September 2017 New Moon in Virgo

This New Moon brings big flavours of Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune into the mix.

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Typically a basic Virgo New Moon will see issues that reflect the flow and organisation around jobs, employment, workplaces = the tasks that feed the machine-like function of society - as well as the flow and organisation of your internal system in respect of what feeds your biological system: so matters of health, diet, nutrition are more likely to arise in the lunar period starting from a few days before 20 September - until the approach to the New Moon of 19 October 2017.

New Moon exact in Auckland with connected energies

But every luminary event has its own signature, no two are alike so attention is drawn to what other transient energies are caught up in the flow of energy from the Sun and Moon as captured when the exact phase occurs.

Early triggering before exactitude is as common as events occurring on or after exactitude -it depends which other connected energy comes into position and adds weight and flavour to an outcome.

With multiple factors in the range 21-27 degrees activation of the event themes can start as early as one of the planets reaching 19 or 20 degrees -then right through to 28-29. 

For example, in September 2017 the Sun reached 19 degrees Virgo on the 11th and increased its typical one degree per day, joining Saturn at 21 degrees on the 14th. 

On September 20 the sun reaches 27 Virgo, then joined by the Moon and both reaching Uranus and Chiron at 27 degrees.

Four factors at one degree position are all connected, irrespective of their different zodiac signs.

27 degrees is a position that triggers an angle at 12 degrees. Neptune holds this position.

What does this mean?

• This is a euphoric energy for many & a suffering moon for many.
• Many affected, either advanced or disadvantaged
• Multiple factors in mutable energy indicate very changing, unpredictable, fluid conditions.

[Hurricane Maria in the Caribbean at Cat 5 on Sept 19 ]

• Network flows are affected: within the body; in transport systems - as the roads and tracks represent the rivers on land. And sea routes, and sky paths are all potentially implicated 

[update Sept 20 - Auckland several recent road incidents/crashes/injuries including college students mown down ]

[Saturn in Sagittarius affects transport flow being restricted]

Neptune is the water element showing some locations globally will literally get significant water effects.

Neptune energy can also be expressed through fluids, gases, oils and fuel

[no surprise Auckland began to experience a significant fuel crisis on September 19]

Jupiter and Uranus in tight opposition began merging closer from Sept 16 and remain at 2 degrees offset at the New Moon.

These two are like a pair of wild stallions each trying to outdo each other as they gallop together, harnessed and pulling a wagon-load.[we are the wagon load]

[ two political leaders battling to win the race come to mind]

They are contributing a lot of volatile energy, changing conditions, instability, recklessness, this could flip into wanton disregard for the responsibility involved in hauling their transport.

This combination also creates high risk of transport/traffic accidents 

Take extra care and avoid anyone driving like a wild horse.

Neptune's exact opposition to Mercury creates confused states of mind, distraction,  -or functioning under the influence of Neptunian addictive/toxic substances -drugs, alcohol.

It also can dispose people to deceit, lies, fantasy, overblown imagination

[eg politicians accused of all these excesses in campaign period]

The wild horses who lose control will likely have consumed something that impairs judgement, be sleep deprived, or will be in a vague, confused, inattentive or mentally overloaded state - all likely precursors to unsafe operation of any form of transport.

With the NZ general election just days after exact New Moon = new cycle, new beginning - the flavours will morph into that scenario and express in relevant ways - Neptune can manifest as: confusion regarding the outcome is possible; fraud/deceit or illegal voting detected, hopes wishes and visions for a caring society fulfilled or simply a state of mental mush, being unable to comprehend what happens.

The Sun-Moon-Uranus-Jupiter-Chiron effect in the election contest shows one the one hand the euphoric [Jupiter] victors starting a new job and experiencing a sudden change of life circumstances and the flip side of the same coin - those who are ousted, also facing a sudden change of lifestyle & feeling wounded. [Chiron]

Some fortunes will reverse in the course of vote-counting.

These are the outcomes in the contests with clear election night results.

Those that are too close to call due to uncounted special votes may linger in the Neptunian fog for some days.

The triumphant Party could also be sitting in the fog -undetermined at night's end in the strong Neptunian energy latches onto this event.

For the bulk of society - outside of politics - try to avoid the pitfalls of Neptune -substances that impair the mind. Look after your health by beginning a new diet, new nutrition. 

If starting a new job make sure your contract is clear before signing -errors, miscommunication are also a significant risks all month.

Take extra care when operating any form of transport -road, rail, sea, air.

eyes of the triple storms

There's a lot going on in this lunar month - lots happening, situations changing rapidly, even reversing -stuff to make your head spin - matching the hurricanes in the Caribbean -  -and as always certain people are more affected -all relative to your own personal energies and how they match up with the current patterns.

The 27 degree position = extremes
Extreme forces are forecast. September has already shown extreme weather events within the first 3 week period and the energy for this will remain in effect for vulnerable zones due to retriggering.
27 degrees has environmental consequences in terms of significant disturbances in earth's atmosphere.
When an accumulation of energies fall in the range 25-29 degrees they synergise around the midpoint 27.
27 is significant due to 27 Sagittarius being the current -and extremely slow-moving - position of the Galactic Centre - the rotational centre of our Milky Way galaxy, where a super-massive Black Hole exists.
The centre has qualities which interestingly mimic the sun:
On 5 January 2015, NASA reported observing an X-ray flare 400 times brighter than usual, a record-breaker, from Sagittarius A. The unusual event may have been caused by the breaking apart of an asteroid falling into the black hole or by the entanglement of magnetic field lines within gas flowing into Sagittarius A, according to astronomers -source Wikipedia also NASA

-the ability to produce X-flares and the presence of entangled magnetic field lines are both events that occur on the Sun.

Prior observations by the blog author have noted major environmental events clustering when there is a significant energy build-up on or closely around the 27 degree position or on/around its trigger angle 12 degrees especially if a prior eclipse or new moon/full moon inhabits those degrees [Aceh tsunami 26-12-2004; Christchurch quake 22-2-2011; Japan nuclear events & 2011 tsunami; Galveston Hurricane of 1900 ; September 2017 hurricanes  & a dedicated post Extreme Weather from the Galactic Centre]

So extreme weather including wind, rain, flood, seismic unrest with tsunami have all been observed along with human generated extremes when planets cluster on or close to the 27 or 12 degrees positions and this may reflect a resonance with the 27 degree position of the galactic centre.

Multiple Mass Evacuations
Mass evacuations of people have been particularly noticeable in the period under the influence of the August 21st 29 degree total solar eclipse [effective period August 2017-February 2018]
The mass departure of Rohingya muslims from Burma to Bangladesh
Mass evacuation from Florida USA to flee Hurricane Irma
Evacuations in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria
Caribbean evacuations
Mass evacuation in Bali due to Mt Agung volcano erupting
This phenomenon of masses of people in movement due to forced abandonment of their home/lifestyle due to a severe environmental or societal threat has been observed before in the effective period of a major solar-lunar event which is positioned in the range of 25-29 degrees
Prior examples posted on this site involved earthquake/tsunami events occurred in Japan and New Zealand in February-March 2011 after the December 2010 total lunar eclipse at 29 degrees


updates 20 Sept 8.03am NZT

A destructive mag 7.1 quake near Mexico City now adds to the force of Hurricane Maria in play in the Caribbean during this high risk time frame.

two large quakes -11 days apart

These events follow the sequence of total eclipse, full moon and approaching New Moon -and the sun unexpectedly emitted large X-flares disturbing earth's geomagnetic field - all these events contained in a four week time frame and all bore signatures of earth-impacting energies
During this period the most high profile environmental events already have been multiple hurricanes in the Caribbean, now 2 large quakes in Mexico...and the new lunar month is just beginning.
Events in doubles and triples have arisen
The Jupiter-Uranus opposition is the one to watch in this current context - the struggle for balance, readjustment..energy realigning..has been featured before in big quakes.
Meanwhile the nuclear option remains on the table due to North Korean missile testing provoking global alarm..and USA's Trump threatening to "totally destroy" North Korea

Mexico September 19 2017 and Christchurch New Zealand Feb 22 2011
There are significant energetic resonances between these two major earthquakes.

Mexico has occurred in the extended activation period after the 29 Leo total solar eclipse .
Christchurch occurred with multiple factors [Mercury, Mars, Neptune & Chiron at the polar opposite position 28-29 Aquarius, with Uranus combining at 29 Pisces, nodes at 29/0  - and following the 29 Leo full moon.
This intensity of mathematical clustering is regularly encountered in major events

August-September 2017 and the cluster from 25-29/0
Total solar eclipse and critical cluster on 21st set the template for following 6 months -ready to be reactivated as other factors reach those critical degrees

Sept 20 2.42pm M5 quake in seabed shakes central New Zealand - including the capital city Wellington, seat of parliament

Very quakey time
Quakes widespread in the M4.5 range up to M7.1 in the week to Sept 21

Very volcanic time
a cluster of event warnings around New Moon
-a string of volcanoes in imminent eruptive phase

Very Crazy time
With Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un -  hurling annihilation threats

Pluto
Pluto emphasises issues around sex, death, self-transformation and use/abuse of power. 
For some people one or more of these issues will be more significant in the period Sept 22-Oct 6 2017

• With Pluto in a stationary direct phase..virtually still.. in the days Sept 22-Oct 6 2017 -this enhances all other intense factors. In society this impacts the political arena and raises problems with inadequate or failing infrastructure.

• On an interpersonal level bullies are prone to behaving worse, power abuse is something needing to be challenged, disempowerment needs to be worked on.
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• An opportunity for all of us to adopt the wise choice, respond as an adult...not as a wounded child

Remember that New or Full Moon themes begin days before exact and are potentially active for the lunar month until the next sun-moon event.
Other planets coming into an activating position in relationship to the sun-moon positions will usually create outward expressions of one or more of the themes.

October updates

Jupiter-Uranus extremes

These two planets remain in tight to exact opposition in the period Sept 24-Oct 2. in this period extremes of aggressive behaviour have impacted masses of people.

Both of these events occurred on October 1st:

• in Las Vegas USA where dozens of innocent citizens were killed, over 500 injured by a lone gun man 
•  and in Spain where up to 900 now reported injured by Spanish police when Catalonians carried out an independence referendum

Jupiter in Libra and Uranus in Aries in opposition reveal extreme imbalances in the way many people relate. From very passive to very aggressive. From moderation to aggression. A sudden flip.

Under this influence sudden eruptive violence is high risk.

read more on Catalonia and Stephen Paddock astro profile

also read 
understanding Pluto in your chart ...especially in 2017

Kim Jong-un astro profile for 2017

pre-election & post election analysis for NZ 

Maori voters subjected to misinformation

Astrology notes August 2015

 Latest: Supermoon end of the month -scroll to end

The first week of August has been particularly Fire prone in those locations and people with a strong resonance to the main prevailing pattern

Leo is Fire energy and until August 23 the month long period starting 23 July is supercharged by the energy of our star, the gargantuan Sun.
But August is not always this fiery.
In 2015 a significant extra surge of solar force occurs at the end of the first week: the around the 6th, 7th and 8th
Mercury, Venus and Jupiter all in close contact in the late degrees of Leo 27-29 degrees bringing about an extra big dose of Leo warmth, heat - a situation with both positive and negative consequences.
Note that the fire energy also includes heatwaves, extra high temperatures, hi-combustibility risk as well as fire itself, particularly with Jupiter in Leo  - [Jupiter in Leo from July 2014-Aug 11 2015] but Mars in Leo will keep up the heat as well from August 9-Sept 25.
But Saturn at 28 Scorpio at the same time means a very difficult opposing and destructive energy is  present.
Mars at 27-29 Cancer is adding more heat.
Saturn in Scorpio = death/destruction. Leo = by fire
Already, fire fatalities recorded in New Zealand
California wildfire situation has escalated under prevailing effects.

 [ Cilla Black a personification of the warm Leo style of entertainer, died after a fall, laying for some 5hrs in 31C heat and was dead on discovery. The death by fire energy was already in effect when Cilla died on August 1 of a subarachnoid haemorrhage - a survivable event, but the extreme heat while unconscious put her in a state of hyperthermia, according to the autopsy. The timing of her death is highlighted in that Cilla had multiple factors at 29 degrees and 3 factors in Leo in her birth energy ]


Aggravating the ongoing situation is the relationship of Pluto to the other factors at 27-29 degrees.
Pluto is the partner of Saturn when it comes to destructive capacity. When the two are acting in unison the brutality or ferocity worsens.
In the first week of August Pluto interacts with Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury
This intense combining is capable of producing highly dramatic, destructive, large scale devastation on an environmental level as is clearly happening in the state of California.
[update August 13: late on August 12  massive explosions at the Chinese port at Tianjin reflect strongly the fire and combustibility themes as well as the large scale destruction indicated by the Pluto-Saturn energies operating through August. Fatalities and multiple injuries reported immediately] 

Multiple connected forces, Saturn prominent on the AC-DC axis, Neptune at the MC all relevant - Neptune reflects the toxic chemicals involved

Economically in August the omens are equally evident as bearing the hallmarks of a wipeout.
Structures collapse, wealth destroyed, assets lost.
Many will find problems getting money owed, debts being unpaid to you, bad financial deals.

This economic theme perpetuates what has already been forecast since June on this blog.

On a personal level, much love is needed to heal the pain others will be suffering due to their loss of people, income and all the implications of such threatening and frightening events.
The first 2 weeks of August for many people have problematical energies around relationships, things going sour, breakups

The whole month of August carries the themes of economic downturn, commodities continuing in freefall, structures destroyed, but also watch a further significant period around 22nd-23rd when the Sun, Moon, Saturn and Pluto all combine to create further examples of the themes in play as outlined in the earlier sections
[update August 23 -mass fatalities, massive destruction, large scale explosive, fiery event following a plane crash on August 23 at the Shoreham Air Show, Sussex UK] 

In New Zealand it is the price of milk powder in the international auction that is starting to cause concern for farmers' incomes. 
Structural change is being considered to halt the decline just as regulatory efforts are being made in China to stem the losses on their stockmarket.
[update August 24 -panic continues on China stockmarket ]

 [updates August 13 - the mining sector generally is in decline due to the commodity downturn and New Zealand joins in on this theme with the state mining company Solid Energy facing gradual deconstruction , firstly through "voluntary administration" in order to salvage any value
Auckland's real estate bubble may well have just reached its high water mark, with figures released for July showing a $20K median drop. Outside of the largest city of NZ the effect will be delayed short-term. Finance Minister forewarning of the inevitable fall.
China has devalued the yuan twice in 2 days, hoping to stimulate flagging exports out of the country -exports fell by over 8% in July NZ's ANZ Truckometer is a useful economic gauge for NZ & the signs are also pointing down]

 As already forecast in related posts on this site the general economic situation is not likely to improve in August and not in the near future either as the world looks face-on at another significant economic readjustment.

August 17

Around 7pm a pipe bomb carrying 3kg of TNT explosive exploded in central Bangkok Thailand. This continues the fiery and destructive themes forecast throughout August.
The full extent and details of the Tianjin, China explosions of August 12 are still yet to be known but one startling theory points to economic-based tensions between the US and China underlying a warning strike being directed by the US Pentagon  - read the full details 
Sources quote 3kgs of TNT in Bangkok bomb versus the equivalent force of 3 and 21 tonnes of TNT in the two Tianjin blasts 

AUGUST SUPERMOON
From August 27 the energy builds and as usual lasts a lunar month, but...
This is no ordinary full moon -the energies are intensified by Supermoon status = the moon is in closer orbit than usual [September full moon will be closest for 2015]
This full moon in the mutable signs Virgo & Pisces activates all forms of transport -these are the channels of movement in our civilization -air, sea and on land, motorised, human powered or whatever -all forms of movement through space, even a push scooter or bicycle - are extra vulnerable for the full lunar month to significant ACCIDENT energy. 
Most affected are people with planets at:
4-6 degrees in mutable signs
19-21 degrees in Cardinal signs.
As usual, not all days are equal hi-risk
August 27-31 take extra care
Luck may be on your side if a transport incident occurs in the first 10 days of September due to the protective effect of Jupiter in the range 4-6 of mutable Virgo.

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Why Mayor Len Brown Should Resign

Auckland Mayor Len Brown confirmed on October 15 2013 that he had an extra-marital affair of some two years duration

Public opinion is of course divided on account of the range of moral and ethical positions held amongst people of various beliefs, cultures, education

                                                   scroll to end for latest updates

The Personal

Mayor Brown had presented himself as the archetypal family man as befits a high profile politician and the obligatory photo shoots.

The Mayor acknowledges the affair but maintains -having just been re-elected to a second term to lead New Zealand's largest city - that it is business as usual and that this is a private and family matter he needs to resolve with them alone.

Hong Kong born Bevan Chuang has been identified as the woman involved with Brown, allegedly up until July 2013 - on account of the online publication of a sworn affidavit filed on October 15 which provides salacious details of the conduct of both parties from her perspective.

Public opinoin on the morning of October 16, despite the Mayor's mea culpa on Campbell Live TV3 the prior evening - is in favour more of him resigning than staying - and Chuang herself is making this call. Left opponent John Minto also agrees a resignation is appropriate.

The Politics

The politics of it are

• Len Brown is regarded as a Left or Centre Left politician
• The blogger site running the affidavit is run by an extreme right wing muckraker
• the blogger's father was campaign manager for the right wing candidate Palino in the Mayoralty election
• Chuang is described as a right wing political aspirant who unsuccessfully stood as a candidate in the Auckland local body elections as a member of the Communities and Residents group, aligned with the National Party.

These factors have led many to see a conspiracy to undermine Len Brown for political gain.

The Power Equation

This stands out as the crux of the issue

Len Brown is alleged to have pursued Bevan Chang with texts and invitations to meet and eventually he is said to have touched her arm and hand. Eventually this became allegedly a kiss he planted on her unexpectedly and eventually ongoing sexual relations.

Though not employed by the Council itself, Chuang was on an advisory board related to council functioning

She is a political novice

Ms Chuang is 32 years of age and Len Brown is 57

Mayor Brown is in a position of considerable power.

This is a classic case of power abuse in term's of Len Brown's behaviour

His position of authority is unquestionably of major significance in dealing with a much younger female, who also happens to be from an immigrant culture and who had political aspirations.

Chuang herself likens her situation to the Clinton-Lewinsky case.

The Bigger Picture

The purpose of this blog is to put news stories into a broader social context by means of astro-analysis of energies in play.

As noted in many prior posts, the current period 2012-2016 is one of major political, economic, social and environmental transformations as identified by the 90 degree pairing of Uranus and Pluto. October 2013 sees the close approach of these planets to their eventual fourth exact square on the 31st. 

This brings to the fore the energies of significant transformational events and in the process of this societal change, many high profile men have fallen from grace on account of abusing their power.
[Tiger Woods, Lance Armstrong, Berlusconi, Jimmy Saville, the sex allegations against Rolf Harris, William Roche to name a few]

The influences prevailing mean this is the time for the secrets to come out of the woodwork and for those who abuse power to be held to account because human relations are in need of a makeover.

On account of these prevailing energies, the Brown affair having been disclosed in October 2013 means the situation becomes an archetypal example of the rot in the system that needs to be cured. This will not be swept under the carpet by people in the way the Mayor is pleading for

He has learnt nothing from his behaviour and is showing the sort of arrogant blindness that will only trip him up again. His main statement in terms of retaining the Mayoralty is: I love this job. I want to continue my agenda. Me. Me. Me.

Born October 1 1956
Len Brown is a Libran -the sign of partnership

He has Moon and Venus in Leo -the performer, entertainer, and attention-loving qualities

Mars in Pisces - the achilles heel re sexual indiscretions, predisposed to sexual fantasy

Juptiter opposite Mars enhances the sex drive

5 factors connected at 29 degrees [ Saturn-Node, Neptune, Mercury, Pluto - give him great drive, energy and ambition - but this combination  adds even more to the tendency to have a downfall on account of a sex scandal - Saturn is in the sex sign Scorpio and is exact in contact with the destiny indicator the lunar north node.
Neptune adds to the secrecy, fantasy and deceit, Pluto is the obsessive element - all impacting the mental functioning of someone meant to be making billion-dollar decisions and interacting with a broad range of people.

A fatal impoverishment in his judgement is not just a private matter.

Len Brown should resign.

[disclosure: my politics are Left as you can get -and I'm glad I didn't vote for Brown]

addendum October 16
I am advised that some blokes on social media had a collective apoplexy the morning this was posted due to their overly hasty mis-reading of the section about high-profile figures falling from grace in the period 2012-2016.
This italicised aspect of the commentary did not equate Len Brown's behaviour with that of Berlusconi or Jimmy Saville etc per se, but that, like them, he is a high profile figure falling from grace in the context of what seems clearly an abuse of power situation.
For example: today you can also add ex Auckland Mayor John Banks to the list of those falling from grace: he faces a humiliating court trial over allegations of fraud related to electoral donations -and as a consequence within a short time resigned his portfolios.

update October 20
People who have read my post on the Mighty River Power sharemarket float will know that I forewarned that this was a turkey due to the prevailing energies which were in play when the government chose to offer shares.
The same issue arises in the Len Brown case:
what were the prevailing energies when the news broke on October 15?

The paired eclipses - October 18 [annular lunar] and November 3 [total solar] give the biggest clues in terms of their impact on Len Brown.
[Space-time differs from standard time on earth: related events can arise before, around or after a strong activation like an eclipse if that activation point i.e. zodiac degree is triggered by the passage of another planetary energy across that activation point]

Not only do the eclipse patterns include the over-riding Uranus-Pluto signifier of deep-seated collective change being top of the current global agenda -as detailed above - but Len Brown himself - a symbol of relating conduct that needs to change -  has significant enough links to both eclipses to anticipate that the issues arising from his actions will not disappear quickly.
Indicators in November point to more intense heat being applied to him and a long-unfolding aftermath of self-confrontation and soul-searching stretches even beyond 2015. A man at a moral crossroads with a rather large audience.

update October 21
When a single individual is in the public eye on account of behaviour people find unacceptable, that person serves as a collective learning experience: many will have transgressed in a similar fashion or will be currently & some may just be planning to.
The public response serves as a gauge of what is and what is not acceptable in society in any era.
Lying, cheating, stealing, violence and murder have attracted penalties since forever, but when these actions are highlighted within a political context many other complexities enter the arena.
Len Brown being so recently re-elected to the Mayoralty & with Councillors about to also start a new term, political expediency muddies the morality issue significantly.
Len Brown, above all things, wants to pursue his political agenda.
Councillors who support that agenda have to choose between personal/political loyalty and their own stance on morality issues.
The alternative of a by-election and new vote is totally unpalatable when political ambition is to the fore.
The rationalisation of Brown & supporters that a personal & family relationship crisis has no bearing on the Mayor's administrative capacity is completely fatuous, self-deluding and an attempt to delude others.
The textbook mea culpa on Campbell Live was simply an exercise in politically expedient PR 101 damage control.
Then the advice on page 2 of the handbook is Lay Low for Several Days
Page 3 itemises the Recovery Phase

• Proceed As Normal
• Maintain a Confident Air 
• Smile 
• Make Light of The Issue
• Keep Minimising The Issue when pressed for comment

A highly stage-managed whilst simultaneously highly transparent procedure designed to fool most of the people most of the time.

Abe Lincoln is said to have encountered this phenomenon and observed similarly:

You can fool some of the people all of the time

and all of the people some of the time

 but you can not fool all of the people all of the time

What a sorry state when naked ambition is accepted as more important than honesty, integrity, fidelity and how others are treated.

update October 24 2013
In the wake of what most would consider a week from hell, Len Brown has maintained a pro-active defense strategy to the point of publicly requesting that politicians private lives ought to be protected. This comes in light of a now publicly revealed  hear no evil-see no evil-report no evil pact that has existed between New Zealand media and politicians since whenever.
???
Yes this coterie of almost exclusively men, until recent times, seems to have more in common with Freemasonry or some secretive Lodge - even the Catholic Church with its containment of sexual abuse is a parallel.
Keeping secrets in order to provide protection to a supposed privileged sector is totally unacceptable.
Politicians are the employees of the people.
They are in positions of power over the lives of others.
They ought to be open to full scrutiny.
The fact that Len Brown is asking for this entitlement further reinforces his lack of perspective and faulty judgement.
The Mayor in the wake of his public shaming has made no effort to resign from his  honorary role as President of the Home & Family Counselling organisation

Len Brown is continuing to behave like a man who has lived for 57 years and never truly faced accountability, like he is therefore beyond accountability.
He is tempting fate in the most dangerous of ways.

Updated
December Friday 13 2013
Report released into the Mayor's conduct & where Council protocols or Code of Conduct may have been breached
Primarily failure to declare free hotel rooms and upgrades in hotel accommodation were highlighted - initial report
The Full EY Report of 19 pages is here

December 17
Where is the Moral/Ethical Leadership?

                         
More apologies from Len Brown but this is starting to sound like a man who feels he is untouchable, he can do anything - so long as he apologises. This is a trick children can learn very early in the game when they have overly indulgent parenting.
Andrew Dickens on the ZB site sums up many reasons for the widespread ongoing disquiet -including former supporters within Council calling for an official censure.
Conflict of interest arises re complementary & upgrade hotel rooms provided by Sky City to Len Brown since Sky City is involved in a controversial pokies for convention centre deal with the government
Net closes in aimed to set tight boundaries around Loosehead Len

                                  All credit - save the updates - to 1970's artist Darryl Kirby
December 18 2013
On this day the websites of Radio NZ and the NZ Herald gave top priority to the call for Len Brown to resign.
RNZ pic also showed the print Herald front page:

Despite wide public disapproval, media consensus & public placard-waving Brown continues to stick to his position: I have apologised and I want to move on
December 19 2013
At the meeting of the Council where the issue of censure against Mayor Brown was addressed Auckland Council preferred to stick with the status quo rather than upturn the applecart. This was the wrong decision as time will tell
Only 5 of the 20 wanted to push for a No Confidence vote.
This era -2012-2016 has a theme of bedrock change being required to remove rotten practices & their perpetrators -whether that be in politics, finance, the priesthood, business or amongst the ranks of "celebrities" - to name just some contexts where change - by virtue of exposure - is already being observed.
Surprisingly though it was Councillors on the Right who wanted the more extreme censure: paradoxically they are the voices of the sort of change required and voiced by citizens on the true Left whereas the moderate Left on the council & some right leaning councillors have followed the path of political expediency, in the name of political stability.
This unconscious attempt to go against the flow of change is pointless. Change will happen. People of the type exemplified by Len Brown no longer have a valid place as leaders in our communities, nations or globally
The tide is against them & by choosing to dig in, Len Brown will be struggling offshore against a very strong current

Further Reading:
2015 report on the highlights and lowlights of the Brown mayoralty
Len Brown's family values role

Herald news report

Chuang calls for Mayor to stand down

The Affidavit

March 2013 astrology forecast - Death & Destruction

Scroll down for sections on New and Full Moon for March 2013
Note: updated material will be regularly added

Saturn and Pluto remain locked in to a pronounced theme of  death & destruction  [notable in February and continuing through March 2013 with significant high profile deaths: people widely known and important to their larger community ] [update Hugo Chavez , President of Venezuela, died March 5 & further hi-profile deaths are noted into April 2013 -Margaret Thatcher - with the planetary factors still in play until October 2013]
As usual, particular persons and places are affected, dependant on individual resonance with the prevailing pattern. Your friendly local astrologer can give you guidance on that
In fact 2013 may be remembered for the overdose of death and transformational experiences in the news - September looks even more intense in this respect, with Saturn-Pluto-north node all locked together at 8 degrees. Transformational means a life completely changed, due to powerful changes affecting the self or those in meaningful connection to a person. This can be the result of an "accident", an environmental disaster, disease, being the victim of a criminal act or personal criminal liability - or any circumstance that arises [karmically] that enforces a dramatic new adjustment.
Death & transformation are very clearly being expressed in our environment
The worst drought in almost 70 years now affects most of New Zealand's North Island. for the farmers this means the death of pastures, the transformation of their landscape & the decline of healthy animals. Growers and home gardeners face the loss of crops, vegie plots, cherished ornamentals
[Update March 10: UK Met Service reports on weather extremes from drought to deluge.
 & refer to posts on this blog re Dust Bowl Drought & Water issues: too little-too much for prior forecasts into the future

In New Zealand, March began with a destructive arson affecting 3 homes in Westmere, Auckland. On the day in question, March 2, Sun-Saturn Pluto were all tightly linked - with the sun being the trigger point for the destructive actions of the offender[s] & resulting fire. The death aspect did not involve human fatalities, but the death of a lifestyle, or phase of life, for those directly involved.
A second arson reported March 4, West Auckland. 
[in fact a google search for arson news over the first days of this month showed several reports on arson, so it seems the prevailing energy has deliberate fire-setting as one of its signatures]
Destructive & aggressive energy also associated with a car crash involving 4 teenage girls in east Auckland.
A gas leak forces domestic evacuations at Hatfield's Beach north of Auckland [March 4] This issue indicates Pisces [gas] with Saturn causing failure/problems.

With news of the illness of Queen Elizabeth of England her chart is referenced

A life of duty - and difficulties, restraint & responsibilities personified by Saturn exact at the top point [MC] of the vertical [angled] axis and a double-whammy effect with the related sign Capricorn rising at the time of birth.[AC] The Queen's well known abundant energy and fitness derive from the Mars-Jupiter tight connection - but contradictory weakening forces come via Neptune opposite these two and Saturn at right angles - all outlined by the red triangle.
2013 has seen the lunar north node and Saturn in transit both in strong relationship to her birthchart positions, the node crossing the MC point and the other, Saturn en route to the 3rd Saturn return. Pluto, in transit, has now twice been at the midpoint of the Saturn-Mars-Jupiter factors, but there is more to come - at least 5 months of systemic stress starting in July, with Pluto eventually joined again by Uranus in November, giving rise to obvious concern re the monarch's ability to sustain such a strongly transformational period. Interesting to look further and see whether abdication is the option at hand.

The New Moon
Falls either on the 11th or 12th -in your own timezone. The phase begins up to 3 days prior and has potential effect - i.e. themes can be triggered by activating planets within the period till next New Moon
As in February, a big collection of planets remain in Pisces so some of the keywords which may be in the news:
sea, water, boats, alcohol, drugs, medicines, chemicals, gas, oil, petrol, movies, dreams, escapism, trickery, fraud.
Aggressive energy is associated through Mars with this Pisces line-up, particularly a Sun-Mars connection which will trigger the Saturn-Pluto theme.
There is potential here for alcohol/drug or religiously inspired aggression resulting in a death & destruction outcome. Several events of this/related description are likely to feature in global news.
[update: The Vatican conclave meeting, to elect a new Roman Catholic Pope, in the middle of March 2013 represents another Pisces theme: the Church & religion. - refer to detailed report on the process & top candidate profiles.
It is interesting how much Scorpio energy is in the prominent candidates [Scola, Turkson, Bertone, Sandri] at a time when sexual issues at high on the agenda. A transformational opportunity for one of these, including Scorpio Cardinal Leonardo Sandri [ an Italian native, serving in South America]. Looking at his basic astrological factors [full chart not available] he seems to have strong energy at this time -  as does Cardinal Christoph Schönborn (Aquarius).  It's too big a job to reach any definitive conclusions -and without any birth times to make proper charts - so just a slightly educated guess based on some presently strong planetary influences.  Watching this process is like a live episode from the Da Vinci Code
[updates March 16: Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, on Dec 17 1936, was declared Pope on March 13 2013. The new Pope has a chart loaded with spiritual destiny. viewing just his birth date, since no time is known, Saturn's position in Pisces is very relevant and particularly being linked in direct opposition to his Neptune in Virgo.[ significant spiritual leadership & responsibilities] His natal north lunar node at 24 Sagittarius is in tight conjunction to his sun at 25 Sagittarius [ karmic destiny in the realm of belief]. Pluto at 28 Cancer is linked closely to the Sun-Node pairing bringing transformational energies at his disposal. [ Pluto being the planetary expression of the sign Scorpio can manifest, as in all energies, at the highest or lowest level - as noted regarding the Church's sexual abuse scandals. The time is ripe for the past to be overturned, transformed and healed via a fresh leadership.
In terms of other pisces keywords - a report on the pending disastrous failure globally of antibacterial drugs. With resistance spreading, the world faces a return to conditions only known prior to the modern era of pharmaceuticals, when people risked death as a result of minor infections.
report
And - regarding water - the connection of this commodity to the economy is explained by Brian Fallow NZHerald - report March 14

updates March 21 2013
Have to insert here a note about the abundance of accident energy around in the period March 21-23 in particular due to Mars and Uranus teaming up in Aries. Sharp objects, knives and guns often feature, along with vehicle accidents and fires.  Angry, aggressive energy is also part of the picture with Sun & Venus in tandem in Aries on 27th-28th March coinciding with the Full Moon in Aries-Libra. -refer to Full Moon notes below As usual particular people & places more affected due to individual resonance with this rather dangerous Aries then Plutonic/Scorpionic energy.

NZer living in Australia, Hohepa Morehu-Barlow sentenced for multi-million dollar fraud sentenced to a term of 14 years jail this week in March 2013,  report
This  is a classic 'fall from grace' though his fans and reputation were based on a fantasy royal lineage. He now suffers the death of a lifestyle and due to the large amount embezzled & the auctioning of $1 million of luxury goods to reclaim some of the losses, so complies with the March theme of 'high profile deaths'. born Feb 13 1975, time unknown, Barlow has some classic fantasy factors - Moon, Venus & Jupiter in Pisces -an emotional need for escapism and material abundance fuelled by fantasy & deception - the result of a wounded sense of self [link to Chiron in Aries]
[update March 22 2013: refer to recent updates in post titled Sun Flares Earth Storms which, along with other solar activity writings on this blog, considers human, biological, environmental, technological responses to raised geomagnetic conditions induced by electrical discharges from the sun. The timing of the recent March 17 2013 geostorm has flowed into a hi-intensity Aries period of planetary mix as noted on March 21. Aries with its link to Mars [sign-planet] bears many of the hallmarks of the rush of blood to the brain -type behaviours seen to cluster after the sun sends its highly charged wind out into space, as it did recently, when that wind engulfed earth. anger, aggression, violence, impatience resulting in all kinds of accidents, arguments, murder, protests -and at the extreme end involving mass panic, explosions, bombings. The solar effects seem to add jet fuel to the Mars/Aries influences, and here in March 2013 have preceded the growing collection of Sun-Venus-Mars-Uranus all in Aries and being accentuated by the events detailed below. What is highly interesting is the timing issue, because constructed time is not the same as natural time - and even the issue of linear time can be seen as a construct versus the notion of simple simultaneity - so many questions arise re the coinciding solar and planetary events]    Scroll down to WATCH video of the March 17 geostorm

update:March 23 2013
Reports of destruction from extreme weather:
An unseasonal late snowstorm brings destruction in the UK -report
Homes, caravans destroyed, Australia, north Victoria after unusual tornado rips through -report


Looking ahead to March 24 2013
The energy is now bunched in Aries - Venus-Sun-Uranus-Mars and Saturn-Pluto are triggered by an exact Jupiter position in Gemini
Around/on this date there is significant accident or aggression energy related to a form of transport, and with a considerable number of deaths. One example could be a terrorist car bomb killing many or a train derailment - but the keywords are indicating some form of transport. Gemini is land transport, but Jupiter adds in the potential for long distant transport - ie a plane.
updates: globally lots of crash reports in the March 23-25 window being reported -car, bus, plane
 Pakistani bus crash with large number of fatalities & injuries reported March 23
Plane crash Queensland reported March 25

With energy patterns such as these clearly most of the planet's population will not experience the full force of these effects. Those most affected have planetary positions which are in mathematical-angular range of being triggered. Places, specific locations have an accumulated energy which also is capable of being activated by corresponding energy in transit. Lesser effects such as difficult,dangerous, but not fatal, life-changing experiences are experienced by those with a partial connection to the energy - for example a person who comes to the aid of a person severely injured or dying. The helper is strongly affected, but not to the extent of the person they are attending.
Aries energy expressed as military action:
The president of the Central African Republic has fled the country's capital and rebels have seized control of the city
Military action by Israel against Syria - reported March 24

March 27 Full Moon Aries-Libra
A bundle of planets in the range from 6-11 degrees
Sun-Moon-Mercury-Venus-Mars-Jupiter-Saturn-Uranus-Pluto-Chiron
So out of the whole range of commonly referred to factors -only the nodes of the Moon and Neptune are placed outside of this range - and with Neptune close to 5 degrees, it could be included.

Aries-Libra is the classic balancing act and issues of balance, fairness, peace, mediation - measured against imbalance, unfairness, aggression, violence.
Aries is the viewpoint of the individual self and Libra is the partnership perspective, so issues always arise in this phase - active when triggered from 24 March 2013-next full moon - re how to meet the needs of the self while also trying to be a partner.

With so much emphasis on Aries [Venus-Sun-Uranus-Mars] in this March 2013 lineup -there's quite a lot of scope for disputes over selfish behaviour -whether on a personal, national or international level.
Angry, aggressive & militaristic drives are exaggerated in this phase.

[update April 15 Patriots Day Boston Marathon finish line is the scene of 2 explosions reported as bombs; other devices located; fatalities and injuries reported]

Secret sexual & romantic/escapist encounters are more likely than usual to be the cause of relationship strife. Some influenced by these urges will have an attack of the guilts that stops them in their tracks - or  it could be a conception or sexual infection that gives the game away on the hidden activities.

Lots of scope here for heat, fire, explosions - on the human and environmental levels.

Under these influences, best to back off from confrontations and from those releasing frustration around you, as outcomes are not looking pleasant once the combustible factors synergise

update March 27
A report from the UK on March 26:  a fatal attack by 4 dogs inside a residential address has led to a 14 year old girl losing her life. This occurred in the building phase of this potent full moon and is an example of how animals are equally affected by the aggressive triggers.
And in a strikingly similar case: update March 29: a New Zealand woman found dead after being mauled at a residential address by 2 dogs - report
update March 28
Hi profile NZ cricketer Jesse Ryder seriously injured in one or more assaults by at least two men, around 12.30 am March 28, in Merivale, Christchurch. One witness reports 3-4 men attacking Ryder.  His initial condition is critical, with a fractured skull, other injuries and then reported to have been placed in an induced coma. - report
Astrological factors:
Born August 6 1984 [Sun Leo, Moon Sagittarius with a significant [sesquiquadrate] Neptune link to the Sun - Ryder has a history of alcohol issues. The assault is reported to have happened outside a bar where Ryder & fellow cricketers had been after a match day. With Neptune and Pluto in tight connection [sextile] in his natal chart, Pluto's position in Libra has a role to play in creating significant relationship issues.
The primary factor at present is clearly the return of Saturn to its birth position [ Saturn return] in Ryder's chart: born with Saturn at 10 Scorpio, this planet on March 28 2013 is at 10.23 Scorpio.
Scorpio is death, transformation & the use/abuse of power.
Saturn brings major life lessons and new phases of maturity - often experienced through difficult experiences if a person has resisted or delayed growth.
The Saturn Return emphasises the Saturn issues & occurs at critical points in the lifespan of an individual -firstly around the age of 28-29, next late 50's -[specific to each individual due to cycle length variations]
The assault happened in the wake of a very dangerous full moon.
If Ryder survives this attack -clearly a dynamic of power abuse involving violent assailants - he will clearly be a transformed man.
note: fuller analysis is not possible due to lack of a complete chart based on time of birth
Here is a chart based on possible time of 25 past midnight in Christchurch.
This shows the energies in play in the general region.
The birth charts of all 5 individuals involved would show strong resonance with the energy picture prevailing

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The Moon at the top of the sky is the timing trigger. Position 8 Libra.

Opposite the Moon is a gathering in Aries: Venus-Sun-Uranus-Mars from effectively 6-12 degrees and midpoint of 9

At right angles is Pluto sitting exact on the left horizon line - at 11 Capricorn

Another grouping clusters around 11 degrees:

Saturn in Scorpio top left at 10 degrees

Mercury-Chiron combine at 10 Pisces

Mars at almost 12 Aries

Jupiter at 11 Gemini

Ascendant and Pluto together at 11 Capricorn
The mathematics consistently line up in times of extreme energy eruptions

This amount of tightly knitted energy and particularly with so many intense angles - especially opposition and 90 degree range squares - the combination is a picture of explosive & violence - with likely fatal or majorly transformational consequences.

This happened in Christchurch but the pattern was global - like a lightning bolt seeking earthing points emerging where resonant conditions exist. Other news examples around this time [ universal time of 11.25 am on Weds 27th] will include more than usual reports of acts of violence, bombing, war zone activity and destructive use of power.
update: March 30 Jesse Ryder reported to be out of coma and talking with family. Two related men have now been arrested

Note as well March 31-April 1st 2013
A collection of planets at 10-11 degrees
Sun-Moon-Mercury-Venus-Jupiter-Saturn-Pluto-Chiron, all amplified by Uranus-Mars 11 degree midpoint in Aries means potentials are high in resonant people & places for a lot of energy activation with agressive-dangerous-explosive-violent-injurious-fatal consequences. Destructive urges, accident energy and dangerous situations involving transport on land,sea & in the air] are higher than usual risk factors.

updates March 30 3013
North Korea declares war on South Korea this event occurs admidst the powerful Aries aggressive-militaristic energies, already identified in this blog post, as building continually during March 2013 due to multiple planets Aries fuelled by Pluto in Capricorn.

This is the type of B-2 stealth bomber being flown over the Korean Peninsula in March - report

Explosion in China coal mine kills 28
Camp stove gas canister explodes -March 29 NZ
All Black Dan Carter announces birth of son Marco on 28th -no time yet reported - but this little boy born in the wake of a potent full moon with many intense planetary interactions going on has the potential to be a force to be reckoned with. The birth was expected in mid April so an early, probably cesarean birth, is consistent with the impatience of an Aries child. - may be updated 
High profile death in NZ - Eric Hertz CEO of mobile phone company and wife presumed dead after light plane crash March 30, in New Zealand - report
Eiffel Tower evacuated due to bomb threat March 30

further material:

Wikipedia -Jesse Ryder

                         view the strong geostorm of March 17, shown in the aurora borealis

Significant disturbances to earth's magnetic field appear to have flow-on effects upon human & other biological systems as well as electrical/electronic technologies