March 19th Supermoon And The Cycle Of Volatility

I gave pause when Dennis Gartman, a hedge fund bureaucrat whom I believe has a very faulty belief system, (soon enough to be unemployed panhandler) said a week or so ago that the March 19th supermoon may cause destruction here on earth,  and then after the Japanese quake a week in advance of that date, he seemingly took credit for his remarks.   This perspective has a little too much correlation equals causation by someone who obviously read the front page supermoon story on Yahoo, made a public comment and is now a great bodhissatva of Vedic astrology.   (Leave it to ABC News to post one of the most ridiculous, unreasoned and unscientific stories I have ever read on any topic as it pertains to the supermoon.)

Now, this may come as a surprise but I am fairly well versed in astrology.  And I am not talking about the ridiculous nonsense in Cosmopolitan magazine or the horoscopes in the back page of your newspaper but about astrology as was used as a pseudo-science and science by pre-industrial man.  But rather than looking at astrology as hocus pocus used to manipulate people, I view it from the perspective of a scientist.  

Wouldn’t it be interesting if the solar system and the universe beyond was actually an enabler for life on earth rather than just a random mix of planets or stuff?   That the solar system served a biological purpose?  And that this could be explained scientifically if we only had the knowledge?  Really, that is what real astrology is  about.  Doesn’t sound so crazy when explained like that, now does it?  Contrarily, it sounds rather crazy not to at least consider that these scientific possibilities exist.  There is enormous scientific evidence that supports  astrology as something more than hocus pocus.

One might find it interesting that many formally-educated scientists are now starting to consider or even embrace astrology’s basic thesis as a rationale for new theories about our existence and the world around us.   

I put a whole lot more weight behind astrology as a proven theory than I do for say, Darwin’s theory of evolution, which is based on complete nonsense and conclusions that have absolutely no scientific merit when the totality of inputs and processes are considered.  As I have told a friend who is a PhD in anthropology, who spent half of her life being indoctrinated by Darwinism, you serve an ideology that is protected and fostered by a self-interested educational system that relies on ridiculous notions because it is economically-beneficial to do so.   In other words, Darwinism exists as a very siloed theory supported by siloed thinking because it has gained political or ideological inertia.  The same reason we hold onto this failed economic ideology, often confused with science, that its self-interested preachers and con artist call free markets and globalization. 

We generally need to see any ideology implode for its preachers to be put back in a bottle.   Mind you, none of this is a rejection of scientific principals in favor of religious faith as are many arguments in this arena.  It is just the opposite.  It is embracing the search for truth and ultimately the science that exists because of it.  True spirituality and science coexist very harmoniously.  Religion, science. and for that matter, economics and politics are often hijacked by self-interested parties seeking control-based benefit.   As these ideologies mature and grandiose institutions of the human ego are created around them, they all succumb to manipulation by the human condition and ultimately the subversion of truth for the sake of control and power.  One day, most likely long after we are all gone, science and spirituality will ultimately reach the same harmonious conclusion - the universe is not random.  But rather than based on ideology and attempts to control people or truth as is the debate today, the conclusions will in fact be based on truth and enlightenment.

Anyway, while our minds should not rule out any possibilities, I am fairly confident the supermoon had no direct impact on what is now measured as a 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Japan.   Nor did the moon likely have any impact on the massive quakes in Chili, the massive tsunami in Southeast Asia or any of the other major tectonic disturbances over the last decade.   Taking a mildly close correlation and assuming it to be causation is faulty science as we have written.  It is the sole basis for anthropogenic global warming perpetuated by a scientific dunce named Algore.  It’s the same faulty science Wall Street has used to create their Frankenstein finance.  As we have remarked before, the moon plays a major role in the development of complex life on earth, but there are most certainly other factors at play in a cycle of volatility.  Those may include other astrological or astronomical events but that’s beyond the scope of anything we are ever going to discuss on here. 

I will share something for you to consider as it relates to these topics in a continuation of our unique posts  regarding volatility.  I believe it’s quite possible that time is nonlinear and that this dynamic plays a major role in cycles of volatility.   I won’t tell you why I think that because it will cloud your mind, although I am already clouding it.   But consider this.  Time is controlled by a little clock in our heads.  A Seiko I believe.  And because time is a biological process, like all biological processes, it most likely is nonlinear.  And that process of nonlinearity is shared by all of humanity and could possibly be impacted by exogenous factors throughout the universe.  Are you still with me?  Haha.  So, most theoretical physics, including Einstein’s work and Einstein’s personal observations outside of his work, believe time is at best, relative and could even be nonexistent.  ie, An invention of the human mind.  Not an easy concept to grasp because it doesn’t fit into your sensory-driven view of reality.  But the reality is our conscious view of the world around us is completely determined by our physical senses and our mind’s interpretation of those senses.  The same mind that creates our perception of time.    So, if time is nothing more than a biological process that is nonlinear, we can use this concept to help explain the substantial natural extinctions, economic and banking crises, global weather volatility, tectonic activity and other natural disturbances we see in a volatile world around us.   Now, if you wish to consider more, you might contemplate how we can possibly assist in explaining volatility using this nonlinearity of time.   And, curiously, if any of this has any modicum of truth behind it, we already know the future is somewhat predetermined by events well beyond our control.   In other words, all attempts to save the economic system as it exists are pointless.   What will be, will simply be as institutions which are manifestations of the human mind or ego continue to fail.  And rather than trying to control volatility, humanity should embrace chaos and new economic changes which are based on virtue, moral clarity and democracy.

One things is surely certain as we have said countless times.  The world is clearly very different than it is believed.

Well, that’s enough for today.  Be sure to head to your local planetarium or get your telescope out or just step outside to see the March 19th supermoon.