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Jiang says astrology and astronomy matter in the Divine Comedy because they register the cyclical movement of the universe.
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Jiang says astrology counted as science in Dante's historical world and that the stars' positions and angles in Paradise are loaded with significance that the class is not equipped to decode.
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Jiang says some sections of Divine Comedy should be skipped in this class because they are too dependent on occult, astrological, or mathematical knowledge that he does not possess.
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Rhythm, correspondence, and cause and effect mean the material, emotional, spiritual, and divine levels are connected and can influence one another.
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Mother goddess civilization is explained as an agricultural religion organized around fertility, crops, the womb as a portal, astrology, and women as representatives of the mother goddess.
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Jiang suggests astrological and numerological considerations may influence when the next major strike occurs.
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Jiang argues that elites operating at this level of power become highly superstitious and incorporate astrological timing into their plans to make outcomes line up properly.
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"Okay, so another thing that I'll point out is that astrology, astronomy are very important in the Divine Comedy. Again, I don't know astrology,..."
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"...thing that we're missing that's very important for Divine Comedy is astrology. So at this time in history, astrology is science, right? You think..."
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"...that make sense? Because certain sections are heavy into the occult, astrology, and mathematics. And there's really no point for us to read it..."
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"...pattern to it. And this pattern will become the basis for astrology, right? That's what astrology is. Astrology is trying to figure out the..."
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"And what this means, and this is really interesting, is that you can have impact on others as well. So this gives rise to..."
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"confident as he is on timing i don't know i actually don't actually know what where he got the december timing but i i..."
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"numerology they care a lot about stars aligning uh because in round two they'll probably go all in so you know round one the..."
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"Yeah. So, um, I think that we are at that level, we have that much power and wealth. Um, I think you tend to..."
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"Okay so today we continue the topic of secret societies. Last class we discussed how they come into power. Today we will look at..."
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"...stars. Okay? The stars. And of course this gives rise to astrology. Astrology is a study of the movement of the stars in order..."
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"Then you have of course the crops, right? So in an ideal world all three are aligned together. By setting the stars you know..."
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"But I don't understand any of this stuff, okay? So astrology is also very key. Then you have the symbology. So we looked at..."
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