Tuesday May 12, 2026
– Balsamic Moon Phase – release, transform, healing, forgiveness, prepare for the new
– Moon in PISCES – Void of Course 6:04 AM – 8:04 PM Moving to ARIES
– Retrogrades –
- PLUTO – May 6 to Oct 15 – This period brings intense inner reflection, shifting the focus from external societal changes to internal transformation, forcing us to confront power dynamics, subconscious patterns, and personal evolution
– Best Days (from the Farmer’s Almanac) – May 11th – 12th – Can Fruits and Vegetables, Mow to Slow Growth, Castrate Farm Animals, Wean, Potty Train, Brew Beer, Get Married
– Planting Calendar (from the Farmer’s Almanac) – May 11th – 12th – Fine for vine crops. Set strawberry plants. Good days for transplanting. Favorable time for planting late root crops.
– Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: – 28 ARIES: a large, disappointed audience
– Aspect of the Aeon Sophia: (Wisdom): Kali – The Destroyer
– Aspect of the Aeon Thelete: (Will/Desire): Ian, God of the East
SUN – 22 TAURUS: a white dove flying over troubled waters
EARTH – 22 SCORPIO: hunters shooting wild ducks
Do You Grok It?
Back in the 1960’s the term Grok entered into the counter culture zeitgeist (i.e. it was hippie shit). It came from a Science Fiction novel by Robert Heinlein named Stranger in a Strange Land.
In the novel, a man is brought back as the only “survivor” from a colony on the planet Mars. As a young child he was taken in by the Martians where he learned to be like them. So much so, that he was very much unlike his fellow humans. He was Martian.
My point in this was that he spoke and thought like Martians. And one of the words xhe began teaching the humans on Earth was grok. In the Martian language, grok literally meant “to drink,” but metaphorically signified understanding something so thoroughly that the observer becomes part of the observed—a profound, intuitive, and empathetic comprehension. ~wikipedia
I only came across the novel in January of 2024. It was recommended to me from a friend who regularly used the word grok – and often in the context of Astrology – a very grokable subject. And the word became part of my world as well.
I might ask anyone if they remember when the now popular AI platform on X called grok was started. Don’t look it up. I will tell you. Elon launched in in November of 2023. It must have been in the air.
And looking at all I have said, does not the AI name Grok take on a whole new meaning. Created by Elon, who is dreaming about trips to Mars, naming his deep thought program to help people better understand things? Elon has obviously read Stranger!
Deeper Understanding
Talking about Groking, I am reminded of a lesson I studies in about 2012 called the 4 Stages of Competence. I had read about in earlier than 2012. It was a concept developed by Martin M. Broadwell and often used in training and psychology. It is featured in Kevin Trudeau’s Your Wish is Your Command (a 12 CD sales letter designed to get people to join his pyramid marketing scheme called the Global Information Network). Despite being a ham-handed sales tool, Your Wish is Your Command teaches some very powerful information, including one of the best explanations of The Law of Attraction that I have ever heard.
The 4 stages, with their explanations, are (From Google’s AI):
Unconscious Incompetence (Ignorance)
- Description: The individual does not understand or know how to do something, and does not recognize the deficit.
- Mindset: “I don’t know that I don’t know.”
- Action: Requires recognizing the skill gap and its value to move forward.
Conscious Incompetence (Awareness)
- Description: The individual does not know how to do something but recognizes the deficit and the value of learning it.
- Mindset: “I know that I don’t know.”
- Action: Making mistakes is a crucial part of the learning process at this stage.
Conscious Competence (Learning)
- Description: The individual understands or knows how to perform the skill, but it requires heavy concentration and conscious thought.
- Mindset: “I know how, but I have to think about it.”
- Action: Practicing and breaking down the skill into steps.
Unconscious Competence (Mastery)
- Description: The skill has become “second nature” through practice and can be performed easily, often while doing other tasks.
- Mindset: “I do it automatically.”
- Action: The skill is mastered and internalized.
As you read these, note that the level of Unconscious Competence/ Mastery is the beginning of Groking.
One of my favorite examples to think about when explaining the 4 stages is Driving. Consider it like this:
Unconscious Incompetence (Ignorance)
- You know there are cars and they go places
Conscious Incompetence (Awareness)
- Someone is behind the wheel of the car and makes it run
Conscious Competence (Learning)
- You can operate the vehicle, but have to think about what you are doing
Unconscious Competence (Mastery)
- The vehicle goes where you guide it and you do not think about any part of the process.
For all you drivers out there, I ask you to perform a test. While you are behind the wheel, pay attention to all the things you do that you do not think about.
- Do you tell yourself to press on the gas or do you look down the road and the car moves?
- Do you tell yourself to turn the wheel or does the car just go that way?
- Do you tell yourself to press on the brakes or do you just stop?
Conscious vs unconscious. Understanding vs groking.
And Speaking about Grok (the AI Grok)
“Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Back in January, I started an online class to learn about AI. You may have seen the ads that say “Learn AI in 28 easy lessons.” If you get sucked into the sales presentation, they promise you will learn it all in a month and it will only cost you $40. Well, I tried it. And I have spent about $150 and not finished it. Was it me? Who knows. AI is really not that hard. And I cancelled the subscription (twice) and they promise it will never charge me again. I hate sales pitches.
Anyways, I still have not done the chapter on Grok. It’s coming up. But from what I have seen it is not much different than ChatGPT or Gemini or Claude. Has some different features. The free version is kind of fun. I refuse to pay for another subscription though.
I secretly wondered if there was an AI bot that would be able to interpret an Astrology Chart. What I found was that the complexity is too much for any kind of basic subscription. There are a number of people who have created AI astrology programs. And they charge an arm and a leg to use them
But what does this have to do with Unconscious Competence and groking? Quite simply, like the Space and the Universe and everything, everywhere, all at once, Astrology requires a vast amount of knowledge. And as I find whenever I read a chart or consider the meaning of an aspect I have to look up a lot of information. Does this mean I am a whole lot less educated than I thought? No. Just that I may not have reached unconscious competence on the subject.
And I think a lot of people are that way about it as well.
Despite all of my study of Astrology, I am starting a project to take a deeper dive into some of the very basic subjects. Like each of the zodiac signs, each of the planets and the lunar phases and astrocartography. If you want to be a master, you have to be a master of the basics. So stay tuned.
I bring up a lot of subjects and then forget them. This is one. Laura Walker published this Tip List for the next year. It’s a good idea to review it again. Ask yourself if you have made any headway.
8 Tips for the End of the World
- Something bigger than you is happening
- It goes beyond the persona for your chart
- It is happening – It’s an amplification of frequency
- Therefore, you play a bigger role than you realize so it is imperative to Trust/Twist to the higher octave
- Feel the feelings. Do not avoid the feelings. Detatch from the lower octaves and move back up (fears are the weapons of the archons)
- Represent yourself well. Kick your addictions in the next 2 cycles
- Contain your frequency. We are not sent on missions we are not qualified for.
- Fade into your angelic self. Something bigger is happening. You are much bigger than you might think