Jude’s Threshold

Just as the universe would have it!

Tuesday, June 3 is the day of final Dem primaries and also the day of a ‘Super Moon’ in Gemini, sign of the writer, communicator, spokesperson, scribe, reporter, young people–you get the picture.

Mercury, now seeming to move Rx (at 19Gem18 in the New Moon chart and headed all the way back to 12Gem59, conj the US natal ASC or DESC depending on which version of America’s natal chart you prefer)…..sparks things such as voting, ballots, speeches, negotiations and agreements, travel…anything you can turn your Geminian hand or mind to.

Astrological Mercury reminds me of tofu because picks up the flavors of its contacts. Mercury’s ‘tofu principle’ helps makes propaganda and mind control possible in our dualistic world along with Mercury’s rulership of our senses.

Thinking, the thought processes (re-thinking one’s choice may be popular on Tuesday), and style of oration also fall within Mercury’s purview so there are obvious links to 2008′s almost endless going going gone primary season during which highly trained and vetted candidates usually have managed to direct the topic du jour as best they’d been taught.

And they have appeared on TV and promotionally posed for as many charming snoot shots as their handlers could schedule for the cameras. (Scheduling–also a Mercurial past time.)

We know that elections held when Mercury is Rx are surprising if there aren’t do-overs or recounts in some way, or sneaky tricks (including hacking) whether uncovered or not. Having no ride to the voting booth also describes a Rx Mercury period.

So if you’re interested, you’ll find more details, chart included, on June 3rd’s New Moon by clicking the link below, with notes on the significance of a ’Super Moon’ in case you’ve forgotten:

http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2008/05/june-3-new-moon-last-of-primaries.html

This New Moon perfects just as three Fixed Stars of some report shine at Midheaven, the most public point in any chart (Career, Social or Public Status, and Aspirations and Goals.)

These 3 Stars culminating over the White House at the New Moon are:

Alhena, ‘to have a mission,’ Canopus, ‘A Pathfinder’ or “Navigator;’ and Sirius, ‘The Scorcher’ (will McClellan’s ‘scorching’ critique of the Bush White House still be on everyone’s minds Tuesday? Hey! Mercury is Rx…will books be returned to book stores everywhere? Of course, McClellan’s book may be considered a re-thinking on his part of the the Bush adm’s actions leading up to their ill-advised war.)

Sirius as goddess lies deep within esoteric Egyptian star lore and within the founding of our nation. ‘The Dog Star’ is the barking dog archetype expressing itself as ’The Announcer’ so we may assume that America has an announcing role in the world–announcing the New World Order as some (including this grumpy astrologer) say. Or perhaps I should say, warning of intent.

Canopus has been used in Arabia as the South Pole Star for navigating purposes and was aka The Bright One or The Wise One. Being very bright (the Alpha Star of Carina), Canopus was considered the South Pole Star by many cultures. Another name for this Star: the Heavy-Weighing Canopus because it was considered the weight at the end of the plumb line used to define the poles.

Alhena (Gamma Gemini) is a Star of movement and determination and in Arabia was called, The Proudly Marching One. Having ‘a cause for which you will march’ is part of Alhena’s lore as marches and protests (which are happening in Washington today outside the Dems’ Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting about FL and M’s well-orchestrated primary-rescheduling naughtiness) are on the rise and in the news.

(Star details: Brady’s ‘Fixed Stars.’)

The Dem meeting and DNC “Unity” Dinner this weekend are shaded within the dark of the Balsamic Moon (just before a New Moon) so we may never know what really transpired within their thinking and discussions (which makes me wonder what the waning Republican Party’s bosses are up to in the meantime.) Yes, Dem muckedy mucks are discussing the sassy ‘re-scheduling’ of FL and MI primaries–astrologically quite appropriate!

Well, I don’t know if a balm of calm will be meted out from this New Moon although some political decisions must be made in the next few days. Will this Super Moon’s superdelegates ‘re-consider’ their backing of Clinton for Obama’s sake? Will political quakes follow?

How soothing the outcomes will be remains to be seen as the Moon’s rays grow in strength and intensity toward the Full Moon of June 18th to reveal more fully the path America now treads so precariously.

This is a belated publish of a draft post that got lost in the shuffle, but Glen Ford’s article on The Lords of Capital and their mass starvation plan now surfacing is available here:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19835.htm

Now we see what globalist imperialism can do for the world if it puts its pretty mind to the grindstone, and with the upcoming Saturn/Uranus opposition–the culmination phase from their Great Conjunction of 1988 and just in time for the US presidential election–Saturnian past and Uranian future eye one another warily as the plutocrats of Dec 11, 2007′s  Jupiter/Pluto conjunction have their highhanded way with us all…

Saturn/Uranus = Jupiter: losses; damage to buildings; resolution of tensions comes rewardingly from without; adapability.

Saturn/Uranus = Pluto: upheaval to protect assets; rebellion against one’s lot in life; tremendous fear of loss; brutality; a desire to overcome difficult situations through extraordinary effort.

Jupiter/Pluto = Saturn: adjusting the Big Picture to meet more with convention; strategy becomes necessary; difficulties; inability to progress; inhibitions; separations. (“convention/s” this summer? Jupiter = Rs, Saturn = Ds.)

Jupiter/Pluto = Uranus: fanatical striving for improvements; the quick exploitation of every situation; a sudden reform; adjustment to new circumstances; quick developments; intense application of resources to establish new perspectives; getting back on track or finding a better one. (Tyl; Ebertin.)

Mixed bags here and of course the usual midpoint picture tendency toward ‘all, none, or some’ is in effect (or alternating bwo timed triggers); plus, everyone could have opportunites to use these energies based on their abilities and motives, the potential for which is found, astrologically speaking, where the last degrees of Sagittarius fall in one’s chart and how they fit into a chart’s planetary situation.

Here are the three conjunctions of Saturn and Uranus, all occurring in 1988:

1. Feb 13; 29Sag55;

2. June 26; 28Sag47;

3. Oct 18; 27Sag49.

As you see, all degrees are near the current position of Galactic Center indicating the worldwide influence of these heavy weights.

Those fanatic, moneybags speculators Jupiter/Pluto (the social tinkerers) meet violent, self-willed Saturn/Uranus types…and once again chaos ensues.

Welcome, as “they” say, to the New Millennium.

It occurred to me to publish here the natal chart of former White House press secretary Scott McClellan but with his birth time unknown and my annoyance at the kerfluffle his ‘revelations’ about the Bush administration are causing, I’d rather not and must wonder what the White House and the MSM are drawing our attention AWAY from that we should be paying attention to.

(Election or Convention tricks being put in place? Another White House scandal simmering? More nuclear warheads being “accidentally” transported across America?)

Therefore, I can’t seem to justify the ink it takes to print and scan a chart for this years-late barker, the Sirius-the-Dog-Star-influenced announcer who’s telling what most of us already knew about the Bush-Cheney rush to war and the lies it took. A dog that barks AFTER the robbery is perpetrated is no help at all, is he?

So since the war was planned Before they were installed in the White House, McClellan’s gullibility is somewhat doubtful, and because he was (or still is) on the neocon payroll, I’m not ready to give him the benefit of the doubt. I never gave it to Bush or Cheney, so why give it to their plausible denier?

Then, while the Plame scandal was sizzling like a hot potato–April 19, 2006, that is–Scott ‘resigned’ from his insider job on a day when “5 Aries” was being emphasized by a conjunction of Mercury, the Messenger, and North Node (NN), ‘contact with the public.’

And at noon on that day, the pair were at Midheaven, the Career Point of the chart, further highlighting this degree.

The Jones version of the Sabian Symbols gives “5 Aries” as…”A Triangle with Wings”…ZEAL…

pos: the creative transformation of everything into an expression of enduring idea (“Enduring Freedom”?!) and a reflection of The Real Vision Ahead (my caps);

neg/unconscious/shadow side: blissful obliviousness to all normal or everyday considerations.

Ahh, blissful obliviousness–like living inside the White House bubble with Bush and Cheney and being paid to spout their swillish propaganda in order to justify debateable principles?

Now the amazing thing about McClellan’s natal Neptune, planet of deception (including self-deception), lies, fraud, illusions, subterfuge, idealism, and the masses, is that it aspects Every Planet in his natal chart (born Feb 14, 1968, Austin, TX); here’s the list:

1. square Moon (all day even without knowing his birth time but I’m using sunrise 7:16:45 am CST);

2. square Sun 24AQ55;

3. square Mercury Rx 27AQ14;

4. sextile (60 degr) Venus 23Cap03 (in process of being triggered by Jupiter Rx);

5. trine Mars 28Pis01;

6. square Jupiter 1Vir39 Rx (tr Saturn still within orb of conj);

7. sesquisquare (135 degr)  Saturn 9Ari24;

8. sextile Uranus 28Vir28 Rx;

9. sextile Pluto 22Vir13 Rx (a generational influence);

10. trine Chiron 27Pis18.

Even NN is biquintile (144 degr) natal Neptune, an aspect of talent (2 x 72 degr = 144) so you can see that McClellan’s natal Neptune is vastly emphasized and active within his psyche and his life experience.

One might say it’s a perfect situation for one who must use Neptunian things such as deception, illusion, propaganda, and photo ops within their careers.

Aspected planets are supposed to be easier to grasp consciously since they interact or are catalysts with the other energies in the chart, yet Neptune is quite impossible to ‘grasp’ at all–the Gaseous Beauty represents the Unconscious! And once we ‘grasp’ something–become aware of it–it’s no longer unconscious, is it?

So much Neptunian energy in a chart indicates a Piscean gullibility of misplaced loyalties which was used by those he idolized (also a Neptunian concept) so McClellan is probably being truthful about his ‘believing’ in Bush at the start. One thing I can correct him on, however, is that “most Americans” did NOT give Bush the “benefit of the doubt” (another word Neptune loves, ‘doubt’) because at least half of us knew that invading Iraq was a very very Bad Idea.

Guess the millions of people all over the pre-war world who PLEADED with Bush-Cheney NOT to invade made no impression on McClellan either. We can imagine why Bush-Cheney ignored them and their peaceful sentiments, but how could Scott?

So what of his emphasized Neptune’s Symbol for “27Scorpio”?

“A Military Band on the March”…INTREPIDITY…

pos: a dramatic capacity for drawing events to a focus and directing their course successfully to what might have seemed impossible ends;

neg/unconscious/shadow side: foolhardy self-exploitation.

Well, they do always say that no one can fool us unless we first fool ourselves. That Scott McClellan perfectly understood the ‘plausible deniability’ role of his press secretary’s job seems obvious to me although some Neptunian pie-in-the-sky idealism was surely prominent and useful to the White House.

That old pal Bush, the canny Cancer, and the wily Dick Cheney used McClellan’s Neptunian personality for their propaganda-catapultin’ purposes was on TV for all to see. I thought so then, and nothing I’ve heard McClellan say in interviews, and no quotes from his book have changed my mind on that score.

A dupe that’s in on the game, or thinks he is…what could be of more use to these exploitative robber barons who needed a public face to hide behind?

Now here’s an interesting tidbit concerning the day of McClellan’s ‘resignation’ (I think he lost his nerve from the constant pounding!)…April 19, 2006 (ahh, I remember it well)…when Moon was in Capricorn, sign of politics (as in ‘Valerie Plame’ and ‘treason’), law (as in ’Scooter Libby and Rove’), and business (as in ’waste and fraud in Iraq’); Sun was at 29Aries, a crisis degree…Fire-Earth is “the bulldozer” combo of elements…

Sun Ari/Moon Cap: domineering; aggressive; tough-minded; unstoppable; the winner; the boss (not McClellan, obviously–Bush and/or Cheney); has sheer magnetic force to the personality; instinctually charges ahead to conquer in inappropriate situations (no kiddin’); too blunt or businesslike in personal relationships; a lop-sided and overpowering need for control and to be recognized as “tops.”

Remember when George used to mention his “gut” feelings as he “charged ahead”? You don’t change your “mind” when your “gut” directs your actions, no second-guessing yourself because it might make you look as if you’d been wrong. (And Harry Truman was much the same, btw. No second-guesser there.)

Images for Integration: “A young soldier is rewarded by the King for exceptional bravery in the cause of freedom and individual rights…Columbus discovers America, and a new world order is born.” (‘Sun Sign-Moon Sign,’ Chas & Suzi Harvey.)

Sounds just like these neocon shills for the power elite, doesn’t it?

So what are the results from McClellan’s 2006 resignation–or his current “waking up” to the truth de Bush?

Little or nothing–the war grinds on just as I believe was meant to from the start.

They never intended the war to be short or easy, that’s a fallacy promoted to hide their true intentions (chaos and renting of the world’s social fabric)–hidden, they hope, behind a smokescreen of “incompetence” …a comforting Neptunian illusion, but another lie.

Pass the Kool Aid, Scott, you need another swig before you face the cameras.

So who do we know who shares the Sun Ari/Moon Cap combo natally?

Why, Albert Gore, Trilateral Commission member and globalist extraordinaire with the greenish tinge.

Hmmm…’Trilateral” = triangle…”with wings,” perchance? Then maybe Albert can tell us more about The Real Vision Ahead.

The last two weeks have brought media attention for and TV performances from *two of my hometown’s better known bands, R.E.M. and the partyin’ B-52s.

‘FunPlex’ by the Bs, and ‘Accelerator’ by R.E.M are new albums worth your download–R.E.M. rocks more like its old self than it has in years, and ‘FunPlex’ is aptly named–fun and tres danceable tunes abound here, so it you don’t want to shimmy, better not listen.

 Just stay chillin’ in your Love Shack and fugeddabowdet.

One thing I noticed as I watched R.E.M. this evening on TV’s Austin City Limits is that guitarist Peter Buck favors Al Gore even more than the last time I saw this perennial band…but I must suppose Pete knows it.

* Athens’ third band would have to be the very nice guys of Widespread Panic, of course!  And no ranking intended, especially since all three create totally different music experiences and all are top of the crop.

Having just updated some notes on Inauguration 2009′s Page (see sidebar) you may wish to check it out especially if America’s historical links between 2009 and 1748 might be of interest to you.

Do you believe that the White House just a big white lodge? When considering the thoughtfully laid out town of Washington DC with its abundance of esoteric Masonic emblems and shady avenues leading to certain temples and pentagrams, I’d have to agree.

Today Mercury went Rx in Gemini and you may wish to check out a fresh Page which I’ve written with a particularly squinty eye toward the candidacy of Senator Hillary Clinton and Mercury’s effects on her natal horoscope:

http://judecowell.wordpress.com/mercury-rx-today-out-of-shadow-period-on-july-4/

Is Hillary playing Macha in the race, the fast-running Celtic goddess of Auriga, the Charioteer?

You decide!

Have you been wondering about the meaning of the conjunction of Chiron, the Wounded Healer, with North Node, a joining point of destiny, and what it might have in store as they dance together in Aquarius?

So have I, so I scouted out a wonderful and enlightening article by Julie Demboski here:

http://juliedemboski.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/the-chiron-picture-communicate-the-future/#comment-440

The upcoming Mercury Retrograde period is a partner in the dance, so look to the involved areas in your chart to see how you’re affected in the healing and/or talent department, and let Julie explain the details!

Mercury Rx: May 26 (21Gem31);

Direct Station: June 19 (12Gem59);

Out of shadow period: July 4/5 (21Gem31.)

Because Mercury the Messenger travels so quickly, it will be forward-moving within a day of reaching 21Gem31 when Mercurial things (like election issues) can then proceed further into Gemini, one of its natural signs.

~The above dates and degrees are from an old fashioned ephemeris, the hard copy kind printed on paper and thus may not be as accurate as your Astrology software. I will get the exact dates and times today as I plan for an article on the subject relating to the presidential campaign and a certain candidate. jc

  Here’s a freshly written poem for Hillary…

When loos’ed lips are sinking ships

along with campaign runs

a lady tired may soon be fired

though sticking to her guns

I’ll not drop out we hear her pout

my rival may be shot

in June perhaps while someone naps

then I will take his slot

You won’t regret this teacher’s pet

upon the stage I’ll stride

my years of service don’t forget

have filled me with such pride

a Senate seat was rather sweet

it tided me awhile

but there’s one thing your votes can bring

designed to make me smile

Now send me up and fill my cup

with power so sublime

the new world order will salute

my pantsuit it’s my time

Who eats my dust in campaigns must

agree with me and then

you’ll wonder why I had to cry

to vanquish all the men.

jc  5.25.08

Guess who? it’s a paper collage of our lame quacker with a meercat upon his snoot.

His American Majesty by jude cowell (c) 2008