"It's cool to get on the computer..." ♊ thoughts on Uranus in Gemini 2025
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Hello Stargazer, The more I contemplate the astrology of 2025, I'm drawn to my favorite quote from Prince to capture my feelings:
It's cool to get on the computer, but don't let the computer get on you... You all saw The Matrix. There's a war going on the battlefields in the mind and the prize is the soul—so just be careful.
One of next year's biggest transits happens in June 2025 when Uranus enters Gemini. This is a transit that carries long associations with scientific and technological discoveries that revolutionize human consciousness en masse. The last time Uranus was in Gemini were the years 1941-1948. It was back when we split the atom in Los Alamos and the U.S. dropped two bombs on Japanese cities that had remained neutral during the war. The same year that Oppenheimer declared he was become death, 1945 also saw the completion the first general purpose digital computer. The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) was developed during World War II to calculate artillery firing tables for the United States Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory. That's right, like most of the consumer technology we use today (including the Internet), the first computer was developed for exclusive military use. But another technology emerged the last time that Uranus was in Gemini: the 33⅓ rpm microgroove vinyl record, also known as the Long Play (LP). It was something the military couldn't get its paws all over right away... ...and it was something that Prince would revolutionize 40 years later when he released Sign o' the Times. Sign o’ the Times is Prince at his most Gemini, shapeshifting through musical styles with the elegance of an alchemist making fixed the volatile and the grace of psychopomp dancing between worlds. Prince created an alchemical masterpiece with Sign o’ the Times, a double album that reconciled the duality of opposites by delivering a message about the human condition in the modern world. The social plagues of poverty, injustice, scientific hubris and political corruption that Prince sang about on its title track are just as relevant in 2024/2025 astrological cycle—and you’ll probably find yourself reflecting on it a lot during Uranus in Gemini. “Sign o’ the Times” is a song about pandemics—be they medical, social or political. In France a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a needle and soon she did the same
The opening lyric references the AIDS epidemic that ravaged marginalized communities in the 1980s. But it holds strong resonance with the state of the world today that continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic—an historical event which finds a peculiar sympathy with the AIDS epidemic. Both outbreaks were ushered in by a Saturn/Pluto conjunction, share Anthony Fauci as a usual suspect, and have their own equally mysterious origins that seem to evade public disclosure.
September my cousin tried refer for the very first time Now he’s doin’ horse, it’s June. The next lines conjure the CIA-sponsored drug epidemic that spread a crimewave through underserved and disadvantaged urban communities. The dramatic irony here is that the 1994 crime bill that introduced draconian punishment for crack cocaine possession that disproportionately affected young black males... ...was authored and sponsored by Joe Biden, who's first and only term as U.S. President ends in January—and whose own son Hunter is a notorious crackhead. This is why I'm so drawn to the words of wisdom Prince shared while accepting an award from Yahoo! in 1999: Don't be fooled by the Internet. It's cool to get on the computer, but don't let the computer get on you. It's cool to use the computer, just don't let the computer use you.
You all saw The Matrix. There's a war going on the battlefields in the mind and the prize is the soul—so just be careful.
Because as the world balances between the precipice of WWIII and the edge the Singularity, it's like we're on a tight rope walk above the event horizon of a black hole. Prince reminds you that it's cool to use the computer, but don't let the computer use you... ...but his true prophecy was recognizing the true nature of WWIII: "There's a war going on the battlefields in the mind and the prize is the soul." If you found this email illuminating and desire more enlightening content in your life, then allow me to quote Prince one last time. "It's going to be a beautiful night." Because I'm going to start taking orders for my #ASTRO2025 horoscope and guidebook bundle for my BFCM offer this week. It'll be 50% off its $100 price tag for Black Friday... ...but you get it for free when you become a Patreon member by midnight PST . When you join at the Solar tier right now, you'll get access to the #ASTRO2025 report bundle, including:
If this resonates, then I wouldn't wait to activate your membership now because this offer expires tonight at midnight California time. Much Love, |