Thoroughbred racehorses are descended from just three stallions imported to England from the East some 300 years ago, although horseracing started much earlier than that. Organized racing in the US did not begin until after the Civil War, although thoroughbreds had been imported by the English to the United States in the middle 1600’s and the first racetrack laid out on Long Island around 1665. Racing was a popular pastime but not until After the Civil War and legalized gambling helped the sport grow by 1890.
Racing had been the sport of Kings and the rich, but for a few cents the poor man could place a bet and maybe get lucky. In the last 100 years horses such as Man of War, Secretariat, Seattle Slew all great horses – and Seabiscuit, the poor man’s horse, springing up in the middle of the Depression, bringing hope and inspiration to the masses that they could rise above their “station” and succeed.
Today, as we stand at the cross roads between multi-nationals, plunging wages, lost jobs an unlikely horse stepped up to win the Belmont Stakes; Rags to Riches, a filly, a historic filly. A filly has not won the Belmont Stakes for over 102 years and today she won. But that’s not the story here or the omen; it’s the name “Rags to Riches.”
America is a rags to riches country. We started in rags, moved to riches and back to rags over and over again. There has always been the “elite” or America’s illusion of aristocracy and their desire to control the great “unwashed” keeps the “rags to riches” see saw going.
Part of our US sage began in the 1600’s along with the horses when most of those finding their way to the New World were poor, even those with money didn’t possess a lot of money but they parlayed what they had into buying up all the land (just like their ancestors in England had done from the time William the Conqueror landed on the British Isles and quickly established who was rich and who was poor. The English brought that concept here and to this day, those who think of themselves as “aristocracy” here or on the “mother land” believe everyone financially or socially different is poor and beneath them. I don’t think they even acknowledge the Middle Class or realize they are there, everyone is simply beneath them.
For the US our problem lies in the Sun squaring Saturn (the restrictive Daddy principle) and Mars square Neptune (illusions and corruption) With Mars in Gemini, we go back and forth from the best of the square to the worst of the square. Thank heavens Saturn and Neptune are coming to an opposition on GWB’s Venus, he will have the same opportunity Paris Hilton has been given and that is to look at himself. He won’t like what he sees and I don’t know if he will have the strength of mind to make those changes, as strange as it may seem Paris has a better chance at recovery (although she has a rough summer ahead)
In one way or another the “elite” of the world have been working to control the “masses” completely. What they think, what they do, what they say. They’ve worked at it from the 1500’s at least. The East India Trade Companies when they lost that control in the 1700’s they went to the Illuminati, Skull and Bones, Nazism, the Bilderberger, and a few other secret powerful societies and companies such as the Carlyle Group. All with men at the top who believe the “masses” to stupid to grasp their “important issues.” Fear has been the subjugation of choice to keep all under control, and until Comedy Central, it has worked, but it’s working less and less and these people are becoming funnier and funnier not to mention irrelevant.
More and more our nation’s leaders and world leaders seem to be completely out of touch with the changes in the world since 9/11. Bush is right when he talks about pre and post 9/11 and the world having changed. It has changed. It’s changed for everyone, individually and collectively; business, education and government has changed. As the months and years have gone on from 9/11 so have the people. We aren’t interested in business or politics as usual and are beginning to organize in an effort to move ahead and away from our past, but our leaders are stuck there, we are beginning to look for a kinder gentler world, a less toxic world and we don’t have one likely candidate in either party who has been able to capture that sense for people.
I am tired of GWB and what he is doing because he keeps doing it and no one tries to stop him. Tony Blair is reported to be putting out a new law every three hours before he has to leave Number 10 Downing Street. This G-8 Summit is his last walk with the “guys” before he goes on speaking tours for $100,000 a pop. Even that doesn’t matter, the first 7 years following Bush and Blair out of office will be extremely difficult for them both. In fact, with Pluto in Sagittarius, Neptune in Aquarius and Uranus in Pisces we are moving into our last hurrah for the extreme we’ve seen with money, stardom, elite etc. Saturn in Leo will make sure that “Kings” fall. The rest of the world who have been considered the poor, the dregs, the rags are getting ready to take it all. That was the omen today when the long shot won the race, and it was a girl to boot.
February 2008 will be the last Clarion Call for those still living in the 50’s and 60’s mind set, and by December 2008 the door will shut on them as Pluto leaves Sagittarius for good and the clean up of the multi-nationals will begin. This kind of thing will be stopped
Countries, businesses, people anyone who has considered themselves to be above others are in for a shock, a new chapter in the US never ending chronicle of Rags to Riches is about to be written.
An Iraq update: It's about to get worse, more bombs and more kidnappings. The Green Zone and new American city/Embassy are not safe.
GWB A fresh scandal and plummeting poll numbers beginning in 2009/2010 and lasting for 5 years GWB goes through one of the worst times of his life, he could lose everything.
Paris Hilton Another 5 to 7 years of serious problems and then she could turn out to be a great humanitarian, depending on how she is able to handle the next 5 years.
The USA: Shaky financially until at least 2012. Rising prices, lowered health care quality, lowered food quality, serious immigration issues creating an impossible load on the infrastructure. Hopefully some intelligent heads can come together with a workable plan for all. Don't know who, we are experiencing a serious drought of leadership ability at this time.
The Queen Some serious issues, possibly her health as well as some additional financial losses. Monarchy will be in trouble, because she is the monarchy and she is having some problems that will intensify