Sync Log: Bono Signaling to the Algol Cult?

It never fails. As soon as you stumble on to some weird mystery no one else was looking for you get hit with syncs that send you even further down the rabbit hole.

So I hopped in the car immediately after decoding the Eye-in-Triangle meme/gesture as a signal towards Algol and Triangulum. I had some stuff I had to get in the mail. I turn the ignition on and the air is filled with the queasy strains of U2's tuneless Madchester knockoff, "The Fly." I can't even remember the last time I heard that stinker on the radio.

What could be the connection you might ask? Well, read on...

Bono bestowing his blessings on mass-murderers, enslavers and elite predators

As you all know, everything about Bono is a lie. He's a fake Christian, a fake rocker, a fake humanitarian and a fake intellectual. He seems to outlived his usefulness to the plutocracy, but time once was you couldn't throw a rock without it bouncing off Bono's swollen head at some fake awards show or NGO photo op.

I caught onto Bono's shuck back in 1983, when I saw U2 on the War tour. I'd seen them before in 1981 and noticed that something had gone terribly wrong with the man. He was clearly in the throes of a narcissistic infatuation, and was spending more time preening and posing than rocking the fucking house. The sound gave out on the Edge's guitar-- the band's main appeal for me-- for a good portion of the show, which in retrospect feels like a premonition.

In a word, Bono had succumbed to the sin of pride. It's no wonder the band's next single was called  "Pride in the Name of Love." Back then, it was ostensibly about MLK Jr, but we know better now. It was Bono's stratospheric self-love being celebrated amongst all those crystalline arpeggios. 

And you all know who pride is like catnip for...

My interest in U2 was extinguished decades ago, but was mostly centered on The Edge. He was the magic in that band, it was that twinkling, chiming guitar that spoke to me. Bono always sounded to me like he had a stuffy nose. But my appreciation for that wondrous guitar was soiled when I sussed out the art of signaling. And truth be told, that guitar had long outworn its welcome in my ears anyway.

But you don't need to be an expert in signaling to get the message from these images...

It's hard to tell with Bono being so totally full of blarney and all, but he also tried to score hipness points by consorting with unapologetic Chuckee Cheez aficianados William S Burroughs and amblin' guy Allen Ginsburg. 

My thinking is that he had zero idea who either were while running around the streets of Dublin, just like he had no idea who Lou Reed or any of the old boutique-rock must-haves were either. He just glommed onto them in his never-ending futile quest for rock-nerd brownie points. But looking at those record covers again, you can't help but wonder. 

I seriously doubt Bono is a member of anything you might consider "the Illuminati," since even the most committed illuminists couldn't handle the never-ending tornado of undiluted cringe the man exudes. If Bono hadn't acted as the advertising force for such worldwide destruction and exploitation, I'd almost feel sorry for him. 

But let's get back to the subject at hand: is Bono signaling to the Algol cult with "The Fly?"

Since this is all about the stars, let's have a look at the first verse of this torpid clunker:

It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky

It's no secret that our world is in darkness tonight

They say the sun is sometimes eclipsed by the moon

Y' know I don't see you when she walks in the room

Bingo.

So we have the stars falling and the world in darkness, plus the eclipse. From Space.com:

For someone who observes with the unaided eye, Algol (also known as the Demon Star) is quite possibly the most interesting star in the fall and winter skies, if they know when to look for its brightness changes. It is a famous prototype variable star, though it is not intrinsically one; in other words, it does not fluctuate in brightness on its own. Rather, its light changes result from the eclipse of one binary-star component by another, because the two companion stars' orbital plane lies nearly in our line of sight. 

The cycle from one eclipse to another has a period of about 2 days, 20 hours, 48.8 minutes and a visual magnitude range of about +2.0 to +3.3. (Magnitudeis a measure of brightness). Algol appears only one-third as bright as it would normally appear during the peak of the eclipse. Most of the time Algol's light appears constant, but for about four hours its light varies noticeably. 

 So if Algol is in eclipse and is fluctuating in brightness, you could argue "the world is in darkness" if you place special importance on that star. 

So what all the "one-eye" symbolism represents in my view is the "winking" of Algol caused by the eclipsing of the binary stars. The "she" who "walks into the room" could be a reference to Medusa.

And we see a one-eyed cartoon profile on the single's cover art, so one might make a reasonable argument that this what we're looking at.

OK, you say; a reasonable argument may be made. But what's all this "Fly" business about then?

Well, there is a constellation called Musca, meaning 'the Fly." But that was formerly known as Musca Australis, or the Southern Fly. Musca Borealis is no longer recognized as a separate constellation, but as part of Aries.

 

And he we see Bono in his "Fly" persona doing the horns bit, which he seems to a lot. 

OK, so some old constellation. You're really pushing it here, Secret Sun guy. You and your pareidolia and shit.

Oh, you think so, do you?

You forgot to ask what other constellations the Fly bordered on. Like Triangulum and Perseus, right smack dab next to Algol. 

Oh, and one more thing in the chorus:

A man will rise (Love, we shine like a) 

A man will fall (Burning star)

From the sheer face of love (We're falling from)

Like a fly from a wall. (The sky... tonight)

It's no secret at all

One might argue that this is about "Lucifer," but if you look again at the star map, you'll see something interesting.

Depending on the time of year, Perseus could be seen to be either rising or falling in the sky.

I mean, it's no secret at all.