Robert Phoenix

Awesome! Reads as well today as it did then.

Come on, RobertPhoenix.com — everyone knows Larry Craig has a “wide stance” — and there ain’t nuthin’ wrong with that! It’s nice to see that the party of “family values” is showing a lot of compassion for Senator Craig, though — that’s refreshing…

For an enigmatic presence, DB comes across as a very straightforward guy who does not need to create any mystery about himself. Always been one of my favorites and this interview does nothing to change that.

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I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Phoenix » The World According To Moby, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

“the dispensationalist breed of Southern Baptist…”
“post-partum-party fueled by the ordinances of the Elohim…”
“Persephine with a…public pulpit.”

Damn! That’s good stuff. Always a great pleasure to read you, Sir Phoenix.
Keep it up!

–C

What a cool blog, I found it by accident but am glad I did

Just passing through–I’ll be back!

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Jessie…

To all the uninitiated out there – read this and take heed. This is good stuff. Thanks….

My sentiments exactly. Rock on dude!

Great post!

Hahahaha excellent!

Jack…

Thanks, this is good stuff. You are spot on….

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Robert, spot on!

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i’m trying to remember where i saw this concert – i think it was PBS the American Experience, a History of Stax records…could that be true?

Yup. You got it right.

i’ll offer the worst kind of advice – unsolicited – if your not sure what to do, try doing something you really enjoy doing, see where that takes you….

Amen!!!

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that’s alot to think about,,,ooo, my head hurts, must lie down and watch tv, feel better….

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If Sarah Palin is an appropriate candidate how come she is not”allowed” to give interviews yet? She will be a puppet just as George W is. This country’s political situation is so corrupt and unsavable. I think eventually the younger Americans will storm the Bastille. 9I doubt Sarah Palin would even get that. She has very little education)

You bring up a great point. I am merely talking about potential here in her chart. She also has a few, glaring holes as well. I don’t consider myself a politcal analyst per se, but from a strategic point of view, I am sure that the RNC is holding back, letting the onslaught of the blogosphere rain down upon them, gather evidence and then have Palin fully informed and in response mode. That’s my sense. Astrologically, when Uranus moves into Aries, the energy of rebellion will be thick and people will be in no mood for the status quo, no matter who the president is. However, at that point, Uranus will be in Palin’s first house and if she is the veep, she’ll be a lightning rod for either a radical transformation of democracy or leading us head on into war.

I find your analysis somewhat superficial. Regarding Palin’s Aquarius stellium, may I point out that Dick Cheney is an Aquarian, and so was Ronald Reagan, two people who have done more than anyone else in the last 30 thirty years to undercut the middle class and the political foundations upon which this country was founded. And we all know about Dick Cheney proclaiming himself to be outside of the 3 branches of government and thus not answerable for the acts he and his office has committed against the laws of this country as spelled out in the Constitution. Aquarius is the sign of revolution, but it can also be cold and heartless. All Aquarian changes against the status quo are not necessarily for the good of all. I find that Aquarius stellium in Palin’s chart frightening. It is the mark of a fanatic and someone who does not connect with her emotions or the emotions of others. I remember reading somewhere several years ago that the anti-Christ would be born under that Aquarius stellium. Not that I especially believe in the anti-Christ, but relating an abundance of Aquarian energy to such an entity is eye-opening. As an Aquarian myself, I used to believe that the more Aquarius in a chart the better, but like all signs, Aquarius has a light side and a dark side. I think we have been seeing that in part in operation in the past several years of the Bush Administration. The dark of Aquarius is a cold, fanatical iconoclasm.

I take issue with your idea that Obama’s Uranus in Leo and Palin’s Uranus in Virgo reflect that quality of their service in high office. Bill Clinton was a Leo, and the country was in better shape fiscally and with regard to jobs that it has been under Bush. Bill Clinton had an aide who accompanied him on all his appearances, and if anyone had any kind of problem, this aide would would get all the information and look into it. Leos have a heart. Virgos are about service, but they can be cold and heartless as well. Allow me to remind you that John McCain is a Virgo. And with any sign, there is a dark light side. Just because it is the sign of service doesn’t mean it wants to help people. I have known many Virgos who are all about helping themselves. It all depends upon what star they have hitched their wagon. You can look at her record as being Mayor of Wasilla and Governor to see that. In June she was asked if she would accept the vice presidential nomination if it was offered to her, and she said no, there was work to be done in Alaska. Interesting that she changed her mind. Obama’s history of leaving a big law firm and working for the people as a community organizer speaks about what star he is following. Do you think he could not just as easily have stayed at the big Wall Street firm and gone into politics from that platform? Why didn’t he? This speaks more about his motivations than a superficial reading of “he’s a Leo and wants the glory”.

Dale Carnegie writes in “How to Win Friends and Influence People” that you can tell who people are by what makes them feel important. He uses the examples John Dillinger and John D. Rockefeller. The only difference between was how they got their feeling of importance. John Dillinger was proud of the fact that he was Public Enemy #1. John D. Rockefeller, on the other hand, got his feeling of importance from donating money to build a hospital to help people.

It all depends on what makes Obama and Palin feel important. I think helping people makes Obama feel important. And I think power at any cost is what makes Palin feel important.

Laura, you bring up great points regarding Aquarius and other unsavory characters. If you have read all of the posts, you’ll see that I reference both Cheaney and Reagan as well, both Aquarians (especially Reagan) and I don’t paint them in such glowing terms. I also agree that Aquarius is a fixed planet and with all of that fixity in her chart, she could be untractable to the point of being fanatical, especially with Aries rising. In regards to the Aquariun stellium and the anti-christ, I would look to February of 1966.

As far as Obama goes I’m not convinced that he is a man that is as motivated by service as he appears to be. With Neptune in Scorpio on his ascendant, there is a HUGE potential for deception.

I will bring up one other point regarding Obama and sum this up. Obama was a nobody, just like Sarah Palin until the sealed and private records of Jack Ryan’s unseamly divorce from his wife, actress Jeri Ryan were opened and then published, some unseen hand was already guiding Obama. Ryan had to step down in disgrace. The repubs ran Allen Keyes (not even from Illinois) in a sham election against him. It was clear that the road was being paved for Obama and his rapid ascent via messiah programming. Perhaps Sarah Palin is just the same for the right and we are being given choice A and choice B and really no choice at all.

Again, I started this series because I looked at Sarah Palin’s chart and found it to be highly unusual and thus I am now responding to you. Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment.

Judging by this news story Ms. Quigley did not show much concern for client confidentiality In de UK – Penny Thornton had to surrender her faculty of Astrological Studies diploma for disclosing that Princess Diana was one of her clients. I wonder what Nancy Reagan thought about this? How did the press catch on to the story?? MmmmmLiz

I think her publisher leaked it just before her book came out. I guess Lady Di should have used The Queen’s astrologer instead.

I agree with your analysis of Sarah Palin. I had her pegged the same way…without even knowing her chart. By itself, Aquarius is usually a cold sign, as is Capricorn, and Aries, even tho’ Aries is a fire sign, it’s not warm, but firey and quick to flare. Rather tough! The warm signs are usually Pisces, Scorpio, Leo,(but pushy) Cancer (nurturers) and Sags, Taurus…some Libras, altho’ they can be cool, but not as cool as Virgos & Geminis. It all depends on your genes too, not just the zodiac signs. We get some temperment from our parents, etc. I’m a Libra,.. moon in Cap., with on the cusp Virgo/Leo rising….and I have too much feeling,…but I attribute this to my grandmother who had a lot of feeling too. Not for ourselves…, but for other people, children and animals. (with me, it’s anything that is alive!!)…..so shooting ‘Moose” wouldn’t sit well with me, but that’s Sarah’s choice!…I still like the woman..she thinks like a man, B&W, whereas most women think in gray areas also. I swore I’d never vote for a woman..(not a woman’s libber)..until I saw and heard Sarah….and now, she will get my vote, and everyone’s in my family. You go girl!!! You will be President in 2012!

I happen to be related to daddy Bush,.. ‘George Herbert Walker Bush’…..myself!! Through the “House of Herbert” English Blood Line. Never heard of the “Merovingian Line”?? There’s no Obama in me!!…..Have traced my lineage back the Charlemagne. Besides, I thought Cheney was related (way back) to Obama….NOT Bush!!? The Queen of England is the from ‘House of Windsor’ line, and Diana’s was from the “House of Spencer’…even better than the House of Windsor. The House of Windsor …..isn’t that great!! ( I’m very familiar with ‘Atlantis’….from the past .. and now.)

About Obama being a Leo….and Clinton too! Leos’ are sweet, ..but PUSHY….and ALWAYS have to be the center of attention! ..They are the Peacocks of all the signs. It’s all about them! Clinton is balanced out by Taurus and Libra, but Obama has some Scorpio in there….and they can be VERY vengeful. Obama seems sweet,…but may be harboring some resentment against… ‘whitey’!? I know his wife does….and she dictates to him. I’m voting for McCain/Palin!

I have twin daughters born in”83″, They have Pluto in Scorpio-just barely -one degree. They are nothing like you portrayed. They and their peer group are the most idealistic, optimistic people(as a group)I think they are transformers. They love to have an effect and are very independent thinkers. I can see this group changing many injustices in their lifetime.

Well, that’s the positive side of Pluto in Scorpio. Sounds like they got some very good parenting. You should be proud of the work that you have done, raising children in a challenging time. I will touch on this again to be fair, especially since The Indigo children really started to show up during this period. Thanks for reading.

Robert, I missed the interview on TV but have seen bits and pieces on the morning news shows. What was your opinion on how she acquitted herself in face of Charlie Gibson’s Mars pushing her buttons. I would think that her natal Sun/Mars/Saturn conjunction would have buttressed her despite the Neptune transit.

OBAMA with a Scorpio ascendant? What time are you using? I had read he was born 7:00pm -ish with an Aquarian ascendant ——–

I think she did OK, in the face of Gibson’s fixed opposition. Back when I started this series, one of the things that I noted was that Palin would go through a series of trials, but based on her chart, would quickly develop strategies and skills to deal with the intensity. This is nothing compared to what she will face against Joe Biden who will be in overdrive as Scorpio will be fully engaged in his chart during the debate.

I’m using Joyce Hopewell’s chart: http://joycehopewell.blogspot.com/2008/01/barack-obama.html. The reason I am using this one as opposed to the Aquarian chart which I have also linked to is because early in the primary process, this seemed to be the chart that I found most on The Net. The Aquarian chart is fairly new. There are also major discrepancies with Obama’s chart. time and even birthplace. Phillip Berg, fomerr AG of Pennsylvania has submitted writs and summons to the DNC, Obama and Dean that states that Obama’s birth certificate is a forgery and he has proof, that Obama was likely born in Canada. This type of haze and nebulous quality surrounding birth and identity fits more along the lines of The Scorpio rising chart with Neptune on the ascendant. Hence my rationale for using it.

I went back to your previous blogs to see what birth time you were using. I didn’t see a particular time but did see where you indicated Aries rising. Are you using a solar chart in lieu of a confirmed time? Jude Cowell at Jude’s Threshold initially used 7:06 am but I think she may be leaning toward the 4:40 pm Eric Francis at Planet Waves.net is using, which gives her a 19.34 Leo Ascendant with Uranus in Virgo also in the 1st house. It also puts Ceres in her 5th house. An Leo Ascendant/Aquarian Sun thus mirrors Obama’s Aquarius Ascendant/Leo Sun. Before I heard the 4:40 time I speculated that Sarah Palin had Leo rising because of all her hair. I have also heard a 9:43 PM (Libra Rising) and a 7:40 AM birth time (Pisces Rising) – both of those mentioned on Noah Tyl’s site.

Sasha, you bring up a great point again about Palin’s chart as there seems to be various versions out there on The Net. I’m using the one with Aries on the ascendant much in the same way that I am using Obama’s Scorpio ascendant. If Palin is an Aries rising, her Venus rests near the rising sign, which is in alignment with her history as a beauty pageant contestant as that would be be how the world would view and interpret her persona. Aries is also quite martial and relates back to her skill with weaponry, hunting, etc.

The thing that is consistent with everyone in this race is that there is no one chart applicable to any candidate. There are even questions surrounding Biden’s chart as well, so some of this has to be digested and viewed on a meta-intuitive level, which is what I attempt to do on all of the material.

Perhaps I will devote an entire post on the illusive nature of casting a chart for the big four.

Thanks for reading and interacting.

Robert, just happened to glance over the left sidebar on your main page and saw the blurb on Saturn in Virgo. At the end, it said: “So for the next two-and-a-half-years, be nice to the little guy and learn to skin a deer–you’ll be a better person for it.” A little ironic that the Republican VP candidate is “hockey mom” Palin who is able to dress a moose.

That’s pretty funny Sahsa, since I wrote that well over a year ago and had no idea who Sarah Palin was.

Hi Robert,

I have to say that I enjoy reading your blog very much but when I read Deepak’s blog the other day on the Huffington Post it was a relief. I needed to read it last week when I was freaking out. So even though it was a week late it did touch on something very real. The fear of having the election taken away/stolen/screwed up is a bit more that a lot of us can take. It was a reminder to find your center and be calm. I also appreciate your willingness to be objective. I will keep reading your posts!

Thanks,

Abra

Thanks Abra,

No matter how much each side slices and dices the demographic, we’re all in this together.

Hi Robert,

I just found your site and although I´m not into politics I really enjoy astrology and your analysis of the candidates. I am catching up on your whole series in one go!
I wanted to ask you if you could possibly give a link to the Tortuga.com site where you typed in Sarah Palin´s birth date to get that “White Lunar Wizard” description, I have not had any luck finding it myself. Having a Pluto Uranus Vesta Venus Conjunction in Virgo I´m wondering what the description will be.

much LIGHT and thank you,
analysa

I have the same Pluto/Uranus conjunction in my chart (6th house). It is a generational marker from what I understand…lots of people have it. How they use it is the key to transmuting those intense energies. I have seen enough of this person to know that she puts herself first and her family 2nd. I don’t know anyone who has 5 kids ( one special needs child that may or may not be hers) and is running for Vice President of the U.S. Where is her cape? Where can I get one? I assumed that my generation would be able to evolve and move past antiquated ideas repacked as “reform”.

Robert, as a former employee of one of AIG’s subsidiaries and a participant in the employee stock purchase program, I already held an interest in the Manchester team, it’s just smaller. Another difference, I am basically buying shares again in AIG.

Monica at Astrology Mundo was kind enough to share her blog with me re: AIG. Here’s the link: http://astrologymundo.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/the-astrology-of-american-international-group-by-guest-host-sasha/

I am not an astrologer so don’t expect too much.

Nicely done Sasha. Great attention to detail. I’m honored to have you as a semi-regular commenter here.

How right you are.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/old-people-with-dementia-have-a-duty-to-die-and-should-be-pushed-towards-death-says-baroness-warnock.html
Thats my lot in England. The handicapped and old will be next.
The revolution will start with Pluto in Aquarius. Pay back time. I just hope i live to see them hanging on the lamposts.

Some problems with your Palin-speech analysis:
#1 – It’s hard to evaluate her on the basis of that speech … because the speech was written by a team of Republican speechwriters — much of it it before they knew who McCain would choose; and many of the “digs” and taglines were in common circulation before then.
#2 – “Servant’s heart” is a VERY specific, well-known evangelical/fundamentalist Christian term. (Seriously, churches have “Servant’s Heart” rock bands, kid’s programs, cafes, fundraisers, you name it!). It refers to spiritual humility — but its major purpose in the Palin speech was to cue in that group of voters and assure them that Palin was one of them.
It’s akin to Bush’s frequent use of Bible quotes, evangelical hymn phrases,etc. that most of the population might miss, or regard as rhetorical, but which told evangelicals that he was “theirs,” and that had a very specific meaning to those voters.

What a weird world we live in. The Punahou/Harvard/University of Chicago candidate is the Democrat. The public school/country town candidate is the Republican. Please don’t get me wrong, it is not in my place as an Australian to say who is the better candidate.

You are the first person (other than myself) to emphasize the importance of the post-boomer nature of Sarah/Barack. Thank you.

As a boomer myself, I will admit I am not too happy to see Bill Clinton as the dominant archetype (even though you are right) of the boomers.

Thanks for chiming in Bokonon, if you’re ever in Cali drop me a line, I’ll treat you to a Jack Daniels on Ice Nine.

Robert, I wonder whose chart in Israeli history/politics would Livni’s chart reflect.

The most obvious is Golda Meir, the first female PM of Israel. Golda had a sister named Tzipke. Tzipke and Tzipi are both diminuatives of Tzipora (Zipporah).

However, I found an article/commentary dated 9/23/08 which refers to Zev Jabotinsky as Livni’s hero. This would not be surprising since her father participated in Jabotinsky’s Irgun. http://www.amin.org/look/amin/en.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=7&NrArticle=47692&NrIssue=1&NrSection=3

Or would her chart match up with Begin who signed a peace treaty with Egypt’s Sadat?

Sasha,

Yes, Livni’s parents were members of Irgun and she was raised in a decidedly Zionist household. The amount of water in her chart through Cancer is positive, especially since it is combined with her Jupiter in Libra. Empathic and peaceful (potentially). Let’s see if she can get her version of the government together. With that Jupiter in Libra (ironically opposing Palin’s Jupiter in Aries) she should have a decent chance of being more of a uniter than a divider.

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Hahahahaha. I screwed up the spelling. That’s what I get for typing at 3am. Thanks for the casual proof.

I believe that Ahmadinejad is a complete nut who uses his religion (not a nut job because of his religion) and has every intention of wiping Israel off the map. I think Israel will act soon to limit that possibility. One reason is they don’t trust the US to support them in the effort. The other reason is that it has been 41 years (1/4 Neptune transit) since Israel pre-emptively attacked Egypt in the Six Day War. I think the stakes are higher now with Iran, given their possible development of nuclear weapons. Astrodatabank has a chart for Israel (14 May 1948 4:37 PM Tel Aviv); Neptune (perception) in Aquarius is currently transiting the 4th house, squaring the Taurus Sun (23.41), sextiling Chiron (21.25) in Scorpio and trining Uranus (24.21) in Gemini. Israel perceives (rightly to my mind) that their homeland is being threatened. The natal chart has the Moon (people) and Vesta (security/heritage) conjunct the Midheaven (3.56 Leo).

A friend and I were talking the other night and he thinks it will happen right after our elections. I checked the transits for November 5th (my birthday). The Moon will be crossing the IC and consequentially, opposing those MC conjunctions; tr Mars in Scorpio will be exactly conjunct Chiron; tr Neptune (21.28 Aquarius) in addition to trining 8th house Uranus will also trine the TransPlutonian planet Orcus (21.50 Gemini). Transiting Ceres and transiting Orcus will be conjunct in the 10th house (0-1 degree Virgo). Transiting Saturn at 19.0 Virgo (11th) will be opposite tr Uranus and natal Juno (19.12 Pisces). The Sun at 12 Scorpio will square Pluto at 12.39 and Saturn at 16.45 Leo (both in the 10th house). Mercury will be entering Scorpio and crossing the Ascendant (0.53); serious negotiations or defending actions? – given that it is 1st house I would think the latter.

Sasha, as always, your comments are well informed and welcome here. I am suspicious and distrustful of Ahmadinejad but for probably different reasons than you.

I don’t believe a word of this article. Writer must be a conservative Republican blinded by fear of a bi-racial president.

I think you need to take a longer look around the site.

“The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part”. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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This was fascinating, I hope you do one of these for Chuck Baldwin.

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Robert, I am having trouble posting a comment – I submit but nothing shows up.

Looks good to me. Try again.

This was from Sasha, who cannot post for some reason:

“Robert,
I heard in August after Obama selected Biden as his running mate that Beau was scheduled to deploy to Iraq. Here are a couple of articles that indicate this deployment was in the works as early as a year ago. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/21/1281051.aspx
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/16/AR2007081601543.html?tid=informbox
My nephew (by marriage) is in the Army and scheduled to be redeployed to Iraq on October 22nd. We have known since spring, if not before, that he would be going back in the fall and probably in October but just got the specific date a couple of weeks ago.

The new debate is whether children of politicians, especially those of the President or Vice President, should be deployed in combat zones. Of course, this comes after a number of years where those against the war have told supporters of the war to send their own children. I guess it is damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/Story?id=5920656&page=1

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[...] I brought up Kathy O’Brien, not because I believe that Palin has undergone the same psychological condtioning and psychic torture, but because she is the macro version of Kathy O’Brien, so deeply steeped in her programming that she firmly believes what she is being given, a spunky figurehead that has transformed into The Anti-Mater, Kali-Ma, destroyer of the true American spirit, a pathetic and sad cartoon propped up to further dis-enfranchise the already cynical and push those that still “believe” deeper into their pocket of accumulated beliefs around love of country and nostalgia. It’s a damn shame that when we need someone that truly represents the ideals of freedom, truth, love of neighbor, charity, self-reliance and the tacit understanding that each of us, can guide our own personal destinies together, is painfully absent. These are the values that Sarah Palin purports to stand for, and yet she has quickly become a side-show, a divisive distraction, a spectacle in the theater of the absurd. And now for Barack Obama. (more…) [...]

Just popping in to say I’ve enjoyed your series on the US election and its cast of characters. Thank you!

I’m glad you brought up Obama’s eligibility issue. I was concerned about this for a long time, but tried to discount it when I realised what voting for the other side might mean, and I decided to support Obama/Biden. It seems ithe issue must come to a head shortly with the judge having dismissed Obama’s application to dismiss the case, and demanding production of certain relevant documents. If it’s going to happen it’d be better before 4 November than after – the mind boggles at the upset it would cause later on, if Obama were to be elected President. Trouble is, it appears that until he IS elected there is no proper groundupon which to complain. Apparently a person can campagin to be president even if ineligible, but he/she cannot actually BE president. That’s how the situation seems to be understood anyway.

Perhps this is the confusion and murkiness most astrologers see around the inauguration, the void of course Moon etc. Strange times!

Thanks for the clarification on this point Twilight. Fasten your seatbelt!

Palin Disagrees With Campaign Pulling Out of Michigan Friday, October 3rd, 2008

This is exactly what I was referring to in my post. The Anti-Mater is out of the safety cylinder.

“http://thepage.time.com/2008/10/03/palin-chats-with-fox-news/”

It appears, after further reading, that I was mistaken about a judge having already ordered Obama to produce certain documents. The Order which I saw on-line in a pdf is a Proposed Oder which has not yet been signed by the judge – so all is still unresolved. This, I think, is the best site for information about the court case:

http://www.americasright.com/2008/10/temporary-berg-v-obama-update.html

That should link to the latest post, but there’s a lot of other info there which, though it’s slanted towards the right, seems to be reliably accurate.

Seatbelt fastened ! Oxygen masks may be needed – or parachutes!

[...] I have focused in prior entries about the government becoming business and business becoming government under the influence of Pluto in Capricorn and we are all witness to that major shift now taking place. It’s not “We The People” any longer, it’s “We The Creditors.” Our voices are now on mute as The CEO consciousness in place is calling the shots–not you or me. (more…) [...]

Does this mean that we will finally take back our government or form a new one? I am a Cancer with a Virgo rising and quite frankly, my skin is crawling right now. I don’t think I have ever been so riled up and anxious of politics. Obama terrifies me… I see nothing but a black aura around the man everytime I look at him.

You most likely have Uranus in your 7th house, which is pulling intensely on your asecendant, making you all kinds of nervous. Cancers crave stability and if Uranus is in your seventh house, you’ll also be experiencing erractic energy in relationships as well. Saturn is also likley in your first house as well, opposing Uranus. This opposition will be a major player on the night of the election, so what you are feeling is not only the intensity of this transit personally, but collectively as well.

Double whammy.

Take heart though, as the saying goes, “only the best students get the toughest assignments.”

Go to the head of the class.

i also have much enjoyed your perspective on the various players in this usa election but i was somewhat confused by why you would reference the book tranceformation of america as i have seen an hour internet interview of o’brien (www.consciousmedianetwork.com) and i must say that her assertions seem wildly fabricated and or delusional and therefore not a good example for understanding palin’s personality make-up. i think it is fair to say that all of us, liberal and conservatives alike, all display a certain number of platitudes and shiboleths and i don’t believe that palin is any more guilty of being “programmed” than some of the other individuals on the national or local stage. as to obama’s birth it seems perfectly clear that the independent non-profit organization that was allowed to examine his birth certificate, verified its authenticity and should have put to rest all doubts abut his nationality.(www.factcheck.org)

To be man a true man apple user man you must man accept being man treated like man dirt because man Steve Jobs man is the man greatest thing man since sliced man bread man and willingly man come back man to be man treated like man dirt again man.

Funnily …I see blackholes of nothingness around bush chainey rice etc…all I see around Obama is an increasing grey cloud of emotional blackmail…

<p><p>Hi Antonio,</p><br />
<p>Thanks for your comment. I referenced Kathy O’Brien for a number of different reasons. The first being that it would engender some sort of response–it has. I have also personally known an alter. I am also using what O’Brien claims has happened to her as a collective metaphor for a social trance induced by the trauma based conditioning of events (Kennedy, 911, The Economy) etc. Lastly, I have read her book and the details that she recounts are staggering in their clarity and minutiae. I’ve known far less delusional types that can’t even remember what they had for lunch yesterday. I will let Dave McGraw connect the dots to what O’Brien has claimed and some rather interesting evidence as it relates to TRANCEformation.

http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com/nwsltr82.html

Man, ain’t that the truth.

Antonio, I did a little fact checking and Fact Check Dot Org is run by The (Chicago based) Annenberg Institute, where Bill Ayers has played a major role in it’s formation. I’d feel more comfortable about the legitmacy of the birth certificate if it were verified by a source not so close to Obama.

Have you seen this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhDRVKDcXQo

No I haven’t, but it’s an ineresting concept–not voting that is.

[...] If you haven’t already noticed, The US isn’t the only country that’s in deep sheep dip. As these things almost always do, they reveal themselves on a meta-level. The first country to be on the brink of bankruptcy is “Iceland.” Yes, “it’s just the tip of the iceberg” literally and metaphorically. England, Spain, Italy and Germany are scrambling to cover their own assets, since their fall back currency is the dollar and China’s newly minted class of billionaires have lost 1/3 of their wealth in just the last few weeks and stories are starting of financiers killing themselves and their families are starting to surface. These are troubling times. But it’s important to note that this is not simply endemic to The USA, we are facing a crisis of global proportion unlike any of which we have ever witnessed. (more…) [...]

[...] If you haven’t already noticed, The US isn’t the only country that’s in deep sheep dip. As these things almost always do, they reveal themselves on a meta-level. The first country to be on the brink of bankruptcy is “Iceland.” Yes, “it’s just the tip of the iceberg” literally and metaphorically. England, Spain, Italy and Germany are scrambling to cover their own cash shortfalls, since their fall back currency is the dollar, which China’s newly minted class of billionaires have lost 1/3 of their wealth and stories are starting to appear of financiers killing themselves and their families, no doubt aware of the fact that they are ruined and they are more concerned with saving face than facing the music. These are troubling times. But it’s important to note that this is not simply endemic to The US, we are facing a crisis of global proportion unlike any of which we have ever witnessed. (more…) [...]

[...] If you haven’t already noticed, The US isn’t the only country that’s in deep sheep dip. As these things almost always do, they reveal themselves on a meta-level. The first country to be on the brink of bankruptcy is “Iceland.” Yes, “it’s just the tip of the iceberg” literally and metaphorically. England, Spain, Italy and Germany are scrambling to cover their own cash shortfalls, since their fall back currency is the dollar, which China’s newly minted class of billionaires have lost 1/3 of their wealth and stories are starting to appear of financiers killing themselves and their families, no doubt aware of the fact that they are ruined and they are more concerned with saving face than facing the music. These are troubling times. But it’s important to note that this is not simply endemic to The US, we are facing a crisis of global proportion unlike any of which we have ever witnessed. (more…) [...]

[...] Read the rest – Robert Phoenix [...]

Curiouser and curiouser….When I blogged about Sarah Palin a while ago, using Robert Camp’s rather weird system (7 Thunders) which does work more often than not, it emerged that Sarah Palin and Princess Di have the same Birth Card in his system.
Mentioned in mine at
http://twilightstarsong.blogspot.com/2008/09/presidential-players.html

After reading your piece here, it makes the Camp system even more spooky. It’s based on day and month of birth only.

I’ll give you some more curious playing card info. I am a 2 of Clubs. My wife is an Ace of Spades (karma cards) and our son is a 2 of Spades, a combination of both of us. Funny eh?

[...] It was more than just a stolen election, it was a collective invocation of inverted energy, a black mass where trust and faith were slaughtered on the altar of cruelly calculated injustice. (more…) [...]

Very funny., yes indeed! Here’s some more…My late partner of 33 years was Queen of Clubs, I am King of Clubs. My now husband is Ace of Diamonds. My card lies between Queen of Clubs and Ace of Diamonds. We’re all different Sun signs, me Aquarius, late partner Taurus, husband Aries. My maternal grandmother, Taurus was same card as me, King Clubs.

I wish I could find out how that system works….it tickles my Aquarius!

And the King of Clubs sits in my Mercury line. No wonder we’re having this little chat! You and your new husband must form a dynamic team.

Hmm… Palin = widow standing at an open grave. Could also be McCain dies in office and she takes over. With Saturn in the 10th and Uranus in the 4th on election day, that represents to me that the old guard gets into power. Hope like heck I’m wrong!

[...] as though I’ve got some kind of blood connection with HBO’s True Blood. I wrote about True Blood Generation Vampire, because I was fascinated by the show’s premise and how it relates to the Pluto in Scorpio [...]

[...] as though I’ve got some kind of blood connection with HBO’s True Blood. I wrote about True Blood Generation Vampire, because I was fascinated by the show’s premise and how it relates to the Pluto in Scorpio [...]

thank you for your words, they are inspiring. i was thinkng about how i could return to the simple joys that once made me feel glad to be alive. without that there is nothing. for some of us, fighting the good fight here on earth with the reptilian power brokers seems like a daunting effort. good to know there are others out there who think like me. peace.

Thanks for stopping by Ellen. I really feel like the stage is set for our graduation into the next level of our human experience and the current reality is the test set before us, both individually and collectively. In Red Belt, there is a sub-theme that runs throughout the movie. Mike Terry, Ejiofor’s character uses a technique that the Japenese jiu jitsu masters would employ before a match. They would have three marbles in their closed hand. Two would be white, one would be black. One of the fighters would have to pick a marble. If he chose the white one, then the match would take place as scheduled. If he chose the black one however, he would be forced to endure some sort of limitation, such as one or both hands tied to his side, or perhaps even being blindfolded. But the masters would not generally employ such a technique if they did not feel that the student could rise to the challenge. We’ve pulled the black marble. Our struggle ultimately is with ourselves, our own doubts, fears and limitations, even ones that are “imposed” upon us. Keep the faith. It’s the one thing that will always be yours.

I’m intrigued by the radical/revolutionary energy in Palin’s chart. Could that sync up with her association with the Alaskan Independence Party? I was wondering why she felt compelled to draw attention to the revolutionary in Obama’s past — a brief link with someone who’s left much of that behind — when her link is so strong. Did you know that Joe Vogel was scheduled to speak to the UN, under the sponsorship of Iran, to request help with Alaskan independence at the time of his suspicious death?

[...] America’s obsession with sports can be seen it’s own chart with Sagittarius on the ascendant. Sag rules sport and it’s prominence is woven deeply into the fabric of the country, from Jim Thorpe, to Babe Ruth, to Jim Brown, to Wilt The Stilt, to Ali, to Richard Petty, to Joe Montana, to Tiger, America’s story is their story and ours in some ways. When Pluto transited the the US first house, sport rose to gargantuan heights, the power it wielded, especially economically was unmatched, but the dark side would also be revealed. (more…) [...]

[...] America’s obsession with sports can be seen it’s own chart with Sagittarius on the ascendant. Sag rules sport and it’s prominence is woven deeply into the fabric of the country, from Jim Thorpe, to Babe Ruth, to Jim Brown, to Wilt The Stilt, to Ali, to Richard Petty, to Joe Montana, to Tiger, America’s story is their story and ours in some ways. When Pluto transited the the US first house, sport rose to gargantuan heights, the power it wielded, especially economically was unmatched, but the dark side would also be revealed. (more…) [...]

It could. I have had a few exchanges with Michael St. Clair, astrologer and psychic and he thinks that Palin is pulling the wool over evryones eyes and if she ever got near the presidency she would flip the script. He notes that her husband is of Inuit descent and feels as though she is surrounded by shamanic powers.

Alchemy is the art of manipulating life, and consciousness in matter, to help it evolve, or to solve problems of inner disharmonies.

Accidentally deleted this one: “Transmute yourselves from dead stones into living philosophical stones.”

[...] In addition to his role as a full-time sex fiend, magical ritualist, rumors abound that Crowley, much like John Dee before him was a spy for the royal court in the guise of The OSS. In the second book of the Montauk series, by Preston Nichols and Peter Moon, The Pyramids of Montauk, they chronicle the relationship between Crowley and Montauk as well as Crowley’s ritual work in WW2, where Crowley supposedly performed a rite that turned the tide of the war. Sex magician, spy, poet, occultist, all pale in comparison to one title that quite possible Crowley might hold that will shock many. The role I am referring to is that of grand father of George W. Bush. Sounds improbable, doesn’t it? (more…) [...]

Ok Robert…..I did not know that we shared a birthday. I also hate organized religion. It is a interesting tale of Barbara B’s herstory…George H. Bush shares my mother’s birthdate 6/16…..I always understood that Crowley was a dark magician…and that Led Zepplin’s music was influenced by him….If you have ever listened to their music in an altered state it is frightening…..I dont want to think of this day as the birthday of the beast…since he is no longer living thank you very much!
Much Respect from the birthday diva,
Abra

Well Abra, Jimmy Page bought many of Crowley’s manuscripts, poems, paintings, drawings and incantations. He also bought Crowley’s old digs on the banks of Loch Ness. Zep employed Crowley’s techniques of backwards masking in their sound to embed it with powerful, auto-suggestions. Happy birthday!

[...] current conditions in the United States has me a bit concerned, so I decided to consult my trusty Crowley deck to give me some insight on the situation(s).  Especially concerning the upcoming elections and [...]

And. . . . the suspense is killing us!!

[...] Perhaps you have heard the dire and deep tones of Campbell Scott lending his voice to ads that are being run by Chevron. He wrenches every single bit of emotion that he can to implore us to be more conservative and get by with less. Barack Obama has repeated this mantra this as well. The Eco-Meme is conjoined at the hip with what is happening with the financial markets, a perfectly timed collective movement that entrains people with the idea that having less is a good thing, a responsible act for the sake of the planet. Devoid of any type of religious iconography or tradition, it’s a perfectly formed secular faith that resonates with our pagan roots, twisted and burrowed, down in our DNA. We respond to The Eco-Meme because of our relationship to living and organic matter as well. We buy into it because it is essentially who were are by biological inheritance and proximity. We are nature. Pluto in Capricorn also supports the meme through it;s relationship of being connected to pantheistic traditions. The image of Pan, Baphomet and and Capriconius The Goat, are all part of an ancient Earth energy matrix. However, once the meme is inside of us, much like a virus, then conditioning begins to manifest and take shape. (more…) [...]

[...] of technology in our lives to empower such a vision. In previous entries, I have looked at “The Chip Economy” and this is one potential manifestation–there are others that point towards marketing a more [...]

[...] We have focused a lot on the power of Pluto in Capricorn and what it represents as far as it’s impact on the global economy and governance. It cannot be underestimated as to how powerful this alignment is and will shake the very foundation of world and how we inhabit it. A dear friend sent me a copy of Ken Kalb’s latest newsletter. Kalb is a fins astrologer who takes in wide and deep perspectives when it comes to looking at astrological trends. Kalb notes in his newsletter that based on Pluto’s move into Capricorn, coupled with the Uranus/Saturn opposition, that we are in uncharted territory, out in the void of space with no previous, historical reference point. In essence, the ability to create something new has never been greater. Enter Jupiter in Aquarius. (more…) [...]

[...] of a man who has had his own controversial past with Israel? Does Obama’s relationship with Z Biggy, who has been openly supportive of the Walt/Mearsheimer book, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign [...]

[...] While the historic and precedent setting bailout took place, what might have been even more important than the bailout itself was the effort by citizens of The US, passionately pleading with their congressional and senatorial representatives to not rescue Wall Street, burning up the phone and fax lines, scorching the internet with incendiary emails demanding that the bailout not take place as scheduled. With the threat of martial law (and perhaps their seats as well) being held to their heads, congress and the senate rapidly circled the wagons and overcame not only their hesitance, but overrode the wishes and dictates of the electorate. This is an incredibly blatant example of Mercury Retrograde in Libra, where the populace is clamoring for fairness, for their voices to be heard and they were denied. The ramifications of this major disconnect between the people and those that represent them is enormous, heaping yet more frustration onto a towering garbage pile of denial and complaint. Since all of this happened on Mercury Retrogrades watch, the bailout itself is flimsy, will be challenged at some point in the future on it’s legality and as result the accumulation of powers by The FED, heretofore never exercised to such intrusive proportions will also be under the microscope of the American public. (more…) [...]

[...] In addition to the aura of entitlement that surrounds Maher and to some extent, the bulk of The Boomers born with Pluto in Leo, he has a powerful Sag aspect in his chart, including a Mars/Saturn conjunction in Sag. This can begin to explain Maher’s vehement dislike for religion and his faithful support for animal rights, both ruled by Sag. His moon in Taurus squares his Mars/Saturn conjunction, which gives him a decidedly fixed and intractable position on those views. Freedom seems to be important to Maher, but clearly it’s on his terms and not readily extended to those that doesn’t feel that intellectually or morally qualified. His natal Mercury is retrograde in Aquarius, which speaks to me as the force in his life that separates and divides, rather that joins and unifies as might be the focus if his Mercury were direct. I won’t succumb to bi-partisan spiritual bashing, so I’ll even point out that Maher has Venus, exalted in Pisces at 2 degrees. (more…) [...]

Well….I was surprised and pleased to see someone else writing about Bill Hicks. I pounced on your article the minite I saw in in AstroDispatch! I’d been thinking about Bill a lot after I mentioned him myself in yesterday’s post. Thanks for your visit to mine by the way, which I’ve just noticed! Perhaps Bill is up there beaming down ideas and we were both on the wavelength to catch them this week.

I enjoyed your take on Maher and Hicks – you’re honest and fair. I am a fan of Bill Maher, have been ever since I arrived in the USA and first heard him. I’ve never missed an episode of Real Time. I’ve been annoyed with him often, especially his treatment of Hillary Clinton during the primaries, and though I don’t like Sarah Palin much myself, I don’t appreciate his attitude towards her. His sexist remarks anger me – he could be so much better than he is (as Bill Hicks was!)

I agree 100% with what you’ve said about Bill Hicks. I so wish I’d known of him sooner. His words strike sensitive chords in people and live on, Maher ’s are unlikely to do so.

I didn’t see Bill Maher with Larry King this week. On Real time last night he had a dig at “middle America” and Palin’s remarks that it is “the real America”. As I’ve said the same thing myself about the much derided “fly-over states” where I live, Bill raised my hackles again. It’s all a bit childish really, I guess.: “My America’s better than your America!” America wouldn’t be America without these sharp divisions though – I notice that that they are part and parcel of American life.

[...] I laid out in my examination of “The Palin Effect” espoused by Chopra, I believe that these smug and self-assured attitudes accelerate the culture [...]

As a self-taught astrology student, I’m very happy to see that you show the contrast

between the constructive and non-constructive energies in your analysis. I wonder, though,

if you could make it more personal, showing how these energies may affect the individual,

perhaps also with reference to how they (the energies) would interact with individual birth

and various progressed charts and configurations.

For example, Jupiter entering Aquarius and conjoining Mercury and Neptune simply begs for

an analysis of it’s own. Yes, Jupiter does represent expansion and good will. Mercury

deals with facts and observations, and Neptune represents dreams and visions. But Jupiter

also represents faith, which can (and often is) blind. It can lead us to Utopia, or to the

edge of a cliff that we could happily step off of, without regard to the fact that there is

no bridge there. And while Mercury energy enables us to gather facts and observations, it

also enables us to rationalize them as well as our choices and responses. On top of that,

Neptune energy is fully capable of allowing us to hide from Truth, to swim blithely down

that river known as denial of Reality. And this choice is further enhanced by Neptune’s

entry into it’s erstwhile “home” sign, Pisces.

But this is just the beginning. The conjunction, as you will know, is a blending of

sometimes dis-harmonious energies into a single, over-arching, energy, for the length of

time that the aspect is in play. Of itself, it is neither constructive nor destructive,

yet depends entirely on how we, as a society and as individuals, respond to it.

As I see it, you are correct as far as it goes, that this could be a time to usher in

either a a revolutionary new era (Aquarius) or a Huxleyan “brave new world”, and the

combined energies of these three planets are capable of supporting either of these choices

or anything in between. This is further enhanced by the semi-q\square to Pluto you

mentioned, which puts this vast energy firmly into the realm of societal change of

potentially historical significance. However, the semi-square can also herald a very

temporary effect with probably long-lasting repercussions.

But how does this affect us on an individual basis? As I understand it, the most immediate

effects will be felt by those whose birth charts show an affinity for this type of energy.

And again, as with societal responses, it depends entirely on whether our individual

choices correspond to the societal paradigm for change. Do we, as a society or as

individuals, become more rebellious, or do we simply accept the arguments and rationales of

those who seek to control events and directions? Will we begin to truly change our society

and our lives for the better, or will we lust walk off that cliff?

How will this melding of energies play out? Only time, and our choices, will tell.

Twilight-

it’s really interesting that you and I were picking up on the same wavelengths. That’s very encouraging for me as it reveals avery subtle connection to in the “innernet” a network of vibrational interactivity that we are always immersed in.

I find it fascinating that Hicks was really popular in England, in some ways more then here. Like Jimi Hendrix before him, The Brits can often trainspot true talent when they see it and even before us when it comes to our own artists. One of my favorite alternative-pop bands, Orson is from LA, but huge in England. So big, London is now their home.

I think Hicks even married or had a serious GF Englishwoman, didn’t he?

In any case, I’ll be adding your very fine site to my links and hope that others who stop by here visit you as well.

Hello Don,

Thanks for dropping by and throwiing out some great lines to latch onto. I try to provide the big picture in most of my posts, because if I got granular, these little forays could go on for a very long time.

So here is how I see it shaking out from the collective on down to the individual. With the Jupiterian/Neptunian/Aquarian energies at play we’ll see everything from maverick ideas, many of them technological, being implemented by the populace at large, tired of waiting for the gatekeepers to release the dribs and drabs of sophisticated technologies they’re currently sitting on. I also see more social movements heading in the direction of alternative communities, for the sake of shared resources, survival and simply being exhausted by the old economic paradigm, while being hesitant to enter into new ones that will be provided for us. I can easily forsee the formation of apocalyptic cults and communities as part of this splintering off from the dominant paradigm. Endtimes energies will be rampant. Perhaps this is one version of the cliff you are referring to.

Individually, the obvious receivers of these forthcoming aspects would be signs that reflect the qualities of lateral thinking, flexibility, employ chaos as energy for opportunity, and willing to take risks in order to move to higher levels of novelty, complexity, creativity and imagination. Aquarius, Sag, Aries, Libra, Gemini and Pisces show up as signs that will be able to go with the flow slightly better than other signs. So wherever those signs and or amalgamation of planets, houses and angles appear in your own individual chart, that’s where the inspiration and genius will manifest. I see Leos really being challenged during this period as their natural inclinations to lead won’t be the correct response at every turn. Learning to surrender will play a large role in their life lessons. Cancers will have a tough go as they’ll be acclimating to the intesnity of Pluto in Capricorn and then they’ll to deal with the nutty, zealous, anarchic and visionary energy. Its not something that they are naturally responsive to. But I truly feel that people with Cancer heavily accented in their charts, or experiencing major transits in their fourth house or Cancer ruling house will definitely feel the pressure. Their role will be to hold a safe space inside of themselves for themselves and then anchor it for others.

On a progressed level these new energies might be truly strange to some who are not accustomed to the intensity that they’ll experience. Here’s where it could get very weird. Imagine taking mushrooms for the very first time. It won’t be that extreme, but it will defitnitely cause people who are having progressed aspects impacted by this period to go through a major learning curve, very, very quickly. This could take many forms, from walking away from ones former life to going completely nuts, to finally feeling like a veil has been removed for the first time in their lives.

I hope that this answers some of your really fine questions.

–Robert

Thank you , that’s very kind of you – and I’d just remembered to add you to my “Trines” before I read your response! Bingo – again!

I don’t think Bill Hicks was married, but I’ve read that he was very popular in England (at least in London). I wasn’t aware of him when I was in the UK, I lived in the north, where American artists, especially comedians, seldom ventured! The first I knew of him was from a DVD picked up by chance here in OK, followed by several more once I’d seen his performance.

[...] Empowered by such knowledge, Fresco has set out to create a totally interdependent eco-system that not only uses groundbreaking materials to build and construct with, intelligent design, burrowing living structures partially into the earth where they can retain heat or cool themselves much easier, but views the economy in terms of being resource based, meaning that the only thing of value, the only thing of true worth in Fresco’s emergent reality is what we can tap, extract, harness and channel from the planet by any number of means, from highly efficient solar, to geo-thermal, to radical new forms of tapping into zero point. (more…) [...]

[...] a few weeks for Biden to let some feral cats out of the bag. What to make of all this? In my piece, The Melting Economy Part 4 I link to two pertinent pieces of information, but specifically a video where he grills Supreme [...]

[...] “Gird your loins.” (more…) [...]

I have never been so disappointed in the presidential slate offered to the public. Its not a matter of who wins or loses the presidential race. Its the American people who have lost and lost big time.

Beth, couldn’t agree more and yet. . . the hands are on the table and we’re finally going get to see the cards that are being held. Using more poker terminology, it’s not over until we get to the river.

[...] Tim Leary led a life on many different levels and layers, with trapdoors, backdoors, dungeons and dragons. During the early days of the great acid wash, The CIA was at the forefront of experimentation. In the book, “Acid Dreams” by Bruce Shlain and Martin Lee, they chronicle the companies involvement with hilarious and troubling accounts of their ongoing experiment. From the laughable images of spooks doing each others coffee at Langley to operating on prison inmates brains, high on acid with local anesthetics so that the prisoners could talk about what they were experiencing. This was all part of MK Ultra, a massively funded program that was spearheaded by The CIA and mostly invested in mind control, from both a personal and social level. There is voluminous information out there that Leary was part of MK Ultra, an agent whose goal and role was to spread the gospel of acid and destabilize the culture at large. I’ve sourced researcher Dave McGowan before. McGowan has done stellar work looking at how most of our culture and history has been deeply influenced by socially engineered arms of the military industrial complex, in concert with the media, supporting the continued propagation of Maya aka The Matrix. But sometimes, the experiment gets out of control. (more…) [...]

Robert,

kind of eerie that in both his recent quote and the video clip, Biden uses the phrase “mark my words”.

Evangelicals who believe in end time prophecies (Revelation 13:16-18) have been derided as ignorant for years for suggesting that anything in that book of the Bible is more than allegory.

VeriChip is not alone.
(http://www.antichips.com/flyers/involuntary-microchipping.pdf).
• Other companies that offer implant technology to identify and track lab rats, cattle, and pets could follow the pattern
of the VeriChip Corporation and begin promoting human identification and tracking. One such company, Somark,
has developed “chipless” RFID that can be injected into skin like a tattoo to track animals from a distance through
radio waves. The company has suggested its product would be ideal for tracking members of the military. [17]

Somark is working on a chipless RFID option. A googlel search led to this recent news:
http://somarkinnovations.com/2008/09/somark-releases-technology-%e2%80%98white-paper%e2%80%99-adds-greg-horowitt-to-advisory-board/

I felt that Biden’s remarks were somehow out of tune expecially at this stage of the campaign, but isn’t it likely that any new president will be tested by would-be adversaries?
I think right-wing commentators jumped on his remark eagerly and bent it to help their own cause. After 8 years of the same regime, it seems very obvious to me that whoever is the next president, Obama, McCain, or in the event of tragedy, Biden or Palin – would be under test, not only by us but also by “them”.

Sasha, I think you stumbled upon something by noticing the word “mark” as in beast. Twilight, I am going to post a video by Colin Powell where he basically says something very similar to what Biden said in a recent interview with Tom Brokaw. I no longer view what is taking place as a partisan affair. No matter who sits in the oval office their job will be to usher The US into the global community whether we like it or not. The game is on.

I have been giving additional thoughts to my previous comment on this post. Recent news has suggested that Israel, anticipating an Obama presidency, may wait and give him an opportunity to diplomatically resolve the nuclear standoff with Iran. That still leaves the issue of Iran’s air defense system, supposedly operational in December, which could complicate a successful airstrike if postponed until next year. In June Israel conducted air maneuvers near Greece and over the eastern Mediterranean. Greece has an air defense system similar to that being installed in Iran. In response, Iran has been conducting its own defense maneuvers and talking about the possibility of striking Israel first.

This article suggests two options for Israel: 1) acceptance of Iran becoming a nuclear power or 2) surprise attack.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1026341.html

Mercury’s (11.45 Libra) current position in Israel’s 12th house suggests to me the latter, especially as it is conjunct natal Neptune (10.35 Libra) and trine natal Mercury (10.25 Gemini) It’s possible that the Israeli government would not forewarn the US, along the lines of asking for forgiveness later rather than asking for permission (which has already been denied once). Of course, I could be wrong about that as tr Saturn will be conjunct the asteroid Washingtonia (20.18 Virgo). Tr Washington (14.34 Leo) is at the mid-point of Israel’s natal Saturn/Pluto conjunction in Leo (10th house).

While I gave a date of 11/05/2008 as a possible attack date, I am seeing that there is potentially a two week window which allows Israel to attack after the election and yet have the advantage of Mars in Scorpio. I have been looking at Israel’s transits for 11/14/08 (6:00 AM Iran). On that date, the Sun (22.05 Scorpio) will be conjunct natal Chiron (21.25 Scorpio) and opposite its natal position at 23.41 Taurus. The Sun also forms a sextile/trine to the Saturn (19.46 Virgo) – Uranus (18.49 Pisces) opposition while transiting Jupiter at 18.59 Capricorn forms a trine/sextile to the opposition. Tr Mars (28.24 Scorpio) will exactly square natal Mars 28.19 Leo, trine MC (3.56 Leo), natal Moon (4.39 Leo), and asteroid Vesta (29.42 Cancer). The Moon (3.59 Gemini – 8th house) opposes tr Mars, sextiles MC, Moon, and Vesta while squaring natal Mars. Tr Chiron (16.15 Aquarius) and tr NN (12.58 Aquarius) will oppose natal Saturn at 16.45 Leo and natal Pluto at 12.39 Leo, respectively. Tr Pluto (29.35 Sagittarius) forms a sextile/trine to Israel’s ASC – Descendant (0.53 Scorpio – 0.53 Taurus). Pluto also trines asteroid Varuna at 29.40 Aries and inconjuncts Vesta. Tr Mercury (15.36 Scorpio) opposes natal NN (14.01 Taurus) and squares Pluto and Saturn in Leo and tr NN and Chiron in Aquarius.

In the progressed chart, Sun is at 21.33 Cancer trine tr Uranus and tr Sun. Pr Moon is at 29.34 Libra trining tr Pluto, opposite natal Varuna, and squaring natal Vesta. Pr Jupiter (20.43 Sagittarius) is conjunct pr Ascendant and square the tr Saturn-Uranus opposition. Pr Mars (28.43 Virgo) sextiles tr Mars and natal Vesta, inconjuncts natal Varuna, squares tr Pluto.

I watched the interview, Robert. I liked Mr Powell’s attitude and responses, and the remark you feature above didn’t strike me in the way you interpret it.
From a transcript of the interview, the remark in its context has a slightly different flavour, and Brokaw did follow up, but he seems to have taken Powell’s words in the same way I did – as a general comment that in these days of multiple probelms known, and as yet unknown, a new president will have to “hit the ground running” on 21 January, prepared to deal with anything and everything. I do think though that Mr Powell would have been wiser to express it as
” there could well be a crisis on 21 or 22 January” . That is how I think it was meant. I could be wrong, but that was my initial and remaining impression.

The Aquarius stellium is something to chew on though! And an eclipse will occur a few days later on 26th (on my Sun’s degree!) I shall fasten my seatbelt!

MR. BROKAW: If you were called into the Oval Office on January 21st by the new president, whoever it happens to be, and he said to you, “General Powell, I need from you your recommendation on where I begin. What should be my priorities?” Where would you start?

GEN. POWELL: I would start with talking to the American people and talking to the world, and conveying a new image of American leadership, a new image of America’s role in the world. The problems will always be there, and there’s going to be a crisis come along in the 21st or 22nd of January that we don’t even know about right now. And so I think what the president has to do is to start using the power of the Oval Office and the power of his personality to convince the American people and to convince the world that America is solid, America is going to move forward, and we’re going to fix our economic problems, we’re going to meet our overseas obligations. But restoring a sense of purpose, a sense of confidence in the American people and, in the international community, in America.

MR. BROKAW: What’s not on the screen right now that concerns you that should be more prominent in the minds of the American people and the people running for president?

GEN. POWELL: I think the American people and the gentlemen running for president will have to, early on, focus on education more than we have seen in the campaign so far. America has a terrible educational problem in the sense that we have too many youngsters not finishing school. A third of our kids don’t finish ………………………….”

Well, I would hope that Powell and Biden are merely dispensing cautionary tales and not tenderizing our psyches for something that they’re planning. My sense, is that they’re going to hit Iran and they know it. When Biden says that and I’m paraphrasing here, “that people aren’t going to think we’re right” that to me suggests something very specific, not some plea for general support.

Remember, Biden is up to his eyeballs in defense and security and he’s been a hawkish proponent of war for a long time.

On the Powell front, yes, Brokaw did follow up, but, he didn’t ask Powell, “What do you mean by that?” or “Why those two specific days?” He didn’t ask the questions that I would and drill down as to what Powell really meant.

[...] Obviously, with the general election breathing down on our necks, this month of Scorpio is marked by a layer of social intensity that happens once every four years. It’s no coincidence that the last two elections were besmirched by voter fraud, malfunction and malfeasance. As I noted previously, the 2000 general election when Bush defeated Al Gore, Mercury was retrograde in Scorpio. It returns to the degree that it went retrograde in 2000 the day after this years election. Something will come full cycle. Some hidden aspect of that fateful election, in true Scorpionic fashion, will come to light. (more…) [...]

Yes, I agree – this is like one of those optical illusion graphics – it’s possible to see it in two different ways.

You and I have some very interesting non-local communication happening, because I was going to post that it could indeed be a rorshach inkblot and lo and behold . . .

[...] I’m going to explore the dynamics of Obama’s identity further, looking at how the lack of disclosure and perhaps some other rather intriguing elements reinforce the idea of Obama as a scion of Neptune. (more…) [...]

There are more questions than answers ! I just wonder, if the Davis theory were true, at what stage was Obama told? Perhaps he didn’t find out until after he’d written his books, then it was too late to retract. Perhaps he was never told. Perhaps it’s a story dreamed up by Andy Martin, feasible enough to be believed but with no hope of being proved – even if Obamas vault copy birth certificate were produced, I doubt the father’s name would appear on it, it might be left blank – which would cause doubt in voters’ minds, perhaps the reason for Obama’s reluctance to produce it. Both Davis and Obama Snr were already married. Perhaps even O’s mother didn’t know which one was the father!

I took a look at Davis’s natal chart but didn’t see any of the usual family links – but then if Davis is the father, the birth date/time/ place might all be different from what we know. Michelle has Capricorn Sun like Davis – if Obama’s birth details are different from those we use, there might be some more clear link to Capricorn….just a thought.

I doubt Obama will live up to the outlandish dreams of some of his more fanatical supporters, but if he becomes president I do think he’ll do the best job anybody could in the dire circumstances the country faces. I was one of those who doubted him in the beginning due to his inexperience and iffy associations, but in past months, since the primaries and once all the silly messiah stuff was dropped, I’ve seen him in a different light. He’ll do okay, given a chance !

So my take is that if it is true that Davis is the dad, my intuitive sense tells me that has has known it for a while. My rational take is that Obama decidedly downplays his past when he wants to distance himself from it, like the terse acknowledgement that Rezko, Ayers and even Frank were in his life to any degree. They’re there, but it’s merely a cursory recognition, then it’s time to move on. In fact, I would place more emphasis on who Obama mentions little of or not at all, than those that receive the most fanfare. But this might be the case for any politician, not just a prescription for decoding Obama.

The point, if you want a straight answer, is that even if Obama was born inside the White House, he is not eligible to be President, because, according to his own wife’s admission to API, he was adopted by a “foreigner” into a country (Indonesia) which at that time did not allow dual citizenship. Obama did become Indonesian, is the inference here – Therefore Obama lost any US citizenship he MIGHT have had if he even was indeed born in Hawaii or inside the White House. You understand the point? The judge Surrick has ruled the attorney Berg’s claims admissible now. An order to the DNC stands that DNC has to stop running his candidacy – You have now a scenario on 25 Oct 2008, which beats the Nov 2000 scenario by light leagues. You have a guy who by the highest law of the land (Constitution) cannot be President, and you have the guy’s wife confirm it. Go figure as Mars approaches sq.Neptune! I love your site

Peace M StC.

You have at the moment two versions at Rense.com of what the judge ordered. One version says he threw the claims by Berg out. The other says the opposite. The fact remains, Obama was adopted by an Indonesian which does disqualify him by the Constitution in any event. No one does dispute he was adopted. Keep figuring it out. It makes the argument of whether he was born inside the USA or not actually irrelevant. That is the major point at this stage. Apparently, according to the judge Surrick, in yet another version of what he ordered, only the Congress can decide the matter.

Robert,

Obama recently took time off from his campaign to visit his ailing grandmother, who he said may not live to see November 4. Wouldn’t this be seen in his chart? I was researching this the other day and what I came up with suggested that Neptune transiting the South Node indicated the lost of a wise woman (grandmother?) of the tribe. However, in Obama’s 7:24 pm Hawaii chart, Neptune(21.29 Aquarius) is past Obama’s SN (18.27 Aquarius) and soon to go direct on 11/2/08 at 21.28 Aquarius. Is the aspect still close enough to signify her death?

Because I was looking for an exact Neptune/SN conjunct, I calculated a chart set for 8/4/1961 7:24 pm Nairobi Kenya to see what that would give me. In that chart the SN is at 27.18 Aquarius. I am not saying this is his chart and that he was born in Kenya, but it would be quite alarming if Madelyn Dunham’s death occurred with Neptune transiting that degree.

Sasha,

I love how you always bring the math. I think we can all agree on that we live in interesting times.

Hey Michael,

Thanks for stopping by and dropping some knowledge. The drama continues to grow. My sense is, is that if it were politcally expedient for this information to go hard in the mainstream, it would, but it’s not. How can we forget Howard Dean’s rather harmless cackle being played over and over again? It effectively derailed the Dean run to The White House and that was minor. In essence, if those that shape opinion thought it was important that the mainstream be inunundated with the birth issues, it would. But for now they don’t.

[...] As a result, we are adding to the emotional momentum of history that is about to unfold in the rapidly approaching event horizon. Dee also says that reading the stars is an art and not a science, and it is with an artistic eye that we gaze upon the days to come, making artful connections between angles, times, mythologies and recurring themes that arise out of the collective unconscious in new costumery and fresh personae. As we artfully assess correspondences between constellations and the planetary motions that wheel in and out of favor, we create the possibility of a shared reality through our collective imagination. (more…) [...]

News reports all week have hinted that Livni would not be able to form a workable coalition. Now the news is that she will inform Shimon Peres to call new elections for February 2009.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081025/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_politics

You drew the parallel that Livni is both Obama and Palin, but the press perceives her to be an Israeli ‘Obama’. Will her failure to form a coalition reflect back on them?

Is Obama going to be perceived as less likely to be able to unite? Will American Jews who have reportedly been supporting him stick with him or reconsider? How much will their decision have to do with what Israel wants?

Obviously, Israel will want us to elect a President who will support the status quo as far as it concerns them, i.e., continued support from the US for Israel. Natally, Israel’s chart has the eponymous asteroid in her 10th house at 21.50 Leo near its Saturn (16.25) and Mars (28.19) midpoint. Israel also has Pluto (12.39) and the Moon (4.43) in 10th house Leo. Palin’s Washingtonia (representing the Pentagon) is at 21.38 Leo conjunct Israel’s asteroid. Palin’s Ascendant (19.34 Leo) is close to Israel’s Saturn/Israel midpoint while Obama’s Descendant (18.02 Leo) falls near the Pluto/Israel midpoint.

On Election Day the asteroid Israel is at 18.47 Virgo conjunct Saturn opposing Uranus. This conjunction is transiting Obama’s 7th house (using 7:24 pm Honolulu, HI); this asteroid is natally at 12.09 Cancer (5th house). The Saturn/Israel transit will also conjunct the asteroid Washingtonia at 20.18 Rx Virgo (11th house) in Israel’s natal chart. The asteroid Barry is natally at 12.40 Cancer (9th house) where it conjuncts the asteroid Israel in Obama’s natal chart. On ED Barry will be at 8.46 Scorpio (Israel’s 1st house) conjunct Obama’s natal Neptune (8.36 Scorpio).

Palin (using 2/11/1964 4:40 pm Sandpoint, ID) natally has the asteroid Israel at 1.32 Pisces in her 7th house. She also has Saturn in her 7th at 25.12 Aquarius. On ED the Israel/Saturn conjunction will be in her 2nd house with Uranus in her 8th. Sarah Palin’s Moon at 4.14 Aquarius conjuncts Israel’s IC (3.56 Aquarius) and opposes Israel’s Leo Moon. Israel has the asteroid Sara at 22.47 Taurus conjunct Israel’s 7th house Sun at 23.41. Guess what – Palin’s Sara is natally placed at 23.45 Taurus. On ED Sara will be at 10.40 Aquarius in Israel’s 4th house. Palin’s Jupiter (16.45 Aries) trines Israel’s aforementioned Saturn (by 4 min) and Pluto. Palin’s Neptune (17.45 Scorpio) squares Israel’s Saturn. Israel’s Uranus (24.21 Gemini) trines Palin’s Aquarius Sun (22.19), Mars (23.27) and Saturn (25.12) conjunction.

Obama’s Sun at 12.32 Leo is conjunct Israel’s Pluto (by 7 min) and Saturn. His Saturn (25.20 Rx Capricorn) and Mars (22.34 Virgo) trine Israel’s Sun. This Sun is squared however by Obama’s Uranus (25.16 Leo). His Uranus is trined by Israel’s Jupiter (27.39 Rx Sagittarius).

Ironically, the asteroid Achaemenides, which I have been using to represent Iran* in another chart, is at 22.49 Rx Pisces, close to Uranus, and transiting Obama’s 1st house. This house placement could reflect Obama’s statements that he would work with Iran to diplomatically resolve the nuclear issue. The natal placement of Achaemenides is at 18.15 Aries (BHO’s 2nd house) and inconjunct the ED placement of Israel. In Palin’s chart, it is natally at 21.10 Rx Gemini (her 11th house) and will square the ED placement of both Israel and Achaemenides.

I didn’t note all the aspects between the natal charts of Obama and Palin to Israel’s chart. Not sure that matters as it appears that Israel has interesting contacts to both. Maybe it will be clearer to you all which one has the stronger, positive contacts.

Just noticed that the asteroid Moskva (Moscow) will be at 25.06 Rx Pisces; Israel has the asteroid America at 25.45 Pisces (5th house). (The more I look at these charts, the more I feel like I am mixing bleach and ammonia.)

*But Persians united under a genius leader, Cyrus the Great, who founded the dynasty of the Achaemenides. (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Persians-The-Zoroastrian-civilization-76742.shtml)

Here is an interview with “True Blood” actor Sam Trammell.
http://tv.msn.com/tv/sam-trammell-interview/?GT1=28103

[...] The quaint notion of democracy will not be challenged by its failings to stave off the encroachment of imperialism based on its charter, but it will simply be deemed antiquated and not cost effective in its application. just yesterday, Yahoo! ran a piece that equated the current social milieu with that of the times that Roosevelt inherited after the first depression. It was a pivotal moment in the history and evolution of The US. Roosevelt launched The New Deal and started The WPA, which used massive amounts of borrowed money through The Fed to build the backbone of this countries infrastructure, from highways and dams, to power plants. It was an opportunity for the federal government to assert itself deeply into the lives and welfare of the populace to a degree that hadn’t been done before. Sounding familiar? (more…) [...]

[...] John Perkins is the author of “Confessions Of And Economic Hit Man.” It’s a must read for anyone that wants to get a look at the seamy underbelly of the global economic shell game. Perkins’ role was to go in and destabilize third world economies, then offer solutions to the bankrupt economy, like having their debt wiped out if they pledged their resources for perpetuity. Sounding familiar? (more…) [...]

So that is why I always wanted to work for the CIA (LOL). My Scorpio Sun (13.18) is conjunct Neptune (13.13) – 4th house. Last year Neptune was square its natal position and then transited my descendant; I admit it – I hid something. I didn’t tell my mother how seriously ill I was (pacemaker endocarditis) and that I needed open heart surgery which I was resisting. Of course Saturn was screwing around with my 12th house Mars (12 Leo) and Ascendant (18 Leo) and also squaring my Sun/Neptune. I wasn’t a happy camper and didn’t want her pressuring me to do it – the other options were a long term regimen of antibiotics which would not solve the problem or doing nothing and dying eventually. I still haven’t told her.

Ha! I knew you would chime in on this one Sasha. I hope your heart is on the mend and you can put that immense Sun/Neptune/Scorpio power to good use. When it comes to their babies, mothers are psychic you know . . . Wishing you a powerful and healing solar return.

Anything about War of the Worlds always draws me in! I love the book, all the movies, and the musical version by Jeff Wayne. Coincidentally just last weekend my husband found me a copy of the Jeff Wayne double LP in a junk shop. I had two extracts as mp3s on my hard drive, and used them in a couple of posts last year, but hadn’t owned the whole LP before.

I’ve followed the links you provide here – Wow! That’s either somebody’s vivid imagination, or something else to worry about! Not that we could do a thing about any of it. I do think that people are slowly accepting the idea that UFOs might be more than imagination, so any trickery by “them” could well be swallowed whole by the majority.

Well done sir, well done. While I am not an astrologist and know too little about the moon and the stars, my sense has given me a similar perception about Barack Obama. As you said, time will tell. I just know what I’m feeling and not feeling about the man.

what is the best way to unite with other visionaries to share information, reasources and technology, and begin creating the future we want now?

[...] (more…) [...]

Barack Obama appeared as vapour materialized. He is the perfect candidate in some ways, with very few definable traits or record trail and yet . . . he has published two memoirs that fill us in on the non-essential side of his life, like his personality and creating the tableau of a past, a thoroughly mediated account of a public record where little else exists. What we have filled in and determined about his life comes mainly from these two books. Its a masterful stroke of marketing and casting his past on his own terms, not through personal discovery on the part of the public. And when the public does take the time to look at his personal details, the sheer mass and volume of hie memoirs usually outweighs other revelations and discovery. The marketing and promotion behind Obama has been masterful and some day, his campaign will be looked upon with awe by those that study mass psychology and the formation of public opinion.

Storm,

I think you have to follow whatever inspires you and let it be a beacon to others so that whomever else is inspired in kind can reflect, support and potentially join you, or you in turn respond to another’s vision that resounds with your own.

[...] In the last post, we looked at how modern psychology has played a tremendous role in shaping public opinion, from the marketplace to the voting polls, understanding the american psyche has been mission critical for those thart wish to sell, govern and rule. We looked at how Reagan and his team framed his candidacy to appeal to “self-actualized” boomers as well as his conservative base and how the “Inner Directeds” were a key faction that swung the election Reagan’s way. We also touched briefly on how Bill Clinton and Tony Blair both took similar approaches to reaching into the minds the masses and getting elected. But we mostly looked at how GWB worked in concert with fundamentalist christian leadership to source a language and begin a meta-dailog that spoke directly to millions of rapturous, dispensationalists across the country. He liberally used phrases from the bible, which were also heard throughout the mega-churces and the cable networks throughout the country. Phrases like, “works of wonder” were command codes, post-hypnotic suggestions that were linked up to feelings of connectedness and heightened, emotionally-peak-experiences felt in congregations throughout the land. Bush and company not only formed and moved a voter base, which had grown in disenchantment (remember this piece) during the eight years of the socially liberal Clinton era. What was sparked by Newt Gingrich and his “Contract For A New America” during Clinton’s first term, had turned into a holy fire that would rage with intensity once Bush and his team began to fuel it with language and imagery that moved them deeper into the political arena than ever before. But these weren’t your garden variety conservatives–these were rabid troops-cheering hard for the apocalypse. Bushco, in conjunction with large numbers of christian zionists moved not only to help determine the outcome, but the obedience preached on Sunday came in very handy when all of the voter irregularities arose in 2000 and 2004. They did nothing. (more…) [...]

[...] Fast forward to 2008 and let’s take a quick look at the social disconnect and barely-bridled-rage that has been boiling ever since. Just like the conservative christian community reviled Bill Clinton, thanks to his assault on Waco and other abuses of power, the progressive, social justice, left-leaning electorate has been waiting for the one that will remind them that they are “the ones that we have been waiting for.” That person of course is Barack Obama. (more…) [...]

Do you remember the very short-lived sci-fi show (1995) with Lori Singer “VR.5″ for virtual reality? A ‘V’ word – how about vamoose?

BTW, Happy Birthday to me.

I thought of a few more – I promise that I didn’t use the dictionary – visceral, vicarious, vigor, vice, vivacious, vituperative, viper, vapid, vindictive

Happy birthday Sasha! Wishing you a fantastic solar return.

vexed – all the words that first came to mind actually start with “f”.

Fine. . .

right on carnal. the pendulum has swung. i much appreciate your comments in this post. i’m not an astrologer but intuitively have come to a similar conclusion that obama is an extension of bush and that the powers bush aggregated for himself will be inherited and used by obama. The ultimate joke that life is playing is the very one you mention namely that the liberal community has and will continue to manifest the same uncritical thinking that characterized bush’s supporters.

Good one, Robert! I didn’t realise it was possible to riff verbally – I like it!
Va-Va-Voom then!!

[...] Howevr, The Right, is equally culpable when it comes to tweaking the shadow and is almost always more than ready to also tap into the xenophobia, both real and imagined, like the ridiculous ploy that the McCain campaign worker resulted to, faking that someone shaved “Obama” into her scalp. One side wants to demonize and force feed guilt onto the mostly-white-middle, while the other seeks to play on it’s fears and heighten deeply seated phobias, resentments and unresolved attitudes for their own purposes and gain. On a daily basis, no one is better and more guilty of this than Rush Limbaugh. (more…) [...]

I wish, wish, wish that I could see the same potential in this lady as you do – both because of her gender and her Aquarianship. But I cannot.
It’s not because of her right-wing stances either. I took a real liking to Mike Huckabee, I quite like Pat Buchanan in spite of being warned off him by husband and relatives! I even liked Mitt Romney! But Sarah Palin was a disappointment to me on all fronts. She seems to lack tact, depth, compassion and sincerity. I put it down to too much emphasis on one sign – too much of a good thing. I said so the minute I saw her chart when she first leapt onto our screens.
We shall see. As an Independent she might be more acceptable to certain groups of people, but unlikely get very far, just another “spare part” to go with Nader and McKinney.

[...] However, The Right, is equally culpable when it comes to tweaking the shadow and is almost always more than ready to also tap into the xenophobic zeigeist, both real and imagined, like the ridiculous ploy that the McCain campaign worker resulted to, faking that someone shaved “Obama” into her scalp. One side wants to demonize and force feed guilt onto the mostly-white-middle, while the other seeks to play on it’s fears and heighten deeply seated phobias, resentments and unresolved attitudes for their own purposes and gain. On a daily basis, no one is better and more guilty of this than Rush Limbaugh. (more…) [...]

Hi Twilight-

I know you’re not a fan of Palin’s, but nowhere in my post did I say that she would make a good president. I simply noted that with her chart loaded up in Aquarius and Aries, it says to me that this is a person that is single-minded in purpose–perhaps overly so.

But charts are only one determinant as to how well someone will perfom once they assume office.

For instance, look at these aspects:

Sun in Capricon (confers executive ability)

Moon in Aquarius (emotionally progressive)

Mercury in Sag (brilliant but a little sloppy–thinks big)

Venus in Pisces (naturally compassionate)

Mars in Sag (dynamic, inspired, vital)

Jupiter in Capricorn (not it’s best position)

Saturn in Taurus (patient, enduring, power conscious)

In the personal planets there’s a decent mix of earth, water, fire and air.

Three mutable (Pisces, Sag 2x)

Two cardinal (Cap 2x)

Two fixed (Taurus, Aquarius)

The transpersonals are Uranus in it’s own ruler in Aquarius (again, very progressive and sextiling the natal Mars in Sag), Neptune in Cancer and Pluto in Gemini, Like most charts, this one has challenges associated with it, especially in the oppositions of Neptune to The Sun and Pluto/Mars (can you say “power hungry?”)

But all in all, this is chart that has some really good, supportive and balanced elements to it.

It belongs to Richard Nixon.

Hmmmm – well, I don’t know much about Nixon other than the scandal which was well reported in England at the time. There’s probably a lot more to him than that huge mis-step. And equally, I suppose there’s more to Palin than the image I and many others perceived. As you say, and I agree, there’s more to it than a natal chart. I often point out that astrology is just one strand in a very tangled web.

Palin’s young enough to develop much further career-wise, with age might come a wee bit more widom, so that her full potential can emerge . With 5 children I can’t imagine just how she’s managed to do what she’s done already – she’s certainly one driven lady!

Wow. I just don’t understand how people can be so captured by this woman. Have you listened to her talk (unscripted?) Yikes!!!!! She has a phenomenal ability to make you think she’s saying something. It’s amazing to me. She mixes metaphors, doesn’t finish sentences, talks in circles, blames the media for everything, oh, and tells lies upon lies, lest we forget. She has no intellectual curiosity, is shallow and ignorant. Yet, I must admit, I always watch and listen when she comes on TV (especially unscripted) because it’s so damned amusing. As our image in the world has catapaulted with the election of Obama, I can’t help but wonder what the world thinks of us for taking this woman seriously as a potential leader.

Oh, I forgot. Isn’t Aquarius associated with geniuous and madness? (I have Aq rising, 3 palnets in AQ myself). “Whack job” sounds suitably apt

The great thing about Sarah Plain is she’s been terrific for the news cycle and bloggers alike.

Thank you Sir,
It was thoughful, and yes she will run as Independent
You pointed out who Chopra is, his wholy shallowness
Peace
M

Is that bull holding a cup of wine or…is that…a…”symbol of fertility?”
Great imagery either way. Nice read, as always.

MIchael,

You’re all over it. Keep up the great work.

[...] Most of Emmanuel’s chart is located in the eastern part of his chart, from Virgo through Capricorn, with a very heavy emphasis on Sag/Scorpio. Such an intense placement in that area is usually indicative of an individual that is moving from the personal to the transpersonal, it’s the transitionary sectors heavily influenced by institutions such as law, business, banking, religion, government, psychology and medicine (surgery and pharmaceuticals). In short Emmanuel’s profile suggests that he is learning about power, not in an individual sense, but how it relates to institutions and his place within them. (more…) [...]

Hmmm. Good question. I suggest you get a similar chalice, fill it with your favorite wine, assume the position and see what comes up.

On your list of Emmanuel´s planets, you might want to check Emmanuel s 2 Pluto´s, one in Virgo and the one in Leo and decide which is which.
Continuous THANK YOU´S for all your posts!

Thanks Analysa. I guess Pluto still hasn’t forgiven us for being ex-communicated.

The ephemeris indicates that Pluto moves from 0 Capricorn in December through as far as 3* in May then retrogrades all the way back to 0* until October, 2009. It slides back again a way in 2010, so whatever happens will not be a short-lived event, I’d guess, more like continual stress and strain all round, for both O and us.

I haven’t experienced a clear Pluto opposition since 1975 (opp Saturn) that was when I started a new career which continued until I retired. So it’s not always all bad! I have experienced Tr. Pluto conjunct Venus though and that was a real upheaval. Illness and death of partner….retrogradged then returned to my natal Venus, and I met current husband – then emigrated. How’s that for transformation?

I don’t see an opposition being involved with a death though, so don’t think assassination is indicated. Thank goodness! It’ll be Capricorn v. Cancer – maybe forcing Obama and the USA generally to get real and get tough. Enough with the’ lightbringer’ motif for him and a serious tightening of belts for us, on the homefront.

Not an astrologer but I think he will have to deal with the ECONOMY, ECONOMY AND ECONOMY and the MAJOR problem is the government misdiagnosed the disease, has no clue about how to begin solving the problems, but is simply treating the symptom and worsening the disease which will end up killing the $. So, as we are already seeing, the swing is going from a hugely over expanded consumption economy to a hugely needed and very uncomfortable contraction and probably very hard landing for a lot of people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n3g5lUgkWk&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ahaczm7Ahw

Part 1 & 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_aJ7LcAAA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coaI3d89kuA&feature=related

Check out who Peter´s father is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_Schiff

Part 1, part 2 & 3 on right if you are interested
http://www.www.akenvisions.com/

If you consider all these links too much, feel free to delete the whole comment.

“The great thing about Sarah Plain is she’s been terrific for the news cycle and bloggers alike.”

She’s also been great for William Ayres.
His book sales and TV appearances have shot up and thanks to the foresight of Sarah and the rest of the GOP, Ayres goes from mediocre college professor pay level to millionaire celebrity.

Ayers is an early Caprircorn (four degrees). He’ll no doubt reap the benefits of his relatiosnhip with Obama during Obama’s first term, but he’ll also be challenged as well since that same Pluto will oppose his natal Saturn in Cancer. He is now firmly entenched in the collective’s psyche and there will be more people than ever, not just interested in his book, but his past in a very inquisitive fashion. Thus, his newfound celebrity will have a twofold effect on his life and a level of scrutiny that had been missing while he worked in relative obscurity in Chicago, will remain a person of interest , As a result, his ghosts and his popularity have been simultaeneously razed and raised.

Wow. You charted him. Too cool.

Well, I suppose the same could be said for anyone that achieves celeb status.
The money rolls in when they’re hot, but so does the criticism.
They go hand in hand.
As for a challenge, I’d imagine rising to the needs of the media or even helping Obama (though he denies this) would constitute a considerable challenge.
Teaching college is a challenge unto itself.

My main point is that the focus of the GOP scrutiny raised his awareness amongst the public, but also raised his bank balance.
Probably not their intention, but in politics you gamble and sometimes someone else wins.

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Sarah Palin really put the hoke in the hokie doke, not that it was lacking in the US, but still.

Oh and yes on this we agree. . .

Sarah Palin is Definately Shocking. One of the main things shocking about her is reflected in the shocking things that other people do as a result of having come into contact with her vis a vis the media or wherever. Simply by being herself, Palin has accomplished so much. I joke that my ex-husband was essentially “raised by Major Generals” but he was… at the level of parenting and grandparenting, on both sides of his family. Add to that, he graduated from Westpoint as a person in a long line of Westpoint graduates in his own family. In the 20 plus years I have known him I have found him to be one of the most conservative human beings I have ever known. He has even been heard to say people like “Jerry Falwell make sense” and that “Hillary Clinton is just …scary” and all that usual neocon stuff. And so forth.

As I first saw Virginia votes coming in on election night (this man lives in Northern Virginia) I thought to myself, “Well, while it is not looking too good for my candidate in this state so far, but at least my ex-husband will be happy.” Several days later and the election over in a landslide electoral sweep, I hear, from his mouth, my own ex-husband Mr. Westpoint a shock so electric that it almost knocked me out of my chair. I opened his e-mail which said, “You look happy that Obama won. You may be surprised to hear that I voted for him also this year.” he added “I think McCain would have done a great job, but I voted as the right one for the job.” Unthinkable! Unbelieveable. SHOCKING!

Palin Polarizing? Maybe if you include the posibility of the Republican Party getting polarized from itself because otherwise, I think she must have helped to unite the Democratic party because evidence suggests that she converted person least likely ever to be converted to vote for a Democratic candidate. He would never have voted for Obama over McCain otherwise, and if that happened with HIM, I cannot imagine how many other people she helped move over to a Democrat vote.

He is a great example of some of what must have happened in the swing state sweep.

so shocking yes, a Shockinly hideous choice for VP candidate, that is what was so shocking about her after all, and we do see all that Aquarius, and I need to write her a thank you note because I believe that she had, with her mere (speaking) presence on that ticket, more than a little bit to do with the success of President Elect Obama, in winning the position.

thanks Sarah xox

<p>This is the exact type of strategy that was employed by the handlers of Obama/McCain, which most americans swallowed hook, line and worm. Let’s say for a moment that you are one of the entities that heavily funded Obama’s campaign and your interests are the same interests that are currently being served in The Bush administration, which was great for you, but terrible for those poor old commoners. Now if you wanted to elect someone that could uphold your interests, wouldn’t it make a lot of sense for that person to appear raidcally different than the last guys that trashed the constitution and wrecked the economy? Who in their right mind would vote for another version of that from the same party? Just in case they were on the fence or undecided, let’s make the opposing candidate old and pale in comparison and bring in an outsider thant could energize a conservative/evangelical base, but not enough to move the needle. Then present the outsider in the most unfavorable light as possible and the “polarization” must be resolved. People must move in one direction or the other and by dint of real competition, they are moved, especially the ones in the middle or on the fence to the most handsome and appealing alternative, the only other choice available.</p>
<p>I hate to say this, but you and many other americans were played, manipulated and moved to make a choice that you thought was your own, but was really the result of very sophisticated positioning and control tactics.</p>
<p>You shouldn’t thank Sarah, but the likes of Rand, Tavistock, SRI and their ilk–they got your.</p>

To further prove my point about creating a polarized environmemt in order to get people to move, this is from Saul Alinsky’s Rules For Radicals.

“Before men can act,” he said, “an issue must be polarized. Men will act when they are convinced their cause is 100 percent on the side of the angels, and that the opposition are 100 percent on the side of the devil.”

Sound familiar?

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Hmmm, Robert…Are we on a “Let’s trash Aquarius” journey here? Or is it “Let’s trash socialism?”

As a first decanate Aquarius Sun myself, with Saturn in Aries like Alinsky – though no other chart similarity, I have to say that “cold”, a keyword often ascribed to this zodiac sign, is one I’ve never agreed with. His lack of compassion (as you desribe it) certainly isn’t a common Aquarian trait to my mind.

As a European-style socialist myself, I feel you are painting a very slanted picture here – but it’s interesting to see how an American views someone who taught the basic principles of socialism, as having something to do with Lucifer…..LOL!!! I want to echo one of your famous tennis stars – ” You can’t be serious!”

Twilight, I am referencing Lucifer only because Alinsky does as well. Ideologically, there is no difference between Alinsky and Crowley as far as I am concerned. Do I object to the Luciferian tint? Not really. I am a big advocate of Blake and lucifer plays a key role in his complex cosmology. To me, Lucifer represents the quaility of the individual separating him/herself apart from creation. It’s an identification of the self apart from the universe or God. It’s something we all experience to one degree or another and then we move towards wholeness, unity and singularity, because I feel, at deep level, we crave connection.

Yes, we do view things differently as we were raised in different systems, so one might be more at ease with socialism, while another is more wary, not of it’s benefits for the whole and what it might take to acheive them, but the stultifying extremes exhibited in places like China and pre-cold war Russia, where fear is the rule of law.

As Pluto is transiting my second house, I am more and more interested in mass psychology, systems of control and the means by which they are employed. Trust me, I am an agnostic on this front and am as critical of free market capitalism, where it benefits a select few as we are now about to witness first hand.

Lastly, I would never trash you or any other Aquarian. How could I? I have a stellium of four planets in my eleventh house. I love Aquarians. And you, most certainly raise the level of your decanate.

Hi again Robert

LOL! I’m feeling a little on the grumpy side today – sorry for sounding over-sharp in my comment. Thanks for taking it in good part.
I’m not sure I understand the Lucifer thing. Crowley is kind of creepy yet fascinating for me, and I only know about Alinsky what I’ve picked up over the election season and from reading your posts. His teachings seem to be universally thought of as “A Bad Thing” and something to hold against Hillary Clinton and Obama, as they both studied his stuff, I understand. I can only think that if it was good enough for them it’d sure be good enough for me!

I do understand the fear of communism still around in the USA, and as scoialism is a cousin of communism, though far removed, I guess it’s inevitable that there will distrust. The extremes of it, as of any other ideology, are not to be recommended!! A soupcon here and a sprinkle there is just what’s needed here though IMO.

Aquarius is a really difficult sign to pin down, I’m finding. There are at least two or three types, and I think it depends a lot how much Saturn there is in the mix, and how wide the span of planets in the chart. It’s the same for all the signs, but it seems particularly noticeable in Aquarius, I think. I’m glad you do like ‘em though.

The Luciferian quality I am referring to that is the central theme to Alinsky’s model of social change is to throw morality overboard and use any means necessary to effect change. The Alinsky school is action oriented and in many cases will advocate action first, then address meaning. It has no morality as it’s fundmamental basis for change. Perhaps a healthy dollop of Buddhist compassion, or Catholic Agape could offset the aggressive nature of The Alinsky model, but that in and of itself would be antithetical to its basic premise.

These are the rules of engagement.

A problem with socialism and communism is the movement towards federalized and socialized banking. When there are 2-3 banks, which is in the process of taking place right now, with the government having a hand in each of those banks, it creates less opportunity for credit to flow freely, doesn’t engender competition for better rates or better service. It exists as a monopoly. I believe that you folks in Engkand experienced something similar in England prior to Thatcher’s reign where unemployment was off the charts because money was not flowing to entrepreneurial sectors of the community. However, out of the that economic malaise arose The English Punk movement, with my favorite Aquarian of all time, Johnny Rotten at the forefront.

Maggie Thatcher? Don’t get me started!!

It was mainly privatization of utilities and nationally run enterprises that Thatcher carried out. As well as killing off most of the Trades Unions. And in the view of many it was then that the rot set in. Public transport service declined and got more expensive but less efficient, same with electric, gas, water supplies. Prices went up, quality of servce went way down. She did too much too quickly. Inflation came down but unemployment went up. She caused a year-long strike of coal miners which was an absolute tragedy. She closed coal mines without providing alternative ways of life for generations of miners who had kept the country prosperous for so long – and whole mining villages died. I hated Thatcher with a vengance!

She went too far, and that’s always the danger for both left and right – they don’t know when to stop. It sounds as though Alinsky advocated going several steps too far!

Johnny Rotten and Sid Viscious….LOL! Those were the days!

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Many thanks for the mention, Robert. You should have many more commenters….You know, I think what happens is that there is so much interesting material in your posts, to take in, that readers probably go off thinking about it and forget to come back and comment. Having said that though, I notice that astrology blogs in general don’t get long strings of comments, except on rare occasions (as at election times perhaps). Most I get are from non-astrology bloggers, who tolerate my “odd” interest as best as they can.

I enjoyed this post, and learning more about Alinsky. I felt quite relieved when towards the end you said that you are not hinting that Intelligent Design is the answer- I almost made 2 and 2 make 95 again there!

Erik von Daniken’s first book was a favourite of mine too. By his second I’d begun to feel a little cynical though. I still like his theory, and yours. I’ve a passing respect for Zechariah Sitchin, but again, he tends to go a wee bit too far with his tales. Many (maybe all?) Native American tribes have a tradition that they came either from the stars or from underground. so there are many alternatives to Darwin, apart from the dreaded ID. It’s a mystery – but an eternally fasinating one.

FYI –

“Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and her reactivated Psychic TV aka PTV3 are terribly sad to announce the cancellation of their November North American tour dates. This decision is entirely due to the unexpected passing of band member Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge. Lady Jaye died suddenly on Tuesday 9th October 2007 at home in Brooklyn, New York from a previously undiagnosed heart condition which is thought to have been connected with her long-term battle with stomach cancer. Lady Jaye collapsed and died in the arms of her heartbroken “other half” Genesis Breyer P-Orridge.”

btw, your blog is fantastic.

Thank you for the kind words. GPO’s journey in the labrynth deepens. I wish him deep peace and unlimited grace.

Thanks for the brain food! Please sir, may I have another?

I agree with Twilight – your posts are thought provoking, and I’m willing to say, often beyond my frame of awareness. That’s good because it makes the reader reach, so no need to walk, when you can run. I was recently on the Cherokee Indian reservation, and they consider the Pleides their star home. I’m also fascinated by this awakening to our origins, DNA, the multi-dimensional human, alien influences, etc. I follow Michael St. Clair, who believes he is from Sirius and has interviewed the Boy from Mars. We had a visit from light beings, and it crossed my mind that maybe they are ancestors here to help with the transition. I look forward to your next post on this mind-expanding topic.

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Very interesting stuff, Robert! Though theosophy, Blavatsky and things related usually feel like wading through treacle to me. I’m wary of theosophy.

By the way, I’m sure you’re already aware of it – the ancestors of the Hopi are said to have laid out their pueblos and roads in accordance with the constellation of Orion. Gary David has written books on the subject. Website and articles here
http://www.theorionzone.com/article_table.htm

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Happy Thanksgiving , Robert!

You’ve given us a double helping to digest here – I’m going to have to read both again, later, slowly!

Thanks Twilight. Same to you!

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Get your facts straight! Lenny Wilkens has the most losses(1155). It would take 189 more loses by Don Nelson to lead in that category.

Thanks for the correction, but the fact remains the same, that Nelson is a volume loser as well.

Pretty awesome writeup. Nice work.

Thanks for stopping bye.

I’ve ben trying to ignore this issue – lol! Even Keith Olbermann addressed it last night on his show though, so it has, at last, hit mainstream. I followed the early natterings about it on blogs from the start, then got bored with it all, and decided that, had there been a viable way to oust Obama from the primaries or the nomination, or acceptance of the presidency, it would have been well and truly done by now.

Most of the folks at the top in Washington are experienced lawyers and plenty of them would have been glad to see the back of him early on – and later on. Nothing. So I decided that it must be okay. His mother was undeniably an American citizen, and now there seems to be little doubt he was born in Hawaii- that’s 2 things in his favor. His father being foreign would surely not trump the two positive factors, especially when Obama has never lived in Britain or Kenya (that might have made a big difference).

But, the Constitution has the last word, I guess. Although apparently it isn’t too clear on this particular issue. I don’t suppose the Founding Fathers could have imagined something like this coming to pass.

If by any chance the SC ruled against Obama – can you imagine the Hell there would be to pay in the streets? They won’t do it. And in my humble opinion nor should they. Things have changed so radically since the Constitution was written that it needs to be updated for such eventualities.

I think we’d lose the best chance we have of redeeming the good name of the USA if we lost Obama now.

Saturn Uranus opposition is probably telling us symbolically that the old (Constitution) needs updating (Uranus). But what do I know? I’m a full-blooded Brit turned naturalized American.

Twilight, as you can probably glean, I am much more cynical towards Obama than most, but I was in no way in favor of McCain or most of the other candidates that ran. I even found Ron Paul to be ultimately lacking, so when it comes to dispensing antipathy, I am bi-partisan to the core. The birth issue won’t go away for a reason and that is because Obama has consistently failed to produce a “real” copy, not a digital one that has been okayed by Factcheck.org, which is backed by Annenberg. All he has to do is produce the original and all of this disintegrates. It sets a troubling standard early in his presidency, which dovetails with his unwillingness to unseal his records at any school he attended, from Punahoe, through Harvard. The alarming lack of transparency that Bush displayed should not be grandfathered into Obama’s tenure and he would go a long way in my book by simply being more upfront in regards to his past.

The clauses in The Constitution existed for a reason, during a particular time, when the country needed to be safeguarded from undesirable outside influences at a high level, but as we have seen with Bush and his daddy, being born in The US is no guarantee that the president will uphold standards of freedom, liberty, equality and justice for all. I know these concepts might seem quaint and antiquated, but practiced as they were intended, we would have little need for government, especially massive government at all.

Imagine a world where people are accountable, conscious and self-determined.

This might appeal to the Aquarian in you.

Yes, Robert – it appeals to me.

There’s a good article about the birth certificate issue at Salon.com today, with a seemingly endless string of comments.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/05/birth_certificate/

It is curious that Obama hasn’t produced the “proper” certificate. I agree. As the writer of the article above says though, even it he did this, it wouldn’t stop the rumor mill. They’d find another angle. I agree with the article that the wrangling on this topic won’t stop, whatever happens. I guess it provides a subject to write about, cause controversy, which brings more readers to their sites. Right-wing authors need an axe to grind now, and if, as I suspect, Obama turns out to be a successful president, they’ll need something to keep them afloat.

That’s my logical Aquarian take.

NONE of this matters because no one can bring a lawsuit who has not shown how they have been damaged more than someone else by Obama not being a citizen. The case simply will not be heard. How has Donofrio been harmed, any more than you or me? He must establish harm to be heard. No harm, no foul (or no hearing of the case, as it were).

Well, this is not going before The Supreme Court, Donoforio’s case is merely being summarized by them, so that it can move forward in the state of New Jersey and while I am not a lawyer in that state, I doubt that you are either and we are probably both equally unaware of the legal ramifications of what Mr. Donoforio is trying to acheive within the state of New Jersey. That said, I think The Supreme Court has already flashed it’s true colors when it ruled in favor of Bushco in 2000 and essentially allowed an illegal election to take place and I seriously doubt that they will move on Berg, Donoforio, etc and reverse the results based on their past performance or profound lack thereof.

The choice facing the Supreme Court on Monday boils down to civil unrest to protect the Constitution or civil war to proceed to ‘inaugurate’ a non-”natural born citizen”.

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Admin… I completely agree
I am much more cynical towards Obama than most, but I was in no way in favor of McCain or most of the other candidates that ran.

The SC ruled against the Constitution today, Monday. It is truly a sad day.

The US has been completely taken over by the NWO. We were sold down the river by the last gatekeepers.

We think we are in such modern times. We think that we know best and the Framers just didn’t really know what they were doing. What arrogance!
The Framers knew the dangers that we would face from foreign and domestic enemies. They tried to stop them, but we have been sold down the river by our elected officials and by our judicial system.

A truly very sad day for the US. We now know what the outcome is going to be. God have mercy on us.

I would like to reply to this in greater detail, but I think that the thing that is imperative is that we don’t know what the poutcome will be. We can surmise and make some very solid assumptions based on what has already occurred, but there is no such thing as fixed outcomes, only fixed elections.

[...] So let’s assume for a moment that conspiracy theory becomes conspiracy fact and that along with it comes a fractured social landscape that heightens all of the latent fears that are associated with the one world governance, like FEMA Camps, chips, forced inoculations, etc.. Is there anything that the individual can do save the baring of arms or waiting for Gabriel to blow his horn? Are we just passive witnesses to this drama, waiting for it to be played out and react to the stimuli as we are prodded and poked? In essence, what can we do to offer an alternative, a variant version of a particular timeline and outcome? (more…) [...]

Admin…

And this fixed election will result in the premediated outcome. I’m not from the lala land of hopes and dreams.

Capone and Alinsky would be proud. I’m sure the finainciers (NWO) are real proud right now, too.

You can scream from the highest mountain with warnings, but they still chant…. Give him to us. He is one of us. We want him. He will save us. I want to puke.

We were warned, and we have followed the path that we were told not to follow. Listen to our fore-fathers words, we were warned. They knew, this is an old game and has been played before. Therefore, I do believe we know what the outcome will be.

With the derivatives game that has been played on us, how can a nation pay back 1.5 quarillion dollars. We can’t.

Just a tidbit of information. Leo Donofrio put up his website 3 times in 3 days at 3 different hosting places. Everytime his site was taken down. He now hosts his website… naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com … in a foreign country. He has been through many obstacles to get this far. There was obstruction of justice at every step he took. He couldn’t believe what was happening. Our only hope was the Supremes and that was just a dim hope, because everything has been premediated.

The outcome I believe we know. The degree…. I pray God has mercy on us.

K100-

I agree wholeheartedly with 95% of what you just posted. I have no doubt that Donoforio is considered a threat and that his website was taken down from a very high level. It points to a greater problem we will all face in the not-too-distant-future when the voice of dissent is roaring across the internet and widespread measures will be inacted to throttle contrarian content.

The founders, despite their brilliance, presceince and Enochian magic they learned through pre-Weishauptian orders, still lived in a mechanistically determined universe and their awareness, though broader than most was still bound byt the conventional laws of physics, that were consensually agreed upon during their time.

We live in a quantumly aware universe. This is not La La but a very serious and profoundly transformational field of scientific inquiry. The whole proposition of matter, time and space are far more variable than we have ever dreamed of and it is in this quantum field, where the mystery of God and creation manifests intimately if we are willing to participate with it. However, to do so, we must drop our assumptions of how things are and will be at the gateway of this mystery. For me, that includes a fatalistic view that our goose is cooked.

I have faith in tha fact that we can, if we so choose, consciously shift the timeline of events that are assembling before us, but to do so, we must be willing to make a leap of faith (NOT HOPE) that we are empowered enough to do so.

If we can take a step back, we can see that history is cyclical. We can view The Great Depression up close and perosnal now through our current situation and we can look at what happened in 1776 in the very same fashion, which by the way was when Pluto was last in Capricorn and the founders used the technology of their day to consciously craft and draft a new paradigm. Cyclically, we have arrived at the beginning again and while the stakes are much higher, the technology far greater and the populace, ostensibly less aware, we have new tools at our disposal in order to transform our reality to reflect our highest ideals and aspirations.

Robert (please excuse if I sound cranky but I’m struggling with a heavy triple-sneeze-type cold -US germs don’t like Brits- and I’m feeling generally grumpy!)

You feel that socialism , or any part of it, isn’t in the American DNA? I’d have to respond that it’s time for Americans to get real – and quickly! They have enjoyed the feast, it’s time to deal with the famine – and quite honestly, dealing with famine isn’t that bad, if people pull together. If they keep insisting on having what they consider to be “their freedom” in the way that spoiled children demand candy, they’ll end up losing their lives – literally.

I’m speaking as one of the older generation who grew up in war-torn England, and in the lean years that followed, with absolutely everything (and I do mean everything) rationed, by government order. People managed and came out the other end all the stronger, and healthier, for the deprivations. This time around it’s not the Nazis and Japanese who brought it upon us, but our own greed and perception of a freedom to do whatever we felt like and buy whatever we craved. It isn’t possible to live like that for long, there’s an accounting, and it’s here.
Americans will have to adjust, it’s past time.

I’m not anti-American, but I do feel that there’s a need for many of them to grow up, grow some balls, and stop being so damned paranoid. (I’m not aiming this at you, Robert – you are reporting only !)

Hi Twilight,

Sorry to hear about your heavy, triple-sneeze-type cold. A nice, warm, saline, nasal douche can do wonders for that. I actuallu use tea tree oil in my sinuses to keep them clear of any microbes and viruses–works extremely well.

My view of reality is one that is heavily influenced by coldly calculated and often extreme, social engineering. I don’t think that things “just happen” through general malfeasance and the abject stupidity we often display. No, I believe that people in power crave more power and as a result, want to subjugate those with less power. For me, socialism places a codified lid on behavior and activity. It’s a cozy, Huxleyian, Brave New World model that is a manufactured leveler to bring the masses in order by tamping down the economic prosperity that would enable upward mobility and threaten the haves and their hold on power.

In essence, socialism is just another tool to rule the masses, just as free market capitalism is/was.

The failure of capitalism was unchecked greed and the seduction of the citizen to become a consumer versus an active participant in our schools, government and community. Capitalism failed because we got lazy. So perhaps socialism is the best model for a lazy society and while we have to do with less for the good of the whole, those at the top aren’t dealing with less–trust me. They in fact are now dealing with obscenely more as a result of us having less. The recent bailout is just the latest example.

When I say it is not in our DNA, it’s because people have been led to believe in the illusion that we are free, America stands for freedom, etc. and people have bought into this fable at a cellular level. This is why naked socialism will not play here, despite the outward trappings of maturity that such system offers.

I have faith that we are free, but this freedom is our cosmic birthright that no government or system, whether it is capitalism or any other “ism” can bestow upon us.

It simply is.

I am much more inclined to look towards Native American and other indigenous models of social order if I have to choose any.

I have learned a great deal from Alinsky and one of the things that really stands out for me is his unwillingness to conform or mediate his values to fit in with the dominant paradigm to the extent that he and his rules would be subsumed. Alinky’s model of adaptation, of wearing suits and ties versus jeans and sandals was a cover and at the core, the mission and philosophy of rules was unchanged. He was clear that the dominant paradigm would ultimately conform to his worldview and not vice versa. While I think this borders on the facistic, I do respect the application of will that Alinksy used without deviation. Pir Vilayat, the Sufi master also conveyed a similar perspective years ago in a workshop I attended. I never forgot what he said and in the light of my understanding of Alinsky, et al, I am anchoring my faith, unequivocally in the prospect of an immediate and transcendant reality that is in the process of interpenetrating the one we currently inhabit.

It is my perspective that we are ready to reclaim our positions as capable and multi-dimensional stewards of this domain.

From emails that I get, I am heartened by the fact that I am not alone in this rather abstract position.

I would ask you and others like you, dreamers, holders of potential, transformers, what would our world look like if we had the faith to anchor the very power of creation in every thought, act and intention? What would our world look like if we dropped labels and “isms” and the artificial demarcations that we all engage in? What if we did those things and did them without anyone telling us it was the right or only thing to do?

I’ll leave that one open ended.

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[...] Yesterdays post on “one world government and the physics of intention” was tracked back by The Gideon Rachman column which inspired the contents of yesterdays content and in it, I reference my friend Marv, who just happens to be a Capricorn and they used that passage for the track back text. Later in the day, Marv IM’ed me to tell me my link to the column was wrong, so I had to go back into the post and fix it. That’s when I discovered the track back. I sent the track back and the text with Marv’s name in it to him and he rapidly replied, “I’m experiencing a deja vu, like we’ve done this before.” I chuckled and typed that we were “hacking the matrix.” (more…) [...]

I agree, Robert. Drawing out the diseased parts of life is what Pluto does best – so amazing when it’s very far away and not a gigantic body – yet its tracks through our lives and history can be identified, almost more clearly than any of the other planets. I wonder how that can be? Any ideas?

I’m glad that Fitzgerald is on the job – he’s doing Pluto’s work just now – doing it well!

I know you like Fitzgerald and I agree, he’s got a bit of Elliot Ness in him (Chicago again) but wasn’t he appointed by John Ashcroft? And when he was digging into Scooter Libby, I was really hoping that he would find The Gordian Knot to The Bush Admin and rout them from their nest and while he did what he needed to do with Bush/Libby, nothing more and nothing less, I can’t help but feel slightly let down that his work didn’t go deeper.

I checked with Wiki, Robert ~~

“On September 1, 2001, Fitzgerald was nominated for the position of U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois on the recommendation of U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald (no relation), a Republican from Illinois. On October 24, 2001, the nomination was confirmed by the Senate. The Senator had urged the selection precisely because Patrick was not from Chicago (Patrick said that he had visited Chicago only one day — for a wedding in 1982 — before being selected”

“On December 30, 2003, after then-Attorney General John Ashcroft recused himself from the CIA leak grand jury investigation of the Plame affair due to conflicts of interest, Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey, acting as Attorney General in Ashcroft’s place, appointed Fitzgerald to the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel in charge of the investigation”

It would have been good to see him go further, I agree, but don’t you suspect that there are some equally clever (though lacking in integrity) legal minds behind Bush who know exactly how to cover stuff up in such a way that it becomes either impossible or “dangerous” for them to be unearthed.
I bet Fitz could tell us a lot, but why put his life in danger when there’s so much more of Pluto’s work to be done?

Here’s some more on Fitzgerald. Very much worth the read through and the comments at the end.

Citizen Wells.

Interesting, Robert. He has those powerful planets close together, ascending in Virgo – I suppose it’s the Virgo-ness and 12th-house ness which have him coming over, on screen, as quite bland, some say “wooden”, but the parts he plays are always a bit on the peculiar , esoteric side – even his chick flicks. I saw, and remember, Lake House, and Sweet November – both had to do with death -i n different ways . Pluto even manages to infect the weepies !

Great post. I like the subtle reference to his “rad” beginnings in the photo caption. As much as I love him in the Matrix (probably a good thing that Will Smith passed up the role), I still see him as Bill (or was he Ted?) and that goofball in Parenthood.

Robert – I used to visit Citizen Wells daily, but eventually came to the conclusion that he and his followers, and the Larry Sinclair thing he supports are not based in reliable evidence. There’s a certain brand of paranoia going on there and at Texas Darlin’ and at No Quarter, and Cannonfire (he’s a a bit better) all of which blogs I linked to on mine a few months ago. I dunno what happened- I suddenly saw it all for what it is – a form of fantasy. Sorry. Of course I might be proved wrong eventually !

One simply has to believe in somebody, sometime, and I reached the terminus of the Wells ride. I want to believe in something good for the future, and I do believe that people like Fitzgerald have the country’s interest at heart, same for Obama. Neither is saint or Messiah, they are human with frailties- but for now they have my confidence, for what its worth.

Twilight, you bring up some interesting points, especially about believing in someone, et al Fitzgerald or Obama, that in some ways it’s better than being a hopeless nihilist. I wish I was wired that way–it would ceratinnly make my life easier–but I’ll blame it on a strong Pluto on my midheaven, coming from my ninth house, along with Uranus in Leo in my ninth, trining my Jupiter in Sag in my first. I have turned my gaze inward and am seeking other solutions as they relate to self-governance and the quantum human, though as a result, I sift through the dross of information and disinformation that’s out there and with my Scorpio ascendant, I rarely tire of the sifiting. I do it to constantly challenge versions of reality, including my own. Astrology, interestingly enough, seems to hold up pretty well to the ongoing litmus test.

I would love to know how you ended up in middle america and I wonder if you ever see yourself as a Quentin Crisp-like character in your own unique way? Do you know The Sting song, “Engligshman In New York?”

For me, Fitzgerald is useless unless he goes to the wall, and if that wall has an Emmanuel or Obama on it, then so be it. If either are culpable/complicit and neither are forced to answer to charges, then it’s a waste of taxpayers money and time.

I also sense a rapid loss of patience rising on both the left and the right. The collective blood pressure of the country is getting higher and higher.

For trivia collectors, Keanu was Theodore (God lover) “Ted” Logan who came to remind us of the updated golden rule – “Be excellent to each other”.

Your post reminded me of Keanumandu, the Online Virtual Temple of the Society for Keanu Consciousness! http://www.apocalypticmediations.com/hypertext/themytho.html

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Wow, this happened w/Twilight and I on Bill Hicks. Talk about linking up with the collective brain. The internet will be obsolete in a decade.

Yeah – well, some days I’m Pollyanna, and on others I’m Madam Defarge sitting at the guillotine with me knitting ….lol!

Thanks for your mail, Robert – I shall respond and include in my answer a little about how I got here, as you were kind enough to ask.

I have Pluto in first house, and Sun in 8th natally so I kind of understand where you’re coming from – but I have Jupiter in Pisces in 9th which probably sugar-coats much which might otherwise send me spiralling into paranoia.

I’ll be one of the first to complain loudly, and turn into Madam Defarge if it eventually turns out that Fitz or Obama have feet of clay, but for now I’m in Pollyanna mode on that score.

Quentin Crisp? Moi? Oh no, nothing as exotic as that ! I took a look at the Sting lyrics, which I hadn’t come across before. Mmmm – well, no, not really.
I’m a northerner (Yorkshire) we’re a down to earth bunch in the main. I do feel like an alien here at times though – the majority of Okies (outside the family) have attitudes so foreign to mine, that I often feel as though I’m not only in the wrong state, but on the wrong planet!

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I can’t stand the woman and now I know why…. Oh my Gawd…. she is a member on The Council On Foreign Relations ….. that just sums it ALL up. We now know what her true intentions are.

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That was an engaging series, Robert! A nice mix of fact and potential fiction. I just wish I could dredge up a smidgeon of admiration for this pair.
The feeling I get is that of a couple of chronic narcissists of the highest order. They fell in love with themselves at an early age and never got over it, they want to see, and suppose the world wants to see, wee replicas of them all over the place. Maybe I’m the wrong one to be commenting though. I never had any maternal instinct at all !

Twilight, I forgot Echo and Narcissus. You know, “The No Drama Mama,” Jennifer Anniston is a water bearer like yourself.

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Here is information about what the TSA is doing.

http://www.flyclear.com/what/

Click on the “who is behind clear”

http://www.flyclear.com/how/how_technology.html

http://www.flyclear.com/what/what_company.html

right now it is voluntary…. just wait, soon it will be INVOLUNTARY

Airports and sporting events are JUST THE BEGINNING.

I’m sure there is going to be an “event” that will “just happen” that will make people gladly submit to implanted chips.

It will help keep them “safe”.

I’m sure they have their “tickets” so they can go into one of the underground cities that are built when “the time” comes.

Well. that was the unspoken subtext of this little series, which you hav epicked up on.

HAARP:
Zbiegniew Brzezinski, a Rockefeller recruit and founder of the Trilateral Commission, had much revealing information to give back in the seventies about technologies that are being disclosed now. He wrote in Between two Ages, 1971:

“Accurately timed, artificially excited electronic strokes could lead to a pattern of oscillations that produce relatively high power levels over certain regions of the Earth … one could develop a system that would seriously impair the brain performance of a very large population in selected regions over an extended period.” (Zbiegniew Brzezinski, Between Two Ages, 1971).

HAARP: Science used for the development of a global weapons system by manipulating the magnetic energy of the earth and all living things for the purpose of maximizing profits, increasing wealth, and concentrating the wealth and control in the hands of a few. HAARP is the ultimate weapon for the establishment of a Zionist state which has total control of Planet Earth.

I’m getting enlightened, but my brain feels like it is going to explode.

Robert, I see that the TSA is awaiting moderation. ??? I work in the airline industry and the government is cracking down BIB, BIG TIME on new rules for travel.

Check out this series of 8 videos on you tube. Didn’t know if you already knew about them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10wew_a9Ncg

They’re already advocating brain scans (the technology is there) for air travel, to determine if someone has the right mental profile in order to fly. But the tricky part is to be aware of what’s happening but not be so bought into these potentially terrifying realities to the point where we empower them. The challenge ultimately, is to be in this world but not of it. More than just a politcal dilemma, ours is a spiritual crisis where we need to have all of our powers of discrimination and intention intact. If we can undo our belief systems and liberate ourselves from the inherited and mostly agreed upon limitations that adhere to, we can allow a higher order of being to blend with our awareness and alter the very nature of reality.

I’d never heard of Laurel Canyon – what a peculiar time that must have been in the USA! And here’s me thinking it’s peculiar now – I know nothin’!

I read your link, then found more at
http://www.laurelcanyonstories.com/default.asp

How strange that Zappa was so un-hippie ! Hippies must have been very tolerant of his views or very “out of it” most of the time…probably the latter.
Thanks for a good read.

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Good idea, Robert – but you’ll need to remind us again. I’m bound to forget on 31st.

I had a sychronistic blogging thing happen yesterday. I was struggling to draft something on Leonard Cohen, left it to go to the shops, and when I came back I noticed in Elsa’s widget that Art and Astrology blog had already “done” Cohen. I suppose it’s not that surprising as his song is tiop of the UK charts, but the timing was interesting. I went ahead on a slightly different tack afterwards.

Do you remember when you and I both did the Bill Hicks post simultaneously? That was a good one!

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I’m being facetious here, but as I read this, I was reminded of Ursula Andress emerging from the sea in Doctor No – as Honey Ryder.

Obama has always brought Neptune to mind for me too – but they now say his ascendant is Aquarius (7.24 pm birth) – even then though I think there’s still some astrological connection with Neptune. At first I thought it a “bad thing”, but I’ve reconsidered. It’s just as likely to be “a good thing”, at the very least “a neutral thing”.

Just dropping by to bring compliments of the season, and wish joy and peace to you and yours.

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I will give it a go – (it does convert to new years eve 1/1/09 Brisbane Australia time) and I have nothing planned.

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I’ve included a note about your experiment on 31 Dec. in my blog today (29th) Robert – hope you don’t mind. It might reach one or two people from a different sphere.

Thanks Twilight. You’re awesome!

I’m writing about it on my blog today – the 30th….I’ll be taking part, too. Your words are spot on to what I’ve been thinking about. regards!

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I am typing this to let you know that I did not oversleep. I will organize my info and post just a little later, but wanted to let everyone know that my overall sense of the experience felt very connected and had a sense of others in the space with me. I will share more detailed pieces later in the day, but please feel free to use the commnets field for sharing your experience.

–Robert

Hi Robert!

I didn’t read your above post before I started, but I think I proceeded more or less as you suggested. I decided to sit by the computer with it on-line, my blog on the screen, partly to check the time on computer also because the net is the point of actual contact we have and probably the point of any non-actual contact too.

I sat with my back to the screen for most of the time. First I thought about “the void”, imagined outer space to be like a call-center all closed down and quiet, or like city streets before dawn with hardly any movement or traffic.

Having sneezed earlier on and caused some sinus pressure above my right eye, I kept being distracted by the pain, so concentrated on a mobile someone gave us at Christmas – it’s constantly in motion a bit like Sun and planets. Then I noticed the ceiling fan was also very slowly turning (to distribute warm air) and got the feel of myself turning, turning, turning.

I quickly glanced at the computer clock thinking about 5 mins. must have passed and was surprised to see it had been 14 mins.

Then I noticed the Sun was causing a shadow from the venetian blinds to a big painting on the wall, causing horizontal lines across the painting’s pattern which is largely vertical – and I thought of astrological squares. The Sun’s rays moved gradually to another part of the room and the horizontal pattern appeared on the light colored wall.

I didn’t find anything extraneous popping into my head – at least, it didn’t seem so. The 30 mins did pass very quickly for me though – I found that quite surprising.

So…. nothing dramatic, but hope it’s of interest.

Thanks Twilight-

So here is a laundry list of what came to me during the space in time:

I had a very strong image of England and saw massive amounts of money comingiin and out of England and funding many of the overt and covert projects taking place.

The color violet.

A crescent half-moon-crown.

The name, “Jaimie McIntyre.”

I had three songs alternately play during this period. 1) “Someone’s Always Watching Me,” 2) “Thanks For Christmas,” and 3) a song by The Charlatans UK, where I kept hearing part of the chorus, “The storm will come or is it just another shower?”

The name, “Ellie.”

I also saw a number of pyramids on another planet, positioned towards Earth.

A major event of some taking place on the full moon.

Saw rows and rows of bamboo growing acroos the planet and felt as though it (bamboo) has a capacity to transmute negative energy and emit positive energy.

Had a feeling that I was being observed.

I heard ancient languages at times, either “Celtic” or “Gaelic.”

Then, at the very end, I saw a checkered flag at the finish of a race and took this as a time to end the experience and I got up to see that it was 6:31.

Hi Robert,
I walked down by the lake and at first was distracted by the ‘highway noise’ nearby. But then the bird songs started to come into the foreground. The words that stood out to me while I was listening, were whale, Cherokee, Russell Means, New York City, flame, voice, the memory locked in the land and voices for life. About mid-way through a white loon flew across the lake. I did get a sense of enveloping darkness, in the company of others, a rich space. Toward the end, it felt like I could hear better, so I’m sure next time, it’ll be clearer.

I set my intention last night to wake up before the gathering. I woke at 5:38.

I dressed in the dark, went upstairs and drank a glass of juice and ate some cottage cheese. I looked out the window, down the hill to the park, and saw a light, a flashlight bobbing, someone walking, a watchman.

I lit a candle and laid out my mat. Both cats came to settle with me, one at my feet, one above my head.

Thank you for this.

My experience was simple: it began with seeking, it was sustained with a sense of calm communion, it resolved with several themes.

ice
influenza
infertility
waiting
the watch
heat generating from the inside
compost
fungus
wheat & barley

Whit Sunday – Pentecost

Thank you for the invitation to join.

Despite being in the Upper Midwest, where it was 8 a.m, I slept.
In my few awake moments, I thought of “Hezbolla.”
“Ellie” is the name of my son’s gf, we had dinner last night.

Best wishes for a Happy New Year 2009, your blog is excellent.

Thanks Renee,

It’s going to be a very, very interesting year.

I woke up at 5:50AM, turned on my computer, and re-read your blog post instructions. It didn’t say anything about having to keep the computer on or doing anything with the computer, so I turned it off. I sat in the dark. Two names came to mind: Carla and Kate. It’s so strange why certain names will come to mind at a certain time, isn’t it? I was reminded of a story regarding a Carla I used to work with; I pondered wishing I had the ability years ago to interact with her better on a work-related issue, but I just didn’t have the skills to do that back then. I recently met a woman named Kate — she is from the UK (London), is back there visiting family right now; she still has a hint of a British accent. General imagery of dense trees/woods and a lake also came to mind. I hugged my (sleeping) dog, thankful for her companionship.

Happy New Year to all!

I am a jupiter-aquarius person. so as my friends from my age (23), all of them don’t know about astrology, and they keep telling me that they are feeling it’s going to be a great period in a time soon for them, and I fell the same for myself.
So, I don’t know if I was in that void, but I prefer to sleep when the subject is getting deep contact with others in subtle way, because my dreams are powerfully vivid and dynamic, I mean I can actually feel everything again, remember most part of the vivid dreams, words, places, etc. despite the fact that some are so intuitive dreams that they may happen in the physical world but sometimes with different themes, people or things but with the same context and meaning (when I do not have to go through hard clues).
So, I slept at 5:00am and something. I live in Brazil, I dreamed about:

- A little reptile with yellow shine eyes in Egypt
- Beach in Italy
- Cemetery with people running around sadly
- Distant crowd
- Friends and intelectual conversations
- Sense of freedom
I have Neptune in Capricorn at 1’ degree, some friends of mine have it too or higher degrees and they are those I can actually talk about vivid dreams because they frequently have it too, so I think it can count on my recent dream that I just wrote about.

Oh, and I can’t forget to tell that I had a painful headache when I woke up, at 8:00 am.

Happy New Year to Robert and all fellow readers.

Thank you for the opportunity to share. It was a bit of a challenge because 6am PDT is exactly midnight (New Years eve) in Queensland, Australia, so I had fireworks in the background.

My meditation started an image of a Marigold aka African/Mexican Marigold (Tagetes sp) then nothing much because of background noise and getting the mind stilled again. I did end with a “aftertaste” of the word LOVE in solid white three dimensional Times Roman type font on a black background.

I think it was more successful than I thought it be.

Definitely worth doing again.

Hey Rafael,

I’m going to look into the Neptune in Cap generation a little bit more, since Pluto is impacting your degree right now. A Pluto/Neptune transit is deeply transformational.

Dreams are such a powerful tool, in that they allow us to exist outside of the permission of our limitations and show us what can be. I think it would be very empowering for you to make an artistic record/statement of your dreams and breath life into their conscious manifestations.

Billi,

Thanks for coming out and playing with us as the fanfare exploded around you. That was some commitment! One of the tests that I floated during the exerecise was sending an impersonal signal of love into the void. I framed it with the title of a piece by The Mahavishnu Orchestra called, “Sapphire Bullets Of Love.” Glad someone picked up on it.

Thanks so much for everyone for taking the time to participate and the courage to share.

Happy Gregorian New Year one and all!

Happy New Year, Robert.
Hope we can all try the experiment again some time. Practice makes perfect, they say

Thanks Robert !

I am a very dream-curious person; I want to invest some part of my time researching for these mysterious phenomena (especially with Jupiter-Aquarius coming) that I am so privileged to pay attentions even to details in my vivid dreams. Now Saturn is retrograde I fell heavy dreams, literally on my skin. I will tell you my recent premonition; if that is that you can tell. Santa Catharina, the state I live, about 2 months ago, had its mountains felt, highways were destructed by the heavy rain, and cities were flooded, and beaches were devastated, a natural disaster. But I live in countryside, not near the beaches at all, but 3 months ago, I had an intense feeling to travel with 2 friends (23’s too) to theses beaches, we went twice in 2 consecutive weekends. So, if you take a look at my orkut.com profile, you’ll see a photo (dated automatically to the day I posted), see that my friend took a photo of my in one of these beaches, and then back home, I manipulated the photo (I manage Photoshop) with 3 planets destroying each other and sending some kind of energies to the earth, and the beach I was in, but I was immune to the destruction (representing not myself, but the human itself).
2 weeks later, I couldn’t go back to the beaches, highways were all banned for a great period of time. News showed everything of the destructions.

So, I am really feeling this intense energy, so as my friend from my generation. I don’t want to prove nothing, I am just conscious about it, I also have Neptune in Capricorn in the 12th house, and Pluto in Scorpio at the first degrees as well. I am conscious about the fact that Pluto is giving me pushes to my Neptune right now too.
Just a sharing with you only, since you wrote you will find out more about our generation.
About the art part, I am very artistic too, photos, videos, music and so. I am always recording stuffs.

Thanks again!

Rafael R.

Hey Twilight, I would definitely do it againa some time, when the aspects are favorable.

Rafael, I would like to recommend a book to you called, “The Lathe Of Heaven” by Ursula LeGuin. It’s about a man whose dreams can alter reality. I think you would find it very interesting.

my last words now, just to add something to what you just said. and then you can delete this if you wish.

Neptune in Capricorn – I still haven’t read too much about it. But one day I read that people from this generation may have the abitily to make impossible dreams come to life and blabla. Since I had conscious that I could dream, the realistic dreams sometimes are forms of my subtle ways of dealing with the material world, with sensations that are highlighted and emotions are expressed in different essence, and the real perception that you can encounter yourself in depending on your conscious degrees at the moment of your dream, is of course, in a different cord as well. And then I wake up:

“Why couldn’t I just have these sensations now?” –I wonder

This makes me wonder so much about our primary motivations on life, whenever I have these dreams in which knock hard on my intense likes and dislikes, I always try to get close to the feeling/or whatever I had while I was sleeping into reality. And sometimes I am so successful in doing this, that happiness is not a word enough to express the whole context of complexities of dream-real life transition.

Rafael R.

about the book i will provide it! thanks for sharing.

[...] Before the end of the year, we looked at John D. Rockefeller, his chart and the role he played in the election of Woodrow Wilson. We looked at the astrological elements of the day and how they were prime for illusion, deception and ultimately, the negative transformation of The US tax and banking systems. We saw how The US got drawn into WWI when The Lusitania, filled with bullets, grenades, mortar shells and vacationeers was sunk in the open waters of The Atlantic by a German U-Boat. But how much do we really know about the real reasons behind the war and The US’s entrance into the the conflict and how does it impact the current situation in Gaza? (more…) [...]

Based on an idea by Steven Speilberg, Diablo Cody is currently writing “The United States of Tara” about this topic. It premieres on Showtime Jan. 18, 2009.

[...] The latest and perhaps most devastating financial meltdown or our time, perhaps of all time, occured just after the Autumnal Equinox on September, 23rd. As I have noted in the past, many events are staged or occur around pivotal changes of season, or key celestial events and in many cases, these are not coincidences, but timed to take place when there is the most potent symbolic and magical power waiting to be tapped. So the financial meltdown occurring just on the other side of the The Equinox, is in my mind, no mistake. In a perverse way, it was a harvest of godlike proportion, an orgiastic, capitalistic, bacchanalia for the ages. Because when someone loses money, someone makes money. That’s the name of the game. So the massive amounts of cash that were lost on bad loans and derivatives had already lined the pockets of the major players. Then, in a moment of grand hubris, the same companies that “lost money” got bailed out by the likes of you, me and your grand children’s grand children, as Henry Paulson stuck a metaphorical gun to the heads of every congress man and woman saying that unless they signed off on the bailout, that martial law would be instituted. Again, the rich got richer. What a Fall! What a haul! What a harvest!. (more…) [...]

[...] DB: You think? Okay. [The trickster rolls up his sleeves, springs across the room and answers the phone]Hello, Polygram! [Hearty laughter at his own hijinx] (more…) [...]

[...] In the letter, Pike claims that he has had a vision, a vision of how to achieve a one world government through the implementation of three world wars. Before we go any further, it’s also important to note that Otto Bismarck, the leader of Germany pre-WWI, was a high ranking Mason and a member of Pike and Mazzini’s inner circle. Ok, now for the letter–here are the three pertinent extracts regarding the sequence of the three world wars: (more…) [...]

I like your chart, Robert – very nicely done! (What sofware is that, please?)
It’s surprising that there’s not more Scorpio among personal planets, there’s only JP’s Saturn and some generational Scorpio elewhere.
We’re seeing more Scorpio in today’s political figures.
No Aquarius Sun or Moon, just one Aquarius Mercury. So although it’s a common sign to most of the men, it’s not exactly in the front line.
Hmmm – interesting!

Hey Twilight-

Thanks. I hand coded that myself using photoshop.

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Last night my cat Pinky was TRIPPING OUT and I couldn’t figure out what he was trying to tell me. Then I remembered the Full Moon and it all made sense… Thanks, as always, Robert for your words of wisdom. I’ll look forward to encountering someone crazier and more uptight than myself!

Emily,

When I wrote the intro (last night) my cat was flipping out. He’s a little more mellow right now.

Hi,
You column, or rather Linda Hill’s speaks to something I’ve always wondered about the Sabian Symbols/ If the full moon was at 21 02, how does it become the Sabian Symbol for Cancer 22?

Does this mean that in using the symbols, you round up?

So if the degree of my natal Sun is 16 20 Scorpio, is the Sabian symbol for my sun Scorpio 17?
Thanks.

So in the moon, there is obviously a peak moment when it’s reached it’s zenith. From what I know about symbols, there is no zero degree affiliation for any sign/planet. So for instance, in my chart, I have Mars at zero degrees, which is then shifted to one degree. I think you can count up from there using one degree as a reference. If you want a more detailed explanation, you should reach out to Linda. She’s really nice and responsive when it comes to emails. You can reach here through her site at http://www.sabiansymbols.com.

When a friend gave me a copy of Dane Rudhyar’s An Astrological Mandala (his reinterpretation of the Sabian Symbols) some years ago, he told me that the rule with Sabian Symbols was to always round up to the next degree. So I’ve always worked with them that way. I just browsed through the book looking for an explanation of WHY they work that way, but couldn’t find one – though I did come across examples where he looks at the Symbols in people’s charts, and he does round up.

[...] on the 31st, some of us got together and shared a few moments together while we “Gathered In The Void.” First off, I want to thank all of you who took time out to participate and it seems like there is [...]

[...] on the 31st, some of us got together and shared a few moments together while we “Gathered In The Void.” First off, I want to thank all of you who took time out to participate and it seems like there is [...]

I’m glad you’ll repeat the experiment, Robert. I don’t think I was quite on the right track. I’m not into meditation in general, as most of the others who took part probably are. I’m mostly in the here and now, feet on the ground, eyes open. But that doesn’t mean I discount the kind of thing you have in mind – I think it’s a valuable experiment. I would close my eyes next time for sure!

I think the underworld is shaking us up little by little. The world now demands truth above all, but sometimes people don’t even realize it, the days are getting harder to find a reality that fits our profit to express our authentic self in the collective picture. I found this ‘the void’ experiment was terrific, a good exercise to understand and experience our own vibration as society, as humanity, I hope to do it more, and I hope more people to join it, in order to vision a superior/higher understanding of this new conscious we all are getting to.

[...] as their charts have played out in what I would call the greatest coup of all time. We looked at Pike’s nefarious network of illuminated influence and the incredulous prophecy that he shared with [...]

[...] that is driven towards some radical. ideological end, especially as we have seen in the chart of Saul Alinsky. I think Cheney (Virgo Rising) is the perfect, modern, exemplar of how these aspects play out in a [...]

Lots to take in there, Robert. Oh, wouldn’t it be nice if we could turn the clocks back more than a century and start all over again – but knowing what we know now!

I found what you have to say about a concentration of trans-personal signs, Sagittarius to Pisces in a natal chart, interesting. This would account for what we see in Ann Coulter with all her Sagittarius planets, and Sarah Palin with the Aquarian cluster. I’d assumed it was simply an imbalance generally, but come to think of it, I know someone with 5 palnets in Virgo, and they are not at all imbalanced.
More to tuck away in the memory bank!

[...] as their charts have played out in what I would call the greatest coup of all time. We looked at Pike’s nefarious network of illuminated influence and the incredulous prophecy that he shared with [...]

Thanks Rafael and Twilight. I couldn’t agree more about the world shaking us up. I truly believe that we are being called upon to express our most authentic selves, now more than ever. Pluto in Capricorn will facilitate it, driving us towards our highest point of personal expression and being.

As usual, you and I are in some sort of syncromesh. I’m going to dive into the time travel piece in my very next post.

John Titor – what a very strange tale, Robert! New to me. I’ve read some of the background on a message board where they discussed the subject for several years after he eventually “disappeared”. Nobody knows whether it was a hoax – nobody ever will know for sure.

Whoever Titor was, if not from the future, he should be writing sci-fi or making movies – the tale had me fascinated. It’s good to consider these things with an open mind. Considering them does help us to see the present in a different light – whether the future as presented by Titor was a figment of someone’s imagination or not.

Time travel is the single most intriguing thing there is to think about – space travel is interesting, but time travel is far and away more so.

Ripples of awareness would be a good start – and there’s nothing to lose by trying, Robert. It’s a good plan.

[...] In the very first episode, “The Arrival” tracks Number 6’s abduction and introduction to the island. In an early sequence, Number 6 is brought in to get his orientation and some interesting things occur. First, on the large screen behind Number 6 is a floating mural that has a series of Jupiter’s, rippling in and out of focus. While on the other screen, the one that faces Number 6, the constellations are stretched out across a map of the world. I find this to be fascinating. First of all, Jupiter plays a large role in the symbolism of Free Masonry. It is often considered “The Second Sun” and while Venus, The Morning Star, is often symbolic of Lucifer, Jupiter represents the new Sun, The Sun that is The Sun of this world. Arthur C. Clarke, used Jupiter as a key symbol for his books, 2001 and 2010, where Jupiter gives birth to the new consciousness in 2001 and the second Sun in 2010. (more…) [...]

By your terms, a “gathering in the void,” is absolutely open, flexible, empty. No directions, invocations, or permissions. That is what caught my attention, and led me to return and contemplate the premise. Finally, to set the intention to join.

The void is absence. You asked us to gather, not as transmitters, receivers, or collaborators, simply to lend our consciousness. A wise and worthy premise.

Twilight comments that “most of the other who took part probably are [into meditation].” That’s an interesting conclusion.

Meditation is many things for many people, I’m sure. For me, I use breath and yoga poses to calm monkey mind and still the seeking impulse to just “be.” Although a long hot shower works about as well.

I would like to gather again, Robert. And perhaps before Saturn stations again.

[...] Koestler tried on the political garments of the day. First with Zionism and then Social/Communism. He joined both parties and eventually recanted his membership, and was particularly vocal against Communism, especially after the great trials of 1938, though that did not deter him from traveling extensively through Russia, where he eventually landed in Turkey, where he climbed Mount Ararat. In Turkmenistan, he hooked up with American writer, Langston Hughes. (more…) [...]

I’ve not made any friends either with my views about the President Elect. Having made his announcement to run on a Void of Course moon, being nominated on a Void of Course moon and now being sworn on a Void of Course moon and Mercury Retrograde, something just doesn’t add up. I just don’t see someone with his purported birth date achieving success on these occurrences.

Maybe the conspiracy theorists are right and the birth certificate is a not a true representation of his birth date, place or time.

But will we ever know? Probably not.

I’ve just read that piece on Yahoo too, Robert. LOL! Thanks for your kind words about me, but there were many other astrologers and astro-bloggers of the same mind as me, and much better placed to have Yahoo quoting them – Lynn Hayes for instance.

I didn’t like the rest of Bo’s prediction – about an assassination threat to Hillary Clinton – let’s hope he’s way off the mark with that one!

All that “number 4″ stuff sounds silly to me – such things give astrology a bad name, in my opinion.

Great day for the USA though – let’s just celebrate the exit of Bush and Co, and put our strongest hopes and wishes for a better future out into the ethers.

So I ask you? What is more exotic? Some street corner starwatcher from Myanmar who happens to have his own radio show? or a British, ex-pat, widower, astrologer, living in Oklahoma, having met her current husband in chat room? I’ll take the latter.

Beth, you’re right. The aspects have been pretty negative surrounding key moments in Obama’s march to The White House.

My feelings regarding his presidency is that I am concerned that he has surrounded himself with mostly ex-Clinton types and the cozy vibes between The Clintons and The Bushes goes a lot deeper than most people understand and know.

I’m also very dissapointed that Emmanuel will be running things on a day-to-day basis.

[...] (more…) [...]

[...] have already posted the “Meet The Press Video” and covered the massive Aquarian stellium now aligning in the heavens, but I think it’s [...]

[...] have already posted the “Meet The Press Video” and covered the massive Aquarian stellium now aligning in the heavens, but I think it’s [...]

Found him!
http://www.freedomslighthouse.com/2009/01/colin-powell-talks-about-what-obama.html

Nice interview from 20 January above.

He didn’t reiterate his “warning” from the MTP video. I still think it was a chance remark, ill-considered in the way he expressed it – chattily and informally to Tom Brokaw. It emphasises how public figures should be very careful how they express themselves in these days of blogs, videos and suchlike. Never before have their words and attitudes been so closely inspected and dissected.

Twilight,
I watched Powell and here is my problem with him. He lied his ass off to The UN about Yellow Cake, Rods and Niger. It was his testimony, in direct opposition to The UN’s own investigation, which yielded no evidence to support The Bush admins assertion, that sold the war. That and his drone/Iraq has the capability of flying nuclear weapons to The US lie. Utter crap and people ate it, because he is the revered Colin Powell, sylvan statesman/soldier. Then once he did it, he ducked out and has never been held accountable for that tragic prevarication. Matt Lauer and his colleagues should be ashamed of themselves for not going deeper.
But, I guess they want to hold onto their jobs.

Robert,

Have you looked at Powell’s chart? He seems to have a teflon coating – gets away with all kinds of things, from covering up My Lai to the present-day lies you mention.

Here’s to revolutionizing our lives and remaining crisis-free during these uber-Aquarian times!

He has two aspects that I think are predominantly given to being able to slide through the muck. His natal Jupiter in Capricorn is conjunct his natal Moon in Capricorn. His natal Uranus in Taurus is conjunct his natal Venus in Taurus. Uranus/Venus favors quick moves, rapid relating and shifting alliances, governed by Taurus, which is shrewd and calculating when it needs to be. The Capricorn effect with Jupiter and The Moon, illustrates an emotional allegiance towards Capricornian institutions and vice versa. In essence, Powell loves plutocracy and they in turn, likey like. Doesn’t hurt to be connected to a major bloodline and have membership with both The CFR and Trilateral Commission either.

I remember when that was happening & then later his lawyer or whatever would be on Art Bell.

If I was from the future, I’d be mad at us too I bet haha.

I like your name.

That’s a really nice assessment of the metaphorical significance of that US Air event, Robert. It’s good to see you rather more (though tentatively)positive about the immediate future . Nice semi-happy ending to your 1913 saga, which I found informative and interesting – thank you!

Thanks Twilight.

I don’t know what got into me.

Clash of the titans in 2012. Will the first black president prepare the path for the first woman ever to become president of the United States of America and thus, the most powerful woman in history?

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[...] edge to Whisenhunt. But what about the quarterbacks? I have already looked at the Piscean pair of Big Ben and Hines Ward in a previous post, so I’ll spend some time on Warner and then double back to Big Ben as we [...]

Hi Robert,
My first time to your (very nice) site. I found it by Googleing “super bowl astrology” I have been studying NFL astrology quite strongly this season, and was a little surprised to find that Ken Whisenhunt was my “Aquarius Guy” all along. I deduced from the Super Bowl chart a very Aquarian flavor back in September, and have been trying to figure out for some months who it fit. Now we know it’s Whisenhunt. Astrology can really defy football logic sometimes, quite accurately. Also noticed that the TR NO amounts to a luck indicator. Kurt Warner has been enjoying the partile trine from TR NO to NA UR for the past month or so as it is stationary. Also, if you run a chart for the end of the game ( I chose 9:37 pm EST) and superimpose Kurt Warner’s chart on top of it, you will find Warner’s natal New Moon culminating. This is particularly auspicious for him , late in the 4th qtr. The opposition to TR PL has intensified Warner’s focus to obsessive levels. He looks more determined than ever. Look for the Cards to pull off the upset late in the game as Warner wins (ho hum) another super bowl mvp award.
Keep up the great work, Shawn Carson, Wichita, KS

Hey Shawn,

Thanks for dropping by. You should have a gander at Limas Sweed’s chart. I’m getting ready to do a post on Sweed and JJ Arrington as two players that have chance to really jump out on the national stage and have either breakout or breakdown games.

[...] Pluto is about transformation and dying to outdated concepts of self, while Capricorn means business, big business. There are plenty of posts here that get into the social ramifications of this shift, but on a personal level, young Limas Sweed is waking up and realizing that he is in the big time now and will shift his confidence and awareness to embrace the growing cognition that he is a force to be reckoned with. Maybe he’s having great practices or perhaps Bruce Arians is really coaching him up, getting him ready to take on a more pronounced role in this game due to Ward’s balky knee, but whatever is happening I would wager and I probably will, that a light is going off in Limas Sweed’s brain, that somehow, this game, his present, his future, are all intertwined. (more…) [...]

Very good detective work and good information on these players, I think you are on the right track and will do well in Vegas. Looking forward to more on this topic. Shawn, Wichita, KS

Hi Robert,
once again, very nice detective work (Scorpio influenced?) I enjoy your thinking and angles on events. By the way, the airliner event happened during both retrograde ME as well as VOC MO. Some astrologers question the validity of VOC MO, as have I. My observation is that VOC MO is real, if not unpredictable.It seems to be a time for transpersonal forces to dominate,and ego agendas to disintegrate… a very bad time for me to sell advertising. As Pluto has moved into Crapicorn we will have more periods of VOC MO over the months ahead. A good time to contemplate your navel or empty your ashtray…not so great for earthly agendas.
See ya later, Shawn

Forgot to mention that in trying to time these events it is most helpful to look to see when, during the game, these aspects are “set off” by their current relationship to the transiting angles. For example. if Arrington is well aspected to T JU, he will have the best opportunity to succeed when T JU is angular.
See ya, Shawn

[...] have previously written about the two of them here in my interview with them back in 1998. But the readers digest version for those that are not aware of them is that [...]

Hi Robert,
Made my day to get mentioned on your latest post! Between the “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” of the sad tales of failed advertising sales, and the overall crappy Saturn and Neptune aspects that seem to abound here, I am thoroughly enjoying your Vegas excursion, vicariously. Great to know you are in capable hands this weekend! My professional advice is to just “let it ride”. Not sure how you made the money to afford such a geat vacation (You must be a REALLY GOOD astrologer), but why not do as my friend Tight-Bob is doing and put $50 on the Cardinals to win @ 2to 1 or so? Like the beeer commercials used to say, “grab the gusto”!
p.s. What do you make of T JU conj. Whisenhunt’s N SA ? I say, great defensive effort. Steeler fan would say, Great defensive breakdowns. This is also the Solar eclipse degree of a few days ago….Any kind of aspect to N SA makes me nervous….know what i mean?
See ya later, Shawn

Hi Robert,
Couldn’t help but post my obervations on Rothlisberger’s chart. Hey, it’s not as if
i am getting nagged night and day on my astrological expertise, ya know…It might be worth some money to know Big Ben’s actual time of birth. We know that he was born in Findlay, OH (Ben is undefeated in Ohio as a pro),but the time of day would be particularly helpful in ascertaining, among other things, the exact degree of his Gemini Moon. I understand that this type of info is more readily available from Ohio as opposed to some other states. If Ben was born early in the afterrnoon, he is enjoying the stationary trine from transiting Node to Natal Moon. This would be a considerable bump in the “horseshoe factor” Don’t you think the symbol for the Node looks like a horseshoe? He has also been enjoying the trine from T UR to N NO, although that aspect is now seperating. Nodal aspects are particularly lucky. Ben has a few good aspects going this Sunday, though they are all a bit wide for my liking. Wide = erratic.
T ME is seperating from a square to N SA. Might Ben be saying “Goodbye” to his chance at being a two time Super Bowl winner?
Looking forward to your observations, Shawn

I wonder if Ben might be saying good-bye to all the conflicted feelings he’s been carrying around about Ken Whisenhunt. I don’t think anyone has had the full story, but comments are sometimes made—including one by Nate Washington this week—that Big Ben was frustrated by Whisenhunt’s dictatorial style. His new OC, Arians, seeks his input on the game plan, etc., Apparently, Whisenhunt just told him how it was going to be. This might have been because Benw as a second year QB but he carried around some bad feelings about that for a while and this week he seems to have been actively trying to put those to rest. Maybe he’s letting go of a little resentment monkey that’s been clinging to his back?

Well, this has been fun for me. All the sports astrologers I’ve interviewed thus far—with one to go—are picking the Cardinals and clearly Shawn agrees. You guys are either all going to be right—or wrong—together. Clearly, there’s no significant sample size to go on here. So from a scientific perspective, if the Cards win it won’t *prove* anything. But, that said, if Limas Sweed has a good game I’ll have a difficult time getting out of my chair. Best, Steve

Hi Robert,
WOW! sounds like you are having wild time this weekend! If I close my eyes, I can picture you out in the dessert with Jim Morrison (certainly NOT Charlie Manson) chanting, “Ride the Snake, it’s seven miles long…” You’ve got to be a SA/NE guy…conj. in Libra would be my guess, you nut! You are obviously a very sensitive soul and i commend you for your courage, honesty and vision.
As for Ken Whisenhunt, that dude’s chart is lit up like a Christmas tree. T SU is in partile first qtr square to N NE, the planet of extremes. Neptune is both the “Starmaker” and “Dreamtaker”. We know that the difference in feeling between winning the Super Bowl or losing the Super Bowl is as different as any two extremes can be. Normally I would figure that his dreams would be punctured, but the mitigating factors are T NE conj. N JU and T JU conj. N SA What’s more, all of these aspects are partile, which intensifies the experience all the more. Also, the transiting sextile between MA and VE form a tight Yod to his N UR. For my final analysis I will venture into the esoteric argument that Whisenhunt is the “Aquarius Guy” that this Super Bowl has been preparing for all season. The overall flavor shouts AQUARIUS! As such, we should expect the unexpected, and prepare for an “upset” N UR is in high focus for both Whisenhunt and Warner, adding more weight to my argument.
And for Steve’s sake, I can testify that I did hear one astrologer on the radio yesterday who picked the Steelers. She wasn’t a “Sports Astrologer” as such…whatever that is, but I can give you her name if you are interested.
Yes, this has been fun, and I am very much pleased to have “discovered” you all.
See ya later, Shawn

Yeah Shawn, let’s hear it. What’s her name?

Hey Shawn,

I’m 29 degrees Virgo, stellium in Libra, Moon, Merc, Venus (conjunct), Scorp rising, Jupiter in Sag first house. Neptune trine Mars.

[...] With his warrior-like Sabian symbol, he is conscious of legacy and I have no doubt that despite the ring, he is not proud of performance. The key for Big Ben is to get out early and play well. If I was Bruce Arians, I would script him plays that would give him some success early, because based on his Sabian Symbol, if he is not faring well early on, I am afraid that he will struggle throughout the rest of the game. That doesn’t spell doom for a team that has Willie Parker and a magnificent defense, but it could make it harder on them. Big Ben’s early success is critical, unlike Warner, whom I feel will be engaged in an epic battle of wills. I’m not sure that Roethlisberger’s psyche, in this game, can handle it. (more…) [...]

Hey, You Crazy Mixed-Up Kids,
The astrologer I heard on the radio is named Constance Stellas. She has a website named after herself (imagine, the nerve). The vibe I got was that she is a “nice enough” lady who is more “entertainer” than serious astrologer, although that may not always have been the case. Many serious astrologers have succumbed to the level of “court jester” in an effort to make money. Society isn’t ready to pay good money for good astrology and so we are left with a choice between our ethics and our mortgage payment. Many have chosen the path of least resistance out of monetary considerations. If you want some serious astrology i can tell you where to “dial that up” as well. Courtney Roberts has acconmplished some degree of “scientific” success with her methods of forecasting winners and peak performers. i have learned a lot from her. http://www.courtneyrobertshome.com is a treasure trove for serious gambling degenerates. ERRR, I mean, astrologers.
As for you, Robert, i shall say a little prayer for you tomorrow morning (right after my prayer for Kurt Warner), as you are surely standing on “sacred ground” wherever you may be. I pegged you for a SA/NE type….turns out you are more UR/JU/VE…what a mess!
At any rate, best of luck to you all, Your Friend, Shawn

For the last few years of his life Bill Hicks was THE comedian on the British comedy circuit. He would never be someone to appear on mainstream family viewing during early evening. But he had broken onto TV with talk show apperances and specials, which in turn led him to be able to sell out decent sized venues around the country.

If he’d lived I’m sure his popularity would have increased in the US, but he already had success and, perhaps more importantly to him, respect over here in Britain. I’ll certainly never forget the times I saw him.

Hi Gang,
Just heard from Courtney…she says “Birds to at least cover the 6 or 7″, Kurt Warner Super Bowl MVP, ( Come on, you can’t win an MVP award just for covering a pointspread, Courtney) We are sticking to our guns and taking the Cards to win @ 2 to 1 because it’s the Aquarian thing to do!
See Ya, Shawn

Hi robert,
Good to know you have survived this weekend! Hope you had a great time. I was with you in spirit…
Sooooo a funny thing happened to kurt Warner on the way to the Hall of Fame…Mr. Warner, meet Mr harrison and Mr. Holmes.They will be derailing your career for you this evening. As mightily as the Cards struggled for 3 quarters, I found Warner to be “right on time” as his natal New Moon culminated starting around 9:15 pm EST. In a Uranian flurry of 16 points between 9:20 to 9: 40 or so , Warner was sitting pretty, no doubt composing his acceptance speech in his mind as Super Bowl MVP and sure fire Hall of Famer. I was beginning to think i was a genius astrologer!
Then, as John Madden would say, “BOOM”! Holmes and Roethlisberger decide to win the game as Mike Tomlin’s N Ju reached exact anti-culmination0. i tell you what, it may be awhile before i bet against T MO trine N JU, even if it is over 3 degrees out from exact. If you run a chart for the end of the game (about 10:10 pm EST, i think), and superimpose Tomlin’s chart around the outside of it, you will see what i mean.
Overall, i thought it was a lot of fun, following the astrology of the NFL this season. I learned a ton about “real time” astrology. It was lots of fun meeting you too, Robert. I love your site and your work. Ever follow any college hoops?
See ya later, Shawn

That was awesome for me, as a Steelers fan. Would Mercury going direct, in your view, also explain that dodgy holding call that denied the Steelers a clutch first down throw and gave the Cards a chance to come back?

It was a very Uranian game.

Steve,

Yeah, I think MR going direct played a role, even on the questionable hold/safety. I think in some ways the refs were either conscious or unconscious of an earlier play where it looked like Willie Parker might have been stopped for a safety. I also thought the roughing the passer and roughing the kick holder calls were highly questionable.

But what’s a Super Bowl with The Steelers without questionable calls?

Beth, it was so Uranian, I went from winning $250 to tearing up my ticket in a minute-in-a-half.

Yes, but a statistical analysis shows that the pounds reqd are actually dropping with the globalisation in attitudes towards ‘who is fit enough for rajni.

You know Jeff, I have no idea what the hell you are talking about, but I’ll at least allow one shameless plug for your website.

Hi Robert,
The advantage you have is that you obviously have a lot of Scorpio energy in your chart, so you are not new to the “process” of these factors. That’s why you are resisting them. There are always opportunities for personal cleansing and ritual which can bring a meaning of sorts to the whole. (Ever try a Sweat Lodge? Very Plutonic stuff!) It’s yet another opportunity for you to increase your measure of faith in life itself. Sometimes we don’t know where we stand until we are tested
I am looking at a career change myself. Though,thankfully, not a divorce, as well… I own a small advertising business which is marginally successful, but a recent downturn in sales has me looking at a cash flow business, such as vending. Like most small business people, I am short on capital. This creates yet another opportunity for me to get creative, know what i mean?
You probably have at least one or two ideas of what you might like to do for money When Pluto transited my second house, Imade money by working in a kitchen. Pluto likes it hot, you know!
Hang in there, Shawn

Thanks Shawn. With Scorpio ascendant and Mars in house eight, I am more than familiar with this cycle. Breathing, surrendering to surrender.

hi Robert,

Thanks for your honesty in writing about what’s going on for you personally – I think there’s a lot of power in that. Whenever I’m going through some huge life transition (which is often, with my Sun conjunct Pluto), I’m SO grateful for the astrological perspective – the awareness that it’s just TIME for something to happen and that there’s a higher purpose behind it (even if I can’t fully understand it in the moment). As I’m sure you’re aware, Pluto comes from the Greek word for “wealth” – I’m holding the vision for you uncovering great riches & resources through this 2nd house transit, once you’ve gone through the initial purging and releasing process. Take good care of yourself, Emily

Robert –

thank you for trusting us. I do not want to quibble with the post you shared, but I can’t refrain from a question: Have you taken a good look at your 4th house? You focus on the 2nd, of values, money, worth. While you state:

“Pluto is taking a wrecking ball at my personal foundation, my connection to my family, resources and in some ways, security.”

The terms “personal foundation” “family” “security” ring of 4th house roots to me, truly base chakra.

Is the Saturn-Uranus opposition in play?

Your articles are powerful and compelling—is Uranus urging you toward something irresistable?

So sorry to read this, Robert. It’ll be okay though – you know that, don’t you? This is Pluto’s first act only. I know it from personal experience.
Pluto conjoined my natal Venus in 2003, my partner of 33 years died after a long illness. I was devastated, but within a few months I’d met my now husband and the healing began. I like the metaphor of an abcess for Pluto – clearing away the stuff that has to go for whatever reason, then comes the healing strengthening.
A big cyber hug from me coming atcha, Robert. Stay strong.

So glad you mentioned here “In this world but not of it” The more homage we pay to these scenarios and realities of doom, and population control and NWO the more likely we are to experience them…and in full force. I agree We must remember that life here on earth as humans-being…. We are creating as we go, but most important we are creating an illusion…. When we understand this, we realize our own power of creating, our own potential of contributing… and like you said, with this awareness we alter the very nature of our reality.

Thanks for all the insight and support from everyone. There’s something very powerful and cathartic about sharing and keeps my process pretty real.

Enjoyed Both comments here. It seems we are coming back to balance, we can either do it in a very scary manner or in a spiritual manner, but the cycle is ending and balance is in order.

What a fascinating question you ask Robert “What would our world look like if we had the faith to anchor the very power of creation in every thought” The interesting thing is We already have the answer… We are seeing the world we have indeed created, unfortunately we haven’t been paying attention, or aware that it was our thoughts and beliefs (told to us by the powers that be) all along creating… Now it is time to wake up and consciously create our future.

Let the Balancing begin, but this time with our awareness, our conscious actions.

Robert just love your analogy about the plane crash here as it was mine too. Just watching the story play out that day I had a sense of understanding. An awake/conscious pilot who took a crisis and turned it into a miracle. It personally was a synchronicity in my life as I had been concentrating on witnessing these kinds of events as pointing to our potential to create a better future. I believe in the concept of the Holographic Universe…The All is in the All. I am one who is always seeing the symbolism in each and every event. How the Universe is a picture/reflection/symbol of what is in our own hearts. The day of the inauguration was another day of such astounding positive/aware energy. Of people coming together to support healing, to support a new direction, being conscious and in the moment. 2 million people coming together in harmony. Wow!!!

Hi Robert,

I am sorry to hear that you and your wife are parting ways. I want you to know that being a stay at home dad is valuable and important. Your child will remember the time you spent with him/her. Our family went through some MAJOR life changes last year. We worked through it and are still a work in progress. We didn’t give up. We are in therapy and doing what we can to rebuild. Don’t be scared to reenter the work force. You have a lot to offer. Thank you for sharing your personal story.

Stay strong,

Abra

Hi Robert,
Lots of Aquarius, everywhere you turn these days. Mercury joins the mix soon. 2 types of Aquarians.Overly Saturnine, like Ronald Reagan, Dan Quayle, Abe Lincoln. Other Aquarians embody the Uranian qualities, like Bert Reynolds, Alice Cooper. This signs dual rulership makes it hard to pin down. Sometimes aquarians are great at taking something old and putting a new “dress” on it and making it trendy and hip. The current SA / UR opposition pits these inimical forces against one another, on the world stage. (Think Obama vs. McCain). Meanwhile Aquarians everywhere are just as mixed up as ever!
See Ya, Shawn

Hey Shawn,

Did you ever check out my posts on Charles Darwin and Saul Alinsky? Both Aquarians.

Hi robert,
Always good for more food for thought…I am feeling the effects of your description of Aquarius 22. The need for security is strong for me now, as I am feeling the insecurity of the current economic situation. Feeling a need to have some secure boundaries, as you mentioned. Even considering going back into food service as an operator. Seems as if food is one of the few things that people are still spending money on. Never thought I would consider going back into this demanding business, as I spent 19 (long) years in this biz. Maybe this time around I can “change the story”.
See ya, Shawn

Hi Shawn,

These are Lynda Hill’s insights and connections and she is usually dead on when it comes to the Sabian Symbol material. I was at restaurant/bar in SF two nights ago and I chatted up the bartender. She told me that the restaurant was actually doing quite well, so I think food service still has some merit if the place is the right one.

Hang in there brother, I think we’re all going to have to pull together to get through this impending storm.

[...] noted, with fair amount of angst that the election would culminate on a night with a Void of Course Moon. [...]

Hi Robert,
I found very little to disagree with on your observations and speculations in this post. As for VOC Moon, you may as well go fishing if you are trying to accomplish anything worldly during this time. As a sales rep, I can count on broken appointments and last minute crises to interfere with my sales schedule. The appointments that are set during this time for a later date are invariably cancelled or unavailable. A good rule of thumb for me is to focus on inner life during VOC Moon and expect little or no progress to be made in the world at large. What’s more, as Pluto has moved into the next sign, we will have more and longer periods of VOC Moon over the coming months.
Meanwhile, the Saturn / Uranus drama will play out over a long period of time as well, as there are several more opositions that will occur between these 2 over the next year or more. Check your ephemeris and note that the last one occurs right around the Aries Point and includes a nasty T-SQ to transiting Pluto. Is this the “Revolution”? Are people going to get so fed up with “business as usual” that we will somehow “Come Together” (Right now…Over Me)? and create a real economic revolution? i am with you, Robert, I think it will get a lot worse before it gets any better,and those hoping for a quick fix will be severely disappointed.
By the way, some of the banks around here are starting to look like used car lots. Lots of great deals available on repo’s of all varieties. Would this be a good time to become a “car broker”?
Keep up the great work, Shawn

Hi there –

For a closet luddite you’re doing quite well! I wish I knew how to make your page width
fit on my narrowish (11″ wide) old screen. (Also I can’t seem to rss you.)

Just a thought to share here — what ever happened to the parallel of declination?
When did it start, when did it end? Not long ago it was considered as powerful as
a conjunction or opposition, yet now, when it should be even easier to obtain, it’s
not mentioned at all. Particularly regarding the voc moon: moon changes declination rapidly
and is often not voc at all if one checks declination. Since voc moon is virtually
yes or no to a horary question, this matters. Or does it?

I’m twitching to twitter. But it seems like a lifestyle change I’m maybe not ready for.
It’s like this insane multiplayer endless verbal pingpong into which one could
lose one’s mind, a sort of irresistible junk food of sociability, the kind of thing
one could get addicted to.

I don’t believe it!!! I spent time yesterday drafting a post on this very subject – Twitter! Yours is much more erudite than mine, ‘cos I don’t much like the idea of Twitter. I decided not to post it today after all as it was so negative, then I saw yours!
Perhaps you are right about there being some kind of common wavelength in cyberland which you and I tap into !

I find it hard to understand how people can find time to do Twittering, cellphone communication, blogs, Facebook, My Space, message baords and e-mails – what’s left for L-I-F-E ???

And that Following/Follower thing really gets up my nose! It reeks of cliques, though you seem to disagree on that score.

Mark, that’s a really good question about parallel declination. I have no idea how it atrophied into obsolesence. I’ll look into it though. Shawn, who posted right before you might have some insight as well.

I’ll look into that RSS snafu.

Thanks!

Hey Kara,

Thanks and thanks for dropping by. Went by your site and your art is exquisite!!!

Hi Guys,
Sorry, I am not much help with declinations. I can point you in the direction of someone who is, if you’re interested. As far as I know this is a valid study with lots to offer. Not sure why most of us are pretty ignorant about it. Have tried my hand at a little horary, with mixed results My take is that horary was more needed before the age of computers. Now we can study lots more “real time” factors and information is more readily available, in general. It is difficult to mix disciplines in astrology and , of course, there is no consensus among practitioners. Very little scientific data at all is very satisfying in this field. My understanding is that the Moon is VOC or not, regardless of declination.
See ya, Shawn

Amazing. I did some searching and I did find a few pages, but none that had well written information like this! Keep it up!

Thanks Magic . . .

Let’s go back to the plane crash, and the miracle on the Hudson… The idea here is that the Universe showed us a miracle just when we needed it. As was described in that post the symbolism was extraordinary. A crisis turned into a miracle, A plane crashes into water, water a symbol of rebirth, of cleansing, or coming clean. The travelers exit the long tube (plane) or birth canal on to wings that carry them till safety arrives. The Man in charge kept his head, was calm and in control, He made the right decisions…..and all were saved. Personal accounts describe organized chaos, scrambling for safety, yet all cooperate in the end and all get out alive.

And so we see this playing out as they come to terms with how to “save” US, save the economy. If we are all in this together, and all of us consciously working towards the right goal then the right actions will occur. There are presently many different views on how to fix the economy, and still much fear among the people, these differing thoughts must certainly play a role in the inability to reach a conclusion. As Obama consistently reminds us… It is up to US!

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It will be interesting to find what sign was ascending on the eastern horizon at the time of his birth.

Any way of finding out?

(Before I knew anything about his chart I knew, despite his publicized birth date of November 29th (Sagittarius), it was obvious that here was a very scorpionic individual. For one thing, very obvious, his intense and “hard” eyes give him away. No Sagittarian “grin” can ever hide this truth.

It would be interesting. Thanks for joining in the discussion Tim.

Dear Robert

Many thanks for this most kind gesture and your comments, and of course for yet another unique and stellar post. Yes Sarah Palin will come back better prepared and more understood next time when the 3rd party/ies will back her during the John Titor time line… probably when Uranus enters Aries One, 2010/11. Soon.

Peace and
success to you
Michael St.Clair

Hi Robert,
Did you hear that Palin is trying to get an advance on her biography of 11 million dollars? Zoinks! That’s a lot of books. Her natal SU / MA / SA conj. is about as conserative as it gets. (think Hitler, or possibly, Reagan). My take is that she is completely identified with the conservative ideology, and has very little substance outside of that. She scares me.
Enjoyed your post, Shawn

[...] already figured it out, today is his birthday. Some months back I did a couple of posts on Darwin and Saul Alinsky (another Aquarian), linking Alinsky’s amorality to Darwin’s theories [...]

Made a note of the date and time !

Hey Robert,
Ever read Rob Hand’s conjecture of “Marxism as Antichrist” ? Fun stuff to speculate about ,and I enjoy your ideas. Maybe a good question would be, “In what specific ways will the new revolution manifest itself, amd when”?
See Ya, Shawn

Hey Shawn,

Rob Hand? The astrologer? That’s a fairly ecumenical position to hold for a star watcher.

Hi Robert,

Any numerological/astrological thoughts about today being Friday the 13th and the fact that next month will also have a Friday the 13th?

Love your blog!

-Marvelous

Hi Robert,
Nice delineation of these two horoscopes. You illustrated quite nicely that there is virtually no way that these two can work in close proximity to one another. Maybe Obama should consult with you as his “Head of Human Resources and Appointees.”
Shawn

Shawn,

When the ripples are so close to the surface it’s fairly easy to read which way the tide is moving. How’s that for a little Kwai Chang Cain metaphor for a Friday?

I have always thought this to be a day of the Goddess. Can’t say I have ever had a bad one!

Abra Cadabra, you are the bestest!!!

13 is the number sacred to the Goddess (13 lunar cycles in a year) and Friday is Venus’s day (named after Freya, the Norse Venusian goddess). According to Caroline Casey, pagans traditionally celebrated this special date by making love all day. (No wonder The Man had to go and ruin it…)

I celebrated the Goddess yesterday by seeing a performance of The Vagina Monologues. Very inspiring.

Emily, makes total sense based on the lunar cycles. Thanks for sharing the insight. I’ll have to do more digging around this now. I’m intrigued.

Hi All,
Good idea that King Philip had…..first let’s kill all the bankers.
Shawn

LMAOF!!!

Well said!! Thanks for this, Robert – and happy v-day to you too. Nice expression of the Lunar Eclipse last week – the blending of Leo heart and Aquarian intelligence…

~ Greetings Robert ~
Your words here are beautiful and most enchanting ~

you said
I’ve also encountered this growing phenomenon over at The St. Clair Zone, which continues to surprise and enchant me. The evolving community there is incredibly supportive, bright, creative, welcoming and loving. This is due in large part to the space that Michael has set, the intention that resonates with every post and image. Very complex and abstract concepts, all pointing towards individual and planetary awakening are discussed with frequency and yet there is no authority, no high priest or priestess pontificating on their own particular brand of gnosis. It’s an omni-dimensional and inspiring loom of consciousness and again, individuals shine with bright spirits and inspired expression.

your choice of the words ‘Omni-dimensional’ to me ‘capture the essence’ of The St.Clair Zone perfectly!! Beautiful!
~ This is a wonderful site you have created here Robert.
~ I send much Love

Enjoyed the article but what is the mentioned Heide’s site? Guessing something to do with Mondo 2000…

Hope everyone had a great Valentine’s day.

Happy Sunday. . .

Hii Robert,
You have an obvious talent for comparing and contrasting different people thru their horoscopes! You would do well with the “Real Time” methods for forecasting winners. Can we talk?
Shawn

Hi Robert,
Enjoyed this post. Sounds like a very good movie. A Cheadle fan ever since Boogie Nights. Also, nice delineation of JU / SA opposition. My son was born with this aspect in 1991. He is conflicted about his future. He would like to throw off the yoke and go do his “own thing” I am hoping that he will take my advice and pursue a college degree before doing so. He is usually of sanguine temperment, and reluctant to divulge. Another astrology book correctly delineated this aspect as “your father has problems in his career” As with most oppositions, this one bounces back and forth between Jupiter growth and Saturnine stagnation, as evidenced with Greene’s incarceration, and meteoric rise afterwards.
Keep up the Great Work, Shawn

Hi Emily,
Not familiar with Trudell, myself, although i will try to familiarize myself soon. Very insightful post. I would add that his MA/ SA conj. is a real “buzzkill”, as evidenced by what happened to him and his family after the flag burning incident. His horoscope seems to indicate that he must align himself with a “higher purpose” or collective concerns, and try to minimize his need for ego gratification. MA/ SA has a way of denying personal satisfaction, and demands the “long hard road”.
Hope to hear from you again, Shawn

Don Cheadle is tha man!!! Hey I haven’t forgotten your comment about Real Time. Shoot me an email with more details.

Peace

hi Shawn – Well said about the Mars/Saturn conjunction – that seems very right-on. I looked up Trudell’s transits for Feb. 79, and Pluto was conjunct his Chiron, square Mars/Saturn. Thank goddess all Pluto transits aren’t so ridiculously, devastatingly literal…

Hi Emily
Yes, seems like MA / SA is the worst….followed by anything else with Saturn! “Never have so many done so much, for so little”!
Shawn

I have a hard time with Black History Month too Robert, mainly because there isn’t a Native American History Month (as far as I know). Not to take anything away from the wrongs suffered by our African American cousins, but the Native American tribes suffered too….and most of them died too!

Anyway, that little rant aside, I remember seeing “Talk to Me” on HBO last year some time, and enjoyed it. I’d never heard of Petey Greene though. what a terrible pity he had to die so young. He’s a nice example of Aquairus when properly hooked up to Uranus.

Spoken like a true Aquarian Twilight. I think that it’s great that people are proud of their heritage and I champion, championing their past, but you make a great point about Native Americans. Ironically, while we do our best to celebrate diversity, sometimes it actually points out and exacerbates our differences, thus reinforcing the concept of separation from one another.

Hi Robert,
Very interesting post. The theme seems to be, “value”. What is the value of money? Did we make a mistake abandoning the gold standard? Today’s US Dollar is backed by “the full faith and credit of the American people” That seems precarious to me. The current economic situation is practically begging for some type of Revolution. When will we get so fed up with business as usual that we take back our “value”, forcibly, even? The moneychangers are morons, or worse, crooks, overrun with greed.
Enjoying trafficking in the currency of light with you, Shawn

ps. cant find your e-mail addy. Please send me an e-mail so I will have it.

Yes, very informative. I can’t pretend I fully understand it but I get the basics. Perhaps this current time is the time when new ideas start to be seeded, while Uranus and Neptune are in each other’s signs, and Jupiter’s in Aquarius. When Uranus moves into Aries, that’s likely to be when the energy is right for new ideas can be driven to fruition – lets hope they are the right ideas!

Hi Twilight,
The last of the SA / UR oppositions take place @ the Aries Point, with a T- SQ to Pluto next year. Other planets join the mix too. Good time for an old fashioned Revolution, I say. If he were alive today, I think Thomas Jefferson might agree with me.

Interesting that your experiences coincided with Pluto to your AC. Obviously, something happened that brought home the lesson that the power of Pluto cannot be used for purely personal ends without backlash. Would like to hear “the rest of the story”.

The first and last degrees of each sign are marked by real apparent impatience. A sort of “let’s get on with it” attitude. My eldest son was born 2-18-85 and has a lot of first and last degree placements. The most recent effect of TR Pluto trine to his Sun manifested in impregnating his wife. This is interesting as he has been married for over 4 years and never practiced any form of birth control. He even had his sperm count checked. I suspected that his wife may have some type of problem, but apparently, the power of TR Pluto did the trick.

I echo what shawn has said……”rest of story”?

This was a fascinating read, Robert. Thanks. One thing popped into my mind just as I finished reading….how can you tell whether what you experienced wasn’t precognition – a flash of the future, rather than a thought of yours which turned into fact? I suspect that if something like that happened to me, I’d immediately look on it as a bit of a psychic experience – me having observed something before it happened, rather than me having “caused” it to happen. Pluto on the ascendant could relate to the experience either way, couldn’t it?

Is what you describe more or less the same as magic? (Without the spells and bells and whistles)

Twilight,

The answer to your question is that I don’t know.

But whatever was taking place, it was something that did not conform with reality as I knew it. I had many other experiences during this time, such as OBE’s, etc.

I also had some very dark times there as well.

Pluto was not only sitting near my ascendant, it was trining my natal Pluto near my mid-heaven.

The next day, the story changed and they said that the power outage was in Central California, whereas the night before it was in Oakland, where I was, which made it even stranger.

So the rest of the story goes like this.

I lived 50 feet off the grounds (four stories) and behind me I had a young woman whose brother was in and out of jail. One day he is there with the mother of his children and he beat her up so bad that she feared for her life and jumped out the window, falling fifty feet. She suffered multiple injuries including brain damage. When I saw her again, she was like a child.

I was furious at the guy and began to use my “new found powers” on seeing him jump out the same window. I put A LOT of energy into it.

I had a dog at the time and one day before I drove off to work I left my window, big with no screen open because it was so hto. I had the feeling that I should close it, but didn’t listen.

When I got home that night, I was greeted by a tenant who told me that my dog had fallen out the window and fell fiftty feet onto conrete. I knew two things immediately; One, that he was okay and two, that this was a psychic backlash of wishing ill will upon another.

I went to the vet where someone had taken him and he had only broken a small bone in his hindquarters. When I told the vet what had happened, she was incredulous.

He fully recovered.

Is it magic? I believe so, but only in way that allows us to interact with the quantum universe in an intimate fashion.

I believe that co-creating with these states is a our true nature and that my experiences during this time were more about human potential than me.

I defer to Dr. William Tiler’s expereiments in intention and creating a new sub-atomic reality within the confines of his lab based on repeated experiments.

Reality as we know it is far more malleable and fluid than we understand, only because most people are locked into a very rigid and structured set of beliefs which continue to define and determine the rules of existence as it is shared on a mostly conesensual level and yet there is something far deeper happening.

This is what aborignal and western magical culture is aware of; access to the dreamtime, interplay with the elements, shapeshifting, bi-location, etc.

I believe that we are reaching a tipping point where the game is changing rapidly and our old paradigm is being systematically shut down.

We have a choice of accpeting a new, socially engineered paradigm that’s already in the works, or creating something entirely new and essentially stepping into the vast expanse of possibility, miracles, magic and love for one another and the planet as a whole.

But, that’s another story.

The Stone Roses are one of my favorite bands….Thank you for listing his other projects…I will check them out!

Abra, you should peep those Youtube vids as well.

Cheers!

YES yes yes – thank you so much for this, Robert – the reminder that “reality as we know it is far more malleable and fluid than we understand.” In terms of what’s happening with “the economy,” what you are talking about here is so important. “The economy” is largely an imagined construct – as we all know, most of what’s going on financially doesn’t really exist. So I think a lot of our collective task right now is to be conscious enough to unplug from the imagined economy that isn’t really working for anyone (except the handful of people who are pulling the strings) and create an economy based on what’s real and sustainable (as Pluto in Capricorn will eventually compel us to do anyway – or destroy ourselves).

This reminds me of Carolyn Myss’s work and her advice that we need to be conscious of what we’re “plugging our circuits into” – which current and future realities, which beliefs, are we energizing with our vital life juice? Like, what if they held a Depression and no one came?

I also didn’t entirely get what you were talking about in your first post about the Currency of Light and really appreciate your follow-up, clarifying post. But in a way, I didn’t mind not understanding the first one, because I was just so grateful for the term Currency of Light. We’re so in need of alternative, positive visions for our future, and this phrase helped open my mind to the possibilities.

Emily, the great thing is that this can look so different, in so many ways. It can also simply manifest in some form of deeply shared perspective with another, some form of communion that feeds our soul and nourishes our well being in ways that aren’t quantifiable by some measure of income, outcome, debt or doubt. Reframing value, possibility and true wealth is so important right now.

Last night I had a conversation with a stranger that lasted three hours and gave me some very potent insight into my currrent situation. This trans-action was increidbly valuable to me and now I get to convert it into some other form of action, insight or creative act.

We need to radically re-appraise the entire notion of what is worthy and worthwhile.

get a grip, she has two sons and you need to go back to school to lean how to spell!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the correction and I’ll use spell-check more often.

So I went back into the post and did a spell check, I had one word wrong. I think you’re the one that needs to get-a-grip.

Robert ~~~ Just popping in again to say there’s a wee Award up for you over at mine. It’s The Pluto Award.

Hi Robert,
That was a crazy story! As Shakespeare wrote, “There are more things of heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” I am glad there are pioneers like you who are pushing the limits of coonsciousness. I tried some withcraft stuff years ago, but it wasn’t really for me. I am a Sun / Saturn type who is hopelessly hidebound. You, on the other hand, are more of a Jupiter / Uranus type and have greater understanding and appreciation for the subtle realms than others. I am also on board with the concepts of dreamtime, reincarnation, and other invisible phenomena. For some of us, tho, these remain more abstract and theoretical than the living breathing reality that you describe. Glad you’re sharing your journey on this crazy, mixed-up planet earth.

It’s pretty interesting and strange at times, though I have to say that it is not the most fortifying state if ones partner is looking for security. That said, I think that we are all learning and feeding into some greater consciousness, whether we’re Jupiter/Uranian or Sun/Saturn types, we’re all doing our parts and I for one appreciate your consistency.

~ This is a beautiful read ~ Thankyou for sharing the beauty ~
~ I welcome this time of ~ change ~ And move gracefully towards a magnificently bright ~ future ~
~ Peace to you ~

~ This is a touching post ~
~ I have been following the story of Jade for a while now ~
~ Jade discovered that she had cervical cancer at the same time that the uk goverment introduced the anti-cervical cancer drug to girls of school age ~
~ Yesterday I watched the news to see a small coverage of Jade’s wedding to Jack. It is beautiful to see how Jades courage is affecting and touching the hearts of so many.

~ Robert you said

When I saw Goody, I even had to wonder how much of her illness could have been caused by how people turned on her and the immense ill will she experienced at the hands of many who thought that she betrayed their trust, faith and love in her. Almost like sympathetic black magic, did the public’s toxic reaction to Goody hasten her demise? Did Goody’s system become overtaxed due to stress and living what seems to be an unhealthy and fairly debauched life as a reality star?

~ I was contemplating this also Robert!
~ ‘Conciousness and Energy’ create ‘reality’ so therefore – ‘mass negativity’ directed towards any individual will affect that person in a multitude of ways!
~ We are powerful beings! And with power must come responsibility. ‘Knowledge’ allows us the oppurtunity to create a better future.
~ I take responsibility for my thoughts, actions and deeds. This has come as a result of becoming aware of how ~we~ create reality ~

~ I send Jade and her family ~ Love & Peace ~
~ Peace to you also Robert ~

~ I wish to add to my message above that I have ‘many doubts and concerns’ about the uk’s introduction of the Anti-cervical cancer vacination ~

~ Peace ~

Thanks Angelica,

Lynda is a real treasure when it comes to translating the symbols in ways that are potent, positive and meaningful.

Love the insights in this post, Robert – this is the first I’ve heard about this story (pop-culturally ignorant as I generally am). I think the shadow side of Aquarius/Pisces and Uranus/Neptune also has a lot to do with the medical industry, as illustrated in this story. It’s time to wean ourselves from giving our power away to God the Doctor – taking pronouncements/death sentences like “You have weeks to live” at face value – as if anyone could really know how long you have… Like Angelica, I’m also suspicious about the anti-cervical cancer vaccination – it’s the same old concept – that health and illness are outside of you and pharmaceutical intervention is required to keep you safe.

The crazy thing about this is how eerily Goody’s plight is a future echo of the film. I highly recommend finding “Deathwatch” just to witness the strange reflections of our time in a film that was made in 1981.

TY for the tip. Shall be there with cosmic bells on. Promises expansion & excellent ROI

Investment: A bit of time and awareness. Return: Priceless.

TTFN,
A.

Are we commenting here, Robert ? Okay!

From 8 to 8.30 this morning I put my mind out there into the void as far as I could. Three things popped into my consciousness: first, for some reason, horses. A kind of whooshing as a big group of them galloped past, and later again I kept seeing a horse or horses. Then spirals. Then for some reason a voice in my said said “remote viewing” .

Not a terribly inspiring collection !

Once again, as in the last Gathering in the Void, I felt the time passed very very quickly. Normally I find 5 minutes a long time to wait – so the fast rate of passage of time in this experiement is quite noticeable for me. Oh and, as in the last experiment, I sneezed (twice actually).

Hi Twilight,

Yes, this is the place. Last time in the void, “remote viewing” also came to me. This time, I was in a much deeper space than last and I could feel and sense the presence of otherness. I didn’t have as many thoughts or images as last time, but I had my share. 330 Hertz came to mind. I have no idea what this means or signifies, so I’ll have to do some research on it, but it seemed connected to some sense of a planetary frequency, one of entrainment, almost like a mass hypnosis. I also kept coming back to the phrase, “mile-wide-smile” which is the name of track from a group from England. I had the sense, of great, planetary grin. It was quite amusing actually. The name, “Sanchez” also popped into my consciousness, but this go round was more about feeling and presence versus thought. My cat was with me the entire time and I think he was really digging it. Time did not go as quickly as I had a bit of head start and started relaxing into the spact at about 5:50. Thanks for showing up.

@Twilight, may I offer some resources for your sights?
Horses: http://www.whats-your-sign.com/horse-symbol-meanings.html
Spirals: http://www.whats-your-sign.com/spiral-meaning.html

@R.Phoenix, et al.,

My experience is likely a continuation of dreaming into Donna’s dragon artwork (which can be seen here:http://sapphokinesis.blogspot.com/2009/02/from-our-workshop-gregor.html) which I had cast eyes on just prior to the time of Gathering in the Void.

Nevertheless, a little imaginative fuel never hurts to stoke the flames of insight.

In the Gathering, each perceivable consciousness was a scintillating scale upon a behemoth, cosmic dragon. Each scale reflective, brilliant, and glistening with the promise of awareness – illumination.

Naturally, the dragon’s body was enormous in order to sustain such an infinite mass of consciousness’s (to reiterate, each individual consciousness represented by a luminescent scale).

So, as the host or Source of such expanse, the reptilian body of the dragon was mountainous – its contours reminded me of scientific diagrams illustrating quantum fields. Wefting, waxing, warping.

This was tremendous fun, quite trippy this time out. Thanks for sharing, and allowing the experience to unfold.

WOW! I love it! Thanks for dropping in.

Robert -

Thank you for calling us back again to the void.

I woke up at 5:52 with a sore right shoulder, neck and arm. I went upstairs and laid out my mat.

I struggled at first to find stillness, that sense of suspension, to move into the witness place that observes without judging. The rain and wind agitated the wind chimes and tripped the motion light. I worked with my breath as though calming a startled bird.

The themes that came were:

-the recurring word “leitmotif”

-crouching

-mirror facing mirror creating endless prism doorways

-a very persistent image: a Neolithic goddess figure, reclining within the earth, on her right side with huge hips and belly and breasts (interesting, that my right side hurt now that I write this) covered with strata of sediment, sandstone, limestone, and the goddess the same color as the soil around her. Her eyes, if she had any, were closed. I could perceive her beginning to move very slightly and shift the earth around her.

At 6:34, I rose and rolled up the mat and checked the time.

A Venefica ~~ Thank you for those two links . I like the Native American interpretation of horses best – definitely NOT the “war” ones though!
Spirals are good! Hmmm- more inspiring than I’d thought originally!

Hey Robert

This lunation is especially in touch with my sense of being out of body experience. Well, I felt I was out of my body, it usually happens when my intentions are for it. Unfortunately, Images were not strong enough this timefor me to tell what I saw, but my intuitions guided me in the void, and I found the word ‘RED’ the ‘figure’ of the experience. That’s all.
Hope to do it again.

Didn’t hear about the previous void gathering in time to participate but read the comments on the experiment and was eager to join in on this very apt (for me) Pisces moon. Here’s what I received……

a big black labrador dog wagging his tail…..

a galaxy (or something bigger but I think it was our Milky Way) looking like a top (like the old fashioned children’s toy) being pumped up and down by an invisble hand/force to get it spiraling around – not really faster but causing it to vibrate with more powerful energy and intensity ever building……later also the spiral theme again as a galaxy that looked exactly like a pinwheel – very vertical – like at a right angle to our milky way galaxy…….

then a stylised symbol of a fir tree that melded into an early type texas oil drill that then melded into a scene of hundreds of buoys floating along the shore
connected to long rods that collect wave power……

a coyote and an owl traversing a desert ( that seems rather contrived – but I did see it)

RFID chips – (but this could just be me – as I am getting a bit freaked out lately about privacy issues etc)

the earth starts slowly developing red cracks here and there and then is covered by them – it looks just like the cracks on a hard boiled egg – but it is a clear feeling that these cracks are beneficial – almost like etheric neural networks developing to strengthen and connect us all……..

at about ten minutes in I first saw a stack of waffles with a very round scoop of ice cream – then about twenty minutes in… club sandwich with a very round green olive on top. Of course, that is almost too embarrassing to include – looks like a bad case of the tummy rumbles intruding and nothing more! But no! it definately felt significant. Is it a metaphor for over consumption? Then apon deeper reflection, one dish was sweet and the other was savoury (yin/yang -duality) and both had 3 layers (3rd dimensional world or body/mind/spirit, the trinity, past present future?) of squares (symbol for earth) crowned by a single sphere (perfect unity/oneness is “apon” us?) Plenty of geometric symbolism represented! 1,2,3,4…….testing, testing…..

at the end very loud humming like a beehive very near and intense royal purple everwhere in between receiving the other images.
Also an overwhelmingly calm feeling of the expansive hugeness of IT ALL but at the very same time feeling the closeness of connecting to the minutest part of it all…….

Hope I’m not rambling too much here. It will be interesting to see if there are many of the same themes cropping up. I was excited to see other people saw spiral related things too…..

Thank you for offering the opportunity to experience the gathering in the void for a second time. It was great to have such a pleasant time frame here in western australia to participate – it was a very civil 11pm here. Usually the time difference being what it is, makes it very difficult to join in with real time events. Thanks again!

Good stuff Rafael,

Thanks for dropping back in.

The great thing about the new moon and this cycle is that these images, feelings and perceptions are like clay that you can work with moving forward. The symbolic can become real through art and the concretization of feeling into form, if one so chooses.

Gail,

Very powerful. It’s always hard to differentiate our programming from what we might be perceiving. Glad you were able to participate at this time.

–Robert

It’s fascinating to read the experiences of others.

Robert – That “remote viewing” thing is weird isn’t it. I don’t think I was remembering your experience last time – I hadn’t re-read your report since I first read it, and had forgotten all about it. I definitely heard a very clear male voice, quite deep, saying the words. Eery!

Twilight, I went back and read my comments and I had put down, “feeling as though I was being observed” which dovetails with your remote viewing piece. That pretty much describes what it felt like.

YES YES, it is a quite sensitive time to explore your soul experiencing out of our present reality, and this years is the strangest year for me in terms of weirdness, it’s been wild, since I am having my Jupiter return…

I think with this Jupiter placement we can ‘talk’ to the cosmos, this experience is been great so far , its like we can talk to each other in the speed of light with a sure foot on the ‘sky’ behind the veils of our perception. Kind of a ‘new/old’ language.

Thanks for the oportunity again ! you rock !

Sorry I am late in reporting in.

The imagery I saw was very clear. The central theme seemed to be a kind of a clear bluish light. The light seemed to be for me close to the type of lighting Vermeer used in his paintings. (When I checked Vermeer actually used brighter lighting). I asked if there were anything I should tell you Robert and saw a blank wall of a room lit with this bluish type light coming from a celestory window type source. Again a very interesting experience.

Thank you.

Interesting that you picked up on this topic, Robert. It has been bugging me since someone mentioned it on my blog.

Apparently our state of Oklahoma is one of those leading the mini-revolution to state sovereignty. I am not impressed!

To me this is like kids kicking and screaming because they can’t have it all their own way. Especially in OK’s case. Although we have a Democratic governor the idea is to get rid of him in 2010. They don’t want the stimulus money…..let the poor stay poor, they’ve always been poor. Never mind if they don’t have health care – it’ll get rid of a few of ‘em. Can you see I’m angry??? To me this smacks of treason.

Do people love this country or do they just love themselves?

Unity should be the way to go now. From what I’ve read, it won’t be as easy as it sounds to get anything done on this, and it’s probably just a lot of grandstanding and hot air. I do hope so, but even as that I think it’s dangerous and lacking in maturity – especially at the stage the USA just now, on the brink of collapse.

Perhaps I’m looking at it from a different perspective. Don’t know. But I don’t like it.

Twilight, this is very tricky because I believe that there are a number of forces that are directing the soul of the planet and the species towards a conscious reunification with the totality of all that is, even though in my mind, the “fall” and attendent separation is an illusion anyway, but it makes godd theater nonetheless. So that unification can manifest in many different ways; from the concept of singularity and the fusion of carbon and silicon lifeforms, to a North American Union on the way to the New World Order, which is what Kissinger, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair are all chirping about these days, to the rise of the socialist state in the face of individualism, et al. So I believe that the energy and the momentum is there–it’s assembling–I’m just not sure that I trust the powers that be to steer the ship towards a safe harbor. The money game is out of control and from what I am seeing, this is very similar to what happened to Argentina in the nineties.

We’ve seen the most massive transference of wealth in the history of the planet. Peoples 401 K’s, have just gone up in smoke. Pensions are coming next and my five-year-old son, is already on the hook for $184,000, yet Bernie Madoff gets to cool his heels under house arrest while his wife angles to keep her $629 million. Obama seems to me to give lip service to the notion of helping, but in reality, he’s putting us deeper into debt. His new, New Deal is nothing like FDR’s. When the first New Deal was rolled out, there was a huge ceiling for manufacturing, growth and consumption. That model is maxed out and while the “Green” version is great, it’s got a ceiling as well. If we’re more efficient, doesn’t that mean less for manufacturing and utilities in general? We’re at a very serious crossroads and I can see why states are reluctant to buy into the plan.

With Jupiter in Sag (first house) trining my Uranus in Leo (ninth house) I’m a big advocate of freedom and states rights are very appealing to me. In fact, the more local, the better as far as I’m concerned. Perhaps this is an imprint of some other tribal existence I once knew.

The conservative community got hijacked in The Bush era as far as I’m concerned and their fealty got tied to a preening puppet who sold the country and the world down the river. Their big mistake was supporting him in 2004, but unfortunately the voting was so badly rigged and Bushes fellow Skull and Boner, purposefully chosen just for that election rolled over like he was supposed to.

I can see why people are being reactionary on so many levels.

Maybe that’s why those camps mentoned by Glen Beck are in “stand-by” mode.

As many people who read this blog aware of, I am very interested in the effects of social engineering and am watching what’s happening with a very curious gaze.

I’m sure that we’ll see some “rubber hitting road” moments very soon with Obama and we’ll more or less know where we stand as a nation that seems to be digging in for one helluva a culture clash.

Twilight-

I just ran across this Lou Dobbs video from Tuesday and Obama and Brown are riffing on The New World Order.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tasAu_gkmDQ

Thanks for your response, Robert. Yes, everything is in flux now. It’s exciting in one way, but frustrating too. It’s a pity the reactionaries hadn’t reacted some years earlier – that’s my take on it all. They sat still and watched as the Bush administration allowed things to go to Hell. Things could have been done years ago to alleviate matters.

It was on the cards that Lou Dobbs and Glen Beck would say what they’re saying. Republicans are being their predictably obnoxious selves.

To be honest, Robert, I believe that a One World Order is the only way to go. Bring it on – as long as it’s done properly…..that’s the clincher isn’t it?

I should stand back and watch, I guess, and not get myself upset about it all – but it’s difficult.

I think it’s important not to be too dismissive of certain folks regardless of their supposed affiliation. I almost always listen to what Kucinich, Maxine Waters or Barbara Lee has to say. They’re voices I have come to more or less trust on the left. I used to pay more attention to Chomsky, but I find him a little disengenuous and believe him to be a gatekeeper.

Glen Beck is a tool. I have great respect for Lou Dobbs.

When signing off on a New World Order, I think there a couple of things that people need to ask themselves. This has been circulating in conspiracy circles for years and now it truly seems to be cominng to fruition and some very unsavory characters have been calling for it for quite sometime, from Albert Pike and Rockefeller to Henry Kissinger. If you want to put your full faith and credit into the hands of these guys, then enjoy their world. The other thing you need to ask yourself is how comfortable are you with digital currency, implantible chip technology, etc. If you’re fine with that, then you’re on board the right train.

The ingenious component of this is that it is always managed to be right vs left, social vs capital, cool vs uncool, science vs religion in a classic Hegellian dialectic.

What is usually discouraged is third ways–true alternatives–tertiary paths. For to do so would make the individual more accountable and important than the system, not in bad way, but one that is empowering and dynamic.

Remember the first time we really heard the words, “New World Order?” They were uttered out of the mouth of George Herbert Walker Bush in Gulf War I.

Be careful what you wish for.

For every beautiful, spiritual, Age of Aquarius concept like “Unity,” there is also what Caroline Casey calls a “toxic mimic.” The toxic mimic of Unity is the New World Order. True Unity cannot be created through state-sponsored murder (i.e., doubling troops in Afghanistan, continuing to destroy the Palestinian people & their homes & land, etc etc) or by taking away individual rights (as with the Patriot Act). Unity is not something that the government can impose on its people – like freedom, truth and other Aquarian ideals, Unity is an inside job. As long as we keep looking outside ourselves – to Obama, the “bailouts,” Jesus, the aliens, or whoever – we will continue to get the Aquarian toxic mimic reflected back at us. As long as we keep practicing separation rather than Unity in our own individual lives, our collective reality will continue mirroring that separation.

I recently listened to an excellent interview with Michael Tsarion that speaks to these themes – including the “divide & conquer” strategy that Robert refers to, and what true empowerment looks like – very worthwhile: http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/radio/regina.htm

Thanks, Robert, for continuing to remind us of the tertiary paths! in gratitude, Emily

Gives Emily a hearty and etheric high-five!

This Pisces rising loves this story on the pink dolphin. I want to swim with it.

Robert ~~~ I suspect the reason the idea of One World has circulated for some time is because it really is the only way the species can survive.
Individuals could be real individuals back in history. The world is too chock full now of human beings. If you want individuality back you’d need to get rid of several billions of souls – which could happen if Mother Nature turns on us, as she well may do, and is entitled to do. If not, sad as it may be, for I’m more independent minded than most, but I’d accept anything which would ensure a peaceful future on Earth. The only way this can ever come to be, is by unity and working together. It’s poetic to think otherwise, but it’s not realistic. Someone has to lead us into unity. Individuals will not do it by themselves. We have to look outside ourselves or we become self-obsessed. We have to trust. There is very little trust in this country, and it makes me sad.

My own view, and gut feeling. I realise there are many others, equally valid.

Okay Twilight,

You have me convinced. I’m ready to sign up. . . but only if the most important people all have their ubiquitous teleprompters and I get to write the scripts.

I like your take on this, Robert. I also like the way you talk about your father’s website (I’ll trip over later and take a look). It’s coincidental that I found a comment this morning on that old post of mine about the Killers’ song “Human”. It was an anonymous, rather cheeky but well-meaning comment about my age, and the commenter being basically somewhat surprised that such an “old gal” could do what I do. I was annoyed at first then had to laugh at myself first then at the commenter.

Ageism is as obnoxious as racism and sexism, but people still get away with it frequently (not when I’m around though!)

Thanks for what you’ve said with regard to the older generation. My husband’s about the same age as your Dad, and iIm not far behind, but we don’t feel old or elder or anything other than what we’ve always felt. Just us.

Yeah! Thanks for putting this into perspective, Robert – I’m noticing a lot of people (including myself) getting serious about living their passions and being willing to really work for it. Thinking about how Pluto’s entry into Cap coincides with the Saturn/Uranus opposition – seems like there’s no way out except to go for it.

I also like thinking about Pluto in Cap in relation to our elders – not only our elders taking on more power and living their passions, but (I hope) a cultural transformation where we see the necessity of respecting and honoring our elders, and learning from their wisdom.

Bingo. Riichard. Pluto in Capricorn should not be feared as much as greeted with understanding, says she with Pluto on the cup of her seventh.

The issue about work and passion that you discuss cannot be underestimated. When I had my children, my husband also a 1948 boomer insisted I have a career, if i wanted one of passion. on the basis that we spend too many hours working to not feel and connect with out work. He gave me one of the biggest gift of my lifetime with working with me, and processing different possible professions. I have always been told I was spoiled because my hobbies rolled into one, wonderfuyl career. Now between you and me, it is a bummer ..LOL to lose one’s hobbies.

I do believe many people have been given an oppportunity, though let’s face facts, the situation is hard. Entrepreneurs usually gain in times like this. In fact, many little business pop upand succeed in recessions. Need is the mother of invention. If you want I can give you a list. I also ask you which employee are you going to fire in times like this..1) the one who says yes but you can tell by their facial expression they don’t like where they are or 2) The enthusiastic, authentic employee who cannot get enough to do, and beams?

Odd enough many of my friends never retired and do not want to. They are still working, and not being laid off. Why? They own their own busienss (LOL) or they really “dig” what thet are doing. Many are in second careers.

Your insights are so vlauable. I thank you.

Hope you son enjoyed his day, Robert.

I inherited my father’s natal Sun in Aquarus and Saturn in Aries. My mother had Sun in Libra and a stellium in Cancer – my natal ascendant was Cancer (re-located to Aquarius by moving to OK).

Mmm – no warm an fuzzies today then? I see. I’ll gird up my loins for the fight.

U2 were playing on Letterman’s show week before last, each night. I almost did a post about ‘em myself, but I’m fairly indifferent to them, and as I most enjoy writing about those I love or dislike a lot – I gave them a miss. Interesting astro links there though, Robert!

Looking forward to a bout on the NWO – having my hands bandaged as we speak.

It’s all very odd! I pity those afflicted by it. I wonder if it’s a mutation of a more common skin disease. Bugs seem to be mutating these days, getting stronger and longer lasting, harder to kill off. The cold virus seems to be getting stronger than it used to be, for instance.

Thank you so much for helping to spread awareness of Morgellons disease and posting such a good piece on the matter. If your readers would like more info on Morgellons, they can check out morgellons

Twilight-

“Mutation” is the name of the game on so many levels right now. The thing that makes Morgellons hard to track is obviously, the lack of serious merit given to it by the medical industry and the fact that for thos who do study it, that there are so many vectors the disease takes on. There are commonalities amongst sufferers, but also vast differences as well, which makes it incredibly hard to track. Morgellons also does not seem to be confined to the human species either. Animals and plants show similar symptoms, which make it biospherically systemic.

Bill-

You’re welcome. I can only imagine the frustration and suffering of those who are afflicted by it. The sense of isolation and alienation in some cases must be close to unbearable.

Just a quick note on the timeline. Both Darwin and Hitler, when they walked the Galapagos and delivered for all intents and purposes, the manifesto of The Third Reich, both did so in Februrary of their respective years, the first month of Uranus in PIsces, when Uranus was at zero degrees. There’s something about the potency of the degree, which seems to set a tone early on for not just it’s manifestation during a particular, planetary cycle, but in both their cases for society, history and culture at large.

A quick glance at zero degree Pisces events for 2004 that I believe are noteworthy for the timeline are, one, most obviously the surfacing of the Abu Ghraib torture photos and the other being the formation of the smallest ever, carbon Nano, formulated by scientists from Russia, Australia and Greece. Again, we see a fractal of the political/totalitarian strain and the evolution of not just scientific theory of evolution, but essentially re-ordering evolution itself.

Interesting blog and post, but are you not aware that our generation has a name, a name which has caught on in a big way nationally: “Generation Jones”, born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X. Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term.

Here is a recent op-ed about GenJones in USA TODAY:
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htm

ok Robert….you are spot on about Aries…my best friend who is an Aries has been a massage/polarity/cranio sacral therapist for over ten years and the name of her business is called A Lighter Touch. She started out in massage but it was too physical for her and she found energy work to be easier for her physically. She still gives the best massages ever! Can’t wait for the Libra entry!

These are outstanding! Valuable, and much needed. Quite philathropic of you…and much appreciated by those looking for direction @ this time. Looking forward to 3rd post.

Hey,

My pleasure.

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Proponents of communism and the NWO (two sides of the same coin, really) neglect to realize that systems in evolution tend toward complexity–not simplicity or unification. As systems evolve, they become more complex. We now see that chaos (the jungle) is really just complexity. The complexity theory proposes an organic, “non-linear” model of self-organization as the driving force of history — a network of interconnected communities — not a single world order.

Unfortunately, many otherwise intelligent and kind-hearted individuals are duped by the lofty ideal of a unified, benevolent governance (our God-centric conditioning for 1000s of years) instead of personal responsibility & accountability within complex and interconnected communities.

Okay, Robert : Round 1

The first word I tripped over in your post was “indoctrinated” in regard to my (and Steve’s) British background and lifestyle. That word smacks of force.
The kind of so-called socialism in Britain, Scandinavia and parts of Europe isn’t the kind which calls for indoctrination. Americans have a twisted view of what goes on over there, I fear.

The next word I tripped over was “submit” (as in submitting to a NWO). Again this smacks of force. There’s an underlying paranoia throughout your otherwise erudite and interesting piece, Robert. But I have sensed this quite a bit in the USA. Y’all may have good reason for it, but I don’t share it.

Yes, I do think that in due course the world will need to be unified. I don’t see this as coming about in my lifetime though, nor probably in yours, unless there’s some kind of devastating catastrophe which calls for it to happen. That is not unlikely. If all things bumble along as they are at present though, I’d say it’d be at least another century, maybe two, before true world unity by consent will come about. It will come about – it’ll have to unless the race regresses. That’s another option – regression.

You appear to see a sinister undercurrent in almost everything. While I am not the Pollyanna I might appear to be at times, and can be quite cynical about politicians and power brokers, I do not immediately think everyone is about to get me, or is scheming to take over the world. That is the stuff of movies and fiction.

When the argument is distilled – it comes down to the age old contrast between left and right. We aren’t going to agree. You are not going to convince me, nor I you.

With reference to CVB’s comment, above – “personal responsibility and accountability within complex and interconnected communities” – that’s been tried for centuries. There has to be progression, something different and more suited to the way life is going to become in future centuries. Why would personal responsibility and accountability disappear under a world government anyway? I don’t see the two as incompatible at all.

Hi Twilight,

You’re right there isn’t much convincing either way that’s going to take place, but this is a good exercise for us to engage in healthy debate, without taking things personally.

My feling is, is that humanity hasn’t had much of a shot at really seeing what it can do without outside interference and allowed to adjust and evolve on it’s own.

I beleive that our reality is constantly mediated by war, economic desparity, social unrest, etc. I believe that most of these are all condtions that artifically generated in order to keep us separate, engaged in struggle and always looking for someone in a higher position to solve out things for us.

I won’t go into granular detail here and quote chapter and verse from the conspiracy bible, but in America, we dealt with The Vietnam War for close to 15 years. People John Stockwell, a former CIA operative in Nam, Angola and other places blew the lid on the war, exposing America;s role in taking over the heroin trade in “The Golden Triangle” from The French. The war tore at the very fabric of our society and might have cost John Kennedy his life. Black families, many of whom had young men, unable to attend college go off to war and those young men either died, returned as junkies or struggled to find themselves in a world that didn’t fit or care. A great cross-section of the Black American experience was lost due to that war and in retrospect what idid it accomplish? The rukes of engagement put forth by Kennedy’s “wise men” who were now advising Johnson, basically insured that the war was not winnable. So tell me again, after all these years, why we were there? Why did we sell parts to The Russians, who in turn used those parts to craft weapons, which were then sold to North Vietnam, which in turn then used said weapons back on The US?

The first, great, depression was another, socially engineered event as is this current financial criss, all with the intention of distracting and dividing the masses, making them compliant consumers, mied in their own credit morass.

Some might simply say that this is “human nature” and perhaps they are correct, but I truly believe that our definition of humanity has never been truly able flower and express itself without some force exerting some form of influence, for financial gain or political position.

I am of the mindset that we are setting on technology that far exceeds that of the public sector’s knowledge and that these technologies could easily level the playing field between the haves and have nots and that if those in power were much more invested in the type of golden age that we a capable of experiencing, they would release said technologies and then set about by truly being enlightened stewards of the planet. But alas, from what we have experienced recently, “the haves” want to “have more” and are far more interested in accruing power than sharing it.

I have to say, that if you were in some high position on an enlightened council that goverened our affairs, I would feel fairly safe regarding your intentions because (and I am biased because I’ve seen your chart ) you’re pretty balanced and your life path seems to have been one, that like water, has risen to it’s own level. You haven’t succumbed to the psychopathology of the will to power. However, those that are in power rarely rise to those positions out of altruism or the need to serve. They get there because they are invested in power.

I have a great feeling for humanity as a whole. I do my best to see and feel the spirit of creation in all people and in all things, even the “Dick Cheney’s” of the world, because to not do so, would engender a sense of separation, however, I can judicious in how I percieve events and people and choose whethere or not they’re a good fit for me. It’s an often rigorous process that I am constantly tested on, so I have to revise my perceptions on a fairly frequent basis.

At the end of the day, we will have to reconcile what I call “the disparity between the spirit and the will” and rejoin the wholeness of the universe in it’s most powerful and dramatic sense.

This is where quantum physics comes into play.

I have to go now and be a responsible daddy.

Thank you, Robert, for (as usual) articulating in a coherent fashion the thoughts that swirl around in my head – and taking the time to document historical forces at play. Interesting (and most likely accurate) observation about the Neptune-Jupiter conjunction and the ideal of the NWO – I guess I’m hoping that Chiron’s involvement in that conjunction will help wake people up to the painful reality behind the illusion??

On a more personal note, I’ve got some serious ancestral karma to work off… I’m a descendant of Bernays – my grandpa worked for “Uncle Eddie” in his PR firm back in the day…

That’s rich. Your grandpappy worked for Bernays! Uncle Eddie? Wow. Bernays was one cagey dude, without much of a moral compass. I think that Bernays sauce is actually named after him.

Well, you’vr got some good pedigree though, as I’m sure your granfather must have been pretty sharp to hang with old Ed.

Just to let you know that you’re not alone in these sorts of things, my great, great grandfather on my fathers maternal line, was a master mason. I must publicly state though, that I have never been a mason in this lifetime.

I’m trying to keep an open mind about 2012. The movie will be interesting, but I hope they don’t make it too depressing – self-fulfilling prophecies can be dangerous! Far better to keep the collective subconscious in optimistic frame of mind.

Looking at the chart in your post, my eye was drawn to the Yod. Saturn and Pluto sextiled from Capricorn and Scorpio in mutual reception (Scorpio being Pluto’s sign, Capricorn being Saturn’s) both quincunx Jupiter in Gemini at the arrow-head. This could be interpreted as: secrets to be revealed. Pluto and Scorpio = secrets, Gemini the revealing (communication) Jupiter = the kind of secret = religious or philosophical ?

Wild guess!

Good call on The Yod Twilight. Yeah, I’m keeping an open mind as well, but an actively open mind.

Robert, you wrote : ” The first is GM’s CEO, Rick Waggoner being asked, no, told by Barack Obama to step down from his position. This is more than just a precedent setting act, it establishes Obama as not just president, but CEO of the country itself …

I think you’re overstating this a wee bit, as Fox News are also doing. Following snip from Media Matters:

In fact, the government did not fire Wagoner, but made his resignation a condition under which the federal government will extend further aid to GM. Moreover, a claim that the decision lacked precedent ignored similar decisions at American International Group (AIG) and at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, where chief executives were removed in September 2008 as part of agreements to accept government aid.

I think Obama is simply standing firm. If he didn’t, his critics would attack him for not doing so.. It seems that he just can’t win – but he will!

Wow, I can’t believe that I’m even remotely close to Fox News. I think I’ll wear my Che beret the next time I post. I think you’re missing my point though Twilight. This is precedent setting. Lee Iaococa was never asked to step down, nor can I think of any other CEO, but then again, the other administrations didn’t have the leverage that this administration does.

Are you familiar with John Perkins’ work? He wrote “Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man.” His role was to game the economies of third world countries, then when they lost their shirts on bad Perkins investements, with money leant by The IMF or The World Bank. He would then set up a debt forgiveness loan if a country would either vote a particular way in The UN if asked, or even sign their resources over to The IMF or World Bank for perpetuity. The very same model is being set into motion right now with the stimulus money, with the majority of it tilting towards default. Perkins has made this connection and you can see it in The Zeitgeist update on youtube.

But the real focus of this post was about the rise of the corporatocracy of Pluto in Cap and the frankensteinian creation of the corporate state posing as government.

Always appreciate your comments, since you’re one of the few people that does so on a regular basis.

Obama has never run a company, let alone anything in the auto industry. I’m not even sure he graduated with his affirmative action college grant. I taught for over 13 years and saw a whole lot of shuck and jive during that time. I had many students like Obama, expecting to be granted his grade rather than earning it. He is basically a street-wise, but stupid human being. He can’t even speak unless someone tells him what to say. As a Toastmaster, I cringe every time he opens his mouth with ummm, ah, will, ummm. You would think that the least he could do is learn how to speak without a roadmap!

This is one giant leap towards communism and I for one would rather be dead than red. Sorry, Robert, but I am a former flower child who saw what was happening ot our schools, etc. in the 60’s. This is an out and out power grab and unless the American people rebel, we are going to lose our country. You can laugh now, but what are you going to say if Obama declares that all salaries over $25,000 will be taxed 100% so that he can “spread the wealth around to the less fortunate”? Roosevelt did this in 1935 (folks that don’t know history, repeat history) and I’m certain that Obama is just waiting for the right slight of hand crisis to introduce this little trick. This will only hit home when your salary is affected. Then you will find out what the real meaning “for the greater good” means. Please note that the dictators in Venezuela, Zimbabwe, China, Cuba, Russia, Indionesia, etc. all live in palaces and have private planes and limos to drive them around. Stalin called his supporters useful idiots for a reason.

Obama is an abomination that is going to lead us all straight to economic hell.

Robert, I commiserate. I wrote about the black market and was called a “Rush Limbot”. There was not a shred of politics in the the post.

I think this is the saturn/uranus opposition, live and in living color. It’s quite painful in my opinion.

Sorry if I appear to be missing the point, Robert. Perhaps I don’t see “the big picture” as well as you do.

I just feel the need to defend the President sometimes. I feel he’s being “got at” from all angles, even by his own party and I am appalled. He has taken over at what is probably the worst time the country has seen since WW2, he is doing exactly what he promised to do, which is presumably what the majority wanted, for they elected him. He should be given a chance to do his job – it’s only 60 days since he took over FFS!! I believe in loyalty, it appears that it’s an unknown quality for much of the US population.

Sorry, Robert, but this gets me really steamed up.

I feel as though I’m living on a different plane of existence than, for instance the commenter above (Susan). I find it quite scary.

Susan,

What concerns me the most is the precedent that is being set here and I fear for the auto-workers and their pensions, especially if Obama forces GM/Chrysler into bankruptcy. Those auto-worker/union pensions are at risk as far as I’m concerned and if they do get tapped to pay for the debt, then it sets yet another precdednt again. The UAW is still one of the few unions that have any clout left and the government coming in to run things is akin to union busting.

The real issue, the true cancer of the economy is the five banks that are hemmoraging toxic debts right and left. We’re talking Chase, B of A.Goldman/Sach, Wells Fargo/Wachovia and Citibank. It is these five banks that pose the greatest threat to the global economy at large because nearly all the other banks in The US are solvent. Obama and Geithner need to isolate these banks get them out of private circulation, cordon them off from making anymore trades, buying toxic debts, etc and then completely restructure them, while allowing the relative safety of the other banks remain vital and healthy, because if they don’t the big five will take all the other banks down with them. End of story and the solutiion, which most of The EU is just itching to implement is a global governance, global currency, et al. China is already calling for this as it holds most of the bad paper that the US has sold them.

What many people fail to understand is that the stim pack is the exact same model that has been worked out over the past forty years in developing countries by the IMF and The World Bank. If The US defaults on the trillions coming through the stimulus package, and without the bulk of the money going towards re-investement into the private sector, domestic industry, etc, it most likely will and then the IMF or The World Bank, or China, or whomever will come in and dictate the terms of settling the debt. That could be anything from privatizing natural resources such as water, to actually resturcting the entire government and monetary system itself in the form of The NAU.

These are very perilous times and to come in and begin the rush towards establishing the corporatocracy with breakneck speed is not only unwise in my opinion, but also threatens the very core of individual freedoms put forth by the framers and if allowed to function in earnest, without outside intervention, the constitution itself can become the social and economic ballast we so badly need.

I know that sounds antiquated and quaint to most progressive minded folks, but I cannot see anywhere in the constitution that allowed the repeal of Glass Steagle, etc. It has been the bureacracy and lobbying industry that has grown like noxious vine around it, that is choking off our very vitality to act in a way that gives us our very best chance to overcome these challenges to our future.

Don’t be a stranger around here.

Twilight,

You know I love you, but Barack Obama is not doing what he “alluded” to which is decommision and dissasemble the war machine that he said that he would likely do. First it was, we’re going to be out of Iraq in a year, then three, then a longer presence. He was gong to shut down Gitmo and it now appears that that isn’t going to happen. he was going to curtail the use of torture and now that isn’t going to happen either. I believe that this is one of the reasons why his own party is turning on him.

I see things as part of a continuum. Reagan led to Bush, Bush led to his protege, Bill Clinton and his assembled staff, like obert Rubin and Larry Summers, who set most of this in motion by repealing Glass-Steagle, etc, which in turn led to Bush II, who basically set this counrty aflame with an unjust war, bombing Iraq back into the 1900’s while allowing Halliburton to take advantage of trillions of dollars for no bid contracts, which has now led to Obama who has filled his staff with ex-Clintonites who helped create this mess in the very first place.

For me, if Obama had begun to dismantle Homeland Security, repeal The Patriot Acts, 1 & 2 and then commited, mind, body and soul to rebuild the economic infrastructure and domestic output, I’d be singing his praises every single day, but I have seen none of this and in actuality am witnessing more and more layers of bureacracy being heaped upon us.

I often feel like a stranger as well. I’m not on the left, nor am I on the right. With Jupiter in Sag in the first house, trining Uranus in Leo in the ninth, I just want to be free and not at the expense of others.

You’d find good company here in Northern California. Anytime you want to seek some politcal refuge and asylum, you’re always welcome to visit me.

Robert,

I highly enjoyed your article about Bill Maher Vs Bill Hicks. I was wondering where you found Bill Hick’s chart? or info at least? I cannot find his natal chart anywhere!?!? I love his comedy, so cynical and honest. Maher I don’t really know that well, he has his moments from what I remember, but I don’t pay much attention to his dialogues or programs.

Thanks for the enjoyable article.
If you want to add me on yahoo my id is: Euphoric_anomaly

And just in case you were wondering… I’m Leo/Cancer Moon-Mars/Gemini Rising… a lot of my planets are in houses 1-7. I also have a stellium in leo encompassing Sun/Jupiter/Venus in the 4th house. My Mercury is also in Leo but in the 3rd house.

Take Care
Eric

I’m sure you would prefer this not to drag into a long drawn out discussion, and I won’t say more than this: Re Iraq – yes, he did say that he wanted out quickly. Joe Biden however said from the start that quick withdrawal wouldn’t be feasible. What Obama would like to do, and what he CAN do are two different things. Can you imagine what the Republicans would have said had he done what Dennis Kucinich wanted – bring the troops home within weeks? It would never have passed congress. It couldn’t happen, and perhaps it shouldn’t have happened for practical purposes in Iraq.

Re unions and pensions at GM – I agree that it would be a tragedy if pensions were lost. I have confidence that Obama will have this down as an important consideration. As I understand it he is trying to prevent formal bankruptcy, so that the administration can have a say in what goes on during restructuring.
I see few options available. The whole situation is fraught with danger and difficulty.

We do seem to be in the wrong states – both. Maybe we are where we are for a reason. Can’t for the life of me think what it is though

Hey Eric,

Thanks. I found a rectified chart buried online but mostly worked with an ephemeris. Maher’s chart is much more available. Sounds like you’re a person with a lot of different interests in your life based on your chart, but your main focus with Leo/Cancer and fourth house stellium is home and family life. I bet you had a good one growing up and are or will be modeling it in a very positive way.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bill Hicks was the man.

You’ve got my vote, Robert!! We need a Virgo in office to clean up, well, everything. Before you make yourself irrelevant, would you mind outlawing leaf blowers? I find them incredibly offensive on multiple levels. Thanks! Emily

Emily, consider it done. My guys in the “Dept of Innovation” would work hand in glove with Toro and Black and Decker to come up with a more efficient, quiet and more eco-friendly solution, possibly even investigating the return of the rake.

I’d do
VII) CREATE A NEW REALITY SHOW
also except those contestants would all fight to the death until 1 was left standing.”Two men enter, one man leaves.”

Jilly,

You might be onto something here. Anne Coulter vs Irshad Manji might even warrant pay-per-view. I’ll file this away and speak with my cabinet about it.

TERM LIMITS FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICES!!!!!!

Not just for the justices Abra–I’m going term limits across the board, two terms max in the senate and congress. I’d want more people participating in the process than ever before.

All very laudable, Robert, I must say! My only comment: You’d need to be either Emperor or Deity or a combination of the two, not Prez of the USA, to get those things done. What would you give the House and Senate to drink (or smoke) to get that little lot enacted?

Right there with you, Robert. To me, the clear sign that these are not our “evolutionary leaders” (which is not to say that I don’t respect and value much of their work) is that they’re petitioning the president!! To fall for Obama’s act as Mr. Conscious Evolution and to expect him to care about their well-meaning input is just naive – and does not make me trust their intellect or intuition.

Yay David Icke – bring on the X-factor! And where’s Terence McKenna when you need him – he’s MY idea of an evolutionary leader (probably busy orchestrating multiple X-factors from the other side…). in gratitude, Emily

Emily,

The irony is that we don’t need petitions or layers of enculturated consciousness mandated by a spiritually elite body. Theoretically, The Constitution gives us enough latittude to explore the vast expanses of our consciousness and if our elected representatives were/are doing what they have been tasked to do, which is safeguard our well being and our rights, we could soar. But they have not, so we think we have to add new concepts upon their failure. The intenton is noble but the premise is flawed.

I don’t want to dismissively bash them, because I know that many of them have dedicated their lives in pursuit of their version of the truth, but to me, ithey represent yet yet another hierarchy.

We need new voices, like yours and Caroline’s (Casey) that are inclusive, yet discerning, the new razors edge.

Yes, Terrence is working his magic big time.

God bless his gentle soul.

Robert, I’m completely on board your platform! Perhaps not surprising as I had sort of a shock of recognition looking at your chart. Our ascendants are conjunct within 1 degree and midheavens conjunct within 4. I’ll be reading your blog further.

Alright Moni!

Glad you’re on board. Cool that our charts sync up. Scorpio risiing I assume? We like to get to the bottom of things or at least as close as we can. Isn’t it fun?

>>>Scorpio risiing I assume?
Yep. Plus Sun in Scorp and Moon in Cap.

>>>We like to get to the bottom of things or at least as close as we can.
Indeed. And recognition comes through hard work and attention to detail. Keep refining that platform, Robert!

Giza pyramids is an excellent place to travel to. Sunset in the sands is something you should definitely see live.

Scorp/Scorp/Cap? Tough, intense, a survivor. Not someone to be trifled with. Glad you’re on my side!

Years ago when I was just starting out my career as a talent agent, I would spend week nights in empty comedy clubs looking for the next big thing. I got to see Bill Hicks at the Comedy Store in Westwood on several occasions. Many times his jokes would misfire and badly, but oh man, a few of his bits were comic gems.

However, it’s important for us who are on a spiritual path to also understand that Hicks was a tortured soul. The cancer that killed him was most likely self inflicted as he put so much blame for the ills of the world on “everyone out there”. In truth, we are responsible for our reality. But he was very very funny. However, in Bill’s case, the joke was on him. Example: it’s funny to make jokes and tell people to f off if you don’t like the fact that you smoke. But what’s the point. Hey, f you, I’m killing myself, ha ha ha. Same with Andy Kaufman and Sam Kinison. Toxic comedy can kill you. It may be funny, but death gets the final laugh.

Regarding Bill Maher, a very smart guy. Not always right on, but more often than not, hit’s it out of the park. Just my two cents. I especially like Bill’s take on organized region, although he steals a lot of material from Carlin.

Anyway, always remember what the wise man said. “blessed are the cheesemakers for they shall inherit the kingdom of God”

Don
fromnowtozen.com
Gotham, WI

As far as

I once had the pleasure of sitting next to Evil one night in a bar at the Marriot Hotel in San Jose. It was great. The guy told stories all night and drank like a fish. The funny thing about him was that as much as I tried to one up him with people I knew, he always won. No matter who I mentioned he would say, “I know that son of a bitch” and tell a better story. Incredible.

Hey Don,

Thanks for the upclose view of Hicks. I see him as a sprinter and not a marathoner. I think that somewhere inside, Bill made a choice to not spend a lot of time here. Burning bright and incandescent seems to have been part of an internal strategy. Marathons are for guys like Maher, who is into the perks and lifestyle side of celebrity. Frankly, I just couldn’t see Hicks hanging at The Playboy Mansion in a smoking jacket. Maher is anything but politcally incorrect. And, as far as I’m concerned, bashing the lunacy of religion is like picking low hanging fruit. It’s an easy target. Carlin was great, but ultimately nihlistic. Hicks had the rare ability to redem the social hypocrisy and toxicity that he railed against and take it to another level, a redemptive place. That’s an art form rarely achieved by any comic, past or present.

Don’t be a stranger.

When reading many astrologers pining for the golden Aquarian age dawning, I hear the small voice behind my right ear: consider the consequences of the shadow age: Leo.

It seems to me that the ages manifest in the polarity of signs. What might the polarity of Aquarius & Leo manifest?

Aquarius: equality, invention, wavelengths poured from the stars, fellowship, sorority? And Leo, fiery sun-god child gambler? A shadow age of celebrities, kings, superstars and—?

Consider the Pisces-Virgo passing age and how the compassionate empathetic impluse of the Christian revelation resolved into the dogma, detail and discipline (inquisitions, anyone?) of formalized Church law.

Consider the Aries-Libra age and how the martial warrior empires were countered with the creation of laws, art, architecture.

Consider the Taurus-Scorpio age and how the husbandry and fertility of the planet was formalized, grain stored, animals domesticated, the bull cult of Knossos transcendant. And in the shadow of Scorpio? Sacrifice.

The still small voice, the one behind the right ear, is whispering “Leo.”

Awesome take Tessa. Certainly the “evolutionary leaders” reflect a leonine layer of spiritual aristocracy. Interesting that Barack Obama is also a Leo as well.

Oddly enough, Robert, I agree with your views on those “evolutionary leaders”. I have no time for those people named or any like them.
David Icke has his moments, and if he would extract the reptilian stuff from his views I’d be a fan of his – he goes just a bridge too far for me though. I do prefer him to the ELs.

As I’ve said before, Obama’s time is too soon for NWO. He might be sending a few related vibes out there, but it’s not time yet – unless it’s forced upon us by events outside our control – environmentally.

Tessa’s views are interesting.

I’ve often wondered whether we are all barking up the wrong tree with our hopes and wishes for what the Age of Aquarius might bring. Whether any of us on Earth now will ever see it is a moot point, of course. the New Age is likely many centuries away in reality. I have a funny feeling that much of what has been tagged on to Aquarius isn’t quite right. There’s an aricle on Astro dDspatch today about how Uranus came to be connected with Aquarius.

I tend to think of Aquarius as the Airy side of Saturn (Capricorn being the Earthy side) – no more than that, and as such is not necessarily going to bring “harmony and understanding, sympathy and love abounding”….etc.etc.etc. I see it as being a cool, unemotional but very intellectual age. Very different from the Piscean Age we’re in now. Maybe too cool and unemotional for many humans.

I think Aquarius needs stripping down – it has gathered too much fluff over past decade or so.

Twilight. I like your take on the softer version of Saturn for Uranus/Aquarius. If we were to exted that arc outwards, we’d see that evolution continue with Neptune becoming softer still, to Pluto, where we encounter the void, or zero point.

Icke has moved away from the reptillian agenda alot as of late, but they were very specific in the interview that the reason why such inhumanity exists on this planet is because it ain’t the humans doing it. I am mostly in this camp, but it deosn’t take much for humans to get in on the psycho party, just look at Milgram, Stanford Prison Experiment and Abu Grhaib.

I was also thinking about Tessa’s keen insight and how much of a role Leo is playing through two generations, with the Pluto in Leo “Boomers” and The Uranus in Leo “Generation Jones” of which Obama, Geithner and Emmanuel are a part of.

Lively in here today!

Do you think Icke was talking about Planet X? The Zeta’s say that Planet X is near the sun and is going to cause Earth to have a polar shift.

I think Icke would have been more explicit about X/Niburu. No, I think he is hinting at something far more beneficient.

Thank you, Robert, for your intelligent Full Moon insights. I think it’s appropriate that you posted this a little late, because it felt like this Full Moon had a delayed reaction – like it didn’t really kick in until a day or so after the fact (at least that’s how I experienced it) – maybe the Venus Retro influence? I felt exhausted all last week and thought, where’s my Full Moon burst of energy?? But then I started feeling it on Friday. Good luck with moving – hope you find/found the perfect place. be well, Emily

I know exactly nothing about sport, Robert, but it doesn’t matter in this case. Not that I know a lot about astrology!

First – condolences to families and loved ones of those killed (not that they’ll read this, but I feel it’s necessary to say it. ) Dreadful tragedy!

What struck me, as I read your piece, was that if Nick’s friends were all of roughly the same age, they’d all have Neptune in a smilar position, and all would have been subject to Pluto’s conjunction. Just a thought.

Twilight,

This was one of the most heartbreaking stories inrecent memory for me. Nick’s father went out to the pitchers mound the day after his death to touch the earth that Nick had stood on the night before. I can barely hold back my tears as I ponder this reality.

You might be onto something with the others in the car all sharing the Pluto/Neptune conjunction.

My deepest sympathies go out to The Adenhart;s and the families of the other young people lost in that terrible event.

Looking forward to it!

Maybe you’ll also touch on the oddity of biblical age spans, which if they are to be believed were very much longer than our own. Yet early humans and mediaeval folk , and even America’s early settlers had considerably shorter lives than we do now. Maybe something was lost in translation or misunderstood when transcribing the bible. Or perhaps there is something more mysterious involved.

One of the most fascinating topics there is, Robert! So many possibilities. Eagerly looking forward to the next helping.

Hi!! You were recommended to me by twilightstarsong (Learning Curve on the Ecliptic) she said you might be able to do my son’s chart – some info about him can be found here:

http://www.myspace.com/n1nj4

and here:

http://betelgeist.deviantart.com/

He was born in Rockville Center, NY on January 4 1984 at 7:48 pm

Please let me know, I am concerned about him. Thank you.

Great stuff, Robert! Thanks.

I have a book called “Star Ancestors” compiled by Nancy Red Star – a compilation of interviews with Native Americans exploring a “unifying ‘Sky Elder’ theme found in every Native American culture. It’s not exactly in line with the Enki/Niburu legends, but maybe there’s a loose link.

I’m enjoying this series very much and look forward to where you’re going with it. Thanks for sharing.

Interesting stuff, I’m looking forward to reading more, thanks.

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Just wanted to let you know how much I’m enjoying your blog – can’t wait to read more about this topic.

Hi. Outstanding job. This is a great post. Thanks!

Thank you, Robert! Really enjoying this series, and I’m impressed you’re doing any writing at all in the midst of post-moving chaos… I LOVED The Gods of Eden – rocked my world. I’m a big fan of Barbara Marciniak’s books, so I was sad to hear about her chill factor. Oh well (maybe the Pleiadians like it cold?).

Robert,

You have definitely tapped into one sensitive subject for me. Barbara Hand Clow talks about Sitchin and more in depth about Pleiedian intelligence. I saw her speak in 1996 in Washington DC and the energy in that room was amazing. There was a break in the lecture where she was signing her recent book, The Pleidian Agenda, and I had the book with me but I could not get up from my seat. I just looked at her and knew I was in the presence of someone very special. If you haven’t read the book, I highly recommend you do. I love to read and that is the only book I have ever read 3 times. Every time I read it I learn something new I missed before.
From what I have read, the Annunaki were not peaceful and came to Earth to subjugate hu mans. Before the flood, hu mans did know that something very bad was going to happen. They prayed, tried to make passage to safer places but in the end many hu mans did not survive. Everything changed even the food. It’s ok to say Atlantis you know!
Some of the old ways are preserved and are being passed down. Another great book by Rosita Arvigo called Sastun chronicles her apprenticeship with Don Elijio Panti (if Iam not mistaken) who teaches her healing practices that have been held secret for generations. Of course your blogs about Terrence McKenna and others discovering pathways to the divine are also proof that they did not obliterate all avenues to the divine.
Thank you for providing me brain food! My gray matter thanks you.
Abra

MY SON TOLD ME SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THAT THIS MAN WAS BEHIND OBAMA AND I BARELY REMEMBERED HIM FROM THE CARTER YEARS. CARTER IS STLL MAKING TROUBLE AND THIS PERSON IS A TROUBLE MAKER TOO. SEC.NAPOLITANO IS MAKING LOTS OF TROUBLE WITH THE CLASSIFIED OR WHATEVER REPORT THAT IS OUT, CALLING ALL VETERANS, WHICH I AM A VETERAN OF WW2, MARINE CORPS. AND SAYING WE ARE TERRORISTS, ALSO ANYBODY AGAINST ABORTION THE SAME. THE TIMES ARE REALLY WICKED, SATAN IS ANGRY AS HE DOESN’T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT, SO MUCH IS EVIL IN OUR WORLD TODAY. THE BIBLE SAYS WE SHOULD OBEY ALL AUTHORITY, I THINK HE HAS PUT THIS AUTHORITY TO PUNISH US BECAUSE WE HAVE KILLED SO MANY INNOCENT ONES. 50 MILLION BABIES DEAD BECAUSE OF ??????

I’m curious about Lillith. Is she ever mentioned in the Gilgamesh tale? What happened to her progeny after the flood? Is that out of sight, out of mind?

This is so interesting, thanks.

Robert -

Your experience of Death articles are interesting and amusing, if rather elliptical. Where you trace Gilgamesh and Enlil, you omit the tale of Inanna. She has gone from evening star to morning star most recently; she has descended to the land of her dark sister, died, and returned.

Enlil did not send aid; Enki created the clay neuter creatures to descend and provide succor.

I was reminded of our first gathering in the void. I returned to look at what we felt. I wrote:

My experience was simple: it began with seeking, it was sustained with a sense of calm communion, it resolved with several themes.

ice
influenza
infertility
waiting
the watch
heat generating from the inside
compost
fungus
wheat & barley

Whit Sunday – Pentecost

Pentecost falls late this year–I believe it is the end of May.

Innana also got Enki drunk (which doesn’t seem too difficult) and extracted hundreds of secrets from him. These secrets were called, “mes.” Once Enki sobered up, he decided to wreak havoc on Inanna’s city, Uruk, which shifted the power from Eridu to Uruk. She’s obviously a powerful figure, she’s the goddess of love for crissakes, but she does not enter into the proto-surgical role that Enki does, nor does she have the same sort of managerial component that Enlil does. You reference her descent into the underworld and that journey on a mythical level is profound. What does it mean? Is it literal? Is she dealing with a race of subterranean beings? Is it a metaphor for some type of initiation? It’s a fascinating tale and I’m glad that you have found my posts interesting and amusing.

I was hoping you’d mention the swine flu thing, Robert. In addition to the Pluto in Cap resonance, it seems like the extreme shadow expression of the Jupiter-Chiron-Neptune conjunction – just at the moment when humanity could potentially experience an incredible healing/spiritual breakthrough, the World Management Team unleashes this engineered disease, along with, no doubt, a mass vaccination program. I’m trying to keep the faith that people will see through this farce and stop giving power away to the pharmaceutical-military-industrial complex…

I don’t understand the hype! What… around 50 people have died WORLDWIDE of this so-called flu so far…. 7,000+ people died in the US last year and every year from the flu! This doesn’t look like Captain Tripps to me… I think it is a smoke screen for something much larger… Now we will see how far the monsters in DC are willing to take this country down!

I’m happy to hear you suggesting it being a good time for dieting….I just started my diet three days ago!

Best,
Margot, the Marrakesh Mystic

It’s always a blessing when Madame Margot The Marrakesh Mystic stops by.

‘Talk To Me’, I have to say,Don Cheadle, you deserved an Academy Award. You were awesome playing Petey Greene….Everybody needs to see this Movie…..I’m sure most of you remember the 60s and the 70s…

What I’ve seen so far is simply fascinating. What a misunderstood life…what a film…congrats to all….

Great podcast- enjoyed the insights from Toback – and loved the film! Must see for anybody interested in boxing or sports and general- but it’s mostly a humanity piece. Cheers.

What made this interview so interesting was that Toback totally related to you! You brought that insight and info out of him, as he does with Tyson in his film. You got him! I will go see this film and rent his past films because of your reviews of them.

Dear Robert,

Scorpio moon tonight and I’m wearing my red shoes to try grounding, but the buzz is all along the spine and blasting out the crown.

I was wondering, with Saturn stationing, and the last quarter moon in Aquarius conjuncting the mystic triumverate over the eve of the 16th/17th, whether the time is coming auspicious for a gathering in the void?

t.

Hi Robert, I like what you brought up about the Galactic Center making a magnificent cosmic wave. I have also been thinking, that the triple conjunction (Jupiter, Neptune & Chiron) at 26+ Aquarius is sextiling the Galactic Center at 26+ Sagittarius. Now THAT is totally cool, isnt it. Peace – Love! Deirdre

Thanks Deirdre. Always nice when a fellow starwatcher/blogger stops by.

This is truly depressing. Nellie leaves after Spring of 2010? Just long enough to completely disassemble the franchise before leaving town. He is gonna burn this shit to the ground.

The key is really Cohan. He has to sell the team in order to snap The Mercury Retrograde trance, for lack of a better term. Until he does, it will be Groundhog Day, over and over again.

I’ve tried to find a birth date for Cohan to look at his chart and it’s nearly impossible.

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Well, then for my own sanity, it may be time for a long break from my absolute favorite team. It’s unhealthy to be this frustrated all the time. So sad.

Found his birthday! It is… John married his first wife, Helen, in the late ’40s, and she gave birth to their only child, Chris, on Jan. 2, 1950 in Hanford. Here is the article that references it. Great reporter provides the source. Here is the link to the article…http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/02/10/SP74259.DTL&hw=warriors&sn=002&sc=971

Tony,

Thanks. I’ll check out his ephemeris and do something tomorrow.

Awesome.

I can’t thank you enough for this. Thanks for investing the time in reading his chart. I truly hope he sells soon, but I won’t count on it. Hope is not something that is often rewarded in Warrior fans. If you have a link to that recent article from yahoo, I would love to read it. Thanks again so much.

Just a brief note. The Yahoo! story on Cohan was a hack from someone at warriorsworld.net. Just my little contribution to Mercury Retrograde.

Navel gazing and the spiritual quest is a self-indulgent by-product of the uber-narcissim of our era. But I do think that as a society in transition from a generation of programming and brainwashing (that we’re not lovable unless we’re beautiful, rich and own status symbols), the spiritual path helps us deprogram, detox and purge the addiction to extreme materialism, so we’re ready to make the sacrifices that can take us on a new path of voluntary simplicity. This journey has been a necessary — to get us off the fast lane of knee-jerk consumption, full circle back to the rediscovery of the simple things that really matter — with more time and presence of mind to appreciate the moment and not be so busy striving that we miss it. While I think it would be great to say: “Stop the quest,” I also think the quest serves another important role in the greening of the planet. In the future, instead of getting our status from a car, a big house or possessions, we’ll get status from the skills we’ve learned and the workshops we’ve taken. One benefit of workshops, therapy, massage, yoga, Reiki, etc. is that most of these activities stimulate the economy without really generating any “product” that pollutes or takes up space in a landfill. As we shift into a service economy, I think this trend of self actualization and workshops will accelerate rather than diminish.

I agree with you partially. I think the idea that we need to experience “voluntary simplicity” is a culturally and economically biased one. What about all of the people in this country that have experienced involuntary simplicity, also known by other names, such as poverty? Are we to determine their spiritual relationship to things? Perhaps voluntary prosperity is what they need.

I also think that we are made manifest through our creations and that while God is more than willing to co-create in a light touch healing session, I think that she would also be thrilled to be infused in art, food. gardens, clothing, et al. As Pluto in Capricorn opposes the US stellium of planets in Cancer, necessity will become the mother of invention as they say and creating things of quality versus that of quantity will likely prevail. As far as workshops go, I’m sure that the club of billionaires that just met in New York would be happy to fund an economy based on workshops and seminars . . .well at least Oprah would.

Hi Robert,

Well I have to say I am so relieved to feel that I am not alone. In December last year I had a realisation that it was time to go my own way; I have been involved with a ’spiritual development’ organisation for over fifteen years now and got increasingly fed up with this attitude that we all have to live in the Higher all the time. It’s not natural – all that is High is given life on this planet and in the human by dwelling in the Lower, which means to me that unless what we learn and access in the Higher is given life through our daily activity, it can never access and therefore change the human race. The thing is, I know and feel that I have learned so much, and been in the company of the most amazing essences and presences, but the fundamental problems that I face as a life have not really changed – I never felt that I had overcome my ’stop situations’, rather that I had been lifted out of them for a time. It seems that at this stage in the evolution of human life, at least for me, it is time for us all to face off the demons of fear and lack of self-belief, not by fighting them, or by avoiding them, but by finding and living the expression of humanity which is our own unique individuality – be that through music, art, even business. Because if what we have learned in our spiritual quest has been real, it will infuse those activities with which we engage and then flow to the rest of humanity. I too, have found myself severing ties with pretty much everyone to whom I’ve been connected, but it feels as if something else is driving it, creating situations where I have no other choice. It’s almost like being put into a confinement while pregnant with some other possibility. If a new human is to emerge, it seems to me that this is one of the ways the process will manifest. Imagine a world where we are all doing the things we love to do, don’t you think Creation will love that too?

Hi Opal,

Thanks for reading and commenting. Yes, a lot of us have been searching and journeying for years, always with some expectation that we are going somewhere, processing, arriving and while there is a lot of merit in exploring these other dimensions of self and refining our relationship with life on Earth–I’m all for it–is life pasing us by? Are we missing out on some fundamental experience that we are really okay and that the only thing that we have to learn is to unlearn a certain level of social indoctrination, see ourselves apart from consensual reality and then begin to choose how we want to live, while letting the magic of creation inform us through inspiration and dreams?

What you say about creativity and art is something that really speaks to me. I have long felt that creation is in love with complexity, innovation, imagination and creativity. It knows itself through the multiplicity of invention and supports it in our lives, because ultimately, it is selfish (in a good sort of way). In fact, there is even a growing movement in physics, which supports this.

I wish you all the best on the reclamation of your humanity.

Wild Geese

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting–
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

—Mary Oliver

Mmmmmmmm

Hi Robert,

I think what you say about unlearning social indoctrination hits the nail on the head, actually. I have often wondered if the whole point of the spiritual quest is to get us to realise simply that we are so much more than our society and education has allowed us to be, or stopped us from being. There’s a saying ‘Stand still, for truth cannot be fetched, it comes when you make demand of it.’ I don’t believe that religion or spirituality is something apart from life, that you have to go to a special temple or centre or whatever to get it, I really believe that it is about the attitude you carry in yourself from moment to moment every day of your life, that gives you a radiation which something higher can respond to and say ‘yes he/she’s one of us, let’s help them’. And this way of thinking and way of life excludes all dogma, and makes it forever new, forever unique, forever creating. Because if a new human possibility is emerging, it cannot manifest in old forms, surely it needs people who are fluid, right-brained, open to new creation. ‘Multiplicity of invention’ – yes please!

The great thing about awakening is that you don’t have to be the “smartest guy in the room” to do it and in fact, that may actually inhibit the process at times.

Robert ~~ Just popping in to let you know that there’s an award for you over at Learning Curve on the Ecliptic.
This comes with no obligation to do all the rigmarole usually involved – unless you wished to – but it’s time consuming.
Showing my appreciation – no obligation.

Great post, Robert. My spouse knew immediately there was something wrong with the Idol voting when he couldn’t get through on any of the three numbers for Adam. He guessed that the telephone circuits were jammed from the big cities (Adam fans) versus clear connections for the small towns from Arkansas.
Then the NY Times reported “cheating parties” sponsored by A T and T employees.
Yeah, Adam was robbed, but he’s the one we’ll be listening to for many years while Kris whats-his-names fades to obscurity.

Very interesting, Robert, thanks! I hadn’t realised there were so many Sun Gemini famous musicians. Taurus, nextdoor usually gets the musical trademark (perhaps some of these have Mercury or Venus there) – but then again, Gemini is all about communicating, and music is communication, after all.

The wrangles of the American Idol result seems to have died down, and Adam Lambert himself is happy with the situation – he’s better off as runner-up anyway – once he’s free of contractual stuff – watch his smoke!!

The husband and I were just saying, over breakfast, that we’ll go see this movie after the weekend – thanks for the rundown.

Hey Twilight,

Nice to have you back round here with a few comments. Thanks!

The angels spoke to me through Quan Yin, sometime around the beginning of Mercury in Retrograde, and they said: “Be patient.”

This Retrograde was an ordeal for me, and so many other dear ones in my life. What made it more intense than the usual Retrograde, not just for me, but for so many others? I have friends who lost their homes to foreclosure, folded up their businesses…ended their relationships…I have friends who went into debilitating illnesses, had their cars reposessed, divorced, separated and went to funerals for their parents and closest friends. Everyone, everything, seemed to get unglued.

There were moments when I almost gave up, moments when I became so unglued from the Earth, and so lost and confused, and when virtually everything in my life went off track. (A massive mildew problem in my house not only destroyed all of my possessions, rendering my archives, paperwork, precious family photos, journals and books almost unreadable, but it also forced me to clean, Feng Shui, simplify and reorganize my life. I was so sick and dizzy from mold that I couldn’t think or work. My career was derailed, I had problems with the law and courts, keys were lost, my cellphone went on the fritz… it was like God took my the Etch a Sketch of my life and shook it hard until everything was a clean slate — and a big chaotic pile of dust that needed to be sorted out.

And yet, now, so much beauty, hope, new opportunities… emerging from the rubble…it’s like the clean, fresh, young blades of velvety grass that emerge after a forest fire and a devastating rainstorm. It seems that this was a retrograde unlike any other.

I find you creative, glorious, and divine. This column is more elegant, poetic, eloquently scribed than your previous ones–a sign that the Cleansing of this retrograde has had a rejeuvenating effect on you as well? Please do let me know how I may continue to support the glory and wonder of YOU, dear one, as you take this hopeful and inspiring Astrology to the world and focus your talents on spreading the light.

You’re too kind AE. I hope that your transition continues to be graced with healing and affirmation.

I saw Angels and Demons a few weeks ago – I’m struggling to remember it – (your piece reminded me, in part.) So that has to say something about the quality of both plot and movie. Dan Brown doesn’t impress me much, the Roman Catholic church doesn’t impress me much – I should have known better than going to see this one. It was better than Da Vinci Code though – that was such an old chestnut dusted down for the new generation.

I think you’re trying to tell us, Robert, that those events you refer to at the end of your piece were not perpetrated by wingnuts or other nuts “acting alone”.
You like conspiracy theories, I recall. I don’t much care for them, for the simple reason that anything – any event or adventure is capable of being turned into a different story – like one of those optical illusion drawings – it looks like one thing from one angle – screw up your eyes (or mind) and it looks like something else. This being so – where is the line ever drawn? And in the end, does it really matter?

Your mention of the black and white floor reminded me of a line from Omar Khayyam (roughly – from memory)

“It’s all a chequer-board of nights and days, where destiny with men for pieces plays, matches them one by one, then mates and lays, then one by one back in the closet lays”.

Good post though!

Twi-

I thought the Da Vinci Code was horrible. This was better, but not by much. I actually enjoyed the book. Brown’s pacing was crisp, language was fairly evocative and of course, the grasp of the esoteric symbolism is fluidly on display (even though Brown himself might not be responsible for it). There was also the smattering of a love interest for Langdon, which actually worked. In short, the book was readable, especially on a long flight.

As far as the “conspiracy” goes, I just find it hard to believe that a film like this gets made without some sort of agenda in place; Give people the promise of seeing behind the curtain, a film that exposes the secrets that nutty uncle Ron used to yammer on about it. It looks good, looks real, the signs are all there and poof! It really doesn’t exist. Just some renegade monk with all the money in the world and enough illuminist relics and knowledge in order to masquerade as the evil order, and guess, what? It’s all a fake. A shadowplay at best. Puppetry with arcane props.

The real message? The extremist lives in the church. He’s the same guy that pulled the trigger on the abortion doc, or the holocaust museum guard. Strip him of his frock and he’s just another fanatic, one of the lunatic fringe.

The only chaos that exists in the world takes place at the hands of lone derangers. Everything else is here to protect us from this radical and extremist element.

I also think that Tom Hanks is a poor choice for Langdon, simply based on his sign. I think Cancer makes a lousy cryptographer. Tom should be at home, doing some sort of family comedy.

I’d rather have a Scorpio or Sag or even a Gemini actor in the role of Langdon. I know it’s type casting, but signs translate. My choice would have been Scorpio, Mark Ruffalo, but I doubt he’ll work for a while, since his brother was mysteriously murdered once Ruffalo became critical and vocal about 911.

Ah – thank you for the clarification, Robert.

I agree that the role of Langdon might be handled differently and to much better effect by a less “family friendly” actor. Nicholas Cage, maybe. Paul Giamatti ?
I could even see Nick Nolte, with spectacles, doing it.

I love your term “lone derangers” – classic!

I remember finding Art in 99 somewhere on the am dial. Your charts are very similar (you’ve been around a while!). You could interview musicians, talk about weird stuff….sounds great! Keep us informed…I would definitely tune you in. You forgot about Whitley Streiber hosting Art’s show. Have you thought about internet radio? I don’t know what it takes to get up and running in that particular arena but I listen to it all the time @ home. Just a thought.

Abra

Hey Abracadabra,

Good to hear from you.

I’m planning on doing a radio thing.

Stay tuned.

How poetic!

Yes, I echo Renee! Evocative words and a very good read, Robert.

I can’t help thinking that those sky dreamers and bliss merchants are just copy-catting the hippie era proper. They need to do something new, different.
We are becoming so used to re-makes in movies and TV that it’s beginning to spill over into real life. Aquarius is supposed to represent new stuff not makeovers and re-hashes. Perhaps when Uranus enters Aries we’ll see something fresh, new and inspiring.

Thanks Renee and Twilight. What strikes me the most about the culture is it’s inability to observe itself, question it’s own ethos and self-examine. It doesn’t matter if it’s mainstream or new age, a culture that does not partake in it’s own ability to self-reflect is susceptible to it’s own assumptions and even gullibility regarding it’s own importance.

There is also this strange modality of self-policing that borders on the group think exhibited in Huxley’s “Brave New World” where “negative thinking,” which encapsulates criticism and analysis is not only intolerable, but borders on a cultural sin. We can thank “The Secret” for this kind of conditioning of the collective. That’s not to say that I am against affirmation and celebration, but not at the expense of other perceptions which are not automatically viewed as positive.

Uranus in Aries is going to be very, very interesting. I see the rise of anarchic energy and some truly pioneering possibilities, amongst a growing tide of global aggression.

We live in interesting times.

i like it even more this year!

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Hey Robert!

So intersting… well, the link (http://www.examiner.com/x-2912-Seattle-Exopolitics-Examiner~y2009m6d19-NASA-moon-bombing-violates-space-law–may-cause-conflict-with-lunar-extraterrestrial-civilizations) there is a part where:

“In a 2006 television documentary, ‘Apollo 11: The Untold Story,’ Buzz Aldrin admitted for the first time publicly that the astronauts saw UFOs on their trip to the Moon, but they were not allowed to discuss this information on the live audio feed to NASA. He stated that he felt it would have caused a ‘panic.’”

Haha “not allowed to discuss”. Anyway… the world is already in panic too moons ago, war and hungry people all over the world, and they say it would cause panic… mmm sht***! Are we really in prison here on planet earth or what?! Hello! There is definitely life outhere, moon or not, there is… Manipulation by information in the media is a great brainwash they can do for you to believe who are your enemies and who are not (a cliché, but true) that’s why it is hard to believe in sincere plans for each government in the world nowadays, don’t want to sound in panic or too paranoid, but hey, the world is in this state already, this information wouldn’t cause panic, but open minds of those who believe they are here for just a merely coincidence. Lets look to those who remain/will in power on earth, accepting and doing things far more egocentrical for personal objections in the position of power, and part of the society who believes in a near (or not) freedom know this as well, evil has its plan, but the good has it too! The chaos is getting hush for those who does not have ears to comprehend the manipulation and lies behind it, that’s the job. Sometimes I think about a far more intelligent society, in other place (or here someday maybe?) and think how they ‘cured’ the chaos that walks within the collective and personal when everything seems to be in the dark. I mean we are great brainy people, just learning how to use it, and it seems we are low yet, but my Uranus in Sagittarius force (just for note) really makes me incredible optimistic about society getting a higher vibration, manifesting a broader perspective in human life.
And my guess is that we as society are living in a silence revolution. Who to believe? Who to trust? That’s a very personal answer as it answers the questions.

Forgot to mention about the moon conjunction my natal moon in cancer, the sense of security is getting strong in a personal and collective level. A new beginning and concept for people who loves their home and their planet earth and whishes its best were born at this new moon. Cancer is the strongest when wanting to conquest its home.

As the light increases…so does the darkness. The brightest light casts the darkest longest shadow. There is always a shadow in the presence of light, and light in the presence of darkness. I think things are getting better despite what seems to be chaos tumbling down all around us. Things are changing because they need to change. It’s going to suck for a while as we make that monumental shift. Any shift (think about packing up and moving, giving birth to a child, remodeling a home) creates momentary chaos in its wake. I think if we look at these times from the future we’ll see that in fact, everything is perfect, and what looks like madness right now is just the chaos in the wake of great change…a change that could bring us to an equilibrium of both modern conveniance and a balance with nature.

I for one would prefer to spend my time waking people up, opening their hearts, promoting CHANGE and conscious awareness, and dissolving the illusions of separation, rather than promoting scare tactics, paranoia, darkness and fear.

Is your glass half empty or half full?

And what is it full of? Something the numbs the mind and the senses, something that pollutes the brain cells and dims the light–or something life-giving and thirst quenching?

Well, I don’t know how credible this is – but this is what the Zeta’s say: (channeled) – or Michael Tsarion might be right…

http://www.zetatalk.com/index/zeta517.htm

“The sudden interest in the Moon is not due to a long range plan to create a Moon base, but is to prepare for the immediate exit from Earth of the planet’s elite. How can this be occurring you might ask, when Obama is in the White House? The layers between a Chief Executive and the projects undertaken by a contract corporation, projects often on the books and approved for years, are such that Obama would have to induce Congress to terminate NASA in order to stop this operation. It is what he inherited, and can only do so much.

We have often alluded to the plans of the elite to escape to Mars, living there until the pole shift had passed and they could safely return to Earth as kings. This was all to be assisted by Service-to-Self aliens who would transport and house them. Of course, the Service-to-Self lie and when pressed refused to transport the elite anywhere. Then there was the hope of bunkers on Earth, which have proven to be a disastrous plan as rock under pressure emits lethal particle flows. Crews sent underground to test this out died. Forced to contemplate enduring the hour of the pole shift on the surface of the Earth with the common man the elite so much despise, they desperately cast around for alternatives. Man can go to the Moon, and private funding abounds for private space travel.

The bomb is to dig a cavern that will presumably protect the elite in their erected structures from debris in the tail of Planet X. How will all this fare, in the short time between now and the pole shift? Poorly, but the details of their failure is something we prefer to withhold, less they learn from our warnings. True karma is prevailing on Earth, with the elite not faring any better than the common man. “

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Okay, Robert, this is weird. I just opened my aol email, and there was an “aol search” box, illustrated with a graphic of The Little Prince.

chiron in Leo? Not aquarius?

Renee, damn, I hate it when those guys swing by my website and steal my best ideas.

Gloria, your vision is crystal clear on many levels . Duly noted and updated. Those French websites make those asteroids hard to read!

I hoped you’d write about MJ, Robert. I wasn’t disappointed in your take – as usual you go deeper and wider – and better – than most.

I was nodding along all the way to the last para or so. You know why! The house passing that Bill didn’t elude me, and I heaved a sigh of relief that at last somebody is doing something on this front. It still has to pass the Senate though, doesn’t it?

When I arrived on these shores almost 5 years ago I was horrified at the way nobody – nobody was caring about the environment and climate change. Al Gore gave me hope after a couple of years, but still progress was so painfully slow. I bought a flagpole and flew the Earth flag for 4 and a half of the 5 years, the only thing I felt I could do to draw the attention of passers by who wondered what on earth this dopey Brit was doing. I took it down when Obama became Prez because I fel that this was a turning point. At last, they had woken up! And yes, there will be need to sacrifice. Would you rather sacrifice a little now or a lot – maybe everything – later, or in the lifetime of your son? They haven’t done enough – but they have tried to do something!

Sorry to rant on what is really MJ piece, Robert – and an excellent one. RIP Michael.

Hi Robert,

I know it is difficult to expect families in W.V. to do something different to support their families. I don’t live too far from W.V. but I can say that plenty of families have been raped by the coal companies and don’t have clean water! Real change is never easy. My mom has a saying, “If you know change is coming make the change. If you choose not to it will be made for you and you won’t like it”.
I am with Twilight….you’re not dopey.

I have to say that I am indeed deeply concerned about my son’s future but I am not sure that climate change and C02 emissions are really the issue that I am passionate about, but I frame reality just slightly differently, for better or worse.

First off, Al Gore was merely a figurehead for a movement. it was his bone for laying down so nicely after the 2000 election and letting The Bush crime family and their cronies begin their systematic plundering of not only our economy, but our reputation abroad. it was Al’s big payback.

The science of global warming is highly in dispute. Over 100 scientists have come out in the past week opposed to Obama’s claim that the science around global warming is 100% irrefutable. These are not people driven by a political agenda, but science and they ply their trades at Princeton, MIT, Cal Tech and other well regarded institutions. While we are banging the drum for a phenomenon that is highly debatable, each day since 1998, planes have been criss-crossong the skies and dumping barium, aluminum, and other goodies into the atmosphere with the result that people are getting sick and sicker everyday. Beyond the future, I am deeply concerned about the present, watching the effects of the spraying impact me and others, including my son. I once had a brief one-on-one moment with Dennis Kucinich and we talked about chemtrails and he admitted to me that “they are real and they’re making people sick.”

So if I have to put my energy around something that’s real, here and now, versus a debatable fact of science and the future, I think I know where my instincts and concern lie.

My big piece around the current administration, whether it’s the bailout, the stim pack, this bill, the upcoming clean waters bill, etc is that they are using these events and opportunities to grab more power and grow the government into a corporatocracy, which is essentially a fusion of socialism and capitalism, with an emphasis on the social part. I know this is where you and I diverge Twilight.

As far as forcing change upon people goes and the painful side effects of it, do you think that the upper 5% are going to feel the pain? Feel the change? Do you think that their livliehood is in any way, shape or form going to be impacted by what’s comning at us in a negative way? Nope. They’re still going to experience the same benefits that their oligarchic caste affords them, while those below them suffer and scramble to make ends meet, make meaning of a world that is raidly changing and being determined for them, no matter whethter they agree to it or not.

My, personal solution is to re-build the infrastructure in the country, nit with green jobs, but local businesses, local production of goods, services and innovation. To develop pockets of the private sector where innovation is rewarded and communities can support one another from a ground up level, but this approach is counter to the vector of the current administration, which is all about top down in every regard.

Socialistic capitalism is just another layer of control, which allows the elite to concentate more and more power at the top and make a seamless transition to a government that looks after and safeguards “their” best interests, which is the accumulation of power and wealth on a global scale, to the exclusion of others.

They’re playing Monopoly and guess who’s winning?

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I’m especially concerned because the lunar eclipse on 7/7 is at 15 degrees of each sign–the Sun at 15 Cancer and the Moon at 15 Capricorn. My natal Sun is 17 Cancer. Does that mean this eclipse will affect me more intensely? Should I be afraid?

We’re all in it together Raven. Just relax, breath and let go. You’ll be fine.

Thanks for that post & happy 4th.

Thank you for your ongoing mission to cast light on the mysteries.

Isn’t it interesting how many events are converging in the world right now — including the fact that 7/7 will be pop star Michael Jackson’s much hyped memorial? It’s sure to be covered so heavily by the media that it will distract us from these more important messages.

Search You Tube for the latest crop circle interpretations by noted UFO researcher Jaime Maussan, an esteemed journalist from Mexico, and host of their “60 Minutes.” Maussan notes that all of the recent circles are about the sea and the sun/solar flares. The circles have been warning us about solar flares for years now–and Maussan says that the flares will be more frequent and intense as we approach 12/21/12. He heeds that humans on earth need to take immediate action to reduce global warming emissions because the ozone layer is so thin now that the earth can’t tolerate the extra heat coming from the solar flares. Maussan says that benevolent visitors from other galaxies are visiting us and leaving the crop circles in an attempt to warn us.

But what the circles don’t answer is what can we do to prepare at this point? Tell everyone and everything to slow down and stop? Move to a mountain top? Worship the king of pop?

Recently I had a conversation with Andrew Cohen (how’s that for name dropping?) about the 2012 blah blah blah, and he shrugged. HE SHRUGGED! “Eh,” he said, “it’s already happening. All that shift in consciousness. It’s going to be Y2K all over again.”

“So, Andy” I said (said I) “what you’re saying is that it’s biness as usual?”

“noooo …” he replied “I’m just saying that people are going over board with Apocalyptic Nonsense, and that ain’t the way I fly …”

He could have told me that his latest zine was going to be filled with 2012 stuff, but … he didn’t. Maybe he presumed that because I’m side kick I’d get to remote view his articles before publication?
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So enewai, this is an amazing update.
7/8/9? I wasn’t EVEN paying attention. Now I know why I feel so giddy.

Sarah,

I think Cohen is basically right. I fear that the new thought community has placed as much hope and promise around 2012 as the evangelicals have the rapture and yet, we have to take into account the math that not only The Mayns, but even someone like Terrence McKenna did in order to see 12/21/12 as an important node in and out of time.

We are in the throes of powerful energies right now. Some of which are beneficial, some of which aren’t,

On my calendar, it says that 2010 is a really big year with major planetary shifts with Saturn and Uranus making HUGE shifts into opposing planetary energies.

Libra vs Aries.

Peace vs War.

Thanks for dropping by.

–You:”Rumor has it that Edison offered Tesla $50,000 to come up with alternate current as opposed to Edison’s battery powered, direct current”

Me:How can you write such nonsense, please, what Edison knew about alternating current?
It was the money offered for the repair of existing equipment!

–You:”It’s a fascinating account of how Tesla plays the role of a dark mage, incorporating the crystal skull technology into the energetic field of Atlantis and as a result, opens up an inter-dimensional gateway,”

Me: You are mad!

–You:”Edison is endemic of the genius of Aquarius. The “Wizard of Menlo Park” has over 1,093 patents and of course brought electricity to the masses.

Me: You are mad, where are these patents? You are promoting Edison instead of Tesla, shame of you!

You: Are welcome here anytime.

Me: Thanks you.

Hey Robert,
Interesting take on Tesla, appreciate the reference points to further reading and previous posts.
I had a mediation/vision about 15 years ago when I was shown the Earth spinning at me with the word earth wrapped around it like the Universal Studio’s logo.
As I watched it spin towards me I heard: “The last shall be first” and with that, the H on the end spun forward and wrapped itself into the front of the word, which now read Heart. I was told: “Gloria, a long time ago a key fell out of the atmosphere that protected the earth”, (showing me the shape of a triangle) which fell into the oceans where a whale came up and swallowed it. “Chaos swept in and with it fear” This was known as the planet Heart in relationship to our understanding of the word, Tiamaat, and the rest came later….
Two years ago, in a drumming journey with Brooke Medicine Eagle at my shoppe, I journeyed into the future, where I saw a doorway of sorts/portal made up of a shiny image, that almost looked like melted fluorescent plastic/metal that was mirror like…..

AS an aside, I am distantly related to Alexander Hamilton on my mothers side, (Grandma is a Hamilton) and Bauer/O’Neil on my father’s side.

My father was brilliant and actually invented super glue, until Duponte sued him and my father didn’t have the $$$ to fight DuPonte, so had to just shut the doors of his chemistry company and walk away…..

HAARP, as I am told, has far more frightening ability than we are even close to knowing.
I also have been given the information that the pyramids, anchor a certain pwer/energy matrix that is channeled into the earth.

They will be able to discard all nuclear weapons (of the old variety) because they are already outdated modes compared to the technology they now have.

There is no need for bullets, just focused energy that cannot be traced in typical methods

Much has been “wiped” from many peoples minds already, and we are being slipped the mickey of bs as some innocently give the excuse as being “part of the planetary transformation of newness’, don’t even worry……

Ever watch the first movie, Star Wars? Ever see the scenes where they finally blow up the Death Star? Find a weakness in this HAARP, and exploit it. In this way, you will destroy, and/or transform it. Same idea. I think it will take spirit flyers to do it, this time. Luke Skywalker did it last time!

As this technology has been amassing, so has the focused, increasingly synchronized and unified power of our own minds.

You know, ecoartopian, you should think about starting your own blog. Until then, I’d be happy to continue producing mine so that you can piggy-back on my research and ideas.

It is so important to view this shift with a critical eye. I love what the dawn of the Age of Aquarius brought but the party is over. In order to accomplish any real change it takes vision, action and a whole lot of elbow grease. I have more planets in Virgo than I care to admit (pluto & uranus conj in my 6th with Venus in virgo as well…but I am a Libra). The placement I have is generational so there are many practical thinkers out there that were born at the same time. No, you are not a gadfly in the ointment of change. As for Al, I agree he didn’t put up much of a fight but I have to say that even though the election was decided by the Supreme Court (and not the people) it happened for a reason. To think that I voted for someone like Lieberman! That guy really makes me want to vomit!

Aha. How do you know? Thanks for the info.

Because I am “The Wizard Of Odd.”

Thirty years ago John Lennon sang a very prophetic song for this time… Mind Games…He saw it…as did Nostradamus …
The world of spirit becomes a known energy …aka the opening of our third eyes …aka the second coming …aka the lifting of the veil

This ditty was downloaded to me from spirit…

~ GOD Never Made Anything Square…(think on…)

There’s a cosmic burst of LOVE pouring through our skies
Stirring up a vortex within this evil veil of lies
It started as a trickle that turned into a flood
Then became a tidalwave of unrequited blood
The souls of the murdered and sacrificed for gain
Who in death KNOW Truth but seek no vengeance for their pain
Just a helping hand for man’s survival to win this wicked game

Those lucky heaven dwellers have contact from beyond
Beings from other dimensions share a strong loving bond
GOD’s wrath is manifesting through forces above the myth
That place we call heaven…that State of Constant Bliss

There have been many more like this ‘given’ to me from spirit (mainly John Lennon!) …

Love it. I was talking with a friend last night and our conversation veered towards this very subject and the help we get to keep this blue orb spinning in space. Because on the “surface” if we truly looked at who has the resources, fingers on the buttons, etc, there should be no way we’re even having this connection right now and yet we are.

Don’t be a stranger here.

Thinking ’bout it…maybe you could do a check between our charts… my birthday 12/16/1955 london 3.23pm …John 10/9/1940 liverpool 6.30pm…?

Hi Robert. So sorry to read that your connection with Kosmic is nearing an end, and hope something appears soon to replace it. You write so very well, I can’t imagine someone won’t snap you up.

Re the wave of “lurve” on Facebook – I haven’t experienced it personally because Facebook gives me the creeps (gut feeling, no idea why). But I think I’m with you in your views. Facebook isn’t the world. Any shift has to be world-wide and species wide. It ain’t happening – yet. Age of Aquarius is a long way off. We won’t see it, will we? I won’t anyway. We are probably on some kind of cusp now – a giant centuries long cusp, so occasional whiffs of what’s brewing might be around from time to time I guess.

I think Facebook and other social networks are a bredding ground for communal emotional euphoria, which in the long run amounts to very little – in the big picture.

As for Al Gore – can’t fault him. I won’t criticise, he might have made mistakes, but I do believe he’s a man of integrity, and that’s all I ask of anybody.

Continuation – I went straight from here to Liberaland Blog and saw this

http://www.alan.com/2009/07/13/all-this-because-of-a-peace-t-shirt/

Not much lurve in that neck of the woods.

sorry to hear about you leaving kosmic… i really enjoy your writings…
very professional, truthful and to the point!!!!
i too have chiron in aqua 27 deg…..

Hope 2 c u at angelicas new Ning, if not … that’s okay too…
Your a cool guy robert….
everything happens for a reason….
better things are just around the corner… watch for them.

; )

peace
love
balance

be well

In the words of the immortal Michael Jackson, “I’ll be there. . . .”

Thanks Tamara.

In the words of the immortal Michael Jackson, “I’ll be there. . . .”

Thanks Tamara.

In the words of the immortal Michael Jackson, “I’ll be there. . . .”

Thanks Tamara.

Thank you, you said it…love this post Robert! Except for the sharing about not being on Kosmic anymore, I trust the universe will fill that “shift” from one place to another and increase your income along with it.
Just went throught the Chiron return, ouch! Yet as those things go, also insightful, with some similar insights as we have discussed before.
And yes, even though “those powerful moneyed interests” surely are steering many into mindless bliss while they Gore us into laying down before the courts of the overlords, you are right on Robert, we get to play this too….back to the looking glass of previous post…thankx again for saying what is not popular.
….and of course….the spirit within brings us serendiptous events to help us past our blinded euphoric facebooked tell alls, oh at 10:30 I spilled coffee, etc.
bravo

Have to agree with Twilight about facebook…but al gore is to integrity what Gandhi was to war!
This is what John Lennon had to say on the morning of gore’s musical bash on 7/7/07 london

~Global Warming And Burned Out Politicians

Global warming is not to blame
for our drinks poisoned with aspartame
or the fluoridated water that rots our brains
or the violence and death of our video games
or the schools producing kids who can’t read
or the outsourced jobs for corporate greed
or a health’care’ that knows only pay-up or bleed
or a media who lies and takes us for fools
or a flood of illegals to clean out our pools
or our bully boy tactics in blood soaked Iraq
or the pantsdown* trillions we’ll never get back

I could go on but I’ve gored you enough
solving global warming will cure none of the above…

* aka pentagoon

@Badger…..we disagree about Gore – that’s fine. But as for global warming/climate change – dealing with that will allow time and opportunity to right some of the other wrongs Lennon listed. If climate change isn’t dealt with none of those wrongs will matter any more.

Ok so, when we put focus on something we really trust to be truth in the astro universe, you can get the points that show you how astrology is tangible in a rational mind, and for me, Aquarius has its air of hypocrisy, people write about love, and talk about the wrongs in society, ideas flow, action get lost in directions, they talk about people talking about having its ordinary events in their daily life, complex behavior are rising with new astrological configuration, the long era is infinite in a suspicious mind which never open the mind for the possibilities you could find in this bilateral era of choices, Aquarius is giving us the sense that we belong together in the same escape, but with different distances between each one, and in Neptune, it expands our experience within the new facets that are rising within the doubt of the divine.

The cup of uncertainty perhaps? I think the facets that are proposing the shift may happen someday, are the ones who may start a revolutionary way of dealing with our available sources as humans on planet earth.

I prefer having this good vibe of the Aquarius hypocrisies, than a sure 3rd war burning all the good greens that still are with us.

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This dynamic in the milieu of these two opposing titans can be seen from a number of perspectives. Saturn represents the tried and true–tradition. It’s conservative and represents hierarchies and establishments. It’s bureaucracy. Does it become overly officious in Virgo squaring off against the radical notion of the masses rejecting batches of potentially bad vaccines? Or does it represent a much more conservative point of view regarding health in the midst of supposedly progressive notions of prevention? In reply: The Commander and Chief has two agendas milieu control and loading the language. Many Presidents are protagonistic to millieu control and unable to load the language processes. Obama, in some political formula, loaded the language platform and is not in milieu control administration of government, even with his megalomaniacal language articulation. He might even be the United States? universal translator. The environment (foundations) have never been shook, simply by his freedom to speak, since George Washington and the formulary has been milieu appropriation and military of every commander and chief since.

The end result will be a mere reflection of the collective power in control by majority. Currently this major collective has been infected by a virus of it’s own accord and in great need of healing.

Robert, great article and interpretation of the father and son story. In confirmation to the webbot, they have also designed a black box so to speak at Princeton, placed in many parts of the county now to gather the ebbs and flows of consciousness that they have also seen as a predictor of sorts, it too spiked just hours before 9/11.
I wonder if the soaking of the populace with the information has done a good job of numbing us as well to the very real threats you have so eloquently outlined?
Thanx again for bravely blowing the horn…

Gloria,

You’re referring to the random number generation experiment called, “The Global Consciousness Project,” which you can find out more about here:

http://noosphere.princeton.edu/

I think the entire concept of the collective and it’s power has been manipulated for quite sometime, but through projects like The Web Bots and The GCP, we can begin to see just how powerful we can be as a large and unified field of consciousness. That’s why I think that there are no insignificant acts. Conscious participation in this frame of reality can be extremely powerful in ways that we don’t even really understand.

If we make it a point to live authentically, consciously and compassionately, our thoughts and feelings manifest in the field of the greater good. An accrued force of such acts can act as the fuel for miracles and while we might be mindful of how we treat one another and ourselves, the outcome of such expressions may never be recognized or noticed by us–doesn’t mean it doesn’t impact others in a broader and more holisitc way.

It’s service of the highest order.

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I’m probably not understanding this properly, Robert, but won’t the search words they input to the software program be geared towards some specific result?
What I really mean is – if they put in some other (maybe only slightly different) search words a very different list of predicitions might ensue.
There’s something a wee bif off – but I can’t quite get at it.

I agree that astrologically there seems to be trouble brewing, but we’re used to that. When hasn’t there been trouble brewing in living memory?