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THE GOODWILL/GEMINI FESTIVAL 2025 preview
Topics (linked to paragraphs):
Gemini and humanity
The full moon
Current events
California dreamin’
If Americans knew
The last days of Gaza
Madleen
The divorce
Israel-Ukraine
Israel – really?
Spy vs. Spy
Greetings Everyone!
If you feel like you are living in some sort of alternative reality these days you are not alone. The news out of Washington, Paris and London often leaves us scratching our heads, wondering what in the heck are our leaders thinking? Or are they even thinking? Hence, the opening quote to this letter. We will come back to that later on in this posting. When I was younger, what seems to be a lifetime ago now, in a time when everything felt so secure and life was free of cares, there was an American satire magazine called Mad, which all of us young-uns used to read assiduously. The cover always featured a fictional character, name of Alfred E. Neuman. At the time we all ascribed to his motto: “What, me worry?” We were kids then. At the time the Vietnam War was at it height, but that was something at our age that was just something our parents talked about in sullen tones after the 6:00 news. Those were the days when flag-draped coffins appeared on American television screens and the names of the fallen were read out. You wouldn’t hear of that sort of news now.
Years later I was with the family as we laid our father to rest at Arlington. We visited the war memorials and the Washington National Mall after the fact. We thought of our father and all the other Americans interred at Arlington who had sacrificed so much. Our dad was a good soldier in WWII and proud American. But like so many, he lost his faith in the government as the years rolled on. Walking through the monuments around the Mall, the memorial to the Vietnam fallen was particularly poignant. Perhaps it was because I remembered that war, the “four dead in O-hi-o”, the riots and protests against the war, the moratoriums on the college campuses – one of which we knew well, as our father taught there. And now, these days, history once again rhymes. Going back to Alfred E. Neuman, after having first become aware of Mad magazine, we all began to realize after a few years that there was, in fact, reason to worry. In a year or two, the boys among us all had to register for the draft. Yeah, I worried then. But then the war ended, as did the draft. Nixon was gone. I didn’t have to go. I wasn’t born with star-spangled eyes. I knew that ‘fighting communism’ was not the reason we were in Vietnam. With that behind us boys, it was on to university. So, why start this letter on such a poignant and reflective note?
As the cycles turn, so do the pages of history. And as the cycles repeat, they also tend to rhyme. Astrologers know the latter fact very well. We have looked at the 60-year social cycle in the Chinese New Year letters. Sixty years ago in the United States was 1965. We had experienced a coup a little over a year before. President Johnson was new on the job and was busy escalating the war in Southeast Asia. He was also making certain the Israelis were well armed and that they had nuclear weapons. Johnson was an avowed Zionist and Israel-firster. We see reflections of those years in the present administration, but with a difference, which we shall cover here. There have been some extraordinary developments in recent weeks which will close a chapter that began around 60 years ago, especially relating to the United States and the West. The United States expresses a Gemini personality, as do several European nations. But when it comes to goodwill between nations, those Geminian expressions fall short of the mark. These comments bring us to our present theme for this full moon – Gemini, along with the fact that this full moon is the last of the three major full moon festivals for this year. The Gemini festival is the Festival of Goodwill, or The Festival of Humanity.
Gemini and humanity: We begin our look at Gemini this year with the following:
“When astrologers understand the true significance of the constellation Gemini, the Twins, and the dual forces which pour through this sign (the “forces in conflict” as they are sometimes called or “the quarrelling brothers”) and beat upon our planetary life, then the true method of resolving the dualities will be known.”[2]
The ‘quarrelling brothers’ of Gemini, as the sign is named, brings up a personal anecdote. We have a relative here in Rovereto (a Gemini) who upon seeing me, always asks “How is the outlook for Gemini? Good?” I always answer that for one of the twins the outlook is good. But as for the other twin, the outlook is not so bright. My response always brings laughter for people around us, but our relative is not so amused. I always give her a thumbs-up in the end, though, and she goes away happy. It is just a manner of greeting between us instead of a forecast. But the anecdote goes to a point: Gemini in reality stands for the relationship between the soul and the personality. The soul is always in a good place, while it is the nature of the personality to struggle. In the early stages of human evolution the struggle for the personality is to find comfort and to survive, while on the path the struggle is to find union with the soul and for suffering to cease. It is said that Gemini always produces the changes need for the evolution of soul-consciousness[3] – in other words, the eventual union between the soul and the personality.
Gemini governs the relations between all the polar opposites.[4] It is the mind itself that produces duality[5] and of this Mercury is the symbol and the orthodox ruler of the sign. The human mind itself is dual, with the lower mind on the mental plane being the primary culprit by means of fixating attention on outer forms, rather than ‘looking inward and upward’. But once again the factor of the antahkarana is at play here, because without that rainbow bridge of light having been constructed there is no interplay between the soul (meaning the Spiritual Triad/Higher Self) and the personality. The factor of the soul as most people think of it is something vague or even ‘outside of us’. This applies to nations as well as individuals. And the nature of the soul, as we have examined so many times, is most often seen – experienced – in moments of crisis. But once the antahkarana is somewhat completed, the nature of goodwill is also experienced. Just as it is with bodhichitta (kundalini/candali), there is aspiring goodwill (practiced by good people everywhere) and active goodwill, the latter being the expression of all bodhisattvas. Every bodhisattva lives in a state of what is called ‘Christ-consciousness’ in Alice Bailey’s books. To live in such a state of being is the goal of all of humanity, which is to express perfect love toward all beings. Without going further into Gemini for this letter, the preceding points bring us to the importance of the Gemini festival:
“The Festival of Goodwill. This will be the festival of the spirit of humanity—aspiring towards God, seeking conformity with the Will of God and dedicated to the expression of right human relations. This will be fixed annually in relation to the Full Moon of June. It will be a day whereon the spiritual and divine nature of mankind will be recognised. On this festival, for two thousand years, the Christ has represented humanity and has stood before the Hierarchy and in the sight of Shamballa as the God-Man, the Leader of His people and “the Eldest in a great family of brothers” (Romans VIII:29). Each year at that time He has preached the last sermon of the Buddha before the assembled Hierarchy. This will therefore be a festival of deep invocation and appeal, of a basic aspiration towards fellowship, of human and spiritual unity, and will represent the effect in the human consciousness of the work of the Buddha and of the Christ.”[6]
Bolding added. Implied in the quote is that this festival will be more universally accepted and practiced into the future, as humanity evolves past our present struggles. As an example, ask anyone on the street when the Festival of Goodwill is, and one would be met with blank stares, or perhaps be told it is in December, or some other religious holiday. In the Western nations we have liked to preach to the other nations the importance of human rights and just international relations. This has been especially true of the United States. Yet now the entire world sees that Washington, for all of its grand talk and ideals, does not practice what it preaches. The same is true of the Poles, also with a Gemini personality, and to a large extent the UK and Brussels. These are the four more important anchor points for Gemini in our present world situation. Yet, a new religion is supposed to emerge, one born not of faith, but of experience. And if we were to tell those Gemini nations it is to emerge in Russia…well, one might imagine the response, given our present circumstances. The Gemini nations in particular have a very negative view of Russia, at least among their establishments and leadership. Perhaps that is precisely one reason why that religion must emerge from Russia. But there is more to it. The suffering and purging of the Russian personality has produced other results:
“In mystical Russia, the seeds of the spiritual life are emerging to fresh beauty and a triumphant religious ideal is on its way to manifest.”[7]
Dependent on that emergence was the removal of the autocratic government under the old Soviet leadership, which passed with the demise of the Soviet Union. Of course, we have been told for years that Russia is still this dark and backwards place and that Putin is the worst sort of dictator. People will believe what they want, but a little investigation on the part of the Russophobes would reveal a nation that is back on its feet, is progressing, is seeking brotherhood instead of domination – regardless of the present military period – and is working to unite the nations of Eurasia along with other interested and like-minded nations. That its motives are not entirely altruistic is true. But then, what nation stands as a beacon of purity and truth? These are hard things to accept for peoples of nations so steeped in Russophobic propaganda, like the US, UK and other Western nations. But eventually, over the next immediate years, the truth about Russia will come out, and people’s curiosity will win out over negative narratives. The same is true of China. So, we have this full moon at the beginning of a new cycle. Over time it is said that the celebrations in the new religion will be based around the full moon periods each month. Each full moon represents the alignment between the soul and the personality. They are thus very reflective times of alignment:
“I have already indicated to you the form that the religion of the new age will take (See The Reappearance of the Christ). It will be built around the periods of the Full Moon, wherein certain great Approaches will be made to the world of reality, also around two periods of massed Approaches to be made at the time of the major eclipse of the moon and of the sun during the year. The two major Full Moon Approaches will be those of the Wesak Full Moon and the Full Moon of June—one hitherto consecrated to the Buddha Who embodied the wisdom of God, and the other to the Bodhisattva (known to Christians as the Christ) Who embodied the love of God.”[8]
Further:
“…the great day of the Buddha, the Wesak Festival (the Vaisakha Festival at the May full moon), and Easter Sunday, fixed by the April full moon, stood for the illuminated Buddha and the risen Christ, whilst the full moon of June was the Festival of Humanity making its major annual approach to God under the guidance of Christ. The other full moons in each month constitute lesser festivals in which certain spiritual qualities necessary for the expression of discipleship and initiation are considered and emphasised.”[9]
Our collective humanity wants an end to the present conflicts, an end to war altogether. The great service these conflicts have brought about, despite the suffering involved, but also because of it, has been to reveal the true face of the powers that be in every land. Those conflicts are also serving to unite the wider world in an effort to build upon a brotherhood of nations. The work is early, but the seeds are sprouting. The nations expressing Gemini, on the other hand, are seeking to disrupt the growth of cooperation between nations, except insofar as nations comply with the diktat of the ‘rules based international order’. And within those Gemini nations we find divisions, strife, focus upon ‘the other’ instead of calls for unity. Instead of melting pots such as the US and UK at the moment, we have boiling kettles. But soon enough, the people will see their way clear to throw out the old and crystallized structures that are holding back their growth and development. It will take some years yet, but in true Gemini fashion, there is nothing like a good crisis between opposing sides to make matters crystal clear. If we could see it, that clarity is emerging quickly amidst the chaos that currently grips us. As we have said before, these are the times that souls try people. We could go on here, but time and writing space call for us to move on to the full moon and events.
The full moon takes place on 11 Jun 2025 at 07:44 UTC (3:44 pm AEST). The full moon figure presents as an astrological moon wobble, with the Sun approaching a conjunction with Jupiter and Venus. (There is an astronomical moon wobble, but it is different.) Moon wobbles in astrology are generally stressful, particularly for relationships, since the Sun and the Moon’s nodes are involved. In this case the Sun will square the nodal axis, exact on the 13th. The chart portends stresses, potential for breakdowns, great pressures in relationships and separations caused by force majeure. The latter two items are indicated by midpoints (Mars=Sun/Pluto and Saturn=Uranus/Pluto). The Moon and Mercury are out-of-bounds (OOB), further adding stressors. The Moon OOB indicates heightened emotional states, or emotions expressed in ways that are out of the ordinary. It can also highlight relations with women (the Moon rules women) out of the norm or bring powerful women to the fore.
Mercury OOB is very similar to what we experience with Mercury retrograde – problems with communication, with tech, with transport, overthinking or a lack of focus on important details. As we read further in the current events, below, these factors will assume greater importance. But added to the other factors with Mercury OOB, Mercury is also on the ‘train wreck’ degree[10] of Cancer, and square to the Saturn/Neptune conjunction in Aries. Mercury squaring the Saturn/Neptune conjunction will particularly affect the West, with all the Gemini influence therein, leading to difficulty in grasping facts, inhibitions in thinking, tendencies toward negative thought. The negative effects will be somewhat offset by Mercury’s conjunction with Jupiter and sextile to Venus. But Mercury is also quincunx Pluto in the figure, pointing to possible sabotaging of efforts, especially important to consider given the various negotiations ongoing at the moment. We recently saw this sort of behaviour with the Istanbul negotiations, with Operation Spiderweb being an attempt to sabotage any further talks between Ukraine and Russia.
This full moon gives a sort of preview into the coming quarter, beginning with the solar ingress into Cancer. It will be a restive and unpredictable quarter. And it will test all our notions of brotherhood, as well as putting goodwill into practice. There will be much to do and to heal once the two major conflicts in Ukraine and Israel are done. They look to be ending soon, too, with wider wars having been avoided. We will have a look at why in our examination of events. So, without further ado, we may as well get stuck into what has happened since Wesak and what it all means going forward.
Current events:
The US strikes Iran: Yes, the topic is correct. The US, via its Israeli proxy, launched a military strike on Iran in the early hours of 13th of June. You say this is not so, that Israel dictates US foreign policy? Well, read on. Let us be clear: The Trump administration and members of Congress knew this attack was coming, greenlit Israel to commit the act and now seeks to avoid responsibility under cover of plausible deniability. We all know the old saying that the guilty dog barks the loudest. Immediately at the commencement of the attacks Marc Rubio denied any US involvement. The US has long sought regime change in Iran (see the seven countries in five years video), after Western interests were tossed out of Iran during the Iranian Revolution of 1979. The British and Americans have long had interests in Iran, which led to Operation Ajax in 1953 and the westernization of Iran. But the Iranian people suffered grievously under the Shah except for the minority of elites in Tehran. The images of those elites in Tehran during the Shah’s reign are what are constantly thrown up as examples of ‘how good life was in Iran’ under the Shah. The truth is certainly different. In 1979 the majority of the Iranian people had had enough and the Shah was thrown out. And the West has sought regime change in Iran ever since, seeking to re-install another Western-friendly puppet government. This gives the basic background for why the Israelis are striking Iran today. The nuclear issue is simply a convenient cover story, for what the US and Israel want in reality is regime change in Tehran.
What we are witnessing in Iran is in some ways a repeat of what happened in Russia with the drone attacks on the strategic nuclear bombers. Over eight months of preparation the Mossad set up a clandestine drone manufactory close to Tehran. Eight months ago was about the time Trump was elected. It seems clear now that once again MAGA people have been deceived as to Trump’s intentions. The purpose of this was to take out Iran’s air defenses prior to the Israeli attacks. The operation appears to have been quite successful, because since this morning (as of this writing) the IAF has been repeatedly bombing Iran with impunity. People in social media had been asking where the Iranian air defences were. Now we know. There are a few videos of Israeli drones hitting those air defences. Now Iranian skies are wide open to Israel. Still, Israel is not overflying Iran. They are attacking using standoff missiles fired from Iraq and Syria. In asking how such a turn of events could have happened, we find out that in a carry-over from the Shah’s days there is a powerful pro-Western faction in northern Tehran that would like to see the ‘regime’ overthrown. There are also many Iranians who are turned by bribes due to the financial situation in Iran because of the sanctions the West has imposed on Iran since the 1979 revolution. It has been easy to commit acts of sabotage in Iran as a result. It is not difficult to imagine, therefore, how a clandestine drone factory could have been built and operated close to Tehran. Then we find out, recently, that the IAEA inspectors who had operated in Iran’s nuclear sector had been spying for Israel. This came to light after the Iranians were handed a trove of thousands of pages of documents pilfered from Israeli intelligence services.
By tonight we will know what the Iranians are intending as a response. The timeline to this attack is now clear. The so-called falling out between Trump and Netanyahu was a ruse. They had been cooperating. The negotiations over the nuclear deal were also a ruse, intended to keep the Iranians focused on the possibility of sanctions being lifted and avoiding the war that has now come to them. Netanyahu has openly stated Israel is now at war with Iran. And now the cat is out of the bag regarding American involvement. Trump cannot help himself. In a post on his Truth Social site he boasted that he gave Iran every chance, but told them that bad things would happen if Iranians would not come to a deal, and worse later. Israeli TV has also let it be known that the US greenlit the attack. American refuelling planes from Qatar are active over Syria. Netanyahu has given the Iranians an ultimatum, in what can only be called hutzpah, claiming that if Iran does not let Israel destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities, Israel will destroy Iran’s economy by destroying Iran’s oilfields. One thing is clear: If Iran does not retaliate immediately if not soon, then the threat will become reality. Iran has promised a devastating response. We have heard those words before.
Soon after the Israeli first wave of attacks happened Iran launched a batch of slow drones toward Israel over Iraqi and Jordanian airspace. This was not Iran’s response. It was a test with several objectives: To see who would intercept them (Jordan, the British and Americans), to gauge air defences, to deplete coalition air defences and test their efficacy and in general to see who will be supporting Israel. Even with all the interceptions Iranian drones are now approaching Israel from southern Lebanese air space. Thus far we have Qatar, Jordan, Syria, the US, UK as the main belligerents in what could quickly become a wider war. If Israel hits Iran’s oil infrastructure that poses a direct threat to China’s energy security. The Russians are said to be monitoring the situation closely. Thus far the attacks have not resulted in major damage to Iran.
The main damage to Iran thus far has been the deaths of upwards of 100 civilians with hundreds more injured, damage to the Natanz nuclear facility, the deaths of several top leaders in the IRGC (who have since been replaced), a few top nuclear scientists, some military facilities and damage to missile production facilities. We also have to realize there are a lot of inflated claims on the Israeli side especially. Just keep in mind, too, that neither Israel nor the United States will be happy until Iran in its current form is destroyed. There is much that is hanging on the outcome for all the parties concerned – Empire, Israel, BRICS, Russia, China, The Resistance…It’s a long list. Though it may look at present that the US and Zionists have the upper hand, Iran has yet to respond. Nor have Russia or China, or the rest of The Resistance, for that matter. For now, we wait and see.
California dreamin’: We begin our look at current events with the United States, that nation being the premier nation at the moment with its Gemini personality. In the news the past few days in the US has been of riots in Los Angeles, mentioned above. The hypocrisy of Washington is on full display in LA. There is quite a bit to parse here, but we start with this: Trump needs a win to sell to his base. Some readers may chafe at that assertion, but perhaps the reason for saying so will become clear as we look at this administration and what has happened since it began. Los Angeles is the heart center of the United States[11]…
More to come……
Suggested viewing:
Afshin Rattansi: ‘Israel’s Genocide in Gaza is DWARFING the Nazi Holocaust’– “If Americans Knew” founder Alison Weir. That is a must-read site for Americans.
The banned BBC doco: One Day in Gaza (cited in the Weir interview)
Dialogue Works: Dmitry Orlov[12]: Russia Prepares DEVASTATING response After Ukraine’s Drone Attack!
Judging Freedom: Alastair Crooke: Is Trump missing the boat? Also: Moscow’s Silence/ Moscow’s Threats
Judging Freedom: COL. Lawrence Wilkerson : What Did Trump Know of Drone Attacks? More to the point, who is running those ops?
Judging Freedom: Pepe Escobar : How Angry are the Russians? He has been in Russia since just before the attacks.
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