Enhancement of Mind

C. Gray "The Neverending Dreamer"

An interesting accurate prediction was made exactly one year ago.

However, before we discuss it, let's review some historical astrology background in this regard, involving the analysis of significant trends in American life based on the major periods of the SAMVA USA chart.

First, in the article 1972, the Mercury major period of the SAMVA USA chart was described. It began in April 1972, and was accompanied by the personal computer revolution.

"The Mercury period brought technological advances ushering in hand held calculators and the technology that became the basis of the home computer and the internet."

See: 1972 (June 2010)

Interestingly, Mercury is the general indicator of analytics, high tech and students. The major innovators were young college drop outs. This is more so as the 5th house of the chart also rules university education, creativity, intelligence and young people. Jupiter, a general indicator for young people, is in the 5th house. Mars the general indicator of industry, is also there. Both these planets mutually aspect Moon, as 1st lord of self in the 11th house of goals, alliances and income, giving world class innovations and advances.

See: The SAMVA USA chart

TECH INNOVATORS

Steve Wozniak & Steve Jobs, Apple Computer

The Apple Computer company brought its personal computer (PC) to the market in 1977. 

Apple Inc., originally named Apple Computer, Inc., was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne on April 1, 1976, to market Wozniak's Apple I desktop computer. Jobs and Wozniak incorporated the company on January 3, 1977, in Cupertino, California.

See: Apple Inc..

Paul Allen & Bill Gates, Microsoft

Microsoft was an earlier software leader of microcomputers. The company was founded on April 4, 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Its original purpose was to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800 computer. 

See: History of Microsoft - Wikipedia

EARLY TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES

The first microcomputer, the  Altair 8800, was based on a semiconductor chip.

Altair 8800 microcomputer

The Altair 8800 is a microcomputer was designed in 1974 by MITS and based on the Intel 8080 CPU. Interest grew quickly after it was featured on the cover of the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics and was sold by mail order through advertisements there, in Radio-Electronics, and in other hobbyist magazines. The Altair is widely recognized as the spark that ignited the microcomputer revolution as the first commercially successful personal computer. Only 25,000 units were sold by mail order.

Intel 8080 chip

In turn, Intel 8080 CPU had its origins in the first commercially available semiconductor chips, dating back to 1972. They were based on the integrated circuit (IC) technology patented by Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments in 1958.

"Ed Roberts had designed and manufactured programmable calculators and was familiar with the microprocessors available in 1974. He thought the Intel 4004 and Intel 8008 were not powerful enough (in fact several microcomputers based on Intel chips were already on the market: the Canadian company Microsystems International's CPS-1 built-in 1972 used a MIL MF7114 chip modeled on the 4004, the Micral marketed in January 1973 by the French company R2E and the MCM/70 marketed in 1974 by the Canadian company Micro Computer Machines); the National Semiconductor IMP-8 and IMP-16 required external hardware; the Motorola 6800 was still in development. So he chose the 8-bit Intel 8080 [for the Altair 8800 microcomputer]."

The point is that a major technological breakthrough occurred for ordinary Americans at the start of the Mercury Major period. 

MAINFRAMES AND THE SPACE RACE

Second, in the prior Saturn period large mainframe computers were developed based on the nascent IC technology and sold by IBM to big corporations, government agencies, including NASA and major universities. These technological advances drove the space race of the 1960s, giving the USA a clear lead and victory as the Saturn major period neared its end.

See: Cold Warriors on the Moon (Sept. 2009)

See: 50 years ago, IBM created mainframe that helped send men to the Moon (April 2014)

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BREAKTHROUGH

In November 2022, the same year that the Moon major period began in the SAMVA USA chart, we witnessed another major revolution, the Chat GPT-4 Artificial Intelligence bot became publicly accessible on the Internet. The Moon is a general indicator of both mind and the public.

See: GPT-4 

Sam Altman/Greg Brockman

ChatGPT is an artificial-intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in November 2022. Sam Altman and Greg Brockman are leaders at the company, which has built on top of OpenAI's GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 families of large language models (LLMs). They have been fine-tuned (an approach to transfer learning) using both supervised and reinforcement learning techniques.

See: ChatGPT - Wikipedia

This technology will revolutionise the jobs market, such that individuals crammed with book knowledge, typically PhD's, will become increasingly redundant in making sense of things or in making projections for the future based on their knowledge and computer models, etc.. 

As in earlier decades, the productivity of human activity will rise and with it overall welfare, if the gains are evenly shared.

ACCURATE PREDICTION

In the April 2022 article, New Age of Progress, it was proposed that there might be some breakthrough for the  mind. It was phrased as an "enhancement of mind" and it suggested the popular spread of meditiation.

"ENHANCEMENT OF MIND

One interesting possibility for the Moon major period is that meditation becomes a popular daily practice. If so, it would infuse the public sentiments with more clarity as to what is important in life. It could be noted that such practices are not based on religious belief, rather, they simply improve the mental clarity, emotional stability and overall quality of life, by infusing it with an inherent loving vibe.

Since the late 19th century, many famous Indian yogis, like Vivekananda, Paramahansa Yogananda, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Meher Baba, Ramana Maharshi, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Sathya Sai Baba, Anandamurthi, Amma, and Sadhguru, have either travelled to the USA to teach the practices, sent their emissaries, or received students from the West in India. The Tibetan exile, Dalai Lama, has also supported this culturual change. The internet now enables all access to such ancient self-realisation practices from living masters."

See: New Age of Progress (Apr. 2022)

While the introduction of AI is not the same as meditation, we now see that it may open up the scope for humanity to develop further its experience of life on a massive scale and for this meditation is indispensable. Humans can do things machines cannot and these things point the way to future schooling and development. Indeed, that seems to be the rational response to such a technological advance, that it creates scope to liberate human beings from cramming their heads full with knowledge and instead develop more their consciousness. Computers with AI can perform intellectual tasks better than humans. Instead, humans can focus on making their minds and bodies subservient to their sense of being, of being alive and in tune with the creation. As such their innate intelligence will flourish. If so, the prediction for an "enhancement of the mind" in the Moon period is coming true. 

The yogic master Sadhguru explains this well.

See: Preparing For AI's Impact (Feb. 2023)

See: Isha Kriya: A Guided Meditation For Health And Wellbeing | 15-Minutes

P.S. Sadhguru earlier gave insights on how to deal with AI some 6 years ago.

"What Does Artificial Intelligence’s Growth Mean for Humanity?

What does the evolution of artificial intelligence mean for humanity? Sadhguru discusses in this musing.

ArticleNov 3, 2017

Q: Sadhguru, you spoke about making the right priorities so that we are available to truth in life situations. Our societies across the world are pursuing artificial intelligence at a swift rate, from labs at IIT and Stanford, to companies like IBM and Google. Do you think AI is a good priority for humanity to pursue, given its power to bring about new discoveries and productivity? Does it have the potential to enhance human life and make truth mainstream?

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Sadhguru: Any intelligence is good. If you do not have natural intelligence, then artificial; if you do not have organic intelligence, then synthetic. But any intelligence is good if it is intelligence. Suppose the walls in your house turned out to be intelligent ones, is it not fantastic? The only thing is, if they get smarter than you, you may feel a little insecure! Otherwise, having a lot of intelligent things around you is a great blessing.

Only somebody who wants to be the smartest person around will feel insecure if all the things around him become smarter than him. Otherwise, it is such a blessing. If you had a pen which could write what you want without you touching it, if there was a phone that would say what you want to say without you having to say it, would it not be nice? Any intelligence is good.

Without intelligence, there is no truth. Lies have not always happened because of deceit. Lies have also happened because of ignorance. Intelligence, intelligence and intelligence is the only solution to make truth mainstream.

The Robots are Coming!

Especially, as external technologies grow, suppose robots start doing all the work you are doing now, what are human beings going to do? They are already talking about robots that will win the football world cup by 2050.

Your thoughts and emotions are also something that can be artificially created. Some time ago, some researchers set up a computer to test how people can have relationships with computers. Many people had a wonderful relationship with this computer over email, not knowing that it was a computer. And it was managing this with twenty lines of vocabulary.

Technology is moving in a direction where artificially, a computer will be able to think a million times better than human beings, because thought is fundamentally computing. Data is assimilated and then it comes out with something sensible from that. As computers evolve, a computer will be able to do this far better than a human being. This evolution is not even going to take a very long time. It will happen in a short time. Then there will be no value for human thought. All the thinkers will be out of business!

But that is only intelligence. That is not consciousness. Our thought, our emotion, these have nothing to do with consciousness. Once everything is well, what are human beings supposed to do? Human beings are supposed to be joyful, blissful and do something that no mechanical thing can do. A robot can do everything that you can do – except it cannot meditate because there is no consciousness. So, ultimately, only meditators will be employed!"

New Age of Progress

A change to a new major period or the entry of a slow-moving planet into a sign involves a trend shift in the national life. 

In mid April 2022, the USA enters the Moon major period, which lasts for ten years, but involves a sequence of nine planetary sub-periods of differing qualities. 

At the same time,  Jupiter transits into the sign Pisces, where it remains for one year, and Saturn enters Aquarius, where it remains for two and half years. 

In March 2022, the Moon's nodes, Rahu and Ketu, entered the signs of Aries and Libra, respectively, where they stay for one and half year. 

All told, we may expect fresh and positive winds of change in the national affairs, as a trend influence, as read from the Moon's placement in the SAMVA USA chart. 

MOON IN THE CHART

The Moon is the best and most important planet as the ruler of the 20° Cancer rising chart. As 1st lord of self and the overall condition of the country, the Moon is well placed at 7° 20' Taurus, its exaltation sign, and the 11th house of ideals, aspirations, friendships and income. The Moon also the general indicator of the mind and the masses. 

Moreover, the Moon, the most feminine and motherly of all the planets, is in mutual aspect with the male oriented 10th lord Mars, at 10° 05' Scorpio and 5th house. This is likely to bestow fame, technical mastery, military and exploratory success, and intelligence in the national management. 

The Moon is also in mutual aspect with another male oriented planet, 6th lord Jupiter, at 4° 25' Scorpio and 5th house, adding an element of expansiveness, optimism, religiousness, and determination of not backing down in the face of provocations. Both aspects bring out the polarity involving the 5th house of morals, children and creativity and the 11th house. This may bring a new age of progress, such that the unethical policies of the past, favouring the wealthy few, are not likely to make headway at this time. 

In the divisional charts, the Moon is generally well placed. Notably, in the Navamsha (D9) chart, Moon as 7th lord is placed in the 3rd house, and in Dasamsha (D10) chart, it is 11th lord in 7th house. Both placements support progress in its diplomatic activities. Let's hope the USA is able to bring peace to war torn Ukraine, find some compromise with Russia, and keep China, North Korea and Iran from adding to the sorrows. 

NEW PROGRESSIVE AGE

While the signposts for some positive shift are there. Unlike in the prior Progressive Era (especially 1902-1912), a dynamic national politician has not yet appeared. The present national leadership in the White House or Congress is generally viewed as lackluster. 

Possibly, new leadership is coming that invigorates the nation. Time will tell. Meanwhile, in the private sector, people like Elon Musk, are pushinig ahead with many exciting projects.

All told, for the remainder of 2022, when the Moon-Moon period is operating, there is an indication that many of the above noted influences will find a prominent and successful expression. The positive trend change may be more noticeable as the weak sub-period of Venus of the past year ends. 

Despite the very difficult transits in 2019-2020, the Sun major period (2016-2022), which is now ending, has been positive for the country, as seen in the revitalisation of the economy and military as a result of the policies of the controversial Donald Trump. Indeed, overall the country has prospered, even if inflation is now threatening to undo it. Importantly, with the 2nd lord Sun, placed in the MEP of the 7th house, from where it aspects the 1st house. This adds further positive such energy to the indications of the Moon, therefore being felt in its period.

DOLLAR'S FUTURE 

The monetary affairs of the USA may improve in the Moon major period. The real strength of a currency is normally seen in the placements of the Sun ruling the state, Moon ruling the government of the people, the 2nd house ruling wealth and the 11th house ruling income in the national horoscope. All these are generally strong, seen in terms of the strength of the US dollar, even as many call for its demise. The advent of crypto currencies and even the attempts to use roubles as petro-currencies, may be seen as a challenge to the dollar. However, the planetary indications are that such developments will not present a meaningful challenge to the dollar, and may rather, become ancillary to the further global spread of the US business empire.

However, despite the overall positive trend influences seen, associated with the period change, the transit influences, are not seen to be supporting in the autumn of 2022. Rather, that time promises to be quite difficult due to challenging transit influences. 

Possibly, an increase of spiritual desire may arise in the collective mind, especially if the transits in the fall bring death like experiences, as transit Saturn, the 8th lord of death, becomes stationary at 24° 30' Capricorn, where it is conjunct 2nd lord Sun at 23° 44' Capricorn, in the most effective point of the 7th house. As the conjunction does not become exact, let's hope no national tragedy is experienced.

ENHANCEMENT OF MIND

C. Gray "The Neverending Dreamer"

One interesting possibility for the Moon major period is that meditation becomes a popular daily practice. If so, it would infuse the public sentiments with more clarity as to what is important in life. It could be noted that such practices are not based on religious belief, rather, they simply improve the mental clarity, emotional stability and overall quality of life, by infusing it with an inherent loving vibe.

Since the late 19th century, many famous Indian yogis, like Vivekananda, Paramahansa Yogananda, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Meher Baba, Ramana Maharshi, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Sathya Sai Baba, Anandamurthi, Amma, and Sadhguru, have either travelled to the USA to teach the practices, sent their emissaries, or received students from the West in India. The Tibetan exile, Dalai Lama, has also supported this culturual change. The internet now enables all access to such ancient self-realisation practices from living masters. 

LONG VIEW

The slow moving planets, all of which are functional malefics in the SAMVA USA chart, will influence the Moon at different times during this ten year period. Transit 8th lord Saturn will become stationary conjunct 1st lord Moon in early 2031, when it also becomes conjunct transit Ketu while also transit 6th lord Jupiter become conjunct 8th lord Saturn in the 5th house. This is a time when obstacles and endings are likely to be felt in the national life. Food production may become disturbed, possibly involving a drought and civic disorder.