Out the Comet's Ass

Master My Master

2012-01-31T16:47:00.000-08:00

Mars in Virgo turned Retrograde last week and will remain so until mid-April. While reading this letter from a freed slave to his previous master all I could think is how appropriate it is for a Mars in Virgo Rx transit.

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/01/to-my-old-master.html

Virgo rules matters of employment.

Mars rules "doing your own thing (Maritha Pottenger's description)." Mars also rules guns and being shot at.

Retrogrades are sometimes thought to bring things back from the past. I was curious to know what sign Mars was in back in August, 1865 when Jourdan Anderson wrote this letter to Colonel P.H. Anderson. Had a feeling ....

Turns out Mars was in Virgo at the time as well! This is a Mars Return by about 3 degrees! And Mars was conjunct Mercury which is Virgo's ruler so it's influence was extra strong.

Saturn was in Libra conjunct the North Node, so Saturn is also celebrating a Return of the time of the exchange.

This could account for the shocking details and tongue in cheek diplomacy displayed in the letter.

Venus was at 1 Cancer conjunct Uranus at 3 Cancer on August 7, 1865 when Jourdan Anderson wrote the letter about possibly returning to his "roots" in Tennessee.

Alberto Casillas Murder

2012-01-15T13:43:00.000-08:00

Saw this article asking for help in solving a 5 year old murder in San Francisco. I'm just a crazy Astrology buff and have no forensics experiences but thought I'd try to take a look at the chart.

Alberto Casillas was confronted by two men in a nightclub in the South of Market district in San Francisco, CA on Jan. 7, 2007. He drove off with some friends in his car but was shot by the men. He later died in the Hospital. The articles give almost no other information beyond this so it's really difficult to understand what actually went on. For example, there is no information about who the other passengers were in the car.

There are two police drawings of the shooters in the article. In other articles I've read Casillas' Mother is keeping the case open by passing out fliers on the street to see if anyone will come forward.

Jan. 7, 2007 2:17 am San Francisco, CA

Sun 17 Capricorn; Moon 3 Virgo; ASC 9 Scorpio; MC16 Leo; NN 20 Pisces

I pulled up some keywords from Rex Bills.

Homicide (Pluto)
Victim Pluto
Gunshot wounds Mars
Guns Mars, Uranus
Witnesses Mercury, Moon
Gangs Pluto (Mars, Aries)
Crime, condition of H12
Crime, Crimes, Criminals Pluto, Mars, 12, Pisces Neptune

I didn't find a rulership for snitches and that's what we need. I suspect that we'd want to see some Mercury/Gemini influence in that regard just because that sign is associated with loose lips. Just read this blog if you want to understand the stupids associated with Mercury/Gemini influence. I also suspect that the Saturn-Pluto trine that was occuring on the day that Casillas was shot could possibly bring forward another type of snitch. Saturn-Pluto trines can be very concerned with doing the right thing and they may have the balls to come forward and speak out. Unfortunately, the angles of the event chart are ruled by Neptune and Pluto and these two are involved in secrecy and cover ups and crimes.

This event chart has many classic signatures for homicide.

Scorpio Rising.
Neptune c. IC.
Mars conjunct Pluto trining Moon in Virgo-Saturn in Leo (H10).

Amazing how often Scorpio is rising when brutal murders take place. As one can see from the rulerships listed above, pluto rules this type of crime to the tee. Neptune at the bottom of the chart adds to this as it signifies a "Fog of War" type of situation. Neptune rules alcohol and drugs and since this event happened at a night club I assume those were strong factors in why the event occurred.

First thing I noticed was the Mars-Pluto conjunction in the 2d house trining the Moon in Virgo. This can show volatile emotions. It seems that whatever set the shooters off occurred earlier in the evening. Mars is impulse, Moon is reactivity, Pluto is revenge. The trine connection between the 2d House and the 10th House indicates some sort of control thing. The 2d House represents money so perhaps there was money owed or theft involved.

This is a sling shaped chart with a Moon-Saturn conjunction acting as handle up in the 10th House. This places a lot of emphasis on those two planets which are rulers of parents, homelife, social status. When I first read a blurb about the murder I was wondering if this were a family related crime in some way. Then I read that Casillas' mother is not giving up on finding her sons murderers, this could mean that her grief and determination to find her son's killers will eventually work out. The Virgo Moon is opposing Ceres in the 4th House. This ties the Ceres/Demeter myth into the chart very strongly. Demeter was Goddess of the Harvest. She fought with Pluto, Lord of the Underworld, who had abducted her daughter Persephone. Eventually Persephone was allowed to come back above ground for 6 months of the year, Pluto kept her downstairs the other 6 months.

Looking at this chart, I would suspect that the Mother would find more information from sifting through data and from looking for clues through physical evidence than by looking for witnesses who will come forward. The people involved here look unreliable and unable to help. There are no planets in the 1st or 7th Houses. Pluto ruling and Neptune in conjunction with the IC shows that the situation is difficult to understand. There is much grief and sense of loss in this chart as Saturn is both trining Pluto and opposing Neptune.

Mars will have a long retrograde transit back over the Moon of this chart so perhaps there will be some extra impetus to solve the crime. Virgo is a sensible sign which doesn't really stick its neck out to perform noble deeds so perhaps other means of solving the crime will help. Virgo represents Data Analysis, so there might be some way to track the killers by sifting through Data. The Moon in conjunction with Saturn in Leo out of sign up in the 10th House and trining Mars-Pluto shows that the scientific evidence is probably there. Or at least it would have been at the time. Saturn is Retrograde which could indicate a long delay. The Moon here is Void of Course which also indicates some problems in solving.

There are 3 planets in the 2d house in Sagittarius. These are Jupiter, Mars and Pluto. That's a lot of "party" energy. Sagittarius is an optimistic sign and this does indicate to me that someone was feeling too lucky and overworked a situation.

Uranus in Pisces in House 4 in conjunction with the NN in Pisces. It seems that Neptune/Pisces issues may have been the reason behind the shootings. That doesn't give much interesting information as Neptune/Pisces rules drugs, escapism, jails, death and crime. Perhaps the criminals were drug dealers. This could be gang related.

The Sun was conjunct Mercury on the same degree at 16 Capricorn in the 3d House. This describes the shooting in the car. I'm not up on my Cazimi Mercury interpretations so don't know what that means. In the 3d House it could indicate that the witnesses do know the killers. I do know that it indicates something having to with cars and drivers.

Venus is also in the 3d House conjunct Chiron. She is otherwise unaspected so she stands out. This shows the presence of a female who perhaps has problems. This could be a sister or a cousin or someone going through a Divorce or drug problems. I don't know who the other passengers in the car were. Perhaps Casillas was trying to protect a woman and was shot. Venus rules the 12th House which is said to show the cause of the crime.

I send my condolences to those who have grieved over this death and hope that someone will come forward with some information that will lead to Justice in this crime. Venus also rules Justice through the sign of Libra.

"1957-J-No. 2" Gets Lap Dance

2012-01-08T15:30:00.000-08:00

A drunk tattoo artist went into the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, Colorado, pulled down her pants, and had what sounds like sexual relations with one of Clyfford Still's paintings, a 9 1/2 by 12 foot abstraction in Red, Black, White and Yellow that was created in 1957.

You can read about it over at the Denver Post.

Our Lady of the Taboo is currently 36 years old, suffers from alcoholism, and, has done what I wanted to do every time I saw a Clyfford Still painting. And although I know what she did is wrong, taboo as it were and pretty damn rude, I can't help but feel awestruck. Still's paintings are the best representations of American spirit I can think of.

Maybe Age of Aquarius will only allow robots to get crazy. It's too difficult to do stuff like this whilst sober and medicated and spied on by spy cams and cell phones and traffic cams and computer hackers from foreign countries who can get away with being here just because the mob brought them over and now I even read that the police are using the drones to catch people in North Dakota.

As I said, Clyfford Still painted Freedom, the old time U.S. spirit. He was a Sagittarius. And his masterpiece just got peed on, 10,000 dollars worth. (We only think in terms of dollars now, either because we have too much or we don't have any or both).

The event chart for this crime/performance art piece is:

Dec. 29, 2011. 3:30 pm. Denver, Colorado

Sun 8 Capricorn; Moon 12 Pisces; Asc 22 Gemini; MC 28 Aquarius; Nn 14 Sagittarius

I'm sort of wondering why Neptune in Aquarius didn't act out sooner. The planet of chaos in the sign of weirdness. Last degree, last regrets, I guess.

I don't have Carmen Tisch's birth date. Thank God, as if she doesn't have enough to worry about right now, she could have me fiddling around with her planetary placements. All I know is that Sobriety sucks until you get to her advanced level of intoxication.

Tisch is 36 years old which means she's heading into her 2d Nodal Return. The Nodes represent Life Path/Destiny, or something close to thatso she is at an age which maybe is connected with reassessing one's purpose in life and why one has or hasn't made it yet, same as what happens right before one turns 19.

Interesting that the event chart shows the Nodal Axis crossing the ASC/DESC angle. Over at the Descendant, The North Node was conjunct both that angle and the chart ruler, Mercury. Still was a Sagittarius in early degrees so his natal Sun would have just passed over the Descendant/NN/Mercury conjunction.

Neptune, planet of boundarilessness and superconsciousness, often connected with Artists (but not really in Still's chart), and whatever else you call things you can't possibly understand in one lifetime, was conjunct the Midheaven. That's the other angle on the Astrology Wheel and so is another significant placement.

Appropriately, I found this quote made by Clyfford Still over at Wikipedia:

"It's intolerable to be stopped by a frame's edge."

I told you he was a Sadge. They don't like being hemmed in.

And, yeah, the booze helps in Carmen Tisch's case.

When hooking up Clyfford Still's natal chart to the event chart we see all kinds of interesting connections with the planet Pluto. Pluto rules Sex, Death and all that is Taboo and cant' be spoken about. Pluto rules magneticism and the occult. It's the higher octave of Mars so instead of chasing the way that Mars does it draws you in and makes you confront the Devil. Pluto rules the Human Will. And Human Will is what Human creativity is all about.

Still's natal Pluto was at 21 Gemini so was rising at the time of his painting's interaction with an admirer. That means that it was in conjunction with the Ascendant and South Node of the event chart.

Since the ASC/DESC show the compulsion for human relations I suppose this would be a great time for a dead man's soul to break out of the underworld and enjoy a little one on one with the good looking girl staring at your painting. Too bad she had to hit and scratch it. I think she also slid down it. Why wasn't anybody taking a video of this event? God, the only thing that ever gets photographed anymore are mass shootings.

Still's Natal Node Axis was squaring the transiting Axis-ASC/DESC pole as well. Maybe he was thinking he could reincarnate this way? Weird.

Anyways, Still's natal Neptune was also being pulled out from its proverbial grave as there was a tight opposition from the Sun and Pluto on this day as well. Natal Neptune is at 8 Cancer. Transiting Sun c. Neptune opposing From 8 Capricorn. Neptune and Pluto are strongly connected with psychic experience so I sort of wonder what actually was going on in that museum from a psychic realm point of view. Noel Tyl does describe Neptune-Pluto connections as "Wipe Outs." In this case, it seems that it was more of a scratch out. Oh, and Tisch was so drunk she managed to wet what would have been her pants had she been wearing them.

Clyfford Still
b. Nov. 30, 1904 North Dakota

Sun 9 Sagittarius; Moon Virgo; NN 15 Virgo

New Year's Babies: Identical Twins Born a Year Apart!

2012-01-03T19:30:00.000-08:00

Don't know if this is typical or not. I've certainly never read a story like it.

Three sets of twins were born in the U.S. over the New Year's Eve celebrations, but one was born on Dec. 31, 2011 and the second one was born on January 1, 2012. Born minutes apart but with a year between them.

There are some astrological reasons for why this might have occurred this year.

First there was a strong and fortunate Sun-Pluto in Capricorn conjunction trining Jupiter in Taurus in all these charts. A Sun-Pluto conjunction in Capricorn is a strong personality and Sun-Pluto-Jupiter combinations can bring success in life as long as the owners also have discipline. Most of these babies will have Saturn in their first houses so they will take on responsibility. They will also be talented musicians with good rhythm.

Most of these babies have Libra Rising with Moon in Aries in Libra's House 7. So they are born with a natural need for a partner which is great when you're born with a twin.

Their Moons are all widely conjunct Uranus at 1 Aries. That shows the unusual stories around their births. They will also manage to be very unique individuals on their own as Uranus likes to do things differently.

In Buffalo, NY, Ronan Rosputni was born at 11:37 pm on Dec. 31. His sister Rory was born at 12:10 am. They're Irish which explains such a good luck story. Boy, they will have the gift of gab with that Mercury-NN conjunction in Sagittarius!

Ronan has ASC 1 Libra; Sun 11 Capricorn (H4); Moon 10 Aries (H7)

Rory has ASC 7 Libra; Sun 11 Capricorn (H4); Moon 10 Aries (H7)

Next, in Tampa, Florida, Jenna Bear was born at 11:59 pm on Dec. 31, 2011 and her sister Leah Bear was born right at 12:00 am, 2012. Two little Cinderellas.

Jenna has 3 Libra ASC; Sun 11 Capricorn (H4); Moon 10 Aries (H7)

Leah has 3 Libra ASC; Sun 11 Capricorn (H4); Moon 10 Aries (H7)

And last but not least, well, actually first before the others I just wrote it down this way: Beckett Humenny was born at 6:40 pm on Dec. 31, 2011. And his sister, Freya, was born at 12:26 on Jan. 1, 2012.

Beckett was born with 5 Leo Rising; Sun 10 Capricorn (H6); Moon 8 Aries (H9)

Freya was born with 11 Libra Rising; Sun 11 Capricorn (H3); Moon 11 Aries (H7)

Happy New Year's

2011-12-31T17:05:00.000-08:00

2012 is almost here. The anonymous group, a bunch of Pluto in scorpios no doubt, has erased half the stuff off my computer and is constantly breaking into my car and is banded together it seems through the brotherhood employment at big box stores. They openly wear those pointy little guy Fawkes beards, I guess to let you know that they have control over your credit card. And that's good because I need to stay out of the big box stores anyway. And stay off the free wifi places.

Here's an article from USA Today about finding no tracking software for your computer from an articles called "more web surfers tell trackers to keep out." by Byron Acohido.

2012 marks the end of the Mayan calendar. That's on dec. 21, 2012. I still don't know why they picked that date. But, it's the end of a 24,000 year cycle and that's important. 24,000 years is the shelf life of all the weapons grade Plutonium that Lawrence Livermore Labs tossed into the sewer system in Livermore, ca. So, for 50 miles all around that site, which includes most of the bay area, there is the same amount of plutonium and trillium, etc. As there was in Big Boy. Livermore is trying to draw tourists through it's wine industry but it's wine has 4x the amount of plutonium as the average glass of wine. Kind of strange how the philosopher
Plato was obsessed with a 24,000 year cycle.

Venus also ends a significant cycle this year in June. This is a pair of sun-Venus

conjunctions that happen 8 years apart and don't happen again for another ----years.

When the ball drops in new York city tonight it really will drop hard. It will be amazing all that crystal doesn't shatter. Reason why is that the sun will be conjunct the ic at the same degree Capricorn and will be in conjunction with Pluto who is a couple of degrees into the 3d house.

The Moon in Aries will also be in conjunction with the descendant to the degree. And the sun and moon will be in a square with each other and with the ascendant and the midheaven. That repeats the cardinal sign energy, Aries point stuff which we've been going through. All kinds of new beginnings.

Ruler of the ball drop chart is Venus and she's in Aquarius in the 5th house of fun and games. Also in the 5th house is Neptune-Chiron. Some sort of hypersensitivity thing going on. Age of Aquarius starts in 2015 so maybe this prep for that. Neptune is in a trine/sextile aspect to an opposition of Saturn in libra in the 1st house and Jupiter in Taurus in the 7th house. Interesting because this out of sign opposition is layered over the angles and is in signs that are both ruled by Venus the chart ruler. Just keep your eyes on the pretty crystal ball and play nice.

Did the U.S. Give Leftist Latin American Leaders Cancer?

2011-12-29T17:37:00.000-08:00

Wow, I hope not. I suspect that the U.S. invented most of the treatments that the Leftist Latin American leaders are getting treated for. Anyway, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has just conjectured out loud that the U.S. probably infected all these leaders with Cancer. I think our Lone Wolves are too busy shooting up the House of Pancakes, the White House, and little kids to bother with infecting Leftist Latin American leaders but I can't be sure. I know that I'm being gang stalked by Mexican, East Indian and others. Wow, Hugo, I'm sorry for your pain, but have to admit you look better with a bald head. I suggest trying Homeopathy and Acupuncture and Macrobiotic Diet. Most Americans go down to Mexico for cures. Maybe sleep on a couple of Aloe Vera leaves for a week.

All the Leftist Latin American leaders have different signs and different types of Cancers so if the U.S. infected them then I guess they tailored the stuff. All the Leaders are just past their 2nd progressed Lunar Returns. Most are about to enter their 2d Saturn Returns. In other words, they're in their 50s and that's when Cancer rates begin to go up.

What they do have in common is placement of Neptune in the sign of Libra. This explains their leftist politics. And they should include listening to music of the Beatles in their therapies. Music is extremely important for this generations' well being. Saturn has just passed over their natal Neptunes which can sap energy. Saturn rules old age. Right now we're having a trine between Saturn and Neptune in the sky. Don't know that that means a hill of beans, you don't really hear astrologers talking about it too much right now. Neptune removes boundaries and Saturn builds boundaries, so obviously there is a disagreement between what both want to do. Trines can lend an ease to the tension so that they might help each other put form into chaos. Trines might also bring out a problem that both these planets can grapple with in that they both can buckle under fear and guilt. These guys all need to do some deep breathing exercises.

What is interesting in connection with Chavez' blame game is that both Libra and Neptune rule enemies. Libra rules open enemies and Neptune rules secret enemies, and poisons and gases and blame.

I'm not real interested in looking at the charts further so I'll list the Leaders and dates below. I wish everyone rapid and full recovery and freedom from suffering.

Cancer in Astrology, I suspect, is ruled by the Moon/CAncer and Pluto/Scorpio but I haven't even looked that up. The Houses related to Health are (as far as I know) the 6th House of Daily Health Habits, the 12th House of Chronic Health Problems and the 1st House of the Physical Body.

I'm not in any way whatsoever a Health Astrologer so my investigations here are kindergarten.

Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, Colon Cancer which has erupted into Pelvis, gad I'm totally cringing right now thinking about how that must be.

Colon Cancer ruled by Virgo, Mercury.

b. July 28, 1954 4:00 am Sabaneta, Venezuela

Sun 5 Leo; ASC 7 Cancer; Moon 15 Cancer; MC ; NN

Christina Fernandez, President of , Thyroid Cancer

Thyroid Cancer rules by Gemini, Mercury

b. February 19, 1953 12:15 pm

Sun 1 Pisces; Moon 18 Taurus; ASC 12 Taurus; MC ; NN

Fernando Lugo, President of Paraguay, Non-Hodkins Lymphoma, Blood Cancer

Blood Cancer, Blood ruled by Jupiter?

b. May 30, 1951 (unknown, 12:00 pm) San Solano, Paraguay

Sun 9 Gemini; Moon Aries; NN

Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, Lymphatic Cancer

Lymphatic Cancer ruled by Pisces, Neptune

b. Dec. 14, 1947 Belo Horinzonte, Brazil

Sun 22 Sagittarius; Moon Capricorn

Luiz Inaciolula, previous President of Brazil, Throat Cancer

Throat is ruled by Taurus, Venus

b. Oct. 27, 1945 Caetes Garanhuns, Brazil

Sun 4 Scorpio; Moon Cancer or Leo; NN 2 Cancer

The Return of the Ring

2011-12-28T13:46:00.000-08:00

Okay so this ain't no JRR Tolkien blog post, my precioussssssssss.

And it ain't no Mahler song. (Rhinelegendchen from Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

But it's still a story about a really cool married couple, a ring. And, well, eh, a toilet.

In case I messed up the link:

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/couple-finds-engagement-ring-missing-years/article_111a0fdf-1262-5554-bdd8-392853769679.html

Terry and Donna Claver have been married more than 38 years up in Billings, Montana. I don't have their birth dates and I don't have their wedding date but this particular story from their marriage sounds like a Nodal Cycly thing to me.

Terry proposed after the couple had gone on only 3 dates back in August, 1973. About a year and a half into the marriage, Donna was very very pregnant. While in the bathroom she took her engagement ring off to put some lotion on and watched as the ring fell into the toilet bowl. The couple did what they could to try to fish the thing out, but to no avail. A few years later they moved to a bigger house. This house was sold many times over and eventually bought by a group of hunters. This past Fall, the toilet froze up and broke so, by coincidence, just as the hunters were visiting their little one room cabin and removing the toilet, Terry the husband of our miracle story was across the street working on the neighbor's house. Terry asked for the toilet. The hunters handed it over. And when Terry got back to his shop he took a sledge hammer to the porcelain and released the engagement ring for once and for all. The story of how he used it to propose to Donna is really cute and is explained in the newspaper story linked to above.

Well, what do we expect from the Astrology? Rings go on the hand and fingers and hands are ruled by the sign of Gemini and its ruler Mercury. Marriage is ruled by Venus through her rulership of the sign of Libra. Venus also rules jewelry through the sign of Taurus. The ring was made of a pink sapphire. Sapphires are ruled by the sign of Virgo and Virgo's ruler, Mercury.

So, we see a lot of Mercury and Venus imagery. And here we go. This probably won't make sense.

Don't know the exact date that Terry reclaimed the engagement ring. But on Nov. 10 Mercury, ruler of fingers and rings, was in conjunction with Venus, ruler of marriage and Jewelry, at 10 Sagittarius. They were in conjunction with the North Node which was at 16 Sagittarius. I'm not sure what the significance of the sign of Sagittarius is except that Sagittarius is considered lucky and also a little clumsy. Sagittarius rules Hunters, so maybe that's the connection. I don't know what rules toilets freezing up and cracking. I think we'll just give chalk that one up to Global Warming weirdness, or maybe the weather in Billings, Montana. This transit of Mercury through Sagittarius is more significant than others because it is very long due to Mercury's Retrograde on Nov. 21. And also Merucry has had a very long conjunction transit with the North Node which rules the idea of events having to do with one's Destiny and Life Path.

Retrogrades are said to bring things back to you from the past. I've found that Uranus can as well because he rules circulatory systems and inexplicable events but don't know how other astrobuffs would feel about that.

Wish I had the exact dates. There might be a lot going on with these charts which explains this amazing event. It helps that Jupiter is passing through Taurus because Taurus, as said before, rules cash and possessions. It seems that Donna gave up on the ring but Terry continued to wish he could get it back. That's a Taurusy kind of thing.

It looks possibly like some interesting stuff through progressions in the charts. Again, I don't have the exact dates so this is very very fictitious.

In August, 1973, when the ring was bought, Mars was at 2 Taurus. This brings us back to Taurus thing. Taurus rules objects so a ring would be considered partly under its rulership. If the Aug. 15 is progressed forward from 1973 to 2011 to about 2 weeks before Thanksgiving (I used the date Nov. 10) then we notice that prog. Mars is now Retrograde. It stationed back in 2007-8. Transiting Jupiter is hanging over that point right now. Maybe that's when the Hunters bought the house. Jupiter represents luck, and also clumsiness and all kinds of accidents that occur like this.

Also interesting is that t. Neptune stationed Direct at 5 Sagittarius in August, 1975. (exact date: Aug. 17). I'm using what I'm assuming is the purchase date for the ring. Not the date that it went down the drain.

Prog. Neptune took roughly (very roughly) 2 years to come out of Rx by progression. The outer planets move extremely slowly by transit and almost not at by progression. The ring was lost during Donna's first pregnancy because she set it down on the toilet lid and it slid into the toilet where it jammed at the base.

So, the Mars and Neptune progressions probably don't have anything to do with anything. I just mentioned them because I'm always interested in seeing what planets do when changing direction whether by transit or by progression. It does seem that perhaps Neptune st r and Mars coming out of Rx by progression might be connected, but who knows.

During Aug, 1973 there was also a Venus-Pluto conjunction. The love vibes were very intense. Venus was either at the end of Virgo or beginning of Libra. Pluto was at 2 Libra. Venus rules marriage and Pluto partially rules plumbing as it rules anything that moves under ground. Venus also rules Love and Pluto rules Sexual attraction -- a minor part of this 38 year old marriage, I'm sure.

Pluto was at 3 Libra and Saturn was at 2 Cancer so they were in a close square. So, right off the bat we see that the marriage was due for a revamp during the past couple of years because these two planets were again squaring each other over other beginning Cardinal sign degrees.

Cancer is actually the other sign/planet which rule plumbing as it is a water sign and rules the home and anything that "drains" from the home.

Winter Solstice 2011

2011-12-27T14:32:00.000-08:00

Missed publishing anything about the Winter Solstice on time. What I had surmised about it I found on Michael Lutin's site anyway (michaellutin.com). He said something about walking through doors. I think that's what this Solstice is about. Unfortunately there is an unfortunate side to extreme, immature and impulsive behavior among humans. Nothing dumber than trying to herd toddlers through a doorway. Trying to get those big butts and heads to coordinate together looks a lot like Washington politicians on any given day, that's for sure. Bring da diapers. I guess we all pretty much know at this point that we need to forge ahead with something new.

Kind of interesting when you look up the planetary symbols of doors in Rex Bills book of Rulerships.

Doors are ruled by Saturn, Capricorn, Uranus. Saturn is in Libra right now. Libra is the fence sitter sign. Actually, being Cardinal it's not a sign to sit still, it's just a sign that knows how to get what it wants by doing nothing and grabbing the brass ring after everyone else has fallen on their asses trying.

Libra is my North Node, can you tell I struggle with this way of working out life's plan? I've had to watch Libras take over by doing just this. Last year was the end of a long painful relationship with an ex-double Libra. So, when Libras and Virgos start telling you what's wrong with anyone else, or right with them for that matter, beware the underlying motive. Scorpio comes after those signs and is finely tuning his skills at understanding motive.

Doorways, according to Rex, are ruled by Gemini and Aries. These signs are often motive free, or at least, motive-ridiculous. They just sort of walk into the room willy nilly.

Aries in this rulership makes total sense because it is the first sign of the Zodiac. First degree Aries is the birthing degree. MOst important point in the astrological wheel.

That leap from Pisces to Aries is a mighty creative jump and that's where we are now.

Interesting the Uranus is on that point.

Gemini relates easily to Doorways because Gemini likes to walk around and wiggle things like doorknobs with their grubby little hands. Gemini will be most likely to open a new door because Gemini is curious, not because of some big plan about how to interact with whatever's on the other side. And we all know what happens to the curious cat. Gemini Governors like Spitzer and that South Carolina Guy and that other Senator who didn't kill Chandra Levy but, uh, opened her door, so to speak, get caught. Just read the news and watch these guys go. (I apologize for making fun of Levy who was tragically murdered by some random nutzo in the park and not the Senator).

For funsies I looked up the rulership for the word "Threshold". Threshold seems to be a high octane version of "Doorway." Something that God and the Pope would approve of. Sort of says things menteo and spiritio about how to walk through a door, etc. Endings, beginnings, clutching to the very end and screaming for help the way we Cancers do.

Rex says that Uranus rules Thresholds. How cool is that? The groom takes the bride over the threshold of their new home. That ought to be a Libra thing, because Libra rules marriage and one on one partnerships. But, Uranus rules the threshold and Uranus also rules Divorce. Hahaha. Surprise, surprise.

The thing that might be useful in understanding walking through Doorways and Thresholds is how stressful it is. People are often sort of confused that Uranus transits bring so much stress. Uranus represents Hopes and Wishes. You wish for something. You get it and you regret getting it. "Be careful what you wish for." Uranus.

And then it might be useful to understand how it's easiest to deal with these stresses when they occur. And I propose that you look up your Pluto. No, not up your anus (haha, sorry, just couldn't help the pun).

Pluto rules a water sign and all the water signs, imo, are connected with memory. And memory creates problems when trying to move into the future. It makes the future glow with depth and wisdom, but often it just holds you back and makes you fearful. The Water Signs are Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces. Cancer doesn't let go of anything it develops an emotional reaction to. Cancer represents your deep, long memory, your genetics, where you were born, your roots. You spent the first year of your life doing nothing but completing Lunar returns going goo-goo with your Mommy, for good or bad. So she taught you how to react. You don't need to forget those things but sometimes you do have to have a conversation with yourself about letting go or just letting things happen without you.

Then there's Pisces which is the last sign of the Zodiac and the sign which dumps you through the doorway over that big Spring Solstice point, Aries. Neptune practices forgetfulness on a daily basis because everything is just so emotionally painful and delicate. But, Neptune has that big universal memory to draw on of how we are all connected over some sort of ethereal universal plasma. Neptune has no boundaries and includes all. And anything with no boundaries doesn't work on earth, or at least that's what makes the world spin around. And, in reality, we have compassion only for the things that we know we aren't bonded to. Trust me, this is true. No family bond, friendship, or law of bondage can create compassion for that little ant which needs to be allowed to walk around. Well, pesticides are also Neptunian, so that's not all it's racked up to be...

But, Pluto and Memory. Pluto is interesting in Mythology. Two really interesting stories tell how the underworld deals with Memory and I think this is relevant for us right now. First there is the story of Pluto abducting Persephone. He takes what he wants. Pluto's selfish. Then along comes Demeter who demands her daughter back. Pluto gives daughter back, but for only half the year. He can give things up, halfways. Pluto represents shared resources. As a woman I resent that Persephone is called a resource rather than a person, but maybe Pluto is where we need to make adjustments in fighting for equal rights.

The second story of Pluto and Memory is of Orpheus. Orpheus is a poet in love with Euridice. I can't remember the whole story, but Euridice dies and goes to the underworld and, grieving and heroic, Orpheus goes after her. Because he's not dead Orpheus can't stay in the underworld and because Euridice is dead she can't come back to earth. Orpheus is allowed to return to the real world but only on condition that while walking on the path out he never looks behind him for a second chance to see Euridice. This is very difficult. He has to say his good byes. Pluto rules Death, of course, and the grieving process. And, Pluto seems to represent this way of moving forward with intention, not allowing ones self to look back because it is understand that one can't have things both ways. What did my Scorpio Father used to say? "You can't have your cake and eat it too." (I actually used to argue back that what's the point of having a cake if you can't eat it too? Scorpio logic is easy to argue which is why I think they often don't say anything. Water signs aren't supposed to do the logic thing.). The feelings are all there, heavy as hell, but there is this extreme discipline involved in also moving forward.

Anywhoo. Thing that got me on this tangent was an episode on the Freakonomics website about research which may show that walking through doors seems to automatically cause forgetfulness in people. This does seem more Uranian than Plutonian. Uranus does things sort of automatically or without intention. That's the wonder of Air.

This also seems more connected with the Aries and Gemini rulership of doorways. Aries and Gemini rule the brain and neurology, along with Uranus/Aquarius. I think that Taurus is probably also involved as a motivator. Taurus represents our first attachments to physical objects and the sensual delight they give us. It's a lot easier to walk through that doorway if we think there is a bone on the other side. It's all connected to that big rotating wheel.

At any rate, the Winter Solstice had Uranus at 1 Aries. So, this symbology (that is a word, isn't it?) really seems relevant.

Here's what I wrote a few weeks ago. I was sick and getting the shit gang stalked out of myself so am having some problems working on anything. Oh yeah, and I knit 4 scarves for Christmas because I'm sometimes a nice bitch.

Dec. 22, 2011 12:30 am EST Washington, DC

Sun 1 Capricorn (H3); Moon 27 Scorpio (H2); ASC 8 Libra; MC 9 Cancer; NN 14 Sagittarius Rx

or WEST COAST

Dec. 21, 2011 9:30 pm PT Sacramento, CA

Sun in Capricorn and Moon in Scorpio is sort of a preparation for when Saturn moves into Scorpio. Ought to know when that will be. Either way Saturn and Pluto will be in mutual reception. This is great if you live around well bred and kind and trustworthy people because they will be motivated to work extra hard to build solid structures of whatever people build solid structures of. If you live around people who are ruthless worthless dishonest pigs, then you are in for some grief and pain.

Mars is unaspected in this chart, except for square to the Nodes which is not a particularly good sign unless you're a creative person. So Mars could be trigger happy, especially since next Saturday's Total Lunar Eclipse has the Sun-Moon opposition squaring Mars. This is a mutable sign signature so people who talk too much are really going to piss other people off.

There's a real sense that things are ending and other things are just starting because all the planets except the Mars-Nodes are at the very end or beginnings of signs.

That particular degree situation of the Nodal Axis sort of reminds me of 9/11, 14 Gemini-Sagittarius, but I'm a Cancer Sun and cling on to old outdated ideas. Arab Spring Envy as brought to us by Eastern Europeans living in British Columbia. Well, Jupiter's sorting himself out in Taurus these days. Material possessions seem to look a lot like Human Values. Have to sabotage just a little bit more to even out the playing field.

Uh, well, the Sun at 1 Capricorn is conjunct Pluto 9 Capricorn and Mars at 18 Virgo is unaspected except for a square to the Nodal Axis. This is in Mutable Houses for the East which tells me to say that maybe it's not the best day on earth to be driving or taking a train or walking the dog. This is violent, maybe on a personal level because all inner planets involved.

In California Mars is in the 1st house squaring the North Node-Sun in the 4th House. So, it looks like it's a great day for shooting up the neighborhood. Or maybe Jerry Brown who's an Aries will take a roller coaster ride and the local TV channel will advertise. Or, maybe a really psycho person will set fire to some prime Real Estate.

Mars is in the 12th House of the Washington chart so it looks like convicts will escape their prisons and secret enemies will be young men. With Libra Rising, maybe the young men will be dressed as young women. Maybe he Occupy Wall St. group is going to hack the banking system. 12th House represents secret enemies, institutions, prisons, escapism and surrender. It also rules artists but in general California is too full of nouveau riche people to ever foster a decent art movement.

This chart has a Jupiter-Saturn opposition which shows some social stand-off or balancing act. Jupiter 1 Taurus Rx-Lilith 1 Taurus shows some tricks with cash and banking.

Oh, yeah, and then there's Uranus. He's extra potent at the first degree of Aries the way he's been for the last year and is Stationing Direct on this day. In the Washington DC chart he is in the 6th House within 4 degree orb conjunction with the Descendant. So he's hooked into the angles and working on behalf of jobs, service employees, public health, good habits and small household pets among other things.

Uranus is also connected with the other major aspects of the Washington DC chart. He is trining the Moon 27 Scorpio in the 2d House (emotional bankers) and is squaring the Sun 30 Sagittarius in the 3d House (siblings, neighbors, communications).

Pluto is in conjunction with the IC. So it looks like we're walking on quicksand a little. Be sure to bring a long rope and something to hook it on to if you plan on saving anyone.

In California, Uranus is in the 8th House of Sex, Death, and Taxes. He's trining the Moon in Scorpio which is in conjunction with the Scorpio IC so the Pluto thing is still involved. The Sun in this chart is in the 5th House conjunct Pluto. That's nice and strong.

Dudes!!!! Party Hardy! 3 hours behind and 11 light years ahead.

All I can think about is leaving so I can have a happy rest of my life.

There's an out of sign Grand Trine between the Leo Ascendant, Sun in H5 (Sagittarius) and Jupiter 1 Taurus-Lilith 1 Taurus (H9).

Mercury's conjunct the Sagittarius NN. Something good must be cooking in the education field. Maybe immigration as well.

In the astrolocality chart for Washington DC Solstice chart I sort of just x'd out everything except Uranus. Should have looked up Mars too. Uranus AS line passes over the very Eastern edge of Australia and bottom of Japan. The Uranus MC line runs through Pakistan and Russia, etc. The Uranus IC line runs through San Diego and up to the border of Idaho and Oregon/Washington. (ew, earthquake?)

The Venus ASC line runs through Iran. Wonder what that means. Maybe they'll calm down now that we're out of Iraq.

The Mars ASC line runs through the middle of the U.S. Looks like it crosses the Nodal Axis line in Minnesota. Whoa, wonder what Target's new product line will be. The heartland will be on fire. Good thing it's Winter. That line runs through some countries on the other side of the earth as well. Are they fracking over there as well?

I wonder if you could predict Presidental hopefuls through these charts. Neither Jupiter nor Saturn has a line running through the U.S. which pretty much sums up the political weather in the States right now.

Moon line running through Ventura/Santa Barbara. Neptune line running through Bay Area. Remember, the Sacramento chart has Moon conjunct IC and Neptune c. DESC.

Ew, Pluto line running through Washington DC in the DC chart.

California Dec. 21, 2011 9:30 pm

Sun 30 Sagittarius (H3); Moon 27 Scorpio (H4); ASC 29 Leo; MC 24 Taurus; NN 14 Sagittarius Rx (H4)

Washington DC Dec. 22, 2011 12:30 am

Sun 1 Capricorn (H3) Moon 27 Scorpio (H2); ASC 8 Libra; MC 9 Cancer; NN 14 Sagittarius Rx (H3)

Total Lunar Eclipse
Dec. 10, 2011 9:36 am EST New York, NY

Sun 19 Sagittarius; Moon 19 Gemini; ASC23 Capricorn; MC 17 Scorpio; NN 15 Sagittarius Rx (H11)

Merry Christmas Comet

2011-12-25T13:47:00.000-08:00

Another comet passes by earth on Dec. 22. This is either a Jesus thing or it's a solstice thing.http://news.yahoo.com/spectacular-christmas-comet-amazes-skywatchers-chile-051310793.html

Still got iPad problems. Pasting links was never my thing.

Am just understanding now how advanced the spirituality of Christianity is. I'm not exactly ready to get baptized or anything because i spurn the stupidity of group mindset, but really do appreciate the concept of Grace and Mercy, especially in comparison with mob mentality.

Spend the next week thinking about what you wish for. Uranus, planet of wishes, is on the Aries point. then temper you desires (Pluto) with wisdom (sun and Saturn). Golden rule.

Pepper Spray Week

2011-12-11T16:53:00.000-08:00

2 stories came out within a week about crowds being pepper sprayed.

The first is a story of police brutality. Occupy Wall St. students who were protesting Greed obediently sat in a line while a police man whose name is 2 four letter words, can't remember it though, systematically pepper sprayed them. The students had already been arrested and had been warned that they were about to be pepper sprayed so were completely covered up. The officer whose name is 2 four letter words I can't remember which ones hosed them down as if he were watering the lawn. He actually back tracked over a couple of the students to make sure they got a double wizz. Two officers have been suspended for pepper spraying what looks like about 10 students. The various email computer hacker people have been harassing the officer with the name that's two four letter words ever since.

The Moon is connected with the 4th House here and maybe that means that Moon is connected with using force that's sort of passive aggressive like pepper spray. You use Pepper Spray for crowd control and self defense. That does sound like a Cancerian doesn't it? We're nice until you poke us too much and then we start to walk sideways on you.

Occupy Wall St. Pepper Spraying at University of Davis
Nov. 18, 2011 4:54 pm Davis, CA

Sun 27 Scorpio (H6 c. DESC); Moon 2 Virgo (H3 c. IC and Mars); ASC 29 Taurus; MC 8 Aquarius; NN 16 Sagittarius Rx (H7)

Sun and Moon are in conjunction with the angles. Scorpio Sun is conjunct the Descendant. Moon is cojunct the IC. Moon is comfortable in that spot because this is the house that it rules. Moon, however, is in conjunction with Mars. There's volatility over boundaries, who owns what. NN in Sagittarius indicates problems at the College level. NN is in the 7th House. The officer with the name that's 2 four letter words should have waited until things moved into Sadge. Sadge's have panache and they can get away with things. Mars is opposing Neptune over the IC/MC angles which shows issues between the public and authority.

The second incident occurred on Thanksgiving Day. A 32 year old Mother named Elizabeth Macias pepper sprayed 20 shoppers who got angry with her two teenage kids who cut in line at the Ex-Box display. Macias pepper sprayed 20 people, some were children. The police have decided not to prosecute her for Felony. And, here's the kicker, Macias is planning on suing Wal-Mart for distressed which was caused to her and her two children.

How do you say "Thanksgiving in Spanish? el día de Acción de Gracias (que conmemora la primera cosecha de los Pilgrim Fathers

How do you say "I want an Ex-Box in Spanish? yo le corte tan malo.

Thanksgiving Shopping Pepper Spraying
Nov. 23, 2011 10:20 pm Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, CA

Sun 3 Sagittarius; Moon 3 Sagittarius; NN 15 Sagittarius Rx; MC 14 Taurus

This is a New Moon chart that's in conjunction with the NN that's on the point where the Saturn-Pluto opposition was on 9/11. Oh, yeah, I think this is an partial Solar Eclipse. Mercury is stationing Retrograde. Trouble through electronic, or something like that.

Mars in Sagittarius in the 1st house. That's some competitive consumerism.

Pom-Poms

2011-12-10T16:35:00.000-08:00

This seems to be the year of the Pom-Pom in knitting. Not cheerleader types of pom-poms. Serious pom-poms that make you happy in the same way that dandelions do.

I'm trying to figure the reason for this phenomenon according to Astrology.

Unemcumbered by Fashion Sense myself, I've been noticing this weird coincidence between whatever sign Jupiter is in and an obsession with the body part associated with that sign in the current fashion trend. Jupiter changes signs once a year. That's long enough for a fashion trend, too long for many fashion trends. I think that Jupiter is responsible for all things having to do with good taste, but that's because I had a Sagittarius Mother who was fascist about having good taste.

In the knitting fashion world, at least, when Jupiter moved into Pisces all the knitters were making socks. Pisces rules the feet. The inspiration hit when Jupiter hit Neptune in Aquarius and then became a fanatic, weird obsession when Jupiter hit Uranus in Pisces. Sock knitting went global. People were buying sock knitting machines, antiques and modern. All the knitters were traveling long distances to do nothing but make socks with each other on long week-ends. The technologies involved in making socks during that time was unbelievable. It combined multiple cultures, historical scholarship, cabling, multiple toe cast ons, top down, toe up, heels turned in mulitple languages, striping, color combining, lace, yarn spinning and yarn dying. Some people even bought their own alpacas, goats, sheeps, yaks, camels and bison. The yarn came from all over the world. The knitting shops remarked that the recession wasn't touching their business one bit.

One woman even allowed her goat to live in her house...

And then about 9 months ago I heard a knitter say that she was so over socks.

Jupiter moved into Aries last year and that rules the other end of the body. Everyone began to knit hats. Well, people always knit hats. Hats are easier because you only have to make one. But knitters began to make snoods and turbans and whimples and hoodies. Hat Scarves that you could keep your hands warm in. There was even this weird trend toward trying to make bonnets like Little House on the Prairie. The latter was one of the few Jupiterian trends that didn't become popular, Thank God. I actually think that Jupiter may have already moved into Taurus by that point because I associate Taurus with wagon trains more than I do Aries, don't know why. Either way, it's obvious that for a while Jupiter got stuck in that big outer planet t-square with Uranus-Saturn and Pluto and that can snag anyone's yarn if you know what I mean.

But, back when Jupiter was in Sagittarius the lace knitting started to turbo charge. Don't know why, it must be the abstract, mathematical aspect of lace. I keep finding that Fire Signs are somehow connected with lace knitting. They must have good eyesight or something and are able to maintain a positive optimistic attitude about ripping out mistakes. You'd think that Pluto is in there somewhere as well, because of the spider webby kind of thing.

Jupiter in Capricorn brought on the knee warmers and knee socks and muck lucks and big boots. Nobody wants cold knees when Jupiter is in Capricorn. Well, actually, knee socks have been trying to make a comeback ever since Pluto moved into Capricorn, but I guess the Italian mafia keeps getting caught by the police before too many knee joints are removed.

This year, we are yearning for pom-poms. The bigger the better. If you see a skimpy one, that means that the creator ran out of yarn. Hey, we've been going through a longer than usual recession and skimpy is in. We also love tassles and fringes and bobbly things hanging down. It's all hanging around the neck. Some people are walking around looking like they have snow pack all around their necks.

The French are the leaders in fringes and bobbles and pompoms, of course. They know how to wear dangles without looking overdone, they just do.

Taurus, of course, rules the neck. Circular scarves and cowl necks which drewl all the way the front of a person. I saw the directions for one scarf says to knit with 5 strands of yarn on needles the width of broomsticks and to just keep going until the thing is almost too heavy to carry. That certainly sounds like Taurus the earth sign.

Maybe this is why the pompoms? A big pom-pom will droop down the back of the head pointing to the back of the neck. It's psychic protection from backstabbers subconscious thing maybe? Taurus is at the opposite end of Scorpio after all. Wow, what will the French think of next?

An additional note, I think the pompom thing would be more connected with Uranus myself. Uranus is at the beginning of Aries and Uranus rules Whimsy and Whirligigs so of course we want to adorn the head with a surprise. And weird thing about pompoms...as much as you enjoy another person's pompom, you probably won't want to steal it from them. I mean, people don't covet pompoms and that's kind of a Uranian way of thinking, isn't it?

Next year with Jupiter in Gemini, I can only imagine what will be going on with the arms and the mittens.

Total Lunar Eclipse 2011

2011-12-09T16:15:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow we'll see a Total Lunar Eclipse. This one is hitting my chart pretty hard. The Mars in Virgo is squaring the Nodes and Full Moon crossing the Gemini-Sagittarius pole. A policeman shined a big white light in my face watching me try to parallel park last night. Have to admit my maneuvers were a little outside the box, but, hey, I didn't need the blinding lights while my foot was still on the gas pedal. Nothing says What the Hell are You doing You stupid bitch like Mars in Virgo. I ought to know, actually, I come from a family of them. All this Mutable Sign stuff is as gang stalky as it gets. I, for one, am not in yoga class anymore, that's for sure.

So, there are lots of good writings about this eclipse. Have fun googling them. Google and Yahoo are bringing us gang stalking. Yay!! The 3d world has more fun than most with the honor system.

Flying Squirrels In the Emergency Room

2011-12-01T15:44:00.000-08:00

Now this is what I call an out of body experience.

Flying squirrels keep showing up in an emergency trauma room in a New Jersey hospital.

At least, a second one showed up last night which is the second time in two weeks.

Trauma and emergencies are Marsian. Hospitals are Neptunian. Weirdness is Lunar and Uranian.

Well, there's been an opposition of Mars in Virgo to Neptune in Aquarius so those two are working together these days. Neptune is in conjunction with Chiron in Pisces, so it looks like the idea of wounds that don't heal are messing with the Dr's. heads.

Don't know what time the first squirrel began to swoop the patients, but the one last night showed up at 10:00 pm. The opposition is past close orb but is apparently still in effect. At 10:00 pm Mars in Virgo was in the first house. The Moon in Aquarius was in conjunction with the Descendant and Neptune and Chiron. The Moon is ruler of the 12th House of Hospitals. There's no doubt that this is a psychic intervention from someone who died in there.

Mars (H1) is squaring the Sun-NN conjunction in Sagittarius which is in the 4th House (end of life, environment). The Sun rules the chart here, as does the vibe in the room. Sagittarius likes to fly, that's for sure. It also rules Laws.

You can't file a malpractice lawsuit after you're dead, so I guess this is the next best solution for bad treatment received. With Neptune moving into its own sign and in conjunction with Chiron there might be more to come on this subject.

Well, and Uranus 1 Aries is unaspected in the 8th House of Death, Sex, Taxes and other forms of Vengeance. Those squirrels don't fark around. Did Snookie comb out her rat's nest? Give these poor things a new place to land.

Robert Wood Something Something Hospital
Flying Squirrels in the Trauma Room
2d Visitation

Nov. 30, 2011 10:00 pm New Brunswick, NJ (I'm not sure if this is the correct town)

Sun 9 Sagittarius; Moon 24 Aquarius; ASC 21 Leo; MC 13 Taurus; NN 15 Sagittarius

Planet out in the Cancer Constellation is a Roller Derby Queen

2011-12-01T14:56:00.000-08:00

A New Scientist article describes astronomers' discovery of a planet out in the constellation of Cancer which has more water than any other planet yet discovered.

Article: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21189-astrophile-supercritical-water-world-does-somersaults.html

55 Cancri e the closest of 5 planets to it's star which is called 55 Cancri. Like a clingy Cancer, it is so close to it's star that it's year is only 17 hours and 41 minutes. I think that's the length of the average TED Lecture.

55 Cancri e e is more than twice the size of earth and has constantly changing orbit because it's star has a companion star which throws all ideas of gravitational pull whacky. That's another typical cancerian characteristic. Well, whacky. But also ever changing orbit.

55 Cancri e is 70 percent rock at the center and 30 percent water. Because of extreme temperature and pressure changes from all that rolling around, the water is called supercritical water and is in-between a liquid and a gas.

Article says that you couldn't really do any star gazing from this planet and sea creatures couldn't exist in it's waters because of the changing orbit.

Playing the Lotto with Delma Kinney

2011-11-29T18:41:00.000-08:00

According to a Huffington Post article, two time Lottery Winner Delma Kinney is a Sadge.

Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter. And Jupiter is the Planet of Luck. And in the last few weeks Jupiter in Taurus (money) has been in trine aspect with Pluto (other people's money). Last week the two have been connected in a Super Lucky Grand Trine aspect with Mars in Virgo.

Lucky Grand Trine? No-o-oo-ooo Kidding?!!!!

This guy is showing us how it is done.

The articles don't seem to give a specific date for Kinney's wins. Last week, Kinney was at the Chevron Mini Mart buying cold medicine when he bought his happy ticket (natal Mercury in Scorpio in mutual reception with Pluto in Virgo).

Why can't we ever see the security footage for events like this? Video of some Sadge buying his second Million $$$ Lottery Ticket ... along with Date/Time stamp for proper Astroblab?!!!

Either way, looks like it was last week or the week before. Previous Win was in 2008.

Looks like Mr. Kinney will celebrate his 51st Birthday this week so he's under the influence of His Sagittarius Solar Return. He would have been 48 years old in 2008. (Wait, since his Birthday is so late in the year I may not have calculated the math correctly.)

Playing around with the idea of "What Planetary Cycle are You Currently Under the Influence Of?" we note that in 2008 it could possibly have been Kinney's Jupiter Return, or just after.

Now, at the big 5-0- Kinney is under the influence of his Chiron Return. They say that when you turn 50, you become a Golden Oldie. This guy is certainly rolling in the Gold.

Kind of interesting how the articles state that Kinney put money away to pay for his kids' education with the first win. Jupiter rules higher education. Now, he tends to give some money to charity. Chiron Returnish. Kinney is a single Father of 3 kids (but probably not for very long.)

Delma Kinney, two time Million Dollar Instant Lottery Winner
b. maybe Dec. 5, 1960 (don't know where, he is now in Atlanta, GA)

Sun 14 Sagittarius; Moon Cancer; NN 11 Virgo Rx

The Astrology is just much for me to handle. Kinney has an exact natal trine between Jupiter 9 Capricorn and Pluto-NN at 9 Virgo-11 Virgo. Those two planets bring success when they work together.

Kinney's natal trine of Jupiter to Pluto layers right over the transiting Earth Grand Trine of Mars at early Virgo to t.Pluto at 7 Capricorn and to t. Jupiter at 3 Taurus. And it gets even wilder than that because the Trine fans out into a Kite. Transiting Mars-n.Pluto-NN opposing t. Chiron 1 Pisces-Neptune 29 Aquarius-n. Chiron 28 Aquarius.

Also, connected with this Kite Axis figure is progressed Sun which is currently at 6 Aquarius.

AND also Kinney's Solar Arc Mars and maybe SA Moon are at 9 Virgo in conjunction with the transiting Mars and natal Pluto-NN. Kinney's natal Mars is Retrograde and Out of Bounds so it has exceptional powers. It's in Cancer maybe in conjunction with the Moon. Interesting configuration for a single Father of 3 to have. He probably likes to build swing sets and stuff. And he has psychic abilities. He could feel the vibe in that Chevron Mini Mart. He just knew he could manifest that Lucky Lotto one more time.

The astrology goes on and on. Natal Venus (Cash) is at 25 Capricorn c. natal Saturn 17 Capricorn opposing natal Mars 18 Cancer Rx.

Wish I had the date for the 2008 Win. At the end of 2007 Kinney would have had an extra long Mars Return because Mars went Retrograde over his natal Mars Rx. Right now his progressed Mars is on the Cancer Aries Point at 1 Cancer Rx.

At the end of 2007 there was a very lucky conjunction of Jupiter to Pluto at the end of Sagittarius.

More Women Journalists Sexually Mobbed in Cairo Last Thursday

2011-11-28T17:39:00.000-08:00

The more you try to change things the more they stay the same. Last Thursday two more female reporters were sexually mobbed in Cairo. I guess this means that the Egyptian Spring is for boys only.

I already wrote a post about Journalist Lara Logan who was sexually mobbed in Tahrir Square last February.

Epyptian born American Journalist Mona Eltahawy was beaten, sexually mobbed, blind folded and held for 12 hours. Her arms were broken. And this was done by the Egyptian police!

Mona Eltahawy
b. Aug. 1, 1967 Port Said, Egypt

Sun 9 Leo; Moon Gemini; NN 3 Taurus Rx

(Sun c. Jupiter 14 Leo; Mars 7 Scorpio c. SN; Venus 13 Virgo; Pluto 19 Virgo; Uranus 23 Virgo opposing Chiron 30 Pisces)

Also on Thursday, a French female journalist, Caroline Sinz, was mobbed by about 70 teenage boys and men. I don't have her birth date.

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I don't have the times of the group rapes so I'm just looking at the general transits for last Thursday to try to understand what set things off.

Sexually Mobbings of Female Journalists covering the Rebellion
Nov. 24, 2011 Cairo, Egypt

Sun 2 Sagittarius; Moon Scorpio through most of the day, became a Sagittarius New Moon in the evening.; NN 15 Sagittarius Rx

Scorpio is related to anything having to do with sex and crime. Sorry, Scorpios, the other signs all commit crimes too, but Scorpio is just the sign that handles all things that are taboo within society (like Taxes, hee hee).

So, it's interesting that the Moon is in Scorpio on this day. Moon is a singleton in Water, (except for Chiron in Pisces) so it contains all issues having to do with Feelings and Emotions. That usually indicates an extreme of some sort.

Moon is also traveling very fast by 4:30 pm at 15'. I don't know what that means really except that Moon rules Women, Feelings, Lunacy, Crowds, and Mobs. I think that when it travels fast things happen which are beyond comprehension.

By evening there was a New Moon in Sagittarius in conjunction with the Sun 2 Sagittarius. Literally, something exceptional about Women (moon); International Affairs (Sagittarius) and Journalism (Sagittarius). Sagittarius is also the sign of the centaur and I've studied a little bit before about how centaurs are often connected with rape. The Centaur is half man and half horse. Definitely Chiron is interesting to look at on this date which I'll point out down below. I'd expect that Jupiterian types of women would be more vulnerable to rape because they need freedom and independence and so would end up in places which makes them more vulnerable.

Mercury and Venus are also in Sagittarius at whatever degrees they were at, near the end of the sign. They are in conjunction with each other and both are Out of Bounds. Venus is also in mutual reception with Jupiter, ruler of Sagittarius.

Venus rules Women and, again, Sagittarius rules International Affairs and Journalism. Mercury also rules News Reporting and Communication. (Venus out of bounds at 24 deg, 37 min; Mercury out of bounds at 24 deg, 45 min.) Mercury is stationing Retrograde on this day which immediately points to some sort of blip in communications. Nothing says I can do anything I want to you quite like rape, although gang stalking comes close.

There's a Grand Earth Trine occurring in this chart between Mars 7 Virgo, Jupiter 3 Taurus and Pluto 7 Capricorn. So, one could expect that men were feeling a little too lucky during this aspect. Mars rules Men. Mars is Lead Planet of a Locomotive chart. This was one Hell of a Train Wreck, that's for sure.

In addition to all this, there's Chiron. On his website Bob Marks said that some astrologer had told him that rape is often shown when Mars is in difficult aspect with Chiron. There was an opposition between the two last week that was squaring the Sun-New Moon.

Mars 7 Virgo opposite Chiron 1 Pisces squaring Sun 3 Sagittarius-Moon at night.

I haven't looked up the other Centaurs. There's one Centaur who is not generally connected with rape but the others are. I wrote about it a long time ago and just can't dig around for it right now.

I wish much healing for Mona Eltahawy and Caroline Sinz (and Lara Logan and all the other victims).

What the Hell Was He Thinking?

2011-11-26T17:37:00.000-08:00

Story in the news last week about a guy who identifies as a woman and who pretended to be a doctor, a plastic surgeon, but who really belongs to an underground plastic surgery ring. This guy/gal, performed butt enhancement surgeries on women by injecting them with a special spackle made of cement, superglue, and flat-tire sealant.

There you go, no matter how hard you try to dress the guy up like a gal, you just can't take Home Depot out of his stupid sorry ass. There was no mention of Duct Tape in the article; maybe that's just "too 90's."

Thinking about this makes me want to throw up. It also made me feel mean and want to look the freak's birth date up in the cloud. This is probably not correct birth date, but I'm putting it out there for anyone who's curious. The chart is pretty amazing.

Phoney Dr.

July 10, 1992 Carteret, NJ

Sun 19 Cancer; Moon Scorpio or Sagittarius; NN 1 Capricorn

Sun 19 Cancer c. Venus 27 Cancer. Mommy and Beauty.

The Sun-Venus conjunction is opposing Uranus 15 Cap Rx - Neptune 18 Cap Rx. Sun-Venus opposite Neptune has overly idealistic view points of women, especially when Sun and Venus are in the sign of the Mother, Cancer. Add Uranus in on the mix and you've got total weirdness. This is why we need to add art class back into the classroom. This chart would thrive in art class. It's ok to be dumbed than shit in art class, it's actually desired. Creativity comes from making mistakes and veering from the norm, just not in this way.

Grand Fixed Square between Mercury-Mars-Chiron-Saturn-Pluto: Mercury 15 Leo-Chiron 11 Leo opposes Saturn 18 Aquarius Rx. Square Mars 19 Taurus opposing Pluto 21 Scorpio Rx. That's showing some real stress coming from childhood.

Commentary on this thing could go on for eons. Mercury shows the thinking process. Well, he got caught because of a "surgery" he performed in May 2010. That's Saturn Return stuff. Mercury c. Chiron doesn't help. Progressed Mercury in Rx doesn't help either.

He's not the only one out there. That's scary. If this chart is accurate, the 1 NN on the AP of Capricorn brought this guy out before the public. Unfortunately, not until after the Saturn-Jupiter-Uranus-Pluto t-square hit it for the last 2 years.

Thanksgiving Prayer

2011-11-24T17:32:00.000-08:00

Close your eyes.

(no, I mean it, close them, well, not until you've read the rest of this shit)

Inhale. Exhale.

Inhale more. Exhale.

Inhale a lot. Hold it. Exhale.

Now.

Wish for something.

Open your eyes and look around and say thank you for the beauty in front of you.

The Failure Bell

2011-11-21T16:56:00.000-08:00

The Stock Market could have tanked a lot more than 2-- points today. The Super Committee admitted that it can't agree on how to fix the budget problems. That seems sort of serious to me. I think they should consult with more New York City taxi drivers on this one, they are said to have good answers to things, but what do I know?

I suppose the timing was good for making the announcements. Thanksgiving is on Thursday and lots of people who trade are taking the short work week off. Tomorrow might be a bitch, and Wednesday. Capricorn is rising just as the Market opens these days which sticks Pluto 4 degrees from exact conjunction with the Ascendant as the Markets open. This will get closer and closer to the Ascendant through the week. Pluto represents Crises, but also a desire to control Crises through Power and Confidence.

Ruler of the chart, Saturn, is 1 degree past conjunction with the Midheaven. Saturn likes to think that everything can be fixed, or becomes a poor sport. Saturn and Pluto working so close together in this way show some sort of loss. The SuperCommittee can't fix it. Neptune conjunct Chiron in the 3d House of announcements along with Neptune in Sagittarius in 12th house shows the announcement and the confusion connected with it. Usually an unhappy loss and feeling of grimness.

Good news is that this chart has a Grand Trine in it. Mars-Jupiter-Pluto seems like a lucky combination. Mars 6 Virgo is in the 8th House of borrowed money. That's actually sort of feisty. He's trining Jupiter 3 Taurus Rx and Pluto 6 Capricorn (H1). It sort of looks like the bottom feeders are sitting around just looking for a new buying opportunity. That could go either way. Grand Trines are pretty lucky. Earth only deals with what works. Sometimes luck makes you lazy and stupid.

With 2 t-squares this chart is showing people where the missing elements are that are causing all the tension. T-squares are 3 points of a square which feel a strong lack of whatever the 4th corner of the square indicates.

In this case, One t-square has apex Sun 29 Scorpio (H11). The Sun is squaring Mars 6 Virgo (H8) which opposes Neptune 29 Aquarius-Chiron 1 Pisces (H2). Those are Resource houses. That combination sort of looks like delusional thinking. H2 = money, banks. H8 = other people's money, taxes, sex, death. H11 = Hopes, Wishes, Groups. The missing element here is the 5th House of Risk, Play, Childlike abandon, Fun. The Stock Market is no fun right now. The Circus has left town.

The second t-square has Pluto for an Apex. Pluto is part ruler of this chart and Pluto = Sex, Death, Taxes, and cleaning out waste so that the real gems can grow out of the compost. We're seriously composting right now. Pluto (Power) is squaring an opposition of Moon (Introspection, The People) 9 Libra (H9) to Uranus (Groups, Innovations, Hopes) 1 Aries (H3). That's kind of hysterical and I don't know why there wasn't more of a crash. Guess Saturn on the MC really does like to keep things stoic. Moon in Libra usually internalizes its anxieties into physical problems I have found. Haven't actually ever heard anyone else say that, I just used to know a bunch of them. They never actually discuss their problems because, well, how do you access deep emotional turmoil anyway? Moon opposite Uranus means that everyone's prostituting themselves and the H3 to H9 influence sort of reinforces that. This t-square points to Cancer on the Descendant. That shows the public and the poor and the people who feed us and Real Estate and land. The recent announcements that Global Warming is happening much faster than expected ought to alarm everyone. We forgot to work with the land. And people who nourish have been walked all over (by people who talk too much). Oh yeah, and there are the Occupy Wall St. kids. Oops, forgot that we were supposed to provide them with a future. There's a serious need to look back at the past right now in order to figure out how to handle the future.

Sun rules H8 of this chart. That house has Mars in Virgo in it. That sounds a little bit like Geithner's influence.

Uranus rules H2 of money of this chart. The Bankers might be working on some innovations. Maybe they'll all shut down all at once. Well they've been occupying Wall St. for longer than the protesters.

Venus and Jupiter are in mutual reception. Venus is in the 12th House in conjunction with Mercury and the North Node in Sagittarius. Jupiter 4 Taurus Rx is down in the 4th House in conjunction with the IC. People who don't paid taxes, more bottom feeders.

On Wednesday, the Sun will move into Sagittarius so people are supposed to invite strangers into their homes and share the holiday. With Pluto conjunct a Capricorn Ascendant I think the bird will be a little dry this year. I heard some strange statistic on the radio that about 80-90 percent of all the turkeys are artificially inseminated. Man, the world could let off a whole lot of heat just by letting these poor schmoes enjoy themselves every once in a while. The tryptophane has been replaced by fire retardant, that's for sure.

SuperCommittee Budgetary Crisis Bell
November 21, 2011

Sun 29 Scorpio (H11); ASC 2 Capricorn; MC 29 Libra; Moon 9 Libra (H9); NN 15 Sagittarius (H12)

Hotspot Shield

2011-11-12T13:52:00.000-08:00

Computer Hotspots apparently are not secure at all. In the Silicon Valley it's a joke. If the place doesn't ask for a security code every bored jerk in the world will be into your business.

So am interested in an article in the paper today called "CEO puts online privacy in users' hands: Anchor Free Hotspot Shield enables users to access blocked websites." by Levi Sumangaysay.

The article is about Hotspot Shield which is a free downloadable privacy app. It's free if you can handle advertisements. You have to pay if you don't want advertisements and faster access. The CEO of the company is David Gorodynansky who at age 29 is going through his first Saturn Return in Libra.

Guy Fawkes and His BFF Tim Geithner (that's a joke)

2011-11-09T16:58:00.000-08:00

This won't be a long post. (Oops)

I'm trying to write a post about how nobody ever gives Tim Geithner any credit. I don't hold much against him because the astrology right now pretty much says we're in a long term phase of financial depression that repeats the similar problems of the Long Depression that occurred at the end of the 19th century. That one lasted 20 years. I don't expect things to get better real fast this time, but I'm such a pessimist my opinions can be said to err on the down side. In other words, what do I know?

It's amazing to me that Geithner has managed to keep the stock market up at the high levels as it is. It hasn't really gone beyond a certain point, but it keeps heaving up and down, kind of like it's on a ventilator in a chemically induced coma. Just enough to let the 401ks juggle things around a bit.

Clearly Geithner's staging this stuff (strong Leo influence in his chart). It's a magic trick and an illusion.

But, right now, because no one ever gives Tim Geithner enough credit, everyone is giving Guy Fawkes a bunch of credit. Plus, the recession/depression has gone on too long. And some eco-marketing firm up in Canada had the brains to inject our instincts for mobbing into generally more constructive avenues. And there's some illusion in this as well. Magic Federal Reserve Chairman Boyfriend Ben Bernanke said he doesn't really blame them, the Occupy Wall St people. Some of them are sort of dumb and are burning small businesses down.

Bernanke loves a committee. Somehow I get the feeling that Tim Geithner doesn't. That's why Ben Bernanke is so loveable and why I keep forgetting to look at Geithner's chart maybe? Uranus loves a committee. Oh well, I won't go there.

I couldn't really figure out why the Guy Fawkes stuff is so popular right now, the Occupy Wall Street movement has only questions and no answers,

?

Then a gang stalker walked by me today (they stare extra long with a taunting we've got you bitch, you should see what I've just done to your car and your credit score and everyone you know). This guy had a Guy Fawkes beard, like he had dressed up like all the rest of the Guy Fawkes fans on November 5, and he was clearly pissed off with me for being white. Then it hit me. Sort of. It's the Catholics. The Catholics are protesting.

(edit out the stuff about religion)

Geithner has a conjunction of Sun-Mercury-Uranus to the NN in Leo which explains the big forehead and mass of hair. He might also be grouchy because his thinking is erratic and he expresses himself verbally in ways that sometimes shock people. This stellium is unaspected except for an inconjunct to a Jupiter-Saturn conjunction (both retrograde) in Capricorn. That's lots of potent energy that doesn't flow easily. It helps that both signatures show high intelligence of some sort so Geithner is not going to be as at odds blending these energies as some of us might be.

Inconjuncts are minor aspects and their connection is very odd. The keyword for inconjuncts is "Adjustment." The signs that are connected don't share similarities which means they are difficult to express together. Both signs, Leo and Capricorn do rule talent for leadership. Geithner seems to be trying to fix the problem, but the problem may be outdated (Jupiter-Saturn in Capricorn Rx). At any rate, that Jupiter-Saturn thing shows that Geithner was born during a year which socially represents the top of the heap. There's a sense that we are falling backwards or down instead of upwards towards a common goal. Well, the Guy Fawkes people want to revel against the system too.

Sun-Mercury-Uranus-NN in Leo shows a lot of intuitive brains. It wouldn't be enough to hack Geithner's computers, you'd have to also hack his brain. And you'd have to be really really fast. The Leo and Capricorn shows that perhaps he doesn't like to work with others. It's partly that lack of flow thing I mentioned earlier. It's partly that he's got a Hero complex. It's partly other stuff which I'll continue to babble about.

People like people who flow. They make you feel like you're not stuck anywhere. Guy Fawkes had flow. At least his astro chart did. He had one and possibly two Grand Trines in his chart. AT execution time he jumped off the stage before he was hung in order to avoid the final humiliation.

I remember reading that Geithner didn't hire staff for a long time after taking his job as whatever his title is. This would be a very Leo/Capricorn kind of way of doing things. Leo has a Hero complex and Heroes tend to stand out by themselves.

I was just thinking the other day about how a Democracy is exactly the wrong type of political philosophy for getting countries out of the deep do-do that we're currently in. Everything takes too long by committee. Tyrants can get things done and that's not always a bad thing, except that sometimes they turn mean. Ben Bernanke likes committees. We all like Ben Bernanke. Ben is very smart, he's super cute, I tend to think that I'm watching a guy playing baseball rather than a world economy tanking, but Bernanke's forehead isn't as big as Geithner's. Interesting that both men are Fire Suns with Water Moons.

That's a lot of steam.

Back to Guy Fawkes. Guy Fawkes was a rebel. That's how history talks about him right now at any rate. According to an astrology blog that was posted which I can't remember the name of, _--------- (it was British and it was really good), we don't know Guy Fawkes' birthday. He was christened on Apr. 16, 1570. People say he was born on Apr. 13, 1570 but nobody knows for sure.

My computer program says that Fawkes was a Taurus, not an Aries, because he was born during Old School calendar, same as Leonardo da Vinci. Taurus would explain why his name comes up in discussions about finances.

Taurus rules finances and art. Fawkes is known for his pointy chin goatee which seems like a Taurus thing since Taurus rules the lower jaw and neck area. Most people think he's an Aries Sun which he could be. Obviously I don't know, but isn't it interesting how people never assume that a person is a Taurus, have you ever noticed that?. I don't know what Old School and New School calendars mean. Someone once told me but I forgot. Something which has to do with what the Pope wanted. Funny how this post is supposed to be about people who are dealing with finances of our times and keeps turning intostuff about religions (which I've mostly edited out by now).

(I like the Buddhists. Remember the Buddhists? My Father said that Buddhism is the best religion but Buddhism doesn't work in the markets and that's why people don't embrace it. Well, except for Steve Jobs.)

Like I said, Fawkes would have had a lot of flow because he had at least one Grand trine. He could probably get away with more in life than most people can. Or at least he thought he could get away with more and then he got caught. He was born during an outer planet Grand Trine in Air. Jupiter 15 Aquarius trine Saturn 18 Libra Rx trine Neptune 20 Gemini. This Grand Trine is activated right now because this chart (Fawkes') is going through a Saturn Return.

The Apr. 13 date also gives another Grand Trine, this time in Earth, which would be activated by transiting Pluto right now. Sun 3 Taurus would be trine NN 6 Virgo trine Uranus 4 Capricorn Rx. Uranus rules rebellions, Sun rules Risk, so there you go. The guy was unpredictable and inspirational. And I think that Grand Trines are great for spies so he probably was good at working people.

Fawkes' Virgo NN might show why the Pluto in Virgo generation has a strong fascination with this guy. I'm sort of embarrassed to say that the V for Vendetta phenomenon began with a comic strip which is the best art form of my generation and a source of great embarrassment to me. Virgo seems to be strongly connected with the markets and material world and so is better with the graphics arts than with the "high arts". If it is great art nobody will want it until 100 years after you are dead and what smart Virgo is going to go along with that kind of pain? Oh well, power to the people who do crafty crap. And people who live in the middle class.

Kind of interesting that the Middle Class has pretty much disappeared from the Pluto in Virgo generation. That's a discussion which could go on and on so I'll avoid it. The anonymous hackers have found that they have a talent which they can get away with no matter how much pain it causes others so they are finding a great outlet in Fawkes and not Geithner the Leo who represents the old school idea to them. Geithner's chart shows a strong Romantic side so I think his generation sort of bugs him.

Right now Fawkes is going through a Mars Return in Leo. With Mars in Leo, Fawkes had a noble side as well as a foolish side, as do all Mars in Leos. He wanted to be heroic. He wanted to do the right thing. The New York Occupy people haven't killed anybody but there have been some problems in other places like Oakland and Oklahoma. Does it have something to do with place names that begin with the letter O, long form? Oakland always riots and the truth is this is because the people who live there are mean.

I wonder if this is mostly a 25-year old Boy thing overall. Especially White Boys. The government is trying to get them to perk up because they aren't eligible for Affirmative Action and they commit suicide a lot when they get older. Uranus is at 1 Aries which shows that the spark has to come before the plan. That's interesting. That's a lesson that Saturn has to learn.

Fawkes also had a square of Neptune 20 Gemini to Pluto at 23 Pisces. So he was born during a time when mysticism would have wreaked havoc amongst the peoples? There is probably more than the usual amount of stuff that people feel that they can't explain when Neptune and Pluto are in bad aspect with each other. They would have really struggled with things like Religions which are trying to explain it all away with some story about Virgins and a guy who will forgive for torturing him to death. Today with this long winding Neptune-Pluto sextile that keeps phasing in and out we are finding out about more mysteries through Science. Healers are still self professed and sometimes that gets a little stupid.

Back in Guy Fawkes' day, people probably did have mystical powers and it wasn't because they were trying so hard; or at least they figured they needed to develop mystical powers in order to deal with what life was throwing at them. People can never really fully know the powers of either Neptune or Pluto because we will never experience a full return of those planets to our natal charts. It sure is interesting that during the Age of Aquarius many of us can expect to live through our first Uranus Return, Age 83-84.

Right now, Fawkes' chart is also going through a Chiron Return conjunct Neptune. Chiron is at 27 Aquarius. That's an extra mystical Chiron Return which involves crowds of people and mobs. I'm just finishing that one up and I have the same Chiron placement within a degree. I got to be gang stalked by the scum of the earth who is now running around in Guy Fawkes' masks.

Weirdness, Geithner is also entering his Chiron Return. They have chiron in different signs. Fawkes in Aquarius. Geithner in Pisces. And, of course, it's just plain weird that I'm comparing their two charts in one blog.

Chiron in Aquarius: Healing and Failure of "The People." That's a universal problem for all of humanity to deal with. The Catholics have consistently failed to deal with this but they keep on waving their incense burners. Problem with the Catholics is that, as I said before, everywhere they go an Inquisition follows. I'm not fond of Religions because they separate people for no reason, but when you fail at money you tend to turn towards God so what else can a person do? The Catholics are probably actually rebelling only because Oprah went off the air. They need to be told that everything can be healed.

So, this brings me back to Tim Geithner who nobody gives credit to. Saturn and Jupiter Rx. His Father never gave him credit? He's strongly Leo so he's got more than the usual amount of confidence?

Problem with Leo is that the Stars never stay the same and the Sun constantly progresses and Leo Sun have it bad in that respect. You're all shiny and unselfconscious and then your Sun takes on the flavor of Virgo which sits there feeling embarrassed for everyone else. Then it moves into Libra and doesn't know what end is up. Do you want to drive or shall I? Do you want to open the window, or shall I? Libra can see all sides. That's only because Leo opens the heart and Virgo brings a sense of servitude. By the time they become shrinks later on in life Libras can pretty much articulate everything that bothers another person.

Geithner's Moon would be the real kicker in his chart and I can't really place it because I don't have his birth time. At noon it's in middle degrees Scorpio. At that point it's in conjunction with Neptune in Scorpio. Scorpio rules shared finances and very often that equals: Crises. People don't really like to share finances, if you want to be honest about it and that's one of Scorpios' little challenges.

Scorpio, like Leo, is a fixed sign so combined as they are here shows that Geithner has staying power. Unlike Leo Scorpio likes to rule from behind the scenes.

If Moon is in conjunction with Neptune, this combined with Mercury c. Uranus in Geithner's chart shows two strong psychic connections of very different styles. Mercury-Uranus is very quick and intuitive, but Moon conjunct Neptune in Scorpio shows a highly psychic person whose feeling levels defy speed, but who is probably not good at explaining what's going on in his mind. That's why Geithner's head looks like the popcorn is just about ready.

People don't like what they don't understand and if Geithner has both of these aspects together people might feel that they can't trust him. Oh well, end of rant.

Guy Fawkes
b. maybe Apr. 13, 1570 christianed Apr. 16, York, England

Sun 3 Taurus (maybe); Moon Cancer or Leo (Maybe); NN 6 Virgo (pretty much)

Tim Geithner
b. Aug. 18, 1961 Brooklyn NY

Sun 26 Leo; Moon Scorpio; NN 28 Leo

2005 YU55 Is In The Neighborhood

2011-11-08T14:15:00.000-08:00

"The 2005 YU44, an asteroid roughly as wide as the length of an aircraft carrier, is due to cross Earth's path today. It's the closest approach of such an object in a generation."

This sounds like a Woody Allen joke, right?

It's not.

It's from the front page of today's Wall Street Journal in an article called "Today's Close Encounter." The asteroid is about 1,300 feet wide. That's big. The newspaper shows a picture of the asteroid in comparison with the U.S. Nimitz which is 1,092 feet long. That means it's big enough to host a presidential visit.

Maybe this is the 2d coming. Maybe a 3d asteroid will hit on 12/21/12. The 3d coming. Anyone thought of that? Oh hay, I never realized that those numbers, the 2012 date spell out like that, with the 1-2 numeric sequence. This month we have 11/1/11 and 11/11/11.

This thing, the asteroid, will swing by earth so close that it will be inside the Moon's orbit from 201,700 miles away. Amazing how it manages to avoid the Moon's orbit.

In the article, there's a graph of a bunch of Asteroids of varying sizes shown, they're all lined up in rows, big to small. Looks like an abacus. It reminds me of the astronomy book that my brother had when we were kids. We couldn't read so we looked at the illustration of the Moon and the Earth being spun off from the Sun. And my Virgo brother said, "That's a picture of the Sun shitting out the Earth and the Moon." Then I said, "Ha Ha, a slow motion picture of pooping."

I looked up the astrology last week to see what kind of b.s. I could bake up regarding why such a big asteroid is cruising by earth today. There was something but I don't remember what it was.

"Father-Daughter Dance Medley" While Saturn is in Libra

2011-11-03T10:41:00.000-07:00

Libra = Marriage

and

Saturn = Fathers

and

I don't think that

Saturn was Retrograde

When the Girl in this Video

Got Married.

Bicyclists Killed in Brooklyn

2011-10-29T13:24:00.000-07:00

Five Bicyclists were killed on the streets of Brooklyn within a month of each other. 10 cyclist fatalities have occurred this past year alone.

Wow, this Summer, bicycling was for New Yorkers what guns were to Oakland and San Jose (liberal hypocrisy of the area at its finest) and hiking was for visitors to Yosemite.

Just these weird coincidental pockets of fatalities that I'm finding cropping up in the news.

The New Yorkers place "Ghost Bikes" up at locations where bicyclists are killed. Hopefully some proper bike lanes will be set up to protect them in the future.

I suspect that this is all related in some way to the Nodal Axis transit of the signs which rule hiking and local transportation, Gemini. At this point the South Node is in Gemini. That's the end of the Nodal Axis which represents some sort of fault in the Destiny which throws off the good things that are offered by the opposite end (which would be issues ruled by Sagittarius). Things that don't work in the local environment (Gemini) will cause problems in the big environment (Sagittarius) (International).

Here's a list of the recent fatalities from the information I could find. Can't vouch for accuracy of the information.

Aug. 1, Monday. 29-year old Robert Doyle killed.

Aug. 2, night, 70-year old Andrezei Wisnuk killed.

Aug. 18, before 5:40 pm, 52-year old Jeffrey Axelrod killed

Aug. 30, 7:00 pm 29-year old Erica Abbott killed.

Sep. 2, (Friday), 8:30 pm, 24-year old Nicolus Djandj killed.

Oct 18, night, Matthieu Lefevre killed, 30-years old, born Mars 1981.

Since 3 of these people were 29-30 it seems that perhaps Saturn in Libra is connected with bicycling. That is the age associated with the first Saturn Return. I sort of suspect that Libra isn't the greatest sign for drivers. You don't want to have a relationship with everything on the road. I think they might feel less safe around all that Mars-Mercury driving type stuff because they know what can happen and subsequently it does happen. Saturn is related to one's issues of safety and caution. Interesting that the last 3 mentioned were all artists, as well. Libra is very much associated with artists who seek balance and harmony.

Kind of interesting to note that most of the deaths occurred after work hours. Venus has been in conjunction with the Ascendant pretty much consistently during these months around that time. And Saturn is dispositing to Venus because of its transit in Libra. Venus also rules the 3d House of transportation for much of that time. I'm getting carried away with the Venus stuff here. But, for some reason it is standing out. Accidents are ruled by Mars and Uranus together. Mercury rules local transportation, daily routes, that type of thing.

Saturn was mostly in the 2d house. I don't know what that means except that it is opposite the 8th House of Death. Saturn is related to brakes, safety precautions, exhaustion.

Uranus (Accidents, unexpected, shock) in the 8th House (Death).

I went back to the Total Lunar Eclipse that occurred on June 15 the way I did while looking at the deaths in Yosemite over the Summer. The chart is pretty interesting when set for New York.

In New York this Eclipse had a 5 Scorpio Rising chart. That means that Pluto was Ruler of the chart. And Pluto was conjunct the 3d House cusp in a tight one degree orb. This Eclipse contains the last pass of the big Saturn-Uranus-Pluto t-square which means that the victims who were going through their Saturn Returns were also under the influence of this challenging aspect. Pluto was apex of that t-square so is a very strong figure in that chart. This shows, in hindsight of course, that some larger than life crises related to local neighborhoods, transportation, roads, neighbors, siblings was related to New York.

Rest in Peace.

Is It National Unsuccessful Euthanasia of Household Pets Month?

2011-10-29T12:54:00.000-07:00

Just read two stories about animals who survived the Gas Chambers at their local pounds. I suspect that this is normal and that the Gas Chamber people are trying to use the minimal amount of gas possibly in order to save money. Either way, there are two stories.

On October 3, Daniel the Beagle survived a gassing in Alabama. He was in there with 17 other animals who passed out cold. But Daniel was standing wobbling legged but wagging tail at the door when it opened. Daniel has been moved to New Jersey where at last report he is up for adoption.

In Utah, a Black Cat has survived 2 attempts and has become the spokes cat for stopping inhumane deaths of animals. After the second attemtp, this cat, now named Andrea, was heard meowing when a worker was bringing a dead dog into what I suspect was the crematorium.

Don't know what to look for in the astrology. House pets are ruled by Virgo, H6, and Mercury. Gas is ruled by the opposite sign, Pisces and Pisces ruler Neptune and house 12.

Mercury was in conjunction with the Sun and Saturn and Venus in Libra on October 3. At this point is was squaring a conjunction of Moon-Pluto in Capricorn. Moon and Pluto are the other two planets which rule Death (in addition to Neptune). This square looks like a death sentence to me, but this square is hooked into a larger triangle formation with Jupiter 9 Taurus. I don't have a clue how to translate that, but I imagine that Jupiter in Taurus has a very good constitution and a lot of physical strength. And it's also lucky.

The Black Cat, Andrea, would have been gassed around the middle of October. The conjunction of Sun to Saturn in Libra was in tighter conjunction at that point. That's a pretty clear headed aspect. Saturn is at home in Libra. Libras tend to be vegetarians along with Pisces, so the workers were probably just more sensitive/egalitarian during this month. Mercury and Venus had moved into Scorpio. That's a great figure for thinking about a story about a black cat but I suspect it has nothing much to do with the actual story. What does stay the same is the conjunction of Sun-Saturn in Libra and the trine between Jupiter in Taurus to Pluto in Capricorn.

Neptune is still Retrograde at the end of Aquarius so we have one last chance to try to act like civil, humane people before all comes to end when Neptune moves into Pisces and the shit of the universe takes power. Mary Poppins has definitely left the building at this point.

Andrea is available for adoption as of last post. It sounds like her health has been compromised. I'm pretty sure her kidneys and liver are shot, but probably her memory of the hell she went through has probably been erased as well.

What is a Miracle?

2011-10-22T22:03:00.001-07:00

“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh

Cookin the Books With Kinde Durkee

2011-10-17T17:58:00.000-07:00

I was just wondering whatever happened to California Cuisine. Turns out that it was all gobbled up by the Campaign Treasurer of the Democratic Party, an embezzler named Kinde Durkee.

I'm sorry, "Kinde" "Durkee" but that dopey name sounds like some sort of mistake that could only pop out of Cape Cod.

And, I know, I know, Innocent until Proven Guilty so I'm way ahead of myself here.

But, no, this woman is most likely a native Californian. There are rumors saying that Kinde Durkee needed to pay for her Mother's old folks home. But apparently Mom is parked full time at Disneyland because Kinde Durkee has stolen almost $5 Million from Dianne Feinstein's campaign funds alone. That would fund a whole new monorail.

It looks like Durkee took from women politicians but perhaps she defrauded some boys as well.

Man, California journalism is such a mess. In addition to the typos and mispellings nobody wants to give out Kinde Durkee's birth info. I thought I would up-end the status quo and look it up in my new secret astro b-day spot but then that unearthed two different Kinde Durkees with two different dates. Both Californians, but one So-Cali and the other No-Cal. This woman can cook.

What's the signature for an embezzler? The two birth dates I've found so far, there may be more to come.

Kinde Durkee
two possible birth dates

May 15, 1948 Long Beach, CA

Sun 25 Taurus; Moon Leo?; NN Taurus

Sun opposite Chiron 22 Scorpio Rx
Jupiter 28 Sagittarius Rx opposite Uranus 25 Gemini
big stellium in Leo: Pluto 13 Leo; Saturn 17 Leo; Moon Leo; Mars 29 Leo
Venus 6 Cancer square Neptune 11 Libra Rx

***OR***

Mar. 29, 1953 Alameda, CA

Sun 9 Aries; Moon Virgo or Libra; NN 11 Aquarius

Venus 1 Taurus Rx opposite Saturn 26 Libra Rx
Mercury 21 Pisces Rx
Neptune 23 Libra c. Saturn 26 Libra Rx

A Forensic Accountant named Grant Beauchamp first noticed discrepancies in the books when a $4,500 check went missing back in March 2010. Wouldn't we like to know what his sign is. But, he deserves his privacy, he's earned it. He began to notice scorch marks on someone's account back in March 2010, a check in the amount of $4,500.

Looking at the victims we see a bunch of Cardinal Signs. Kind of freaky to see what the eclipses and the Saturn-Uranus-Pluto t-square did.

Feinstein is a Cancer Sun (June 22, 1933) and Loretta Sanchez is a Capricorn Sun (Jan 7, 1960). Susan Davis and Laura Richardson are Aries (Apr. 13, 1944 and Apr. 14, 1962 respectively). Barbara Boxer's a Scorpio, that's Fixed so perhaps she's safe.

Death of Sports Car Driver Dan Wheldon

2011-10-17T15:11:00.000-07:00

Two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, Dan Wheldon, died in a fiery crash during the 11th lap of a race in Las Vegas, NV yesterday.

I'm too Saturnian to follow race car driving but I looked at Wheldon's chart anyway to see if anything super obvious could have shown such a tragic accident. I was looking for the usual Mars-Uranus connection which shows accidents.

The Nodal Axis, both natal and transiting, were heavily afflicted with Wheldon's chart. That shows events relating to destiny.

Natally Wheldon had a North Node at 1 Libra which was squared by his natal Sun. The Sun in aspect with natal Nodes will show a connection between the life path and show of courage. It also represents Fire. The square aspect is considered a challenging influence.

Wheldon's Sun is also on the Aries Points which shows a need to come before the public. At this time, Uranus is transiting in close aspect over the South Node in Aries. Uranus rules sudden and unexpected events and accidents. South Node shows a problem in the life path. With Uranus in the sign that Mars rules we automatically have a 7 year transit which indicates accidents or other sudden and unexpected events, especially if it aspects one's natal chart.

So, that's the natal Nodes.

On the other hand, the transiting Nodal Axis is in close aspect with Wheldon's natal Neptune by one degree. Neptune rules Oil and Gas which I suppose is indirectly related to race car driving. It's not usually the first planet to look at relating to death but it actually does rule one of the death houses. Usually it is related to a chronic problem that has been around a while or fuzzy thinking, or even drugs and alcohol.

The Sun really stands out in Wheldon's chart in many ways. As I said he has it prominently placed on a significant spot at 1 Cancer. This squares his Nodal Axis within a tight 1 degree orb. His Sun is the lead planet of a locomotive chart. His career success seems to be connected with Solar Events. He has passed away at a significant age related to a Solar cycle. Age 33 is a significant year in the Solar Return chart cycle. The Sun in that chart returns to the same house where it was when the person was born.

Wheldon's Solar Return chart this year had a difficult Grand Square in it as Mercury was filling in the empty leg of the long term t-square aspect between Saturn-Uranus and Pluto. Mercury rules driving. It was interesting to read on Wikipedia that Weldon won his first Indianapolis 500 race on his Birthday in 2005, that's a Solar Return.

The only planet that Weldon's Sun has an aspect to is a sextile of his natal Mars in Virgo. Sextiles show talent and Mars and Sun together will show the impulse to go fast. The transiting Mars in Leo was squaring Wheldon's natal Uranus. That shows the tendency to get into an accident near this particular time.

I don't know what time the actual accident occurred but it looks as if the Moon in Gemini was passing over the Gemini South Node and was in a sextile/trine aspect with transiting Mars. Gemini and Mercury rule driving, along with Mars, so this perhaps is the spot where one sees that a situation involved with driving will occur.

Dan Wheldon
b. June 22, 1978 Olney, England

Sun 1 Cancer; Moon Capricorn or Aquarius; NN 2 Libra Rx.

Fatal Crash of 15 cars
Oct. 16, 2011 Las Vegas, NV Time?______

Sun 24 Libra; Moon Gemini around middle degrees; NN 18 Sagittarius Rx

Innocent Released From Jail

2011-10-12T19:23:00.001-07:00

It seems that lately there are an exceptional amount of high profile cases in the news about people being liberated from prison for crimes they didn't commit.

Well, actually, it seems that the first case to start things off was the infamous Casey Anthony case in which a beautiful young mother was let off for the murder of her daughter. Nobody believes that she was innocent so we got to see yet another case of how the scales of justice swing in all sorts of weird directions.

It seems that there ought to be some sort of astrological pattern as to why all these releases have happened within such a brief amount of time. It certainly seems that the last pass of the stressful big outer planet t-square of Saturn-Uranus-Pluto has finally let up on some of the tensions which it brewed up over the last couple of years. It seems to have done clean up on some of the major outer planet transits from years past. Pluto has hit the spot at early Capricorn where the big Uranus-Neptune conjunction was back in 1993. Saturn has hit the spot where the Saturn-Pluto conjunction was in 1982. And etc. The charts of both the people and the crimes are sort of folding in on each other over the years.

The Sun and Venus have been in an extra long conjunction through many signs over the Summer which maybe loosened up negotiations and helped people to see the other side of their opinions. Venus rules the sign of Libra which literally represents the Scales of Justice. Saturn, Governance and Judges, is also in Libra. And Saturn had its last pass through the big and stressful outer planet t-square with Uranus and Pluto, both heavy planets which are signatures of crises. That's sort of the kind of pressure cooker which makes you or breaks you.

Also, Neptune entered its own sign of Pisces last year but tracked back into Aquarius for the last time at this point. Neptune/Pisces rule Jail, especially escaping Jail through loosened barriers. And Aquarius rules Humanitarian deeds. So, however you want to interpret that, this is certainly a time when the world at large is looking at these activities through these people.

The recent Eclipses have been in Gemini/Sagittarius and Cancer/Capricorn and one can see the emphasis on Cardinal and Mutable signs in all these personal charts. (The innocent Fixed Sun Signs are still in jail I guess.) On the other hand, it's probably just an interesting coincidence to notice that all were incarcerated for crimes which were committed while the Sun was in a Fixed Sign.

I'm not reading too deeply into these charts and am hopefully putting down the correct information where I can find it. Basically just gathering the information here in a bundle hopefully for another day or another person's brains. And also am adding Chiron's placement. One hopes that the world will learn through the woundings which these people have received.

First off was the release after 18 years of the Memphis 3. Three men were released from jail for committing the murders of 3 8 year old boys back in 1993. Pluto has hit the spot where Uranus and Neptune were in conjunction in early Capricorn.

Murders committed May 5, 1993 West Memphis, Arkansas.

Sentenced 1994

Release date with suspended sentences: Aug. 19, 2011

Damien Echols sentenced to Death for the crime.
b. Dec. 11, 1974 West Memphis, ARk?.

Sun 20 Sagittarius; Moon Scorpio or Sagittarius; NN 11 Sagittarius
Chiron 21 Aries Rx square Saturn 18 Cancer Rx
trines Mercury 15, Sun 20, Venus 28 Sagittarius

Jessie Misskelley, Jr. sentenced to life in prison for the crime.
b. July 10, 1975

Sun 18 Cancer; Moon Cancer or Leo; NN 29 Scorpio Rx
Chiron 28 Aries c. Jupiter Aries opposing Uranus 29 Libra
Chiron sextiles Mercury 29 Gemini

Jason Baldwin sentenced to life in prison.
b. Apr. 11, 1977

Sun 22 Aries; Moon Capricorn or Aquarius; NN 25 Libra Rx
Chiron 1 Taurus possibly squaring Moon
Chiron squares Saturn 10 Leo SD

Amanda Knox was released from Italian jail on Oct. 3, 2011 after more than 4 years incarceration for the murder of her roommate in Perugia, Italy.

Date of Murder: Nov. 1, 2007 Perugia, Italy

Amanda Knox
b. July 9, 1987 Seattle, Washington

Sun 18 Cancer; Moon Sagittarius or Capricorn; NN 7 Aries Rx

Chiron 25 Gemini

2 American Hikers were released after more than 2 year in jail for crossing the borders into Iran.

They were detained on July 31, 2009.

They were released on Sept. 21, 2011. They were born during the Saturn-Pluto conjunction in Libra so this is definitely a pretty crazy Saturn Return for them in dealing with the Judicial System.

Josh Fattal
b. June 4, 1982 Elkins Park, Pennsylvania? (I think)

Sun 14 Gemini; Moon Scorpio or Sagittarius; NN 15 Cancer Rx

Chiron 25 Taurus opposite Uranus3 Sagittarius, possibly Moon

Saturn-Pluto conjunction in Libra

Shane Bauer
b. July 13, 1982 Onami, Minnesota

Sun 21 Cancer; Moon in Aries; NN 13 Cancer Rx

Chiron 27 Taurus

Mars-Saturn-Pluto conjunction in Libra

Released earlier due to health problems was their companion on the hike:

Sarah Shourd
b. Aug. 10, _____ Place maybe Los Angeles?

These 3 were detained soon after 2 women, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, were detained in North Korea.

Unfortunately it also looks as if a man was possibly put to death in Texas for a murder that he didn't commit. He was murdered by the Judical System just as Saturn was passing over his natal Sun.

Troy Davis died on Sept. 21, 2011 at 11:08 pm Georgia

Troy Davis born Oct. 9, 1968 Cloverdale or Savannah, Georgia (I think)

Sun 17 Libra; Moon Taurus; NN 10 Aries

Chiron 1 Aries Rx trine Neptune 25 Scorpio

murder: Aug. 19, 1989 Cloverdale, Georgia

Uranus-SAturn-Neptune between 2-9 degrees Capricorn where Pluto is now.

Babies: Fairness and Sharing

2011-10-10T10:59:00.000-07:00

Yahoo has published a cool article called "Kids May Develop a Sense of Fairness Earlier Than Thought."

The reason why I'm fascinated by this study is because it hooks up so well in my research matching stages of Child Development and the First Planetary Cycles in a child's life.

The researchers found that 15-month old babies can tell the difference between equal and unequal portions of food. Anything involving understanding equality and portions relates directly to Venus.

This sort of matches up with the first Venus cycle which will happen in most children within 2 months before or after the first Solar Return or Birthday (10 months to 14 months).

I equate the time between the first Venus Return and the first Mars Return, which usually occurs just before the second Birthday, as the time when a child develops the qualities of his natal Venus because he has just completed a complete cycle of that planet in his chart. (He has also just completed a complete cycle of Mercury and Sun so it gets more complicated).

Venus is related to connecting with material objects through its rulership of the sign Taurus and connecting with other people through its rulership of the sign Libra. Libra is related to harmony, portion, balance, sense of "the other" as in all one on one relationships. Taurus is related to connecting with objects in early childhood. We develop our cognitive abilities (Mercury, Gemini, Virgo) by remembering familiar objects in our environment.

The Sun's influence could also be involved here as the Sun rules our generosity.

The study developed theories about how early our sense of fairness and altruism develop. But it also studied how early babies develop the ability or desire to share what they have. I always figured this type of thing is shown ultimately in the chart by Neptune which is considered the higher octave of Venus.

I've seen in my research that the traditional rulership of Jupiter which includes both the influences of Sagittarius and Pisces as showing up pretty clearly. The first Jupiter transit cycles (square, trine, opposition) sort of double as ruled by Neptune as well. Things related to Sagittarius, such as very quick learning of vocabulary, sense of ethics, rules, and development of friendships outside the inner boundaries of family develop at this point. But, also very Neptunian hings like wanting to be a fairy princess, imagination, having imaginary friends, understanding the concept of secrecy, often show up around the time of the first Jupiter Square (Age3) and Jupiter trine(Age 4).

The study also observed whether or not babies share at this age. I suppose that's connected with Venus and the Sun and possibly Mercury. Supposedly 1/3 of the babies shared their favorite items willingly. 1/3 of the babies shared their least favorite items. And 1/3 wouldn't share at all. I suppose we'd need to know where Pluto was placed in the babies' charts. If it was in Capricorn I'd expect to see less desire to share. Both Pluto and Capricorn represent the parts of ourselves which do not like to share.

Brooksley Born

2011-10-09T16:43:00.000-07:00

Back in 1996 President Clinton did a very great thing. The President appointed a lawyer named Brooksley Born to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Problem is, he didn't listen to what Ms. Born was warning against which was all the financial bubbles which we have since popped. Born has strong earth content in her chart so she's a good one to give a reality check. I suppose one would want to be in the mood for a reality check, though, in order to take advantage of the situation.

Brooksley Born.
b. Aug. 27, 1940

Sun 5 Virgo; Moon Gemini or Cancer; NN 13 Libra Rx

There are a whole bunch of reasons why nobody took Born's warnings seriously. For one she's a native Californian and I figure that always knocks one's believability down a notch on the East Coast. Her name is also kind of fun, so maybe they thought she was a Disney cartoon. Also, and oops about this but Brooksley Born is a woman.

Seriously on an Astrological scale: Born has no oppositions in her chart. This is often thought to indicate that an individual doesn't have the inner sense of how to engage others in confrontation.

Brooksley Born is a Virgo and they're also not necessarily confrontational. They just say things straight from the hip and let the chips fall where they may. The Sun-Mars conjunction in Virgo in Born's chart shows a person with great analytical abilities but perhaps which comes across as impulsive or pre-what, what's the word I'm looking for, nobody's ready to hear it. Born has Mercury in Leo, which can come across as too much bravado especially in a woman and Mercury here is squaring Uranus which explains more mental acuity and intuition. The Sun-Mars conjunction, except for the out of sign connection with Mercury is unaspected to other planets. This gives the sense that the energy has trouble hooking up other energies in the chart and comes across as out of sync. Perhaps she came off as being too alarming at the time.

Born also has a tight one degree conjunction of Saturn 15 Taurus Rx to Jupiter 16 Taurus. Jupiter and Saturn conjunctions represent one of the most studied planetary cycles especially in connection with politics. They are in conjunction with each other every 20 years. Taurus is the sign of money and banking and Jupiter-Saturn aspects can show where social awareness occurs within each generation.

It just so happens that there was another Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in Taurus in 1999-2000 which sort of marked the peak of the first of the financial bubbles. So she and people born within a few months of her would have been hooked into this year very strongly on a psychic level (and material as well apparently).

Born also has Uranus at 27 Taurus so 3 of her outer planets are in that sign. Her generation was meant to go through something connected with Taurus' rulerships, of money, banking, possessions, self worth, material world. Uranus represents rebellions and shocks and surprises.

Looking at Saturn in this chart one sees why (now that it's afterthefact, of course) Born would be the one to give off the warning for her generation. Saturn rules caution and all warnings. Saturn also rules an excellent sense of timing. Saturn in this chart is heavily emphasized because it was Stationing Retrograde in Taurus on the day she was born.

Saturn is also the Lead Planet of the bowl shaped chart. Bowl shaped charts have all planets on one side. Spiritually this is supposed to mean that the person is aware of the fact that they are missing their other half. In this case it could account for Born's hyper awareness, especially of her generation's faults.

Or because of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction she was speaking out on behalf of her entire generation. The Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in this chart is unaspected by major aspect to other planets which means that it stands out in some way. That could be why no one paid attention, not the pessimists (Saturn). Not the optimists (Jupiter). Not the Democrats (Saturn). Not the Republicans (Jupiter). (I may have the parties turned around, whatever at this point).

A person with a Sun-Mercury-Mars conjunction is also going to be the type who will give off an alarm as they will want to communicate. Sun-Mars will be the first to enter the room. This impulsiveness is perhaps the problem. Perhaps Born needed to prepare and plan for her announcement so that it would be believable, as stupid as that sounds.

So, Born's chart contains many indicators for why no one would have listened to her at the time. No oppositions (show relationship, harmony, balance). Bowl shaped chart. Lots of Islands. Saturn Rx. Low key earth personality, especially with Virgo Sun.

I was curious to see what Chiron is doing in Born's chart as Chiron is known as the wounded healer. It usually shows where we can't seem to fix a problem. Chiron is at 28 Cancer and in conjunction with Pluto 4 Leo. The connection over the Cancer-Leo cusp could perhaps just show that she represented a bridge between one way of thinking and another. Pluto brings Fame. It also brings Crises and, of course, is connected with Financial Crises as it rules all dealings with other peoples' money. Cancer represents emotional security. Leo represents risk taking and fun. They thought she was just being a spoilsport. She also has Lilith in conjunction with her South Node in Aries which shows some sort of rejection coming into her destiny from a spiritual element. She was appointed to her post during a Nodal Return(18.9 year cycle) in Libra. Libra NN has lessons to learn about diplomacy and how frustrating people are to deal with.

Born's progressed Sun was squaring this conjunction during her appointment at the Federal Trade Commission so it was really coming out. It was at 4 Scorpio squaring natal Pluto within a degree in 2001 so her Warnings came true at that time.

It's important to realize that in 1996 when Born gave her warning Pluto had just moved into Sagittarius, Saturn had just moved into Aries. That's a lot of Fire and fire represents enthusiasm. There was a Jupiter-Neptune conjunction at the end of Capricorn so Clinton was being torn apart by the Republicans for all kinds of bull shit reasons. This would have been a huge opposition for Born because it was still within conjunction with Uranus at the beginning of Aquarius and this would have opposed her natal Pluto-Chiron.

Deadly Food Poisoning in Cantaloupe

2011-10-03T00:04:00.000-07:00

This Summer has seen the deadliest food poisoning in 10 years. 17 people have died from Listeria Bacteria which they contracted by eating cantaloupe which came from a farm in Colorado. This bacteria generally sickens pregnant women, the elderly or people who are immune deficient. It has up to a 2 month incubation period. The CDC says that 1 in 5 people who contract the disease die from it so it is very lethal. This outbreak has been mostly affecting elderly people. The first report was on July 31, 2011.

The Inspectors have tracked the source of the cantaloupe back to a farm in Holly, Colorado called Jensen Farms. A recall was placed on Sept. 14 for all cantaloupes shipped between July 29 and Sept. 10. Eric Jensen is fourth generation owner of the farm which I assume has never had anything like this happen to them before. They have been growing cantaloupes for 20 years.

An article in the paper was very well written because it contained quotes about some of the people thus providing valuable but probably inaccurate astrological data. Most victims are not identified but the families of 5 have come forward with a law suit so their stories were told and their names were given in the article.

From an astrological stand point it's interesting that a couple of the people were sickened right around the times of their Solar Returns. It would seem that the Sun's influence in some way has to do with this outbreak as it was most deadly while the Sun was in the sign of its rulership, Leo. And it broke out, or was identified on the day of the Leo New Moon. I don't know what rules melons. The Farm's website discusses how melons grown in their climate have high sugar content because of the extreme of their weather. This Summer had an extra long Sun-Venus conjunction.

Also, there were huge Solar Storms at the beginning of August which might have influenced the problem. It would be interesting to further study the influence of Solar Activity on creation of these types of illnesses. On Wikipedia there are lists of some of the major Solar Flare Activity in the past and some of these Listeria outbreaks coincide with the outbreaks I've looked at except the first one in 1985. 1985 seems to be a major year for Solar activity since it is said to have dropped off since that year. I've listed the Solar Events down below under each outbreak of Listeria. Maybe this illness is caused by freak exposures to electrical activity or radio waves. That would be a Uranus influence mostly I think.

Here's a great Russian website which shows Solar Flare activity for each day.

http://www.tesis.lebedev.ru/en/sun_flares.html

Yet another possible influence: Seems this disease likes to show up just after Neptune has changed signs! (That would be about every 13-14 years)

I will leave out the names and give only initials in order to provide some privacy.

Mars' passage through the Water sign of Cancer could possibly indicate a tendency for food born illnesses as Cancer rules food and farming (along with Virgo and Ceres). Mars rules fire, inflammation. I don't have birth times or places so can't find the exact placement of the Moon in the following individual's charts but there is potential that the 2 charts that I do have contain challenging aspects between the Moon and Mars in the natal charts.

It would seem that perhaps the Sagittarius NN/Gemini NN might be involved as Gemini often is connected with contagious diseases which spread. It is thought at this point that food that travels long distances becomes vulnerable to passing on diseases. Gemini and Sagittarius rule transportation. Since the last big outbreak of food poisoning was 10 years ago and that's half of a Nodal Return, i.e. the last time that the Nodal Axis was transiting Gemini-Sagittarius but in opposite directions, it would seem that this transit could indicate vulnerabilities for such outbreaks. This Axis squares the Virgo-Pisces axis which indicates public health and chronic health conditions.

I think that Uranus might be involved. Uranus rules the sign opposite the Sun so is in a way connected with anything the Sun does. It also rules the circulatory system and the way the body handles fluids because it is the Water Bearer. Stories describing the ways that people expressed the illness seem to vary a bit but it does seem that fluids were not traveling through their systems very well. Also, 2 of them were 84 years old which is the Uranus Return.

I looked at the placements of Ceres but didn't see any patterns. That doesn't mean there isn't anything going on there, I just didn't see it if there was. Ceres rules agriculture.

According to the article this is the information I could get hold of about the victims involved in the lawsuit. Mutable Sun Signs.:

H. S., Age 84, of Littleton, CO
retired engineer US Geological Survey
sickened July 20, 2011, is now in a nursing home

W. T. B. of Oklahoma, Age 87
b. June 8, 1924?
became ill late August, died Sept. 1, 2011

Sun 18 Gemini; Moon in Leo?; NN 27 Leo Rx

Neptune 19 Leo possibly conjunct Moon in Leo and NN 27 Leo Rx

C. D. W. of Catonsville, MD, 87 years old
retired printer for Department of Defense
became ill Aug. 23.

Born Mar. 9, 1925.

Sun 19 Pisces; Moon Leo or Virgo; NN 13 Leo

Died August. 31, 2011

C. P. of Colorado Springs, CO, Age 71
bought cantaloupe on Aug. 17. Is still recovering.

J. G. of Angleton, Texas.
Fell sick a day before her 66th Birthday.

b. Aug. 24, 1955 (place)
is recovering

Sun 2 Virgo; Moon Scorpio or Sagittarius; NN 23 Sagittarius
Mercury 20 Virgo; Venus 30 Leo; Mars 29 Leo; Jupiter 16 Leo; Saturn 16 Leo; Pluto 27 Leo

One can see the influence of a Nodal Return by transit here.
One can also see the huge stellium at the end of Leo/beginning of Virgo which includes a conjunction to the degree of Jupiter-Saturn with Venus-Mars-Pluto all in Leo connecting with the Sun in Virgo.

PREVIOUS OUTBREAKS OF LISTERIA

1st Outbreak, 86 cases, 50 deaths, many babies born stillborn.
Jan. 1, 1985 from soft unpasteurized Mexican cheese. Affected pregnant Hispanic women.

Last report June 14, 1985.

Sun 12 Capricorn; Moon Taurus; NN 26 Taurus; Ceres 12 Taurus; Mercury 19 Sagittarius; Venus 28 Aquarius; Mars 6 Pisces; Uranus 26 Sagittarus; Neptune 2 Capricorn; Pluto 5 Scorpio

Solar Flare Activity? Don't know. Solar Activity is said to have dropped off since 1985 so the year is significant in that way.

Eclipse Activity: 4 Eclipses in 1985, 3 are Total: Total Lunar on May 4, Total Lunar on Oct. 28, Total Solar on Nov. 12.

2d Outbreak, 40 cases, 4 deaths,
Aug. 2, 1998 from Hot dogs
Last case reported Dec. 2, 1998

Sun 11 Leo; Moon Scorpio or Sagittarius; Mercury 28 Leo; Venus 18 Cancer; Mars 19 Cancer; Neptune 1 Aquarius

Solar Activity: Severe geomagnetic storm Mar 13, 1998, hydro-power plant in Quebec collapsed.

Eclipse Activity: 5 Eclipses in 1998, Total Solar Eclipse on Feb. 26, 1998

3d Outbreak, 29 illnesses, in 10 states but half were in NY, Cargill turkey, ready to eat turkey.
May 17, 2000, last case reported Nov. 26, 2000

Sun 28 Taurus; Moon Scorpio; NN 28 Cancer; Merucuy 8 Gemini; Venus 21 Taurus; Mars 10 Gemini; Jupiter 21 Taurus; Saturn 22 Taurus

This was the month that there was a huge line up of planets in Taurus. Jupiter c. Saturn reflects chart of victim Juanita Gomez.

Solar Activity: July 14, 2000 X5 Class Flare

Eclipses: 6 Eclipses in 2000. 2 Total Lunar Eclipses on Jan 21, 2000 and on July 16, 2000.

4th Outbreak

June 2008 in a nursing home in Toronto, Canada. Ready to eat Corned Beef, Maple Leaf Foods. 57 cases, 23 deaths.

Neptune c. Chiron c. NN Aquarius
Pluto 1 Capricorn; Saturn 2 Virgo

Solar Activity: Nothing?

Eclipses: 2008 had 4 Eclipses. One Total Solar Eclipse on Feb. 21, 2008 and one total Lunar Eclipse on Aug. 1, 2008.

Between Oct. 19 - Nov. 5, 2003 biggest flare ever, radio blackout on Nov. 4, 2003

5th Outbreak

July 29, 2010 - Sept. 10, 2010 Cantaloupe poisoned. From Jensen Farm in Holly, Colorado

Sun 7 Leo; Moon Cancer/Leo; NN 22 Sagittarius

Mars 27 Gemini c. SN 22 Gemini
Mercury 1 Virgo opposite Neptune 1 Pisces Rx-Chiron 5 Pisces

Solar Activity: August 4 for about a week?, 2011

Eclipse: 2011 has 6 Eclipses with 2 Total Lunar Eclipses: June 15 and Dec. 10. The partial Solar on Nov. 25 and the Total Lunar on Dec. 10 have Mars-Moon squares.

When the June 15 Total Lunar Eclipse is set for Holly Colorado I think we get 13 Libra Rising with Saturn in conjunction at 11 Libra. The t-square between Saturn opposite Uranus 5 Aries (H6) and Pluto 7 Capricorn (H3) is very significantly placed on the angles, a social element. The 3d and 9th Houses contain the Eclipse planets Sun 25 Gemini opposing Moon 25 Sagittarius and the Nodal Axis NN 24 Sagittarius (H3). The Sun is in conjunction with Mercury 28 Gemini. Pluto-Moon-NN literally says "Death" "Food" "Destiny" in the 3d house. There are too many ways to read this. Things involving cars and vehicles and drivers would certainly be indicated.

Fall Equinox chart has a conjunction of Moon-Mars in Leo which repeats the challenging Moon-Mars theme.

http://www.foodpoisonjournal.com/foodborne-illness-outbreaks/2nd-and-3rd-listeria-lawsuits-to-be-filed-in-colorado-and-texas/

Ursus Wehrli

2011-09-27T14:38:00.000-07:00

The idea of cleanliness and order do not go hand in hand with the traditional modern idea of creating art. (I know, traditional and modern are not supposed to go together to describe the same thing, but we are in a time of transition right now).

A new artist gives us a new slant, however.

Swiss photographer and comedian and performance artist Ursus Wehrli has published a new book in which he photographs old art cleaned up and set up to look orderly.

I was hoping things would line up perfectly in a Virgonian kind of way and Wehrli would turn out to be a Virgo, the sign most connected with cleanliness and obsessive compulsive disorder. Well, he's just coming off of a 30 year progression through that sign, so I was close.

If the date I've found is correct Wehrli turns out to be a Leo Sunp maybe even was born on a Leo New Moon. That means that he's more of an artist than anything else. Leo is the creative sign. Photography can't exist without light and who provides better light than a person with his Sun in the sign which it rules?

Ursus Wehrli
b. maybe August 13, 1969

Sun 21 Leo; Moon Leo; NN 23 Pisces

Wehrli's natal chart is more telling. He was born in 1969 just after the big conjunction of Uranus-Pluto in Virgo. But his Virgo in this chart, assuming the date is correct, shows Pluto within one degree conjunction of the Virgo South Node. Pluto is the other ruler of obsessive compulsive disorder. This guy is channeling one wiggy past life right now.

Check it out. This guy was born to make all of us want to be obsessive compulsives. Throw out the meds and join the party.

Wehrli's progressed chart is really incredible for showing big changes going on in his life right now, possibly connected with achieving Fame. Three of his planets have changed signs by progression (secondary).

His progressed Sun is on the AP at 2 Libra so it's just spent the last 30 years dealing with public hygiene-organizational compulsions issues in the sign of Virgo. This great gift is coming to the public attention on the Aries Point.

His progressed Venus has just moved in to the sign of Virgo at 2 degrees. So his art (Venus) is all about things Virgonian. Cleanliness is just the punchbowl at the beginning of the party. This guy is probably going to get totally John Cagian on us, maybe a little Buddha party as well.

Progressed Mars (creative spark, self will) is at 3 Capricorn, also just past the Aries Point. That's seriously good for career.

And his progressed Mercury (communication style) is at 12 Libra and went Rx back around 2003-4 or so. He's thinking and rethinking how to mediate what is balance and harmony.

Fall Equinox Fall 2011

2011-09-23T16:04:00.000-07:00

Happy Equinox. It's getting dark early. You are getting sleepy. Actually, according to this chart you're too psycho to fall asleep, but what do I know?

The chart for Washington, DC which is supposed to explain all things United States of America for the next 3 months:

Sept. 23, 2011 5:14 Washington DC
Sun 1 Libra (H1); Moon 5 Leo (H11); ASC 12 Virgo; MC 9 Gemini; NN 19 Sagittarius Rx

There are a couple of indicators that things will be volatile and will occur on split notice. There's a Sun-Uranus opposition from Libra to Aries. That's the Aries Points. So that shows oppositions or needs to balance ego with group, resources involving taking risks and showing off with handling unexpected surprises within a group of strangers. Probably more interest in dealing with strangers than with individuals.

There is a Moon-Mars conjunction which is extremely volatile emotionally. Moon = the Public, adoring or not. Mars is impulsive, spark. Together they can be reactive and raging. This conjunction is in the 11th House. That's points back at the Uranus influence of the Sun.

Fall Equinox is always ruled by a Libra Sun, of course, and this may actually show ability to balance and harmonize and use these impulsive influences for good. With Virgo rising the chart is also ruled by Mercury and Mercury is placed very prominently here in the 1st House, conjunct the Sun, and in its own sign at 25 Virgo. Virgo is earthy, practical and shy and may also guide the flamboyant emotional influences usefully.

There are no planets in Water in this chart which shows a need to compensate. Either people will be super callous or super sensitive. Who knows which. And it looks like water, overabundance and drought are heavy in the Weather news.

Sun-Uranus and Moon-Mars in Leo are extremely creative influences. In this chart they hook into each other in a happy way because Moon-Mars is trining Uranus.

One only hopes this will pan out well because in the California Equinox chart which occurs 3 hours earlier the Moon-Mars conjunction is right on the Ascendant. This means that Leo is Rising and the Sun rules the chart. It looks like, if there's anything to astrology something significant will happen to the country through California.

Something to do with angry people, fire and water. A recent study was published which shows that the tap Water here is everything I have been saying that it is. And that is that the Sewer is coming out through the taps. I read it in a Science Magazine at a laundromat last night: www.sciencenews.org, "Cracked sewers link fecal germs" by Janet Raloff. Thank you so much Janet Raloff, you are my Magic Science Writer Best Friend. The sewers in Wisconsin are just as messed up. We don't know about the rest of the country. Anyway, California is agricultural so we have all kinds of chemicals in our water that probably Wisconsin doesn't have. Don't know. I didn't really like Wisconsin much.

Anyway, I also read in an internet article that people who drink Diet Coke are 48 percent more likely to have a stroke. That's probably why all these thin movie stars and news casters are having seizures during their presentations. It's the Diet Coke and the Neurontin which is probably still in the water from when my shrink prescribed it to everyone whether they needed it or not just because the company was treating her to all kinds of free week end trips to Hawaii.

What better Equinox to have a stroke under than one with a Moon-Mars conjunction on the Ascendant (ASC rules the head)?

I've also just read that people who wash their hands 4 times a day have much less fire retardant in their systems than people with less compulsive hygiene. Maybe the stuff acts as an embalming fluid or something and will save your loved ones dollars at the check out, if you know what I mean.

The California Equinox chart has 4 planets in the 3d house of communications, siblings, and neighborhoods. People want community, but they want their community. I for example am pretty sure that I don't want to smell anyone cooking curry because that smell doesn't evaporate, it just sticks. It also shows a lot of stupid gossipy people standing around water coolers. And cars and telephones. And young school kids who cough a lot.

The new iphone is coming out soon. Smart phones are great tools for gang stalkers. They can communicate with each other about your whereabouts 24/7. And then follow you around in their cars. So when you park they can then vandalize your car. Yay! And Homeland Security can hire all kinds of guys to hack your computer. And mafias worldwide can send all kinds of guys to do their own surveillance using whatever wifi hotspots you use. Yay again!

Saturn is in H2 of the Washington DC chart and is conjunct the IC of the California Equinox chart. So that shows crumbling old banks and crumbling old infrastructure.

Which reminds me of the police. You might want to stay away from them if you live in California. Pluto in Capricorn is on the H6 cusp. They will be a little power trippy. Pluto is in the 4th House for Washington so we're still standing in quick sand with enemies standing on the sidelines laughing their heads off.

So listen to me right now. Practice saying "What's the matter Mr./Ms. Police Officer? Can I help you sir/maam?"

Neptune-Chiron is in the 8th House of the California chart. I'm not going to go there. It is, shall I say, very creative. If you have a big ego and know someone with an original idea you will probably get away with taking credit for it and going on to achieve fame. This is the house where plagiarism begins. You will be a scum bag but as long as you don't feel guilt you can get away with it. Trust me, I had a step-family and know what people are capable of.

The Astrolocality chart for the Fall Equinox for Washington DC has Moon and Mars lines running through California, All ends of it. And the astrolocality chart for California has Moon-Mars lines running through Washington! So it certainly looks as if there is a Moon-Mars element to California. If you're Bipolar it would be a great time to move here.

There's million ways to interpret. My first one is always negative of course, in terms of the volatility and violence element. Wherever Jerry Brown goes, violence is sure to follow. Probably upsets him a bit because he's worked so hard to seek peace in his life, but the Dude's an Aries so he's got to deal with a really big shadow in that regard I guess.

This is such a strong "birth" chart with Moon and Mars, rulers of babies and infants and heads, that maybe something incredible will start here. Once half of the population has been poisoned by the aging water infrastructure that is. Or murdered by certain somebodies who are demanding their "rights". With Neptune in the 8th House of finance maybe the Mexican Drug cartels will take over the insurance companies. Or maybe Bank of America will go bankrupt.

It looks like fevers, and issues with public health might be a concern, but that might just be me going on about the underground plumbing again.

So I decided to look up more information about the Moon and Mars influences over the next few months.

There will be a partial Solar Eclipse on
Nov. 25, 2011 (didn't write down the time)

Sun 3 Sagittarius; Moon 3 Sagittarius; NN 15 Sagittarius; G
Grand Square between Mars 7 Virgo (H12) trine Jupiter 2 Taurus (H8) trine Pluto 7 Capricorn (H4)

Then there will be another Total Lunar Eclipse which repeats the Moon-Mars influence on California again for the entire country.

Total LUnar Eclipse
Dec. 10, 2011 10:36 am New York, NY

Sun 19 Sagittarius; Moon 19 Gemini; NN 15 Sagittarius; ASC 23 Capricorn;

The Moon-Sun Full Moon squares Mars 14 Virgo.
Uranus will be stationing Direct at 1 Aries.

Then I looked at Richard Nolle's sight to see if there will be any SuperMoons and there won't be unless I mis-read the charts which is likely.

Then I read Richard Nolle's predictions about Moon and Mars and the Mars activity looks pretty active.

astropro.com/forecast/predict/2011-all.html

Every 2 years there's a Mars Max period. This year it starts on Oct. 28, 2011. Mars will be at 24 Leo squaring Mercury-Venus at 24-25 Scorpio. That could suck for the markets. I don't like to see Mercury-Venus conjunctions in October.

Mars 24 Leo will also be opposing Neptune 29 Aquarius.

Nolle's "Mars Max" cycle will last fromOct. 2011-July 2012. You can read about what that means over at his site.

Mars will SRx on January 24, 2012. This is the beginning of its Synodic Cycle which means that probably somebody very smart will be born who will be an early success in life, kind of like Mark Zukerberg. The Synodic Cycle is when Mars RX is opposing the Sun. This one will occur on Mar. 3, 2012 so people with significant parts of their charts at mid-Mutable will be under the influence, so to speak. Venus will be in conjunction with Uranus in Aries.

Mars will Sdirect on April 14.

Mars Rx happens once every two years so it's fairly common.

Saturn moving into Scorpio might make the Hayward Fault angry. I seem to remember that many of the larger earthquakes occur when a major outer planet is at mid-Scorpio so that would be in about 1.5 years. It wouldn't take a big earthquake to totally decimate the place. Saturn and Pluto at this point will be in mutual reception and that's a fairly ugly idea. It can show creative determination to be creative and as long as there is inspiration that's great. Maybe lots of fashion models will be born next year as well, good bones. That's a great combination for becoming anorexic. Watch your knees.

Saturn will enter Scorpio while opposing Jupiter 4 Taurus.

So that looks earthquakey although I don't think that Eclipses are predictably associated with earthquakes. The Sun-Moon and Mars lines for this Eclipse run through Southern California.

Show and Tell and the Sagittarius nn

2011-09-21T11:26:00.000-07:00

Story that illustrates the transit of the Sagittarius/gemini nodal axis. A kindergartner brought his mom's drug paraphernalia to class to share with the other kids. His 32 year old mother was then arrested and later released on bail.

http://news.yahoo.com/kindergartener-brings-crack-pipe-meth-show-tell-202314001.html.

Gemini and Sagittarius are all about communication and schooling. This year is just made for interesting show and tells. The kids are going to be learning all kinds of things. So are the teachers. And, uh, hopefully the parents. A kindergartner is usually having his first nodal square which happens right before the 5th birthday. This little boy was probably born with a Virgo nn. What better sign to help mama figure out that she would benefit from rehab than a little sharing session from her adoring son?

Too bad it doesn't really work that way. The nodal axis transits in backward motion so it will soon move into Taurus and Scorpio, signs which are known for holding on to situations for good or bad. Mom will probably go to rehab this year and meet someone who introduces her to an even worse recreation.

CChildren go through a major stage of development every 5th year of childhood which seems to equal the first challenging aspects of their nodal axis cycle. The Gesselle institute wrote that children actually seem to plateau at a level of security in their personality development. They literally call the ages of 5 and 10 "nodal points" in stages of development.

Who's My Mummy?

2011-09-19T20:29:00.000-07:00

Okay, so that's a cliche title for this post but, hey, talk about returning to the womb. There's a bunch of 5000 year cycles. The Mayans had a 5,200 year cycle which is going to end next year. There are 4 ages of 1250 which adds up to 4800 years, maybe, maybe not depending on whether or not I can do math. Scientists have all kinds of theories about cycles and the tides. Here's a bunch. I can't read it because of all the techno verbage but maybe somebody else can. It's looks like astrology to me but don't tell the scientists that.

Then there's the German couple who went hiking in the Italian Alps 20 years ago and found what they thought was the body of a dead hiker. Turns out the body was 5000 years old and very well preserved.

They found the body

Sept. 19, 1991 Alps of Italy

Sun 26 Virgo; Moon Capricorn or Aquarius; NN 16 Capricorn. This was in trine to Mercury in Virgo. Mercury in Gemini rules Hikers. I guess Mercury in Virgo rules Hikers who find Mummies.

The Sun was squaring the Galactic Center. That's kind of trippy but it happens pretty often, 4x a year.

Neptune and Uranus were in conjunction with the North Node in Capricorn. Uranus stationed direct that day. Capricorn rules all things old and, well, remarkably well preserved. It always helps to have a lot of earth in your chart, it just means that you're in sync with the dirt and the gravitational pull and the red hot magma in the center.

Pluto was in his own sign, Scorpio. A little phoenix rising up out of the ashes kind of thing from old Italian Mummies.

Saturn was at 1 Aquarius Rx.

This means that Saturn and Uranus were in mutual reception in each others' signs. Out with the old and in with the new, or, whoops, forget those rules: Here's something really, really old that you've never seen before.

Aquarius is related to history because he rules cycles and circulatory systems and surprising finds up in the Alps. Can you imagine listening to 5000 years of nothing but yodeling? I can't think of anything worse, no offense, Astrodienst.

Season of Big Earthquakes

2011-09-19T17:01:00.000-07:00

There have been what seems like an extremely large amount of big earthquakes this year. I'm talking about earthquakes over 6.0 on Richter Scale which is big. Honshu Japan just can't seem to settle down. Please pray for those people. I personally think we should give them a third of the coast of California and get them the hell out of there.

I looked at 7 earthquakes which have occurred over the last week. These earthquakes all have a Grand Earth Trine between Mercury in Virgo, Jupiter in Taurus, Pluto in Capricorn.

What's really interesting is that the placement of Saturn, Uranus and Pluto sticks so close to the angles in the charts. Venus has been in opposition to Uranus while Mars trines it and these two planets rule the charts of 5 out of the 7 charts through the signs of Aries and Libra. One chart has Virgo Rising and one has Pisces Rising. Mercury is generally very prominently placed in earthquake charts. Neptune rules its opposite sign. I don't know enough about astrology of weather, but Neptune/Pisces is strongly related to the ideas of Chaos and of having to surrender to something bigger than one's self. The Weather is in that category. Well, not in California so far, knock on wood. That might change as the next eclipse set might bring something bad. And when Saturn moves into Scorpio and is in mutual reception with Pluto even the sunshine state might have a little Lord of the Rings situation to work through. We're moving into Sun in Libra which is bad for the Bay Area. Southern California might get a big earthquake if triggered by the Eclipses in Dec/Jan. I think I read that a Volcano is in the process of erupting somewhere.

So, the charts of major earthquakes in the last week -- signs which were rising approximately, I didn't use exact locations so give orbs a little leeway:

2 in Aries
3 in Libra
1 in Virgo
1 in Pisces

4 of the Earthquakes have Moon in Aries which means that the Moon is in mutual reception with Mars at end of Cancer, very volatile. This means that the Moon and Mars while triggering each other are also triggering the outer planets Uranus, Pluto, Saturn in Cardinal Signs (and, as I said, close to the angles at the times of the earthquakes.

6.1 9/14/2011 18:10 UTC, 9:10 am LT, Attu, Alaska.
Sun 22 Virgo (H12); Moon 18 Aries (H7); ASC 2 Libra; MC 2 Cancer; NN 19 Sagittarius RX

Saturn 17 Libra (H1) Pluto 5 Cap c. IC 2 Cap; Uranus 4 Aries c. DESc 2 Aries
Venus 30 Virgo opp. Uranus
Mars 28 Cancer (H10) trine Uranus

6.0 9/15/2011 7:53 UTC, 7:53 pm LT L'Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand

Sun 23 Virgo (H7); Moon 25 Aries (H2); ASC 6 Pisces; MC 16 Sagittarius; NN 19 sagittarius

Saturn 17 Libra (H7); Pluto 5 Capricorn (H7) Uranus 4 Aries Rx (H1)

Ruler Neptune (in Aquarius) conjunct ASC along with Chiron

6.2 9/15/2011

Oh, forget it. I'm bored. Look this shit up yourself. I don't even like Astrologers, (except for the ones in San Diego).

Dakota Meyer at the Bridge

2011-09-17T16:16:00.000-07:00

Back in college I decided to major in Classics for awhile. Problem with that was comprehension. The Greeks and the Romans were smart folks and I didn't really have all the brain power necessary to absorb all that creativity. From all the boring penguin editions that I read from I can only remember two anecdotes.

Herodotus was actually fun (at times) even when he was talking about Generals of Armies and things. He invented the idea of History by writing down all the mythology and stories about the culture in which he lived. There was no pressure to be accurate at that point and sometimes he is called the Father of Lies for his tendency to include fabrications and fantastic stories that nobody believes.

Among the most boring historian on earth had to have been Livy who lived in ancient Rome. He was dry and long-winded and probably pretty accurate in his tellings. Livy wrote many many many many Penguin Editions. After a while I realized that it was a waste of time for me to read him because I could not remember anything he wrote. Except for one story -- that of Horatio at the Bridge.

At this point, it's about 30 years later so I've got all the details mixed up about Horatio. What I do remember is that the story of Horatio was so out of character for Livy and seemed so unreal that we all just guffawed at it in class. Where the hell did Livy get off including this unbelievable story in his assemblage of mass and accurate detail?

From what I remember Horatio was a Roman warrior who was defending a bridge, a key transport route down to Rome. He spent hours maybe days fending off a bunch of grinning blue eyed Aryans who I seem to remember had just crossed the Alps on the backs of Elephants. Hmm, maybe the elephants were part of another story about Persians, sorry. Anyway, the Aryans were big and brash, you know, basic German tourists, but in this case they were out to sack Rome so probably carrying spears and rocks. By himself Horatio killed them all, however many there were. We all laughed about how Livy must have been on acid that day. Or that he was channeling Hercules who was a myth and didn't exist. Who could believe this story?

So, where was I? Oh yeah. The War in Afghanistan.

On Thursday President Obama awarded the highest medal possible to an ex-Marine named Dakota Meyer. Dakota defied his superiors' orders because his entire group of friends were caught in battle and were calling for help. The superiors denied the help.

Certain unnamed soldiers in command will supposedly lose their rankings/jobs for incompetence demonstrated that day. Meyer and another soldier, Juan Rodriguez-Chavez, should not even have had to do what they did if their superiors had been competent. The names of these guys are left out of the articles, but I think it's important because it looks to me as if there were issues with giving proper attention to where it is due. There were mix-ups. Mercury was stationing Retrograde.

While receiving his medal Meyer said that it seems unbelievable to receive so much attention for what had been the worst day of his life. Would be interesting to see his entire chart but if the date provided on Wikipedia is true then I could see how Meyer's life could unfold in this way. I actually remember the Greek concept of kalon-kakon, situations which is both a Blessing and a curse occurring at the same time.

I don't have Rodriquez-Chavez' birthday so I'm not going to discuss his astrology. He was given the second highest award that the Navy honors its heroes along with another officer, Ademola Fabayo. I've included a link to an interview with Fabayo the day after the battle down below which explains what happened from his point of view. He provides the timing for the battle which is important astrologically.

First thing astrologers will look at here is that Mercury was stationing Retrograde at 7 Libra in the 1st house right as this battle began. Mercury rules the Virgo rising. Mercury rules communications. Retrogrades indicate a time when Mercury's motion is seen from earth as moving backwards so in traditional astrology communications are said to break down more than usual. What it means is that Mercury spends an extra long time in one sign and there's no feeling of moving forward and smoothly.

There was a Sun-Saturn conjunction almost exactly on the Ascendant. Saturn rules cautionary actions, or stoppages altogether. Saturn is so careful that often he won't help. He also rules authority and bosses.

Saturn was opposing Uranus 26 Pisces which was in the 7th House of partnerships. Pluto wasn't quite within orb of squaring either one of them but he was also angular in H4 and on the very important Aries Point at 1 Capricorn.

The outer planet t-square aspect of these 3 planets has been going in and out of orb for the last two years-plus. It is considered a very stressful, life changing configuration. Lots of divorces, lots of market crashes, lots of earthquakes and floods (especially with Uranus and Neptune where they are). Lots of the types of changes that people don't handle very well.

This t-square describes the event pretty well. Saturn represents authority. Sun represents Military. Along with the Sun represents authority in the military. Placed in Virgo there might not be great leadership. Pluto in the 4th House represents spying, espionage, betrayal, death, an environment like quicksand. Mars in Cancer during the fight just enhances this. Pluto in Saturn's sign right on the Aries point shows that there might be some destruction of military command. And then there's Uranus the Revolutionary. He's in the 7th House getting ready to defy orders in order to save his friends. The 7th House is also significant in diplomacy matters and in dealing with open enemies.

Mercury rules this chart through the Virgo Rising. Although Virgo doesn't like to lead he can often do just as much by working through the details. In this case, the soldiers had the mentality to discern that they would have to deal with the situation on their own because the leadership wasn't there. They just kept charging and charging and charging. When one jeep broke they brought in another one.

Sept. 8, 2009 5:30 am
Ganjgal, Kunar Province, Afghanistan (I don't have Ganjgal on program so used another town so chart I'm using isn't exactly accurate.)

Sun 16 Virgo (H1); Moon 25 Aries (H8); ASC 15 Virgo; MC 13 Gemini; NN 28 Capricorn (H5)

I don't have the exact time that Meyer and Rodriquez-Chavez realized that they would have to act on their own. Time given is the beginning of gunfight according to the interview with Ademola Fabayo (url given at bottom). The current articles just say "before dawn."

When I read the first article about Dakota Meyer I just wanted to know what planets he's got in Scorpio. The Marines are all required to remember the birthdate of their corps which is November 10. It just seemed significant since the Marines are considered the hard core fighters who go in at the front lines. Scorpios don't necessarily like a crisis but they tend to be good at dealing with them because of their staying power.

It's pretty interesting that the only other Marine to receive this medal had the same birthday as the Marines. He was Jason Lee Dunham, born Nov. 10, 1981. He died on Apr. 22, 2004, 8 days after diving in to stick his helmet on top of a grenade to save his friends.

The story about how Dakota Meyer worked as the gunner while Rodriquez-Chavez drove the jeep is extraordinary, right out of Livy. These two ran 5 trips over a 6 hour period. Meyer jumped out of the jeep to drag the wounded back while the Taliban were shooting at them. Rodriquez-Garcia was driving the vehicle around to shield the wounded. As the gunner, Meyer was completely exposed. He killed 8 Taliban fighters, evacuated 12 wounded, provided cover for 24 Marines and soldiers (those number might not be exactly accurate).

Dakota Meyer
b. June 26, 1988 Greensburg, Kentucky (from Wiki)

Sun 6 Cancer; Moon Scorpio, Sadge if born very late at night; NN 18 Pisces

It looks as if Meyer is mostly ruled by Water with a Cancer Sun and a North Node (Life Path) in Pisces and probably a Scorpio Moon. Personally I'm amazed that with all that water he performed so well out in the middle of the desert. Maybe he really has a Fire Sagittarius Moon. The water does give him great psychic abilities to see through a situation. Maybe it made him more invisible to the enemy. Ernest Hemingway was a Cancer Sun so one sort of gets that sense in Dakota Meyer as well.

Meyer's chart is amazing to look at in connection with this event.

For one, he has Mars in conjunction with his North Node at 22 and 17 Pisces respectively. Mars is the Warrior of Astrology and the North Node represents the true direction of one's life path. They are combined here in Pisces which isn't often considered the boldest aspect for a soldier by typical Western Military standards. But Pisces has other methods. He is probably very useful in dealing with smoke screens, deception and people who rely on terrorism in order to get ahead. Mars represents speed, impulse, rashness. This squares his natal Venus Rx and Mercury in Gemini. This combines his mental and physical coordination with his basic loyalties to his comrades in a challenging but energized way.

Transiting Uranus (rebellion, groups, friends, shock, surprise, sudden events) is within conjunction with Meyer's natal Mars by 4 degrees on the day of the fight. Uranus rules one's friends and community who he was fighting (Mars) for. Also, Meyer's progressed Mars is at 2 Aries on this day. This is directly squaring not only the big outer planet t-square of the day but is also squaring a huge opposition from Sun-Chiron to SAturn-Uranus-Neptune that Meyer has in his chart right on the Aries POints (coming before the public).

Transiting Mars was also involved at 8 Cancer. So it was right over Meyer's natal Sun and opposing his natal Neptune 9 Capricorn. Pluto, the higher octave of Mars, was at 1 Capricorn opposing Mars and in conjunction with his natal Saturn-Uranus-Neptune.

His natal Sun is in conjunction with Chiron, 6 and 1 Cancer respectively, and are opposing Saturn-Uranus who are in conjunction on the same degree at 29 Sagittarius. Therefore, his natal chart, the transiting chart, and his progressed chart all meld together on the strongest points of the astrological wheel. Interesting that the conjunction of Saturn-Uranus plays out during the transiting opposition of these same planets, but this mirroring seems to happen quite a bit. Everyone born around the time that Meyer was born will have this conjunction but their inner planets might not trigger an event quite as significant.

Pluto (ruler of the Marines) is also important to look at here. Pluto is considered the higher octave of Mars and so is considered sort of a spiritual warrior. He represents the use of human will and instinct.

Meyer's natal chart has Pluto strong in its own sign of rulership at 10 Scorpio. Because Pluto spends so long in one sign this is true for everyone of his generation. Pluto is strong in his chart because it trines his natal Sun. His Sun also disposits to Pluto. And Pluto is the Lead Planet of a locomotive chart shape. (read about chart shapes at www.bobmarksastrologer.com/lessons).

There's so much more to look at here. I'm simply amazed and shocked by this story. I hope he goes on to study great ideas in College and to further learn how to use his great talents. President Obama shared a beer with him on the White House lawn and gave him some good advice to just take it slow. After the Trojan War Odysseus spent 20 years getting lost trying to make his way back home. Interesting how one must go on a second journey in order to unwind from the first journey.

The beginnings of the battle according to DianaWest.net was at 5:30 am. It seems that Dakota Meyer and Juan Rodriguez-Chavez must have defied orders after about 7:30 am at some point.

9/11 Birthdays

2011-09-11T22:57:00.000-07:00

Today is the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. This is still so painful to watch. I found an interesting story in USAToday about a woman named Dahlia Gruen of Boston, Massachusetts whose Birthday happens to be September 11. She was 10 years old when the tragedy happened and turned 20 this year. Dahlia and the other Virgos mentioned in the article spent years stuggling to celebrate their Birthdays because it is so associated with grief. Dahlia decided to do something about this. She's a Virgo afterall with Sun trining Uranus-Neptune in Capricorn. That would bestow great maturity and management abilities. So she created a website with her Father for these people to contact each other and celebrate with each other on such a complicated day.

The name of the website is birthdayspirit.org.

The name of the article is "Were you born on Sept. 11? Join the deeply conflicted club. Website helps 9/11 birthday folks commiserate -- and celebrate." by Maureen Linke.

It starts out with Dahlia describing her 10th Birthday:

"'I got home and saw my parents on the steps and I was excited, thinking they were home for my birthday,' say Gruen, now 19, of Boston. 'They sat me down and explained what had happened, and I began to realize my birthday wouldn't ever be the same.'"

I took a very quick look at the charts of the people mentioned in the article. They are all women but of different ages. The connections between their charts is really amazing. I concentrated on placements of Venus and the Sun as those are the planets which would be most connected with celebration. The Sun rules the sign of Leo which rules Celebrations. The Solar Return literally is a person's annual Birthday. Venus rules Love and enjoyment. Since all people born on this date with have the same placement of the Sun, looking at Venus's placement also gives a little more information.

For one, it just wasn't a good day for a celebration as the Sun at 19 Virgo was squaring a really difficult opposition between Saturn 15 Gemini and Pluto 13 Sagittarius-Chiron 24 Sagittarius. As far as Solar Returns go, this was the Solar Return from Hell. Saturn and Pluto are often considered the "Heavies" of the horoscope. When working together in difficult ways such as this they bring loss and grief. People who have these planets in combination in their charts are often very strong people because they have this knowledge "built into their spirits."

It turns out that all 4 women mentioned in the article have very strong Venus/Pluto connections. Pluto rules the sign of Scorpio which is connected with deep dark mysteries of life, like huge crises. (It also rules Sex and you know so it has it's good points). The whole reason Pluto exists is to give people richness and depth of spirit. Often he makes things complicated through crises. An old Tarot card teacher of mine said that usually Scorpios, people whose Sun is ruled by Pluto, never have to have dull lives because things just get thrown into their paths.

Two of the women, Dahlia and Barbara Lazar were very close to having their Venus Returns in Leo that year. Leo is ruled by the Sun which rules celebrations. Venus in Leos love to have their parties. They in particular would have been in the mood to enjoy their birthdays.

It's interesting also to see Venus Rx by progression in some of the charts. Dahlia was born with Venus Rx in Leo and it stationed direct about a year after she was born. Jennifer Sumner's Venus went Rx around 2004. These show some sort of in depth lessons on being and giving love in one's life.

Here are the birth dates along with a couple of notes. Hope I've calculated the years correctly. I'm feeling a little woozy so hope I've got everyone's name correct. There is a lot more to study here but for today I think we need to just pay attention to the planets associated with having a party. Hope everybody on the website has blown out all the candles on their cakes this year and will see all their wishes fulfilled this year.

Dahlia Gruen
b. Sept. 11, 1991 (Boston MA?)

Sun 18 Virgo; Venus 22 Leo Rx

Venus squares n. Pluto 19 Scorpio

At Age 10 would have been going through her first Nodal Axis opposition, an aspect associated with the life path and feeling that one's world is turned upside down. This year she has just completed her Nodal Return which is a time of finding one's life path.

Jennifer Sumner
b. Sept. 11, 1962 (Montgomery, Alabama?)

Sun 19 Virgo; Venus 5 Scorpio conjunct Neptune 12 Scorpio squaring NN 7 Leo Rx and Saturn 6 Aquarius.

Venus is not in aspect with Pluto but is in his sign in the challenging t-square listed above.

Jennifer was 39 in 2001. Her natal chart has a strong opposition between Uranus and Pluto in Virgo which opposes Jupiter-Chiron in Pisces. This shows a lot of outer planet transit activity as it hooks into the big transits that day. Outer planets show activities that are felt by many people. Most people born in the mid 60s would have been hooked into this shift of having a huge world order shift.

Brenda Warwood
b. Sept. 11, 1958 Brentwood, Tennessee

Sun 19 Virgo; Venus 3 Virgo.

Brenda's Venus is conjunct Pluto 3 Virgo and Mercury 1 Virgo.

At Age 42 Brenda had just completed the 2 big outer planet transits of that age, the Uranus opposition and the Neptune square.

On an even bigger scale, she has a natal Sun-Saturn square (Sun square Saturn 20 Sagittarius) which was getting hit by the Sun-Saturn-Pluto-chiron transit of the day.

Barbara Lazer
b. Sept. 11, 1953 Pittsburgh, PA

Sun 19 Virgo; Venus 15 Leo

Barbara's Venus is conjunct Pluto 22 Leo and Mars 29 Leo.

At Age 48 Barbara would have just completed her 4th Jupiter Return. Wouldn't you know? Her natal Jupiter is at 25 Gemini. It squares her natal Sun-Mercury and trines a natal Saturn-Neptune conjunction 24-25 Libra which is possibly in conjunction with her Moon.

Grieve the Pressure

2011-09-08T13:35:00.000-07:00

No astrology.

Goes better with the music

Which is an album called

Scary World Theory

By

Lali Puna

"what's the reason to complain?

It's all been candy cream

Really smooth and clean forever

Battles seemed so far away

Never felt the pain.

Then one day it came a little.

Realize your fate.

Shut it down

And grieve the pain.

What's the reason to complain?

It's all been candy cream

Really smooth forever.

And grove the pressure

Gasline Explosion Cupertino, CA

2011-09-06T16:06:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday there was another gas line explosion in the South Bay town of Cupertino, CA. This occurred a year almost to the day after the disastrous explosion in San Bruno about 30 miles north in the San Francisco Bay Area. It seems that perhaps underground pipes could be more vulnerable at this time of year. It's certainly interesting that sun ( heat, fire) in Virgo is in the sign opposite Pisces which rules gas and oil and leaks. What's also interesting are the amazing other coincidences between the two charts. Both charts have moon conjunct Saturn in libra. They also have neptune in Aquarius on an angle in conjunction with Chiron.

This gas line explosion was much kinder to the neighborhood than the San Bruno explosion was. The local news was already making stories about the aftermath of the tragedy. The real story would have been if they had covered the problem a few years ago.

The Cupertino townhouse is destroyed but no one was hurt or died. The owner had just left about 15 minutes before. Her dog was home and ran under the bed and has been treated for smoke inhalation. Thank God for the Fire Brigade who no doubt arrived just in time.

The explosion began in the garage. PG&E has discovered 7 leaks in the plastic Aldyl-A piping which was laid in the early 1970s. This type of plastic piping is known to become very brittle when laid into certain conditions (read the article linked to down below).

Story: http://www.orovillemr.com/news/ci_18814074.

Explosion Cupertino Townhome, Dog and Owner Survive
Aug. 31, 2011 12:25 pm Cupertino, CA Wednesday

Sun 9 Virgo (H10); Moon 16 Libra (H11); ASC 18 Scorpio; MC 27 Leo; NN 20 Sagittarius

Pipes laid in the ground are ruled by 4th House. Neptune rules Gas. Neptune 30 Aquarius Rx is conjunct the IC of this chart. This same conjunction was conjunct the ASC in the San Bruno explosion. Aquarius perhaps is good to observe here because Aquarius represents sudden unexplained events and circulatory systems, even pipelines. It also rules innovation so perhaps some Bay Area Tech genius will turn his brains over to developing a better idea with regards to plumbing.

Also, amazingly, similar to the San Bruno explosion are the Moon-Saturn conjunctions. They are both in the same sign of Libra. Moon is conjunct Saturn at 16 Libra to the degree in the Cupertino Explosion. Moon is at 11 Libra conjunct Saturn 6 Libra in the San Bruno explosion. The Moon seems to trigger the Cardinal Sign problems which have shown up in infrastructure problems. Moon also rules plumbing and flow and drainage and all things 4th House.

Mars is placed in Cardinal Signs in both charts as well. In the San Bruno explosion it was at 27 Libra. In the Cupertino explosion it is at 19 Cancer.

Neptune-IC is apex of a Thor's Hammer to a conjunction of Moon to Saturn to the degree at 16 Libra (H11). This conjunction is squaring Mars 19 Cancer (H8). (I still don't have a clue what a Thor's Hammer means except that it's a triangle figure made out of only stressful aspects. Two semi or sesqui-squares are held together by a square.)

Moon-Mars squares are volatile trigger aspects. This square is expanded out and connects in with Saturn-Neptune. Their connections to Saturn and Neptune in this triangle of only challenging aspects must in some way show leaks and things that wear out. Saturn is literally connected with the term brittle which is how the pipes are described. The square taking place from H8 to H11 echoes the energy of the crisis thinking of the current square between Uranus and Pluto which are rulers of those houses.

The Good News is the Grand trine here. The situation was contained. Sun 9 Virgo-Venus 13 Virgo (H10) trine Pluto 5 Capricorn (H2) trine Jupiter 11 Taurus (H6). The owner and her amazing dog have survived. The Jupiter (Luck) in H6 of pets works out nicely here. I hope the little pooch is healing. No planets were traveling out of bounds in the Cupertino chart. So perhaps this explains how the problem was contained to the one house. The plumbing/sewer pipes are also probably are a mess as well.

Although nobody feels it at this time, it's great that people are becoming aware of the hazardous conditions that they are living in and can perhaps avoid another disaster which is inevitable unfortunately.

Deaths at Yosemite this Summer Related to Eclipses?

2011-09-06T14:02:00.000-07:00

Yosemite is having a rough Summer. There have been a larger than average number of deaths since the park opened last May.

There have been a total of 17 deaths at Yosemite this Summer (actually now 18, heard of another one on the news this week-end). 5 deaths were due to natural causes, 12 were due to accidents like falls and drownings.

Last year's death toll was on the high end of what is normal so it looks like the Park is feeling the pain of the big Cardinal Sign t-square of outer planets. I read somewhere (sorry, forget to get a source url) that National Parks on the whole are experiencing a drop in deaths. Maybe people just aren't traveling very much because of the high cost of gasoline.

California has a higher than average water/rainfall level this year and the wetness is thought to be a major factor in why hikers are slipping and falling on the rocks. I read somewhere that Governor Brown went to visit the park and once he saw the antics that some of the victims were trying to do he just said "No wonder." Guess this is not the year to take that super awesome snap of your best dude's g-f- standing at the top of the waterfall. Because when she falls, he's going to grab her and fall and then you're going in too. And then the water is going to eat you. Get a long lens for your camera and take up an in interest in birdwatching for christ's sake.

There's no mention of whether Suicide counts as a natural or unnatural death. I suppose that decision depends on one's religiosity. With Neptune strong this Summer in its own sign we have to not overlook this. I tend to think that Neptune is related to suicidal ideation, not always completed acts but I think that most astrologers assign it full on rulership of such subject matter.

The accidents are thought to be very high this year because storms brought a lot more rain. The deaths are most related to hikers slipping on wet rocks or drownings. With Neptune, ruler of drownings, just having passed into its own sign of Pisces this makes sense from an astrological perspective. But, as I said, deaths in most National Parks have been lower than normal.

Neptune's energy is very strong right now and for about the next 13 years as he has just entered his own sign of Pisces. Neptune rules drowning, gobs of water, and photography. He also sort of rules klutzes, well, along with Jupiter (in traditional astrology Jupiter rules both Sagittarius and Pisces so they do sort of share this energy). In modern astrology, Jupiter rules lucky klutzes. They generally land on their feet. When you hear a surfer screaming "Awesome Dude" you know he's getting in touch with his inner Jupiter. On the other hand, Neptune rules self undoing types of klutzes. These guys have to meditate a lot in order to get their spirits on track.

I decided to try to look at the dates of some of the accidental deaths to see if anything stood out. We had a pretty harsh looking Summer Solstice on June 21 and a set of 3 Eclipses from June 1 to July 1, one of them being a total Lunar Eclipse on June 15.

When the Total Lunar Eclipse (dates for all 3 Eclipses down below) chart is set for Yosemite the Nodal Axis lies right over the top and bottom angles of the chart. That's the IC and the MC or Midheaven. Mercury, ruler of hikers, is conjunct the Sun and the South Node which it rules. So, visually the chart looks like there might be some sort of fall involved.

Mercury is also out of bounds for both the Total Lunar Eclipse and the Summer Solstice charts.

With Moon in Sagittarius in conjunction with the Sagittarius North Node and the IC, maybe I was a bit ahead of myself saying that Sagittarius/Jupiter types get all the luck. Maybe not so much at a place called Half Dome which is ruled by the Moon. (Subject of famous Ansel Adams photographs).

Definitely it looks as if the Saturn-Uranus-Pluto t-square has something to do with these tragedies. This is a long transit which has been phasing in and out of transit for almost the last two years. A t-square is a difficult aspect. Because these 3 planets have been on sensitive points of the astrological wheel, at the beginnings of the Cardinal Signs their difficult aspect to each other intensifies their negative sides. Saturn rules Old Age, Caution, Slowness, Falls, Bones. Uranus rules Crises that occur suddenly and unexpectedly, accidents of course, and going out and doing things with your buddies. Pluto rules crises in general, and death in general, and Nature's deep urges, you know: Sex, Death, and, uh, can't explain this one, Taxes.

So one can see how if combined in a big difficult aspect together they can be very destructive. Yosemite had a high number of deaths last year as well. I believe it was 15 which is considered the high end of normal for them. Ugh, some vacation. Give me the tea cup ride at Disneyland any old day.

The deaths seem to have happened in twos and threes. Sometimes they involve friends (Uranus) and sometimes they involve Strangers (Uranus).

The park opened at the middle of May and on May 16 two hikers died.

This happens to have been right before a Scorpio Full Moon which squared Neptune. The Moon was moving fast so perhaps this means that people's reactions are a bit too slow. Perhaps this messes up physical coordination.

Mars which indicates recklessness has been traveling fast. I don't know enough about its speeds to know if this is significant in creating accidents, but it is now slowing down. Funny how prominent Venus is in these charts in conjunction with the Sun for much of the Summer. Meanwhile reckless Mars sort of doesn't stand out in the charts, at least to me.

There is a killer of an Eclipse coming up on Dec. 10 but I haven't looked at it in connection with any specific places. It could indicate either an earthquake or a rebellion in Southern California, at least as seen from a National perspective.

I am concentrating here on the accidents and haven't been able to locate all who died. I can't find information on the people who died from natural causes so they aren't included.

May 16, 2011

Texas professor slipped and fell into Merced River, drowned 11:30 am
Kent Butler, Austin, TX, Age 60

afternoon Berkeley man, James Dunbar, 35, found afternoon

died head injury

In the middle of June two more hikers died.

On Saturday June 13 3:40 pm Manoi Kumar, Age 40, of San Rafael, CA fell off of Half Dome in the middle of a hailstorm.

On Sunday, 23 year old Christopher Hale of Gainesville, FLA was reported missing. His body was found Monday, June 16.

The Moon was once again in Scorpio and was once again not only approaching a Full Moon but a Total Lunar Eclipse.

I think that this Eclipse might be a main Astrological Reason for the bad Summer at Yosemite. Eclipses happen in sets of 2. Usually one Solar Eclipse and then a Lunar Eclipse, or the other way around, can't remember. Sometimes they come in 3's, though, as in this case.

The Moon, as I said was again in Scorpio, was again traveling fast.

Saturn was stationing direct which could indicate safety concerns or slow reactions?.

Solar Partial Eclipse
June 1, 2011 5:02 pm New York, NY, 2:02 pm Yosemite, CA

(Neptune SR on June 3).

Total Lunar Eclipse
June 15, 2011 4:13 pm New York, NY; 1:13 pm Yosemite, CA

Solar Partial Eclipse
July 1, 2011 4:53 am New York, NY; 1:53 am Yosemite, CA

The Lunar Eclipse here shows the whole story.

The Sun 25 Gemini is conjunct the South Node 24 Gemini and Mercury, ruler of Gemini. And this opposes the Moon 25 Sagittarius-NN 24 Sagittarius. This indicates things involving travel. Most of the victims have been from California so they seem to be under the influence of Gemini/Mercury which indicates local travel, now known as "Staycation."

When set for Yosemite locale the Nodal Axis with Sun-Mercury-SN-MC opposing Moon-NN, opposition falls across the IC/MC Axis.

These are the highest and lowest places on the Wheel called "angles." The Nodal Axis is often thought to indicate that an event will occur if it is involved with a major Light (which an Eclipse is) or an angle in the chart. This could mean that this location is probably going to be the center of more activity than other locations and this might indicate why Yosemite is such a disaster zone. Kind of strange because California overall is not suffering from all the extreme weather conditions that the rest of the country is. These activities could be related to end of life (IC) and, literally falls. The Midheaven is ruled by the Sign of Capricorn the Goat who is always climbing.

The Sun in this chart is conjunct Mercury, which rules walking and hiking. These are placed at the top of the chart.

The Saturn-Uranus-Pluto t-square is also placed with emphasis on this chart. It's in the angular houses with Pluto 6 Capricorn placed down at the bottom in the 4th House.

Pluto in H4 is sort of like having the rug pulled out from under you. It can show crises within the environment. Both planet (Pluto) and house (4) are rulers of certain aspects of death along with Neptune. Ask any Insurance Agent and they will tell you that most significant destruction is caused by water damage. I think they will say that, can't really say who told me that, maybe my Virgo older brother and in that case it's probably accurate information.

As I said, Neptune is very strong in its own sign but has been in conjunction with Chiron for the whole Summer, and last year pretty much as well (am not certain about that). Chiron is called the "Wounded Teacher/Healer." Along with his great teaching capabilities, he represents situations which we can't fix. Death is certainly included that category.

Mercury is important to look at here. He rules the South Node and was in conjunction with it during the Eclipse and Solstice. He stands out in those charts as most elevated planet. He is also out of bounds. Mercury rules Hikers and Walkers and local travel. Mercury is most elevated planet in the Eclipse chart in H10 and is out of bounds which shows a prominence of all things Mercurial, although I wouldn't have guessed this.

The Moon at 25 Sagittarius is one degree away from the Galactic Center as is the South Node at 24 Sagittarius. Moon conjunct South Node is a difficult placement as these energies compete for the shadow side of things.

Since this Eclipse chart basically covers most of California this chart might also indicate why there have been a much higher number of murders in the Bay Area as well.

Mercury represents anything having to do with kids and neighbors, siblings, aunts, uncles.

The Summer Solstice was then crammed in here and had a very drastic lineup of planets as the Sun was filling in the empty leg of the Saturn-Uranus-Pluto t-square. This "Grand Square was placed in the Fixed Houses so I don't really know if this could be considered a genuine influence. In this chart, however, Neptune is conjunct the Descendant along with Chiron and the Moon in Pisces. And Neptune rules the 8th House of death.

On June 29, two friends and employees who worked in an emergency room at a Hospital in L.A. died together. Dr. Gregory Meyer was pulled into raging water when his friend, Richard Fox fell in. Both perished. (Neptune rules Hospitals)

June 29, 2011 8 am Wednesday Wapama Falls bridge near Hetch Hetchy Reservoir

Two friends who worked together in Hospital ER in Whittier Ca. drowned.

Richard Fox, 53 of Hacienda Heights, slipped while crossing a bridge that was submerged in water. Dr. Gregory Meyer, Age 53 medical Dr. fell in trying to save him.

This is a couple of days before the July 1 Solar Eclipse (Partial) which was the beginning of a whole new Saros Cycle (check this).

The Sun 8 Cancer was filling in the empty leg of the big outer planet t-square and was opposing Pluto 7 Capricorn. This makes a Grand Cardinal Square which can be a very difficult aspect. Mercury 26 Cancer is unaspected.

At Age 53 both victims would have been close to their 2d Secondary Progressed Lunar Returns. Don't know exactly what significance that would have except to connect with the dire placement of the Sun in the Moon's sign at the time of their deaths.

On July 19, 2011 3 friends slipped on the rocks while trying to take photos. They had scrambled out past the barriers where they should have been. The Moon here is again traveling fast.

Mars was opposing Pluto which often indicates a time when more care must be taken not to be impulsive.

House 9 is loaded here: Uranus 4 Aries, Lilith 7 Aries, Jupiter 26 Aries, Venus 2 Taurus, Mercury 2 Taurus, Mars 5 Taurus c. 5 Taurus MC) Sun squares Neptune.

July 19, 2011 1:30 pm

Hormiz David of Modesto, Age 22 (Jupiter Return?)
Ninos Yacoub of Turlock, Age 27 (2d Progressed Lunar Return)
Ramina Badal of Modesto, Age 21 (1st Uranus square?)

Haley LaFlamme, Age 26 slipped on wet granite on Half Dome and fell 600 feet.

July 31st, 2011 around noon

Mars 21 Gemini c. SN 22 Gemini squaring Moon 21 Pisces
Sun is conjunct Venus and Venus rules this chart which indicates a female.
The Saturn-Uranus-Pluto t-square is just past the angles of the chart at this point in H12 (Saturn), H3 (Pluto), H6 (Uranus).

Ryan Leeder, Age 23, of Los Gatos, CA fell from Half Dome

Monday, Aug. 22 at 6:30 pm, Monday.

Sun still conjunct Venus the way it's been for much of the Summer.

Here Sun-Venus is opposing Neptune over Angular Houses 1 and 7.
Moon 13 Gemini conjunct South Node 20 Gemini Rx (H5 to H11).

It does seem that the Moon and Neptune are as to blame for these problems as anything else. They both represent Water and Death (along with Pluto, of course). In many of these accident charts Neptune is in strong challenging aspect to either the Sun or Moon. And right now he is in conjunction with Chiron which is often an indicator of a situation which can't be cured.

It is interesting that in Northern California there are a record number of murders this year as well, at least in San Jose and Oakland. Perhaps the Eclipse charts are showing some vulnerability for those locations.

I send my condolences to the friends and families who lost someone to these tragedies.

Previous falls off half dome occurred during the Saturn-Neptune opposition in Leo-Aquarius
Hirofumi nohara June 2007
2 women:
April 2007
Nov. 2006

Code Red! Code Red!

2011-08-31T14:29:00.000-07:00

I used to know a person who worked in a Hospital. She was kind enough to explain Code Colors which are intercomed over hospital loudspeakers from time to time. All the Colors had a special meaning which alert the staff to various situations.

Code Brown means that a patient has just pooped all over his bed.
Code Pink means that a baby has just been abducted.
Code Red means that there is a fire.

I actually was in a hospital once when a 20 something female with a really shaky voice came on the loud speaker and announced a code red. The same person who explained the code colors to me also explained to me that this particular hospital that I was in was run by totally incompetent idiots. I was sitting there because I was taking a friend in for some tests. While she was frantically drinking some chalky white crap that would show up on her colon scan, I was sitting there explaining all this to her. What Code Red means. How my Hospital friend said that the employees don't give a shit about the patients. I never had to take her to the hospital for tests again.

So China is a few hours ahead of the U.S. timezone wise. And I doubt my astrology program is up to date on its timing because I haven't updated it in about a year and a half. But, this is one of those stories where you might be able to save a life in the U.S. by reading the news to see what goes wrong in China. In other words, and the story gets weird I'm telling you, don't get in a car crash tonight.

Because, if you end up in the hospital knocked out under anesthesia because you need to get an amputation because your arm or leg got pinned under the butthole of a diesel truck somewhere, there might be a Code Red in the operating room next to you and instead of wheeling you out of the room stat the staff might just drop the scalpel on you and run. That's what happened in Shanghai at the People's Hospital in Baoshan District. The nurses and doctors all ran out of the room and left the patient on the operating table to bleed out. Well, maybe he was clamped because he died of smoke inhalation.

I'm guessing that they probably don't watch House in China. And they are very very pragmatic people.

49 year old patient dies from smoke inhalation after being abandoned on operating table while going through amputation after car accident because the room next door Codes Red

Aug. 31, 2011 10:00 pm Shanghai, China
Sun 8 Virgo; Moon 13 Libra; ASC 26 Taurus; MC 9 Aquarius; NN 20 Sagittarius

Wow, well, where to start?

Sun in Virgo rules the Health field.

Hospitals are ruled by the sign and house opposite Virgo: Neptune, H12, Pisces. Neptune is at 30 Aquarius Rx in the 10th House. It is conjunct Chiron 3 Pisces Rx. Hospital's reputation (H10) gets a ding. Well, maybe not from a practical point of view.

Jupiter 10 Taurus is in the 12th House. Lilith is right on the cusp. That's supposed to mean that an angel is on your shoulder. Protection from the elements. Perhaps the patient really wouldn't have wanted to survive the car crash and have an amputation? I'm pretty sure that he wouldn't have wanted to be in a car crash.

Jupiter is also in a protective Grand Trine with Pluto 5 Capricorn RX in the House of Death (H8) and with the Sun8 Virgo-Venus 12 Virgo (c.H5 cusp). Virgo is the sign ruling public health issues. I'm not sure what really rules patients but I suspect that it's 6th House and Virgo. Pluto in its own house of death is a creepy signature.

The Moon is at 13 Libra and is in conjunction with Saturn 16 Libra and the 6th House cusp. The Moon is traveling fast at 14 degrees 56 minutes. That's supposed to mean that one can think very quickly but in this case maybe it means that one reacts emotionally. Moon-Saturn on the H6 cusp could possibly show an overly practical attitude towards what is worth saving and what is worth leaving on the operating room table. Moon-Saturn and Virgo's house definitely shows a screw up due to emotional insensitivity.

Moon-Saturn is squaring Mars 19 Cancer in the 3d House. That's emotionally volatile, certainly indicates the fire. Moon-Saturn-H6 cusp is inconjunct Neptune 30 Aquarius Rx in the 10th House. So maybe it was an electrical fire next door? Mars is sparks and Neptune is fumes, maybe smoke. Neither Virgo nor Libra plays the Hero in most situations. They're all about adjusting and readjusting their own oxygen masks.

Pluto rules surgery. Pluto is placed in its own house so it does describe going into surgery. It rules the Descendant of the chart. Death of a patient?

Whatever, the guy died. I send his relatives and friends my condolences. Hopefully there's a humanitarian side to this story.

The Super Congress

2011-08-24T16:20:00.000-07:00

Quickly looked up the 12 members of congress who have been ferreted out to go off on their own and duke it out over the country's debt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress_Joint_Select_Committee_on_Deficit_Reduction

The group is made up of 6 republicans and 6 democrats. 3 from the senate and 3 from the house.

2 of the republican house are from Michigan. That seems odd but maybe michigan is the only state left that's not on the brink of bankrutcy.

By astrology sign there are no Aries, leos, virgos or Pisces included in this crowd.

Libra patty Murray from Washington senate is leading.

There are 3 sagittarians, 2 tauruses, 2 cancers and one of each of the other signs. Hopefully that will work out to 12. Haha, it's predominated by the yod pattern (finger of god, middle finger in this case) of Sagittarius in conjunct cancer and Taurus.

I wish these poor 12 fools lots of luck.

Earthquake on the Wrong Coast

2011-08-24T14:54:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday a big earthquake, a 5.8, hit the East Coast. Yes, Virginia, that's you. Literally, it's you.

Wow, the biggest earthquake I've ever been in is the Loma Prieta earthquake and that was a 5.9. Would like to say that I'm jealous but I'm totally not. That was hell. It's also not a good testament for earthquake building standards and safety in California as we had a lot more damage than Virginia did. Many deaths, 50 or 60.

5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
Sun 1 Virgo (H9 but c. MC); Moon 22 Gemini (H7); ASC 28 Scorpio; MC 10 Virgo; NN 20 Sagittarius Rx (H1)

Moon is conjunct SN across angles of H1-H7.
Sun-Venus opposite Neptune-Chiron across angles: H10-H4.
Uranus in H4 squaring Pluto (chart ruler) in H2
Mars 14 Cancer intercepted in H8, singleton in Water, not out of bounds like it was. It's squaring Saturn 15 Libra (H11)
Mercury Rx 20 Leo (H9) trining NN and Lilith in Grand Trine

So weird. I'm busy living in terror because I'm being gang stalked by every immigrant who has a cell phone so I can't screw around with writing about the earthquake. The East Coast just does things differently. I mean, the Uranus-Pluto square is a no brainer. That's going on for a few more years so just put some springs on the soles of your feet and wear a helmet, wherever you are.

Back in my Summer Solstice 2011 prediction I wrote:

In the astrolocality chart, the Uranus DESC and Pluto IC lines run through the East Coast, practically right smack dab on New York and Montreal. Isn't all the Uranus/Pluto energy supposed to center on California? The Mars MC line runs through Phoenix. It seems that about a quarter of Arizona has already burned down this past spring so don't know what that could entail.

There was also an earthquake, about 5.3, in Colorado so wonder if it was on that Mars line. Arizona is pretty close to Colorado, isn't it?

Here's the URL for what I wrote about back in June. along with some truthful but vaguely understood ponderings about what manifested as "Our Little Devon Sharma" who needs to put his Shiva where the Sun don't shine. http://outthecometsass.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-solstice-2011.html

Today a huge SuperStorm is hitting the East Coast.

Biggest earthquake on record to hit Virginia. Looks like Sun-Neptune contacts with Mercury Rx could be among indicators, but as I said I'm not looking at this closely. This chart is really intense.:

5.9 May 31, 1897
Sun 11 Gemini; Moon Gemini; NN 10 Aquarius

Sun 11 Gemini-Moon Gemini-Pluto 14 Gemini-Neptune 20 Gemini
Saturn 27 Scorpio Rx-Uranus 27 Scorpio Rx opposiing Mercury 27 Taurus Rx
Mars c. SN

Strange connections between Venus and Jupiter in both charts:

1897: Venus 3 Taurus trine Juipter 3 Virgo

2011: Venus 3 Virgo (c. Sun 1 Virgo) trine Jupiter 11 Taurus trine Pluto 6 Capricorn

CNN Reporter Don Lemon Pushed By Big Blonds

2011-08-13T23:18:00.000-07:00

This is a butthole of a story. CNN Reporter Don Lemon was nagging Tea Party Lady Michelle Bachman as she was trying to leave the Iowa State Fair. Bachman's husband Marcus shoved Lemon so hard he fell back into a golf cart and people spilled drinks. Bachman's body guards look to be two bleached blond women in perfect little black dresses.

What a show.

Thing is, Don Lemon is a great reporter because he gives the time of the ordeal on his video. He says that Bachman was supposed to show up at 5:00 pm in order to speak for 20 minutes but she was late and showed up at 5:30 pm and spoke for only a couple of minutes. Lemon could have used that time to go pet the cows or check out the blue ribbon quilts but instead got all hot and bothered and now has a bump on his head.

Here's a link to the article with the video:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/you-just-pushed-me-cnn-anchor-claims-marcus-bachmann-elbowed-him-into-golf-cart/

Here's the data for the event chart as close as I can tell:

August 12, 2011 5:32 pm Des Moines, Iowa State Fair

Sun 20 Leo; Moon 10 Aquarius; ASC 3 Capricorn; MC 28 Libra; NN 21 Sagittarius Rx

This event chart is absolutely nasty.

Pluto, planet of murder, is opposing Mars, planet of murder, right now from Capricorn (pushy) to Cancer (public) and it was layered right over the ASC/DESC just around the time of the incident. Lemon could have died or at least the cameraman could have snapped some footage. God damned Mercury Retrograde.

Capricorn indicates that Bachman was trying to stick to her schedule.

I'm pretty stoked about the Angelina Jolie body guards to be honest. I wonder if they were carrying guns. Certainly looks like they might not need them. I think they might carry poison blow darts in their 10 inch spike heels. Bachman has a t-square and possibly grand square that includes Venus-Saturn-Pluto and Moon so her inner feminine doesn't exactly f#ck around.

The Sun right now is conjunct Venus in Leo which might explain the women with the extremely blond hair. Leo is all shiny and stuff.

Lemon's progressed Venus is currently at 10 Pisces one degree away from conjunction with his natal Sun in Pisces. He's just going to be getting in touch with his inner feminine right now. That's a rough one with all the election coverage coming up.

Lemon has Sun, Saturn, Chiron, Mars, and Mercury in Pisces which is the sign of the victim. It is opposing an exact conjunction of Pluto-Uranus in Virgo, also the victim. He may not have been asking his questions as kindly as he thinks he was. Or maybe he actually pushed back in order to avoid stepping in some kind of 4-H doo doo as often happens at County Fairs. You're not in Kansas anymore, Don. You're in Iowa.

Bachman is an Aries. It looks like she wasn't directly involved and was just trying to work her way through the maddening crowd of Tea Party Supporters and Journalists who hate them.

Don Lemon

b. Mar. 1, 1966 Baton Rouge, LA

Sun 11 Pisces; Moon Gemini or Cancer; NN 30 Taurus Rx

MIchelle Bachman

b. Apr. 6, 1956 Waterloo, Iowa

Sun 17 Aries; Moon Aquarius or Pisces; NN 10 Sagittarius

Angry English Boys

2011-08-11T12:06:00.000-07:00

Young English men have been rioting in the streets. So far no one knows why.

There are 3 charts for england listed at astrolgoyweekly.com so those are the ones i'm looking at.

The boys/men say that no one is helping them so the Capricorn/Saturn blame thing transfer through all the charts.

The 1066 chart has sun at 4 capricorn c. Mercury 7 Capricorn, Uranus 29 Sagittarius and possibly moon either in Sagittarius or Capricorn.

The 1801 chart again as sun at 12 Capricorn which trines 12 mars (boys, anger, agreesion).

The 1927 chart has Saturn 8 Sagittarius Rx conjunct sac 7 Sagittarius so the opinions aren't easily internalized.

There are some serious neptune-Pluto conjunctions occurring in these charts. I can't list them all because I'm on iPad and am fighting spellchekc and slow download speed.

There are also a lot of contacts with the cardinal angles in the charts, especially with radical planets Uranus and mars and Pluto.

The progressed suns for the walker charts are both in Leo so perhaps there's an arrogance thing. Or maybe they just thought is was big block party.

For understanding men we need to look at mars and mercury for young boys. We also need to look at mercury and Uranus both for revolution and for telephone warfAre which is pretty much what this is about in my opinion (for what that's2worth).

Mars in the 1066 chart is a singleton in air . Singleton planets seem to explain lots of

england's problems. This chart has singleton Uranus in fire and singleton Pluto in water. Progressed mars os this chart is at 22 cancer which is volatile and is about to be contacted by t. Mars in cancer.

The 1801 chart has mars 12 taurus trining sun. This is getting hit currently by Jupiter so the country's men are making their needs known. Progressed mars is at 5 Virgo. This opposes n. Pluto 3 Pisces. Interesting that both of the earlier charts for England were created when Pluto at the same spot within a degree at 3-4 Pisces. So t.Neptune-Chiron is at that spot. And, of course, the big t-square of Saturn-Uranus-Pluto has been hitting the Capricorn suns of
the two earlier charts.

The 1927 chart is having it's Uranus return in Aries so we don't have to look any farther really. It's also having a mars return and these two planets are squaring each other.

But, natal mars in the chart on the Aries point at 28gemini in conjunction with n. North node 1cancer. So this chart is also having a mars return and t. Mars is currently in volatile cancer on the ap and is out of bounds and is opposing Pluto.

In addition progressed sun is in cancer at 13 c. The n. Pluto 14 cancer. Cancer rules babies and so boys sometimes will be boys and sometimes they will just be big stupid fat babies.

Singletons once again figure prominently in this chart. Mars is once again a singleton in air. Venus is a singleton in earth. The girls and the boys in Britain just can't relate to each other. This is a crisis of hormones which can't express themselves.

I send my condolences to those who have lost someone in this crisis. And also to those whose property has been damaged. And to those who have actually tried to read this.

Can't look up the mercury stuff. Just too painful.

World on fire

2011-08-09T13:17:00.000-07:00

Well, last week the scientists said that earth is due to get blasted by some solar flare activity which would blast the crap out of our electronics. And, boy, a little black out would be just what to dr. Ordered at this point.

Kids in England are rioting and burning the country down.

The US suffered a huge military loss in afghanistan when a helicopter full of navy seals was shot down.

And standard & poors has downgraded the U.S. Credit score a notch which has made a huge dent in the U.S. Reputation (Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn, saturn's sign) and looks to a step forward for China and East India to either remove the dollar as form of international exchange or to create a universal form of exchange. I suspect it won't be real clear which is the real motive. Yoga, gang stalking, and malware. Now the lowering of the reputation. A french guy once said 'vilify, vilify, some of it will stick.". He was right. I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.

With Saturn in libra we're getting a big lesson in how diplomacy doesn't really work real well for all involved. Saturn has been squaring the u.s. Sun -Venus-Jupiter. It just means that those with nothing to lose sneak in under the carpets, usually they're quiet and polite, and they can always go back to their real homes if things get bad.

And mars is in cancer out of bounds and opposing Pluto. That's great weather for sabotage.

With Pluto in Capricorn

The Passive Aggressive Bell

2011-08-08T14:32:00.000-07:00

The Market tanked more than 600 points today in reaction to the downgrading of the U.S. Credit Rating. President Obama spoke and said that the reason for the downgrading was not because the U.S. cannot pay her bills, it's because of the lousy politics. We're blaming this mostly on the Tea Party. They're a great place to start but I can think of a few more folks who could take the blame as well. With Saturn in Libra in the first house of the chart it makes sense that politics could be involved. Certainly placing blame is.

Opening Bell
Aug. 8, 2011 9:30 am New York, NY

Sun 16 Leo; Moon 13 Sagittarius; ASC 27 Virgo; MC 26 Gemini; NN 23 Sagittarius

Hey, Sun in Leo. Those who bought gold are cashing in.

There are two ugly signatures here.

I've seen before that Mercury-Venus conjunctions often accompany crashes in the Stock Market. I suspect that is just because these two rule the Markets together and show that people are more likely to make trades on those days. Right now we're in an extra long conjunction of Sun-Venus and Mercury is moving Retrograde. This conjunction will last for pretty much the rest of the month.

Also of concern is the Mars-Pluto opposition. Mars is at 4 Cancer opposing Pluto 6 Capricorn. Mars is generally pretty disruptive when in the sign of Cancer because the combination of Mars in Moon ruled sign generally signals volatility. Mars is also out of bounds and will continue to be out of bounds for most of the rest of the month.

Mercury Stations Direct around Aug. 26. Mars drops down below the Ecliptic around Aug. 21.

Right now, Mars is opposing Pluto and this opposition is layered over the 4th-10th House angles of the chart with Pluto in the 4th House. What a great time to pull the rug out from under Wall Street's feet. Saturn is roughly squaring that from the 1st house and Uranus from the 7th House. So, the angles are loaded and someone's shifting the poles.

With Virgo Rising Mercury currently rules the Opening Bell charts. And then Venus will rule the Opening Bell Charts. And as I said these guys are going to be in conjunction for a while. They will be opposing Neptune-Chiron in Aquarius/Pisces. This will affect the 5th and 11th Houses.

Chart leader is Mercury Rx placed in the 12th House. An announcement from a secret enemy.

Jupiter's hanging out in the 8th House in Taurus and the Moon and NN are in Sagittarius in the 3d House. The Moon is fast at 14 degrees 09'. The rich are getting richer. This is just one big pony ride for some folks.

US Credit Rating Downgraded by Standard & Poor's

2011-08-07T23:44:00.000-07:00

Wow, the only things you can find graded triple and double A are eggs and the U.S. Economy.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a Wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great Fall
All the king's horses and
all the King's Men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.

Okay, that's not funny. What is funny is when you look at the goons who grade the U.S. Economy. Turns out there are 3 credit Agencies who publish report cards on the International Economies. I, a member of the U.S. public, don't have a clue what they do. CNN and NBC and all those guys are pulling out the stops on creating a panic over this shit. 2 of the companies gave stern warnings but maintained the AAA grade for the U.S. for now. Standard & Poor's has downgraded the long term outlook for the U.S. credit borrowing. That seems really sensible to me seeing as how we've become addicted to bombing the Middle East and do pretty much nothing else. Cocaine would be a less expensive alternative.

So, I thought I'd take a quick look at these three agencies to
*** calm ****
*** myself *****
*** down ****

Pluto in Capricorn. Like we're supposed to be sensible.

So, Standard & Poor's is not the only Credit Rating firm in the Universe. It is actually not the biggest or most influential one. Moody's is. Moody's has 40 percent of the market share. Market share of what I don't know, I'm just going off of what Wikipedia says and that can be quite funny.

Moody's and S&P were both begun as ways to track the financial dealings of the Railroads in the U.S. and then they moved on to other industries. The Astrology for these companies seems to be crisis motivated. Don't have a lot of dates to go on here but noticed that they seem to incorporate and hire leaders during years when there is a big war. I guess that the guys who don't go to battle have to figure out something to do while staying at home.

So we'll look at Moody's first.

The company is called "Moody's" and it's a Cancer Sun. Get it? Cancers are moody. God knows I am. HAHAHAHAHAHA, made ya laugh.

Moody's founded 1909.
Incorporated July 1, 1914, NY, NY

Sun 9 Cancer; Moon Libra; NN 9 Pisces Pluto 1 Cancer

Moody's really is Moody with Sun widely conjunct Pluto at the beginning of Cancer, but also in control. Two of these credit agencies were created just as Pluto entered Cancer so they are both going through their Pluto opposition same as the Federal Reserve.

At any rate, Water Signs don't mind fudging the figures a little in order to live the dream or to at least believe in the delusion of dreams.

According to Wikipedia, the Executive Officer of the Company seems to have way too much luck with his investments and is obviously a crook. That's according to Wiki, mind you. This guy, Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr. probably has a birth date. I don't know what it is. Financial officers are really cagey with their birth dates. Did you know that it's extremely easy to figure out somebody's S.S.# if you work for Verizon and know where the person was born? First 5 #'s are codes for where you are born and the last 4 #'s are used for access to your Verizon Account and is generally yelled out across the store by the asshole employees whenever you go in to buy a new phone or even a new power adapter. Just thought I'd mention that, it's really scary.

Where was I? Oh yeah, Raymond McDaniel, Jr., head of Moody's, was born in 1957. He joined Moody's in 1987 and became President in 2001.

Now we have Standard & Poor's. As I said, it was first created as a result of studying the railroad business. Some guy whose last name was Poor wrote a book about money. Isn't that cute?

Standard & Poor's founded in 1860.
Incorporated 1941.

The founder was Daryl Lethbridge. No date.

The President of Standard & Poor's is Deven Sharma. He became President in August 2007 which was right when Wall Street caught on that the markets were tanking. The current Wikipedia article says that he ran 1-800-Flowers for about a year before working for Standard & Poor's. Hahahaha, that's a joke, probably written by Tim Geithner and Ben Bernanke.

Here it is, it won't be on Wiki forever:

Sharma serves on the boards of CRISIL, The US-China Business Council[3] and Asia Society Business Council. He served as a Director of 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. from May 12, 2005 to March 16, 2007. He has authored three publications: The Truth About Customer Solutions, Customer Solutions-Pilots to Profits, and Connecting the Demand Chain.

Deven Sharma was born in 1956. So, with Neptune in Libra he probably does like to wear flowers...

There's another even smaller Credit Rating Agency called Fitch Ratings. It is currently headquartered in Paris but was first incorporated in New York:

Fitch Ratings
Dec. 24, 1913 New York City, NY

Sun 2 Capricorn; Moon Scorpio; NN 19 Pisces Rx

Well, I think I'd like to hear what a Capricorn Sun with Scorpio Moon has to say about the U.S. economy. They gave a AAA rating as well on August 2, but with warning.

Look Ma, No Hands!

2011-08-05T17:17:00.000-07:00

No one's behind the wheel at Google and they're bragging about it. For a year they've been sending cars out into the neighborhood to fend for themselves without human intervention. And there hasn't been a single accident until this week when one of their self driven Priuses rear ended another Prius.

I need to write to the insurance company to tell them that with the current line up of planets, namely Mercury (cars) going Rx at 1 Virgo and Mars (bumper cars) at 1 Cancer opposing Pluto you sort of have to expect a little kissy kissy between bumpers. (Actually the kissy kissy part is going to come from Sun conjunct Venus in Leo). At any rate it's a good bunch of aspects for making what Google calls "Automotive History."

Wow this takes the idea of No Fault Insurance to a new level. With Saturn in Libra I'm sure the lawyers are considering this argument.

Google says that a real person was at the wheel and that's why the Prius bashed into the Prius in front of it. You know those computer geeks. They've been letting their cars drive them around for years as it is.

Personally, I suspect that it was just a little love making situation between automobiles. Well...if you want the car to drive on its own you have to expect that it will have it's own feelings as well, don't you?

With this latest update I guess that 4 cars were involved so maybe the person driving the Googlemobile should have googled the speed limit.

http://jalopnik.com/5828101/this-is-googles-first-self+driving-car-crash

Juno

2011-08-05T15:56:00.000-07:00

NASA did a funny thing with the orbiter it just sent off to visit Jupiter today. NASA called the orbiter Juno. In Greek Mythology, Jupiter is called Zeus. Zeus is the King of the Greek Pantheon and he is married to Juno. And Juno reigns as Queen and she's happy about that but in humorous circles she is known as the Jealous wife because Jupiter/Zeus, uh, is a bit of a philanderer.

The chart for the launch is pretty funny. Libra, sign that rules Marriage, is on the Ascendant so Venus rules the chart. She is conjunct the Sun in Leo up in the 10th House. This shows Social Status of the Ruling Class.

And then there's the jealous Moon (woman) in Scorpio in the 1st house opposing Jupiter in the 7th House of Marriage. Oppositions often show relationships as they represent opposite ends of the same pole. They just as often show balancing acts and the need to harmonize.

Mars is at 1 Cancer. I guess you could say that this will be a story of household discord.

Juno the Orbiter will reach Jupiter's orbit in July 2016 and will circle around him 33 times. She can't actually land on him because he's a big ball of gases (and she'd be the first to tell you that). After her orbits Juno will crash into Jupiter in October 2017.

You can read about what Juno will really be doing to Jupiter in scientific terms here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_%28spacecraft%29

Inhaling

2011-08-01T17:58:00.000-07:00

No, this isn't about you and your bong.

Oxygen molecules have been found in deep space, only 1500 Light Years away.

Oxygen molecules were discovered on earth in the 1770s. It's a Pluto in Capricorn thing. Who would have thunk that in a hundred million zillion years?

http://news.yahoo.com/oxygen-molecules-discovered-deep-space-first-time-163303242.html

The Debt Ceiling has been raised by Congress, so we can exhale as well.

Mars in Cancer, You Can't Squeeze Blood Out of a Turnip

2011-08-01T14:05:00.000-07:00

Just yesterday I was thinking that I've got to check when Mars will move into Cancer. I tend to have eyesight problems at that time -- among other things. So, this ingress promises to be a real shit because Mars is already kind of a drag when in the sign of Cancer. This is the Summer that many people will remember their divorce or their parents' divorce. The little Capricorn kids will be super power trippy and sabotagy. Even the little late Sagittarians whose Suns are progressing into Capricorn will get in on this act.

So on August 2 or 3, that's either tomorrow or the next day Mars will be in a Grand Square with all the planets that it tends to get into trouble with most easily. Mars opposite Pluto (Power) 6 Capricorn and squaring Moon (Reactive) in Libra opposite Uranus (Rebellious) 5 Aries.

The Moon will hit Saturn at 13 Libra just afterwards and Mercury will be stationing Rx so someone is going to hit the brakes but everyone else is probably going to go through the windshield. I guess I could write about the Debt Crisis Bell which is the time when the U.S. Credit Rating goes down. Or I could call it the Bigot Bell, although I'm not sure which side is most bigoted because if you've ever been gang stalked by Mexican, East Indian and Chinese Immigrants you get really confused about these things.

Or I could call it the Playing Chicken Bell.

Maybe the Liberty Bell was made during one of these transits. That's why the Liberty Bell is cracked. And that's why they hung it anyway. A little Wabi Sabi in the Political Arena, either that or the Bell maker moved out to California right after. Okay, I can't turn this into a good story.

President Obama needs to hang out in the basement bunker for a while. He has a Solar Return in there somewhere. Hopefully, they will give him a cake with the kinds of candles that don't blow out and it will just take him an extra long time to figure out that that's the problem. And then everyone will laugh and it will be all over.

So, the potential for accidents is pretty strong in the next couple of days. And some of the accidents won't be accidents. Lots of people are getting divorces right now.

Within Vesta's Orb

2011-08-01T13:18:00.000-07:00

Back in 2007 NASA launched a rover-gizmo on an 8 year mission to fly up to Vesta to check out how the Hearth and Home are doing. Vesta rules the Hearth and Home for those of us who believe in astroblab. She is the only asteroid that can be seen with the naked human eye. We're not going to land on Vesta, just doing a drive by and then moving on to Ceres and then probably junking the craft so it will hit an Alien in the head someday.

At the time of the launch, Vesta was in Sagittarius wedged between Jupiter and Pluto in that sign. That sounds like a very modernistic aspect, like a club that wouldn't invite me to be its member, actually.

Dawn
launch Sept. 27, 2007 11:34 UTC Cape Canaveral, Florida

Sun 4 Libra; Moon 14 Aries; ASC 8 Libra; MC 9 Cancer; NN 7 Pisces

Vesta was launched on a Full Moon which was just rising over the ASC/DES axis.

The Outer Planets are currently hitting the most important parts of the chart for this launch. Actually, they are hitting the angles of the chart: Saturn 11 Libra conjunct Ascendant, Pluto conjunct IC; Uranus conjunct DESC in Aries. There's even close to a Mars Return in Gemini up in House 9. The Neptune-Chiron conjunction is very close to the North Node of the Launch chart.

Maybe I pulled up the wrong chart, who knows? The Sun is also in conjunction with the ASC for this chart as well, just a few hours past the Full Moon.

Dawn enters Vesta's orbit: 7/16/2011 about 5:00 UTC

Sun 24 Cancer; Moon 5 Aquarius; ASC 22 Cancer; MC 24 Pisces; NN 22 Sagittarius

An average Vesta Return is 3.63 years. This 8-year mission is about 2 Vesta Cycles.

Bill Meridian found a connection between Financial Market swings and the 4 year Mars-Vesta cycle: http://www.billmeridian.com/articles-files/marsvesta.htm. Can't keep the home fires burning if you can't pay for the logs and the Gas Company Bill.

Such a Stimulating Bell

2011-07-13T12:13:00.000-07:00

I did not remember that there is an opposition between Venus and Pluto going on right now, that's the truth. But, I did look at today's Opening Bell Chart intending on gaining an understanding of why Ben Bernanke looks so sexy when he's promising to bolster the economy with more Stimulus.

I'll write that again: Stimulus. Venus in Cancer opposing Pluto in Capricorn. Stimulus.

Today's news had a big nice picture of My Magic Federal Reserve Chairman boyfriend Ben Bernanke. He's so photogenic. Must be the Pisces Moon. Ben was saying the Federal Reserve is ready to bolster the economy with 3 different plans if the Budget poo in Congress can't be resolved. He mentioned 3 solutions but I only remember the word Stimulus. I don't think I have a single hormone left in my body.

It helps that the Stock Market rose 100 points after Ben said that. Venus likes a guy with deep pockets.

Uranus is in H8. Surprise Surprise. The Sun is unaspected up in the 11th House of Hopes, Wishes, and Surprise, the show must go on. Group Sex if you will. We all get to see the photo of Ben all at once. Hold on to your Optimism America. Greece, the Birth Place of Democracy is in Bankruptcy and nobody's doing much of anything to bolster it back up except Germany who still needs a place to visit in the Summer. Our Hopes don't align with what the rest of the chart is saying, except for Germany, of course, who likes to buy things cheaply.

Well, if Uranus is so close to the H8 and it is opposing Saturn in the 2d house that means that within a few more days those guys will have passed out of the finance houses and will be in the driver's seat. We have to get past the Full Moon on July 15 which fills in the empty leg of the t-square between Saturn-Uranus-Pluto. Great day to do demo. As a matter of fact, Los Angeles is closing a huge portion of the 405 freeway over this next week-end in order to yank down the Mulholland Bridge over the week-end. The force will be with them. Maybe even an earthquake, although I don't think earthquakes need a full Moon in order to happen. Mulholland was the Virgo who brought water to California by building damns. He said something like "Take It. It's yours!" Then he got a little in over his head and built a bad damn that flooded half the valley. So he spent the rest of his life hiding in his mansion. Now they are saying that all the damn systems in California might be the reason why the Hayward fault is not erupting. Apparently the damns stop the flooding and the fault lines tend to erupt after flooding. There's something so incredible about when Virgos make mistakes. It's as if divine reasoning is making them do it in order to improve things on a larger scale.

I think that Mercury rules the ASC/DESC which describes the sales pitch and the multiple solutions for how to keep things afloat. Marketing blitz. Why not? Also good for anything having to do with printing paper bills.

Neptune c. Pisces Descendant. Transparency. Empathy. Poor house. So Good Lookin.

So, Thanks for keeping us posted, Ben. No. Really. I mean it.

Wonder what Gold did with that unaspected Sun.

The Way That Neptune Works

2011-07-11T13:21:00.000-07:00

Hope the link for this video works. It's a video of a baby playing with a lion at a zoo. There is nothing but a plate of glass between them. Otherwise the child would be toast.

Obviously the child has no Saturn/Fear issues in his chart. I assume that the parents were the people who were photographing the incident. Also ruled by Neptune. I've never really been able to understand the psychological leap that occurs between Pisces and Aries, but perhaps this describes it. The impulsiveness of Aries has the ability to forge ahead and go where no man has gone before. It also is responsible for why folks end up in jail.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7370279n&tag=re1.galleries

Mom's Uranus Return

2011-07-06T17:30:00.000-07:00

I put the word Uranus in the header for this post so you'd know the story gets weird. Well, we used to think that old people led boring lives. I guess now that so many stay alive to celebrate their Uranus Returns at AGE 83-84 we can forget about that.

This batch of 84-year-old's at any rate is getting some amazing press. As I've mentioned in another story about an 84 year old, these guys are not only going through their Uranus Returns in Aries Returns but they are going through both Neptune and Pluto oppositions. There was that story about the twins who died within hours of each other. What else? can't remember.

If I've got the correct birth date for Lula Cora Hood she's a Scorpio with either a Virgo or a Leo Moon. She was born during a significant Mars Cycle with the Sun called the Synodic Cycle. Mars is retrograde and is opposing the Sun. And her Sun is conjunct Venus in Scorpio. This will show some power struggles within the life and perhaps some restlessness plus a creative spirit that can't express all that she is feeling. This might indicate an early development of some sort of talent early in life. It's interesting that she had 14 children. I've read that all were adopted (from relatives).

Lula has 4 planets in Scorpio so she would need her privacy. It looks like perhaps she over estimated how many children she could raise on her own. Her Jupiter in Aquarius squares natal Mars. Those types can take on too much. The Scorpio reserve would be afraid to ask for help, or perhaps just wouldn't receive help.

Natal Mercury 30 Scorpio (mental, communication) is in conjunction with Saturn 27 Scorpio and squares Natal Neptune 27 Leo, possibly Moon in Leo or Virgo as well. Moon-Mercury and Saturn-Neptune are often connected with mental illness and depression and feeling burdened. The conjunctions and squares between them tie them together in a bond in which they challenge each others' energies.

The year that Lula left was 1970. Same as now, she was going through major outer planet transits at that point. She was a few degrees past her natal Uranus Opposition but transiting Pluto was opposing natal Uranus during that year. She was also going through her first Neptune square. This means that Neptune was setting off that big signature square for depression (Moon-Mercury-Saturn-Neptune) and feeling burdened (Saturn) and needing escape (Neptune). This certainly gives the sense that she was feeling an overwhelming need to escape.

What's interesting as well is to notice her progressions with relation to Retrogrades and Stations. Retrogrades make a planet appear to stay at a standstill for a very long time on the flat Astrological Wheel rather than moving forward. The extended time that a planet stays on a point can create a stressful inner buildup within a person's psyche. The energy can go crazy when it begins to release after stationing direct, moving forward.

I've already mentioned the significant Mars placement in Lula's chart which includes natal Mars Rx. Mars rules aggression and needing to "do one's own thing" as Maritha Pottenger calls it. Both prog. Mars and Uranus stationed direct by progression back in 1963-64. I wonder if this is when Lula started to run away from her family. These planets, along with Jupiter, will often show the need to break free from bondage. Certainly the social vibe during the time was feeling this need.

Progressed Mercury is also significant to look at in Lula's chart as well. Natal Mercury in Scorpio and in conjunction with Saturn can show a very repressed spirit of communication. Progressed Mercury had spent most of Lula's life up to 1970 in Retrograde as well so it spent an unbelievably long time right at the end degrees of Scorpio. That's very difficult emotionally. Plus it was being teased in a way by all the freedom loving vibes of the next sign which is Sagittarius. In 1970 Lula's progressed Mercury was in conjunction to the degree with its natal spot at 29 Scorpio and was ready to jump into Sagittarius. It would also have been caught up in the Neptune Square with natal Saturn and possibly Moon.

It looks like she was finally going to break out of all that emotional bondage and was going to enjoy some firey Sagittarius freedom. She had been living up in the North in Minnesota (I think) and Illinois. It's interesting that she has now been found down in sunny Florida.

Her progressed Sun and Venus were also traveling through Sagittarius during this whole time which needs a lot of freedom and joy.

In either 1996 or Aug. 1998, the police found a body buried in Galesburg, Illinois which they suspected was Lula's body. So she was assumed dead and her family buried her.

But, the case was reopened and the body retested for DNA around 2008? and on June 20 test results showed that Lula's body was not the one that was found. Somehow the Police located her down in Florida and her family was notified, I believe and am not sure, on June 29, Wednesday. She had been going by assumed names during at least part of the time.

With a natal conjunction of Pluto 16 Cancer to North Node 11 Cancer one can see how the current Pluto opposition transit and Eclipses near those point may have activated yet another extreme change in this woman's life. The sign of Cancer is related to family and motherhood.

Lula Cora Hood (Maiden Name)
b. Oct. 30, 1926

source: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6863928

Left 1970 14 children

Thought they had found her body: Aug. 1998 or 1996

DNA test showed not her body: June 20, 2011

Daughter got call on the Wednesday Morning before July 1 that police had possibly located her Mother in Florida.

Make Way For Turtles

2011-06-29T16:19:00.000-07:00

They say it happens every year around this time. The Turtles show up to hatch their eggs on the beach that's right next to Kennedy Airport in New York. That's what they did this morning. In order to get there they had to cross a runway at JFK. About 150 turtles waddled across this morning and Air Traffic Control stopped all incoming and outgoing on the runway in order to let the turtles cross.

Kind of a cool juxtaposition of the Man's fastest machine stopping all its motors to make way for Nature's slowest creature. And, actually, those turtles aren't so slow.

How long does it take for one hundred and fifty turtles to cross a runway together? About 15 minutes. Squares do bring their challenges. They're pretty organized folks.

The article doesn't give the time other than to say that the mass migration took place this morning.

Mars, Moon, Venus are in the of the Pedestrian, Gemini.

Neptune 1 Pisces was crossing the ASC just after 10:00 am.

And there's an Eclipse coming up on Friday in the sign of Cancer (Motherhood and Babies) which is the very beginning of a new Saros Cycle. Those are going to be some mighty fine little babies.

http://news.yahoo.com/turtles-crossing-runway-cause-york-flight-delays-173942927.html

Asteroid 2011 MD

2011-06-27T13:26:00.000-07:00

Today at around 10:00 am Pacific Daylight Time (1700 GT) an Asteroid blew past Earth. Very politely without causing too much damage.

If you look at the webpage down below you can see how the asteroid is at the other end of the solar system from Mercury-Venus-Mars right now. It is inside the Moon's orbit and is even coming closer than many satellites' orbits. But it is not going to hit us.

Pretty interesting that the Sun is filling in the empty leg of the big outer planet t-square today all on Cardinal Signs. At the point of closest approach this Grand Square was doubly Cardinal as all planets were very close to the angles of the chart.

Sun 6 Cancer (H12) opposition Pluto 7 Capricorn (H6)
squares
Saturn 11 Libra (H4) opposing Uranus 5 Aries (H10)

Mercury was in the first house 23 Cancer and rising. Just checking out the neighborhood. Hopefully not bringing in any communicable diseases.

Asteroid 2011
June 27, 2011 6:26 am PDT (13:26 UT)

Closest approach to earth

Sun 6 Cancer (H12); Moon 21 Taurus (H11); ASC 13 Cancer; MC 25 Pisces; NN 23 Sagittarius Rx (H6)

Looks like my software program is giving different degree placement from astrodienst so don't know if things are accurate.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-asteroid-earth-june.html

Whitey Bulger: The Gig Is Up

2011-06-23T18:56:00.000-07:00

So, if you're a gangsta, a real wise guy, and you're on the lamb, runnin wit yer broad, hiding out in plain sight, how do you know when you're about to get caught?

Well, palsy, blame it on the t-square and the eclipses.

The FBI did an amazing thing yesterday, maybe it was 2 days ago. I actually remember looking at the photos. They published pictures of a woman as she looked a while ago and as she looked after having plastic surgery and they asked if anyone knew her and almost immediately someone did and reported her. She looked completely different in the photos. That's why I was looking at them. I remember thinking she could be half the people I pass on the street every day. And she came with baggage. She has been living with, maybe even married to, an old mobster from Boston who has killed 19 people. He also worked as a snitch for the FBI and "corrupted" the department. That makes him interesting.

James "Whitey" Bulger
b. September 3, 1929 Dorchester, Mass

Sun 11 Virgo; Moon Leo or Virgo; NN 16 Taurus

Funny thing is he is a Virgo Sun with Moon either in Leo or in Virgo just like Anthony Weiner who just got caught in the sex scandal. How weird is that? Guess it's not so weird for the Virgos. Saturn was really hard on them. And someone over on the Noel Tyl forum pointed out that the recent Eclipse squared Weiner's Sun. So maybe it's the same for Whitey.

This guy, "Whitey", has been on the 10 Most Wanted List for years. Now he's 81 and on death's door and they take him in. I swear. Only a Virgo could get away with this game.

The Outer Planet t-square is right on Whitey's chart. For one, he's just entering his Uranus return within a few degrees. Uranus in Aries. I guess that's sort of a scary thing for these new kids to have to think about. Natal Uranus is 11 Aries. T. Uranus, I forgot to write down. It's in there somewhere.

This guy has natal Mercury-Mars conjunction at 6-9 Libra opposing natal Uranus. What a fast talker. Not so fast with Saturn, the slow planet, transiting over, I guess.

And then there's Pluto. And Pluto is transiting close to natal Lilith at 12 Capricorn. Well, those two are happy in the sack together. It was the dame that got him busted.

And transiting NN looks like it's the clinker. It's exactly conjunct natal Saturn at 24 Sagittarius. It looks like maybe Sagittarius is playing a big chart in this guy's natal. His progressed Sun has just changed signs from Scorpio to Sagittarius. Wow, he must have gotten sloppy for one instant there and downloaded himself to the FBI.

They say he's sick. Maybe some sort of Liver problem? He's old, that's for sure. Just read about some guy who held up a bank for 1 dollar just so he could go to jail and get some free healthcare. Maybe that's what's up for Whitey. The gal probably turned him in because she couldn't be bothered with the caretaker's role.

The Empty Leg of the T-Square: Cancer

2011-06-23T18:34:00.000-07:00

Environmental Working Group says that the single most important piece of legislation that will be battled over in the next 18 months is "The Food Bill." This has to do with how screwed up farming is at this point.

Read about it here: http://www.ewg.org/agmag/farm-bill-take-action/?utm_source=foodweek2&utm_medium=email&utm_content=second-link&utm_campaign=farm

Saturn in Libra opposing Uranus in Aries and squaring Pluto in Capricorn can focus an incredible amount of energy toward the common goal that the empty leg of this t-square presents. That's anything connected with the sign of Cancer.

So, first of all, go call your Mom. She loves you. She drives you nuts. She's nuts. She's needy. But, when they're gone, they're really really gone. And Cancer has the longest, saddest memory in the whole wide world. Think of it as Emotion Insurance for the future. And tell her you only have 15 minutes.

Then there's more. I wonder if everything Cancerian is a little screwed up right now. In terms of Internet, I think we have too much memory. Maybe not, but just think about it. Every turd that you put on the Internet will be saved forever. Or at least until some hacker comes along and erases it or steals it or uses it to blackmail you.

Bob Marks says the way to handle a Saturn-Pluto transit is to throw things out. And he's right. So, don't throw your Mother out. Put limits on the call. You can do it. It's called management. Remember? Saturn needs limits. Your Father also needs a call. I'm talking to folks who grew up in Divorce because we're a completely ignored crowd of folks and we have Mom and Dad and not necessarily in that order and definitely not living in connection with each other and certainly not in harmony.

Cancer equals Home, Land, Real Estate, Food, Taking Care of What We have, Loving it unconditionally (the Pluto in Virgo generation can only do that to its household pets, by the way).

Cancer also represents The Public. The Common Man. Time to dig out some old Courbets and Millets and read Zola. The French in the 19th Century were really in to this. Now they are struggling with the immigrants. That's what happens when you've figured everything out. The neighbors show up and want a cut. And they don't feel obligated to be nice because they want to be themselves and they are: The Common Man.

Anyway, be the Public and sign the petition as The Common Man yourself. Actually the immigrants resent anyone taking over that role so Good Luck with that.

What else does Cancer represent? Oh yeah, silliness and the crazies. Giggle. Go whacko. Spill your milk out your nostrils, that looks funny in old people too. Don't tell everyone you're too sophisticated for Jerry Lewis movies, for Christ's Sakes, he's a God send for this type of transit.

Oh yeah, and little babies. Googie googie goo. I don't know what you do for little babies right now. Have you noticed these Pluto in Capricorns? They are born looking really really smart and competent. They look good wearing grey and black. They also look a little dehydrated. They're not noisy like the P in Sagittarians.

And Ken Cook at Environmental Working Group. He's awesome. He's probably not a Cancer though. All these awesome not for profit Pluto in Leos never give their birth dates. What a drag.

Anyway, sign the EWG's petition, send them some money. Non organic food at this point has only slightly more nutritional value than McDonald's.

By the time they sign the bill I guess that Saturn will be in Scorpio. With Pluto in Capricorn? I wonder if any babies will be born during those years at all? Maybe only Corporate Exec's.

Article About Homeopathic Treatment

2011-06-20T14:13:00.000-07:00

I think this might be a leftover story from the Pluto in Sagittarius era.

http://www.mercurynews.com/health/ci_18315997

Pharmacy Shootings

2011-06-20T13:50:00.000-07:00

A messed up burglary in New York turned in to a tragic shooting of 4 people in a pharmacy yesterday. I send my condolences to the friends and families of the victims.

Suffolk County Police identified the dead employees as Raymond Ferguson, 45, of Centereach, and Jennifer Mejia, 17, of East Patchogue. Bryon Sheffield, 71, of Medford, and Jamie Taccetta, a 33-year-old woman from Farmingville, were identified as the two customers

Source: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20110620/NEWS05/110619019/Police-review-video-New-York-pharmacy-massacre-?odyssey=nav|head

The event chart portrays the crime unbelievably well. Neptune, which rules drugs and pharmacies is in 2 degree conjunction with an angle. It is at 1 Pisces in conjunction with the 29 Aquarius Descendant and Chiron 6 Pisces. And it is squaring Mars (violence) 29 Taurus (H10).

Neptune has recently moved in to his own sign this year so we can expect a period of pronounced activity in the areas of the Astrological wheel which he rules. Neptune on average takes about 13 years to pass through a sign and I'm too lazy to find the exact dates for how long this current transit will be.

Neptune rules loss of boundaries and feelings of compassion for others, but also of helplessness and abandon. He rules the concept of surrender and of letting go which is probably the highest form of spirituality when used by highly spiritual people (and, really, folks, how many of those are there on the planet). Things never are what they seem with Neptune.

Since Neptune passed into his own sign there has been another story of a killing within a pharmacy on May 26 when a pharmacist in Oklahoma City was convicted of 1st degree murder for killing a burgler in his store. During that event two men walked into a pharmacy pointing a gun in the Pharmacist's face. The pharmacist responded by pulling out a gun and shooting one man. The other burglar escaped and the pharmacist chased after him. When the pharmacist returned he got another gun and shot the downed man a few more times. This pharmacist has been praised for having saved the lives of the 2 customers in the store so the conviction is considered controversial.

Kind of interesting the difference in attitudes between the two shootings in relation to the Neptune influence. Currently it appears that the public and the judicial system would rather have 4 dead innocent people than one dead criminal.

Don't have a time for the Oklahoma Shooting but this is the rest of the info.

May 19, 2009 Oklahoma City, OK
Sun 29 Taurus; Moon Pisces; NN 4 Aquarius

Both charts show Sun c. Mercury, but the Oklahoma Shooting has Mercury Rx. Mercury rules the Marketplace so this describes the basics for location of the events.

This conjunction of Sun-Mercury is also squaring a tight conjunction of Chiron (Wounded Healer) 27 Aquarius-Jupiter (Law, Opinion) 26 Aquarius-Neptune (Pharmacy) 27 Aquarius. That certainly seems to explain the difference in the two stories. Aquarius is much more concerned with Vigilante Justice as it is concerned about people who work on their own against the system (Saturn). The Moon was in conjunction with Uranus in Pisces during much of the day. This repeats the picture of vigilantism, victimization and pharamcies.

The chart for yesterday's shooting shows the Sun 28 Gemini-Mercury 6 Cancer filling in the empty leg of the Saturn-Uranus-Pluto t-square.

The pharmacist, Jerome Jay Ersland, is currently 59 years old so he has been going through his 2d Saturn Return during the entire jail process. He was found guilty of murder in the 1st degree on May 26, 2011 Oklahoma City, OK because videos (Neptune) of the crime show that he shot at the burglar in execution style. Apparently he also lied (Neptune) or boasted (Sun) or exaggerated (Jupiter, Mercury) about his qualifications for shooting at burglars who are robbing him which disqualifies his credibility during testimony.

It's important to pay attention to Mars in these charts, of course. In Ersland's shooting at the Oklahoma pharamacy Mars was powerful in its own sign at 21 Aries. It's only aspect is a conjunction to Venus which is also in Aries at 15 Aries. That says a lot about someone who will respond quickly to any provoked adreniline rush. It may or may not explain the lack of understanding from the Judicial System. I don't have a time for the burglary so don't know which house Mars was placed in for that event.

Mars was elevated at the end of Taurus in H10 of the New York shooting yesterday. He was squaring Neptune-Chiron-Descendant.

Summer Solstice 2011

2011-06-19T16:07:00.000-07:00

Summer Solstice for Washington DC and the U.S. looks a bit ominous. The Sun is conjunct the Midheaven within a degree. High Noon at Okay Corral? Sun is finishing off the empty leg of the Saturn-Uranus-Pluto t-square which are all on the angles. We should really be taxing those gang members for all that pot they grow in the ticky tacky stucco houses. They could get the country through at this point.

Summer Solstice
June 21, 2011, 1:21 pm EDT Washington, DC

Sun 1 Cancer; Moon 11 Pisces; ASC 3 Libra; MC 3 Cancer; NN 24 Sagittarius

So, Repeat after me:

I hate White People.
I hate White People.
I hate White People.

That's all you need to say in order to make it through the Summer alive. I'd like to say that we can return to our regularly scheduled programming in the Fall, but it looks like change is a coming on. It's friendly fire if you're the one behind the gun and after this mess is over you may be the only one alive. I think we're calling all this "Collateral Damage" because that's a big phrase that's really in right now. Pluto's in Capricorn and really can't be bother with sensitivity training right now. Gemini and Sagittarius, signs that rule the Media and Publishing are intercepted in each other's houses and the media's balls are clipped at this point. The Lawyers are telling everyone to keep their mouths shut.

Give us another story about Weiner's Weiner and I swear I'm gonna gun all the Satelitte dishes down.

Uranus conjunct Lilith on the Descendant. Technology, gangs, inventors, collective unconscious.

Saturn is in the 1st house. If you meet a new person, immediately blame him for something. Be the first to draw blood here or you lose. Or just dress real pretty and sit in the corner sipping a Vodka Tonic. Saturn is supposedly happy in the sign of Libra so play that game, whatever it is. Saturn will handle the responsibility but will suffer from depression because of it. Complain about your responsibilities. That's a tactic that will work this Summer.

Pluto at the IC. That sucks for housing. For those who can plan big it's the buying opportunity of a lifetime. Hope you like to do demo. That's the swamp that is created from having to put up with Saturn in the 1st house.

Sun is at the top shining over the whole mess so at least we're gonna see some action. What we've got here is Sun/MC opposing Pluto/IC. There's a real power struggle going on between public/private.

Saturn opposing Uranus gives a sophisticated syncopated rhythm. That's why nobody bought Lady Gaga's album. We need something that's more interesting right now. Gaga's an Aries, that's hot. We need something cool and refreshing. An earthquake perhaps?

Rulers of the ASC/DESC are Venus and Mars and they are both in Gemini intercepted in the 9th house. Religion, Publishing, Lawyering, Media, International Affairs, Hypocrisy, Fun. It's all there.

Jupiter is hanging out at 4 Taurus in the 8th House. Wonder what that means. More of the 9th House energy. Expansion. Putting a Bull on Steroids in the house of the Stock Market. Market can't go up any higher. They keep saying that we're heading for a huge crisis. Eck, Jupiter represents International Affairs. The Banks will become the Mafia. The Insurance companies will be matter of fact about cutting the cords, especially with pragmatic Saturn in H1. Well, perhaps Jupiter will have require a discussion about what's wrong with that before anything really comes of it.

In the astrolocality chart, the Uranus DESC and Pluto IC lines run through the East Coast, practically right smack dab on New York and Montreal. Isn't all the Uranus/Pluto energy supposed to center on California? The Mars MC line runs through Phoenix. It seems that about a quarter of Arizona has already burned down this past spring so don't know what that could entail.

Oh yeah, Neptune and Chiron in Pisces and the Moon in that sign as well. They are trining the Sun/MC in Cancer. The new seed will come from having compassion for others, the way it always does. Fake humility and pretend your gentle. And watch your back, these types are total weasles when they want your stuff.

So Muscley?

2011-06-19T15:09:00.000-07:00

Maybe Astrologers need to rethink who is the more sensitive Sex. Water is supposedly a receptive, feminine element which is attributed to Women. But it turns out that most men have more muscle than women, and therefore more water, in their bodies than women do.

The following quote is from Nutrition for Dummies, 4th ed. by Carol Ann Rinzler. Mars rules Men. According to Rex Bills Rulership Book, Mars and (Pluto) Rule Muscles.

p. 175

"Your body is mostly (50 to 70 percent) water. Exactly how much water depends on how old you are and how much muscle and fat you have. Muscle tissue has more water than fat tissue. Because the average male body has proportionately more muscle than the average female body, it also has more water. For the same reason -- more muscle -- a young body has more water than an older one.

Don't worry, ladies. We can still argue that we're superior even though we have no upper body strength. Water is the universal solvent which could explain why men are so destructive.

Women have more fat. Guess that's why we have so much, uh, flavor?

Young people also have more water in their systems than old people do. That makes sense. Younger people are more sensitive. Not real Wise, but, more sensitive.

Water is constantly flowing through the body trying to balance out the Sodium levels. According to Rex Bills, Sodium is ruled by Mars. Salt is ruled by Saturn, Capricorn.

Fruit With Highest Pesticide Levels

2011-06-17T13:54:00.000-07:00

The Environmental Working Group regularly publishes lists of the most toxic and least toxic fruits and vegetables that are offered for consumption according to how much pesticide residue they contain.

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20110613/apples-top-12-foods-with-most-pesticides

Well, it's good that California doesn't have many Nuclear Power Plants because we've got agriculture and all the pesticides which are used to keep the bugs and fungii off. Good place to get a Pluto/Neptune fix on a regular basis I guess. Kind of interesting to consider who it is we trust to apply this stuff but I won't go into that. Here's the list from Worst to 15th least worst.

1. Apples
2. Celery
3. Strawberries
4. Peaches
5. Spinach
6. Nectarines (imported)
7. Grapes (imported)
8. Sweet Bell Peppers
9. Potatoes, well at least that's Idaho.
10. Blueberries (domestic)
11. Lettuce
12. Kale (collard Greens)

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20110613/apples-top-12-foods-with-most-pesticides

The fruits/vegetables with the least amount of pesticides are listed in the article as well. Keyword for health here is "Thick Skin." Pluto is in Capricorn, after all.

Got a little curious to see what kinds of nutrition we'll miss out on if we avoid these fruits. I guess one could always just buy organic but I truly don't know if they are real honest about that stuff. Used to live around Apple field which were supposedly organic and helicopters came in twice a year and dumbed unbelievable amounts of poison all over the place.

Apples are best for fighting asthma and diabetes. The vitamins are kept right under the skin, right on the other side of where the pesticides are. I got that little bit of info from an interesting article at:

http://www.canadianliving.com/health/nutrition/top_25_healthy_fruits_blueberries_apples_cherries_bananas_and_21_more_healthy_picks.php

Looks like the fruits that are good for fighting inflammation are no longer very good for that purpose if they're full of pesticides. Strawberries? Forget about it.

Fruits that are good for Pluto in Capricorn Issues perhaps:

Kiwis, Blackberrys, Cherries, Pineapple, Papaya, Watermelon, Tomatoes, and Prunes. These are said to help with skin, bone, old age, and prostate. This is just me having fun. Read the article and make your own opinion.

"The top 25 healthy fruits: Blueberries, apples, cherries, bananas and 21 more healthy picks"

By Cara Rosenbloom, RD

Here's a list of fruits and some of the ails which they may help to cure or avoid. I guess "Fruit" overall is ruled by Venus. Have added astrological rulerships from Rex Bills The Rulership Book:

Apples: Diabetes, Asthma /// Venus
Avocado: Cholesterol ///
Banana: Lower blood pressure, potassium ///
Blackberry: stroke, cancer, gout /// Venus
Blueberry: #1 antioxidant but my Dr. says it's the worst for Diabetes, parkinson's alzheimers ///
Cantaloupe: cataracts ///
Cherry: reduce inflammation, arthritis, gout /// Venus
Cranberry: urinary tract infestion, kidney stones, ulcers /// (Mars)
Dried fig: heart disease /// Jupiter (Venus)
Gojiberry: prevention of diabetes and cancer ///
Grape: heart disease, blood pressure, cancer /// Venus (Sun)
Grapefruit pink, some cancer, cholesterol /// Sun
Kiwifruit: bone, cartilage, teeth, gum ///
Orange: cholesterol, pergnant women /// Sun, Leo
Mango: vision ///
Papaya: digestion, skin //
Peach: immune system, infection // Venus
Pear: constipation, cholesterol // Venus
Pineapple: digestion, speeds wound healing, cancer // (Mars)
Pomegranate: heart, blood pressure // Venus, (Mercury)
Prune: osteoporosis, laxative // Saturn
Raspberry: cervical cancer, colon cancer, esophogeal cancer //
Strawberry: anti-inflammatory // Jupiter, Venus, Libra
Tomatoes: prostate cancer // (Jupiter, Neptune, Mars)
Watermelon: hydration

Don't Use These Passcodes

2011-06-17T13:45:00.000-07:00

Abracadabra! password. It's easy to hack most of the cell phones on the planet. I'm so fed up with passwords. Wonder if Jupiter and Uranus passing over the Aries Point this past year was an Astrological Boon for Hackers worldwide. I know that pretty much all of my accounts have been hacked.

HuffingtonPost article on the 10 most common passcodes for an iphone:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/13/iphone-passcodes-most-common_n_876161.html

1234
0000
1111
2222
5555
1212
all make sense, well, why would somebody choose 2222 over 3333 or 4444?

Don't understand

2580
5683
0852
1998
must be connected with words.

Yeah, 2580 and 0852 are the middle keys of the keypad.

5683 is LOVE

Don't have a clue what 1998 is.

Anyhoo. There are a lot 4 letter words out there that you can use. I'm sure you can think of something else...

Al Gore's Twitter Feed

2011-06-14T16:09:00.001-07:00

http://twitter.com/#!/algore

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Eclipse? Big Bad Eclipse? Big Bad Eclipse?

2011-06-12T16:29:00.000-07:00

This Eclipse set has me spooked personally. Maybe because there are 3 Gemini/Cancer combo's which reflects my signs. I guess the last one is the only which hits my natal planets, my Sun, H2. Wednesday June 15 is the 20th anniversary of my Mother's death. Got a little turned upside down on that day.

My Step-Mother died this year on February 11. That was a lesson in greed.

So, I'm trying to simplify what it's about. I think it's best to look at the astrolocality for that but this is what I've just pulled up.

Partial Solar Eclipse
June 1, 2011 New York, NY 5:02 pm EDT

Sun and Moon at 12 Gemini (H8)

Moon Fast, Mercury 28 Gemini Out of Bounds

Total Lunar Eclipse
June 15, 2011 New York, NY 4:13 pm EDT

Sun in Gemini (H8) opposing Moon in Sagittarius (H2)

Jupiter Singleton Fixed, It's at 3 Taurus conjunct the Descendant of the chart for New York. Banks.

Partial Solar Eclipse
July 1, 2011 New York, NY 4:53 am EDT New York, NY

Sun c. Moon 10 Cancer

Pretty balanced Chart. Saturn lead planet of Locomotive Chart, exactly c. the 12th House cusp for New York.

Isn't this hitting the U.S. Venus-Jupiter-Sun situation?

Well, that Saturn-Uranus-Pluto t-square is off the angles. And it's going to say bah bye soon. But, the message is: It ain't over, Fat Lady needs to sing.

RIP Raymond Zack

2011-06-10T15:25:00.000-07:00

What was I saying about how with the Saturn-Uranus-Pluto t-square you have to watch your back?

Well, here it is folks.

If you need help, ask for it politely, very politely. Today's Heroes simply don't respond to people who describe their needs, wants, desires through less civil means.

A guy in Alameda, California went down to the beach to kill himself on Memorial Day and once people caught on to what he was doing they called the fire brigade. The brigade showed up, 10 or 12 of them, all glossy uniformed and stuff and they just stood around watching the guy from on shore. I think I read that they raised the ladder on the fire truck really high so they could get a better look. An article written by someone who was there. This writer said that the First Responders she talked to were genuinely concerned about the guy's welfare. Huh? They say that there's nothing new under the Sun. I think we just broke through that barrier with this story.

The fire department was there. The police were there. The coast guard brought in a helicopter and a boat, no wait, they said they couldn't get the boat (they're the Coast Guard?).

In California when you call 911 at least two cars show up. Often multiple fire trucks. These guys are flashy, but they never throw fits like other police you see on TV. They know how to make you talk just by staying suave. They also make a lot of money, 70,000 to 100,000 a year probably on average. So, when contemplating the budget crises that everyone says we're in, just think about how much money this weird event cost the taxpayers. And we didn't get our prize. We didn't get the 53 year old Rocky-Wrestler-Loser guy out of the water to complete some miracle with the last 10/20 years of his life.

Since Pluto in Virgos and Libras don't have any desire to be heroes this is the sort of story our generation is leaving to the world. Face it, we are a couple of generations who were born to do paperwork. Our most successful people sit in front of a camera looking botoxed.

Don't. Get. Your. Boots. Wet. America.

Neptune was the only planet in a Water sign. He was all on his lonesome in this chart. Neptune rules Suicide, Drownings, and the Ocean, so I guess that he plays a stand out role here. He was hanging out prominently on an angle in the 7th house. So I guess he represents Raymond Zack out there in the ocean, lungs filling up with sea water that the propellers from the helicopter are blowing into them.

Zack was in 4-5 foot deep water and apparently it takes about 1hour 15 minutes to drown yourself in front of a big crowd like that. Some woman on shore finally ran in and pulled him out. The First Responders (have so much trouble calling them that, I bet they don't have a single planet in Aries among themselves) claimed that the guy was too fat, or they didn't know how to swim themselves, or there wasn't funding. How can you live in an ocean community and be so afraid of the friggin water and destitute people?

I wrote about the Kitty Genovese story which was the previous famous Uranus-Pluto in Virgo bystander effect story of all time. I think this one could easily trump that one if only the National Media would report on it. I think I've linked to it down below. The Bay Area has one upped the new Yorkers for sheer callousness and non feeling. I'm not personally surprised, but I know some ooga boogas out there who probably are. Love and Light, mo'fo's. (Actually I think all the Love n Lighter's have all retired up to Oregon and Washington where they're driving all the natives nuts.)

So, is this what the Pluto in Virgo generation is like all grown up? Yes.

Or were these Pluto in Libras? Have you noticed the lazy attitudes of the Pluto in Libras? They all go into service jobs because they can't really manufacture anything and then figure out ways to gang stalk the customers because they can't deal with actual personal interactions.

Either way, the Bay Area has grown up. It has seen New York's ante and it has raised it one. Kitty Genovese, you are history. The Raymond Zack story occurred during mid day on a Holiday. Beat that. I know someone was probably saying "This is my day off I can't put up with this shit" and someone else was nodding his/her head in agreement. That's the attitude in the Bay Area. But, Alameda's finest, the first responders who stood around and watched from shore for more than an hour while a suicidal man drowned himself, how do you explain that? It wasn't their day off.

The first responders said they simply weren't trained for water rescue. I think they might try to find a job for which they are better suited, but who am I to criticize, I know I can't do their job. The guy weighed 300 pounds and they figured he wanted to die anyway. I talked last year about watching the ugly fat guy die in the library because the First Responders didn't show up in time. I wasn't gonna dive in their and kiss that guy on the lips. Some old lady had to. Trust me, people who die can look really cruddy.

The local media has been extremely activist on keeping this article afloat but the national media has completely ignored it. We're all concentrating on the Weiner scandal, dude's got Sun conjunct Uranus-Pluto in Virgo so he's showing the world how the Virgo's like it. The West Coast needs a real media outlet, that's for sure. Kind of interesting coincidence that California is a Virgo with a Uranus-Pluto conjunction.

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_18186732?source=most_viewed

Raymond Zack Commits Suicide in Front of Crowd of First Responders who do nothing to help.

Memorial Day May 30, 2011 11:30 am

ASC 23 Leo; Sun 10 Gemini (H10); Moon 15 Taurus; MC 16 Taurus; NN 25 Sagittarius RX

The public/circus style nature of the death is shown through Leo Rising. The Sun is up in the 10th House. I think I've mentioned before that in homeopathy Suicide is often represented by Aurum, which is Gold, and is therefore related to the Sun. I equate some Sun aspects with Suicide (especially in conjunction with Venus) but probably no one else does.

The Sun is at high noon, a very odd place, but this was a very public suicide. It is squaring Chiron in Pisces which is in the 7th House conjunct Neptune 1 Pisces. There were articles about how everyone on shore was feeling very concerned for the guy, nobody was going to risk their own lives for him (and he was only wading in 4 feet of water). Everyone on shore was obviously consciously aware that the guy had nothing to live for. The Sun trines Saturn 11 Libra Rx (H2). That explains the cold attitude? The need for regulation in such an event? As a matter of fact, the chart is heavily populated by planets in earth. The First Responders said that no one had budgeted for water rescue, therefore they could do nothing. It would be great to see what signs these people were. It's fascinating to see that they haven't been instantly fired.

The Moon was in conjunction with Mars to the degree at 15 Taurus. That's as volatile as it gets. First Responders who prefer not to get their feets wet should maybe schedule days off when the Moon is in hard aspect to Mars. This was also in conjunction with the Midheaven 16 Taurus, and Venus 19 Taurus (suicide, told ya), Mercury 25 Taurus.

Since Zack was either 52 or 53 years old he may have been going through his 2d progressed Lunar Return which would have hooked in to this angle. His step-mother was on shore in a frenzy, all 84 years of her. Talk about the Uranus Return from Hell.

The IC, or 4th House cusp, rules end of life. This was 16 Scorpio ruled by Pluto, planet which rules Death. The Moon ruled the 12th House cusp and Neptune ruled the 8th House cusp, another planet which rules Death and Suicidal tendencies.

Zack didn't actually die until about 1 hour, 15 minutes after the first cop showed up. At that point the Ascendant switched signs into Virgo. Neptune was conjunct the Descendant by 1 degree. And an innocent bystander ran in to the water and pulled him out. So there you go, the Virgo/Mercury/Pisces/Neptune energy finally kicks in for what it's known for. Was probably a young Pluto in Scorpio woman. Mercury was ruling the chart and was in conjunction with the MC and Venus which is the MC's ruler.

There's a Grand Fire Trine between 23 Leo ASC, NN 25 Sagittarius (H5) and Jupiter 29 Aries (H9). That explains how the Suicide attempt was successful. Fire is usually the sign that I expect the Heroics from. Perhaps the Grand Trine encased the courage in a cocoon, a vortex if you will, the energy that Noel Tyl talks about, the Heroics were sealed off in the minds of the people on the beach. I mean, I have mostly earth in my chart as well so I understand the idea of letting a guy do his thing, but I don't think that's my best characteristic.

I guess this is like the Weiner scandal. It brings up the problems of generations brought up on TV and Internet and their parents' Divorces. Stressed out people who can only watch and can't speak and who basically just can't give a shit.

It must be connected in some way to Uranus-Pluto transits. Kitty Genovese incident occurred with Uranus-Pluto in Virgo. Uranus rules Strangers and people who keep their distance emotionally. Uranus also rules Step-families. Zack's 84 year old Stepmother was helplessly standing on shore as well, unable to help, Uranus Return.

I sort of see this as probably being an example of how different Pluto generations develop. Virgo is supposed to be related to public service. Perhaps the Pluto erases those qualities? And Libra probably could learn a couple more lessons in how to feel guilt about how much they expect from others. I have noticed a weird phenomenon occurring in the U.S. which is probably related to Pluto in Virgo and Libra issues. At the same time that we've been reduced to a basically service oriented country, we have a workforce that has a "blame the customer" attitude.

I tend to think that Virgo and Libra are the signs most likely to stand around doing nothing. In the good sense they are probably the most accurate witnesses during a crime because they do not give a shit. On the bad side, they would rather watch you die than help. They are the ones who are diligently watching you through a spy cam and reporting your b.s. That's why the Weiner scandal which is not in any way interesting at all whatsoever, none of my business, keep that poo to yourself.

Sorry, just can't believe this story. What rules apathy? Got to look that up. Maybe I just did. Even Jon Stewart has missed this one, but he cut his hand reporting on Weiner.

Couldn't they have at least thrown Zack a rope, tossed him a donut, give the guy a chance to change his mind?

http://outthecometsass.blogspot.com/2008/12/sos-and-bystander-effect.html

Opening Bell June 2, 2011

2011-06-07T15:45:00.000-07:00

I think it was last Thursday. Opening Bell Chart for the NYSE shows Saturn in the 3d House of announcements. Magic Federal Reserve Chairman made his announcement that we can expect 5 weeks of falling Stock Market Prices and since then the Stock Market has lost something every day. That was the first of 3 Eclipses in a row which will happen over the next 5 weeks. Neptune was also Stationing Direct at 1 Pisces in the 8th House of this chart. There's that conjunction of Mercury-Venus-Mars in Taurus, sign of money as well. I've noticed before that Mercury and Venus conjunctions often tend to be part of stock market crashes. They're pretty common. And I'd rather have one in June than in October because everyone's going on vacation.

It all seems so controlled and staged. 5 Leo Rising. The last within orb contact between the Saturn-Uranus-Pluto t-square was set off the angles. Maybe the Real Estate Market will start to pick up after the Cancer Eclipse in July. People are really tense. Some guy in a Taco Bell asked me what I thought of the money situation and I told him that we are screwed for 15 more years. He seemed to believe me. People are pretty messed up right about now.

June 2 Opening Bell 9:30 am New York, NY

ASC 5 Leo; Sun 12 Gemini; Moon 20 Gemini; MC 21 Aries; NN wherever it is, Sagittarius something. Oooh, it's getting close to Magic Federal Reserve BF's Sun.

Weiner's Weiner

2011-06-06T14:59:00.000-07:00

Well, at least this Congressman from New York has lived up to his name.

Anthony Weiner has admitted that he lied about sending a photo of his bulging underpants to a strange woman online. I sort of wonder. Is this going to stay in the Google archives forever and ever? I mean, knowing the way that things go in life, the entire Google archives will be wiped out in an online War with China over who gets to stay on the planet once Global Warming decides that only 1000 can people can remain on earth. All will be lost from what was the United States of America except for Congressman Weiner's bulge.

Only a Virgo could get away with this. Maybe his bulge isn't all that ... threatening?

Anthony Weiner
Sept. 4, 1964 Brooklyn, NY

Sun 13 Virgo; Moon Leo or Virgo; NN 29 Gemini

Has a "tight conjunction" of Sun 13 Virgo to Pluto 14 Virgo-Mercury 8 Virgo Rx-Uranus 11 Virgo. Let's face it. Virgo would rather just watch. Why do I get the feeling that porno is what really built the internet?

Natal Saturn is at 1 Pisces Rx. His biggest lessons in life come through photography. These planetary placements never really make sense until real life kicks in. If only Dad had provided stronger leadership during those vulnerable years while Mom was changing his ...

o lookee,

Mars is in Cancer at 24 degree conjunct Venus 27 Cancer and sextiles Jupiter 26 Taurus. Explains the diaper fetish. Should have been an astronaut.

Google is already censoring so much of what it keeps online. Why don't they just admit to that? I mean. What's the bigger lie here? I mean, this guy grew up in the Shadow of AIDS. This is how the Pluto in Virgo's get their rocks off. It's better than HIV, isn't it?

Pennies From Heaven

2011-06-06T13:24:00.000-07:00

My Health Insurance was just raised another $100.00 a month so I feel a little bit vindicated by this story:

"Man cited after paying bill with 2,500 pennies"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110605/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_paying_with_pennies;_ylt=AhCklxt8T24EvTdHkqBWX0RH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTNrN2pkMm8xBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwNjA1L3VzX29kZF9wYXlpbmdfd2l0aF9wZW5uaWVzBGNjb2RlA3RvcGdtcHRvcDIwMHBvb2wEY3BvcwMzBHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDbWFuY2l0ZWRhZnRl

A 38-year old man was arguing with a Hospital about $25.00 he owed on his bill. He finally gave up and decided to pay the thing. But. He paid entirely with pennies. 2,500 of them. He dumped them on the counter and then he stood there and insisted that the employees count them while they spilled over into everything. The employees got so upset they called the Police who charged him with disorderly conduct.

Yayyyy!!! How did the police keep a straight face? Will he pay this ticket with pennies as well? Maybe the metermaid can take the change with her little machine?

Okay. Okay. I'll shut up. Gemini Rising just can't let this story go without a hoot.

Don't know what rules the different currencies. Venus rules copper and Venus rules Money through the sign of Taurus. Taurus can be a real penny pincher sign. Either way Venus was in Taurus on May 27 in tight conjunction with Mercury and Mars (employees, police, making a statement) . The stellium was trining Pluto (revenge) 7 Capricorn Rx.

Unfortunately the Gemini Sun was squaring Neptune (Hospitals).

I suspect that Hospitals are going to be in the news a whole lot during the next 13 years or so while Neptune transits through its own sign.

Twin Friars Die on Same Day at Age 92

2011-06-05T16:10:00.000-07:00

A pair of identical twin brothers died last Wednesday within hours of each other. The exceptional thing is not that they both dedicated their lives to working for the Church but that they were 92 years old. You know there's going to be some really bizarre astrology in there.

92 years equals close to 90 degrees which is a square aspect on the Astrological Wheel so I was wondering if there would be a significant square setting off this event. I immediately noticed that the brothers are currently going through a significant transit on their chart, that of the Pluto Opposition. This is a very rare transit for anyone to have. People rarely make it to this age. But, also, only a few generations live with a natal Pluto which orbits through signs quickly enough so that Pluto can oppose its natal position at birth.

At age 92 Brother Julian and Brother Adrian Riester were born with Pluto at 5 Cancer in conjunction with Jupiter at 4 Cancer. On Wednesday when they passed transiting Pluto was at 7 Capricorn. This activated a significant square in their natal chart between Sun-Chiron in Aries (4-6 degrees) and Pluto-Jupiter in Cancer.

This is doubly activated as their progressed Sun was at 6 Cancer possibly in conjunction with their progressed Moon. They were possibly going through a New Moon in Cancer in their progressed chart. And they died on a Gemini New Moon. Gemini is sign of the twins.

Their charts are even exceptional for showing twin boys all around. The brothers were born during a conjunction of Mercury to Mars in Aries. And they died just after going through a return conjunction of those planets. Mercury is the sign of twins and siblings. Mars is the sign of boys and is extra strong in its own sign.
Mercury and Mars along with Venus and Jupiter as those planets have been having a long conjunction through the signs of Aries and Taurus this spring.

They died on Wednesday June 1, 2011, which was a full Moon in Gemini which would have occurred in conjunction with their South Node. Gemini is the sign of the twins and siblings. Sagittarius (NN) is the sign of Religion. The Nodes show the life path (that's simple terms). Pretty amazing literal translation of that Nodal Axis.

Brother Julian and Brother Adrian, born Jerome and Irving Riester
b. Mar. 27, 1919 New York

Sun 6 Aries; Moon Capricorn or Aquarius; NN 8 Sagittarius rx

d. June 1, 2011 St. Petersburg, Florida
Sun 11 Gemini; Moon Gemini; NN 25 Sagittarius Rx

Germany Has Worst E.Coli Outbreak in Modern History

2011-06-05T15:14:00.000-07:00

An outbreak of a new strain of e.coli bacteria has so far killed 22 people in Europe and has infected 450 people, possibly as many as 1213 more. The Hospitals are said to be filled to capacity. How's that for Neptune's entrance in to its own sign of Pisces. I suppose we might look to blame the water supply somehow, but apparently it's the produce. At first Germany blamed the outbreak on some organic cucumbers from Spain which almost sent Europe into WWWIII. Now they say that they suspect the source was some bean sprouts which were served up at a restaurant in Lubeck, Germany. I've read that bean sprouts are really notorious carriers of these types of disease. Wonder why the hippies like them so much. At any rate, they are now the villains. I saw a photo of some being held in some tongs. They looked like vile worms. Never thought you could make a bean sprout look so creepy. Just read a story about 6 people who came down with the disease, 3 women and 3 men. They said they had only one bathroom for the women and one bathroom for the men and this severely affected their ability to queue properly. Can you imagine? I can. I had the Salmonella when I was a kid and was quarantined for a month.

I picked up some dates from Wikipedia. The deadliest outbreak of all time makes sense as Saturn-Pluto and Uranus sort of are in their final pass of the notorious t-square pattern. Neptune rules poisons along with Pluto and it is strong in its own sign. Pluto is in the sign of Capricorn which just expresses issues regarding being stuck and also in using force. It is squaring Saturn which is ruling Capricorn. Saturn in Libra shows a weakening of the kidneys which this food poisoning is said to be very good at. Something called hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS).

Probably having the South Node in Gemini doesn't help the matter. I tend to think that diseases spread rapidly with this sign.

The first case was confirmed on May 2. That's a new Moon in Taurus. The Moon had just passed over a huge stellium in Aries: Uranus 3 Aries; Venus 14 Aries; Mercury 17 aries; Jupiter 23 Aries; Mars 23 Aries. These were all setting off the outer planet Cardinal Sign t-square. Interesting that Aries is the first sign of the zodiac and this is considered a new strain of e.coli, only confirmed one other time in Korea.

Of course, since Aries is the God of War I'm suspicious that this is some biowarfare thing, but I'm paranoid, of course. With New Moon in Taurus, the people at the catered event were probably just over-eating.

The first death came on May 21, 2011. The Sun changed signs to Gemini and was exactly squaring Neptune-Chiron 1-6 Pisces. The Moon was in Capricorn. There was a tight conjunction of Venus-Mars-Mercury at 7-8 Taurus. This is close to the placement of where the New Moon was when the first case was noticed which would have been about 12 Taurus.

Perhaps the guilty vegetable is some sort of Taurus thing.

Here's an article about what kinds of foods Taurus' like. Cucumbers are in there but I guess it's not the Cucumbers: http://www.ehow.com/how_2180348_cook-taurus.html

Here's an article about what kinds of foods Aries like. Cucumbers are in there as well. http://www.ehow.com/how_2180334_cook-aries.html

But, it's not the cucumbers. Of course, they blamed organic. And the Spaniards are p'o'd about being blamed. And then it turns out that the new strain probably was released from a creepy laboratory somewhere.

There were no planets in Virgo for this one, let me tell you. I'd suspect there could more problems with food that arise from this t-square. I guess there was a huge rise of suicides among farmers in India. I hate to think what the reason for that is, but it should certainly be of more concern to more people, imo.

Missing Nurses in Bay Area

2011-06-04T16:26:00.000-07:00

A beautiful young Nursing Student went missing a week ago Friday. She was taking a break from her class at a hospital in Hayward, CA. Her name is Michelle Hoang Thi Le.

EDIT: Michelle Le's body was found
Saturday Sept. 17, 2011 10:30 am near Sunol, CA

ASC 9 Scorpio; Sun 25 Virgo (H11); NN 19 Sagittarius

Pluto Stationing Direct 5 Capricorn squaring Venus 4 Libra opposite Uranus 3 Aries Rx.

An old high school friend has been arrested for her murder:

Giselle Estebar
b. Feb. 4, 1984 (Place)

Estebar suspected that Le was involved romantically with her child's Father. I'm not sure of the age of the child because of news reports. Estebar is said to be 7 months pregnant with her second child.

Either way, my interpretation was way off. Will never publish another crime in progress like this again. My apologies to the family of Michelle Le.

end of edit.

Michelle's disappearance bears many similarities to another missing person case from last year which ended up as an unsolved murder. This was the disappearance and murder of Phuong Le who disappeared a few days before her 25th Birthday.

The events of the disappearances share some remarkable similarities. Both women are born within a year of each other so are the same age. They are both nursing students. They are of Vietnamese descent and they live in the Bay Area. They even drive similar white cars, SUVs, and have the same last name (although it's pretty common). Their cars have been found along with most of their belongings left inside.

They also went missing around the same time of year (April 25, 2010 and May 27, 2011). And they were both seen just as Scorpio rules the chart. Scorpio rules violent crimes so this is of extreme concern. Taurus rules the Descendant in these charts. Assuming that this describes the Victims, it is interesting that from the birth dates I have found for the women that they are both Venusian Sun Signs. Phuong was a Taurus Sun. Michelle may or may not be a Libra Sun.

Since the Ascendant and Descendant describe the victim and victimizer in an event chart this might indicate that the cases are related. There's about a 2 hour window time frame for this particular Rising Sign and we don't have official times for either event chart. The articles I've read say that the police say there is about a 30percent chance that their crimes are related. It seems as if the Taurus/Scorpio Axis will describe whatever motives and tensions occurred between victim and victimizers. We don't know for sure that Michelle Le is a victim and didn't just skip town for some reason, but reports from people who know her say that it would be very uncharacteristic of her to do so.

At 7pm, Mercury (sibling), Venus (female), and Mars (male) were in a conjunction in Taurus and passing over the Descendant.

Both event charts contain the stressful Saturn-Uranus-Pluto t-square configuration which can show that stresses from the environment and culture at large may play in to the crimes. Since the event charts may possibly have similar house placements the t-square may be placed in the same houses within the charts for each crimes. This has apex-ruler Pluto in Capricorn in the 2d House (Taurus, Money, Self worth). The Saturn-Uranus opposition is hanging out over the H6-12 cusps. They are in different signs in both charts as both planets have changed signs over the last year. Pluto is the planet of jealousy. It shows the motive. This t-square points to the empty 8th house which Pluto rules. This t-square has been at these locations, though, every night in April-May for the last 2 years, though, so the crimes can't really be described through them, except to say that they could have occurred as result of long standing stressors.

I'd guess that any suspects involved might have had this t-square playing heavily on their natal charts. But, often, victims and victimizers will have the same aspects and transits so it's always difficult to draw conclusions.

Both women's charts were under stress from this t-square in the following ways:

Phuong Le had a natal square between Venus 7 Aries to Neptune 4 Capricorn Rx in her chart. This will show that she had heightened romantic fantasies and artistic talent. This combination is often connected with drugs in some way, so nursing is a natural positive outlet.

Michelle Le has a conjunction of Neptune 29 Sagittarius-Mars 5 Capricorn-Jupiter 7 Capricorn in her natal chart. This would show heightened fantasies as well, maybe a Prince Charming complex. Mars shows the types of men women are attracted to. Venus shows how women express their end of their love lives.

I wrote about a month ago about another missing Nursing Student in Tennessee who possibly happens to have the same birth date as Michelle Le who just disappeared. different year, but, wow, these stories are pretty bad. By strange coincidence she happens to share the same birthday with Michelle (different years)(I'm not sure the date I have is accurate) http://outthecometsass.blogspot.com/2011/04/abducted-woman-in-tennessee-holly-bobo.html.

I can't make heads or tails of the charts aside from the fact that, if I'm working with the correct birth dates, both young women were born in a difficult year. Both Saturn and Pluto were in Scorpio when they were born. Phuong had had a relation with a boss who is married and has a family. She had had an argument with a sister earlier in the day. And she had recently graduated from school and was concerned about finding a job.

Michelle was supposedly on her way to Reno for the week-end. The news isn't mentioning this but sometimes that can indicate a gambling problem. Scorpio tends to present complications like this.

Both women have transiting Pluto passing over natal Neptune in Capricorn right now, or very recently. This is a signature for "Wipe Out" (usually just in the spiritual sense) as Noel Tyl calls this combination.

Young Women: Venus
Nurses: Virgo, Pisces
Automobiles: Mercury, Mars
White Cars: I'm not sure what rules the color White. I'd say Sagittarius, but that's only because Emily Dickenson was a Sagittarius and she only wore white. Should try to figure that out as the color white is also closely related with nurses because of their uniforms.
Book store: Mercury
Hospital: Neptune
Names: Ascendant, Gemini, Mercury?
Students: Higher Learning: Jupiter
Cell Phones: Mercury

Here's the information I've pulled up.

Phuong Le went missing last year.

Left house: April 25, 2010 around 4:00 pm Suisun City, CA.

Sun 6 Taurus (H8); Moon Libra?; NN 16 Capricorn Rx

ASC at 5pm was 2 Libra; at 8:30 pm it was 14 Scorpio
Is said to have been seen by an employee at Barnes & Noble, Fairfield, CA around 8:30 pm. Security cameras don't show her presence but that may be because they are angled to show the employees rather than the customers. Her brother found her car in the parking lot early the next morning when he went out to look for her.

Phuong's body was found in Napa by a woman who was out walking her dog on Friday May 7, 2010 at around 9:00 am (near Fairfield, CA).

Phuong Le
born Apr. 30, 1985 Saigon, Vietnam

Sun 10 Taurus; Moon Leo or Virgo; NN 19 Taurus

Phuong went missing 4 days before her 25th Birthday. She was a year past her first Jupiter Return.

Sun is widely conjunct the North Node in Taurus and is widely opposing Pluto 3-4 Scorpio. Her n. Saturn 26 Scorpio is widely conjunct the South Node 19 Scorpio. Scorpio is the sign most often connected with Murder. Pluto rules that sign. The Nodal Axis can show events/conditions affecting life path/destiny. Sun and Saturn and Pluto connected together like this can show issues surrounding use of force. It's also a very unforgiving connection. Saturn-Pluto types are somehow not as forgivable as other people. They are often seen together in the charts of healers as well because the sense of forcefulness can be emotional or psychic as much as physical. Phuong also has a conjunction of Jupiter-Uranus in Pisces which would have really enforced her desire to help others in the world. This mirrors the transiting conjunction of those planets which occurred this past year.

Phuong's chart also shows a conjunction of Mars 3 Gemini c. Chiron 7 Gemini which opposes the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction and may or may not square her natal Moon. This might show a restless spirit and an attraction to restless men. She had had an affair with her boss at a previous job at a Postal Store (the Gemini works literally here). Her boss was married and was questioned a lot during the investigation, as one can imagination.

Michelle Hoang Thi Le, Age 26
I'm leaving out the birth date I have for her because I don't know if it's accurate and if it is would violate her privacy. I've mentioned some parts of her chart already, but can't guarantee that it's correct info.

Missing:
May 27, 2011 Hayward, CA 7:00 pm Friday

Sun 7 Gemini ((H7); Moon 13 Aries (H5); ASC 22 Scorpio; NN 25 Sagittarius Rx (H2); DESC 22 Taurus

The Neptune-Chiron conjunction is conjunct the IC. That certainly describes the Hospital location so this event chart looks accurate.

article describing the case: http://newsfeedresearcher.com/data/articles_n23/police-hayward-michelle.html

Mercury plays strongly in the charts that I've looked at. That can indicate a number of things. Phones, Cars, Siblings, Neighbors, Children, Communications, Jobs.

Set of 3 Eclipses

2011-06-01T23:38:00.000-07:00

Looked at the eclipses because the market tanked more than 200 points today. This is something the banks have been planning I guess. Interests rates go up, Stocks go down.

Both June Eclipses have Scorpio Rising (Investments, Bankruptcy, Insurance). Ruler Pluto is in the 3d house. Guess that means that business and shrewd, quick witted types win. The Sun, Moon and Nodal Axis are all crossing the H2 (Banking) AND H8 in both charts.

The Saturn-Uranus opposition is crossing the H6-H12 houses. If you're not the one creating the shock, you the one who just got farked.

Jupiter is conjunct the Descendant from the 6th House in both charts. It rules the 2d House of Banking (expansion? or inflation? or just a rise in interest rates?). International Banking? Foreign interests taking over the banking industry? Hope you've been saving your Yen.

Europe is suffering from some virulent form of e coli that nobody understands. The Germans say it's the Spanish Cucumbers. Don't know what the Spanish are saying. Russia won't buy from either country. What rules Cucumbers?

added 6/2: (So, there were at least two very big announcements which could be indicated by the Pluto (3 house) t-square to the Saturn-Uranus opposition over the H6-H12 cusps of health. Europe is suffering from a new super toxin e-coli, one of the most deadly (Pluto). It affects the kidneys (Libra rules Kidneys, Saturn in Libra on H12 cusp). And the other announcement was that the economy is very weak and the employment figures don't look good (Uranus on the H6 cusp, which can also show the health concerns that Europe is having). http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110602/ap_on_he_me/eu_contaminated_vegetables_europe

The solution for t-square problems shows up in the house opposite the apex planet. This is the 9th House with Cancer as the sign. These two elements don't blend well and require constant adjustment, love of home. Then there is giving opinions, higher knowledge and love of other people's homes. The solution might be through what these two signs have in common. That indicates long distance travel which is maybe not as easy to do right now. Another solution is to maintain a sense of humor. There's a problem with that as well because Sagittarius usually makes fun of others as a sense of humor and Cancer feels picked on. So, if in doubt, make fun of yourself or of the Cancer/Sagittarius tension which struggles between being clingy and needy and with wanting freedom and independence.)

June 1, 2011 Solar Partial 5:02 pm EDT NY, NY
Sun 12 Gemini; Moon 12 Gemini (H8); ASC 3 Scorpio; MC 10 Leo; NN 25 Sagittarius Rx (H2)

conjunction of Mar 17 Taurus to Venus 21 Taurus in H7, unaspected except for conjunction to each other. Mercury 29 Taurus H7 also.

June 15, 2011 4:13 pm EDT NY, NY
Sun 25 Gemini (H8); Moon 25 Sagittarius (H2); ASC 5 Scorpio; MC 11 Leo; NN 24 Sagittarius (H2)

This is a Total Lunar Eclipse. You think you're crazy now, just wait.

Oh no, bring back Osama. We need a common enemy to keep us united. We'll have to bomb Wall Street ourselves!

July 1, 2011 8:54 am Solar Partial
Sun 10 Cancer; Moon 10 Cancer; ASC 1 Cancer; MC 7 Pisces; NN 23 Sagittarius

A Solar Eclipse that is a triple Cancer ruled by the Moon. Sun/Moon is opposing Pluto 7 Capricorn across the 1st and 7th Houses.

Well, Cancer rules Real Estate. I'd like to think that the Bankers are figuring that all kinds of house hunters will be out buying up Real Estate? And the double dipper will be a short term thing?

Today's Opening Bell chart has the Sun-Moon conjunction in the 11th House squaring Neptune-Chiron in H8. The Rising is 4 Leo so Sun rules the chart. Jupiter and the Mars-Venus conjunction in Taurus is in the 10th House. Jupiter trines Pluto in the 6th House. Pluto is squaring the Saturn-Uranus opposition which crosses H3-9. Saturn is close to the IC but kind of strange that the announcement that the Real Estate Market is a double dipper in many spots (not in California) doesn't show a more traumatized chart. Only angle that's heavily populated is the 10th House so there's leadership. Nobody's really steering the oars. And the public has vanished. Maybe it's good to announce a double dipper just after the start of Summer. Maybe this year's crop of college grads won't end up being such arrogant spoiled brats for a change. I guess I'm old and bitter and a total failure, huh?

3 eclipses in a row

2011-06-01T12:16:00.000-07:00

Eclipse at around 11 Gemini today. There will be another on June 15 at somewhere around 24 Gemini Sagittarius. Then there will be another one at early cancer in July. Sorry I don't have the exact information. The newsletters I've received that are written by astrologers are better than usual even. That's maybe the beneficial side of the Gemini Sagittarius. Would like to link to them but don't really want to send any weirdos over there in case some anti-socials are reading this. Gemini rules contagiousness, disease. So you always have to wash your hands really well. Don-t use anti-bacterial soaps though because that goes down the drain and kills the nice fishes. Just open all doors with your non-dominant hand, keep you pockets empty, and figure out how to use spell check on your iPad or you will go insane.

Keep your car maintained. If you really want to destroy a person spread gossip about them. Maybe a bunch of announcements. Yesterday a bunch of scientists announced that cell phones create cauliflowers in your brain. How appropriate. In California the police are allowed to go through your cell phone without a warrant. Can't tell you what a relief that has brought for me due to the gang stalking thing. I've sort of collapsed me life though because of the stress so we'll see. I should write an essay about legal tortures that people from 3dworld countries use. I know more about illegal immigration at this point than the INS. Fortunately for all involved nothing I say is ever believable. Must've the Gemini rising. Fucking apple spell check. Sorry Steve jobs, love ya babe. I bought this thing to draw on anyway. There is no spell check in the art world.

Rape dba Virginity Tests

2011-05-31T13:50:00.000-07:00

Wow. It looked like Egypt was really going to enter the 21st Century. But, uh, we forgot about the men.

News reports now say that some women who tried to take part in the "Egypt Spring" were tortured by the police. In Egypt this means apparently that they were electrocuted and raped via "medical virginity test" to affirm that they were not "raped by the military." First they were stripped, while men watched. Then they were beaten and called prostitutes, by men. Then some were electrocuted and called prostitutes. Then they were taken into a room and a man in a white coat did a virginity exam on them, while men watched and took photos.

The Arabs didn't invent Logic. I don't know who did. I don't have much of it myself. But, hey, I know that the tech industry is extremely chauvinistic. So, when they yahoo'd themselves all over the media about how the collective conscious Internet stuff has saved the world of course they forgot to mention what it's still going to be like for women. Still same old, same old for the gals.

So, anyway, what's a good day for having an exam for forced medical examination of your uterus?

PigMen Raping Women Through Virginity Test.
March 9, 2011 Cairo, Egypt

Sun 19 Pisces; Moon Aries or Taurus; NN 29 Sagittarius

Virgins are ruled by the sign of Virgo in the astrology. There's no Virgo in this chart. But 4 planets plus Chiron (Wounded Healer) and Lilith (equal rights ex-wife) are in the opposite sign of Pisces: Chiron 2 Pisces; Mars 12 Pisces; Sun 19 Pisces; Lilith 29 Pisces; Mercury 30 Pisces; Uranus 30 Pisces. Interesting that Neptune was still in Aquarius, he wasn't in his own sign, perhaps that is why we even get to hear about this atrocity at this point.

Mercury, ruler of Virgo is in conjunction with Lilith and Uranus at 29-30 Pisces and this is squaring the Nodal Axis last degrees of Sagittarius/Gemini. Virgo is the empty leg of this t-square, and, yes, the Examiner in the White Coat says he did not find a single Virgin. Of course, with Mercury in Pisces he's most likely a lying son of a bitch, but who cares, he's a man. And Virgo is the sign related to genuine Medical Examinations which was absent from the event. This was torture.

Wow, this is amazing. I didn't even notice Venus' placement while looking at the chart. Going back I notice that she was at 10 Aquarius. She'd have been sextile Jupiter and possibly squaring the Moon (don't have a time so don't have an exact placement for the Moon). Venus in Aquarius would be involved in Rebellions. And it's a good placement for events in which women are elecrocuted for participating in big group events. I'm not sure if the typical rape indicators involving Pluto are here. I didn't look at the centaurs.

What we do know is that if any of the women involved were virgins, well, then, they're not now.

Jonathan saffron foer's childhood

2011-05-29T15:54:00.000-07:00

Hi. I'm ting on an iPad. I with the spell check. So. Boohoo. This post will be even more unreadable than the others.

Jonathan saffron fore is a wunderkind novelist. I've never read anything he's written but always wanted to. Pluto in Sagittarius made my reading list so long I'll never catch up.

Heard foer's younger brother interviewed on NPR in the car, driving. I was driving. NPR was in the radio. I can't go back and edit. Takes forever for iPad to catch on which word I'm pointing at,bad circulation and cold fingers.

Turns out the are 3 boys in the fore familyand they're all geniuses. Wikipedia says something about fore which shows really interesting planetary cycle development in childhood so that's what I'm trying to explain here. Too bad my mother didn't procreate with the fore oys'father or grandfather, I could write better.

Jonathan safran fore
Spellcheck keeps misspelling his name, not me necessarily but that's good because he can't find this when he googles himself. I'm safely hidden in the silicon valley cloud except for the gang staplers who read all ,y crap because they're freaks.

Born feb. 21, 1977
Sun 3pisces, moon Aries, nn 26 libra

Isn't that weird how spell check knows to capitalize Aries but not libra?

Fore had a freak accident in the chemistry lab when he was 8. He said he was messed up for 3 years after that. This is described perfectly by his astrology chart and the child development phases as described by the planetary return cycles of childhood. 8year olds are mostly under the influence of Saturn because this is roughly the time of the first square that Saturn makes to it's natal spot. Satrun rules father, discipline, etc. It also hacve trouble dealing with failure. It also represents empirical science. Fore's natal Saturn is at 12 Leo. It's a very strongly placed planet in his chart. You can sort of sense that fore gets performance anxiety but is also very driven to succeed. Since he has natal sun in Pisces inspected to other planets y,ou can sort of also sense that a hit from Saturn would constantly pull him towards Leo style self expression. Saturn I. This chart is involved in a lot of major aspects, t-square with Uranus and mars. Grand trine with neptune-Venus-maybe moon which also turns into a house configuration with more planets, merc and mars, and with apex Neptune in Sagittarius. So his first Saturn square set off all those lights.

Physically Saturn rules the bonesand skin. Boundaries. The wiki articles says, and this won't be a dire t quote: for 3years "he wanted nothing except to be outside his own skin.". How's that for describing a difficult reaction to a satrun grant trine, especially with Neptune and Venus and maybe moon?

He spent the next 3years in some sort of turmoil and was then released. Interesting that 3years later he would have been going through his first Jupiter return. This is the first outer planet retrun and symbolizes end of childhood. Like his sun, fore's Jupiter is inspected so it doesn't flow with the rest of the planets. It's at 24 Taurus. Jupiter rules higher learning, opinions. It's connected with publishing and writing. Taurus is connected with writing as it rules the development of the alphabet, historically.

Wellington Burt's "Spite Claus"

2011-05-27T15:45:00.000-07:00

Well, in the mind of good children of Christian decent there is the wonderful image of Santa Claus. A strange old man who is chronically jolly and brings secret presents on Christmas Eve. A Jupiterian?

And, I guess sort of to make up for Santa, many good children of White decent at least, also grow up to learn about another Claus, I have just found something called the "Spite Claus" in parents' wills. This is from the resentful, competitive, angry parent. Maybe should be spelled "claws" instead of "claus" for the long lasting bitterness that one's last word of rejection can have. This is probably most understood by those of us who come from divorced families with remarriages, etc. where loyalties are all screwed up. Narcissism is such a common personality trait among the divorced that the parents often seem to delight in screwing up their kids long after they die even.

God, starting off with a little rant here.

Article today about a mean rich old white guy, twice divorced, with 7 kids who totally messed with his heirs' heads through his will. This guy, Wellington Burt, was worth between 60 and 80 million dollars when he died in 1919. And he stipulated in his will that his children and grandchildren would receive nothing. Well, I guess they were bequeathed small annuities of amounts mostly below the amounts he left his employees. He even stipulated that the great-grandchildren, etc. would have to wait 21 years until after the last grandchild had died. This occurred in November 1989.

Burt's astrology chart is pretty amazing to look at. I wanted to look at Burt's chart to understand why he was such a MoFo, and I'll get to that somewhere in there, trust me.

Wellington Burt
b.July 26, 1831 Pike, NY

Sun 3 Leo; Moon Aquarius or Pisces; NN 23 Leo

Burt was a Leo Sun born on or soon after a Full Moon in Aquarius. His chart shape actually emphasizes the opposition between the Sun and Moon and is basically a SeeSaw shape chart layered very close to that Full Moon in the last degrees of Leo/Aquarius.

Funny how his name even seems to be like a seesaw with a typical last name, Wellington, placed first and typical first name, Burt, named last.

Bob Marks has written really great descriptions of chart shapes which I'm too lazy to look up right now (www.bobmarksastrologer.com look in the lessons section).

Burt was strongly Leo/Aquarius. He had Sun at 3 Leo in wide conjunction with Mercury 11 Leo, but otherwise unaspected. Right there we see why he was such an SOB. His ego didn't work with the rest of his chart, let alone with his family or friends.

In addition to Sun-Mercury, there's a conjunction of NN 22 Leo-Mars 23 Leo-Saturn 2 Virgo. This opposes a conjunction of Uranus 13 Aquarius Rx-Jupiter 20 Aquarius Rx-SN 23 Aquarius and possibly Moon in Aquarius.

This means that Burt had Sun in its own sign and Uranus in its own sign, both strong and Fixed, and in a very wide opposition contact with each other of 10 degrees. That's pretty interesting to interpret in terms of describing somebody who wanted to leave everything to relatives of the future. Strangers belong to Uranus and Aquarius, as does all things Futuristic as does weirdness and eccentricity. Adding Jupiter in there describes "lucky" strangers! The part where they are connected with his South Node and possibly Moon sort of casts a long dark shadow on his soul path. Something related to clinging to deep insecurities. Pluto represents resentments and is over at 11 Aries in a sextile to Uranus and trine to Mercury. I ought to like this guy. I have Mercury and Mars in the same sign.

Wellsy well, all is good since the poor kids that this guy spawned are now long dead and released from rejection from their father. Maybe they made the best of it and followed the living well is the best revenge motto.

Right now interestingly enough, Burt's progressed Sun is opposite his natal Sun at 1 Aquarius. And there was a big conjunction of Jupiter-Uranus at the beginning of Aries which sextiles/trines the opposition. The transiting Jupiter-Uranus conjunction mirrors the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in his natal chart. And, as I pointed out, that seems to literally write out the words "Lucky Strangers" which is what his descendants are, except for their genetics. Maybe he did this in order to ensure his blood line? (I doubt it, but nice try).

His big Solar Ego has cast as big a shadow as it possibly could and has redeemed itself. Wish I knew more about that SeeSaw chart shape but I suppose an unaspected Leo sun would be enough to become a big successful industrialist and to have the most patronizing personality in U.S. history.

It's even interesting also that there was a wait of 21 years from the time after the last grandchild died. That's the time it takes for Uranus to square itself from that grandchild's death. He did manage to live long enough to experience a full Uranus Return - 87 years old, died March, 1919. He apparently lived in isolation for his last 30 or so years. And there is other stuff in his chart to show that he might use the Uranian energy in a crueler way than some may prefer: conjunction of Mars-Saturn to NN and absence of water in the chart.

Uranus rules not only strangers, but divorce. I suspect that Burt's bitterness is best explained by his attitudes towards his marriages/divorces. His whole life is interesting to observe through the Retrogrades of his progressions. He divorced his first wife and I'm unclear what happened to his second wife who he married in 1869. He lived alone in his final years. His progressed Venus stationed Retrograde at 23 Libra in 1884 and didn't come out of Retrograde until 1926 after he had died. That would affect his feelings of being loveable (I picked that up from Noel Tyl, hopefully I got it right).

Burt was born with all the outer planets except Saturn in Retrograde. They have now all stationed Direct. That lucky Jupiter-Uranus conjunction stationed direct very close in time relatively speaking for how slowly these things move. Jupiter SD around 1906 when his wealth was at a peak. Uranus SD around 1917 a couple of years before he died. He was apparently senile when he died, perhaps as a result of stomach surgery at Age 80.

Burt's Progressed Pluto (Wills, etc.) Stationed Direct in 1980 at 9 Aries. His progressed Saturn Stationed Rx at 16 Virgo in 1983-84. Then his last granddaughter died Nov. 1989 so that's a pretty interesting comment on the Saturn-Pluto energy regarding loss and selfishness. As someone who went through similar inheritance issues as the kids with my father I know the weirdness of the type of pain that one feels as a result. And I also know the spiteful looks of glee in other's faces when they hear that you've been screwed. And I also know, but don't understand, how creepy and greedy step-parents and siblings can be.

Since Taurus rules money I'll just add that Burt had Chiron (wounded healer) in that sign. Pluto was opposing it when his last granddaughter died.

Caput Algol

2011-05-25T13:09:00.000-07:00

The Fixed Stars are really difficult for me to grasp. And Caput Algol is one I don't really want to talk about because of its grotesqueness. But, there is definitely something wrong with my memory. The less I want to think about something, the more likely I am to obsess over it. It just pits itself in my memory. For example, the only joke I can remember is the one that I have no interest in telling to anyone because it doesn't follow my feelings for people of a certain group. I think I've told it to the friend I have who belongs to the group out of guilt. Either way, that friend no longer asks me if I know any good jokes.

There is one Fixed Star that seems to pan out every year like clockwork. It has done so I believe ever since I read about it on Bob Mark's forum. It's Caput Algol. There might be positive interpretations for this Fixed Star but the negative one is that it indicates beheading. It seems that every year when the Sun hits Caput Algol at around 24 Taurus there's a crazy story in the news about someone who beheads someone else in a fit of insanity. Last year Disney sort of saved the day I feel by releasing Alice in Wonderland. There was a great portrayal of the Queen of Hearts played by Helen Bonham-Carter (name correct?) screaming "Off With Her Head!" over and over again. I wrote about it on the blog, link below somewhere, and wish that every year TV shows would draw straws on who will somehow do an off with his/her head! story which airs around the middle of May in order to bring about the Catharsis which apparently is needed when the Sun passes this Star. http://outthecometsass.blogspot.com/2010/05/off-with-her-head.html. I'm sure that Lady Gaga could really do a great job with this one. Monster Ball was great but nobody's neck was put on line.

Anyhoo, it doesn't help that the Star sits in the sign of Taurus which rules necks.

This year there is a gruesome story. A retired English woman, Jennifer Mills-Wesley, was decapitated while shopping on an island off of Spain. Mills-Wesley had asked for help earlier in the day when she noticed that a 28 year old man was following her around but apparently nobody took it seriously. She was a Grandmother of five and from her photos looks like a very sweet person.

Don't know the victim's birth date. She was 60, just past Saturn Return, Or the murderer's. He was 28, prog.Lunar Return.

The incident occured May 13. 2011, Los Cristianos, Tenerife, around 10:20 am in a supermarket. (source: wikipedia)

Sun 23 Taurus; Moon 26 Virgo; ASC 8 Cancer; MC 25 Pisces; NN 24? Sagittarius

Caput Algol, or the Medusa's Head (Death by Decapitation) is at 24 Taurus. The Sun was at 23 Taurus on May 13.

Chart shows Moon c. IC within a Degree and Pluto c. DESC on same degree. So it looks like someone has a Mommy complex.

The top of the chart is loaded, mostly with planets, etc. in Aries which rules the head: Eris 1 Aries; Uranus 4 Aries, Lilith 6 Aries; Nessus 6 Aries; Jupiter 26 Aries; Mercury 27 Aries; Venus 27 Aries.

And then there's Mars, ruler of swords. He is within conjunction with these last planets but has moved in to the sign of Taurus, which rules the neck.

There's definitely an emphasis of planets around the degrees 23-26 of various signs. That probably is significant in a sabian symbol kind of way, but it does mean that Caput Algol was under a lot of tension.

I send my condolences to the family and friends of Jennifer Mills-Wesley for this tragic loss. I also send healing vibes to the family of the perpetrator who suffers severe illness.

Caput Algol, MEDUSA'S HEAD (DEATH BY DECAPITATION) 24 Taurus, this year May 15

Devastating Tornado in Joplin, Missouri

2011-05-24T15:11:00.000-07:00

On Sunday Evening a very destructive tornado ripped through South Eastern Missouri and decimated the town of Joplin. This is said to be one of the most destructive tornadoes of all time, the worst since the 1950s.

Joplin Tornado
May 22, 2011 5:35pm Joplin, Missouri

Sun 2 Gemini (H8); Moon 11 Aquarius (H4); ASC 28 Libra; MC 1 Leo (H2); NN 26 Sagittarius

Don't know anything about Tornadoes. Obviously in that part of the world most of the Tornado Season comes in May so I'm guessing it's a Taurus/Gemini thing. With 195 mph winds I'd assume that Air Signs would be involved. In this particular case that certainly seems to be so since the major factors of the chart, Sun-Moon-Asc are all in Air Signs.

This particular chart has a couple of significant aspects that can be immediately pointed out.

The Inner Planets Mercury, Venus and Mars are in a tight conjunction with each other between 9-11 degrees Taurus in the 7th House. That means that Venus, the chart ruler is also in a sign that she rules. And she is even stronger because she is placed angular in the chart. Now we all know how Libras feel when they have no control over their own lives.

There is also a significant outer planet aspect which is making its last pass with each other. Saturn-Uranus and Pluto are in a t-square. Apex of the t-square, Pluto 8 Capricorn, is placed in H3 (the neighborhood) and is squaring the opposition of Saturn 11 Libra Rx and Uranus 4 Aries-Lilith 7 Aries. These planet's are placed in h6 and h12 of the chart.

I looked up the date of incorporation for the town of Joplin which brought up some interesting astrology.

Joplin, Missouri
inc. Mar. 27, 1873

Sun 8 Aries; Moon Pisces or Aries; NN 26 Taurus

The Sun and possibly the Moon placement show that Joplin is getting directly hit by the big outer planet t-square. This is made more significant by the fact that Joplin has a natal opposition of Saturn 2 Aquarius to Uranus 2 Leo in its incorporation date chart. This shows a sympathetic vibration to current aspects.

Joplin also has a conjunction of Pluto and Venus to its North Node in Taurus which opposes its South Node-Mars conjunction. That's a very volatile (but creative) aspect. Mars was Retrograde at the time that Joplin was incorporated and has since Stationed Direct (1944-45) and has just passed over its "natal" placement by 3 degrees.

Also interesting is the fact that transiting Jupiter (expansion, magnitude) is at 28 Aries. This is in conjunction with natal Neptune 26 Aries and was also exactly conjunct the Descendant at the time that the Tornado rolled through the town.

The Death Toll is currently set at 117. (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/05/24/136610695/joplin-missouri-death-toll-rises-teams-search-as-bad-weather-looms). Hopefully that figure won't rise much more. I send my condolences to all these guys. The best way to make a donation to help seems to be through the Red Cross. The site was in the middle of crashing while I was on it so try googling a little later.

Schwarzenegger is Fruitful and Has Multiplied

2011-05-23T15:05:00.000-07:00

Sorry, can't hate Schwarzenegger. Have to admit I'd be afraid to be in the same room with him. But, when I wrote to him about a concern I had about a certain something the situation was dealt with in an unbelievably heroic way. Don't know if I had anything to do with it, but it was amazing nonetheless.

While I was looking up his chart this morning in a coffee shop a woman was staring at the screen of my computer and bitching about what a lying son of a bitch he is. Meanwhile she was staring at the screen of my computer totally unaware of what a fucking nosey bitch she was. So, there you are. We're all nuts.

So Schwarzenegger has revealed that he fathered a son with the housekeeper the same week that he fathered a son with his wife, Maria. The housekeeper worked for the family for 20 years. She has recently stopped working for them but meanwhile is said to have kept her little secret from Maria the whole time. Nice gal, not.

So, man, I feel so bad for Maria right now. First I had to look at her chart to see what the hell her 6th House looks like. That's the house of hired help. She's got a big one so that means that planets spend more time in that house (and in the opposite 12th house of hidden enemies if you know what I mean). It's why she's so much into service. Maria's a Scorpio so she's probably pretty strong. She's also a Leo Moon so she's going to handle this with outward dignity and like a lady. Her Sun squares her Moon so she might hold a lot of tension inside which was picked up from childhood observations of her parents. She probably never expected to have a happy marriage in the first place. But, as I said, she's a vengeful Scorpio, and Arnold's got a Capricorn Moon and with that Moon sign all sins converge back into a big pooper scooper on his head if you know what I mean. Virgo likes to find faults, Scorpio likes to get even with faults, Capricorn just likes to punish you for having faults.

Maria Shriver Kennedy probably not Schwarzenegger anymore
b. Nov. 6, 1955 5:12 pm Chicago, IL

Sun 14 Scorpio; Moon 15 Leo; ASC 27 Taurus; NN 18 Sagittarius

Maria's got a fixed chart except for the Sadge North Node which likes its freedom. The good part about having an a-hole for a husband is that it leaves you lots of time to do whatever you want.

On to the hired help. Maria's 6th House is loaded. She has Libra on the Cusp so her maid tends to be envious of her. And vain about things. I read that the bitch used to screw her husband and then put on her gowns and jewelry and parade around the room in them. She would have done that either way, husband in bed or not. Inside the H6: Mars 16 Libra, Mercury 28 Libra; Neptune 29 Libra; Sun 14 Scorpio; Saturn 23 Scorpio. So, in addition to being envious of Maria, her maid was also polite and well-mannered, and jealous and vindictive and secretive and aggressive and vain and sexual.

And then there's Maria's 7th House with Venus in Scorpio plopped right on the Descendent. I'm not going into what that could mean except that it shows a lot of staying power in the areas of marriage.

And then I wanted to look at Schwarzenegger's chart to see what he was going through 9 months before his two sons were born to see what can set off such a firestorm. I mean, what the hell was going on? Jane Seymour has been talking to the press and has said that she has a know it all friend who says that Schwarzenegger has 2 other kids somewhere as well. So, he sort of frequently makes this mistake. He's his own little third world country.

As a sort of an aside, the news sure is full of Capricorn Moon men who are having affairs and messing up their marriages. For a while it was the Gemini Sun Men, now it seems to be the Capricorn Moons. First there was David Letterman, then there was Al Gore, now there's Arnold Schwarzenegger, oh yeah, and Gavin Newsome (sp?).

Arnold Schwarzenegger
b. July 30, 1947 Thal, Austria 4:10 am

Sun 7 Leo; Moon 4 Capricorn; ASC 20 Cancer; MC 25 Pisces; NN 1 Gemini

So I suppose there is interesting stuff in here exposing how a 25 year marriage goes. I can't sit still for long enough to look it up. I have no patience for the institution of marriage. They have Nodal Axis on same pole in reverse. Gemini/Sagittarius are sort of known for duplicity, but maybe they also had great conversation. Maybe the situation would be easier if both charts weren't so otherwise Fixed and Cardinal, works b. His Sun/Her Moon/his Saturn-Pluto conjunction in his 2nd house. Money, Values, Loss of and through, etc.

So, back in January 1997 when the Terminator was gallivanting. Yes, take me back. It was just after the Holidays. That's stressful and lonely for everyone involved. Oh, no, Terminator's on his Chiron Return. Dude's turning 50. And guess what? Chiron's at 4 Scorpio conjunct his 5th House cusp of children. That's it. That's all we need to know. Screw up, so to speak. There were lots of Total Eclipses within a year. 3 Lunar, 2 Solar. Heightened emotions. The 2 boys were Libras born within a week of each other in 1997. You want to look at a person's Moon to see how fertile he is. Or, basically, whether he will tolerate a condom. So it's good to check the Eclipses. I mean, looking at Arnold's chart I'd have to say that he wasn't into that kind of restriction.

In January 1997 there was an opposition of Mars 4 Libra opposing Saturn 3 Aries layered right over the Nodal Axis at 3 Libra-Aries. This was in Schwarzenegger's 4th House, ruled by the Moon.

There were 5 planets in Capricorn which were hanging out over his Descendant so he would have partnered with pretty much anything (in his own way). That would have set off both his natal Moon 4 Capricorn (H6) and his Descendant. And there was a conjunction of Mercury-Venus at the beginning of Capricorn which mirrors his natal 1st house conjunction of those planets in Cancer (ruled by Moon).

Harold camping

2011-05-21T12:25:00.000-07:00

The doomsday preacher, Harold camping, is a cancer sun!!!!!

We're maybe having a bad day. It's my ex-step mother's birthday. She died this year. The reading of the will was hopefully the last humiliation I will ever have to go through because of her and her evil double libra daughter. Just have to get my spirit on track somehow and it might be too late. Those venusians, wow, they really got the greed thing going.

Peace out. Sorry Harold. Really since people seem to listen to your b.s. You should publish another date for after your death.. Just tobe a real dick about it.

Doomsday @6

2011-05-21T12:16:00.000-07:00

Finally there's a good reason to be 3hours behind the east coast. We get to see whether armagedon will happen today as prophecized and then we have 3hours to jump an elephant and run for the hills. Course out west here we prefer our big events to happen at high noon. Call it the ok corral complex. We like our sun to be crossing the mc. The east coast folks like the sun tobe crossing the desc. That's so civil, just after the first cocktail.

Saw the guy whose spent his entire life savings advertising. Don't know his sign. Should look that up.

So, I guess if you and me have been good doo bees we'll be seeing each other in the afterlife, whatever temperature it is.

Just bought an iPad. That way I'm under warranty to keep blogging although no one reads this shit. That's one valid reason to have faith in humankind. Judge this. Judge that. Can't say I like the fascist spell check. If spell check can't understand what I'm trying to write then it fills in automatically a wrong word. There's no going back. Wow iPads are perfect for the Christian faith. I need my old Dell. I think I might really be pc.

Today Is Deadliest Day for Teenagers

2011-05-20T16:53:00.000-07:00

Heard this story while driving. Kind of nerve wracking to hear while behind the wheel.

http://www.kwch.com/news/kwch-news-rez-may-20-is-deadlies-day-for-teen-drivers-around-the-country-20110520,0,6538976.story

In a study covering the last 5 years, 63 percent more teenager die in driving accidents on this particular day, May 20. Kind of interesting that the Sun is still in Taurus at this point. I would think it would be in Gemini since Gemini rules driving and youth. Since Pluto, planet of death, was at the end of Sagittarius pretty much the whole time the Sun would have been inconjunct Pluto.

Inconjuncts are minor difficult connections between planets.

They represent needing adjustments and are often connected with health concerns. Other than that, I can't literally interpret the connection.

I would expect the numbers to be much higher over the past few years because of the difficult outer planet t-square aspect between Saturn-Uranus-Pluto. This makes for difficult times, overall.

The French Banker Guy Who Just Tried To Rape the Hotel Maid

2011-05-16T19:52:00.000-07:00

Wow, if I saw that a guy had a natal NN, Mars, Sun, Venus type of stellium thingee on the Taurus-Aries cusp which was currently going to be hit by an exact conjunction of Mercury-Venus-Jupiter. And also that the mutual reception of the 2 Planets of Love are in mutual reception with each other both in the natal chart and the transiting chart. I'd say "Party on, Dude!"

And that would be Bad Advice.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is the head of some global banking thing and was in the lead to win the election for President of France and now all that's pretty much gone because of what he did last week. And that's because he attacked a maid at a fancy hotel he was staying at in New York City. The astrolocality is fascinating. His Sun-Venus Ascendant lines are running right through New York. Not only is that great for a Banker, but it's great for a partier. And so, I also would have looked at that and thought "Party on, Dude."

And, again, that would have totally sucked in the Advice Department.

So, I looked at his progressed chart. There's some serious self-undoing stuff in his 12th House. For one, he's got the sign of Cancer intercepted in there. That means that natal Moon in Aries will play out prominently in the life. Or it just means that his 12th House is extra large and he's going to have to experience a whole lot of that house's influence in his life.

Natal Moon in Aries can have aggression issues if the rest of the chart doesn't balance it out in some way. This guy has Aries North Node conjunct ruler Mars which just focuses more energy in that direction. He's had problems before with his aggressive streak. Some French Guy on TV last night said that his behavior tends to go beyond what is normal for French Men.

The clinker is that the Banker guy is having a progressed New Moon at 4-5 degrees Cancer which is, as I said, intercepted in the 12th house of self undoing. And p.Uranus is at 1 Cancer. You know Uranus had to show up because somebody pulled the Joker Card out of this deck.

New Moons are thought to bring new Beginnings and Uranus promises that it won't turn out as planned.

In addition, this chart is just getting hacked to bits by the outer planet t-squarery from Saturn-Pluto-Uranus as well. It's already tripping off his natal Moon-Lilith in Aries opposition to Neptune in Libra. Yuck. Uranus is on Moon-Lilith. And Saturn is on Neptune in Libra. And they're opposing each other and squaring the progressed New Moon.

Uh oh, 12th house is jail. It's also secret enemies, even if your secret enemy is yourself. I mean, it would be so easy to set this guy up right now.

Wow, famous men need to stay out of hotels these days. Probably all of us do. A couple of months ago I stayed in a Holiday Inn that had 9 security cameras planted in to the ceiling of just one hallway. It was unbelievable.

At least he chose the right profession for his Taurus Sun.

Apr. 25, 1949 11:10 am Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

Sun 5 Taurus; Moon 4 Aries; ASC 1 Leo; MC 9 Aries; NN 26 Aries