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I think no other expression would be more appropriate to define this moment from an astrological point of view than to look at the Spring Equinox chart, a chart calculated for Sun’s entrance into tropical Aries. This ‘ingress’ gives us the opportunity for to learn from the remarks written in the classic “Astrologia Restaurata” by William Ramsey.

 

 

On Book 2, section 2:

 

“Showing the condition of the king or Rulers, and their continuation and durability in any revolution, and also the condition of the people from the position and fortitude of their significator.” we can read these remarks:

 

“If the significator of the King be under the Sun beans, there’s much danger of his decease in that revolution; but I should rather judge his kingly power to be then near death or an end, or likely be much eclipsed… for that there are many significators to be considered for the judging of death…but I say that their power and glory shall be eclipsed and shaken and perhaps overthrown at that time

 

“If there be any such aspect between the lord of acendant and lord of the tenth, the common people will rise also against their superiors to reject them…”

 

Both conditions are seen in the spring equinox chart calculated for Tehran:

Venus, lord of house 10 is under the Sun beans in house 8, and also retrograde. The Sun, who is the lord of Ascendant, will be the people, showing the protest against government that challenge and can overthrow the power.

 

Ramsey warns ahead: ”…if he be afflicted by the malevolent aspect of the lord of the 8, which is the fifth in the figure…” Here we see in the Spring Ingress Chart, that Venus lord of the 10th is separating but still in moiety of Jupiter, the lord of the fifth house, via the sextile

 

Ramsey wrote about the fortitude of the planet or planets afflicting the king to judge from where the threat came from:

“a planet in his own house…judge the evil arise from their own domestic friends and alliance; if he be in his exaltation, say it will proceed from some of the nobles, princes, dukes, or such as are in high power and authority, or near unto the crown; if but in his triplicity, from such as have their dependency on the aforesaid nobility”

 

Here, the Sun is overpowering Venus by proximity, could perhaps be representing Mousavi, the opposition candidate and his followers, because Mousavi is not only a former prime minister but he is also a member of a high council, and is closely linked to the Ayatollahs, especially, by Ayatollah Rafsanjani who is an open enemy of President Ahmadinejad, who called his campaign for presidency corrupt.

 

The Sun shows the uprising of the people against the powers that be and thus it makes sense because the protesting people since the Sun is also lord of ascendant, showing that they are invoking Mousavi as a leader. The presence of the planets in the house 8th house, perhaps might be seen as a clash behind the scenes; a political fight for the power between the Ayatollah’s.

[Editor note, the 8th house is the 12th to the 9th house of clerics].

Unfortunately, the presence of lord of ascendant in house 8 shows the bloodshed of the people that came from the political fight.

-Gerson Pelafsky

About the Author:

Brazillian Astrologer, Gerson Pelafsky was born in July 1965,  studied philosophy at the university and subsequently became an avid student of astrology in 1988. He has  been studying ancient and traditional astrology, ever since. He also is a musician, enjoys playing instruments and choral singing.  He makes his home in São Paulo, Brazil and may be reached by mail: btpelafsky@terra.com.br

 

 Dorothy: for those who would like to learn more about mundane astrology, our friend, and fellow astrologer, Todd Carnes has made Astrological Restaurata, by William Ramesey,  available at his website: http://carnesoft.net/ Thanks Todd!!

Theres a natural mystic blowing through the air;

If you listen carefully now you will hear.

This could be the first trumpet, might as well be the last:

Many more will have to suffer,

Many more will have to die - dont ask me why.

Things are not the way they used to be,

I wont tell no lie;

One and all have to face reality now.

though Ive tried to find the answer to all the questions they ask.

though I know its impossible to go livin through the past -

Dont tell no lie.

Theres a natural mystic blowing through the air -

Cant keep them down -

If you listen carefully now you will hear.

Theres a natural mystic blowing through the air.

The carnage has already begun. 19 souls are now dead and more than 200 are injured. Doctors without borders have dispersed throughout the city and are setting up filed hospitals in the various embassies throughout Tehran. The family of the former president Rafsanjani has been arrested. The action can be heard thanks to Twitter, and  Huffington Post which has a livef eed from of the action down in the streetss.from the Huffington Blog: (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/13/iran-demonstrations-viole_n_215189.html)

I don’t know why, but I really thought that the normally ‘cautious’ Khamenei had more smarts than this. Perhaps it was wishful thinking on my part. I had hoped the fixity of the Moon would delay the inevitable. However, this was not to be. Wisely or not, Khamenei has already given the order to crackdown. If indeed, he tried to fix the election, thanks to technology, the grand ayatollah cast the seeds of his own demise because the whole world is watching. He has to know that each death is blood on his hands. In a land that reveres martyrdom, this means they will be coming for him chanting ‘God is great’ just as they did the Shah 30 years ago. Each person that suffers, each person that is killed will only serve to hasten his demise and fortify the will of the people. Every repressive act will pound a nail in the coffin of his theocratic regime. How much longer he and his band of clerics can cling to power by their fingertips is anybody’s guess. Why would he be so stupid to rush to kill? Perhaps, this is how it is when you are disposed by a blinding star, you just don’t see.

Heads of state, be they kings, presidents or religious tyrants, are ruled by the Sun. Placed as he is in the 12th house of the election chart, he and his mullahs are clearly acting against the will of the people. His hasty actions are because the Sun is on the fixed star, Bellatrix, a Mars ruled star, known as the woman warrior. His first mistake was rushing to call a record breaking election, only just three short hours after the polls had closed. Did he really think he could get away with it? After all, generally speaking, when there are large election turn outs, the outcome tends to go to the challenger. Not accepting the will of the people, he rushed to clamp down, first on public demonstrations, then on the media, but try as he would, it is too late. The genie is out of the box. No matter what he does, the will of the people will not be denied.

They say in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king. Notice, the ayatollah and is band of crooked clerics, with their Sun in Gemini, are forced to come under the will of Mercury, who in turn, sits on our blinding Medusa, the star that magnifies. Thus, no matter what the government tried, the genie was out of the box. Mercury and the Medusa, outsmarted them. Khomenei will be forced to answer for the violence his lies have provoked. It may not be today, and it might not be tomorrow, but change is coming to Iran.

There’s a natural mystic

Blowin’ through the air.

If you listen carefully now you will hear

This could be the first trumpet

Might as well be the last.

Many more will have to suffer.

Many more will have to die.

Don’t ask me why.

Things are not the way they used to be

-Bob Marley

 

 

Algol is said to make us lose our heads over trivial matters. However, because the Medusa is binary and eclipsed, and sits in the last decante of Taurus, the most patient of signs, she sometimes looks the other way for too long. Then when she finally reacts, well, she can be likened to a pot of water left to boil for too long. First, it patiently bubbles. Then it stammers, steam protruding in all directions. Finally, the last drop of moisture evaporates, and the pot turns red hot, and bursts into flame. And the rest, is history!

 

Last week’s Iranian election has all the hallmarks of this side of Algol. The once beautiful woman forced by a wicked government to hide her beauty under dark somber garb. The voters in Iran officially began to cast their ballots at 8:00 AM (3:30AM GMT) on the 12th of June. The chart was a ‘wake up call’ warning the archaic clerics in charge, that the opposition is growing. The people want change. They want their right to be free to read, say and dress the way they want without religious interference, as shown by Mercury and the Medusa, together, in the 11th of hopes and wishes, at odds, with the two religious biggies, Jupiter and Neptune.

There is an excellent article on the challenger, Mir Moussavi in today’s New York Times:

 

“In recent years, Mr. Moussavi was deeply dismayed by the excesses of the morality police and by the government’s decisions to shut down newspapers, his relative said.

He decided to run for president earlier this year to save Iran from what he said were Mr. Ahmadinejad’s “destructive” policies. But it was not until a few weeks ago that a popular movement began to build behind him. As the campaign drew to a close, Mr. Moussavi began answering the president’s rhetorical broadsides with some strong language of his own.

“When the president lies, nobody confronts him,” Mr. Moussavi said during his final debate appearance. “I’m a revolutionary and I’m speaking out against the situation he has created. He has filled the country with lies and hypocrisy. I’m not frightened to speak out. Remember that.”  more

June 18, 2009

New York Times

By Robert Worth

June 18, 2009

 

The government’s problems began when the infallible ’supreme leader’ Ayatolla Khamenei, supported the incumbent, Mamoud Amadinejad, just a little too much, just a little too soon….

 

“…in a rare break from a long history of cautious moves, he rushed to bless President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for winning the election, calling on Iranians to line up behind the incumbent even before the standard three days required to certify the results had passed.

“Then angry crowds swelled in cities around Iran, and he backpedaled, announcing Monday that the 12-member Council of Guardians, which vets elections and new laws, would investigate the vote. ”

More

The New York Times

Neil MacFarquhar

June 16 2009

The two candidates have vastly differing ideas for the future of Iran in this hotly contested election. The incumbent, Mamoud Amadinejdad, is best known for attracting the wrath of the western world with his nuclear desires is even in his own country considered a hardliner. After all, he seeks to continue to run the nation along the theocratic lines laid down by the 1979 revolution. The opponent, Mir Moussavi, running on a platform of reform, but:

Looking at the chart, we see Cancer rising. When we see this Moon ruled sign rising in an election chart, we can expect feelings to be very sensitive. Lilly, following the ancients, said that the ascending degree, its ruler and the Moon will represent the ‘common people’ of any given nation. Cancer always evokes an increased love of family and country. Patriotism swells to a feverish pitch. Further, when this sign rises, women’s issues are the heart of the matter, because the Moon does double duty, owning both representatives of the people. With the Moon in the freedom loving sign, Aquarius, the people, especially women, want change. Placed in the house of death, they will be ready to give their lives for it.

 

There is a tremendous force for empowerment because the fixed star known for bringing muscle, the mighty, Castor is rises. It should surprise nobody that the former bodybuilder turned actor turned politician, Arnold Schwartzeneggar also has this degree rising. Wherever it goes, it screams, ‘power’ in this case, to the people.’ I do not know if this date a set one like we have in the United States, but if it isn’t, the Iranian theocracy sure didn’t consult a traditional astrologer for the day of this election. The components featured in this chart, are the astrological equivalent of when Marie Antoinette said, ‘let them eat cake! The die is cast, even if the powers that be in Iran are able to force people back into their homes, the hardliners, could still be in trouble.

 

The great disrupter, Uranus is precariously perched in the 9th, but so close to the 10th house by antiscion, that it was an obvious harbinger of governmental instability. I suspect that President Almadinejad, as ruler of the 10th, is represented by Mars in detriment, in the fixed and earthy sign, Taurus. Taurus is the most unchangeable sign in the zodiac. Given his background as the poor guy from the wrong side of the tracks who wants things just they way they were 1000 years ago.

 

The thing that is interesting in Iranian politics is that unlike other countries, the president is not really the leader of the country…this title goes to the ’supreme leader,’ and his clerics are the real power in Iran. I would give them the Sun, natural ruler of leadership, in the dual sign, Gemini. There they sit, undermining the will of the people from the12th house.

 

I doubt they will be giving up their power because of the demonstrations. However, change is in the air. Their days of total power may be numbered, with the Sun is heading straight into hard angle with the ever freedom loving, Uranus, so close by antiscion to the MC. This says, ‘count your blessings, zealots, change is coming. It may not be today and it might not be tomorrow, but change is coming.

 

When? Normally such a square, given the moveable cusps would imply a matter of days or weeks but that Moon in the 8th demands human sacrifice in exchange for freedom. Already 8 people are dead, but I suspect it will be longer, due to the very slow speed of the Moon. I fear we may have a similar situation to twenty years ago in China, in that more will be repressed and die this year in Iran given confluent factors in both the election chart and the Spring Equinox, I suspect the fourth of July weekend may see more bloodshed. More on this and how the Mercury and Algol, play into this, next time…

P.S. I didn’t forget our beautiful Katherine. The situation in Iran is too compelling for me to ignore my first love, the unfolding of history.

 

 

Is there such a thing as coincidence? For as I try to make sense of, Algol, the always impeccable Thomas Decker has already done a magnificent job of the emotions simmering under the cool reserve our binary eclipsing, Algol:

“Algol is described by Ptolemy as having the nature of Saturn and Jupiter.
It is associated with uncontrolled emotion and violence through which the
native literally or figuratively loses his head. At first it seems curious that it
should be of the nature of Jupiter and Saturn. But if you meld the warmth
and expansiveness of Jupiter with the coldness and brittleness of Saturn you
have a noxious combination. You can imagine it this way:

” Suppose someone falls deeply in love, their heart expands and enfolds the
beloved with warmth and joy. But what happens if this love isn’t returned in
the way expected, or worse, appears to have been given to another? Then all
the joy and generosity bestowed upon the beloved becomes poisoned. The
bitter cold and above all jealous voice of Saturn turns the beloved into a
calculating and heartless creature full of deceit. Love becomes hatred and
fury and vindictiveness are now directed towards the ‘beloved directed
towards the ‘beloved’. All rational thought is put aside, one loses one’s head
with an emotional surge that strives to damage and hurt, cost what it will.
This is the stuff of tragedy and Shakespeare’s “Othello” comes to mind.”
More

I only wish that some day, I may learn to write with half the verve and just plain raw talent that Thomas Decker can summon. Thanks to his astute observations, we are reminded that Algol is not just a bloody killer, but also expansive and forgiving, ruled as she is by the magnanimous, Jupiter. It is this all inclusive, nature of Algol, before being ‘jilted’ that Thomas so exquisitely describes in his recent piece, that made me sit up and take notice. Here we see that our binary eclipsing star, is not just a shrew, out to kill, but also has an intriguing and magnetic side, a welcome side, that until Thomas’s apt description, I have never seen discussed, but in all the Algol personalities, I have had the good fortune to meet, I have seen this, what can I call it, but a gentleness, that is always magnetic, and sometimes, even charismatic.

It was Thomas’ recent piece on Algol that reminded me how differently the very same constellational degree of Taurus is treated in western tradition, as opposed to eastern. In the west, we tend to focus rather heavily upon the bloody severed head, in Perseus’ hand - in other words, here in our western paternalistic society, we only concentrate on Medussa’s negative qualities. Yet, had we grown up in the astrological tradition of the east, Jyotisa, if we saw this very same exact same place in for the Moon, we would rejoice! Indeed, where we in the west place a severed head, is the very same spot that the Indian Seers placed the most revered degree for the Moon, that of her exaltation. Since traditional Jyotisa is star based, Algol stays on this very spot through time.

Now how can this be? How can the two systems be so alike, yet so different when it comes to this spot in the zodiac? I can only offer my humble explanation.

Consider for a moment, just how mesmerizing beauty really is.

For example, when we see a beautiful woman go by, so often, a portion of our rational brain is stopped dead in its tracks as we stretch our necks to take in the sight. Maybe, before being cast into the heavens, Medusa was not ugly, but instead, was perhaps, extremely beautiful and alluring. Never forget, it was not the intelligence that launched 1000 ships. It was Helen’s beauty. What we might be forgetting in the west, what our paternalistic forefathers were intimidated by was this very powerful female magnetism that is so imbued in this portion of Taurus, that makes us lose our heads when those possessing this fixed star strongly in their chart cross our path.

Next, let’s ponder how rumors grow, over time, until eventually they give way to myth.

First there is the truth, that is, what ‘really happened. Then as time goes by, rumors foment, and truth becomes muddled in the pain and torment of rejection that Thomas Decker so aptly describes. Each time the story is told, it is dramatized, perhaps to engage the listener or to win a supporter, perhaps just to tell a good yarn. Eventually, instead of hearing what ‘really happened, as time goes on, reality becomes twisted and magnified into something hardly even resembling the actual course of events. What I am trying to say is a millennia or two is a very long time.

Maybe, just maybe, when our Algol myth was first born, instead being the ugliest of three horrid sisters, perhaps Medusa was, the both the most beautiful and the brightest woman of the realm. Perhaps it was this heady combination that intimidated the egocentric Perseus or perhaps she spurned his advances, and so he offered Medusa’s skull to his king as a wedding present? We shall never know, but one thing we do know is how drastically a story can veer from the truth in but a few short months. We can only imagine how much a story can change over the course of several thousand years.

With this in mind, I thought it would be interesting to present some charts of some Algol folks, we all know and love……

Our first example of the Medusa/Lunar Exaltation Degree in action (MLED), is in the chart of a woman who was not only known for both her beauty and brains, but one who was also a legend in her own time…..but alas, you will have to wait until morning, for Morpheus is calling me……

Just after midnight, Sunday morning, the demonic star Algol turned a concert in Rabat, Morocco, from a night of beautiful melodies into one of ultra deadly pandemonium.

As reported in Sunday’s BBC:

“Some 40 were injured when a wire fence collapsed at the Mawazine festival.
The incident happened on Saturday night, when some 70,000 spectators were packed into the Hay Nahda stadium to see Moroccan singer Abdelaziz Stati.

“The nine-day-long event has featured such international stars as Kylie Minogue, Algerian rai singer Khaled, Alicia Keys and Stevie Wonder.

“Analysts say the nine-day-long Mawazine festival is one of several events aimed at promoting Morocco’s image as a modern, tolerant nation…The festival was drawing to a close when the stampede occurred. Shortly after midnight on Sunday morning, thousands of spectators hurried to leave and a wire fence toppled over.”  MORE

That tip once again, from David Crook

Once again, we see how this binary eclipsing star’s presence can turn the most pleasant experience into one of sheer horror. This time, it is not fire, nor war, but mass panic. The ancients depicted Algol as a severed head. When astrologers see this star, in maps, they are usually filled with a sense of dread and foreboding. This binary eclipsing star, often makes us, lose our sense of rationality. In many ways the great extremes Algol provokes, reminds me of the way in which Jyotisis see Rahu (known in the west as the North Node). While on the one hand, having this in one’s own chart, will bring a sense of great ambition, and the desire to get what one wants, no matter the costs.  When Algol is prominent, as it was doubly, at midnight, both Mercury and the Moon were on Algol at the graveyard of the chart, Pied Piper like, calling 11 souls to their death.

We are all one.

Mercury is our capacity to intellectualize, and reason. Nowadays, modern
astrologers tend to   Mercury, a great portion of credit, if not all credit
for the workings of the brain. We celebrate the most intellectual, the most verbose. Perhaps they think that because of the great mechanizations and achievements of modern society, we are now purely rational beings. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Mercury is nothing without the Moon.

The Moon is the beacon of the night, lighting our path in uncharted waters.
The Moon represents the Mind that is always awake, and thus, all seeing. She brings us the images we summon up when we remember things. And above all the Moon represents the light that we see in our heart. However, this ’seeing,’
is not just the kind we do by day; the kind of seeing we are talking about is a kind of ‘knowing. ‘ I grok.’  It is the Moon, not Mercury who brings us the light we see in our dreams. Because of this, the Moon is not just our ability not just to feel, but to also to know. She is that little voice that warns you when trouble is coming.

Mercury, on the other hand, is a neuter planet. Because of this, he/she does not feel. Since he she/ he is always getting too close to the Sun, he/she is always having to repair himself from burnout due to the constant combustion, and so sadly, Mercury misses out on a lot of other factors, because he/she spends all too much of his/her life in the dark, unable to see the forest for the trees. If we remain faithful to Hermes axiom, ‘as above so below’
this beckons the question, ‘how can a planet that spends so much time in the dark, ’see the light?’ Let’s face it, knowledge is a Mercury function.

Smart is good, but it is far, far better to be wise.

The Moon is not just our ability not just to feel, but to also to know. It is this wisdom so inherent in the Moon that made Jupiter chose the sign, Cancer to find his greatest glory, or his exaltation.

Together, the Moon and Mercury two represent how we are all one. This is where we are part of the crowd, where we have not yet thrown off our ‘gut’
instincts. When we see both the Moon and Mercury on the Medusa, as they were just after the ‘witching hour, on Sunday, any sense of rationality, not to mention ‘humanity’ is thrown out the window. No matter how, rich, nor culturally superior, nor educated we are, we become uncontrollably swept up in the greater cause, as we are but a small part of a much larger force, and our only instinct is to survive.

Astrology holds to the ancient axiom, ‘as above so below.’ This statement means, simply that whatever is happening in the heavens above, is reflected down below, here on earth. According to ancient cosmic doctrine, each main department of life is given a specific place in the zodiacal map. Just as two weeks ago, we discussed the 4th house as our ultimate place of comfort - home sweet home, where we are freed from the shackles of the 9 to 5 work world, and can let our hair down and kick back and relax.

The fifth house will tell us what activity brings us pleasure.  As the 2nd house from the 4th, in a sense, it is the currency of the 4th. In other words, the 5th house will tell us how we prefer to spend our leisure. If we have Venus in the 5th, then partying like its 1999 will come quite naturally to us. Just because a person has Saturn in the 5th does not mean that he or she will not have fun. Instead, such people may prefer solitary pursuits rather than a night of hard drinking with our pals.

It all depends on the individual chart, but the 5th will tell you how you like to have fun., be it concerts, sports, and or playing chess. It is where that we can take Jesus’ advice and ‘be like little children;’ the place were spontaneity rules, and where we can dance and sing or sit in perfect solitude, to our hearts content. Lilly said that the 5th house ruled ale houses, taverns, and plays.’ Anything endeavor that allows you to lose the sense of time, is considered  a 5th house endeavor. It surprised me that Lilly said black and white were the colors of the 5th house. This seemed to be rather stark contrasts, until I thought of how quickly ‘one too, many’
can change everything. In this instance, as happy concert goers were exiting the arena, a wire fence broke, and in one split second, joy turned to tragedy.

Mother Nature has once again, unleashed her furry, on the state of California. This time, her fiery winds are ravishing the elegant hill country of Santa Barbara.  Once again, David Crook of http://stellarinsights108.blogspot.com  has zeroed in on the reason why.  Staring indignantly at us from the Spring Equinox Chart set for Santa Barbara, there is the ever famous, binary eclipsing fixed star, that we had just been discussing with regards to Iraq, the dreaded Algol situated right at the 4th house.

Huh?? 4th house? What say you???

For those not yet fluent in our celestial tongue, the  astrological chart is divided into 12 sections, each, representing an important function in our lives. The 4th house, is terra firma, the solid earth, and is of course,  the ground we walk on.  The 4th house is one of the most overlooked, andyet most important of all the sectors of our life, because it is the place we are free to just be you and me.  It is where we can throw off our shoes and kick our feet up on the table, spill a little coffee, no problem, for the 4th is the place of utter comfort. Home Sweet Home.  Lilly sayeth that the 4th has to do with ‘the ground we walk on.’ There is much aspiration in this world, but we live on earth. Whatever rules or is placed in or at the cusp of this house will describe conditions on the ground. If my client wanted to purchase real estate, I would look to the 4th to see if it had a good foundation or a leaky roof.

To find out the ‘fate of a state,’ in this case, California, astrologers look to the Spring Ingress Chart. Just as David was quick to notice that Algol was situated at the all important first house, set for Baghdad, he wasted no time zeroing in on Algol smack dab at the base of the Spring chart set for Santa Barbara.  As we said last week, Algol brings horror wherever it lands. We can see what type of horror depends upon condition of Venus, the ruler of the 26th degree of Taurus. Not surprisingly, Venus is in the fiery Aries. Looking further, it appears that the people never saw it coming. This is because the Moon, who is the other designated representative of the citizenry on the ground, is in the denial producing, 12th house. For some reason, this house is always involved in sneak attacks, and stalker incidents. It reminds me of the place just behind us, a foot behind our skull, and the place we never pay attention to, until it is too late. Thus, when we see the Moon in the 12th, we see where we are our own worse enemies. Anybody who has been up in the hills of Santa Barbara can attest to the arid conditions, year round. We have to ask, was this beautiful and now oh so elegant mountain really meant to be inhabited?

Could we have seen this in hindsight? We would draw the chart set for the capital of California, Sacramento. The first thing we do when we look at any mundane map is to look at the people, because if the people are happy, and well situated, then there will be peace and abundance in the state or the country.

Looking at the Spring Equinox, using Regiomontanus House Cusps, we immediately see the people are ruled by grim reaper of the planets, Saturn.  This is not a good start. Saturn is in charge of depression, want and weakness, but even worse, our symbolic ruler is at the cusp of the house of death. We can see timing of the fiery maelstrom. Notice 8th cusp holds 15 Virgo. Notice, when Saturn’s tiptoed slowly backwards, readying to station on to that degree, the hills of California burst into flames.This is a serious wake up for Californians to have their emergency plans and packages in place. 2009 could be a very rough year.

Although the fire is now 30 percent contained and the mandatory evacuation orders are being lifted, according to the AP:

“Most Santa Barbara fire evacuations being lifted By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON - 1 hour ago

“SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) - Authorities in California’s Santa Barbara County say a dramatic change in weather means most evacuees from the area of a major wildfire will be allowed to return home… It had burned across more than 13 square miles. <more>

With Mercury retrograde, there may be flare ups for some time to come up, and with Saturn retrograde in the 8th of the Spring Chart, Californians beware.  Have emergency plans and packages in place. With Ruler of the first retrograde at the 8th, fire in California, unlike lightning, can strike twice.

Dorothy J. Kovach will be speaking on Financial Astrology in San Francisco on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 7:30p.m.

Come on out and see how traditional astrological methods clearly predicted the current fiscal mess, while the official financial pundits sat on their hands.

 

                                                                      IT’S YOUR MONEY:

 

                            Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Making Money, And Calling Markets…

                                                                  But Were Afraid To Ask

 

 

 

 

Even if you don’t have a red penny in them, Markets matter. When markets go down, jobs are lost. With the collapse of the banking sector, the credit scandal, still unfolding, we have seen fortunes greatly diminished, that could have been saved – if they only known about financial astrology. We are presently in the midst of one of the longest protracted bear markets in many, if not most of our lives.  But believe it or not, we can still make money in bear markets. Just knowing the rudiments of market astrology can spell the difference between getting ahead, or losing our shirts, in these grizzly times. Part two of the financial series focuses on the planets. We will see which planets are bullish, and which are bearish. Above all, we will see how the planets not only help us predict market fluctuation, but how they are actually the force behind all movement in the market place. Throw away those complicated charts and bar graphs. Market forecasting, does not have to be opaque, or dull, but fun!! Using chart examples from real life situations, Dorothy will guide us through the economic prognostication, using elegant teachings of the ancients. Come join us and learn how astrology can be a beacon of light in murky financial times.

 

 

When:

Wednesday, April 8th:

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

 

Where:

San Francisco’s Historic Fort Mason

Building C, Room C235

 

 More information visit the San Francisco NCGR chapter’s website http://ncgrsanfrancisco.org   

 

Dorothy J. Kovach is a practicing astrologer, writer and researcher, specializing in business timing, and horary astrology. Best known for having predicted the downturn in 2000 to the month, some 5 years in advance. She also warned readers to avoid the NASDAQ in fall of 2001, and to start buying oil, in 2003, the re-election of George Bush, warned readers to avoid debt, as well as both the merger and acquisitions of 2007, and the painful crash of 2008 and that they would take both the Euro and gold along with them.  Dorothy has been writing and predicting the economic forecasts for Llewellyn Publications since 2001. Her clients hail from around the globe. She also owns and co moderates the popular mailing list for traditional astrology, Angelicus Merlin:

 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/angelicusmerlin/

 

 

 Dorothy can be reached via email:

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Venezuelans begin voting on Chavez’s bid to stay in power By TYLER BRIDGES McClatchy Newspapers Venezuelans began flocking to vote Sunday morning in a national referendum that will decide whether President Hugo Chavez will have the right to run for re-election in 2012 and beyond.
Venezuelans are being asked to vote “si” or “no” to scrapping term limits for Chavez and all elected officials, and their decision will help determine whether Chavez will have the additional 10 years in power he says he needs to carry out his plans for what he calls “21st century socialism.”
Chavez, who’s already served 10 years as president, held a slim lead in pre-election public opinion polls. Election officials are expected to report the result late Sunday night.

The outcome of the referendum also may help to determine whether the populist Venezuelan leader, who’s allied with Cuba, leads a small bloc of like-minded Latin leftists and has pursued closer ties with Russia and Iran, will remain a thorn in the U.S. side or whether his “Bolivarian Revolution,”  now hammered by plunging oil prices, is becoming a spent force.

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This is not only a good video to see how ineffectual the SEC has become, but also a quick lesson on temperaments. A lot of teachers spend a lot of time, often putting all but those who live on coffee, to sleep with a lot of plus and minus signs, when all they need to is to observe the person. In the following video, we have Congressman Gary Ackerman, who represents the Bayside Queens, New York congressional district. On the surface, he exhibits classical traits the choleric temperament.

Notice the bald head. Notice the waving of Congressman Ackerman’s hands, in utter disbelief.  Choleric people have fiery natures. They are idealistic in nature, tending to look for the good in others. When this sense of idealism is damaged, the choleric, will often react in anger. This is how they got the label of being ‘hot headed.’ Perhaps, it is this ‘heat’ that caused the great 17th century astrologer, William Lilly to associate baldness with the solar ruled. However, there is also an underlying phlegmatic nature, in Representative Gary Ackerman, because we notice that he is rather round in shape. When we go over his solar chart (we do not know his birth time, but according to his bio, he was born November 19, 1942, Brooklyn, N.Y.) we can clearly see that his  Moon in Aries, will be a very strong influence in his temperament, but not without a good deal of phlegmatism given those 4 planets in Scorpio, which does the research, and the long hours that make him a great representative of his 5th Congressional District. May God Bless, Congressman Ackerman, for telling the officials Security and Exchange Commission where to get off.