This is the first sentence of 'The Talk of the Town" in The New Yorkers January 27th edition. How many of us can relate to that? What is it about the time spent sitting in traffic that is so unnerving? Elizabeth Kolbert wrote a piece on the GW Bridge lane closings and Governor Christie, whose sentence is quoted here, the whole first paragraph of which put me in stitches of laughter. But not everyone in New Jersey is laughing most especially not Governor Christie..
Looking at things from an astrological perspective is always fun and sometimes enlightening. We do not have a birth time for Christie but know he was born on Sept 6th, 1962 in Newark, NJ. We also know he had a Solar Eclipse on his natal Neptune last November 3rd. Solar eclipses are very potent New Moons whose effects last for years. Neptune is the planet that influences us towards sainthood or addiction. We live in so much of an idealized world that we loose all sense of reality. We want to escape, we long for a Utopia, our dreams are big, our delusions huge. We can commit fraud, be deceived, cheat, stretch the truth, or just not see the truth clearly. When an eclipse hits a natal planet those issues come to the forefront for that time period. Nothing changes anyone's life more than having an eclipse fall on a sensitive point in our natal chart. And so it is now with Gov Christie and his ability to see and speak the truth.
The Port of Authority is run by officials from both New York and New Jersey. When Christie came to the governorship of New Jersey in 2010, he appointed nearly 50 of his own supporters in the lucrative positions, whose governance had been severely reduced by the 9/11 tragedy, as Kolbert explains. The Port Authority owned and were headquartered in the Twin Towers and when the then executive director and eighty-three other employees lost their lives, the Authority was obviously severely impacted and weakened. Governor Christie's high school friend, as the agency's interstate capital projects director, was the one who ordered the lane closings (he has since resigned). Last Thursday seventeen subpoenas were issued to officials of the agency and those in Christie's personal staff..
Experiences with Neptune are, if nothing else, humbling experiences, which demand a subsuming of all ego, a "letting go". Anyone with Neptune eclipsed, as his was last November, is going to experience either a highly spiritual sensitive time, or a confusing time where one is not sure of anything and is walking around in a fog, or a time where an element of sacrifice is present. One's version of reality will be severely tested. Situations arise that demand honesty.
Governor Christie is also somewhere near the end of a 30 year long Sun/Moon cycle, at the Balsamic Moon phase to be precise, where endings and closures are pronounced. It is a wrap period for the previous 30 years, a transition with intimations of the future. More a time or reflection and introspection, where we distill something we have learned.
He was also born with a retrograde Jupiter. He has to come to terms with his overinflated self image. Jupiter will turn direct June 15, 2015. The fact that Jupiter will apparently change directions in his normal life span, which is not always the case, is significant. His life up until June 2015 can be seen as being a review, inner reflection or as a treading water in regards the moral and ethical systems he was born into. He will be forced to look inside and evaluate how well he operates within his social world and on what it means to have ethics (moral principles or values to live by). Even though Jupiter, (think religious values, morals, ethics) was in Pisces at birth and of very fine quality, meaning he has a hugely compassionate side, the retrogradation and Jupiter's conjunction with Chiron, the wounded healer, tells us that he has much inner work to do in the ethics/morals/values/social compact area. The fact that Jupiter will turn direct gives us hope that Gov. Christie will use this opportunity to correct his "overextended" self.
These issues are intensified by his progressed Venus which went retrograde March 2009. Christie has some reevaluating to do. What are my values? What messages have I unconsciously or consciously allowed to trickle down through my staff and within the administration that gave them permission to behave with such rampant disregard for the lives of thousands and thousands of people over the four days the lane closings occurred? I do not see this as the end of his political career forever, as he has Pluto conjoined the Sun and those people have an amazing ability to regenerate themselves, but this event is definitely a defining moment, he will turn a corner, close a chapter.
If politics is an extension of morality, as Roger Kennedy states in his book, Burr, Hamilton and Jefferson; A Study in Character, then is it too much to ask of all our politicians and office holders, whom we assume intend to effect the common good, that how they do so be in a manner that does no harm? This can only come about with a thoroughly honest appraisal of the values, standards and ethical moral codes we choose to live by. Of course our leaders are no more perfect than ourselves, but their willingness to put themselves in the public eye demands they do the work. When they have not done so, events occur which make the need to do so imperative.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Sunday, January 12, 2014
January 11th's Venus/Sun Conjunction
Correlating the celestial with the terrestrial helps us understand the meaning of our lives. This is what we do when we study astrology, or notice where the planets orbiting around the Sun are, in relation to us, planet Earth. Saturday morning marked the mid way point of the Venus retrograde cycle. Venus conjoins the Sun. She has left the evening sky, setting after the Sun, where she was so beautifully bright (being close to the Sun). Venus moved closer to the Sun until the morning of the 11th, when they conjoined. Being too close to the Sun that we do not see her and will not again until Venus rises ahead of the Sun in the morning sky next month. Venus has gone retrograde or "underground".
What does a retrograde cycle or "going underground"mean? For a period of time a planet is turning away from its apparent regular path around the Sun (Sun and Moon never retrograde) and into a more deviant mode of operation. This apparent celestial occurrence coincides with a time frame when a reflective person has an opportunity to become more objective about assumed situations and orient himself/herself away from the past or what is expected, towards a more personal and unique approach to whatever that planet signifies. (For further enlightenment see Alexander Ruperti and Cycles of Becoming). You can be born with a planet like Venus retrograde, in which case the "going against the grain" issues will be life long; or as we are experiencing it now, in a few months time, we all get the shorter opportunity to reset our inner compass.
In this case we are talking about Venus, so we are reformulating our values, our desires, our feelings, what we are attracting to ourselves, what satisfies us, our relationship to money, our relationship to others, our motives, what we want from love, the price we pay, our relationship to our women friends, our ability to weigh, compare and balance, how we look, how we get the "sweetness" of life, how loving we are, the value we place on love.
Since Venus's retrograding began on the 21st of December all or some of the above mentioned areas might not have been as effective or personally satisfying as they have in the past. A new relationship, a new hairstyle or something we recently bought might not feel satisfying. We might have been undermining ourselves or another, or under or overvaluing ourselves or another or some material item. The retrograde cycle demands we turn inward, reflect, and ask "Why did I do that?" or "How did I get myself into this situation?" "Is this what I want?"
The conjunction of Venus and the Sun marks the moment that we become aware that something has been unsatisfying in our emotional life. The reevaluation process could have been occurring in our unconscious, without our being aware of it. The Sun represents our "self", our life purpose, our intention, the direction of our life. When Venus meets the Sun, our purpose (Sun) shines through Venus (love, money, values) and through that connection only what is truly authentic to ourselves can survive. If what we have been feeling/loving/valuing is not truly an expression of our innermost selves, it will be noticed by the Sun; we are given an opportunity to reevaluate. (If we are a conscious and reflective person that is-otherwise events will tell us whether we are getting our values correctly imbedded in our life or not).
This conjunction occurs for everyone in the department of life, or house where Capricorn is on the cusp. Some will be affected more than others based on whether they have planets/angles at 21 degrees of Capricorn or other planets/angles at 21 degrees of one of the other cardinal signs, Cancer, Libra and Aries). This time period will also be important to also those whose ruler is Venus, those who have Libra or Taurus rising.
We have from now until the 31st of January to integrate this new understanding at which time Venus will proceed again "apparently" forward in direction, staying in Capricorn all through February, until the 6th of March when she will enter Aquarius and move into new territory. From now until then is a time to deepen our commitment to whatever it is we hold dear and precious. This Venus/Sun cycle time period begins a new round of experience in our love life and the values we live by. August 15th 2015 is the next opportunity we will have to reorient ourselves in our feeling life away from the usual towards what is more unique to us. Venus and Sun will again have their retrograde conjunction, this time in Leo.
To illustrate three examples, one historical, one from current affairs and one personal.
Happy Birthday Alexander Hamilton, who was born Jan 11 1755 (see Ron Chernow's biography), with Venus retrograde conjunct the Sun. Venus being the ruler of his chart (according to the Regulus Astrology rectification), Hamilton's life had every conceivable aberration of love and money scenarios one can possibly imagine. From his obscure and impoverished childhood, born out of wedlock and orphaned, through the rest of the many facets of his life, from clerk at age 11 for the outpost of a New York trading company in St.Croix, where he reconciled currencies from all over the world, to the pinnacle of his career with the ratification of the US Constitution and becoming Washington's Secretary of the Treasury, he encapsulated a Venus retrograde phenomena.
Hamilton envisioned and through shear persuasion founded the modern nation state with its emphasis on a strong financial footing, a budget, a funded debt, a tax system, a central bank, a customs service, the beginnings of a stock market and speculation. He understood the value of funded debt; that in order for this country to be deemed viable in the World's eyes the US had to borrow and pay back money with interest. He went against the norms of the time, when before his efforts, the Continental Army (which he was a part of) had been severely under supplied with food, clothes, shoes and ammunition because Congress had no authority to collect taxes to pay for supplies.
Yet how could a man who was responsible for the founding of a modern functioning nation leave his widow impoverished at his death? It took Gouverneor Morris, the USA 's first millionaire, to organize a secret subscription service among Hamilton's friends to provide for the widow and children. The account kept in The Bank of New York (founded by Hamilton), was kept secret until 1937.
The same inconsistencies can be seen in his love life. What member of the Cabinet married to a wealthy wife from a prominent New York family, having had an affair and instead of keeping quiet about it, would publish a 90 page pamphlet explaining and defending himself? Such are the aberrations and unusual circumstances encountered by a Venus retrograde person.
The second example, from current affairs is the case of the Indian diplomat, Devyani Khobragade, on the front page of the New York Times January 11th. Arrested December 12th, for visa fraud and for making false statements about her treatment of her domestic worker, she was also apparently strip searched. The diplomatic crisis between the world's two major democracies highlighted the cultural discrepancies between the two countries. As the Times said "While Americans reflexively came to the defense of a maid who the authorities said was subjected to abuse, Indians reflexively sympathized with the diplomat". A cultural abyss opened up between the US and India-a clash of values (Venus). The diplomat was expelled from this country as her husband and two young daughters, all US citizens, remained in New York. Khobragade, like Venus, is alone on an inward journey, in retreat, on account of cultural differences in value systems.
The third example is from my personal story. Having just had my birthday on the 23rd, I have Venus retrograde in my Solar Return chart for the year, in fact it is on the Ascendant. I expect to have experiences this year that will help me clarify what is important to me. Working on a friendship with my ex, whom I had not communicated with, except through lawyers for 8 years, I feel there is still some chemistry between us. But instead of being the aggressor and going after what I want (which is how the relationship began 40 years ago) I am taking a different tack. I am exploring my more feminine side (Venus) more the seductress, than the seducer (Mars). We will see how it turns out. I feel the change inside me-valuing my self more and not being so needy for an external fulfillment.
The Venus retrograde cycle gives us a span of time where some fundamental change in our feelings and values can occur. Whether conscious or unconscious, Venus's retrograde cycle, being closest to the earth and brightest in the sky, takes us on an inward journey where what we like and dislike what we attract or push away can be more clearly defined. Retrograde cycles are very special but the outcomes might not be evident right away. Wait until March 6th, when Venus leaves Capricorn, before making any definitive pronouncements on the matters..
What does a retrograde cycle or "going underground"mean? For a period of time a planet is turning away from its apparent regular path around the Sun (Sun and Moon never retrograde) and into a more deviant mode of operation. This apparent celestial occurrence coincides with a time frame when a reflective person has an opportunity to become more objective about assumed situations and orient himself/herself away from the past or what is expected, towards a more personal and unique approach to whatever that planet signifies. (For further enlightenment see Alexander Ruperti and Cycles of Becoming). You can be born with a planet like Venus retrograde, in which case the "going against the grain" issues will be life long; or as we are experiencing it now, in a few months time, we all get the shorter opportunity to reset our inner compass.
In this case we are talking about Venus, so we are reformulating our values, our desires, our feelings, what we are attracting to ourselves, what satisfies us, our relationship to money, our relationship to others, our motives, what we want from love, the price we pay, our relationship to our women friends, our ability to weigh, compare and balance, how we look, how we get the "sweetness" of life, how loving we are, the value we place on love.
Since Venus's retrograding began on the 21st of December all or some of the above mentioned areas might not have been as effective or personally satisfying as they have in the past. A new relationship, a new hairstyle or something we recently bought might not feel satisfying. We might have been undermining ourselves or another, or under or overvaluing ourselves or another or some material item. The retrograde cycle demands we turn inward, reflect, and ask "Why did I do that?" or "How did I get myself into this situation?" "Is this what I want?"
The conjunction of Venus and the Sun marks the moment that we become aware that something has been unsatisfying in our emotional life. The reevaluation process could have been occurring in our unconscious, without our being aware of it. The Sun represents our "self", our life purpose, our intention, the direction of our life. When Venus meets the Sun, our purpose (Sun) shines through Venus (love, money, values) and through that connection only what is truly authentic to ourselves can survive. If what we have been feeling/loving/valuing is not truly an expression of our innermost selves, it will be noticed by the Sun; we are given an opportunity to reevaluate. (If we are a conscious and reflective person that is-otherwise events will tell us whether we are getting our values correctly imbedded in our life or not).
This conjunction occurs for everyone in the department of life, or house where Capricorn is on the cusp. Some will be affected more than others based on whether they have planets/angles at 21 degrees of Capricorn or other planets/angles at 21 degrees of one of the other cardinal signs, Cancer, Libra and Aries). This time period will also be important to also those whose ruler is Venus, those who have Libra or Taurus rising.
We have from now until the 31st of January to integrate this new understanding at which time Venus will proceed again "apparently" forward in direction, staying in Capricorn all through February, until the 6th of March when she will enter Aquarius and move into new territory. From now until then is a time to deepen our commitment to whatever it is we hold dear and precious. This Venus/Sun cycle time period begins a new round of experience in our love life and the values we live by. August 15th 2015 is the next opportunity we will have to reorient ourselves in our feeling life away from the usual towards what is more unique to us. Venus and Sun will again have their retrograde conjunction, this time in Leo.
To illustrate three examples, one historical, one from current affairs and one personal.
Happy Birthday Alexander Hamilton, who was born Jan 11 1755 (see Ron Chernow's biography), with Venus retrograde conjunct the Sun. Venus being the ruler of his chart (according to the Regulus Astrology rectification), Hamilton's life had every conceivable aberration of love and money scenarios one can possibly imagine. From his obscure and impoverished childhood, born out of wedlock and orphaned, through the rest of the many facets of his life, from clerk at age 11 for the outpost of a New York trading company in St.Croix, where he reconciled currencies from all over the world, to the pinnacle of his career with the ratification of the US Constitution and becoming Washington's Secretary of the Treasury, he encapsulated a Venus retrograde phenomena.
Hamilton envisioned and through shear persuasion founded the modern nation state with its emphasis on a strong financial footing, a budget, a funded debt, a tax system, a central bank, a customs service, the beginnings of a stock market and speculation. He understood the value of funded debt; that in order for this country to be deemed viable in the World's eyes the US had to borrow and pay back money with interest. He went against the norms of the time, when before his efforts, the Continental Army (which he was a part of) had been severely under supplied with food, clothes, shoes and ammunition because Congress had no authority to collect taxes to pay for supplies.
Yet how could a man who was responsible for the founding of a modern functioning nation leave his widow impoverished at his death? It took Gouverneor Morris, the USA 's first millionaire, to organize a secret subscription service among Hamilton's friends to provide for the widow and children. The account kept in The Bank of New York (founded by Hamilton), was kept secret until 1937.
The same inconsistencies can be seen in his love life. What member of the Cabinet married to a wealthy wife from a prominent New York family, having had an affair and instead of keeping quiet about it, would publish a 90 page pamphlet explaining and defending himself? Such are the aberrations and unusual circumstances encountered by a Venus retrograde person.
The second example, from current affairs is the case of the Indian diplomat, Devyani Khobragade, on the front page of the New York Times January 11th. Arrested December 12th, for visa fraud and for making false statements about her treatment of her domestic worker, she was also apparently strip searched. The diplomatic crisis between the world's two major democracies highlighted the cultural discrepancies between the two countries. As the Times said "While Americans reflexively came to the defense of a maid who the authorities said was subjected to abuse, Indians reflexively sympathized with the diplomat". A cultural abyss opened up between the US and India-a clash of values (Venus). The diplomat was expelled from this country as her husband and two young daughters, all US citizens, remained in New York. Khobragade, like Venus, is alone on an inward journey, in retreat, on account of cultural differences in value systems.
The third example is from my personal story. Having just had my birthday on the 23rd, I have Venus retrograde in my Solar Return chart for the year, in fact it is on the Ascendant. I expect to have experiences this year that will help me clarify what is important to me. Working on a friendship with my ex, whom I had not communicated with, except through lawyers for 8 years, I feel there is still some chemistry between us. But instead of being the aggressor and going after what I want (which is how the relationship began 40 years ago) I am taking a different tack. I am exploring my more feminine side (Venus) more the seductress, than the seducer (Mars). We will see how it turns out. I feel the change inside me-valuing my self more and not being so needy for an external fulfillment.
The Venus retrograde cycle gives us a span of time where some fundamental change in our feelings and values can occur. Whether conscious or unconscious, Venus's retrograde cycle, being closest to the earth and brightest in the sky, takes us on an inward journey where what we like and dislike what we attract or push away can be more clearly defined. Retrograde cycles are very special but the outcomes might not be evident right away. Wait until March 6th, when Venus leaves Capricorn, before making any definitive pronouncements on the matters..
Friday, January 3, 2014
Blizzard New Year's 2014 Post
Merry Christmas Part Two has become Blizzard New Year's Post. Sequestered in the house, in front of the fire, watching the birds at the feeder and drinking chai; it doesn't get any better. My thoughts and fingers move to type and write. The exact moment of the Winter Solstice, the Venus station and the New Moon on New Year's Day have passed but the effects of these most recent astronomical events linger. And what does each signify?
The Winter Solstice, when the Sun moves into 0 degrees 0 minutes of Capricorn, begins winter. Occurring December 21st this year at 12:11 PM EST, the Sun appears to stand still (sol-Sun and sistere- to stand still). According to the Farmers Almanac the length of the day on the 19th of December was 9 hours and 4 minutes and remained that way until the 22nd when it increased to 9 hours and 5 minutes. From the 16th to the 25th the length of the day went from 9 hours and 5 minutes, to 9 hours and 4 minutes to 9 hours and 5 minutes again. For all apparent purposes the Sun stood still. That is why the ancients celebrated, and we have continued to make festivals at this time and again at midsummer, to encourage the Sun to move again. ( It is the Sun's path seen from the earth that has reached its lowest possible altitude in the Northern Hemisphere, before reversing direction).
We were choir rehearsal on that Saturday Solstice day and after having been there a few hours, all of a sudden we disbanded. I looked at my phone and it was 12:11 PM. The sudden shift in energy was noted. (This is not unlike what we spoke about last time with Washington's Army crossing the Delaware as Mars moved into 0 degrees and 0 minutes of Libra, commencing a surprise attack at the Battle of Trenton, which was a turning point in the War for Independence.) The Sun moving into 0 degrees of one of the four cardinal sign initiates one of the four seasons. When Mars moves there our energy and will force accelerate, as it did for Washington and his hungry and shoeless army. Here we are talking about the Sun moving into 0 degrees of Capricorn, and the beginning of winter.
The Solstice moment has another feature to it, astrologers use it to gleam trends for the upcoming year. I listened to Gary Christen's Solstice talk 2013 (available alabe.com) and he explores some interesting ideas. As we are still experiencing the effects of the Uranus/Pluto opening square, we are set for deep seated changes that appear suddenly. Now these can be on a personal level, if these two planets are connected with your natal chart, or in our culture, which is rapidly advancing technology as a solution. (Uranus-sudden and technology and Pluto-deep seated change)
I saw confirmation of this last night on PBS's Newshour segment on robotics. Amazon is looking into using drones to deliver its products, a reporter drove Google's car last summer which drives itself, companies are building robots with expressive facial gestures that communicate with and respond to humans. Gary thinks that the 3-D printers which actually produce objects and the use of robots in manufacturing, will take more and more jobs away from humans. Breakthroughs in medicine will also be forthcoming (leukemia had one last Fall). The Teutonic plates of the earth are moving. The Atlantic Ocean is getting wider. The only Teutonic plate that has not moved recently is the one near Washington and Oregon. An ad from Motley Fool on the New York Times digital this morning spoke about Near Field Communications (NFC's) technology, where credit/debit cards, which began with the Diners Club card in the late 40's will become obsolete. We will be purchasing and paying bills with our smart phones-no more plastic.. (already an option on Nexus phones).
Gary says we are in a period of radical transition. 2014 will bring weird transportation issues in NYC, the possibility of a military campaign in the Spring, more earthquakes, Republicans and Democrats still at each others throats for 1 1/2 more years, more polarization, conservative fashion trends with hems going down and "the real truth" still being covered up. Early March, the 3rd week in April, May and the Fall are critical times, mid terms in November bring more "dumb people" into office He also postulates that some important personages may pass, which has already happened with Mandela leaving us and now Sharon gravely ill.
Of course there is one elephant in the room that nobody talks about; that is the CME's, the coronal mass ejections from the Sun. A CME is a massive burst of solar wind and magnetic field that rises up from the Sun's surface, reaches into space and affects the circulation in the upper atmosphere of the earth causing more Northern Lights and potentially affecting our electrical grid, weather patterns, bird migration patterns and our nervous systems. The series of Uranus/Pluto squares mentioned above in effect from 2011-2016, are a part of the unsettling period we are experiencing now.
First auroras of 2014.
There was a huge CME on July 23rd 2012, one of the fastest CME's ever recorded, but it was not aimed in our direction. And another last October 25th. The Sun is now in the active phase of its 11 year cycle. During the high point of the Sun's 11 year cycle the magnetic polarity of the Sun reverses. Stanford University's Wilcox Observatory issued a press release on November 11th reminding us that the Sun's magnetic field was in the process of flipping and should occur in the next 3-4 months. (See earthsky.com November 11th 2013). No one knows what effects, if any, this will have on earth or any other body in our solar system.
But as Bruce Scofield says on naturalastrology.com in the 'Cycles of the Sun article', probably many processes on the earth are affected by the Sun, we just have not explored them yet. We need to look more closely at what is happening between Sun and Earth as a unit and not separately in regards the intermingling of electromagnetic fields. Someday we might even be able to validate astrology with concrete evidence. Gary says that will come in 2025-26..We have a lot to look forward to...
The Winter Solstice, when the Sun moves into 0 degrees 0 minutes of Capricorn, begins winter. Occurring December 21st this year at 12:11 PM EST, the Sun appears to stand still (sol-Sun and sistere- to stand still). According to the Farmers Almanac the length of the day on the 19th of December was 9 hours and 4 minutes and remained that way until the 22nd when it increased to 9 hours and 5 minutes. From the 16th to the 25th the length of the day went from 9 hours and 5 minutes, to 9 hours and 4 minutes to 9 hours and 5 minutes again. For all apparent purposes the Sun stood still. That is why the ancients celebrated, and we have continued to make festivals at this time and again at midsummer, to encourage the Sun to move again. ( It is the Sun's path seen from the earth that has reached its lowest possible altitude in the Northern Hemisphere, before reversing direction).
We were choir rehearsal on that Saturday Solstice day and after having been there a few hours, all of a sudden we disbanded. I looked at my phone and it was 12:11 PM. The sudden shift in energy was noted. (This is not unlike what we spoke about last time with Washington's Army crossing the Delaware as Mars moved into 0 degrees and 0 minutes of Libra, commencing a surprise attack at the Battle of Trenton, which was a turning point in the War for Independence.) The Sun moving into 0 degrees of one of the four cardinal sign initiates one of the four seasons. When Mars moves there our energy and will force accelerate, as it did for Washington and his hungry and shoeless army. Here we are talking about the Sun moving into 0 degrees of Capricorn, and the beginning of winter.
The Solstice moment has another feature to it, astrologers use it to gleam trends for the upcoming year. I listened to Gary Christen's Solstice talk 2013 (available alabe.com) and he explores some interesting ideas. As we are still experiencing the effects of the Uranus/Pluto opening square, we are set for deep seated changes that appear suddenly. Now these can be on a personal level, if these two planets are connected with your natal chart, or in our culture, which is rapidly advancing technology as a solution. (Uranus-sudden and technology and Pluto-deep seated change)
I saw confirmation of this last night on PBS's Newshour segment on robotics. Amazon is looking into using drones to deliver its products, a reporter drove Google's car last summer which drives itself, companies are building robots with expressive facial gestures that communicate with and respond to humans. Gary thinks that the 3-D printers which actually produce objects and the use of robots in manufacturing, will take more and more jobs away from humans. Breakthroughs in medicine will also be forthcoming (leukemia had one last Fall). The Teutonic plates of the earth are moving. The Atlantic Ocean is getting wider. The only Teutonic plate that has not moved recently is the one near Washington and Oregon. An ad from Motley Fool on the New York Times digital this morning spoke about Near Field Communications (NFC's) technology, where credit/debit cards, which began with the Diners Club card in the late 40's will become obsolete. We will be purchasing and paying bills with our smart phones-no more plastic.. (already an option on Nexus phones).
Gary says we are in a period of radical transition. 2014 will bring weird transportation issues in NYC, the possibility of a military campaign in the Spring, more earthquakes, Republicans and Democrats still at each others throats for 1 1/2 more years, more polarization, conservative fashion trends with hems going down and "the real truth" still being covered up. Early March, the 3rd week in April, May and the Fall are critical times, mid terms in November bring more "dumb people" into office He also postulates that some important personages may pass, which has already happened with Mandela leaving us and now Sharon gravely ill.
Of course there is one elephant in the room that nobody talks about; that is the CME's, the coronal mass ejections from the Sun. A CME is a massive burst of solar wind and magnetic field that rises up from the Sun's surface, reaches into space and affects the circulation in the upper atmosphere of the earth causing more Northern Lights and potentially affecting our electrical grid, weather patterns, bird migration patterns and our nervous systems. The series of Uranus/Pluto squares mentioned above in effect from 2011-2016, are a part of the unsettling period we are experiencing now.
First auroras of 2014.
There was a huge CME on July 23rd 2012, one of the fastest CME's ever recorded, but it was not aimed in our direction. And another last October 25th. The Sun is now in the active phase of its 11 year cycle. During the high point of the Sun's 11 year cycle the magnetic polarity of the Sun reverses. Stanford University's Wilcox Observatory issued a press release on November 11th reminding us that the Sun's magnetic field was in the process of flipping and should occur in the next 3-4 months. (See earthsky.com November 11th 2013). No one knows what effects, if any, this will have on earth or any other body in our solar system.
But as Bruce Scofield says on naturalastrology.com in the 'Cycles of the Sun article', probably many processes on the earth are affected by the Sun, we just have not explored them yet. We need to look more closely at what is happening between Sun and Earth as a unit and not separately in regards the intermingling of electromagnetic fields. Someday we might even be able to validate astrology with concrete evidence. Gary says that will come in 2025-26..We have a lot to look forward to...
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