June 10, 2002
The CIA Expands its Mission
Last Thursday President Bush proposed the creation of a Cabinet post for
homeland security, calling it "the biggest government restructuring plan
since 1947." The new agency will absorb dozens of federal intelligence
agencies, although the FBI and CIA would remain independent, and in charge of
domestic and international intelligence respectively. NewsScope readers were
prepared for the radical reformation of the spy services two weeks ago.
The year 1947 is significant since that's when the CIA was created, much to
the chagrin of J. Edgar Hoover who wanted the FBI to handle foreign
intelligence. The CIA (September 26, 1947; 10:10 am; Washington DC*) has
Scorpio Rising with its ruling planet Pluto prominently placed near the
Midheaven and conjunct Saturn. From this authoritarian position, the CIA
discreetly asserts American power across the global village.
Scorpio is co-ruled by Mars, which is found in the ninth house of foreign
countries. Militant Mars is challenged by a square to the communications
planet Mercury, located in the twelfth house of secrets. This in astrological
symbols explains the CIA's mission: to gather secret information in foreign
countries to further military objectives.
The CIA's inherent need to control and manipulate geopolitical developments
often runs counter to humanitarian principles of freedom of expression, and
is represented astrologically by the Saturn-Pluto conjunction opposed to the
Moon in egalitarian Aquarius. At the moment, the CIA is under a veil of
inscrutability, as transiting Neptune is exactly squaring the Ascendant. We
can expect (since the progressed Sun trines Mars) that as other intelligence
agencies get swallowed up, the CIA will be greatly empowered over the next
few months.
Atomic Age, Part Two
Last week as tensions between India and Pakistan remained high, the global
village's top diplomats urged calm and offered to mediate. Last week
NewsScope framed the nuclear threat by looking into the Atomic Age horoscope,
and since many readers responded with questions and comments, let's continue….
The primary indicator for the current situation is the progressed Midheaven
conjunct Mars.** Progressions are a forecasting tool used by astrologers
based on the formula that one day after birth is symbolically equivalent to
one year after birth. The progressed Midheaven moves at the rate of one
degree per year, and is now less than one degree from being exactly conjunct
Mars, the planet governing military action.
Here's an example of how this technique has worked in the past. In 1961 the
Atomic Age's progressed Sun was conjunct Pluto, an equally disastrous portent
as the current situation. Tensions between the Soviet Union and the United
States dramatically escalated on August 13, 1961 when the Berlin Wall went
up. The U.S. erected nuclear missiles in Turkey and the U.S.S.R. did the same
in Cuba. A full blown nuclear war was narrowly averted in October 1962 during
the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Transiting Uranus will be squaring the Atomic Age Mars on October 7 and
November 30 of this year, which could act as a celestial triggering device
for the underlying tensions. Because the Atomic Age Mars is conjunct Israel's
Sun and square the U.S. Moon, either of these countries could also be the
location of some nuclear incident.
Jennifer Lopez's Juno Complex
Star watchers reported last week that actress-dancer Jennifer Lopez and her
husband of nine months Cris Judd are now separated. J-Lo took up with Judd
after her high profile romance with rapper P. Diddy Combs. Lopez has been
married once before, but that relationship quickly fell apart after only two
months, and ended in divorce a year later.
Jennifer Lopez was born with an energetic Sun-Mars conjunction in colorful
Leo (July 24, 1970; NYC; time unknown), a robust combination given pizzazz by
a favorable sextile to Uranus. Her Moon in fiery Aries underscores her drive
to be the best, bestowing plenty of courage and an imposing personal
presence. The downside tendency of this Aries-Leo blend is decidedly
self-centered in personal relationships.
Venus, the love planet, is not badly placed in J-Lo's horoscope. Traditional
astrologers would note that her Venus is trine Saturn, bringing stability and
long-term commitment to her love affairs. However, astrologers who use Juno,
the marriage asteroid, would see an entirely different picture. Juno is
located in Taurus and forms hard aspects to Mars, Uranus, and Pluto,
guaranteeing that her commitments would be shaken by a variety of trying
circumstances.
Transiting Pluto was inconjunct her Juno in 1997 when her first marriage
ended. Then on Valentine's Day 2001 she left her troubled rapper friend as
transiting Neptune squared her Juno. Currently transiting Chiron is hitting
her Juno complex, ending yet another committed relationship. On August 1
Jupiter will enter Leo, promising to further elevate her rising star status.
However, the astrologer who uses Juno in the charts wouldn't forecast love.
* The CIA was mandated under the National Security Act of July 26, 1947. The
first director, Rear Admiral Roscoe Hellenkoetter, was sworn in at the time
given here, and marks the official beginning of the CIA. Source: "A
Chronology of American Charts" by Ronald Howland.
** Since the exact moment of this conjunction is central to making an
accurate forecast, here's some technical information on the Atomic Age chart.
The exact longitude and latitude of Trinity Site (Ground Zero) is 33n40'31"
106w28'29". The blast occurred at precisely 5:29:45 am; July 16, 1945. The
Time Zone is MWT which gives 14 degrees 46 minutes Cancer Rising, and 29
degrees 54 minutes Pisces at the Midheaven (Aries is intercepted in tenth).
The Sun is just below the horizon in the first house. Erroneous charts using
different time zones place the Sun above the horizon and in the 12th house.
This is demonstrably incorrect since first hand accounts clearly state that
the blast occurred and then the Sun rose. For example Dr. Phillip Morrison
said about the event, "Suddenly, not only was there a bright light but where
we were, 10 miles away, there was the heat of the sun on our faces .....
Then, only minutes later, the real sun rose and again you felt the same heat
to the face from the sunrise. So we saw two sunrises." According to these
numbers then, the Progressed Midheaven will be conjunct Mars on January 25,
2003.
AstroNotes: Michael Skakel was born on September 19, 1960.
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