Neptune and the Untangling of the American Empire

"Every Kingdom Is Born To Die," - Wade Davis

Yes, we know. And we feel it happening. Yet perhaps, dear reader, you've purposefully missed the August 6, 2020 article in Rolling Stone by Wade Davis, The Unraveling of America, or perhaps you don't like to ponder such topics as Fallen Empires, the whys and the wherefores.

Well, despite this, I'm here today to inform you that there have been multiple SO'W posts published over the last few years - especially since Trump - concerning such weighty topics. An example is the December 29, 2016 Capricorn New Moon = 1940 'Arsenal of Democracy' New Moon both @7Capricorn for those courageous enough to dare a perusal. Obviously, in recent years Donald Trump playing the POTUS role within the unraveling/dissolution/sabotage/collapse of America is an intimate actor in the piece, stage-managed by Putin and the Kremlin, and cheered on by various opponents of the US. Meanwhile, many pundits and others have admitted that his nibs is not the cause of our nation's demise but more a symptom of its karma for it's been coming on for years. I say he's the figurehead selected by opponents of democracy to lead America into the ash heap of history while China and Russia continue arrangements to take over global leadership. Well, powerhouse China intends to take over, anyway, although more arrangements are required.

After all, timing is everything and China is very patient.

Image: Neptune Ascends

And naturally, astrologers (if no one else!) easily recognize astrological Neptune's influence in words such as dissolve, unravel, sabotage, collapse - the planet well known for its surreptitious activities and undermining qualities (it seems the GOP has contracted 'urge to merge' fever - for Russia). A big clue is that the Republican Party of 1854 recently experienced a Neptune Return (since Trump) which timed an identity change into the Trump Party aka, the Conspiracy Party. And as you know, Neptune floating through shady Pisces has timed a period of paranoia, fear, propaganda, deceit, fraud, misconceptions, disguises, gaslighting, cravings, contagion, and loss, hasn't it?

And we should note that the above linked post concerns FDR's 'Arsenal of Democracy' speech and era, and that WWII began during the time of America's three-fer Neptune Return/s: exact on October 28, 1938, February 24, 1939, and August 30, 1939 - for as you know, WWII began September 1, 1939 with Hitler invading Poland (Return dates based on our July 4, 1776 5:09 pm LMT chart, to 22Virgo25) under the auspices of a difficult, forceful T-Square: Mars-Pluto = Saturn @00Taurus, Hitler's 'trigger degree' of his natal Sun, and forevermore linked to violence and resorting to violent measures.

Yes, many politicians will do anything to hold on to power, even Neptunian betrayal! No Big Lie or propaganda is too far even as our Ship of State sinks around their ears! Do you think perhaps Putin promised certain politicians and their enablers a cat bird seat or two? Puh! You know, 'gullible' is also a Neptunian word.

And so regretfully, with my preference for a sovereign America intact, I hereby curate for you a list of previous SO'W posts concerning the unraveling of our country - the fall of our grandly titled American Empire - for your consideration. Any one of them may be of interest and many contain videos and interviews by progressive broadcaster Thom Hartmann, plus, some Astrology is sprinkled in here and there like Neptunian fairy dust. In addition, be warned that some posts contain links to the others on this list but I'll attempt to correctly name them so you'll know which is which.

In no particular order they are:

When Will America Fall Like the Roman Empire?

Washington DC a 'New Rome'? Altair the Eagle says, Yes (post contains FDR's 1933 and 1937 Inauguration Horoscopes for the sake of comparison with 1937 POTUS Sun @00AQ conjunct bold, adventurous Altair and a difficult Saturn-Neptune opposition--transit Neptune Rx now conjuncts 1937 Saturn: authority figures, structures, and traditions disintegrate and are either highly idealistic, or strange and misguided; I'll add, 'or some combination of both'.

Economics Professor Richard Wollf Reveals How Empires End #

Ronald Reagan Debate Lines That'd Get Him Booed Off the Stage Today - video

September 16, 2015 Update: Ronald Reagan's sons discuss their dad, Donald Trump, and the 2016 Campaign.

Original post starts here:

Kudos to Rolling Stone for this brilliant compilation! Every 2016 Republican candidate who now cowers under the Reagan Mantle should receive a copy of this video montage:

Donald Trump Reacts to Being on The Cover of Rolling Stone - video

Someone wants to keep Donald Trump in the news and shoved in our faces! And perhaps you know what I always say: when the media touts a topic or person non-stop we must look in a different direction to see what they're trying to hide:

Was Journalist Michael Hastings Assassinated? (video of his burning car)

Astro-Notes: the Tragic Death of Journalist Michael Hastings

by Jude Cowell

UPDATE December 4, 2025: Not for the faint of heart, this vintage post has been edited for clarity. It needed it. This update is inspired by an Instagram reel by a former agent asserting that the CIA spies on us in many ways, including taking control of cars and causing crashes.

Posted in 2013:

As soon as I heard of the death in a 'car crash' of Michael Hastings in Los Angeles I set up a horoscope of the tragedy (June 18, 2013 at 4:30 am PDT; source: news reports) and saw that cosmic signatures of mayhem were present. Perhaps conclusive, perhaps not.

Since then I've been on alert for information on what entity or issue he was researching because the info might turn out to be full of clues as to the How, Why, Where, and Who of this very sad matter. Known for his game-changing Rolling Stone article re: General Stanley McCrystal--The Runaway General--Mr. Hastings was a fearless truth seeker of the sort that no power manipulator tolerates for long once their revelations become too inconvenient or interfere too deeply in The Power Game.

'Naming names' is a dangerous business in the power-mad world of Politics, and if memory serves, Hastings had written about or was researching the CIA's John Brennan as well. These days, the Epstein matter is risky business.

Known at that time, at impact Pinto cars can explode and burst into flames - but a Mercedes will not; notably, zealous Uranus is at the "A Bomb Is Safely Hidden --" degree:

News Update 6.20.13: police (video has long since been removed) don't suspect any foul play and await results of a toxicology test.

Original post continues here...

So below, you see the crash horoscope with US natal Uranus 8Gem55 rising (our nation's 'totem' planet of revolution, rebellion, shock, attack, disruption, separation) along with transiting Mars @12Gem44 with Gemini being the sign of traveling Mercury and of writers and journalists. Sun and Jupiter are rising as well and are about to conjoin in their yearly meet-up which may indicate a promise of sunlight cast upon someone of a Jupiterian nature such as generals, politicians, bankers, religious leaders, professors, etc.

It's an Hour of controlling Saturn (stoppage; loss; karma), plus, in the transiting 2nd house (National Treasury and Earning Ability) are Mercury the Scribe or the Messenger still within orb of vengeful Venus, with both planets stimulating the starry Gemini Twins, Castor and Pollux - each star with writing and creating talents of their own but with murderous potential when conditions are right.

So did Michael Hastings and his reporting "fly too close to the Sun"?

Asteroid Icarus may say, Yes, especially since its archetype may be used to signify assassination. Here I've penned on the asteroid's position @9AQ00 Rx in the 9th house of Publishing, and outside the chart, the natal placements of Sun 7AQ55 and Mercury 13AQ01 of Michael Hastings, born January 28, 1980 ('noon' EST) in Burlington, Vermont. Therefore, his natal Sun-Mercury = June 18, 2013 Icarus.

Meanwhile, another asteroid - Phaethon - can also symbolize "flying too close to the sun," the assassination archetype, and in the crash chart, Phaethon rises with arsonist Mars. Spot on!

Then getting back to the chart's Ascendant @8Gem28 (the event itself), we know that combinations of Mars-Uranus signify explosions and fires (and fast traveling), and at Ascendant the pair denotes those who find pleasure in upsetting others, abusive people who impede one's progress, acts of violence (ex: assassination), accidents, upsetting events, physical injury, and/or arrest. And actually, crash Sun-Jupiter conjoined the journalist's natal Moon in late Gemini creating a midpoint picture with a potential for "a strong need to address the motives of others" (M. Munkasey). Just like a determined journalist would do!

Then on a personal level, the 18 North Pre-Natal Eclipse Saros Series ('PE') of Michael Hastings indicates that accidents and physical injury are themes in his life (he covered wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and sadly lost his fiance there in an explosion.) And here we see that the crash chart's Hammer/s of Thor (or, Fist/s of God) point to the 10th house Neptune @5Pis20 Rx (conjunct President Obama's natal 1st house Chiron Rx), a shady planet associated with death, loss, and assassination as is spying Pluto @10Cap37 Rx ("the assassin") in the 8th house of Death and Transformation - at impact.

So the purpose of this post is to record some of the astrological portents concerning the untimely, cruel death of truth-finder and American patriot, Michael Hastings, and I hereby thank him for his service to our nation. May he R.I.P.

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Historic events of June 18.