The Virgin and the Raven
I
traveled halfway around the world earlier this month for a journalism
conference in an unlikely place: Moscow. It was an invitation-only event,
attended by about 300 international journalists, focusing on censorship and
what was termed to be a “farewell to mainstream” by Russia’s state-run Rossiya
Segodnya (Russia Today) International Information Agency. We debated dicey
topics that largely have been off-limits in the dialogue here in the U.S. And I
think that’s what was the most striking: Journalists from places like China,
Syria, Lebanon, the U.K., South Africa, Russia, Japan, Sri Lanka, and India
went to the former Soviet Union to speak openly about global trends toward
censorship. http://dailysignal.com/2016/06/15/snapshots-from-a-trip-to-russia-to-talk-new-era-journalism/
The New Era of Journalism: Farewell to Mainstream
international media forum took place on June 6-7 in Moscow. The event dealt
with the changing nature of contemporary journalism and was attended by media
experts from over 30 countries. The forum focused on the rise of alternative
media in an increasingly multipolar world and the changing role of mainstream
media as it loses information monopoly.
The event can be seen in the June 5 New Moon chart for
Moscow. Notice that the New Moon in Gemini, which rules news media, is anchored
to a Uranus-Pluto-Zeus T-square that straddles the horizon. Ebertin interprets Uranus-Pluto as the collapse of an old order and the
beginning of a new one.
The TNP Zeus is conjunct the stars of Corvus, the lying
raven, and the truth seeking Virgin. The extracts below explain the dynamics of
this area.
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].
Putting it all together, we can see why the New Moon has
brought about a news media conference that pits the truth seeking alternative
media (Virgin) with the lying mainstream media (Corvus).
[2] Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2,
p.78-80)
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