New Moon over New Hampshire 1.8.08

With many of my excellent colleagues writing informative articles on the New Moon in Capricorn on primary day in New Hampshire Jan 8, I will forego adding to the chorus for the most part, yet I shall mention here a few factors, not the least of which is:

Saturn/Pluto = MC: desire to rise from difficult circumstances by applying tenacity and endurance; severity; one-sidedness; self-sacrifice; the martyr; major separation as a last resort; an adept; the magician (Tyl; Ebertin.)

The appearance of Saturn-Pluto may relate as well to the duo's much-publicized opposition during 9/11.

So if you feel inclined, click the chart to enlarge and you'll see some color-coded placements around the outside of the New Moon chart.

Highlighted in Blue are a few pertinent US natal positions (Sibly), in Red you will see Inauguration 2009's Sun and Mercury Rx 00AQ+ conjunct the New Moon's Mercury 00AQ28, 1st house. So Jan 20, 2009 will be actually a Mercury (oration; communication; thinking; young people) Return to this Jan 8 New Moon chart.

In Green and Yellow lurk positions from the New World Order natal chart of Oct 24, 1993...NWO's n Sun at Jan 8's MC; NWO's Uranus-Neptune conjunction (which marks the birth of this devil's spawn) conjunct this New Moon..."18Cap."

The NWO post has Sabian Symbol details for "18Cap" from Dr.Marc Edmund Jones' version of the Symbols.

Meanwhile, details for "18Cap" from Adriano Carelli's The 360 Degrees of the Zodiac seem to apply (although there is no actual word picture for this degree--yet "17Cap" has one: "A dog-headed man"...Sirius?); this description is for the Jan 8 New Moon, and relates to the NWO--they are connected in some way, plus, a New Moon is always the beginning of a new cycle of activity and relates esp to male-female principles and to relationships. Capricorn is the sign of politics, law, and business, as you know.

I shall quote the Carelli entry in whole while recommending his book to you (if one can be found!) for its often historical references with savory European flavor..."18Cap":

"This is hardly a good influence, and little as unfavorable stars concur, it may prove altogether evil. Its redeeming features may be its utter refinement (provided it does not become warped into ostentation or even worse) and that minor gift of the mind--promptness.

The other features, good as they may appear, are all negative. The native will dare public opinion, but without deriving from this eighteenth degree of Capricorn a sufficiently good reason to do so; viz., that independence of thought and character which confers upon a man worthy of the name the right and the duty to rebel against society's idolized fallacies and organized wrongdoing.

Here is no trace of courage, but an aggrieving and cowardly effrontery. There is no independence, rather a peevish tendency to be at cross purposes with one's interlocutors, sheepishly sponsoring the diametrically opposed point of view even if blatantly wrong. A blustering and chicken-hearted liar, erratic and stubborn, he will waste time and money on arbitrage, gambling and racing, shirking work with all possible means.

He may become a croupier or a bookmaker if favorable aspects occur. Should the stars endow the native with political opportunism as well (which does not exclude contrariness in other fields at all), he may prove a perfect agent provacateur or, even better, a regular Vicar of Bray, a champion of that political double-dealing which the Italians practice with such gusto."

Wonder who's taking bets on this race? Ha. Well, American politicians are excellent at double-dealing, too--and invisible-helmeted Pluto is well known as the most secretive agent provacateur of them all!

campaign 2008: is hanky panky on the way?

It's only a matter of time (perhaps mere minutes) before hanky panky is revealed in the 2008 campaign...read Lim the Spycat's take on scandal kitty 2008 and get thee ready!

And scroll just below to read some interesting readers' observations on campaign machinations and trickeries...see government's cousins and fools.

The trouble with an out-of-bounds Mars

The Earth's orbit as viewed from the Sun is called the ecliptic and when a planet goes beyond 23 degrees 28 minutes in either north or south declination, that planet is said to be outside the boundaries of the ecliptic, or out-of-bounds (oobs.)

In astrological terms, the energies of a planet when oobs tend to act in an exaggerated fashion and its effects may be extraordinarily distorted.

With Mars' archetype as the god of war, an oobs Mars engages in violent events, extreme aggression, and incendiary acts. Then we see such things manifest as world leaders assassinated, arson perpetrated, bombs planted and triggered, and vicious disagreements wherever we turn--and our news sources are filled with them.

And fighting Mars understandably represents military forces--the soldier and the mercenary.

In a natal chart, Mars represents determination and drive, energy, action...one's desire nature. Natally an oobs Mars indicates unusual drive toward self-expression and self-preservation. Other chart factors such as sign, house placement, and aspect influence an oobs Mars either positively or negatively.

The more negative expression may be a violent or sociopathic temperament, while a positive use of Mars' energies could be someone who becomes a famed explorer, an astronaut, or an Olympic athlete--physical exploits beyond the ordinary.

When I look at "political" or national charts, I consider all the planets as archetypal actors in a play. Mars (a male between 25 to 35 years old, give or take a year; the activist; the instigator or the one who disagrees, etc) has his role to play, while Jupiter (the judge, lawyer, guru, professor, preacher, priest, thespian, rich man, Republican, etc) has his well-rehearsed part in the theatrical performance as well.

Sun in a national chart is the leader, as we know, Mercury is the messenger, scribe, young person, trader, orator, and so on.

An oobs planet in these charts may be considered as not acting in concert with the rest of the chart's energies (performers in the production.)

So when the world finds violent events and actions in the news day after day, we may be fairly certain (even without consulting an astrology chart) that testy, incendiary Mars, the activist, is out-of-bounds and raging beyond control against society once again...and that we are sure to receive something of a break from the pain and horror when crude Mars finally rejoins the panoply of the reasonable universe.

The Power of The Vote

This in from Intrepid Liberal Journal:

Supporting a presidential candidate for me is deeply personal. It’s not simply deciding which candidate I will pull the lever for in the privacy of a voting booth. Rather I approach the decision as an activist and ask myself: after weighing all the virtues and flaws of the declared candidates on whose behalf am I willing to devote my free time?

In my darker moments I’ll ask myself, “Do any of these lying corporatist whores deserve my support? Why bother with any of them?” The ship has long sailed on my days of being a "true believer."

Ultimately, in spite of my disenchantment, I believe in the power of the vote. Even with the sordid history of stolen elections and broken promises, I remain convinced the best way to change the system is through participation in the political process. And the best vehicle for progressive reform is by leveraging the Democratic Party – flawed as it is. Which means I have to finally stop creasing my butt, get off the fence, and choose a candidate.

Read Sitting on the Fence is Creasing My Activist Butt in the Intrepid Liberal Journal.