May 27, 2002
Pakistan and India on the Brink
As transiting Saturn and Pluto form their exact opposition over the weekend,
Pakistan and India are preparing for war over the disputed territory of
Kashmir. One million soldiers are facing each other across their shared
border as Pakistan conducts "routine" missile tests. Earlier in the week
India's Prime Minister Vajpayee exhorted his troops to prepare themselves for
a decisive battle.
The astrological dynamics reflect the absolute seriousness of the current
confrontation. The Saturn-Pluto opposition lines up perfectly with Vajpayee's
Sagittarius Moon (December 25, 1924; 5:45 am; Gwalior, India*). It's also
right on his Ascendant/Descendant axis, pitting the PM's personal agenda for
India against a powerful enemy. The extremist tendencies involved in this
celestial combination could easily spiral out of control.
India and Pakistan are celestial twins, born in the modern era on the same
day (August 15, 1947; 12:00 am*). Both are experiencing their Mars Return
this week, which activates last year's Summer Solstice Solar Eclipse. In
Pakistan's chart progressed Mars is nearly exactly conjunct the fourth house
cusp. Mars here dominates all other astrological factors, and promises
military conflict on the home front, either a civil war or attack from an
enemy.
The U.S. and Britain are both sending diplomatic envoys to ease tensions.
Even if they are successful in the short term, progressed Mars remains on
Pakistan's doorstep, making its entry into the fourth house in late November.
Adding fuel to the fire is the progressed Moon, which joins Mars in early
October. This combination is extremely dangerous, and fits the planetary
signals for a nuclear showdown.
Pluto Ends an Era
During the same week that FBI agent Coleen Rowley was blowing the whistle on
her supervisors, President Bush was in Moscow signing an historic pact to
reduce each nation's nuclear warheads. The two events are not unrelated since
the FBI, the CIA, and other intelligence gathering agencies were formed to
fight in the Cold War.
The current uproar over what the FBI knew, when they knew it, and what they
did about it is a natural manifestation of the Saturn-Pluto opposition. The
essential course of Saturn-Pluto aspects is to destroy outmoded or weak forms
and then build something more practical for the long term. The restructuring
process is aiming at unnecessary nuclear arsenals, and intelligence agencies
built on the outmoded Cold War model.
Since the Bolshevik Revolution took place when the Sun was in Scorpio
(November 8, 1917), and since the U.S. has Scorpio Rising, Pluto plays the
dominant role in their geopolitical developments. When transiting Pluto was
conjunct the U.S. Midheaven, the point of destiny, World War II ended and the
Cold War began. Russia and the U.S. went from allies to enemies, and the U.S.
created several intelligence agencies to fight this secret war.
When transiting Pluto squared the U.S. Midheaven in 1990 the Soviet Union
collapsed. Now that Pluto is forming a favorable trine to the U.S. Midheaven,
Russia and the U.S. have become the best of friends. Saturn and Pluto are now
pressing to reform the intelligence agencies for this new era, the war on
terrorism.
Claudia Schiffer Disregards Prenup Agreement
German supermodel Claudia Schiffer married British film producer Matthew
Vaughn over the weekend, and each promised not to claim any of the other's
property if they break up. Schiffer's father, a lawyer, drew up a prenuptial
agreement, but the two opted for a verbal agreement based on the strength of
their relationship.
Claudia Schiffer was born a practical Virgo (August 25, 1970; 12:10 pm;
Rheinberg, Germany) with her Sun favorably enhanced by a close sextile to
Jupiter, the ruler of her second house of money. The Sun in the tenth house
feels comfortable being one of the world's top five models. Since the Sun is
conjunct the Moon's south node in this position, the esoteric astrologer
would say that she was a famous celebrity in previous incarnations.
With enchanting Scorpio Rising, Schiffer was bestowed with piercing blue
eyes. Pluto, her ruling planet, is conjunct Mercury, giving her a shrewd,
analytical mind that has helped expand her modeling career into several other
enterprises, including movies and a shared ownership of the Fashion Cafes.
This Mercury-Pluto conjunction can be a stickler for creating the proper
documents, especially prenuptial agreements.
However, on the day she was married Mercury was retrograde. Any agreement
made during Mercury retrograde is subject to radical revision. Next year
transiting Uranus will be opposite her Sun, indicating possible separation.
An astrologer advising Ms. Schiffer would say that her $55 million nest egg
and the $7.5 million 16th century castle that she and her husband just bought
are at risk.
* See NewsScope December 24 and 31, 2001 for more on India, Pakistan, and
Vajpayee. Pakistan and its President Musharraf were discussed in the
September 17, 2001 issue.
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