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Synthesis & Counselling in Astrology, The Professional Manual by Noel Tyl. (Llewellyn, September, 2002.)
Death’s Daughter by Amber Benson. (Ace Fantasy Paperback, March, 2009.)
Does violent TV make children violent, or does childish taste make TV violent? Does publicity make a best seller, or do best sellers draw in the publicity? The “secrets” of Amazon’s best seller list were featured on MSNBC August 12, 2009 (msnbc.msn.com). So this is a growing hot topic, or as they say on twitter where I’m JLichtenberg, a “trending topic.”
Do power-hungry fast-talkers take over the government or do
people choose the government (even in a hereditary monarchy) and get what they deserve (or not)?
Do you see a similarity among these questions? The questions all have the form, “Do the actions of an individual affect the decisions or actions of a group mind. Or does the group mind control the individual?” Or phrased another way, “What is the secret of popularity?” How do you get popular on purpose?
In previous columns, we’ve examined some of what astrology has to teach us about popularity via Noel Tyl’s signature of prominence in an astrological chart, detailed in his Synthesis &
Counselling in Astrology, The Professional Manual. 1) Peregrin planet ruling an angle; 2) Aries Point activated; 3) Pluto in hard aspect to Saturn, Uranus, Neptune; 4) Personal fulfillment of potential. With those four elements, fame of mythic proportions is possible, but not inevitable.
So having your story become a broadly watched, high earning kiddie TV show that happens to focus on violence, producing a string of best sellers, winning high political office, or going down in a blaze of hellfire like Bernie Madoff might be only 25% due to what you, personally, have actually done and 75% due to your natal chart?
