Aquarian Rising

https://www.ChatGPT.com/ *Original ChatGPT4 Prompt:* "Explain the symbolism of the astrological ages of Pisces and Aquarius and how they correspond to world events and themes in the relevant time periods." *Additional Notes:* I probably don't have to explain to anyone born before 1990 how different things are now from how they were even just twenty years ago. The turn of the millennium was a turn in global human culture at an unprecedented scale and velocity. Humanity has been rocketing through new innovations and technologies for decades now after thousands of years worth of recorded history in which we had NONE of these technologies. Yes, inventions such as the first electric battery made by Alessandro Volta (who passed away in 1872) or something like the Antikythera Mechanism well predated the new millennium, but inventions such as these were few and far between. What sets this new Age of Aquarius apart from previous ages is that such inventions are happening in far greater volume and with far greater rapidity. Innovation has become a central theme rather than a side project. But it's not all puppy toes and free loot boxes; the Aquarian drive to innovate is being dragged backward into Piscean idealism and illusionary humanitarianism at this early stage of the new era. We all feel the outgrowth of conventional means of living and the impulse to shed the institutions and doctrines of old, but some many among us who are more heavily affected by archetypal Piscean influences reject the realism and objectivity of the Aquarian archetype and instead attempt to engage the new era in a mode of institutional dogmas and fairytale irrationality. It can be difficult to see these individuals in collective clothing as anything but having good intentions; people who understand how easily public sentiment can be turned on them understand that it is good policy to give others the benefit of the doubt. But if we're are looking at matters from an objective angle, a human angle rather than an emotional or moralistic angle, all humans are motivated by selfish gain. Humans seek to achieve so that we may gain. Even the greatest acts of charity are fueled by a sense of satisfaction at having done something kind for another person. Without this sense of gain or reward, humans do not have any cause to achieve. This does not make one a BAD person, it merely makes one A person. The issue we're facing presently is that many Piscean-influenced individuals are forcing an intellectual rot into the institutions of power and influence, using emotional manipulation, backroom deals and false empathy to generate circumstances that are favorable to themselves and themselves alone. They do so without consideration for others and in defiance of observations of reality that have never actually been challenged, such as the differences between males and females. The inherent s3xual morphology that has been a cornerstone of animal evolution for almost as long as life has existed on Earth is now considered by these activists for selfish irrationality to be hateful. More to the point, their fascistic Piscean tendency to utilize collectivist influences to coerce people with no emotional anchor to their agenda to support said agenda has caused no end of violence, hatred and the utter decay of liberal western civilization. These are the death throes of an age in which innovation was frowned upon in favor of a handful of privileged elites being given anything they could convince or coerce others to give them at the cost of individuals' own lives and livelihoods. Those who are embedded in this past of institutionalism know no other way to accomplish anything beyond forcing masses of willing pawns to accomplish for them. They have nothing to contribute, they only know how to take from others, and the very notion of an age without the ability to force others to do everything for them terrifies them. So they mask their institutionalism in an illusion of innovation, claiming to seek new ways to view the world while peddling incoherent nonsense, all in an effort to manufacture consent from those caught between the old era and the new. I say all that to arrive at this: We are at a crossroads between collectivist greed and individual freedom. We have an opportunity to outgrow the systems held in place by thousands of years of ill-conceived human traditions and corrupted institutions. But to get there, the people so terrified of personal accountability and higher-order thinking must either outgrow their limitations or be removed from the equation in some capacity. And that process begins with the rest of us thinking about the future, how it can be improved upon, and how to get there from here. Humanity is a durable species; we will survive irrespective of those among us who would do us harm for their own benefit. But how smooth the transition into the Age of Aquarius goes depends entirely on the efforts of those who have respect for humanity, clarity of vision and the willingness to hold their own future and the future of all humanity to account. Not out of a desire to impose new structures and edifices of control over their peers, but out of a desire to liberate humanity from institutional violence and corruption and foster humanity's growth. Thank you so much for reading through my notes, whether you agree with me or not. Information that does not propagate has no value, so even if you only share this to find others to mock my words, the information is spreading and that gives it more opportunity to be considered by those with a desire to understand. Until next video! ~ Atheist Astrologer

https://www.ChatGPT.com/ *Original ChatGPT4 Prompt:* "Explain five ways the four classical elements of fire, air, water and earth can be symbolically applied to real-world phenomenon, including states of matter and human senses." *Additional Notes:* The thing that kills me about modern science enthusiasts is how they seem to deliberately misinterpret ancient wisdom, recontextualizing it to their own modern teachings so that it can more easily be dismissed. The typical argument against the four classical elements is something like, "They're obsolete because we now know that there are way more elements than just four." The obvious explanation is that the four classical elements are not periodic table "elements" but rather are equivalent to states of matter at their most fundamental level. It would be like saying a poem about the seasons isn't the same thing as an extensive dissertation on the effects of seasonal variance on crop growth and the migration of agriculture from one region to another; clearly, these are not the same thing and they don't aim to serve the same functions. Sadly, those who reject ancient wisdom outright refuse to be cornered by such trivialities as logic or reason, so they often will neglect to acknowledge any valid arguments one makes in support of said topics and then, the moment you've moved on to the next salient argument, will double back around and make the same failed rebuttal they made in the last round as though you hadn't just gone over all that. The charitable explanation is that they simply forgot that they were bested the first time their rebuttal was debunked, but you would have to set aside a number of evident signs of deliberate deceit (failure to acknowledge a valid counterargument, ignoring obvious and very straightforward parallels, etc.) to arrive at that conclusion. It has been my experience that 1) ignoring deliberate deceit gives deceivers the green light to continue to deceive and 2) deceivers will resent you for pointing out their deceptions. I've had to grow a thick skin against loneliness over the years, and it has not always served me well. Anywho, I suppose you could say the moral of this episode is to give information a chance to prove itself before you dismiss it. Those who know the least on any given subject tend to be the same ones who argue against it the loudest and most aggressively. Chalk it up to substituting experience with fervor. A typical mode of operation for any religious zealot, classic or secular in nature. Thanks for joining me again, and see you next video! ~ Atheist Astrologer

https://www.ChatGPT.com/ *Original ChatGPT4 Prompt:* "Make an argument for how astrology is a mathematical predictive model utilizing natural phenomenon as it's display." *Additional Notes:* This is the first of several videos I was looking forward to uploading. For over a decade now, my perspectives on astrology have differed from the typical astrologer or astrology enthusiast. I've always viewed astrology as a tool, I never fixated on it as a spiritual practice or as a replacement for religion as many anti-astrology types like to accuse astrologers and astrology enthusiasts of. As such, I have for many years now recognized something that I've never heard said from anyone with an interest in astrology: that astrology is not a supernatural phenomenon, nor is it meant to explain how natural forces impose their influence on human behavior. Frankly, there are variables in human existence that astrology doesn't even account for, not because it's a bunch of hokum but because those parameters have not (yet?) been implemented into the system. Of the few experiments undertaken by "real" scientists with an interest in the subject of astrology, each and every one of them were conducted under the assumption that is typical of the astrological community, that astrology explains how the planets exert influence over human lives. Many arguments have been made to bolster these experiments when they've inevitably failed, such as pointing out records of unusual human and animal behavior during full moons, etc. But the reason these experiments fail is because they're approaching astrology from the standpoint of physics or things like parapsychology RATHER than from the perspective of mathematics, statistics and social study. It would be like using a ruler to explain why rock music is so moving to the human mind; you're not using a tool that's relevant to what you're attempting to prove or disprove. For the record, I'm terrible with math and have no background in science beyond my own hobbyist interests. But what I do have is an extremely non-linear mind that tends to see things in ways that other folk rarely think to look, and I have a rigorous, internally consistent catalogue of concepts and ideas that I use to judge whether something is true or not which I add onto every time I encounter a new concept that I'm able to validate. Of the many online astrological communities I was a part of during my late twenties and early thirties, very few people I had explained this idea of astrology being a predictive model to were willing or able to engage the idea seriously as a consequence of their anchoring biases. It has been an upward battle to get the idea to stick in any significant way among those who engage the topic, which has been as confusing to me at times as it often is discouraging. But I'm hoping that the more people are exposed to the idea, the more people will begin to consider it seriously. Anyhow, I'm going to end my note section here and thank those of you who have been willing to read these sections of my uploads. I would like to give an account of how I became involved with astrology some time in the future, albeit that isn't a video I've even begun working on as of yet. In the meantime, please share these videos around. I'm a complete novice on YouTube just trying to grow a community around which I might be able to begin planting the seeds of projects I hope can benefit many, many people. But of course, people can't benefit from what they reject off-hand. So your participation is both needed and very much appreciated. Until next video! ~ Atheist Astrologer

https://www.ChatGPT.com/ **Original ChatGPT4 Prompt:** "Write a pitch to convince people to accept astrology as a viable predictive model for human personal development." **Additional Notes:** This is the first video in this series. I was rolling ideas around in my mind about ways to expand the reach of astrology to those who normally wouldn't accept the subject as worth anyone's time and with all the AI-related videos going around these days with folks posting videos of questions they've asked AI language models, I suddenly realized that you can't get much more objective than a computer so why not have an AI explain why people should be using astrology! Anywho, I've got several videos worth of content already, I'm just wrapping up editing on the last few. I'll be airing them about a week apart, probably on the weekends unless something comes up. I'm really excited to get some feedback on some of the later videos I'm making because the responses I got back from ChatGPT4 were really, really interesting. I even have a few videos I'm putting together that aren't related to astrology directly; I can't wait to see what people think of those. Overall, I'm feeling super positive about this new direction. I don't have the best equipment or environment for recording my voice, so doing reads of scripts can be a real pain in the neck. Not to mention, it's difficult to determine what subjects others will be as interested in as I am, which makes spending the time and effort to research, write, record and edit everything really hard to commit to. So thank you so much to those of you who subscribed early and for VERY different reasons. I actually never gave up on the original direction, I just didn't have the resources to make any of it happen. (Or the subscriber count, frankly.) Suffice it to say, I have some really cool projects I would like to see achieved before I breathe my last, but while it may be years before I can see the day, at least I now have an economic method of producing content that may inch me closer to achieving the end goal of completely transforming peoples' perspectives on astrology and improving their lives and, by proxy, everyone else's lives as well. And maybe we can have some fun playing with our thoughts and ideas along the way, yeah? See you next time, Aquarians! ~ Atheist Astrologer (P.S.: Reposted from my YouTube channel of the same name. https://youtube.com/@aquarian_rising?si=Ix3nL86nS1xaiAcg )

https://www.ChatGPT.com/ **Original ChatGPT4 Prompt:** "Write an argument refuting the most common arguments against astrology." **Additional Notes:** On the first point, astrology doesn't NOT (double-negative) conform to the rigorous standards of science either. Fact is, it's never been taken seriously enough for almost any credentialed scientist to be bothered investigating, with a few exceptions I'll do a video on later. The great irony is that presumably objective scientists will gleefully cast aspersions on astrology while never having spent the time to read even one reputable educational book on the subject. It's a shameless act of deliberate ignorance that they only engage in because there is so much stigma on the subject that perhaps twice the number of grown adults who believe in spirits and ghosts believe astrology is dangerous hokum. Anywho, it isn't an interpretive art, but that's a subject for the next video so stay tuned. For the second refutation, the egocentrism of astrological practice isn't a matter of symbolism but rather of functionality. This is another item the next video should be covering but in short, heliocentrism would functionally break astrology. You don't use astrology to explain the makeup of the solar system, you use it for predictive purposes. We don't live on the sun, we live on Earth, so trying to relate our terrestrial coordinates at our births to the sun's geography, if you could even call it geography given the obvious absence of the geo, would not only be needlessly complicated math but also wouldn't make sense in terms of the goal to be achieved. It would be like changing the filter on your vacuum but throwing the vacuum out instead of the filter. For point three, I just found it funny that in the same paragraph, ChatGPT explained that astrologers use specific rules to interpret a chart and then also that the interpretation is subjective. LOL! Look, large language models aren't perfect. It's effectively just cobbling responses together from things it read online, and the fact is that a lot of western astrologers really have no business claiming the title. Moving on to number four, it's a sad truth that any group tends to be likened to its loudest, most obnoxious members, even if the rest of said group would prefer the obnoxious ones be counted among them. It is a matter of historical and modern fact that there are people who claim to be able to perform a technical skill others don't have the time to learn, and sometimes these individuals will use their clients' ignorance to earn easy money. The field of astrology has suffered no fewer of these charlatans than any other specialist subject, and has probably had many more charlatans claiming to bring truth when all they bring is five minutes worth of video they watched while squeezing out a deuce in a gas stop restroom. Where there is an unregulated subject that demands training or education, there will always be those who take advantage and those who are willing to be taken advantage of. The more popular a subject, the more "experts" come around looking to make money off it, even when they know nothing. And astrology is massively popular; has been for decades now. My point is this: Just because a practice draws in charlatans does not mean all the subject's practitioners are charlatans. Number five, ChatGPT4 was trained on existing literature, so I'm not surprised that it claims astrology shows how the stars and/or planets control or even influence human behavior, even though it clearly does not. I've got another video coming out that goes into all this, so I'll spare you the lecture, but astrology is essentially a mathematical predictive model like what Wall Street uses to predict stock trends, only wayyyy more complex. The idea is that the observed patterns are purely synchronistic. They aren't influencing anything, they were simply observed to predict certain events or states of being. On number five, again, astrology is NOT subjective. And that's it for this video, I think. Thanks so much for watching! :D ~~Atheist Astrologer