July 17, 2000
Pluto Determines Fate of Jerusalem
With the self-imposed deadline of September 13 looming
over the Isreali-Palestinian negotiations, the fate of
Jerusalem has become the decisive issue, and the final
hurdle before achieving a meaningful and lasting accord.
The inimical absolutes, the fierce violence and hatred, as
well as the sacred sites associated with Jerusalem are
astrologically correlated with Pluto, and Pluto by transit is
now reaching maximum potency.
On August 20 Pluto turns direct, a date which can be
likened to the center of a hurricane. For the month
preceding and following August 20 Pluto moves so slowly
that it remains in just one degree of the zodiac. Any
horoscope with key angles or planets aligned with this
degree becomes radically empowered with all the
unwavering willfulness and moral righteousness that Pluto
in Sagittarius fosters.
Israel’s horoscope (May 4, 1948; 4:37 pm; Tel Aviv)
provides a primary lens to view the Jerusalem question.
This past weekend the Camp David meetings took place as
transiting Pluto was exactly, to-the-minute opposite Israel’s
Mercury, the planet of talks and documented accords. Pluto
to Mercury naturally implies the complex diplomatic
efforts currently underway.
Political astrologers will note that Jupiter is in Gemini now,
and throughout August and early September will be
opposing Pluto. On September 4 these two align perfectly
with Israel’s Mercury, indicating that even if Arafat and
Barak can agree, this divisive issue will only become more
intractable and exasperating over the next two months.
Astrology and the Theory of Everything
Albert Einstein spent the last thirty years of his life
searching for an elusive theory that would reconcile
contradictory views of electromagnetism and gravity.
Einstein’s dream of a Unified Field Theory eventually
became the Holy Grail of modern physics. Now, with the
recent development of string theory, physicists believe they
have constructed a Theory of Everything (TOE), a single,
all-inclusive description of the universe.
Astrologers would have no problem with the essential
premise of string theory, namely, that the universe at its
most fundamental level is not made of particles, but looped
strings that vibrate. All microscopic particles, from
electrons to quarks to gravitons, are composed of identical
strings, with observable characteristics determined by
varying vibrational patterns. Gravity, in this theory, derives
from a coherent array of vibrating gravitons.
In the past astrologers have tried to explain how the distant
planets influence human affairs by using the outdated
paradigms of electromagnetism or gravity. String theory
neatly unites widely diverging scales of the observable
universe into arrays of resonating vibrations. In string
theory, a black hole - the most gargantuan of heavenly
bodies, is equated to an elementary particle - the most
minute speck of matter. The difference is ascribed to
cosmic phase transitions, and comparable to the phase
transitions of H2O from ice to water to gas at specific
temperatures.
The astrological extension of string theory would include
symbolism, which is likewise a resonating vibrational
pattern. For example, the influence of Saturn reaches a
predictable peak of manifestation when it makes specific
geometric angles to other planets. Personal, professional,
and national affairs simultaneously enter a Saturn phase
transition when Saturn the planet is vibrationally activated.
Now the most advanced theoretical model of the universe,
the Theory of Everything, logically includes and validates
astrology.
J.K.Rowling’s Magical Mystery Tour
Celebrated author J.K.Rowling was divorced and on
welfare when she wrote the first Harry Potter story while
hanging out at a coffee shop. Her rags to riches
transformation was not only a personal success, but a
literary coup in the publishing world as she virtually
single-handedly brought the joy of reading back to young
adults.
Joanne Kathleen Rowling was born a creative Leo (July 31,
1965; Chipping, Sodbury, England; time unknown) with
her Moon in hard-working, analytical Virgo. Several other
planets tenant Virgo, including the epochal Uranus-Pluto
conjunction and Venus, all of which adds a great deal of
humility to what could otherwise become an arrogant Leo.
Individuals born in 1965 and 1966 share a common
astrological configuration, which at the time coincided with
social upheaval across the globe. The Flower Children of
that era gave birth to a new revolution through their
children, although most have found that the competing
energies implied by the Uranus-Pluto conjunction opposite
Saturn and Chiron are extremely difficult to balance.
The closest planetary aspect in Rowling’s horoscope is
Jupiter in literary Gemini squaring Chiron in
fantasy-oriented Pisces. Jupiter grows and finds opportunity
by writing; Chiron in Pisces can be wounded or feel
victimized (Rowling’s poverty and divorce), but can heal
and find purpose by sharing a sense of mysticism or a
utopian vision. The tension between these two planets led
to writing about magic, and a kind of transcendent
mysticism that many in the sixties experienced through
drugs, rock concerts, and communal living experiments.
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