October 2, 2000
Violence Erupts Across Global Village
Last week a maelstrom of violence and chaos visited our global village
leading to mass rioting in the streets of Belgrade, Jakarta, and Jerusalem.
In each case the defiant actions of a regional tyrant triggered civil unrest:
Milosevic in Yugoslavia, Suharto in Indonesia, and Ariel Sharon in
Jerusalem's Old City.
While mainstream media accounts described, analyzed, and photographed each
alarming event in excruciating detail, none of them connected the dots to
complete the more abstract, cosmic picture. Astrology shows us how everything
is connected, that even during times of apparent disorder, world events
unfold in recognizable patterns. The beauty of astrology allows us to see how
these clashes are all responding to the same dynamic planetary confrontation
between Mars, Jupiter, and Pluto.
Pluto represents the factional interests that attempt to control political
power through the use of absolute, and often illegal or immoral force.
Jupiter, the symbol for religious and judicial interests, is in a long-term
opposition to Pluto. Mars, the planet of action and anger, is the faster
moving trigger planet, now squaring the tense force field established by
Jupiter opposite Pluto.
Mars is in Virgo, the sign often associated with police and military units.
By Thursday of last week Mars was already within effective range of the
Jupiter-Pluto axis, but won't be exact until Tuesday and Wednesday (October
3, 4). We can expect that the armed forces will have their hands full through
this week to keep order in each of these hotspots. The Mars-Jupiter-Pluto
dynamic will undoubtedly lead to critical turning points across the
geopolitical arena.
RU-486?
Drugs and pharmaceuticals in one form or another were leading news items
again last week. As expected, the Presidential candidates focused on their
respective plans for getting prescription drugs to Medicare recipients. But
the most explosive issue arrived Thursday when the FDA approved the French
abortion pill known as RU-486.
The leading astrological indicator for these events is Neptune, the natural
ruler of drugs, which is now being bombarded by several planets from the
reproductive sign of Scorpio. Mercury, Venus, and Ceres have recently entered
Scorpio, and each colors and influences Neptune according to its own
vibrations, but collectively ensuring that Neptune's agenda remains headline
news.
The closest aspect at the time of the FDA's announcement was Venus square
Neptune. The love goddess Venus wants and enjoys sex, and with RU-486 can now
explore relationships without worrying about creating an unwanted child. The
square denotes the tension and controversy of this lifestyle, with Ceres, the
asteroid governing childbirth, nearby and also squaring Neptune.
Neptune is some kind of cosmic joker with his tendency to blur the difference
between subjective and objective reality. The objective name for the abortion
pill, RU-486, has no psychological meaning in itself. But the political
controversy surrounding the use of an abortion pill has a strange resonation
with the more colloquial translation of this code. Businesses use the term
"to 86" someone when they want to boot that person out. Are you for 86?
Meg Ryan, Sleepless in Australia
Actress Meg Ryan and her "Gladiator" boyfriend Russell Crowe were spotted
snuggling and kissing in his native Australia last week. Their openly
affectionate display near the Olympics ended speculation that they were
having an affair, and likely ended any possibility of Ryan reconciling with
husband Dennis Quaid.
Meg Ryan was born with her Moon in fighting Aries (November 19, 1961;
Fairfield, CT; time unknown), the same sign as both Quaid and Russell. The
difference between Quaid and Russell as mates, as romantic partners, is as
clear as the difference between Jupiter and Saturn. Saturn represents the
enduring, serious, and obligatory relationship, while Jupiter awakens the
inner child, the sense of play, and new opportunity.
Dennis Quaid (April 9, 1954) has his Saturn in Scorpio, very near Ryan's
Venus-Neptune conjunction. Venus-Neptune is what makes Ryan the Queen of
romantic comedies on film, and Quaid may well have provided the guidance and
structure for her to parlay this innate quality into a screen idol. But
Saturn gets old….
Russell Crowe (April 7, 1964) and Ryan have mutual Jupiter connections. His
Jupiter is exactly inconjunct (150 degree aspect) her Sun, and her Jupiter is
exactly trine his Venus in fun-loving, traveling Gemini. Both these aspects
overflow with harmony and good cheer. However, his Saturn squares her Mars
(and conjoins her Chiron, opposes her Uranus) indicating that this romance is
heading for trouble and will likely end abruptly. Watch May 2000 for
significant developments as Saturn returns to Gemini to challenge their
long-term intentions.
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