In the Gulf of Aden, the hijacking by Somali pirates of the supertanker Sirius Star is lifting up the price of oil. Mm-hmm.
Here is an article in Russia Today: ‘Sirius Star Hijacking the 9/11 of International Seaborne Trade?’
http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/33432
The Sirius Star (a very interesting name for astrologers, isn’t it? Sirius, the Dog Star, is associated with America’s founding and with US links to London and Cairo) was built this year, 2008, and holds approximately 2 million barrels of crude; it is the largest ship seized by pirates in pirate history, and holds over 1/4 of Saudi Arabia’s daily output.
Wonder who named this supertanker? As the Dog Star, Sirius is a barker announcing what or who is to come. ‘Brady’s Book of Fixed Stars’ gives Sirius (Alpha Canis Major) these keywords: “The fires of immortality.”
The Egyptians called Sirius, ‘Sirius Isis’, ‘The Shining One’ and ‘The Scorcher’ and worshipped the star as being linked to the life-giving rising of the Nile River, so it was also called the ‘Nile Star.’
If active in one’s natal chart, Sirius is a star of ‘great deeds.’ President Abraham Lincoln was born on a day when Sirius culminated (at Midheaven) as his Venus set. He is a typical Sirius figure now seen as as one of the great immortal figures in American history (’Brady’s Book of Fixed Stars’), and he is well-loved (Venus) by many people.
Princess Diana was born with Sirius culminating with her Sun and the great heights she reached as a princess. We remember the world mourning for the Queen of Hearts, and of her work against landmines (which may have had something to do with her demise as Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was part of the cause of his assassination. ‘The fires of immortality’ reminds me of the Eternal Flame placed at certain figures’ grave sites which some say mark the involvement of the Illuminati.)
Well, I could say, ‘at least this didn’t happen when gas prices were over $4 gallon.’ Or how about, ‘certain people had to do something to keep prices from falling lower!’ Take your pick, I’m with ya.
The alternate route for ships to avoid the Gulf of Aden, a busy pirating region, is around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope which takes 3 weeks longer so you know what that means. ~
So Bill Clinton comes here to Georgia tomorrow (Wednesday) to speak on behalf of Jim Martin (D-GA) in his run-off election with incumbent Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss, who has had John McCain, Mike Huckabee, and Mitt Romney here to root for him.
The run-off vote is Dec 2, so I hope everyone in Georgia will join me in re-voting for the candidate of your choice. A vote for the Chambliss is a vote for Bush-Cheney-Rove. Just so ya know.
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Heads-up: there’s a new political cat limerick published at Lim’s Limericks if you’re game for the groanworthy:
http://limslimericks.blogspot.com/2008/11/kitten-was-stopped-at-border.html
