Culture of Astronomy

 According to classical astrology the Covid Virus will flare-up a few times before it disappears: ***December, 14, 2020 : Jupiter-Saturn opposite to Beijing. Sun-Moon-Mercury-Galactic Center all in conjunction with Galactic Center, and opposite Anti-Center. ***January 13, 2021 : Sun-Moon-Pluto opposite to Wuhan. Very close conjunction of Jupiter-Saturn-Mercury opposite to Beijing. Mars quartile to Beijing. *February 11, 2021 : Sun-Moon-Jupiter▲60° from Galactic Center. Mars quartile to Mercury- Venus-Jupiter ( moving away from Saturn ). **March 13, 2021 : Sun-Moon-Venus-Neptune are all 120° to Wuhan while also quartile ■ to Galactic Center and Anti Center. **April 12, 2021 : Mars is in conjunction with Galactic Anti-Center 30° from Wuhan. Sun-Moon- Venus-Mercury in conjunction and 90° ■ from Wuhan. Jupiter is 60° from Galactic Center. Neptune is 90° from Galactic Center. May 11, 2021 : Sun-Moon, Mercury-Venus, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all appear to be in harmless benign p

THE VIRUS FROM WUHAN, CHINA   Empedocles (492-432 B.C.) says that life is eternal change, in the cycles of birth, growth, maturity, and death. Cities are created and destroyed. Nations and empires rise and fall. Nothing moves in a straight line for long. Change and necessity are the only constants in the universe. We can no longer believe that the cosmos is progressing to bring us a better life and more advanced things –because change is not always progress. Thinking along these lines about ‘Change;’ especially during these times when the world is under siege from the Wuhan Virus; there are countless ways to characterize the reasons for our current situation such as: ·          God is angry with us for our immorality. ·          Nature is mad at our pollution. ·          The Earth is afraid we are sucking all the oil out of her joints. Let us return to Empedocles’s notions of perpetual Change. What could possibly be the reason for this physics of “change?”   Well, Chan