The rhetoric around Iran sounds like 2003 and Iraq all over again (Jay Rockefeller)
Same song second verse turns it over and it sounds a bit worse. We have all been here before on the SOTU, heard the same sounds, and listened to the same songs. The applause could be a bit subdued this year and maybe not so many standing ovations, although some of the die hard GOPers will feel it’s their responsibility to drown out the silence of their disillusioned brethren. In spite of the fact that Uranus is coming to a trine to GWB and the US respective Suns, Bush is on the ropes, not sure he even realizes that. A lot of the GOP jumping out to distance themselves from Bush is pre-planned. They all spent a weekend at Camp David trying to figure out with their leader how not to seem tied to him and Iraq for the sake of their own 2008 coming up campaigns.
Last year the SOTU was given on January 31, 2006 and George began speaking at 9:12 pm. The Ascendant was at 27 Virgo and the Mid-heaven at 27 Gemini. The Sun was in Aquarius at 12 degrees, followed by Mercury at 15 degrees and Neptune at 17 degrees Aquarius. Uranus and the Moon were 9 and 17 degrees respectively in Pisces. Venus was in Capricorn and Jupiter in Scorpio 17 square Neptune. Mars was 22 Taurus and Saturn 7 Leo, leaving the NN at 5 Aries. This was the stage set last year and the planets in a rough bowl, activating the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th houses with Saturn in the 11th forming a loose handle.
We’ve barely moved this year even if it is 8 days earlier. I will have to catch the time tomorrow night and add to this but for now I have 9:00 pm EST. It’s still a Virgo Ascendant and Gemini Mid-heaven. The Sun is 3 degrees Aquarius, conj last year’s Chiron in the 5th house of our children; a bigger spotlight on the wounding and suffering this nation has brought down on our children and the children of Iraqi’s. I promise you as the year goes on we will feel that pain more and more as will the children of Iraq.
Mercury is at 14 degrees Aquarius, just one degree behind last year and enough behind to make the conjunction to Neptune a little off. The hubris won’t be so bright and it will be more easily recognized by the public. It is Jupiter in Sagittarius that will sextile Mercury and not Neptune; Mercury sextile from Jupiter is a demand for the truth and Jupiter will punish if He is lied to and the punishment will come when Mercury cozies up to Neptune in a few days. Did you ever see the movie Liar with Jim Carey? He couldn’t stop telling the truth, it’s not that George will be forced into the truth, it’s that he won’t be believed and it won’t matter if what he says is true or not. He has spent his wad and people are finished believing him. This year’s NN conjuncts last years Moon, the people are looking for something different and this group cannot provide it for us, but something new is coming.
The most dramatic aspect is Venus in the 6th house opposing Saturn in the 12th. Venus rules the US 6th house and in mundane astrology the 6th house represents the military. This indicates a serious situation for our military and promises a harsh tour this year, as well as something hidden this way comes. Something our neo-cons don’t anticipate. Morgana says “a military loss, a biggie, an unexpected road block and possibly Bush thwarted by an unforeseen force. Possibly stymied in trying to setup Iran since the Ayatolah jerked Ahmadinejad chain is suggesting they play nice with the UN and IAEA”
The Sun and Saturn are in Mutual Reception in this chart and relates to the leader or leaders of this country, their hands are tied and cannot stop what is about to happen.
More Morgana quotes: “Jupiter square Uranus, whatever force is coming it’s going to send energies flying, incoming monkey wrench.” Also, “the Moon is in a sesquiquadrate with Saturn, the people aren’t biting and no amount of charm will help this administration.”
I would like to add that the Jupiter/Uranus square also squares and opposes GWB’s Sun, there is absolutely a monkey wrench headed directly at him this year and he won’t see it coming, no one will see it coming.
Coming round the bend with Mars at 5 degrees Capricorn, opposes the US Jupiter and squares Bush Neptune, those that have not been questioning his mental state will before his last State of the Union in 2008. The audience will hear him as a person out of touch and out of control as the Moon also inconjuncts his Mars. The nation will be worried and frightened but we will not know what to do.
With Saturn in Mutual Reception to the Sun and the co-ruler of Aquarius and ruler of Mars in Capricorn, Saturn will be the big player this year. Saturn opposes the Sun’s natural home, the 5th house as well as the 6th, no one will be having fun, certainly not here or in Iraq. No fun for GWB either as Saturn retrogrades back and forth over his Venus through the summer, polls keep going down and the hammer on Iraq and the US keep going up and Congress will still be too afraid to remove this psychopath.
I watched a program tonight that had Pat Buchanan on it, the panel listed all the people and experts that Bush has blown off and Pat says “yes but he really believes this will work, he has to find a way to leave Iraq with some kind of pride for our country, some kind of victory.” We have all those Iraqi’s, all our soldiers, all the peace workers and healers over there, at the mercy of a psychopath and his friends who don’t want to be blamed for a failure and they would rather be blamed for all the death, and that’s not abject failure? Go figure.
The latest time a State of the Union has been delivered by this President is 9:12 but that was a year where it was hard to get through all the back slapping and the year he kissed Joe Lieberman, let me know what time he begins speaking this year and how many people proffers their cheek for a kiss, bet not many.
I want to say one word about all the candidates jumping into the swimming pool of 2008, remember they have to get from here to there and there is a long way off, much can happen to change the number in that pool. Just to run down the ones I can remember, Obama, Biden, Dodd, Clinton, Richardson, maybe Al Sharpton (he’s a regular) maybe Kerry, Kucinich, that’s 8 so far and I feel like I’ve forgotten someone, at any rate it will be a vicious marathon and a dark horse could still take the spoils. Maybe Al Gore and if he runs, he wins. It all hinges on Mercury.
More after the speech and grab the time if you will as well as the time of Jim Webb’s rebuttal and in anticipation of the State of the Union, may I say “May God Bless America.” Just in case He has had a snoot full of blessing us and is thinking of shifting some of that energy toward people who need saving from us.
I'd like to add to Cap'n Sally's comments about Pat QOP's 2007 calendar. It's amazing. Each and every month is gloriously portrayed, capturing the Maine countryside, the birds, the flowers and trees, the boats on the waterways, the houses and other sturdy Maine structures . . . ! Pat QOP has an exceptional ability to capture light throughout the seasons. Beautiful stuff, indeed!
Posted by: shylurker on January 23, 2007 05:06 AM
You won't be disappointed, and Shylurker has captured the flavor of these paintings perfectly, she doesn't exaggerate.