Whether you were actually a Hippie or not, you Baby Boomers who lived through the 60s may be experiencing a flashback. But Timothy Leary's infamous "Tune in, Turn on, Drop out" theory was actually the reverse of what is needed now. Back then, we needed to take a step back from that pervasive Post-War mentality that oppressed our childhoods and our entire world. "What will the neighbors think?" was constantly drummed into (most of) us Boomers by our conservative Pluto Cancer parents. But their white-washed, extremely un-groovy version of such a restrictive reality just didn't work for the Pluto Leo crowd. (Remember the infamous slogan: Don't trust anyone over 30? I certainly didn't... until I turned 30, that is.)
What we needed was a new society, a place where we—the largest generation ever born—could remove ourselves from the myopic views of the "up-tight dudes" who were running and ruining the world at that time. We needed to
open our minds—through whatever methods we chose—so we could make challenging decisions that created new options and moved us in different directions. We needed a new kind of art, a new kind of music, a new kind of drug if you will, that could crystallize our frustrated feelings into mystical images, musical notes and psychedelic slogans. They allowed us to realize that our world is a place of unlimited possibilities... and that we are all part of the Oneness.Okay, I can hear you thinking, "So?" Here's the point of all this: the long awaited Age of Aquarius has finally arrived, according to me, anyway. Yes, I know you've all heard the song a million times, and, by now, you are probably tired of waiting for something, anything, to happen. Wait no more! We are experiencing first stage lift-off, Houston, even as we speak!
That's right, I've spent the last 20+years optimistically "preachifying" about these times to everyone, from the outcome of the presidential election, to the price of gas, to who would win the past 23 Superbowls. And now here they are at last. Was I right? Yep, from what my clients tell me, I have about a 99% outcome. Whoa! I hear you saying, that's some kind of percentage! Yeah, it is. But if I didn't have faith in my ability to understand what I'm doing and then do it in excellence, I would not do it. Period. I've got too many things going on in my life to pretend to be a freakin' false prophet. Not my job, man.
For the past two years, I have been eagerly waiting for Pluto to depart Sagittarius, while I watched the genesis of the true New Age (hush! that is not a bad word) and speculated as to what exactly would occur when the shift came. I was constantly delving into the future with my clients' astrological transits, sometimes up till the 2020s. I knew, generally speaking, what could happen, at least as viewed through my rose-colored glasses.
So bottom line, after 15+ difficult (I'm being kind here) years in Sagittarius, what is needed now is the Return to the Wisdom of the Elders. (Sounds like a movie, right? I have a script in development called Lunatic Fringe that deals with just this topic.) Pluto's movement into Capricorn is changing our ideas of what is cool. The focus is already shifting from the glorification of youth—Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton—and what's with the ludicrous pretense that Baby Boomers are not really over 40 yet and look great with mini-skirts, toxic injections, fake tans/boobs/butts!? Last but not least, the trend toward decadent disconnect and total disregard for the earth, ourselves, and others is declining at long last.
We are swiftly heading toward a transformation of ourselves and the planet, with the movement led by, you guessed it, the Baby Boomers. And why not? There are more of us (78+ million) than any other demographic, we control the majority of the $$$$$ (trillions, dude!), and we have the benefit of actually BEING THERE when Utopia was first being dreamed up by the revolutionary thinkers of our times.
It will be up to us to once again embrace those radical philosophies that we invented/embraced back in the 60s: vegetarianism and animal rights; vitamins and nutrition, socialized medicine, homeopathics and holistic healing; education that teaches individuals how to think, not learn; progressive transportation, solar power and alternate energy sources; recycling, saving the atmosphere/ozone/rainforests; and bringing honor and rewards to the courageous trailblazers who are leading the change.
How do we do it? Simply have faith in the knowledge that Peace, Love and Happiness really is the only way we can survive... together... here on PlanetStarship.
Okay, that’s the scoop for today... and you can take it to the bank... or not. Your choice.
AstroBrat signing off. Peace. Over and out.
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