Lynn Wilson Astrology

This newsletter is more personal than most. The impending war feels like a Rorschach test. Because of feelings about the current world situation it’s not been easy to stay in touch with the Pollyanna/Cheerleader side of myself. Throughout my life I’ve been committed to discovering and teaching truth, to sharing information that can assist people in making informed, aware decisions. My goal has been to do this in a way that is supportive and loving while not sugarcoating the information.

This quest for truth has also led to a commitment to political activism. But this commitment was driven largely by feelings of anger. Anger at those who abuse positions of power, and frustration with those who don’t want to “see”, who won’t question authority as long as their personal comfort zones are not disturbed.

Therein lies my dilemma. It’s very easy for me to remain open and loving and not have objectionable feelings as long as I don’t pay attention to political/social issues. Yet it feels irresponsible to not acknowledge and share information that somehow makes its way to my inbox. The tightrope I’m walking involves receiving/sharing information relevant to this current situation while attempting to remain in a state of inner peace. I sense I’m not alone. The following is a 1999 quote from then US House Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Joe Barton…”as long as we’re willing to do things like Desert Storm to protect oil supplies, it doesn’t matter where oil comes from so much as that it is there.” August 31, 1999 issue of TIPRO (Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association)

The detainment center in Guantanamo was contracted to a division of Halliburton. (VP Dick Cheney) Another division of Halliburton has the largest procurement contract with the Pentagon. It has no cost ceiling, a first in Pentagon history. I have a problem with the fact that the people waging war are also profiting from it.

My personal dilemma stems from the knowledge that anger doesn’t create peace; and it’s not in my nature to ignore information. Ignore-ance is not a solution. Hence, the mental tightrope.

It is encouraging that so many are calling for restraint and are actively involved in prayer groups and email campaigns. I do believe the world is at a crossroads. But I think things will get worse before they get better. A phrase that has stayed with me since childhood is “The darkest hour is just before dawn”, and this feels like a very dark hour.

During the 1980’s I was given “visions”: the dismantling of the Berlin Wall in November of 1989, the outbreak of the first Gulf War, the killing of students in Tienanmen Square, an increase in both the force and number of natural disasters (including New Orleans being flooded but surviving as a Caribbean island), water being availble only from trucks, a period of martial law, and the year 2012 as a time when we would be living in a new and peaceful world. This before I knew anything about the Mayan calendar or Hopi prophecy. My sense is this date still has meaning. I think we’re in the death throes of an old paradigm - authoritarian, linear, patriarchal, fundamentalist (whether Moslem or CapitalistChristian) - in which punishment and violence are the norm. If this way of thinking worked we would have peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East. The new paradigm, based on consensus and tolerance started bubbling to the surface during the 1960’s. It is the shift from the Piscean Age of belief to the Aquarian Age of information. The internet is playing a huge role in this transformation.

My hope is that we can make this shift with as little long-term damage as possible - to humans and to the earth. The birth of the new order is inevitable. I pray it is a gentle rather than violent birth.

Much love - Lynn