IVIV. p.40 Coy's not dead?

Doug Millison dougmillison at comcast.net
Sun Sep 6 10:21:17 CDT 2009


The stars never lie!  Thanks for posting that, Otto.  In my simpler- 
minded moments, I chalk it all up to the huge dark shadow that  
engulfed the US in WWII, well illustrated in GR, when the soldiers  
came "back" from the War that never ends.  All that violence and pain,  
sublimated into rich chocolaty consumption goodness, capitalizing on  
the tainted fruit of Nazi technology, bleeding at the Cold War edges,  
sowing the assassination wind and reaping the whirlwind.  No wonder  
Slothrop unthinkingly dives down the toilet to hold onto his  
harmonica; music is one of the few things capable of redeeming this  
world of shit (especially when we groove with it together, in company  
with other humans). No wonder Coy and Hope, children of this Greatest  
Generation, bond in a flurry of barf and shit (38), a cute meet that  
effectively couples 2 great streams of post-WWII American culture:   
binge & purge.


> Otto:

> Uranus square Neptune / Neptune square Uranus - astrological aspect
>
> [. . .]
>
> Reflecting this collective conflict, the individuals born at the time
> received a pattern of rebellion (Uranus) which was mixed with
> confusion (Neptune) over what to do, which direction to travel in, how
> to achieve objectives, even what these objectives actually were. The
> only model that could be absorbed was that of their parents and peers,
> which offered conflicting and confusing social messages.
>
> The problem in later life would become ambivalence; they would be torn
> between a need to revolt against authority and the establishment, and
> a need to feel socially secure. Purity of ideals would become a
> challenge, especially when confronted with the pragmatic demands of
> economic and family life.

> [. . .]

> http://www.astrologyweekly.com/astrological-aspects/uranus-square-neptune.php




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