The Following Is Not a News Flash:
Well, I assume GOPers are saying they prefer artifically high costs for your health insurance expenses and medical treatments, Pilgrims.
And this, after extorting American consumers for decades into paying extra for other countries' reduced prescription rates - while they keep American taxpayers footing the majority of the bills for pharmaceutical research which creates the patent formulas we pay the world's highest prices for. Crazy weasels!
Yes, on Capitol Hill they're fighting The People all the way to keep credit card companies in clover at our (obscene) expense, and to retain the sneaky, high-handed fees the banking industry levels on us at the drop of a Majority Leader's gavel - in order to boost already out-of-proportion bottom lines and line politicians' deep pockets.
Beyond scandalous! Duplicitous. Craven. Over-the-line greedy. Wicked. Psychotic. ______ <--your adjective goes here. Can you name that weasel in one adjective?
So...healthcare reform in the US? Wake me when it gets here - but after you give it a while to show its true results for, and its effects on, The People.
Jun 6, 2009
Albert Einstein: Sun Pisc-Moon Sag
Albert Einstein said, "Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
And one of my personal favorites of his quotes: "The important thing is not to stop questioning."
Born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879 (NS = Gregorian calendar), Albert Einstein's birth registration indicates the time he entered the time/space continuum on Earth to be 11:30 am (-0:40) which SolarFire gives as 11Can38 rising, Mc 12Pis50, with 10th house Sun 23Pisc55, 6th house Moon 14Sag32, at an Hour of Mars 26Cap55 in 7th house (quarrels with partners; marriage disagreements for which he is well-known. Not a good husband, our Albert.)
The steamy Water-Fire blend of Sun Pisc-Moon Sag is indicative of one who is romantic, moody, volatile, and artistic. Steam sterilizes and purifies but can also scald! Water-Fire's shadow (unconscious side) describes one who cannot be objective in his views and uses an intensely urgent and passionate approach.
In fact, Einstein's Pre-Natal Eclipse Series, the one he was born into, is the 7 North, which Brady's Predictive Astrology gives as 'a very sensual family of eclipses; hidden passions may catch people off-guard and confront them with very deep passions which may have been hidden for many years.'
Yes, Albert was quite a ladies' man, wasn't he? Except to his wife who early on in his career shared his intellectual pursuits. But Sun Pis-Moon Sag doesn't like to be 'tied down' so I believe he resented marriage and the responsibility of children.
With his natal Saturn (the father) in its fall in Aries, his own papa may not have been much of a bargain either - little Albert had to depend on himself. Sad that he basically did the same to his own children.
FYI: a Solar Eclipse in the 7N Series last manifested at 19Ari06 on April 8, 2005; next occurrence will be on April 20, 2023 at '30Aries.'
Sun Pisc-Moon Sag is also noted for breadth of intellect, a far-ranging creative imagination, and deep self-confidence. Enthusiastic and ironically humorous, this blend can make everyone laugh and feel that a *bff has been found.
Here is an adventurer and restless seeker of truth (Sag) with a religious bent but not for organized religions (Pisces.) A strong social awareness is present, along with a streak of mysticism that can bring a reverential fervor to all endeavors.
Einstein's natal chart shows a Mercury/Saturn conjunction in early Aries, sign of the pioneer, which gives much structure and logic to the thought patterns as well as scientific and mathematical talents, fore-sightedness, and strong powers of visualization.
The **Images for Integration for this blend are:
A black woman priest in the confessional hears a tale of woe from a white converted scientist and they fall in love...Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
(The last word picture is for obvious reasons!)
Sun Pisc-Moon Sag is shared natally by some interesting folk: Rupert Murdoch, Copernicus, Jackie Gleason, Nijinsky, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Ishmael Reed, Victor Hugo, and...Billy Crystal!
And btw, in photos of #Einstein you've noticed his limpid Pisces eyes (Pisces Sun with watery Cancer ascending) which some might call bedroom eyes!
*bff = 'best friend forever'....but you knew that!
**Sun Sign-Moon Sign, Chas & Suzi Harvey.
And one of my personal favorites of his quotes: "The important thing is not to stop questioning."
Born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879 (NS = Gregorian calendar), Albert Einstein's birth registration indicates the time he entered the time/space continuum on Earth to be 11:30 am (-0:40) which SolarFire gives as 11Can38 rising, Mc 12Pis50, with 10th house Sun 23Pisc55, 6th house Moon 14Sag32, at an Hour of Mars 26Cap55 in 7th house (quarrels with partners; marriage disagreements for which he is well-known. Not a good husband, our Albert.)
The steamy Water-Fire blend of Sun Pisc-Moon Sag is indicative of one who is romantic, moody, volatile, and artistic. Steam sterilizes and purifies but can also scald! Water-Fire's shadow (unconscious side) describes one who cannot be objective in his views and uses an intensely urgent and passionate approach.
In fact, Einstein's Pre-Natal Eclipse Series, the one he was born into, is the 7 North, which Brady's Predictive Astrology gives as 'a very sensual family of eclipses; hidden passions may catch people off-guard and confront them with very deep passions which may have been hidden for many years.'
Yes, Albert was quite a ladies' man, wasn't he? Except to his wife who early on in his career shared his intellectual pursuits. But Sun Pis-Moon Sag doesn't like to be 'tied down' so I believe he resented marriage and the responsibility of children.
With his natal Saturn (the father) in its fall in Aries, his own papa may not have been much of a bargain either - little Albert had to depend on himself. Sad that he basically did the same to his own children.
FYI: a Solar Eclipse in the 7N Series last manifested at 19Ari06 on April 8, 2005; next occurrence will be on April 20, 2023 at '30Aries.'
Sun Pisc-Moon Sag is also noted for breadth of intellect, a far-ranging creative imagination, and deep self-confidence. Enthusiastic and ironically humorous, this blend can make everyone laugh and feel that a *bff has been found.
Here is an adventurer and restless seeker of truth (Sag) with a religious bent but not for organized religions (Pisces.) A strong social awareness is present, along with a streak of mysticism that can bring a reverential fervor to all endeavors.
Einstein's natal chart shows a Mercury/Saturn conjunction in early Aries, sign of the pioneer, which gives much structure and logic to the thought patterns as well as scientific and mathematical talents, fore-sightedness, and strong powers of visualization.
The **Images for Integration for this blend are:
A black woman priest in the confessional hears a tale of woe from a white converted scientist and they fall in love...Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
(The last word picture is for obvious reasons!)
Sun Pisc-Moon Sag is shared natally by some interesting folk: Rupert Murdoch, Copernicus, Jackie Gleason, Nijinsky, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Ishmael Reed, Victor Hugo, and...Billy Crystal!
And btw, in photos of #Einstein you've noticed his limpid Pisces eyes (Pisces Sun with watery Cancer ascending) which some might call bedroom eyes!
*bff = 'best friend forever'....but you knew that!
**Sun Sign-Moon Sign, Chas & Suzi Harvey.
View Einstein's bio and natal horoscope here if you wish.
D-Day June 6, 1944 and the US Uranus Return
Anyone even slightly acquainted with Astrology and the US natal chart knows that Uranus, planet of revolution and rebellion, is closely linked to the US natal chart and psyche. With its appr 84-year cycle, Uranus returns to natal degree on a somewhat regular basis - 'somewhat' because we are talking about that quirky lover of the unexpected, Uranus, The Awakener.
On May 30, 1944, Uranus returned to America's natal degree 8Gem+. Basing the Return on the 'Sibly' natal chart (5:10 pm LMT) the time of the Return (relocated to the White House): 5:04:58 am EWT (+4:00); using the Scorpio Rising chart (2:21 pm LMT), its time: 2:44:01 am EWT. Obviously the two charts differ in house cusps, Midheaven, ASC, etc, but here I speak more generally because today is the 65th anniversary of D-Day which marks the amphibious phase of the Allied Forces' invasion of 50 miles of France's coast, with fighting beginning June 6 on the beaches of Normandy.
As you know, President Obama is there today taking part in ceremonies to mark the occasion and, I'm glad to say, a few participants are in attendance, too, though in their 80s and 90s now.
This was the largest single-day amphibious invasion of all time, and was aka 'Operation Neptune' and 'Operation Overlord'..the first obviously related to Neptune astrologically (amphibious, the sea, overseas), the second to Pluto which was out-of-bounds and conjunct Mars, god of war, on June 6, 1944.
Mars and Pluto, who together indicate great zeal, force, brutality, superhuman power, ruthlessness, ambition, confidence, and people disabled in war (Ebertin) were conjunct US natal North Node (NN '6Leo')...
Mars/Pluto = NN: working with others to change the world; the joint performance of record achievements; spurring others on to better results or setting an example through one's own achievements. (Tyl; Ebertin.)
Allied forces liberated France from Hitler's German forces as the weeks bore on (and freed the rest of the world, as it turned out) as the United States repaid our own liberator - France - two cycles of Uranus later! But this time, the action included Britain's and Canada's important alliances.
Counterattacks were mounted yet from east and west our forces crushed Hitler's army until they surrendered on May 7, 1945.
Here are the Solar Eclipses of the time period, from D-Day to Hitler's surrender, with details from Brady's Predictive Astrology:
Jan 25, 1944; '5AQ' conjunct US natal South Node; 18 South Series: endings, separations, partings which can be from loved ones traveling overseas or the ending of relationships; anguish and grief but new situations bring positive outcomes.
July 20, 1944; '27Can' opposite US natal Pluto; 19N: realism; coming down to earth and becoming aware of an old situation and seeing it for what it really is; a constructive time for tackling the truth.
Jan 14, 1945; '24Cap' near US natal Pluto and opposing US n Mercury; 19S: a joyful event; a pleasant surprise; a lucky win or break that positively changes lives.
So D-Day was a sort of Declaration of Independence all its own - and freedom-loving Uranus was the alchemist's assistant with secret hand Pluto sending troops across Neptune's seas!
And even though I believe wars are instigated by rich old men dreaming them up for young men to fight and die for, I do send my hearty appreciation and thoughts to France today for ceremonies marking the courage and accomplishments of America, Britain, Canada, and France. Well-fought and thankfully won!
Read more on D-Day and bravely check out a fresh limerick written in honor of today's occasion: A Kitten in Normandy Fought.
On May 30, 1944, Uranus returned to America's natal degree 8Gem+. Basing the Return on the 'Sibly' natal chart (5:10 pm LMT) the time of the Return (relocated to the White House): 5:04:58 am EWT (+4:00); using the Scorpio Rising chart (2:21 pm LMT), its time: 2:44:01 am EWT. Obviously the two charts differ in house cusps, Midheaven, ASC, etc, but here I speak more generally because today is the 65th anniversary of D-Day which marks the amphibious phase of the Allied Forces' invasion of 50 miles of France's coast, with fighting beginning June 6 on the beaches of Normandy.
As you know, President Obama is there today taking part in ceremonies to mark the occasion and, I'm glad to say, a few participants are in attendance, too, though in their 80s and 90s now.
This was the largest single-day amphibious invasion of all time, and was aka 'Operation Neptune' and 'Operation Overlord'..the first obviously related to Neptune astrologically (amphibious, the sea, overseas), the second to Pluto which was out-of-bounds and conjunct Mars, god of war, on June 6, 1944.
Mars and Pluto, who together indicate great zeal, force, brutality, superhuman power, ruthlessness, ambition, confidence, and people disabled in war (Ebertin) were conjunct US natal North Node (NN '6Leo')...
Mars/Pluto = NN: working with others to change the world; the joint performance of record achievements; spurring others on to better results or setting an example through one's own achievements. (Tyl; Ebertin.)
Allied forces liberated France from Hitler's German forces as the weeks bore on (and freed the rest of the world, as it turned out) as the United States repaid our own liberator - France - two cycles of Uranus later! But this time, the action included Britain's and Canada's important alliances.
Counterattacks were mounted yet from east and west our forces crushed Hitler's army until they surrendered on May 7, 1945.
Here are the Solar Eclipses of the time period, from D-Day to Hitler's surrender, with details from Brady's Predictive Astrology:
Jan 25, 1944; '5AQ' conjunct US natal South Node; 18 South Series: endings, separations, partings which can be from loved ones traveling overseas or the ending of relationships; anguish and grief but new situations bring positive outcomes.
July 20, 1944; '27Can' opposite US natal Pluto; 19N: realism; coming down to earth and becoming aware of an old situation and seeing it for what it really is; a constructive time for tackling the truth.
Jan 14, 1945; '24Cap' near US natal Pluto and opposing US n Mercury; 19S: a joyful event; a pleasant surprise; a lucky win or break that positively changes lives.
So D-Day was a sort of Declaration of Independence all its own - and freedom-loving Uranus was the alchemist's assistant with secret hand Pluto sending troops across Neptune's seas!
And even though I believe wars are instigated by rich old men dreaming them up for young men to fight and die for, I do send my hearty appreciation and thoughts to France today for ceremonies marking the courage and accomplishments of America, Britain, Canada, and France. Well-fought and thankfully won!
Read more on D-Day and bravely check out a fresh limerick written in honor of today's occasion: A Kitten in Normandy Fought.
Jun 4, 2009
Full Moon June 7, 2009's Fist of God patterns
Astrologer Julie Demboski's When God Insists ably covers the details of the Fist of God patterns in June 7, 2009's Full Moon in Sagittarius horoscope so check out Julie's informative column with the Full Moon's chart image included (PDT) because big things are brewing!
Jun 3, 2009
bond market ruckus
Bond Market Blowout
By Mike Whitney
Last week's ructions in the bond market, leave little doubt that the financial crisis has entered a new and more lethal phase.
By Mike Whitney
Last week's ructions in the bond market, leave little doubt that the financial crisis has entered a new and more lethal phase.
Twain, Russell, and McGovern on War
Here's a Quote Round-Up concerning man's war on man, woman, and child...how I wish young men of all persuasions would just say, No!
"Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out...and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel.... And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for "the universal brotherhood of man" - with his mouth." Mark Twain
"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country." Bertrand Russell (attributed)
"I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in." George McGovern
Compliments of Information Clearing House.
"Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out...and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel.... And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for "the universal brotherhood of man" - with his mouth." Mark Twain
"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country." Bertrand Russell (attributed)
"I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in." George McGovern
Compliments of Information Clearing House.
Jun 1, 2009
I knew it was You, Maliki
Why did President Obama reverse himself on the detainee abuse photos release? Iraq's al-Maliki 'went ballistic'!
Full Moon '18Sag' June 7, 2009: Washington, DC
Having glanced at the horoscope for June 7, 2009's Full Moon 17Sag07, set for Washington, DC (2:11:39 pm edt), the Venus Occultation (a rare celestial event) of June 8, 2004 pops out as the Sun spotlights it as well as the major world event that occurred during the Occultation on Sea Island, Ga...'twas the G-8 Summit of 2004.
2004's Venus Occultation (or 'Transit') fell at 17Gem53 Rx; '18Gem': "Two Chinese Men Speaking Chinese in a Western Crowd" (and they're asking: where's our money?)
Marc Edmund Jones' negative expression for '18Gem': "a thorough dissipation of selfhood through alien relationships"...just what our government has done to America, and it's interesting that Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner is in China with our lien-holders now...which may also relate to June 7's Full Moon and US/China relations since oppositions always infer relationship issues or stand-offs.
2004 is also the year that the plutocrat pair of oppression and -isms paralleled one another - Pluto parallel Chiron, mid-August, 2004. The -isms include, as you know: statism, corporatism, fascism, totalitarianism, communism, racism; plus, the favorite of the very select few, primal violence. This conflagration of high-handedness uses population control to further their utopian world view, as well as what Naomi Klein calls Shock Doctrine tactics to destabilize, then take over property, land rights, and resources located thereupon, etc.
So what could the Sag Full Moon of June 7, 2009 be a culmination of in the daily (mundane) world, the fluctuating Moon's purview?
Something was put in motion at the last New Moon 3Gem28, which was a New Moon in Pres. Obama's Lunar Return chart, as previously noted. This reflects a new cycle beginning in the president's daily life (Moon) and/or with public relations (Moon = the people.)
Without taking hours to blurb about this Full Moon chart I do want to note that the opposition of the Sun 17Gem07 and Moon 17Sag07 form a Mutable T-Square to apex Saturn 15Vir10 who's busily working (Saturn in Virgo) in the behind-the-scenes 12th house (a place where most politicians love to hide for secret deal-making and rank-pulling tactics.)
Mr. Reality is now moving forward (Direct) to perfect his stomp upon America's natal ideals and dreams (Neptune 22Vir25, in n 9th house of Higher Education, Philosophy, Religion, Foreign Travels, and In-Laws) in August which also happens to be the position of Pres. Obama's natal Mars. Mars, Saturn, and Neptune make a difficult combination of energies but since I've mentioned it more than once before, I'll keep mum on it here.
In his very useful book, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis, Bil Tierney states that such an apex Saturn is an 'overly rational skeptic, one who mistrusts the power of imagination and the emotions.'
He sounds 'cool' doesn't he?
Less scattering of nervous energies is required to fully express this apex Saturn so that they may be applied directly and practically. Communications may be frustrated, yet through hard work, apex Saturn in Mutable T-SQ has become an intellectual achiever and an expert at 'carefully constructing mature thought systems that can make an enduring impression upon social consciousness.'
Challenges involve authoritative positions which emphasize the 'dispersal or distribution of purposeful data and specialized information' and knowledge which has been patiently gathered and synthesized. This apex Saturn may indicate a scientist, researcher, technological whiz, or a scholar accustomed to managing painstaking details.
Here is 'keen ambition to undertake serious duties and social obligations without resorting to power plays' or an overbearing domination of others. His 'consistent efforts toward the building of true law, order, and justice within his existing society are highly respected by others' and 'personal authority and leadership' show 'strength of character, integrity, and fairness to all those who judge him.'
After hearing Pres. Obama's announcement this morning concerning the GM bankruptcy filed today (Chptr 11), and knowing that Mr. Obama's planet of authority, Saturn, is strong in its own sign of Capricorn (law, politics, business), I'm thinking that on one level, the light of June 7's Full Moon will shine on Pres. Obama's leadership, fairness (a concept he mentioned in his remarks today, yet with more lost jobs on the horizon, that's quite a shaky tightrope to walk), and on his versatile powers of intellect which make him a master of ideas who can get things done on a practical level.
Plus, BHO taught constitutional law for ten years and his Cappy Saturn must have loved that no end!
2004's Venus Occultation (or 'Transit') fell at 17Gem53 Rx; '18Gem': "Two Chinese Men Speaking Chinese in a Western Crowd" (and they're asking: where's our money?)
Marc Edmund Jones' negative expression for '18Gem': "a thorough dissipation of selfhood through alien relationships"...just what our government has done to America, and it's interesting that Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner is in China with our lien-holders now...which may also relate to June 7's Full Moon and US/China relations since oppositions always infer relationship issues or stand-offs.
2004 is also the year that the plutocrat pair of oppression and -isms paralleled one another - Pluto parallel Chiron, mid-August, 2004. The -isms include, as you know: statism, corporatism, fascism, totalitarianism, communism, racism; plus, the favorite of the very select few, primal violence. This conflagration of high-handedness uses population control to further their utopian world view, as well as what Naomi Klein calls Shock Doctrine tactics to destabilize, then take over property, land rights, and resources located thereupon, etc.
So what could the Sag Full Moon of June 7, 2009 be a culmination of in the daily (mundane) world, the fluctuating Moon's purview?
Something was put in motion at the last New Moon 3Gem28, which was a New Moon in Pres. Obama's Lunar Return chart, as previously noted. This reflects a new cycle beginning in the president's daily life (Moon) and/or with public relations (Moon = the people.)
Without taking hours to blurb about this Full Moon chart I do want to note that the opposition of the Sun 17Gem07 and Moon 17Sag07 form a Mutable T-Square to apex Saturn 15Vir10 who's busily working (Saturn in Virgo) in the behind-the-scenes 12th house (a place where most politicians love to hide for secret deal-making and rank-pulling tactics.)
Mr. Reality is now moving forward (Direct) to perfect his stomp upon America's natal ideals and dreams (Neptune 22Vir25, in n 9th house of Higher Education, Philosophy, Religion, Foreign Travels, and In-Laws) in August which also happens to be the position of Pres. Obama's natal Mars. Mars, Saturn, and Neptune make a difficult combination of energies but since I've mentioned it more than once before, I'll keep mum on it here.
In his very useful book, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis, Bil Tierney states that such an apex Saturn is an 'overly rational skeptic, one who mistrusts the power of imagination and the emotions.'
He sounds 'cool' doesn't he?
Less scattering of nervous energies is required to fully express this apex Saturn so that they may be applied directly and practically. Communications may be frustrated, yet through hard work, apex Saturn in Mutable T-SQ has become an intellectual achiever and an expert at 'carefully constructing mature thought systems that can make an enduring impression upon social consciousness.'
Challenges involve authoritative positions which emphasize the 'dispersal or distribution of purposeful data and specialized information' and knowledge which has been patiently gathered and synthesized. This apex Saturn may indicate a scientist, researcher, technological whiz, or a scholar accustomed to managing painstaking details.
Here is 'keen ambition to undertake serious duties and social obligations without resorting to power plays' or an overbearing domination of others. His 'consistent efforts toward the building of true law, order, and justice within his existing society are highly respected by others' and 'personal authority and leadership' show 'strength of character, integrity, and fairness to all those who judge him.'
After hearing Pres. Obama's announcement this morning concerning the GM bankruptcy filed today (Chptr 11), and knowing that Mr. Obama's planet of authority, Saturn, is strong in its own sign of Capricorn (law, politics, business), I'm thinking that on one level, the light of June 7's Full Moon will shine on Pres. Obama's leadership, fairness (a concept he mentioned in his remarks today, yet with more lost jobs on the horizon, that's quite a shaky tightrope to walk), and on his versatile powers of intellect which make him a master of ideas who can get things done on a practical level.
Plus, BHO taught constitutional law for ten years and his Cappy Saturn must have loved that no end!
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