September 25, 2000
Governments Tinker with Global Economy
Last Friday President Clinton announced the release of 30 million barrels of
oil from the nation's emergency reserve, a move designed to cover a potential
shortfall in home heating oil this coming winter. On the same day the G-7
nations announced that their central banks would intervene to support the
declining value of the Euro. While media accounts did not correlate these two
events, the astrological indicators point to an underlying cause leading to
both government interventions.
The ongoing opposition between Jupiter and Pluto implies the movement of huge
amounts of money, and in the international economy, this most often refers to
hedge fund and currency speculators. This discrete international plutocracy
buys and sells $billions in futures contracts for its investors' personal
gain, while having the unfortunate side effect of destroying national
economies.
A week ago transiting Mars and Saturn squared each other as prices were
pushed (Mars) beyond tolerable limits (Saturn). The U.S. finally joined
worried governments last week immediately after Intel issued a surprise
earnings warning. Intel's lowered expectations were due to lagging Europeans
sales, and the U.S. government finally realized that the booming U.S. economy
would suffer if the rest of the global economy were declining. The
simultaneous action arrived as the Sun entered Libra (indicating partnership)
and formed a stabilizing trine to authoritarian Saturn.
The Sun trine Saturn is only a brief intervention, and may not last long.
After all, the Jupiter-Pluto opposition remains in effect for many more
months, with the next critical pressure point arriving on October 12. Watch
in early to mid-October for another phase of frenzied speculative activity in
the oil and currency futures markets.
Neptune Heads Up Third Party
Reports surfaced last week that Citizens for Better Medicare is currently
spending about $1 million per week on issue-related ads, and $38 million so
far during this campaign - more than any other group outside of the two major
political parties. Citizens for Better Medicare is funded by a coalition of
major drug companies that wants no price controls when the federal government
adds prescription drug coverage to health plans.
Neptune is the natural indicator for drugs, whether prescription or illegal.
Neptune is in Aquarius for a 14-year ride through the sign of coalitions,
allies, and groups. This year and throughout all of next year, Neptune in
Aquarius will likely shape much of American politics and the public mood
since it forms a long-term square with the U.S. Scorpio Ascendant.
Neptune-ruled organizations include OPEC, the Colombia drug cartel, and now
the pharmaceutical alliance. The drug industry, besides promoting favorable
candidates, also publishes sympathetic studies and news articles through
their trade organization, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of
America. Then their lobbying in Washington has cost $235 million since 1997.
Any planet that enters Scorpio and links up with Neptune tends to trigger
developing situations. The care-taking asteroid Ceres entered Scorpio on
September 12 and formed a square with Neptune on September 21, the day both
the Wall Street Journal and PBS reported the story on the Citizens for Better
Medicare. The event is an almost literal translation of the planetary
symbolism: drug care, Neptune-Ceres.
Anna Nicole Smith Goes to Court
Former Playboy Centerfold Anna Nicole Smith is scheduled to be in court over
the next 10 to 12 weeks as she fights to win half of her late husband's
estate, estimated to be worth $1.6 billion. Ms. Smith married the Texas oil
tycoon on June 27, 1994 when she was just 26 and he was 89. He died 14 months
later.
Anna Nicole Smith was born an adventurous, optimistic Sagittarius (November
28, 1967; Mexia, TX; time unknown) with her Moon and Venus in pleasant,
pretty Libra. Saturn, the planet of age and maturity, favorably trines her
Sun, a combination which often brings wise advice, companionship, or other
benefits from old people.
Nicole's Sun also squares Jupiter, the planet associated with expansion,
prosperity, and abundance. For anyone with a Sun-Jupiter square, bigger is
better, and Nicole is well known for her huge, silicon-injected breasts. When
her husband died on August 5, 1995, transiting Jupiter was exactly conjunct
her Sun, and undoubtedly Nicole expected a large settlement.
Over the past few years Pluto, the planet of transformation, has changed
Nicole's luck, as it slowly passed over her Sun. Her husband's two sons had
other ideas about who should get the inheritance, and now she must fight for
the payoff. Pluto's arrival also created deep personal problems, as her
breasts have imploded, she's gained too much weight, and has mental problems.
While Pluto brought much pain and struggle, this phase has passed, and she
can now regain her natural Sagittarian enthusiasm for life.
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