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On Tuesday 19th August, 2003, two massive bombs were detonated in Baghdad and Jerusalem, wiping out around fifty people altogether, including the ‘best and brightest’ of the UN political wing, led by Sergio De Mello. The astrological indicators for these events are worth looking at in retrospect, to give us an idea of the patterns that were triggered. Some ask that if astrology is about prediction, why cannot these events be continually foretold? They are sometimes, but the fact remains that there are many trigger points that occur everyday and in many nations. The sheer amount of number-crunching to keep tabs on all those possiblities, is astronomical if you will excuse the pun. Even if predictions are made, is that going to be useful or prevent nations and individuals from taking predicatable actions – albeit based upon their free will? Maybe, maybe not. Individual astrologers who keep abreast of what is occurring in the charts of a few nations or individuals frequently do make predictions – for negative and positive outcomes, though this is only a part of astrology. Prediction based upon future transits and progressions triggering birthchart patterns, and upon the probability of past behaviours of that entity, can be fairly accurate. Of course this brings up the factor of free will and the fact that an entity can choose to manifest their destiny as they please. Yet because we are so slow to change, astrologers can predict with some certainty the outcome of a transit upon a horoscope. With a difficult transit, less fatalistic astrologers are not going to box their clients in to some unredeemable situation, and will stress the need of being able to make a free choice. Yet at the same time, to point out to the client that they may have to put a little more work than usual into a challenging situation – of moving from where they have been, to some new place where they could be. This takes courage and is never the point of least resistance for most. What is this inability and slowness to change? Consciousness that emanates from the will of the soul must find a form in which to express itself and function; hence the mental, emotional and physical forms which are the sum of personality, that relatively integrated entity which functions as an expression or executor of soul purpose. It is these old patterns within these elements of personality which have crystallised to such an extent that change is slow or non-existent. These ABC’s of occultism are an important reminder to us that crystallisation eventually shatters and that there comes eventually a complete ‘breakdown’ allowing change to occur – quite often painfully and traumatically. Phillip Lindsay © 2003
Israel and Palestine
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| Entity |
Sun |
Moon |
Prog. Sun |
| Israel |
23 Taurus 59 |
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| Palestine Proclamation 1988 |
22 Scorpio 52 |
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| Palestine Autonomy 1994 |
13 Taurus 40 |
21 Taurus 20 |
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| Sharon |
25 Taurus 35 |
20 Taurus 23 |
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| Arafat |
22 Taurus 31 |
In the above tabulation the Taurus/Scorpio axis is most marked, paricularly around 25 degrees Taurus. On Tuesday at 9.00 pm the Moon at 23 Taurus 16 was the trigger for the blast, falling right on Israel’s Sun, Sharon and Arafat’s Moons, etc etc. The same degree of fixedness is demonstrated once again – monotonously!
The transiting Moon was also squaring transiting Sun Venus and Jupiter, which were all hovering around Israel’s natal Mars; in other words the Sun square Mars aspect was ‘set off’ from either end of the square.
The Sun is the expression of the personality in esoteric astrology, and any planet aspecting it will colour that personality. In Israel’s case you have an entity with a war-like personality. Bear in mind that this Sun-Mars configuration was present on the day that Israel proclaimed herself a nation in 1948. This incurred the wrath of the Arab world and immediately she was plunged into her first crisis as the Arab nations unsuccessfully attacked her.
As Mars (ruler of the sixth ray) is in Israel’s seventh house of relationships, the challenge of this square aspect is to enter into right relations with her neighbours through negotiation and the adoption of peaceful attitudes. A difficulty that prevents this from occurring can be seen in her Moon-Pluto-Saturn conjunction on the cusp of the seventh house, giving much national pride and a somewhat ruthless outlook on relationships. As Israel moves into her second Saturn return in 2006, these issues will demand attention. Of course the Islamic Jihad of Hamas has much to answer for, intentionally breaking the accord and slowing down the peace process.
So Israel’s Sun-Mars square was activated again on Tuesday, and Israel responded militarily to the Palestinians by blowing up a Hamas leader. Hence the peace talks are off and its back to the old cycle for both sides – an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. What will it take to break this pattern?
Phillip Lindsay © 2003
Baghdad Bombing of the UN: Sergio De Mello
Several hours earlier than the bomb in Jerusalem described above, with the Moon about two degrees earlier in Taurus, a large UN contingent headed by Vieira Sergio de Mello was wiped out by a truck bomb. Kofi Anan, paraphrased from a news bulletin, said: “Words cannot describe the agony that we feel in our souls”. The UN Secretary General went also said: "The loss of Sergio Vieira de Mello is a bitter blow to the United Nations and to me personally. The death of any colleague is hard to bear, but I can think of no one we could less afford to spare than Sergio."
Indeed, Anan must be feeling somewhat in his darkest hour, reflected perhaps by his progressed ‘balsamic’ Moon moving back to conjoin his natal Sun in the next three months. This is always a period of groping one’s way through the dark before the light of the new moon phase kicks in. He had chosen de Mello not only for his skills as a diplomat and multi-lingual abilities, but primarily because of his compassion.
De Mello (15 March, 1948, Rio de Janeiro - time unknown) was born with the Sun in compassionate Pisces, and had been involved with many UN missions around the world, most notably the recent East Timor crisis where he is fondly remembered and sadly missed.
For a midday chart he
has the Moon in Taurus, in fact it would still be in that sign for any
time of that 24 hour period. A Taurus Moon is one of fixed determination
and a formidable force, shared also by Arafat and Sharon. His friend,
Kofi Anan has five planets in Taurus, with Venus at 16 Taurus, perhaps
giving us a hint as to the degree of De Mello’s Moon, and hence also
the time of birth. If this is extrapolated then de Mello’s rising sign
comes up as Aries, appropriate for a leader and trailblazer, although
the opposite sign Libra the Peacemaker could well be the rising sign.
Sergio De Mello’s rays are definitely and obviously along the 2,4,6
line: The second ray of compassion and wisdom, the fourth ray of bringing
harmony from conflict, and the sixth ray of devotion and idealism. Indeed,
his dying message, among his last words to a rescue worker, "Don't let
them pull the mission out", could be construed as a sixth ray ‘missionary’
statement. De Mello also expressed this sixth ray quality in his devotion
to the UN and his boss, Anan. If he was Libra rising, co-ruler of the
sixth ray, Neptune, would be conjunct the ascendant. This would have
been a powerful astrological interface for a soul on the sixth ray.
His Pisces Sun is a conduit for the sixth ray and square second ray co-ruler Jupiter in Sagittarius. This could give a powerful expression if he had a second ray personality, but his character would have to be studied a little more in depth than this overview.
Similar to Israel, his Taurus Moon is square to Mars in Leo. De Mello lived and worked in many dangerous war-torn, Mars-ruled areas of the world, and it is said that he had a great reluctance to go to Iraq, perhaps sensing his fate.
The third ray seems also to present with de Mello’s high educational achievements and linguistic abilities.
In the space of a few hours in the same part of the world, two leaders from different ends of the spectrum were killed – one a terrorist Hamas leader, and the other a person committed to reconciliaton and peace.
Phillip Lindsay © 2003
As an entity the UN
has been discussed before.
(See www.esotericastrologer.org\EAessaysPGL9.htm)
There are two major charts: a more esoteric horoscope for the convening
of the UN at the Wesak full moon of 1945, and an exoteric one for October
1945. Both charts have Saturn in Cancer.
The UN Convening chart (25 April 1945 – Taurus full moon) is currently undergoing its Saturn return, starting in July 2003 through to May 2004. Natally, Saturn in Cancer relates to responsibilities for the Family of Humanity, most apt for such an organisation. The most challenging aspect Saturn makes in this chart is its square to Neptune in Libra. Neptune is the soul ruler of Cancer, and placed in Libra relates to the ideal vision of right human relationships being established and birthed.
Hence the Saturn return of 2003 is going to trigger this major natal factor which relates to Cancerian themes of nurturing and compassion. Saturn also sextiles the Sun in Taurus –Taurus has been prominent in many horoscopes in this current newsletter. The Taurean influence with Saturn gives a persistence and determination – remember this Taurus Sun position was that of the Wesak full moon in 1945, when the whole Hierarchy deliberately focused their intention through the UN conference in San Francisco.
It is said that Taurus rules the world aspirant – Humanity, and the opposite sign Scorpio rules the world disciple. The Path of Aspiration is trodden before the Path of Discipleship, although from one point of view we are all aspirants.
The exact time of the
Saturn return determines a horoscope that shows general trends for the
next 28 year Saturn cycle. For July 21st, 2003 the Sun and
Venus are also in Cancer, strengthening this theme, and the Moon in
Taurus almost at the same position of the natal Taurus Sun. Leo is rising
conjunct the degree of the fixed star Regulus, intimately associated
with the Greater Plan as it emanates from Sirius. Currently Jupiter,
in its 12 year cycle, sits on this degree also, perhaps magnifying the
situation of the UN, yet broadcasting its great benficence upon the
Earth.
Phillip Lindsay © 2003
Also on the news recently, computer viruses multiplying at a rate never seen before, with predictions by analysts that worse is yet to come. Some experts believe that it is the work of organised crime, saying that the viruses are amongst the cleverest and most devious they have seen. As related before in other essays, the world wide web is the province of the third ray, indeed, the externalised mental body of Humanity.
The first transmission
horoscope for the ‘Arpanet’ (22:30, October 29, 1969), precursor to
the internet, has Cancer rising with Moon in Cancer sextile a Taurus
Sun, no doubt emphasising the labyrinthine third ray nature of the net.
Saturn will be proceeding through the twelfth house of ‘hidden enemies’
for the next two years and may well reflect some of the ‘viral infections’
arising from human consciousness – externalised as viruses.
Phillip Lindsay © 2003
Far right-ish Australian politician, Pauline Hanson (27 May, 1954, Brisbane. 3.10 pm), was jailed for three years last week for fraud involving campaign funds. Ironically, many of her former opponents have said that the sentence was too tough. Hanson experienced a breakdown on her first night in prison and was under medical supervision in the prison hospital.
Hanson is fairly Saturnian in that she has Saturn in Scorpio exactly conjunct a Scorpio ascendant. Her hardline stance on immigration and Aborigines, as well a recent push for tougher sentencing within the legal system seems to have rebounded upon her.
Saturn, the keeper of the law was not surprisingly, prominent by transit, along with progressed Mercury, in their opposition to Hanson’s Mars in Capricorn. As Mars is the exoteric and esoteric ruler of her Scorpio Ascendant, this transit is a most important soul opportunity. Her progressed Moon in Capricorn points to emotional isolation and/or incarceration, and was conjunct her north node, a somewhat ‘fated’ aspect.
Her progressed Sun in
Cancer is in the late ninth house of legal matters, conjunct her midheaven,
giving much public prominence. As the progressed Sun is also square
to Neptune in the twelfth, she may well be made, or make herself a martyr
- even now followers and friends are exclaiming such. With the progressed
Sun about to break into the midheaven and her tenth house and conjoin
her progressed Uranus, she will probably be in the headlines for some
time. Whether she has a major epiphany as a result of her experiences,
time will tell.
Phillip Lindsay © 2003
To end on a lighter note, ‘flash mobbing’ which started earlier in
2003, is picking up in popularity around the world, with one latest
stunt involving a 100 or so people turning up at a Macdonalds in Hong
Hong and dancing in the restaurant for several minutes. Before bewildered
mall security staff could do anything about it, the laughing crowd disappeared
into the city.
Flash mobbing or ‘smart mobs’ could be quite liberating for many who
feel the constraints of too many laws and conventionalities in modern
society:
“Flash-mobbing, in case you aren't on top of the latest fad, is
the sudden but orchestrated appearance of a crowd in a public place.
The crowd acts out a loosely defined, often bizarre script and then
abruptly disappears. Flash mobs could be considered part performance
art, part guerrilla theater, part prank or part desperate cry for attention.
Think of it as telephone-booth-stuffing for the 21st century.
And yes, the Internet has something to do with it. The mobs are created
and coordinated by Web sites and chain e-mails forwarded to friends
and fellow jokesters.” (Twin Cities flash-mobbing online: www.geocities.com/minneapolismob)
Identifying astrologically social phenomenons
like this can be a bit of a challenge, but one obvious one that comes
to mind is Uranus in Pisces – ‘flash’ (Uranus – sudden, quirky and innovative),
mobbing (Pisces – mass, theatrical). There are many people who take
this as just fun and others who see it evolving into something culturally
or politically useful. Uranus’s transit through Pisces for the next
seven years may yield the full potential of this phenomenon.
Phillip Lindsay © 2003