Martin Luther King "had a dream," did we see that dream standing on the courthouse steps in Springfield, Illinois today? Maybe!
My son and I were standing in line at a store and a couple was talking about Barack Obama's "I really truly am going to run" speech and one said to the other "what on earth would make a black man think he could run for the president of the US and win?" My son turned around and said "what on earth would make people think he can't?"
One thing for sure, he doesn't completely have the credentials to run as a "white man," and he doesn't completely have the credentials to run as a "black man," but he does have the credentials to run as a member of a diverse human race.
He doesn't have money, he isn't from a "known" family, his roots aren't solid in America, he just sort of sprang up from a short lived marriage whose father took off back to Africa. He was raised in part by his sociologist mother and her second husband and a grandmother. No one heard of him outside Illinois until he ran for the Senate in 2004 and won. There is so little information on Mr. Obama and so few footprints, to date, that Fox News has resorted to making things up.
There are two birthtimes for his Aug. 4, 1961 chart. One, not even rectified but speculated, is 1:06pm. The other I garnered from a chat room on Ann Coulter. It was a birthtime posted, along with 8 other birthtimes, by a person (no name) who said they had access to a government database and his birthtime was 8:39 am. The other posted times for 8 different people that I have and have verified were correct, it was all posted in Jan. 2005. I believe the 8:39am time to be more accurate although it does not give the chart of a president that the speculative 1:06 pm time does. However there are some interesting things to note for election day 2008.
Obama's midheaven in the 8:39am chart is 16 Gemini and by election day will have progressed to 1 degree Leo, conjunct Mercury, the ruler of the Gemini Midheaven and today's announcement had the midheaven conjunct Obama's natal Saturn.
There are a number of fascinating astro connections between the US chart and Obama's and there will be a lot of time down the road to discuss those aspects. The main thing is his natal South Node conjuncts the US Moon; the people relate from some ancient and deep connected feeling and emotion. Some of those emotions will be positive and some unfortunately, quite negative bordering on abject fear of this man being President.
One thing is certain, Neo was correct when he said we are witnessing the bloated end of the Pluto in Leo generation. Obama represents the Pluto in Virgo generation knocking on the door of a "new generation" of leaders. Pluto in Virgo will clean up this planet and they won't care what it costs and science and thoughtful analysis will once again take center state.
In his announcement chart (the speech) he said "this was an audacious move" on his part. Maybe it is but he doesn't really emotionally feel that, even if he feels it intellectually, today's Moon was in the forming stage of a full Moon to his natal chart. While universally the Moon was VOC, it was not as applied to his natal chart (he has a natal VOC Moon in Taurus) Today's Moon was squaring his Uranus and sextile his Saturn. While there exists sudden and unexpected changes in his campaign coming out of nowhere for him, there also exists the potential of making solid gains in his bid (maybe a VP offer) This morning's Sun oppose Saturn aspect and Capricorn on the Midheaven with Mars in close conjunction, conveys the sense of an attempt to hide his light under a basket by the present day Democratic leadership. He does not fit with what's been decided (Hillary) and will Saturn as it squares Obama's natal Moon and the announcement Moon throw cold water on his chances? Possibly, but it won't drown out his opportunities.
The big question of the day these days, "Is America ready and can they elect a women or a black woman for President?" I say let's bring back Carol Mosley Braun and have a black woman for president. I guess that's too much to ask of America.
I hope we can elect a "first" I'm not a huge fan of Hillary, and I haven't given up my secret hope that Al Gore will materialize and his chart completes two yods on election night. Without Gore, I sure would go with Obama and will pray everyday that nothing at all happens to Senator Obama or his family or Hillary Clinton. Sadly in this country amoung some people, hate and violence is still a family value. Both Obama and Hillary will be the recipient of a great deal of hate before this election cycle is past and both will be hated for who they are and the office they are trying to attain. Obama is already creating an angry stir in some parts of the world. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21207082-1702,00.html
The Election is off and running and there are still miles to go before anyone sleeps. This is projected to be the first billion dollar presidential and each candidate has to raise something like a million dollars a week. High stakes! We all need to pay attention and this time at least see if we can get our money's worth. By the way Obama's Saturn, part of his Grand Earth Trine, conjuncts the US Pluto, he will bring money back to America.