A greater issue is the negative effect on general audience acceptance when scientific discussions are intermingled with discussions of personal beliefs. My guess is more people would accept scientific information such as the lack of scientific evidence of "climate change," and of "viruses," and the scientific evidence that buildings were intentionally destroyed, if that scientific information were not intertwined with aspects of personal belief. Drs. Bailey excel at limiting their discussion to the scientific facts of their particular topic, whereas the validity of similar discussions by most others is negatively affected when diluted by personal beliefs, no matter whether one agrees with those beliefs or not.
I like your posts, Eric. I don't always agree with some statements, but overall, I like the cut of your jib.
My parents were amateur astrologers and my dad was president of the San Jose Astrological Society back in the early to mid 1980s. Supposedly I have the Moon, Sun, Mars, Mercury & Saturn in the House of Aquarius. Scorpio rising.
My problem with astrology is connected to the question of, "When does mortal life begin? At conception when the sperm pierces the egg? Or when the baby takes its first breath?"
My best guess is that mortal life begins at conception -- and therefore, an astrology chart should start at that date -- and yet, that's pretty damn hard to pin down...
Have you experimented with drawing up your own chart based on an approximation of when you were conceived to see if THAT chart is as meaningful to you as your "first breath" chart?
By my reckoning, I believe we are as conscious at conception and during the entire gestation period as we are today. We are eternal thinking-feeling entities and we are never truly unconscious. I believe we were aware of being a zygote and a morula and all the rest. I remember having nightmares as a child where my head & face were being squeezed in a type of pinkish mud tunnel...and it was only as an adult that I realized I was remembering the birthing process. The doc had to use tongs to pull me out of the birth canal.
I'm not trying to cause trouble nor cast aspersions upon astrology. My question above is sincere.
I have “spoken” Western Tropical Archetypal astrology since 1985, yet never understood fully the difference between tropical and sidereal until you just explained it so clearly. Thank you🙏
A greater issue is the negative effect on general audience acceptance when scientific discussions are intermingled with discussions of personal beliefs. My guess is more people would accept scientific information such as the lack of scientific evidence of "climate change," and of "viruses," and the scientific evidence that buildings were intentionally destroyed, if that scientific information were not intertwined with aspects of personal belief. Drs. Bailey excel at limiting their discussion to the scientific facts of their particular topic, whereas the validity of similar discussions by most others is negatively affected when diluted by personal beliefs, no matter whether one agrees with those beliefs or not.
I like your posts, Eric. I don't always agree with some statements, but overall, I like the cut of your jib.
My parents were amateur astrologers and my dad was president of the San Jose Astrological Society back in the early to mid 1980s. Supposedly I have the Moon, Sun, Mars, Mercury & Saturn in the House of Aquarius. Scorpio rising.
My problem with astrology is connected to the question of, "When does mortal life begin? At conception when the sperm pierces the egg? Or when the baby takes its first breath?"
My best guess is that mortal life begins at conception -- and therefore, an astrology chart should start at that date -- and yet, that's pretty damn hard to pin down...
Have you experimented with drawing up your own chart based on an approximation of when you were conceived to see if THAT chart is as meaningful to you as your "first breath" chart?
By my reckoning, I believe we are as conscious at conception and during the entire gestation period as we are today. We are eternal thinking-feeling entities and we are never truly unconscious. I believe we were aware of being a zygote and a morula and all the rest. I remember having nightmares as a child where my head & face were being squeezed in a type of pinkish mud tunnel...and it was only as an adult that I realized I was remembering the birthing process. The doc had to use tongs to pull me out of the birth canal.
I'm not trying to cause trouble nor cast aspersions upon astrology. My question above is sincere.
This is an interesting book:
"Origin of the Zodiac: Cadair Idris and the Star Maps of Gwynedd"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59787993-origin-of-the-zodiac
I have “spoken” Western Tropical Archetypal astrology since 1985, yet never understood fully the difference between tropical and sidereal until you just explained it so clearly. Thank you🙏