Traffic Congestion

An interview on NPR yesterday morning with a guy who wrote a whole book on Traffic. The guy says that the worst time for Traffic is at 1:00 pm on Saturdays. Where are his statistics from and what does he consider bad traffic, I don't know. But the Astrology here is interesting. In many locations the Sun will have just passed over the Midheaven and will be passing through the 9th House. 9th house rules long distance travel while the 3d house rules short distance travel.

The 3d House is the one you want to look at if you're concerned about anything that goes putt-putt. But, Jupiter and Sagittarius and the 9th House also rule travel and they work through expansion and the axes seem to often play a back and forth thing with each other when something they rule goes out of whack.

In a weird kind of way it makes sense that too many people would be wanting to get somewhere just after noon on Saturdays. Maybe it works best on a Week-end, and not at Rush Hour, because Jupiter also likes to come to the fore in order to have Fun. People are hung over, they've slept late, they are feeling optimistic about how much they can get done on the week-end. All Jupiter.

Jupiter's much more related to leisure than to work. That's why so many Lawyers, College Professors, Ministers and Popes go through so many years of schooling -- so that they don't have to scrub toilets.

Typical Work-Day traffic jams, going and coming from work happen probably while the Sun is in the Axis that squares the 3d-9th Houses. What I've always wondered is why the Traffic Jams happen in the afternoon starting at 4:00 pm when people don't get off work until 5:00 or 6:00 pm. Hmmmm...... What's the Astrology for making excuses and for dumping your work load on others?