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March 14, 2005
Lebanon, The Plutonic Hotspot
Since the assassination of the popular leader Rafiq Hariri on
February 14, Lebanon has taken center stage in global politics.
Two weeks ago a pro-democracy rally led to the resignation of
pro-Syrian Prime Minister Omar Karameh and the retreat of Syria's
14,000 troops, but last week a massive, pro-Syrian rally orchestrated
by Hezbollah prompted Karameh's re-appointment. President Bush
is pressing Syria for more concessions.
Lebanon's independence
day on November 22, 1943
(set for noon, Beirut*)
establishes its national
horoscope. This chart features
the Sun in the last degree
of Pluto's sign Scorpio,
perhaps reflecting the
intense political feelings
in and about this country.
Three planets in Gemini
(Uranus, Mars, and Saturn)
show the multi-ethnic,
linguistic, and religious
divisions, with Uranus
opposite Mercury an especially
volatile axis.
At the moment, these Gemini
planets are stressed by
two outer planet transits.
On February 14, transiting
Uranus was exactly squaring
Lebanon's Mercury, accurately
describing the explosion
(Uranus) while Hariri was
en route (Mercury). By
the time of last week's
Hezbollah rally, transiting
Uranus was exactly square
natal Uranus, showing the
electrified atmosphere.
The other major transit
is Pluto's opposition to
natal Saturn, which represents
a fundamental re-structuring
process.
Pluto's role in Lebanon's
horoscope is exceptionally
powerful since it's conjunct
the karmic North Node.
From this placement, one
can see Lebanon's unique
role in the global village.
Like the planet Pluto itself,
Lebanon is tiny, but is
placed at the crossroads
of three continents, where
it periodically surfaces
to play a major role in
international politics.
Pluto's current passage
assures that Lebanon will
remain a global hotspot
throughout 2005 and 2006.
From Armageddon to the World Soul
A reader asks: is Bush leading us toward Armageddon? Christians,
Muslims and Jews all have symbolically equivalent end time scenarios,
each detailing the suffering of the righteous, the return of the
divine superhero, the destruction of the enemies, and then the
golden age. Only the names of the good guys and the bad guys have
been changed. These divisive myths originated in the Middle East
some two millennia ago.
As we enter the Age of
Aquarius, we can expect
to see more networking
and more appreciation for
holistic systems approaches.
Aquarius knows how everything
is connected, and is therefore
related to ecology, chaos
theory, and astrology.
We are now on the cusp
between the two great ages.
During this transitional
phase, we can expect that
oil, ruled by Neptune,
will remain the critical,
last gasp medium by which
the old guard maintains
its Piscean regime.
Those who say God has no
sense of humor have missed
the sublime irony that
the world's largest oil
reserves are held by Islamic
countries, while the world's
largest oil consumers are
mostly Christian nations.
It's as if the World Soul**,
that unified, higher consciousness
of which Muslims, Christians,
and Jews are all a part,
is forcing the regional
differences to be worked
out as the international
community becomes more
like a global village.
Whether the differences
can be worked out through
military means or a negotiated
co-existence remains to
be seen. From an astrological
perspective, one might
say that those who cling
to the Pisces myth of Armageddon
are assisting in its manifestation,
while those who adopt the
Aquarian concept of the
World Soul are helping
to build a healthy future.
Gary Kasparov, Political Strategist
The
world's number one ranked chess player since 1984, Gary Kasparov,
announced that he is leaving the game to take up politics. Kasparov
won his final tournament last Thursday, and will now participate
in "Committee 2008", a Russian political party designed
to unseat President Putin. The master tactician and strategist
aims to pool fractured opposition groups into a unified party.
Gary Kasparov was born under
the warrior sign of Aries (April
13, 1963; 11:45 pm; Baku, Russia),
a placement which is strongly
fortified with trines to his
Sagittarius Moon and Ascendant.
While his Sun in the fourth
house gives him nationalistic
feelings about his birth place,
the Sagittarius influences
increase his love of travel,
and for experiencing international
or cosmopolitan dynamics.
Kasparov's Sun is favorably
sextile Saturn, giving him
powers of endurance and maturity.
Then, his Sun forms a hard
aspect to Pluto in analytical
Virgo, a combination bestowing
intense focus on the task at
hand. The Sun's square to the
asteroid Pallas Athena completes
the major aspects. Pallas has
a variety of talents, among
them being her role as a political
strategist and the Goddess
of War.
Kasparov's Pallas happens to
be conjunct the first-magnitude
star Pollux, the immortal boxer
from Greek mythology, which
again emphasizes Kasparov's
fighting skills. Last week
when he made his announcement
to quit chess, transiting Saturn
was precisely conjunct his
Pallas. Becoming number one
is a natural expression of
the Aries personality, and
one would expect nothing less
from him in the political realm.
* Lebanon's independence occurred
late at night, according to
the New York Times article
of November 23, 1943. If any
NewsScope readers have a more
precise timing of this nascent
event, please email me. The
noon time given here is given
in the absence of better data.
Note that Lebanon's PL-NN
placement exactly squares
the U.S. Scorpio Ascendant,
and is conjunct the U.S.'s
own North Node.
** For more on the World
Soul, see astrologer Charles
Harvey's book Anima Mundi.
