L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers. Man is born free, yet everywhere is in chains. Jean-Jaques Rousseau

Well into the ten-hour transit to Virginia Beach from NYC, the couple behind me entertained an endless back-and-forth:

“I’m gonna go back to that store and buy me six umbrellas.” “Six? Why you need so many?” “If somebody steal some, then I’ll still have one.” “But, six?” “Two for you and four for me.”

The next few days were meant to grant me brief repose from the scattered, deposed, and destitute. You know, those people that deflate my faith in humanity. I imagined myself witnessing the communicative efforts once held by early man, all sound and no meaning.

I could’ve moved seats at any time. Actually, the mindless, visceral grunts fascinated me, revealing my own nature as one of Orwell’s educated pigs, establishing importance with intellect, raised under imposed societal conduct, wearing the proper costume that hides the wild me underneath.

Today, Uranus and Jupiter make an exact square, emphasizing the tense desire to restructure, restart, and do over, the philosophy of revolution.

The imminent crises in Egypt, which duly interrupted last week’s report, are a direct result of the ongoing square between Pluto and Uranus, the latter planet currently activated by Jupiter. Feuds echo themes of the French—Louis XVI lost his head during a Pluto/Uranus opposition in 1793—and the American Revolution.

Modern ideologues associate the former period with the abolishment and oppression of the bohemian, youthful, and freedom-ringing republic by a tyrannical king. If they wrote Les Miserables Deux, it would show Marius & Co. establishing a tight dictatorship, executing via guillotine, their regime historically labeled a “reign of terror.”

These schoolboys became the new bullies on the playground, and were soon permanently suspended by one Napoleon Bonaparte. The consistent lesson here: power corrupts.

In Egypt, a revolutionary theme repeats itself. Following the pattern, a band of brothers may emerge to liberate the few from an unforgiving oppressor, but they will just as likely themselves inspire a new draconian bureaucracy.

Pluto represents immense, destructive power, and Uranus, shattering revolution. Perhaps Uranus is stuck in more of an illusion than we’d like to admit. Contrary to popular activity, do sudden, reactive tantrums inspire real change?

The patterns reflect a deep longing to thwart the system, as if we are all imprisoned in some cosmic parental network of cycles, ever imposing their lessons and soul cycles onto unassuming children.

But, if we follow the metaphor, it’s for our own good and out of love and maybe one day we’ll understand. Maybe.

At family gatherings, “cousin time” begins promptly at sunup. All are welcome. My aunts and uncles, and their families, reflect their own individual values, all stemming from the same source—parents and grandparents—tailored slightly to their own perspectives and visions, just as different countries shape their own rules, laws, and government.

We are, as cities, states, and countries of this world, replicating the core family dynamic, and the right to express ourselves in ways we see fit.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, aptly stated in a recent speech, “There are currently two paths in Egypt: those who follow the pharaoh, and those who follow Moses.”

The world’s family is divided. Although a solution to these revolutionary bouts is far from realized, history repeats itself, and begs further insight. A deeper revolution is happening internally, in each of us, and if we stop protesting, screaming, and proclaiming fanatical isms, we might learn something new.

We’re all different; hosting unique races, creeds, and tribes, the planet that is Manor Farm asks all of us, each with different strengths, to work together. Surrounded by wild, screaming younger cousins, I’m shocked that I’ve written anything remotely coherent. I’ve cherished each moment of mad distractions, poking, prodding, and the dear relentless, "Are you done yet?“



Take this Aquarian full moon to spend time with your animal self, appreciate loved ones, simply, and un-repress the phenomenal individual that is you, lest we start sleeping in beds with sheets.