We didn’t start the fire; it was always burning while the world was turning. (Billy Joel)
I am flummoxed at the polls. Up 12 - down 7 - dead even - ahead by 1. Then the “you did this,” well that’s nothing “you did that.” ELECTIONS: Destroy the enemy first; frenzy, and fights, flog the opponent. Vote for that guy and the terrorists win. Can we take another six weeks of this? Can the editorial writers keep up their hammer for their “guy?” Can we read yet another article that supports the position of “our guy?” Will there be a scandal to end all scandals for one or the other, effectively knocking them out of the race?
Forget the focus groups who say they hate the fighting, oh no, we love the fight, we love the scandals, we love the spitting contests and in truth we will take more until finally we are satiated, gorged, and left exhausted until another 4 years are up and we can start all over. In the beginning, politicians only had word of mouth, then newspapers, then radio, TV to ratchet up their exposure and now – now, with the internet, we have it all, and still the 4 or 5 percent who can’t make up their mind.
Astrologers are as bad as pollsters depending on what chart we use to make a case for one side or the other. There are the natal charts, the day they announced their candidacy charts, the day the respective conventions began, the night they accepted the nomination, progressed, solar returns, solar arcs, the US charts, the charts of the wives, children, the election, the inauguration, and don’t forget Vedic and Chinese astrological chats. Vedic too has a ton of charts beyond the natal chart.
With all that, like the polls, we as astrologers can tell you it’s too close to call. One fun little fact, the 2001 Inaugural chart progressed to Nov. 2, 2004 does in fact favor Kerry, as does the 2005 Inaugural Chart.
This week and next will be a turning point, not THE turning point but A turning point. Mars and Pluto align into a square in the sky, affecting the whole world. Russia has already tragically felt that alignment, and I fear more innocent people will feel it soon. By the way, we all consider ourselves innocent and we are all victims and the victimizer.
The 19th degree of Sagittarius is the worst of humanity; the shadows of humanity and Pluto will show just how dark and ugly humanity can be. Over the next ten days or so, one of the darkest spots on earth will be Iraq. This Mars/Pluto square and the New Moon line up of Moon/Sun/Mars at 22 Virgo are frightening in its implications. On a personal level people will be irritated, angry, and violent. Look for fights and accidents over the next few days and if you have any mutable signs at 19 to 23 degrees, watch your driving and try not to project your anger out onto someone else.
In the next few days the violence in Iraq could reach a crescendo as Moon/Mars/Sun/Pluto all aspect the country and when this war started. Our troops are in grave danger this week, as are the innocent people living in Iraq. You know who the innocent are, they are the Iraqi men, women and children who have been dying and maimed for our government’s mistakes and yet the people of America cannot make up their mind who will keep them safe and it hasn’t occurred to at least 50 percent that “war” ultimately, will not keep anyone safe.
As for our own “political warriors” here in the States, the mutable line up will be extremely hard on them. Kerry/Edwards will need flak jackets to keep the mud off of them and Bush won’t fare so well either, however with the passive media in his pocket he will fare better than Kerry.
The volatile and incendiary Mars/Pluto square and Moon/Sun/Mars New Moon aspects both Kerry and Bush’s chart, the US, Iraq and Iraq’s War Chart promising anger and a feeling of instability for these people and these countries over the next couple of weeks.
As for Kerry, the Mars square his Sun keeps repeating the theme of Kerry shooting himself in the foot. By October 10th Kerry needs to be able to deliver his message and thus far he has not been able to distribute a clear cohesive message and the press will keep hammering away on that fact, but it isn’t only the fault of the press. I have listened to Kerry’s speeches and did not know what on earth he was trying to say.
Following Igor’s statement yesterday that basically a vote for Kerry is a vote for another terrorist attack and Kerry/Edwards can’t protect the U.S. stunned me. Not so much for what Cheney said but for the fact Kerry/Edwards didn’t point out that Bush/Cheney squad didn’t protect us from the first attack, in spite of the fact they had an Osama stated document “Attack is imminent in the U.S.”
To say this country is confused is an understatement. Kerry is losing precious time by allowing his campaign team to continue the debate over Swift Boats and Bush’s AWOL, he absolutely must get back on track. Vietnam is over for at least a couple of voting generations. The 18 to 40 or 45 year old simply doesn’t remember and doesn’t care, they will take the view of a family member that might have served and then put it in the bushel with the rest of their information about the candidates.
Illiteracy is covering America like a plague of locusts blocking out the light save for the blinking colors and blinking heads on the state run television stations. We didn’t get in this situation over night and we have to all be wondering if it can be stopped. Frankly, its amazing Kerry is as close in the polls as he is and that alone is a testimony to how concerned half of America is at this point. Will that concern be enough to push him over the mountain of a media that has lost their way and wants us to lose ours, voting machines ruptured with potential corruption and a Democratic candidate unable to reach the people. There are people out here screaming at Kerry to say the obvious; George Bush did not protect us at 9/11 and is not protecting us now. George Bush is economically, environmentally, and morally debasing this country. Or has this country been economically, environmentally and morally corrupt long before now and Bush is in the process of so destroying what we thought we had that we will have to rebuild.
One of the most important aspects to cover on the election is my favorite dark Goddess, Black Moon Lilith. There are three astronomical bodies named Lilith. One is the Asteroid Lilith, the other is the Dark Moon Lilith she is possibly a second satellite of the Earth, farther away than our own Moon. And then there is the Black Moon Lilith, a vortex, and empty swirling central point in the Moon’s orbit around the Earth. This vortex will be churning on Election Day.
Black Moon Lilith represents the transformation that lies in the darkness or beneath the surface and seems to destroy in order to renew. For centuries talisman or amulets were worn to protect the person under the influence of Lilith. Along with Pluto, she can be expected to illuminate the truth, shatter delusions and names things as they are. It can be terrifying for people to be stripped of illusions and false pretenses. The lies we tell ourselves are the hardest things we will ever have to face.
She forces us to look at ourselves with complete, naked and utter honesty whether it be a person, country or government, and she will make us demand the truth of a situation. She is ruthless in destroying any of our structures that are not an expression of our true identity or that are based on deception or disrespect. Demetra George, the leading expert on Lilith says “The Black Moon will not lead us to our goal by revealing what it is, but rather by eliminating everything that it is not. Lilith is one of the Warrior Goddesses and one of revolution.”
Lilith is now residing in Cancer for a few months, and will be conjunct the Suns of America and George Bush on Election Day. The Moon will be giving her a kiss as she passes over her between 11:00am to 2:00pm November 2nd. This is the first time this Goddess has been in Cancer since prior to the 2000 election.
The complication here is the U.S shares the same Sun with the President as does the Republican Party. Will the US and Republicans have to face the truth of the deceit around this administration and our complicity? In 1996, the last time Lilith was on the US Sun, the Republicans increased their "Hunting of the President" with vigor and viciousness and then had to do the perp walk in the Rotunda and confess their own sins and we in this country were forced to accept that our leaders were not, oh wow, PERFECT. Bill Clinton himself wasn't actually forced out because Lilith wasn't conjunct his Sun.
What we lost sight of at the time, because we were so focused on Bill Clinton, and he didn't lose his job but their rabid dog tactics did cost the career of several Republicans, especially the most hypocritical of them.
I do know that astrologically no matter who is President, the United States of America is being transformed and it would seem that we are still in the destruction phase. One thing for sure, the Bushies will not be presiding over the reconstruction, they don’t have the skills or talent and will not be put in charge of that project. I trust the gods on this one.
I am ready; most of the people reading this are ready, ready for the reconstruction to begin. Let’s hope our fellow citizens follow a better vision than fear and hate and do so soon.
Life isn’t about finding yourself
Life is about creating yourself. (Unknown)