From: bood@peg.pegasus.oz.au
Newsgroups: alt.astrology
Subject: From a Land Downunder
Date: 8 Nov 92 19:12:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:peg:555700001:000:14458
Nf-From: peg.pegasus.oz.au!bood    Nov  8 14:12:00 1992


Greeting from a Land Downunder.

I have enjoyed tuning into alt.astrology, your conference is
doing astrology a great service by utilising networks; I believe
this technology will help usher in the Aquarian age by helping to
bridge geography, cultures and soon even economics. 

My home is a cattle station in the Australian Outback. I am
actively participating in the growing movement to develop and 
implement more sustainable agricultural practices.

Computers and communications have been a major interest since my
childhood, and I am currently working with others to develop
user friendly systems designed to enable more people to be the
masters of their own destinies. I believe (maybe naively) that our
evolution into the new age can be aided by the constructive
application of our scientific heritage, tempered with our recent 
reawakening to the relational nature of life :- we are all part of
one interconnected universe.

I have taught myself various elements of astrology over the last
ten years; greatly aided in more recent times by Robert Hand's 
Astrolabe program. While Western astrology has been my primary 
focus, I am increasingly fascinated by the Hindu system, a topic 
that this conference has not dwelt upon in detail yet to my 
knowledge. The two systems have many similarities and differences 
a bit like physics and chemistry I guess. I tend to use Western 
astrology for character analysis and influences, while seeing the
Hindu system as a more rigid predictive system. Any thoughts???

Well that is enough from me at this stage, I'll leave you with
an essay I wrote in 1990 on Landcare a nationally supported 
community based conservation program and my tropical natal chart.


Kind regards

Bood Hickson



    The past two hundred years has seen a ground swell on the ocean
    of humanity, with the industrial revolution culminating in an
    even swifter technological age. The dynamics of modern times are
    extremely difficult to interpret from within, but evidence
    clearly illustrates that we are experiencing a period of
    unprecedented change. Balance is crucial at this time; never
    before has such a terrifying crisis been presented to the global
    community. This crisis presents us with a wonderful opportunity
    to positively employ our scientific heritage for the benefit of
    all earthly inhabitants.

    Australians can no longer ignore the stress fractures underlying every
    global community. It is important for us to clearly differentiate
    between cause and symptom, if we are to find permanent solutions to
    our disease. We are strongly opposed over race, religion, sex, age,
    and occupation, all legacies of our earlier colonial lore of divide
    and conquer. As a nation we have little direction and no long-term
    objectives; understandably, most of us experience considerable anxiety
    and frustration at the increasing discrepancy between personal and
    national interests.

    To rectify this malaise we must shrug off our cultural cringe. This
    would be best achieved by collectively planning and rebuilding
    Australia's political and economic structures, which have not evolved
    to reflect the metaphysical truths Einstein discovered early this
    century. At the sub-atomic level, matter is an ever-changing pattern
    of energy, and relativity defines the relationship between all
    particles. These laws would appear to underpin all physical,
    emotional, intellectual and spiritual phenomena. While such monumental
    change may seem radical to many, future peace and prosperity demands
    that our political and economic paradigms be compatible with our
    social and cultural aspirations.

    The relationship between the State and the Individual has to be
    reassessed to reflect the level of education and responsibility modern
    times demand. No one person has all the answers, but collectively we
    know what is not true. If we demonstrated faith in each other's
    opinions, our own attitudes would finally be of consequence. Group
    co-operation and common objectives will find their true equilibrium,
    given everybody's involvement, be it active, vocal, written or simply
    observational. In the future our national telecommunications network
    should facilitate a far more democratic political system, to assist
    our evolution from centralised hierarchical government to regional
    cooperative self representation.

    Economically, capitalism is unsustainable in it's present form; as it
    fails to account the value of natural resources and our dependence
    upon them. A balanced steady state economy built on the foundation of
    decentralised and ecologically sustainable communities appears to be
    our most realistic alternative, as the current migration towards
    urbanisation is only exacerbating our woes. A drop in the quality of
    life need not occur if we are prepared to readjust our lifestyles and
    habitat, to achieve greater levels of self sufficiency.

    Fortunately, the positive application of technology has begun to
    provide innovative solutions to world dilemmas. These creative
    remedies usually reflect and promote the quantum leap in individual
    and group consciousness that is sweeping the globe. This growing
    enlightenment is beginning to restore harmony into our daily lives, as
    people's ideals metamorphose from their material and emotional bias in
    favour of intellect and spirituality.

    Landcare is a historic departure from centralised bureaucracy. It
    acknowledges the seriousness of our predicament and the need for
    national co-operation. The greatest challenge Landcare faces is self
    co-ordination, as hundreds of dispersed groups must define and
    facilitate their issues, objectives, action and communications.
    Community debate and participation is one method of realising
    Landcare's potential. Concerned citizens will contribute primarily to
    their areas of interest and expertise, while being able to monitor
    other issues and the group's overall progress. Such a grassroots
    approach will make us more self-reliant and deliver us from political
    leaders who make unrealistic promises in order to gain power.

    Personal Computers should act as information coordinators,
    transferring data, information and knowledge between primary
    producers, Landcare committees and research organisations. To achieve
    this computer novices will have to be given access to data processing
    technology through a computer front-end that emulates human methods of
    data retrieval and manipulation. Such an ensemble of software systems,
    usually termed the 'User Interface' stores and manipulates Numeric,
    Textual, Audio and Image data using topical, chronological and spatial
    references.

    The User Interface is composite and not specific technology, and will
    enlist the skill and co-operation of many software engineers to
    capture its desired functionality. Most of the software already exists
    as stand alone packages, which now need to be integrated to reflect
    our understanding of human psychology and sociology. Thus transforming
    the computer into a powerful, yet simple to use reference, computation
    and communications tool. The perfect instrument with which to liberate
    business and education from their urban dependency.

    Landcare promises to unite Australia with the common objective of self
    determination. Public networks free from present media manipulation
    and bias will give rise to wide-spread awareness and deliberation on
    important issues, by enabling people isolated by distance to interact
    without necessarily having to meet. This in turn should release that
    information which technology has lost to bureaucracy and provide a
    means of delivering self-help to our underprivileged.

    With economic constraints forcing us to question all public
    expenditure, the challenge remains to empower the populace with the
    wisdom crystallised within our institutions. We must convince ourselves
    of the power of information, so that we are prepared to value and
    trade it, as we do material goods. Sunrise industries provide us with
    new economic opportunities that are ecologically sustainable.

    What a great achievement it would be if Australia was to implement the
    first comprehensive public information network. So let us lead the
    world forward into a new age of citizen responsibility, contribution,
    and consensus. Only through the decentralisation of our economic and
    political models can we expect to harness the broad spectrum of
    creative genius we have to offer.




Tropical Zodiac                                               Bood Hickson 
                                  .  29Vi35  .                  "Melinda"      
Koch Houses             .              .              .         Cloncurry       
                    12                   No 24Vi21r       4
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                50 .                                       . 18
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                       .    Ne  8Sc40r                 .           
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            PF 27Sc35    .                           .             
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    Sg                     .                       .     Ur 17Le22r      Le
   54   .                              .                              .   27
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                 .           .  -- Astrolabe --  .           .             
                    .      .                       .      .                
                       .  .      Bood Hickson       .  .                   
    EP 29Sg39            .        Natal Chart        .                     
    Ju  2Cp27           .Mar. 23 1960 11:56:0 PM AEST .                    
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                       .    33S25'00"    149E34'00"    .                   
14                                                                           14
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23  Sa 17Cp27                                                                23
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                       .  .      Bathurst NSW       .  .                   
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    9   .                              .                              .   16
    Aq      Mo 16Aq09      .                       .                     Ge
     27                                .                                54
            Ma 22Aq33    .                           .   Vx 28Ta39 
        .                              .                              .
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                            Ve  9Pi15  .                           
                     .      Me 12Pi08r                   .
              .                        .                        .
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                  Pi                   .                   Ta
                    18                                   50
                        .              . Su  2Ar57    .
                                  .  29Pi35  .

Bood Natal                                             Natal Chart

                       Planets in Elements and Modalities

Fire     Su Ur EP                                Total = 3 Weighted Score= 4
Earth    Ju Sa Pl No As MC Vx                    Total = 7 Weighted Score= 9
Air      Mo Ma                                   Total = 2 Weighted Score= 5
Water    Me Ve Ne PF                             Total = 4 Weighted Score= 5
Cardinal Su Ju Sa As                             Total = 4 Weighted Score= 8
Fixed    Mo Ma Ur Ne Vx PF                       Total = 6 Weighted Score= 7
Mutable  Me Ve Pl No MC EP                       Total = 6 Weighted Score= 8

                             Planetary Dignities

Planets in Rulerships  Sa                      There are no Mutual Receptions.
Planets in Exaltations Su Ve                   
Planets in Detriments  Me Ur                   
Planets in Fall        Me Ju                   


                              Geocentric Aspects                               

Su|Su
  |    |
Mo|    |Mo
  |    |
Me|    |    |Me
  |    |    |
Ve|    |    |Con |Ve
  |    |    |2A53|
Ma|    |Con |    |    |Ma
  |    |6A24|    |    |
Ju|Squ |Ssq |    |    |    |Ju
  |0S30|1A18|    |    |    |
Sa|    |Ssx |    |    |    |    |Sa
  |    |1A18|    |    |    |    |
Ur|Sqq |Opp |    |    |    |Sqq |Qnx |Ur
  |0S35|1A13|    |    |    |0S05|0S05|
Ne|Biq |    |Tri |Tri |    |    |    |    |Ne
  |0S17|    |3A28|0S35|    |    |    |    |
Pl|Qnx |    |    |    |    |Tri |    |    |Sxt |Pl
  |1A16|    |    |    |    |1A46|    |    |4S27|
No|    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |Ssq |    |No
  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |0A41|    |
As|    |    |Sxt |    |    |    |Con |    |    |    |    |As
  |    |    |2S15|    |    |    |3A04|    |    |    |    |
MC|Opp |    |    |    |Biq |Squ |    |    |    |    |Con |    |MC
  |3A22|    |    |    |1S02|2A52|    |    |    |    |5S14|    |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
Astrolabe Software

        .                 Pl  4Vi13r
                       .    Ne  8Sc40r                 .