According to Genesis, PULSE is a key element to the Publius Enigma.
P*U*L*S*E is a vital part of the "new beginning".
P*U*L*S*Ee speaks the first message, listen very closely...
If P~U~L~S~E harbors the first message, what's the
most likely place for the second?
The cover image illustrates the Cycle of Life or the Cycle of Water.
Life emerges from the sea.
The iris also symbolises a total eclipse of the Sun.
There are a number of hidden elements in the eye.
- A Bicycle (5:00)
- Cogs (at 8:00)
- An airplane (4:00)
- A Doll 11:00)
- An axe (or a flag, or a bottle? at 9:00)
Paper Doves (a reference to A Great Day for Freedom?)
Airplane flying to the Gizeh Pyramids (Egypt)
The "collective wheel of objects" mentionned by Genesis could be related to the PULSE Album's cover. If we try to match the elements hidden in the iris with the zodiacal wheel, a certain pattern emerges.
COGS are elements from a clock, so they must refer to the sign of CAPRICORN, which is under the rulership of Saturn / Chronos, the Keeper of TIME.
BELLS (the Division Bell as an instrument for democracy) can be related to the sign of AQUARIUS, which is known for its hunger for independance, freedom, democracy.
The BICYCLE should be "visually" related to the sign of PISCES.
The glyph of the sign of ARIES looks like a BIRD. So the "Paper Doves" and the PLANE on the cover could be associated with this sign.
One interesting thing to notice in relation to Harmony and
sacred numbers is the artwork of CD 1 of Pulse.
The artwork on the first CD represents the "Modulor"
from the Swiss
architect Le
Corbusier. It is a "canon" of "divine proportions"
based on the number PHI
(1.618 or 0.618).
The artwork from the second CD represent the morphological genesis of a fish and the Moon cycle. Notice the division of the circle in eight parts (The Greek oktotopos?).
Numbers are important in PULSE. But these numbers are the birth dates of the band members.
(Data to compute astrological charts of the band)
Source: PULSE CD
David Gilmour (See chart in PDF)
3/6/1946
Cambridge
9 PM
Sun Pisces, Asc Libra
Nick Mason (See chart in PDF)
1/27/1944
Birmingham
11 PM
Sun Aquarius, Asc Libra
Richard Wright (See chart in PDF)
7/28/1943
Hatch End (London)
4:30 AM
Sun Leo, Asc Leo
Jon Carin (See chart in PDF)
10/21/1964
6:30 AM
New York
sun Libra, Asc Scorpio
Gary Wallis (See chart in PDF)
6/10/1964
5:20 AM
London
Sun Capricorn, Asc Capricorn
Tim Renwick (See chart in PDF)
8/7/1949
9:30 AM
Cambridge
Sun Leo, Asc Libra
Guy Pratt (See chart in PDF)
1/3/1962
7:30 AM
London
Sun Capricorn, Asc Capricorn
Other band members birth dates:
Syd
Barrett
1/6/1946
Hour unknown
Cambridge
Sun Capricorn
Roger Waters
9/6/1944
Hour unknown
Cambridge
Sun Virgo
Sam
Brown
10/7/1964
6 AM
London
Sun Libra, Asc Libra