Tag: US Senate

Can Astrology Describe Senator Ted Cruz?

An Astrological Investigation of Senator Ted Cruz

by Jude Cowell

In August 2012, NPR called Ted Cruz a Rising GOP Star (click for text or audio) but his star may be twinkling a bit off-and-on these days, a condition which is quite appropriate for a man born with Saturn Rx in stubborn Taurus opposite Mars, Venus, and Jupiter in Scorpio!

(Mars-Saturn combinations can give off-again-on-again

Will Sen. Roy Blunt step down over Monsanto Protection Act?

May I Be Blunt about Blunt?

by Jude Cowell

Just a quick heads-up concerning the hideously frankenteinian Monsanto Protection Act championed by Missouri Senator Roy Blunt who is being asked by the Organic Consumers Association to step down from his lofty senate perch of special privilege.

Wonder how many pesos it takes for a US senator to sell out the American people, their health, and the

March 22, 2013: Senate "vote-a-rama" w a Fire-Fire blend

How For Goes Thy Senate Vote-a-Rama 2013?

by Jude Cowell

In case you missed it, PBS has the scoop on today’s Senate "vote-a-rama" though I must award Public Broadcasting a Big Phooey for falling in with the GOP line by using "entitlement" in their article when mentioning the American people’s under-threat social safety net programs.

Taking a look at today’s astro-portents, perhaps a

"In Debt We Trust" (a Schechter documentary)

Our Serfdom of Debt and Oppression

by Jude Cowell

Well, Mr. Danny Schechter has done it again. He’s created an elucidating documentary In Debt We Trust (1 1/2 hours long) which begins in church and reminds me of Bush43 immediately after the attacks of 9/11/01 superficially advising the American people that our best response was to, "Go shopping."

No, consumerism is not a religion but it is a

Horoscope of Venus Transit 2012: Equal Pay for Women, a Recall Vote, and a Queen

In May I blogged aloud whether Greece would leave the EU in tandem with Venus transiting the Sun, a rare cosmic event occurring today or tomorrow (June 5 and 6, 2012) depending on where you are located on Earth. NPR has good coverage of the event, text or audio.

Astrologically the Transit (or Occultation as Venus journeys between Earth and Sun) may be seen as a conjunction by degree….On the

Horoscope of Venus Transit 2012: Equal Pay for Women, a Recall Vote, and a Queen

In May I blogged aloud whether Greece would leave the EU in tandem with Venus transiting the Sun, a rare cosmic event occurring today or tomorrow (June 5 and 6, 2012) depending on where you are located on Earth. NPR has good coverage of the event, text or audio.

Astrologically the Transit (or Occultation as Venus journeys between Earth and Sun) may be seen as a conjunction by degree….On the

Senator Olympia Snowe: Sun and Moon in Pisces

Perhaps you heard the announcement yesterday that Maine’s Senator Olympia Snowe will retire when her third term ends on January 3, 2013 which could be good news for Democrats.Her Wiki bio gives February 21, 1947 Augusta, Maine as her birth date and place of entering the Time-Space flux of Planet Earth. Considered a ‘moderate’ senator, Olympia Snowe’s step down offers interesting possibilities for

Elizabeth Warren’s Senate Campaign (video) + Altair the Eagle

Show your support for the senate campaign of Elizabeth Warren, one of the few warriors for the middle and working classes America has left!~:~One of the primary significators in Mundane Astrology for class warfare = Pluto/Chiron. The two last conjoined in December 1999 at ’12Sag’…"A Flag That Turns Into An Eagle That Crows"…ADJUSTMENT…positive expression: successful self-establishment

USA: the Blessings of Saturn in Libra 7.4.11

Happy 235th birthday, America!America was founded with planet Saturn exalted in Libra, and Julie Demboski’s post for today concerns authority and perspectives, Celebrating and Reacting, with asteroid Ceres’ activity reminding us of our nurturing and security needs on this, Independence Day 2011.Using the degree-for-a-year method, 235 years converts to 235 degrees (2011 – 1776) which then tallies