"A constitution is a compact of a people with their rulers; if the rulers break the compact, the people have a right and ought to remove them and do themselves justice; but in order to enable them to do this with the greater facility, those whom the people choose at stated periods, should have the power in the last resort to determine the sense of the compact; if they determine contrary to the understanding of the people, an appeal will lie to the people at the period when the rulers are to be elected, and they will have it in their power to remedy the evil; but when this power is lodged in the hands of men independent of the people, and of their representatives, and who are not, constitutionally, accountable for their opinions, no way is left to control them but with a high hand and an outstretched arm."
The above warning about the lack of accountability of America's judiciary appeared in 1788, written by Robert Yates, a delegate to the Constitutional convention. Memorialized in what have become known as the "Anti-Federalist Papers," Yates argued that the structure and authority of the judiciary in the proposed Constitution created a dangerously unaccountable branch that would usurp power and ultimately grant itself more power than the legislative branch. History has proven Yates correct. These pages attempt to illuminate, educate and call to act all those whose love for our Founding Fathers' great experiment known as the U.S. Constitution has been sobered by a sense that something is amiss in our judiciary. (Citizens Link)
They know, they all know on the Senate Judiciary Committee that at the very least Samuel Alito (April 1, 1950, 8:57pm, Trenton, NJ) will be recommended to a vote in the full Senate for Confirmation and they all know he is very confused at best and lying at the worst.
Judge Alito has the creative aspect of Mercury oppose Neptune and he has sadly already used that creativity to spin tall tales at his confirmation hearings and they all know. The Republicans still afraid to cross party lines and the Democrats know they will be crucified day after day on the Corporate owned media. It’s already begun. I look at his chart and think to myself "you're a bad one Mr. Grinch."
I have been waiting in vain for someone to ask the Republicans “why are you blocking access to papers that show Sam Alito’s history?” “Why don’t you want the Democrats to ask hard questions, why are you throwing softball questions?” For one, Arlen Specter’s (Feb. 12, 1930) Sun and Venus are in a close conjunction to Alito’s Venus and Jupiter. Arlen truly likes this guy and Alito has been a help to him in some way and Arlen is trying to return the favor.
I don’t think the Democrats will filibuster this nomination, I hope I am wrong. As one of our posters pointed out to me, these hearings are a perfect example of one aspect of a Venus Retrograde. Venus is what we value; in Capricorn it’s what we value in our leaders, value in our laws, and value in our foundations as a person or country. What are our foundations? The Constitution, Civil Liberties, Human Rights, these are some of our values as a nation.
As with all Venus Retrogrades if we “buy” during a Venus Retro we often get something we don’t like, isn’t what we wanted doesn’t fit with what we thought we valued. Let’s say you value the color red and during the Venus Retro period you buy an expensive red dress on sale with no returns, you get it home and it looks terrible on you, unfortunately you are stuck with the dress until you can figure out what to do with it and how. The nation is about to be stuck with someone who will not uphold what we value and there are no returns, not now anyway, we will have to figure out as a country what we are going to do and how.
When I think of what we, as Americans, have accepted without question since December 12, 2000 I am amazed. What’s even more amazing to me, was to hear a very political, wealthy and heretofore considered an ultra-conservative say to me “you were right, the “ultra-conservative” is too conservative for me and I’ve switched to an independent liberal.” The world is turning up-side down for the other half, just as George Bush’s polls are on the rise and the country is once again viewing him as a strong leader. Ahhhh, Venus Retrograde and in Capricorn, we NEED to perceive a strong leader. The energy doesn’t go with George Bush, that energy goes with the people for right now. The majority really want to be able to answer that question "who's your Daddy?" Mr. Bush will enjoy the cover of Neptune trine his Jupiter for sometime to come, because America's Mars goes retrograde by progression on his Jupiter on July 20th and it will be tougher for America to pull out from under this vail.
As for Judge Alito, he’s an Aries, ruled by Mars and his Mars is in Virgo and conjunct his 0 degree Moon in Libra. Women make him feel insecure and he doesn’t like them too much, that will show in his rulings. The first 30 or so years of his life his Mars was retrograde in Virgo and he felt insecure, unsure and repressed action in concert with the Moon he would have been very nervous around women and uncertain of their intentions and projecting this problem out onto them identifying women as corrupt.
I would rather have someone other than Alito, however I don’t rule him out as a wild card. He is an Aries, Sun in the Leo Decan, he loves a bit of grandstanding. I have a bit more faith in his Venus/Jupiter conjunction in Aquarius, giving him more than a touch of “know it all” energy (Aquarius energy often times think themselves smarter and above the average) but strong humanitarian bent. His Uranus squares his Moon and conjuncts the US Venus, he will deliver a surprise to the American Women and I would not pre-judge what that surprise might be. Since his famous 1985 opinion against Roe v Wade, he has had a daughter come to maturity. She may have more influence on his decisions than we know. Next year Pluto will square his Mars and his Moon (squaring his Uranus) this will be a very difficult time for Judge Alito and he will change more than we can imagine, he will have to in order to survive as he loses something he values because of a very nasty mean streak in him. Pluto has a tendency to take those nasty mean streaks we all have and kind of sort of bend them into an opportunity to play well with others or pay a price.
VENUS IS RETROGRADE UNTIL FEBRUARY 4th
Look to the house or houses Retrograde Venus will fall in your charts and see what you have an opportunity to straighten or re-evaluate.
1. Yourself, diets, addictions, body
2. Your finances and material possessions
3. Your communication style at home, work, with friends and neighbors
4. Your home, where you live, your neighborhood, the second half of your life
5. Your relationship with your children or the children in your life and your creativity, your love affairs
6. Your job, working environment, your health
7. Your marriage, business partners
8. Resources, how to get them and how to keep them and income taxes
9. Your higher mind or any law suits you are involved with
10. Your career, your reputation, your legacy
11. Your friends, groups where you belong, new groups, hopes wishes and dreams
12. Your spirituality, where you “kid” yourself or lie to yourself.
Those are brief descriptions of the houses, read about the houses of the zodiac and you can expand on them and your understanding of them and how Venus Retrograde fits you.
I rarely see anyone that Venus Retrograde doesn’t affect their finances in some way or is some type of concern, that will all clear up after February 4th .
Something is about to pop in the next few days, the scandals will keep on rollin.