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COSMOS Fragmentation As Saturn trudged through the last few degrees of Taurus many wondered what was in the air other than mosquitoes with a virus-ridden bite and the lingering summer time (at least in the Northern Hemisphere) dust. Perhaps you've seen that astronomers found yet another set of new planets around other stars. For what it's worth, we're not alone in this whole thing, whatever it is.Astronomers also indicated the confirmation of an anomalistic pulsar (B1828-11). This precessing pulsar contains a bulging neutron star that affects the regularity of both the timing and shape of the pulse. The period of precession of this pulsar residing at 7 Capricorn 44 is estimated to be 1,000 days. Symbolically, pulsars offer us repeating messages of insight and inspiration. Sort of like quick proverbs popping out of space at us with insistent regularity. They say, over and over, "Come on people, get it."But what's really interesting are the complaints of frustrations, fragmented thought and futility. So what gives? Recently the comet LINEAR (the site that found and tracks it) c/1999s-4 achieved its closest contact to the Sun (perihelion). This July 25th event occurred at roughly 19 Virgo agitating a mental kind of feeling. As this comet felt the maximum gravitational yanks of the Sun, it began to split apart. This fragmentation rivaled the phenomena of Comet Shoemaker-Levy (this body provided us with the dramatic footage of its violent impact into Jupiter) a few years ago. Think about it – fragmentation occurring around issues of centralized and unrelenting thoughts.Anyway, as of today LINEAR passes through 5 degrees of Libra heading back into the depths of space. Noteworthy here is the attention and amazement astronomers gave to this cometary apparition and its mischief. An object's initial influence can be determined to some degree by finding the positions of perihelion and north node. LINEAR's node falls at just about 23 Gemini 11 and widely squares the degree at which it came closest to the Sun.As we know, both Gemini and Virgo, ruled by Mercury, regulate our repeating, recycling, reissuing and, hopefully, revealing thought processes. Of course, sometimes there is too much thinking. At this point, one often describes the sensation of their head wanting to explode. The pressure of the mentality becomes unendurable. The solution? Fragmentation.When the gravity of the situation (or the Sun) becomes most intense and the maximum velocity with which you move through time and space (a physical effect of being at perihelion) exceeds speed limits, something's got to give. Here the comet's metaphor suggests a spectacular visual display of dematerialization. That which dematerializes also de-matters – as in no long matters.The image encourages all of us to shed, blow apart, disintegrate and eliminate all thought processes causing us grief and angst. Oh, by the way, it adds, "when done, don't go back there anymore." When you have shed a negative thought sequence trying to recall it so you can remember what you let go pretty much works against the agenda of mental healing. Let it go. Talk of it no more. Do not badger yourself. Whip no dead horses. Easier said than done, but worth the encouraging discipline of Saturn entering Gemini this week. Contact Philip Sedgwick at galastro@aol.com, and see his work on http://www.stariq.com
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