Years
of research on the evolution of ancient life including the dinosaurs have been
questioned after a fatal flaw in the way fossil data is analysed was exposed. Studies
based on the apparently flawed method have suggested Earth's biodiversity
remained relatively stable - close to maximum carrying capacity - and hinted
many signs of species becoming rapidly extinct are merely reflections on the
poor quality of the fossil record at that time.
However,
new research by scientists at the University of Reading suggests the history of
the planet's biodiversity may have been more dynamic than recently suggested,
with bursts of new species appearing, along with crashes and more stable
periods. Oct 25 http://phys.org/news/2016-10-flawed-analysis-years-evolutionary.html#jCp
The results of the study imply that almost a decade's worth of work aimed at
providing an insight into evolution may be misleading as it was based on a
fundamental error. The now discredited method has been the basis of more than 150 published
research papers since it was first used in 2007. In 2006-07, Saturn-Neptune formed
an opposition and now they are square each other.
In astrology, Saturn represents the physical realm, what
is often called the “real world” — not theoretical, not philosophical, not
poetic, and not intangible, but instead, the nuts-and-bolts construction of
reality at its most dense level. Saturn is about limitations and the hard work
of building something over time, through sustained efforts that accrue,
step-by-step, or brick-by-brick.
Neptune can cause one to be lost in a dream world, unable
to see if ideas and visions have any real substance or viability, which can
leave one living in illusion, self-deception, confusion, or behind a veil or
mask. Therefore, Neptune is about possibilities, dreams, fantasies, and up-in-the-air
theories
During the waning square one may experience crises and opportunities
allowing one to redeem past shortcomings through the acceptance of a new
direction and outlook — opening the way for actualization in the succeeding cycle.
Bill Herbst explains the issue involved very elegantly:
In November of
2015, Saturn reached a 90° arc from Neptune, which marks the beginning of the
phase change into the Winter Quarter of the current cycle. That square will end
(and culminate) in September
2016. The period of
transition into the Winter Phase is a time where the confluence of dreams and
realities reaches unanticipated proportions, with both comic and tragic
overtones. The real and imagined have been cooking together in the same pot
since 2005, and we’ve been eating that stew. Now we’re reaching the bottom of
the pot, and the dregs of the stew are beginning to taste funny. Are we witnessing
a documentary or a complete fiction? Hard to tell. Where is truth during this
2015-2017 transition? Oh, it’s still around, as always, but it’s obfuscated
(and often overwhelmed) by exaggeration, hyperbole, innuendo, and outright
lies.
The question that
will emerge in the Winter Phase is: In the wish, intention, and effort to
convert our
dreams into
realities, where do we pull back, and where do we mo move forward? How do we
change what hasn’t worked, yet keep what has?
When Saturn aspects Neptune those lies and up-in-the-air theories are punctured and face
a reality test. Most often they are found inadequate.
So how do we check that the news is another example of
the current Saturn-Neptune square? We can begin with the current Libra Ingress
chart of the Sun drawn for Reading, UK and progress it to Oct. 25, the date of
the news. When we do that notice that
the progressed meridian reaches a conjunction to Saturn and square Neptune
confirming our thesis.
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