The temporary vibration of a 7 year offers some profound advice, for it is a year of the dreamer, philosopher, mystic and creative mind. In the negative a 7-year can bring gloom as the disappointment in the outer world drives us to a hermitage, a recluse shutting out a world that has disappointed us. For the US specifically we are experiencing an 18/9-year, a year of endings and the beginning of internal healing and new dreams.
Soon you will be finding a great deal on the Chinese “Year of the Rooster.” Not only do “roosters’ awaken they are also considered to be the link or voice between heaven and earth. I’m not sure if this means the rooster awakens us or is so loud finally God hears us, we will have to wait until Feb. 9th to find out. Until then we are still under the whimsy eye of the Monkey and he has another month or so to play tricks.
I have heard the term “civilization is on the brink of disaster” over and over since 2000, I have even dramatically alluded to as much in my articles as have other “predictors and pundits” alike. History teaches us that societies contain a blueprint for failure if the “elite” of a society insulates itself from the consequences of its actions; it isn’t until the leaders of a society feel deprived that they understand too late, the impact of their actions. Ultimately they destroy themselves and the landscape of their environment (in this case the US) completely. When Prime Ministers, Kings, Presidents are nestled in a bubble of money and resources they don’t notice that the “people” become disinterested in working and paying for services only those at the top enjoy.
Jared Diamond of the New York Times listed five interacting dynamics that have been important in the historical collapses of powerful societies.
1. The damage that people inflict on their environment
2. climate changes
3. enemies
4. changes in friendly trading partners
5. and the society’s political, economic and social response to these shifts.
This is just a checklist, a society doesn’t have to have all of them but some of them will be dramatically present. I don’t think it’s too hard to look around the world and see the societies suffering under some of these, including our own, and it is no different today than it was thousands of years ago when Atlantis, Mu, the Mayan, Rome, Greek culture all were destroyed because of the presence of more than one of these dynamics. It doesn’t matter how big or small the specific society might be, it is the total destruction of their way of life caused by the greed and insulation of their leaders, who were well fed and didn’t see what was happening to their people.
If you look at where we are on Mr. Diamond’s checklist, it’s not too difficult to predict the ultimate outcome of America in the not too distant future. The ability of the United States, Russia, China and Europe to inflict incredible damage while our “kings” engage in their power struggles, oblivious to the masses and what of the masses? Do we really think our home security systems; gated communities, guns, and frisking people in the airports are going to keep gangs and terrorists from plundering this country? No, we are destroying ourselves from within.
Last year on Jan. 1, Jupiter was in the 12th house squaring Pluto in the 3rd house, pointing to lies, big lies in the media and further economic erosions such as the fall of the dollar, outsourcing, stock market falls, continued theft by large corporations. There was also a Sun, Mars, Saturn T-square, aspecting the US planets in Cancer, and more of our civil rights were taken away (with our permission or ignorance of what we’ve lost) and this administration nominating a new Attorney General and FBI head in 2004 who promise to wield an even greater hammer and our leader (Saturn at the Mid-heaven) becoming more and more insulated. Even his campaign stumps were carefully restricted to the GWB faithful. He didn’t even interact with the masses. The media (Jupiter square Pluto) were so afraid of losing their power they simply remained bobble heads, and to a certain extent they did lose it to the bloggers or were just tuned out.
Just a little insert, as the New Year’s Chart relates to the entire world, the Sun/Mars/Saturn T-square was a clue to massive earth changes somewhere on this planet, and Saturn/Mars often relates to earthquakes. The progressed Moon on December 26th was in the 8th house and a square to Neptune, signaling a loss of life through water and it could have happened anywhere on the face of the earth.
So now we are 2005 and the landscape has changed. Jupiter is now in the 1st house, in a sextile to Mercury and before the year is out it will sextile Venus, Pluto and Mercury once again. There are 4 planets in Sagittarius this year, so more hope and help from leaders and with any little bit of luck, the media, as we raise our voices to be heard. Mercury and Venus is in opposition to the, once in our lifetime, “Venus Transit/Eclipse” last June. Remember that transit plays out over 8 years. In fact the “Venus Transit” was being aspected by the Indonesia Earthquake and squaring Indonesia’s Chiron (a wounding) in the 11th house, (a healing of groups or nations) The Tsunami Wave impacted (from large to small) countries around the world and that “wave’ will be felt world wide throughout this year.
Don’t ask where because the results of the “earth wobble” caused by this earthquake will change climate, ocean currents, destabilize fault lines everyplace, so the weaknesses and flaws in Mother Earth can show up anywhere in the world.
I think there is a surprise coming from the people to the government this year. The Moon in Virgo in the 12th house is going to be pretty nit-picky about what they are told and about the environment, gathering information to spring on the government in a revolutionary way. Pharmaceuticals will find themselves in more than a little hot water, and environmentalists will make worldwide headway this year. August/September/October/November will be stunning and difficult months for pharmaceutical companies and a rise in alternative healing practices as more and more people “get’ and understand the mind/body/spirit concept to health.
The World’s chart for the year 2005 point toward a significant impact on the Inauguration in the US, again the US is a focal point for the year and the rest of the world is watching. Mainly problems with the economy in this country as the South Node of 2005 squares the US Pluto and will be squared by T Saturn and T Jupiter and because this year’s T Saturn conjuncts GWB’s Saturn and the US Pluto. His administration’s fiscal policies could plunge this country and the rest of the world into economic despair, at the very least there will be great uncertainty around our economic stability, particularly when T Jupiter retrogrades back toward the US Saturn.
December 2005 promises to be pretty difficult with Mars and Jupiter squaring Saturn from Taurus/Scorpio to Leo. Start saving your money now for gifts next year.
This promises to be a more dangerous year for this administration than for the US as a whole, unless we are still of a mind that GWB and Karl Rove have the power to control everything and everyone.
Transformation is still with us in 2005 as Mercury and Venus are conjuncting the Black Holes of Inanna (Queen of the Heavens) and Ereshkigal (Queen of the Underworld). On Inauguration Day, Mars meets up with Ereshkigal and T Jupiter plus GWB Jupiter sextiles supporting the union of an unholy alliance, which began in January 2001. We will be looking at the “dark side” expanded throughout the world. Whenever a person or a country finally gets to their darkest hour healing begins. It is a most dangerous year for this administration and its leaders. We will see if “insulation” protects them particularly over the next 10 months as very dark forces are aligning against them, forces they won’t see coming.
The Sabian symbol for Ereshkigal 19 Sagittarius degree is ominous and hopeful “the need for people concerned with the future to discover a new way of living and more wholesome surroundings. The survival of the race becomes extremely important, animal species even mankind itself could be destroyed. A generation may have to sacrifice itself for the sake of its descendants.”
The “ominous” piece of that particular Sabian Symbol is pretty obvious; the hopeful piece is the discovery of a new way of living, a better way to live. Try to be careful in your interpretation of “sacrifice.” For some sacrifice means death, for others financial ruin, yet others giving up their SUV’s, their giant homes, the word can mean a myriad of things, so be careful of placing a doomsday meaning onto “sacrifice,” because we have not reached the end of the line for the world except in our imaginations.
Sadly but thanks to the Indonesia Earthquake there is a great possibility of much healing being accomplished. Just as with 9/11 countries, races, religions are coming together to help and support and mourn with them, let’s hope this outpouring of prayers, money, resources, love, it isn’t squandered as our President squandered our opportunity to be healing agents.
We are coming to a new understanding this year and next. That understanding will be confusing for some, others will deny it or fight against it, others still are working to incorporate it; that understanding is how we as a collective whole impact this world including the earth. We are witnesses to the dying of a consciousness that will go the way of the dinosaur. Begin the process of not looking back to what was, but forward to what can be.
On the mundane level, anger will mount toward our government as the year goes on. I don’t think the vote will be overturned; however there will be a challenge to it. Kerry I think will come back as a voice as soon as Pluto passes the opposition to his Saturn, he could also prove to be an irritant to this administration, and so could John Edwards. The Democratic Party, however, will find they slogging until late spring when Saturn passes the square to their Saturn. They simply must find their voice and it needs to be the voice of radical change or they simply will be marginalized out of existence. They don’t have revolutionary aspects this year as a party, but revolution can come to them in the spring if they take the opportunity. Pay attention to the fact that George Bush did not get a bounce after the election, in fact his numbers went down. There is at least one giant scandal this year as Saturn and Chiron square the North Node, however there have been several scandals, the game now is whether it will be broadcast, don’t let up on the media.
As Vis pointed out, the Moon is VOC for Congress this year, which might translate into much ado about nothing, or the laws they pass will ultimately be overturned. Uranus will square the mid-heaven of their Swearing In Chart; they have some shocks coming for them this session.
Iraq, Iran and Syria remain hot spots, especially Iraq and Iran. Sadly there is no rest for Iraq, not even after the elections (the elections are a joke.) There is something happening this year in Saudi Arabia, at the very least an overthrow of the Royal Family is fermenting right now.
The New Year Venus, Mercury and Pluto conjunction falls right across their Kingdom and Mars is coming to a conjunction on the 20th of January. The next 10 months are crucial for Saudi Arabia and their response to the people particularly Muslims, lots of ideology with these aspects.
India, New Zealand, Australia and the Indian Ocean remain unstable for a while and will need a great deal of help, I hope the governments get the check up front from these countries promising their help.
Just for fun, the upcoming trip for Colin Powell and Jeb Bush is not going to be all that well received, look toward the foreign press to tell you about that trip. Also look for the foreign press to gain in stature this year worldwide. Could force more honesty in our own media. Watch CNN International because they will absolutely have to keep up with the rest of the international press.
The good news is humor is on the rebound as 50 percent of us start laughing at the other 50 percent, and laugh at ourselves. This can be the year that we start making lemonade out of the lemons we’ve been handed. We need to do the very best we can this year, because next year we are back into lies, lies and more lies.
This catastrophe in Indonesia is a reminder that Mother Earth can do as much or more damage than a dictator, terrorist, prime minister, or president, so take your energy away from the yahoos in office now and place your energy into respecting the land upon which we live.
Next week I will let you know about the US more specifically with the upcoming Inauguration. Brace yourselves, the hype and arrogance will be deep at the Inauguration. I can hear them crowing now.
And if you are looking for doom for this year, search the web there is plenty of it out there. Times they are a changing and we have Captain Blyth in charge of the ship.