Will California be Deluged?

I was sort of hoping that California would finally attract a decent set of artists during its Neptune Return in Pisces is coming up. I was also hoping that someday all the broken down underground plumbing would get fixed. All I wanted was to be able to flush and not have to have it all come back up at me. As they say, be careful what you wish for.

Yahoo is flailing an end of the world article about how 100 Scientists say that we're due for a big Superstorm that will wipe out a quarter of the houses.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110117/us_yblog_thelookout/scientists-warn-california-could-be-struck-by-winter-superstorm

Neptune is ruler of Pisces and Pisces is a water sign, ruler of the oceans, atmosphere and breaking down of barriers. And flooding. Turns out that this happens every 150 years or so in California. That's very close to a Neptune Return which is about 156 years.

Back in 1861-62 the Central Valley was flooded so badly that the State Capitol was moved. I can't remember from where to where. Oh, San Jose to Sacramento.

California's natal Neptune is at 6 Pisces. The chart listed on Astrodienst gives a time for California which looks too hunky dorey to be an accurate time. This chart places Neptune in the 4th House trining Scorpio Rising and Moon.

Back at the time of that last Deluge, Neptune was right at the end of Pisces/beginning of Aries. That's the beginning of the chart wheel.

California will have a Neptune Return within the next few years. Then will have a Uranus Return soon after. Both Planets are in aspect with each other and with the Ascendant of this chart and with Pluto, planet of crisis, as well. And Uranus is conjunct n.Pluto at 30 Aries on the same degree.

Plus, California is a Virgo so has a very large number of Scientists who know what they're talking about.

California
sept. 9, 1850 9:39 am San Jose, Ca

Sun 17 Virgo; Moon 4 Scorpio; ASC 6 Scorpio; MC 11 Leo; NN 15 Leo

Fargo, North Dakota Floods Subside

If I understand things correctly The River froze and saved the people of Fargo, North Dakota from devastation of their city. According to the article I read which I don't have a link to, water rose to 40.82 feet around Midnight last night where it has hopefully crested. Not sure how high it was going to have to go before the town flooded, seem to remember that it was within a few feet of breaching the Levies. The people of Fargo have been stacking Sand Bags for a couple of days now.

The Astrology is fascinating. Saturn was conjunct the Virgo Midheaven opposing Mars in Pisces. I've been obsessed with my new Keyword for this aspect saying that it signifies a Wall or something having to do with a wall. If you are expecting a flood you certainly don't want to have Pisces which represents floods on the IC which probably also represents Floods due to its rulership from Cancer/Water. Mars is impulsive and just makes things happen swiftly. The difference here apparently is that Saturn rules Safety and Caution and Control and was opposing Mars. It was doing its job in Hero format. It has been extra strong these days up in the skies because it is the handle of a Bucket Chart pattern with all the rest of the planets clumped together on the opposite side of the chart.

Very interesting also is that the other Water Sign, Scorpio was just about finished rising. Scorpio represents Control, like Saturn, but sometimes can represent Crises. Pluto would have soon moved into the 1st House which is empowering. I think that Pluto and Saturn might represent situations which are cooling/icing so maybe that has something to do with things. Either way, the Moon and Sun were both in firey Aries, the Sun's conjunction to Venus Rx was exact to the degree. This would have had a warming effect as Aries is a Fire Sign but maybe also helped the people to build higher levies with an energizing effect.

By 2 pm today it is looking as if the River really doesn't intend to flood the city. At that point, Saturn had just passed over the opposite spot, the IC. The Moon had changed from Aries to Taurus, guess I should check the Void of Course stuff, hmmm, sort of in a hurry.

Pretty interesting that the World celebrated Earth Hour just a few hours before from 8:30pm to 9:30pm. Lights were supposed to be turned off in recognition of the massive stress man creates on the environment. I suspect that Earth Planet Saturn in Virgo an Earth Sign would especially appreciate that. Perhaps the Earth decided to let this one ride.

Floods begin to subside
Mar. 28, 2009, 12:01 am Fargo, North Dakota

Earth Hour
Mar. 28, 2009, 8:30-9:30pm Wherever you were