Gas Price Highs

MoveOn.Org sent an email requesting that all bloggers blog about the inflated prices of Gasoline. So, here I am. Gas Prices are astronomical (appropriate word). They've surpassed the March, 1981 highs of $3.22 per gallon (adjusted to today's prices). I can't begin to say that I understand the politics behind the Oil Industry. It's connected to whether or not the U.S. is stirring up trouble in the Middle East. It's also mysteriously connected to whether or not we have a Bush in the White House. It's ruled by Neptune so nobody's supposed to understand it anyway.

So, Oil Companies ruled by Neptune. Inflation is ruled by Neptune and Jupiter. Gas in the Intestines is ruled by Virgo, the opposite sign of Pisces. This is the Gas that ought to be farmed in order to power your car. Oops, I'm already digressing.

Right now, Neptune is boogying down in the skies with all kinds of outer planets and slow moving points. This seems to correspond with its inflations in the past.

For one, Neptune's been opposing Saturn in Leo. This is great for artists as it brings spirit to form. It sucks for Government agencies as Saturn and Leo are both rude, bossy, arrogant sons of guns and opposed by Neptune lends an air of spaciness (i.e., incompetence), we can't deal with you, go straight to jail or the booby hatch or wherever just don't stress us out escapist kind of babble. Neptune rules Institutions, Jails and Restraints and Saturn rules Government, Inhibitions, Restraints and the Presidency. The opposition between the two indicates that Yes This is George Bush's fault. It's all his fault. (You don't believe me, just look at 1981. George Bush the Father making his debut in the White House as the VicePresident. George Bush the Son. George Bush the Father. I guess that makes Dick Cheney the Holy Ghost. (Ha, is this an old joke that I'm just now getting around to?) God, this is a ramble, hope nobody tries to read it.

This opposition began last Summer and will have its concluding conjunction in June.

In addition, Neptune is in Mutual Reception with Uranus which means that they are transiting in each other's signs. Uranus likes to motivate people by shocking them into action and getting them to gather round in large crowds and on the Internet. Look at Dick Cheney, for example, everyone's favorite TV Aquarius Sun-Pisces Moon. He scoots little George into the Presidency under Al Gore's nose, scoots the Governerator in under the Californian's noses, shoots his Lawyer in the Face and/or Heart at Sun Down, and even has an employee named Scooter who's scooting to Jail. Shock. Shock and Awe as a matter of fact. Uranus-Neptune. Well, to be honest, Uranus was still in Aquarius when the War started.

Jupiter, the planet of excess and inflation, has hit both of these big aspects and it's extra powerful because it's in it own sign. In 2006 it squared the Saturn-Neptune opposition from Scorpio and now it is just passing a square to the Uranus-Nodal axis. Right now it doesn't really feel all that bad, people are optimistically just sticking their credit cards into the Gas Pumps without really feeling what it's doing to their credit limit. Right now everyone feels that the Sky is the Limit. Besides, Jupiter is also inflating the Stock Markets.

To foul things up further, we had a Total Lunar Eclipse on March 3, 2007 11:21pm (Saros 123) which highlighted these aspects. A Total Eclipse is thought to be extra powerful, especially when in strong aspect to the planets. This happened within conjunction of the Uranus-Node opposition with Jupiter squaring. Jupiter was trining Saturn, however, which is good for business. But Mars was conjunct Neptune which means that the business conducted might not be all above board or "nice." There was also a Partial Solar Eclipse on Mar. 19, 2007. These eclipses are reinforcing the Virgo-Pisces eclipses that happened back in Aug-Sept. 2006. Remember that Pisces rules Oil.

And the thing about both Neptune and Jupiter is that they never give an explanation for anything they do. They just do it and then they forget about it and complain about how everyone else is having such negative reactions. So does Uranus for that matter. He sort of just gets in and gets out, no whining afterwards. And Pluto is doing its thing on the Galactic Center in Sagittarius so, let's face it, mostly we're just looking for an escape hatch into a parallel universe.

So, back in 1974 when the US placed its embargo on Iraq, Neptune was conjunct the transiting North Node in Sagittarius (in January at any rate). That brings in the Neptune-Jupiter theme and connects it to the Fated Direction that the World is going as indicated by the Nodes.

In 1981, Neptune was still in Sagittarius kind of where Jupiter and Pluto are now. Jupiter was conjunct Saturn in Libra. This is the conjunction that happens every 20 years and is thought to cause Political Upheaval. The Iraq-Iran War started March, 1981. That's the last time the Oil Prices spiked astronomically.

For anyone who's interested the Eclipses that happened right before this last incident were:

Lunar Appulse: Jan. 20, 1981 7:50am Saros 114
Solar Annular: Feb. 4, 1981 10:09pm Saros 140

So, MoveOn.org, I've tried.