JAPAN UPDATE DECEMBER 2011

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Transiting Pluto, planet of things nuclear, is and has been expressing through Japan's 8th house of death, purging and purifying.  Pluto is now less than 3* from its square of 11th house Venus in Aries, its detriment, where it is hindered from its natural expression.

The 11th house is one of circumstantial developments, due to the trend of affairs, not according to plan and expectation.  It rules large-scale events, universal in scope, unconventional and departing from the norm.  It is the end-of-the-matter-4th house after the 8th house of death.  It is now being activated by the transit of Pluto in the square relationship with Venus. 

Reports of Fukushima reactor #4 Fuel Pool state collapse is imminent, that it already has a collapsed wall and that earthquake movement of any significance will collapse the spent Fuel Pool, rendering east central Japan uninhabitable.

Whether these reports are accurate we nevertheless must take into consideration the planetary aspects.  On February 26, 2012, transiting Pluto will make the exact square to Venus, while transiting Neptune will conjoin the chart ruler, retrograde Mercury, and square its own 12th house position...as transiting Uranus forms a sextile to natal 12th house Pluto, the latter two planets being at odds with one another with a natal sesqui-square aspect, the action of which is to break up existing conditions rather suddenly.

Whatever happens early in the new year will be followed in springtime by the Pluto/Uranus square as it comes into a five degree orb of influence at the end of March 2012.  Pluto in the 8th house instills an evolutionary process that promotes a necessary death of all old and outmoded patterns of behavior; it releases and purges cumulative negative karma. It brings a country low by destruction so that it can either achieve regeneration or wipe the slate clean.

The eastern portion of the horoscope runs from the 10th to the 3rd houses.  Note that Venus is placed in the eastern section of the chart.

DECEMBER FULL MOON LUNAR ECLIPSE - USA

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DATA:  December 10, 2011 @ 9:37 a.m. - Washington, D.C.

An eclipse in the element air (Moon in Gemini) indicates focus on trade, the marketplace, transport, and all forms of communication because the energy of Gemini is that of movement, versatility and variability.  The Moon itself rules markets...the 5th house governs the ruin of credit (8th house of debt from the 10th of credit).

As an aside, this Full Moon Lunar Eclipse takes place on the same day that Uranus goes into direct motion...in the 2nd house of wealth...so we should in the not too distant future be observing  further destruction of the country's wealth.

Saturn, Neptune and Uranus, as co-rulers of the 1st house, govern the general state of the nation and the people in particular in this chart.  Saturn opposing Jupiter expresses a conflicting business environment.  Neptune trine Saturn and sextile Jupiter induces a smokescreen overall, a sort of cartoon surrealism but on occasion receiving surprising flashes of insight that has the possibility that people may develop an ever-clearer reality-conception.  The 29th degree of Aquarius is an heroic degree, yet at the worst case can induce a destiny with frightful ordeals.  We are being challenged to not only walk a fine line, but to maintain our integrity as we do so.  Uranus trine retrograde Mercury in the 10th house speaks to the need of government to consider new ideas that would cause them to approach old problems from a new perspective...or the energies could be misused by the country's leader for purposes of travel to distant places (Mercury in Sagittarius), extravagance in the face of dire events occurring at home base being one of his greatest talents...fiddling while the country burns...in a civilization going, going, Gone With The Wind.  The latest travel plans of the president as issued by the White House indicate the playboy-in-chief will travel to Honolulu, Hawaii on December 17, 2011 and not return to the nation's capitol until January 2, 2012...and so we can count on the planetary energies being frittered away rather than being put to good use.

In the USA horoscope, the influence of this Full Moon Eclipse:  the country's natal Mars is activated as the eclipse comes within 3* 13' of a conjunction in the 7th house of War, Mars itself being the planet of war, as signified by its aggressive urges.  We, therefore, may expect some sort of conflict that can include domestic terrorists - as defined by our corrupt government as those of us who store food for more than 7 days or who own a gun - as Mars rules Aries on the USA 4th house cusp...hearth and home.

On the road of life one mile-stone more!
In the book of life one leaf turned o'er!
Like a red seal is the setting sun
On the good and the evil men have done,--
Naught can to-day restore!

 - Sundown by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -

USA: BUILDING A BARTER SYSTEM

In "Money & Debt, A Solution To The Global Crisis," author Thomas H. Greco, Jr., stresses that the world has changed and local community interaction is the key to future prosperity in today's unraveling economy.  Greco goes on to say reduction of our independence on banks and the fiat system is necessary and to do so, we must organize private exchange systems that can be networked together.

What could be more perfect than for communities across the United States to begin to build a barter system on the day that Jupiter turns direct in motion!  Talk it up over Christmas dinner, get into discussions about the looming financial catastrophe and the means by which your families can survive it...because the iceberg is dead ahead.

Barter is ruled by JUPITER - URANUS - VENUS

Jupiter turns direct in motion on Dec. 25, 2011 @ 0* Taurus 22'...Merry Christmas!  Jupiter will trine USA Venus @ 3* Cancer 06' on Feb. 4, 2012, presenting an opportunity to set up a barter network from the day of direct motion on Dec. 25, 2011 up to Feb. 4, 2012.  Uranus turns direct on Dec. 10, 2012 @ 0* Aries 38' and will be applying to a square of USA Venus into Feb. 2012.  Squares are a determinant to action, put the energies to good use.

Barter systems are not anything new, but they usually appear after economic collapse occurs, when people are less able to produce a viable method of obtaining the goods and foods they require.  The wiser course of action is to begin building barter networks now so as to minimize the effects of an economic/financial crisis and to maintain your independence from a system in its death spiral.  

To begin:  Make a list of your talents and items to be traded.  If you can sew, offer to make clothing items or to hem slacks.  If you can construct things, offer to trade repair work.  If you have a vehicle, offer transportation for medical care, etc.

Next:  Create a flyer listing your talents and possessions to be traded and circulate them in your community...in your church, at the supermarket, in your local library.

It is never too late to become proficient in a skill.  Seek an elder who has the knowledge that you seek or search the internet for ideas, for how-to lessons or go to your library and search reference books or have intra-library loan order the books required.

Most of all, be at peace while the world is in transition, for the upheaval is a blessing in disguise.

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NEW MOON SOLAR ECLIPSE NOVEMBER 2011 - USA

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VIRGO RISES...ruler Mercury is retrograde in Sagittarius in the 3rd house, along with the New Moon Eclipse, which is square Mars in Virgo, highlighting the functioning of our minds on a normal, day-to-day level, the purpose being the need to deal with everyday existence...the square of Mars suggesting tremendous stress in doing so.  As the 1st house rules the people and its ruler is retrograde, it describes the citizens as being in unhealthy circumstances.

Focus of the eclipse is on 3rd house matters; with the square to Mars we are looking at a clamp down on freedoms via the transit system and all methods of communications, as the public will be dealing with a petty scheming and plotting mentality.

Sagittarius is on the 4th house cusp (ruling real estate, agriculture, weather) and will be highly influenced by this eclipse, which is adrift in the Scorpio-ruled 3rd house...a warning to take what you hear from the media with a grain of salt.  Jupiter, ruler of the Sagittarius eclipse, is retrograde in Taurus in the 8th house, in inconjunct aspect to it.  Jupiter rules journalists and reporters, who will be putting a spin on things monetary going forward.  Take heed and be your own counsel.

A negative Sagittarius influence alludes to a tendency to venture outward, to seek beyond the self.  It induces a lack of purpose and shallowness of mind in how daily living is approached.  Original thinking in large concepts tends to morph into that which is trite.  The message of this Solar Eclipse is to know where you stand in the scheme of things, for unless a person can know themselves, all else that may be learned in life would be of no use.  It is the inner person that is most important, that provides that which is necessary for life.  Rather than make the mistake of an outward journey, one must look within.

The lunation trine retrograde Uranus in the 7th house brings with it a sudden turn of events involving dealings with the public in general that will cause those involved to rebel against D.C. dictates.  More than likely the OWS movement and exciting new ideas that bring a fresh perspective.

Grand Trine in Earth signs: Jupiter in Taurus, associated with bankers, Mars in Virgo, associated with natural resources, and Pluto in Capricorn, associated with business.  Earth signs find their expression in the material realm, enjoying organization and security.  I read this for America as criminal action (Mars in 12th house) by the banking industry (retrograde Jupiter in 8th house) which will reap tremendous rewards for the chosen few (grand trine) as oligarchy digs its roots deeper in our very foundations (Pluto in Capricorn in 4th house).

Mars, also adrift in the Leo-ruled 12th house, is separating from an opposition to Neptune in the 6th house, indicating unemployment data has been skewed.  This planetary combination is indicative of a toxic type aggression, a seething anger waiting to be unleashed that could manifest in unconstitutional police action against the populace. 

Come away, O human child,

To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand,

For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

  - William Butler Yeats -

NOVEMBER 10, 2011 FULL MOON USA

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Data:  November 10, 2011 @ 3:17 p.m. - Washington, D.C.

The November Full Moon for the USA straddles the cusps of the money houses...what a surprise, lol...while the financial planet, Jupiter, retrogrades in Taurus insisting that folks get a grip on their sense of values.  The Full Moon brings to fruition what the New Moon promised, as I wrote:  " The focus of this New Moon is debt, taxes, entitlements and welfare."  Cancer on the 4th house cusp highlights homelessness wrought by financial criminality that to this day goes unpunished.

Aries Rises, ruler Mars on the last degree of Leo, conjoined the Fixed Star Regulus, separating from an opposition to Neptune, which stationed direct in motion on November 9th, warning that the crisis cannot be averted...and while Regulus is often a blessing, under the influence of an opposition to Neptune and inconjunct to retrograde Uranus, both in the 12th house, material poverty and outward misery may well be the outcome.  Although everyone will be touched in some manner, those who have followed their intuition and lived prudently, preparing for difficult times while the unwary have lived it up need not share their suffering.  Open your hearts and share the largesse you have accumulated towards those who are innocent due to harsh life circumstances, for you are your brother's keeper.

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Lives of great men all remind us

  We can make our lives sublime,

And, departing, leave behind us

  Footprints on the sands of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,

  Sailing o'er life's solemn main,

A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,

  Seeing, shall take heart again.

A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE - NOVEMBER 2011

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Dutchsince has this date reported spotting plumes at the New Madrid region...he states:  "The last time plumes appeared, in California/Nevada, a 6.0 happened to the south of the area within two weeks of the plumes venting from the ground...visit his site at
http://tinyurl.com/3q56ghm

 Taking a look at planetary activity, transiting Jupiter conjoined natal Moon = plumes...transiting Pluto (volcanoes, earthquakes) is in the 4th house (foundations) trine natal Moon in Taurus along with transiting Jupiter and approaching a square to natal Uranus in Libra.

As the Pluto/Uranus square tends toward massive alterations, we may very well be watching the precursor to a seismic event at the New Madrid region.

If you live east of the NMSZ and your supplier of cat food ships from the west side of the zone...stock up now.
 

"I put down my book, The Meaning of Zen, and see the cat smiling into her fur as she delicately combs it with her rough pink tongue.
Cat, I would lend you this book to study but it appears you have already read it.
She looks up and gives me her full gaze.
Don't be ridiculous, she purrs, I wrote it.
- from "Miao" by Dilys Laing

ITALY

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ITALY - 1946 HOROSCOPE

Transiting retrograde Jupiter, ruler of Italy's 2nd house of wealth, opposes natal Moon in the signs that rule money in a natural chart: Taurus and Scorpio...Saturn has been in square to natal Venus and now approaches the square to its own natal position...transiting retrograde Uranus squares natal Mercury in the 8th house of debt...transiting Pluto in the 2nd house of wealth applies to a square of natal Neptune...as if all this is not unfortunate enough, transiting retrograde Neptune is and has been opposing the natal Midheaven.

The sands are shifting to the end that Italy will not be able to continue in the preferred direction of their choice...the foundations are crumbling as a direct result of socialism, a Uranus-Aquarius-Neptune-Pluto archetype.

On November 24, 2011, in its transit of the 2nd house, Mercury @ 20* Sagittarius 07' will shift to retrograde motion as it conjoins the South Node of the Moon.  Normally a retrograde Mercury in the 2nd house would enable the entity in question to review their value system so as to revamp it into something workable.  Conjoined the South Node, however, Mercury retrograde may create intellectual blockage so that the country is rendered impotent.

Globally, all countries are involved.  USA banks have approximately $50 billion invested in Italy; the largest USA financial houses have billions of dollars in credit risks in the five most endangered nations:  Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain.  How do the banks in your country rate?  Ask yourselves if your money is in a safe haven...but first, define safe haven...you may discover that it isn't paper currency.

Mercury moves once again into direct motion on December 14, 2011 and will reach the point of its retrograde station on January 1, 2012. 

"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.  If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were:  any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."   - John Donne -