Weekly Political and Entertainment NewsScope
by WolfStar
Don't see the information you searched for? Please visit the
WolfStar Archives.
November 22, 2004
U.S. Trade Deficit Soars
Last Friday Alan Greenspan warned that the growing U.S. trade
deficit could pose a significant risk to the economy, as the second
quarter numbers came in at an all-time high of $166 billion. Greenspan's
comments inspired currency traders to dump dollars. At week's
end the dollar sank to a 4 ∏ year low against the yen, and
was near an all-time low against the euro.
With Pluto currently transiting
through the U.S. second
house of money and national
assets, the potential for
a traumatic economic reversal
is real. From an historical
perspective, Saturn transits
through this house have
often brought major slumps,
beginning with precipitous
collapses in the stock
market. The crashes of
1929 and 1987 were both
triggered by Saturn in
the U.S. second house.
Currently, Pluto is opposing
the U.S. Mars and will
advance to square the U.S.
Neptune throughout 2005.
A stressed-out Pluto in
the second house corresponds
to an economy under stress,
one burdened by a number
of converging factors including
rising oil prices, time-bomb
demographics, and a ballooning
national deficit. Last
week transiting Mercury
(ruling communications)
conjoined with Pluto to
bring the issue into the
public awareness.
As described two weeks
ago, the U.S. progressed
Venus is also signaling
a downturn in the business
cycle. This astro-event
(progressed Venus opposite
Saturn) becomes exact in
February 2006, but becomes
an important influence
in the second half of 2005.
Then, transiting Neptune
crosses over the fourth
house cusp, underscoring
the shakiness of oil prices.
A traditional astrological
axiom is that when you
have three indicators forecasting
the same thing, you've
got a sure bet.
Iran's Seventh House
Last week the American media were filled with speculation about
how the Bush administration will handle Iran over the next four
years, and especially how to contain its nuclear program and support
of Palestinian terrorism. Hardliners are openly discussing the
need to confront Iran either by economic sanctions, military action,
or fostering regime change, while Europeans are urging the diplomatic
route.
Iran's current government
was established when the
Ayatollah Khomeini returned
from exile on February
1, 1979 (9:30 am; Tehran).
A militant Sun-Mars conjunction
in revolutionary Aquarius
reflects the ambitious
nature of the established
Islamic nation. Over the
past few years transiting
Neptune has been hovering
over this Sun-Mars, weakening
the leadership capacity,
but perhaps also inferring
the kind of secret agenda
that builds nuclear weapons.
Iran's chart shows an awareness
of powerful threats against
its survival, which is
signified by Pluto in the
seventh house of open enemies.
This Pluto is most readily
projected onto the American
CIA which installed the
Shah in a successful bid
to control Iran's abundant
oil reserves back in 1953.
When American politicians
mention "regime change",
to many Iranians this means
the kind of covert operations
that topple Islamic leaders.
Over the next year transiting
Pluto is forming a hard
aspect to Iran's Mars (an
octile or 45 degree aspect).
The Pluto-to-Mars vibe
is characterized by an
intense hostility and relentless
determination to dominate
perceived enemies (for
example, the U.S. invasion
of Fallujah as transiting
Pluto opposes the U.S.
Mars). Watch around late
January and early February
(when Jupiter turns retrograde
right on Iran's Pluto)
for major diplomatic developments.
Colin Farrell as Alexander
Oliver
Stone's much anticipated film "Alexander", is scheduled
to open this week amidst mixed early reviews. Like "Troy",
this $160 million epic resonates with our current climate of war,
arrogant rulers, empires, pleas for peace, and the need to dominate.
However, the most controversial feature is the depiction of Alexander
as bisexual, which has many Greeks complaining about this twisted
version.
Alexander is played by Irish
actor Colin Farrell, who was
born with the Sun in dualistic
Gemini (May 31, 1976; Dublin;
time unknown), a placement
that is made even more splintered
by its opposition to hazy Neptune.
Interviewers have noticed his
multiple personalities, as
he spontaneously shifts from
the defiant, street-kid side
to the polite, thoughtful actor
analyzing life's complexities.
Farrell's Mars in the imperial
sign of Leo is ideally placed
to play a world conqueror.
Mars in Leo is full of self-confidence,
even arrogance, and is given
a mythological superiority
complex by connections to all
three of the outer planets.
Mars is further enhanced with
a dash of sex appeal via its
harmonious aspect to Venus.
The horoscope does not reveal
one's sexual orientation, though
with his Sun and Venus in Gemini
opposite Neptune, Farrell can
certainly embody this role
for Oliver Stone's version
of history. Venus is also tightly
connected to Uranus in Scorpio,
which encourages sexual experimentation.
As the film opens, transiting
Uranus is linking up with Farrell's
Venus-Uranus pairing, bringing
the shock value so eagerly
loved by both the director
and the lead actor.
* see NewsScope June 24,
2003. For more info on the
CIA in Iran, see a brief article:
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/CIA%20Hits/Iran_CIAHits.html
As an event chart notice
that Jupiter in Leo is trine
the Aries Moon and Ascendant,
which can be seen as the
religious king, the Ayatollah
returned, meeting the victorious
mob that had forced the Shah
into exile.
Online classes and personal readings are available. Visit http://neptunecafe.homestead.com/classes.html or http://neptunecafe.homestead.com/reading.html for more information.
Reader feedback is welcome. Email: [email protected].
|
