Jude’s Threshold

Everyone has one – an un-birthday, when the Sun opposes its position in ones natal chart, and it’s easy to figure out the approximate date of it.

Count 6 months from your birthday…if your day of birth is, say, August 4 (as is Pres. Obama’s) then your un-birthday is during the first week of February. Astrology software gives the exact date which may extend for a day or so on either side of the birth date (which is the case here for BHO…August 4 in Hawaii 1961 to Feb 1 in Washington, DC 2009.)

To understand the significance of an un-birthday we look first at the astrological meaning of the Sun in our natal charts. Issues of ego recognition and how we ‘shine’ along with the ‘hero’s journey’ through life are described by the Sun’s sign, aspects, and house position, plus the house (department of life) with Leo on the cusp…aka “the condition of the Sun.”

All this is especially true for those with Sun in willful, proud Leo, the sign ruled by the ego-infused Sun! And Aquarius is, of course, the sign of humanitarianism – yet egalitarianism, too. We might say: personal needs vs collective needs with the Leo-AQ axis of The Will.

The astrological Sun is our essence, our adult personality, and many astrologers say that our natal Moon represents childhood and the past while the Sun is our way forward, our destination or objective…Sun = consciousness, Moon = unconsciousness, and so forth. Life goals are wrapped up within the natal Sun, the very purpose for being.

And oppositions (180 degr) and *squares (90 degr) represent blockages or obstacles yet they also act as ‘stimulants’ toward action.

When the Sun’s position is opposite its birth placement we can add in the astrological concept of oppositions as Relationships – something or someone ‘out there’ is opposing the planet in question – in this case, the Sun, and specifically the natal Sun of Mr. Obama.

You’d have to be under a large boulder this week not to have heard of  the president’s economic stimulus package clearing the House with no Republican votes to its credit, in spite of much schmoozing by Obama and his team. Fancy cocktails and cajoling didn’t garner support of some who – as expressed by Rush Limbaugh – want the president to “fail.”

Thanks to Dittobrain for the well-wishes which go toward we-the-people simultaneously, fool. (To much applause, Craig Ferguson said last evening on The Late Late Show that Rush is a “notorious junkie and he talks a lot of crap.” I’m quite sure it will be showing up on YouTube soon so look for it!)

Yet anyone who follows politics is accustomed to this circumstance which often is against the wishes and best interests of the American people for it’s par for the political course. Or at least, it’s how the game is framed within our (supposedly) two-party system.

Pres. Obama’s natal Sun 12AQ33 (based on his August 4, 1961, 7:24 pm AHST, Honolulu, Hawaii birth chart) will be opposed by the Sun astrologically speaking, around 2:00 am est, Sunday, Feb 1, 2009.

Now other chart factors may lead to smooth proceedings at un-birthday time, yet the day won’t be one which favors Mr. Obama’s ego. In fact, ego-related situations do not favor him to win accolades, and this is not a time to resist the authority or seniority of others.

And while exhibiting arrogant or aggressive attitudes might cause opponents to back down at any other time, an un-birthday is not that time. Perhaps being a Sunday, the president can take a day off from the contentiousness of Washington.

So is there anything positive about an un-birthday?

Sure! As with life, Astrology describes both positives and negatives for everything and humankind tends to find silver linings in the most dire circumstances or events.

So it is with an un-birthday which is the perfect time for reassessing ones goals and changing direction if these goals are in danger of being missed.

Wounds could be in want of licking, too! And progress should be measured now with an eye toward improvements if the goal is deemed worthy, so I hope Pres. Obama uses his un-birthday well on his way toward his stated goal – that of improving the lives of the American people.

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*As mentioned previously: a few years ago I awoke from a lucid dream of an angel who said to me as I floated up from unconsciousness: “squares form due to essential quests.”  Take it if and as you like!