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In the middle of a blog conversation, someone mentioned that he was an avid fan of Batman as a child.  While reading a compendium of Batman comics, he encountered an emergent consciousness of Batman that apparently arose from years of people reading and meditating on the persona of Batman.  Perhaps it could be described as an emerging Jungian Archetype.

At this point, I wish I could give a link to the original blog posting.  I am not sure I am relaying the story right–So if anyone else happens to know of it, feel free to post a link.

Anyway, that got me thinking about Cthulhu. 

Starting in a story written by HP Lovecraft nearly 100 years ago (The Call of Cthulhu), the mythos of Cthulhu has become very widespread.  Every recent US Election has had mock campaigns to elect Cthulhu.   “Cthulhu for President!   Why settle for the LESSER of the two evils?” 

There is a series of parody Christmas songs that feature Cthulhu, like this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptP0OR-e7rI                

I thought I would try a Geomancy Question about this;

“Is there a self-aware developing Cthulhu consciousness?”

Evaluated with the house chart, Querent = I, Quesited = VIII, since the inquiry is about the possible consciousness of a being.

https://shedivesin.github.io/emoji/western/house/68/6b.svg

The court is interesting, with Fortuna Minor and Acquisitio generating Carcer.

Cthulhu popped up (Fortuna Minor), currently sleeping (Carcer), will attempt to reclaim in future (Acquisitio).  This is entirely consistent with the Cthulhu mythos.

Querent Conjunctio and Quesited Acquisitio match in Fire and Air lines.

Conjunctio passes I to III (coming together locally?). 

I is Capitular with II, Tristitia, which passes to V.  Sorrow in finances and fun/crops is consistent with the Cthulhu mythos.

Also VII and IX are Amissio.  Loss to enemies, loss of dreams, also consistent with Cthulhu.

Cardines:

1                                  Conjunctio      Beginning

10                                Puella              Middle

7                                  Amissio           End

4                                  Puer                 Aftermath

Hmmm.  Activities that seemed like they would be good ideas at the beginning eventually result in loss and conflict. 

Summary

Surprisingly, it looks like there may be a developing Cthulhu archetype with consciousness.  Currently sleeping, it may one day awaken and try to seize control.

Maybe it really isn’t a good idea to run Cthulhu for President.  We might just elect him...