Recently, while moving about the Internet, I came upon a long list of Beatle tunes. Apparently, I could play anyone of them. So as I moved down the list, I didn’t want to hear any of those early songs from the first couple of albums. I slowed when I reached the Rubber Soul album. It’s one of my favorites, but so was Magical Mystery Tour. For some reason, I paused when I reached Fool on the Hill.
I never knew quite what to make of that McCartney song. I would pick Lennon’s Strawberry Fields Forever over it any day. Are we supposed to feel sorry for the fool? Are we each the fool on the hill at some point? Fortunately, there are no hills in South Florida. But then I don’t need a hill to act foolish.
In the book Yesterday, author Alistair Taylor reports a mysterious incident involving a man who inexplicably appeared near him and McCartney during a walk on Primrose Hill and then disappeared again. Soon after, McCartney and Taylor had conversed about the existence of God, and that, Taylor suggests, prompted Paul to write the song.
Ah, so God is the fool on the hill? Hmm, maybe Paul was writing about Alistair.
In the end, I didn’t click on the song, didn’t play any of them. But then early the next morning, as I was driving to the airport, what comes on the radio but…Fool on the Hill. Of course, synchro, I thought.
But synchronicities should be ‘meaningful’ coincidences. So how was it meaningful? I didn’t know. I’d just spent a week in the North Country visiting my mother–a quiet respite–and was soon subjected once again to the news of the world and politics, and I couldn’t get that song out of my head. When I heard that the U.S. Congress was heading once again toward a disastrous fight over the budget after the election, it occurred to me that Congress is called The Hill. It seems there are many fools on that hill.
However, that didn’t feel right. And the song kept playing in my head. I noticed that I heard it when the presidential race came to mind. So maybe I’d narrowed it two people, the candidates. But which one?
For me, that was a no-brainer. There’s much I could say to argue my choice. But I’ll avoid turning a Beatle song into a political diatribe, and let you make your own pick. But, if for some reason, you can’t figure it out, well, there’s always Bush.
Another compelling fact about “zero”, Darren, is that in metaphysical math, a zero added to any of the nine frequencies, 1 through 9, intensifies the influence of that frequency exponentially, depending upon how many zeroes follow the number of that frequency! For example, the frequency 6. When we add, say, three zeroes to 6, it becomes 6ooo, and that amplifies the impact of the 6 tremendously. Each of us has a Zero Point, now accepted as an archetype, and essentially we have ten, not nine, universal frequencies, because Zero is considered a separate frequency, in and of itself. I have used my Rider Waite Tarot deck for so many years, the cards have become almost ragged! It’s a fantastic source of information that often otherwise seems hidden. I like your takes on all this, btw. I never use THE FOOL as a significator for an individual when doing a reading for someone, although that card DOES sometimes pop up as the first card laying on top of the significator in the Celtic Spread, (indicating the basic influences covering the question or issue of the person seeking the reading, and that card is never read upside down), and then I know we’ve got a very interesting reading coming up!
It would be interesting to know which day the song came to your attention,too.
not 9/13 by any chance ?
The lyrics seem to fit Mitt Romney, especially in light of his recent disaster (he even had a grin or smirk after his press conference regarding the death of the Ambassador to Libya):
“Day after day alone on the hill
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he’s just a fool
And he never gives an answer
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around
Well on his way his head in a cloud”
Hey, interesting to see a synchro about a synchro happening in the course of the responses to this story as well! Appreciated reading about the Fool from the Tarot card. I always thought the song referred to the Maharishi …
Encouraging to hear that I’m not alone in having weird songs populate my head and wonder where that’s coming from as well……….usually I find them, once I figure it out, personally very meaningful. This past spring, for example, I had to stay at my brother’s house for several weeks. My brother I find very oppressive. So the morning of my departure, I woke up singing an old surf song: “And she’ll have fun, fun, fun till her daddy takes the T Bird away……”.
I had to laugh as it kept playing all day long………….my brother behaves exactly like my father did, oppressive and domineering. I think the song was reminding me that I don’t need to carry that oppression around any more………..I can have the fun now.
Years ago, when I was organizing a theatrical event that ended up being my best ever, I kept finding myself singing another surf song “She’s real fine, my 4-0-9, She’s real fine my 4-0-9″………..and months later I realized that the event happened on April 9th!
How very cool that you and math and others, no doubt, get these songs. I get titles of books or just images…this morning’s image: Joe Biden was kind of like rob’s butler, and was pouring dressing over his salad. Then, the last image, was of aliens running thru a mist. Silhouettes. Go figure.
percetly should be perfectly in the above comment…whops!
So McCartney is the fool,but he is also saying we all are the fool of the tarot.
” Day after day alone on the hill,
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still,
But nobody wants to know him,
They can see that he’s just a fool,
And he never gives an answer,
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down,
And the eyes in his head,
See the world spinning around.
Well on his way his head in a cloud,
The man of a thousand voices talking percetly loud ”
“And he never gives an answer…The man of a thousand voices talking percetly loud ”
He never gives an answer because we have to interpret the meaning for the card/archetype to our own life situations…and nobody wants to know him is a reference to people being reluctant to exploring their inner fool.
Trish is editing a novel I wrote called Smoking Mirror and today was reading a chapter where the protagonist has a tarot reading and the first card he draws is…what else…the Fool’s Card. 😉
My last post called
“Dr.Kirby’s Practical Enlightenment Theory”
https://brizdazz.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/drkirbys-practical-enlightenment-theory.html
in which I just re-posted a section of his book that very much spoke to me,contains these words oddly enough,speaking about your book titled ” Smoking Mirror” –
” Enter synchronicity.Synchronicity works.If you realize it exists,and look for it,you find it.There’s no complex philosophy needed,it as simple as a MIRROR.It works now,just start looking.If you haven’t already experienced synchronistic events in your life before,or started experiencing it since you started reading this book,I’d be very surprised. .- )
There is no esoteric discipline,no teacher to sit at the feet of,and,horror of horrors,no money to spend.
After synchronistic events you chop wood and carry water.
Synchronistic events demonstrates your connectedness;they are a mini-satori.
Synchronistic events remind you of your essential connection to the whole.
If you choose to use synchronistic events to walk a spiritual path toward being one with the universe,take care.Synchronistic events will reflect any spiritual fantasy you choose to entertain.
You can create moments when every event in the universe seems to align with your thoughts and emotions.All lines and boundaries seem to have been erased;these moments seem perfect,infinite,and eternal.In the next moment you realize that you have to use the bathroom,the shopping has to be done,and you forgot to call the phone company to check on that problem with the monthly bill. Synchronistic events,like enlightenment,includes the details of everyday life. ”
I’ve just gone and re-posted half of my post here,now .-)
Uh-oh. I commented on that post of yours, darren, never connecting it to the smoking mirror. Thanks for the kick in the butt.Like I remarked on your blog, I enjoyed parts of kirby’s book, took exception to other parts, but I’ll read anything written about synchos. Everything adds to our knowledge. And, ultimately, that benefits each of us.
Actually just re-reading Dr.Surprise’s theory I see when he says –
” If you choose to use synchronistic events to walk a spiritual path toward being one with the universe,take care. *
Synchronistic events will reflect any spiritual fantasy you choose to entertain “,
an obvious reference accidental or otherwise to The Fool in the Wikipedia reference –
“He is frequently accompanied by a dog, sometimes seen as his animal desires, sometimes as the call of the “real world”, nipping at his heels and distracting him. He is seemingly unconcerned that he is standing on a precipice, apparently about to step off. One of the keys to the card is the paradigm of the precipice, Zero and the sometimes represented oblivious Fool’s near-step into the oblivion (The Void) of the jaws of a crocodile, for example, are all mutually informing polysemy within evocations of the iconography of The Fool “.
* the cliff/precipice
Notice in the film clip McCartney is often standing on a precipice.
Another hint about “Magical Mystery Tour”, the album and film that
“The Fool on the Hill ” song came off was the Magical Bus had the number plate
URO 913E on the front of it.
https://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/09/beatles-magical-mystery-tour/
and if you read what Wikipedia says about The Fool card in the tarot,you will see that the Magical Mystery Tour is really their version of the fool’s journey.
The Fool is the 0 card in most decks but it is also number 22 in some others.
The numberplate suggests that the bus is the vehicle for the fool’s journey in a few ways.
First,URO – or,you are zero (U R O) .Second URO 913E (U R O or 9+13 =22,22 being the number of the fool in the other decks,so take your pick 0,or 22,or both….climb on board and off we go.-)
I think if you listen to McCartney’s lyrics you’ll find he is singing about The Fool of the Tarot deck –
” Day after day alone on the hill,
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still,
But nobody wants to know him,
They can see that he’s just a fool,
And he never gives an answer,
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down,
And the eyes in his head,
See the world spinning around.
Well on his way his head in a cloud,
The man of a thousand voices talking percetly loud
But nobody ever hears him,
Or the sound he appears to make,
And he never seems to notice,
But the fool on the hill . . .
Nobody seems to like him
They can tell what he wants to do.
And he never shows his feelings,
But the fool on the hill . . . ”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fool_%28Tarot_card%29
” The Fool is the spirit in search of experience. He represents the mystical cleverness bereft of reason within us, the childlike ability to tune into the inner workings of the world. The sun shining behind him represents the divine nature of the Fool’s wisdom and exuberance, holy madness or ‘crazy wisdom’. On his back are all the possessions he might need. In his hand there is a flower, showing his appreciation of beauty. He is frequently accompanied by a dog, sometimes seen as his animal desires, sometimes as the call of the “real world”, nipping at his heels and distracting him. He is seemingly unconcerned that he is standing on a precipice, apparently about to step off. One of the keys to the card is the paradigm of the precipice, Zero and the sometimes represented oblivious Fool’s near-step into the oblivion (The Void) of the jaws of a crocodile, for example, are all mutually informing polysemy within evocations of the iconography of The Fool. The staff is the offset and complement to the void and this in many traditions represents wisdom and renunciation, e.g. ‘danda’ (Sanskrit) of a Sanyassin, ‘danda’ (Sanskrit) is also a punctuation mark with the function analogous to a ‘full-stop’ which is appropriately termed a period in American English. The Fool is both the beginning and the end, neither and otherwise, betwixt and between, liminal.
The number 0 is a perfect significator for the Fool, as it can become anything when he reaches his destination as in the sense of ‘joker’s wild’. Zero plus anything equals the same thing. Zero times anything equals zero.[6] Zero is nothing, a lack of hard substance, and as such it may reflect a non-issue or lack of cohesiveness for the subject at hand. ”
So I think McCartney’s sees himself as a representative of the Fool from the Tarot deck.Maybe this incident he relates about looking for his dog was the catalyst to thinking about The Fool in the tarot deck,as the fool also has a dog by his side –
” Paul McCartney wrote this. It’s about a man who is considered a fool by others, but whose foolish demeanor is actually an indication of wisdom. An event which prompted this song happened when Paul was walking his dog Martha, on Primrose Hill one morning. As he watched the sun rise, he noticed that Martha was missing. Paul turned around to look for his dog, and there a man stood, who appeared on the hill without making a sound. The gentleman was dressed respectably, in a belted raincoat. Paul knew this man had not been there seconds earlier as he had looked in that direction for Martha. Paul and the stranger exchanged a greeting, and this man then spoke of what a beautiful view it was from the top of this hill that overlooked London. Within a few seconds, Paul looked around again, and the man was gone. He had vanished as he had appeared. A friend of McCartney’s, Alistair Taylor, was present with Paul during this strange incident, and wrote of this event in his book, Yesterday . “
Yep. That’s what I was thinkin’.
Maybe the “hidden” syncho in my waking Beatles song, ‘CAN’T BUY ME LOVE’, has something to do with the Repugs and the economic issues. Maybe….’cause Romney may be a billionaire, but he can’t ‘buy votes’ with all that money. Just a thought.
His millions can’t buy him the love of voters. That sounds right to me.
I haven’t heard that song in a long time, but it never made sense to me then, either. But your synchro about the presidential candidates, well… 🙂 🙂 🙂
🙂
ha ha, i like how you think…
This is absolutely CRAZY, guys! You know how sometimes I come awake with an old song playing in my mind, always a song I’ve not heard in years and years? Well, this morning I came awake with the Beatles song, “CAN’T BUY ME LOVE’ simply screaming in my alpha mind! Now I come to the computer, click onto SynchoSecrets, and guess what? BEATLES song! I haven’t any idea what the “meaningfulness” is here, but it’s totally insane that I came awake with that Beatles song singing in my mind and found one on the blog! And honestly, unlike most of the world, I never cared for the Beatles. Anyone up for trying to make some kind of sense out of this synchronicity??
Won’t even venture a guess!
Thanks, Mike. Makes more sense than the Taylor tale.
There is a quote, supposedly by McCartney, that this song was about the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
“Fool on the Hill was mine and I think I was writing about someone like Maharishi. His detractors called him a fool. Because of his giggle he wasn’t taken too seriously … I was sitting at the piano at my father’s house in Liverpool hitting a D 6th chord, and I made up Fool on the Hill.”
It was recorded in 1967 – fortunately I live in a valley and not on a hill!