December 4, 2000
Solar Power Energizes the World
As a crush of demonstrators and reporters crowded around the Supreme Court
building last Friday, lawyers presented their cases before the nine justices.
The historical event was shrouded in doubt of whether a decision by the
highest court in the land would have any impact at all in the presidential
contest.
The astrological line-up for this event features the Sun's annual conjunction
with Pluto. Pluto's symbolism includes the use of absolute or ultimate
authority. He is our inner dictator at his worst, but a decisive force for
evolution and constructive change at his best. During the days surrounding
the Sun's conjunction with Pluto, transformative events take place.
This Sun-Pluto conjunction is exact Monday morning, and in the United States
carries special significance since it aligns with the U.S. Sun. In a more
lyrical sense, the Sun-Pluto conjunction takes place just as the dramatic
spreading of the world's largest solar panel wings brings electricity to the
international space station with Solar Power. The influence of the Sun-Pluto
combination also shows how various nations are currently dealing with
absolute political power.
In Chile former dictator Augusto Pinochet was charged with crimes against the
nation's people. Then, Saddam Hussein suddenly withheld Iraq's oil supplies.
In Mexico for the first time in that nation's history a President from the
opposition party took the oath of office. His poignant comment describes how
power and democracy can co-exist: "I am the guardian of power, not its owner."
The Power of Thirteen
A vote recount in the state of Washington confirmed last week that dot.com
millionaire Maria Cantrell has won the U.S. Senate seat, defeating the
Republican incumbent Slade Gorton. Her victory means that for the first time
in 120 years the Senate is split exactly 50-50 between the nation's two
political parties. Perhaps more significantly, the Senate now has 13 women
senators, the largest number in history.
The astrological picture seems to indicate a sea change in American politics.
In the Scorpio Rising U.S. horoscope the natal Moon, representing the
nation's women, is now being powerfully activated by the progressed Sun.*
This year the progressed Sun for the first time is forming a conjunction with
the U.S. Moon, bringing women (Moon) into the limelight through leadership
roles (Sun).
The struggle between the two presidential candidates may have the ultimate
effect of weakening the power of the presidency, at least for the coming
term. Power moves from the executive office to legislative, and to the Senate
where Hillary Clinton, Barbara Boxer, and eleven other intelligent, activist
women politicians are favored to advance by this unique astrological
indicator.
Thirteen is associated with the Moon since there are 13 lunar cycles in a
year (not 12), and the Moon is naturally associated with women through their
monthly cycle. Thirteen women senators shows how the lunar vibration is
permeating American politics now. Thirteen is implicated in the nation's
destiny, as echoed by the thirteen original states. Astrologically, thirteen
shows up in the position of the natal Sun at 13 degrees Cancer and 13 minutes.
John Lennon, It Was Twenty Years Ago Today
On the twentieth anniversary of the assassination of John Lennon fans will
gather in a slice of Central Park West known as Strawberry Fields for a
candle light vigil and to sing John's songs. Yoko Ono and Sean will put
candles on their apartment's windowsill overlooking Strawberry Fields, as
they do every year, to tell the people "We're with you," says Yoko.
John Lennon was born with his Sun in the partnership sign of Libra (October
9, 1940; 6:30 pm; Liverpool), a position emphasized by being placed near the
Descendant. His Moon in the team sign of Aquarius becomes brotherly by the
favorable trine to Mars, the ruler of his chart. While Lennon enjoyed
organizing and leading the Beatles for many years, the hard edge in his life,
as portrayed by his Moon opposite Pluto, ultimately led to the group
disbanding.
Lennon had a strong political agenda. The Moon in cause-oriented Aquarius is
the traditional indicator for this social conscience, and with the opposition
to Pluto, Lennon took pride in being a revolutionary. Another indicator
pointing to this tendency is his Sun's conjunction with Pallas, the political
asteroid. The ultimate clout of this asteroid can be seen in Lennon's death.
Lennon was shot just before 11 pm on December 8, 1980. At that time no
planets by transit or progression had entered into his natal Moon-Pluto axis.
Transiting Pallas, on the other hand, was exactly, to-the-minute opposite
Lennon's Sun. As one commentator recently described, "For the generation that
grew up with the Beatles, it was the rock 'n' roll equivalent of 1963's JFK
assassination."
* The progressed Sun moves according to the esoteric formula that one day
after birth is equivalent to one year. Reader feedback is welcome. Email:
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