The Worst of Times, and The Conceit of Facing The End of the World

"It is a form of vanity to imagine you are living in the worst of times--there have always been worse. In bad times and heavy seas, the natural fear is that things will get worse, and never better. It's a jolt to a Western, instinctively progressive mind, trained to think of history as ascendant--like the stock market, like housing prices--to find trends running in the other direction." Lance Morrow, from Smithsonian Magazine; June 2011 p 94.
These are not the worst of times. For instance, have we considered light, lately? Leave the city at night, go far into the country on a two lane road. Frighteningly, only your headlights penetrate a few yards ahead of you, and to the side...all the rest is pitch-black! The real nature of earth, is darkness. Well, we do have light, we have rescue teams, we have abundant, even if tainted, food and drink. We have too many of us, but at the same time, we no longer have conscription, or the rack. There is so much ease in our modern world, that our worst of times moments,like tornadoes and earthquakes, and lack of new industries, are so much more shocking because of all the comforts that we have made in our era. Who have we become, that we cannot make more? Or do it differently?
In all the yammering of the what-about-2012--there is nothing astrologically to show that anything will really be spectacular, will truly change, or will actually--end. Calendars cycle over and over, planets do too. Occasionally, they cluster all in one place, or scatter in random, or beautifully symmetrical patterns. The patterns are endless, yet don't end. They repeat. In takes thousands of years, or only six months for some of the repetitions, but they are there. So are we, repetitions and clusters and scatters. We cluster for common principles and goals, we scatter over the same things, but are we random? Do we, in fact, have value? or Values?
Coming out of the great Aries cluster of planets from the Spring of 2011, we enter a more random, typical phase in planets, where space is appearing between Venus and Mars, Jupiter and Uranus, the Sun and Moon. Those spaces are for breathing, observing, becoming calm after so much compressed energy. We can shake out our fears now, for a few months, as the buzzing of such proximity in protons releases its magnetic grasp; for isn't fear just pressure?
Where is life? Opportunity? Jobs?
The great conjunction was in the most eminently creative sign of the Zodiac.
The beginning one--only has one message--get going, move it out, start it up.
We missed the gold buying moments... that was when Saturn entered the sign of gold, in 2005! through 2007. Then, came the realization that we can't feed on gold, we have to make food. Saturn in the sign of agriculture, 2007-2009. And where are we now?
In relationship. Find your partners. Gold needs buyers, farmers need consumers, and all of us, must relate to each other. The Age of Aquarius is upon us,
not the worst of times, but a populous time. It will be ascending in order of friendliness. A friend for every whim, for every mood, for every dance. That is what too many people can bring.

New Moon in June, Solar Eclipse, Now you see the money, but again, you don't....

On the First day of June at the 17th hour (eastern) will be the Gemini New Moon. There is a partial solar eclipse seen only in Alaska and Northern Canada at this same time, lasting for a little over an hour. A month from now will be another solar eclipse, bringing up the fact that Sun, Moon and Earth have double the amount to chide each other for than usual. In my stormy part of the world (Southern Missouri!) we are certainly looking at signs and wonders of no mean might. Plagues of locusts, two cycles of 13 and 7 years meeting in one gigantic population of whirring huge winged insects, here in June.
Eclipses are equinoctial, they come in pairs,one of the sun, and one of the moon, occurring six months apart. In 2011, there are two pairs of pairs, which can be likened to concentric great cycles meeting in space. An eclipse of the Sun, like now, is a dimming of the ego, a retreat in domination, and can be seen as the elimination of a once visible leader. Personally, this can happen in a familial scale, or professionally in an authority situation. Nationally, this one will affect minor players on the world stage. (hint, eclipse over Alaska)
With Jupiter in Taurus, keep watch over money and valuables, they have great potential for increase right now, even in the face of sudden changes wrought by the eclipse cycles mentioned above. The requirement is a purge (tell that to Joplin)
not necessarily dire, but more like the gardener (Taurus) would do, turn the soil, rebuild it, and match the plants to the times. Here is where we mention the new-world-needs as far as goods, money, and sustainables go. Everything is changing. The old safety is not the next safety. What we require in our daily lives is as different from 10 years ago as the past 50 years have been from 100 years ago.
Eyes and minds must grasp a new need, feel a new community, one that is pulling to a different set of goods, desires and needs. Money is ripe when Jupiter cruises through Taurus. Ripe to invest, ripe to harvest, and ripe to preserve for a new season, a stormy enough summer.

Money for 2011; Jupiter moves into Taurus, Sign of the Bank.

Follow the Money.... so follow Jupiter. This magnificent planet has ushered us through real estate ups and downs, great openings of profit and great crashes of loss. But just as Jupiter cannot leave the solar system, neither can money ever leave the solar system. There will always be value, and there will always be motion as demand chases supply, and sellers track down buyers. Today, as we watch a world trying to pay for its natural disasters, and nations paying huge sums to destroy each other, a steadying force just might be at hand.
Like the sun, Jupiter burns eternal hydrogen, and like the sun, guides our cycles whether we know it or not. The Sun passes each month through each sign, but Jupiter takes one year to measure a single sign of the Zodiac. Moving into fixed earth sign Taurus, will provide a shelter of sorts for this planet of fortune, a secure haven for the things we prize.
The important thing to know about Taurus, is that this is a sign of trust. That is another way of stating truth. What has value now must be true. oh, yes, True. What crashes in the next few months will reveal its false worth.
So currencies are being examined, stocks are being marginalized. Inflated value will shrivel in the times ahead. Gold is going up.

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Four planets at dawn, strong finances for 2011 begin

Even the scientists are taking note of the phenomenal grouping of planets in this spring of 2011. Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Venus and dim Uranus are all ahead of the sunrise this May. Money is on the march, moving through the wastelands, gobbling up all that is of value and leaving behind ideals, ideologies and morals. Things and resources are paramount just now. The gloomy days of real estate disasters are being ignored by big money, which is now after the goods, the fuel and the gold. All of us small people must do the same, look to your resources, your fields, your gardens, your talents and the old fashioned work of making things and growing things. It is a big time in banking, all the old networks are buzzing with greed and glee, and money that was tied up in fear is now rife with speculation. Again, if you are small, concentrate on what you have and making it thoroughly rich. If you are big, then it is time to go to Jesus, and be ashamed of your destructive annihilation of planet earth. Earth is not going to take much more abuse, so if you can nurture it, do so.
If you are still intent on eating it all yourself, then hell's maw is opened as wide as your own. Mighty times, great changes and much for us to do to take care of our living, breathing earth.

Death of Bin Laden, Mars -Jupiter conjunction in the sign of the Warrior

Obama's presidency was pummeled in 2010 by planets so chaotic and twisted that nothing but disasters were possible in that year. But this year is the year of the Leader. He is going to come forth, which is his destiny, as a mighty leader of the world. The glimpse we had during the campaign, of watching people flock to see him in all kinds of diverse countries around the world is unprecedented. Never has a leader drawn so much emotional enthusiasm, even before he had taken his place as the President. Think of all the world celebrities throughout history, Gandhi, Queen Victoria, Napoleon, Wellington, Churchill, FDR--all were lauded after they gained power. No one has been adored like Obama was, just for showing up. So we haven't seen anything--yet.
The disappointment by his supporters since the 08 election has been harsh, and the euphoria of the election was so high that it was too hot, not to cool down. But Obama has not been idle even with all those cocked guns pointed at his own head. He is a dedicated worker, one who researches, probes and investigates questions so that he is thoroughly informed, and completely aware. He is as aware as his constituents of how bad the state of the nation and the world really is. The task in front of him to solve our country's mess is both impossible and fully acknowledged by him.
After the shocks of 09, where he encountered the reality of the gutting of our banks, and the loss of American industry and jobs, he then faced the extra disasters and chaos of 2010. Last year was a finger in the dike kind of year, and now he has fully armed himself and is ready to take some risks, and let the dam burst.
The death of Osama bin Laden came at the precise conjunction of Mars and Jupiter. Mars rules guns, wars, wounds and the head, as well as the best soldiers. Interesting, eh. Jupiter is all big deals-- the leadership, the greatness and the involvement of the big boys in the game. The Moon was also in Aries, bringing the corporeal to the plan, the habeus corpus was indeed accomplished. (We have the body, and can prove it).
Our President takes credit for initiating the action and the special operators who killed the token world enemy, Bin Laden. He has been forced to take that kind of risk for the war that began 10 years ago, and the war that he campaigned to end, has come for him without negotiation. So our president will be a war leader, he has to be, because war is upon us. The battle for middle earth has begun.
Planets in the sign of war have happened before, but this concentration is so intense, that it is without negotiation. Aries is the sign of all beginnings, the jump to action that starts life, and starts wars. Wars are escalating everywhere-- Aries is so full of all the major action planets of our solar system, that violence is inevitable. If that energy is harnessed, much work can be accomplished, great changes are in motion.
The investments for these times are best put into energy, transportation and food. Energy sources that are Not oil, have been the hot deals for ten years. As of now, they are so rich, that anyone deep in the R&D is divine, and those who can intuit the best new resources will be rich. Watch thermal energy, the Icelandic pipeline through Scotland, and electricity that comes from moving water.

The Turning of the Year, Mercury Direct, Planets in Aries

"Look for me at dawn at first light on the third day.." Words of Christ? No, of Gandalf.. as he becomes the beacon for the turning of the tide. Now despair is lifted out into victory. Victory! Also sounds like Easter, too. 2011 is a year of tremendous religious impact, as despair over industry, work, water, lands, money and spirit reach an abyss of biblical proportions. War, revolution, famine, storms and floods are all upon us; and that is just the morning news! So where do get our Gandalf for these times? What do we invest in for our future in this mess of global greed and power shifts?
Saturn is in Libra, so we must invest in each other.
Heroes are with us, because the sign of the Hero -Aries_- is so full of planets. There are warriors- Mars, and financiers- Jupiter, and revolutionaries- Uranus. All are bashing at the gates. There are also real leaders, like Presidents and Kings, but they are being distorted through the general chaos and haze of blinding anger.
The crisis of our decade is upon us, the Saturn-Jupiter opposition in Aries and Libra. What are our choices? They are winched to the breaking point between the individual and the community. No matter what the strain, we have to build in Libra which rules the world of trade, exchange, partnerships, marriage and alliances. These are the best and brightest of our opportunities right now. But they have to be guided by our own knowledge of rightness and truth which is Aries. The allowing of false friends, perpetually draining alliances, and most of all, the distorting propaganda of false enemies cannot last through this mighty time, for they will bring death. Not just little death, like of loved ones and tigers, but of the planet.
Three years ago, the best investment was in food, products for the land and care of the land. Saturn was in Virgo, building the infrastructure that will carry us for the next three decades. Some atrocities occurred in farming, farm chemistry and in all systems concerning health and nutrition. But in the microcosm, many people decided to take care of themselves. Individual farming and community projects are more ubiquitous than have been noticed. And is it best not to be noticed for doing wonderful personal acts of care taking here on earth?
It has been best to keep private, and yet today the openness of the world is showing all to all. A deep necessity is to create the alliances that will be the next level of sustenance. We all know who our friends are, and how lies are made and perpetuated. It is a unique time, giving us the right to know ourselves while we reach for who will join us in truth.
"The light in me honors the light in you."