Since the new Osama Ben Laden audio tape was recently unveiled, naturally it has caused some stir, and varying degrees of interpretation. It has been interesting comparing them. The Bush administration seems to be adamant in asserting that Osama is no longer a person of great overriding concern, though the far left fringes here in this country seem to think it is another attempt to use Ben Laden as a means of pushing their agenda through fear and manipulation.
Me, I look at it this way. If there are terrorists here in this country or elsewhere, waiting for instructions from their spiritual leader-they just might have gotten them. No, I'm not talking about secret, coded messages. I'm talking about the go-ahead order for whatever may have already been in the works.
I've always said that the fundamentalist Muslim terrorists could possibly be using astrology as a means of coordinating their attacks. This may sound strange, but the fact is that one of their main goals, in fact their main one, is to reestablish Arab ascendancy in the area of the Middle East, actually from Africa to Asia and points in between, all the way to way to the Balkans and Spain, and perhaps beyond. The old Caliphate that existed during the days of the Turkish based Ottoman Empire. They have a romanticized view of their history. To their way of thinking, they were the harbingers of a great cultural civilization, going back to the days even preceeding the Ottoman Empire, back all the way to Muhammeds Arab Empire that began in the 600's A.D.
This Empire flourished for a good while, and patronized the arts and sciences, in particular astronomy, mathematics, poetry-and astrology. True, it was more a hobby of the wealthy ruling elite of the civilization, but it still was held to as high esteem as any other of the arts and sciences. It seems only reasonable to surmise that those who would return to these days of imagined glory would not be adverse to including this long neglected art in their repertoire as well. Especially if they could make it serve a useful purpose-the coordination of terrorist attacks. But how exactly would they go about doing this?
To begin with, it would be helpful to understand that they really might have no other choice. The upper echelons of Al-Queda leadership have long had to remain underground, and have had to watch their backs even before the days of 9/11. They have found it necessary to plan their attacks well in advance. By doing so , they do away with the need of day to day operations and coordinations.
The use of astrology, then, might be compared to a synchronizing tactic. Instead of synchronizing their watches, they are instead synchronizing their plans according to a simple asrological chart. When the stars are in a certain position, it is time for the attack. Ben Ladens last message, therefore, may be comparable to an old war movie or spy movie plot, where the operatives are told by the commander, "gentlemen-synchronize your watches".
So what exactly would they in paticular be looking for as a guide? I personally believe it has something to do with the retrograde movement of the planet Mars. On the morning of 9/11, Mars had just returned to the spot in the Zodiac, in the sign of Capricorn, from which it had some months previously began it's retrograde motion. Retrograde motion, incidentally, is the illussion that a planet is moving backwards though the Zodiac. It really isn't, of course, it's an optical illussion brought about by the relative positions of the earth to the planet in question, which occurs on a regular basis. In the case of Mars, it's retrograde motion occurs once every two years and two months, or every 26 months, more or less. It will stay retrograde for about two months, moving about 16 degrees backwards through the astrological sign from which it started, afetr which it will slowly come to what appears to be a complete stop, called a "stationary", after which it will gradually began moving forward again. Eventually, in about two months or so, it will reach the spot in the Zodiac from which it began this motion. Thus it was on the morning of September 11th, 2001, when Mars had just reached the general area of the sign of Capricorn, the 1st degree, from which it started.
And, it's about to happen again. On February 5th, Mars will have returned to the part of the Zodiac, the 24th degree of Taurus, from which it started it's last retrograde motion the first of October of last year. What will they do? Where will they strike? I don' t have a clue, for that matter, I don't even know for sure that I'm right. The position of Mars on the morning of 9/11, 2001, might be nothing more than a bizarre coincidence.
But what if it's not? It's interesting to note that the day of February 5th of this year, is Super Bowl Sunday. A perfect day to strike, when vast numbers of Americans will be glued to the television, certain to quickly get word of the attack, be it there at the Super Bowl, or somewhere else not so heavily guarded. And, of course, I am assumming the Super Bowl will indeed be heavily guarded, major sporting events of that magnitude usually are nowadays.
On the other hand, people do tend to become complacent after awhile. Whatever, I just hope they make sure and check Micks' road crew and equipment.
