FREUD ON THE STARS

Recently re-reading Sigmund Freud's CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS, a book I had not read in many years and I wanted to get more familiar with Freud and his possible relationship to GURDJIEFF,that is, in terms of psychology,the mind, dreams, and the like, as well as the experiences of some of G's followers who were also psychologists and psychoanalysts, like Maurice Nicoll whose works I have not read for several years,though they sit on my shelves along with some others by him that are a bit more 'religious'. This quote I am taking out of Freud to give some importance and authority for a rational study of the stars beyond the Science of Astronomy and the arts of Science Fiction(the classical sources, like Verne,among others). On page 40 of the book I have, Freud says,"Man's observation of the GREAT ASTRONOMICAL REGULARITIES(I have enlarged the type here and other places for emphasis) not only furnished him with a model for introducing ORDER into his life,but gave him THE FIRST POINTS OF DEPARTURE." The hypothetical 'MAN' that Freud speaks of and of whom others also implicate in various ways in their 'studies' and works is that of ANCIENT, PRIMITIVE, perhaps,ape-like creature, MAN who, upon becoming ERECT(maybe like his penis when he was in heat) LOOKED UP TO THE STARS and the MOON at night, along with other marvelous things, like comets and meteors,etc. More to be said about all this.

PRANCING WITH THE STARS

This blog is about ASTROLOGY and will cover topics of the various ZODIAC ARRANGEMENTS as well as special forms, like CHINESE, WESTERN, HINDU, ETC. forms and systems where mentioned and needed. It will also deal with the 'inner' aspects of this 'ancient science' and with the 'outer aspects' of this science where such impinge on and influenced HUMAN BEHAVIOR or describe HUMAN TYPES,all of which are connected with CHARACTER and THE LAW OF ACCIDENT and also the LAW OF FATE(destiny, kismet,etc.). A number of ancient works will be discussed when and where possible, as well as some modern references that may prove useful to the student of 'esoteric' and 'occult' studies or perhaps some of the more practical implications such have for us, whether daily or periodically or from our natal beginnings. My personal interest in astrology stems from childhood, around that precarious age of 8,9,10, 11 or so and comes from a book I may still have somewhere that is packed up with my other books in storage in my shed at home. This book was small and was/is green,sort of leathe-type cover maybe, and pertains to birthdates and descriptions of signs or those born under signs, all of which tended to intrigue me. I think my cousin also had a similar book but am not sure. She is now 'passed away' dead of Alzheimer's disease that is now sweeping the populace in various areas, apparently. It may well be that reading my sign, which is Sagittarius, that the description became the impetus for my continued interest in such things, and other topics associated in the ordinary mind with 'fortune-telling' but perhaps not completely as I shall reveal at another time. This description is/was sort of perhaps a 'self-fulfilling' prophecy about me that I have carried with me in considering other descriptions of my particular sign. I am also, as far as I can ascertain, A FIRE RAT in the Chinese Horoscope, which makes me sort of 'on fire' and these two sort of dovetail into each other but,of course, there is seldom a 'perfect fit' among such things. I have met various persons with a similar interest in such things like astrology, fortune-telling,'gypsy' methods of divination and palmistry, and also those who can compose horoscopes and I will discuss my findings and 'associations' with them when time permits, without adding if possible other 'occult' excursions, experiments, or experiences that might be too lengthy or laborious to read and discuss. nian