There hasn’t been anything like it since the thirties. It is Pluto the Destroyer at work. He gave us warning of what was to come in January when he entered Capricorn, revealing the excesses of the Sagittarian years and sending the markets went into turmoil.
Since then the system has managed to hold itself together, and some have even announced that the worst of the ‘credit crunch’ is over. But Pluto does not work like that. He attacks the foundations, and does not give up till they have yielded, making way for something new.
So for this reason, for purely astrological reasons if you like, I don’t think we have seen the last of the turmoil by a long chalk. It is going to carry on, the body blows will continue until the whole system submits. Uranus is still within 8 degrees of squaring Pluto (the orb I use for mundane outer planet transits), hence the sudden, shocking nature of the events. Uranus will move out of orb in 2 days time, so we can expect the seismic shocks to ease off, at least for now. Uranus won’t be back within orb until next April. But Pluto will be continuing his demolition work nonetheless.
Pluto clearly has a big job to do while he is in Capricorn, because he has begun it so early. The next 16 years should see a profound change in the way we do business. It’s tempting to say that western economies will become more sustainable and better regulated, both Capricornian hallmarks. It may well turn out like that, but in a fundamental way you cannot second guess an outer planet transit. There is stuff to be gone through that is in no way predictable, and which is central to the transformational process. All astrology gives us is the ability to go there gracefully.
It is interesting, and perhaps not surprising, that all 3 firms that went under did so as part of an outer planet cycle. Bear Stearns was founded in 1924, and had just finished its Uranus Return, and was finishing its Pluto opposition; Merrill Lynch was founded in 1965 and has its Uranus opposition; and Lehman Brothers was founded in 1850, and is (was) due to start its Neptune Return in the next couple of years.
I thought I was online again, but my wireless system has crashed once more. I’ve had continuous trouble with it since I’ve had it. So I’m going to go back to using a modem once Tiscali sends me the driver CD (which I’ve lost!) So it looks like one more week of going to the library and skimpy research and no new pictures on the blog!
6 comments:
So true what you wrote ..."There is stuff to be gone through that is in no way predictable, and which is central to the transformational process. All astrology gives us is the ability to go there gracefully."
This past weekend, it certainly was an interesting lunation with Uranus conjunct the Full Moon and Pluto squaring Uranus. I always think of the Goddess Shiva as Pluto.
Your posts are wonderful. Thank you for sharing with us your insights.
Great article! Here in the states, people are flipping out about their investments and retirement income. Not me. All I have is in my house and savings account. I know how to grow food. I think that might come in handy in the years ahead.
Scary stuff.
I have a garden. I can grow food. I could also dig a well if it came to it. But if things were that bad then one needs to protect one's garden produce.
But I also have a mortgage. Any suggestions astrologically on how to deal with matters ahead?
If everything collapses, all the banks, what happens to the debts? They can't repossess everybody's homes.
I was wondering if there are charts for Paulson and Bernanke.
There is a rumor of another RTC being formed in the US, which would be helpful.
As a Capricorn myself, I feel the bursting bubble is readdressing the Sag excesses, but will not lead to global meltdown beyond forcing the financial institutions to take better stock, and no doubt become more regulated/controlled (RTC/banning short selling). Just because these intangible investments have become over-inflated, does not mean they were ever worth their inflated peaks. Better a Saturnian reality check, that brings us all back into line with reality, than an unsustainable bubble... Capricorn is a worrier, but deeply rooted in its cardinal Earth, and once Pluto stations surely it will be a more stable, solid system than the speculative Sag one.
The inherent lack of resources v the exploding global middle classes who wish to use them, will surely be the greater test of what Pluto forces us to confront whilst in Capricorn.. Exploiting resources, whilst not thinking about the consequences (say drilling for oil within 50 miles of a tectonic plate..) will no doubt bring the need for new non-fossil energy to light ever more so. But then maybe those insights will not come about until Pluto reaches the more progressive Aquarius further down..
On which note, back to you DR. love to family & the horses, Matt
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