August 21, 2000
Neptune and the Presidential Death Cycle
Over the past few weeks media commentators have paid uncommon attention to
the Vice Presidency. Incessant analysis and speculation about the "short
list" of candidates was followed by intense scrutiny of both Cheney's and
Lieberman's personal history, character, and moral values. The subtext,
unspoken by any mainstream journalists, but widely acknowledged in
astrological circles, is that the next President may not live to finish his
term in office.
The best known cycle in American politics is the death of a President while
in office every twenty years. This cycle hits like clockwork, going back to
when William Harrison died of pneumonia only a month after his 1841
inauguration. Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, FDR, and Kennedy
fulfilled this eerie cycle in regular succession. Only Ronald Reagan escaped,
and he had astrologer Joan Quigley schedule his every public appearance to
avoid being assassinated.
Traditional astrology assigns the 20-year Jupiter-Saturn cycle to these
sequential deaths. The problem with this explanation is that it doesn't
explain why American leaders were affected and no others. Also, the deaths
occurred as much as five years after the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction, and
never within an acceptable timeframe using traditional orbs.
Actually, the death cycle averages closer to 21 years, and when using the
Scorpio Rising U.S. horoscope, most closely corresponds to Neptune's hard
aspects (using the eighth harmonic) to the Midheaven, the point of national
destiny. The next window for this cycle to kick in won't be until February
2005 through October 2006, or in other words, not until after the next
Presidential election.
Pluto Sinks Russian Submarine
The worst submarine disaster in Russian history captured headlines across the
world last week when the nuclear powered Kursk went down with 118 crew
aboard. The tragic incident, including President Putin's widely questioned
delay in asking for foreign assistance, points to serious problems in
Russia's military establishment.
Pluto, the planet naturally associated with catastrophic disasters, was the
chief indicator for the accident as well as Russia's long-term problems with
its defense program. Pluto is now making its station, turning direct after
several months in apparent backward motion. This critical turning point
occurs once every year, and the date often marks major tragedies. Last year
this astrological signpost coincided with the massive earthquake in Turkey.
The specific markers for Russia can be seen in Russia's horoscope (set for
November 8, 1917; 2:12 am; Petrograd*). Pluto's station takes place at the
nadir, a critical point symbolizing the foundation of the nation. Also,
transiting Saturn is forming a challenging square to Russia's Mars, located
in the secretive twelfth house, and representing an ongoing testing and
consolidation effort within the military establishment.
Russia's first nuclear powered submarine, the Leninsky Komsomol, was
commissioned on July 1, 1958 when transiting Pluto was conjunct Russia's
Mars. A horoscope drawn for this commissioning describes the immense
resources and faith that Russia puts in its nuclear fleet. This past week
transiting Saturn formed an exact square to this chart's Pluto, an
astrological message fully describing the depth of this tragedy in human
lives as well as to the Russian submarine defense program.
Julia Butterfly Takes on Corporate Greed
While Al Gore and his fund-raising constituents were wooing the nation's
wealthiest corporations during last week's Democratic National Convention,
massive demonstrations were being conducted just outside. One pundit,
reflecting the consensus opinion, described these rallies as being a vague
collage of causes born less of compassionate concern than bored affluence.
Julia Butterfly, who spoke to the outdoor protesters about how corporate
greed destroys the environment, belies this aloof assessment. Ms. Butterfly
was born a progressive Aquarian (February 18, 1974; Mount Vernon, MO; time
unknown), with her Moon and Venus in climbing Capricorn. This tree-hugging
activist made a name for herself by surviving two full years on a 6-by-6-foot
platform situated nearly 200 feet above ground in the arms of a 1000 year old
redwood tree.
Butterfly's well-being is protected by an Air Grand Trine. This fortunate
planetary combination gives her a profound sense of a special mission (Sun
conjunct Jupiter), celebrity status and media savvy (trine Uranus), all based
on a practical sense of step-by-step measures (trine Saturn).
The ecology movement is linked astrologically to the asteroid Ceres. Julia
Butterfly's Ceres is given a noble cause by being in Aquarius, and empowered
by a close trine to Pluto. At the time of Butterfly's speech in Los Angeles
transiting Jupiter was trine, and transiting Mars opposed her Ceres. While Al
Gore said repeatedly that he would fight for you (as he accepted donations
from environmental polluters), Julia Butterfly was actually fighting
environmental polluters.
* Russia's status as an independent nation did not end with the dissolution
of the Soviet Union in 1991. Reader feedback is welcome. Email:
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