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Sunspots and the
Astrological weather
For those who
are sceptical about whether the distant planets can in fact have an effect on
earth and human beings, here’s some food for thought….
In September,
the NOAA (US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) has warned
of an increase in sunspot activity. Sunspots are cool, dark spots on the sun’s
surface caused by magnetic fields. These coils of energy can become disrupted
by changes in pressure on the Sun’s surface, causing them to release flares of
radiation and X-rays into the atmosphere. This results in geomagnetic storms
that can interfere with satellites, electrical power systems, mobile phone
networks and radio signals here on earth. The increased solar activity can also
result in spectacular displays of the Northern Lights., otherwise known as the
aurora borealis.
Previous
recorded solar flares include one in March 1989 which destroyed a large power
transformer in New Jersey and blacked out large parts of Canada! The largest
flare on record, which occurred in November 2003, disabled satellites and an
instrument aboard a spacecraft bound for Mars. So if that isn’t planetary
influence I don’t know what is!
For those of you who are wondering, 2007 was
a quiet year for sunspot events but, from 2008
onwards, we are entering a cycle of increased
activity.
Lynne McTaggart, investigative journalist (founder of the newsletter
'What Doctors don't Tell You') and
author of 'The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe', has been
doing research into the effects of solar flares on ESP and the ability to send
out healing energy and conscious intention. In an interview with podcaster,
Kelly Howell, she asserts that solar activity (sunspots and flares) affects the
geomagnetic energy shield around the earth and, in turn, living creatures.
Geomagnetic storms - the result of solar flares - have been shown to affect the
hearts of humans, thickening the blood and causing cardiovascular problems, as
well as the navigation systems of some animals, including whales, which might
explain why a whale inexplicably swam up London's Thames River in 2006.
Solar activity also appears to affect the brain. McTaggart quotes one
four-year study which found correlations between
geomagnetic variations and the rise in admission to two New York mental
institutions.
A whole science has developed around the idea of the link between planetary and
biological rhythyms. Known as Chronobiology, it appears to bear out what all
those ancient astronomers and philosophers maintained - that all living
things are affected by the planets, particularly the sun, which sets and
regulates our biological cycles. One scientist suggests that this synchronism
may be set when we are still in the womb as a result of information sent from
our mother's pineal gland which has been shown to be responsive to light and
dark and that sets our circadian rhythms.
The Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy, famous for writing the first astrological
textbook Tetrabiblos, claimed that the seed personality of human
beings is formed by the planets while still they are in the womb.
Ptolemaic astrology claimed that the human received its qualities from the
ether, an airy substance that was suffused with the qualities of the heavenly
bodies and 'promised man the ability to understand human
temperament and predict events through examination of the ether, and established
the primacy of the 'seed' moment or moment of origin, such as birth itself, at
which time the heavens stamped an impression which would indelibly mark the
individual.'
In light of Field Theory, the discovery by a group of scientists of something
called the 'Zero Point Theory' - the so-called "dead space" of microscopic
vibrations in outer space as well as within and between physical objects on
earth. These fields, McTaggart asserts, are a "cobweb of energy exchange" that
link everything in the universe. In other words, no less than a unifying energy
structure in our universe. Perhaps this si the ether that Ptolemy and others
were referring to?
Of course all this makes the idea that the planets form part of an intricate web
to which we are connected seem less far-fetched. Perhaps the Great Chain of
Being ,used by Neoplatonic and Medieval astrologers to explain the
interconnectedness of the macrocosm and the microcosm may, after all, turn out
to be this field or web of consciousness?
Much still has to be done to prove this and bring the theory into wider
acceptance. In the meantime, I'll sum up with a quote from Mctaggart:
"The wider effect of the sun on every aspect of our lives is
only beginning to be investigated. It may well be that our
lives are more dependent upon the distant stars than we ever
imagined." 2
Notes:
McTaggart,
Living the Field - Earth Energies booklet,
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