Astroworld

I don’t want to think about how much is riding on this election or how terrible I think it will be if the candidate I want doesn’t “win” because you see, no matter who wins, it will still be a rough 4 years. Instead I am going to look at these two men, John and George, as clients who have interviewed for a job. They have the day and time they interviewed for the position, they know the day and approximate time the position will be awarded and of course they have their own natal charts and they want to know from this astrologer who might get the job. Sooooo, armed with their natal, interview date, and job confirmation date, I took a look at their charts tonight to see who might get the job.

Looking at the interview charts my first response was WOW, they both picked great days with a vigorous energy to interview. They both had energizing aspects to the nodes, George had strong aspects to the Ascendant, that is a plus for him, particularly a nice little Moon conjunct the NN in the 12th house, which will progress to exact on the day the job is awarded on Nov. 2, 2004. At first glance John didn’t have anything so auspicious. However upon careful examination John’s Descendent was nearly conjunct his Natal 10th House of career, and on Nov. 2nd the ruler of John’s 10th would be conjunct his Natal 10th house, hmmm, not too bad, especially in light of the fact that Jupiter the ruler of John’s Sun would also be in the 10th House. Nonetheless, on the day the job is available the Moon is in Cancer, its home and the home of George’s Sun. Positive omens, but they end there.

Both men had Capricorn at their career 10th house with Cancer at the IC. Capricorn and the planet holding dominion over the sign is Saturn, seemingly weakened in both charts by being in the Sign of its fall – Cancer, leaving him debilitated in the leadership role he fills in the Zodiac. In George’s interview chart his day’s companions (Venus in conjunction and Jupiter in sextile) have sadly moved away from him. Venus has moved to 25 degrees Cancer (close to the IC) and Jupiter has also moved away from the opportunities a sextile can bring to an event chart. The opportunity to win the Nov. 2 job prize is further harmed by Neptune, the only planet in the 10th house inconjuncts George’s Sun and is in the intercepted sign of Aquarius whose ruler Uranus is retrograde.

The Moon in George’s interview chart is in Taurus, ruled by Venus and she also rules his Natal 4th house, and Venus is now in Cancer at the IC, and in Mutual Reception. Since the Moon is auspiciously conjuncting the North Node indicating a new start, I think that “new start” could be at home, especially as Saturn, at the end of the day on Nov. 2, comes to rest on the IC of George’s interview speech. Joining Saturn at the IC will be the Nov. 2 transiting Mars to his Natal IC.

As for John, when he interviewed for the leadership position Saturn also was in debilitated Cancer and in the 4th House, just like George. John’s Moon was also in debilitated Capricorn in the 10th house of his career and public image, however both planets are strengthened by being in Mutual Reception, placing Saturn and the Moon in the signs and houses where they belong, the 4th and 10th, further strengthening his 10th. In John’s interview chart Venus (ruler of his natal Midheaven) conjuncts his natal Saturn, giving power to both Venus and Saturn, and they are in an applying sextile to Mars coming to a conjunction to the ruler of John’s Sun and Ascendant – Jupiter.

Based on these charts of George and John there isn’t any doubt that John has the edge in having the job offered to him.

I couldn’t resist going just one step further and checking a little used technique that I have found to be quite useful.

In 1831 an astrologer in London, a full seven years before the event, correctly predicted the day little princess Victoria would be crowned Queen of England, based solely on the Solar Arc of her 1831 Jupiter Return chart when she was 12 years old, and how it touched each year her natal aspects.

George is at the very end of his 1993 Jupiter Return, with nothing in the Solar Arc touching his natal planets. John’s Jupiter Return was in Aug of 2003. The midheaven of that chart is in Virgo and its ruler; Mercury is in the 10th house and was conjunct Jupiter when he accepted the Presidential nomination of the Democratic Party. The aspects from his Jupiter Return Solar Arc have connections to his progressed chart, the election chart, the US chart and the Inaugural Chart. Just as George’s did 4 years ago.

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION

A Mercury Retrograde nightmare! Arnold Schwarzeneggar and his “girlie men” flopped, the twins flopped, Zell Miller went off the deep deep deep end with his rant at the podium and trying to pull Chris Matthews into a duel. The Republicans should have checked with Zell’s doctor before making him the keynote speaker.

The Christian crosses on GWB’s podium were a sign displayed for all to see and Karl Rove pretended that he didn’t see them and didn’t know they were there. Crosses were the “secret’ symbol of Christianity following the crucifixion of Christ and Christians have used them ever since. Today’s Christian still treat them as a “secret symbol” they don’t seem to realize that a cross is pretty recognizable and identifiable in 2004. I guess we can be grateful they didn’t lower him from clouds in the ceiling playing the hymn “And I Will Raise Them Up.” It seemed to be sending a message to the faithful that he was Christ’s steward ready to bring Armageddon and the Rapture to them.

I don’t know if George really believes the frightening evangelical agenda, but given his 12th house Sun and Saturn, and all the Neptune contacts he’s had in the last few years, I rather suspect he is sincere in his beliefs. I have friends and family members who are also sincere in their beliefs and I can tell you, they are ready to “kill” for Christ or what they believe Christ wants of them. This is a terrifying group of ideological people. Does anyone remember Jim Jones? Kool-Aid? Mass Murder? Mass Suicide? This is a new version of the same thinking.

They are zealots and when zealotry is mixed with ideology and power, throw in money and Neptune inconjunct the Sun and Pluto setting off our own Mars/Neptune craziness and you have big problems. In their minds, they are the meek and they believe in the literal meaning of “the meek shall inherit the earth.” This movement has been growing since at least the mid seventies. There have been attempts in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s with the tent preachers across the country, particularly the Bible Belt, and every president since Eisenhower pays tribute to Billy Graham. It wasn’t until the mid-seventies that they became organized and the movement took over the South, but they have been waiting for it for years.

When GWB called the war in Afghanistan a Crusade, he didn’t misspeak, he was running it up the flagpole to see if the country would get behind the thought. The country did not so Bush and Ashcroft went underground. They are not bound by a specific religion, they are bound by zealotry and if Bush wins it won’t be long before we see the true agenda played out in the judicial system, schools, churches. Right now the neo-cons are using Bush for their own agenda and will continue to do so until they realize how truly twisted the players are. Bush has an inner drive to do this and I will address this in the next article.

If the “I believe in no God save mammon group,” starts to realize where Bush is going they will pull the plug on him. I don’t mean the Ken Lays or Bernie Ebbers; I mean the really godless big business group. Watch to see if the media starts spotlighting Kerry the end of Sept. into Oct., if they do the plug has been pulled on Armageddon, if they don’t then Armageddon is going to be used for their own greedy agenda.

Don’t drink the Kool-Aid folks and remember OZ. Behind the curtain he was just a little scared man.

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