will see the people only becoming slaves to the systems?
I was putting the finishing touches to this article just as the Moon became full at 16 Aquarius on August 9th, and Mercury prepared to go direct on August 11th. The Moon was conjunct the Fixed Star Sualocin, situated in the head of the constellation of the Dolphin. The Dolphin, according to Brady, represents a kind of intelligent playfulness focused on curiosity and an intuitive knowledge of one’s space and environment.[3] The minor triangle I have spoken about a lot is very evident in the Full Moon chart, but at this point the triangle forms part of a bigger pattern – a kite formation with the backbone being an exact Mars opposite Saturn/Neptune. Venus, Mars’ ruler, is conjunct benific Jupiter. There is much in this chart that suggests a hope for the future, but not without the hard work symbolised by Mars and Saturn, plus a dollop of Neptunian creativity linking to the unconscious mind. As Mercury goes direct in the sign of the Sun and then comes out of its ‘shadow’ period by the end of August we enter a new paradigm as symbolised by this kite pattern. It is absolutely vital that we re-manifest our curiosity and actually care about what is happening around us and what others are doing to our lives.
What will this new Interstellar comet augur as we enter eclipse season in September?
[1] https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-atlas/
[2] David Thrussell, Philip K. Dick: Modern Metaphysician, www.newdawn magazine.com, Special Issue, Vol. 19, No. 4.
[3] Star and Planet Combinations, Bernadette Brady, the Wessex Astrologer, 2008 p.235.And, just like the Roman Empire, President Trump has sent the National Guard in to protect Washington from ‘increased crime’. But, this is Washington so far more likely it is to protect the political classes rather than the people.