Tensions: 2013-2014 transition

Don't be surprised if you are picking up on the atmosphere of strong vibratory tensions surrounding end of 2013-start of 2014.
The magnetic heliosphere dispensed by our Sun way out to inter-stellar space is a significant ingredient which binds the solar domain into one feedback system of sun, planets and the other stellar bodies -so what happens in one part affects the rest - this underlies our total interconnectedness to everything.
Buddhism is the only faith I know of which explicitly identifies this aspect of reality.

The tensions identified in the given time frame place strain on all biological, technological & natural systems = basically everything from people and animals, electronics, to the weather
This is the picture:

The ingredients are:
Sun, Mercury & Pluto all conjoined from 9 to 11 degrees Capricorn -at the top of the wheel
Uranus at 8 Aries on the left is at effective 90 degree angle to the Capricorn grouping
Mars at 11 Libra on the right is opposite Uranus and also at effective 90 degree angle to the Capricorn grouping
[some analysts would add Jupiter to the mix -being at 16 Cancer at start of 2014, therefore forming the shaft of an arrow in relation to the planets shown as an arrowhead. I use much tighter orbs or degrees of variation - but Jupiter if integrated in this pattern would amplify & exaggerate energy expressions = bigger, stronger etc]

This pattern illustrated is termed a T-square & represents an intensity of stress, tension under any circumstances -but when the factors include the aggressive Mars, volatile Uranus, extreme and transformational Pluto to Sun & Mercury the consequences are significant in terms of death and destruction.
Individuals lose their self control due to the pressure so there is more potential for violence, angry outbursts,
Pluto takes the intensity to the maximum so mass deaths, mass destruction, terrorist attacks, brutality, rape & murder are more likely outcomes
With Mercury involved people are vulnerable when walking, cycling, travelling on land by car, bus, train -road crashes, explosions, bombings, road rage all express this influence

This is not a time to take risks or provoke volatile people.
Of course the direct energy does not express itself in all people and all locations -each of us and every place has an energy blueprint or template which will either match strongly i.e. resonate with the stress pattern -or will be unaffected at a primary level [Secondary or indirect effects involve encountering people suffering from primary effects  [eg helping a road crash victim] . Tertiary effects would include reading or viewing news reports of signature events - so especially in this age of instant mass communications more of the global population are sharing the indirect effects of significant events via media.

At the very least you are very likely to encounter news in this transition to 2014 that is already indicative of the building energy: examples reported include:
Transport-related suicide bombings in Russia
German tourists assaulted in New Zealand
Sex attack on woman walking in Sydney
Volcanic unrest El Salvador, El Hierro
New Zealand has early high road death toll in vacation period
Brain trauma life threatening for Michael Schumacher
[Schumacher is in a high-risk situation having been born on January 3 1969
The Sun was at 12 Capricorn on that day and so his energy is very caught up in the prevailing tensions placing him at risk of dying -or being significantly changed]
Schumacher news
update January 18 2014 Doctor says Schumacher will never be the same
Research Vessel Akademik Shokalskiy trapped in Antarctic Ice:
At around 0720hrs AEDT on Christmas Day 2013, the ship became trapped in heavy ice a few miles from the coast of Antarctica, 100 nautical miles east of the French base and approximately 1500NM south of Hobart The icebreakers Xue Long and Aurora Australis and the French research vessel L'Astrolabe, sailed towards the Akademik Shokalskiy to assist.

The icebreaker Xue Long was prevented by thick sea ice from coming closer than about 6NM from the Akademik Shokalskiy, though has remained in open water nearby, able to deploy its helicopter The Astrolabe also turned back, after encountering heavy ice.

The Aurora Australis abandoned its first attempt to reach the stranded ship, as the ice was too thick to be broken and because of the risk of also becoming trapped in the ice. It was within 10NM of the Akademik Shokalskiy and will make a second attempt when weather improves. Plans are also being made for possible evacuation of 52 passengers and 4 crew by helicopter. -excerpt from Wikipedia Akademik Shokalskiy

With New Year's Eve being traditionally in many locations a time of mass gatherings and drunken revelry this year it is exceptionally important to avoid risktaking: the odds are stacked against you.
New Year's day continues the warning in effect on account of the added ingredient of the New Moon - meaning the Moon joins the Sun at 11 degrees Capricorn bringing even more potency to the already strong potentials.
This is the first Supermoon -near closest contact [perigee] with earth - for 2014 and it occurs when the Moon is in very South declination [at max South on Dec 31] which is another strain factor for the earth crust, seismicity, volcanism.

Magnetic Reversal of the Sun is underway

The sun undergoes cyclic magnetic reversals - the positive polarity [green] becomes reversed with the negative polarity [purple] over time
The process occurs at around 11 year intervals, marking the midway point in a solar sunspot cycle,called solar max.
Solar cycles are also of around 11 years duration.
NASA says
"The domain of the sun's magnetic influence (also known as the 'heliosphere') extends billions of kilometers beyond Pluto. 
Changes to the field's polarity ripple all the way out to the Voyager probes, on the doorstep of interstellar space."

The sun functions on one level as a magnetic dynamo. The reversal sees the field strength drop to zero then each polarity reformulates in the alternate value.
The Earth responds similarly to its own internal dynamo, but reversals occur in a vastly longer cycle - over hundreds of thousands of years. Most recently the magnetic field strength of Earth has been noted to be in decline since 1840.
With space science still being in relative infancy lacking a substantial body of historical references, much is to be discovered regarding the impacts of solar induced spaceweather impacting Earth & our climate, especially the issue of weather extremes.

The exaggerated undulations of the solar current sheet during field reversal bring to mind the distortions of the Earth's atmospheric jet streams.
Are they related events?

Ref
The Solar Cycle

ASTROLOGY Notes Dec 2013-New Year

Millions across the globe will celebrate Christmas or at least some social & family gatherings and for many a brief or extended vacation.
What sort of influences are prevailing mid Dec-mid Jan 2014?
The planetary indicators include:
Full Moon in Gemini on Dec 17
[has a lunar month of influence beginning Dec 14]
Sun in Sagittarius opposite Moon in Gemini gives impetus to much movement over distance -this includes the short local trips [Gemini] which can involve motorized transport [car], or self propelled [cycle], mass transport [bus,train] or simply bipedal = walking/jogging
From Gemini to Sagittarius the territory of movement expands -so under SAG it is long journeys and travel -to other countries and by virtue of even larger transportation -airplane, cruise ship.

So trips or travel will be on the agenda for millions more than normal, across the globe in the stated time frame.
That the two planets related to trips/travel -Jupiter and Mercury are in generally helpful positions: Mercury is in SAG and Jupiter in Cancer [ this position inclining more people to make FAMILY trips which will have deep & meaningful ingredients
[Saturn in Scorpio linked tightly to Jupiter in Cancer]

BUT for many days
either side of the Full Moon, the "spanner in the works" Uranus is sitting in virtual standstill - a condition which intensifies the energy of upsets & disruption -including accidents & unpredicted sudden events - things no one anticipated - & we observers have discovered that this energy is having a significant effect on homes, families, relationships, careers - one or more of these critical areas of your life is likely to be showing signs of an imbalance needing correction -too much or too little energy received from you. Time to fix the problems that are undeniable.
Time to avoid risky situations or just take extra care & account for what could logically causedifficulties

Problem is
The effects of Uranus energy blended with Pluto's intensity is bringing about the major changes we all need to make in this time frame 2012-2016
But in December 2013 - Mars joins that power couple from Xmas Eve, soon joined by the Moon, Sun and Mercury -so that come New Years Eve and into the New Year of 2014, accentuated further by the New Moon in Capricorn on January 1 - there are significant alerts to bear in mind

One risky issue is likely to involve the friction that arises when close & extended families gather together & face their sensitive side. Disputes and disharmony are best dealt with by having plans or protocols in place to mediate and calm the rough waters.
Don't push your luck or take risks with this energy as the extreme end of the spectrum of responses is on the table -with violent outbursts expected from those without self control.
The Capricorn element of the energy mix represents older people -adults, parents, elders etc who need to step up and provide guidance as is their appropriate role in a healthy community [sadly the breakdown of society starts with dysfunctional parenting by those too emotionally undeveloped to guide their offspring]
Women need to be alert to overly testosterone-charged males in this period who seek to dominate & control those around them -with force if they choose to.

With Capricorn's planetary expression through Saturn in Scorpio and the North Lunar Node in Scorpio
the issues of sexual behaviour and experience of death are more emphasised and reflect the need to be responsible, careful and restrained with sexual matters because the karmic balance book is open on this page right now placing even greater significance on what choices you make regarding matters of SEX, DEATH and the use of your personal power in relationship to others.

Happy New Year!
but try to be safe & make responsible choices

Related News
Uranus related accident = London's Apollo Theatre ceiling collapse

Nigella & Saatchi - the Uranus-Pluto Effect

No astrological data can be located for the embattled couple Charles Saatchi & Nigella Lawson but their birthdates alone are revealing.
Both have Saturn closely conjunct the Sun - he in Gemini [ideas, the mind], she in Capricorn [earthy,driven] - providing significant business ambition and career prominence

Both have lots of fiery energy -Leo and Aries for Charles
Mainly Sagittarius for Nigella
Both have fire Moons, Venus and Mars so tempestuous relating is a given
Both Charles and Nigella have a Venus intensified by Pluto - creating a risk of obsessive, controlling behaviour in relating to others -or being subjected to partners of this type [Charles Venus conjunct Pluto; Nigella Venus square Pluto]
Charles' Uranus is opposite Nigella's Venus & so square her Pluto - emphasising a volatility & likelihood of sudden changes in the relationship.

All relationships are karmic encounters. People meet up again to try to further resolve their credits and debits to each other. Maybe it all seems like a repeat and nothing much has shifted.

It will be groundhog day next life if the settlements are not resolved to the agreement of both parties.

Both Nigella and Charles have a planet in close conjunction to the other's present life "destiny".
Nigella's Uranus in Leo on Charles north lunar node
A Leo node offers development through creativity, but most importantly through love and the opening of the heart chakra.
Nigella has a role of bringing change in this regard in her dynamic with Charles

Charles Neptune in Virgo on Nigella's north lunar node
The Virgo energy for Nigella reflects a shift needing to occur from retreat, spacing out, and escapism towards the structure of work, focus and being part of a system.
Pisces south node is the opposite sign position to the Virgo north node =  a weakness for addictive behaviour needing to be overcome.
Charles' Neptune is a combination of the energy of Pisces-Virgo which can result in people with significant digestive sensitivities and therefore fussy, critical eaters.
This gives grounds for conflict over loose [Pisces] versus highly analysed [Virgo] practices which both Charles and Nigella may have alternately been prone to  - or the distinction could be very much polarized in terms of roles.

The transiting planets in 2013 have conspired to bring about an eruption in the dynamics between this pair
When Saturn, Uranus and Pluto are in the room the party is not a light affair.
In 2013 the north lunar node moving through Scorpio, joined by Saturn has moved in range and passed over Nigella's Neptune over several months from September.

Neptune and Scorpio are both notoriously secretive. Together they have potential to include both illicit drug use and illicit sexual behaviour - or at the very least a highly imaginative fantasy sex life.

Uranus and Pluto are toppling people and systems across the world as they embark on a process that was last experienced globally in the mid 1960's.
This is an era of great upheaval in people's lives but far more intense than in the flower power era of social change.
This time the issue of the use and abuse of power is very much to the fore and many have already fallen in sex scandals since this is a common territory for abusers or in political or financial mismanagement.
For others, widespread natural disasters have overturned their normal life in an act of rebalancing.
We all have to work out what we need to change.
Pluto and Uranus have been hovering around 9 degrees in the cardinal signs Capricorn and Aries so anyone born late Dec-early Jan, late March-early April, late June-early July, late Sept-early October = in any year are bearing the full brunt of the pressure to make major life changes -or have them made for you by an external force or person

Both Charles and Nigella are in the direct path of these forces:
Charles' Mars is at 9 Aries.
He needs to resolve the changes he needs to make by March 2014
Likely issues are about use of energy that expresses as selfish, aggressive, impatient, angry. 
Effects for him are not as enduring as for Nigella
Nigella's Saturn is at 10 Capricorn linked to Sun at 15 Capricorn.
Her Sun at 15 CAP remains under pressure for another 4 years [due to the Saturn-Sun link having a midpoint of 12 CAP], with Pluto activating the 15 CAP point in space closely & exactly in 2015-2016
Uranus at 15 Aries is further pressure for Nigella to change in 2014-2015
The Sun in a woman's chart is symbolic of the male archetypes she is relating to.
Working on father issues is a good starting point.

Power, Predators & Narcissists

November 2013 with the eclipse in Scorpio and the tight 90 degree Uranus-Pluto angle, brings POWER & abuse of power issues into prominence*

As the month began:
The global network Anonymous held events across the world in protest against corruption

• New Zealand focussed on the issue of youths boasting on their dedicated Facebook page of stupefying girls with alcohol -or whatever -  for the predetermined purpose of sexual relations which equate to rape.   Accused rapist Beraiah Hales reveals his predatory mind Who are the "Roast Busters"?       
•  Analysis from Kiwi Nicole Skews in the Guardian.
• 
  
• 1,000 child predators duped by a computer simulation
• FBI Recovers 105 Children in Prostitution Bust 
•  Christchurch policeman on power abuse & sex charges

• UPDATE FEBRUARY 2024

The Netflix series LOVER STALKER KILLER  released this month

profiles the murder of CARI FARVER  by SHANNA "LIZ"GOLYAR IN 2012

Golyar was convicted late in 2017 to life imprisonment for the "love triangle" murder of Cari Farver who disappeared on Nov 13 2012.

Having stabbed Farver to death inside Farver's car Golyar stole Farver's devices and then carried out a longterm campaign of harassment against the boyfriend  of both - Dave Kroupa - and his ex-wife - while Golyar assumed the identity of Farver. 

The case baffled authorities for an extended period before a cybercrime expert entered the investigation. Photographic evidence extracted from digital storage showing an identifiable detail of Carver's corpse was the case-breaker -and only located on the basis of a very strong hunch.

Known factors in the death and violence category link both women to both the murder date and to each other.

The precision of the activations is always impressive

Murder Date: November 13 2012

November 13 was not only a Scorpio New Moon - it was also a total solar eclipse -local time around 4pm that day in Iowa where all 3 in the triangle were residing

The Scorpio eclipse heightened emotional intensity while also intensifying any other violence factors present during the eclipse buildup -3 days prior and then flowing into 3 days later.

The eclipse was 21 Scorpio

Uranus at 5 Aries retrograde was angled to the eclipse [sesquisquare]

Pluto was 7.7 Capricorn and angled to Uranus [square]

This was pressure-cooker energy set to erupt.

Pluto and Uranus are associated with nuclear forces and in human terms violent acts especially if in aggressive signifiers [like Aries] or if in a stressed connection

Shanna Liz Golyar born June 28 1975

Standout birthdate factors

Venus 20 Leo -  [love of attention attracted to drama ] was stressed by the 21 Scorpio Eclipse even in 1-2 days before the Nov 13th exact Sun-Moon conjunction

Jupiter 21 Aries - one of the very common potentials for violent behaviour based on an overload of anger. 21 Aries was also powerfully activated by the Scorpio eclipse 

Mars 27 Aries exactly conjunct Chiron 27 Aries - both opposite Uranus 28 Libra

A very dangerous pattern including impulsive relationship-based violence [Mars-Uranus] grounded in severe psychological damage [Chironic rage]

Pluto 6.5 Libra

Abusive relationships evolving from abuse history and/or severe trauma [victim]

This position was in range of a stress position to Pluto 7.7 Capricorn when the murder occurred

Also activated by 21 Scorpio eclipse [semisquare] or any significant transit at any time transiting 21 Leo Taurus Scorpio Aquarius

Narcissistic traits can express through Aries / Mars and Leo and would be relevant to Liz Golyar. The control aspect rage and violence are a toxic mix that deserves maximum caution or avoidance

Cari Farver born November 30 1974

Mars 22 Scorpio - this potential signifier of death or sexual violence was strongly activated by very close proximity to Eclipse position 21 Scorpio and very closely angled to the Venus 20 Leo of Liz Golyar

Chiron 20 Aries - being similar in age the two women shared Chiron in Aries  - showing both had the potential for self esteem issues but for Cari her Chiron at 20 Aries was angled tightly to Saturn at 18 Cancer [square] -making it more likely that her issues stemmed from family issues - separation from or loss of father being possible. Cari's Chiron was also strongly activated by the eclipse -thereby combining the lethal Scorpio-Aries mix in a very emotionally intense context

Pluto 8.7 Libra is very closely conjunct Golyar's Pluto 6.5 Libra - likely evoking psychological projection that enhanced the power struggle she felt  re the shared relationship with Dave. Cari probably had experienced bad romantic relationships involving abuse of power and due to matching Golyar's Pluto she came within the orbit of her killer - who used maximum abuse of power against her.

Pluto in transit was 7.7 Capricorn when she died - a degree off exact square.

This case gives clarity around the way forces collide as seen especially through the outer planets on the day of our birth - and through the planets related to others we encounter - as well as the points in time when such factors can be combusted in an alchemic process - that has all the hallmarks of karma - the longer older story we all carry and yet at best can only detect through intuition or a deep sense of intensity around another person's connection to us.

Thankfully a karmic bond can express in amazingly positive ways -but we need to be alert to any hint of hazard around those who are drawn into our sphere

Other cases that relate to violence with sexual motives are covered in the Sex Offenders Profiling post and others such as  Gilgo Beach murders

 

POWER PREDATORS AND NARCISSISTS

• Recurrently through human history, certain people are driven to seek excessive power and control over others  - which can become abusive - and to command a degree of control over material/financial resources in a manner which is commonly called greed.

Inequality and the misuse of power are perennial issues but if humanity has any hope of existing through more enlightened times, these plagues must be eradicated to a far greater degree than we are witnessing even as the second millennium unfolds.

HAVING POWER - means the capacity to control, have influence over, ability to affect or alter something or someone

ABUSE of POWER - means using a position of having power & using that advantage to the detriment of another person or being

PHYSICAL power abuse can involve being bigger or stronger and using that to disempower, eg assault, injure, maim or kill a smaller or weaker being

EMOTIONAL power abuse means taking advantage of someone emotionally dependent on you to ensure they comply with your will.

INTELLECTUAL power can be used to dominate, abuse,take advantage of and control those considered unintelligent or mentally disabled

MATERIAL or FINANCIAL power abuse is often used to "buy" the compliance, love, attention, support of someone who has no financial power [ Marriage where only the male earns income typically results in a lot of female financial dependency]

AUTHORITARIAN power abuse means the use of your position as for example a teacher, doctor, priest, employer, policeman, politician to coerce someone to comply with your will. This usually involves criminally liable sexual demands or sometimes material/financial favours.

The case of Auckland Mayor Len Brown which broke in October 2013 is consistent with the rash of high profile [males] being called to task for abusing the opportunities afforded by their position, circumstances, fame. His case involved sex -and this is often the method by which power abuse is enacted.

Monetary gain, elevated status, extended control and widespread fame are other well known end goals -and control itself can be identified as the thread that links  examples of power abuse.

The perpetrator has an insatiable, even obsessive need to have control over other people and or their resources.

This is generated by mental illness - distorted thinking and corrupt, amoral, predatory behaviour derived from extreme insecurity.

The prevalence of narcissistic traits is also evident in those who persistently abuse their power 

This type of disposition creates a dangerous breed self-obsessed and devoid of insight - while perceiving the environment through a predatory gaze more associated with a wild animal than a civilized human.

Globally these issues are arising: this is the joining of the dots that is needed -we are not just facing issues of abuse locally and nationally but across all cultures the world over.

For change and rebalancing to occur, the extremes must come to light so people can reflect upon and make known what sort of world we collectively want to live in

Astrological analysis is the clearest model for joining the dots in the contemporary context of various forms of power abuse coming under close scrutiny.

The period 2012-2016 in particular is marked by the next phase in the readjustment process - with Uranus and Pluto positioned at a right angle to each other -exact 90 degree separations occur 7 times within the time frame covered:
Uranus square Pluto June 24 2012 – 8 degrees Aries-Capricorn
Uranus square Pluto Sept 19 2012 – 6 deg
Uranus square Pluto May 21 2013 – 11 deg
Uranus square Pluto Nov 1 2013 – 9 deg
Uranus square Pluto April 21 2014 – 13 deg
Uranus square Pluto Dec 15 2014 – 12 deg

• Uranus square Pluto March 17 2015 – 15 deg 

data table proved by ElsaElsa]

These 2 planets continue to remain in close contact even at the point of entering into 2016 -separated by 1.5 degrees on January 1, increasing to 2.5 degrees by the end of March and gradually widening in 2016 to around 4 degrees at year's end.
This is still a close enough energetic connection to generate further upheaval until at least 2017 gets underway          
- excerpts from Inequality & the Misuse of Power

Refer also to other CRIME entries on this site:

Cruel Nasty & amp; Criminal Energy -astro-profiling

Understanding narcissist traits - and abuse

The Gittany case in Australia


*Read more related material & news item links in the November 2013 forecast

NOVEMBER 2013 ASTRO FORECAST

The intensity of this phase will involve many experiencing losses on one or more levels

 of materiality

 - be that people, things, resources, finances.

This is a process of rebalancing or reconsidering values and attachments
 with alternate notions arising about
 the underlying essence of things, people & existence in general

Everyday Scorpionic intensity is heightened further in November 2013 :

November 3 Scorpionic Total Solar Eclipse
line-up of Mercury-Nodes-Sun-Moon-Saturn
but also the Mercury-Nodes-Sun-Saturn group retriggered in Scorpio on Nov 6
and the Scorpio-Taurus Full Moon [Nov 17-18] activating Pluto-Uranus effects

The lunar nodes
are significant destiny-karma indicators so what happens in this time 
frame is profoundly meaningful both for individual experiences and 
on a collective or mass destiny level. 

SCORPIO and TAURUS essentially identify the non-physical versus physical
 energy polarity so both are involved in standout events of Nov 2013
 & beyond into 2014

TAURUS
physical concerns are about security & survival - food, shelter, 
money being prominent in contemporary terms. Tactile, earthy, sensory
things are the territory of this sign.
Objects and possessions & the attachment to same.

SCORPIO
is the metaphysical = what lies beyond the physical 
-the territory many associate with death or an afterlife. 

It is also the contrast to the physical-sensory
-tactile existence so loved -and needed by Taurus.

SCORPIO
connects to the territory of pure energy,where objects cease to exist
 -the realm that pervades our entire existence from the local
 to the universality of deep space. 
The unseen forces that are comprised of vibrating wave patterns.

The human mind  [and likely that of other sentient life] -
when tuned into the Scorpionic wavelength - has the capacity
to transcend and transform material reality
by accessing the energy fields we are embedded in.

The contemporary master [magician] Dynamo -  Steven Frayne
demonstrates this ability in a manner most commonly seen in Eastern
spiritual masters, shamanic practitioners and their equivalents
in diverse cultural communities across the continents of the world.

November 2013
 - and sustained during the eclipse phase till late April 2014

is likely to bring to the fore issues contrasting the Scorpio-Taurus 
differences.

The opportunity is given to transcend or at least reduce attachment
to Taurean materiality, physicality,sensuality on account of
its transient and illusory nature.

To understand this issue in depth, a study of Buddhist philosophy
is informative - or the concepts uncovered through quantum mechanics
regarding the hidden nature of reality.

SCORPIO

confronts us with endings, often actual physical deaths or decay in our personal or
collective networks - as a reminder of the limited, transient existence of all
material forms.

This leads many to consider the energetic trace left by a person & 

their life of achievements, relationships and actions both positive
and negative.

The energy exchange that occurs in sexual activity

& the apparent 'loss of self' and 'little death' experiences

mean that sexual issues are Scorpio's concern

Scorpio's
capacity to access powerful unseen forces and to manipulate or 
transform energy means that power use and abuse in general
arise in discussion under Scorpio periods of influence

Issues arising re collectively held or any shared resources such as trusts 
safeguarding family property are a Scorpio arrangement versus the 
personal property, possessions or cash which is a Taurus matter 

For those wishing to operate more on an energy level as opposed to the 
base level of materiality this is an excellent period for developing 
mastery of metaphysical skills - the practices of accessing and utilising your 
personal energy potential in order to operate effectively and flowingly 
- and claim your place in the world - instead of facing perpetual defeat 
& discouragement - the hallmarks of blocked personal energy.

For environmental & extreme weather implications of the 
full eclipse pattern go to this related post

SCORPIO-TAURUS themed news items in November 2013:
NZ -  farmer jailed on multiple charges including sex slavery of wife for 22 yrs
NZ -Air NZ share sell-down seen as "volatile"
NZ- Christchurch policeman on power abuse & sex charges
NZ- early in the month news features a string sexual and violent attacks
      within a few days
NZ- Underage females allege stupefied for sex
NZ- Rape Crisis urges action
World -Sex scandal in India
NZ- Auckland Mayor's mistress talks to media
NZ- Teacher trainee dies after violent assault
World -Computer animation traps 1000 paedophiles
World- Much death and loss associated with typhoon
 Haiyan -Philippines & cyclone in Somalia - detailed in
Extreme Weather post
World: tornadoes related destruction across Midwest US states
World: Apocalyptic storm floods Sardina, Italy

ENERGY - a metaphysical description

LIBRA profile: Veteran troubadour Shona Laing

Veteran troubadour Shona Laing is set to enter the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame on November 21 2013

Shona Laing   Henderson 2009

Shona Laing won the APRA Silver Scroll for Mercy of Love in 1992, another highlight in the singer-songwriter's career which had a stellar beginning as a New Zealand teenager winning acclaim for her talent as early as the age of 17, in 1972
In this video viewers will see the symbol of SATURN drawn on Shona's left cheek representing the intensity of painful feelings she has known in intimate relationships

              A sample of her live, unaccompanied talent, 2009, Titirangi Auckland

Shona [October 9 1955 New Zealand] is another female LIBRAN in the news for creative achievement and like Eleanor Catton {The Luminaries Man Booker Prize} this period is a career peak - one in the latter period and one in the beginning time.

Shona's time and place of birth are not known but on her birthday this collection of Libra planets prevailed:

Sun-Venus-Mercury-Neptune all in Libra. These positions are activated every year from October 8 to October 20 so prominence for creative expression -whether that be in the arts or music is highly likely in that time frame.

LIBRA of course is the partnership sign and the people born with that energy are very driven to find themselves through relationships - but in a balanced way - not to be consumed or overwhelmed - but to retain the sense of self - as identified by the polarity sign ARIES which all Librans have to come to terms with.

Peace and war are the Libran-Aries balancing act -how to keep harmony and how to resolve conflict are constant concerns.

Shona Laing is blessed with a powerful creative capacity courtesy of the Jupiter-Pluto-Mars- Venus -Mercury-Neptune connections

Jupiter and Pluto are in Leo at the base of this chart fragment at 24'36 & 27'56

Mars in Virgo at 27'08

Venus-Mercury-Neptune at 24'59, 25'11, 27'29

All of these planets will be working synergistically

Leo is creative but add Jupiter and Pluto and you get a big and powerful dose

Mars provides a strong drive and is in Virgo -a sign of writing and analytical skill

Venus in Libra gives aesthetic creative ability 

Mercury in Libra is the processing of creative information

Neptune in Libra gives imaginative, escapist, dream-like or fantasy elements to the creativity

Shona is a painter as well as a singer-songwriter.

Like most highly creative [ = extremely sensitive] people she has had to deal with many demons based on a profound discontent and discomfort living in a world so ravaged with suffering and evil doers.
Moon is in Cancer - soft centre with protective shell exterior -most likely in range of Saturn in Scorpio - ongoing challenges re feelings of disempowerment
Neptune accentuated means overwhelming sensitivity which is dealt with by choosing options such as drug/alcohol abuse, escapism, fantasy, retreat. Living life based on spiritual foundations is the antidote and creative expression is central in the life

It is excellent to see her star rising again in 2013

November 21 2013
Shona inducted into NZ Music Hall of Fame -Herald report on her career 

Extreme Weather from the Galactic Centre

The GC -galactic centre -the rotational centre of the Milky Way galaxy - at 27 Sagittarius is an energy point of unimaginable potency
Magnetic structures spreading across vast distances have been observed emanating from the core of our galaxy

Significant events on earth expressing the power of natural forces can be seen to cluster in the time frame of a GC activation.

This includes major movements or quantities of fire, earth, air and water and can include floods, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic activity, tornadoes, typhoons, hurricanes, torrential rain, tsunami, wildfires, explosive events - as well as including events of this type perpetuated by human activity [ Hiroshima-Nagasaki 1944].
The Double Helix nebula near the galactic centre is mirrored in the shape of double helix DNA -as found in almost all living organisms -human, animal and plant species, even viruses.

The discovery of intense magnetic forces at the galactic centre gives rise to the notion that magnetic torsion twisted the original pair of connected spirals into this shape. So now we have a magnetic resonance component to the idea that what happens at the core of our galaxy reaches us on Earth not only through atmospheric, environmental outcomes but directly through our DNA.

Typhoon Haiyan has slammed Philippines -an example of GC generated extreme forces
 update Nov 8 2013

Observations [above] made October 21 2013 re the roles of Saturn in October [12 Scorpio] & the November Scorpio eclipse [11 Scorpio] in activating by semisquare the Galactic Centre position of 27 SAG

• The June and December solstice points at zero Cancer and zero Capricorn have been considered for millennia to be potent activation points of cosmic energies.

• above are further potent activators of Galactic Centre energies, stepped down into the environment of Earth, with 27 SAG as the actual position of the galactic centre and all points at 90 and 180 degrees of that being significant, as well as all positions midway = 12 degrees in all 4 fixed energy signs [Scorpio, Taurus, Leo, Aquarius] Any one occupied position has an equal capacity to trigger any or all others

The GC gets activated annually by the Sun around December 19
In 2013 only Mercury  [Jan 17] and Venus [November 2] make the same exact conjunction to 27 SAG. But these alone do not give rise to major activations.
My energy analysis method always includes the GC activations by the remaining signs of the mutable quartet - PISCES VIRGO GEMINI as well as the semi & sesqui squares = 12 degree position of any of the fixed signs SCORPIO TAURUS  LEO AQUARIUS.

When the 27 MUTABLE or 12 FIXED sign positions feature in a New, Full Moon or Eclipse the likelihood of extreme forces arising to a significant extent in diverse earth locations is worth considering

Milky Way Galactic Centre

It so happens from late 2013 into 2014 there is a run on these relevant factors with strong activations of the GC energy delivered by:


September full moon 27 PISCES
October lunar eclipse SATURN at 12 SCORPIO
November solar eclipse at 11 SCORPIO being midpoint of MERC-NODES-SAT
December full moon at 25 GEMINI
January new moon 11 AQUARIUS
March full moon 26 VIRGO

Exact positions at 27 or 12 are strongest but + or - 2 degrees is well within range of effect - giving a range 25-29 Mutable and 10-14 Fixed to consider.

Full and New Moons begin to be effective days before exactitude and until the following new or full state.

Eclipses belong to a six-monthly cycle so the effects can spread ahead that far - as well as being pre-triggered -one of the qualities of space-time that defies the limited linear logic of manufactured earth-time.

The period September 2013 - May 2014
is likely to be notable for many more extreme weather events and major environmental events which reveal the potency of the forces of nature.

The role of the paired transformers Pluto & Uranus locked at a 90 degree angle is undeniable in accentuating or aggravating the situation.

These two energies are very representative of Galactic Centre forces so their current activation provides a double-whammy effect whenever our solar system is zapped by a blast from the GC 

A torus of super-heated dust surrounding the galactic centre black Hole -artist's conception

Updates
Prior historical example:
CYCLONE Yasi formed January 26 2011.
Dissipated Feb 3 2011
GC activation came via URANUS  in conjunction with JUPITER  =  both at 27 Pisces on January 4 2011. The process was set in motion weeks before the cyclone formed.
[ 27 Pisces is at exact 90 degrees to the GC & therefore a very strong trigger - made stronger by the combined mega force of Jupiter blended with Uranus the force of change.]

The etymology of the word typhoon is of interest in terms of the most likely link back to Greek mythology
TYPHOEUS aka TYPHON  was a monstrous immortal storm-giant...so huge his head was said to brush the stars..

He appeared man-shaped down to the thighs, with two coiled vipers in place of legs. Attached to his hands in place of fingers were a hundred serpent heads, fifty per hand. He was winged, with dirty matted hair and beard, pointed ears, and eyes flashing fire. According to some he had two hundred hands each with fifty serpents for fingers and a hundred heads, one in human form with the rest being heads of bulls, boars, serpents, lions and leopards. As a volcano-daimon, Typhoeus hurled red-hot rocks at the sky and storms of fire

 boiled from his mouth. 

-from theoi.com where extensive detail is available

Relevant news October 2013
Britain braces for worst storm of 2013
M7.1 quake off Japan  after sun pumps out a swarm of M and X flares

                     
time frame October 23, 24, 25,26 2013 shown though 3 M flares also occurred on Oct 22 -see flare calendar
This amount of sustained output has not been seen for some time & has a relationship to extreme weather and natural events on earth including large quakes.

Summary of late October- early November sustained solar activity -
+ November 5 saw an X3.3 flare [3rd biggest in current solar cycle - and biggest for 2013]

November 2013
The biggest storm of 2013 slams the Philippines from November 6 [Typhoon Haiyan]
Lethal cyclone devastates Somalia

Solar activity remains high with two weeks of sustained M flares & the occasional X flare - while according to standard observations, no geomagnetic effects at storm level as a result of all the CME's sent from the sun up till Nov 12

M-flares abundant. X flare on Nov 8

December 2013
Around Dec 8
Heavy snowfall across Northern Hemisphere & in unusual places -Egypt, Hawaii, Middle East -all due to a jet stream snaking much further southwards in a meridional pattern rather than zonal

The Full Moon at 25 SAG-GEM was within range of the GC & thus geoeffective in the time frame of a lunar month into January
 The Sun reached the Galactic Centre point late on Dec 18 UT at 27 SAG and Mercury too on Dec 22 - allowing for a conjoined activation of the GC forces in the period around Dec 20-22 
The important seasonal markers at zero Cardinal [Capricorn-Cancer, Aries-Libra] are also likely to be caught up in the timing of GC activations since 27 SAG is just 3 degrees from 0 Capricorn and the whole spectrum is activated at all other seasonal markers in March, June, September as well as in December
December 2013 is particularly worth observing for the added complexity of the Sun-Pluto-Mercury-Mars-Uranus synergistic activation from even as early as Dec 29 then strengthening in days to New Years Eve, January 1 & 2 2014
Natural forces [i.e. expressed as weather] & biological behaviour -human & other species vulnerable [with variation dependent on individual susceptibility] to disturbed, volatile & stress effects which will be evident in a range of news reports
From Weather Action :

Dec 21

Piers Corbyn from Weather Action says the North Atlantic jet stream reached a record 275 mph on Dec 22 2013 -consistent with the long range prediction of wild jet stream events in the shift to a Mini Ice Age circulation pattern.
Corbyn's methodology is centred around solar activity which impacts Earth. 
His analysis also targets the end of Dec 2013 & into January 2014:
"Newly erupting active sunspot regions are coming round to be Earth-facing (below) when we predicted and will drive dangerous weather conditions around end Dec and start Jan in USA, Brit+Ire, Europe and the whole world."
"This 'Mini-Ice-Age increase in wild and extreme events will continue for the next 20 years" 
Dec 22 UT In my locale the weather has undergone a sudden change from an unusually warm start of summer to cooler temps due to squally gusts of wind

2014 updates
Extreme flooding UK -January torrential
Massive landslide Washington State - March disaster in Oso
M8.2 quake Chile big offshore event was fortunately low in fatalities

2017 updates
MARCH
With the Galactic Center 27 SAG being activated by exact alignment from transiting Saturn at 27 Sagittarius, beginning effectiveness from start of March 2017 intense outcomes anticipated soon began to be evident. 

One planet alone is usually not significant enough to bring the worst extremes. [severe quakes, colossal tsunamis]

In March 2017 Saturn at 27 degrees links with any other activating factors at 27 and 12 degrees. 
The Sun and Neptune match these positions during March: Neptune [water indicator] for most of the month and the Sun at/in range of 12 degrees from March 2-4. 
From March 6 [UT] Mars at 27 Aries energises Saturn at 27 Sagittarius - extending over several days

The probabilities for heavy rain with flooding and destructive conditions creating losses and obstructions will also be very high in this time frame.
Just as March began [3rd] an indicator of extremes was in place -the exact opposition of Jupiter and Uranus. This opposition has an effective time frame of just over 2 weeks [until at least March 19] in which to keep generating more systems. This energy combination generates unbalanced energies and would have contributed significantly to extreme atmospheric conditions and the creation of disturbed, destructive weather systems. 
The Sun reaching 21-23 degees in the March 11-March 13 period synergises with this potent energy.
Then importantly 17-20th March when firstly the Sun is at 27 degrees, soon joined by the Moon on the 20th of March.

Regions of New Zealand's North Island beginning 7 March experienced extreme flooding followed by forceful winds -with conditions enduring several days after a brief lull between systems.

Other global locations showed related effects in this time period -as reported March 9 - India, Pakistan, Atlanta US...

Memphis and UK heavy rain news

Britain gets March warning

NZ reports from: 
Coromandel region  Waiheke Island
Clevedon  summary of damage

NZ Metservice forecast 9 March

March 11 Coverage of NZ North Island extreme weather

March 2017 Fatalities recorded in Madagascar cyclone

Wiki entry for Cyclone Enawo

March 12 2017
further extreme rainfall on Sunday has deluged nearly 200 properties across Auckland City

mid-March saw  blizzard conditions in north-east US regions

March 14 saw the start of extreme rain, flooding and mudslides in Peru. This follows an intense period of extreme weather since early in 2017

By 28 March 2017 Queensland Australia was subject to Cyclone Debbie. The initial effects were followed by extreme widespread flooding affecting an even larger landscape than initially affected -even by April 2 more flooding was anticipated

Saturn on GC 2017
With Saturn's transiting position in Sagittarius remaining within the 27-28 degree range throughout April and still within the 26-27 degree range for most of May 2017 it is anticipated that activation of Galactic Centre [GC] energies is creating exactly the turbulent forces that generate extreme weather. The higher potential for this looks to be increased in April 2017 with Neptune [the water indicator] also highly activated [Uranus+Sun transits through Aries]
The 3rd factor [and there is always more than one] is that imbalance underlies the generation of these extreme forces. Energy related to extreme unbalanced forces was generated at the end of March [Pluto+Jupiter] and the triggers spawned at that time were given the force to unfold in days ahead...ready to merge increasingly from April 4 with Saturn barely moving from its transiting position, intensifying through the first week of April to lead into the developing Saturn-Venus energy at 28 Sagittarius and the Sun-Jupiter-Pluto energies combining from April 7.
Extreme forces remain locked in for a lengthy period, with many different manifestations - weather or environmentally related as well as human induced - with a likely time frame from April 7-19 2017
So this is a big package of extreme and destructive forces which will be manifested in many global locations 

April 2017 - tropical storm Arlene

September 2017  In the contact of the long-range of total solar eclipse in August, with sun, moon and Uranus at 28 degrees, a sequence of hurricanes in the Caribbean was unleashed.
Advancing Jupiter and retrograding Uranus led to the two due to meet in exact opposition at 27 degrees on September 28 -just a week after the 27 degree New Moon -  Hurricane Maria reached Cat 5 close to New Moon

December 2017
Historical Example 1: the North Sea Storm and Flood of January 31 1953
When I discover the date of an historic extreme weather event it is totally appropriate to see how closely the energy of that event matches up with the original theory proposed by the author of this blog.

• A lunar eclipse on 29 January was at 10 degrees - also activating the 25th degree
• Venus and Mars conjoined at 26 degrees
• Saturn and Jupiter conjoined at 25.5 degrees
• Jupiter at 12 degrees also activated 27 degrees
• lunar nodes at 12 degrees also activated 27 degrees

As often found an eclipse is involved here and any eclipse in the range [10-14 degrees] activates the most sensitive Galactic Centre degree range [25-29 degrees.
Therefore by reference to a planetary ephemeris such extreme events are predictable in advance and researchable back in history.
This example happens to be a very good fit for the theory. Others require more gymnastics but the order of significance is mathematics first, followed by planet/luminary or energy. Of least significance is zodiac signs though these can be seen to reinforce the picture.
Historical Example 2

Over 200 years prior a very similar storm hit the same region:
The storm and massive flood across northern Europe Dec 24-25 1717 featured wind and waves with devastating ferocity.

• Pluto and Neptune joined forces at 14 degrees which activated 29 degrees
• the lunar nodes were at 29 degrees
• Saturn was at 29 degrees
• Moon reached 29 degrees on Dec 24

This event was not associated with an eclipse nor any lunation -it was occurring midway between full and new moon - with moon at 90 degrees to the Sun late on the 24th -

• Sun and Moon at 3 degrees activated 18 degrees -being the trigger for the Chiron-Uranus synergy
• Jupiter at 2 degrees activate 17 degrees

Effectively there were two energy entanglements which accounted for virtually everything in play.
With Moon being the fast mover and common trigger it had a direct role to play in activating both sets of energy

• Sun-Moon-Chiron-Uranus-Jupiter
• Pluto-Neptune-Nodes-Saturn-Moon

Though possibly only minimally relevant, given the colossal amount of energy firing by late on Xmas Eve, Mercury -past 29 degrees, Venus at 17 and Mars at 11 all match up with the energy sets outlined.

Since these two events were referenced in the one article published Dec 28 2017 - due to the similarities in place and scale one planetary factor often regarded as the one that emphasises karma was virtually in the same position despite the 200+ years separation - Saturn was at 29 degrees in Libra at Christmas 1717 and was at 27 Libra on January 31 1953.

For what its worth:

 Libra indicates imbalances needing to be corrected

Further reading:
Galactic Centre activation in the Galveston Hurricane in September 1900

Galactic Centre astronomy