As Saturn and Uranus begin their approach to Opposition

On July 26 Saturn and Uranus will do their final opposition with each other. This battle for our hearts and minds began the first week of November 2008. We have had four exact contacts so far but the final one (of this cycle) will take place at the end of July and the only one in the signs Aries and Libra. And god, knows Aries is quite a bit more hostile than Pisces. Anyway, I have spoken much of it but besides the tension and the rebels and the negotiations that may or may not work or the rest of the icky stuff, we have also discussed that the accent will also be put on innovation and scientific breakthroughs.

Interestingly, yesterday I heard a great piece on NPR about the Power Grid which many of you might find interesting.

This is a complement to July's National Geographic Magazine (Yes they still make them). Can the power grid be fixed?


And then today I saw this article GE has launched $200 million to help someone, please someone, fix our power grid!
GE, in partnership with venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Emerald Technology Ventures, Foundation Capital and Rockport Capital, today announced the $200 million "GE Ecomagination Challenge," a contest that will fund promising ideas to improve America's smart grid technology.

Perhaps the Saturn/Uranus opposition will bring out some real results. Although, it might first cause a whole helluva lot of problems first...then solutions later.

Interesting Stories on this Cancer New Moon

Well, it is a goofy news cycle these last few days. And when goofy happens on New Moons I always like to ponder what the cycle will bring.


If you google "UFO over China" you will find various stories about an Airport closed in a China province because of a UFO. Evidently, it was seen by many and was seen on radar. All perfectly interesting. But the part that somewhat humored me was this other article I found.

Apparently, bookies favor China to have the first contact with Aliens. Sure, aliens love fried rice.


China Tipped for Extraterrestrial First Contact
Posted in Press Releases on July 12, 2010 @ 12:13 pm by Sarah Preece

(12 July 2010) Leading bookmaker, Paddy Power, has today slashed the odds on China being the first country to establish first contact with extraterrestrial life following strong betting patterns in support of the East Asian giant.

China was available at odds of 6/1 for first contact before the weekend but has been cut into 4/1 second favourite following several large bets including one of €500.

The betting frenzy was sparked by reports on Friday of a UFO soaring across the night sky over South East China which forced Xiaoshan International Airport to ground several flights to avoid a collision.

While the Chinese government has remained tight-lipped, punters wasted no time backing China which has resulted in Paddy Power facing a payout in excess of €25,000 should they be proved correct.


And my OTHER favorite story was Paul the Psychic Octopus has officially gone into retirement. After a phenomenal run of picking all the winners in last month's world cup (when asked)--Paul our favorite psychic invertebrate will pick no more winners. He is now going back to his first love, 'making children laugh."


It will be an interesting 28 days.

Sad---Uganda bombing

I just heard about the bombing in Uganda. Apparently people who had gathered to watch the final world cup gang (congratulations, Spain) were victims of a terrorist bombing. As of this posting, 23 people have been killed.

On an eclipse it seems pointed. But as we know the cardinal energy is hot all summer.



At least 23 killed in Uganda restaurant blasts: police
(AFP) – 1 hour ago
KAMPALA — At least 23 people were killed in explosions that ripped through two restaurants in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Sunday as crowds watched the World Cup football final, police said.

One blast hit an Ethiopian restaurant in the south of the capital and the other was at a rugby sports club in the east of Kampala, police chief Kale Kayihura told reporters.

"Here there are 13 dead," he said in reference to the Ethiopian restaurant, adding that "I can talk of deaths in the tens" when asked about the toll at the sports club.

"These bombs were definitely targeting World Cup crowds," Kayihura said.

Police blocked roads leading to the Ethiopian restaurant in Kabalagala, a crowded suburb in the south of Kampala littered with several pubs popular with football fans.

Several security officers were deployed to the blast area and crowds were kept at bay, an AFP correspondent said.

Kampala city police spokesman Idi Ssenkunzi told AFP emergency teams had been dispatched to the second blast site in Cyadondo district.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the explosions, but Ssekunzi said they suspected that the perpetrators detonated bombs.

Such blasts are uncommon in Kampala although at least three people were wounded when attackers threw an explosive device at security forces after the country's 2006 general elections.

Police accused the opposition Forum for Democratic Change of planning violent post-election protests after losing to incumbent President Yoweri Museveni

Cancer New Moon 2010 & Eclipse

On July 11 at 3:40pm will be the Cancer New Moon and solar eclipse.

I barely got it up in time. If I tried to explain my schedule including a broken toe you would know why it is phenonmenal that I even got it up in time!

As always you will find the entire article at Margaret Wendt's website which is
HERE

Here's a snippet:

Cancer Solar Eclipse

Every year we get two solar eclipses and this year our second one is on Cancer New Moon. At first blush I guess we could blow it off as random coincidence that this eclipse is coming now in the middle of the cardinal crosses/climax/crisis but I have a hard time characterizing anything random or a coincidence and certainly not something important like an eclipse. What also makes this one extraordinary is that this Solar Eclipse is NOT touching the degrees of the cardinal squares. You of course being sensible humans are now asking, “And what the heck does that mean?” Excellent question and the answer is simple.

The cardinal cross is a bunch of squares taking place between the outer planets (and a few inner planets). This is between Zero and four degrees of Aries, Libra and Capricorn. Great. Zero, one, two, three and four degrees of those signs. Easy enough to understand. Of course there is one more cardinal sign and that is the sign Cancer---and what is this new moon? Cancer. -----Uh-oh.

But here is the good news, the New Moon (and eclipse) is at 20 degrees which is plenty far away from 0 to 4 degrees. This means that the Sun and Moon are free and clear of aspects with the warring planets! I say, “Hurray! We’ve been spared”---at least a little bit. And in fact perhaps some of the answers we need to deal with the cardinal cross will be found in the Cancer energy.


Feel you, feel me

Cancer is home, family, roots and things we hold close to our heart. It is our moody side, it is our emotional side and our tender side. It is our feelings. Cancer is the crab. Have you ever watched a crab or been near one? They are interesting. They have tough shells and their ‘arms’ are long and thin—perfect for an embrace? Perhaps. But at the end of their skinny arms you will find sharp claws. Those claws can pick apart anything close to them. In Cancer’s world, the best defense is a good offense. Pick, pick, pick….they can’t control themselves. But also instead of claws imagine boxing gloves at the end of their arms. They are ready to defend their emotions like a boxer ----and they will go down fighting. What are they fighting for? “Their home, their family and their feelings.” And not in that particular order—they are equally important. Of course, one thing to remember is that they do not hit anything head on. Like the crab they run sideways into everything. And even though their feelings are true and pure ---it is at that moment. A few hours later, or maybe a few days later those impassioned feelings whether peaks and valleys will be less high and less low. Like the tide they go up and they go down. Google an image for “Bay of Fundy” and you’ll have a good idea what Cancer Energy looks like.

Of course, in our rapidly changing 21st Century world, there is a premium put on people ‘containing’ their feelings. Even if we feel like running over the boss with our car, we can’t do it. Of course, it is not just a contemporary issue, I’m sure there were ancient Sumerians who wanted to run over their boss with a oxen cart---but the point is that in a functional society we can’t just let our emotions spill out all over the place. If we did, we would surely lose our jobs, our homes and perhaps even our families--- and like our car or oxen cart, we need to put the brakes on our feelings.


Please go to link for the rest of the article including the emphasis on the cardinal crosses.

Dates to watch

The summer of the cardinal cross/crisis/climax is a head spinner and there are so many dates that it can get messy in my mind and I can imagine is a bunch of globbidygluck in your world. But just so we can keep it all straight, these are dates that either are part of the cardinal crosses or building towards it. Meaning, Saturn transit into Libra is not by itself a 'bad' thing but because once it moves into Libra it will begin contact with the other planets in cardinal signs so we need to put it in to our dates to watch.

July 11, New moon Solar eclipse is strong but not as potent as the lunar eclipse. thank god.
July 21 Saturn moves into Libra.
July 23 Jupiter Retro's...
July 25 Jupiter square Pluto.
July 26 Saturn Oppose Uranus,
July 29 Mars enters Libra,
July 30 Mars Oppose Uranus (ouch)
July 31 Mars conjunct Saturn
Aug 3 Jupiter square Pluto (again)
Aug 4 Mars oppose Jupiter
Aug 4 Mars Square Pluto
Aug 7 Venus Oppose Uranus
Aug8 Venus conjunct Saturn
Aug9 New Moon & Venus Square Jupter
Aug 10 Venus Square Pluto
Aug 16 Jupiter Oppse Saturn
Aug 21 Saturn Square Pluto
and under all of the above there is a general applying (mostly) square between Uranus and Pluto. We'll be experiencing this exact in 2011 but still part of the above tension

we will discuss these dates as they come up but consider the fuse lit. The cardinal climax is in the house.

Uranus---The big move...can I say that?

Uranus turns retrograde

“Ah, Uranus you just got to the party and you’re leaving so soon? “ After moving out of Pisces on May 28, Uranus began its seven year long slog through Aries and made it all the way to ------0 Aries. Yeah, it didn’t get that far but that does not mean it has not had an impact. Look around you; are you feeling the instability in the air? Are you feeling the pressure to do something to break free? Is there an impulse in you to be a maverick in some area of your life but again, you are not sure how to do it? Yep. That would be Zero Aries energy. We know we need changes and we need to break free but we don’t know how to do it ---yet.

On Monday, July 5 at 12:50pm (EDT) Uranus will turn retrograde. As we know, Uranus always spends half the year in retrograde motion so this is not an extraordinary event. But what is making this a wee bit interesting is that Uranus will continue to stay in Aries (even while it is backward) until August 15 then it moves back into Pisces. Where from August until December Uranus will continue its transit through Pisces until it turns direct again and eventually returns to Aries in March 2011. Once there, it will be done with Pisces for at least 70 years. In truth, the energies of these two signs could not be more different. Where Aries is forceful, fiery, a warrior, ready to tackle the world—Pisces is reflective, shyer, spiritual/religious and wonders, “where’s god? And is he listening to me?” Feel the difference?

Globally, we should expect some more changes in the world. Looking back to 1927 when Uranus made its first retrograde in Aries we can see that it was a remarkable period: During that time the following occurred:

Demonstrations and then execution of Sacco & Vanzetti
Left Wing Protests in Vienna & unrest
Mao’s Harvest Uprising in Hunan China
Rebellion in Vera Cruz crushed by Mexican government
Trotsky kicked out of Russia- Stalin now in charge

CBS is formed and opens up 47 radio stations
Jazz Singer released the first motion picture with sound
Construction on Mt. Rushmore
Holland Tunnel connects NJ to NYC
Henry Ford reveals the Model A

Earthquake in Palestine, Japan kill thousands
Floods devastate Vermont
Destructive Hurricane hits Canada
Devasting tornadoes in St. Louis
Explosions in Ohio, minds in Colorado and Penn

All of the above “very Uranus”. The accent on new during that period is probably more pronounced than our next six months since most of that retrograde was in Aries. In our case, only about six weeks will Uranus be in Aries the rest of the period it will be in Pisces. This puts the emphasis more on the greater, unworldly part of nature. It may feel more about karma and dharma, we may feel things tying up, things might feel out of our hands. But at the same time we may find unique ways to connect to spirit. Perhaps the old ways of finding God or connecting to that thing that is bigger than us will no longer work. But under this final wave of Uranus in Pisces we can create a new path to spirituality that works for us.

Also, it is worth noting that a few months before the first retrograde by Uranus in Aries Charles Lindbergh made his celebrated non stop flight to Paris. There was also a huge earthquake in China killing 200,000. Contemporary astrologers know from looking back that we can expect great innovations and breakthroughs in technology during the next seven years. Science helps us where it takes us and we’ll witness scientific history in the making. It will be as remarkable as Lindbergh landing in Paris. And if that seems ho-hum to you remember this, that in July 1969 Charles Lindbergh called Neil Armstrong and said “good luck” as Neil prepared to fly to the moon. Who will be our bridges to the new world? We may get hints of it during the next six months. Or perhaps the unrest will showcase where we NEED innovation. God, knows we need something down there in the gulf of Mexico. Sigh.

Personally, remember you all have Zero Aries somewhere in your chart and next to it you have late degrees Pisces. Expect some changes to be showcased in that area of your life and know that when Uranus turns direct in December and then finally moves into Aries for good in March, you’ll be ready for real innovation.

And of course it goes without saying that Uranus continues to be a part of the grand cross energy of the summer so we are all getting the zaps. We can’t hide from the information. What we do with it is between us and our maker!

From PTA with Love

So, here is an interesting result out of this weekends' eclipse---- 11 spies were shaken not stirred out of the mass population. This story which is straight out of the cold war has left me (and several friends) scratching our heads.

Apparently, 11 deep undercover spies (for Russia) posing as wives and husbands and regular Joe's broke the news on Monday June 28. These 'married' couples were apparently working their best to Americanize themselves in their neighborhoods and the communities. The goal apparently was to work their way into public policy (I guess?). They worked hard to be a part of the community. They sold real estate, had bbq's were even members of PTA. Hello, is this nuts or what? As one who has done plenty for my PTA, I consider these folks ---crazy. And especially when I ask, "For what reason?" ---anything Russia wants to know they can find on Google for godsake.

What is even amazing is that these "couples" had children. Wow, talk about taking one for the team. They 'married' these people for the good of their job and then to keep the image more authentic they had children. Today, "Juan Lozaro" said that even though he loved his son he would not violate his loyalty for the service even for his son.

Wow. The fact this came up on the eclipse chart is remarkable. Pluto rules spies. Oppose Sun in Cancer which rules family, squaring Saturn rules duty, also square Jupiter (International) and Uranus (Renegade) in Aries (soldier)--there it is, all for us to follow like a paint by numbers set. Of course, the fact that is t square puts the accent on the Rub----and all I keep thinking, "My god, could they even be more misguided?" If you must be a spy, spy for Microsoft and see what you can learn about Apple.

Can't wait to see what else comes up in this summer of the misguided.


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