{"id":3219,"date":"2016-11-11T02:53:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T02:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ohmystars\/?p=3219"},"modified":"2016-11-11T02:53:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T02:53:45","slug":"neptune-doesnt-care-voted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ohmystars\/2016\/11\/neptune-doesnt-care-voted.html","title":{"rendered":"Neptune Doesn’t Care Who You Voted For"},"content":{"rendered":"

One more article about that thing that happened on Tuesday<\/a>, and then — unlike most of your Facebook friends — I’ll be done talking about it. Honest!<\/p>\n

This is not a blog entry about politics, by the way.<\/strong> It’s more about “meta-politics”: the thoughts and ideas and emotions that go into the person\/party\/philosophy you vote for, rather than which flag you prefer to fly.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

I’ve written recently about the Neptune-South Node conjunction<\/a> that’s happening now, and how it’s both of benefit to some and a bag of bad drugs for others. Here’s how you can avoid a bad trip.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t surround yourself with only those you agree with.<\/strong> In fact, don’t even surround yourself entirely with people you like<\/em>. Don’t let your belief system make an idiot out of you. You’re smarter and better than that — or if you aren’t, you should<\/em> be. I’m sure you have perfectly good reasons for believing the things you believe, but consider this for a second: the moment you are only listening to those who agree with you is the only moment you can all be wrong. Everyone loves the buzz they get from being right — but all buzzes must end eventually, and all buzzes are followed by a crash.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And when that happens? Taking another dose of your favorite delusion just guarantees you’ll crash again eventually.<\/strong> And no matter how you feel about drugs, everyone can agree that living like a junkie — pursuing one high until the next one, and then the next one, and then the next one — usually ends in tragedy, for yourself and possibly others.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Astrologers aren’t immune to this sort of thing either.<\/strong> I had a cordial online relationship with one astrologer — let’s call him\/her “Wee Willy,” because that’s<\/em> how far the bar of intelligent conversation on this subject has dropped — who defied the odds and predicted the winner of the Presidential Election. Congratulations!<\/strong><\/em> Most astrologers who ventured an opinion on the outcome were wrong — just as most media and polls were. There are a lot of reasons for that. Astrologically, part of it boils down to not having a confirmed time of birth for one of the candidates. Nonetheless, Wee Willy kept insisting on cornering his\/her friends into offering their projected outcomes for the election until — mostly in an effort to shut him\/her up and get on with their day, they did. However, now Willy simply won’t let it go. Still.<\/em><\/p>\n

Wee Willy is totally overlooking the fact that he\/she was totally wrong about the outcome of the 2012 election, by the way.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

My point here is twofold.<\/strong> Firstly, in order to do the job of a consulting astrologer properly, one has to have some sort of people skills.<\/strong> In medicine, bedside manner really does<\/em> count for something, above and beyond just medical skill or knowledge. More than one study has confirmed that nicer and more empathetic doctors are better<\/em> doctors… and not because the nicer ones are always “right.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Secondly, and most importantly: Neptune may rule deception (including self-deception), but it also rules things like “compassion” and “Higher Love.”<\/strong> If you and I and Wee Willy and everyone else on the planet could listen more closely to that<\/em> side of Neptune… if all of us could only be, say, 20 percent more patient and tolerant and understanding of each other<\/strong>… then we could make any<\/em> political ideology or religion or philosophy work for everyone.<\/em> Never mind “making America great again.” How about making all of Humanity<\/em> (starting with yourself) greater and wiser and kinder than ever before?<\/p>\n

I’d vote for that. Wouldn’t you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

ADDENDUM:<\/strong> As I was putting the finishing touches on this blog entry, I received word that Leonard Cohen had died.<\/em> He said pretty much everything in a better and wiser way than I could, so I will gladly close with his words, which make the point I’ve been trying to make here, but a thousand times more eloquently.<\/p>\n

The birds they sang<\/em>
\n at the break of day<\/em>
\n Start again<\/em>
\n I heard them say<\/em>
\n Don’t dwell on what<\/em>
\n has passed away<\/em>
\n or what is yet to be.<\/em>
\n Ah the wars they will<\/em>
\n be fought again<\/em>
\n The holy dove<\/em>
\n She will be caught again<\/em>
\n bought and sold<\/em>
\n and bought again<\/em>
\n the dove is never free.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ring the bells that still can ring<\/em>
\n Forget your perfect offering<\/em>
\n There is a crack in everything<\/em>
\n That’s how the light gets in.<\/em><\/p>\n

We asked for signs<\/em>
\n the signs were sent:<\/em>
\n the birth betrayed<\/em>
\n the marriage spent<\/em>
\n Yeah the widowhood<\/em>
\n of every government —<\/em>
\n signs for all to see.<\/em><\/p>\n

I can’t run no more<\/em>
\n with that lawless crowd<\/em>
\n while the killers in high places<\/em>
\n say their prayers out loud.<\/em>
\n But they’ve summoned, they’ve summoned up<\/em>
\n a thundercloud<\/em>
\n and they’re going to hear from me.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ring the bells that still can ring …<\/em><\/p>\n

You can add up the parts<\/em>
\n but you won’t have the sum<\/em>
\n You can strike up the march,<\/em>
\n there is no drum<\/em>
\n Every heart, every heart<\/em>
\nto love will come<\/em>
\n but like a refugee.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ring the bells that still can ring<\/em>
\n Forget your perfect offering<\/em>
\n There is a crack, a crack in everything<\/em>
\n That’s how the light gets in.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ring the bells that still can ring<\/em>
\n Forget your perfect offering<\/em>
\n There is a crack, a crack in everything<\/em>
\n That’s how the light gets in.<\/em>
\n That’s how the light gets in.<\/em>
\n That’s how the light gets in…<\/em><\/p>\n

If you find a friend or an enemy or an astrologer who even once conveys something that wise and humane to you, you’ve done something right.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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