The Virgin and the Crow
The United States is losing an information war to
Russia, Islamic State and other rivals, says a new report that calls for a
strengthening in U.S. counter-propaganda efforts and an overhaul of the
government's international broadcasting arm. The study is the latest to
highlight problems in the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal
agency created in 1994 which also is tasked with maintaining a firewall between
the State Department and government-funded news operations. With an annual $730
million budget, the BBG runs U.S. government broadcasting to foreign audiences,
including radio, television and digital efforts. Among them are the Voice of
America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, widely credited with countering
Soviet influence behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. March 25; http://www.cnbc.com/id/102534219
The Full Moon Total Eclipse occurs on April 4 but is already active .
The Sun conjoins Uranus by less than 2°, forming a T-Square with Pluto. The
Moon conjoins Algorab and Zeta of Corvus; Beta Hydra; Beta Volans; and the
Quasar 3C279 in Virgo. At Washington, DC, the eclipse Moon is the lord of the
third house linked to the media. If we
superimpose the eclipse luminaries onto the US Sibly we notice that it aligns with radix
Saturn square Sun both receiving the powerful Uranus-Pluto square.
The eclipse
is conjunct the stars of Corvus, the Hydra and the Virgin.
Corvus
is the Latin name for both the raven and the crow and these two birds are
usually paired together in mythology. From the same family, their obvious
intelligence and ingenuity, as well as their distinctive caw, has given them a
widespread association with trickery, storytelling, the relaying of messages,
and the serving of self-interest. But the colour of their plumage has also
drawn a universal connection with malevolence, sinister forces, and ominous
warnings. The stars of Corvus share this reputation and the classical myths
that relate to the constellation speak of mistrust, shameful motives,
insincerity, glorification in the misfortune of others, and the bearing of bad
news [1].
The
Crow is a talking bird, and these are
people in love with gossip, tidings, what’s happening, what’s new, what’s up –
many journalists, newsmen and media people are born under these stars. The
worst of them become greedy, scavenging and exploiting opportunists. But also here are the stars of the Virgin
which longs for “truth” and “purity”.
Few other skyscapes are so polarized between light and dark, clear air
and suffocating darkness, with a tremendous conflict between the Virgin’s
honest, upright will-to-do good and the Hydra’s dark lair of greed and arrogant
self-interest [2].
Here the
Uranus-Pluto square represents a clash: courageous/warrior-like actions of alternative
media working on behalf of the people's
liberties (Uranus in Aries) vs. an intensification/consolidation of power by
institutional structures like the BBG and the western MSM facing threats to
their authority (Pluto in Capricorn). In the light of the dynamics of the stars
involved it is not too difficult to see why the ‘lying’ Raven is being
confronted by the ‘truth seeking ’ Virgin and we
can clearly see who is winning.
[2]
Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2, p.78-80)
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