Total Lunar Eclipse as Magicians and Shamans Play on a Stage Beset with Rumors

Deception and Victims on a Blood Red Moon or Illusions?

Everyone from bible thumping Christians to the most far out conspiracy theorist are seizing on tonight's red tinged total lunar eclipse—the last one until Dec. 2010. Sure this is a big deal yet all the eclipses of the 2008 season are notable. The Aquarian event on Feb. 7tth this year that was preceded by Super Tornadoes on Super Tuesday eve began the magic. With the maximum earth shadow to occur @ 7:26 PM PT or 10:26 PM ET or 3:26 AM (2-21-08) UT this should be a magnificent visual experience for North America. See this excellent animation.

Mercury leads the Magicians @ Shamans on this Eclipse.
Fixed Stars for the chart above shows -
Deneb Adige as Mercury is Culminating orb 00 mins 10 secs -
An idea-magician; the poet, the actor or the shaman
This particular star found in the constellation Pisces - Deneb Adige is a brilliant white star in the Tail of Cygnus, the Swan. Keeping with the Piscean theme as Mercury is applying to a conjunction with Neptune (ruler of Pisces) on March 9th so that we see that Cygnus gives a contemplative, dreamy, cultured and adaptable nature...
Per Robson: "It is of the nature of Venus and Mercury, and gives an ingenious nature and a clever intellect that is quick at learning."
With both these orbs in air signs levitation is bound to be one of the most experienced powers...
Witness this African Shaman levitating


Mars and the Battle for Space Weapons
We are coming up within hours of on an attempt by the US Navy to shoot down a spy satellite that 'supposedly threatens our lives." Other nations are on alert because of this act as Russia claims these plans to shoot down a damaged spy satellite may be a veiled test of America's missile defense system.
As Mars (Military)now direct in Gemini and applying to an exact opposition to Pluto on March 7th is flexing it's muscles when most of the people on this planet are just plain sick and tired of war. Not only Russia is opposed to the implications of this test but China has drafted a treaty on preventing an arms race in outer space. Since last December's Pluto-Jupiter meeting in Sagittarius
the Pentagon has pushed to create the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space.

Religion, Victims and Mental Health push the Virgo-Pisces Axis
In the chart above Moon @ 2 Virgo sits in the natural house of Pisces (12th) near Saturn for some deep inner-spiritual activity. In fact the older Sabian says it all: " A large white cross stands alone on a high hill." Old age religions are starting to give way via a symbolic eclipsing process to more advanced spirituality that is grounded in our hearts. The Sun @ 2 Pisces via a more modern Sabian: "An angelfish draws its tail across its face. Spying a fisherman, it darts into the shelter fo a coral reef." This image is telling of the desire to lower one's veils and defenses vs. hiding one's feelings and offering deception in the public eye. It should prove interesting that this degree is that of Patty Hearst;s Sun, Prince's Moon or even the Timothy Leary's Uranus. This is the type of anxiety which along with the slow march of the wounded healer, Chiron in mental Aquarius along with Neptune now @ 22 Aqua. Tonight's rather emotionally, murky lunation might best be described as the revelation that America is Driving Us Crazy.

SS 10 North Again
Just like the Solar Annual Eclipse of 2-7-08 we are in the Saros Series 10 North so the same principles apply. As B Brady said “there is a very strong emphasis on communication, and, at the same time, frustrating or inhibiting events may come into the person’s life via news, paperwork or a young person." Tonight's eclipse has a powerful direct Mercury bringing forth innovation and artistic revival being near Venus. The moon is fast approaching an exact Quincunx (a degree of adjustment) with Mercury which should offer healing and news of a woman in power dealing with difficult circumstances.

Earth is Waking Up - Earthquakes all over the globe.
Leading up to tonight's event their have been multiple strong quakes most notable the 7.4 Magnitude destructive temblor near the island of Simeulue in Sumatra Indonesia - near the site of the 2004 killer tsunami. Also the swarm of quakes continues in Baja California near a dormant volcano: "Cerro Prieto". This all started right on Feb. 9th (right after the last eclipse) and Cerro Prieto sits at the exact coordinates of the over 200 hundred quakes measuring as high as 5.3 magnitude. Latest updates for these coordinates 10-degree Map Centered at 35°N, 115°W. Other parts of the world are extremely active with a 6.1 Magnitude in Southern Greece, two 5.0 + in Hindu Kush plus a rare 5.5 Magnitude in the South Atlantic.
It is likely that even though lots of pressure is being released, by the time the March 7th Mars-Pluto opposition occurs a larger quakes or volcanoes will occur in the Western Hemisphere.
Update from Feb. 21, around 12 hours after this activating eclipse
At a Magnitude 6.0 - shocks NEVADA Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 06:16:05 AM at epicenter

Aquarian Solar Eclipse Feb 7th Demands Freedom By Any Means

PART TWO: Super Tornadoes Strike on Super Tuesday (Mars ruled)
Will the Election Process Be Enough to Keep Us Safe ?.

Two huge stories filled the TV Screens on the morning of Feb. 6th as Mars in mutable Air-Gemini applying to another opposition with Pluto. (1) Devastating Tornadoes killing dozens (2)Hillary edging Obama in close vote count. All this occured as Mercury applied to conjunction with the Sun @10:19AM PT
This destructive path symbolized by Mars had lots of help from a trine with Neptune-Vesta-N Node From an Astro-meteorological perspective @ 3PM CST for Lafayette, Tennesses shows Mars one of the triggers moving from 11th to 10th and the Aquarian Stellium which packed the wallop in the 8th moving toward IC as fast moving Moon (trigger) recently in Aquarius joining them on a voracious path of destruction to the IC or part of the North-South axis. as points East represented by ASC which moved from Cancer to Libra SQ those Capricorn stalwarts PL-JU-VE then onto Scorpio to SQ the Aquarian wind-lightening swept group in IC by 12 Midnight on Wed.
View Video of Arkansas twister leaves 11 dead - from USA Today:

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All day horrific footage was broadcast among comments of masses (Uranian_ turning out to vote. Negative side of Mercury's erratic motion in Aquarius touching Sun with 55 people were killed and hundreds injured Tuesday and Wednesday by dozens of tornadoes that plowed across Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. It was the nation's deadliest barrage of twisters in almost 23 years. Yet in typical Saturn Retro. in Virgo, a meteorologist from the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) was quoted as saying tornadoes were unusually lethal but not particularly rare...This is typical of 2008's most telling aspect Saturn opposing Uranus.

Bob Marley (born Feb. 6, 1945 @ 2:30 AM) epitomizes a drive for freedom and justice for the human collective. His Sun @ 17* and a potent aspect of musical genius and high energy led by Uranus. (Uranus-Gemini sextile Pluto and trine Pallas-Neptune in Libra


Aquarian planets literally scream for freedom, justice in today's atmosphere of control and anti-terrorism hysteria. This eclipse will trigger a climactic confrontation with some of the most draconian laws moving thru the House and Senate like the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (1)
FISA has even created a secret court (established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) (2) and now with Pluto in Capricorn
Wherever we turn, the two planets, the virtual underpinnings of this Eclipse and the subsequent geo-political events for 2008 are Saturn and Uranus.
Saturn is the mundane-ancient ruler of the Eclipse, with Uranus the modern-spiritual ruler of the Eclipse. Venus-Jupiter in Capricorn are in positive trine and sextile to these two giving a boost the motivation to end the age of war and create innovative methods to live. Currently these two are in wide opposition till they reach and exact aspect on Nov. 4th. So between now and then polarization between the these two will demand freedom and resolution. On Dec. 19th Saturn turned retrograde the same time that the Lakota Sioux declared sovereignty from the US Government (represented by Saturn). On May 3rd Saturn stations direct @ 2 Virgo and begins building the power of Structure vs. Freedom (Uranus) as this planet of erratic, sudden change finally moves backwards in August @ 22 Pisecs. The forces of supposed service and gross materialism will began fighting the most advanced, progressive Aquarian progressive visions and utopia. This eclipse and the lunar one that follows will revel in an anarchy of new thought and action.
The overall theme of the sign of Aquarius is rebellion against the established and more traditional is magnified with the 17-18th Degree so prominent in triggering power crisis where the old is vanquished in favor of the new.
Election themes that touch on 17th-18th Aquarius.
Since the major news element in the US besides the economy and domestic meltdown 4th and 10th axis is the Super Primary the day before let's look at some previous elections where this degree was featured and results were not decided by the people.
Manipulated/Glitch Filled Elections in US History

(Thanks to some great research from an article via ©Michele Adler 2008)
In the 2000 election the 17-18 Aquarius/Leo axis was prominent. Former US Vice President Al Gore who conceded the presidency to George W. Bush on Dec. 13, 2000 after a tug a war with Mercury retrograde. Gore had his converse secondary progressed Sun at 18 Aquarius 10. Transiting Uranus on that day was at 17 Aquarius 51, conjunct transiting Vesta was at 17 Aquarius 51. We recently had a conjunction of Chiron-Vesta-Mercury @ 14 Aquarius.

Another election back on Jan. 29, 1877, when the US Congress had to pass a law and form a 15-member electoral commission to settle the election of 1877, finally resolved when Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner, even though his opponent, Samuel Tilden, had won the popular vote. At the time, Hayes had a converse solar arc Sun at 18 Leo 23.
On Dec. 7, 1836, Martin Van Buren was voted US president after an election that was marked by the first time that a vice president selection had been thrown into the Senate. At the time, transiting Jupiter was at 18 Leo 06.
Feb. 9, 1825, John Quincy Adams was elected US president after the election was thrown into the House of Representatives. It marked the first election where a candidate didn’t receive the majority of the electoral vote. (Adams ran against Andrew Jackson who was elected president some years later.) Adams at the time had a converse secondary progressed Ascendant at 18 Leo 27. (Andrew Jackson did not have any planets or angles in 17-18 Aquarius/Leo but did have a solar arc Jupiter and solar arc Pluto at 13 Scorpio, the solstice point of 17 Aquarius.)

The two eclipses preceding the 2008 General Election for a candidate to finally replace Bush have Nodes @ 18 Aquarius/Leo 31
Respectively the Total Solar on August 1st @ 10 Leo and the Lunar Partial on Aug. 16th @ 25 Leo with Nodes 18* Aquarius/Leo 34'.
Sabian 19* Aquarius : A Forest Fire Quenched and 19* Leo: A Houseboat Party.

(1)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_House_Resolution_1955
(2)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Court

Solar Eclipse Feb. 6-7, 2008 -An Unexpected Degree

Part One Eclipsing the Masculine - Unmasking the Thin Veneer of Reality
One of the most important series eclipses of the decade will begin with a New Moon @ 7:44 PM PT @ 17 Aquarius 44' then at 8:20 PM the annular eclipse will begin ending at 9:31 PST. Unlike the picture above of a total eclipse in Romania 1999, the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and only partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. Symbolically and literally the feminine (moon) will strike a blow to the masculine (sun). As far as Super-Tuesday, a Clinton victory is possible depending on how many women turn out. Most importantly this lunation replete with massive weather changes, economic free falls, rebellions demonstrates how quickly unexpected
changes can occur and the only stability is change.
The 17-18 degree of Aquarius is featured as magnificent catalyst disseminating truth from the bottom up-grass roots era of Pluto's recent arrival in Capricorn (Jan. 25.). Sabian for 18 Aquarius:"An ominous silence falls, as the last man at a masquerade prepares to unmask. Outside , a thunderstorm is brewing." This potent Sabian symbol of unmasking of falsehoods, poltical corruption (what else is new?), clearing the air after a rightous thunderstorm, spiritual truths and shocking revelations thrust in the open. Famous people with this degree prominent include: Madam Blavatsky-Medium of Theosophical Society (Jupiter), Frida Kahlo-Artist (Chiron), Grace Slick of the Jefferson Airpland (Mars)Joseph Campbell (Saturn) This eclipse degree has a multitude of connections which I will cover later in Part Two.
Solar eclipses are know more for external effects centered around people and events as lunar deal with internal and emotional energies. Solar eclipses are also associated with the unexpected especially with the current fixed stellium already resonatiing euphoric results of Super Tuesday as Mercury and Sun join @ 10:19 AM on the day of the event then the messenger separate for a meeting with the Maverick Chiron on 2-7-08.
Form and Function work together as Saturn-Uranus the co-ruling planets of Capricorn (the most material utilitarian sign) helps bring the visions of Aquarius even with a Venus separating sextile to Uranus. Nevertheless this is one of four potent events all touching the Nodes in Aquarius-Leo as Dragon's head brings the visions of the water bearer to all humanity as a collective. The highly personal Dragon's Tail in royal Leo has already began to unravel the elite's position especially with help from Saturn ruled Capricorn in Pluto.
This Annular Solar Eclipse occurs at 7:44 pm PST, 10:44 pm EST on February 6, 2008, and 3:44 am February 7, GMT/UT. Starting wmid-Virgo (16) rising in California, 22 Libra rising in DC, 13 Sag rising in London, 16 Sag rising in Amsterdam, and 22 Sag rising in Estonia. Istanbul has 20 Capricorn rising, Bagdad has 14 Aquarius rising, Johannesburg has 17 Aquarius rising, N. Delhi and Trivandrum both have 30 Pisces rising, while Bangkok has 28 Aries rising and Tokyo has 22 Gemini on the Ascendant. W. Australia has early Taurus rising, Melbourne has 25 Taurus rising, while Brisbane has 6 Gemini on the Ascendant.

This Solar Eclipse on Feb. 6-7th just like it's partner a Lunar Eclipse on Full Moon Feb. 20th @ 2 Virgo are part of Saros Cycle 10 North. Bernadette Brady says that this eclipse cycle first began with an eclipse on April 25, 944, at 9 Taurus. This foundation eclipse set's the tone and template with New Moon = Mercury and Saturn = New Moon/Neptune. Brady points out that the first eclipse’s New Moon is conjunct Mercury, and Saturn is on the midpoint of the New Moon/Neptune. She says that “there is a very strong emphasis on communication, and, at the same time, frustrating or inhibiting events may come into the person’s life via news, paperwork or a young person." With the Sun-Combust Mercury @ 1:19AM on Feb. 6th. The brilliance of the Sun may even overwhelm Mercury based on reason. Brady goes on to say that The person may feel tired and drained, and this therefore a good time to take things quietly and work through the difficulties one at a time." With Neptune (merging and blurring energies) close to Sun-Moon we may actually see a dream like state that tends to drain vitality.

The Chart Below Set for San Jose, CA
Has a huge 6th House with Chiron @ 15 Aquarius on the cusp. So the Maverick healer who in Aquarius is bringing innovations to the world's of health-emotional, physical and mental. The 6th house of service touches public health, sanitation, food, national service, army, navy, police, civil service, trade unions, working class. Of course here in the South BAy and also down in LA. connections to rules workers, the laboring classes, unions, labor organizations, wage conditions, employment and unemployment will be prevalent. Unfortunately with today's Dow plunging based on a survey by the Institute for Supply Management, which reported that activity in the nonmanufacturing sector (SERVICE) contracted in January for the first time since March 2003. Here in Silcon Valley, service along with technology provide the lion's share of the jobs. Housing, represented by Sagittarius on the cusp and Pluto intercepted in the 4th along with a most limiting Jupiter also in the sign of the goat, is finally starting to feel the effects of the bursting bubble.


Continued to Part Two.

Two Debates-Two Myths-Two Ghosts Part Two

JFK's Spirit Comes Thru Obama as Uranian Planets Electrify Debate

In my last post I told of Reagen's ghostly specter channeled recently and vividly hovering over the Republican Debates on Jan. 30th.
Now we got Kennedy's phantom visiting the debates at the glitzy Kodak Theatre on Jan. 31st. More and more people are jumping on the bandwagon and I have to agree their is a comparison of Barack to one of the most mythical presidents of all time JFK.
As far as celebrities go, JFK was a favorite of Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra and the entire Rat Pack. Barack, who does not actively persuade the stars to lend their influence, already has Oprah Winfrey stumping for him along with George Clooney and even
Scarlett Johansson.
Could it be Obama's poise, quick wit, electrifying presence or the strong endorsements from Ted and Caroline Kennedy? (1)

When we click on the chart above with JFK glowing inside the inner wheel and Obama on the outside, the connections become clearer.
JFK had a First Qtr. Moon which is about dealing with crisis of action and Obama was born under a 3rd Qtr. Moon which is about crisis of concscience (dealing with moral values, and feelings of rectitude or integrity). OK the most obvious comparisons began with Obama's Mercury @1 Leo touching Kennedy's Neptune offering the highly verbal Congressman with Mars-Virgo and Moon-Gemini. As the myth of JFK (born May 29, 1917) is being resurrected with every word uttered in the Thursday night's debate don't forget that John Kennedy was youngest man (44 years old) and the only practicing Roman Catholic to be elected President - Barack (born Aug 4, 1961) who would be the first African American and just 47 years old when he would be elected. My article here is just to set the parameters and not to go into the lives of either man too deeply - with the campaign of 2008 and subsequent nomination we will see how it plays out.

Here is the astrological list of similarities between the two:
(1) Both JFK and Obama have strong Mercury energies. JFK with Sun-Venus in Gemini and Moon in Virgo ruled by Mercury and Obama with Moon in Gemini and Mars in Virgo and Jupiter-Saturn in 3rd House.
(2)Planet of innovation, freedom and sudden change Uranus @ 25 Leo in MC closely opposes JFK's in the IC both extremely potent for galvanizing the masses.
(3)TSQ's at angular positions, one of the most life changing dynamics in any chart for impactful lives.
Obama has his Uranus-N NOde opposing SNode TSQ Vesta-Ceres in Taurus. JFK Pallas-Leo MC opposing Uranus-Aquarius TSQ Mars-Mercury-Taurus (even though in 8th for tragic consequences on the cusp of the 7th speaking of enemies not so hidden).
As for the enemies of John, it has been rumored: "John F. Kennedy was murdered because he planned to pull out of the Vietnam war, "win, lose or draw", by 1965, and the Godfather of the plot to kill him was the tight-lipped group: Lyndon Johnson, McGeorge Bundy, Dean Rusk, and Robert McNamara, and they all exploited the power of their respective offices to cover up the truth." (2)
Back to astrological similiarities -
(4)Both have Chiron in Pisces giving them sort of a transcendant ability to feel the wounds of many in society. With JFK Chiron is SQ Pluto for some ultimately drastic power struggles and consequences. With Obama Chiron is SQ Moon which is about issues with his mothering or sabotaging his emotional needs.
(5)Both have Moon-Jupiter trines emphasizing an ease in relating to others, confidence, infectious enthusiasm and need to be in the public eye. Obama has Moon-Gemini in close trine to is Jupiter-Aquarius while JFK has service oriented Moon-Virgo trine his natal Jupiter in solid Taurus.
(6)JFK's Moon-Virgo ruled by Mercury touches Barack's Mars-Virgo adding a Mercurial theme where they both are mercurial, well stated public figures.
(7)JFK and Obama Fixed Stars: HELIACAL SETTING STAR Zuben Eschamali - Setting 18 mins 55 secs before Sunrise - Seeking to influence society from a position of power
Obama has two contacts with Zuben Eschamali - first: Rising at the Ascendant orb 01 mins 43 secs - A person who strives for power
Second: Zuben Eschamali as Sun is setting on On Nadir rather close orb 00 mins 30 secs - The ability to influence society through one’s work.
Unfortunately JFK had Algol as Mars is Culminating in close orb 00 mins 51 secs which told of not only the constructive power of his work but the tragic ending in Dallas.

Comparing the destiny of both personages, JFK as we can see had enemies who were willing to go to any lengths to assasinate him.
In Barck's case, Ceres-Vesta-Moon all in 7th of open enemies with a close opposition of Ceres to Hygeia (health) from Descendant to Ascendant. Note Ceres-Vesta together is about focus, dedication to nurturing and helping others. Bottom line with his Nodes Leo-Aquarius crossing the current Dragon's Head (N Node) in Aquarius and Negative Dragon's Tail (S Node) - he could be targeted by enemies even before the election if not right after inaugeration. That would be a terrible waste in this nation's chaotic state!


Watch as Obama nails Clinton on the question of her voting for the invasion of Iraq. As much as Hillary wants to evade the real motives of her decision in 2002, Barack's sharp Mars in Virgo brings home the accountable truth.



Looking at a Chart Below for Democratic Kodak Theatre Debates in center wheel and JFK Natal on Outer Wheel the obvious connections
is made.
JFK's exalted desire to better the country and create real change as represented by Uranus@ 23 Aquarius sits close to N Node, Mercury, Vesta and Neptune stellium in the 7th. These Aquarian planets veritably shout for a new vision of political manifestation. The psychic sabian symbol for 23 Aquarius 43' is about a man who turns his back on passions and teaches from experience.
JFK's Neptune @ 2 Leo near the Debate's ascendant brings in the Myth to inspire a rather vapid democratic party still hailing the Bush-Cheney-Pelosi shadow. Obama talks a great game about change and seems to contradict get along mentality and teh old age mindset based on war.
Then with JFK's strong identity in this chart's 10th of public destiny encompasing Mars-Mercury-Jupiter all together in persistent, fixed Taurus joining his Sun @ 7 Gemini. This Kennedy magical grouping of planets did electrify the air and some actually got transferred to Barack Obama and hopefully this statesman from Chicago with roots in Kenya can bring unity to the nation. A word of caution, Obama with a duplitious Gemini Moon has also brought on some buzz from certain progressive circles by bringing on Zbigniew Brzezinski as his foreign policy adviser. Despite aligning with Brzezinski, Obama, Dennis Kucinich (had to drop out) and Alaska Senator Mike GravelRon Paul are the only two candidates currently who willing to renew the constitution. Illinois Senator Barack Obama finally signed the American Freedom Pledge, encouraging the restoration of basic Constitutional principles after the battering they have taken during the Bush-Cheney era.3 Hillary did not.


(1)http://thecelebritycafe.com/features/13298.html
(2)http://normajean.8m.com/truth.htm
(3)http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters?pid=239574

Two Debates-Two Myths-Two Ghosts Part One: Mercury-Neptune Trine Mars

Part One: Reagen's Ghost Hovers over Simi Valley Debates
"Ronald Reagan must be the nicest president who ever destroyed a union, tried to cut school lunch milk rations from six to four ounces, and compelled families in need of public help to first dispose of household goods in excess of $1,000...1f there is an authoritarian regime in the American future, Ronald Reagan is tailored to the image of a friendly fascist." - Robert Lekachman



Since Mercury stationed retrograde on January 28th @ 23 Aquarius 52' (a man turning his back on his passions and teaching from his experiences) things have been a little whacked out. Now with Mercury moving toward a meeting with Neptune on February 2nd. igniting an overactive imagination steeped in politcal utopianism and deception. When, Mercury, the messenger planet and god of thieves and liars appeared to move backwards, a grand air trine (sociability, ideas, words) was forming between Mercury-Mars-Gemini (war of words) and Moon in Libra. This Grand Trine actually favored Bush with his Libra stellium in the 3rd. right in time for the ritual of Bush State of Hypnosis Speech that night. It would even appear that the back drop of the American Flag had upside-down stars, like the reverse pentagramthe background flag. Underneath were the Unholy Trinity: Osiris (Cheney), Isis (Pelosi), and Horus (Baby Bush).

A huge disconnect has come to pass between what the average person thinks versus what is being fed us by the Corporate-Mass Media.
State of the Union (Mercury Rx near Neptune to keep many in confusion and promote lies) GWB's state of the Disunion was a prime example as he talked about the most murderous war in US history: "Tonight the armies of compassion continue the march to a new day in the Gulf Coast. America honors the strength and resilience of the people of this region."
So let's send over 3,200 more marines over to Afghanistan to keep the heroin trade safe for the CIA. Or his comments on the state of our economy (now that Pluto has joined Jupiter-Venus in stingy Capricorn) "In the long run, Americans can be confident about our economic growth" Today's Jan. 31 update about the budget speaks of destroying domestic programs in favor of military spending: Official: Bush's 2009 budget to be tight
Then his State of the Union answer to our oil addiction "Let us increase the use of renewable power and emissions-free nuclear power." (Applause.)
With that last remark we have to bring in the ghost of Ronald Reagen and the debates that took place at the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential Library & Museum in Simi Valley, California

who said back in Feb. 15, 1980: "All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk." --Ronald Reagan ( quoted in the Burlington (Vermont) Free Press. Not only have the Rebuplican candidates from Romney to McCain to Huckabee try to compare themselves to the great Reagen but even Obama acknowledges his populist leadership.
Let me add another Reagenism: "We were told four years ago that 17 million people went to bed hungry every night. Well, that was probably true. They were all on a diet." --Ronald Reagan, TV speech, October 27, 1964
Despite all the stupid, destructive things he said and did from invading Grenada to the Iran-Contra Affair
Looking at the chart above with RReagen as outer wheel to start of yesterday's Republican debate.
Ronnie's natal Sun @ 16 Aquarius (a watchdog standing guard) closely challenges his Moon @ 16 Taurus(a symbolic battle between swords and torches) seems to symbolize an affable kind of security for the American people. Reagen's modern ruler Uranus @ 26 Capricorn is in close proximity to the US Sibley Pluto added an almost superhuman power to his legacy. Now we see above that his natal Mars in exalted Capricorn is the midpoint between the debate chart's Venus-Pluto adding even more supernatural magnetism.
The Gipper has fans from both sides of the aisle as Obama pays homage to the Myth (Neptune) of Reagen. Barack Obama (born Aug. 4, 1961) has Mars @ 22 Virgo touching the US Neptune signifying our nation's universal and utopian tendencies, communistic ideas and collective values as well as democratic political movements. Obama himself with an electric intensity of Uranus-N Node in Leo opposing the US Charts' Moon symbolizing the masses, commoners and the population especially the women. Barack whose own Venus @ 1 Cancer is near the US Chart's Venus speaking of a inner sense of trust felt by Americans plus Venus in a mundane chart represents social pleasures, diplomacy, protocol and ceremonial functions. Listen to Obama tell why he prefers Ronald Reagan over Bill Clinton.



The "Buplican" debates last night were of course a veritable lovefest for the ghost of ole Ronnie R. Both McCain and Mitt Romney (born March 12th 1947) with a weak, vacillating Mars @ 6 Pisces touches Reagen's Venus exalted in Pisces - Is this love?
Well John Sidney McCain III (born Aug. 29, 1936) has Venus @ 22 Virgo exactly conjunct US Sibley Neptune which SQUARES Mars-Gemini(ideals of the War Hero). Comparing his natal chart to Reagen we see a NNode Capricorn connection to Ronnie's Mars and more telling Uranus @ 9 Taurus creating a midpoint between Reagen's Vesta (dedication) and financial N Node in Taurus. Besides the Reagen Ghost McCain has his Jupiter (expansive, inspirational) is @ 15 Sagittarius conjunct the US Sibley Ascendant. Despite the supposed charisma that McCain may have, I still have to ask:
Why would people vote for a Mc Cain - a HAWK (cain, the one who murdered his brother in genesis, and in gaelic means sharp spear)? McCain's rather confident trine from and arrogant Mars @ 12 Leo (An old sea captain rocking on the porch of his cabin) to Jupiter in Sagittarius belies his Saturn-Pisces Opposition to Neptune which is all about irrational fears and distrust. Watch as he thrusts the spear in deeper into Willard Mitt Romney, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.



Next jog-post will deal with JFK and the Democratic Debate in Hollywood at 5:00 PM PST on 1-31-08.

Pluto's Entrance Into Capricorn and Sagittarius Last Hurrah

As cold storms slam the entire state of California bringing snow, sleet and thundershowers and visions of global cooling, we are less then 24 hours away from Pluto's entrance into Capricorn. Knowing that there is only synchronicity and no accidents, on the planet Jupiter (ruler of Sagittarius) - Towering storms more than 100 kilometres tall have been caught punching up through Jupiter's cloud deck for the first time. The last time Pluto changed signs was 1-17-1994 when the Clinton-Crime era was in full force and the capitalistic economy was thriving now in 2008 with the end of Bush we may have another Clinton. This time Hillary, a Scorpio ruled by Pluto and Mars which symbolize massive debt. As we enter this new 14 year transit of Pluto, we will soon understand if we are to be doomed by not understanding history.

From a world perspective Pluto begins this new journey on January 25th @ 9:38 PM ET and January 26th @ 2:38 AM UT.
Saturn-Virgo sits at the top of the chart (below) in Virgo demanding practicality, prudence and respect for the feminine (Virgin).
Pluto also joins Venus and Jupiter in the sign of the goat intercepted in the 2nd house of values-currency-banking speaking of the major transformation that will occur to our entire monetary system marking this time period. The Euro begin on Jan. 1, 1999 with Pluto in Sagittarius, Sun-Venus in Capricorn and the nodes @ 22 Leo-Aqaurius. We may see the advent or announcement of a new currency the Amero now that the moons nodes of destiny have shifted into Aquarius-Leo reaching 22 degrees in the middle of May 2008. Don't hold your breath since we are entering an era of tight monetary control and manipulation like we have never seen.


Pluto represents the cosmic principle of transformation, the dramatic shift from symbolical death to rebirth...For some this shift is now palpable the beginnings and endings of the phases in life will mirror destruction and re-creation. Pluto also signifies an obsessive, intense and manipulative personality that could be highly dangerous when unchecked in Capricorn. Since Tuesday's Full Moon brought the real possibility of financial collapse to the entire world, multiple events seem to be heralding the death of the past cycle of Pluto-Sagittarius cycle.
Cosmic Transition
We are leaving the domain of Jupiter's expansive, faith oriented, generous rule as summed up by William Blake (Sagittarius) "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.” into Saturn's more contractive, accountable, organized much more structured filled with an earthy endurance. Your and vitality gives way to aging and wisdom. The Capricorn years will bring advancements in the science of life extension.
Sagittarius is a male sign that seeks knowledge-truth, higher education and relates to religion and ethics (or lack of therein) while Capricorn is female, determined, dictatorial, secretive relates to banking, systems, executives, government and many other structured institutions.

Notable Events Marking the Transition


Heath Andrew Ledger-Tragic Loss of Youth Ledger(born April 4, 1979) is pronounced dead on the Jan. 22, 2008 @ 3:26 PM - the word Ledger means "An accounting book of final entry where transactions are listed ." Saturn ruler of Capricorn deals with being accountable - a sacrifice?. Heath who had courageous Sun in youthful Aries and also had a stellium of Piscean planets (victim-escapism-drugs) including S Node and Ceres (letting go as in overdose) transited closely by Uranus (the shocker). Also his natal Saturn-Venus opposition (love problems) was Opposed by Saturn (ruller of the New Plutonic Era0 and Mars his ruling planet @ 27 Pisces (Why are they still selling Ambian/Stilnox inspite of the harmful side effects?) with Mercury @ 26 and Vesta @ 24 all TSQ Mars Rx Gemini and a destructive Venus-Pluto conjunction. I will reveal that this consumate artist had was undergoing an unusual transit of the asteroid Hygeia (Greek Goddess of Health) transiting his progressed Venus- love affair ending along with a shocking unexpectedly deadly transit from Uranus-Pallas to his progressed Hygeia. In another post I will offer a tribute to his life and untimely death.

Rogue trader costs SocGen €5bn or in USD $7.14 billion
In typical Sagittarian risk taking fashion as the Venus (currency)Pluto (destruction) conjunction @ 29* perfected another major scandal hit the financial wires. Expect to hear more and more finanancial news of meltdowns - but this one was over the top. The lone rogue trader,Jerome Kerviel, only 31 years old is being blamed for the biggest fraud in investment banking history. In typical Capricornian reputation, Société Générale is known as a pillar of French finance. Kerviel (birth unknown) is now a member of the Wall Street’s Rogues Gallery. populated by others of rather low morale fiber.

Bush and White House issued 935 false statements after 9/11 to get US in war.
Despite the spin that the corporate media in the US is giving to this report blaming it on George Soros propaganda, this is a major revelation of truths about corrupt administration. The Centre for Public Integrity, which issued the report concluded the statements “were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses”. Yes the Sagittarian archetype is about expanding belief systems without careful analysis where skimming the surface is the rule and finding meaning beyond facts and pertinent information. Now that this era is ending perhaps the American people with a Sagittarius rising chart (Sibley-July 4, 1776 @ 5:10 PM LMT) will understand the horrors of 4,000 soldiers and one million Iraq civilians killed now that Pluto enters realistic Capricorn?


Thousands Flood Across Border From Gaza to Egypt
This mass migration of citizens of the Gaza Strip relates well with the Pluto in Sagittarius mass migration and dramatic exodus of millions in the last 14 years. Yet in this case there was a survival motivation (Capricorn-Cancer axis) all about obtaining medicine, fuel and other vital supplies that have been in short supply in Gaza since the Israeli blockade and unconconsionable act of cutting power on 1-20-08 (during Mars Opposition to Venus-Pluto). Palestine (autonomy chart set for May 4, 1994) with 9 Leo rising and security conscious fixed signs at the angles all threatened by the Aquarian Stellium of planets in the 7th house of foreign relations, treaties and/or disputes. Note that Palestine was born during a Neptune-Uranus in Capricorn which is all about tearing down walls and barriers. Palestinian crowds cheered as Hamas militants used a bulldozer to flatten sections of the chain and concrete fence. When all the Cardinal Planets line up in a TSQ by 2010 the Israeli-Palestine conflict will have dissolved.

Dennis Kucinich To Drop Out of Presidential Race
Dennis (born Oct. 8, 1946) who is probably the most honest, ethical and only real anti-war candidate in the race for president has progressed Sun-Mars-Vesta all in Sagittarius. In fact his progressed Moon @ 23 Gemini is opposing his progressed Mars both transited by the current Mars Gemini Retrograde causing him to cut his losses. Kucinich's Saturn @ 13 Leo almost exactly sextile N. Node reflects a tremendous determination to set the record about how we were lied to by criminals. He will jump-start his impeachment drive; this time he promised to introduce articles of impeachment against President Bush rather than Vice President Cheney. His impeachment actions may help bring to an end a period of political scandals where truth was sought but rarely found.

I have already talked about the political implications of Pluto's entrance (how leaders will be deposed) and the liklihood of earthquakes on a bigger scale but I haven't mentioned the social changes. We are entering the first few years of trends that require us to think like Capricorns and honor the earth and reality in all it's most dense forms. As Liz Greene calls Saturn "the membrane which separates the personal unconscious from the collective unconscious". The ringed planet brings it's influence to bear directly in our daily lives and the structures that define our world our careers and public persona.
Thing like a Capricorn and act like a Virgo. To temper this highly materialistic energy we must combine the gift of health and service that the world servers per Virgo's representation especially with the current transit of Saturn in the sign of Virgo.
The Mayan Day Sign (long count) for January 25th an 26th are 6 Lamat (Rabbit-Star) 7 Muluc (Water). The Rabbit is about pure luck and fertility or having a green thumb (good to cultivate) and Muluc with imagination and tremendous psychic abilities. As the Lord of the Underworld, Pluto is naturally Chthonic dark, primitive and mysterious and connected to more carnal, gods like Set, Pan Bacchus, and Dionysus we will expect society to revel in bringing all that cosmic energy deep within our bodies for what can be an era of enlightment not a restricted, prison planet if we choose.
More to follow in my next installment about this earth shaking ingress as the white placid mountain goat pictured above begins to reconstruct our basic resources like food, water and building materials. To be continued...

Wirter's Strike to End By First Week in February-Mars and Venus Hold the Key

Back to Negotiations with Direction
The WGA is now motivated to resolve this crippling and divisive
stalemate as the first negotiating session with the AMPTP since December 7 begin. After the Directors Guild settled on a pact Friday the 18th without any fuss, WGA officials are starting informal talks. WGA has begun to bargain with top moguls from News Corp. president Peter Chernin and CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves.

President of the WGA is Libra Patric Miller Verrone born on September 29, 1959 and former editor of the respected Harvard Lampoon. In 2005, Verrone was elected President of the Writers Guild of America, west with an overwhelming 68% of the vote, after pledging to devote up to 30% of the Guild's budget to organizing writers in reality television, animation, cable, and independent film. He had previously served as secretary-treasurer for the organization. From an astropsychological point of view it is easy to see that Patric has not only writing abilities but leadership gifts. He is a man of the arts with N Node- point of destiny, Sun-identity, Vesta-commitment, Mercury-communication, Mars-drive all in Venus ruled Libra is all about justice, equality and fairness. The Vesta connection to Mercury has gifted him with a well developed writing ability while the Mars touching Vesta let's him concentrate his will and assertive ability when backing a cause - like this strike. Despite all this Libra need for balance and fairness, the real lynchpin for Patric is Saturn @ 00 Capricorn 56* which from a traditional standpoint is the strongest actor, I mean planet in his chart. So Saturn in the ruling sign of Capricorn fosters his power of organization and authority. Thus on January 24th and 25th he receives a positive transit from both Venus and Pluto in an offer he can't refuse. Plus transiting Venus and Pluto trine his natal solar ruler Venus @ 00 Virgo 46* meaning that lots of the details will be cleared up.
My prediction is that those three fringe issues considered by AMPTP as objectionable: reality TV and animation jurisdiction, the right to stage sympathy strikes, and forced arbitration in residual situations involving vertically integrated businesses. will become easy negotations by the time Mars (counterpart to Venus) stations direct on January 30th.

Financial Panic, High Waves and Unexpected Thunderstorms or Just Letting Go? Leo Full Moon in Cold January

Many signs both cosmic and earthly are dramatically framing the next Full Moon on January 22nd @ 8:35 PM ET. Pictured above we have Algol ("Head of Gorgon Medusa".) shining through the density of comet Holme's atmosphere during their continued encounter exact on the Full Moon. First it was Mirfak (the young male warrior) of the constellation Perseus that met Holmes, the paramount messenger of the night sky last month. Remember Perseus used Medusa's head to slay the Sea Monster (Cetus) after rescuing Andromeda - Tuesdays' Moon will symbolize a drive for freedom for the oppressed members of our world (Chiron) offering a chance for the feminine (maternal energies to cast off the chains). (notice in the chart above Saturn the ruler and almuten with Aquarius rising is in the feminine sign Virgo and trine Jupiter in paternal Capricorn).

Mysteries Unfold as a Crysalis of Freedom Rises
I ask again what should we expect with tomorrow's mighty lunation @ 1* Leo 54' opposing a block of Aquarium bodies noted for surprises and sudden changes? Examining the prominent 25* Aquarius rising in the chart set for DC, the classic Sabian Symbol "A butterfly with the right wing more perfectly formed." comes to mind and instead of thinking of the obvious Monarch mind control image with Neptune at ASC lets consider that the right brain of intuitive thought is more perfectly formed. Saturn and Uranus are rulers of the ascendant and speak of material changes on a large scale. Will we see high waves (Neptune-Mercury-North Node), earthquakes both physical and political, volcanic eruptions and revelations including coverage onthe Buried Volcano Discovered in Antarctica, plus after Project Disclosure back in 2007

more more visitations and UFO sightings worldwide, economic collapse - yes probably all the above. Relying on an old cliche: better to expect the unexpected we notice Sun @ 2* Aquarius translates to "An unexpected thunderstorm. or A man stands out in the pouring rain outside his girlfriends' window and shouts his love to the rooftops!" Clearly this Sabian Symbol is about breakthroughs of all kinds from passionate outbursts where it is important to laugh to keep from crying. Trying to contain a disaster by channeling our energies. Normally Aquarius is about objectiivity and a detached state of mind yet with Mercury-Neptune together there is a temptation to give into panic. Actually the Sabian for 2* Leo helps us contain and even render harmless, an epidemic of fear by disseminating powerful information: "at the site of an epidemic, a doctor gives a press conference on the nature of the disease and procedures for containment."
Perhaps it is the demise of the American Economy that looms as the scariest image...


Economic Volatility Explodes?

Today on MLK day with US markets closed, the news of world economic
crash rushed like an avalanche down a snow encrusted mountain. European shares fell nearly 6 percent seemingly influenced by the distinct possibility of a US recession - this is the biggest one-day slide since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Even the New Zealand Stock Exchange and the Australian ALL ORDINARIES IDX are opening down setting the stage for Black Tuesday?.
All this economic data to presage monetary crisis is happening less then 24 hours before the Wolf Moon hits. Yet with Aquarius dominating we might just see a rebound in the Dow and NASDAQ just to spite an oversold market!
The sting of Mars, Antares and Acumen is Nurtured by Capella
In the chart above Mars is both angular/strong in the 4th and retrograde @ 24 Gemini, still opposing that partnership killer Venus-Pluto in Sagittarius in the 10th house of the executive branch, government, the leadership and the ruling class. I mentioned in my last post how this opposition marks a country divided most evidenced by housing crash. By January 23rd we will see an exact conjunction of Venus-Pluto creating both the end of some of the worst despotic rulers and the beginning of feminine coalitions that will crystallize as both ingress into ambitious Capricorn. Acumen the HELIACAL RISING STAR is the sting of the Scorpion bent on enduring attacks mostly verbal and fed rumors. Could this mean actual that this star which is associated with both literal and figurative blindness bring a desire to " wage fierce warfare now against man, now against beast?" The Israeli blockade of Gaza illustrates how these type of attacks can actually be repulsive: (Israel refused to reopen crossings or allow crucial fuel supplies into Gaza on Monday) .Another prominent fixed star in this lunation is Antares, one of the Great or Royal Stars and Watcher of the West known as the heart of the Scorpion. Antares is Culminating at the Mid-heaven with a tight orb 02 mins 12 secs -
all about going to extremes, great success which can be undone while perpetuating, or being subjected to, polarizing events.
Capella Brings Freedom to Help Channel Mars

Finally Capella is the HELIACAL SETTING STAR seeking freedom note that Capella is known as the "Little She-goat", a white star in Auriga marking the goat that the Charioteer is carrying on his left shoulder. Capella is perhaps the most interesting of the trio with a mythic connection to nurturing and food:"previous name of this star was Amalthea, which referred to the goat that suckled the baby Zeus (Jove/Jupiter)." Capella is connected to speed and flight with its' free spirited energies. When we dig deeper we find the Celtic myth of Macha the horse goddess and was the wife of Cruinniuc, an Ulster farmer. This farmer as the legend goes: "during a chariot race, boasted that his wife could run faster than the king's horses. The king heard, and demanded she be brought to put her husband's boast to the test. Despite being heavily pregnant, she raced the horses and beat them, giving birth to twins on the finish line" With this mega full moon, Mars represents the twins which when he goes direct on January 30th will kick off the final phase of the American conscious mind to channel our dualistic attitude about waging war into a need for nurturing and unqualified freedom. Macha's curse was that all men even the most "macho" would feel the the pain women go thru in childbirth. As we begin to birth a new era of peace, we will all be expected to deliver this baby as Mars turns direct and makes an ingress into maternal Cancer on March. 5th.
Expect this lunation to bring revolution and don't expect it to be quiet!

A House Divided Redux - Mars-Venus Opposition Leads

Map of US Representatives After 2006 Elections

"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.
These were the memorable words of a speech given by Abraham Lincoln On June 16, 1858, when more than 1,000 Republican delegates met in the Springfield, Illinois, statehouse for the Republican State Convention. At 5 p.m. they chose Abraham Lincoln as their candidate for the U.S. Senate - at that time Neptune @ 24 Pisces 54 was closely SQ the Sun and Astrea @ 25 and 23 Gemini (an aspect that makes it hard to separate reality from fact and can increase the volume to the sound of misunderstandings).

Mars opposes Venus Across the MC-IC of Washington DC
The restructuring of America continues with a retrograde Mars (MC) in heavy review mode since a station last Nov. 15 @ 12 Cancer right across the US Sun. Now an exact opposition with Venus-Sagittarius posited at the deep domain, foundational roots (IC) these here United States. The sting of Mars in US domestic and foreign politics has been highly evident to many since the invasion of IRAQ. Today Jan. 19th 2008 an interesting story came out about our close neighbor Canada: Canada removes U.S., Israel from torture watchlist under pressure!

Tonight we have a revival of the idea of the House Divided
For those students of Mundane Astrology we know that the US Sibley Chart has that most illusory yet super volatile mutable Mars-21 Gemini SQ 22 Neptune which has been our super ego of a waring culture dedicated to manifest destiny disguised as empire now disguised as spreading democracy around the world.

In my post: Jan. 4, 2008 Lakota Declare Sovereign Status Amid Sagittarian Stellium
I spoke of how this was an appropriate time (Jupiter-Pluto conjunction) for the Lakota Sioux Nation told the US State Dept. they were literally seceding from the USA.


Today we hear that Montana governor Brian Schweitzer (born Sept. 4, 1955) a Virgo with a critically rebellious Chiron-Aquarius opposition to Uranus had declared independence Friday from federal identification rules. In fact Brian's natal opposition was a mirror to the current Chironic stellium in Aquarius giving voice to those that have been hurt or slighted. Thus he called on governors of 17 other states to join him in forcing a showdown with the federal government which says it will not accept the driver's licenses of rebel states' citizens starting May 11. In many real ways the national ID card constitutes a step back into slavery much less invasion of privacy.
There is a showdown coming especially with Venus in the chart above translating the energies of the Jupiter-Pluto conjunction on Dec. 11th 2007 by entering Capricorn on January 24th one day before Pluto makes its' most material entrance into the sign of the Lord of Time and Karma: Capricorn. When these two planets of war and peace move from dual, mutabbles (Gemini-Sagittarius) into strong angular action signs the divisions of our house will become soldified.
PART TWO - Houses Divided Going Forward
View a BiWheel Chart with US Sibley Foundation Chart (Sagittarius Rising) inside and Mars-Venus Opposition on Outer Wheel
We can see that Venus and Mars are keys to many of the coming changes to the US (where there is Mars there is always Venus). In chart's for countries and nations Venus represents arts, entertainment, music and other social pleasures, as well as diplomacy, protocol and ceremonial functions. We have already seen the debacle of the Golden Globes where the glamour of the red carpet was scraped. Plus planet involved with the sign Cancer deals with homes and families as the roots of the current Real Estate Storm that is ominously formed. Back to the Venusian connection with entertainment, take a look at some of the movies hitting Sundance this weekend. Besides a film which criticizes the early days of Rudolph Giuliani (Gemini born May 28, 1944 with Saturn @ 27 Gemini) we have a Barry Levinson's star-studded sly satire about Hollywood, "What Just Happened?". This is a film tpicks up where Robert Altman's "The Player" left off telling in typical Capricorn dark, humor the results of being a top producer fighting the glitz, tabloid and agent provocations.
Now for Mars which obviously deals with armies, military force, police states and engineering we need to realize that Mars in the Sibley chart has stationed retrograde first time in our history on June 2006. Currently Mars is Retrograde @ 18 Libra 41* (a cardinal sign of action) which will be in a challenging SQ to Venus by Feb. 8, 2008 and to Mars in Cancer on March 19th. If you think that the average person including the soldier on the ground is sick of the Iraq War wait till February and March 2008.
We are now seeing the effect of transiting Jupiter in most limiting reality of Capricorn opposing the US Venus-Jupiter as the economy begins to disintegrate. Next immediate stop will be Jupiter opposing US Sun when the glowing promises of the Bush economic stimulus package has already flown the helicopters over America.
By Election DAy November 4th with Jupiter posited at the same 18* Capricorn pushing that weak progressed Mars into moving the $$ set for the War Machine into other enterprises.

Vesta adds Focus and Commitment to Mercury-Chiron in Aquarius

Part One Revolution in Art, Science and Exopolitics







Chiron the bridge between Lord Saturn to the Uranus and higher conciousness entered Aquarius back in Feb. 2005. Normally with Mercury's (pictured above) solar rotation being 88 days, we have at one meeting a year between Shamanic Chiron and the swift messenger. This year due to a retrograde loop starting Jan. 28th there are three encounters and the first today @ 4:00 AM PT. (See chart above) Then less then 24hrs. after what could be an intense solar annular eclipse in Saros Cycle 10 North, so these two tricksters meet in the sign of the humanitarian who demands truth @ 12:36 PM on 2-7-08. Then on March 4th. the third encounter @ 17* 57 Aquarius just minutes from the Eclipse Degree with the Sabian: "the last man at the masquerade is unmasked as a thunderstorm is brewing outside."
In my article written Jan. 24th, 2006 I talked about a notable Mercury-Chiron transit: Mercury the Messenger and Trickster meets the Shamanic Chiron Here I mentioned some of the amazing ablilities that are fostered by Mercurial-Chironic contacts with examples like Pablo Casals, Maria Callas and Jimi Hendrix (with an out of sign SQ). Jimi as we will see also had Vesta posited in Aquarius. I said that "the shamanic tendency of Chiron to open up the intuitive areas of the brain more easily. In Aquarius this mercurial combo can lead to critical scientific thinking and Eureka like discoveries." When we examine some of the events including scientific breakthroughs for the last few days it will be obvious.

Vesta in Aquarius is really the wild card in this trio.
Suffice to say that Vesta (the asteroid goddess of the devotional flame.
Before we delve into Vesta's both humanitarian and highly futuristic influence in Aquarius. Remember that besides the fact that Uranus is the higher octave of Mercury, the esoteric ruler of Aries is Mercury, As the planet of arousing shocks and unexpected electrical phenomena slowly moves from Pisces into Aries we are bound to find out time again with Chironic energies that the warring instincts of Aries can put down the sword and choose the pen of Mercury to be a more effective spiritual warrior.
Vesta in Aquarius is really about being futuristic in one's thinking as it is being devoted to humanitarian causes. It is also about fining more innovative methods to be productive and creative in daily work and great pursuits.
Others with Vesta in Aquarius include, Germaine Greer, Vincent van Gough, Marlon Brando, William Blake Mary Shelly to Paul McCartney...
Now in our current transit, when Mercury combines with Vesta especially in Aquarius there is strong tendency to develop the mind and dedicate to scientific research. We also see an overpowering drive to express, communicate one's ideas or ideals.
Advances and effects of this futuristic trio in the last few days.
Finally the admission that human cloning experiments are going forward with this story:Cloning Said to Yield Human Embryos - Scientists at a small biotechnology company say they have used cloning to create human embryos from the skin cells of two men. Here we have the other side of Mercury Aquarius (cold, objective) combined with Mars in dualistic Gemini. With the moon in Gemini expect to hear a lot of dialogue concerning the ethics of this research.


Extra-terrestrial Communion is Here
By now you should have heard about the UFO mania in Stephenville well even the mainstream press is unable to dismiss these sightings. We will see a UFO PRESS CONFERENCE SAT. JAN 19 DUBLIN, TEXAS MUFON...
More then credible reports of UFO's all over the world and particularly in Stephenville and Lake Travis Texas. Today we have video of a saucer over Lake Travis - even though this is reported on Fox with Photo and Video of UFO Sighting in Central Texas
Mystery Radio Burst from Outer Space Here we find the remarkable outer space transcendent influences of Chiron in Aquarius which connects to extraterrestrial communion and exopolitics. 1-16-2008: KTVU-TV in the San Francisco Bay area, reported:

“Across the globe, researchers searching for signs of life in space were abuzz this week with word that a mystery signal has been picked up by a giant radio-telescope (Arecibo) in Puerto Rico"

How to answer such a signal is the domain of the half-man half centaur in the innovative sign of Aquarius.

Advancements in the realm of intraspecies communication: Scientists develop computer that can 'translate' a dog's bark. Of course our animal friends: cats and dogs, especially sacred to Sirius are always trying to express themselves. We the humans are finally listening a really Mercury-Chiron Aquarius element.

Associations and organizations working together to settle WGA strike:

The Directors Guild of America's tentative three-year deal with networks and studios. Perhaps this deal which is a "message to the WGA speed up the negotiations" reflects how vesta in Aquarius will even curb natural freedom and aggressiveness. Here the Goddess is about and joining with friends or associations in order to carry out essential duties more effectively.

In Part Two I will focus on both the humanitarian and revolutionary efforts to bring forth peace and justice.

More Motivation to End Writer's Strike - Directors, Studio reach Deal

January 22nd Could still be the Day when WGA Says No More Strike.
Today with both a positive applying trine from Jupiter to Saturn growing closer and a focused Aquarian Stellium, now the directors and studios have made an agreement. This afternoon the LA Times reported around 2:43 PM: "The Directors Guild of America today reached an agreement with the major studios that will now put pressure on Hollywood writers to revive talks to end an 11-week-old strike that has roiled Hollywood."
It appears that everyone from Tom Hanks to others like Ron Howard and Oliver Stone of the Director's Guild want this thing over and done to avoid more $ carnage. Sony's "Angels & Demons," a prequel to the $757-million-grossing "The Da Vinci Code" has been a casualty since the release date is now May 2009 as opposed to December 2008. Yet since Monday (after a solid positive earth Grand Trine yesterday with value oriented Taurus Moon to Jupiter (in Capricorn-the moguls) and Saturn (in Virgo the writers and directors). Yes Monday was when the WGA( Writers Guild of America) announced interim deals with Spyglass Entertainment and Media Rights Capital that allow its members to write on those companies' projects.

Now today's chart set for 1:54 PM (no exact time of director-studio agreement) when a bright, encouraging and highly focused Aquarium Stellium was overhead in Hollywood. Combined with a previously entrenched Saturn-Virgo in the IC or foundation roots of this strike in an easy rocking trine to Jupiter in ambitious Capricorn in the partnership house we are seeing daylight.
(I will be saying a lot more about the Mercury ruler of writers, journalists, scribes of all kinds in Aquarius along side Vesta an asteroid that tells of devoted commitment and focus in the humanitarian sign of the water bearer)

Aquarian Stellium and Internet Gifts Moves a Settlement Along
Finally the deal breaker or sweetner - internet royalites were featured in today's three-year contract.
Aquarius relates to internet and wireless networks... With the Saturn and Uranian ruled mix, directors negotiated an improved deal than what studios had initially offered writers, including higher royalties for online sales of their movies and TV shows.
Let's see how quickly the weekend's talks and the Full Moon on Jan. 22nd @ 5:35 AM @ 2 Leo with a Sabian symbol of the unexpected thunderstorm brings a swift conclusion to this 11-week-old strike that pissed off Hollywood.

Pluto's Last Entrance into Cap. Bengal-Burma Earthquake and Tsunami of 1762

In my last post I mentioned that I had done some searches about events that transpired the last time that Pluto entered Capricorn which was Jan 8, 1762. So here goes we have:
Jan 4, 1762 : England declared war on Spain & Naples after King George ascended tothe throne two years before
July 17th, 1762 Catherine the Great became empress of Russia after the death of Peter III. The change in monarchy actually happened without assasination: "By order of the Empress, Peter was taken to a nearby estate in the village of Ropsha. There he was held under surveillance. The following day, Sunday, June 30, 1762, Catherine made a triumphal entry into St. Petersburg, where she was greeted with bells ringing, artillery salvos and wild acclamations. Six days later she received the news that Peter had died. He apparently had argued with his guards."
Mozart's (born Jan. 27, 1756): first public concert in Vienna when he was only 6 years ol in October 1762. So Mozart Saturn-Uranian ruled Aquarian with Uranus in musical Pisces stunned the musical world as an infant. Perhaps one of the most notable events of that year was a natural disaster...

The Bengal-Burma earthquake and tsunami of 1762.
This historically notable disaster, a tsunami which may have been observed following a large earthquake (Magnitude unknown) on the 2nd April 1762 which
took place on he Bengal - Burma border region. The epicenter is believed to have been about 40 km southeast of Chittagong, or 61 km north of Cox's Bazaar, or 257 km southeast of Dacca. There was severe damage in Chittagong. Perhaps not as large as the 2004 event near Banda Acech but it did result in more than 160 km of the Arakan coast beign elevated, while other
areas sank. Back to the present, just yesterday a Magnitude 5.0 quake occurred in this same area near the India-Bangladesh border - are we looking at some foreshadowing for wheat is to come in the spring of 2008?



Chart for the April 2nd 1762 Event (time unknown- still no record in USGS archives) has a recipe for seismic disaster. My chart is set for 12 PM where Moon sits on the ascendant @ 15 degrees SQ a powerhouse combo of Uranus-Sun-Venus-Saturn-Jupiter all in fiery Aries. It is likely that a massive quake actually happened the evening of April 1st or early AM with the Moon touching off that earthy Pluto @ 1 Capricorn and that highly volatile Uranus-Sun-Saturn...
Note that around April 7th 2008 we will have conditions right for a series of floods, quakes or volcanic eruptions with Sun-Mercury-Venus all in Aries and Mars as a trigger again in Cancer all TSQ Pluto. Plus on from March 4th to March 10th a Mars-Pluto opposition should be ratcheting up both the potential for economic and social violence besides earth and weather changes.
This years Annualar Solar Eclipse begins at 3:55 AM UT on February 7th with a stellium of Saturn-Uranian Planets to possibly trigger explosive natural disasters within 30 to 60 days of the event.

Pluto Ingress Into Capricorn - Musings or Ruminations?

Two Wheel Chart with US Sibley Chart set for 7-4-1776 @ 5:10 PM Philadelphia in center.
Outside Wheel:Pluto Ingress into Capricorn set for 1-25-2008 @ 9:38 PM DC








Cardinal Fears and George Orwell Revisited
Tonight as the Aries moon in Crescent beauty and a little over 24 hours away from a critical 1st Qtr. SQUARE to Mr. Politics Capricorn, my thoughts turn to how will the Pluto ingress into Capricorn play out? This article will not be my last even after Jan. 25th when the Lord of the Underworld-Hades enters Capricorn @ 10:44 PM ET.
Dark and Light Versions of the Goat's Entrance.
Scanning recent news articles that seemingly offer different faces of the Goat including the Satanic Baphomet (from Baphomet to Ea-the Seagoat)I just caught an article in the UK's Independent which incidentally was removed a month later thus recap: Prisoners 'to be chipped like dogs' Wow this is the real deal, just like David Icke and others have been trying to say for years...since Neptune-Uranus met in Capricorn in the early 90's.
For those who are not familiar with the progression of National ID Card & CHIP Agenda might want to watch this short video.
This all sounds like the worst nightmare scenario of Orwellian (Eric Arthur Blair whose pen name was George Orwell was born a Cancer June 25, 1903). Orwell had Sun-Neptune together in Cancer - a bit of a psychic but paranoid position. His chart look at his Mars in Libra near his North node of destiny @ 12* in keeping the theme of cardinals the progenitors of action and spearheading extravaganzas. Note that the January 25th ingress of Pluto @ 10:44 PM ET has Libra ascendant @ 12 degrees. And as other astrologers including myself have pointed out Pluto slowly, inexorably opposes the US Chart's Venus March 2009 for a real kick in the ass to the consumer economy. Then in March 2010 an opposition to Jupiter will shake up our laws, court system and beliefs as the elite face the unstoppable wave of energies precipated by the first climactic TSQ of Saturn/Libra-Uranus/Aries-Pluto/Capricorn exploding across America's MC-IC-ASC to shake our deep foundational roots and core.
Enough of trying to even compare 1984 to 2008 and the coming 14+ years of escalating destruction and rebirth - major our systems.

It Doesn't have to be like that if you...
Just Open Your Mind and Know Who is Out There
Open Your Mind - Illuminati Symbolism - It's All Around You!


MOVING ON TOWARD OCTOBER 28, 2011 AND THE MAYAN UNIVERSAL UNDERWORLD
Exopolitics and Universal Underworld
Personally I prefer to embrace a system of Exopolitics pointing to a time when the quarantine on Earth is lifted and we can embrace extraterrestrial life Or to understand Calleman's view of a more transcendental period arriving by 2010 when the Mayan Universal Underworld begins on Oct. 28, 2011 and a dualistic mind set evolves into a sustained period of enlightenment. For those that have been following my discussions or those of Clow and Calleman, we just entered he Fifth Night on November 19, 2007 ruled by the Aztec God: Tezcatilpoca he Lord of Darkness. This period ends on November 12, 2008 and will portend a deep crisis for the materialistic culture and as the cardinal energies line up a time of destructive reactions for not just the US but the European Union.