Astroworld

The ending and the beginning of anything looks exactly the same and so it is with New Years. On the surface things look the same. I have the same job, the same furniture, the same house and car, the same park across the street; it all looks the same but all has changed forever. I have a new granddaughter, a new daughter-in-law, two dictators have died, a past President, 3000 soldiers are dead plus tens of thousands of Iraqi’s, tens of thousands in Darfur, a new Democratic Congress, and a new DOD and we have changed as a country. Psychologically we leave the old year behind us and look toward the unknown of 2007 that includes even greater expansion of the consciousness of the universal mind. We have reached the point in the history of mankind where the past is truly gone and what worked before won’t work now, only we have not yet replaced the old with something new, which remains to unfold.

2007 is a 9 year and 9 years are an ending of a cycle and preparation for the coming “1” year in 2008. Collectively the world will begin winding down from this present cycle and have the opportunity to pick up the challenge of being co-creators of a “new world.” There are plenty of options on the table. Greed and every man for himself, get all you can get and forget the rest of the world, another is a kinder, active, all inclusive spirituality. I know that many have been living this kind of life or think they have, we are just getting our mind around the fact that “all inclusive” means kindness towards “all.” What in our closets do we want to expunge and what do we think we need, most importantly, what quality in our lives do we want to leave behind and replace with a kinder, more trusting, and gentler quality? It’s the “closet” of our collective soul that will need cleaning for we are moving into un-chartered waters at least for this recent generation of peoples (the last 500 years) We don’t have all our human past intact, for if horse-racing is the sport of Kings, book burning is the sport of conquerors leaving the information of the past hopelessly fragmented and we are left to modern genius to constantly discover and create anew.

At this juncture in our evolution, particularly as it relates to what’s known as America, our Solar Arc planets have progressed to Aquarius and Pisces, the most universal of all the signs and with Uranus and Neptune in those signs the demand of the collective is to begin looking at the “all” and how do we support the “all?” How do we shift from a “command and control” mentality to an adult mentality? It’s a challenge and in large and small ways we have the opportunity to start this year.

This year begins with Libra on the Ascendant and Mercury squaring from Capricorn in the third house; mis-communications, mis-understandings will reign. The media frantically trying to get on board with the shifts in their world and trying to grasp their fading light of relevancy for a bigger market share of the populace. This “shift” isn’t like going from still pictures to moving pictures, to talkies or from radio to TV. They can’t just go from TV to Cable or the Internet because the younger generation is unimpressed with marketing and will respond less and less to advertisers, leaving less and less money to create something new. This year we will see the beginning of throwing out old TV stars and trying to replace them with new faces and new messages. They are just beginning this process and watching them stumble is amusing.

Communications will be big really big this year. The Moon is in Gemini in the 9th and ruling the 10th, it opposes Jupiter and squares Uranus, and that spells upheaval and change in the media, travel and possibly our courts. You may see this year even bigger mergers with the media, such as Fox buying ABC, or CBS or MSNBC, or some similar combination. Jupiter in Sagittarius in the third will square Uranus this year and Uranus rules the 3rd in the US Chart, with Sagittarius ruling the 3rd in this year’s chart. Mars in Sagittarius in the 3rd sextiles Neptune in the 5th, there is an opportunity for some creativity maybe we will take it, and maybe not (for Mars also squares the North Node) not but the opportunity will be there. Wherever Sagittarius, Aquarius and Pisces fall in your personal charts indicates and opportunity for you, but it has to be something different than what was in the past.

I think the Moon/Jupiter/Uranus combination in the 2007 chart is most interesting because this Moon is pretty much in the same place that GWB’s 2005 Inaugural Moon resides, which is where the US Uranus resides (8 Gemini 55) our National Upheaval is not over, neither is the upheaval in the administration. Last year the failures in Iraq, the Baker report, having to fire Rumsfeld, people turning against this administration, a Democratic Congress were all very jarring to them, and those upheavals are not over. One of the psychic predictions I read said a couple of high level Republicans would be shifting to the Democrats this year and the energy is certainly there for that to happen further blurring the lines of who and what we the people can trust, forcing us to pay more attention to who is running in 2008, caring less about the party and more about what they stand for (and not just the Presidential candidate) New Orleans gave us Jambalaya and because of New Orleans our elected officials are about to go into their own Jambalaya stew over the next several years, maybe for the next 75, that’s what politics is about to become in this country.
There is a new generation and they voted in record numbers this year. These people are cutting their political teeth on Keith Olbermann, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert and others who will rise up just like them. The present day Conservatives are about to find out they aren’t funny and they take themselves too seriously. This new generation wants to laugh, if they cannot laugh at present day conditions, they will laugh at those they perceive created the mess.

Racing on here, Moon/Jupiter/Uranus in Gemini/Sagittarius/Pisces will find the religious right of all religions becoming more strident as they see they are losing hope of a theocracy, plus there will be more “religious” leader scandals. Look for those scandals to come from the hard core evangelicals and Catholic Church, as well as Zionists and Muslim Clerics. Unaspected Venus (ruler of the Ascendant) is in Capricorn in the 4th. She wants to solidify her home and tradition but there isn’t a tether for her to build on solid ground. Her restrictive values will be thrashing around the 4th house of our “home” this year loudly trying to get a foothold to no avail in the end.

The above aspects indicate upheaval in the military as we try to hire mercenaries throughout the world ostensibly to replace our soldiers but more to again blur sovereign boundaries (New World Order)

Mars sextile Neptune could see a rise in the arts this year as we look toward a little mysticism and peace, spiritual practices also rise, all kinds of mystical and spiritual practices.

The 110th Congress takes office on January 4th with a VOC Moon in the 5th house. A continuation of a lack of imagination among our “leaders?” and little will be accomplished, at least not too much we can see. A Jupiter/Uranus square, while Saturn in its retrograde motion is not in a trine to Pluto, it will come forward to trine in a few months to give this Congress a little power. Mars is coming to a conjunct to Pluto but more importantly Mars will be conj. The US natal Mars squaring the natal Neptune; arguments and confusion for them, however Jupiter is also in a sextile to Chiron so ultimately healing could come out of that confusion.

There is so much in the New Year chart and the 110 Congressional charts; I will be adding bits and pieces to a post as the month goes on. I urge you to read other predictions because this article is getting to be too long now. The bullets I will give are:

Military upheaval and perhaps revolt

Church scandals leading to mass exodus from mainstream church and new religious
searching an practices

More political involvement from a new generation of voters

Potentially a new Supreme Court Justice and the continuation of stacking the courts with
conservative jurists

Media will be the big story this year, joining forces with one another in order to survive
Saddam’s death will have no impact on Iraq no matter how George tries to spin it, his
execution however will have an impact on George and not a good one.

George Bush Sr. is in a very unstable health position with him passing on or too sick to
be any kind of a player this year. He looks to be stricken toward or in the summer months. Bill Clinton is also in an unstable physical position. In looking at Hillary’s chart I have always felt that something would happen that would stop her from running for President and if something serious happened to Bill Clinton that would certainly place her in a difficult situation for a presidential run and Saturn will be conjunct his Sun.

TV and Movies become less violent, with more “feel good” movies and more things like “The Good Shepherd” also a greater influx of actors and entertainers becoming openly politically involved on both sides of the aisle. They’ve played these people and now they want to be these people and try to effect change. If the trend continues the imaginative and creative minds they will bring to politics will be a real blessing (this unfolds over the next several years, beginning at the end of 2006 and only becoming stronger through 2012, then we will see)

The pipe dreams of greatness our politicians have been laboring under will be floating away this year, actually it’s started and they really don’t know what to do. Like the rest of us, we only know to do what we’ve always done. It will be up to the people to re-educate our corporate and political leaders.

I cannot emphasize enough all the talk that will be happening this year, breaking scandals, threats of internet changes (and to some extent it will change) Words, words, hyperbole, hubris, all of this in a scramble to maintain power positions. Take most of it with a grain of salt, except for the internet. Be prepared to be shocked, scandalized, amused and tired of watching and hearing mouths run off.

Sometime after the first of the year Joe Lieberman becomes very unpopular and potential of John McCain (the most desperate candidate of all) getting sick toward the end of the year and carrying forward into 2008.

If we go to war with Iran (and I have my doubts) it won’t be until closer to 2009. The only thing that could shift that scenario would be Israel going after Iran and we step in to help them, after all we are in the area and we are putting in a “surge,” enough soldiers to go to the “rescue” for another country. Iran’s chart doesn’t show a war until 2009 but I have not looked at the Israel and Iran chart together. There is some kind of game being played their between governments and the UK and US, we are the only ones who don’t know what the game might be.

This will be a good year for Sagittarius and Aquarius particularly. Scorpio’s should watch their spending but they will financially come out ahead by 2008. Leo’s have solid gains but won’t see that until closer to 2008, as well as Taurus. Capricorn’s have few problems this year. Virgo’s will be working hard. Pisces and Gemini’s have changes coming their way but doubtful they will be too upset over them unless they are the type of Gemini’s and Pisces who love good drama’s, potential of new work for them. Cancer can make it a good year but will need to keep a positive attitude and work on not worrying too much.
Libra can find their “sweet spot” of creativity this year.

Whoops, Aries I completely forgot to include you on the listing above, but one of our posters is looking out for you and reminded me so what's in store for you in 2007? Well it's what you've been waiting for; the love of your life, or the "jerk" takes a hike, it's a new job, new move, new baby, new life. It can be any of those things Aries, but you will get what you have been waiting for this year.

With any bit of luck, the end of 2007 will find us with the same furniture, the same scenes, everyone healthy, happy, prosperous and more wise.

"and there's a hand my trusty friend and give us a hand o' thine...we'll take a cup of kindness yet for auld lang syne." HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!