Dolphin Research Utilizing Astrology
by
Terence Guardino: as published in the Whole Life
Times
June
1989 - Los Angeles
I went
to the Dolphin Research Center in Florida, April 1987, to
test my astrological assumptions with seven dolphins born
in captivity. It occurred to me while I was working on the
birth data of the dolphins that I couldn't very well prove
that one dolphin was more artistic, more sexual or funnier
than any of the other dolphins. So I had to invent a
conceptual framework from which to test my astrological
findings. My idea was to compare my horoscope with each of
the dolphin's charts to test whether compatible energies or
conflicting patterns could be seen during the actual
personal interaction between myself and each of the
dolphins. While recording my expectations I was able to
foresee certain traits that might be exhibited by the
dolphins.
Marina's chart suggested financial or material abundance;
Halle would express an emotional neediness; Annesa could be
a theatrical showoff; and Terce might have eyesight
problems. I spent specific periods of time throughout the
day with each dolphin for a total of 3 days, to see if
there would be a consistency of reaction. The first dolphin
I wanted to meet was Annesa because I felt she might be
more dramatic and easier to foresee her expected large ego.
I told the trainers that I felt she would be the star,
demanding the center of attention, and since she also was a
heavily aspected Libra that she might exhibit the human
quality of never wanting to be alone but wishing to be left
alone. The trainers got very excited about my introduction
and I soon found out why. Upon meeting Annesa I found that
she was the only one without a mate but had two roommates
in her enclosed water compound - hence, wanting to be left
alone. She immediately came up to me at the edge of the
dock, then swan out into the center of the pool and started
jumping into the air. The trainers informed me that she
loves to entertain and is the highest jumper of all the
other dolphins. She then swam back to me and began
presenting to me gifts of seaweed and rocks from the bottom
of her pool. I, of course, was flattered and excited about
my first successful dolphin interaction. However, I soon
found out that all the other encounters would be quite
different. The other dolphins ignored me at first which I
understand is the usual pattern of a dolphin. Halle was a
baby. I expected him to become very attached to me and he
did. With Annesa, I expected to become attached to her more
than her to me, and that also came about. Halle's response
to me was extraordinary in that babies never leave the
mother, however, Halle swam up to the dock to play with me
and his mother never did during the whole three days of my
visit. Halle was not eating, which unfortunately is a
pattern with captive babies. I asked the trainers to let me
try and feed him. Halle began responding to me though not
previously with the trainers. Halle also started to do
tricks on signals from me that he had not yet performed for
the trainers. My notes recorded that Halle could fall in
love with my energy -and apparently he did. Marina, the
abundant dolphin, had created for herself the largest and
most beautiful of all the individual pools. Terce, with the
possible eyesight problems, was missing an eye. All I had
been able to record about Natua was a possible working
alliance between us, this was the dolphin the Center picked
for me to swim with - our working association.
I did statistical research by looking for astrological
common denominators between all seven dolphins. All had
strong materialistic aspects which meant to me the
abundance of food in the ocean and also that they were born
in captivity and would always be provided for financially.
They all had strong parenting restrictions which I felt
reflected being confined and captive. They had powerful
aspects of psychic potential and spiritual enlightenment
which is what everyone suspects about dolphins. But they
live in the water, which is a conductor of feelings and
ideas. Rather than the chart indicating they are psychic,
they are living in a watery world which more easily
connects them to each other psychically. They also have
sonar abilities which is an attuned, psychic talent. Those
were my results at the Dolphin Research Center, then I went
to Sealife Park in Oahu, Hawaii, and worked with 5 more
dolphins, one mixed dolphin and a whale, and one huge
whale. There I found abundance and materialism again, and
the same powerful spiritual and psychic abilities, but
there was no evidence of the restrictive parental patterns.
This stopped and excited me. I immediately realized that my
Florida findings on some level described the location,
which I hadn't thought of at the time. You see, Florida's
facilities were very strapped for financial support and the
property was old and needed many repairs. This began
explaining the the frustration with parents in the Florida
charts, whereas, the Hawaiian dolphins had more loving
parental aspects and the facility there was rich and more
lush. Also I became aware that the director of the Florida
center had many restrictive regulations in regards to
guests interacting with his dolphins. The Sealife Park
facility was more trusting and less controlling in their
rules. What I gained from this research was a great
awareness of the powerful effect the dolphins had on my
life.
When I got out of the water after swimming with and hugging
Natua and Terce in Florida, the director came up to me and
asked what I had experienced. I replied that my first
reaction was how much heat they emitted in the cool water.
He said that they don't throw off any heat but what I felt
was my heart being touched. I instantly knew what he meant
and, as I left the dock, I was walking on a cloud. I was
vibrating so high it was as if I had been chanting and
meditating with the most powerful guru. In fact, I had
exposed myself to an energy aligned with universal
consciousness. Being in salt water helped my energies more
easily receive a great healing gift from the dolphins. It
was an experience I will never forget.