A Very Important Way of Knowing: Common Sense
(Now for all the fun stuff.)
In my previous post on astrology, remote viewing, and Tarot as ways of knowing, I neglected a crucial uniting thread: common sense. Whatever results you get from any method of inquiry, you need to weigh them against common sense. Anything that sounds too good to be true probably is, and same goes for anything that sounds too ridiculous to be true.
Tartaria was mentioned in a video my mom watched recently, so we looked up Tartaria Explained last night to try to figure out what that was about. Why did I then watch four whole episodes? I am reminded of the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector:
9 Then Jesus told this story to some who had great confidence in their own righteousness and scorned everyone else: 10 “Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a despised tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer[a]: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not like other people—cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector! 12 I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.’
13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow, saying, ‘O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner.’ 14 I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
I thank you, God, that I am not as ridiculous as the people who believe in the Tartarian Empire. After watching four whole episodes, I am still not sure what their point was. They started out with the idea that civilization began in what is now Ireland, and then they got lost in a whole tangle of Phoenicians, Jews, Mormons, and all sorts of other stuff.
The last straw was their claim that old mansions did not have toilets because the people who lived in them had digestive systems that ran on ether rather than on food. The issue wasn’t that toilets hadn’t been invented yet — they didn’t need toilets because they didn’t poop!
If you believe in the existence of people whose digestive systems run on ether, then you have a brain that runs on stupid.
Another thing wrong with theories about the Tartarian Empire is their claims involving gaps in time, including one right before the 1700s. Astrologers have been around longer than that and have maintained accurate records. If anything like an unaccounted-for gap in time ever happened, we would not shit ether — we would definitely shit bricks.
On to the next big conspiracy theory: what the heck is going on with Princess Kate? As an inquisitive Scorpio Moon, I have read a lot of the recent speculation about her and other members of the British royal family. However, I have not committed to any particular storyline. The truth very well could be as simple as the official version that she had abdominal surgery and needs time to recover.
Unfortunately, she only encouraged the rumor mill with the release of a family photo that was then withdrawn by the Associated Press and other news organizations on the grounds that the photo had obviously been digitally manipulated. The Associated Press reported that the photo was originally posted on social media channels for the Prince and Princess of Wales at 9 am on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
When I made the chart for the photo release, I thought it looked really familiar. I then realized it’s the same as the New Moon chart for London in my last New Moon post — the photo was released when the New Moon was exact. Using Placidus houses, the 11th house of the photo release chart contains Venus, Saturn, the Moon, the Sun, Neptune, and Mercury. The 11th house is associated with both technology and community, so it’s a key place to look for any social media fracas. A major outcome of this particular social media mishap, signified by the attention-getting New Moon and more in the 11th house, is increasing concern that the royal family is hiding something serious, a theme reinforced by shadowy Pluto conjunct the Midheaven. Astrology in action, folks!
Back to consensus reality,
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