Astroworld

I was intrigued by a comment Barbara made on my post a thread or two back about the transits of the outer planets, through the Houses of our personal charts. I’ve observed the impact of transits on my own life and the lives of folks close to me, but I’ve never looked at the USA chart — until now. Months ago, one of you turned me on to Winterboy.com and the wonderful chronology he calls “Deja Vu: The Bush Bunch Rides Again” or “The Nixon Thugs are back, and worse than ever.” With a little help from Clio, the Greek Muse of History, I attempted to put the two together. A mere student of Astrology [just a tad past Jonathan’s term “newbie”], I find retrospection a much better tool for analysis than prediction, when I’m doing the analyzing! The time line has been shortened for obvious reasons, but feel free to click on Winterboy and read the fuller version for greater affirmation that the stars — Astrology, that is — clearly give light to these dark times in which we live.

In 1976 transiting Neptune (the “dissolver”) was the first of the outer planets to enter the USA First House, hitting the US ASC in January. According to our time line “Poppy” was in the news:

"1976 New Hampshire Senator McIntyre calls the Bush CIA nomination "an insensitive affront to the American people. It is clearly evident that this collapse of confidence in the CIA was brought on not only by the exposure of CIA misdeeds, but by the painful realization that some of those misdeeds were encouraged by political leaders leaders who sought not an intelligence advantage over a foreign adversary, but a political advantage over their domestic critics and the opposition party." Bush himself is suspected of having used connections within the CIA to attempt to stymie the Watergate investigations. McIntyre continues: "And who can look at the history of political subordination of the CIA and expect the people to give an agency director so clearly identified with politics their full faith and confidence? To me it is a transparent absurdity that given the sensitivity of the issue, President Ford could not find another nominee of equal ability and less suspect credentials than the former national chairman of the President’s political party."

George H. W. Bush is confirmed as the Director of the CIA.

In an internal CIA memo, dated January 21 and apparently referring to the coming investigations of US intelligence, Director George Bush states: "I think we all agree that, after Nixon, we keep the President out of this. We can only control leaks if we run the media show from the top down, and the President can be an obstacle to this process."

Construction of the new CIA compound begins in May. Vice President George H.W Bush is invited by the Agency to lay the cornerstone on November 1. The CIA will name their headquarters 'The George Bush Center For Intelligence.'

Because Congress has banned US military assistance to the Nicaraguan contra rebels, the Reagan Administration turns to covert procurement of arms. The White House is determined to secure surface to air missiles (SAMs) for the contras, and White House aide Oliver North settles on China as a cheap source for SA 7 missiles. Despite the ban, the US will share sensitive national security secrets with the Chinese in exchange for secret arms deals.

In testimony at his 1989 Iran contra trial, North will call the securing of these weapons a “very sensitive delivery.” For the Chinese missile deal in 1984, North says he received help from the CIA in arranging false end user certificates.

Neptune will continue in the 1st House until early 1990, during which time “Poppy” becomes the 41st President. During Neptune’s transit, Uranus hits the US ASC late January 1984. Uranus strikes like lightening. However, like the pine trees in the woods --- you don’t always see or know of the strike. Again from Winterboy’s time line [he calls it Chapter 13 and names the years 1980 1986 “Back in Black Ops”]:

1984: Jeb Bush lobbies the Department of Health & Human Services for contracts on behalf of Cuban American businessman Miguel Recarey Jr, whose medical firm later collapses. Recarey, who has ties to Cubano mobster Santos Trafficante, disappears with at least $12 million in federal funds.

Vice President George Bush takes part in morning meetings to plan increased ‘third country’ aid to the Contras. He keeps two sets of daily logs, one for potential future investigators and one for his personal record.

The CIA and the Medellin drug cartel help finance the campaign of Noriega’s candidate for Panamanian President, Nicolas Barletta. Barletta is declared the winner ten days after the election, while the US Ambassador hides information from the media that Barletta has actually been defeated by at least four thousand votes. Political opposition parties demonstrate for weeks against the egregious fraud, to no avail. Reagan welcomes Barletta to the Oval Office, and Secretary of State George Schultz attends his inauguration.

Donald Rumsfeld returns to Baghdad for meetings with the Iraqi foreign minister on March 24, the same day that the UN releases a report condemning Iraq for using mustard gas and the nerve agent tabun against Iranian troops. The US State Department also acknowledges Iraq’s actions, releasing a statement on 5 March saying that "available evidence indicates that Iraq has used lethal chemical weapons."

As if the 1st House were not already full, Saturn — the bridge to the outer planets — drops in December of 1986 and stays until March of 1989. Note that Claudia Dinkins and a few others refer to Saturn in Mundane Astrology as the oppressor, dictator (the “enforcer”?) — not the dispenser of ‘Karma’ as in personal astrology. The three planets bring immense energy to this area of the chart, as witnessed by Winterboy’s time line:

1986 thru 1989: Independent Kuwait seized by brutal, super rich al Sabah family; Colin Powell sends HAWK missiles to Iran, leaving US troops in Europe vulnerable; Pat Robertson uses charity to support his diamond, lumber interests; illegal Contra aid, drugs funneled through CIA airport in Mena, AR; DEA informant pilot Barry Seal killed hours before testifying; Averell Harriman dies, wife Pamela later funds Democrats against Bush; Ross Perot sent after POW's, complains of CIA gun/drug runner interference; Perot Bush feud; American cargo plane crashes, full of contra arms surviving CIA crewman repeats: "George Bush"; Bush sends family attorney to facilitate his release; Republican Special Counsel appointed for Iran Contra investigation; day before scheduled testimony, CIA Director Casey stricken during routine exam, left unable to communicate becomes Iran Contra scapegoat; Carlyle Investment Group formed; FCC scraps Fairness Doctrine; birth of right wing talk radio; Colin Powell lies under oath; bin Laden's brother Salem, business partner of George W and friend James Bath, dies in plane crash...

And the beat goes on, and on.

Transiting Uranus leaves the 1st house about 1991, having traveled through with Neptune for seven years. The two, with the assist from Saturn, have definitely moved the furniture around a bit, just before the 42nd President, Wm. J. Clinton, enters the Oval Office in 1993. Having finished their preliminary work in advance of Pluto, the transiting energy in the USA 1st House will be calm during the Clinton years, until transiting Pluto, the “transformer” — hits the US ASC for the first time on December 8, 2000, when the 5 Crows in Black (as Daniel Shorr named them) select the 43rd Resident of the Oval Office; and the second time — September 11, 2001. Pluto, whose energy rots to the core, allowing for rebirth, will finish the transformation of the 1st house around 2012/2013. We must await final review of the use and abuse of this powerful Plutonian energy by “Poppy’s” successor and his cohorts. Meanwhile, please feel free to check the time line at www.winterboy.com for more memories of the 1970s and 1980s, when the energies of Neptune, Uranus and Saturn were swirling and making way for Pluto’s arrival.