"If you are walking through hell, just keep on walking." (Winston Churchill)
The person who suggested I turn this into a message board the answer is NAW, I will keep it like it is for now.
As for the Karma discussion through the years I would have love to think that all the people I didn't like or with whom I disagreed had to pay "early" and "disasterous" Karma. The older I've become the more I understood and was grateful for the words "my mercy falls on the just and the unjust."
"Karma" comes to us all, and no one ever likes to pay the piper. Good Karma comes too (for every action there is a reaction) I can't say whether Johnnie Cochran died because of his "karma" I would say he died because it was his time and he had done all that his spirit came here to do. We're the ones who set the time frame of too young or sooooo old, the Universe sets no time frame. As far as his defense of OJ, my disagreement with that can be pretty much placed in the catagory of everyone else who thinks the law isn't working in their favor, however I don't know if the law worked in that case or not. I believe OJ was guilty as do millions of others. The reality is, we don't know, but I don't have to worry about it at all because OJ is not in my life in any manner whatsoever, except as a member of our homo-sapian tribe. Another of my favorite quotes is "the wheels of justice grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small." And so they do
Johnnie Cochran born 10/2/1937 in Shreveport, LA. his Sun was in Libra, but he had a ton of planets in Virgo, he could easily separate himself from right or wrong, good or evil, innocent or guilty and go straight to the law as his bible with little judgement of his clients.
When he died Pluto was coming to a second square to his Mercury and possibly his Moon, Saturn was approaching a conjunction to his Pluto. He had a Mars/Saturn/Chiron T-square at 1 degree of cardinal signs, both transiting Sun and Venus has just passed the point of setting those off. They did that a few days ago and he probably slipped into a coma or semi-coma when they hit 1 degree Aries.
I will never cease being stunned by the way the gods amuse themselves. The entire world has been on the edge waiting for the Pope, Prince Ranier, Terri Shiavo or Jerry Falwell to die and they extend their finger of death toward a famous (or infamous) guy that no even knew was sick. Terri is still alive with all the peace and quiet of Woodstock. Jerry Falwell proclaimed himself a miracle and walked out of the hospital. The Pope, maybe feeling left out is on a "feeding tube" (if he is still alive and I have my doubts) and Prince Rainer is stable right now. Oh, and the Royal Wedding is going on with or without Mum and Dad.
Meantime, remember Iraq? Still problems, still dying, Halliburton is still stealing and Root and Brown are stealing and beating people up. George Bush is still criss crossing the country trying to sell the destruction of Social Security and making us pay a few trillion for the destruction, and another earthquake in Sumatra as predicted based on the calculations of an Indian Astrologer.
According to Bernadette Brady (The Eagle and the Lark) the April 8th Eclipse is Saros Series 7 North, relating to unawakened passions. Good!!! It hits our Jupiter perhaps the masses will "awaken" to the fact their country has been hijacked by an insane element. My mother used to say "every dog has it's day," I just didn't realize that it would mean cur dogs and rabid dogs.
This Eclipse series (7 North) first visited us in 1915 (lead up to WWI)
2 1933 (Hitler rose to power creating fear in the minds of Europe as some could see what he was) 1951 Korean Police Action (we were trying on new names for for the word war) 1969 brought the escalation of the Vietnam war and rising protest in the US, 1987 a big stock market fall and Iran/Contra. Based on that history, I think we can be pretty sure that 7 North Eclipse will bring the US a "special year."
It may seem like forever, but we have just entered into the period of time most difficult for Sharon, Bush, and Blair, plus all their friends, we have at least 4 months to watch them unravel. If we don't attach our emotions to events the unraveling could be fascinating and we might permit ourselves a little chuckle and the "gods of amusement" ride the sky.
Once I had an affair that completely changed my life for the better, but the affair turned out horrible, just horrible. Pluto was on my Sun/Venus and Saturn was squaring. I was obsessed with this guy, I couldn't concentrate and lost a job went into a depression, forced to question my values, needs, ethics and intentions, changed careers, lost money, my home etc. etc. etc. And yet, I woke up one day and everything was different, I was different, I was stronger, happier, more confident, new career. All the time that this horrible situation was happening I was changing and changing for the better, I transformed my life.
Pluto does that, turns your attention to one thing while it transforms you when you aren't looking. Pluto is doing that to America now (Pluto in the 1st house of the US Chart) It's because of my experience that I trust this process even while I hate it and am as obsessed with what's happening as everyone else. I do know that one day we will awaken and take back our power, our faith, our confidence, develop new skills to survive, become more authentic, more real.
Some of us may not live to see that day, some of us will live in fear, some of us will whine every step of the way, and some of us will pick up the ball of the future and run with it, but we will make it that's for sure.
The next four months is going to be worth watching.
PS No checking spelling or grammer, it is way late and I am putting up as is, will edit sometime tomorrow. Be patient.