The Great Race

The Great Race is on to save the planet.

The Scientists have known for years that we are doing ourselves in. The Elephants and the Polar Bears and the Whales are gagging their brains out, the Salmon don't bother swimming up the streams anymore, why make the effort? Now the Politicians have caught on. But we can do nothing about it until the Businessmen know it because they're the ones who have the money to get the show on the road for necessary repairs (Repairs ruled by Uranus, according to Bills). An English billionaire, Sir Richard Branson (minimal birth info down below), has offered $25 million to the first Scientist who can come up with the solution. So far two companies have joined the race. They are hoping to grow a bunch of scum into the oceans which will cool the waters down and absorb the CO2. The Environmentalists, of course, say this could devastate the fish.

Today's San Jose Mercury News has an article called "Wacky ideas to save Earth / To combat climate change, scientists give 'great' to 'idiotic' geo-engineering proposals a serious look" by Seth Borenstein. http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_5625816?nclick_check=1.

Hmmm, Geo-Engineers. Our Heroes. Actually, this field is perfectly lined up with the stars right now. According to Rex Bills, Geology is ruled by Saturn, Pluto, Taurus. Right now there's a trine between Saturn in Leo and Pluto in Sagittarius. Engineers and engineering are ruled by Uranus and Mars. Uranus has been conjunct the North Node in Pisces and will be joined by Mars later this month. Pisces is best for Chemical Engineers. Sagittarius & Pluto rule Broadcasting engineers, Flight Engineers, and Missile Engineers. Saturn and Mars rule Mining, Industrial, and Civil Engineers.

The Solutions represented in the article are: Solar Umbrellas (refracting disks sent up in missiles to reflect the sun's rays); Volcano effect ("using jet engines, cannons or balloons to get sulfates in the air to do something based on the idea that exploding Volcanoes cool down the earth). These two are considered wacky because they don't reduce acidity in the ocean or carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Then there's Bio-Engineered photosynthesis (dumping iron into the ocean to grow scum that will eat up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Last, but not least, Artificial Trees (air filters that grab carbon dioxide using chemical absorbers and compress it into gas or liquid that can be stored somewhere).

Sir Richard Branson
b. July 18, 1950 Surrey, England

Sun 26 Cancer; Moon either in Leo or Virgo; NN 1 Aries (Aries Point Rocks!)

Sir Branson's Sun and Venus are both unaspected. Sun rules Superstars and Venus rules Money. It appears Branson's got both, even a knighthood to go with that Sun. His Mercury 4 Leo is trining his North Node. He has Mars 17 Libra conjunct Neptune 15 Libra. Have such a soft spot for those socially conscious Neptune in Libra people.

The Uranus-NN transit is hooking into Sir Branson's natal Saturn at 16 Virgo as the South Node is conjunct it. Also, his progressed Sun is 4 degrees past conjunction with Saturn. He's really taking the Bull by the Horns and mobilizing the efforts. This conjunction is squaring his natal Chiron in Sagittarius plus transiting Jupiter. Science is ruled by Sagittarius and Aquarius, Jupiter and Uranus. I'd imagine that maybe Chiron is involved too, especially in the teaching stage.

While we're at it, here's my own wacky idea: Refill all the empty crags and crevices left empty by all the oil we've taken out of the earth. I think this has acted as an insulator from the heat in the earth's core. I don't have any ideas about what to do with the pollution in the atmosphere. There, now I'm in the Race too. Where's my 25 M?

Pollution is ruled by Neptune and Pluto, the industrial revolution created by the Neptune-Pluto conjunction in Taurus-Gemini at the end of the 19th century.