It Never Rains in California


It hasn’t been this bad since whatever. Who was it that said, “it would be the fire next time?”. Well, we’ve had floods (Katrina) now fire (California).What’s next to complete the four? Mudslides? Earthquake? Blizzard? Tornadoes nationwide? We are looking at a slow moving Second Coming for America. When I was a young adult, the air was full of end of the world scenarios: fire, locusts, an oppressive government, possibly nuclear war. Well,the various dates for the End have come and gone, but metaphysicians have warned that what you reap you sow, and the years of neglect and underfunding states to pay for Reconstructionist/Neocon/whatever fantasies has now created a slowmoving Second Coming. The fires of California certainly look like the fires of hell to this television watcher. Noah’s flood had nothing on Katrina…

Right now Uranus opposes the California Virgo Sun. California is undergoing a series of unexpected surprises right now: immigration, battles over gay marriage, and now these fires. Fortunately, with Jupiter trine Saturn, California will be able to get the help it needs to rebuild, and with Saturn trining Uranus, the ability to make constructive changes to meet this situation. The net result could be a renovated and stronger California that increasingly goes its own way to the distress of neocon controllers.

Well so far….man it pours..

Click on the chart for a closer look at California’s Chart.

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On Scorpio


Today is the day the Sun enters Scorpio. Scorpio in the natural chart rules the logical step after marriage, which is sex, and the processes thereof. When the Sun enters Scorpio, expect the focus of the news to be on the underworld, the seedy parts of town, reproductive technology, and secrets. But Mercury this time is retrograding back into Mercury, so I suspect the effect will be to use the law to uncover the not-so-well buried secrets of lawbreakers. Blackwater and tax evasion? Legal documents that were “redacted” not so redacted? We will see.

Scorpio likes to dive under the surface to discover secret bounty, whether it is buried sea treasure at 2000 ft, or the genetic sequences that cause cancer, or those hidden offshore investments that you tried to hide from the tax man.

Death and ecology: A small thing now, but do you know there is such a thing as a green burial?. In this world of growing ecological awareness, there is a small but growing number of places where one can be buried reverently but without all of the energy and resource wasting of the typical Western (especially American) funeral. No concrete vaults, no embalming, no metal caskets that use scarce resources.

Whenever the Sun enters Scorpio, the Chinese attention turns to foreign policy. I expect things to get heated over Tibet and the reception of the Dalai Lama. While Libra rules the Chinese 9th, making for a foreign policy that is more diplomatic than military, nonetheless Scorpio is there too. The charmer may also be the underminer as well, preferring coat holding to open aggression to get its way.

Election Day, which falls under Scorpio, often has a flurry of last-minute underhandedness and seediness to it as desperate candidates get in their last licks. This is when the pictures of the opponent getting drunk and pinching the cocktail waitresses comes out, all of the secret slush funds go into play. The fair play and high mindedness (and vacillation) of Libra goes away. The deeper thought and fixed thinking of Scorpio takes over, and the pattern for the election is now set in stone. People’s minds are made up, and only the hard stuff will move the numbers now.

 

A Wonderfully Deep Interview

Sometimes you can find wonderful things when you are searching for something else. I was searching for “astrological degrees”, the degrees that astrologers are supposed to share in common, and I found astrologers with degrees! In Europe and in Britain, there are a surprising number of astrologers who have advanced degrees in both life and counseling, Mike Harding of Britain is a counselor who was first an astrologer and who went back to school to solidify his knowledge regarding the mind. Mike Harding is now more a therapist than an astrologer, but his insights regarding counseling, Jung, and astrology are well worth reading. A lot of astrology articles are choppy and not very deep, but Mike just radiates depth and compassion.
Prejudice in Astrological Research, is another work where Mike’s compassion and understanding simply radiates. BTW, he is a Scorpio with Mercury conjunct in Scorpio, and he shows the depth of thinking that is possible with this aspect.

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Thrilled to Make the Astrology List at Top Ten

Thrilled to make it on the same list as Merriman. Will try harder to build on what’s already here. Merriman, if you don’t know, usually does financial astrology for people who make far more money than I do. Investors rely on his advice for anticipating cycles.

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Radio, Radio

There is a new button on the right and on the front page of my website. Yes, I have entered the brave newer world of net radio. What do you think?

 

A Hot Tea and Coffee Week

Fall has finally arrived here with a little bit of glory. Leaves are still a bit green, but the temperature has finally fallen enough that I can actually take out some sweaters. This is the time for some good tea and curling around some books. Good tea, which is the stuff that comes in a can and requires a tea ball (where is that thing, anyway?) and some good crackers or shortbread. These days my reading is mostly online, but still once in a while I like reading Tolkien, some cheap romances, or history.

Frodo was a late Virgo, with his September 22nd birthday, but probably had a lot of Libra due to his love of poetry and good times. Not that Virgo doesn’t, but Frodo doesn’t seem to be all that picky about things, preferring to roll with the flow.

Doesn’t Al Gore, in a way, remind you of Aragorn? I’m hoping he shares Aragorn’s trajectory and outcome. Lost throne, goes through trial and triumph, and finally has restoration. In any event, Al has his Jupiter return coming up shortly, along with Pluto passing over it, and not deep into Pluto in Capricorn, conjoins his moon and squares his Sun. Al Gore is going to get some power whether he denies it or not.

Begging blogging. I need cash for school supplies and whatever, and oh what the hell….Just hit the orange button with whatever spare change you can.

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The Al Gore You Never Knew

This slide show will introduce you to the Al Gore you never really knew.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/slideshare/ssplayer.swf?id=133448&doc=pray-al-gore-into-the-race1328

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