Historical Eclipses, 1930s v 2012, the Fed, and the EU Debt Crisis
by Jude Cowell
If you’ve read economist Paul Krugman’s NYT op-ed of June 24, The Great Abdication, you know that he likens the current financial crisis in Europe and how its creditor nations have chosen to come to the aid of Spain with the actions taken to similar events of 1931.
The Fed in the US and the Central Bank of
The results of the Egyptian election run-off will be declared in Cairo on June 24 2012 at 3:00 pm. If we were looking for a manifestation of the first Uranus Pluto square then we have it all wrapped up in one in this case. Uranus square Pluto, the most significant and most challenging planetary alignment in over a generation, is exact on June 24 2012, less than 3 hours before the announcement. This is a sign of major political, social and economic upheaval. The revolution in Egypt and the subsequent rise of the Muslim Brotherhood clearly shows the effects of Uranus revolution and radical change squaring off against Pluto power and control. The Egyptian revolution began in January 2011, a sign of things to come with Uranus square Pluto applying at 8 degrees. The dictatorial regime of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was backed by decades by the Pluto superpower, U.S.A. The power behind the dictatorship, the Egyptian military, was directed funded by the U.S.A. After a brief pause, another 1.5 billion dollars is currently propping up the military rulers of Egypt. The reason for the U.S.A. wanting the military to remain in control is obvious, the popular, or democratic […]
Typing on the Weekend of June 22–24, 2012
by Jude Cowell
Since this weekend is the last for composing and setting up my new subscription newsletter Stars Over Washington Monthly by early July, you can imagine that typing is keeping me tres busy and I won’t be hanging out much here on my SO’W blog until Monday or Tuesday–crazy events in Washington DC notwithstanding. No, it isn’t a weekend
In January 2011 I wrote a few notes concerning the personality found in the natal chart of one Darrel Issa. Quite the dissecting critic is he.
Today, June 20 (Summer Solstice 2012 at 7:09 pm edt in Washington– horoscope shown), Issa is in his element as the probe of Attorney General Eric Holder grinds on toward a contempt of Congress citation (something most Americans issued to Congress years
June 19, 2012: New Moon in Gemini and Dual Natal Charts of Obama and Romney
Today’s new cycle is timed by a New Moon in communicative Gemini and merits a lovely post by master astrologer Julie Demboski–with a charming and gorgeous art image included!
This New Moon @28Gem43 is the last lunation prior to June 20’s Summer Solstice 2012–its Sygyzy Moon. Today’s New Moon makes no major aspects to
Monday June 18, 2012: Now here are two intelligent fellows discussing some good ideas!
A Gemini New Moon, Romney, Obama, and A Draconian "Free Trade" Pact
by Jude Cowell
Wondering about the significance of the June 19th New Moon @28Gem43? Then let masterful Dipali Desai fill you in with pertinent astro-details and insights!
Coming so close to Summer Solstice 2012 (Wednesday June 20), this New Moon perfects at 11:02 am in the edt time zone, is disposited by Mercury (ruler of
The Perils of Ignoring History: This Time, Europe Really Is on the Brink
By Niall Ferguson and Nouriel Roubini
As the euro crisis escalates, Berlin should remember how the banking crisis of
1931 contributed to the breakdown of democracy across Europe. Action is urgently
needed to stop history from repeating itself.
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As the social-economic crisis of austerity measures in the EU ruins
Now you know that Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder is under fire from Republicans over the Fast and Furious fiasco, a Mars-themed project of misbegotten proportions.
Taking a peek at Atty Gen Holder’s natal planets to see if current planetary transits are creating upsetting contacts with his natal planets, we see that tr Mars approaches Holder’s natal South Node (SN @20Vir07), a point of
The Power Desires of Obama and Romney
by Jude Cowell
It is my personal conclusion that America’s obsession with Sun-Pluto power issues and control makes the use of fear as a tool against the populace easy to latch on to for the US natal horoscope shows an obsessive-compulsive-don’t-know-when-to-quit Sun-Pluto quindecile aspect (165 degrees) between the executive (Sun) and power (Pluto.) Other