Jeffrey Goldberg: The New Modern Day Prometheus

How a Signal Group Chat Became Pandora's Box.

Hey, Beautiful—

On March 11, 2025, at exactly 11:44 AM Eastern, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sent a Signal message that would trigger one of the strangest national security breaches in modern American history. Just 31 minutes before airstrikes on the Houthis in Yemen, Hegseth laid out operational targets, weapon systems, and launch windows in a private group chat called "Houthi PC small group."

Two days later, journalist Jeffrey Goldberg—editor-in-chief of The Atlantic—was added to that same Signal thread. Not a hacker. Not a whistleblower. Just a guy with a blue check and a Signal account, sitting in a front-row seat as military secrets spilled like loose confetti.

He said nothing. They noticed nothing.

When the story broke, the White House downplayed it. A mistake. A one-off. But what if it wasn’t?

What if Signalgate isn't just a modern scandal, but a retelling of one of the oldest stories humanity has ever told? What if Pete Hegseth’s recklessness, Michael Waltz’s "mistake," and Jeffrey Goldberg’s quiet witnessing are part of a deeper myth playing itself out, again?

Let’s see what the astrology has to say.

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🎁 Pandora’s Box, Redux

Most people understand the phrase "Pandora's box" as a metaphor for getting involved with things you shouldn't, but the actual myth is far more complex—and far more political. In Hesiod’s Works and Days, Pandora wasn’t a villain. She was created to be used in a sophisticated conspiracy between Zeus, Hephaestus, and the other gods on Mount Olympus. She was sculpted from clay, deliberately given beauty with the purpose of objectifying her, and then outfitted with charm, grace, and divine curiosity.

After Prometheus stole fire and gave it to humanity, Zeus didn’t strike back directly. Instead, he orchestrated a punishment that looked like a gift. He sent Pandora to Earth with a sealed jar filled with afflictions. She was told not to open it, but they built her to want to.

Meanwhile, Epimetheus—whose name literally means "afterthought"—was explicitly warned by Prometheus not to accept gifts from Zeus. When Pandora appeared, glowing with divine craftsmanship, he said yes anyway. Epimetheus, like Hegseth, was explicitly told not do something and then did it anyway, because he thought the warning didn't apply to him.

The jar was never about curiosity. It was about blame. The gods knew what would happen and engineered Pandora to carry it out. Her so-called "mistake" was a setup. She didn’t unleash chaos. The gods did.

When the jar opened, war, famine, deceit, and death poured out. Only Hope remained inside. Was it left to sustain us—or to pacify us? That question still haunts the myth, and maybe it should. Because even now, when everything else has spilled out, Hope is the only thing they haven’t taken back.

Here’s what matters: Pandora wasn’t the architect. She was the instrument. This myth isn’t about feminine weakness—it’s about how power creates fallout and then chooses someone else to carry it.

Now that we’ve told the myth, let’s dive deeper into how these astrological transits are playing out in real time. We’ll unpack the full political astrology cycle here—but for the complete analysis of how this will impact your life, you’ll need to read on.