Aquarius Moon and fads

[Jim Eshelman]

I just added the following to the Aquarius Moon interpretation section. I thought I'd post it separately in case people want to discuss it.

OBSERVATION: "INTEREST IN THE NEW." Aquarius Moons are known for being "interested in the new," the progressive, the innovative, the "ahead of the curve." But what exactly does this mean? For example, Aquarius Moon is usually (almost emphatically) not interested in the latest trends. They commonly seem geeky and unhip on fashions, don't have (surprise!) the latest popular electronics, tend to only adopt fashion and other trends when a fad has passed (and others have "moved on" to something else). - The explanation is that "current trends," "hip," and "fads" point to exactly the sort of thing Aquarius Moon distances himself or herself from, because they aren't truly innovative. They are "herd mind" behaviors. They may even be offensive to Aquarius. "Fad, popular, hip" are nearly pejoratives in the Aquarius lexicon. - OTOH there is profound interest and captivated curiosity in things that are beyond the horizon: molecular-level data storage, for example, and other things that would be pure science fiction if they didn't actually exist. Aquarius is invested in progressive thought, and has behaviors that are "outside of the box" - but that specifically means that they don't identify with the hip, popular, faddish, and trendy, which they consider the best example of being inside the box of sheep mentality.

[Jim Eshelman]

This reminds me of R.A. Wilson's idea of the "acyclic intellectual". (Maybe he got the idea from Leary; I don't remember.) This is someone who always investigates intellectual fads -- but never while they are fads, always either years before or years after.

[Jim Eshelman]

Tim had an Aquarius Moon.

Thanks, I hadn't heard that term.

[Jim Eshelman]

If Buckminster Fuller was born before 12pm, I think he had an Aquarius moon too...

July 12, 1895, Milton, MA (N 42.253074 W 71.074966)

[Jim Eshelman]

Oh, yeah. Quite a list, from DaVinci foward. (Well, and backwards, too. <g>)

Other "outside the bounds" Aquarian Moon minds (geniuses in their own domain) include (just off my at-hand list stored in Solar Fire):
Woody Allen
Robin WIlliams
Tim Leary
Aleister Crowley
Paul Foster Case
J. Edgar Hoover
Hugh Hefner
Helen Keller
Donald Bradley
Dane Rudhyar
Gene Roddenberry

(More than a few of these are known for, ahem, varied personal lives not necessarily fitting into a conventional mold.)

and in pop music alone:
Frank Sinatra
Elvis Presley
Michael Jackson
Prince
Leonard Cohen
Bobby Darin

[Jim Eshelman]

You forgot one