My children are very interested in the Solar System, and the workings of our Universe. In studying the planets with them, I have come to realize that the planets draw symbolic parallels to our own Earth life, and the ills and plagues facing our own futures.
Mercury is primarily made up of metallic substance. The parallel I draw is to our Earth's continued neglect of nature's habitats and continued industralization. Metal and steel, as far as the eye can see, it seems, is the goal of the powers at be.
Venus once had a climate similar to Earth's, but, due to greenhouse effect, the planet has become inhospitable in temperature, with sulfuric acid rains. Our own planet is on a similar course, with the climate change issue neglected and ignored.
Mars has dust storms that can cover continent-sized areas for weeks at a time, and often, spread across the entirety of the planet itself. It is a world overwhelmed by the tell-tale signs of drought and famine, lack of resources globally.
Jupiter's "red spot" is a storm of hurricane proportions that has been brewing in an area twice the size of Earth since it was discovered over 400 years ago. The people on our planet have been at war since before we can remember, fighting and "storming" for generations on end.
Saturn has more moons than science has even been able to confirm - an example of superfluous living, ignoring the lack of others and living with ravenous insatiability - the product of our capitalistic society.
Uranus rotates on its side, out of step with its solar dance partners - caring more for its own individual "rights" to its journey than it cares for its community as a whole.
Neptune stole its moon, Triton, and in future years hence, will destroy it with its own gravitational force - like Native American land stolen and the inhabitants wiped out in the name of senseless expansion.
Pluto is roughly the size of the state of Texas. Texas.
