Astrology of Pres Obama and the Pharoah

If you have an interest on the question of who Pres. Barack Obama may be 'channeling' read this concerning the Nodal Axis of Destiny and other natal chart synchronicities for our 44th president.

Is Mr. Obama the personification of a famous Egyptian pharaoh? Is he Abraham Lincoln 'returned' to finish the job, perhaps?

Or: fill_in_the_reincarnation_blank for Pres. Obama who is certainly being asked to carry past life tasks forward (SN), based on circumstances most of which were not of his making.

To a Saturnian astrologer such as myself, this is enough to cause a world o'trouble even without Joan D'Arc and her warring Mars lurking behind Neptune's veils of unconsciousness and past-life theories.

This implies much South Node (unconscious; inherited) behavior and more than a little helping of projection onto others for what we should take responsibility for ourselves. No US president was ever handed the Oval Office reins with so few resources and umph to effect improvement.

Yes, I do want to believe that this isn't all part of a NWO script meant to herald riots across the globe. Many are already occurring and are often instigated by Mars and his short fuse of political bombs. Paid for by...someone...there's testy Mars, with Pluto's secret backing, continuing through the centuries to foment chaos in order to force change.

"Is it altogether a Utopian dream, that once in history a ruling class might be willing to make the great surrender, and permit social change to come about without hatred, turmoil, and waste of human life?"

-Upton Sinclair Sept 20, 1878; Sun Virgo-Moon Cancer's Images for Integration which melds the Sun's Virgo traits with the unconscious Moon in Luna's own sign of Cancer:

'A nutritionist serves his family organically grown chicken soup...The working mother...Two old Chinese women gossip about family problems as they work rhythmically in the rice paddies.' (Sun Sign-Moon Sign, Chas & Suzi Harvey.)

Maybe the above Sinclair quote is a cup of steaming chicken soup, eh? Thing is, 'hatred, turmoil, and waste of human life' (aka, population control) are key parts of the restructuring agenda.

Now in my formative years, I was as happy a reader as anyone of such classics as Atlas Shrugged, Stranger in a Strange Land, 1984, Animal Farm - you know the list.

Brilliant authors provided literary ideas of horrible futures of totalitarianism and other nasty, anti-social -isms which may have resulted in quite explicit blueprints for those who needed such ideas to follow and mould to their requirements.

We may guess this, because they can read, too. And it was Edward Bernays' cynical use of his Uncle Sigmund Freud's work on mental/emotional control through the unconscious (1920s) that started the control-the-masses ball rolling in earnest and made possible our consumerism society which has now had the bubbled rug snatched out from under.

Since I recently posted a link to the BBC's excellent video series on Edward Bernays' work which enabled business and political use of public relations techniques (spark a 'need' unconsciously then fulfill it for a price) I will simply advise you to scroll below for the skinny on that thing we call consumerism and how it's been used against us by way of our unconscious desires.

You know, political candidates are merely products in the exalted world of manipulation and propaganda. We-the-people bought the poked pig the media and pundits kept pointing out to us - which is not to belittle Pres. Obama's talents - and now he must perform in lieu of all the swine before him who have led us to this sorry pass.

Lincoln's Sun is conjunct Mr. Obama's natal South Node, and vice versa. That's a large imperative imposed by the times which says that unconsciously, Pres. Obama will strive toward Lincoln's Solar goals, to be the best Aquarian he can be. The Sun in any chart, however, is not considered a karmic planet, but the Nodal Axis is.

That the current president may be aware of the links between them and their times can only aid Pres. Obama's journey on the path of balancing and re-righting as many of the wrongs of this Solar-based nation as he, in his presidency, has time to accomplish.

Otherwise, he may be 'channeling' in the dark.

Too bad so many bad actors insist upon standing in the president's way to the detriment of the common good. For with that, they obviously are not concerned, and they have their own plans, thanks.

War is all hell

Here's a famous quote that merits repeating:

"I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. Some of these young men think that war is all glory but let me say war is all hell."

William Tecumseh Sherman

Quote compliments of Information Clearing House

Christina Romer, mother figure + Neptune of the Veils

Yeah, I like this interview with 'mother figure' Christina Romer on the economy as she tosses buckets of cold water from Old Man (or Woman in charge) Saturn, the Teacher and Lesson-Bringer, who continues to tangle with America's natal Neptune, planet of dreams, ideals, illusions, the masses, and mass media, in Virgo, sign of the dedicated worker...the same worker who is now getting a pink slip for often obscure reasons.

But Neptune of the Veils is comfortable with 'obscure'...it's Saturn's grim reality that's numbing the sensibilities and tamping down confidence, however illusory confidence may have been in the past.

And thus closeth (Saturn) another newspaper (Neptune) - unless they're very savvy and do what they do best, then link to the rest.

A benchmark? That Mark Twain would approve, I suspect.

Pollution Photo Gallery: China

Here's a small collection of 8 photos showing pollution in China which pains me to see no matter where on the globe it's allowed to harm the populace while enriching the greedy and powerful.

Particulate matter from a belching smokestack eventually affects us all!

Truth to be probed on Capitol Hill!

In an ironic and hilarious turn of events, political thespians on Capitol Hill are discussing the setting up of a truth commission to probe law-breakers in the Bush-Cheney administration...as long as Bush and Cheney are kept safe.

"Truth" commissions, like the Warren Commission set up to obfuscate the assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy, tend to find only truths they can hide. And Sen. Arlen Spector, of Warren Commission fame, is on the "truth" case again and making sure that Bush won't be harmed by Sen. Patrick Leahy's grandstanding on behalf of truth, the concept.

Wonder what will result from a 'truth probe' in Washington DC? Lots of talking done on our dime, no doubt, with no guarantees that anything of note will actually occur other than the uncovering of legal inconveniences and the smoothing of the populace's ruffled feathers.

Bulldozing the District swamp and starting from scratch might do the trick if you can get the grandfathered-in, wealth-addicted politicians shoveled on down the road to an ordinary life.

Then they might learn to truly appreciate what their sell-out of our nation has meant to and for...

Controlling Wall Street

Corruption-US gives account of how the US Congress slowly sold out to Wall Street.

The results we know. And the culprits still walk free.

Origins of Public Relations and Consumerism: video link

Zeeks! Propaganda Galore! Our Brains on Propaganda! Pluto-Chiron's consumerism yet another -ism!

This four part BBC series captured on video, The Century of the Self, concerns the rise of consumerism, the business and political uses of it, and reveals its guru, Edward Bernays, and his role in inventing public relations in the 1920s based on his Uncle Sigmund Freud's work on the Unconscious.

Turns out...funny story...in America, the very foundations of democracy were cracking fissures while Dr. Freud was spouting on and on about the irrational, dangerous desires and fears lurking just underneath Average Joe's calm surface - a threat which totally crumbles the concept of democracy as run by rational people making well-considered choices.

Freud's unleashed monsters had been seen expressed in street riots and in the barbarism of Nazi Germany, and they were definitely not invited to tea in a status quo society of button-down types and their quiet little wives making apple pies and brewing Maxwell House at every opportunity.

Now if you haven't time to view all four parts of this BBC-produced series, my recommendation is to watch Part Four at the very least.

The series is a fascinating view of public relations and the manipulation it is based on and has old film footage interspersed - including some cheesecake of Dr. Freud himself (just kidding about the cheesecake.)

Also revealed is the tight team effort of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, whose similar ruling styles were not as coincidental as they may have appeared at the time. Yet one thing I must disagree with the BBC on - I assert that Clinton and Blair knew very well that the manipulative Freudian techniques had been developed by people in order to control the masses, not to "liberate" them. I mean, puh! give me a break on that one.

So given my fascination with propaganda, its methods and supposed justifications, it seemed a good idea to make this video report available here in case someone else has a similar fascination...and so I can find it again quite handily.

You know, I published the first-ever US Inauguration chart with hour verified by historical record (George Washington's Inauguration, of course), and I remember writing on the chart image that changing we-the-people's mentality was a goal because of its 10th house Chiron in (mental) Gemini...if you wish to view the chart and read my notes, try American Presidency Apr 30, 1789 which, being the first, is the archetype of all US presidencies following.

Now I must mosey because my favorite new show comes on at 9 pm...Tim Roth in Lie to Me.

I love how they divilge what various gestures mean, including politicians' rhetoric tricks, flourishes, and avoidances which the show drops in by way of tapes of modern day political thespians - at podium or elswhere - because Lie to Me is all about reading faces and gestures, and with great acting, too.

Just my style - steamy Lie to Me Tea served with crusty Propaganda Biscuits nestled on one of the dessert plates Madison Avenue told me I had to have to make my life complete.

So as we-the-dupes know, completing-the-set in this manner simply never works. But it will send you a snowballing credit card balance from h*ll - as enabled by the politicial thespians of Capitol Hill.

Of bailout schemes and ugly things

Michel Chossudovsky says the 2010 budget which the president submitted to Congress on Feb 26, 2009 is a war budget and that's not all he says.

The Bush-Obama bailout schemes are serving the interests of mystery financiers - deliberately, says Chossudovsky.

And as David Letterman keeps asking, where'd the money go?

The market is 'poised to open higher after 5 straight days of selling," says NPR this morning.

Yeah well, it's another Wednesday at NY's gaming tables. But who's being gamed?

Pres Obama's Weekly Address video 2.28.09

You've seen Pres. Obama's Weekly Address everywhere else so you may as well see it here, too.

Video: Saturday, February 29, 2009, when the spirit of "Bring It On" was apparently left to haunt a teleprompter from one of Bush's gigs.

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Return the Superfund! + Lobbyists Up in Arms

This week should begin the fight against the Obama administration's new budget proposals which repeal tax breaks for the super-wealthy oil and gas industry, place caps on carbon and other green house gas emissions, and give the Environmental Protection Agency a 30% budget increase, among other things.

Yes, lobbyists for monied special interests are ready to storm Capitol Hill (which they think belongs only to them) and bring it on while Pres. Obama says he's spoilin' for the fight on our behalf.

Sounds great, Mr. President - I hope things can be evened up more fairly to benefit the common good.

Personally, I'd like to see the reinstatement of the Superfund for chemical clean-up costs (a tax that was rescinded under Pres. Clinton in 1995) because America's lungs have gotten grimier ever since while polluting evil-doers get off the hook every day by sticking the taxpayer with the costs of industry crimes against nature and the health conditions that result.

Then we have the pharmaceutical, medical, and insurance industries on the other side of us denying us care.

Amazing that we still call this America! Or how about: Land of Opportunity - the chance to shaft your fellow man all you want especially if you have the moola to pay the exorbitant fees of the most weasley lobbyists in the bunch.

Quotes from 1929 - 1931 and a little Astrology

Great Depression Quotes 1929 vs 2008: Have We Learned Anything? is a fascinating list of headlines and quotes from 1929 to 1931 replete with parallels to the 2008 Bail Out Bill of Hank Paulson and his political enabler, George Bush.

The information contained here makes tarring George Bush with the Herbert Hoover brush a natural thing to do, and you'll especially love the full spectrum of optimistic 'expert' remarks with mainstream media's well-timed cheer leading attempts to manufacture consent for bailing out...wait for it...Wall Street.

So have I personally learned anything from the list of quotes?

Oh Yes. I learned that the culprits and heisters of 2008 lifted their scripts almost word-for-word and their stage directions from what their predecessors said and did in Hoover's day even while propagandizing that the current meltdown "isn't the Great Depression"!

And of course they knew what they were doing, all wide-eyed and innocent - with Bernanke an admitted student - 'expert' - of the Great Depression.

So if you read, read to the last entry where the New World Cooperation propaganda rears its Gorgon head...July 12, 1931.

We now know the monster as the New World Economic Order, or NWO for short.

After all, it's been the knitting together of national economies in the last decades that has made a world economic crash possible.

Bwa ha ha...the better to rule you with, m'dear.


Now For A Little Astrology:

Checking the chart for July 31, 1931, noon, Manhattan, NYC, NY to get a little flavor of the times, we see Sun 19Can20 conj Pluto 20Can24 (critical degree '20Can' is Pluto's heliocentric North Node degree, an excessively powerful point in the zodiac and often involved when power plays are afoot.)

Opposite, also at critical degree, is Saturn 20Cap01 Rx which forms two Cardinal T-square patterns with Uranus 19Ari18 at apex, the outlet for this enormous energy.

Here are their midpoint pictures with the usual 'all, any, or none' limitation:

Sun-Saturn = Uranus: fluctuations; unusual circumstances; crises; imprisonment; separation; mourning; nervousness; inhibitions; a clash between the old, established ways of doing things and the new.

Saturn-Pluto = Uranus: brutal efforts to start a new order; an attack, regardless of potential losses; an ability to make sudden decisions in the most difficult circumstances; sudden acts of violence. (Tyl; Ebertin.)

As apex (focal) planet in a Cardinal T-square, Uranus acts as social catalyst, a role 'it' was born to play. (Uranus, or Ouronos, = a place, not a 'he' at all, but the sky.)

This catalyzing action is on behalf of collective reform and general social progress with radical disruption of Saturn's status quo the goal. (And Saturn is strong in his own sign of Capricorn.)

There is a strong urge to break down and shatter whatever impedes this 'progress' toward new ideals. This can be the social misfit that is purposefully out-of-tune with the established order of the environment.

Or, acting as radical reformer political groups, this is the law-unto-oneself type of entity where the will is defensively detached from all outer considerations. (How else can they cause misery of the masses and still look at themselves in the mirror?)

Highly intuitive, this apex Uranus uses insights with others to expose human frailties to themselves in a manner that compels them to radically alter their lifestyles. (Now there's a pretty good description of the effects of a staged economic meltdown - and with much media assistance ad nauseum.)

Positively, an apex Uranus can represent a social visionary with a charismatic power able to liberate mass consciousness from obsolete collective patterns of expression. (It took FDR's charisma for that. Hoover had none.)

The Cardinal (outgoing, initiating energy) quality of the T-square refines the apex Uranus to the role of a self-proclaimed social activist and head crusader for some current group cause or mass movement.

Abruptness may tend to alienate or intimidate those upon whom reforms fall. This reformer is prone toward excitement, vigor, and a straightforward approach yet too-sudden moves may appear illogically inconsistent and contrary to plans that are already set in motion.

Yet with staid Saturn involved, a measure of restraint and self-control is evident - yet there is danger of a build-up of active, compressed pressure which eventually must vent itself with an authoritarian flavor.

Inaugurating sweeping social changes was on the agenda in 1931, but within existing social structures. And the radicals' need for ultimate power and control are marked by the presence of both Saturn and Pluto.

The New Millennium has timed the breakdown of 'existing social structures' with 9/11's Saturn-Pluto opposition conjunct America's ASC/DESC axis (16 The Tower in the Tarot deck), and now with the manufactured meltdown of the economic crisis of 2008+.

Plus, on May 28, 2000, the Great Conjunction of Jupiter (expansion) and Saturn (restriction), the two social planets that affect financial cycles at their core, was very important in the scheme of things, so naturally I noticed that wounded and wounding Chiron on July 12, 1931 was conj the Jupiter-Saturn 2000 Conj degree...

'23Taurus'..."A Jewelry Shop Filled with the Most Magnificent Jewels" which has associations with greed, theft, loot, and rewards.

Yes, Republicans (Jupiter) and Democrats (Saturn) had a big planning session in May-June 2000 as they looked toward their shared millennial goals.

And now, by the trillions, jewels of wealth and ultimate power are falling into certain elite laps - just as they envisioned so long ago. Quite a pay-off!

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Apex Uranus details: Dynamics of Aspect Analysis, Bil Tierney.

Finding Your March 2009 Forecast

Astrologer Julie Demboski has written her March 2009 Forecast which covers Venus retrograde in Aries, the Jupiter (expansion) inconjunct (150 degr = adjustment) Saturn (restriction) which perfects Mar 21-25, plus, the Full Moon 20Vir40 of March 10, March 26's New Moon 6Ari08, and the Sun-Mercury Superior Conjunction at the end of the month, March 30.

Sounds like a bunch of stuff, doesn't it?

But never fret - with Julie's clear writing style, you'll be up to snuff and primed for the Mystic Rectangle pattern ('practical mysticism') of planetary energies that are involved with the March 26 New Moon. Let Julie fill you in as Spring Equinox 2009 sashays closer by the minute.

The Sun-Mercury Superior Conj will be highlighting issues that originated during the recent Mercury Rx period which included Inauguration 2009 when Mercury 00AQ41 was conjunct Pres. Obama's natal Jupiter as well as the Inaugural Sun of Jan 20.

So because I've been 'under the weather' for several days and not publishing as much as usual, I scouted out for you this excellent analysis for the month of March 2009, authored by Julie Demboski...because March waits for no blogger!