From upper left to lower right, the lights are Jupiter, Venus, and the Moon--all three bright enough to beam through wispy clouds.
I wasn't planning on talking about such a downer topic but I guess I will have to wait for another cosmic communique to go into depth about the upcoming positive alignment of Moon-Venus-Jupiter onto March 13th. . All in all best to start watching tomorrow evening when the Moon and Venus
are conjunct @ 20 degrees Aries - Sabian Symbol of the fighter with his/her fists raised: "A pugilist entering the ring. " Yeah every silver lining has a cloud especially when Mars and Saturn are both retrograde. Not to mention that we have seen multiple accidents occurring in and around Wednesday's exact Mars (now retro. in Virgo ) dangerous opposition to Mercury (confusing in Pisces)exact @ 3:25 AM 2-23-2012 but things did not stop there. Using reception and dispositors (the planet which is lord of the sign where another planet is located or "posited" using traditional astrology.) With Mars prominent in the sign Virgo - the servant both civil and military is ruled by Mercury now in his fall in the sigh of the two fishes. without looking far we see Mars relating to Aries where Uranus is square the lord of destruction, Pluto. There has been accident after another. Today- Friday Feb. 24th: Twelve killed in protests across Afghanistan
The religious wars over the Koran burning (Mercury in Pisces) square Mars in Virgo (books) where fomented on the religious oriented Pisces New Moon on 2-21-2012. a href ="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/bagram/story-e6frg6so-1226277629148">Bagram base besieged after US troops burn Korans with rubbish
On Tuesday 0 2-22-2012 Military Collision: When the two U.S. military helicopters collided @ 8:00 PM PST over a training range, Virgo was rising and Mars was close by in the 12th
Ruler of the chart Mercury in confusing Pisces was near the Moon and the 7th angle adding to unsure conditions .
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. military helicopters collided over a training range in Arizona on Wednesday killing seven Marines, the Marines said on Thursday.
Also on 2-22-2012 - Two cars crash behind reporter in Florida. Anchorwoman claims they were shocked by gas prices. (blame Mercury in Pisces)
With Mercury (Pisces-disease)close to an exact oppositon to Mars (Virgo-letters)
Poison Pen Letters are take to a whole new dimension.
This not only sounds like the 2001 anthrax attacks
and with Pisces so strong we have to shout hoax or false flag.
Another one on Tues. Threatening Letters Claiming to Have "Pathogens" Sent to Senators, Media Epic Train wreck in Argentina: Moon-Mercury in confusing Pisces
is heading toward an exact opposition with Mars in Virgo (Feb. 23rd)
Mars being the ruler of Aries ties in the mutable Pisces/Virgo to the accident prone cardinal aspects.
But since next two days with be high energy with the Moon in the sign of the independent and risk taker, teh Ram. will touching Uranus-Ceres and Venus in Aries will involve more crazy accidents, survival, bravery
along with women who become super-heroes. especially as the Moon translates the territory they made in squares to Pluto.
Also with Mars in Virgo (the Virgin) along with Venus in dare-devil Aries, we see the return of the Super Woman
Danica survived, unhurt on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 after a the nearly 200 miles an hour.
With natal Aries Sun-Moon - Danica Sue Patrick (born March 25, 1982) whose own Mars in Libra opposing Sun-Moon TSQ the Nodes in Cardinal Capricorn (discipline) and Cancer (protection) like Danica Patrick who was unscathed and racing again after wreck in Daytona 500 qualifier
Danica acknowledged this as "the hardest wreck of her career," a last-lap crash in which she got spun out and slammed nose first into a Daytona International Speedway wall going nearly 200 miles an hour. Looking at the chart below which has an approximate time of the crash @ 3:40 PM PST
and Danica natal (time unknown in the center). Not only was transiting Uranus in reckless Aries conjunct her Sun-Moon but the Mercury in the spiritual even miracle sign of Pisces was conjunct her natal Mercury along with that detailed Mars opposition where she threw her hands off the wheel to avoid injury. Also transiting Saturn is applying to her natal Pluto in Libra adding the super hero element in this amazing recovery.
Into March 2011
Looking ahead to Feb. 25th with with Sun-Jupiter are in favorable aspect:
Along with the danger comes luck, monetary gain and success as the Sun will sextile Jupiter on Saturday the 25th. Not to mention the brightest of all a Venus-Jupiter conjunction in Taurus (exact March 13th. ) we expect March to be a huge month for duplicity as we head toward a Grand Mutable Square. This shifting and unstable energy formation includes Mars (Virgo)
interlaces with a Grand Earth Trine - March 14th in time for the ides of March.
In fact two days before, Mercury stations retrograde on March 12th @ 12:49 AM PST
for an even more bizarre ride in the Media since Mercury is the sign of verbal outbursts in impulsive Aries (ingress March 3rd.)
Chart Below set for Pacific Time 3:00 AM when Pluto @ 9 degrees Capricorn is closes in a Trine to both Mars in Virgo and Jupiter in Taurus. The earth is ascending a lot faster than us humans
and we should expect some dramatic seismic shifts and volcanic outburts.
Then into the Spring Equinox on March 19th @ 10:15 PM PST with the Sun into Aries setting up some announcements involving aggressive and violent situations (hopefully not an incursion into Iran but Syria for sure). Those annoucements coincide with the Sun meeting Mercury on Wed. March 21st
right before the chaotic yet progressive New Moon in Aries on March 22nd as the Moon meets Mercury-Sun then Uranus for explosive times.
The Year of the Black Water Dragon commenced on January 23rd. with an awesome Aquarian New Moon and on Februrary 3rd. the Dragon is immersed in water with Neptune entering Pisces.
Tomorrow we see how the Dragon swims in his element, water with an incredible alignment of Piscean Planets mots notably Neptune-Pallas-Sun-Moon-Chiron. Not to mention that Mercury leads them @ 15 degrees (Sabian) An officer preparing to drill his men. And Mercury is set to oppose Mars on the long critical and frustrating journey retrograde in the sign of the Virgin and Critical scientist.
Vesta leads them all with diffuse, scattered and even martyr like energy in Pisces - where there is a blending of dreams, poetic memories and sexualtiy.
Despite all the imaginative imagery, we are in a time of major deceptions and distractions.
Yes my friends we are immersed in Jeremy Lin mania as Oil jumps to 9-month high after Iran cuts supply.
Just an aside with Jeremy Lin (born Aug. 23, 1988) with Vesta-Mercury @ 19 Virgo and South Node @ 14 Virgo is getting a boost from the Mars transit in his sun sign.
Another major theme to watch out for with the 12th House the home of Pisces are secret societies
like the Masons and some of their programs like the Masonchip.
In fact this recent video examines how the Masons microchip poor kids in exchange for food a few years ago at a Freemason sponsored fair in Flint, MI.
The last time Neptune made an ingress into Pisces was 164 years ago on Feb. 17, 1848 and this was the birth of "Spiritualism" Also Neptune relates to abdications, resginations and new territories with boundaries expanding - looking back
at 1848.
2-24-1848: King Louis-Philippe abdicates, 2nd French republic declared
3-20-1848: King Louis I of Bayern abdicates to marry dancer Lola Montez
5-19-1848: Mexico gives Texas to U.S., ending the war
5-29-1848: Wisconsin becomes 30th state
5-30-1848: Mexico ratifies treaty giving U.S.; New Mexico, California and parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Colorado in return for $15 million
12-5-1848: President Polk triggers Gold Rush of '49, confirms California gold discovery
At that time (1848) there was a grand water trine with Chiron in Scorpio to Jupiter in Cancer (exalted) to Mercury-Saturn both in Pisces, Lots of emotional turmoil accompanied the Neptune ingress in 1848. As you will see below with the Feb. 3rd. ingress of Neptune this year, we have downright divisive and contentious actions and beliefs per the passionate Venus (Pisces) opposition to Mars (Virgo).
On February 3rd. we had the rebirth of "the Supernatural" more mysticism and channeling too along with Secret Societies with the newly birthed Neptune-Pluto Sextile applying from mutable Pisces to Cardinal Capricorn. This is a fantastical time with some darker, occult overtones yet ideally mystical hero theme/meme along with supernatural thrillers. Per astrological transit Neptune is in an orb of about 4 to 6 degree trine with Pluto all the way till 2024. which moves into retrograde motion starting April 10, 2012 @ 9:24:07 AM PDT while King Neptune won't move backwards till June 4, 2012 @ 2:04:30 PM PDT. The Neptune ingress was also enhanced by a Grand Air Trine per the Moon in Gemini aligned in 120 degree angles with Saturn in Libra stationing and to Pallas in Aquarius.
At the time of this Neptunian ingress 2-3-2012 @ 7:04 PM UT, Neptune's waves entered the Piscean seas Chiron-Vesta-Venus in Pisces
with mutable signs at all the angles from Ascendant to Mid-Heaven
Virgo was rising @ 9 degrees with this prophetic sabian symbol: "A man making a futurisitc drawing. "
The First Pisces New Moon with Neptune Conjunct.
On Feb. 21st the Moon will meet the Sun which entered Pisces (Feb. 18th) to make an incredible and confusing alignment
with Neptune-Pallas-Chiron-Mercury-Vesta all swimming
in the sign of illusion, music, magic, scandals, oil, water and limitless boundaries.
Update: February 20, 2011: Here it is folks the incredible Pisces New Moon begins tomorrow Feb. 21st @ 2:35 PM PST or @ 10:35 PM UT - look at the chart below along with the introduction the Year of the Water Dragon, Saturn Lord of Karma is in the sign of courts, legal rulings and balancing acts - Libra.
So Saturn transiting in Libra till mid-October reflects courtroom drama. The sign of the scales is none other than Blind Lady Justice with Acumen as the Heliacal Rising Star in the New Moon Chart. Thus Saturn in Libra is also connected to Pallas in Pisces and Astrea in Virgo (the asteroid that embodies the myth. Something tells me our courts are going to be very busy until about mid October, when Saturn finally goes into Scorpio and Pluto retro. in June gets some forward momentum moving direct on September 17th. Already we have had a Mercury in Pisces sextile to Pluto on Feb. 18th to translate the light
Saturn also connects to Pluto posited in the 3rd. house of communications and news media indicating a transformation that is about to occur on a world wide level.
Actually with a Pisces New Moon and the start of something kooky or spooked we could be alternately talking about Happy Feet and Global Hysteria!
This predominant Pisces grouping ultimately opposing Mars within orb is creating variable, fluctuating weather like in Miami on Sunday: Record-breaking heat in Miami, but only briefly While other parts of the Southern US receive heavy snow from Kentucky to Virginia to Tennessee to North Carolina.
Another symbol of this upside down New Moon is the 12th house which relates to prisons, prisoners
and rights of prisoners.
Just look at the recent news:
A deadly fight at the Monterrey prison in Mexico, as a prison fight kills 44.
This was the second deadly incident at a Latin American prison within a week.
On February 15, 2011: We had the horrendous fire which killed more than 300 in Honduras.
This prison fire fire started around 10:50 PM LMT on Tuesday, Scorpio was rising
Mars the ancient ruler of the chart was in the 11th house of groups-associations transiting retro. in Virgo and opposing the Pisces stellium in the 4th house relating to subterfuge and revenge by the prisoner who set his bedding on fire.
That's not the last of the Honduras inferno as Relatives storm Honduras morgue demanding remains keeping with the themes of the 12 house and death of children.
Then today - Feb. 20th. Hundreds of Occupy Protesters Gather Outside San Quentin State Prison
here we see Saturn prominent in Libra in an out of sign trine to Neptune.
We should look toward the aggressive and contentious transits of Mars in Virgo, we should note that another difficult aspect to Mercury in Pisces occurs on Feb. 23rd.
Funerals particularly of Whitney Houston and the theories of her sacrifice persist.
The Madonna Performance at the Super Bowl halftime show a week before her death on Feb. 11, 2012 - a master number for the occult members of illuminati like shadow groups. Even at the funeral home where her ritual ceremony was held. Egyptian theme? A statue of what appeared to be Tutankhamun outside the funeral home.
Unusual Historic Alignment with Both Neptune and Pluto
This article alludes to the Revolutionary War, they are speaking of Pluto - Lord of Death and Rebirth which entered Capricorn on 2008 and was last in Capricorn in 1759.
Don't freak out or be an alarmist with Neptune last seen in Pisces on Feb. 17,1848 when we had the birth of Spiritualism and the New Age Movement
Today we are seeing the "Supernatural" and 12th house matters like Whitney's funeral on 2-18-2012 (right before the Sun entered Pisces) compete with too much technology
Actually it is Uranus-Ceres-Venus all in Aries that are in a difficult squares to Pluto but the Pisces Stellium will be in a positive sextile to Pluto which which be more in line with occult, mystical, investigative deeper secrets being revealed.
Of course we are in a period when the drum beat to a war with Iran is becoming stronger and false flag operations have been ongoing...
This article and video Expect HUGE Changes With Upcoming Rare Astrological Alignment! talks around a recent (Feb. 16th) Cliff High's prediction that mainstream media whores burst out truth attack... Always the master of hyperbole and symbolism - a symbols are the stock in trade of the Piscean imagery.
Sorry folks they won't be suddenly telling the truth but will make plenty of major mistakes and we will see some bizarre media glitches due to the upcoming Mercury retrograde on March 12th @ 7 Aries near Vesta (focus) the Sabian for 7 Aries - A man successfully expressing himself in two realms at once.
A believe that with the merging of boundaries, all of us will "feel" a shift where the 4th and 5th dimensions become visible. Add the opposite mutable sign to Pisces as in Mars transiting in Virgo @ 17 degrees 47 mintues - Sabian Symbol: "Two girls playing with a ouija board. " Nature is chiming in too for volcanic activity
Aries involved as Venus moves to conjunct Jupiter as volcanic activity elevates.
As the balsamic moon began on Feb. 19th Aquarian Moon with a fiery sextile to Uranus-Venus in Aries added to the powerful earth changes and continued seismic awakenings. Massive explosive eruption seen at Japan’s Sakurajima volcano.
It is not just Sakurajima or volcanoes in Costa Rica but big bad Katla in Iceland is starting to rumble in the "Dead Zone" where seismic activity is rare. It contains the fissure swarms of Bárdarbunga, Grimsvötn and Katla. Grimsvötns fissure swarm is called Laki and Katlas is called Éldgja.
When Katla, Bardarbunga or Grimsvötn has a major and sudden influx of magma from the hotspot, and the fissure swarm of the volcano in question suffers a rifting of the Eastern Icelandic Seismic Zone opening it up. My prediction is that Katla will erupt by the Vernal Equinox along with the Mercury retrograde and spring equinox begins on March 22nd.
This is a time of multiple accidents and nature is not really cooperative as witnessed by Washington Avalanche Kills Three Advanced Skiers on Saturday
From the story where one survives: Three advanced skiers died Sunday when an avalanche pushed them down the back side a mountain pass and ski area in Washington's Cascade Mountains, while a fourth survived the slide by using an inflatable safety device. Sunday's deadly avalanche featured an Aquarian Moon (unexpected sudden event) in a square to Jupiter in fixed earth.
Just two days earlier on February 17, 2011: The Moon had entered colder Capricorn today @ 6:04 AM CET - 1:00 in the Austria Alps to square Uranus in Aries this was a dangerous time for accidents and snowy avalanches. Dutch prince buried in avalanche, condition critical
The other meme which will be significantly stronger after this Piscean New Moon is contact both ongoing and first time with ET. Notice stories like this one surfacing into this time period: Extraterrestrials: China releases Moon footage of alien bases
Tonight (Feb. 20th.) on Coast to Coast AM we find extrapolation of the theme of alien life, disclosure and hybridization.
"Hebrew scholar and expert in biblical prophecy, Douglas Hamp, warns that we're entering into an era of genetic manipulation that will set the stage for celestial intervention into the affairs of mankind. He predicts that within the next ten years a major disclosure event will take place which will convince the public to cooperate with aliens to participate in the next level of evolution."
Neptune and Pisces stellium are rampant with this program and the world's impending meeting with the creators.
Now that a Second Bay Area Quake Hits Same Spot in Crockett, folks might be getting a little jitteery.
Today and Wednesday Night's quake took place near the W. Napa fault or part of the dreaded San Andreas Fault. and not far from the dangerous Hayward fault.
a geologic fault zone capable of generating significantly destructive earthquakes. This fault is about 74 mi (119 km) long.
Today's shaker hit @ 9:13:20 AM and a chart set for that time in Crockett has Aries rising.
Notice chart below has tremendous power ready to be unleashed with Vesta, Uranus, Ceres and Venus
all in the 12th house. The ruler of the chart Mars is in Virgo in the day to day sixth house adding weight to house ruler Mercury now in Pisces opposing Mars. None of the mutable aspects alone even the TSQ to the Nodes are enough to produce a massive quake over 6.0 but add in the fact that Venus in Aries will oppose Saturn in "cardinal" Libra on March 4th and you have the potential
for a larger seismic event. Now to top this off is that on March 14th we will have a Grand Earth Trine with Pluto rising on the West Coast to trine Jupiter in Taurus and Mars in Virgo (Retro).
A whole lot of shaking is possible around the time of the Full Moon in Virgo on March 8th.
FYI
San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that runs a length of roughly 810 miles (1,300 km) through California in the United States. The fault's motion is right-lateral strike-slip (horizontal motion). It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. Don't forget that the San Andreas runs underwater along the coast until it nears Cape Mendocino, where it begins to bend to the west, terminating at the Mendocino Triple Junction.
Over the last week the entire West Coast has been busy: Magnitude 4.7 struck Vancouver Island Region - Feb. 15th.
Just since the last Full Moon things have gotten a lot stranger as we embark on the last leg of the journey to the Pisces New Moon on February 21st. Just a quick preview, since I will devote a whole blog to this lunation...Below a chart set for Tues. the 21st @ 10:35 PM UT in London
has Saturn rising @ 29 degrees trine Neptune-Sun-Moon-Pallas and Chiron all in the sign of the swimming fishes. A sign of illusion, confusion, confinement, deception and oceanic imagination.
Acumen is that dangerous open cluster of stars above the stinger of the Scorpion is the Heliacal rising star. One of the fixed stars associated with eyesight problems and suffering at the hands of others; subject to rumors. Acumen is defined as a negative Mars-Moon quality with extreme religious views.
Regulus, the heart of the Lion, one of the Four Royal Stars or Guardians of Heaven is the Heliacal Setting star. This will undoubted relate to a leader with a strong belief in the correctness of one's position. I also suspect that more than one leader will fail and even abdicate or loose their throne or position during this time period.
In fact since Neptune entered Pisces on February 3rd. the term bizarre has taken on a new meaning. Sure we expected Neptune or Poseidon the God of the Seas and Earthquakes to bring massive waves and tremors from fault to continent to back but not this fast. The last quarter moon which normally deals with turning points and pressure cookers on Valentine's day set the stage with a Scorpio Moon turning into Sagittarius in the afternoon Pacific time to square Neptune. A time of major confusion and as I have said be apprised that every time the moon changes into a mutable sign we are playing with fire setting off the Mars transit in Virgo. This afternoon here in the SF Bay Area, a large outage caused 8,713 customers to lose power.
But that wasn't all since 272 people are confirmed dead in a Honduras prison fire last night.
"Fire officials said the fire started around 10:50 p.m. Tuesday when the inmate set his bedding alight." When the fire started on Tuesday, a Mars ruled day, Scorpio was rising and across from Jupiter in stampeding Taurus thus
Mars the ancient ruler of the chart was in the 11th house of large groups-associations transiting retro. in Virgo. Mars was in opposition to Vesta-Chiron-Mercury all in the sign relating to the 12th house dealing with institutions from prisons to hospitals. Yes Mars which will be retrograde till April 14th hits all the sharp octaves with the growing Pisces stellium (Sun moves into Pisces on Feb. 18th. )
and opposing the Pisces stellium in the 4th house relating to subterfuge and revenge by the prisoner who set his bedding on fire.
The last Full Moon in Leo was all about entertainment, the famous and infamous with the fixed fiery Moon trine Ceres-Uranus in primal fire sign Aries with the last leg of the triangle piinting to N Node-Juno journeying in the independent sigh of Sagittarius. And on Saturday the 11th. Whitney Houston Leo entertainer and diva was pronounced dead @ 3:55 PM PST with Leo rising and the Sun (identity) and chart's ruler in the 7th. near Mercury for the shocking news of her demise.
Then the news on Monday: Prescription drugs found in Whitney Houston's hotel room, report says Neptune strikes again as the media mourns all week fanning the flames of scandal or sacrifice?
This should come as no surprise with Whitney's past history of drug abuse
and her own natal (born Aug. 9, 1963) oppositon from Mercury-Pluto-Pallas (in Virgo) to her birth position of Chiron in Pisces
Chiron in Pisces can reflect struggles with drug-alchol problems and in Whitney's case transiting Mars in Virgo where agravating the situation.
Grammy Strangeness
Then the Grammys on February 12, 2011: And the shocking video and performance from Nicki Minaj (born Dec. 8, 1982) will be debated as "satanic" and "illuminati-inspired" along with lots of over-hyped explanations. Minaj or Onika Tanya Maraj is a flamboyant Sagittarius with Uranus-Pallas-Sun-Venus-Neptune-Mercury and Ceres all in the bold, daring and sign of the sensationalist.
Like Gaga (born March 28, 1986) she is a fire sign with Uranus (the shocker posited in the Archer). Plus both of them are battling to be fashion icons for a generation of Pluto in Scorpio
kids.
Sunday's Moon in occult Scorpio was trine Neptune in weird and mystical Pisces
then around the time of the Grammys the Moon was opposing Jupiter known for over-the-top speculations.
while you ponder the meaning of her performance don't expect any type of trite definition
since Neptune in Pisces breaks boundaries artistically and experiments with emotional current.
Plus Mercury the lord of the Virgo transit of devil Mars the malefiic or more importantly the aggressor.
As the creative yet bizarre Leo Full Moon cycle completes on Feb. 21st we still have a week of
mourning Whitney as her funeral is streamed live. Other celebrities like Costner will eulogize
and add to her legacy. There is a certain odd fascination with the death of this celebrity and other which despite deeper investigations via Mercury (Pisces) sextile Pluto (Capricorn)
will define mainstream news distractions. With Neptune and Pluto (sexitle) so strong this week expect religion, spiritualism and the supernatural to intermix adding a mysterious twist.
The Native Americans who of the north and east designated February’s full moon as the Full Snow Moon when heavy snow and ice accumulated. Some tribes even referred to this Moon as the Full Hunger Moon, when severe weather conditions in some areas made hunting difficult. I wonder if they thought that the extreme freezing weather which hit Europe recently would be this bad. Currently the plunging temperatures have claimed over 400 victims from Serbia to Greece and are causing widespread disruption.
This Full Moon which began @ 1:54 PM PST or 4:54 PM EST is anything but quiet and complacent.
Lots of swift, dramatic changes akin to the Aquarian New Moon on January 23rd. when not only the year of the Water Dragon commenced but Mars was exactly trine Mercury then a highly potent Mars station begin.
From the early morning, we will have various world leaders and the media making big announcements while fighting in Syria reaches a fever pitch as leaders try diplomatic efforts to get them to stop.
Other announcements and reversals involving Leo the sign most connected to weddings is that Prop 8 OVERTURNED: Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down In California. Mercury meets the Sun in wild, unusual and internet oriented Aquarius @ 1:03 AM Pacific Time. Major technological breakthroughs are unveiled: Scientists develop biological computer to encrypt and decipher images.
"Instead of using traditional computer hardware, a group led by Professor Ehud Keinan of Scripps Research and the Technion created a computing system using bio-molecules. "
The future is here and really scary with the possibility of bio-borg controlled societies via wifi, most likely ran by the most advanced AI systems in the world.
In the evening we have the surprise political win for Rick Santorum in Colorado,Minnesota and Missouri.
(Santorum besides being a conservative fixed Taurus Sun with a square to Chiron in Aquarus
rode in with a natal Uranus (Leo) trine to Venus in Aries as Venus shifts from changeable, moody Pisces into cardinal and aggressive Aries this evening @ 10:01 PM PST.
Saturn stations before most of most folks in the Western US have breakfast, the taskmaster and ringed planet appears to be stationary @ 6:03 AM PST. This Saturn retrograde lasts till June 25, 2012, we are in for a time of increased responsibility, when declaring social and personal boundaries are essential.This is a time to understand karmic limitations, slow down, embrace discipline and to be aware of more efforts toward austerity. Another factor here on the West Coast is the potential for swift changes with cardinal rising and descendant. In other words it doesn't matter whether the chart is set for San Francisco or Los Angeles both cardinal Cancer rising opposing Pluto(Capricorn) in the descendant TSQ Uranus-Ceres (Aries intercepted in the 10th - meaning sudden reversals or earthquakes? Actually two quakes struck in the Gulf of Santa Catalina Region and both are E of Avalon, CA. Then just a couple minutes later another 2.7 Magnitude tremor struck 11 miles from Mt. Baldy outside of Glendora, CA
The Full Moon set for Washington DC @ 4:54 PM PST has Leo rising 12 degrees with this curious Sabian: "An other worldly costume party in a grove hung with Japanese lanterns. Nature spirits dance and carouse under a half-moon, each wear a mask painted with the face of human being."
Fixed signs on the rising and descendant reflects a stubborn polices with the unexpected on the horizon. A reflection of these intractable diplomacy is that the U.S. Maintains Embargo of Cuba After 50 Years, Despite International Condemnation started on 2-7-1962.
Fixed Stars and Their Effects
In the SF. Chart the Heliacal Rising Star is Rukbat a star in the foot of the Archer (Sagittarius Constellation). Rukbat is the symbol of steadiness and consistency. When rising Rukbat is all about leading a life that is unswerving from our convictions.
The Heliacal Setting Star is Castor a binary star in the constellation of the Twins. Castor is the mortal Twin famous for his skill in taming and managing horses sort of goes with the N Node in Sag. , Castor is the Northern Twin (western). The immortal Twin is Pollux, the Boxer.
Castor is the story teller who dedicates himself to research and ideas but fails to incorporate the shadow side of life. As the setting star, Castor
seeks the realm of opposites and usually has to defend his ideas and lifestyle.
Wherever the Full Moon occurs the Sun (Aquarius) conjunct fixed star Sualocin which is pale yellow star in the constellation Delfinus the Dolphin.
This relates to: Scientists mystified by largest dolphin stranding in northeast U.S. in 20 years.
More strandings are expected after 129 dolphins beached themselves on Cape Cod in the last three weeks, with 92 dying in "the single largest stranding" of dolphins in the Northeast since at least 1999, the International Fund for Animal Welfare reported Monday.
Saturn the ancient ruler of Aquarius is stationing retrograde adding to the magnitude of "this is the largest, most protracted stranding event in recent decades,"
These dangerous strandings on Cap Cod started on Jan. 12th 2012 right after the Cancer Full Moon when the Moon and Mars were in Virgo opposing Ceres in Pisces.
Now that Neptune has entered oceanic mysterious and more compassionate Pisces (Feb. 3rd) the news media is finally understanding the seriousness of these events and how they reflect the health of the oceans and continued earth changes.
It seems as if people have been on edge, waiting for something big to happen since 2011. The excitement has been growing since January 23rd. the day of the Aquarian New Moon and the commencement of the year of the Water Dragon. It is no secret that Neptune, the archetype of transcendence, dissolution and wild imagination will be enter Pisces his home sign on Feb. 3, 2012. This is only an introductory article to set the stage, more will follow in the next few days. After all the qualities and things relating to Neptune range from abdications to alien to adultery to angelic entities to boats of all kinds to clairvoyance to divination to mediums to melodramas to paranoia to ports to religions attitudes to sleeping disorders to theurgies to wizards to zeniths.
Timeline: last year on April 4, 2011 Neptune made a brief appearance in Pisces till Aug. 4th. 2011. Yes this giant gas planet ruling dreams, hallucinations, heightened sensitivity, altered states and the paranormal among a few states. Neptune the planet is huge being 17 times the mass of Earth and with an orbital period of 164.79 years. In astrological terms, Neptune signifies he strange or weird and with 12 Moons and severe weather patterns this makes sense. These weather anomalies are driven by the strongest sustained winds of any planet in the Solar System, with recorded wind speeds as high as 2,100 km/ Neptune who is god of water and the sea in Roman Mythology is connected to the symbols of the Trident, Fish, Dolphin, Horse and Bull. Poseidon in Greek Mythos. Poseidon was known as an "Earth-Shaker" In his benign aspect, Poseidon was supposedly able to create new islands and offering calm seas. When he became angry from being offended or ignored, he struck the ground with his trident and caused chaotic springs, earthquakes, drownings and massive shipwrecks. In fact we are seeing the water theme proliferating or should we say flowing? We are hearing about aquataxis, interviews with with Occupy Oakland Lake Merritt Aquapiers, water taxis for visitors to the America's Cup or wild theories about the USS Enterprise heading to the False Flag?
Finally all the waiting is over, Neptune will enter Pisces, his home sign for a 14+ year stay on Feb. 3, 2012. Neptune stays in Pisces till January 26, 2026 when the next stop is Aries. On that day there is also a grand earth trine forming. This will be the first long journey since Feb. 17, 1948.
Chart below is set for Greenwhich UK @ 7:04 PM UT, when Neptune enters Pisces:
Virgo is rising @ 8 degrees 26 with this appropriate Sabian Symbol: "A man making a futuristic drawing." The Ascendant is opposing Neptune-Chiron-Vesta in Pisces as the Virgo analysts leave their skepticism at the door. Mercury the ruler of this ingress chart is in Aquarius moving toward the Sun reflecting a major news announcement.
Since the commencement of this remarkable new moon cycle in Aquarius on January 23rd. @ 2:39 AM EST or 7:39 AM UT there hasn't been a dull moment for everyone including our leaders. Mars just stationed yesterday in hyper-critical Virgo which of course is the sign most associated with service and jobs. So here is my segway
into tonight's speech and the chart below set for 9:11 PM EST when Obama started speaking and he didn't finish talking and gesturing till 10:15 PM EST. Transiting Mars in Virgo now retrograde and applying to a close conjunction with Barack's natal Mars in the sign of the working class. Just a preview he was realistic about job loss during his administration yet exhorted and encouraged the weary masses.
Tonight's state of the union speech by given by Barack Obama with deft and scripted form, rhythm and cadence matched the current planetary changes in step. Obama mimics the culture of the 1930's when Uranus and Pluto were also square like today's massive time of upheaval. During the depression of 2012, we have Saturn the lord of the 10th house and Capricorn in a powerful TSQ with Mercury (in Capricorn) and Jupiter (in Taurus). No matter what Obama says we are in a crisis of delays, freezes and heavy restriction.
The Chart Below has Virgo rising (craftsmanship) with Mars right at the ascending angle. From an horary standpoint, the speech began on a Mars day and a Solar hour (great for a vigorous leader) Mercury - the orator and messenger is the Almuten of the first house. The timing is great but the oratory is hackneyed.
Like a roman statesman fueled by confidence & arrogance knowing that his opponents are still not ready to take him down, he blew his own horn about the "end of the Iraq war" and his part in the fantasy demise of Bin Laden . "For the first time in two decades, Osama bin Laden is not a threat to this country." Notice in the chart above that Ceres and Uranus are angular in Aries with he 7th house adding a heroic element of the warrior's success or what it appears to be. Both Uranus-Ceres are also closely trine Obama's natal Mercury in the rock-star sign of Leo. His ego jumps out first thing.
Along with Obama's natal Juno (partnership) in aggressive and dominant Aries is near the Ceres-Uranus transit in the 7th where the obvious alliance he has to the High Tech industry including the likes of Apple and Facebook. It was hard to miss Steve Jobs's widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, sitting with First Lady Michelle Obama at tonight's State of the Union address.
Then kept up the hope-change of getting those precious jobs back to US. " you can do to bring jobs back to your country, and your country will do everything we can to help you succeed." Another populist speech filled with tired rhetoric and cliches
does nothing to really help the American people.
Finally the chart below has a number of transits aligning with Obama's natal power and dominance as a centrist.
Starting with Mars on ascendant adding a passion and desire for service, then to the second house where transiting Saturn is near Barack's Neptune outlining a flexibility as empire dissolves. Things will be getting a lot worse and the current atmosphere of apathy will turn into a sustained panic if the Obama polices continue.
The nodes transiting in Sag. in the State of the Union 3rd. house of education, teachers and schools and Gemini near Obama's natal Astraea in the public house of promises for educators. One of the major alignments tonight which nailed the hard realistic perspective many feel yet offered practical solutions was transiting Mercury in Capricorn thru the 5th. house of tonight's event which represents enjoyment, fun, entertainment. This actually is used to deflect the conjunction Barack's natal planet of accountability-responsibility, Saturn. I say that because the transiting Sun in Aquarius is near Obama's expansive confidence and natural diplomacy per Jupiter in his natal chart. Adding the timing of perhaps a professional astrologer or just the natural as transiting Pallas-Moon-Neptune in the oratory's sixth house. These three bodies are all near Obama's point of destiny relating to past gifts S Node in Aquarius. The Sixth House (Mercury is lord and Mars is in synch) relates to service, the 6th House rules workers, the laboring classes, unions, labor organizations, wage conditions, employment and unemployment..
Along with police, civil service, issues around national defense. Obama thinks he is channeling Teddy Roosevelt in saying that no options are off the table when it comes to Iran.
Don't look now but things are about to move into hyper drive as the scales tip away from the morally bankrupt and unethical elite. This game changer relates to the Sun entering Aquarius on January 20th. @ 8:10 AM PST. With this ingress and the subsequent New Moon on January 23rd. when Mars stations and appears to move retrograde in Virgo, we are talking radical and revolutionary change. Before we discuss a Cain-style demise for Newt after the South Carolina primary and the bomb of
the damaging, sensitive information commencing from 2010 let's see the latest on the internet censorship bills. Talk about the power of internet pressure real Aquarian community stuff! Look what happened with the Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA and The PROTECT IP Act or PIPA. This draconian legislation was opposed by some heavies on "the cloud" like the Mozilla Corporation,Facebook,Electronic Frontier Foundation,Yahoo!, eBay, American Express, reddit, Google, Twitter, Reporters Without Borders, Human Rights Watch, English Wikipedia and many more. Here is the latest - PIPA support collapses, with 13 new Senators opposed. This remarkable turn around of lawmakers
reflects tomorrow's exact Sun (Capricorn) square to Saturn (Libra) where...
Members of the Senate are rushing for the exits in the wake of the Internet's unprecedented protest of the Protect IP Act (PIPA). At least 13 members of the upper chamber announced their opposition on Wednesday. Sun (leaders) in hard aspect to Saturn in karmic Libra (loss and accountability) This is a transit dealing with responsibility during crises, delays, and major obstacles.to previous agendas for internet censorship like SOPA and PIPA. These senators are resigning themselves to a failed agenda, the same could happen to Newt's presidential bid.
Hell Hath No Fury
Now back to Newt and his wife ex-wife Marianne, the woman scorned and ready to wreak some massive revenge ala Juno now traansiting in Scorpio.
When we look at Newt's natal chart (born June 17, 1943 @ 11:45 PM in Harrisburg, PA) then add the Aquarian ingress set for January 20, 2012 @ 11:10 AM we see some interesting blows against the reptiles. Notice that transiting Sun entering Aquarius is square Jupiter the planet of ethics, morality and of course hypocrisy which Newt knows well. Their a whole lot of Newt's folly and shame here with transiting Chiron-Venus and Vesta all in Pisces (scandals) in a hard square to his natal Mercury-Uranus and Saturn in Gemini. So even though the articulate, spontaneous wit which has propped up Newt, that his natal Mercury-Uranus together in Gemini, it will be this mutable combo that will mark his demise. Note that Uranus, the planet of unexpected surprises is the modern ruler of Aquarius just as Saturn is the ancient lord. Back to Marianne, the middle wife -- the one between Newt's first and third marriages, the one who represents both Juno and Venus in the inner wheel of the chart below. Just like Herman, the brother Cain, Newt's presidential aspirations are about to implode.
The Royal Navy's most formidable warship is being sent to the Gulf for its first mission as tensions rise in the strategically vital region, it can be disclosed.
It appears that the building tensions in the Persian Gulf are reaching a critical mass heading towards Monday's Full Moon in Cancer . In fact there continues to be a world wide focus on the Strait of Hormuz (a narrow, strategically important strait between the Gulf of Oman in the southeast and the Persian Gulf.) Notice below that I have set a chart for the Cancer Full Moon on January 9, 2012 @ 11:30 AM LMT in Oman. Notice that aggressive Aries is rising @ 12 degrees 30 with this curious Sabian: "A bomb which failed to explode is now safely concealed." We are in a time of attacks and counter attacks with a quality of lashing out but things will not go as planned.
Mars ruler of the chart below is in Virgo reflecting the constant war of words and small criticisms.
The chart above describes a time when impulse control is tough with cardinal signs on all the angles and Pluto in Capricorn at Mid-Heaven. The Moon is in the 4th house it's ruling place and is TSQ Saturn in Libra in the 7th and the Sun in Capricorn. The emotional charge, hysteria will be high and with Mercury recently entering Capricorn to square Uranus in Aries, words and communications about this nervous and militant situation will shock. Mars is opposing Ceres in the 12th house (karmic themes) and adding to the upheaval involving Iran's need for independence.
Most importantly Mars turns retrograde in Virgo at the time of the next New Moon in Aquarius on January 23 and will continue till April 14th). Mars retrograde is a time of angst and frustrations which will also effect workers who might hinder the delivery of vital services and goods throughout the world. This blockage of services will very likely include crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz. In Virgo Mars can signify a minor detail or mistake that could cause a confrontation.
January has been anything but quiet as we start the dreaded year 2012. Fires were burning out of control in Hollywood, birds dropping out of the sky in Beebe Arkansas again and a major psychological operations (PSYOP) centered around Mt. Rainer and crazed Iraq war vet to induce behavior involving gun control or fear of the wilderness? Fear of the wolf or the outsider?
So depending on time zones in the USA, you may experience the next Full Moon on either @ 11:30 PM PST on Jan. 8th or @ 2:30 AM EST on January 9th.
Commonly known as the Wolf Moon by Native American Indians like the the Algonquin tribes from New England to Lake Superior. Traditionally a cold winter season when the wolves roamed hungrily outside the villages. There is a stark, coldness to the coming austerity programs the governments of the world feel forced to carry out.
For those Hawking fans on Jan. 8, 2012: English theoretical physicist Stephen W. Hawking turns 70. Hawking widely considered a genius, has powerful Mercury (in Capricorn) aspects including a close acerbic square to his natal Mars in Aries and an opposition to Pluto.
Regarding Hawking and this Full Moon, there is even a prominent Mercury aspect on this Full Moon - Mercury in early Capricorn is in an exact square to Uranus @ 3:24 PM PST adding a whole new dimension to eccentricity. Mercury-Uranus is also about progressive thinking and accelerated thought. Since Mercury is the weather planet and any aspect to Uranus can mean a sudden change in atmospheric conditions expect some crazy storms even a blizzard or two.
The Full Moon set for Washington DC has Scorpio rising put even more emphasis on ancient ruler of the chart Mars. Mars is in the collective 11th house still in orb of an opposition to Ceres. Mars-Ceres in difficult aspect speaks of the need to break away from dominance and oppression. Since Mars is ready to station and move retrograde, those powerfully vital and aggressive energies will get into a darker less conforming and frustrated place.
Fixed Stars for the Wolf Moon
First of all and continuing with the theme of Mars, the warrior is that Mars @ 21 virgo 49 is conjunct Denebola by degree. Denebola, the tail of the constellation Leo represents going against the mainstream of society.
Facies and Pluto @ 7 Capricorn 47 are conjunct by degree or longitude, Facies (a nebula), the eye of the Sagittarian archer represents a lethal and dangerous symbolism. Near Pluto is about an intense change and transformation accompanying a ruthless attitude.
The Heliacal Rising Star is Acumen which continues on the Mars-Pluto theme since Acumen is an open cluster of stars above the sting of the Scorpion. Acumen reflects the idea of suffering at the hands of others; while being subjected to rumours.
According to Robson: "Acumen has the nature of Mars and the Moon. It effects the eyesight and causes blindness of one or both eyes, if in conjunction with an afflicted luminary or in conjunction with a malefic that afflicts the luminaries. The opposition seems to be equally important."
The Heliacal Setting Star is Mirfak a star on the right side o Perseus, the slayer of Medusa.
Mirfak is also the young warrior with the upraised sword mirroring his hunting ability.
In cosmic alignment this video from tonight's Iowa Caucus of US Soldier who Tells Of Why He Supports Ron Paul's Foreign Policy connects us to the Mars-Ceres opposition and Denebola-Mars conjunction.
Mirfak represents an eager involvement and pursuit of the critical events of one's life.
in fact as the Heliacal Setting star there is a decidedly reckless quality which can also verge on misuse of authority.
Mirfak is also known to be associated with extreme or unusual weather which relates to the Mercury-Uranus square. Yes Perseus and Mirfak are said to be indicative of events effecting large numbers of people, especially those events caused by major meteorological phenomena. When prominent in a natal chart it is said to denote adventurous individuals, but also those who are less than honest in their dealings with others.
Brace yourselves things are about to get even wilder as we head toward the Winter Solstice
and Capricorn New Moon (Dec. 24th. Just tonight at Candlestick park there were two power outages
at the SF 49nr Pittsburgh game - one at 5:20 PM and the second at 6:43 PM. Both times Cancer was rising with the ruler the Moon moving closer to Saturn in Libra TSQ Venus and Jupiter. The first time Cancer rising was square Uranus in Cancer at Mid-Heaven. Uranus is associated with unexpected power outages and as we move toward the Sun's ingress into Capricorn (Dec. 21st/22nd depending on time zones, we should expect more electrical shockers since the Sun SQ Uranus exactly
@ Dec. 22nd @ 2:15 PM PST.
Here on the West Coast Leo is rising @ 28 degrees when the Sun moves into Capricorn
The Sabian is a mermaid rises from the ocean.
I mentioned in my latest blog entry that Antares and Algol the Heliacal Rising and Setting stars
for yesterday's eclipse over the Western States will engender a type of obsessive passion that will burn like a forest fire. What form will these passions take? Undoubted with Uranus now stationing direct in Aries, there will be new technologies, discoveries and efforts to promote freedom/independence. Also in line with Uranus applying to an exact square to Pluto, their will be some massive protests, dissent and rallies.
One of the major protests after yesterday's incredible Lunar Total Eclipseis a blockade or planned shut down starting with the Port of Oakland We are in a time of major upheaval and populist movements like the Occupy Wall street group or the Tea Party have symbolized a time dangerous confrontation and contentious politics.
So tomorrow @ 5:30 AM PST, the West Coast Occupy movement (Seattle, Oakland, Vancouver, Los Angeles, San Diego, Tacoma, and others) has called for a shutdown in solidarity with ILWU Local 21 in Longview, Washington in their struggle against EGT, and the port truckers’ struggle with Goldman Sachs. Will this action end in a similar fate that the Nov. 17, 2011 attempt to shut down Wall Street met? Take a look at the chart set for Oakland, CA. Scorpio is rising @ 27 degrees 23 minutes Scorpio adding the energy of revenge, retribution and obsession. Mercury ready to station direct is intercepted in the first house with the N Node and the Sun in expansive Sagittarius with over zealous missionary zeal. Right at Mid-Heaven is that critical and cutting Mars in Virgo closely TSQUARE the Nodes of destiny. Pisces on the IC relates to ports, ocean travel and ships and with Chiron right on that point, both physical and psychological wounding will occur. I suspect that a massive police action will be in store for the demonstrators. Mars is in a wide opposition to Ceres (letting go) and Uranus (unexpected-explosive events) at ground zero, the port of Oakland.
We are only a few hours away from tomorrow's Total Lunar Eclipse on Dec 10th @ 6:36 AM PST or 9:36 AM EST. Most people can feel that something huge is building up or is just hype as we move towards this monumental sky show on the Sagittarius/Gemini axis. This is the axis of expansion vs. discrimination. On one side the "war horse" and on the other the "twins or lovers."
The image of the "War Horse" will capture the imagination of movie goers and is fitting for this
eclipse framed by the Sun-N Node of destiny in the sign of the centaur, Sagittarius.
Whether the eclipse chart is set for the West Coast where Sagittarius is rising with the North Node or in Jersualem @ 4:36 PM EET - 2:00 where Gemini is rising, both charts have the warrior planet Mars is at the apex of the mutable grand cross. On the West Coast, Mars is In the chart below Gemini is rising with the Moon and S Node (past history) opposing the Sun-N Node in the 7th with that TSQ arrow point down to the 4th house which represents this ancient land, its values as real estate and agriculture, housing and living conditions. Uranus, the wild card of sudden events is stationing direct in the 10th house.
The 10th house in this case rules the government, the leadership along with national reputation and prestige, world opinion... In both charts Antares is the Heliacal Rising Star thus events are driven by passion and obsession. There is a strong potential for ruthless behavior. We can only pray that this combination won't set off the Israel-Iran-Syrian powder-keg and the planned war via will be derailed. In this video George Galloway nails the misconception and destroys the premise
that an "Orwellian" strategic strike against Iran is a good thing.
Visibility and Self-Proclaimed Prophecies Abound
Even though the eclipse is visible here on the West Coast Alaska, northern Canada, Australia, New Zealand, it is central Asia and eastern Asia. where the eclipse can be best viewed and photographed. That would include Jerusalem for those rather obsessive prophets of the apocalypse and progenitors of an armageddon like Paul Begly.
One thing is for sure with the mutable cross is that volatility is the rule along with instability. Don't believe everything you hear and see especially when religion is involved.
Fixed Stars for the Eclipse Over the West Coast.
When we look at the chart set for the Full Moon on the West Coast we see that Facies, the eye of the archer is rising with Jupiter (the chart's ruler). Since Facies is said to have the penetrating stare of a lethal, deadly weapon. With Jupiter there can be abrasive religious or philosophical views that relate well to religious zealots of all kind.
Let's take a second look at the main stars over the West Coast and DC.
Antares - the Heart of the Scorpion is the Heliacal Rising Star. Antares reflects a time driven by passion, obsession and compulsion. Antares is said to have the nature of Mars and Jupiter. Per Robson, Antares causes malevolence, destructiveness, liberality, broad-mindedness, evil presages and danger of fatality and makes its natives rash, ravenous, headstrong and destructive to themselves by their own obstinacy.
Algol in the constellation, Perseus is the Setting Star which will also whip up passions which can either create or destroy. Algol when it is setting also refers to how to calm hysterical situations in the time of ultimate crisis. Algol is also in aspect to the rising degree in the Total Eclipse set for London, UK.
Other Fixed Stars on the West Coast include Zosma, the back of the Nemean Lion, near the tail that was crushed by Hercules in legend. This star is synonomous with victimization. (Zosma is the Persian word meaning "the Girdle", "Enzonement" or "Loincloth".) Zosma is is culminating with Mercury which puts a special focus on both injustice and the underdog.
In the chart set for Washington DC besides Antares and Algol as the Heliacal Rising and Setting Stars, Deneb Adige is rising with Mars. Deneb Adige is a brilliant white star in the tail of the Swan or constellation Cygnus. According to Brady, this represents a noble warrior, who acts from their principles. Since Deneb Adige is also called the shaman's star relating to the spiritual warrior we might infer that whoever this person or persons is will have a mystical or transcendental quality. My guess is that this "noble warrior" will not be from the ranks of the DC elite. Another star that will play a big part in the communication style arising from this eclipse will be Markab which is rising as Mercury is culminating. Markab is a white star on the wing of the flying horse Pegasus. Markab is also known as the saddle of Pegasus and represents some stability which is sorely needed. This combo is said to value a logical argument, to build on one’s knowledge per authority. Per Robson and an older interpretation of Markab with Mercury: "A good mind, yet rash and headstrong, quick in speech, diplomatic, capable writer, criticized, friends become enemies."
