Barack Obama socked it to the Wall Street bankers a couple of days ago for taking huge bonuses at a time when the banks are barely surviving, and when the government is having to bail them out. He called it “the height of irresponsibility.” This is a huge break with the recent past, which I found welcome.Iceland has just appointed Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir to be Prime Minister. She is the first openly gay head of government anywhere in the world.
This is classic Saturn-Uranus, and indeed Ms Sigurðardóttir was born under a Saturn-Uranus conjunction, on 4th October 1942. With Sun in political Libra and trine to both Saturn and Uranus, she doesn’t have to try to be a radical, and people find her easy to accept.With Venus at 29 Virgo/0 Libra, she has undergone a powerful surge in popularity over the last year as the Icelandic government has tottered and as Pluto has squared her Venus. With Uranus coming up to oppose her Venus, she will have an interesting, and perhaps rocky ride ahead.
We have also seen strikes and protests in the last few days in the UK, in France, and even in Russia. Again, this is Uranus (protest) against the government (Saturn).
In the UK, it turns out that some peers have been accepting cash to get laws changed. Now there is serious talk of reforming (Uranus) the House of Lords (Saturn).
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From The Daily Reckoning, Jan. 30 :
"Yesterday, President Obama, seeing Wall Street on the mat, walked over and gave it the boot.
The $18 billion in bonuses, paid out on to Wall Street honchos last year, were “shameful,” said he. It was the “height of irresponsibility” to take so much capital out of the system when it was losing money, he pointed out.
Of course, he’s right. It was certainly irresponsible. And the Wall Street crowd deserves the boot, no doubt about it. But it’s a shame no one mentioned it in 2006 or 2007 – not even Mr. Obama – when the bonuses and the irresponsibility were even higher. In 2006, the bonuses rose to $62 billion...as the street sold trillions worth of CDOs, MBSs, and other unmentionables.
But that’s just the way it works. As we keep saying, the ‘innocent fraud’ of the market is OUT. Armed robbery is IN".
How is it that it now possible to say/hear things publicly that were almost unthinkable a year ago? What is the astrological signature that signals this breath of fresh air blowing over our political stage? And how long will it last and is this clarity irreversible given the information age?
bb
Dear anonymous, just check your ephemeris. You will note that a year ago, pluto was in sag. Now the reality of pluto in Capricorn is here to stay!
I'd say the astrological signature is Uranus, given voice through its opposition to worldly Saturn. The last Uranus opp Saturn was in the 60s, and look at the political radicalism then, whether it was the civil rights movements in the US, or the 'liberal hour' in UK politics.
It won't last, it never does, and astrology teaches us that life goes in cycles. It should last at least until July 2010, the final crossing of Uranus opp Saturn. But some of the changes might last for quite a while.
Natally, I have experienced an Arian Uranus square a Capricorn Saturn so none of this is new to me and my big mouth Mercury in Leo.
Hopefully we will not regress too much this round. bb(who is really not anon)
bb, the Daily Reckoning plus others have been saying these things for years and years. When the principles are right, integrity exists, I would say, no matter what the astrology.
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Great isn't it! Hooray for first lesbian leader! We need more.
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