Western Sidereal Astrology

Nothing more clearly illustrates the current opposition of Saturn in Cancer to Neptune in Capricorn than the delusion ridden “climate change” and “global warming” hysteria centered around the Kyoto Accord.

The polarity of Cancer Capricorn in the Cardinal Cross demands action but in this instance it is deranged action. Cancer is Materialism and the sense of Touch. Capricorn in turn is Spirit-ism and the sense of Perception and Sight.

Neptune the great illusionist and hallucinatory special effects master can make virtually anything appear true and meaningful, provided the facts can be ignored and pragmatism sent packing. There is always something inherently underhanded and sneaky about Neptune.

One of Neptune’s gifts to humanity is the “Big Lie”. You know that lie that is so vast and so outrageous that people naturally reject it at first, or think that no one would dare to lie on such a scale so it must be true? The main thing about the big lie is, that all that need happen is that it be repeated endlessly and people become so brain washed that they end up accepting it.

Under normal circumstances Saturn the plodding the painstaking the scrupulous the exacting and thorough stands guard against the big lie. Unfortunately at present Saturn is being overwhelmed by Neptune at least in the minds of the gullible and uncritical. You always know that Neptune is in there when some dogma or ideology reaches the stage where it can no longer be questioned by anyone. Like the immaculate conception in the medieval church.

Is Global warming real? Of course it is. Global warming is being observed on Mars! Are human beings causing it? Doubtful but possible in part. Should we make an all out effort to clean up pollution and conserve natural resources? Definitely we should, that is just common survival sense.

“The earth is warming. Has been for about 150 years.
The warming is part of a natural cycle, a rebound.
Before that, it was colder for 400 years. [Little Ice Age]
Before that, it was warmer than now, for 400 years.
[Medieval Warm Period].

The 20th Century warming slope is approaching
the level of the Medieval Warm Period now.
This current warmth is due to last for 400 years.

During the 400 years, agriculture could move further north.
It will seem hot to us.
Afterwards, the temperature will go back down.
Normal fluctuation.

Those 400-yr up and down cycles have been going on
for 8000 years.
Before the 8000 years, we were in a glaciation,
a deep freeze for 100,000 years.
For the last 30 million years, cycles of
deep freeze with short warmings
For the last 542 million years, three episodes of the cold times.”

earthintime.com

Neptune in Capricorn is Neptune in Spirit-ism note that it is not spirituality as such but spirit-ism which is germane to the seeing of ghosts, the hearing of voices in the head and the witnessing of miracles. It is emotionalism overwhelming reason and threatening dire consequences as a substitute for answering legitimate questions. It demands uncritical and total belief. Instead of answering it’s just critics it makes pariahs and enemies of them. Neptune is constitutionally incapable of distinguishing between the illusion of a thing and the reality of a thing. That is an important part of what makes it Neptune.

The upshot is that the Kyoto Cultists are quite happy to sweep everyone along into the vortex of their Neptune induced mass hysteria. Here the involvement of Saturn adds gravity to the madness.

The political blow back is going to be terrific when the planets Saturn and Jupiter move into Leo and Sagittarius respectively. These are right of center positions politically. The left having wedded themselves to the Kyoto Cult are in for a big shock when the hot dry winds of reality blow the vapors of Neptune away.

But some bright people already see the big climate change lie for what it is: “Freedom, not climate, is at risk” Vaclav Klaus

Saturn In Cancer: Sept 2004-July 2007:

This is the longest day of the year, this you know. I wonder my dear friends if you know that between today and the next Full Moon we are all seeding the coming Winter Solstice?

The Sun is in Gemini: June16-July17

Isn’t it amazing the way the thousand and one things flash in and out of your mind at a moments notice? You enjoy variety and novelty and always want to know what the latest fashion trend is.

The narrative line is important and you spend a lot of time in your own mind talking to yourself. Not that you are engrossed in an inner dialogue deliberately it just happens even when you are asleep. You spend a lot of time rehearsing what you are going to say to people, some of whom are imaginary, or what you should have said to people, some of whom are also imaginary.

Essentially alienated and detached from your world you put great effort into trying to show a genuine interest in others. But others don’t really exist for you beyond what ever information you are able to gather about them. This makes you sad sometimes, though not for long.

You act in the most spontaneous adaptable and easy going manner ready to engage everyone and anyone. You like to put on a very convincing display of how open minded and progressive you are. This gives you enough popularity to get you invited along to the party. You take the occasional trip through the dark side of town just to see what you are missing out on.

Anything that offers continuous variety novelty and change appeals to you. Journalism, Advertising, Information Technology and sales involving travel are obvious choices. But you are also extremely status conscious so you seek higher education and training for the prestige they confer. You have a natural aptitude for music, writing, science, information technology, and law.

Being highly secretive you never let anyone know what you really think of them. In the privacy of your inner mind you judge everyone you meet slotting them into a private cast and status system that you believe in. You lie to people as a matter of course and only get caught when you have not been given enough time to rehearse. Consequently you have become highly adept at changing the subject in a hurry.

You are convinced that society is composed of two kinds of people: the privileged and the underprivileged. You do everything in your power to be associated with the privileged and become one of them.

In love you are a bit of a lightweight due to the fact that you are really a bachelor at heart and never let anyone get to where you really live. You never enter into anything without thinking about how you are going to get back out of it should the need arise. Consequently others pick up on a certain coldness and distance coming from you. Real intimacy eludes you but you can be happy enough with someone just like you.

Your spiritual interests tend to be wide ranging and eclectic. As you love to read and inform yourself you probably have a collection of spiritual literature. You share what you have found without ever committing to a specific spiritual path yourself. Beware of the god/dess you worship in secret.

Here is the chart for the New Moon which falls on the 14th of June 2007: 11H: 14M: PM: EDT: It is set for Toronto because this is where I am but if you want to set this chart to somewhere else here is the Ephemeris Time [ET] : June 15th 03:Hours: 14Minutes: Add or subtract your time zone as required.

What Does It Mean?:

If this new moon falls on a sensitive point in your chart then you are in for a real mixed bag month. It jumps right out at you. Venus the significator of both the Sun and Moon is in Cancer the House of the Moon and the ‘ruler’ of Taurus. This well placed Venus is in a Trine to Jupiter in Scorpio retrograde and Scorpio is the ‘fall of the moon’. What do we see? Things begin well, everything is just lovely but they may show a tendency to become increasingly complicated, over-inflated and difficult. It is all about Money Sex and Power/Love.
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I am working on a page that is going to cover the transits of Mars for the next year.

It will be up over the next couple of days.

UPDATE: Friday 15th June 2007:

Mars Transits: May 2007- May 2008:

In the meantime:
The character of Mars is traditionally described as aggressive, driven, competitive, the source of libido and masculine desire. Mars is the will to live as a physical being, and is obviously reflected in the “survival of the fittest”. Olympic standard athletes, Martial Artists and Warriors both of honor and fortune, are all vibrating in the resonance of Mars

Sun in Sidereal Taurus May 15th to June 16th

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The family Astrologer has been telling folks since time immemorial that the days of the Full Moon carry a lot of intensity desire and emotion. As a matter of ideological prejudice cynical intellectuals poo poo this kind of thing out of hand. But Cops, if you can believe it, who have an undeserved reputation for being dumb, have figured it out! The cycles of the Moon are directly related to patterns of human and social behavior.

Now this is further proof that Cops are smarter than cynical intellectuals. Unfortunately being Cops they too, also have a tendency to look on the dark side of things and so we get Crackdown on lunar-fuelled crime. No mention at all of the days of the Full Moon being a most excellent opportunity for romance shopping and mystical experiences of a thrilling variety.

What Kind Of Summer Are You Having?

Sidereal Summer Transits 2007: is just what you need in order to relate your innermost turmoil to your outer turmoil. The big shift in astrocosmic resonance is looming large and fearsomely wonderful. That is because that scythe wielding old bastard Saturn, who incidentally claims to be your friend, is doing his relentless slow dance out of Cancer into Leo. Saturn In Leo: July 23 2007-Sept 16 2009:

If you want to read the Saturnine back story the finale of which is still pending, then don’t miss: Saturn In Cancer: Sept 2004-July 2007:

Sun in Taurus May 15th to June 16th: If you, a family member, friend, current lover, ex-lover, were born between the 15th of May and the 16th of June then you need to be reading Sun In Sidereal Taurus:

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