Sterngucker, Wandteppich aus Frankreich, ~15. Jht.

Astrologie ist eine Beobachtungswissenschaft, die das Analogie-
prinzip "Wie oben, so unten" nachzeichnet.

1. ASTRON = Sterne/Planetenlaufbahnen
2. LOGOS = Metalogik, Geist

Astrologie untersucht die Verbindung zwischen Makrokosmos und Mikrokosmos.

Die drei Weisen aus dem Morgenland, Kaspar, Melchior und Baltha-
sar, die der Legende nach an der Krippe vor dem neu geborenen
Jesuskind auftauchten, waren keine Könige im weltlichen Sinn, son-
dern Astrologen, die dem Stern folgten, der die Geburt eines Avatars [Weltenlehrers] anzeigte.

Das Platonische Weltenjahr ("Das Große Jahr" oder "Weltjahr")
Das sogenannte "große Jahr", das der griechische Philosoph Plato in seinen Schriften erwähnte, umfasst die Dauer von 25.920 Jahren. Es ist von grundlegender Bedeutung für die menschheitliche Entwicklung, da nur alle 25.920 Jahre (nur einmal im Weltenjahr) eine bestimmte galaktische Sternenkonstellation eintritt.

Als Folge der Präzessionsbewegung der Erdachse braucht die Sonne beinahe 26.000 Jahre, um rückläufig durch alle zwölf Zeichen des Tierkreises wieder zu ihrem Ausgangspunkt (Frühlingspunkt) zurückzugelangen. Den Weg durch alle zwölf Sternbilder bezeichnet man als das "Große Sonnen-Jahr". In jedem der zwölf Tierkreissektoren mit Millionen von Sternen verweilt die Sonne jeweils 2160 Jahre. Die Anzahl der Erdentage, die ein (kleines) Jahr ausmachen, beträgt 365,25 Tage. Es dauert 70-71 Erdenjahre, um die Sonne um 1° des Erdkreises rückwärts zu bewegen. 72 Jahre x 360 Grade des Erdkreises = 25.920 Jahre.

Historiker und Statistiker – wie beispielsweise Walter A. Shewhart und W. Edwards Deming – haben festgestellt:
  ➤ Seit dem Beginn der Geschichte hat das Durchschnittsalter der Weltzivilisationen ungefähr 200 Jahre dauert,
       gefolgt von 50 Jahren des Übergangs.
  ➤ Der Keimzyklus des Menschen dauert 260 Tage – 20 x 13 [Kernzahlen des Maya-Kalenders].
  ➤ Zivilisationen durchlaufen gewöhnlich einen Zyklus von ~250 Jahren – Siehe Pluto Zyklus von 248 Jahren.
       Nach John Bagot Glubb dauert ein Reichszyklus etwa 250 Jahre = 10 Generationen.⁷
       Er beinhaltet sechs Phasen: 1. Pioniere 2. Eroberungen 3. Handel 4. Wohlstand 5. Intellekt 6. Dekadenz.
           Dekadenz (Brot und Spiele): zügelloser Militärapparat, massive Ungleichheit zwischen Arm und Reich, aufgeblähter Staat,
             Zurschaustellung von Reichtum, Verfall der Währung, Sexbesessenheit.

• "Große Nationen steigen auf und gehen unter. Das Volk schreitet
  • 1. ↑   Von der Knechtschaft zur spirituellen Wahrheit (Glauben),
  • 2. ↑   Von spiritueller Wahrheit / Glauben zu großem Mut,
  • 3. ↑   Vom Mut zur Freiheit,
  • 4. ↑   Von der Freiheit zum Überfluss,
  • 5. ✿   Vom Überfluss zum Egoismus,
  • 6. ↓   Vom Egoismus zur Selbstgefälligkeit,
  • 7. ↓   Von der Selbstgefälligkeit zur Teilnahmslosigkeit,
  • 8. ↓   Von der Teilnahmslosigkeit zur Abhängigkeit,
  • 9. ↓   Von der Abhängigkeit erneut zur Unfreiheit."

The planet Venus represents the heart (heart chakra) and an alchemical Conjunction.
Venus stands for: Joining together through the power of love.

• 1526 – The Venus Transit ushered in the Age of Renaissance.

• 1639 – The Venus Transit ushered in the Age of Reason.

• 1769 – The Venus Transit ushered in the Age of Enlightenment.

• 1882 – The Venus Transit ushered in the Age of Imperialism.

• June 5/6, 2012 – The Venus Transit will usher in the Age of Dignitarian Integrity.

May 1518-1526 – Two major revolutions with far reaching implications

1. European Invasion of the West Begins – Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) invades Mexico and conquers the Aztec people in 1521. This was a major victory by European invaders over indigenous people on the North American continent. Later it spread as France and Britain (mainly) began colonizing North America and systematically annihilate its native cultures.
2. The Protestant Reformation: 1517 – Martin Luther (1483-1546) challenged the Catholic church and its sale of indulgences (fees to remove sin). By the middle of 1518 his work The Ninety-Five Theses had been widely distributed in Europe, aided in large part by Johannes Guten-
   berg’s (1398-1468) movable type printing press. This watershed event led to the reformation of the Catholic Church, and paved the way for secular communication to overturn the power structures of Europe. (Later the French Revolution and other such events would keep monarchies and power structures in check by the will of the people). Luther was excommunicated on June 15, 1520 when he refused to recant 41 assertions from the 95 theses.

December 1631-1639

• Taj Mahal Built: 1631-1648 – This has become a universal symbol and monument of enduring beauty (Venus) and Power (Sun).
• Church Being Challenged – Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was tried after publishing Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, February 22, 1632, supporting Copernicus' theories of geocentrism. On June 21, 1633 Galileo Galilei was tortured and threatened by Inquisition to "abjure, curse and detest" his Copernican heliocentric views. On June 22, 1633 Galileo was again forced by the Pope to recant that the Earth orbits the Sun. On October 31, 1992, the Vatican admitted it was in error and apologized.
• First College in America: September 8, 1636 – Harvard College, the first college in America, was founded as Cambridge College. Two years later it changed its name in honor of the Reverend John Harvard, who gave the institution three hundred books and a large sum of money for
  the day.
• Birth of Dom Perignon (inventor of Champagne): 1638 – By introducing blending in the vineyard and cellaring practices the French monk Dom Pérignon (1638-1715) made champagne a better wine.
• First Printing Press and Post Office in America – Operation began in September 25, 1639 and November 15, 1639.
• Discourse on the Method, 1637 – published by René Descartes (1596-1650) containing his famous statement "I doubt; therefore I am.". The Father of Modern Philosophy invented analytic geometry in order to reduce the description of phenomena to a set of numbers. Catholic theologians placed the Discourse on the Index of forbidden books.

June 1761-1769

• Coronation_of_King_George_III_of_England: Sep 21, 1761''' – George was German and had been Elector of Hanover.
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) played in Versailles, France: January 1st, 1764 – for the Royal Family. The young artist was
  8 years old then.
• Taxation Without Representation Decried by US Settlers: 24. May 1764 – Bostonian lawyer James Otis denounced it and called for the colonies to unite in demonstrating their opposition to Britain’s new tax measures.
• The Stamp Act Imposed on US Colonists: March 22, 1765 – Britain enacted the Stamp Act, the first direct British tax, to raise money from
  the American colonies.
• California Settled: March 1769 – King Carlos III of Spain chose Don Jose Galvez to protect interests in Mexico. Galvez sent Gaspar de
  Portola and Father Junipero Serra with 62 Spanish soldiers out to establish a settlement at San Diego. In March 1769 Captain Portola set
  out with a group of soldiers, priests, Christian Native Americans and muleteers North. They were the first European land expedition to sight
  the San Francisco Bay from land.

December 1874-1882

• French Impressionism: 1874 – First major exhibition of french impressionism painting and the main group of artists (Degas, Monet, Manet, Sisley) exhibiting together eight times between 1874 and 1886.
• First Commercial Typewriter: 1874 – Philo Remington manufactured the first practical commercial typewriter containing only capital letters
  and placed on the market.
• The American Theosophical Society founded on 17. November 1875 – by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891) Russian-German occultist, spiritualist medium, author, and Colonel Henry Steele Olcott (1832-1907) US American military officer, lawyer, journalist, It was
  set up to study occult phenomena and literature. Early members included Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) and Gen. Abner Doubleday.
  Its three main principles were:
  "To form a nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color; to encourage the comparative study of religion, science and philosophy; and to investigate the unexplained laws of nature and the powers latent in humanity."
• Telephone Revolutionizes Communication: March 10, 1876 – by Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) made the first telephone call.
  His assistant, in an adjoining room in Boston, heard Bell say over the experimental device:
  "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
• Modern Ballet Begins: April 22, 1876 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) completed his "Swan Lake" ballet.
• Custer’s Last Stand at Little Big Horn: June 25, 1876 – In the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana, Gen. George A. Custer and some
  250 men in his 7th Cavalry were massacred by the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians.
• Epic The Ring Revolutionizes Opera: August 13, 1876 – Richard Wagner’s (1813-1883) monumental epic, "The Ring of the Nibelung" premiered (with 4 operas on 4 consecutive nights) at the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany.
• First Baseball Game: April 22, 1877 – The first National League baseball game was played.
• Battle of the American Northwest: June 16, 1877 – The Nez Perce War began in the northwestern US. The First Squadron of the First Regiment, the oldest cavalry unit in the US, fought the Apaches and the Nez Perces.
• Edison Phonograph Announced: November 21, 1877 – Inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) announced the invention of his phonograph.
• Edison Light Company: October 15, 1878 – Thomas Alva Edison incorporated Edison Electric Light Company and made electricity available for household usage on October 18, 1878.
• Telephone Company Consolidation: March 13, 1879 – New England Telephone and Bell Telephone merged to become the National Bell Telephone Company
• Woolworth Opened First Store: June 21, 1879 – Frank W. Woolworth opened his 1st store, which failed almost immediately. He added
  10-cent items to the Great 5-Cent Store in Lancaster, Pa., and created Woolworth’s five-and-ten. With emphasis on affordable, discounted
  items and chain stores Woolworth revolutionized the retail business.
• The Era of Organized Labor Begins: November 17, 1881 – Under Samuel Gompers, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Union
  of the United States was formed, a precursor to the American Federation of Labor.

June 2004-2012 (era between Venus cycles)

• Powerful financial cartels and corporations that control resources rise and fall.
• Natural and man-made disasters conspire to unite mankind.
• Global Economic Collapses: starting September 2008 – Interdependence among nations becomes poignant.
• Mobile devices (iPhone) introduced – A new paradigm in personal communication, aesthetics and commerce.
• Facebook / Social Media Renaissance – Uniting the world in real time on mobile devices.
• Lack of Privacy – New technology defy secrecy and require transparency.
• Social revolutions: Arab Spring Driven by Social Media Inspiring The Masses. – Oppression has nowhere to hide.
• Occupy Movement Worldwide – sets out in response to the multinational oligarchic corpotocracies.

Historian W. Edwards Deming and statistician Walter A. Shewhart along with other colleagues have noted that

The gestation cycle of a human being takes 260 [20x13] days.

Ancient Colosseum during heavy snowfalls, Rome, 4. February 2012

In his 1976 essay The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival¹⁵ British scholar commanding general during World War I
John Bagot Glubb (1897-1986) observed the life cycle of empires. They last for about 250 years covering the span of
rougly 10 generations. Empires develop during six consecutive phases:
1. Pioneers 2. Conquests 3. Commerce 4. Affluence 5. Intellect 6. Decadence¹⁶

Glubb concluced:

1. We do not learn from history because our studies are brief and prejudiced.
2. In a surprising manner, 250 years emerges as the average length of national greatness.
3. This average has not varied for 3,000 years [lasting over ten generations].
4. The stages of the rise and fall of great nations seem to be [these ages]:
   Pioneers (outburst) ⇔ Conquests ⇔ Commerce ⇔ Affluence ⇔ Intellect ⇔ Decadence.
5. Decadence is marked by:
   Defensiveness · Pessimism · Materialism · Frivolity · Influx of foreigners · Welfare State · Weakening of religion.
6. Decadence is due to:
   Too long a period of wealth and power · Selfishness · Love of money · The loss of a sense of duty.
7. The life histories of great states are amazingly similar, and are due to internal factors.
8. Their falls are diverse, because they are largely the result of external causes.
9. History should be taught as the history of the human race, though of course with emphasis on the history of the student's own country.