Brilliant connection between the Vagrancy Act prosecution and how astrology got watered down to survive. The Alan Leo case shows how systems of power literally criminalize anything they can't control or commodify, which is pretty wild when you think about modern wellness culture. I've always wondered why my friends treat birth charts like party tricks whenthe math and symbolism are so intricate. This whole framework of strip-the-sacred-to-sell-it back explains so much aboutwhy the stuff that could actually help people stays buried.
Thank you. I've been sitting with this pattern for days, grieving exactly what you described—that need for systems to criminalize what they can't control. It means more than I can say to know I'm not alone in seeing this.
Brilliant connection between the Vagrancy Act prosecution and how astrology got watered down to survive. The Alan Leo case shows how systems of power literally criminalize anything they can't control or commodify, which is pretty wild when you think about modern wellness culture. I've always wondered why my friends treat birth charts like party tricks whenthe math and symbolism are so intricate. This whole framework of strip-the-sacred-to-sell-it back explains so much aboutwhy the stuff that could actually help people stays buried.
Thank you. I've been sitting with this pattern for days, grieving exactly what you described—that need for systems to criminalize what they can't control. It means more than I can say to know I'm not alone in seeing this.