shadowed Bush hears voices calling

Iraq War Shadows Bush Visit to Vietnam...not his conscience, mind you...no one seems to be sure he ever had one of those.

Bush said that the US sees its role in Asia, a region with a history of colonialism, as one of "partnership, not paternalism."

Degree of the New World Order's Uranus/Neptune conjunction, 1993, at "18Cap"--let's say it all together now..."Smug or strong-armed paternalism."

Have you ever thought Bush or Cheney seemed on the smug side? Me, too!


Pacific Grim:

Not much enthusiam being shown by the sparse crowds--not like when Clinton cameoed a few years ago. Good times!

2006: Trade deals with our Asian partners? No borders now, with that New World Order now! Quite a tightrope he's been walking, isn't it? Rallying national "patriotism" enough to get Americans to sacrifice their lives yet dissolving our borders at the same time! Wow, what a task! Why it's almost...subtle.

Bush said in his speech at the National University of Singapore that "we hear voices calling (Pelosi, Murtha, and Hoyer?) for us to retreat from the world
(how about from policing the world and throwing good money after bad?) and close the doors to these opportunities."

And you know who these opportunities benefit the most. He ignores the real "isolationism" which his lousy policies and strong-arming created--ain't he a card? Fancies himself a joker, our mr. with-us-or-against-us.

My advice: navigate over to Lim's Limericks to get Mr.A.Cat's take on Bush's worser-late-than-never trip to Vietman with a groanworthy enough rendition of A Kitten Flew into Hanoi.

Skedaddle now--what are you waiting for? The show's over and you can't stay here...

;)

tags: Bush Vietnam Hanoi Isolationism

US Congress Solar Return 2006

Seems like just yesterday baby Congress was toddling around in her underpants with the ruffles on the back, but, no...it's been 206 years, and she's looking a little gray around the muzzle, isn't she?

I'll only mention a few things tonight and must amend on Friday afternoon or Saturday evening at the latest due to sleepiness. My bad typery is made much worse by yawning, you see.

Solar Return Nov 17, 2006 Friday:

First we look at which natal house is rising in the Solar Return chart (SR) for it will be the primary focus or influence of the year (until Nov '07.)

This would be natal (n) 9th House of philosophy, moral values, expansive self-knowledge, social conduct, religion, eternal truths, long-distance travel, and the Supreme Court.

Jupiter, as chart-ruler and as natural ruler of the 9th House, has an important position for Congress' year, and is found in 12th House of the Unconscious, Self-Undoing, Karma, and large institutions, and is squaring Saturn (in Leo) in the 8th House of debt, credit, shared resources, taxes, insurance, transformation, and death.

Both the 8th and the 12th are Psychological Houses (intuitive) and with the current line-up of planets in Scorpio, and the Saturnian Scythe now forming, we may expect some winnowing in the finacial department (past due!)..and perhaps more winnowing of our leaders and of world leaders. (Tr Saturn is still within orb of his conjunction with Bush's n Venus--he's not feelin' the love, people, so I shudder to think of how he'll be received abroad in his weakened state. Will the trade deal be passed by Congress to make benefit for Vietman? Not so far.)

Being so near the karmic 12th cusp, Jupiter--ruler of money, expansion, increase, philosophy, and curiosity--has much work to do this year--a very critical period is afoot as is indicated by many other factors. Yet Jupiter prefers the camel's back for he can be on the self-indulgent side, as you know.

Nearby the Sun at 25Sco04 is conjunct Republican Party's n Moon 25Sco04 in n 2nd House, another money/values House.

With the Sun at 25Sco05, it is the Solar Un-birthday for the Democratic Party--when the Sun is halfway from one's birthday--a time for measuring on'es progress for the year and change course if needed.

But it is not a time for success with ego-related activities and there are sure to be authority issues with decided need to avoid arrogance or aggressive attitudes toward others. Humility works best, and I believe we've been seeing this attitude among many of the Dem puppies--faked or real.

So you see that it's Repub's Moon AND transit Sun opposite Dem's natal Sun...lots of activity behind the scenes with Jupiter and Venus, at the "Grand Army of the Republic campfire" degree--both in the behind-the-scenes 12th.

Another interesting thing I must mention (for the sandman is calling my name) is that the transiting midpoint between the Pluto/Chiron pair--the corporatism; oppression; racism; PLUTOCRACY duo, is conjunct--ready? US Congress' natal Pluto/Chiron, all piled up at 15Cap+.

My hope is naturally that these issues with be dealt with honestly this year rather than the can being kicked down the road ad nauseum...and with transformative Pluto rising and simultaneously squaring the natal Mars of the Republican Party, we'll be seeing many confrontations between the reps and perps.

Although the Jupiter/Saturn square is now waning, it is still affecting relations between the Parties--Jupiter = Rs, Saturn = Ds. (This square was last perfected, Oct 25.) And the tr Pluto SQ n Mars is a time of obstacles for the Rs, and a time when dishonest actions must be corrected, not continued.

Ethics, anyone?


~Will update asap: repair typos, give midpoint pictures, and talk about the SR Moon conjunct the Sec Progr'd US MARS gone Station Rx...with Moon at the "Two men placed under arrest" degree...wonder who?


11.16.06

UPDATE Saturday 11.18: Okay, here's the Rudhyar version for "18 Libra" the Moon position mentioned above:

Keynote: A breakdown in the constructive relationship between the individual and society, and the expectable result.

"If it is to remain steady and consistent, every form of order must be able to protect itself by the application of sanctions. Both a society and a personal ego constitute forms of order. Any form of order excludes what the form cannot securely and safely hold.

It excludes, or exiles, the alien, the unassimilable; if it 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.

...for the individual the problem is how to make the transforming vision or impulse acceptable to society....the suggestion is that whatever violence is released originates in unconscious pressures.

A new step in the evolution of society--the Industrial and Electronic Revolutions of the last hundred and fifty years--caused a collective, worldwide upheaval which led to widespread violence. The fact that two men are pictured under arrest suggests a polarization and a purpose transcending a merely personal fit of recklessness.

Negative as the image may seem, one may see implied in it the power of every individual to assume social risks in order to express his convictions or deepest desires. Nevertheless, one thing is needed: FACING THE CONSEQUENCES."


A Solar Return Moon in Libra indicates that balance and the correcting of them will be in focus, plus you know that Libra relates to WAR. Relationships bewtween memebrs of Congress and Seante are highlighted, war issues, immigration, and with the SR Moon in 10th house of the Return, much publicity is to be expected.

With Barbara Boxer and other Dems promoting (Moon) the idea that the Dem "controlled" Congress will be focusing on the people's business (Moon = the people), we should hear many mentions of this novel idea.

And with the Moon always signifying changes, perhaps we'll actually see some of the positive variety--although it will be a hard slog.

Perhaps you've heard of the G-20 protests in Australia this weekend with heads being knocked and arrests made. The World Bank, the IMF, and financial officials from 20 nations are under fire from the populace...and apparently that's what it's going to take, m'peops! And some men have been placed under arrest as the individual and society clash once again.


11.18.06


tags: US Congress Congress Solar Return 2006 US Mars Democrats Republicans protests arrests Australia G-20 Summit

US Mars Rx Station in the News

With my blogging time somehat highjacked this week by a local neighborhood rezoning issue which someone is trying to shove through in spite of serious water issues, I will refer you to an article I've just posted at Gather.com, titled "US Mars Rx Station in the News."

(Bush is off the continent--anyone else feeling strangely lighter?


11.15.06

tags: Bush US Mars Rx Station Iraq War Military Review Globalism Political Astrology

Quick--Change the Locks!!

Bush Departs for Asia Today
and wouldn't poetic justice be best served by calling a security-cleared locksmith to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?

R-i-i-i-n-g!

HoSec Security and Lock? Yes, can I get a team of lock-changers out asap? Within the next 8 days. Yes, the taxpayers are footing the bill, of course. Send the statement to: Rubberstamp Congress, Capitol Hill, Needs-a-Wash-ington, DC.

It's the little white house on Pennsylvania Ave--well, it's white on three sides...I can't vouch for the backside. Well really, it's kind of dingey...ok, it's gray, but you'll know it when you see it. No, it's actually mine--and yours--we just loan it to him and his crew on a temporary basis and they've violated the lease bigtime.

What? Yes, it's the same one under threat of being blown to smithereens by terroists, but don't worry...it's him they're after.

No, he's out of the loop and out of the country--that's why I say the job must be finished within 8 days...and don't forget the backdoor--he tends to use it a lot.

Oh.

Well can you give me another number? Yes, I have a pencil...1-999-hal-lib-urton. But that's too many numbers...

(click)


11.14.06

UPDATE with a Shout-Out: hope you've glommed onto my colleague Philip Brown's excellent work over at AstroFutureTrends where you'll find his article on George Bush's Solar Return, plus, "Election Reflections" where he talks of the troublesome US Mars Rx station, what it means, and how it may relate to Pluto's ingress into Capricorn, sign of suthority and control, in 2008.


And Philip mentions something which I wondered aloud about here the other day: seems the 18-22 year-olds did turn out in force--appr 2 million more voted in these midterms than in the 2002 midterms. Ah HAH, Mercury Rx--you busted a move down to the voting booth, didn't you? Good show!

jc

tags: White House Asia Vietnam Bush Political Astrology

Russ just says No, but thanks

On Sunday, November 12th in Racine, I will hold my 1000th Listening Session with the people of Wisconsin. Before reaching that milestone, I want you to know that I've decided to continue my role as Wisconsin's Junior Senator in the U.S. Senate and not to seek the Democratic nomination for President in 2008.

--Russ Feingold

Oh well...it's not as if President Feingold was ever going to fly.


Chess pieces are on the move after the electorate showed their preference for donkey poo over elephant dung...assuming that the election wasn't just a set-up for 2008 (which it was.)

After the fiasco the Rs have made in the Middle East, why not step back and let Dems be responsible for the miasma, then clean up in 2008 based in part on the Ds big talk against Bush's War--and their inability to affect "victory"--not something the neocons ever wanted in the first place? The GOP can even point to their "gracious" acceptance of "the people have spoken"...and how often did you hear one of them say just those Rove-inspired words?

The defeat of the Rs WAS the October Surprise morphed into a November Surprise, as it will turn out. The lost Rs can now reconnoiter and help the Party for the presidential election, and with their own scandals largely forgotten--they hope--by 2008.

The American people have a short memory, the pundits love to say, and to some degree they are correct.

So was the Dem Party that gullible? They wanted the prize but the prize is a dud...and most are in choots with the globalist agenda...a good example being Joe Lieberman. John Conyers has turned tail--or shown his secret colors--who knows which?

Was a little sumpin'sumpin' uncovered to back him down from his hold Bush accountable stance/Impeach the dastard campaign? Guess all those newsletters and petitions I received from Conyers were the usual smokey mirrors.

And so I reassert that the gracious acceptance of the lost Republicans was as believable as a man in a Howard-the-Duck suit onscreen--puh! Absurd theater, dahling. No more than political cover for the war-mongering, pocket-lining, globalist-fronting patooties of Washington.


ACT II, where SO'W Retreats to Mockery Zone:

Now preparing to post a new limerick from Mr.A.Cat on Bush's purchase of 100,000 acres of land in northern Paraguay in preparation for his great escape.

You may wish to investigate at Lim's Limericks but at your own peril, mind, for limericks may be dangerous to your equilibrium and ill-humored ones bad for your eyesight.

And please remember that lame duck droppings make pungent fertilizer too.


11.12.06

Here's a note from LegitGov.org:

Beware: George Bush's secret agents can now arrest us in our own country By Alun Jones QC, lawyer of the NatWest Three 11 Nov 2006 The Government last week cravenly surrendered control of the independence of our criminal justice system to the United States. It rejected a final chance to make two key amendments to the Extradition Act 2003 - a dereliction of duty that means American secret agents can now arrest us in our own country. #

The noose is tightening...


tags: Russ Feingold Bush Paraguay Land Purchase Political Astrology

Jim Webb

Here is the sunrise chart of Jim Webb, Senator-elect, born Feb 9, 1946, St. Joseph, Missouri.

Those who say he is a "maverick" are telling the truth, it seems, for there are several indications of such in his natal chart.

Rising we see Sun in Aquarius, sign of the water-bearer, although an Air sign of intellectual capacity. Webb's writing talent resides with an Aquarian Mercury, Venus nearby also in AQ, and Saturn in Cancer is conjunct Fixed Star, Castor: "to write or create."

Saturn is also conjunct Mars--a difficult placement often referred to as "driving with the brakes on", but which can give tremendous ability for hard work and a steely determination. Obviously this pairing would be helpful in a military career and courage in dangerous situations.

He'll need it as he approaches Capitol Hill in January--the suppressed anger of this conjunction may become more apparent as he settles in amongst the vipers.

Webb's writing is also shown by North Node (of the Moon--an associative point) being placed in Gemini, sign of writing and communication. He may be quite a talker...which is ok by me, if he'll just be saying something truthful, meaningful, common sensical and practical enough to implement.

Now the real indications of "maverickhood" are found in his Jupiter/Chiron conjunction--a "maverick with a superiority complex" (Barbara Hand Clow's book on Chiron), plus--Mars is out-of-bounds and Rx! Definitely outside the "normal" realm of actions, Mr. Webb is.

And Chiron is Rx, too--another significator of one who dances to his own tune.

Jupiter/Chiron conjs are attracted to other cultures and they to him--he speaks Vietnamese; there is a disturbing intensity to this pairing which makes it difficult for him to function within normal patterns--in a word, a maverick by several counts.

As far as Sun/Moon blend personality traits, Webb may have Moon in Taurus because the latest (midnight) position the Moon reached on Feb 9, 1946, was 4Gem50, earliest 20Tau44. Degree-wise, it looks like a Taurean Moon, yet as a prolific writer it is a distinct possibility the Moon was in Gemini at his birth.

I'll begin with a Taurean Moon, since he has that streak of stubborness with which Taurus the Bull always endows its natives--and we ALL have Taurus in our charts somewhere!

Of course, the Mars/Saturn conj indicates stubborness, too, so read both blends and see which applies iyho--in your humble opinion, if you please:


Sun AQ/Moon Tau: level-headed; humanitarian; self-indulgent; logical; tenacious; pragmatic intellect; capable and ambitious...this combo is an eccentric entrepreneur who's theme might be: security vs independence.

There is talent for making sense of individual human patterns and needs (he has Pallas, keywords: wisdom; strategy; patterning ability--conjunct South Node, a point which describes family inheritance) which helps in the push forward in a healthier direction (as in, "new direction for America"?)

This is a powerful blend of idealism + realism which is brought to any project or relationship, be it commercial, philanthropic, or artistic.

Images: The resident caretaker of a "New Age" community sips his Beaujolais as he systematically does the year's accounts...A country girl seeks a conventional life with an unconventional young man in the big city.

This blend belongs natally to E.G. Price, who said: Only by transcending the everyday, by seeing human life in larger terms, can the individual escape the slow strangulation of 'permanent errors.'


Now consider Sun AQ/Moon Gemini:

Iconoclastic; flexible yet stubborn; witty; philosophical yet flippant; communicative and progressive; restless, detached, unsentimental and emotionally naive; a charming "people person."

Outrageous, dead-pan quips are found with this blend, and there is a light, bright demeanor. A friendly and breezy air is often observed along with an unsentimental attitude...yet there is a strong social conscience much in evidence.

With sober committment added to quick-witted curiosity, a formidable talent for communicating radical ideas and sorting out other people's problems shines forth.

An easy-going reasonableness, clarity, and honesty inspire confidence, and give an ability to act as both a negotiator and a peacemaker. Lateral thinking, a way with words, and a sense of humor make sales, journalism (!), and public relations and advertising the natural arenas for such talents (and book sales?)

There's an attraction to "New Age" thinking (not NWO, I hope), and there's a constant moving on to the next new idea, message, and possibility (this could get books written, I imagine, as long as they're on the short side.)

There's a great interest in technology, esp computers (he has Uranus in Gemini, too) and with political ideas, there's a belief in the possibilities of changing the world and improving understanding between people.

Although a lover of the bustle of big cities, there is an appreciation of the country's soothing balm for the soul, esp including the songs of birds.

Images: A child in a balloon drifts over the city reporting back by portable phone on all below...A white blackbird charms the garden with its song.

Here are quotes from two men who share this particular Sun/Moon blend:

If I am to deal with life it must be in my own way for there is no escape from one's character. --Maurice Hewlett

and:

The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. --Thomas Paine, of course.


Iconoclastic maverick, writer, journalist with a friendly charm--is this the Jim Webb we're sending to the US Senate?


Well, this is just a little "know your newby Senator", and there's certainly more to write concerning this chart, but it's very very late...the sandman has arrived, in fact...

but there's this:

JamesWebb.com from the fella himself.


11.12.06

note: enlarge chart to see a few of my chicken-scratch notes such as his Prenatal Eclipse Series.


Personality blends from: Sun Sign-Moon Sign, by Charles and Suzi Harvey, happily available to you at Amazon.com

tags: Jim Webb US Senate Political Astrology

Cluster around the Sun: 4 planets

Space Weather News for Nov. 11, 2006

FOUR PLANETS: Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Mercury are all crowded around the sun this weekend. The great conjunction is invisible to the human eye (too much sunlight), but SOHO can see it. The spacecraft's coronagraph is able to block the glare and reveal the planets. Visit SpaceWeather.com for live images.#

Visit George Bush (Sun) for images of who's clustering around his nibs this weekend...perhaps:

moneybags/guru Jupiter (Cheney?), a Venusian, warlike woman (Condi?) or a legal eagle (Gonzales?), Mars (Gates? Rove?), and Mercury (Tony Snow? Bolten?)...well, those are my best guesses with the short notice I gave myself! All are, btw, in Scorpio, sign of big business, hidden power, spying, and The Eagle Point "15Scorpio", one of the prominent points in the August 11, 1999 "King of Terror" Eclipse...so-named hundreds of years ago by Michel Nostradamus.


11.11.06


Oh Canada!

Universities move to hide work from U.S. eyes 11 Nov 2006 Concerned about the U.S. government's prying eyes, a number of Canadian universities are changing the way their professors and students conduct online research. Many university libraries subscribe to RefWorks, a popular U.S.-based Internet tool used by academics and students. But the Patriot Act — which grew out of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and which potentially allows U.S. authorities to sweep through databases such as RefWorks — has prompted Canadian postsecondary institutions to abandon the American server for one housed at the University of Toronto.# from LegitGov.org


11.18 Saturday...Question: have you ever visited HubbleSite.org? You can view Hubble image galleries and use their Printshop to print out your own museum-quality prints of your favorites. Take their Image Tour for a quick view of their interactive images...so totally cosmic!


tags: Planets Cluster SOHO Bush Gates Nostradamus Canada Political Astrology

Wyoming smells burning gas

Apparent Pipeline Fire Burning in Wyoming in an area of natural gas pipelines southwest of Cheyenne, with flames shooting hundreds of feet in the air and seen from several miles away.

Source of the fire is not immediately available, natch, but so far no injuries are reported. Hope it remains that way.

11.11.06

tags: Wyoming Pipeline Fire Gas Fire Political Astrology

Washington as shining example

Now that the Republicans have made their public (stage) bows and kowtows to The People's Will, it's time for an example to be shown to the "democracy" in Iraq which they were so determined to ill-advisedly force upon a sovereign nation for whatever reasons stated and unstated, lied about, kept hidden, poorly justified, "exported" or propagandized.

Your reach across "the aisle," representatives OF The People, will be reaching around the world to be seen and remarked upon in Baghdad and elsewhere, for all your lofty rhetoric has come home to haunt you on the Hill--a Hill which once shone out around the globe before your perfidy and greed tarnished it to its current and unrecognizeable state.

After six years+--make that twelve l o n g years of your corruption and misdirected energies--you should either work together for the common good or leave the premises. Fix what you've broken, crumbums.

Lousy service is no longer required, and that goes for Dems and Indies as well.

So get your democracy game on--let's see if you can play, as well as talk, a good game. Your betters could do both--the ones who wrote the Constitution you disdain and the Bill of Rights you undermine.

So often I've referred to We-the-Sheeple, but it is you who should be sheepish, shamed, and embarrassed beyond bearing.

Saturday 11.11.06 is Veterans' Day: Bush said today that the battles in Iraq would be favorably compared by history to our WWII battles. He just won't give it up. He can't, under the ruse of supporting our troops who are currently and so courageously serving their country, thanks to his misadventures.

My heart aches for them and for their families, made more excruciating with the approach of another holiday.

But the only way history will look favorably at Bush's performance is if the rewrite continues apace with superb thrown in front of his sullied name.

Years ago, when I lived in my favorite city of Washington DC, Nixon and Watergate happened, and a ruined atmosphere wafted across the District. I can hardly imagine how rife and rank it must be now.


11.10.06

tags: Bush Washington DC Nixon Watergate


Bush family insider, Robert "Iran-Contra" Gates? You must be kidding.
Will be posting on him this weekend or asap. Also on the SO'W agenda: Rahm Emannuel, Barney Frank, Henry Waxman, Jim Webb, and more so stay tuned, m'peops...

suing Rummy, Gonzo, and Tenet

Charges Sought Against Rumsfeld Over Prison Abuse --A lawsuit in Germany will seek a criminal prosecution of the former Defense Secretary and other U.S. officials for their alleged role in abuses at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay.

10 Nov 2006 New legal documents, to be filed next week with Germany's top prosecutor, will seek a criminal investigation and prosecution of former Defense Secretary [War Criminal] Donald Rumsfeld, along with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former CIA director George Tenet and other senior U.S. civilian and military officers, for their alleged roles in abuses [torture] committed at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

LegitGov.org


tags: Rumsfeld Gonzales George Tenet


LOOK what I found: an excellently written center-left alternative blog called CenterBlue.org...have you heard of it? This blog seems to be updated regularly...a definite plus!