Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (Dem. – Arizona) Shot Jan. 8 (With Updates) January 8, 2011
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords — representing Arizona’s 8th District in Congress — was shot and critically wounded this morning (Jan. 8, 2011) outside a Safeway supermarket in Tucson. At least 5 other people were killed and many wounded by a man said to be 22-years old.
She is a so-called Blue Dog Democrat, Jewish and married to an astronaut (Mark Kelly).
She was born on June 8, 1970 in Tucson, represents the 8th Congressional District in Arizona, and today is the 8th of January. 8 is a key number of power, will and intensity. It is associated, in the zodiac, with the 8th sign of Scorpio — ruling over death and rebirth.
Using a Noon birth time (time unknown) — but placing the Sun on the Ascendant — gives us the best type of chart when a time is not available.
She is born with the following very close-to-exact midpoint complex: Mercury/Neptune = Vesta. Her Mercury in Taurus opposes Neptune in Scorpio within 6 degrees, but her natal Vesta in Leo is almost precisely at the midpoint between Mercury and Neptune.
Any T-Square Triangle in a birthchart has enormous power — for good or ill. Vesta at the fulcrum gives it a special significance. Vesta = Sisterhoods; the Eternal Flame; investments; insurance; home and hearth; and — most importantly — safety and security themes as well as “turf wars” as in the Arizona border struggle concerning illegal immigrants.
Now the reason this nearly exact midpoint complex at her birth is extra significant right now is that (a) Vesta has just opposed her Gemini Sun (in the last couple of days, when she was sworn in for her third term in Congress) and (b) transiting Neptune was within 2 minutes of arc (or 1/30 of 1 degree of the zodiac) of opposing her Vesta.
Translation? Transiting Neptune is creating a temporary Grand Cross (think Crucifixion) in her life — composed of natal Mercury in Taurus, Vesta in Leo, Neptune in Scorpio, and transiting Neptune in Aquarius.
Since she is 40 years old and about to turn 41 in June, she is about to experience what every person on the face of the Earth goes through between ages 40 and 41 — Transiting Neptune square Natal Neptune.* And because her birth placement of Neptune is so involved in the midpoint complex with Mercury and Vesta, Gabrielle Giffords was a very visible and vulnerable figure to anyone wanting to commit a malevolent act — striking out against her, possibly women and Jewish people in particular, as well as a governmental representative simultaneously. [*Neptune square Neptune often brings in a 1 or 2 year cycle of confusion, chaos and nebulosity as each individual turning 41 seeks to get back on their higher-destiny, spiritual path while sorting out all the tricky illusions, temptations, addictions and relationship problems usually afflicting someone entering their 40s.]
There is much more here — astrologically — sadly to say. Although I have not seen an exact time of this morning’s shooting revealed yet in the media, using an estimate of 10:30am to 11:00am will reveal Jupiter-Uranus (Big-Shock) rising in Pisces opposite Juno in Virgo (disempowerment of a woman) in a T-Square Triangle to Mercury and Vesta directly above (signifying National Safety/Security themes as well as Business-Trade-Communication themes). Note: A recent update on this story at TheNYTimes Online indicates the time of the shooting was probably closer to 10:00am. The T-Square mentioned in this paragraph is still prominent, but even more telling is that in the 15-minute time-period after 10:00am, the Moon was rising and Vesta was culminating in Tucson. This helps to clarify the motives of the one assailant — that the focus was the urge to strike out at a prominent woman (Vesta) representing vast emotional & collective power (the Moon rising).
The fact that the asteroid Vesta is extremely prominent in Rep. Giffords’ birthchart and that Vesta was directly above at the shooting confirms the importance of this asteroid in this violent act.
She is also experiencing Transiting Saturn almost precisely 150-degrees to her Natal Saturn while Transiting Jupiter & Uranus are also very close to being 150-degrees to her Natal Jupiter. To have the two biggest planets — Jupiter and Saturn — making off-kilter and jarring, 150-degree links back to their natal placements (simultaneously) is another major reason why she is fighting for her life now and why someone might attack her (as Rep. Giffords was seen as a major enemy in public office by Tea Party figures).
She is born with a very close Mars-Uranus square (where Mars is wedged right in between the USA Venus and Jupiter placements). In the last year, she experienced Transiting Pluto (extremes) opposing her Mars and squaring her Uranus exactly as she ran and won in a fierce congressional contest against a Tea-Party allied opponent. Mars-Uranus in a discordant aspect — in the chart of a prominent national figure — sometimes leads to violent acts against them, including assassination attempts.
Notice as well that she is born with Venus at 20+ degrees of Cancer (united with the Heliocentric Orbit of Pluto) and Ceres at 20+ degrees of Aries (united with America’s Natal Chiron replacement) almost exactly square — plus Venus and Juno are close to a square. Therefore, she will not always gain support from women voters, and — inwardly — she probably has had to deal with many upheavals in her philosophy of life and socio-political views from the feminine perspective. Apparently, Sarah Palin put her into her “cross hairs of a target imagery” as being an opponent that the Tea Partyers needed to “remove from office.” Here we see the feminine-feminine rivalry that Rep. Giffords undoubtedly emanated psychically to society via her birthchart clashes among the female/goddess archetypes. However, for Sarah Palin to use gun-images in her opposition to candidates she doesn’t agree with is to severely tamper with the fragile psyche of kooks and lunatics who go out with actual guns to do harm to political adversaries.
It is also noteworthy that the Transiting Moon in Pisces was almost exactly on her Natal North Lunar Node. This only occurs for a couple of hours every 28 days. Both the Lunar Node and the Moon itself are related — especially in Mundane or National Astrology — to the Public, Mass Consciousness, and Fate-Destiny forces at work.
Since Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is a governmental figure, it is appropriate to check out transits happening relative to America’s birthchart (using July 4, 1776; 4:47pm; Philadelphia, PA). The main cycles going on right now are: Transiting Moon this morning within 1 degree of the only stationary body in the U.S. chart — Ceres** – in Pisces (Ceres = mothering; nurturing; mother-daughter relationships; care-giving; land-agriculture-food-diet-nutrition); Transiting Pluto in Capricorn about to oppose America’s Jupiter in Cancer three times in 2011 (something that has never happened before in our country’s history); Transiting Mars in Capricorn exactly opposite America’s Mercury in Cancer; Transiting Neptune in a union with America’s Moon-Pallas conjunction in Aquarius (symbolizing this confused-chaotic individual striking out against a prominent female figure in our nation). **Be aware that Ceres is the main ruling body of Food and this tragedy occurred outside a Safeway supermarket.
As events unfold, I will add to this story, but for the moment, click on the following weblink to view a Bi-Wheel where Gabrielle Giffords’s Natal Chart is the Inner Ring and today’s Transits are the Outer Ring:
www.marklernerastrology.com/shop/images/GiffordsGabrielleWBAGE1.GIF
P.S. The state of Arizona joined the Union on February 14, 1912 with the asteroid Vesta at 27+ degrees of Leo. This placement is conjunct the Vesta for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords within 1 degree. This reveals an even greater connection between this asteroid and its meanings with the Congresswoman. In addition, Arizona entered the Union with the Sun at 25 Aquarius opposite Vesta at 28 Leo. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords — born with the Sun at 17 Gemini — was just experiencing Transiting Vesta at 20 Sagittarius opposite her Sun. Thus, she was having the same alignment via a transit — with the exact same orb — as Arizona has permanently.
Addition on January 9: The Federal Judge killed — John M. Roll — was born on February 8, 1947 and has numerous astrological ties to the U.S. birthchart from July 4, 1776. His Lunar North Node — 8+ Gemini — was right on America’s Uranus, and his natal Uranus — 17 Gemini — was exactly united with the Sun placement for Rep. Giffords. Uranus — when negative — is associated with shock waves, overthrows of the natural order, and out-of-left-field breakdowns. He had just attended a mass and — on the spur of the moment — decided to stop by the Safeway store where the Congresswoman was having her meet-and-greet interaction with the public. The 9-year-old girl killed — Christina Green — was born Sept. 11, 2001, an historic tragedy which speaks for itself.
Synchronistic Oddities: It turns out that the husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords – astronaut and naval officer Mark Kelly – is a twin of Scott Kelly, now on board the International Space Station. The Kelly brothers were born in the Sun-sign of the Twin Fish (Pisces) on Feb. 21, 1964 when the Sun and Mars were very close together (a symbol of potential volatility, violence and/or bloodshed over the long run).
Will you be shocked to also know that Mark Kelly is born with a Gemini Moon – united with the Gemini Sun of Gabrielle Giffords and, of course, Gemini is actually called “The Twins” very often?
When I first wrote the feature, I focused enormous attention on the Congresswoman’s natal Vesta a 26+ degrees of Leo – revealing it to be at the exact midpoint of her Mercury-Neptune opposition. All together those three celestial bodies at her birth create a super-strong T-Square Triangle wherein Transiting Neptune is now at the 4th point in the zodiac (27 Aquarius) – creating a temporary and yet critical Grand Cross in Fixed Power Signs.
Now add on this confirmation of the importance of Vesta, the T-Square and the Grand Cross since Mark Kelly has his natal Saturn at 27 Aquarius (precisely fulfilling the Congresswoman’s natal Grand Cross) and Mark Kelly is also born with his Vesta at 27 Capricorn – exactly in an off-kilter, 150-degree link to his wife’s natal Vesta at 27 Leo.
Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly were married on November 10, 2007 – the day after a New Moon in Scorpio and while the Moon was probably void-of-course, late in Scorpio, and very close to Gabrielle’s natal Neptune – which just happens to be conjunct President Obama’s void-of-course Moon when he took the Oath of Office on January 20, 2009.
It is now being reported on January 9, 2011 that – from papers seized at the suspected assailant’s residence – Jared Lee Loughner had planned to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. This also confirms what I wrote without this knowledge that he was already consumed with an obsession, and that the potent transits of the Moon Rising and Vesta overhead at the approximate time of the attack revealed his hatred against a prominent, public, female politician representing the government of the United States. A temporary posting on Wikipedia tonight shows that Loughner was born in September 1988, but no date is yet given. Nevertheless, it is significant that there was an Annular Solar Eclipse (just as potent as a Total Solar Eclipse) on September 11 of that year.
Confirmation of Birthday of Jared Loughner? I have before me page 4A of the Monday January 10 edition of USA Today. In an article by Jack Gillum and Peter Eisler, they say — in relation to Loughner — “On Sept, 9, 2007, the day before his 19th birthday, he was arrested in Pima County for possession of drug paraphernalia.” If the journalists are accurate, then Loughner was born on Sept. 10, 1988 — the day before the Annular Solar Eclipse that I mentioned in the paragraph above. If this is true, it is very significant as that means Jared Loughner’s Sun in Virgo was in a nearly exact square to the Sun in Gemini for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. I continue looking for clear documentation of the assailant’s month-day-year of birth.
Now view a chart for a more exact timing of the Attack in Tucson. Click on the following link to see a Color Wheel:
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President Obama’s Jupiter & Ceres Progressed Stations December 23, 2010
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Even with Mercury retrograde and a recent Democrat disaster at the mid-term elections in early November, President Obama managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat during this lame-duck session of Congress.
To the surprise of many pundits, he — with the help of Vice-President Biden and key members of Congress on both sides of the aisle – were able to overturn the Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell restriction (concerning gays and lesbians in the armed forces) from the past 17-years regarding military service, as well as pass the bill providing special health care for the first responders at the 9/11 disaster and to pass another bill helping America and Russia reduce our stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
Thus, this historic week of December 20 to 25, 2010 could go down as the brightest in the President’s first term of office. Where is the evidence of this great achievement relative to President Obama’s birthchart and cycles?
This may surprise you, but the current success has virtually nothing to do with his ongoing transits — although Jupiter at 25 Pisces just made a union with his natal Pallas last week (gift for problem-solving and strategizing) and formed a highly-supportive, 60-degree sextile to his natal Saturn all of this week (revealing his unique abilities as a behind-the-scenes mover-and-shaker, when it really counts).
The real power giving him history-making achievements this week is coming from two exceedingly rare — and simultaneous — stations in his Progressed chart.
In what is known as Secondary Progressions — where each day after birth is equal to one year of life — his Progressed Jupiter finally turned direct (stationing on Monday Dec. 20 at 28 Capricorn) while his Progressed Ceres finally turned retrograde (stationing on Wednesday Dec. 22 at 27 Taurus). [By the way, these stations are in a flowing trine of 120-degrees to one another, and the Jupiter station is right on America's natal Pluto (extreme governmental and political power) from July 4, 1776.]
President Obama — whose chart can be seen by clicking on a weblink at the end of this story — was born when the largest planet (Jupiter), symbolizing good fortune, providence, expansion of consciousness and golden opportunities, was moving retrograde at the first degree of Aquarius. It was also located in his twelfth house — a placement in any chart that sometimes indicates an inability to manifest practical, worldly achievements, unless the individual backs up mundane efforts with spiritual willpower and intuitive genius.
But right on schedule — during this amazing week of accolades for our Commander-in-Chief — he experiences Jupiter gaining extra potency in his life, right when he needs its kingly vibrations the most. Remember, too, that America is born with a very prominent Jupiter (about to be hit by transiting Pluto three times via opposition in 2011). Jupiter rules America’s birthchart since our nation has Sagittarius Rising (using a birth time of 4:47pm EST on July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia, PA).
Meanwhile, on Dec, 22, 2010 — the key date this week with so much of the fanfare, signings and agreements going on — President Obama receives the blessings of Ceres gaining extra potency in his life on top of the Jupiter gifts. Ceres is particularly related to heightened productivity when it is working well, and the only stationary body at America’s birth was Ceres! And now here we have President Obama experiencing a very rare Progressed Ceres station at his highest moment so far in the Oval Office.
The bottom line here is that if you are not watching your progressions — and there are several techniques to consider using — you may be missing an enormous part of your earthly opportunities, plus your emotional-psychic-spiritual unfoldment as a soul-spirit infused personality traveling aboard Spaceship Earth.
And let’s not forget this — to all of you who think Mercury Retrograde is negative — the accomplishments going on now all happened under Mercury Rx, and Mercury was in reverse when America was born on July 4, 1776.
Click on the following weblink to see President Obama’s birthchart. Notice that his natal Jupiter is in the twelfth house while his natal Ceres is in his third house. Many Blessings and Happy Holidays…Mark
http://www.marklernerastrology.com/home/ml1/image.html?myid=117
Julian Assange: Cyber-Anarchist or Heroic Whistleblower & Internet Freedom-Fighter? December 10, 2010
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One of the most watched individuals on Planet Earth right now — Julian Assange (born July 3, 1971 in Townsville, Queensland, Australia — Sunrise type chart in a clickable weblink is at the close of this story) — is in a British jail, waiting to see if he might be extradited to Sweden to deal with rape allegations. Meanwhile, his organization WikiLeaks is thriving in the counter-cultural universe that has been magnified in recent years by the world wide web and high-tech wizardry. A new group — known as Anonymous — has been master-minding temporary shut-downs of prominent credit-card taking websites (Master & Visa Card, PayPal, Amazon.com) in recent days.
Julian Assange’s birthchart shows an enormous tie-in to America’s national chart from July 4, 1776 — which explains his large-scale exposes of Pentagon and State Department cables having to do primarily with the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. His Sun is very close to America’s Sun – as is the case with his Mercury and America’s Mercury (just 1 degree apart). With his Sun almost exactly square to rebel-leader and revolutionary-agent Uranus, it is no wonder he is carving out the kind of eccentric and eclectic “career” he has chosen as a nomadic genius bent on reforming governmental secrecy – particularly when that secrecy perpetuates wars, bloodshed and international chaos.
Notice that his Scorpio Moon (relentless drive; lone-wolf type personality vibes) is in between Uranus and Jupiter – and those two planets are in a three-fold union in 2010-2011, representing a shockwave (Uranus) moving through the multi-media (Uranus) on an enormous level (Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system).
While he is on the verge of experiencing transiting Neptune square his natal Neptune (within 2 years) and transiting Uranus opposite his natal Uranus (within 2+ years) – the so-called “Mid-Life Crisis that everyone goes through at ages 40 – 42 – his Secondary Progressions are telling an even bigger story.
At age 8, his mother remarried and his family life became uprooted – exactly as his Progressed Mars in Aquarius made a station and began a 61-year retrograde cycle that will last for the bulk of his lifetime. This progressed station alone – Mars (warrior) in Aquarius (global & high-tech connections) turning retrograde (being an iconoclast and rebel) – has influenced Assange enormously. He was a prominent hacker as a teenager in Australia – gaining recognition in the media as well as the attention of police officials.
In 2009, his Progressed Sun in Leo exactly opposed his Progressed and Retrograde Mars in Aquarius – a kind of “Full Moon Enlightenment” of his rebellious Martial/Aquarius nature. Remember that Mars equates with warfare, and Assange’s claim-to-fame is primarily due to his releasing thousands of classified/secret Pentagon and State Department cables concerning the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
In the next two years, his Secondary Progressed Mercury will station in Virgo and then begin 24 years of retrograding motion while his Secondary Progression Neptune will station in Sagittarius and go direct for the rest of his life. To have nearly two simultaneous progressed stations – especially of a personal planet like Mercury and a far-out planet like Neptune – is to potentially throw his life and work into tremendous upheavals and nebulosity.
When you combine his upcoming Mid-Life Crisis time-period (age 40 to 42) with the immense energy about to come through with Progressed Mercury and Neptune stations and shifts, you wonder what will happen with Julian Assange in the court of world opinion.
For all the underdogs and rebels “with or without a cause” out there, Assange appears as a leader, champion and hero. But – remember – even a few underdogs and rebels have to process credit card orders on the web! So, if Assange, WikiLeaks and Anonymous go too far in their cyber-attacks, there could be condemnation from recent supporters like Daniel Ellsberg – the man who released The Pentagon Papers back in June 1971 to The New York Times, a different revolution in whistleblowing (about the Vietnam War) during the Nixon Administration.
Given awards by Amnesty International and other prominent and respected organizations around the world, the efforts by Julian Assange and those by his supporters are now rocking the security realm of American diplomacy and Corporate Elitism. Please click below to view the Sunrise-type birthchart for Assange. When you click on the weblink below you will be temporarily connected to my own astrology website where the chart image resides:
www.marklernerastrology.com/shop/images/AssangeJulianWRIGC15.GIF
The President’s Basketball Accident Helps Verify His Chart November 30, 2010
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Close to 11am on Friday morning Nov. 26 — while at Fort McNair (soldiers are ruled by Mars) and playing basketball (sports & athletics = Mars) — President Obama suffered a bloody lip (blood is ruled by Mars & the face in medical astrology is connected to Aries, ruled by Mars) — requiring 12 stitches.
He had been elbowed by an opposing player. Any kind of surgical procedure is under the rulership of Mars — particularly in its traditional rapport with Scorpio (sign of surgeons). Accidental injuries are especially associated with the red planet.
So, the question is: With all this Mars-related activity happening on that morning, what was going on transit-wise concerning President Obama’s birthchart?
While the “Birthers” want to believe the president was actually born in Kenya (and they keep trying to prove this in a variety of ways), there is ample evidence that Barack Obama was actually born in Honolulu, HI on Aug. 4, 1961 at 7:24pm — as indicated on his Hawaiian “short-form” birth certificate.
Nevertheless, ignoring the place-of-birth controversy for the moment, the point is that on Friday Nov. 26 transiting Mars reached 21+ degrees of Sagittarius — exactly opposite America’s Mars from July 4, 1776 (21+ degrees of Gemini) and within 1 degree of squaring President Obama’s Mars (22+ degrees of Virgo).
The actual news reports of the president’s bloody lip didn’t really reach most of America until the end of Black Friday and into the weekend of Nov. 27 – 28. By Saturday Nov. 27 — within the first 24 hours of the president’s encounter with an opponent’s elbow — Mars in the sky was exactly square to his natal Mars, which — by the way — is also right on America’s Neptune from July 4, 1776.
A huge reason President Obama is being attacked relentlessly by Republicans, Conservatives, Tea-Partyers and even Leftwing Democrats is that his natal Mars is in a crossfire between one of the most volatile alignments existing in America’s birthchart — our very close national square from Mars at 21+ Gemini to Neptune at 22+ Virgo.
This also brings in the conflict, confusion and chaos of a Democratic leader supporting the long war in Afghanistan since the USA Mars-Neptune square can easily signify confusion/chaos (Neptune) over our military/warfare (Mars) policies and behavior.
Some of the “Birthers” — who deny that the president was born in America — also believe he may not have been born on August 4, 1961. Clearly — using this latest basketball mishap involving our nation’s leader — the president was born on August 4, 1961.[Note: By moving back the time of the accident about 10 minutes, to 10:50am, the rising degree at the basketball game would have been 26 Capricorn -- the degree of the president's natal Saturn in his 12th house, whose ancient meaning was "Self-Undoing."]
The transit of Mars square to the president’s natal Mars was the major alignment going on in his life during those few days. The only other significant happening was that the transiting Sun at 4+ Sagittarius created a temporary Mutable Cross formation — involving the president’s natal Moon in early Gemini, Pluto in early Virgo, and Chiron in early Pisces. The creation of this temporary “crucifixion” in the president’s birthchart involves speed and movement (his Gemini Moon), an intense/extreme happening (his Pluto in Virgo), the need for healing wounds and pains (his Chiron in Pisces) — all being catalyzed by the solar life-force being active in the key sign of sports (Sagittarius).
In addition, to the actual bloody lip, many of us may want to speculate about the symbolism of such an event in the president’s life. Does it represent the recent licking he took in the midterm elections? Does it suggest the upcoming fight to take place with the Republican Congressional leadership? Perhaps both are correct.
As I often like to say, this is another prime example — through an athletic accident — of Astrology in Action.
Important Postscript: In the president’s Progressed Chart (progressions are more related to one’s emotional, psychic and spiritual evolution in this lifetime), his Sun has just entered Libra for a 30-year cycle, Jupiter (connected to good fortune, providence and expansion of consciousness) is poised to become direct/forward for the first time in his life (Dec. 20, 2010) while the largest asteroid Ceres (linked to productivity and nurturing-maternal expression) is due to make a station and turn retrograde just two days later. His diplomatic battles (connected to his natal Juno being stationary at 0+ degrees of Aries) — at home and abroad — are about to be raised to a very high-level in the next few months as his Progressed Sun forms a precise opposition to his natal Juno, representing either a renewed empowerment by the president in his dealings with primary partners or a major weakening/setback because he becomes dis-empowered.
Korean Conflict, Saturn & Neptune November 24, 2010
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I was going to explain the tarot reading I did last Thursday in this short piece, but instead want to make a few remarks about the renewed hostilities between the two Korean nations.
We have transiting Saturn now in Libra — the same sign it was in 58 to 59 years ago during The Korean War. Saturn has an orbit of 29+ years, and that war was never resolved — only a shaky peace going on across the dividing line between North & South Korea during the last six decades. [America has over 25,000 troops still on active duty in South Korea.]
Saturn has much to do with chronic problems, old karma and fears. Just as Saturn is returning at this time to where it was during The Korean War, America is on the verge of experiencing its 8th Saturn Return — starting on December 3, 2010, and continuing on March 22, 2011 and Aug. 28, 2011.
Even though America experienced the terror of Sept. 11, 2001 and there have been the Iraq and Afghanistan war theaters during the past 9 years, the world has not had to deal with a major geo-political crisis in a long time. Were the two Koreas to go to war again or were the troubling situation in Pakistan-India (over Kashmir) to turn dire or were the Middle East to become another hot-zone, then this Saturn Return cycle for America could turn exceedingly difficult and depressing — socially, economically, and in terms of our governmental stability.
China (its modern birth on Oct. 1, 1949) has its natal Neptune in Libra — at the same degree as America’s Saturn (15 Libra). In addition, when the Korean War began on June 25, 1950, Neptune had just made a potent station (on that day!) along with giant Jupiter. To have two celestial bodies — simultaneously make stations — is to enhance the magnitude of whatever was “born” at that time. It was during The Korean War that America almost engaged “Red China” (led by Mao) in a new world war that might have brought the Russians into the picture with their new-found atomic capacities beginning to mirror our own from 1945.
Now, in 2010, America and China are playing a constant chess game of geo-political-financial warfare. And Saturn is “testing” both nations — as it returns in America’s chart from July 4, 1776 while uniting with Neptune in China’s birthmap from Oct. 1, 1949. The fact that our Saturn is conjunct the Chinese Neptune is why our two nations have such a difficult time being straight-forward and simple friends. The Saturn-Neptune linkage ignites suspicions as well as recessed worries. And oddly enough all of this is occurring as Neptune (discovered on Sept. 23, 1846 at 26 Aquarius united with Saturn at the time) has been returning to its discovery placement 4 times in 2009-2010.
The two Koreas are simply pawns for America (South Korea) and China (North Korea), but they are potentially deadly pawns in a military showdown that has horrific nuclear ramifications — if we are not careful. All of this may become a crucial issue for President Obama to reveal his diplomatic skills (via his natal stationary Juno at the Zero Point of the Zodiac, 0 degrees Aries). Note: Transiting Uranus (representing high-level breakthrough in consciousness or a nerve-racking breakdown in communications) is about to make its first-ever unions with President Obama’s natal Juno in March, November and December 2011. He may be pushed into finally becoming the Global Peacemaker that the Noble Committee foisted upon him last year when they gave him their illustrious Peace Prize. Will he live up to his higher calling and will his natal Juno be up to the task?
The reason gold went up in price quite a bit today (Nov. 23) while the DJIA & NYSE went down quite a bit is that a geo-political crisis in the Koreas (plus Ireland needing to be bailed out by Europe) wreaked havoc in financial markets. Venus as a “morning star” (rising ahead of the Sun each dawn) until August 16, 2011 is a main indicator — in general — of a bullish tone to the stock market and to commodities. However, with America having 3 phases of its 8th Saturn Return in late 2010 and throughout the first 8 months of 2011, and transiting Pluto about to oppose America’s natal Jupiter three times in 2011, we have several challenging cosmic signatures that could lead us into dangerous waters in the months ahead.
Keep tuned to this astrological blog-channel to learn more about how the planets, signs and cosmic alignments are impinging on our lives on Spaceship Earth.
An Hour After First Blog November 22, 2010
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Creating a good theme, adding a picture, providing the link to Twitter, indicating name and website, all of this has occurred within the first hour of creating a blog at WordPress.com
At first, there was confusion because I needed to activate my account via my email — and that wasn’t 100% clear from the instructions. However, once I made that leap, the rest has been pretty fascinating.
I want this place to be where I can be more personal, casual and user-friendly with the public.
For example, here is something I would never share on Earth Aquarius News — which I publish on the web. On Thursday afternoon Nov. 18 — when Jupiter & Venus shifted from reverse to direct, starting powerful and dynamic energy-fields into the future — I decided to take out the main tarot deck I bought in Manhattan in October 1976, just before traveling to and joining the Findhorn Community in Northern Scotland.
I had purchased this deck — the Aquarian Tarot by David Palladini — because of its eclectic and unusual art work. More important was that I bought the deck on the one day every year when the transiting Sun was on my natal Neptune.
What I didn’t realize at that time was how mystical and evocative the deck would become over the years. The tarot readings I did brought through high-level revelations, insights and inspirations. I even did many readings for one of the founders of Findhorn — Eileen Caddy. Years later — back in NYC — I called David Palladini, went to his home, and did a reading for him (the designer of the cards themselves!) and he was shocked to realize the inspirational capacity of the deck.
Well, I have not been working with the deck for a long time, and something prompted me to take out the cards, shuffle them a lot, and do a 5-card reading. 1, 2 and 3 representing past, present and future. 4 representing a higherarchical influence and the #5 card connecting back to all the other, un-chosen cards in the deck.
The reading came out as follows: The High Priestess, The Queen of Cups, The Magician, The King of Swords, and The Sun.
In my next blog posting, I will tell you what this means to me — as part of my purpose in doing the tarot session was to understand what I ought to be doing in the near-future….
Many Blessings to all of you for the coming Thanksgiving holiday…Mark
My first blog takes place on the day of the Sun entering Sagittarius. The esoteric keynote for this 9th sign of the zodiac is: I see the goal. I reach that goal and then I see another. For the moment, I am keeping this initial blog very short — until I learn more about how this entire process works. Many Blessings, Mark November 22, 2010
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