Thursday, 17 September 2015

Astrology of The 2015 Human Flood

September 2015 may represent the high water mark in the human flood impacting Europe - but unrelenting displacement is capable of breaching all existing infrastructure in the period beyond  2015
Latest: UN fears September 2015 is "the tip of the iceberg" in the human flood in transit across Europe. - scroll to end for full report

GOOGLE news search SEPT17 re Human Flood
 Regarded as the worst humanitarian crisis involving mass movements of people since WW2, some 12 million Syrians displaced since 2011, 4 million of those into other countries; 3 million displaced from Iraq since December 2013; Rohinaya Muslims from Myanmar and Bangladesh, numbering some 25,000 in the period January-March 2015. 
These are some but not all of the global situations representing floods of people on the move.

Planetary indicators show what may be the peak in middle September 2015
Jupiter in Virgo in exact opposition to Neptune in Pisces.
Jupiter in Virgo is the social networks of people, structured social groupings or demographics. 
Neptune is the energy of flow like water, a tide.
When Jupiter opposes Neptune the flow is extreme.
Neptune is also compassion and so widespread sympathy has been expressed for the refugee masses
September 2015 is noted not only for the human floods but also major flash floods in Japan and the US and any other significantly large body of water in movement. [as I write a M8 quake off Chile has sent a tsunami wave across the Pacific Ocean as well as along the shoreline in the region of Santiago.
Later reports indicate the mass movement of an estimated one million people from vulnerable zones in Chile -another human flood]

Opposing forces grow:
Controls, restrictions, barriers, walls, fences, laws, penalties, strict and austere approaches.
With the return of Saturn to Sagittarius on September 18 2015 the response to people of nationality that is foreign to a host nation becomes much less compassionate in certain locations.
A data base of keywords to understand Saturn principles is here 
[update: with Hungary adopting hardline approaches to the overwhelming influx, Croatia appeared to be a safe option for the exodus of refugees but rapidly the situation reversed in that nation too on Sept 18: seven of the 8 border crossings were closed. Some 17,000 people had entered Croatia since Weds Sept 17, proving impossible for local infrastructure. - BBC report
Slovenia began to effect border closures as well. 

update Sept 24 2015
a Human Flood in Saudi Arabia sees over 700 die, over 80 injured during convergence of some 2 million pilgrims to holy sites around Mecca for the Feast of the Sacrifice and the Stoning of the Devil rituals. A stampede of bodies occurred at a crossroads in Mina, outside of Mecca. -scroll down for analysis
Human streams converge- Mina Sept 24 2015
The Human Flood resulting in mass deaths in Mina, near Mecca, Saudia Arabia during the events of the Haj reflects strongly the prevailing planetary energies of Jupiter opposing Neptune and Saturn in Sagittarius. 
Jupiter and Sagittarius are indicators of spiritual or religious matters. Neptune represents a very similar attunement to the divine and includes devotion and worship. 
Saturn is associated with challenges, tests, difficulties or disasters.
Within the context of the Haj an immense devotional flood of human energy met the blockage and tragic outcome represented by Saturn.
A 5am local time for the tragic event shows Jupiter, Neptune and Chiron prominent on the sunrise-sunset AC-DC axis; Saturn in range of midway between the Sun and Moon.
These positionings amplify and electromagnetically earth the extreme energy in the location at that time.
click on diagram to enlarge in another window


Across the other side of the world, as this tragedy unfolded
but before the news was known, I observed, while walking 
in the late afternoon, a very large cloud in the blue sky. 
It was the shape of a Satan figure, viewed from behind.
 It formed a lunging position towards the waxing Moon above. 
It swallowed the moon and as the half moon was swallowed 
its full shape was visible, like a round stone 
descending the oesophagus.
Satan has connections to Saturn.
The ritual connected to the tragedy in Mina was
 "the stoning of the devil"
the half moon

the moon being swallowed


a large cloud form of Satan similar to this, swallowed the moon

update: Sept 27 the 96 year old, recently restored vessel MV Tuhoe foundered at the mouth of the Waimakariri River. After two nights spent stranded at the river mouth, the boat had taken on board 1m depth of seawater in the hull, the stern dropped and buckling and splitting destroyed the Tuhoe's integrity. An immediate deconstruction process ensued.
The prevailing energies of flood,  [Jupiter-Neptune, assisted by connected energies of Mars and Saturn] amplified by the September 28 Supermoon were all relevant in the ill-fated timing of the journey from Lyttelton -after $200,000 of restoration work, to its Kaiapoi River berth, passing the Waimakariri River en route. A sandbar trapped the boat -and not for the first time - June 1963 was a lucky escape for the Tuhoe when the boat got stuck on the Waimakariri bar but responded to refloating. Maritime mishaps were written in the stars when the boat first launched on April 7 1919.

October sees an intensification of the forces opposing the spreading human flood wherever in the world that this issue is manifesting.
Discord, anger likely with Mars conjoined with Jupiter in mid October.
 Saturn comes increasing closer to an exact 90 degree angle to Neptune


November:
Restraints, legal restrictions, barriers intensify against the forces of flow and of justice, freedom and compassion.  
A polarizing struggle may result with sentiment strong on both sides in affected Eurozone communities -many in support of welcoming refugees, many opposed.
Different outcomes likely in different nations - one taking a hardline restrictive approach while a bordering country opting for tolerance and inclusion.
The Saturn-Neptune standoff intensifies through November and very pronounced as the month ends and December begins.

December:
While significant restriction on refugee movements seem likely to be embedded across the Eurozone by December, it will be worth noting the events surrounding 18-20 December when another energy pattern begins to develop relating to mass movements of people.
New conditions in different locations likely to add to the social causes of displacement. 
Extreme weather conditions likely to unfold in mid December are also a significant part of the picture: drought likely to intensify in October, through November and December but any source of destructive flooding also potentially involved.
Galactic Centre position 27 SAG activated in December 
The Sun and lunar nodal axis will converge to provide a noticeable trigger of extreme weather conditions.


Jupiter conjunct the lunar north node will be triggered by the Sun-Node contact in December as an early indicator of events in January and February 2016 when Jupiter is tight to exact on nodal axis for weeks in duration

January 2016
Various surges of displaced people reaching great intensity, January into February
Crisis point in late January-early February.
Jupiter on Nodal axis. Moon-Uranus-Pluto, then Pluto-Uranus-Mercury, Moon-Mars. 
It seems likely that a perfect storm of social-political and environmental root causes are converging in the period  December 2015-January-February 2016 with human displacement on a very significant scale being the outcome in diverse global locations and not just restricted to the Eurozone.

The issues of drought and deluge reflect cyclic patterns returning and can be seen in past cycles of El Nino mirroring planetary cycles involving Saturn and Neptune.
When Jupiter combines forces with Neptune the deluge and flooding energies become extreme as noted in September 2015.
May 2016 will see a resumption of the Jupiter-Neptune opposition but Saturn will be at 90 degrees to both planets - Saturn is the restrictive energy, capable of offsetting some of the extremes, but also capable of wrecking or destabilising structures -natural or constructed and so landslips, landslides, riverbanks being breached are typical of Saturn bringing disastrous outcomes in respect of excess water.
May 2016: regarding the Human Flood: Saturn in Sagittarius is the punitive, restrictive response to foreign nationals offset against the socially responsible compassionate humanitarianism of Jupiter-Neptune


The UN is keeping very close observations of the ongoing mass displacement and fears 2015 is still witnessing the tip of the iceberg.
People emerging out of Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia constitute the principal affected zones. 
Focus is currently on an extra 10 million who may need to exit Iraq.

The environmental issues are covered in various prior posts including Water Issues
and Dust Bowl Drought
and El Nino astrological indicators 

Visit this page again for updates usually added here to extend and exemplify forecasted outcomes





Thursday, 10 September 2015

Virgo Eclipse, Aries Supermoon September 2015



September 2015 is an Eclipse month
 with the end of month event being 
the strongest Supermoon for the year.
Latest: scroll to end for Supermoon analysis

The first big celestial event of September bearing significant terrestrial impacts is the partial solar eclipse at the Virgo New Moon which builds up from September 10, reaches exactitude on September 13 and has a 6 month period of effect.

Extreme states of mind arise in vulnerable people – noticeable in news reports from as early as Sept 8 but remaining in effect during the 6 month eclipse timeframe. The aggravating effect of Pluto at 90 degree angle to Mercury is involved.
Minds losing balance over issues of disempowerment.
This does not augur well for people caught up in the globally significant refugee crisis, feeling stressed, displaced, harassed.
It is not good for people in any context who are ready to explode
update October 1
A mass shooting at an Oregon community college. Killer committed suicide

The Virgo issues 
in public consciousness and arising in news reports will relate to  employment/unemployment as well as health matters, especially related to dietary choices and nutrition -what you are consuming and what effects you are experiencing.

update: September 14: A pattern of transport related tragedies -sea, air, road crashes surrounding the Virgo eclipse in mid September reflect a Saturn-Pluto-Mercury combo which signifies destructive and often fatal events [Saturn-Pluto] associated with all forms of transport [Gemini-Sagittarius] 
update: Sept 24
Fonterra and Agresearch are two NZ companies which announced in mid Sept big job cuts  -230 from Fonterra in its continuing downsizing and Agresearch tipped to shed up to 90 positions


 Sporting Achievement figures prominently in September with one example being The Rugby World Cup opening on September 18 with a killer instinct energy. Expect this to be a volatile, intense competition with some poor performances and surprising or unexpected outcomes over the course of the 6 week event.
update: Japan beat South Africa on Sept 20 in the first shock outcome of the RWC 
update: Wales beat England in RWC shock #2 
update:  Australia beat England -hosts leave = RWC shock #3
update: Killer instinct was also in effect when a tiger fatally mauled its keeper at a NZ zoo on Sept 20


Aggressive, militaristic energy in broader contexts arises around the Libra-Aries Supermoon, from 25 Sept and extending into October Libran New Moon opposite Uranus in Aries bring the war and peace dynamics strongly to the fore.
Survivalist intense battles in war zones and in the sports arenas. 
update Sept 25 - days ago the human stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia resulting in huge fatalities and injuries, is relevant to the forces of self-survival versus care of others.
update Sept 30
Russia has commenced air attacks in Syria claiming to target ISIS controlled areas. This is disputed by the US claiming the opposite. The two superpowers are also at odds over whether to support Syria's President Assad

For individuals in general, issues of relating arise under the Supermoon conditions –determining partnership needs versus personal needs and what sort of balance is needed.
Venus and Mars are the peace and war planets involved in the Supermoon event which is a total lunar eclipse.
The positioning of both these planets at the eclipse show adverse influences upon socio-economic issues – Venus is also an indicator of finance and banking but it is not the only obvious sign .
update Sept 13
Further confirmation of economic slowdown in China  
update October 1
The issue of male violence and homicide against women again receives high media attention in New Zealand

Relationships destroyed, harmony disrupted
these aspects also accompany the globally relevant impacts already described.
source: thisismoney

Growth and production entered a significant three year period of slowdown from late December 2014, along with oversupply problems in some commodities, leading to less supply - heralded by the passage of Saturn through Sagittarius, underway fully as the late September 2015 eclipse unfolds and coinciding with negative employment indicators likely to arise around Sept 25th - but this is only the beginning -with 2015 shaping up to replicate multiple patterns and cycles evident in 2007 with obvious economic consequences in coming years.
Feeble growth indicators apply as much on the level of crops and horticulture as well as in human-created sources of production.
Environmental factors related to El Nino are predictable using analysis of planetary cycles and the drought-deluge extremes are already evident in keeping with cycles analysis.
What happens on the land is mirrored in economic outcomes.
More planetary analysis re El Nino is in this recent post 

update: Sept 21 - USGS releases updated analysis of El Nino/La Nina effects as well as the Southern Annular Mode
update Oct 1 -NZ El Nino conditions show both islands are divided east-west in terms of the effects expected from El Nino: wet in the west and dry in the east
Radio NZ headline Sept 14 -full report







A huge amount of buzz surrounded the US Federal Reserve meeting on September 17- poised to decide whether to raise interest rates from the near zero rate held for the past 7 years. The last peak was in June 2006 at 5.25%.
A rise in late 2015 is seen by observers as the start of a sequence of increases. Baltimore Sun report
Expectation of slow growth has kept the rate so low -so if the Fed understands the cycles of the planets and particularly when Saturn is in a very restraining mode re growth = read NOW - there will be no change.
update: NO CHANGE in interest rates determined by US Fed on Sept 17. Many global markets lost ground with this announcement.

Intensity builds in the period September 22-28 with the destructive, annihilating energies of the Pluto-Saturn-Mars combo that are strongly positioned to manifest economic wipeouts.
It is likely that the market volatility of  in the June-September 2015 will endure a major downswing in the 4th week of September.
Commodities again are the black hole stocks
update Sept 29 - IMF releases world economic outlook report with focus on commodities slump. Growth forecasts across the globe have failed to meet forecasts for the 2012-2015 period.
 & a sample of Google search headlines for commodities:
These factors arising in this significant month increase the perception of  a developing global recession adding to trends identified in blog posts here since June 2015.

Eclipses and Supermoons have a marked affect on weather and will aggravate prevailing patterns related to extreme conditions. 
It is important to note that the eclipse energy does not necessarily produce a coincident outcome around the period of eclipse occurrence: the precursor conditions for an outcome can be seeded at that time for a later birthing within the usually 6 month window of influence. 
This applies equally to environmental affects as well as the energies affecting human activity

update Sept 24  - September is especially vulnerable to extreme water events since Jupiter is in opposition to Neptune effective through the month
Various flood locations in the lower North Island of New Zealand are a clear example in the middle and fourth week of Sept.
read full report on RT.com
The Chile quake and tsunami of Weds 16 September in the strong energy period of the Sept 13 eclipse is consistent with powerful eclipse energy, if extreme conditions are indicated as likely to amplify the already significant potentials for stress upon earth's structure and turbulence within earth's atmosphere.
Not all eclipses produce such high magnitude events

Further analysis shows the September 28 Supermoon eclipse  has elevated environmental risks identified due to the disturbances in natural forces unleashed at the September 13 eclipse and earthquake potentials should be considered to be at the significant alert level in the build-up 3 day period especially Friday September 25.

 Update 29 Sept: powerful typhoon Dujuan has made landfall on the 28th in Taiwan with 150kph winds and 2 feet of rain. Thousands evacuated
update Oct 5:  Cargo ship El Faro declared lost in Hurricane Joaquin on October 1. El Faro left port in the wake of the biggest supermoon of 2015- also read Astroblog post on El Faro

In addition the aggressive energies unleashed in the Supermoon lineup have human impact: a significant Jihadist strike using missile technology is within the range of potentials in the end of September timeframe.
Updates Sept 28: BBC report of Taliban taking control of the Afghan city of Kunduz: hundreds of militants stormed the city before dawn -"Kunduz has a huge strategic significance as it is considered a gateway to Afghanistan's northern provinces and shares a border with Tajikistan, Afghanistan's Central Asian neighbour"
Saudi regime accused of bombing civilian wedding party in Yemen


Update Sept 21
Astrological indicators
If New Zealand has a noticeable response to the prevailing energy of the Sept 28 Supermoon, the prior period, September 25 around 6 am is worth looking at

 Overnight on Mon14-Tues 15 Sept I had a vision during sleep of an oblique aerial view of New Zealand's North Island - an angled perspective like seen when travelling over at great height. The whole island was convulsing. This was just an imprint lasting one or two seconds.
Within days, the M8.3 quake in Chile occurred and NZ did get tidal surges from the tsunami generated.
The 15 quakes over M2 recorded in NZ since Tues Sept15 morning have not had anything beyond a moderate seismic reading - so the vision of a whole island convulsing did not come to pass in the time frame of the Chile quake, but with the strength of the Supermoon in the imminent outlook, the possibility of major seismic activity in any vulnerable global location cannot be outrightly dismissed.

[update Sept 24
A M5.1 quake in central North Island volcanic zone, south of Rotorua at 6.47 am on this day, was widely felt to the east and south, despite being at significant depth -167kms. 
Felt reports mostly far south of the Rotorua region event
 This event occurred in the zone I consider most vulnerable at this time to a yet-to-occur significant destructive quake event and has occurred a day after release of an enhanced tsunami warning for the central east coast regarding the volcanic zone extending down from the Kermadec Trench and into central North Is.
Potentials remain for further strong seismic activity in this central zone coincident with the September the Supermoon
click to enlarge or read full report
update October 14 -New Zealand North Island experienced a severe M5.7 quake on Oct 12 2015 at the tectonic plate boundary down the island's lower east coast.
Felt reports were widespread -source
This event also occurred within 4 weeks of the Sept 16 Chile quake, as foreseen by alternative forecaster Ken Ring of Predict Weather
Plate boundary agitation can be regarded as connected to the forces set in motion by the M8.3 Chile event, all triggered by the amplified solar-lunar cycle still in effect [6 month strength].
In other words, it's not all over.
For astrologers I note various indicators on Sept 25th able to trigger eclipse potentials:
Pluto stationary direct square Mercury
Jupiter opposite Neptune
Uranus semisextile Chiron
Sun on nodal axis, both on AC-DC axis
Venus 20 LEO activates 5 Cardinal eclipse
Uranus-Chiron at 4 Cardinal
Saturn on Pluto-Mercury midpoint
Saturn square Mars
Pluto-MC= 7 Cardinal
Moon-Saturn =7 Cardinal
Sun-Uranus=Venus-Saturn=Uranus-Node=Uranus-AC
Pluto= Venus-Mars-Saturn
Pluto-Uranus =Saturn
Pluto-Uranus=Mars
Jupiter-Pluto = Neptune-Pluto= Saturn-Uranus
Jupiter-Uranus=Sun-Node-AC
Uranus-Neptune=Sun-Node-AC
Jupiter-Uranus=Uranus-Neptune
Moon= AC-MC
Moon=Node-MC
Moon=Pluto-Chiron 
...and there will be more... but enough here to evoke strong destructive restructuring forces, again involving water and imbalance in vulnerable regions.
update Sept 26
On Friday Sept 25 a damaging and fatal undersea M6.6 quake off Papua, Indonesia
full report
 Also on Friday 25th: 11 tourist kayakers on a southern NZ lake suffered capsize in 40km winds which swamped their canoes. Two drowned, others suffered hypothermia requiring hospital treatment. 
-report
[ Jupiter-Neptune causing excess water effect. Saturn in Sagittarius raises the risk factor in adventure activities -plus the multiple dangerous energies in effect, listed earlier.]

The Chile M8.3 quake chart from Sept 16
also had:
Nodal axis on AC-DC axis as in the Sept 25 chart above.
AC ruler Neptune is opposed by MC ruler Jupiter = big water
Cardinal degrees 4-9 important too as shown in midpoints:
Sun-Uranus, Moon-Neptune, Uranus-Chiron, Uranus-AC, Pluto-MC
AC and MC triggered by Uranus-Neptune, Uranus-Jupiter 



The supermoon eclipse full moon exact point on the 28th has:
Mercury-Node=Sun 
exact opposite Chiron-Uranus=Moon
Uranus-Sun=Pluto
Uranus-Moon=Pluto
Mercury-Uranus=Pluto
Venus-Saturn=Pluto
Jupiter-Uranus, Uranus-Neptune still all linked



But approx an hour after exact full moon opposition - with extra hour for daylight saving = 5pm on Sept 28 will have:
Saturn at the MC
Neptune-Mars-Jupiter aligned with the AC-DC axis
looking something like this:
 This chart was located for Auckland, the largest city and population base in NZ so let's see what Jupiter-Neptune-Mars-Saturn energy unfolds [not an All Blacks RWC match day!]
Extreme and destructive water weather or flood event is a big potential -though Neptune also generates the energies of gases, chemicals, drugs, alcohol and poisons so while water has the capacity to affect the greatest number of people en masse simultaneously, mass Jupiter-Neptune events can also involve gas explosions, chemical and biological toxins.


Eclipses put conditions in place for a 6 month period and can be triggered repeatedly in that period - flow on affects beyond that time frame are also unleashed by the energies generated

Underlying premises
Energy patterns do not affect all people and all places to the same degree at the same time.
We are all connected to the experiences of humanity en masse, but are impacted by varying degrees of separation.
The principle of resonance applies.
People and places most affected have planetary positions in their personal template which resonate by matching degree positions or angular connections to the prevailing patterns.
Your personal template is calculated based on the time, date and place of your birth.
Ongoing influences and developments affect you throughout your life -with the timing indicated by planetary positions which serve to trigger birth potentials.
Planets are tracked in the present, past and future using an Ephemeris of their daily movements.



Thursday, 13 August 2015

SATURN energy your best guide to the meanings

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Often depicted as an "h" with a crossbar, the glyph for Saturn is said to represent the reaper's scythe - harvesting both the results of harvest and those of time
A useful guide to Saturn & arguably the best approach is not to laboriously detail sign by sign expressions, but to focus on what Saturn offers the three modality groups -the Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable signs - which express different uses of the energy and organize the total 12 signs into their relevant essential shared meaning.

First: what energy does Saturn offer?
The association with karma is undeniable, the nature of universal law, cause and effect, the outcomes of actions, moderated by time.
Saturn delivers a restricting, restraining force in the context it appears in. This can have both positive and negative outcomes.
None of us is truly free despite the belief in the right of freedom, the right of free speech. There are always counter forces that require a response.
Saturn is the energy that reminds us of our responsibilities to our structured society, ways in which we need to control or manage our conduct.
I compiled in 2011 the extensive keyword list below: it identifies a large number of the themes and associated manifestations, but even more can be added.
Remember the symbolic goat associated with the most Saturnian sign, Capricorn: it sure-footedly climbs the mountain, feeling best in elevated positions, both literally and figuratively - so many Capricornian or Saturnian people are The Boss, the CEO, the politician, the controlling force in their environment. [long-term All Black Captain Richie McCaw]
On a more positive note, the Saturn potential is intended to be in loco parentis: to function as a guiding, mentoring or nurturing force in a working or societal context, a benevolent parental politician rather than a severe, austere enforcer.
We all carry Saturn energy, just in different contexts and intensities.
The more Saturnian people are likely in this lifetime to have to address a lot of accumulated karma.
After the introduction to the themes that Saturn energy generates now look to the 12 zodiac signs in their 3 different modes of using those themes
Cardinal: Aries, Libra, Cancer, Capricorn
Fixed: Taurus, Scorpio, Leo, Aquarius
Mutable: Gemini, Sagittarius, Pisces, Virgo

CARDINAL SATURN
The signs Aries, Libra, Cancer, Capricorn all concern issues of relating and the roles and duties associated.
Responsibilities to self, to others -including partners [ personal or business], relating to dependents young and old.
The duties of an individual in society.
The role that couples have in society
The role/responsibilities of the family unit
The role of management, governance and government
Those who resist rather than committing to the demands of Saturn in a Cardinal sign can experience difficulties with all of the major relationship categories, unhappy alone, unsuccessful in partnerships, avoidance of the parental role or finding parenthood too burdensome; never attaining career potential - all on account of not knowing the roles and duties that apply
 Saturn positioned in close contact or in angular relationship to Moon, Venus or Mars can also express these themes even if the birth Saturn is not in a Cardinal sign.
Saturn is in the Cardinal sign Capricorn in the period December 2017-December 2020 and so the Cardinal Saturn themes will be highly profiled in that period.
In addition it is the ideal time for people born with Cardinal Saturn to evolve their responsibilities to self and others.


FIXED SATURN
The signs Taurus, Scorpio, Leo, Aquarius are all concerned with survival and security
The focus of survival and security can encompass, for any of these four signs, the basics of food, money, possessions and usually the earthly elements -land, the natural world. All are placed at such high value that a tendency to excess -eg hoarding or excessive collecting & storing needs to be curbed
The survival instinct is usually pronounced, fighting to the death.
To achieve survival the fixed signs can resort to extreme control behaviours
The bonds of love and or friendship are regarded as critical in their sense of security due to the support and attention provided.
Group support, in general, as a means of security is valued
When Saturn is in a fixed sign, the ultimate resolution of issues of insecurity is to feel independently energetically secure, not overly dependent on external possessions or support systems. Without an inner secure axis, the sense of security may be significantly threatened, a feeling of death, impending loss or near death [re self or a significant other] is pervasive or highly influential in the life.
A critical aspect of survival is threatened [food, oxygen, love, support, money etc] or always feels threatened.
Personality complexes develop related to the fears associated with threatened survival; trying to dominate, control, monopolise people or resources; obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoading, collecting, excessive consumerism or consumption - are typical examples 
Saturn in angular or close contact to Sun or Pluto will add these themes in addition even when Saturn is not in a fixed sign at birth
Saturn is in the fixed sign Scorpio in the period October 2012-September 2015 and so fixed Saturn themes will be highly-profiled in that time frame.
In addition it is the ideal time for people born with Fixed Saturn to evolve their inner sense of security.

MUTABLE SATURN
The signs Gemini, Sagittarius, Pisces, Virgo all describe the workings of the mind, thought or mental processes and the need to restructure the operation of the mind
Saturn here offers experiences that teach the calming of the grasshopper mind, the development of discipline and concentration in order to develop a mature belief system; the focussing of the mind which enables analysis and thereafter the ability to pass on knowledge, to teach; the deepening and expansion of the mind to spread far and wide into states of consciousness apart from the everyday attunement.
Meditation and mindfulness, in depth study are examples of mental discipline.
Resisting the processes of mental discipline and focus in order to restructure the mind is likely to create a negative mental disposition: depressive, gloomy, critical thoughts, inhibited communication, nihilism, a loss of belief, scepticism
Saturn in relationship to Mercury, Jupiter or Neptune -by angular position or close contact, will add this theme even if Saturn is not also in a mutable sign .
 Saturn is in the mutable sign Sagittarius in the period September 2015-December 2017 so Mutable Saturn themes will be highly-profiled in that era. 
In addition it is the ideal time for people born with Mutable Saturn to evolve their mental development.
 
The Saturn Eras
Saturn is at the very end of fixed sign Scorpio in August 2015 and will be followed by a 2 year mutable period, in Sagittarius.
Because of the inherent connection of Saturn to governments, politics and business and consequently being entwined in the economics and social conditions of any society, the 2-3 year period of transition through different expressions of the Saturn principles is important to reflect upon.

Saturn in Scorpio October 2012-September 2015 will have an impact on people's material well-being, their sense of material and physical security. Gains and losses occur but these are not the essence of what this part of the cycle is about.
Impacts upon economics, finances, income, food supply, food production, commodity values are all expected. 
A decline in values, losses, scarcities.
The shift is away from external dependencies and securities back to the basics, away from excesses, emphasising the creation of inner empowerment linked to following natural cycles rather than those imposed by humans. Of course only some will respond to the best potentials. Greed will still exist, but more will fall prey to its risks in a down cycle such as this.
The period from late June-early September 2015 reflects a major economic turning point - as will in time become very evident.

Saturn in Sagittarius September 2015-December 2017 will place significant emphasis on how people use their minds. 
This is a preparation, study and research period. 
Those who wish to benefit can use this time to begin practices related to any form of mind training -that might involve any kind of focussed concentration or deep thought information, theories, beliefs, meditation.
Failure to use this opportunity will see some respond to an uprising in negative or repressive beliefs, even a rejection of belief, an existential crisis or nihilistic position. 
En masse this will reflect the state of larger socio-economic forces.
The energies affecting growth are restrained -ranging from defects in the essential seed or plant, conditions affecting the irrigation or watering and the resulting poor or neglible produce. This period of difficulty also impacts all human systems or production processes that symbolically replicate the natural cycle.  
Conditions related to the creation of floods and droughts will be a significant factor at certain points: late November early Dec 2015, May, June, July, August, September 2016. Hemisphere differences and localised patterns will be the clue as to whether it is more likely to be an excess or deficit of water in your area.

Saturn in Capricorn December 2017-December 2020 
This marks a period when Saturn is in the sign and functional modality when its best potentials are possible.
Critical responsibilities, roles and duties arise.
Consider the protocols, ceremonies and conduct that surround the British Royal Family. Their traditional roles and duties [somewhat sullied in recent decades] are the essence of conservative moral conduct, informed by the responsibility of diligent service.
At its best, Saturn in Capricorn is the good citizen [Good Samaritan] who leads by example, mentoring or helping others to improve their circumstances, and to support those in need. 
Profound political restructuring is expected in this period - involving nations across the globe, not just western democracies - changes of government, changes within government, changes in the methods of governance which at its best will reflect the lessons learnt from years of political turmoil, dysfunction and loss of meaning, brought to a head in the 2012-2016 period.  

SATURN RETURN 
most people will experience the return of Saturn to the exact position it was at their birth, at least twice during their adult years.
Usually around age 30 and age 60 [ check your personal chart for exact dating] significant milestone events will occur which reflect the meaning of the sign, modality group, position and angular connections of your birth Saturn.
Knowing the sign Saturn was in when you were born is a portion of the full picture, which needs professional input.
Saturn's sign will show you which modality group theme you are destined to encounter repeatedly in this life - coming to a head especially at the time of the Saturn Return but also whenever strongly activated by one of the outer planets from Jupiter to Pluto.
Saturn Return time can be difficult if your life prior to that time has been in avoidance of the responsibilities intended for your development.
  
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Further reading
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Drought & El Nino issues -Dust Bowl Drought -return of cycles
Water too much, too little



Thursday, 6 August 2015

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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Tuesday, 28 July 2015

Astrology 2015: China in Freefall

Latest: update Oct 13
China import-export data continues downward, with imports a striking 20.4% down in September 2015 vs Sept 2014 

Google Search 28 July 2015 
for the phrase china market
is headed by the entry below


  Several posts on this site, especially since June 2015, have noted the economic situation facing China.
In one June 2015 report here, this exact issue of commodities freefall was forewarned:
This does not mean the damage will be contained within the 4 month period of 2015. And it does not only refer to an isolated effect restricted to China, but China is significant to the world.
The commodities shock then flows into a 3 year period of inhibited growth [ in terms of produce, production, expansion, development]
After that the real austerity energies are laid in place during a 3 year period until December 2020

1924-1932 has many cycles in common with 2012-2020
Boom preceded bust in the US housing market of the 1920's.
Florida investments started to get bad press by January 1925. By 1926 the bust was clear. 
The downturn energies in play affecting material asset investments like land and real estate kicked in in late 1924 and remained strong until December 1926. 
Then the cycle of inhibited growth began, lasting 3 years, extending just past the big market crash of October 1929.
From December 1929 the austerity energies were embedded - during a period of almost 3 years.
 

In terms of another longer global cycle, in July 2015 we are at the equivalent energy point to April 1932 even though a great global economic depression is yet to unfold.
The period April 1935 to April 1942 has an energy equivalent to
April 2019 to April 2026.
1935 saw bank closures in the US, the dropping of the gold standard, economic depression was obvious. People were forced to changed their relationship with money and materialist values.
This timeline shows the US economy had widespread impact on citizens through the 1930s, only lifting with the US late entry into WW2 and the war economy uplift beginning in 1942.

A longer cycle having a powerfully transformational effect on peoples families and their homes and housing covered the period 1914-1939.
An equivalent energy exists in the period 2008-2025.

In a very globalized world environment in this millennium, the cycles of this era will contain many reflections of the early decades of the 20th century, in many diverse locations -not just China- but will not unfold exactly in the same sequence or with exactly the same outcomes.
What is clear is that globalization does have a relationship to contagion in market forces.
Climate effects are also of great significance with regard to economies: China is very vulnerable to extremes of flooding and drought as noted by authors of the study THE 1920S DROUGHT RECORDED BY TREE RINGS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS IN THE SEMI-ARID AND ARID AREAS
OF NORTHERN CHINA
:
"we show that there had been significant growth decline in the 1920s and early 1930s throughout a wide area of northern China. This growth depression is indicative of a severe and sustained drought in the 1920s and early 1930s.
This period coincides with the inhibited growth period noted earlier for the 1920's and so a largely agricultural effect is known to have occurred then.
Sustained drought, crop failures led to disease and widespread famine in 1927-29:
Swarms of locusts added to further losses and misery. Epidemics of disease rampaged uncontrolled. The proverbial perfect storm.
El Nino conditions in 2015 are already pointing to heat and drought with Northern China low on drinking water.

El Nino events relevant to the above study occurred in the periods 1925-1926, 1930-31, 1932-1933, 1939-1940, 1940-1941, 1941-1942.
The strongest event in recent decades was the 1997-98 El Nino.
Weak El Ninos occurred 2004-2007, Moderate in 2009-10.
The return of El Nino for 2015-2016 is potentially strong to very strong & if a run of El Nino years occurs as in 1930-1933 or 1939-1942 then the flow-on economic effect will also be sustained.
[USGS latest El Nino report worth reading] Use keyword search on this site for related posts.
update Sept 19:  Los Angeles California received a deluge in mid September 2015 causing chaos and little relief since the parched earth lacked any useful absorption ability, leaving torrents of water to drain away. - related report
update August 24 as predicted on this blog, China continues to experience sharemarket panic

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