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Showing posts with label Vladimir Putin. Show all posts
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Mar 17, 2024

A Foreign Crime Network Afflicts America

by Jude Cowell, partisan for democracy and the common good

When I recently heard investigative journalist and Trump expert David Cay Johnston say that there are two groups of oligarchs in Russia and the one behind Vladimir Putin possesses extreme wealth enough to interfere with any government in the world, I immediately thought of previous SO'W posts featuring the organized crime duo, Neptune-Pluto, and how their current energies began operating via three times in Mercury-ruled Gemini (7-9 degrees) by Conjunction in the years 1891 and 1892.

Obviously, their conjunctions occurred during The Gilded Age (appr 1869-1896) which includes a decade often called The Gay Nineties. Not so gay, however, because a disruptive financial event occurred a la the robber barons, their bankers, and railroad moguls known as the Panic of 1893 which created an economic depression in the US that only improved in or about 1897.

These dates I mention because the Great Conjunction/s of the manic, obsessive, crime-prone Neptune-Pluto pairing landed upon America's 1776 Uranus (9Gem55), planet of radical politics, forming a midpoint picture with potentials such as:

"The propensity for adventurous, mystical, supernatural experiences; unusual catastrophes, and/or peculiar discoveries" (R. Ebertin). Noel Tyl adds, "possibly aberrant behavior, adventurous ego thrusts, disruption to gain recognition, courage, and/or making waves to get to shore.

Then from Michael Munkasey we have:

"Unusual means to escape from or change reality; rebellion against artificial supports or pursuits; impersonal attitudes about any destructive or anti-social activities; and/or tendencies to go to extremes with drugs." (ex: Adderall?)

So, dear reader, if any of these potentials sound like a certain political party interfering with the US government and committing crimes in our day, then we're on the same page. The Republican Party's recent Neptune Return has not been kind to their reputation for trustworthiness, or for their continued existence as a political party. For as you know, a take-over of the GOP has occurred under the eroding, subversive energies of fraudulent, gaslighting Neptune in mid-Pisces, as in 1854, the party's founding year. The party has become a death cult of personality, modeled upon the gnatzie death cult of the 1930s and 40s, and during a Neptune opposing US Neptune transit across the Virgo-Pisces victim-savior axis, while the US Pluto Return has chimed in with its transformative energies, for good or ill.

Recommended: America and the Neptune-Pluto Cycle of Crime and Fantasy.

We could even use mundane Pluto's position in late Capricorn (the dictator) alone as a symbol of the foreign meddlers affecting our government, timed in part by the US Pluto Return/s, then the planet's transition into Aquarius as a signal for the manipulative, wealthy actor's shift of power potential where it does its work in total secrecy in the sign of Universalism (R. Ebertin).

Taking Heed: 1934 Solar Eclipses Repeat in 2024

Then significantly, and as part of my ongoing effort to forewarn my fellow American voters, 2024 identifies a period when the two solar eclipses from 1934 will repeat: first from the 8 North Series (as The Great American Eclipse of April 8, 2024 @19Ari24: vivid dreams, visions, insights), and the second eclipse from the 8 South Series repeating October 2, 2024 @10Libra (loss, separation; possible physical injury-B. Brady). Adding complexity to the history-rhymes situation is the fact that 8 South is the Series which will affect Election 2024 and Inauguration 2025. And in 1934, 8 North manifested on February 14th @25Aquarius ("A Butterfly with the Right Wing More Perfectly Formed," - make that reich-wing: the fulfilment of Herr Adolf's "vision," as Maga-ites hope), and 8 South occurred on August 10th @17Leo01. For historical 1934, we're talking Herr Adolf, the Austrian psycopath, coming to power. Be forewarned is the point.

Meanwhile, our 1776 Uranus in Gemini is known as America's "totem planet" of revolution, rebellion, and anarchy, and my belief is that we can update US Uranus in order to identify the current crop of zealots, anarchists, and anti-democratic Utopian idealists on one level by the fact that we watched them on TV acting out during the J6 coup attempt of 2021 - and some of them currently "serve" in the US House of Representatives as "Maga" politicians, in Congress only to disrupt, gum up the works, and thereby please their Uranian taskmaster, Herr Trump.

Probably the dumbest thing is, in our founding days America rebelled against a tyrannical monarch, but these days, robot-brained Utopian zealots demand the restoration of a tyrannical monarch in the wide-girthed form of you-know-who. Ludicrously, the regressive malcontents have it backwards, whether for money, belief in a twisted ideology, and/or from heavy-handed intimidation manipulating them. Plus, thr*atening family members often does the trick as can blackmail against those hiding compromising secrets. Pluto knows a lot about secrets and how to use them.

And so in closing this fussy post, and along the lines of an international organized crime syndicate intensely working to change reality and radically reform the US government into a dictatorship, here's a recent segment from the Thom Hartmann Show:

For more info on the Neptune-Pluto relationship in our Solar System, here's a less than 5-minute video Pluto Neptune Orbit intersection. Will they collide?

Plus, a final astrological note: we can use Cupido to represent Corporatism, The Syndicate and/or The Family, and which reveals a potent blend of business, crime, and religion.

And for more astro-details see: The Combination of Stellar Influences, Reinhold Ebertin; Solar Arcs, Noel Tyl; Midpoints: Unleashing the Power of the Planets, Michael Munkasey; also see Predictive Astrology by Bernadette Brady. #ad

Feb 22, 2023

Putin's War Turns One as His October New Moon Approaches

The Dark-of-the-Moon Phase When Things Go Bump in the Night

by Jude Cowell

Please note: With the accuracy of Putin's birth data being suspect, the following progressions may be off by a few days or months. This is often the case with the dates of progressions but doesn't change the fact that progressed lunations do occur. Original post begins here:

On February 25, 2022, the day after Putin invaded Ukraine and began his war of brutality, he had Russian troops recklessly take over the Chernobyl Reactor. Now the one-year anniversary of Putin's war arrives this Friday and bad vlad has been hinting once again at the use of nuclear weapons in a bid to force his authoritarian way and add Ukraine to Russian territory. No such thing as 'Ukraine,' he stubbornly asserts.

Well, in the following Secondary New Moon ('SP') Horoscope which issues from his natal horoscope shown, lower left (but with only speculative birth data so it's rated DD for dirty data), we find a man now enmeshed within a Moon-Pluto = ASC midpoint influence of 'inner ideals vs reality' and I suspect that reality is on the losing end with bad vlad, determined to have his way no matter how many people have to die. You'll note that two other SP midpoints conjunct his SP Ascendant, and are highlighted on the chart.

For example: SP Saturn-Neptune = ASC which is conjoined by transit South Node (see upper right) @24Lib52: 'use of drugs'? Perhaps Putin is more isolated and acting alone than we know since the South Node suggests neurotic behavior but also separation and a potential for unpopularity. Plus, there've been assertions of illness of some kind which is born out in the chart with Saturn-Neptune the 'illness axis' (R. Ebertin). It's even possible that his resolve may have weakened (SP Sun-Pluto = Neptune) as impediments have caused him much more trouble than expected (this war is not his dream of a three-day take-over after all!).

Yet we should add to this, that his SP planets hint that the Russian dictator may feel it's his 'destiny to enjoy reckless activities' (SP Venus-Mars = SP North Node) along with SP New Moon @25Sag05 perfecting upon his natal Mars, warrior planet of aggression, violence, and martial arts. As a midpoint picture, we find Sun-Moon = Mars: 'the urge to bring to fruition ideals and wishes (R. Ebertin).

But you know what 'they' say: If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

So! Below is a dual image with Putin's generally accepted natal horoscope (lower left) along with his Secondary Progressed New Moon Horoscope of October 30, 2023 (upper right). Not shown is a transit chart for the exact date, hour, and place of his SP New Moon but I can tell you that the day's transit Moon @2Gem43 is a significant timing device in relation to our topic for its rounded-up Sabian Symbol = "The Garden of the Tuileries", a reference to the brutal violence of the French Revolution; plus, the critical degree of "3 Gemini" also suggests nuclear potential which is how we began this post with the 1986 Chernobyl Meltdown and Putin's reckless February 25, 2022 take-over of the dangerous site:

If you wish, please enlarge the image to read a few study notes scribbled thereon for I'm certain you can locate several other interesting planetary factors.

Apr 11, 2022

Guest Post: Does Putin Own An iPhone?

April 11, 2022

Today, by his permission, Stars Over Washington is pleased to present a Guest Post authored by Azmmet S. Warich. Included are historical details concerning Ukraine, Crimea, and Russia, plus, the various treaties, accords, and pacts influencing (or not influencing) the region. So in his own words, here's Azmmet to fill us in:

“Hey Siri!”

By Azmmet S. Warich © 2022

“Hey Siri… Does Vladimir Putin own an iPhone?”

I didn’t ask Siri that question, but if I ventured a guess the answer would be “Yes” mostly because those antique beige phones one always sees on Putin’s presidential desk look like dusty old props put there for show. Then again, the chances of anyone wanting to FaceTime with Vlad (other than maybe one particular former US President) are quite low, making said dusty props a reasonable alternative to owning an iPhone.

Another reason Putin might shy away from all things Apple relates to CEO Tim Cook who came out as gay in 2014; a public admission which conflicted directly with Vlad’s 2013 homophobic law against the spread of “gay propaganda” amongst youth resulting in the prompt removal of an iPhone-shaped memorial to Steve Jobs in the Russian city of St. Petersburg. For the record, Steve Jobs was not gay, so removing his memorial did pretty much nothing except delete a piece of public art from view (I wonder where that 6-foot metal iPhone is now and what they put in its place).

There are other three other questions I would like to ask - not Siri mind you but - Apple’s CEO Tim Cook:

1) “Was it illegal for Russia to annex Crimea in 2014?”

and,

2) “Why did Apple (despite presumably knowing the illegality of said annexation per international law) choose to amend their Map and Weather Apps in 2019 to show Crimea as being part of Russia?”

and most importantly,

3) “Will Apple amend their Map and Weather Apps to show ALL of Ukraine as being part of Russia now that it’s been invaded in a fashion similar to Crimea?”

Given that Tim Cook isn’t on my speed dial, I’ll attempt a brief answer to Question #1 which is quite simply “Yes, the annexation of Crimea was illegal AF”. One needn’t be an international attorney, political scientist, or historian to make that determination and as luck has it, I’m none of those things*. What I am, however, is someone who’s keenly interested in trying to reverse engineer Apple’s blatant (not to mention politically and morally incorrect) decision to amend their apps in an effort to appease someone or something in Russia. Given Putin’s open dislike for Tim Cook’s sexual orientation and the collateral damage to the Steve Jobs memorial, it’s unlikely there’s enough bruh love between Apple and Vlad to inspire the app amendments. For now, let’s just say it’s not likely, but not impossible that the App changes were made solely for Putin’s sake.

If I were to speculate on answering Questions #2 and #3, my initial thought goes to money as in - How much annual revenue does Russia represent to Apple? The answer is… very little. Despite the fact that Apple sold 32 million iPhones in Russia last year equaling $2.5 billion dollars (less than 1% of Apple’s global revenue); they are only the third most popular phone in the country at 15% market share far behind Samsung (34%) and Xiaomi (26%). Another possibility is the growing value of Apple Pay as a competitor to Visa and MasterCard in Russia, but there’s no viable way for me to quantify the monetary value it represents to Apple.

Perhaps there are some clues to be found by looking at the recent history between Russia and Ukraine.

The 2014 Russian invasion and subsequent occupation of the Crimean Peninsula of Ukraine’s sovereign territory has been widely condemned by the global community of nations as being a violation of extant international law. Despite Russia’s referendum to validate their illegal annexation of Crimea, the United Nations General Assembly immediately adopted a resolution to affirm the "territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders" and which "underscores that the referendum having no validity, cannot form the basis for any alteration of the status of [Crimea]" and further called upon all member states and international organizations (yes Apple, I’m looking at you) to NOT recognize or even imply the recognition of Russia's annexation.

Well, somebody in Apple’s legal department obviously didn’t get the UN memo on Ukraine because they (international organization if ever there was one) went ahead and recognized Crimea as being Russian territory when they amended their Map and Weather Apps to show it that way. Granted, these changes only appear when one is using an Apple device in Russia, but nevertheless it demonstrates the Kremlin’s sway over at least one American megacorporation. This is a good time to point out that purchasing a cell phone in Russia is verboten unless it comes with pre-installed mandatory government software which is put there ostensibly to help users interface with their devices. You can go ahead and guess what else that mandatory software might be used for. But I’ve digressed…

In addition to violating accepted international law, Russia’s annexation of Crimea breached numerous agreements which it signed over the years safeguarding the territorial integrity of Ukraine including,

The 1975 Helsinki Accords – for those who know the name but don’t recall exactly what it is; the accords were a non-binding agreement between 35 signatory nations to recognize the inviolability of the post-World War II boundaries in Europe and which pledged said nations to mutual respect of human rights, fundamental freedoms and further to cooperate in economic, scientific, humanitarian, and other areas of common interest.

The 1991 Belovezh Accords – also known as the Belavezh Accords, Belovezha Accords, Belavezha Agreement, Belovezhskaya Accord, Belaya Vezha Accord, etc, due to numerous translations and transliterations. So, what exactly did this multi-monikered agreement do and more importantly who agreed to it?

If you were lucky enough to be taking an elementary school geography test before 1991, you’d have identified the U.S.S.R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) as a large amorphous blob east of Poland and Finland shaped somewhat like the port wine stain on Mikhail Gorbachev’s forehead (needs substantiation but just go with me on this).

However, what appeared to be a single nation was actually a country composed of numerous smaller republics which were homes to distinct ethnic groups including: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Molodova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Chechnya, Gagauzia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Nakhchivan, Tatarstan and Transnistria. From 1988-91 the U.S.S.R. was in a political and economic SNAFU with Estonia declaring sovereignty in ’88 followed by Lithuania declaring independence in 1990.

Other ethnic republics began to fall like dominoes to the point where the Soviet military brass attempted a failed coup and U.S.S.R. President Gorbachev tendered his resignation in December 1991 at which time he was replaced by Boris Yeltsin who became the first President of the “Russian Federation”. Finally, at long last it was…

Hammer-Time!

As in the Hammer and Sickle communist flag was lowered for the final time and replaced by the tricolor that we all know as Russia’s current day flag. The Belovezh Agreement basically formalized the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States which previously collectively comprised the forehead mark. But who signed that agreement? The agreement was signed by President Boris Yeltsin (Russia), President Leonid Kravchuck (Ukraine) and Parliament Chairmen Stanislav Shushkevich (Belarus). In 2013, The Daily Telegraph reported that the original Belovezh Accord document had disappeared which isn’t surprising given the multiple names it was known by. Clerical filing error or nefarious machination? I’m still split 50/50 on that bit.

Onwards!

The 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances which stated that neither Russia, the United States of America or United Kingdom could use military force or economic coercion against Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan except in “self-defense” or otherwise in accordance with the United Nations charter. The end result of this and other agreements was that Ukraine (which at the time had the world’s third largest stockpile of nuclear weapons – albeit ones with launch codes controlled by Moscow), Belarus and Kazakhstan surrendered all their nukes. Sounds good… so good that another agreement was made…

The 1997 Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Honestly, I’ll take that treaty at face value and assume it means something like friendly soccer matches and sharing nana baboushka’s famous Sharlotka recipe (it’s a Russian Apple sponge cake for those who don’t know).

Then there came…

The Kharkiv Pact of 2010 which is (or at least was) a Treaty allowing Russia to lease Ukrainian naval facilities on the Black Sea coastline of Crimea beyond 2017 with optional 5-year extensions until 2042 in exchange for reduced cost natural gas from Russia. This treaty, though controversial in Ukraine, was ratified by the Parliaments of both nations but was unilaterally terminated by Russia less than a month after their annexation of Crimea in 2014 which was (as previously noted) illegal AF. I’ll skip delving into the Minsk Protocol of 2014 because Russia failed to honor parts of the agreement and because we’re currently witnessing the endgame of said protocol in the Donbas region and southern Ukraine.

Anyways, with all those previous accords, agreements and treaties (including some I haven’t even sleuthed out yet) it’s useful to know exactly why the Kharkiv Pact was necessary. In 1997, both Russia and Ukraine signed a Partition Treaty which established two independent maritime fleets with a division of armaments and a lease of Ukraine’s naval bases in Sevasatopol on the Black Sea for use by the Russian fleet.

This is an appropriate place to note that the origin of the name “Russia” comes directly from the three parties currently involved in President Putin’s “Special Operation” to “de-nazify Ukraine”, the ancestors of those leaders who signed the Belovezh Accords namely, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus who were known historically as “Kevian Rus”. The etymology of “Rus” hearkens back to an old Norse word meaning “the men who row” (a reference to some badass sword wielding Vikings who paddled down rivers and streams all the way from the Baltic down to the Black Sea) and a later iteration from the Greeks which eventually morphed into “Rossiya” and later “Russkaya Zemlya” which translates roughly to… “the land of those guys who row”; all which goes some infinitesimally small distance to explaining why the current bloodshed and wanton destruction in Ukraine may simply be about Alpha Males, Boats, Water, Weapons and Access to the Black Sea. Unfortunately, this tidbit provides us with absolutely no clue as to why Apple decided to change their apps to show Crimea as being Russian territory.

So, it’s obvious that descendants of the rowers signed and breached many agreements but exactly who or what signed all those agreements, and does it even matter now?

Back in 1975 it was the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) which signed the Helsinki Accord and not the post-glastnost, post-perestroika, post-Pizza Hut nation of Russia which formed upon the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. As such, modern day Russia may not feel an obligation to honor any agreement from their prior Soviet incarnation.

But what about the Geneva Conventions? Doesn’t Russia adhere to the agreement of four treaties and three protocols which they ratified back in 1954? The answer is YES and NO. But mostly NO if one can judge based on daily television coverage of Russian atrocities (basically everything in Article 4 of the Geneva Conventions) currently being committed against the people of Ukraine. It makes me wonder why Russia isn’t adhering to the agreement. As it turns out, back in 2019 President Putin officially revoked Russia’s ratification of the Geneva Convention’s - Protocol I, regarding the formation of international commissions to investigate war crimes against civilians. Basic inference allows us to see Putin’s logic in Russia’s revocation of the ratification of Protocol I – if we don’t recognize it, then it most certainly doesn’t apply to us.

Unfortunately, I have yet to determine the exact rationale behind Apple changing how their Map and Weather Apps function in Russia. What I have determined, however, is that the old map of Russia looks like Gorbachev’s forehead, nana baboushka makes a killer Apple sponge cake, and “Russia” means “the land of those guys who row,” and the longer Vladimir Putin goes on with his unprovoked war on Ukraine, the more he’ll find himself trying to row up a shit creek without a paddle. The one unanswered question then remains, Will Apple change their apps to show ALL of Ukraine as being part of Russia? If it does, we’ll all know because Apple will likely find themselves rowing up a shit creek of their own making but on the plus side of things at least they’ll have some company when they get there.

* mea culpa on any errors and omissions contained in this article. A.S.W.

Select List of References:

(The Guardian) Phones World Leaders Use

(NBC) Steve Jobs Memorial Removed

(BBC) Apple apps show Crimea as part of Russia

(9to5Mac) Apple's Response to app criticism

(Apple Insider) Apple Revenue in Russia

(Statista) Smartphone Market Share in Russia

(Library of Congress) UN Declares Crimea Referendum Invalid

(History.com) History of Geneva Convention

(Cornell University) Geneva Conventions and Protocols

(Reuters) Putin revokes Geneva Convention Protocol

(Curious Cuisinere) The history of Russian Apple Cake

(Culture Trip) Why Russia Is Called Russia.

Brief Bio Notes: “Azmmet is a frequent reader of SOW and counts it among his favorite astrology sites. He’s fairly reserved when it comes to his personal life but has vouchsafed that he has a Master’s degree from Stanford University. One thing most people don’t know about him is that he’s a lifelong space enthusiast and since 2004 has met almost every living Apollo Astronaut (including 4 moonwalkers) and even one of the original Mercury 7 (Wally Schirra).”

Thanks so much, Azmmet, it's great to have you here on SO'W! Jude

Feb 28, 2022

Horoscope: Aries Ingress 2022 Moscow

February 28, 2022

With so much going on today, I only have time for a quick publish of the Aries Ingress 2022 Horoscope set for Moscow, Russia (aka, Spring Equinox). With Putin placing war front and center, 'Aries Ingress' emphasizes the season's Martian qualities.

Astro-Notes are scribbled on the chart for the curious, and several 29th-degree placements of a critical-crisis and impulsive nature will be noted, plus, star of misfortune, Scheat, is active, conjunct the Sun, and Angular.

Vladimir Putin's first natal planet to rise is his Sun @13Lib55 closely followed by his sour Saturn (@17Lib27 - conjunct Herr Trump's natal Jupiter 17:27), then his Neptune-Mercury conjunction of fantasy and fallacy rises; meanwhile, Ingress 2022 Saturn conjunct Nemesis points toward Putin's natal North Node which suggests his lonely position, work that becomes steadily more difficult as time goes on (R. Ebertin), and possibly his 'unbeatable foe' determination to take power and expand Russian territory (like the Roman Empire - see the IC's Sabian Symbol - "The Pope Blessing the Faithful") via war and violence.

Horoscope: Aries Ingress 2022 March 20th 6:33:14 pm BAT Moscow, Russia; ASC 29Vir21; MC 29Gem07; chart and Midheaven ruler = Mercury with applying aspects listed, lower left corner with international communications in focus, and some form of financial expansion on the menu:

As always, your name-tagged on-topic insights and comments are welcome - sans troll-ish personal insults, and absolutely No Ads.

And for the sake of comparison, why not check out the Aries Ingress 2022 Horoscope set for Washington DC.

Feb 22, 2022

That Time a GOP Gaggle Spent July 4th in Moscow

February 22, 2022

Republicans, Moscow, Neptune, & Furry Foxes Yapping

by Jude Cowell

Image: 'Journey to Neptune'; pencil on paper; by Jude Cowell

Mystical Neptune is the planet closely associated with Russia (its 'totem planet' as Uranus is America's 'totem planet'), and perhaps you remember how a group of Republican Congressmen Skulked over to Moscow for the 4th of July, 2018, but they weren't in Russia to complain about Putin aiding Tr*mp in the November 2016 Election, oh no. They were there to say, no criticism for You, comrades. What else they divulged, I don't know. Intel? A financial pay-off? Uncertain. Perhaps a scandal will reveal some secrets left over from the July 2018 Jupiter-Neptune square on or around April 12, 2022 when a new cycle of the frothy pair begins (see the Jupiter-Neptune Conjunction link, below).

Now with Midterms 2022 arriving later this year on the very same day as a revealing Lunar Eclipse in Taurus, I freely admit to my culpability in 'renaming' the Republican Party with labels such as The Conspiracy Party, and worse. Well, to tell you the truth, it's been super easy to do because of their sorry behavior toward America, their disrespect for democracy and the US Constitution, their disdain for the American people, their neglect of the common good, their slavish adherence to figurehead Tr*mp - plus the fact that the political party of 1854 has now experienced its first-ever Neptune Return which has actually been a drawn-out five-fer of returns due to slow-moving planet Neptune's retrogradation periods. Follow the link to view the fifth of five returns which occurred on December 29, 2018 for it bookends the party's entire Return period begun in 2017, and includes the July 4th 2018 visit of the Republicans to Moscow (Senators Shelby, Johnson, Kennedy, Daines, Hoeven, Moran, and Thune, plus, Representative Kay Granger of Texas).

Cycle of Neptune = 164 Years: 1854 + 164 = 2018

Of course, the exact dates of the party's Neptune Return/s depend upon which founding data is used to calculate the party's horoscope. For this, I've used the March 20, 1854 chart set for Ripon, Wisconsin with Neptune @14Pis01, a degree that evokes the symbol of "A Lady In Fox Fur," an appropriate word picture for the Murdoch-supported GOP, imho, with "foxy" being another word for cunning and seductive.

Talking Points: 'The Neptune Party' Parrots Putin

So of course, urge-to-merge Neptune, positively representing the Divine Source and humanity's higher inspiration faculty, negatively tends to be associated in this old world with deception, the Big Lie, fraud, corruption, rottenness, malicious schemes, loss, conspiracies, gaslighting, scandals, unreality, fakery, propaganda, photography/film, camera ops and special effects, spiritualism, poisons, toxins, all liquids, gas, oil, fumes, heists and thefts, speculation, inflation, bubbles, disguises, illusions and delusions, instability, dissolution, disappointment, and undermining activities of subversion such as sabotage and treason. Of course, contagious infections are Neptunian as well - as transit Neptune floating through its own sign of Pisces has tragically demonstrated.

And even now, with Putin's threat against Ukraine in the news and on the authoritarian's to-do list, Republicans and their talking heads in the far-right media are propagandizing that Putin can "smell" President Biden's "weakness," two more words inspired by Neptunian energies attempting to create instability and mistrust in society, in order to promote the GOP's ultimate goal of 'taking back' the House and Senate in November 2022, by all means necessary. A 'talking points' link between Putin and the GOP isn't difficult to imagine.

Now astrologically, you'll notice in the December 29, 2018 Horoscope linked, above, that the Sagittarian ASC is ruled by expansive boundary-breaker Jupiter, with 2018 Jupiter squaring Neptune - the Republican Party's Neptune. Astro-Notes concerning this transit are penned in the center of the chart and intended for the curious to read, if need be. Victimized by illusions is a pretty good description of the Jupiter-square-Neptune transit and of its results upon the party and its voters who believe - or pretend to believe - whatever conspiracy they like, no matter how outrageous. They imagine that there's a 'higher purpose' to all the deception and corruption they engage with and pass along, as if 'the ends justify the means'. But I say, this is fallacious.

So if you suspect that the April 12, 2022 Jupiter-Neptune Conjunction in secretive Pisces will be signficant for the Republican Party in its current Neptunian condition (and thus for America) as the new planetary cycle of the gaseous duo begins, then I'm glad to say we're on the same page, dear reader.

A Related Post: An American Tragedy of Mass Delusion which will be egged on by April's Jupiter-Neptune combination of expansive, misguided energies.

Apr 17, 2021

Trump's Betrayal under a Full Moon with Pluto the Spy

Catching Spies Despite Their Lies

by Jude Cowell

April 17, 2021: A previous post Trump Campaign's Russian Encounters at RNC 2016 displays a horoscope of the Full Moon which perfected during RNC 2016 (Cleveland, Ohio) on July 19, 2016 @27Cap40 - conjunct US natal Pluto. Contained within is a link to a related csnbc article "Russian ambassador won't name all the Trump officials he's met with because 'the list is so long'," an excuse that apparently sufficed at the time.

Now some might say that it was naughty of me back then to connect the July 2016 Capricorn Full Moon conjunct US Pluto with spies and betrayals of the Trump Campaign but now, with Joe Biden as President and no friend of Putin, things seem to be culminating like a revealing Full Moon can do - similar to a leaky Lunar Eclipse uncovering inconvenient facts and scandals. View the Full Moon horoscope, above, and you'll see, among other things, that Sun-Pluto = Midheaven (Taking Power is The Goal) and the Saturn-Pluto midpoint rises which suggests cumbersome circumstances!

For as detailed by former prosecutor Glenn Kirschner yesterday, Revelation of Trump-Russia Collusion via Manafort-Kilimnik is a Sign we are Trending Toward Justice which sounds as if the 'Pied Piper' of Putinville may finally have to pay the piper himself.

And how cumbersome yet interesting that revealing developments of proof are made public as (publishing) Pluto (the spy) returns to his 1776 position (27Cap33) and creeps up to the RNC 2016 Full Moon under which America was betrayed!

Previously on SO'W: Horoscopes of pardoned jailbird Paul Manafort and gangster Al Capone whose natal Sun @27Cap19 conjuncts US natal Pluto.

Sep 9, 2020

Did Putin Buy Trump The 2020 Election? (w/ Seth Abramson) - Thom Hartmann

September 9, 2020: From yesterday September 8th, here's Thom with columnist and author of the new book Proof of Corruption Seth Abramson calling in:


Amazon link: Proof of Corruption: Bribery, Impeachment, and Pandemic in the Age of Trump released September 8, 2020, and the third installment in Abramson's proof trilogy.

And here's a previous post concerning Gemini Trump in Moscow with Miss Universe 2013. Note that at 9:00 pm BADT in Moscow on the night of the 2013 pageant, Jupiter Rx @20Can30 was rising with starry Castor, one the Gemini Twins. Also note that on January 10, 2020, said Jupiter was eclipsed by a significant Lunar Eclipse @20Cancer which activated the potentials of Castor for 'mental illness; crippling of limbs; sudden fame or loss; murder' (A. Louis). And now Trump's 2013 visit to Moscow is in the news again as befitting a Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) spotlight of publicity cast upon it, and exposing the revelations found in Seth Abramson's new book (and in Michael Cohen's just-published book: Disloyal: A Memoir).

Additional note: the above link to my Lunar Eclipse post contains an image of its DC Horoscope along with that of the solar 'Covid Eclipse' of December 26, 2019.

Sep 20, 2019

Trump Whistleblower Complaint and a Leo New Moon

July 31, 2019--August 12, 2019: Trump and Our National Security

Well, according to Fortune Magazine, here is today's update Trump Whistleblower Complaint: Everything You Need to Know by Natasha Bach, and while I can't personally vouch for the accuracy of the update I do know that when Trump allegedly called Vladimir Putin on July 31, 2019, a
New Moon perfected @8Leo37
less than 2 degrees from Trump's 12th house Pluto (10Leo02; Rx and unaspected) which suggests that seeds (ideas) were planted and a new cycle of activity began. Was this mobster calling mobster? Underworld boss Pluto called and answered, if so.

Now as you know, astrological Luna may be used as a handy timing device in horoscopes and the July 31 New Moon culminated with the Full Moon of August 15, 2019 @22AQ24, book ending a time period when the current turmoil over a suppressed whistle blower complaint against Trump making a disturbing, possibly national security endangering, 'promise' to a foreign leader during a phone call, may have begun (July 31) and the whistleblower complaint filed or aired (on August 12--within the August 15th time frame). Of interest may be the rounded-up degree's symbol for the Full Moon: "A Big Bear Sitting Down and Waving all Its Paws," with 'big bear' a traditional symbol for Mother Russia. The symbol's negative/shadow side expression: "frantic efforts to gain and hold attention" (Jones).

Also note that on July 31st, communicating message-bringer Mercury @23Cancer stationed and turned Direct precisely upon Trump's natal 11th house Saturn (seeking or giving advice; serious communications)! Hello Moscow? Is that you, Moscow? It's me, Donald.

Now as it turns out, Ukraine is said to be involved which to me includes Putin, so some people are calling this Trump's Ukrainegate. Do you suppose the Trump-Putin pact to finagle Russia back into the G-8 is any part of this 'promising' picture? For as you know, Putin's actions against Ukraine got him kicked out of the G-8.

Trump's Mercury and a YOD Points to Mars and Crisis

As for America's national security, I confess to being one of those Americans who have considered the loose-lipped Donald Trump to be a major national security risk from the start with a huge clue pre-2016 being his natal Mercury-Neptune square of deception, lies, fraud, indiscretion, fantasy, inability to hear or to learn, and misperception. Naturally there were other clues but the square is a major 'tell' especially since the former reality show host uses his mouth almost non-stop for boasting, propagandizing, demagoguing, promoting, broadcasting, tweeting, insulting, and whining for what feels like 24/7. Aptly, Alan Oken calls the Mercury-Neptune square "the sneaky mind" and on that perhaps you and I can agree.

So was Trump addressing a crisis in a phone call on July 31, 2019? Perhaps so since a crisis pattern--a YOD (also, a special task; a crossroads)--is present in the July 31st New Moon horoscope (linked, above) and points toward fire-starter planet Mars (males; the military; warriors; energy, action, motivation). And if we use the YOD's planets to determine midpoint pictures we get the following potentials (my italics):

Neptune-Pluto = Mars @19Leo09: compulsion to use violence; imminent destruction emphasizes hostility; lack of resistance; used as a tool; and Saturn-Neptune = Mars: defending shabby practices; emotional depression or sickness; listlessness. (Munkasey; Ebertin). Noel Tyl adds: preoccupations that can't be explained.

No, I don't imagine that Trump's true preoccupations can be honestly explained but we know that he and his minions expend a huge amount of energy and time hiding, obstructing, and suppressing them from congressional and public scrutiny. It's the tyrant's way!

Recent and Related: What About Trump's 5th Harmonic Pluto?

Jun 21, 2019

Gemini Trump in Moscow with Miss Universe 2013

Here's an overdue peek at the planets during Mr. Trump's 2013 visit to Moscow for the Miss Universe Pageant, the one where tapes were allegedly made of Trump in the Presidential Suite. Apparently the reason the reputedly raunchy session with Russian working girls occurred in Trump's Moscow hotel room during the trip was to 'defile' the bed where the Obamas had previously stayed. To me, if so, this 'reason' makes Trump's lewd depravity in Moscow seem even worse via bigotry and his jealousy of Mr. Obama's popularity which Trump can never achieve. He says he's a germaphobe so the event couldn't have happened but such a condition would not have kept him from watching!

Yes, Moscow November 2013 must have been a busy if not a whirlwind weekend trip for Donald Trump. For one thing, the Miss Universe Pageant 2013 provided him with millions of dollars and a chance to make puppy eyes at Vladimir Putin who is perhaps Trump's primary role model in the realm of cold-blooded dictators. Held on November 9, 2013 at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, a suburb of Moscow, the pageant now provides a handy reference point during the trip itself whether Trump's private goings-on were lewd or not. He has in the past repeatedly denied that he spent the night in Moscow as detailed in the Comey Memos. Yet perhaps one of the the more important points is that Trump and Putin could have met although reports say otherwise (I'm imagining Putin's dark-windowed limo waiting for Trump in an alley beyond the Crocus City Hall building and a furtive promise to help shoehorn Big T into the White House).

Well, here's a brief CNN video about the pageant which ends with a screen shot of Trump's post-pageant tweet to Aras Agalarov on *November 11, 2013 at 8:39 am (see chart notes, below). His informative tweet said, "@AgalarovAras I had a great weekend with you and your family. You have done a FANTASTIC job. TRUMP TOWER-MOSCOW is next. EMIN was WOW!". How one spends a weekend without spending at least one night is anybody's guess. Emin is Agalarov's son, a singer, and of course those are Trump's CAPs not mine.

NPR published Timeline of events yet so far I've not located an exact start time for the pageant so let's choose 9:00 pm Moscow Time on November 9, 2013 in case such a chart is needed for future reference. Note that Miss Venezuela, Gabriella Isler, was crowned Miss Universe in 2013--and you'll remember that beforehand, Trump had tweeted like a little gurrl wondering if Putin would become his "new best friend."

As usual, my study notes are penned upon the chart so hopefully you might enlarge the image to read them if you wish. You'll see that a few of Trump's planets are around the outside (like his natal Saturn--first to rise in this chart, followed by his Venus in watery Cancer) but in green are added planetary transits for today (June 21, 2019) so as you see, the problematic South-Node-Saturn-Pluto trio that everyone now deals with conjoins the Descendant (17Cap15) of this horoscope (the 7th house of Partnerships, Alliances, and Open Enemies) and which threatens his Saturn-Venus by opposition (conflicts, under pressure, and difficult legal matters).

Rising Jupiter Rx @20Can30 conjoins fixed star Castor (see the center of chart for Castor's key concepts--expanded or increased by Jupiter) and the 2013 pageant's Prenatal Solar Eclipse ('PE') in the inspirational 16 North series is highlighted in red; the PE snugs between Saturn and North Node with the pair's very interesting 'mystery of the three days' implication according to Ebertin (Saturn-NN); reflecting a public event, the Moon @10AQ23 conjoins asteroid Juno the 'Queen of Heaven'--or in this case, Miss Universe!

And notably, the passionate Venus-Pluto conjunction opposes Trump's natal Mercury (8Can51 in his 11th house of Groups, Hopes, Wishes) suggesting such potentials as: lasciviousness, desire for sensual pleasure, thinking about sexual relationships (and I would add, thinking about large amounts of hidden money and/or bankruptcy), talking about sexual diseases, and--last but not least--attracting elements of organized crime (ex: the Russian mob).

Also showing in the chart are: high excitement about ambition (Moon-Uranus = MC) promiscuity and suspicion (Neptune-NN = Venus), making contacts who can be helpful (Mercury-Saturn = NN), and fateful deception (Sun-Neptune = Pluto, the wealthy, powerful manipulator, saboteur, and criminal). Besides, when transit Pluto opposes anyone's natal Mercury possibilities include mental manipulation, obsession, and struggles for control which may involve investigation and/or the misuse of secret or confidential information (such as making tapes of naughty activities for the purpose of blackmail) while thoughts and self-expression are transformed in some fundamental way. And although greater personal power is sought, this is a negative period so plans are unlikely to turn out for the better.

A 'Trump tweet' horoscope set for November 11, 2013 at 8:39 am est NYC shows 12Sag24 rising with the harsh Saturn-Pluto midpoint (concentration upon important matters which lie before you--Ebertin--and 12Sag is often considered to be America's natal ASC: cumbersome circumstances), the Sun had reached 19Sco19 conjunct the pageant's sexy Sappho (@19Sco51 5th house, above) plus, two difficult stars in Scorpio, and a Pisces Moon had snugged between Neptune Rx and Chiron Rx in the 3rd house of Communications which suggests to me that Trump's tweet expressed a lot of unconscious emotional energy while attempting to exercise a considerable amount of psychic manipulation.


Dec 11, 2018

Dec 12, 2018: Maria Butina hearing on Capitol Hill

The Sabotage of America Ongoing

by Jude Cowell

If need be, NPR shares some background info on 'gun-rights activist' Maria Butina, a Sun Scorpio born on November 10, 1988 in Barnaul, Siberia. Reportedly, her Russian agent activities have been ongoing in the US since 2014 when she began encouraging guns-rights demonstrations. A mild activity when compared to her more recent ties to US politicians and officials, plus, there's her work for or with the National Rifle Association (NRA)--and all seem to be compromised by the Kremlin now.

Word is, Ms. Butina has changed her plea to 'guilty' and agreed to cooperate with the Mueller investigation. Unless otherwise is announced, her hearing is set for tomorrow, December 12, 2018, starting at 3:15 pm, on Capitol Hill. Here's the horoscope of that date, hour, and location:


Some of Maria Butina's natal placements are marked in and around the chart (highlighted in lavender pink), a few of Donald Trump's are added (highlighted in blue), and some of America's natal placements, too, such as US natal South Node, the 'tail of the dragon' conjunct the 3:15 pm est Midheaven (5AQ50) and the transiting South Node now 'swiping' across US natal Pluto (27Cap33). And that would be the same Pluto that was spotlighted at the RNC 2016 by a Full Moon Conjunct US natal Pluto: Russian Encounters when Vladimir Putin had the Republican platform changed more to his liking.

And if you view the RNC 2016 Full Moon chart, you'll see that the current position of the North Node of destiny points toward the Full Moon's Sun (the leader). Interestingly, a Sun-NN connection in Politics can lead to 'political associations which eventually do more harm than good, formation of ties to allies drain vitality, and/or a loss of respect due to unfortunate mergers or alliances' (Munkasey's Midpoints: Unleashing the Power of the Planets). Well, yes.

Besides a few midpoint pictures you see listed, notable in tomorrow's chart is that 3:15 pm falls within a Jupiter Hour and Butina's natal Jupiter Rx @2Gem+ is her first natal planet to rise in this horoscope suggesting Jupiterian themes on the menu such as finances and politics. Boundaries have been broken! Donald Trump's first natal planet to rise is his chaos-loving Uranus (@17Gem+ in his natal 10th house of Career and Public Status) which forms his nibs' quirky and very visible trio along with his North Node and Sun; plus, his natal Sun conjuncts the 2nd cusp (22Gem23) of this chart--along with US natal Mars. Has the money been followed? Of course!

Listed in the 5th house of the chart and highlighted in orange is Maria Butina's Prenatal Solar Eclipse @18Vir40 ('PE') which manifested prior to her birth on September 11, 1988 in the 8 South Saros Series. Themes of 8 South are 'loss, separation, sad partings, and possible physical injury' (paraphrasing Brady's Predictive Astrology). An 8 South eclipse last occurred in 2006 @29Virgo; next 8 South: 2024 @10Libra.

And in the 6th house of Military, Police, and Civil Service appear her natal Scorpio line-up of Mercury, Pluto, Sun, and Moon. Transit Venus now conjoins her natal Mercury, planet of communications, deals, and pleas and suggests her decision to cooperate with investigators though it remains to be seen if her information will be reliable for with so much Scorpio within, perhaps we can say that Ms. Butina was born to betray, spy, and sabotage.


Jul 31, 2018

August 2018: Is Trump's Mojo Wilting?

Based on Donald Trump's dismally dropping support among Midwestern voters some pundits are saying that the Trump-Putin 'Summit' in Helsinki, Finland with its anti-America flavor was a turning point in Trump's popularity if not his White House tenure. Is Trump's mojo wilting? we might ask. Did it have far to fall in the first place? Are tall towers phallic enough for him?

Well, I posted on the Helsinki 'summit' at the time as Trump reporting to Putin and sad to say, nothing has occurred or been said since that changes my personal opinion as an American on the unacceptable circumstance of Trump sucking up to Russia's Putin. If you wish, follow the Trump-Putin link, above, for astro-notes on the horoscope you see re-posted here. And keep it under your babushka that no matter how Trump and Putin behave or what they say, Putin's long-term plan to collapse the USA is on-track and thriving with a compromised Donald Trump in the White House and the white supremacist Republican Party all-in on the global government game.

For as we saw with transit Pluto recently reaching the 1993 Uranus-Neptune Conjunction degree of 18Capricorn (NWO/POLITICAL POWER: smug or strong-armed paternalism--Jones) under Trump, 'the big picture must be followed, very little option to do otherwise' (Tyl). This makes me wonder who's Putin's boss behind the scenes! Does the name begin with Rothschild?


Jul 21, 2018

August 2018 Eclipse Spotlights The Unmasking!

Did the Helsinki 'Summit' Get Most People's Attention Finally?

This may be significant: assuming that we can depend on Sabian Symbols to have meaning in and for the Collective, the difficult August 11, 2018 Solar Eclipse @19Leo opposes by degree and sign (Leo-AQ) what at the time I was prone to calling, The Unmasking Eclipse because it manifested in the 10 North series on February 7, 2008 @18AQ, the "A Man Unmasked" degree.

Naturally, the year '2008' is well known for America's world-shaking financial collapse and subsequent heist but that's not the topic of this post. The symbol for '18 Aquarius' as described by Dane Rudhyar and Marc Edmund Jones is the topic for its themes resemble current events and are being triggered via opposition from the August 2018 eclipse @19Leo. In a comparison of the two eclipse charts there are many more planetary and cyclic factors involved, of course, but here's the gist of '18AQ" in relation to Donald Trump being unmasked as the __, a __, or the __ (fill in the blank) we didn't want in the White House even as Mr. Putin is now unmasked as Trump's handler, or, as some would reluctantly say, his boss:

Rudhyar: '18AQ' = "A Man's Secret Motives Are Being Publicly Unmasked"...

"Keynote: The difficulty for the modern individual to keep secret his private past or his deeper motives." This symbol may also "refer to the publicizing of past behavior" and it mentions "innumerable governmental agencies " that are "nearly always able to find access to remains or records of past actions..." Sounds like serenades by old-baggage-handling Trump, KGB-er Putin, and embarrassing Kremlin intel with shades of Michael Cohen's years' worth of records haunting around the edges. And toss in the 'Trump tariffs and trade wars' that, eyed clearly, seem to be intended for the purposes of losing American jobs and crashing the US economy, a further weakening of our nation at Putin's direction--in retaliation for the Fall of the Soviet Union (1991--over-confidently billed as the "End of Communism").

Jones: '18AQ' = "A Man Unmasked"...

This symbol "demands that each person make a public accounting of himself whenever the general welfare requires it. Life becomes a laboratory for an immortal curiosity. Keyword: ANALYSIS." Positive expression: "a considered self-dedication to greater and more wonderful reasons for being"; negative/unconscious/shadow side: "self-betrayal through exceptional ineptitude." (My italics and bolds.)

Public accounting? Long overdue, including Trump's tax returns, but perhaps Mr. Mueller can help us with that. General welfare? Naturally, We The People value it but a mask-free Trump now informs us that he prefers Russia over America, so if confronted he'll probably pretend not to have heard of the concept nor will he respond to the shouted question!

Additional Note: With Montenegro recently on Trump's lips, here's the nation's founding data from Campion's The Book of World Horoscopes chart #221: July 13, 1878 13:37 GMT Cettinje, Montenegro. Curiously, the nation's Sun @20Can58 (8th house) was precisely eclipsed on July 12, 2018 (20Can41) while Trump was overseas readying to rendezvous with Putin in Helsinki--and this July eclipse fell into Trump's Prenatal Eclipse Series, the 2 Old North, with themes of 'unfortunate news, separations, or endings', and 'quick action can bring good results'. The upcoming August 2018 Solar Eclipse ('The Tower') @19Leo in the 2 New North Series perfects upon Montenegro's 9th house Mars-Uranus midpoint with Sun-ruled Leo intercepted (Solar Fire v9; Tropical; Placidus System).

Above image: The Past Has a Way, another pencil drawing by Jude Cowell.


Jul 15, 2018

July 27, 2016 Trump shout-out to Russia: Hack Hillary!

During a campaign rally on July 27, 2016 Donald Trump gave a public shout-out to a foreign power to hack Hillary Clinton's emails and as we now know from Mr. Mueller's unsealed indictments of the Russian culprits Trump's directive was followed on that very date.

The Chicago Tribune has the published the Mueller indictment if you haven't yet had the pleasure.

Appropriately, transits on July 27, 2016 show messenger Mercury conjoining Trump's natal Mars in Leo, a time when ideas can become physical realities and instructions are given or received for how to accomplish a task or operate machinery!

Also you'll note that the date was around political convention time when the Republicans met under the light of a Full Moon that perfected upon America's natal Pluto Rx (27Cap33) and that the timing of Trump's rallies on that day (in Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania) were intended to snatch away the news cycle from goings-on at the Democratic National Convention. See Trump Campaign's Russian Encounters at RNC 2016 for a view of the horoscope of the RNC's Full Moon which helped manipulate Donald Trump into the White House.

For with Full Moons timing culminations, fulfillments, and awareness, we see how Trump became the GOP nominee at the RNC as cosmic rays fell upon our national Pluto, planet of saboteurs, assassins, spies, hidden wealth, manipulation, transformation, control, power, and the criminal Underworld now in process of coup'ing governments across the globe.

So tomorrow, July 16, 2018, Trump reports to Putin within the walls of a palace in Helsinki, Finland. Follow the link to view a horoscope of the day, plus, a founding horoscope for Finland, a la Nicholas Campion.


Jul 12, 2018

July 2018 Lunar Eclipse Blinks at Russia's Saturn!

Secrets in Shadows.

When it comes to the Dissolution of the Soviet Union we think of the date Mikhail Gorbachov stepped down from the presidency and left Boris Yeltsin in charge of the newly minted Russian State. Apparently this difficult event is considered by Vladimir Putin to be well worth revenging as we see with his use of American politicians and cyber war to 'bring down' our nation from the top tier, plus, his other draconian methods...success at any cost, ends justify means! Not my cup o'tea, how about you?

Now there's no need to mention names of compromised US politicians because we know who they are, or at least we know the ones who are public figures and are abroad (NATO Summit, Helsinki) embarrassing on, and withdrawing America from, the world stage as I type. As usual, Mr. Trump's arguments to our allies are cobbled together by mixing a little truth with a lot of falsehood, the most efficient way to pull the wool over someone's eyes, or confuse issues at the very least. He does this every day. But the thing is, once truth is diluted, it is no longer true or the truth because half truths are not actually truths.

So if you haven't yet, take a look at the planets' positions in Moscow on December 25, 1991. The horoscope I use for Russia is from Campion's The Book of World Horoscopes which primarily cites historical records; the Flag was Raised at 5:45 pm GMT Moscow, State of Russia with 25Leo16 rising and 9Tau58 at Midheaven. Yes, Leo and Taurus are the same Fixed signs on ASC and MC as in the natal horoscope of Donald Trump. Different degrees, same signs, suggesting a shared character trait: strong determination and perhaps a toxic measure of irrational will. And we get to 'add' a Leonine Mars rising to Trump's chart...Mr. Street Fighter, always spoiling for a fisticuffs, red-faced at the slightest exertion, a general blowhard, a litigious deadbeat, and a bounder and cad with the ladies. He was never presidential material and has shown no interest in 'growing into the job' as many had hoped. Still, he is pretty good at following Putin's directions and will report on his performance at the NATO Summit in Brussels when he huddles in secret with Vlad in Helsinki on July 16. Yep, we watch semi-dumbfounded as Donald Trump does just what Putin would do!

So besides hitting US natal South Node (double the Saturn!), the Lunar Eclipse of July 27, 2018 @4AQ44 conjoins Russia's natal Saturn posited in its 6th house @5AQ10. You know astrological Saturn and you know what an entity's 6th house entails besides the military so I won't bore you (more than is often necessary). And of course, Saturn in Aquarius, its ancient sign of ruler-ship (and still is in some astrologers' estimations) hints that Russia considers herself well disciplined and ready for any contingency that may emerge--and the eclipse can bring out this issue or perhaps activate it. Planning is a specialty in the Russian mentality which tallies with the kind of leader for whom revenge is a dish best served cold. Yes, Putin's long-term planning is now paying off through the redoubtable form and agency of Donald Trump who fancies himself, is always in need of large amounts of money, is suggestible through flattery and corruptible via pay-offs and bribery. Why, Spanky is plum dreamy and oh so blackmailable...

Meanwhile, the transiting, ever-circling South Node of the Moon (SN), the 'tail of the dragon', is an integral part of this late July 2018 lunar equation since the close presence of the Nodal axis is how to tell that a Full Moon is actually a Lunar Eclipse. Lunar Eclipses, whether Total (strongest) or not, often have incredible influence upon events, conditions, circumstances, and/or people and tend to excite surprising revelations or news, 'reveals', secrets, gossip, and scandals. Unconscious motivations may become starkly obvious to self or other and suddenly a new direction is offered or enforced--and that's usually when we become aware of the strange light now cast upon the objects below!

Soon to be posted from my astro-drawing board: details concerning Russia's Prenatal Solar Eclipse Saros Series and when it repeats. Hint: current events (political theater performances, as I often think them) are part of a long-term 'new world order' agenda as was the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Bush41's invasion of Kuwait, and his 'new world order' speech (open avowal of global government!), 9/11/01, the rise of terrorism, brutal dictators, the caging of children, authoritarian governments "winning" elections (strong-armed paternalism)...all events that were influenced by the Great Conjunction/s of Enlightenment planets Uranus and Neptune three times in 1993. Ideally, Faith and Reason are meant to shake hands in this particular cosmic equation of planets but with the forces of destruction closing in on little Planet Earth and its inhabitants, what are the chances that this isn't the Old Order of 1776 passing before our eyes in these momentous times?


Jul 3, 2018

NATO Summit July 2018 marred by Donald Trump?

Official details of the 2018 NATO Summit Brussels, Belgium 11 July - 12 July reveal that the Symposium's Keynote Address is expected to be delivered on the morning of the 11th. The 2018 Summit will be held in NATO's new headquarters on Boulevard Leopold III, Brussels and a media centre will be open 24/7 beginning 10 July 0900 LT until 13 July 0900 LT. Credentials required, of course, and heavy security measures will be in force (but of course!) Ah yes, a street to memorialize King Leopold III who surrendered to the occupying Nazis in 1940. Hmm. Well, it is the Belgians' boulevard to name as they please.

NATO: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1949 to...?

Founded via the signature of President Harry Truman on August 24, 1949 (11:42 am edt Washington DC with Sun 1Vir07; Moon 7Vir52, Saturn 8Vir28, Mercury 24Vir31; ASC 2Sco57; MC 8Leo37), the very Virgoan North Atlantic Treaty Organization has been a thorn in the side of Vladimir Putin but perhaps not for much longer since, as you know, the skunk at the NATO garden party 2018 will be one Donald Trump who tends to do 'just what Putin would do!' and has expressed disfavor against the organization. Or rather, he wants other members to pay more and given his past history as a crook who kowtows to Russia, yours truly tends to wonder if he thinks he can keep the additional gains for himself! well, America has and does contribute the most funds for NATO and Washington does spend US taxpayer money on global copping duties on behalf of the international corporate syndicate at the expense of the American people's needs--which is the typical GOP 'guns over butter' philosophy enabled by complicit corporate Democrats. And of course, NATO was designed to protect our allies so they don;t have to do it for themselves. Actually, Does Trump have a point?

Yet more simply, part of Trump's deeper motive may be to crack NATO into pieces or at least weaken it considerably at the 'request' of V. Putin with a further undermining of the cohesiveness of the EU, a Putin desire. See What Country Does John Bolton Work For Anyway? And as Vice News puts it, Trump is using US troops as a bargaining chip to raise NATO defense spending so that allies will live up to their promises...or else. Mr. Trump seems to see much value in creating hostage situations and has been sending threatening 'ransom' letters to NATO allies, as CNN details.

So there must be astrological factors showing current challenges to the organization, right? Using the 1949 founding chart of NATO, let's have a look-see at a bi-wheel of the 1949 chart with the approximate time of the NATO Summit opening (keynote address) on the 'morning' of July 11, 2018--meanwhile, a Solar Eclipse in Trump's Prenatal Eclipse (PE) series perfects during the Summit as you see by the horoscope (set for the White House). The 2 Old North Eclipse perfects in Brussels hours after Mr. Trump would have left and you know that he does like to cut out early from group settings in case he's overly challenged concerning the damage he's done, plus, he's uncomfortable when his ego suspects that he isn't the most famous person in the room. Besides, his sudden departures are so...so...dramatic!

Yes, my scribbles are way messy but please enlarge the image to read basic chart notes. As you see, some of Mr. Trump's natal positions are marked around the chart/s in blue but notice that the NATO South Node 17Lib29 in natal 12th house of Large Institutions, Politics, Self-Undoing, and Karma is the karmic and separative point where Trump's natal Jupiter (in Libra: "it's not fair!") and Putin's natal Saturn (authority, restriction, limits) - both planets @17Lib27 - sneak in through a back door. Or maybe it's via their conjunction that they intend to drain (SN-Saturn) energy and funds (Jupiter) out of the room (12th house) and further their ill-disguised attempts to undermine the organization as saboteurs acting as NATO's 'not-so-secret' enemies.

A Solar Eclipse, Castor, NATO's Mars and Transit Mars Rx

Now since this is a post, not a book, I won't type any more than I must but we should mention the transit of retrograde activist Mars conjunct NATO's natal IC (8AQ37). Mars turned Rx on June 26, 2018 @9AQ13 so he had crossed NATO's IC, then in Rx mode re-crossed the Angle which represents The End of the Matter and The Drain. Out-of-bounds as well, this is a testy Mars, a law unto himself, and on one level can signify Donald Trump because he was born with Mars rising in Leo. And we know Putin's pal is in process of challenging America's traditional allies and putting in a 'good word' for Vladimir while 'in the house' of the NATO Summit.

Yet let's not forget that puppet master Pluto of the Underworld is nearby (in Capricorn = the dictator) creepily approaching NATO's natal 3rd house Jupiter (Rx @23Cap19). Pluto the Dragon possesses massive amounts of hidden wealth and treasure but always wants more. So when transit Pluto hits natal Jupiter endeavors include gaining greater power and influence, regaining what was lost in the past, and playing a karmic role in current events. Negatively, intolerance and fanaticism are potentials which must be avoided during this transit if karmic setbacks are to be avoided.

Now Mr. Trump's 2 Old North eclipse @20Can41 occurs in NATO's natal 9th house conjunct its natal Mars (21Can21) and having transit Mars causing turbulence at natal IC as he prepares to enter NATO's natal 4th house can denote increased enthusiasm for new (ad)ventures but negatively suggests quarrels and disagreements. Plus, you see NATO's full 10th house of planets: Pluto, Sun, Moon, and Saturn--all of which tr Mars will oppose after turning direct in late August 2018. The turbulence really focuses around mid-August when transit Mars will oppose NATO's natal Pluto, a karmic period of time when deliberately antagonizing others can lead to regrettable altercations and any effort to control or manipulate situations or events tends to have the opposite effect. Once Mars enters Pisces, opposing natal Sun in Virgo, Mars isn't cooperating with leadership and relationships are strained; opposing natal Moon, Mars tends to arouse rage in others (purposefully, one assumes) and danger enters the environment (if it wasn't already there) such as via fires, explosions, or chemicals. If such trouble occurs, the public (Moon) may be adversely affected but certainly publicity concerning such events will be widely seen (across the 4/10 security axis).

Actually, by the close of the Summit ('early afternoon 12 July') in Brussels, the Summit's Sun will be exactly opposed by Pluto Rx, both at critical-crisis degrees (20Can-20Cap). Suggested potentials of the opposition are: power plays, a contest of wills, intimidation, attempts to collect on past debts, challenges to authority, ruthless actions, manipulation, abuse of power, deflated egos, retreats to isolation, exploitation, insufficient power to cope with events or decisions of others, impotency...any, all, or none may apply. This may turn out to be a real stinker of a summit! And difficult Castor's presence conjunct the Sun and Trump's eclipse will provide a negative influence.

Progressions: Looking Ahead

Now if we look to the Secondary Progressions (SP) of NATO's natal planets, we find that as far as the organization can expand into the world in this era--when it reaches its natural limit--is timed by an upcoming SP Full Moon which perfects @13Tau07 (SP Sun 13Sco07--where transit Jupiter Rx is today as I type!) on November 15, 2022. As you know, plenty of shifts and upheavals in the heavens and on Earth are due in the years 2020 into 2022 including January 12, 2020's Great Conjunction of Saturn and Pluto (DC Horoscope shown), plus, America's first-ever Pluto Return/s (PE chart shown) so let's not attempt to list them here other than to close with a few links for the curious:

Natal Horoscopes and Related Posts:: The Natal Chart of Donald Trump part one, as posted here on SO'W; Vladimir Putin (RR: DD, conflicting/unverfied); Angela Merkel (nee Kasner; RR: B); Harry S. Truman (RR: A; the 33rd Masonic president); The Natal Planets of Putin and Trump; The Powerful Midpoint Pictures of Donald Trump (natal); Trump and Gingrich: Peter Pan and the Pied Piper (they share Sun-Moon personality blends!); NATO and the Stationary Jupiter of Mr.Trump (pay up! it's not fair! cries Trump's Jupiter in airy Libra); Horoscope: European Union and the June 23, 2016 Brexit Vote; Trump Inauguration 2017's 2018 Solar Return; Trump Campaign's Russian Encounters at RNC 2016 which shows the horoscope of the Full Moon that conjoined and spotlighted US natal Pluto @27Capricorn during the Republican National Convention that showcased the acceptance speech for the GOP nomination of Donald J. Trump.

Founding Data for NATO and the EU are from Campion's The Book of World Horoscopes and from historical records.


Jun 30, 2018

Horoscopes: Trump-Putin in Helsinki plus Finland 1917

In From The Cold: Trump to Meet Putin in Helsinki July 16, 2018

by Jude Cowell

For starters, you may want to Shine with Facts about Finland. Next, how about a peek at the natal horoscope of the Republic of Finland as detailed in Campion's The Book of World Horoscopes, chart #104?

Above: Republic of Finland 6 December 1917 3:00 pm -1:39:52 Helsinki; conquered by Russia in 1809; independence gained during the Russian Revolution; in October (OS)--November (NS) the Bolsheviks seized power; proposal for Finnish independence accepted "at around 3:00 pm on 6 December 1917"; Campion chart #104 set for 3:00 pm although 'some Finnish astrologers use a slightly earlier time'.

"The Finnish claim to independence was accepted by the Sovnarkom (Soviet Committee for Nationalities) on 31 December 1917, and became fully legal when the All Russian Central Executive Committee of Soviets confirmed Sovnarkom's acceptance on 4 January 1918. The constitution was then adopted on 17 July 1919." (The Book of World Horoscopes, N. Campion).

Please enlarge both images for most of my notes are messily penned upon the charts.

Here I should add a few details concerning the Prenatal Solar Eclipse (PE) of Finland (@25Can51 in 3rd house conjunct IC in the 9 New South Saros Series perfected on July 19, 1917 (its initial manifestation) with themes of: bringing to the surface long-term worries about loved ones, family (in Cancer), health, or paperwork and communications issues; a worrying piece of news may arrive and responsibilities involving paperwork 'could come home to roost' (Brady). Note that its position of 25Can51 falls between the natal Venus and Saturn of Mr. Trump--and conjoins US natal Mercury Rx (July 4, 1776).

As you see in the above horoscope, Finland's natal Mercury (7th house, in Nodal Degree = karmic) is chart-ruler and makes only one applying Ptolemaic aspect--an opposition to Pluto Rx (3A39) which was transiting rather closely with the Tail of the Dragon, the Moon's South Node (Pluto-SN = upheavals, war, violence, criminal elements afoot). See bottom left corner for details. Another curious chart factor is the elevated Venus @00AQ58 which would be conjoined by US POTUS Sun (the leader) once FDR changed our inauguration ceremonies from early March to January 20 in 1937. Finland's Venus (values, perspectives, attraction, relationships, diplomacy, art) conjoins fixed star Altair, the Eagle (bold and determined).

And so America's natal Mercury also flails around in there between Trump's Venus-Saturn conjunction and suggests potentials for narrow-mindedness and visions of stark reality (Ebertin) which is almost amusing until you think of Trump's tragically loose relationship with the truth egged on by his problematic, fantasy-prone Mercury-Neptune square. Yet 'stark reality' does hint at Trump's dreary dystopian inaugural address of January 20, 2017, as written by 'political scientist' Stephen Miller who lurks about casting shadows in the White House. "America First," Trump promised, just as Pat Buchanan had. See Jeff Greenfield's Trump Is Pat Buchanan with Better Timing in Politico Magazine.

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Another 1917 Solar Eclipse

Yes, those were karmic days, as our ours, and we must note that another 'cosmic blink' or 'wild card of the Universe' manifested within two weeks of Finland's founding for a second Solar Eclipse perfected on December 14, 1917 @22Sagittarius in the 10 North Saros Series. 10 North's themes also shine a spotlight on communications along with frustrating or inhibiting events via news received, paperwork, or young people; those affected may feel tired or drained of energy but progress can be made by working through issues one at a time (paraphrasing Predictive Astrology, Bernadette Brady). Perhaps I needn't mention that the 10N eclipse @22Sag conjoins the SN-Moon conjunction in the natal horoscope of Donald Trump--and his conjunction ensnares within its net starry Ras Alhague the Blue Star of Hopi Prophecy.

Finally, if the schedule holds, Trump and Putin are set to meet in Helsinki, Finland on July 16, 2018 and since no exact hour is known by yours truly, here's a horoscope for that date and location set for 11:44 am EEDT -3:00 which puts the Cardinal World Points of manifestation on the chart's angles:

Hour of the Sun, chart-ruler Venus @6Vir57 conjoins fixed star Thuban (to protect or make a treasure; relates to hoarders and misers); Venus makes no applying aspects which further emphasizes her sign and house position; in Virgo, Venus is in her fall since she's exalted in Pisces and as diplomat may not be particularly successful. Virgo, sign of The Critic--will there be criticism for Mr. Trump from Putin--or vice versa? Venus likes partnership and these two players act as if they're already some sort of team--yet someone involved holds very high standards. Frustration may result from this 'diplomatic' meeting if indeed it can be described as such.

Mercury, Planet of Messages and Meetings

Perhaps the planet of meetings, communications, reporting, negotiations, gossip, and such has more to tell us--Mercury @19Leo43 in the 11th house of Groups and Associations seems promising yet the little fella is unaspected and thus quite uninformed except on certain limited topics! Unaspected, that is, unless we count Mercury's inconjunct to Neptune @16Pis17 Rx which conjoins Achernar, a star of crisis and rapid endings. In the 6th house of Military, Police, and Civil Service, Neptune continues its campaign of contagious propaganda with streaks of paranoia, delusion, and fraud which may be all the public gets out of this 'conference' between Trump and Putin. But Astrology provides clues because the inconjunct between Mercury and Neptune suggests that priorities need establishing, promises have been made and perhaps not kept, someone has taken on too many tasks, overreactions have occurred or will occur, worries concern problems that may be only imaginary, uncomfortable misunderstandings are possible, and someone feels disappointed to find that he's been used.

July 16, 2018: Now I suspect you've already noticed that the Sun @23Cancer47 shines upon the natal Saturn of Donald Trump (and with his natal Venus nearby). Sun to natal Saturn is a time of serious situations when one is called upon to be more reliable and trustworthy (ruh-roh!) and issues of authority and maturity are under consideration. Has Trump made the grade with mentor Putin?Well, on a side note, Finland's natal Nemesis (the unbeatable foe) here conjoins Trump's natal Midheaven (@25Taurus with enraged Algol there) along with the country's natal Hidalgo, the social climber asteroid which also relates to foreigners. That's quite a cosmic duo of archetypes at Trump's Point of Aspiration!

As for Vladimir Putin himself, the Sun on July 16, 2018 has just squared his natal Neptune (21Lib27), a time when reality is elusive (or he is), and now squares natal Mercury (23Lib10) denoting that others seek his advice or opinion and it will be best for him to avoid those who boast, over-promise, and/or mislead. Well, I guess we both know who that sounds like. Still, listening closely to the words of others yields interesting tidbits of information and as a former KGB spy, Putin does this automatically--and who better to leak and share, consciously and unconsciously, than the indiscreet Mercury-Neptune-square fellow named Donald Trump?

Besides, I suspect that Putin's natal Mercury-Neptune conjunction resonates extremely well with Trump's natal Mercury-Neptune square, don't you? Guess they're kind of 'birds of a feather' sympatico. For the conjunction 'merges real with unreal' similar to the way a Mercury-Neptune square has trouble separating fact from fiction. And according to master astrologer Alan Oken, the conjunction is "The Illusionist" while the square describes "The Sneaky Mind."

Now here are a few Related Posts: July 7, 2017: Trump-Putin Face Off at G20; Horoscope: Russia - Flag Raised; Trump-Putin Alliance Threatens Current World Order (a reference to the Bretton Woods Accord after WWII); and The Natal Planets of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump showing the partile conjunction (17:27) between Putin's natal Saturn and Trump's natal Jupiter which is Stationary in his 2nd house of Money and Values. Does Putin control and/or restrict (Saturn) Trump's funds and/or development (Jupiter)?

So if we round up for the Sabian Symbol representing Putin's Saturn and Trump's Jupiter both @18Libra we find, "Two Men Placed Under Arrest" which speaks of sanctions and societal order protecting itself by their use. "Keynote: A breakdown in the constructive relationship between the individual and society, and the expectable result." {} Excluded are "exiles, the alien, the unassimilable; if (society) cannot send them to outer space, it must isolate them in a special type of inner space, a prison. The individual whose actions introduce unacceptable principles into the established order runs the risk of being 'punished' or re-formed according to this order." (Rudhyar).

Whew! This sounds like so much going on right now--Trump's vicious separation of children from their parents at the border, refugees, America's overcrowded prisons, who-knows-what criminality by Putin--and the fact that the world's 'top dogs' are usually the ones who most deserve to be locked up. How curious that various billionaires are into blasting rockets into outer space these days--even Trump has blabbed about it and has gone so far as to call for the establishment of a sixth US military branch, a pie-in-the-sky Space Force which would probably be against International Law (a fact he may not know) so his announcement was intended to divert public attention from his self-created border crisis and change the subject from the Mueller investigation closing in around his ears.