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The astrology of the Metaverse: It’s all about Aquarius

Facebook recently changed its name to “Meta” in anticipation of the increasing fusion between the “real” world and the virtual world. This fusion is the result of the capabilities offered by ever increasing speeds of internet connection, from text and images (3G) to video (4G) to an increasingly enhanced reality, or “augmented reality” (5G). You may find this exciting, or you may find it terrifying. Regardless of your feelings, this global transformation is already underway. Back in 2014 Mark Zuckerberg anticipated this shift when he bought the Virtual Reality company Oculus, saying “One day, we believe this kind of immersive, augmented reality will become a part of daily life for billions of people.”

I’ve been writing about this for many years (there is a whole category of articles on this blog called Future Shock) – the idea of the Singularity, that at some point humanity and technology will merge – is a fascinating one and very much tied into the idea of Aquarius. Aquarius is not the “peace, love and understanding” referred to in the musical “Hair.” Aquarius is ruled traditionally by Saturn, planet of control and structure, and its modern transformational ruler is Uranus. Uranus, like Saturn, can be cold and dispassionate but unlike Saturn’s penchant for rules, Uranus seeks to break free of restrictions in order to develop new paradigms. Aquarius, therefore, marks the boundary between the structure that holds human society together, and the need to break through antiquated social structures to change with the times.

Uranus also governs modern technology, which after all did not really begin until after its discovery date of 1781. Although Ben Franklin had “discovered” electricity in 1752, there was no way to […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2021-11-26T14:08:16-05:00November 26th, 2021|Future Shock, Technology|4 Comments

Uranus in Pisces and “Ubiquitous Computing”

I read an article the other day that mentioned “ubiquitous computing” which resonates so clearly of the mutual reception between Uranus in Pisces and Neptune in Aquarius that I had to do a little more research. We call this “mutual reception” because both Uranus and Neptune are in the signs that is ruled by the other – Uranus in Pisces, ruled by Neptune, and Neptune in Aquarius, ruled by Uranus. Mutual reception intensifies the strength of the astrological influence, which in this case combines the blurring of the boundaries that Neptune/Pisces inspires with the technological detachment of Uranus/Aquarius. (See these links for other articles on the subject.)

Neptune entered Aquarius in 1998, and Uranus entered Pisces in 2002. Both planets change signs this year, but there’s no disputing the fact that the mutual reception between these two planets have created the sense that computing and living with electronic screens is absolutely ubiquitous.

Although the actual expression “ubiquitous computing” was first coined in 1988, we could argue that the idea became a reality with the release of the Iphone. In an interesting astrological timing, Steve Jobs announced in 2003, with Uranus having just entered Pisces, that cellphones would become important instruments for computer access, and subsequently announced the Iphone launch in 2007.

The notion of “ubiquitous computing” has become a field of study in itself, Financial giant Citi’s representative said, “Ubiquitous computing is about embedding computing into our daily lives, it is social, cross platform, cross device, cross OS by default. Today, email is ubiquitous and social graph-based apps are also ubiquitous. ” According to Wikipedia 27 countries currently host research centers in the field.

Now that Uranus is moving into Aries and Neptune into Pisces, […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2011-02-20T16:58:54-05:00February 20th, 2011|Technology|Comments Off

Digital Astrology: What kind of tech user are you?

PC World brings us this interesting report from the Pew Research Center on the different types of tech users and suggests that perhaps there’s an astrological connection:

With all the various forms of smartphones and laptops entering our lives, it sometimes seems like the Internet is becoming a part of us: The connection is always on, and information is always just a click away. It turns out, though, the majority of Americans don’t feel that mobile electronics are tethering them to the digital world — in fact, most adults see the devices as being distant and unimportant parts of their lives.

A new report by the Pew Research Center attempts to categorize people into 10 different types of tech users. You could call it a kind of astrology for the digital age: a set of memorably named designations that tell you your preferences and personality when it comes to the electronic world. (Sorry — no “heavenly bodies” involved in this pseudo-science.

OK, there’s only ten categories, but if we get creative we can come up with sign correlations: Remember that each of our charts is made up of many different sign combinations, so this is for entertainment purposes only!

Digital Collaborators: 8% of adults use information gadgets to collaborate with others and share their creativity with the world. These are the Libras – the ones for whom relationships and connections are critical, and probably also the Leos who feel that everything they do is important enough to be shared with the greater universe.

Ambivalent Networkers: 7% of adults heavily use mobile devices to connect with others and entertain themselves, but they don’t always like it when the cell phone rings. It would be Aries and Scorpio, the Mars-ruled signs, that like to control when […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2020-11-03T13:28:12-05:00March 30th, 2009|Astrology in the news, Technology|Comments Off

Apple Inc News: Steve Jobs’ Mars Problem

Steve Jobs is the creative genius behind the Apple Computing brand. After Jobs was forced out in 1985 the company floundered, reviving after he staged a takeover that brought him back as CEO.

Jobs has an interesting chart with the Sun in Pisces. Pisces is the sign of spirituality and transcending the boundaries of ordinary physical reality. Pisces types are typically creative, inspirational, easygoing and meditative with a thirst for a spiritual experience. They are also emotional and can be quite sensitive. After dropping out of college, Jobs spent some time in 1974 backpacking through India, studying meditation and experimenting with psychedelic drugs.

Jupiter (optimism and confidence) is conjunct Uranus (innovation and radical behavior) in Jobs’ chart, signifying a person with a deeply restless nature, but also an innate ability to innovate and create. Mars (the planet that defines how we assert our will and express our aggressive instinct) in his chart is in Aries, the sign which it rules. That is an extremely forceful place for Mars to be; yet Jobs is a sensitive and easygoing Pisces.

Mars is afflicted in his chart: it is opposed by Neptune, the ruler of Pisces and a very watery planet – you know what happens when you pour a bucket of water (Neptune) over fire (Mars), the fire is likely to go out. Mars is also in a challenging aspect to the Jupiter/Uranus combination, which shows that Jobs can have a very short fuse, but he may not, with his strongly Piscean nature, be able to release that fiery expression very easily.

It is said of Steve Jobs that he makes his own rules, which we can see in the Mars (drive) square to Jupiter/Uranus (radical behavior), and that […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2009-01-14T06:32:10-05:00January 14th, 2009|People, Technology|Comments Off

Happy Birthday Google! And a Look at the Chrome Browser

I downloaded the Chrome browser from Google yesterday, and I have to say I love it!! It’s fast, intuitive, it knows all of the sites I like and finds them quickly. Chrome was released on September 2, with the Sun conjunct Saturn (restriction and hard work) in Virgo within one degree. Fortunately, Jupiter (success and abundance) made a trine to the Sun and Saturn that day, lending its optimism and positive outlook to the discipline of Saturn making this a very fortunate time to release the new browser. Moreover, Jupiter made an exact trine to the Sun in the Google chart (9/7/1998, Menlo Park, California) with Saturn and the Sun in close conjunction.

The chart for the Chrome browser includes the triple conjunction of Venus, Mercury and Mars all in Libra. Chrome is an open-source venture, and the Google folks say they want to “collaborate with the entire community to help drive the web forward.” With all of the personal planets in Libra, the sign of partnership, this is likely to be a resounding success. The only challenge is here is that Jupiter in the Chrome chart makes a square to Mars, signifying a tendency to be overconfident and perhaps impractical.

Except for the Jupiter square the astrology for the Chrome browser looks very good!! And the chart for Chrome ties in nicely with the Google chart, including a beautiful trine from Mars in the Google chart to Uranus in the Chrome chart which suggests that the motivations of Google (Mars) will serve to successfully implement Google’s goal to facilitate completely unique ways (Uranus) of exploring the Web.

Right now Chrome is only available for Windows XP and Vista, but you can get […]

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