Where’s My Time Machine?
As Astrologer Austin Coppock tells
us, “On February 10th, we are treated a penumbral lunar eclipse at 22 Leo, the
first of many on the axis which connects the Lion and the Water-Bearer. This
eclipse occurs with the Sun and Moon occupying degrees configured tightly to
this year’s Jupiter-Uranus opposition, and moving the game of 2017 along,
turning over another set of cards.”
Holy moly.
I have little understanding of what all that means astrologically, but I do
know that magically the confluence of the full moon, an eclipse, and, oh yes, a
“strange green comet” as Elizabeth Howell tells us will be visible along with
the “full snow moon eclipse.”
Most
magical practitioners will say not to do magick during an eclipse, and that too
many weird things happening in the sky should just make us stay home and hide
under the bed. Others will say that this is the perfect time to harness the
power of the moon. And most of us will say that the power of the moon is
symbolic in spellwork anyway, not literal, so do what thou wilt. I won’t be
doing any magick; having been poleaxed by The Year of the Rooster I’m spoiling
for a fight, and I’m not ready to calm down enough to do any magick tonight,
weird astronomical configurations or no.
Now, Austin also invokes one of
my all-time favorite movies, 1960’s The
Time Machine with Rod Taylor, a beautiful film adaptation of the H.G. Wells
novel. I think a lot of us wish for a time machine right now; I don’t want to
live in the world I’m living in at the moment, a time in which all of the
societal progress that has been made in my lifetime is about to be swept away
at the point of a pen by a barely literate con man. But hey, that’s just me.
Tonight
might be a good time to watch the film and to think of all the truly beautiful
things out there. Many of them do come from a time before we were born, a time
in which society was in great upheaval and in which factories had not yet
mass-produced everything we use. I’m so glad that the handcrafting movement is
back, and once again we can find handcrafted goods by talented people.
Maybe
someone will make that time machine after all. If not, then at least we can
dream about one. Sweet dreams—I’m exhausted. Have a gander at the following for
more information:
Coppock, Austin. “February 2017: Time Machine,”https://austincoppock.com/astrology-february-2017/
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