“It often seems that we do not live ourselves any longer but we are being lived.
uncontrollable forces seem to be at work among humanity
and final results or possibly purposes are not being revealed as yet
that is for so far as I can look into this whole titanic cataclysm.”
-the last letter to the USDA from Frank Nicholas Meyer, the man responsible for introducing America to the “meyer lemon”
Scientists generated several clips, including a honeybee foraging on a flower through its own eyes. (Image credit: Vasas V, et al., 2024, PLOS Biology, CC-BY 4.0)
last night I listened to a few episodes of Jessica Lanyadoo’s podcast, who is an astrologer, psychic and animal medium. It’s called Ghost of a Podcast I think it’s really good for keeping up with the astrology of the moment, but the ones that I was obsessed with are the interviews/reading she does for people and also their pets. There was one where she read for a house sparrow, who was domesticated because of an injury. The thing that really stood out was how she described it’s experience of people. Murdoch, the sparrow, really likes people who were still, slow moving and predictable.
then there was the chinchilla who because of his wide panoramic vision didn’t like fingers coming towards his face, or the sound of heavy music because his ears are so sensitive.
in some ways I really understood that,
I think our nervous systems work as this really usually efficient buffer, like we are moving through our lives with a thick wall of jelly around us absorbing sounds and light. maybe throughout the day it gets thinner and more permeable and through our lives too it doesn’t grow back as quickly as it used too.
I wonder if that buffer is under attack or for the sake of progress deemed collateral.
it’s a noisy world out there.
There is a full Moon in Scorpio today and Jupiter and Uranus shared a conjunction in Taurus on April 20th. Also we are still in mercury retrograde.
you know in movies where like the person is so worn out from keeping up pretenses and dealing with incessant stressors and expectations that it breaks them down, and they end up saying fuck everyone I can’t pretend I care about this shit anymore.
and then for the first time they just call it how it is. they throw their phone out the window and sit down staring at the wall. it’s like … it looks like apathy from the outside, but the internal experience is more, why pretend this thing is working when it’s a shell of what it sold itself as? As if the psychic emotional toll becomes solid, tangible and unable to be left out of the equation. It doesn’t necessarily feel like a positive easy expression of your authenticity but it is a resistance against spending energy propping up a situation you know to be fraudulent or vapid. In that way it feels liberating but there is a weight knowing it came at a cost.
that’s my read of the vibe right now, a sort of collective feeling that weight of consequence but knowing the truth is more important. any argument can’t convince you of anything different and just becomes noise.
going back to the original quote. from Mr. Meyer, “It often seems that we do not live ourselves any longer but we are being lived.” its really like, let the chips fall where they may, the cosmic dance continues…… that’s show biz baby.
in conclusion, do you’re best, be efficient in your use of energy, take some time to be clear about where you allegiances lie. and to yourself as well as others.
Also I wouldn’t be surprised if it was easier at the moment to intuit information about people through more subconscious methods.
Oh and also I can foresee a sense of being hyped on feeling confident to say exactly what you think in the moment then having that face palm, regret try to unsend a message but can’t. so take a moment to write it in your note’s ap or journal before emailing/ sending/ calling someone up.
it’s sort of the conflict between feeling like you want to be open and get stuff off your chest, say what you feel and to be taken seriously but then have to deal with the consequences/come down of being vulnerable and open in a relationship that you can’t just ghost.
be careful of dumpster fire, bridge burning impulses
okayyyyyy my recommendations
noise cancelling headphones and good earplugs. sunglasses, cap.
rain sounds, bird song, brown noise audio
citrus, lemon for some reason.
jelly, gelatin, bone broth, agar agar. pudding
lemon balm
dirt, soil, taking care of a grave? leaving flowers picking up rubbish,
yeah i think dirt compost soil .
sartorially earthy colour choices
also sorry I had such a big break I have been sick/dealing with health stuff and haven’t been able to look at my laptop screen , so if you have any audiobook recommendations please leave them in comments <33333333
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