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ALL ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

JEANNE LONG is an international lecturer, internationally known market timer, and editor
instructor and consultant on market patterns and of the MMA Cycles Report, a market advisory
timing. She has over 30 years experience in letter used by banks, financial institutions, and
astrological research and has spent over 20 years individual traders throughout the world since
as a trader. Jeanne is a pioneer in astronomical 1982. He is the author of several books in both
trading techniques. Her three publications: The the field of financial market timing and astrology,
yearly Trader's Astrological Almanac, The including: The Gold Book: Geocosmic
Universal Clock and Basic Astrotech are sold Correlations To Gold Price Cycles (1982); The
worldwide. The best seller, The Universal Clock, Sun, The Moon, and the Silver Market: Secrets
has been computerized in a Windows program of a Silver Trader (1992); Merriman on Market
developed by traders for traders called the Galactic Cycles: The Basics (1994); Basic Principle of
Trader. For the first time, planetary tools are Geocosmic Studies For Financial Market Timing
easily accessible to traders. This software is now (1995); The Ultimate Book on Stock Market
installed in banks in Europe and Asia. Jeanne Timing Volumes 1-4. Additionally he has written
currently resides in Florida. 450-106 SR 13 N., the Annual Forecasts Book every year since
#206, Jacksonville, Florida 32259 or 1976.
pas24@aug.com He is also the developer of the The FAR
(Financial Astrological Research) For Galactic
GRACE K. MORRIS, M.A., (APAI, ISAR C.A.P., Trader, and the SOS (Stock Optimizing Selector)
CA-NCGR, PMAFA), timing/trends specialist, software programs, which enable traders to
president of Astro Economics, Inc. publishes two identify potential turning points in various stocks
newsletters, the Astro Economics Stock Market and/or financial futures markets. He may be
Newsletter and The Right Time, sponsors the reached at MMA, P.O. Box 250012, West
World Conferences of Astro Economics and is a Bloomfield, MI 48325 (USA). 800-MMA-3349,
co-founder of the Apollon Group. Morris develops (248)-626-3034, (248)-427-1994.
and presents financial seminars and has authored e-mail: mmacycles@.msn.com
How To Choose Stocks To Outperform the Market www.mmacycles.com
2009. She has appeared on CNN Headline and
Business News, CBS-TV, CNBC, and ABC-TV. TIM BOST has gained international recognition
Morris helps businesses worldwide to become as a leading authority on the correlation between
more profitable using company profiles, stock planetary patterns and price movements in the
surveys, timing new products, new incorporations,equities markets since 1988. An experienced
IPOs and first trades dates as well as long-term trader and market analyst, he is also the editor
planning. Grace K. Morris, M.A., 1415 W. 22nd and publisher of FinancialCyclesWeekly, an
St., Tower Floor, Oak Brook, IL. 60523, USA. email market letter that has been cited in
Website: www.astroeconomics.com, Barrons, the Chicago Tribune, Bridge News, and
www.businesstimingtrends.com and a variety of other national and regional business
www.apollongroup.com. publications.
In addition to his trading, writing and
RAYMOND A. MERRIMAN is President of the publishing work, Tim conducts research into
Merriman Market Analyst, Inc. He is a registered astrologically-based trading systems and
CTA (Commodities Trading Advisor), counsels individual and corporate clients

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ALL ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
throughout the world. Along with frequent
contributions to A Traders Astrological Alamanac,
he has written astrology columns and articles for
a variety of publications including Focus, Natural
Awakenings, InParadise Magazine, the Gann
Plan Trading Letter, the Independent Observer,
Practical Spiritual Astrology, and the Sarasota
Herald-Tribune.
In 2000, Tim Bost published a forecast that
correctly predicted the exact date that September
which marked the end of a historic rally in stocks
and the beginning of major bear market. His
prediction earned a headline in Barrons and
brought him much attention throughout the
financial world.
Tim Bost is the author of How To Find The
Money In Your Horoscope , the Basic Stock
Market Astrology Course , and Beyond
Symbolism in Financial Astrology. For more
information on his publications and personal
services, call him at 941-921-2588 or visit his web
site at www.TimBost.com.
T.S. PHILLIPS is President of Astro Advisory
Services, Inc., which provides complete
astrological consulting and market trading
advisory services based on planetary techniques
and technical analysis. He has been conducting
research in the area of financial astrology since
1994. Many traders and managed hedge funds
rely on Teds daily market timing service and
analysis. Ted has also maintained a professional
astrological consulting practice for over 10 years.
He has taught all levels of astrology, lectured
internationally, regularly conducts workshops on
financial astrology, and writes articles regularly
for trading publications. He is a private trader in
the stock and futures markets. Ted provides
support and teaches workshops for the users of
the Galactic Trader and Galactic Stock
Trader programs from PAS, Astro-Soft, Inc.
You can reach Ted at 310-456-0530
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or StarmanTed@aol.com
www.astroadvisor.com
FRAN RACKOW spoke at UAC '98, UAC '08,
NORWAC, and has lectured and taught classes
in Atlanta. Her most recent articles are published
in Jeanne Long's Galactic Trader's Almanac and
Your Trading Edge. Fran is a self-employed trader
and investor since January, 2002, after a 13-year
career as Controller for a telecom company.
Certifications: C.P.A. State of Georgia (1993); City
of Atlanta Professional Astrology License (1994);
Classical Horary & Mundane Astrology; Student
of Noel Tyl's Correspondence Course.
Fran_Rackow@msn.com
KAYE SHINKER
www..astrologicalinvesting.com
E mail shinker@astrologicalinvesting.com or
shinker@aol.com
NANCY DINSMORE Tampa, Florida
ndinsmore@tampabay.rr.com
ALEX WALKER was 10 when he traced sunspots
and recorded nightly movements of Jupiters
moons as the youngest attending member of the
L.A. Astronomical Society. At 17 he constructed
his first natal chart from a library book on a quest
to understand invisible forces driving behaviors
and world events. At 45 he saw planetary cycles
in stock and commodity price charts, bought
Winstar software and accumulated an astrology
library now numbering 118 volumes. Alex draws
upon 31-years experience in loss analysis
principles for detecting patterns and correlations
and allows data to form hypothesis. Alex lives in
Gig Harbor in Washington State.
12thhouse@comcast.net
To be continued... :}

2009 PHENOMENA AT A GLANCE
HELIOCENTRIC AND GEOCENTRIC IMPORTANT CLUSTER DATES 3RD QUARTER 2009
Cluster dates show periods of tremendous energy, when not only are the markets active, but world affairs and events make screaming headlines.
Jun 30 - Jul 11: H. MERCURY TRINE PLUTO, H. MERCURY
INTO TAURUS, URANUS RETROGRADE, VENUS SQUARE
NEPTUNE, MERCURY TRINE JUPITER, MERCURY SQUARE
URANUS, MERCURY TRINE NEPTUNE, MARS
CONTRAPARALLEL PLUTO, SUN PARALLEL MERCURY,
VENUS SQUARE JUPITER, VENUS SEXTILE URANUS, H.
MERCURY SEXTILE VENUS, MERCURY INTO CANCER, H.
MERCURY SQUARE JUPITER, MERCURY OPPOSITE
PLUTO, H. MERCURY SEXTILE URANUS, H. MERCURY
SQUARE NEPTUNE, H. MERCURY TRINE SATURN, VENUS
INTO GEMINI, VENUS CONTRAPARALLEL PLUTO, H.
MERCURY INTO GEMINI, MARS SQUARE JUPITER, MARS
SQUARE NEPTUNE, MARS SEXTILE URANUS, LUNAR
ECLIPSE, FULL MOON, H. MARS SEXTILE NEPTUNE, H.
MERCURY TRINE JUPITER, SUN SEXTILE SATURN, H.
MERCURY SEXTILE MARS, H. MERCURY SQUARE VENUS,
H. MERCURY SQUARE SATURN, H. MERCURY SQUARE
URANUS, H. MERCURY TRINE NEPTUNE ,H. VENUS
OPPOSITE SATURN, JUPITER CONJUNCT NEPTUNE, H.
VENUS CONJUNCT URANUS, H. MERCURY OPPOSITE
PLUTO, H. MERCURY INTO CANCER, MERCURY SEXTILE
SATURN, MARS INTO GEMINI
Jul 13 - Jul 21: SUN CONJUNCT MERCURY, H. MERCURY
SEXTILE SATURN, H. MERCURY TRINE URANUS, H. VENUS
INTO ARIES, H. MERCURY SQUARE MARS, H. VENUS
SQUARE PLUTO, H. MERCURY TRINE VENUS, H.
MERCURY INTO LEO, MERCURY TRINE URANUS,
MERCURY INTO LEO, H. MARS INTO TAURUS, SUN TRINE
URANUS, H. MERCURY OPPOSITE JUPITER, SUN
PARALLEL MARS, H. MERCURY OPPOSITE NEPTUNE,
MERCURY SEXTILE MARS, MERCURY PARALLEL MARS,
SUN PARALLEL VENUS, MERCURY PARALLEL VENUS,
SUN PARALLEL MERCURY, H. MARS TRINE PLUTO, H.
MERCURY INTO VIRGO, VENUS SQUARE SATURN, H.
MERCURY TRINE MARS, H. MERCURY TRINE PLUTO,
SOLAR ECLIPSE, NEW MOON
Jul 25 - Aug 5: MERCURY CONTRAPARALLEL PLUTO, H.
MERCURY CONJUNCT SATURN, H. MERCURY OPPOSITE
URANUS, VENUS TRINE JUPITER, H. VENUS SEXTILE
JUPITER, H. MERCURY INTO LIBRA, VENUS SQUARE
URANUS, VENUS TRINE NEPTUNE, H. MERCURY SQUARE
PLUTO, H. VENUS SEXTILE NEPTUNE, MERCURY
OPPOSITE JUPITER, MERCURY CONTRAPARALLEL,
NEPTUNE, MERCURY OPPOSITE NEPTUNE, VENUS INTO
CANCER, VENUS OPPOSITE PLUTO, MERCURY
CONTRAPARALLEL NEPTUNE, SUN CONTRAPARALLEL
PLUTO, MERCURY INTO VIRGO, H. MERCURY TRINE
JUPITER, H. VENUS INTO TAURUS, MERCURY TRINE
PLUTO, H. MERCURY TRINE NEPTUNE, H. VENUS TRINE
PLUTO, H. MERCURY INTO SCORPIO, H. MERCURY
SEXTILE PLUTO, LUNAR ECLIPSE, FULL MOON
Aug 10 - Aug 23: MARS SQUARE SATURN, H. VENUS
CONJUNCT MARS, SUN CONTRAPARALLEL JUPITER,
MERCURY PARALLEL SATURN, H. MERCURY SEXTILE
SATURN, H. MERCURY SQUARE JUPITER, H. MERCURY
TRINE URANUS, MARS TRINE JUPITER, H. MERCURY
SQUARE NEPTUNE, SUN OPPOSITE JUPITER, H. VENUS
SQUARE JUPITER, H. MERCURY INTO SAGITTARIUS, SUN
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CONTRAPARALLEL NEPTUNE, H. VENUS TRINE
SATURN, MERCURY CONJUNCT SATURN, SUN SEXTILE
MARS, MARS TRINE NEPTUNE, SUN OPPOSITE
NEPTUNE, MERCURY CONTRAPARALLEL URANUS, H.
VENUS SEXTILE URANUS, H. VENUS SQUARE NEPTUNE,
MARS SQUARE URANUS, VENUS SEXTILE SATURN, H.
VENUS INTO GEMINI, NEW MOON, MERCURY OPPOSITE
URANUS, VENUS TRINE URANUS, SUN INTO VIRGO,
SUN TRINE PLUTO, H. MERCURY SEXTILE JUPITER, H.
MERCURY SQUARE SATURN, H. MERCURY SQUARE
URANUS
Aug 25 - Aug 26: MERCURY SQUARE MARS, MERCURY
INTO LIBRA, MARS INTO CANCER, H. MERCURY INTO
CAPRICORN, MERCURY SQUARE PLUTO, MARS
OPPOSITE PLUTO, VENUS INTO LEO, MERCURY
PARALLEL URANUS, H. MERCURY CONJUNCT PLUTO,
H. MARS SQUARE JUPITER
Sep 2 - Sep 7: H. SATURN OPPOSITE URANUS, MERCURY
SQUARE MARS, VENUS CONTRAPARALLEL PLUTO, H.
MERCURY SEXTILE URANUS, H. MERCURY TRINE
SATURN, H. VENUS SQUARE SATURN, H. VENUS
SQUARE URANUS, H. MERCURY TRINE MARS, H. VENUS
TRINE JUPITER, H. VENUS TRINE NEPTUNE, H.
MERCURY INTO AQUARIUS, SUN CONTRAPARALLEL
MERCURY, FULL MOON, MERCURY RETROGRADE
Sep 11 - Sep 12: VENUS OPPOSITE JUPITER, PLUTO
DIRECT, SUN PARALLEL SATURN, H. MERCURY
CONJUNCT JUPITER, H. MERCURY CONJUNCT
NEPTUNE
Sep 14 - Sep 23: H. MERCURY SEXTILE PLUTO, H.
MERCURY SQUARE MARS, VENUS OPPOSITE NEPTUNE,
SATURN OPPOSITE URANUS, SUN CONTRAPARALLEL
URANUS, VENUS CONTRAPARALLEL NEPTUNE,
MERCURY CONTRAPARALLEL SATURN, SUN
CONJUNCT SATURN, MERCURY SQUARE PLUTO, SUN
OPPOSITE URANUS, MERCURY INTO VIRGO, H.
MERCURY TRINE VENUS, MERCURY PARALLEL
URANUS, H. MERCURY CONJUNCT URANUS, H. JUPITER
CONJUNCT NEPTUNE, H. MERCURY OPPOSITE SATURN,
SUN CONJUNCT MERCURY, VENUS TRINE PLUTO,
VENUS INTO VIRGO, H. MERCURY INTO ARIES, NEW
MOON, H. MERCURY SQUARE PLUTO, MERCURY
CONJUNCT SATURN, SUN INTO LIBRA, SUN PARALLEL
MERCURY, H. MERCURY SEXTILE MARS, SUN SQUARE
PLUTO, MERCURY OPPOSITE URANUS, SUN
CONTRAPARALLEL MERCURY, H. VENUS SEXTILE
SATURN, H. VENUS TRINE URANUS
Sep 29 - Oct 4: MERCURY DIRECT, MERCURY PARALLEL
SATURN, SUN PARALLEL URANUS, SUN
CONTRAPARALLEL SATURN, H. MERCURY SEXTILE
URANUS, H. MERCURY SQUARE JUPITER, H. MERCURY
SQUARE NEPTUNE, H. MERCURY TRINE SATURN,
MERCURY SEXTILE MARS, H. MERCURY INTO GEMINI,
SATURN CONTRAPARALLEL URANUS, SATURN
CONTRAPARALLEL MERCURY, H. MERCURY CONJUNCT
MARS, H. MERCURY SEXTILE VENUS, MERCURY
SEXTILE MARS, MARS TRINE URANUS, MERCURY
OPPOSITE URANUS, FULL MOON
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 PLUTO IN CAPRICORN:
A Brief History of Pluto in the Cardinal Signs
By Frances Rackow, CPA and Mark F. Douglas

Pluto moved into Capricorn, January 26, 2008, so most of March 4, 1761 - Saturn 29 Pisces 24 square 29
you have probably read quite a bit about this already. Sagittarius 24 (conjunct the Aries Point)
Capricorn is a cardinal sign, along with Aries, Cancer and
Libra. The Suns ingress into each cardinal sign is when a The Seven Years War from www.ask.com :
new season begins. Zero degrees of cardinal signs are
called the Aries Point. The Seven Years War (1689-1763) was a massive conflict involving
Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Sweden. The conflict
was played out in Europe, India, and North America. In Europe, Sweden,
The approach of this article is to look at the last transit of Austria, and France were allied to crush the rising power of Frederick the
Pluto in Capricorn, and then a small bit of history around Great, King of Prussia.
each subsequent Pluto transit of a cardinal sign, to see
The English and the French battled for colonial domination in North
what themes emerge that may be useful to help us
America, the Caribbean, and in India. The English did ultimately come to
anticipate how the world may change during the transit of dominate the colonial outposts, but at a cost so staggering that the resulting
Pluto in Capricorn which terminates in 2024. debt nearly destroyed the English government. It was that debt that caused
the escalation of tensions leading to the Revolutionary War. Parliament
was desperate to obtain two objectives; first, to tax the colonies to recover
The last time Pluto was in Capricorn was 1762 1778,
monies expended on the battle over North America and second to restore
and so the USA was born with Pluto at 27 degrees of the profitability of the East India Company in an effort to recover monies
Capricorn, in 1776. Pluto takes 248 years to complete its spent on the battle over India.
orbit around the Sun, and due to the elliptical shape of its
The French and Indian War, as it was referred to in the colonies, was the
orbit, the amount of time spent in each sign varies from 13
beginning of open hostilities between the colonies and Great Britain.
years in Scorpio, the fastest transit, to about 33 years in England and France had been building toward a conflict in America since
Taurus. 1689.

Ray Merriman has pointed out the importance of the In 1764, the Brits amended the Sugar Act to tax the
synodic cycle of Saturn and Pluto, meaning the cycle of American colonies on a variety of items, including sugar.
the two planets in the sky forming a conjunction (0 degrees) Isnt it interesting the Congress is now considering taxing
waxing square (90 degrees) opposition (180 degrees) and soda with a high sugar content to help fund the health care
waning square (270 degrees) known as hard aspects. reform?
He has also pointed out that since the United States has
its wealth planets (Jupiter and Venus) in early cardinal In 1765 the Stamp Act was passed for taxing the colonies,
signs; this may explain why the transit of the slower-moving and the Virginia Assembly challenged the right of Great
planets (Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) to cardinal signs Britain to tax the Colonists.1 Both taxes were perceived by
impacts our economy. the colonists to be the first to raise money for England rather
than regulate commerce, and it was done so without the
Due to the number of years in each sign, Pluto forms at approval of the colonial legislature. Allowing this to happen
least one hard aspect to Saturn in each sign. By also without protest, reasoned the colonists, would set precedent
looking at the periods when Pluto is forming a hard aspect that would allow England to add taxes at will.
to Saturn in this article, we hope to get even more granular
as to what to anticipate. We have the waning square It was interesting to see how quickly after Pluto transited
coming up this Fall (Saturn ingress into Libra) and there into Capricorn, the serious problems between the colonists
will be a conjunction applying in January 2019, so any and Britain escalated, and that they were over taxes! Even
predictions we extrapolate from history may apply to these more interesting was that a key reason that taxes were
times, with some time orb on either side. This article is being raised was to pay for King Georges Wars which
also going to focus on the Saturn-Pluto hard aspects had done much damage to the British coffers. Quickly after
occurring near the Aries Point, as that is also what is the Stamp Act was passed, the slogan No taxation without
occurring this fall and recurring July-August 2010. representation rang throughout the land.2
May 21, 1760 & Sept 23, 1760 Saturn square Pluto August 1, 1768 - Saturn opposition Pluto 11 Cancer
26 & 24 Pisces/Virgo Capricorn
January 14, 1769 - Saturn opposition Pluto 13 Cancer/
1
Time and Money: The Enonomy and the Planets, Robert Gover Capricorn
2
Ibid

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 May 22, 1769 - Saturn opposition Pluto 15 Cancer/ American passions about the issue of taxation without
Capricorn representation. The law provided no new tax on tea. Lord
North assumed that most colonists would welcome the new
Boston Non-Importation Agreement law because it would reduce the price of tea to consumers
August 1, 1768 by removing the middlemen. But the colonists responded
by boycotting tea. Unlike earlier protests, this boycott
The merchants and traders in the town of Boston having taken into mobilized large segments of the population. It also helped
consideration the deplorable situation of the trade, and the many difficulties link the colonies together in a common experience of mass
it at present labors under on account of the scarcity of money, which is
daily increasing for want of the other remittances to discharge our debts
popular protest. Particularly important to the movement were
in Great Britain, and the large sums collected by the officers of the customs the activities of colonial women, who were one of the
for duties on goods imported; the heavy taxes levied to discharge the principal consumers of tea and now became the leaders of
debts contracted by the government in the late war; the embarrassments the effort to the boycott.
and restrictions laid on trade by several late acts of parliament;
together with the bad success of our cod fishery, by which our principal
sources of remittance are like to be greatly diminished, and we thereby In 1711, the British East India Company (EIC) was one of
rendered unable to pay the debts we owe the merchants in Great three holders of the debt of the British Government,
Britain, and to continue the importation of goods from thence; We, the somewhat the reverse of the U.S. Government owning a
subscribers, in order to relieve the trade under those discouragements,
to promote industry, frugality, and economy, and to discourage luxury,
large percentage of various corporations debts today. The
and every kind of extravagance, do promise and engage to and with reason that EIC was near bankruptcy was that India had
each other as follows: 3 suffered very bad economic times for the two preceding
years, and EIC and the British government had a very close
The details are not reprinted here, as we think the reader relationship sharing the duties of governing India under
gets the idea and what follows are the specifics of dates British rule and profiting from trade with India. Similarly, the
during which the Boston province would neither import nor South Sea Company (yes, as in South Sea Bubble) had
export goods with Great Britain, so it was a boycott of trade. exclusive rights to the Slave Trade to the colonies, and was
the largest holder of British debt in 1711.
March 5, 1770 was the Boston Massacre. (Nine plus
months after the last Saturn-Pluto opposition.) Clearly, there was much more to the colonists rebellion
against the ships full of tea than initially meets the eye, and
To follow is an insertion from the internet about the Tea we see a connection between Big Business and
Act, worthy of some detail here because we are already Government, with Pluto in Capricorn. Pluto went into
having Tea Parties in this country, just the second year of Capricorn January 27, 2008, and by March 17, 2008 we
Pluto in Capricorn. had the government stepping in and negotiating a sale to
unload bankrupt Bear Stearns. The wildly optimistic era of
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/teaparty/bostonxx.htm Pluto in Sagittarius had ended and once into Capricorn, our
perspective changed completely as we realized how all
Boston Tea party caution had been thrown to the wind as we collectively
By Cassandra Jansen embraced a worldview that housing prices can only rise,
and that high leverage is not risky.
In 1773, Britain's East India Company was sitting on large
stocks of tea that it could not sell in England. It was on the November 2, 1776 - Saturn square Pluto 26 Libra 26
verge of bankruptcy. In an effort to save it, the government Capricorn
passed the Tea Act of 1773, which gave the company the April 19, 1777 - Saturn square Pluto 0 Scorpio Rx 0
right to export its merchandise directly to the colonies Aquarius
without paying any of the regular taxes that were imposed August 14, 1777 - Saturn square Pluto 28 Libra 28
on the colonial merchants, who had traditionally served as Capricorn
the middlemen in such transactions. With these privileges,
the company could undersell American merchants and Once again we, the people, have reason to be upset about
monopolize the colonial tea trade. The act proved the joint action (or inaction) of government and the
inflammatory for several reasons. First, it angered influential corporations. The final straw for the Revolution in 1775 was,
colonial merchants, who feared being replaced and in fact, triggered by those ships of tea sent from England
bankrupted by a powerful monopoly. The East India December 16, 1773. On February 19, 1775, Saturn was in
Company's decision to grant franchises to certain American Libra applying to square Pluto in Capricorn, when the
merchants for the sale of their tea created further Parliament of Great Britain declared Massachusetts in
resentments among those excluded from this lucrative rebellion. 4
trade. More important, however, the Tea Act revived
As Robert Gover points out in Time and Money: The
3
www.ask.com Economy and the Planets by quoting William Kalle Lasn,
4
Wikipedia, 1775, Revolutionary War

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 The History of Corporations in the United States, the
Declaration of Independence, in 1776, freed Americans
not only from Britain, but also from the tyranny of British
corporations. For a hundred years after the documents
signing, Americans remained deeply suspicious of
corporate power. They were careful about the way they
granted corporate charters, and about the powers granted
therein.
For a century the new nation kept corporations on a tight
leash. They werent allowed to participate in the political
process. They couldnt buy stock in other corporations.
And if one of them acted improperly, the consequences
were severe. (Lasn)
Gover goes on to tell how an important error in 1886 and a
Supreme Court decision in 1976 have given the
corporations the power they have today; having enormous
influence over the political process with the contributions
they are now allowed to make to the members of Congress.
We highly recommend Robert Govers book, as he is a
successful writer so this Astro-economic jewel is extremely
entertaining as well as greatly educational. Our article is a
granular look at a slice of what is covered in the book.
Gover also points out that on the date of the Boston Tea
Party; Pluto is at 3 Capricorn, where it returned in March
2009.
So, to recap what we have covered so far. The American
Revolution was started because the colonists were upset
about unfair trade giving the British Corporations control
of the profits; with the enforcement of the British
Government, who was beholden to the corporations
because they owned the debt of the government. One
would surmise that the government was also collecting tax
revenues from those corporations, which it badly needed.
As we approach our Pluto return with Pluto in Capricorn
for the first time since the Revolution, our government has
gone deeply into debt to bailout corporations and
government sponsored entities that got in trouble largely
as a result of the failure of government to do its job of
providing checks and balances, which agencies are paid
to do. The large investment banks, Lehman Brothers,
Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch and Bear
Stearns, were granted permission to raise their leverage
from 12:1 to 40:1 in 2004-2005 by the head of the SEC
(Securities and Exchange Commission). This means they
could raise their risk level far beyond the amount of capital
they held. William Donaldson, who was appointed by
George W. Bush to be Chairman of the SEC, to succeed
Harvey Pitt who had left after the 3.85 billion dollar
WorldCom accounting error, the collapse of Enron and
other corporate debacles, approved the change.
On September 15, 2008, the financial system went into a
state of cardiac arrest as it was announced that Fannie
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Mae and Freddie Mac would require bailouts. These
government sponsored entities (GSEs) had over $394
billion of mortgage backed securities, issued by other
institutions, in 2007. What does this mean? Beyond buying
the risky sub-prime loans that Congress encouraged them
to do, they added another 400 billion dollars, or so, of risk
for us taxpayers by playing in the CDO (Collateralized Debt
Obligations) markets. Purchasing CDOs was not
authorized in the charters of these GSEs. The head of
Fannie Mae was Chairman Barney Frankes significant
other, and Fannie and Freddie made contributions to nearly
everybody in Congress. But 400 billion dollars of assets
that were not authorized in their charter and nobody has
been indicted? Barney Franke repeatedly assured
everyone that Fannie and Freddie did not pose a financial
risk, as Alan Greenspan had claimed. We bring this up
because as you will see, the upcoming aspects coincide
with some big scandals, so we are wondering which of
many possibilities may play out.
We dont know if the housing industry, which really gained
a lot, contributed to the coffers of those who took such an
interest in increasing home ownership by 4% for those
underserved borrowers, or if it was just the mortgage
industry, who made lots of money on loan origination and
processing fees, or if there is another scenario. If there
are about 300 million people in this country, 400 billion
dollars represents about thirteen hundred dollars for every
person. It is difficult to know what percentage of people
owned homes, clearly not 100%, but the financial disaster
could have been averted had Congress just decided to
buy homes outright for an additional 4% of the population,
and it would have saved us taxpayers a lot of money.
We think it is pretty clear that on the Pluto return, we are
back to where we started. Instead of the British government
taxing us to support British corporations and government
itself; we have the U.S. government taxing us to support
U.S. corporations and the U.S. Government, which is
growing rapidly. The spending on war is continuing, as it
appears that the decision has been made to increase
activity in Afghanistan.
***
Lets look briefly at Pluto transits through the cardinal signs,
especially when squaring Saturn.
Pluto moved to Aries in 1823, the year of the Monroe
Doctrine. Pluto was in Aries until 1851, receiving 3 hard
aspects from Saturn:
1826-1827- Saturn square Pluto 4-6 Cancer/Aries
1834 Saturn opposite Pluto 12 Libra/Aries
1843 Saturn square Pluto 20-22 Capricorn/Aries
1826-1827 - Andrew Jackson was running for president
again. Even though he received the most popular votes in
the 1824 election, he did not have a majority. Because
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 none of the candidates had a majority, the election was
decided by the House of Representatives in 1825. They
chose John Quincy Adams to be president. During the
campaign, some of Jacksons opponents referred to him
as Jackson the jackass. This appellation, which Jackson
liked, eventually led to cartoonist Thomas Nast penning
the jackass which became the symbol for the Democratic
Party. In 1828, Jackson became the first Democrat elected
to the Presidency. He governed from 1829 to 1837, since
he easily won re-election in 1832.
1833- President Jackson moves against the Bank of U.S.
(withdrawal of all government deposits). 5 This was
Jacksons retaliation against the bank for bad acts.
around 0 degrees of Capricorn/Cancer (at the Aries Point).
Pluto rules empowerment. While it can be argued that the
Federal Reserve, who is responsible for setting the reserve
requirements for the banks, missed the risk to the banking
industry; nonetheless, the Fed has been granted
extraordinary powers to deal with financial crises. Even
today, the reforms being debated include giving the Fed
even more power. Limited research on my part suggests
part of the reason for the creation of the Fed was a request
from Wall Street, after the Panic of 1907, to guarantee
liquidity in times of financial crisis.
September 1973 May 1974 Saturn square Pluto 3-
4 Cancer/Libra

May 10, 1837 began the Panic of 1837, with Saturn at the Pluto moved into Libra in 1971. The war in Vietnam became
Aries Point opposite Pluto in Aries by sign. From very unpopular. President Nixon closed the gold window
Wikipedia, The Panic of 1837 was a panic in the United after a couple of countries had demanded millions of dollars
States built on a speculative fever. The bubble burst on in gold because they were worried about the value of the
May 10, 1837 in New York City, when every bank stopped dollar, largely due to the money being spent on the war
payment in specie (gold and silver coinage). The Panic which was creating deficits. There was the Watergate
was followed by a five-year depression, with the failure of break-in and ensuing scandal that cost Nixon his
banks and record high unemployment levels. presidency. Libra rules relationships, and Lee Marvin was
sued for palimony.
This Panic was preceded by many of the events we have
seen recently, including wild speculation and ensuing rapid In 1973, Jupiter moved into Aquarius and we had Saturn
increase in land values. This panic lasted into the following squaring Pluto in Libra from Cancer on the Aries Point.
Saturn square Pluto in 1843, and some reports say beyond (Jupiter is in Aquarius now, and Saturn will square Pluto in
it into 1844. late October from early Libra (at the Aries Point). This was
a period of high inflation. The oil embargo of 1973 resulted
October 1914 May 1915 - Saturn in Cancer conjunct in gas lines, and gold began a meteoric rise after Nixon
Pluto in Cancer at the Aries Point. ended the Bretton Woods Monetary System. The S&P lost
over 48% in 1973 & 1974 the worst drop since 1929-
Pluto moved into Cancer in 1913, the year the U.S. 1932.
government created the income tax and the Federal
Reserve. The income tax was instituted because it was The Emergency Loan Guarantee Act, which was passed
only going to be applied to the rich who made at least in August, 1971 6, was a bailout by the government and the
$20,000 per year, or the equivalent of about $200,000 Federal Reserve. (Pluto was within orb of the Aries Point
today. Richard Nixon was born, and World War I began in from late Virgo; Saturn was in Gemini but only square by
1914. In 1911, Britain passed an unemployment and sign.) Lockheed Corporation, a national defense contractor,
national health care act, and in 1913, there were Suffragette was the first recipient of funds. Penn Central Railroad
demonstrations in London. declared bankruptcy June 21, 1970 after Nixon and the
Fed gave them money, but Congress would not approve a
October 1922 Saturn square Pluto 11 Libra/11 bailout. Franklin Bank required money in 1974 as did New
Cancer York City in 1975. The 700 billion dollar Bailout Package
February December 1931 Saturn makes 3 passed by the Congress October 3, 2008, 1:30 pm,
oppositions to Pluto 19-21 Capricorn/Cancer Washington, DC, had Pluto at the Aries Point at 28
Sagittarius and Saturn applying to square from Virgo by
Ray Merriman has pointed out for many years that the sign only. (Transiting Pluto in October 2008 was square to
Great Depression occurred with Saturn, Pluto and Uranus transiting Pluto in the 1971 Bailout.)
in cardinal signs.
Pluto is considered to rule perspective, empowerment,
The Federal Reserve was born with Sun opposite Pluto taxes, big money (plutocracy), transformation and death.
With the selective snippets from history we can see that
the symbolism fits.

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Timetables of History, Brun Many non-astrological commentators on the economy are
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 like the 1970s with a range-bound market and rampant
inflation. By range-bound, the Dow Jones Industrial
Average reached a plateau around 1,000 from 1968
through 1982. Here are a couple of examples:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124027187331937083.html -
Mike Milken talks about similarities to the 1970s and now,
including the real estate downturns.
http://blogs.forbes.com/digitalrules/2009/04/will-americans-turn-
inward-study-the-1970s.html - This summarizes some of the
challenges to the economy in the early 1970s, but also points
out bright spots, such as the beginning of Microsoft, Apple, Oracle
and others. It was a period where the high progressive income
taxes stifled growth to the economy.
Reserve and the start of the Income Tax in the USA.
October 1914 May 1915 - Saturn in Cancer conjunct
Pluto in Cancer at the Aries Point. WWI.
September 1973 May, 1974 Saturn square Pluto 3-
4 Cancer/Libra, Jupiter in Aquarius: preceded by bailout,
and coincided with the worst market correction since
the 1930s.
Already we have seen huge bailouts of financial institutions
and concerns about the value of the dollar, as well as the
cost of debt due to our deficits. Many believe that the only
choices the government will have will be to print more money,
raise taxes, or both. The Federal Reserve has had to step
up as never before to fulfill its role as loan guarantor.

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Nixon_Shock - This The role of the U.S. Dollar as the main currency of the world
talks about Nixon closing the gold window and ending the backing is being questioned by China and others, paralleling the
of the dollar with gold. worries about our greenback that led to Nixon closing the
gold window on August 15, 1971. We are worried about
One of the reasons that Pluto transiting through the cardinal whether the Federal Reserve has the assets on its balance
signs would have related themes is that we are looking at sheet to cover all of the debt it has guaranteed.
Pluto forming a hard aspect to where it was the last time
Pluto was in a cardinal sign. China, a large producer of tea, coincidentally, holds the
largest portion of the U. S. debt. The last Pluto in Capricorn
Saturn applied to conjunct Pluto in late degrees of cycle would suggest that China will gain a favorable, or even
Libra, in 1981-1982, exact November 8, 1982. monopolistic, trading position in some segments of the
economy as a repayment from the U. S. government to
http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/economy/2007/ continue holding our debt, and supporting our currency.
10/31/the-long-boom-an-amazing-economic-expansion-
turns-25.html Looking at the snapshot of events surrounding previous
Saturn-Pluto hard aspects near the Aries Point, it seems
A segment from the above link: that there is more shock to the system from October 2009
Consider this: Since 1982, according to the NBER (National August 2010. Already the unemployment rate has gone
Bureau of Economic Research), the economy has suffered two higher than anticipated when the stimulus spending bill was
recessionsin 1990-91 and in 2001for a total of 16 months. passed by Congress.
By contrast, in the previous 25 years, the economy suffered six
Robert Gover, in Time and Money: The Economy and the
economic downturns for a painful total of 67 months. Even worse,
the 1973-75 and 1981-82 recessions were two of the nastiest of
Planets, points out that Great Depressions occur with certain
the 20th century. Is it any wonder that the stock market basically
transits to the USA natal chart, including Saturn in Capricorn,
went nowhere from 1966 to 1982, with such big hurdles to which does not occur until 2018-2020. Will it be like the
overcome? panic of 1837 where the aspect between Saturn and Pluto
will signify both the beginning and the end of the panic? If
(In the 1981-1982 period, Saturn and Pluto were both in so, the economy gets very bad between fall, 2009 and
Libra, with Saturn eventually conjunct Pluto by November summer, 2010 and stays depressed until the 2018-2020
1982, at about 27 degrees of Libra the year President timeframe.
Reagan cut income taxes dramatically.)
We know that one of the next shoes to drop will be
Here is a recap of what happened with Saturn/Pluto hard commercial real estate, as those loans will reset soon, which
aspects near the Aries Point: means that the loans come up for renewal, which is when
defaults are most likely to occur. Those loans were made
March 4, 1761 - Saturn 29 Pisces 24 square 29 as non-recourse loans with virtually nothing down, and the
Sagittarius 24 (conjunct the Aries Point) This property values were inflated due to the low interest rates.
precipitated the Stamp Act, Tea Parties, and the Unlike residential real estate, commercial real estate
Revolutionary War financing has rules regarding the cash flows generated
May 10, 1837 began the Panic of 1837, with Saturn at which determine whether or not a buyer may have to infuse
the Aries Point square Pluto more cash into the deal. Even buyers who put cash into
December 1913 Pluto at the Aries Point, Saturn 17 the deal up front are at risk of losing the properties as a
degrees from conjunct Pluto, creation of the Federal result of the changes to mark to market accounting. The

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 mark to market accounting rule would mean that the fair to deal with potential future problems.
market value of the property may be much less than the
original purchase price, and so the owner would be One problem we have not mentioned is the unregulated
required to make a substantial additional contribution of credit default swap market which AIG (American
capital to avoid defaulting on the loan. International Group) was a big player in, and which our
government failed to notice and regulate; a credit default
Warren Buffett says: Beware of Geeks bearing swap market that reached over 45 trillion dollars in 2007.
(mathematical) models because the derivatives crises That is twice the size of the U.S. stock market (at 2007
were initiated by risk models that factored in once in a levels), exceeding the 7-12 trillion dollar mortgage market,
hundred year events that actually occurred 3 times or and the 4.4 trillion dollar U.S. treasuries market (2008). 7
more in a decade. Models also factored in linear growth We suspect some of that problem may be that Mr. Geithner
in real estate prices. Based on Robert Shillers book, feels he needs to retain some ammo in order to continue to
Irrational Exuberance, it seems like the 1997 real estate do battle. These were underfunded insurance policies,
prices are a reasonable support level, going back to the which did not get categorized as insurance, so were not
late 1890s, adjusted for inflation. What we dont know is regulated accordingly.
what assumptions were in the stress tests the
government regulators administered to the 19 largest U.S. The fact that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with their implied
banks. Therefore, we are not aware of what the impact of government guarantees, were huge players in the market
a scenario where real estate values find a bottom and of CDOs is cited in many articles as a big reason why the
stay flat for years, would be. other big commercial banks also played, and this was a
large portion of the losses leading to their failure. The
We believe in the power of positive thought. Currently, Collateralized Debt Obligations leveraged the underlying
Jupiter is conjunct Neptune in Aquarius, the most optimistic mortgages and cloned them so that if one mortgage fails,
pairing of planets we can imagine. Sure, the downside is there are about 20 CDOs or so that may lose value as a
disillusionment, but for now lets focus on the positive. If result.
we get a new technology, likely a green technology that
we can develop to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, Nixon was impeached in the early 1970s, so we are hoping
and improve our trade deficit, then more jobs will be created that there will be some backlash about government officials
and the deficit situation will improve. who have collected fat paychecks and failed miserably at
performing their job functions. We also hope there are some
If we make personal choices to improve our own health juicy scandals where we get insights into some behind the
by exercising, eating right and being moderate in our scenes deals that precipitated these outrageous and
indulgences, we can save the health care system billions egregious activities. We are afraid we will get some news
of dollars in our lifetime. of more bailouts required, which could again create panic
in the financial markets. So far the stimulus has failed to
Hope for the best and plan for the worst, seems to be a keep unemployment below the targeted 9% level. So, if
sentiment that is applicable now. Conquer the Crash by the jobless rate does not improve much, the real estate
Robert Prechter is a very inexpensive book (that is really market cannot come back, which will add more stress to
two books in one) that suggests some strategies to protect the banks balance sheets and keep the tax revenues down
yourself in case the dollar does crash. for struggling municipalities as well as the Federal
government. The early 1970s had high unemployment,
This September 2009, Saturn and Uranus once again peaking at 9% in May 1975, one year after the last of the
oppose each other, with a lunation triggering the opposition Saturn square Pluto transits in early degrees of cardinal
on September 18th. Saturn will square the 700 Billion signs in the early 1970s.
Dollar Bailout Pluto/Aries Point beginning mid October
2009 and within orb of also squaring transiting Pluto. Pluto It seems that the dollar topic is not going away soon, and
stations exactly on the Aries Point, September 11, 2009, maybe the Federal Reserve will be asked to disclose what
and is within a 2 degree orb, June 23, 2009 November assets we have to support the dollar, such as how much
25, 2009. We will have the one year anniversary of last gold? Could our attempts to go Green backfire and the
years financial crisis on September 15, 2009, the date of Middle Eastern countries retaliate by demanding payment
the Saturn-Uranus opposition. in Euros? Or is the current administrations aversion to
drilling for oil, part of a deal with Saudi Arabia to keep the
Even though some of the bailout money is being repaid peace as we downsize our cars?
by the banks, this week Treasury Secretary, Timothy
Geithner, is maintaining that the Treasury needs continued There is much more to the big picture than what we have
access to the 700 billion dollars in order to retain money discussed here. Hopefully, this article will shed light on the
repetitive themes that have occurred in the past, and which
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 THE COMING COLLAPSE OF
THE U.S. DOLLAR
AND FEDERAL RESERVE?
By T.S. Phillips, A.A.S., Inc.

After doing extensive research on the Federal unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A
Reserve both historically and astrologically, I have great industrial nation is controlled by its system of
reached the conclusion that we are soon approaching credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth
a point in time when the Federal Reserve system of of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the
banking could completely collapse or be completely hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the
reformed. The U.S. dollar is also on the verge of worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and
complete devaluation as a result of all the trillions of dominated Governments in the civilized world no longer
dollars the Fed is printing out of thin air. The history a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government
of fiat currency has always been a grave one. When by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a
currency is not backed by something tangible such Government by the opinion and duress of a small group
as gold or silver, it is ultimately on the road to of dominant men." -Woodrow Wilson, after signing the
devaluation. Since the Federal Reserve Act was put Federal Reserve into existence.
in law in 1913, the value of the U.S. dollar has gone
down approximately 96%! Most of this devaluation Astrologically, the Sun was at 1 1/2 degrees of
occurred after 1971 when former President Nixon took Capricorn forming an opposition to Pluto at 00 degrees
us off the Gold standard. Thanks Dick! of Cancer on Dec. 23, 1913. The other chart I use is
for when the first Federal Reserve Bank in New York
Heres another newsflash you may have read about opened for business on Nov. 16, 1914 at 10:00AM in
before. About one hundred years ago, just before the New York. In this chart, Saturn is forming a conjunction
Federal Reserve act of 1913, our nation was the most to Pluto at about 1 1/2 degrees of Cancer. In the United
prosperous in the world. The U.S. had virtually no States chart for July 4th, 1776, the planet Venus is
national debt. We had the largest middle class in the almost exactly at the same degree at 2 degrees of
world and Mom stayed home to raise the kids! Cancer! Venus represents the money and things of
value. The FRB Saturn/Pluto forms a conjunction to
What many Americans are still clueless about is that the USA Venus. My astrological interpretation of this
there is nothing Federal about the Federal Reserve aspect: the FRB was created to devalue the US dollar
and they have no reserves. They are a private and bankrupt the United States.
corporation owned by private bankers. To illustrate
how this monetary system operates. Lets assume For astrological forecasting purposes, we want to look
the U.S. government needs 10 billion dollars. The FRB for shared degrees of planets in important birth charts.
(Federal Reserve Bank) prints 10 billion from their The Sun, Venus, Saturn, and Pluto are from 0 - 2
printing press and loans it to the government in degrees in the cardinal signs of Capricorn and Cancer
exchange for a 10 billion bond. The government now in all of these charts. Transiting Pluto is already at
owes 10 billion to the FRB, and to add insult to injury, these early degrees in the sign of Capricorn since the
owes interest on top of it. In fact, most of our taxes end of November, 2008. Let the games begin.
presently go towards paying only the interest from
the debt we owe! In my opinion, the Federal Reserve Astrologers have been talking about the great cardinal
system of banking is simply a monetary system climax happening from 2010 - 2012. It almost sounds
designed to control and enslave the U.S. government like a rated X movie! This is when Saturn in Libra
and its citizens. forms a T-square configuration with Uranus in Aries
and Pluto in Capricorn lasting until the year 2012. What
The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 came into law on are the most significant time periods is when Saturn
Dec. 23rd, 1913 at 06:02PM, in Washington, DC. To and Uranus cross the 0 - 2 degree cardinal points
quote former President Woodrow Wilson, "I am a most forming hard 90 degree aspects to the FRB Sun,

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 Saturn, Pluto, and USA Venus. When this occurs, it
will be what is called a cardinal cross when four
planets are all 90 degrees from each other in the
cardinal signs.
Saturn is the next planet to join the action. Saturn
crosses 0 - 2 degrees of Libra in the month of
November, 2009. I would expect something of
significance in the financial markets and with the U.S.
dollar. The dollar will probably be under more
downward pressure. This is also the first pass of
transiting Saturn in Libra square Pluto in Capricorn.
The planet Saturn turns retrograde again in January
2010 and will cross 0 - 2 degrees of Libra while
retrograde once more in the month of March, 2010.
But what is of most significance is during the summer
of 2010 when Uranus first enters the sign of Aries.
This occurs beginning the end of May, 2010 through
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the middle of August, 2010. Jupiter also enters the
sign of Aries conjunct Uranus in the month of June.
On July 21st, 2010, the planet Saturn enters the sign
of Libra, leaving the sign of Virgo for good for another
29 years. Lets throw a going away party! During the
months of July and August of 2010, the planets Jupiter
and Uranus in Aries, Saturn in Libra, and Pluto in
Capricorn will all be at the very early degrees of the
cardinal signs forming a cardinal cross to the FRB Sun,
Saturn, Pluto, and USA Venus! (See quad-wheel). This
is a once in a lifetime transit that may cause a complete
collapse or very serious devaluation of the US dollar
as we know it and major crisis within the Federal
Reserve. Be prepared and protected! We can prosper
by being in the right sectors that perform very well
during times of inflation and a weak dollar such as
precious metals and commodities. Got gold?
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 New Geodetic Research:
Follow The Sun Westward
By Alex Walker
Reprinted with permission from the NCGR Summer Solstice 2008 Journal
A geodetic world map calibrated with westward progression
of the zodiacal signs instead of eastward progression, as
Alex Walker thought-provokingly proposes, yields an
intriguingly accurate view of the world, the nature of its
regions and historical events. In the final analysis, as is
demonstrated, this fascinating new proposal appears to
offer a more accurate perspective from which to predict
current events
Geodetic astrology is based on an equal division
of 30 zones of longitude, where every zone, beginning
with the Aries point in Greenwich, England, and proceeds
eastward. For example, in the geodetic astrology now
used, most all of Europe is in Aries from 0-degrees to 30
east longitude. The cusp of Taurus at 30 would extend to
60 east which would be the same longitude line that runs
approximately off the eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
This progression east wraps around the world, making the
United States a primarily Capricorn nation from roughly
Los Angeles to Chicago.
The beginnings of geodetic astrology with the
eastward progression of astrological rulership signs
appears to be with the British astrologer and Theosophical
member, Dr. Walter Gorn Old (1864-1929), more commonly
known as Sepharial.1 Sepharial authored a book on the
subject entitled, The Theory Of Geodetic Equivalents In
Relation To Mundane Astrology. Later the Canadian
astrologer, Chris McRae, wrote The World Geodetic Map,
referencing Sepharial.2
After reading these books, I decided to see how
some of the national charts for various countries within
these zones corresponded with their geodetic region by
astrological sign. I began with the work of an astrologer
known as Raphael (1850-1923) whose book, The Effects
of The Planets and Signs Upon The Nations and Countries
of The World 3 predated the work by Sepharial and had
little correspondence with his views. Raphaels book
indicated the ruling signs of countries throughout the world
prior to Sepharials and the current theory of geodetic
equivalents.
I then considered the concept of geodetic astrology
and wondered why the sign placement went eastward. I
experimented by making a copy of a world map and running
them westward from Greenwich, England, because that
was how our Sun appears to move across our rotating
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globe. It seemed to me the Sun would energize the world
with its radiant energy in this direction from Aries through
Pisces. I immediately saw how European and (forced)
African migrations followed this same zodiacal path of solar
energy. Thus began my hypothesis as Ill describe.
First, consider Earths counterclockwise rotation
from West to East and counterclockwise orbit as our
measurement of time follows the movement of the
Midheaven westward across the globe. Though this may
rub some astrologers the wrong way, shouldnt the signs
also progress westward, the same way as we measure both
clock and calendar time?
Also, why Greenwich as the starting point? Consider
the limestone blocks of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the power
of that structure, and the thousands of years of the line of
Pharaohs. Consider the massive limestone coliseum and
structures in Rome and note how Rome was dominant for a
thousand years. Now, consider the massive limestone cliffs
of Dover and how London was the center of world power for
centuries and remains the financial center of the world. In
this way, one could conceivably rectify the world more
accurately and push the zero point of Aries 1.5 degrees east
from Greenwich to Dover, the same longitude as Paris,
France, however recalibrating the Earths longitudinal map
is too daunting at this phase. I digress.
Sepharial promoted the current system where
geodetic signs progress eastward. 2, 4 Both of these
gentlemen were famous astrologers and I am but a curious
mortal. However, correlations with Raphaels ruling signs of
countries and the eastward progression of signs per
Sepharial, found only one correspondence, what is todays
Iraq. On the other hand, a westward geodetic sequence of
signs found a much stronger correlation with Raphaels data.
Thats what got me started. Understand it was not my goal
to validate or vindicate one astrologer over the other, or for
that matter, the encyclopedic work of Nicholas Campion.3, 5
I decided to lay out a map with a westward geodetic
sequence, then test it with historical timelines, planetary
transits of those signs and references and see what patterns
emerged.
What Ive found is that the westward geodetic
sequence fits remarkably well with history and corresponding
cultures. I will mention correlations with Raphael and
Campions work as they surface as FYI.
Every 30 of longitude west from 0 in London is an
astrological cusp on the globe.
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 Lets start with a Midheaven cup of tea in London in Taurus funnels hurricanes spawned in Arian Africa into
and follow the Sun on a journey around the world. neighboring Gemini & Cancer.11, 14
Campion indicates Paraguay has a Taurus Sun sign
Aries and 80% of that country, including the capital Asuncion is in
With a westward progression, the Aries zone the Taurus zone.15
begins in London and covers 30 to the west. Raphael
indicates England is an Aries nation.6 Campion has Eire Gemini
(Ireland), Scotland and several of Englands historic charts Gemini falls on the East Coast of the USEast of
with an Aries sun.7 In this zone, England, Spain and the Mississippialso a political and social separator for
Portugal were the three preeminent world powers with vast Eastern and Western Canada. Raphael stated the US is
colonies from the late 15th century until the early 20th ruled by Gemini;16 the Geminian Eastern US is the original
century 4, 8 Note the area of France in Aries is the part of 13 colonies and where the US Capital is located. The Twin
France that has always been whats been considered Towers of The World Trade Center were a remarkable
France in modern centuries. symbol of Gemini. Consider how the United States operates
Arian England, Spain and Portugal have had the as a two party republic.
most consistent borders in modern history compared to Though the concept included CERN,11a, 17 the World
the rest of Europe with fluid Piscean borders. I invite you Wide Web was first built in the US and overseen by the
to sample maps of continental Europe over the past 500 Department of Defense in Washington D.C. Virtually all
years and see how these three countries are the notable communications on the planet and satellites are monitored
exception to national borders that have shifted to and fro by the US.12, 18
like beach sand from every wave of change. The Geminian US divided Panama into two sections
England in Aries is trine Sagittarius and China and by excavating the Panama Canal Zone; it is forever now a
its last colony there, Hong Kong, departing their rule in physically two-bodied nation. This also happened with Korea
1997.5, 9 Spain lost its last colony, the Philippines in and Vietnam. Western South America is different from Brazil
1898,6, 9-a with the capital Manila on the geodetic cusp of and Uruguay in that it is in Taurus. Those Geminian countries,
Sagittarius. The other Spanish colony, Cuba is in Gemini, Chile, Columbia and Venezuela in particular, are plagued
sextile Aries. by a continually shifting political bi-polarity between fascism
Volcanic Iceland is also in Aries, occupied by and socialism. Campion indicates Argentinas Revolution
Vikings who had colonized west 500 years before England, chart as well as a bisected Guyana have Sun in Gemini.19
Spain and Portugal in the Americas.7, 10
Cancer
Taurus The zone of Cancer (Heartland of the US) runs from
Taurus rules Greenland and Newfoundland in the Mississippi River to Los Angeles. Cancer is associated
Canada where the Vikings landed 500 years before with the US in the 1776 birth chart, as the sign of the Sun,
Columbus. This area is distinct from the rest of Canada. Mercury, Venus and Jupiter, perhaps an indicator of Manifest
The Vikings interestingly limited themselves to the zone of Destiny. Piscean France sold the Louisiana Purchase in
Taurus and didnt move into the Gemini zone, unlike the this zone to the US in 1803 when Pluto was in Pisces. Native
other three Arian nationsperhaps because Norway, their Americans roamed this oceanic prairie and lived off the
country of origin is in Pisces, one sign behind Aries, or migrating herds of buffalo, not unlike schools of fish.
maybe its the sextile that is required for opportunity? The Cancer Heartland relates to the Moon and is
Brazil was discovered by the Portuguese with the the emotional and physical center of the US. Its the caring
Sun in Taurus.8, 11 This former Portuguese colony and breadbasket that feeds the world, and the part of America
Uruguay in this earth sign are among the most stable geo- with the greatest emotional attachment to American ideals.
politically and economically of all South American countries. This region holds the Ogallala underground water
Uruguay is considered the Switzerland of South basin that nourishes the great breadbasket of the
America.9, 12 Brazil has a cornucopia of natural resources Plains.13, 20 Fields of wheat as amber waves of grain
and manufactures their own aircraft and military undulate like the ocean. Its the home of the largest river
equipment10, 13 Brazil also creates the majority of their fuel basins, the Mississippi, Missouri and Colorado Rivers and
grown from sugarcane and made into ethanol. Further, the great American deserts here were once the bottom of
Brazil is world famous for their beautiful Venusian women, ancient lakebeds from Montana, down into Utah and
often the top pick for Miss Universe, and The Girl from Nevada, including Death Valley. Hoover Dam, arguably the
Ipanema is a famous song of unrequited love. most world famous dam , provides power and controls water
Consider how these powerful earth-sign for tens of millions.
landmasses are so vital to the Earth. The Greenland ice The Cancer-Gemini cusp falls along the Yucatan
sheet and Amazon River Basin and rainforest control the Peninsula where the Mayan Empire once existed. Mexico
worlds critical ocean currents, climate, atmospheres and is a family-oriented Cancerian nation.14, 21 Campion indicates
weather systems. The continental shape of South America the US, Canada and Sandinista-Nicaragua, as well as The

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 United Provinces of Central America chart also has a forced labor, suppressed underground resistance, conducted
Cancer sun have Suns in Cancer. 22 mass deportations of nationalities and "Kulaks" to
unpopulated regions of the country, guarded state borders,
Leo conducted espionage and political assassinations abroad,
Leos cusp falls within California, the capital of was responsible for subversion of foreign governments, and
movies and television entertainment and the most Leonian enforced Stalinist policy within Communist movements in
18a, 28
place on Earth. The West Coast is a theater stage where other countries. Madagan was also the administrative
the beautiful people of the world come to seek attention and processing center for prisoners of war. Millions of political
and fame. The people of the West Coast are typically prisoners were held in the infamous gulags (Stalin-style
Leonian in nature, a perpetual Me generation distinctly Librian justice), as described in the writings of Alexander
different from the Cancerian zone and places like Kansas Solzhenitsyn. Magadan in many ways, was comparable to
or even Florida. California, northwest Nevada, the Yukon Auschwitz or Treblinka, and remained a Soviet closed city
and Alaska in Leo are where gold was found and until the late 1980s.19, 29
mined.15, 23 The gold mine of Las Vegas is only a few The Kuril Islands northeast of Hokkaido, Japan
degrees east of the Leo cusp. remain to this day in dispute with Russia since the Soviets
claimed them in 1945. The Kurils lay just west of the Libra-
Virgo Scorpio cusp.20 30 Looking at the map, astrologically and
The Virgo cusp falls east of Anchorage and up to historically, they appear to belong to Japan.
Prudhoe Bay, paralleling the Alaskan pipeline. My Regarding other countries in the Libra sector,
experience in Alaska reinforces the view of a Spartan Campions book shows New Zealand, Fiji, Tuvalu and
environment, with serious, no-nonsense service-oriented Russias Unification charts have Sun in Libra. 31
people, and how the opposition sign Pisces exemplifies
the drug and alcohol problems there. The Virgo zone of Scorpio
Alaska is where the oil (Pisces) is found that challenges Consider the cultural attitude of the Japanese
the environment and politics of Alaska, and why every toward sex and bondage, the Ninja and Samurai culture,
Alaskan receives an annual oil revenue payment.16, 24 Bushido martial arts, the rape of Nanking and the Bataan
The Virgo zone is not only the zodiacal sign for death march. Consider the Japanese during World War II
the state of Alaska in the United States, but one that is with their all or nothing suicidal fight to the death and the
shared with Russias eastern tip of Siberia. To me, its refusal to surrender that justified to President Truman (from
both subtle and appropriate how the charts for both the fall Cancerian Missouri) the first atomic bombs (regardless of
of the Soviet Union and the end of Communism, per which planet you believe rules Scorpio, how Plutonian or
Campion, have Virgo suns. 25 Martian can you get?). Consider the transformation of their
Mars from military to economic matters, and their present
Libra day Scorpionic, self-sacrificing salary men. Consider the
21, 32
New Zealand, eastern Australia, eastern Siberia atomic Plutonian transformation of their society.
and the South Pacific islands fall in the zone of Libra. The The Koreas have the same Scorpionic nature in war
real Mutiny on The Bounty happened here, inspired by and society, especially North Korea. South Korea, like Japan,
injustices , where Captain Bligh (EnglishAries, the has transformed from a military emphasis into a power of
opposite sign) made his determined trip in the ships launch, finance and innovation. Interestingly, the part of China known
traveling 3,618 nautical miles in 47 days. Tahiti is east of as Manchuria was once a province of Japan,22, 33 including
here, appropriately in the zone of Leo as is Pitcairn Island, the war-ravaged coastal cities of Shanghai, Nanking and
both trine Aries, appealing to the misfortune of the Taiwan.
mutineers who rebelled against Blighs tyranny. 17, 26 Dalian, closer to North Korea than Beijing is where
England sent their criminals to Australia (Libra: scales of the Chinese Dalian Commodity Exchange is located. This
justice) the opposite sign to England (Aries). Canberra, is the Scorpionic equivalent of the world famous Chicago
the capital of Australia is in the zone of Libra on the east Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange in
coast.18, 27 Chicago (Cancer).23, 34
Libra also falls across eastern Siberia, trine Many Japanese resonate with the American
Moscow in Aquarius. The Russian city of Magadan on the cowboy, a Cancer trine to their Scorpionic samuraionce
Sea of Okhotsk is less than 1 from the cusp of Libra- warriorstraveling and gambling, working as hired guns
Scorpio and its history seemed imbued with the darkest (swords). In my own experiences growing up in Southern
side of each sign. Magadan was the Siberian headquarters California and traveling the Southwest, a common sight were
for the Soviet NKVD. The NKVD or People's Commissariat the busloads of Japanese tourists taking photos of what
for Internal Affairs was the leading secret police seemed as empty desert. Western wear specialty stores
organization of the Soviet Union that was responsible for are a common stop for Japanese tourists in Los Angeles,
political repression during the Stalinist era. It conducted Phoenix, Las Vegas and Texas.
mass extrajudicial executions, ran the Gulag system of Taiwan is in the sector of Scorpio and perhaps why

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 it resists becoming part of Chinaand perhaps why the
Japanese occupied that island for so long. I was in Taiwan
in 1976 and found the people then to highly regard
Americans.
My former wifes family and strangers who stopped
me in the street often asked about John Wayne, cowboys,
the American military and why America held back in
Vietnam. One night at dinner, an unknown couple picked
up my dinner tab, discovered only after theyd left. I never
knew their names or saw them again. What I describe next
may explain why.
While in Taipei I saw the movie, Midway (in English
with Chinese and Japanese subtitles). When in the movie,
the Americans finally turned the tide and bombed the
Japanese carriers, the audience leapt to their feet, shouting
and applaudingmy wife and I were the only ones sitting.
People on all sides, suddenly patted my back. One
gentleman smiled as he gripped my shoulder and said in
tangled English, Good! Good! It hit me at that moment
how I was receiving the gratitude of people liberated by
Americans 10 years before I was born, a completely and
utterly humbling experience. That moment was the most
touching experience Ive had as an American.
On last point for Scorpio; Campion shows that
three of Russias historic charts have Sun in Scorpio. 35
Sagittarius
Sagittarius fits China and their opulent dynasties,
the pinnacle of bureaucracies, Jupiterian wealth and foreign
trade from the times of Marco Polo. This fire sign region
originated the first fireworks, rockets and gunpowder.24, 36
The US (Gemini) and China (Sagittarius) are opposites
and have become the two largest world economies and
long-term opponents. Another significant Sagittarian nation
is Singapore.
The Galactic Center is currently placed at 26.85
Sagittarius. In the westward geodetic sequence, this
longitude is exactly 2 east of Lhasa, Tibet at 28.85
Sagittarius. If you follow the geodetic line for the Galactic
Center south from Tibet to 3.3 north of the Equator, the
position will be 2 east of the precise epicenter of the great
quake in Indonesia on December 26, 2004 at 07:58:53
AM local time.25, 37 Note an event chart for that earthquake
at that precise place and time (per above US Geological
Survey data) finds the Pluto/Sun midpoint at 28.5
Sagittariusin the 12th house.
Vietnam in Sagittarius is in opposition to Gemini
and became the place of undoing of American policy.
Thailand, the only country in Asia never colonized by the
West, had its own bureaucracy and series of mostly
benevolent emperors in their own monarchy.26, 38
The Western Australian coast is in this Sagittarian
zone. The longitude lines fit extremely well for Australia
where the population centers are on each coast, leaving
the central desert for the sector in Scorpio (perfect for
scorpions!), the Outback.27, 39
Per Campion, Russia has three historic charts with
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a Sagittarius sun. Russias recent C.I.S. (Commonwealth
of Independent States) chart has a 29-degree Sagittarius
Sun.40
Capricorn
Raphael said India, the Punjab and Afghanistan are
ruled by Capricorn. 41 On the map, Central Russia,
Kazakhstan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, India, half of
Tibet, Pakistan and the eastern border of Iran are also within
Capricorns geodetic sector.
The area east of the Urals in this zone is where the
Soviets kept their space program and top-secret, missile
programs in Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.28, 42 Non-Han
Chinese western China is under Capricorn. The cusp fits
well with cultures in that area, particularly Tibet and the Non-
Han, Islamic groups and Uigars.
According to Campion, two historic Russian charts,
Turkmenia (formerly of the USSR) and the British Indian-
Empire chart of 1877 have Sun in Capricorn.29, 43
Aquarius
The Aquarian sector includes western Russian &
Moscow (where socialism first took root), Iran, the countries
of the Saudi Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Syria, most of Turkey,
half of the Ukraine, and the eastern third of Africa. The cusp
of Aquarius-Pisces, just east of Alexandria, Egypt defines
the Nile and Horn of Africa as Arab or Islamic.30, 44
Aquarius rules the Middle East, Jerusalem and the
heart of Islam. Consider how Aquarius de-emphasizes the
individual and fits the group submission aspect of Islam.31, 45
Aquarius is an air sign, and mosques and Hebrew
temples emphasize geometric, non-human forms. The
region is disconnected from watery emotions (fiery emotions
coming from opposite sign Leo) or earthly fecundity like
Brazil; its a mostly sterile landscape. The bearers of spiritual
waters in the desert was Moses to Judaism and Mohammed
to Islam for their individual, submitting masses. Notice how
the Jewish people, who migrated into Europe (Pisces)
became a people dissolved without a nation or borders and
from the Piscean Europeans, suffered delusional
accusations and prejudice. Until recently, several different
populations of Jewish sects whod remained in the Aquarian
zone, particularly those in Persiaand since the time of
Cyrus the Great had lived in relatively tranquility.32, 46
Whether you ascribe to Saturn or Uranus ruling
Aquarius, these planets fit the attitudes of an unfortunate
number in this region. Consider people intent on control while
literally exploding themselves with the suddenness of Uranus
and the fiery anger of opposite Leo, coupled with Saturns
rigid, anti-Moon (hiding of women). Aquarius trine Libra and
the ideal of hiding of women is far difference from earthy
Venus in Taurus (Brazil), or its opposite of showy Leo
(California).
Libra is both steel and a scale. Airy, idealized and
rigid, the fanatical side of Islam gives people they consider
as infidels a chance to convert (scales of justice) before
using their sword (steel) which is highly stylized on the
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Aquarius is trine Gemini with a duality relationship
to the US. The Geminian US needs oil and provided the
means (oil companies) to yield great wealth. Yet Aquarian
Arabia scorns Geminis exalting freedom of thought and
speech, individuality, two party system and societal,
Mercurial ideas so alien to theirs.
The opposite sign of Aquarius, Leo, is where Al-
Queda is drawn onto the world stage using Uranus as
shock-value to draw attention to their causeyet Leonian
Hollywood offends them the most. They want to rule with a
collective Aquarian worldwide caliphate, not a Leonian king.
The nature of Leo opposes the cool, airy collective Aquarian
reserve in how the majorities of Arabs live and do business.
Al-Queda takes refuge in Afghanistan and Pakistan of
Capricorn, their Saturnian attitude more attuned to this
area, yet they express their shock and suddenness in their
Aquarius zone of Iraq and Palestine, and the air sign,
Gemini (Feb. 26, 1993 and Sept. 11, 2001attacks on
the World Trade Center in NY).
Two attacks since September 11, 2001 were in
the sector of Aries (Madrid and London) sextile Aquarius.
Raphael said Aquarius rules Arabia, Abyssinia
(Horn of Africa) and Russia.47 Russia was historically like
the Middle East with a state religion, Orthodoxy. After 1918,
the state religion that replaced it was Communism, with
Lenin deified in a glass case and visited by newlyweds as
they would Niagara Falls in the US. The Russians have
the Saturnian need for control with Uranus sudden
revolutions and the shock of the first satellite, Sputnik.
Russia and the United States have an interesting
dynamic. Aquarius is trine Libra which falls over Eastern
Siberia; both are trine Gemini. The zone of Russia in
Capricorn is trine US Virgo, and the eastern tip of Siberia
shares Virgo with Alaska and Hawaii. Sagittarius over
Siberia is trine US Leo and Scorpio Russia trines US
Cancer.
The irony is how both countries are so different
yet have so much common. Both countries dominate space
and are nuclear equals. Both have extensive natural
resources and share the Arctic. Both are now both heavily
capitalist, but with significant socialist government
components. Both countries consist of zones in all four
elements. Perhaps the Russians will activate differently
when China needs more room for its billions of people and
looks north toward Siberian oil.
Countries in the Aquarius sector with a Sun in
Aquarius, include Ukraine, The Arab Federation, The United
Arab Republic, Khomeni-Iran and Rwanda.48
Pisces
The cusp of Pisces separates Finland and Eastern
Europe from Russia. It separates the Dardanelles in Turkey
from Asia. Istanbul (Constantinople in the Holy Roman
Empire) is in Piscean Europe and has always been the
bridge between Europe and Asia. Turkey, more than Egypt,
is the unique Islamic country that straddles both worlds.
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Piscean Greece historically ruled this Piscean western lobe
of Turkey from the time of Alexander until the Ottoman
Empire. The cusp divides Sudan with the Aquarian Muslim
Arabs on one side and Piscean, borderless Christian blacks
on the other (Darfur).33, 49
Christianity took root in Piscean Rome and Jesus
was likely conceived in Egypt along the Piscean cusp; in
Pisces, a Trinity is worshipped, whereas in Aquarian Egypt,
Aten was the first monotheistic deity.34, 50 Aquarian Islam
and Judaism are more similar in pure monotheism and
limited expression of religious art, because pictures and
statues are forbidden. In contrast, art and statues are world
renown in The Vatican, the center of Catholicism in the
Piscean zone. Pisces is from where the fisher of men and
the watery flux of Christianity evolved and diversified over
time, and is exalted in zones of another water sign, Cancer,
in the Heartland US and Central America.
Over millennia, Piscean Europe has had boundary
issues, and currently is attempting unification into a single
pool, the European Union. But England is mostly in Aries
and not part of the EU, nor is Ireland. Again, England, Spain
and Portugal have had the most consistent borders in 500
years of European history. Perhaps the eastern section of
Spain within Pisces was enough for Spain to join the EU.
Piscean Europe, trine US Cancer and Scorpionic Japan were
all participants in WWII. Oil is found in this zone of Europe,
Norways coast and the North Sea. Where the cusp with
Aries begins is where the oil ends.
Piscean Africa has liquid borders, delusional
dictators and turmoil. AIDS and Ebola originated in this 12th
house zone. In places like Nigeria, an OPEC nation, oil is
found in Africa. Consider how Africans from this place of
confinement were sold into slavery by other African tribes
and Arabs mostly to one of its geodetic squares, the
American Southeast (Gemini). Compare Morocco in the
Arian western lobe of Africa with its long-lived monarchy
and lack of oil, which is a more stable area, but has few
commodities compared to the zone in Pisces.
Regarding the transatlantic slave trade, though
slaves were transported primarily through the Aquarius,
Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer zones, the ports
of origin for the slave trade interestingly were exclusively in
the Pisces zone. These ports of origin include Benguela in
present day Angola,51 Cabinda in present day Congo52 and
Calabar in Nigeria.53 Another, the country of Ghana, is split
in half by the Pisces/Aries cusp has its capital, Accra, literally
upon that line. However Ghanas port at the mouth of the
Togo River is east of the Pisces/Aries cusp.54 The period of
slave trade from Africa was from 1597-1866.55 The national
flags of these ships included Portugal, Brazil, Spain, France,
USA, Uruguay, Netherlands, Hamburg (Germany),
Argentina, Sweden, Russia, Denmark and England.56
The Book of World Horoscopes shows a Sun in
Pisces for seven early Russia charts.57 The western tip of
Russia is in Pisces Europe and these earlier Russian charts
reflect a desire to be a part of Pisces Europe, as exemplified
by Peter The Great and his transformation of Russia which
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 included his mandate for Russians to adopt Western attire
and his requirement that they shave their beards.58 Wars
with Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Prussia, Ukraine,
Belarus along this Pisces/Aquarius cusp had limited
success and are notable in this regard.59 Russia as the
USSR did accomplish a post-WW2 annexation of eastern
Pisces Europe but it only lasted from 1945 until 1990.60
Lithuania, Carpatho-Ukraine, two charts for
Czechoslovakia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ghana, Yugoslavia,
Slovakia, Italy-Kingdom, Egypt-Kingdom & Independence,
France 2nd Republic.61
Raphael states the Sahara Desert, Galicia (near
Poland) and Nubia (Sudan) is ruled by Pisces.62
What of Antarctica? The Antarctic continent
(excluding islands claimed by Argentina or the UK) is the
only landmass where all geodetic signs meet (at the South
Pole). This is also the only landmass where by worldwide
agreement and treaty, no one nation has exclusive
dominion.63 Even though in history, nations such as Norway
(in the sector of Pisces at the north of the globe) claimed
the Piscean sector of Antarctica, there are German, South
African, Russian, Indian and Japanese base camps in this
sector. The divided polar pie historically has no actual
sovereignty despite slices (several of them overlapping)
claimed in the past by Norway, France, Argentina, Great
Britain, Chile, Australia and New Zealand. Interestingly, the
sections of Cancer and Leo were never claimed.
The US Amundsen-Scott Station sits right on the
South Pole, but denies no one access. McMurdo Station
is within the New Zealand claim (yet I doubt there will be a
problem with an imperialist New Zealand, only a stones
throw away at Scott Station).35, 64
A Geodetic Snapshot of
Transiting Pluto & World Events
The transit of Pluto through the westward
progression of geodetic signs provides a revealing pattern;
a peak and an inevitable decline and decay once it has
left. In my minds eye, Plutos transit over a geodetic region
lifts that region high and transforms it; then when departing,
whatever excesses were wrought by that transformation,
carry a heavy cost and begins to decay. Correspondingly,
the geodetic region opposite Pluto is pulled into the Earth
as though into a hell of sorts. About 220-230 years later, it
happens again. I encourage those interested in the
geodetic ideas to test the planetary transits of these signs
in sequence and their effects in the world. Below is a short
summary, referencing several concurring general historic
timelines, of what Ive analyzed with Pluto thus far.
Pluto was in Aquarius when Islam was at its first
peak from 795 until 817. Pluto in Aquarius from 1286 to
1307 coincides with the second peak of Islam, and after
Pluto moved into Pisces in 1307, the capital of the Ottoman
Empire capital was moved to Constantinople (1326) in the
Pisces zone and continued its rise. Rome was at its peak
when Pluto transited Pisces from 328 AD until 387. Rome
fell and disintegrated only 90 years later. Pluto was also in
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Pisces four cycles earlier at Romes inception with Romulus
and Remus. Portugal became independent of Spain in 1385
after Pluto had transited out of Aries in 1362, weakening
Spain to the east.
Pluto was in Aries from 1822 until 1851. England
was at full stride as an empire where the Sun never set, and
was where the Industrial Revolution began. During this time,
the British pound as a currency never knew inflation or
devaluation and was the world currency of choice based on
gold. Pluto was in Gemini through Leo from 1882 1956,
when the United States recovered from the Civil War,
defeated the Spanish in 1898 and began to fill the power
vacuum from collapsing colonial European powers.
The US won WWI, flourished in the 1920s,
weakened in the 1930s when Pluto left Cancer and most of
the US mainland except the West Coast (Leo) by 1937. The
U.S. was dragged into WWII and with Pluto in the fire sign,
Leo, developed nuclear weapons in New Mexico (Cancer)
and dropped them on Japan (Scorpio) instead of defeated
Piscean Germany. The US then rebuilt both Scorpionic
Japan and Piscean Europe and became a superpower.
Pluto moved out of the US sphere into Virgo on
August 19, 1956 and was trine the Capricorn region of the
Soviet Union. The United States began its darkest days of
the Cold War, Khruschev threatening We will bury you. 65
and Sputnik was launched by the Soviets on October 5,
1957.66 By then, communism had spread to all continents
and hemispheres.
After a three-year loss of the Plutonian benefic, in
1959 Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states
both states in the zone, Virgothat extended the assistance
of Pluto and infused the US until mid-1972. In 1972 the US
astronauts on the Moon planted the American flag, an act
fitting of the American apex. By 1972 when Pluto entered
Libra, the scales shifted and the U.S. hit peak oil. Americas
status as the worlds largest oil producer dramatically
vanished, confirmed by the Arab Oil Embargo in 1973. By
1973 the Paris Peace Accord dealing with Viet Nam was
completed and all US troops had left, except the ones
guarding the embassy in Saigon. By December of 1974,
the US dollar was taken off the gold standard. By 1975,
military aid to South Vietnam was abandoned by the US
Congress and its bifurcated status was soon gone as well.
The zone of Libra is unique as it covers only the
eastern part of Siberia, the Australian east coast, New
Zealand and some Pacific islands; however, that did not
diminish the effect of Pluto on world events. From mid-1972
through 1984, the Soviet Union and its prison gulags (Libra
trine Moscow in Aquarius) reached their zenith. America was
at its weakest, exemplified by an oil crisis; stagflation; a
smaller, weaker, military; three weakened presidents and
the Iranian hostage crisis. Western Europe (Pisces), with
the exception of Margaret Thatcher in the UK (Aries) was
caught up in a pacifistic fervor. The Soviets invaded
Afghanistan in 1979 under the auspices of stabilizing their
puppet regime, but with the ultimate goal to take Iran and
gain a warm water port, and then control the worlds oil and
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 dominate the West. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in
1979 was only symbolically opposed by a weak President
Carter (boycotting the Moscow Olympics) due to the Iranian
hostage crisis.
By 1981 the Soviets were faced with the implacable
Ronald Reagan. Pluto within Libras scales tilted toward
the trine in Gemini favoring Reagan and against Moscow
in Aquarius, and the part of the Soviet Union, to include
Afghanistan, square to Libra in Capricorn. The Saudis
(Aquarius) in fear of a Persian Gulf takeover by Soviet
troops, footed the bill for an army of US-armed Mujahideen
fighters in Afghanistan. The Saudis increased production
of their inexpensive oil, drove down the world price until
the Soviets could no longer profit from their more expensive
Siberian (zones of Libra and Capricorn) oil. With Reagans
Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) challenge and an
expensive empire to support, the Soviets unworkable
economic system lost hold.
Pluto in Scorpio from 1983 through 1994 was also
on Soviet territory, (trine US Cancer, home of nearly all US
underground missile silos) and became a time of
transformation for the Soviet Union. The IMF treaty signed
by Reagan and Gorbachev removed the missiles from
Piscean Europe (a trine) and ended the Soviet designs on
Europe.
The Soviets gave up Afghanistan in 1989, their
military demoralized and in collapse. By 1991 the Soviet
satellite republics in the zone of Capricorn in sextile,
gathered strength as did the Piscean area in Eastern
Europe, trine to Scorpio (trine also to the U.S. in Cancer)
to dissolve the Eastern Block and the Iron Curtain. This
square from Pluto in Scorpio to ruling Moscow in Aquarius
created a Scorpionic all-or-nothing challenge for
independence.
Pluto in Scorpio was the height of the Japanese
economy, and later, while nearing the cusp with Sagittarius,
the Taiwanese economy.
North Korea in the Scorpio zone was its strongest
in 1991 when the US removed its nuclear weapons from
South Korea; and in 1994, when missile technology was
acquired from China and nuclear power plants from the
US, the basis for their first nuclear weapon.
In the Scorpio zone over the center of Australia,
Pluto brought the movie Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior in
the year 1982, story located and filmed in the Outback of
Australia. This Plutonian movie featured the breakdown of
civilization. By 1983 the Australian actor, Mel Gibson,
became an international star. The year 1986 brought
Crocodile Dundee about an Australian from the Outback
(Scorpio), followed by Young Einstein in 1988 about the
son of a Tasmanian (Scorpio) apple farmer who discovers
the secret of splitting the beer atom to put the bubbles
back into beer. 35a, 67 Note the Plutonian-Scorpionic
reference to splitting the beer atom and the atomic bombs
which fell on Japan (in the zone of Scorpio) four decades
before. The Outback Steakhouse chain was founded in
1988 during Pluto in Scorpio, with menu items named after
places in Australia, falling in the sector of Scorpio, such as
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Ayers Rock Strip Steak and Alice Springs Chicken. Australia
enjoyed a great deal of popularity and immigration, fading
after 1995 when Pluto moved on.
Pluto entered Sagittarius in January of 1995 and
said, Gday to the western third of Australia with a last bit
of glory with the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. More so, Pluto
said, Ni hao (hello) to Sagittarius China. The growth of
the Chinese economy exploded with a record 11.4% growth
in 1994.68 This expansion has continued to where even the
Chinese are alarmed and contemplate what they call an
overheated economy, barely affected by the SARS
epidemic. With Plutos departure from Sagittarius they are
dealing with pollution, record outstanding bank loans,
oversupplied industry and an impending shortage of oil and
coal.69 In 2006 their economy hit a 12-year high since
1994.70 I found in my research of China an overwhelming
amount of information worthy of an article alone on this
transit, but for the sake of this article Ill have to let the
remaining present and future speak for itself.
I find it interesting that while Pluto was out of
Sagittarius in Capricorn during the period of January through
June of 2008, China was hit with the Sichuan (near the
geodetic boundary with Capricorn) earthquake on May 12th
which was not just another earthquake in China that left
hundreds of thousands injured and dead.71 This earthquake
has also damaged 391dams (Plutonian water) with this
absence of Pluto including their nuclear power plants (do
I really need to explain this one?) in this fire sign of
Sagittarius.72
Jupiter concurrent in Sagittarius with Pluto would
have the Chinese at their peak. Yes, Pluto left Sagittarius in
January of 2008 but returns in June in time for their Olympics
in August no doubt Plutos Zai Jian (goodbye) present
before it left Sagittarius for the last time in November of
2008 when the boom in China will soon began to slow, as it
will also in Taiwan. Pluto will make sure the 2008 Olympics
will mark Chinas economic and political peak and star
moment on the world stage.
One interesting event is as Pluto arrived at the
Galactic Center (in Tibet, 2 east of the capital Lhasa) the
Dalai Lama announced he will appoint a successor in a break
with tradition, after China had ordered the approval of
spiritual leaders.
The Future
With Pluto gone from Sagittarius for the final time in
November 2008, after the Olympics have come and gone, I
think it may be inevitable that China will distract their
population from economic problems by making use or
fabricating difficulties in foreign relations. They might well
use their thousands of missiles built across the straits from
Taiwan and make an unsuccessful attempt to take this island
country at the right moment. Since China always tests new
American presidents as most recently with G.W. Bush by
force-landing a spy plane on Hainan Island in his first months,
this event will likely be in 2009.
With Pluto out of Chinas sphere, one can surmise
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Taiwan. Taiwan could become the Chinese Vietnam as
happened to the US when Pluto left geodetic Virgo in 1972.
Without the help of Pluto, the best President Nixon could
manage was the Paris Peace Accords and a pullout of US
troops. South Vietnam collapsed in 1975 when Democrats
ceased military aid during the Watergate scandal.
Uranus in Pisces is already revolutionizing Eastern
Europe as it had with Russia in Aquarius. It should be
interesting for the US when Uranus arrives over Gemini
and Cancer again in 2026 as it had in 1776, during the US
Civil War (1859-1865) and World War II (1941-1948).
Saturn joins Uranus in 2030 as it had in 1942, so unlike
1776 or 1865, this could mean bailing out Europe again
perhaps from Russia as General Patton predicted in 1945
or, perhaps the Russians will need help this time from the
Chinese?
Neptune now dissolves the democracy in Aquarian
Russia and deludes Vladimir Putin. The Neptunian fog bank
in the Middle East and Iran will slowly shift into Europe
and central Africa from 2012 until 2026 possibly dissipating
efforts for a unified Europe.
Jupiter in Capricorn with Pluto could revolutionize
India. Consider theyve recently flown their national flag
to the Moon, and their navy has already taken down Somali
pirate ships. They may not experience an economic
windfall right away, but Pluto will be in Capricorn long
enough to make this possible. As part of Iran is in the
Capricorn zone, perhaps Iran may see a fortunate change
of government, at least by 2023 to pursue a direction of
prosperity. As has happened since the Industrial Revolution,
Pluto will bring its modern-day price in the form of pollution,
an eventual recession or depression, and all the other pitfalls
of a country having spent its best effort.
With Tibet located in Capricorn one can expect
China to lose more control over this region with a further
ascendancy of the Dalai Lama after his passing.
Jupiter entered Aquarius in January of 2009 as did
Mars in February, so I hope for that to manifest as a military
resolution if not a change of government in the Middle East.
Pluto enters Aquarius in 2023 which is when the
Middle East will have its scheduled peak and the oil deposits
will begin to run dry. With oil production declining, world
demand growing, particularly from India and China, and
technology lagging, the Middle East oil producers will
demand and receive the highest possible prices in 2023
before the world changes technologies and oil revenue
drops. Its even possible carbon emissions may drop more
for economic reasons than anyones intent or legislation.
The Middle East shall fade after 2043 when Pluto leaves for
Pisces, most probably from alternate sources of power by
that time.
Europe will have renaissance or another French
Revolution with Pluto in Pisces in 2043. It may be a variant
of when Europe nearly fell to Islam. The demographic wave
from the Middle East into the forever-liquid borders of
Piscean Europe is significant, given this trend and inevitable
cross-pollination. Interesting cultural and religious
transformations in Piscean Europe will probably be similar
to Turkey and Libyaa secular form of Islam.
In 2066a thousand years after the construction
of the Tower of London in 1066Pluto will enter Aries again
over England, to have its day again in the Plutonian Sun.

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