Winter 2009 Solstice

Feeling as if the earth is tilting maybe just too far to one side right now? Well, you're right. The Earth yesterday tilted as far away from the Sun as it could. This means: shortest day of the year.

Winter 2009 Solstice
Dec. . 21, 2009 12:47 EST (17.:47 UT, 5:04 GMT)
Washington, DC

Sun 1 Capricorn; Moon 28 Aquarius; ASC 17 Aries; MC 10 Capricorn; NN 23 Capricorn

Great commentaries over at Robert Wilkinson's blog and at Jude's blog Stars Over Washington.

With Aries Rising the Washington Winter Solstice Chart has a "natural chart," or whatever you call it. Aries naturally rules the Astrological Wheel. This means that the planetary energies will likely express themselves as the signs that they are in for Washington DC. The good part of that is that the weirdo Jupiter-Chiron-Neptune conjunction in Aquarius is in the 11th House. The Moon is joining it there which adds an extra whacko energy. Perhaps the American people at large will all be in their garages trying to invent the next new big thing. Too bad about the addition of Chiron.

Right now we've got too many Pluto in Virgos out there at peak age. One thing I can't stand about my generation is our need to reinvent the wheel. Have you noticed how many varieties of shopping carts and baby buggies and suitcases there are out there? They're all on skateboarders wheels and that's great but, man, move on, P in V's.

Why can't we invent something good? Like why can't we invent coke machines that don't drop the can so that the stuff spurts out all over the place? Better yet, why haven't we just ban coke although I'm totally addicted to it (the diet stuff, they say it fries your brain and this blog is certainly proof of that). We could also invent a dirt truck with a lid so that the dirt doesn't flail all over the freeway. The paint on my car is totally sand-blasted because I always pull up behind those things while listening to NPR and can't remember to pull around. See what I mean? Us P in V's just look at the details. Right now we need the bigger picture, but in an earthy kind of picture, not that Leo Show Stopper stuff.

Anyway, in addition I think we could invent a high-speed rail system for the country. Yeah, get rid of the wheels. And Uranus is a singleton in this chart in Water. So maybe California will get the Feds to fix her busted plumbing and salty water. Desalination, anybody? Oh hey, maybe that's it. The astrolocality lines hook us up big time with the Australians. Maybe they'll come over and build us a couple of plants. Better than drinking reconstitude pee the way that the astronauts do. If the desalination plants won't do it, we could always bring Mystic Medusa to the States. And Alice McDermott, whatever her real name is. The Aussie Astrologers are hot. The American Astrologers apparently are all grumpy old White Men. Did you see the speakers at the upcoming NCGR conference? Wow.

The Sun in this chart is at 1 Capricorn and is conjunct Venus in Sagittarius in the 9th House. That's a Beethoven aspect, for sure. Too bad it's conjunct Pluto on the other side of Capricorn and is squaring Saturn in Libra down in H6. Constipates the Hell out of things. Guess that explains the passage of the Health care bill. Pluto is conjunct the Midheaven which is Government. The 9th House rules Lawyers, so maybe it also rules Legislation (Rex is out in the car so can't check it so don't quote me). That's good for transportation. Did I put in my request for high speed rail yet on this post? Better yet, some of Viktor Shauberger's anti-gravity Jetson's cars. That'd be cool.

The ruler for this chart is Mars and Mars just went Retro at 20 Leo in the 5th House of Fun, Children, Speculation, Risk. Mars is opposing the Jupiter-Chiron-Neptune-Moon conjunction. This is a lot of energy put into the Resources Houses (plus the Sun-Venus conjunction). So America is trying to procreate and proliferate and be all fixed signy (like, wooo, not falling apart even though the "recession" isn't anywhere near over yet), what's the word I'm looking for? Prosper? Good thing we have a Leo President. He'll make it look easy.

We're getting in touch with the Progressed U.S. Mars which is also gone Retrograde back a few years ago. That's throwing our productivity for a loop I guess. One step forward, two steps back, throw in a couple to the left and one to the right and guess we do the hokey pokey.

So, yeah, into every life a little rain must pour (one of my Mother's five thousand phrases which she could use at the most amazing times).

Time for:

Bad news.

This chart has Sun conjunct Pluto in Capricorn and squaring Saturn in Libra. Interesting observation by Wilkinson that last year's Solstice also had Sun conjunct Pluto (not squaring Saturn yet though). The square aspect will emphasize the feelings of loss and grief associated with this transit. The Middle East might act up. I think they like to get all ballsy during Saturn-Pluto transits. Squares give energy. Use it wisely, America. Just don't trust your intuition to do it all. Intuition is really clumsy without training or practice.

And Good News about the Bad News is that the square is off the angles. Well, just barely. Maybe we just squigged past.

I looked up Astrolocality lines, but if you want the real scoop hunt down Dean Bensics on Noel Tyl's forums. The Sun-Pluto-Saturn lines run through Chicago, Miami, and Cuba. Maybe Chicago will bomb Washington? No that doesnt' sound right.

Either way, California's running right on cue. A Chiron line runs through L.A. and a Lilith line runs through San Francisco.

The 10th House Mercury-NN in Capricorn is in the 10th House of Government, leaders, Fathers and whatevers. Since we've got a communicator for a President, maybe that's a good way to translate this aspect. In the astrolocality chart these lines run through London and down through Africa. There's another one running through Vancouver, Canada. Will be interesting to if there are some good TV shows (Mercury) coming from those places. Since Mercury also rules Virgo this could show major emphasis on the Health care debate.








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