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The chart for the New Moon on Dec. 26 was dramatic and I promised you events that would be “big and loud” and capture your attention. (Click here to see that article and the chart.) I was expecting the action to involve the upcoming impeachment hearings in the Senate. Instead, the noise turned out to be a drone strike that killed an Iranian general. Then the Iranians responded with their own loud noise, a missile attack on military bases in Iraq.
I also said that the combination of Jupiter conjunct the Sun and Moon on the I.C. and the trine from Uranus should provide us with good fortune. We can see that good fortune in the fact that no one was killed in the missile attack and President Trump has indicated that there will be no further escalation of the conflict by the U.S. However, tensions remain high.
Much of this trouble has to do with the conjunction of Saturn and Pluto. In my reading of the Dec. 26 New Moon chart I didn’t sufficiently consider the sextile Mars made to that conjunction. The planets involved in this aspect all have a violent potential but the sextile is a peaceful aspect. That seems to explain why, after this interval of violence, we’ve returned to an uneasy standoff.
Watching the news with an awareness of the current conjunction of Saturn and Pluto is like watching a deadly automobile crash unfold in slow motion. All the vehicles are in motion and you can’t be sure where they’ll end up, but you know it won’t be good. The kicker, of course, is the fact that you are sitting inside one of those careening vehicles.
Right now our attention is on Iran. The escalation of tensions there is classic tit for tat. Shiites supported by Iran attacked an American base in Iraq and killed an US citizen. We responded with a rocket attack on the Shiites in which we killed a bunch of people and a drone attack that eliminatied an Iranian general. This sparked massive protests against the US embassy in Iraq and a promise from the Iranians to raise the ante.
Of course, Iran and Iraq is not the only trouble spots in the Middle East. Syria is still a mess and it’s hard to say what Erdogan in Turkey is going to do next. Then there’s the protests in Hong Kong and the possibility of a Chinese reaction. Kim Jong Un’s promise of a “Christmas present” for the US turned out to be an empty threat but there’s little doubt that North Korea has resumed its nuclear program.
It’s tempting to blame the string of Anti-Semitic attacks, which ended with five people being stabbed to death in New York, and yesterday’s shooting in a Texas church on the conjunction between Saturn and Pluto. However, these violent events are really just part of a trend toward hatred and violence that has been growing in this country for several years.
I think that it is what happened during the Texas shooting that has more relevance to the Saturn/Pluto conjunction. During that event, which reportedly lasted about six seconds, a man shoot two parishioners before he was killed by an armed security guard. An armed parishioner also shoot the gunman and reports indicate that several other people in the audience drew weapons and were preparing to open fire on the attacker.
This is where we are now. Church services require armed guards and people gathering on Sunday to worship the “Prince of Peace” come packin’ heat. On the one hand, it sounds outrageous. On the other, when you consider what has happened over the past several years, particularly in Texas, it makes perfect sense. The only argument I can make is that a bullet-proof vest might be the better option. Having a pistol on your hip only helps if you’re not the first one shot,
The last Full Moon (click here to see the article and the chart) featured the Moon on the Midheaven and the Sun on the I.C. I felt this indicated a completion and we saw the completion of the House’s effort to impeach President Trump. However, Neptune was in a T-square with the Sun and Moon so that completion did not go the way that everyone expected. Neptune brings vagueness and uncertainty. Nancy Pelosi has decided not to pass the impeachment on to the Senate until she has some assurance that it won’t be immediately dismissed.
What we have here is an old fashioned power play between two experienced and very canny politicians: Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell. This is very much in keeping with the conjunction of Saturn and Pluto, which is drawing closer to completion every day. Right now it seems that McConnell has the upper hand, but the fact that more evidence has emerged connecting the President’s phone call to the Ukrainian president with the withholding of military aid might undercut his position.
