Astrology and the Crash of 2008The 1930s vs. Now: An Astrological ComparisonAstrologers connect the economic disaster of 2008 to a particular arrangement of the planets Saturn, Uranus and Pluto that began in Nov. 2008 and will continue through March 2015. What is remarkable is that there was a very similar arrangement of Saturn, Uranus and Pluto at the beginning of the Great Depression.
This Week's Astrology Term: The Midheaven
The Midheaven or MC usually represents the beginning of the 10th House in a horoscope. It is associated with career, accomplishment and our “public” image or reputation. The person with Aries on the Ascendant, for example, might seem impulsive and reckless in terms of his or her outer personality but if this person has Capricorn on the MC (which is likely) then he or she will strive toward substantial accomplishments that have long term value. In the end, the reputation of this person would be that of a productive and rather conventional citizen, despite the more adventurous attributes of their outer personality. Directly opposite the Midheaven, we have the Imum Coeli (or I.C). Some people also refer to it (incorrectly in purely astronomical terms) as the Nadir. It is generally associated with the home and family connections.
More Pain for the World EconomyThe economic crisis of 2008 may have surprised some politicians and Wall Street bankers but not astrologers. Astrologer had expected something big to break during this period because of the unique arrangement of Uranus, Saturn and Pluto in the sky at that time. The planets formed what is called a T-square, with Saturn and Uranus moving back and forth on opposite sides of the ecliptic (a 180 degree aspect or opposition) and Pluto in the middle at a 90 degree angle (or square aspect) to both.
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This aspect “officially” began when the 90 degree aspect between Saturn and Uranus became exact in March of 1930. This, of course, was several month after the 
The Midheaven or Medium Coeli (MC for short) is the highest point in the sky at the moment of birth. Like the Ascendant, the degree marking the Midheaven changes every four minutes or so. Taken together, the degree of the Ascendant and the degree of the Midheaven form the horoscope. Most systems for dividing the horoscope circle into sections (called houses) derive from the placement of the Ascendant and the Midheaven.
In planetary arrangements such as this all the aspects are not exact at the same time. The first exact (to the degree and minute of the arc) opposition between Saturn and Uranus, for example, came on Election Day of 2008. Retrograde motion (the apparent reverse movement of these planets relative to the Earth) caused the aspect between Saturn and Uranus to come exact three more times in 2009 and 2010. The 90 degree aspect between Saturn and Pluto was also exact three times during those years.
hriver has the Sun in Scorpio, her Moon is in Leo, a fact that would make her very attractive to Sun Sign Leos like Schwarzenegger. Meanwhile, Schwarzenegger’s Moon is in Capricorn, a sign that is sympathetic to Scorpio.