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Gemini005

Gemini005

I enjoy your shows, you are Awesome! I love your energy!

stargazr1976

stargazr1976

Just wanted to say Hello and thanks for the help and advice in the past Brad. You have a true gift.

EVIL-LLAMA

EVIL-LLAMA

Ok Brad I might have jinxed ya on the show by picking on you being a gemini and being electronicly challenged. I was able to listen to the show a couple days later. You are still so amazing with your vast knowledge in the astrological field. have fun and keep reaching to the stars.

lovegurublaire

lovegurublaire

Interesting show. I enjoyed it!

EVIL-LLAMA

EVIL-LLAMA

I hope to be able to see you tomorrow. Taurus show maybe someting is in it for the Twins. We told them all about you too Brad.

WickedWahine

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Congats, Brad! See you at your next show!

Brad Kronen  

Astrology, Karma and the art of Tarot in the Everyday World with the first Astrologer on reality TV and one of the world's best Tarot Readers, Brad Kronen

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  • On Demand Episodes

    Date / Time:

    Autumn Cocktails - The Deliciousness of Libran Charm and the Banter of Air Signs

    Autumn Cocktails:

    The Deliciousness of Libran Charm and the Banter of Air Signs

     
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    As an air sign, I must admit that I always look forward to any kind of banter or catching up with my fellow air supplies - especially my Libran friends. And upon the Autumn Equinox and first day of Libra, I had this special quipping on Facebook with an old Libran friend of mine that exemplifies..............well, just read it and laugh, you'll see what I mean.

    JL,Libra: Recent photo evidence of paranormal activity at the Twain House! Discuss it over a beer at our upcoming Tapping into Twain Oktoberfest.

    Me, Gemini: JL, Are we making fun of the spirit world? They only like being in a joke if they're compared to Kate Moss or some other starved celebrity, that kind of thing.

    JL, Libra: Brad - I wouldn't dream of making fun of the spirit 
     

    world. I've been indulging in spirits since I got home. I'm about to have another "encounter" with some vodka.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    PLUTO: Do You Think I'd name a Show after it if it WASN'T a Planet?

    Pluto is named for the god of the underworld in Roman mythology (Hades in Greek). Whenever Pluto needed to travel to the domain of the living, he always wore his trusty invisible helmet. Pluto rules the domain of death, and it's placement in one's chart as well as the 8th house is an area where we will be "destroyed" in order to experience transformative change. Pluto also rules anything that is core but hidden beneath the surface. Modern astrologers have given Pluto the prominence it deserves because it's placement is an area that is of very very small size but is of massively intense concentration - our most powerful subconscious drives that many of us have no control over. Pluto wore that invisible helmet because like the subconscious it goes sight unseen for quite a long time until some trivial thing triggers it and then all hell breaks loose - literally. Through Freud and other pioneering psychologists, modern man has realized that the subconscious is a force unto itself and if left ignored it can take hold of us - making us powerless to control it and dominating life until it is conquered. The same can be said with that chunk of ice we actually call Pluto, when a space probe finally reaches the outermost satellite of our Sun, I'm very sure they will be shocked the actual stuff that Pluto is made of is of the thickest density! If you still are not amused, consider this - Pluto rules the underworld in general, which includes the Mafia, it also rules fascism or anarchy type establishments as well as sexual or taboo power. With that said, is it no coincidence that Pluto was discovered in 1931 - when, in the US the Mafia clans were brutally trying to claim dominance over the post Prohibition markets as well as the Hollywood censors covering up the blatant sexuality and bawdiness American films had in the decadent 20's while in Europe, Hitler and Mussolini were beginning their ascent of fascist totalitarianism and tyranny.) Enough said!

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    PLUTO: Do You Think I'd name a Show after it if it WASN'T a Planet?

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    PLUTO:

    Do You Think I'd name a Show after it if it WASN'T a Planet?

     

     

    Where: www.blogtalkradio.com

    When: Monday, September 21st, 8PM PST (Plutonian Subconscious Time)

     

    All social rules and all relations between individuals are eroded by a cash economy, avarice drags Pluto himself out of the bowels of the earth. – Karl Marx

     

    “Oh let me see Pluto
    It seems such a gas
    With oceans of methane
    And petrified grass

    Let's go to Pluto
    Let's live on the dot
    See the bad moon rising
    In a lunacy knot”


    -The Creatures, “Pluto Drive”

     

     

    Well folks we've reached the end of our solar system by finally alighting upon the most controversial of planets, I mean moons, I mean asteroids, whatever you would like to call it - PLUTO. I may not be able to prove to many of you my vocal insistence that yes indeedy, Pluto is not only a planet but is a major component of the human psyche, but withhold all immediate arguments until you've read this announcement in its entirety.

     

    Pluto is named for the god of the underworld in Roman mythology (Hades in Greek). Whenever Pluto needed to travel to the domain of the living, he always wore his trusty invisible helmet. This will all tie in, trust me. Pluto rules the domain of death, and it's placement in one's chart as well as the 8th house is an area where we will be "destroyed" in order to experience transformative change. Besides the obvious task of destruction and pillaging, Pluto also rules anything that is core but hidden beneath the surface. It is in recent years that astrologers have given Pluto the prominence it deserves because it's placement is an area that is of very very small size but is of massively intense concentration - our most powerful subconscious drives that many of us have no control over. Pluto wore that invisible helmet because like the subconscious it goes sight unseen for quite a long time until some trivial thing triggers it and then all hell breaks loose - literally.

    Through Freud and Jung and other pioneering psychologists, modern man has realized that the subconscious is a force unto itself and if left ignored or undetected, it can take hold of us -  making us utterly powerless to control it and dominating every facet of the life until it is conquered. The same can be said with that chunk of ice we actually call Pluto, when a space probe finally reaches the outermost satellite of our Sun, I'm very sure they will be shocked that although small in diameter the actual stuff that Pluto is made of is of the thickest density!

     

    If you still are not amused, consider this - Pluto rules the underworld in general, which includes the Mafia, it also rules fascism or anarchy type establishments as well as sexual or taboo power. With that said, is it no coincidence that Pluto was discovered in 1931 - when, in the United States the Mafia clans were brutally trying to claim dominance over the post Prohibition markets as well as the Hollywood censors were on a free for all to cover up the blatant sexuality and bawdiness American films had in the decadent 20's while in Europe, Hitler and Mussolini were beginning their ascent of fascist totalitarianism and tyranny.)
    Enough said!

     

    So join me won’t you?  Or else Nemesis will come a knocking……..

     

    “Priests and cannibals, prehistoric animals
    Everybody happy as the dead come home
    Big Black Nemesis, parthenogenesis
    No one move a muscle as the dead come home”

    -Shriekback, “Nemesis”

     

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    Neptune: Unbewußt, Höchste Lust

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    Neptune:

    Unbewußt, Höchste Lust

     

    Süß in Düften
    Mich verhauchen?
    In dem wogenden Schwall,
    In dem tönenden Schall,
    In des Welt-Atems
    Wehendem All---
    Ertrinken,
    Versinken ---
    Unbewußt ---
    Höchste Lust!

     

    Sweetly in fragrances
    melt away?
    In the billowing torrent,
    In the resonating sound,
    -In the wafting Universe
    of the World-Breath
    drown,
    be engulfed ---
    Unconscious ---
    Supreme delight!

     

    www.blogtalkradio.com

    Wednesday, September 17th, 2009

    8PM, PST

     

    Neptune - Truly the planet that is the least understood and the hardest to grasp.  Even Pluto with all its controversy has more light shed on its physicality as well as its subconscious effect in one's chart.  But for each person, the placement of Neptune is their own greatest mystery.  Neptune is the planet of boundary-lessness, where one desires to lose onself fully; in either illusion, deception, spirituality, addiction, psychic perception or bliss.

     

    The image chosen to depict the power of this planetary influence is a pre-Raphaelite masterpiece by John Everett Millais called “Ophelia” referencing the demise of the same named character in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.  Shakespeare in his greatness leaves Ophelia’s death open ended for every person.  Her vulnerable nature renders her insane to Hamlet’s mental torture but as she at first billows and then sinks in the water is she in a state of pitiable misery or Neptunian ecstasy?

     

    You may be reading this shows title and saying "What the hell?"  but if you say "What the Neptune?" it's much more fitting.)  The words "Unbewußt, Höchste Lust" are the last words in Richard Wagner's Opera, Tristan und Isolde, a musical retelling of an Irish myth where a man and woman mistakenly drink a love potion, fall hopelessly in love, and are forced to be separated.  Tristan in his sorrow kills himself.  Isolde finds his dying body and after drinking poison sings the "Liebestod" or Death of Love and her final words "Unbewusst Hochste Lust" translate to "Unconscious,  Supreme Delight!".  To hear this sublime piece of music, please go to this link:

     

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKKEupnO8_0&feature=related

     

    This is where I first heard the Liebestod and was left speechless when hearing it sung by the incomparable Jessye Norman, who on the last note is transfigured to a state of Neptunian bliss!

     

    Neptune's placement in one's chart is where one desires to be like Isolde and Ophelia and completely lose oneself. 

     

    So join me won’t you? Get some deep breaths because we are going far under the surface for this planet - NEPTUNE!

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    Neptune Fun Fact - It is no coincidence that the year that Neptune was discovered by humanity, 1846, also ushered in a style of music and art that is quintessentially Neptunian – The Romantic Era.


    Brad Kronen

    www.fingerofdestiny.com

    www.bradkronen.webs.com

    www.moli.com/bradkronen

     

     

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    Philip Glass - The New Frontier / Uranus - Song of the Day Part TWO

    COMMENTS REGARDING GLASS’ CURRENT WORK IN PROCESS,

    THE OPERA, “KEPLER”

     

    Glass: “Then there’s a whole side of Kepler which is completely bonkers by scientific standards but yet from the side of the dreamer, the poet...”

    Glass does not finish this statement due to the interviewer (whose uncanny sense of timing made me want to attempt to telepathically have his head explode) interrupting the composer by saying “LIKE ALCHEMY!” which began a discourse on the favorite study of every medeaval kook and quack: alchemy. Let me do some interjecting of my own, if I may,  by saying that even though astrology is under the domain of Uranus, the sign that is ruled by Uranus, Aquarius, condescendingly considers astrology to be a bunch of irrationally emotional hoopla and nothing like the o so mentally cold and analytical intellectual deity, Science. Call me Dr. Phil, but if allowed the chance to complete his thoughts, I think Glass, as an Aquarian, was ready to make an insider’s joke with the audience that although the stuff of lunacy, there is something sentimentally adorable  about a whack job scientist who resorts to astrology.

     

    You wanna talk lunacy?  Try telling an Aquarian that Utopia has not, can not, and will not ever exist!  But I digress……….

     

    Glass goes on to talk about a pivotal event in Kepler’s life regarding a thwarted invasion of the Turks on Austria due to Kepler’s astrological predictions:

     

    Glass: “By luck, maybe it wasn’t luck, (Maybe Voodoo Magic perhaps?) He managed to predict the invasion of the Turks across the Austrian border, the place and the date and he informed the government of that. And By God! The Turks showed up on the exact day and time that Kepler predicted!”

     

    Glass then finishes Kepler’s tale by telling the audience what befell the astronomer after his application of Astrology with events that did indeed come to pass:

     

    Glass: “His living was made for life. He did it through astrology, or so he says.”

    Thankfully at this point I was NOT imbibing liquids – Luck? Maybe not…..

     

    And just when Brad thought he was safe……….

     

    Glass: “He had an astrological chart that predicted that. And from that moment on he (Kepler) could make his living doing charts, which he hated. He hated doing it but that’s how he made his living. That was his cab driving in those days.”

     

    For those of you who don’t even know me from a hole in the wall, take a mental leap and try to picture my facial expression at this point of the interview……….By the way, the phrase “cab driving” is self referential.  That was Glass’ “modus of torture” whilst being a struggling composer in NYC in the late 60’s and 70’s.…. At least he didn’t get stuck with that chump job of doing charts!!!

    O wait, that was a sucker’s way to make a living 500 years ago, my bad!

     

    Upon completion of random chortles and tittering coming from the audience  in the overall scoffing of astrology, Glass intimates that after “Kepler”, he is practically confirmed on what the subject matter of his next opera will be.

    An opera dealing with the end of the life of a person who I myself have brought up on numerous occasions and have personally bequeathed him “one of the most evil people in History.”  You guessed it!  WALT DISNEY! Going by the title of the book that Glass is using as his main point of reference, I’m sure you’ll all agree this new piece may well may be the operatic equivalent of “The Exorcist”.

     

    Here I must interject again by saying that Uranus by transit, or currently in the sky now is in the sign of Pisces, the sign of fantasy and delusion.  The genius of the Uranian mind is to mentally pick up the overall zeitgeist, or feeling of the times, since Uranus is the planet of rebellion with the goal of egalitarianism in mind.  Back to the horror that is Disney:

     

    Glass: “I was propositioned to write about Disney by the author of the latest book about him called “Walt Disney “The Perfect American” (Brad is frozen in a screeching silent scream) Disney is another one of these guys: feet in the mud, head in the clouds. (If by “clouds” he means Nazi’s a**es, then I concur wholeheartedly.)

     

    Glass theorized in true Aquarian dualistic fashion how fascinating it was that the man so deified for work that he essentially did not do, was the same man who was openly proud that the only women allowed in his buildings were secretaries and the only African Americans allowed on the Disney Studio premises were there to trim the grass! The composer then captured the overall zeitgeist of his planetary ruler’s current transit in the sign of delusion, deception, idealism, fantasy and of film itself by making this powerful statement:

     

    “Walt Disney is responsible for a global fantasy.”

     

    Kind of sums up Uranus’ current placement in Pisces quite effectively, I must say.

     

    Good Night Folks! Thanks for Stopping By!!!!

     

    Ummm, Brad this is a MUSIC piece, remember?

     

    My apologies, I was looking at the latest rates to rent a cab.  Music, right!

     

     

    WHITE RAVEN

    I saw a staged performance of White Raven by Philip Glass and it changed the way I actually see music! The opera touches upon discoveries throughout time beginning with the expeditions of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama.  The actual piece of music I have chosen from the opera to represent the futuristic and inventive dynamics of the planet Uranus ironically takes place in the distant past but upon hearing the music performed and especially seeing it in a live venue, the scene produces an electrical tension where all of one’s senses are on vigilant guard!

     

    The music houses the royal court of the King and Queen of Portugal, Manuel I and Isabella in the year 1503. Da Gama has just returned from his 2nd momentous voyage where he daringly ventured around the Cape of Good Hope to the Indian Ocean over to Calcutta, down to Ethiopa and the eastern coastline of Africa and back again to Portugal. Despite da Gama’s horrific acts of violence and aggression against both Muslims and Hindus, his voyage is a triumphant success, mainly from the looting and pillaging of goods from the victims of his attacks. The discoverer tells his Queen with great pomp and majesty of the various spices he came upon that were never heard of before such as Cinnamon, Cloves, Ginger and Nutmeg; hitherto unbeknownst food stuffs such as Walnuts and Peppers;  plus newly found land that bore vast deposits of silver, gold, rubies, sapphires, as well as coastline that yielded pearls and other precious stones – all of it claimed in the name of Portugal! He also relays to his monarch the suffering and tragedies he bore witness to;  such as the sick and dying conditions of most of the colonists on the island of Goa, the victims of the many Muslim attacks of jihad in  Mozambique, the decay and disrepair of his fleet of ships from his first Expedition, and most ominously “La Ruina de Costada”, the man made ruining of the Coast. The Queen commends da Gama and promises to relay his findings to the King.

     

    The music begins just after da Gama has left the court and The Queen is approaching King Manuel I.  Isabella begins by repeating the new names of food and spices that da Gama has just enlightened her of, and she announces them in an almost suspended dream like state which is of both fascination and trepidation. She then proclaims the list of jewels and precious stones that the explorer has brought back to Portugal with him.  There is a very pregnant hesitation before Queen Isabella tells the King that along with all these strange and new things, da Gama has come upon unchartered lands rich in natural deposits of silver and gold and has claimed them for Portugal.

     

    King Manuel does not even look in the Queen’s direction but is transfixed in a haze of gluttony of power and sheer greed as he begins to state out loud the additions of royal titles to his name as well as the names of the lands he now rules as King of an ever expanding empire!

     

    We now sense that Isabella saw this coming all along as far as her husband’s one track focus on riches and power are concerned, she then immediately speaks over Manuel’s musings of now being “Lord of Guinea and of all Navigation and Commerce.” She attempts to relay to the King the pain and sorrow that da Gama has witnessed, but to no avail.  She then reverts to the dreamlike state of nervously fascinated wonder and dread as when she first bore her tidings and exits declaring the names of the spices that have barely just been added to her schemata of all that is part of this brave and terrible New World.

     

    In this very short range of performance time, Glass’ music puts our minds into the motion of the space/time continuum by creating a dynamic of mental energy that is filled with both awed wonder with the discovery of all things new as well as electrified dread from the  foreshadowing of heartache that has yet to befall both humanity and the planet itself.

     

    And speaking of continuums, I’ll end this piece by bringing us full circle back to that most recent of interviews with a statement made by Mr. Glass that moves us from the modern day forward into all that is futuristic.  He looked the interviewer square in the eye and proclaimed:

     

    “I’ve discovered a new frontier. The new frontier for me is classical music.”

     

    For the rest of us, the new frontier is Philip Glass himself since his music foretells of our future as a global whole and is the voice of the newly reigned Age of Aquarius!

     

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    ***Link to view the scene “Canela y Clavo” Cinnamon and Cloves from the Opera, White Raven by Philip Glass:

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pyp910_juU

     

     

    ***Link to hear the April 16th, 2009 interview of “In Conversation: Philip Glass and Tim Page”

     

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LDwqwOkNlA

     

    Opening lyrics to “Canela, Clavo” from White Raven

     

    Canela  Cinnamon

    Clavo Cloves

    Pimiento Pepper

    Jengibre Ginger

    Nuez Nutmeg

    Moscada Walnuts

    Benjui  Benzoin

    Ambar Amber

    Almizcle Musk

    Perlas Pearls

    Rubies Rubies

    Zafiros  Sapphires

     

    Y toda clase de Perdreria

    And all classes of precious stones

     

    Las Viejas Naves Maltrechas

    Old and Battered Ships

     

    Las Gavias Rotas

    Broken Topsails

     

    Las Amuras Rendidas

    The Rendered Bows

     

    La Ruina de Costado

    The Ruining of the Coast

     

    Luto Envejecido

    Ancient Mourning

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    Philip Glass - The New Frontier / Uranus - Song of the Day Part ONE

    PHILIP GLASS

    THE NEW FRONTIER

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    Uranus – Song of the Day

    From Brad Kronen’s

    “Welcome to the Solar System” Series

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    And now, South Park Elementary presents the happy, non-offensive, non-denominational Christmas Play, with music and lyrics by New York minimalist composer, Philip Glass!

    [Philip Glass moves into position and starts playing his keyboards. The curtains draw back, and the kids look out at the audience. They begin to move around]

     

    Voice-over: As I turn and look into the sun, the rays burn my eyes [a track saying "Happy Happy Happy, Everybody Happy" is added, along with an arpeggio. Members of the audience look confused] How like a turtle the sun looks.

     

    Sheila Broflovski: What the hell is this??? [The kids just keep moving and turning] This is horrible!!!

     

    Priest: This is the most God-awful piece of crap I've ever seen!!

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    arpeggio - noun

    1. the sounding of the notes of a chord in rapid succession instead of simultaneously.

    2. a chord thus sounded.

    Also called:  broken chord.

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    The Simpsons – Episode “A Milhouse Divided”

    Gripped by the fear that his marriage may be as ill fated as their newly divorced neighbors, The Milhouses,  Homer pulls out every stop to show Marge that their matrimonial bonds are still strong, even if it means pretending to be cultural.

     

    Homer: “Look Marge! “An Evening with Philip Glass”

    Just an evening?”

     

    Philip Glass.  No cultured person should leave home without being able to reference something from an extensive and ever growing body of work from the man considered to be the world’s “greatest living composer today.”

     

    Even though I had a career as an opera singer, my exposure to any kind of non-mainstream music was by self exploration.  And when I first began my trek of foraging into that vast, unchartered territory that IS classical music, nothing would make me run for cover faster than hearing the words “Philip Glass”.

     

    When exploring the lands of the unknown and something is seen from one’s peripheral vision that is considered distant yet threatening, the male species of explorer will quickly attempt to cover his insecurity, lack of knowledge, or fear by loudly stating his false dominance of the area to all creatures within the sound of his voice:

     

    “Philip Glass?  I’m sorry but I like listening to music.”

     

     “O, so just because a bunch of people who wear a lot of black and get paid a ton of money making what they call “minimalist music” which is nothing more than a bunch of noises that any 4 year old could hammer out with a broken Jack-In-The-Box, deem that Glass guy’s stuff as “Art” means that I should too?  I don’t think so.”

     

    Even after doing a quick roundabout of this wild and foreign terrain by hearing a snippet of music from “Einstein on the Beach” or giving a short Glassian piano concerto a full listen through, I still felt the need to place myself in a superior position that was impervious to any kind of modern musical sphere of influence whenever I would smugly sum up Glass’ entire lexicon of work by calling him “The Arpeggio King”.

     

    Well folks, today I’m here to tell you that “The Arpeggio King” not only rules the new frontier of where classical music is headed, but that Philip Glass IS the new frontier!

     

    True brilliance, be it artistic, scientific, philosophical or otherwise is usually comprised of things that have never been thought of before (Inventiveness) or are created WAY ahead of their time (Futurism). And all of these qualities; Mental Brilliance, Inventive Genius, and Futuristic Foresight are under Uranus’ domain.

     

    Therefore, how could Philip Glass be born under ANY other sign other than that which is Uranian to the core – Aquarius?

     

    Maybe anything hinting of futurism produces a human knee jerk reaction of intrepidation or dread filled caution, simply because “the unkown” will most likely have to be addressed.  When I decided that Glass had to be the subject matter of my Uranian Music piece, I surprised myself by throwing myself into a delusional quandary over not knowing where to start looking for reference material since Glass was so prolific and there still could be so much music that I was unfamiliar with…….

     

    I went with the flow and looked for the most recent interview I could find, since Uranus is the planet that deals with things contemporary and beyond, and the first thing I stumbled upon was such a gold mine of things not only Uranian and Aquarian but lo! the Uranian artform known as astrology itself was also crammed into this 59 minute interview from April of 2009 with Pulitzer Prize music critic, Tim Page!

     

    I planned on taking notes or referencing direct quotes from that interview that pertained only to Uranian themes.  A mere 4 minutes would pass before realizing I was pretty much transcribing every word! Here are the main Uranian highlights from this most far thinking of Aquarians:

     

    Glass: “Very early on, (1963) I got interested in what we call “global” or “world” music.”

    This quote shows the Uranian sense of extending the theory of its 11th house rulership of “the group” and extending it to humanity at large. Ummm, Didn’t world music start around the same time those Benetton global ads were big in the early 90’s?  For the rest of us… possibly.  For the Uranian futurist, 30 years earlier.

     

    Glass: “In my encounters with world music, I came to the conclusion that all music was actually ethnic music.”

    The Uranian “Gestalt” perspective of taking diverse and unique parts and blending them into an equaniminous whole known as Utopia.  (and still way back and way before anyone else would catch on in 1963!)

     

     

    COMMENTS REGARDING HIS REACTIONARY WORK EARLY IN HIS CAREER, THE GROUNDBREAKING PIECE, “MUSIC IN SIMILAR MOTION” THAT REBELLED AGAINST HIS PRINCIPLES OF HARMONY PROFESSOR

     

    Glass: “I began to write music that was the opposite. But of course being the opposite of course is being the same.”

    The “Principle of Duality” that is one of, if not the biggest source of mental stimulation for not just the Uranian personality but for all rationally ruled air signs as well.

     

    Glass: (Regarding “Music In Similar Motion”) I was taking another look at harmony.  I began inventing a musical language.

    Necessity may be the cause for the rest of us, but for the Uranian person, rebellion and genius are the mothers of invention, a term which is the essence of that planet since an invention is a creation based on thoughts that had never been previously thought before!

     

    Glass: “To break the rules rigorously is to follow them unfailingly.”

    Duality in motion! And Aquarius is the one sign who, in this country especially, will resolutely and fixedly choose to live outside of society’s parameters resulting in the rest of us considering them outlaws and even anarchists, when, in reality, they are living within  a structure of life rife with the most dogmatic of self imposed rules!

     

    Mr. Page went on to ask Glass what music he was currently working on now. Glass replied, “I’m working on an opera based on the life of the ASTROLOGER, astronomer Kepler.”

    Those of you who are even just slightly acquainted with me know that Mr. Gemini at any given moment is doing at least 2 -3 things simultaneously. Those same people also know that I should take stock in Arizona Raspberry Iced Tea because of my incessant consumption of the liquid.  It should so happen that as the above question was being asked, I was just beginning a good heavy chugging of my liquid of choice which in turn ended up in a  hose-like dousing of my monitor and computer desk upon hearing Mr. Glass say the words “The Astrologer”!!

     

    Glass then expounded upon his choice of subject matter for his operas over the years:

     

    Glass: “I’ve been very drawn to figures in science: there was, of course, Einstein, (his opera, Einstein on the Beach) there’s Galileo (his opera, Galileo Galilei which yours truly attended the world premiere of in 2002 at The Brooklyn Academy of Music), I did a score for a film about Stephen Hawking called “A Brief History of Time”,

    so now the Kepler.”

    The highly analytical study of tangible facts called “Science” itself is under the domain of Uranus.  The “Scientific Method” is, in actuality, an exercise in Prediction since it takes Uranus’ genius of the rational mind and combines it with Uranian futurism by having the scientist “predict” or deduct the future based on the overall analysis of his or her experimental methods!

     

    Glass goes on to discuss his focus on great scientists throughout history in his operas:

     

    Glass: “To me, scientists are like poets. By bringing them into opera houses; what I’m doing is combining them and wrapping them into music.”

    Or maybe wrapping them in musical Utopia, Phil?

     

    When asked about the foundation of his interest in all People and Things Scientific?

     

    Glass: “By the age of 10 or 12 I belonged to an astronomy club in Baltimore where we made telescopes.”

    Telescopes? Hmmm, Telescopes. Didn’t a certain astrologer who just HAPPENS to have five planets in the 11th Uranian house of science and astrology very recently, almost in a synchronicity kind of way, write a piece on how a telescope, with its vision of scientific precision and balance, confirm the existence of God more or less?  I could be wrong, though……..

     

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    Uranus - Where do you dare..........to be different? from Brad Kronen's Welcome to the Solar System

    “Uranus is one of the most chaotic and disruptive systems in the solar system.” – Mark Showalter, Carl Sagan Center From a personal perspective, Uranus’ placement in our birth charts tells of where we claim our individuality, how we dare to break off from the crowd and blatantly display our unique differences (or lack thereof). It also hints at where some of us may have streaks of genius by having thoughts so brilliant and ahead of their time, they should be immediately patented! Multi Rainbow Mohawks and Chia Pet/Clap On Clap Offs aside, Uranus is not only daunting on a personal, individualized level but it is also the first of the “generational” planets which because of its far distance from the Sun and slower moving orbit, affects entire generations of us on Earth as it slowly trevails through each of the signs of the zodiac, therefore affecting the dynamics of history itself! When we take Uranus’ influence of an unapologetic flair of individuality in the individual’s birth chart and apply it to the annals of history with a generational theme we see that this planet has pretty much everything to do with: Rebellion, Anarchy, and Utopia. It still astounds me that the Planet of Rebellion was discovered in the year 1781 - smack dab in the middle of two of Western Civilization’s most violent overturnings of the status quo - The American Revolution of 1776 and The French Revolution of 1789! So join me won’t you? Allright, don’t join me then, go stand and sulk in a corner, whining about how no one understands you while you absentmindedly make noises with your new tongue piercing – See if I care*! *Actually, see how little I actually WILL care when you are permanently banned from my show for even hinting at a Uranus joke. A joke about Ur-an-us – OMG I never heard that before, you are SO creative and clever (cough)……. RELEASE THE HOUNDS!

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