{"id":4584,"date":"2020-03-21T18:57:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T18:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=4584"},"modified":"2022-05-08T00:09:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T00:09:02","slug":"magi-bear-witness-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=4584","title":{"rendered":"Magi Bear Witness (Part 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The zodiac sign of Capricorn serves as a normal context<sub>3<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the previous blog, I consider&nbsp;<em>the imagery of Capricorn<\/em>&nbsp;in light of the first singularity.&nbsp;&nbsp;Capricorn associates to&nbsp;<em>the manifestation of civilization in southern Mesopotamia after the first singularity<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Surely, such a claim fits with the standard mythic connection between Capricorn, sovereign power and order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several weeks have passed since the conjunction.&nbsp;&nbsp;I may now look back and assess how&nbsp;<em>the sublunary realm<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;appears to manifest&nbsp;<em>the potential of this conjunction between Saturn and Pluto<sub>1<\/sub><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Saturn is the titanic god of time, itself.&nbsp;&nbsp;Pluto rules over the stark duality of death and rebirth, along with all its resonances, such as darkness and light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I ask the following question in the middle of March 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is there an event that brings, to light, an incident that says, \u201cYour time is up.\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such an incident would conform to the anticipated actuality<sub>2<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, doctors in the city of Wuhan sound warnings.&nbsp;&nbsp;On January 12, 2020, they are suppressed and ordered to sign self-effacing documents.&nbsp;&nbsp;Why?&nbsp;&nbsp;The city prepares for a pre-lunar new year banquet.&nbsp;&nbsp;The feast will be the send-off for millions of its citizens, who plan to return to their hometowns and villages to celebrate the new-year holidays.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is the year of the rat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nine days later, on January 21, 2020, government authorities place Wuhan and adjacent cities under lockdown.&nbsp;&nbsp;Wuhan surrenders to a plague.&nbsp;&nbsp;The disease rapidly spreads throughout the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;Eight weeks later, quarantines and lockdowns occur in South Korea, Italy, France, Spain and the United States of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is my assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/B4-astrology-200321-1.tiff\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4585\"\/><figcaption>Figure 4. Dynamics of astrology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Surely, there is no instrumental or material cause acting between the normal context<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;and actuality<sub>2<\/sub>, as well as between the potential<sub>1<\/sub>&nbsp;and actuality<sub>2<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Direct causality is the stuff of modern science.&nbsp;&nbsp;Disciplinary languages, mechanical and mathematical models, as well as measurement and observation are imbued with the character of actuality<sub>2<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;But, actuality<sub>2<\/sub>is not all there is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I cannot smell, taste, touch, see and hear a normal context<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;or its potential<sub>1<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Yet, I sense their relevance.&nbsp;&nbsp;I cannot observe or measure them.&nbsp;&nbsp;Or can I?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can observe and measure the Saturn-Pluto conjunction.&nbsp;&nbsp;Isn\u2019t that real?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, but I cannot bring the conjunction<sub>1<\/sub>&nbsp;into relation with actuality<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;without a triadic relation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>A normal context<sub>3<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;is needed in order to bring&nbsp;<em>the potential of the superlunary event<sub>1<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;into relation with&nbsp;<em>the actuality of a sublunary event<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>A sublunary event<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;emerges from (and situates)&nbsp;<em>the potential of the superlunary event<sub>1<\/sub><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>The fall of Wuhan, and all its sequelae<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>, emerges from (and situates)&nbsp;<em>the potential of the Pluto-Saturn conjunction<sub>1<\/sub><\/em>, in&nbsp;<em>the normal context of the sign of Capricorn<sub>3<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This nested form belongs to modern astrology.&nbsp;&nbsp;It touches base with the views of ancient astrologers, such as the magi, the wise men in Matthew\u2019s gospel.&nbsp;&nbsp;It parallels primary and secondary causation, familiar to medieval and modern scholastics.&nbsp;&nbsp;There is more to the world than the category of secondness, the realm of actuality.&nbsp;&nbsp;Humans cogitate in&nbsp;<em>the way of the category-based nested form<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Both modern and ancient astrologers offer the newborn Christian a gift, an insight that bears witness to a relational structure, common to all and endowed by our Creator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The zodiac sign of Capricorn serves as a normal context3. In the previous blog, I consider&nbsp;the imagery of Capricorn&nbsp;in light of the first singularity.&nbsp;&nbsp;Capricorn associates to&nbsp;the manifestation of civilization in southern Mesopotamia after the first singularity.&nbsp;&nbsp;Surely, such a claim fits with the standard mythic connection between Capricorn, sovereign power and order. 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