Sunday, January 12, 2014
U-Predict - Conspiracy Theory I: Population Control – Air Date 01/07/2014
I am always open for topics to explore on U-Predict. It keeps me on my toes researching tantalizing
bits of information that have some credibility to discuss every week. One request I get frequently is to look into
one form of conspiracy theory or another.
We did address some conspiracy theories way back at the beginning of the
experiment in an early U-Predict show (August,
2012). I thought it would be
interesting to revisit the ideas and see if we could dig deeper into the topic.
To assure a more complete picture, I made
a study of all the conspiracies that are currently topics of interest (both
Right Wing and Left Wing), and found that they could be broken in to 4 main
concepts or cornerstones: (1) population
control – population number or movement, (2) a fear or distrust of science, (3)
mind control, and (4) the promise of a dismal future.
For our first of the four shows we discussed population
control; both the idea that someone was systematically killing off members of
society, or controlling our movement to the point of incarcerating people. The Reading Room included: Anita Perez, Ivy Lieberman, Jean Maurie
Puhlman, Joanne Matthews, and ReeNee Cummins.
The card patterns for this show are interesting. We have never pulled so many different Major
Arcana for any topic, many in synchronicity.
When a large number of Major Arcana are pulled, it usually signifies
that the topic is one of importance; so we had to determine – was the idea of a
conspiracy important, or was our ever expanding population the concern. Luckily, the answer was apparent in the first
few pulls. The most prevalent Major was
the Judgment card. This is probably the
most pulled card for any show when we ask about current events. We are being told to wake up. The readings around this card indicated that
we have chosen to blindfold ourselves about the population problem; there are
good solutions that do not involve the destruction of life or lives. Both Anita Perez and Ivy Lieberman had this
reading for the cards they pulled. We choose to infest our minds with these
ideas that someone else will either fix it (via destruction that we will
proclaim as horrible), or that our future will become unbearable. Neither needs to be the case. We got both The Emperor and The Empress as
synchronicities. We have the facts and
figures at hand to gain the knowledge to rule our resources wisely, as a wise
Emperor. We have the nurturing capacity
to decide to take care of all (just like The Empress), and quit wasting our
money on weapons and invest in people – we just choose to do otherwise.
It was too tempting to ask if patriarchal societies had
contributed to a population problem. The
Tarot chose not to answer about the past.
Instead it talked about younger men (knights and pages) taking their
place in a society where these ideas would be considered silly and
old-fashioned. The Queen of Swords was
in synchronicity with this question. She
stands for a woman who stands for herself and her sisters. The Tarot told all of us that it is time to
take a stand – we must always remember that “women hold up half of the sky.”
Another fascinating pattern was that we pulled the entire
suit of Swords – every card. This is the
suit that deals with mental processes.
It deals with looking for ways forward, for thinking your way out of a
situation; it also represents the idea of “as you sew , so shall ye reap.” Karma will expose those members of society
who do not have the common good as the basis for their actions (hard to be a
conspirator when butt-ugly karma slaps you on the Internet for the entire world
to see). Look at how much we know about
billionaires around the word and their political leanings. Look at what we have learned about how rich
corporate officers treat their employees.
We are seeing this reaping as a part of the nightly news. Do we want to continue to support such
vicious people? Turning you back on many
of these people is as easy a choosing to shop in another store, or buying
another brand of toilet tissue. How about the people making money off the whole
conspiracy business? If you don’t buy
their books, visit their YouTube videos, and change the TV channel, will the
conspiracies go away? If you are reading this blog, you have access
to the Internet. You can write letters
to companies, to government officials, even celebrities telling them that you
are no longer supporting or buying what they are selling. When enough people do these things we can
make a difference; it is also a better use of energy than worrying about which
neighbor is part of which cabal who is planning on killing you.
Other Minor Arcana cards that we pulled were the Eight of
Cups – time to move on and quit dwelling on these notions, and the 6 of
Pentacles – plenty for all if we will share.
The final card pulled in synchronicity was the Sun. Again, this is a card that predicts happiness
and a good outcome.
So what did the cards tells us about this part of
conspiracy. Is anyone going to kill off
the human race or control our movements?
The Tarot didn’t even acknowledge this idea; it told us we were too
smart and had other solutions that could fix the situation. The swords pulled told us to think our way
out. Obsessing about miserable, horrible
things is not thinking our way out.
Tarot did tell us it was time to speak up and out. If we hit some of the most evil in the pocket
books, they are guaranteed to go away (that includes members of
government). Joanne Matthew summed up
the reading nicely about this conspiracy:
“it's not a plan, its ignorance and intolerance, along with it--quick
decisions without thinking through.”
Does that apply to how people see this particular conspiracy? U-Predict…
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