THE ASTROLOGY OF DANCING DISCORD, THE PRONOUNCEMENTS OF PUNDITS, AND THE ENTROPY OF EMPIRE -- TIM LYONS Transiting Eris and the United States horoscope. The astrology behind current discord in communication, thinking, international affairs, etc.

The crisis in Ukraine has much to do not only with the United States' Pluto Return (transiting Pluto having come around to his own position after 240+ years) but also with the transit of somewhat-newly-discovered Eris square the US Mercury. The transit aptly symbolizes the communication-discord evident in all sorts of places, from the highest echelons of government (whereto many strange people have, as Ambrose Bierce would have said) gotten "pitchforked" into high station, down through all sorts of online precincts, all the way to the PITS (person in the street).

In this installment, YPC (Your Present Correspondent) looks at the United States' Mercury-Pluto opposition: at the United States' ongoing tendency to project its Pluto energy onto other nations and thus to see them as threatening -- all this with particular reference to the current situation in Ukraine. Musical Disclaimer: DON'T BLAME ME PODCAST VERSION Tim LYONS 011122 - YouTube

This podcast, the first in a series of short presentations about the astrological factors at work in the dangerous situation in Ukraine, focuses on Mars in the United States horoscope: its meaning, its historical manifestation, its connection to the current situation in Ukraine, and the importance of transiting Mars' conjunction to that US natal Mars. 

PART ONE OF THREE: SATAN, SATURN, PUTIN, PLUTO, AND THE U.S. OF A: THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE Here we look at some of the astrological factors at work in the dangerous crisis in Ukraine. In particular, we look at transits to the United States' horoscope and that of Vladimiri Putin. A Saturnian thread, so to speak, runs through the discussion.   MUSICAL DISCLAIMER:  DON'T BLAME ME PODCAST VERSION Tim LYONS 011122 - YouTube

This installment deals with the effect of leaders on disastrous situations. More specifically, it deals with the horoscopes of Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin.  Here is, as always, my musical disclaimer: DON'T BLAME ME PODCAST VERSION Tim LYONS 011122 - YouTube

LEADERS, LANGUAGE, AND LUNACY: International Crisis and Individual Craziness. “Ette” because of its length; “A” because it has a close relation to #5, the previous podcast, which dealt with Ukraine. Subjects: The neurosis of leaders and the results for the rest of us; how some language habits (many related to Saturn) restrict our vision and induce conflict at the borderlines (Saturn again); some remarks on timing. And, of course, the musical disclaimer: DON'T BLAME ME PODCAST VERSION Tim LYONS 011122 - YouTube

This installment deals with the current (022022) crisis in the Ukraine.  Here is a link to my musical disclaimer:  DON'T BLAME ME PODCAST VERSION Tim LYONS 011122 - YouTube

This episode deals with the two most recent Neptune-Pluto conjunctions (1398-9, 1491) and what they tell us about western civilization and its assumptions, creations, projections, and problems.  Errata:  * At the beginning, I say that I will talk about the Uranus-Neptune conjunctions. Nope. I talk about the Neptune-Pluto conjunctions.  * I forgot to mention that Neptune-Pluto conjunctions usher in periods in which personal and social transformations often take place through artistic inspiration. The signs in which the conjunctions occur tell us about the primary direction and impetus of that inspiration.  And don't forget the musical disclaimer. Copy the following to youtube.com: DON'T BLAME ME PODCAST VERSION Tim LYONS 011122 - YouTube Thanks. Tim Lyons 8

In this episode, I take a look at the horoscope of the Mayan Long Count, which I feel tells us a lot about the connection between Mayan time-measurements and the current climate crisis. I wrote a book about this some years back: THE MACHINE STOPS: THE MAYAN LONG COUNT THROUGH A WESTERN LENS (AFA, 2012). In the previous installment, I looked at the astrological ages of our own tradition; in the next, I will look at the Neptune-Pluto conjunctions. You can find the relevant horoscopes at my blog-site: timlyonsastrologypoliticshistory.com. You can also leave comments there.