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11.1
Our solar system
 
  Amazingly, when we talk of our Solar System and the planets, we tend to hit a series of intellectual "blind spots". These blind spots prevent us from looking at the obvious and making sense of this part of the Universe in which we live.  
  We will begin by raising the most important four common sense reminders in relation to the Solar System:  
11.1.1 The Solar System as a System  
  The Solar System is a system- that means the Sun, the planets, the asteroid belts and the smaller asteroids past Neptune and Pluto (the Oort Cloud) are all part of one cohesive system. As a system, the Solar System moves as a whole, apart from motion around the Sun and relative position of one planet to another.  
  In practice this means that the whole Solar System is moving in a different direction to simply the orbits of the planets. This is defined principally by the Suns orbit path. This may sound obvious, but in reality, we rarely identify the Sun, the moons, Jupiter and the Earth as all parts of a whole.  
11.1.2 The solar system as part of a larger system  
  If we fail to regularly consider the Solar System as a whole, then it makes sense that we fail to view the Solar System as one unit compared to nearby stars and the larger system of the Milky Way.  
  It is as if we are mentally unable to make the leap from the orbit paths of protons, neutrons and electrons to the level of solar systems rotating around each other in greater complexity and numbers until we view the entire behaviour of the Milky Way (around 100 billion stars).  
  But that is what actually happens and is happening at this various moment. Therefore when we look at changes in the solar system, we must also look at the relative changes of our neighboring stars and clusters of stars within the Milky Way.  
11.1.3 Without patterns and patterns of relationships, the system could not be a system  
  Without rules, without relationships, there would be no patterns. Without patterns there could be no systems. Yet we saw in the previous chapter a defined shape for the Milky Way. We live on a planet, ruled by patterns, within larger patterns, within larger patterns, within larger patterns. Why is it that we only consider the concept of seasons (cycles) of summer, autumn, winter and spring as being unique to Earth? Patterns (cycles) exist at every level in the Universe, from the level of the Unita, to the relationships of Galaxies. If we have failed to identify the patterns and reasons for the patterns, it is more likely because we have failed to admit that patterns exist at every level.  
  When we look at extinction on Earth, the positions of the planets, the size and composition of the planets, we see patterns relating to the rules of form of the very smallest clusters of particles. We should expect to see synergies, not be surprised or mystified by them.  
  Therefore, there are patterns of position between our Solar System and our neighbour stars, as well as our neighborhood relative to other neighborhoods within the Milky Way. In addition, our position is related to times of "summer", "autumn", "winter" and "spring" on a cluster or star level in terms of stability of peace and harmony and war and trouble.  
  Asteroid hits on Earth are not random. They follow defined patterns and relationships of patterns. The complexity of interacting patterns either works in our favour and we miss getting hit x times out of y, or once every few million years a massive asteroid almost wipes life out.  
1.2.4 The patterns are Universal patterns at the sub-atomic, atomic and solar systems level  
  Finally, the patterns within our Solar System are consistent patterns throughout the Universe. Our Solar System wasn't the only single solar system made in the Universe- there are billions upon billions. The relationships are the same, just on a much, much bigger scale than the atomic level.  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
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