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Hindsight is 20/20...

I'm so glad that you had the foresight to click on the link that brought you here. That's because, according to astrologer, Liz Greene - there's another chapter to the story of Prometheus that relates to the energy of Aquarius. It seems that the Titan god, Prometheus (foresight) had a brother by the name of Epimetheus. (Epimetheus literally means hindsight...)

Let's set the stage... Zeus is more than a little ticked off at Prometheus because of humanity receiving the gift fire from the Titan god. So Zeus comes up with a way to have his revenge on both humanity and Prometheus at the same time.

How does Zeus do this? Zeus creates the perfect woman. He creates this perfect woman and then names her, Pandora. (I believe you may have heard of her and her infamous box?) Zeus offers the, oh so, tempting Pandora to Prometheus as his bride. She comes complete with an unopened box of "gifts" and "treasures" from Olympus. Prometheus takes one look at the lovely, mouth-watering Pandora (remember, now - his name means foresight) and tells Zeus something to the effect of "thanks very much, but no thanks." One can only assume his liver was still smarting a wee bit from the eagle snacks.

Then Zeus offers Pandora to the Titan's brother, Epimetheus... (Whoops! We're in trouble now...) Epimetheus, who seemed to be a wee bit less intelligent than his brother, takes one look at the lovely, mouth-watering Pandora (remember, now -- his name means hindsight) and asks Zeus something to the effect of "how fast can I take her home?" One can only assume he was thinking of something other than his liver at the time.

Hopefully, you've heard the rest of this story regarding Pandora and her box. Eventually, the box is opened, and plague-ridden creatures of all kinds invade the world. Some of the creature's names are: fear, terror, war, sickness, despair, depression and loneliness. These are the gifts Zeus gives to humankind in punishment for their having received the stolen fire from Prometheus. There is, however, one creature or gift down at the bottom of the pile that manages to partially redeem the situation for humanity. The name of this creature or gift is "Hope."

Epimetheus (hindsight) represents the blinder, more naive side of Aquarian energy that doesn't recognize a villain until it's bit him on the liver.

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