Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Today marks the second time Pluto in Capricorn and Uranus in Aries reach an exact square.  This is where rebellion meets establishment.

OWS (Occupy Wall Street) started a year ago and arrests are ongoing.  I read an article at Truth-Out about this week's protests on Wall Street by OWS.  I was struck by the fact that the keepers of the peace were arresting people randomly with the apparent criteria being how well they were dressed and whether or not they belonged to a minority race.

How familiar this rebellion seems to me, having grown up in the '60s and '70s and witnessed the race riots on TV.  Who can forget the DNC (Democratic National Convention) in Chicago in 1968?  Here's another clip that is linked to a 55 minute film covering the progression of riots to Chicago in 1968, that were termed "police riots."  As Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "A riot is the language of the unheard."

Pluto was conjunct Uranus from 1965-66.  Riots began shortly before this time period and continued after.  Here's a link to a timeline of the race riots in the 1960s.

In August of 1965 the Watts riots broke out in Los Angeles, which resulted in 34 dead and over 1,000 injured.

Today Mars and the Moon are in Scorpio.  Will this bring aggression to a new level that we haven't seen since the '60s?

Revolution anyone?

The Moon will enter intense Scorpio this morning at 9:46 am Central time.  Scorpio is a Water sign and can be very secretive.  The Moon is currently conjunct Saturn, which can result in restricted or withheld emotions.

Are you planning a secret rendezvous today?

Pluto in Capricorn square Uranus in Aries energy (rebellion against structure) is evident in the recent protests in Spain.  Reports are that 1.5 million people were involved in this protest for independence.  The headline in TimeWorld on September 11^th was “Barcelona Warns Madrid:  Pay Up or Catalonia Leaves Spain.”

Catalonia is the wealthiest region in Spain, but is also in debt with an 8% fiscal deficit.  Catalonians requested a bailout of 5 billion euros from the central Spanish government and was turned down.  In 2009, Catalonians supplied 19.49% of the tax revenue and received 14.03% in spending.  Catalonians feel that this spending gap is responsible for their deficit.

In other parts of the world there is a fight between Japan and China over islands, which just so happens to be on the 81^st anniversary of the Japanese invasion of China (September 18, 1931.)

Over 130 Mexican prisoners escaped from a jail that is near the US boarder.  The inmates managed to escape through a tunnel that was dug from a carpentry workshop at the prison.

Mitt Romney struck out against the nation’s poor, claiming that they believe they are “entitled to healthcare, to food, to housing, to you-name-it.”  Romney said at a press conference that Obama’s policies are “attractive to people who do not pay taxes.” 

In response to this, I can only say that those who pay no taxes obviously spend no money, as we are taxed every time we spend.

I will be so glad when the elections are over!

Revolutionary changes in the air today

The Moon moved into airy, relationship-focused Libra on Sunday morning and will stay in Libra until Tuesday morning.  This is a great time to take a look at your close relationships, evaluate what is working and what isn’t.  Perhaps you need to have a talk with your partner to smooth out the rough edges.

You can still work on your New Moon in Virgo intentions until this evening.  A Virgo moon is the ideal time to begin a diet, join a health club or break old habits.

On Tuesday, September 18, Pluto will station direct, having completed its retrograde motion for the year.  A planet’s energy is very powerful at the time it goes direct, especially Pluto, the planet of transformation.  Pluto is very slow-moving, taking as much as 32 years to as little as 11 years to complete its transit through one sign.  Pluto’s current transit through the Earth sign of Capricorn will last until the year 2023.

On Wednesday, 9/19/12, Pluto and Uranus will reach the second of seven exact squares.

Pluto is square to Uranus, and will be exactly square seven times, the first occurring on June 24, 2012 and the second occurring on September 19th.  This is rebellion (Uranus in Aries) against societal structure (Pluto in Capricorn) at work! 

Looking back in time, when Pluto and Uranus were in aspect to each other, we find that these planets were conjunct from 1965-1966 (Cold War, race riots, student demonstrations, hippies, Vietnam conflict), were square to each other in the 1930-34 (FDR’s New Deal, Hitler’s rise to power, the Dust Bowl and the ongoing Great Depression.)  They were also conjunct at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, 1850-51 (European social revolution, Underground Railroad, Taiping Rebellion in China, and the potato famine in Ireland.)

What will the Pluto / Uranus square bring to us?  Many of the changes will not be altogether evident to us until some time has passed.  One thing is for sure, we're in for some profound structure changes.