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America's Cup 2013 has become - An Agony in Countless Fits
Update Thursday Sept 26 NZ time 7.55 am
James Spithill
Now that the timing of a final deciding race has been determined, Spithill's energy is given a major boost as revealed in the chart for Race 19
The extended time frame of the event has definitely shifted energies in favour of Jimmy Spithill.
He was born with Neptune at 18 Sagittarius. Neptune = water. Sagittarius = sport
This factor is given prominence for the now determined final race:
Race 19 is to be raced under the strong influence of 18 Sagittarius-18 Gemini - with the amplifying energy of the Moon exact on that point
The full chart:
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zoom into the horizontal axis: [AC-DC]
Race 19 is to be raced under the strong influence of 18 Sagittarius-18 Gemini - with the amplifying energy of the Moon exact on that point. Karma is very much connected to space-time Being in a particular location at a specific time is where energy patterns meet
Spithill has not only Neptune in Sagittarius strongly activated but 3 other factors - Venus at 20 Gemini, Uranus at 17 Scorpio, Pluto at 16 Libra.
Venus is lightweight -the pleasure aspect - but Uranus and Pluto are the source of strength when most needed. In addition, in Race 19 Mars and Jupiter add a boost being at 17-18 Leo and Cancer -adding to the Neptune-Moon energy boost for Spithill.
Dean Barker has just Uranus emphasised under the final race timing - not enough.
It seems he has been unable to sustain the ascendancy achieved in the first half of the regatta -and what was evident when this analysis was first made.
Like a tidal flow, karma has turned this into a fascinating tale of twists and turns.
Oracle Team USA boats
Original post begins:
As forewarned in my report Full Moon & Karma September 2013 much has unfolded to exemplify the intensity of karma in effect -and on display this month.
For the tiny nation, virtual fish-bowl called New Zealand, the extended drama of the America's Cup yacht race has been a collective lesson in reality -as opposed to mass delusion.
This is sport. There are rules. One team wins. There's always another year. Nature is unpredictable and uncontrollable. Everything is about the changing balance of karma.
Using very basic level analysis comparing the birthday energies of skippers James Spithill (US team) and Dean Barker (NZ team) it seemed likely that Barker & thus Team NZ would take the Cup.
This was not a guarantee of an easy victory despite NZ rampaging spectacularly to 8 points in a 9 points game
On Sept 19 I wrote
Five days later and the balance of power [Uranus square Pluto] has flipped and Team US now have climbed to 6 wins to NZ stuck on 8.
Dean Barker
Under great pressure for Race 17 with his Saturn-Mars-Neptune triggered by the Moon at race time, Barker needs help to beat his doubts & activate his warrior Aries Sun
Races 17-18 update - held Weds 25 NZ time/Tues 24 in San Francisco Barker & team tried valiantly at times but struck penalties and made faulty decisions, leaving the speedy & skilfull Spithill & team to win both races and place the two teams on an 8-8 even footing. The cliffhanger is awaited. The logical foregone conclusion now rests in the lap of Oracle Team US since their momentum has seen them produce a staggering succession of wins. At this point on skill alone, they deserve it.
Does the prediction still hold?
Risky moves based on little data aren't worth betting on because the hidden stuff could hold the biggest clue and despite the bulk of NZ's population swaying from ecstacy to agony over a period of days - and the reverse for US fans it remains to be seen how this longest regatta in the Cup's history - beating the last holder by a week - will come to a completion.
I'll stick to the forecast outcome of a NZ win in the absence of a competing conclusion using the same methodology of energy analysis.
Only days ago logic and mathematics made the regatta a foregone conclusion for NZ fans but karma is not about logic or mathematics.
The unpredictable is in effect in full sway in the 2013 regatta as well as well as the embedded trials and tribulation that comes attached to great responsibility.
The question is: which collective of skipper-team-backers-sponsors-fans has the karma to win at this time ?
Look to ancient history and think of the 12 Labours of Hercules [courtesy Wikipedia]if you need reminding of a panoply of colossal Big Karma tasks
The karmic intensity operating this month has given rise to delays, difficulties, disasters, hardship, negativity, depressed moods, blocks, obstructions for many - and this collection of keywords make an easy fit when analysing the 2013 Cup final event and it's effects on the broader mass of people engaged.
This qualifies as a mass or collective karma situation with the potential to affect the mids if not lives of many but the situation demands a mature response: There is nothing to be gained from tantrums, anger, frustration, rage or resentment directed towards the problem person or issue - Sept report
addendum Though the Americans - and the Oracle team - may have been in agony in the first half of the regatta - it is the New Zealand team and kiwis in general who ultimately suffered the greatest during this unusually extended event with an unbelievable scenario of fortunes being so dramatically reversed. The extended timeline analysis shows this in detail* The event as a case study in collective karma shows how the prevailing energies related to power and empowerment vs disempowerment were spectacularly highlighted. Astro-analysis has highlighted in my September report how this was a primary issue for the month. [Saturn in Scorpio sitting conjunct north Lunar Node all month adding to Pluto square Uranus extended effects] NZers began to use the term "gutted" a reference to disembowelment and hence fatal disempowerment long before the final race in the Cup. Even the main TVNZ commentator - a beacon of depression - used the term after the final defeat, reinforcing a collective sense of victimhood, negativity and generalised stress impacting a big sector of New Zealand society in response to one sporting loss. The issue of power vs powerlessness has therefore arisen prominently as a major issue for people who overly invest and identify their worth in the outcome of a sports event. We know this happens all over the world, not just in a tiny island nation at the bottom of the world. The point is that this is clearly unhealthy and uphelpful and so it is worthwhile that people be guided out of this delusion and helped to question their self-imposed mental disempowerment. The popular notion that money won the Cup is valid enough in a context where money increasingly wins democratic elections across the world. The association of the privileged wealthy class with sailboat sport is yet another reminder of social inequality in an era where this is a hot topic -and will continue to dominate global headlines. Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has put his hand up to financially support a future Team NZ challenge. This gesture could be viewed as political opportunism, in view of his intention to back a new political party in New Zealand, and positioning him further into the mega-rich bear pit rather than a philanthropist of benefit to the struggling citizenry.
1876 First Edition cover of Carroll's delightful nonsense poem
Astro-analysis
forecast sees September 2013 with the spotlight on intense karmic situations.
Karma is a complex matter studied in depth by those open to Buddhist
thinking and best explained by them, but through astrology,
understanding the energy vibration of Saturn enables an idea about
what type of karma is significantly arising in any given
period. Karma is constant & enduring of course and its changing
condition is greatly fascinating.
September 2013
sees Saturn in Scorpio reach a conjunction with the north lunar node. This is likely to coincide with both mass karma events and significant individual karmic situations - this translates as impacts on groups or large numbers of people affected by a single event.
SATURN IN SCORPIO
Saturn confronts us re debts, burdens, challenges, difficulties responsibilities, karma
Scorpio has a vibrational correspondence with sex, death, the use/misuse of power, material resources, intense emotional bonds/intensity of feeling
Blend the keywords of these two forces to see how this might manifest for you or around you in your network:
People born Oct 30-Nov 2 any year will feel the events of September 2013 particularly strongly
As will those born Nov 1983 and Jan-Feb-Mar-Apr 1954
Collective karma is a situation where a large number of people -dozens/hundreds/thousands face a shared destiny
This is signified by the north lunar node and so on the level of a large grouping of people the keywords relating to Saturn and Scorpio also apply
update September 16Mass shooting in Washington Navy Yard -September 16is a clear example of the indicated energy expression of mass karma involving misuse of power, causing death and transformation in the lives of others The personal karma of NZ politician David Cunliffe [born 1963] has risen to the point on September 15, of being voted to lead the opposition to the incumbent right wing government. This is a mass karma role, affecting the lives of millions, if he attains the vote to control New Zealand politics in November 2014 As yet his personal profile is unavailable with not even a date of birth located to date New Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott [Scorpio born Nov 4 1957] is in a similar situation of mass karma -newly elected in September 2013
Scorpio Tony Abbott
Mature responses are needed [though extremely difficult] to the intense demands and challenges arising especially during September 2013.
If possible cultivate a neutral or resigned acceptance of the dynamics of the karmic entanglement that surfaces this month. There is nothing to be gained from tantrums, anger, frustration, rage or resentment directed towards the problem person or issue.
Just like balancing the books, debts owed to others are balanced out by karmic involvements.
You may owe time, money, affection, effort, support, shelter, or any sort of resource or commitment.
The situation in September 2013 is intensified by the mutual reception of Saturn with Pluto [ each being in the other's corresponding sign - Pluto is in Capricorn]
This is transformational -healing and redemptive and could reflect a settlement of a particular longstanding karma this month.
Saturn in Scorpio may give us renewed empowerment due to addressing emotional or financial [Scorpio] burdens, problems, responsibilities [Saturn] [update: People losing their homes, lifestyles and loved ones during the horrendous Colorado floods* also fit the context of a transformational mass karma event ]
For many in the targeted group this gives the potential outcome of a maturing achievement in terms of a karmic dynamic with another person or situation.
In other words, this is a time offering real opportunity for developing greater maturity.
Of significance -the world in early September 2013 is focussed on Syria with Western threats to attack being stymied by lack of agreement. More palatable political solutions are sought to end the tragedy of chemical weapon assaults on innocent citizens - report
SATURN IN
SCORPIO
Saturn
confronts us re debts, burdens, responsibilities, karma
Scorpio
has a vibrational correspondence with sex, the use of power, material resources, intense emotional bonds
Blend the keywords of these two forces to see how this might manifest for you or around you in your network:
People born Oct 30-Nov 2 any year will feel the events of September 2013 particularly strongly
As will those born Nov 1983 and Jan-Feb-Mar-Apr 1954
Mature
responses are needed to the intense demands and challenges arising especially during September 2013.
If possible cultivate a neutral or resigned acceptance of the dynamics of the karmic entanglement that surfaces this month There is nothing to be gained from tantrums, anger, frustration,
rage or resentment directed towards the problem person or issue.
Just like balancing the books, debts owed to others are balanced out by karmic involvements.
You may owe time, money, affection, effort, support, shelter, or any sort of resource or commitment.
The situation in September 2013 is intensified by the mutual
reception of Saturn with Pluto [ each being in the other's corresponding sign - Pluto is in Capricorn]
This is transformational -healing and
redemptive and could reflect a settlement of a particular longstanding karma this month.
Saturn in
Scorpio may give us renewed empowerment due to addressing emotional
or financial [Scorpio] burdens, problems, responsibilities [Saturn]
In other words for many in the targeted group this gives the outcome of a maturing achievement in terms of a karmic dynamic with another person or situation
With strong atmospheric turbulence evident in diverse locations [Asia, Spain, US, Atlantic, South Is. New Zealand] in the first part of September, reference is made to the advisory contained in my August 2013 report:
updated advisory issued August 26 August 31-September 1st there is an emphasis on extreme forces due to the opposition midpoint of Jupiter to Pluto being at right angles to the position of Uranus.
Violent, coercive, dangerous, destructive energies can manifest as aggressive, homicidal acts as well as natural elements with annihilating force.
Under this influence there is heightened likelihood of terrorist and militaristic activity as well as criminal aggression involving the misuse of power. Natural elements are likely to reveal extreme weather events in various global locations as well as enhanced structural strain resulting in seismic events in vulnerable zones.
This analysis has had extended relevance into September well beyond the point of angular exactitude between Pluto-Jupiter-Uranus - and interestingly, for Canterbury New Zealand the forewarned environmental threat has manifested not as seismic unrest from beneath the ground, but as violent forces from above. As in September 2010 the effects have stuck 2 weeks after the Jupiter-Pluto exact angle.
And September 2013 has more on offer:
The lingering atmospheric intensity from Jupiter-Pluto-Uranus in a state of discord, is joined by Mars, Venus, Saturn, Pluto and the nodes all entangled in the middle of the month so expect expect intense karmic effects from the 15th-16th and extending that week due to the Pisces Full Moon strengthening to it's exact alignment on September 19th.
This Full Moon at virtually 27 degrees is an activator of the Galactic Centre which is currently 27 Sagittarius [Search Galactic Centre on this blog for detailed reports on its meaning]
This connection is an intense one for galactic forces being funneled into earth's atmosphere = the outcome being strong stormy weather at the very least in diverse global locations and extreme natural forces being unleashed in some situations. Vulnerable places are often found to be repeatedly targeted over decades - another example of karma Full and New Moon effects have an activation period covering a lunar month - i.e. until the next month's new or full moon and can be triggered repeatedly in that time frame
When Pisces is highlighted expect floods, torrential rain or any extreme weather event with a strong water factor. These events tend to have a domino effect encompassing material destruction and loss of life. This type of scenario is given more than usual emphasis due to the planetary mix which synergises with destructive potentials in the period of particularly the 3rd week of September 2013 [updates update October 13 2013 Cyclone Phailin hits north east India causing one of the biggest evacuations in India's history - this event is very related to the September-October forecast connected to the Galactic Center [GC] activation noted above in this report. Mass evacuations and super storms are strongly indicated by a GC trigger event [ new/full moons and eclipses at 27 degrees + or - 2 degrees in mutable signs PIS, GEM, VIR,SAG]
update September 24 2013 Many confirmations of my theory re GC activation and extreme weather, highlighting WATER as of the Full Moon period [lunar influences extend to next month's Full Moon]
Biggest typhoon of 2013, Super Typhoon Usagi batters Philippines, Taiwan, China
plus on September 24: the massive M7.8 quake & new island around 9 metres high and 100 metres long arising 600 metres off the Pakistan coastline is indicative of extreme forces at work with a manifest event in the marine environment update September 15 - the flooding theme is clearly showing intense activation in Colorado USA -see link in end section.
Further analysis confirms the compounding influence of Jupiter working in combination with Neptune[sesquiquadrate gaining in strength through the month] Jupiter expands, increases, enlarges and creates excess energy to the water element mode of Neptune. This will amplify full moon potentials in respect to floods -and all things maritime - The Americas Cup 2013 is in full competition mode and the stricken liner Costa Concordia is on the verge of salvage] [update September 16 - With the mass shooting at the NAVY base in Washington the WATER theme is evident in the mass events -America's Cup sailing event, Colorado flooding, Washington Naval Base location, Costa Concordia ship]
Time-lapse video of the Costa Concordia salvage in September 2013
The task of righting the enormous ship was the biggest operation of its kind ever undertaken. Jupiter is the energy connected to anything of large,mammoth proportions and the sea is Neptune-Pisces related
update September 19 NZ time
The finale of the America's Cup clusters around the Pisces full moon - which adds more intensity to atmospheric elements -wind and tidal forces - so not surprising that these have been a factor in earlier races. Do the organisers plan for this?
A very brief analysis - since the time of birth is not available for full chart analysis of both skippers - gives credence to a New Zealand win:
Though it must be said that mass or collective karma is involved either way in an event involving and affecting so many people. Americas Cup update September 20 NZ time Oracle have been on an upsurge but Barker still looks capable of this being his peak achievement -problem being with Saturn in the mix - delays, difficulties and hard work are part of the deal. [Saturn-Venus-node all conjunct at 8 Scorpio at this time of racing link to Barker's Jupiter at 8 Capricorn = mastery of power leading to top honours; Uranus at 11 Aries links to Barker's Mars at 11 Gemini = high energy boost but needs to guard against mishaps - like the near capsize; Pluto at 9 Capricorn activates Barkers Jupiter at 8 Capricorn = a repeated sign of mastery of power leading to top honours; Neptune at 3 Pisces square Barker's Saturn at 4 Gemini - needs to keep focus to avoid problems with the task of sailing Americas Cup update September 21 NZ time The dreaded Race 13 stymies NZ again. Those who employ numerology will know the associations linked to 13 - since it reduces - add 1+ 3 - to the number 4.Four is linked to the planet Saturn and accordingly the prevailing strong Saturn energies are accentuated where the number 4 or its associates [eg 13, 31, 40] arise. The outcome for Team NZ was a race effectively won by skill and hard work in unhelpful [restricted wind] conditions - but a lack of speed led to failing to complete the race course within the 40 minute time limit for racing. Several keywords related to Saturn were in effect. Americas Cup update September 22 NZ time When I used the word "karma" for this month -the word "calmer" didn't come to mind -but wind issues -lack of it and unhelpful direction have plagued the expected outcome for this and the past racing day. Pluto in strong association with Uranus may be playing a role here -since Uranus is the wind and Pluto sitting 90 degrees square to Uranus, has begun a stationary-direct path after a retrograde phase. In an almost suspended period of intensity. In New Zealand there has been two days in different locations, of extremely intense torrential thunderstorms. New Zealanders are displaying great signs of stress over the yacht race, despite being extremely close to victory. The Pluto-Uranus process is all about empowerment vs disempowerment - finding your own balance of non-abusive power. This lesson is on the table. ....further Cup commentary in new post http://astroblognz.blogspot.co.nz/2013/09/the-hunting-of-cup-agony-in-countless.html
Worth noting too this month is the equinoctial factor: September 22 is the date this year for the exact entry of the Sun into the cardinal point Libra = the northern Autumn or southern Spring equinox.
The other seasonal points occur in Capricorn, Aries and Cancer. As with all energetic forces the manifestation of their energies is not mechanistic in their timing as in manufactured clockwork. The rule of thumb is that the period surrounding exactitude is energised and the involvement of other interacting forces [planets] can sustain and re-trigger the energy for extended periods.
A diagram labelled for the northern hemisphere illustrates as follows
The Earth is in the centre, tilted on an angle which allows seasonal variation.
As the earth orbits the sun there are two points offering either maximum or minimum solar contact - maximum at summer solstice, minimum at winter solstice.
These horizontal points in space are angled in respect to Earth and are represented on Earth's mapping system as the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
Halfway between these two extremes are the equinox points which sit on the angled ecliptic and are therefore angled parallel to Earth's equator. This equates to the zodiac pair Aries-Libra which when added to the tropics signs Cancer-Capricorn comprise the full quartet of cardinal signs associated with the seasons. The sun's rays are focussed more directly at the equatorial region at the equinox times of year - late September and late March This translates as weather effects - gales and stormy effects are typically experienced around the equinoctial period with the sun's focus at that time having specific effects on air masses in Earth's atmosphere. Equally vulnerable to storm effects is the solstice phase in late June and late December. Problematically for inhabitants of planet Earth - in this era of added complicating energies, extreme weather events are now widespread across various periods of the annual calendar making the season markers much less distinctive in their effects.
According to Richard Nolle, Astroprothe cycle of Saturn-Node conjunctions is 11-12 years
281 people in the worst rail accident in African history.
1991 in Capricorn -January -Gulf War & peace agreements
1979 in Virgo - July -US strike of police and firemen = infrastructure services
1968 in Aries - April - arson, riots, MLK shot, ,top racing driver dies
1956 in Sagittarius – Oct high achievement in sport, many commit to Buddhism,
invasive/controlling actions in foreign lands
Historic examples in 1956, 1968, 1979, 1991 and 2002 show that the sign of the conjunction is relevant – but because the nodes are a polarity off paired opposite signs, it is even more relevant that the whole sign grouping is activated
2013 – fixed - SCO - with involvement of the energies of Leo-Aquarius-Taurus
The current fixed phase of the larger cycle is the first for 79 years
Each phase has a period of influence until the next conjunction in 11 or 12 years.
In 1934 Trotsky's writings have a very Aquarian collective perspective versus the wealth,[Taurus} and capitalistic rulership [Taurus-Leo] espoused by the bourgeoisie. The same themes related to money, [Taurus] resources and control [Scorpio] being challenged by alternate beliefs [Aquarius] are very relevant in the West in 2013
Interesting that the last fixed cycle 1934 saw the Australian Labor Party soundly defeated in September of that year - repeated again in September 2013
