December
2013 Recap
December’s chart, like other recent
charts, signaled a break with the recent past.
They have all actively supported
reform and renewal and changed the political dynamic.
In December, supportive and blocking
aspects merged to engage us in soul-searching, ethical discussion and rational
debate.
This has led to reconciliations and
realignments, large and small.
December brought notable examples of such events.
- A major, if temporary, reconciliation: On December 10th, the US Congress announced a bi-partisan, 2-year budget deal allowing the government to keep functioning - for now.
The deal also softened the effects of the sequester
that had imposed damaging, across the board cuts, including painful cuts in
important domestic programs.
- A return to principles: At about the same time as the budget deal, US banking regulators implemented the Volcker rule.
It blocks commercial banks from speculating with depositor
funds.
The process of reconciliation is a
two-edged sword, though. Alliances based on unsound moral principles and faulty
reasoning broke down.
- Conflicts based on principles: “Establishment Republicans” are accusing Tea Partiers of pushing an unrealistic and destructive agenda to attract contributions.
Tea Partiers are accusing Establishment Republicans of
losing sight of conservative principles.
December’s chart, like other recent
charts, also had a lot of power behind it.
December carried forward the karmic
account settling of the eclipses in October and November.
It is also driven by the
considerable force of the 2013 Winter Solstice.
January
2014
January’s chart, like December’s,
also takes us in a new, and unexpectedly positive direction, and with
surprising force.
The last several years might lead us
to expect yet another attempted power play by the 1% against the 99%, or
another divisive political confrontation with the 99% on the losing end.
Instead, January’s chart gives the
99% a leg up, and strongly supports inclusive dialog.
High
Energy
January’s chart maintains the
strong, positive energetic momentum of recent months. Normally, we experience
one Full Moon and one New Moon.
In January 2014, there will be 2 New
Moons and 1 Full Moon.
The two New Moons will also be supermoons,
which are not all that rare, but are intense. I believe this will supercharge
put subconscious patterns in flux.
- New Moon - January 01 [supermoon]
- Full Moon - January 16
- New Moon - January 30 [supermoon]
When the energy is this high, it is
especially difficult to see the order in or to predict events.
The dominant aspects heighten the
underlying intensity and volatility.
A
Very Angular, Very Cardinal Month
January is a month with a lot of turns in it.
January’s chart will force important issues and block any false consensus or attempts to dodge important issues.
- In January’s composite chart, a Grand Cross primarily affects the cardinal signs.
The cardinal signs are also in cardinal, angular houses:
- The Sun is in the 2nd, Venus retrograde and Pluto in the 1st; all are in Capricorn.
- Uranus is on the cusp of the 4th in cardinal Aries.
- Jupiter and Lilith are conjoined in Cancer in the 7th house, near the 8th house cusp.
- Mars is in Libra in the 10th.
- One of the oppositions in the body of the Grand Cross is between Uranus and Mars. It affects the vertical, power axis.
- The second opposition is between Pluto/Venus and Jupiter and affects both the relationship and the financial axes.
The Grand Cross, then, adversely
affects the power axis and the financial and partnership axes.
It will put a serious strain on
those exercising power and on relationships, especially where these involve
shared financial resources.
The issues are familiar: nurturance,
personal freedom vs. government power, and the fair distribution of wealth,
power and vital, shared resources.
Individual needs conflict sharply.
Authorities clash with each other and
with those under them.
Governments are in conflict with
those they govern.
The cardinal signs and angular
houses require decisive, yes or no, up or down decisions.
The hard aspects make such decisions
almost impossible without significant change.
Compromise and half-measures, the usual means of avoiding conflict, won’t do in January 2014.
Compromise and half-measures, the usual means of avoiding conflict, won’t do in January 2014.
The situation is volatile and
frustrating.
However, the outcome will differ
from what we have come to expect.
Get
Real or Else
The aspect that offers the needed
flexibility is a Kite, firmly rooted in the houses governing our identity, our
personal lives and relationships in the community.
- The Kite is made up of:
- Pluto, Venus retrograde, and the Sun, in Capricorn, straddling the cusp of the 1st and 2nd;
- Neptune, Juno and Chiron in Pisces in the 3rd;
- Retrograde Jupiter and Lilith in Cancer in the 7th near the cusp of the 8th;
- Saturn in Scorpio and Moon in Sagittarius straddling the cusp of the 12th.
- An opposition between Pluto and Venus retrograde in Capricorn in the 1st and Jupiter in Cancer forms the backbone of the Kite.
All of these placements positively
affect the individual and the grassroots generally.
The Kite links the 1st house of the
individual to the 11th house of philanthropic and community organizations, and
the 3rd house of community relationships.
The individual acting as a member of
the community - not the individual per se - is empowered.
The Kite and the Grand Cross form a
single, dynamic, high energy structure.
Individuals can relieve the
dangerous tensions in the Grand Cross by changing community values, attitudes
and behavior patterns to accommodate emerging economic and political realities
- in a principled way.
The Kite channels the severe
tensions of the Grand Square into adaptability and creativity at the grassroots
level.
The resulting flexibility should
enable those in power to begin resolving major conflicts.
A
New Political Paradigm
January's chart, again, leads to thoughts of yet another confrontation between the 1% and the 99%, with the 99% on the losing side.
Individuals, acting as members of
their community, have the upper hand, however.
Personal
and community preferences will figure strongly in any outcome.
This, in turn, inspires thoughts of
the 99% imposing their will on the 1%.
But this chart is not about class
warfare or turning the political tables. It draws the 1% and the 99% into
active dialog.
This more wholesome and inclusive dialog will frustrate those trying to exploit the issues to promote a self-serving and destructive agenda
This more wholesome and inclusive dialog will frustrate those trying to exploit the issues to promote a self-serving and destructive agenda
January’s chart grants power to
individuals acting as part of a community, forming
productive, adaptive alliances based on common sense and decency. (Remember the
strong 11th and 3rd house influence in the Kite.)
God is in the Details
Listed below are a few individual
placements that illustrate and reinforce the themes in January’s chart.
- The North Node is in Scorpio (the Sign of collective wealth and power) in the 11th house, in the home of Aquarius, the house of sharing and brotherhood.
The North Node is too far away from
the planets that make up the Kite and the Grand Cross to be included in either.
When they are seen as part of a
single, combined structure, the North Node becomes part of a larger stellium
formed by planets from both the Kite and the Grand Square.
Thus, a current of conscience and
common sense will run through January’s events.
- Pluto in Capricorn in the 1st closely trines Pallas retrograde in Virgo in the 9th.
Changes in subconscious thought patterns are surprisingly
subtle and rapid, all the more so because of the three Moons in January - two
of them supermoons.
- Mercury in Aquarius in the 2nd sextiles Uranus in Pisces in the 4th, near the IC. Innovative discussions on financial issues are driven by changes in home and family.
- The Part of Fortune conjoins the Descendant precisely.
We are rewarded for creating relationships that accommodate
change and also fulfill community needs and expectations.
Unleashing
the Feminine
Women’s issues and issues
traditionally linked to the feminine principle, and relations between the sexes
are both in the foreground in January’s chart:
- Neptune, Juno and Chiron are conjoined in Pisces in the 3rd house.
Juno governs state-sanctioned
life-partnerships, like marriage.
It is flanked on one side by a
powerfully placed Neptune, which dissolves, spiritualizes and transforms
what it touches.
It is flanked on the other by
Chiron, which breaks boundaries and destroys limitations.
Transformative influences now
affecting marriage will peak - again.
- Uranus is in Aries powerfully placed in the 4th house of home and family life.
The forces of change surge through
our homelife and our family relationships.
- Lilith is in Cancer, which governs the home and family, on the cusp of the 8th house, which governs collective resources.
Lilith governs the empowerment of
women and the feminine in general.
This placement indicates a new stage
in the political and economic empowerment of women and the rising importance of
family issues.
A
Bend in the Road
The charts of November, December,
and now January, mark a bend in the road.
The
past is disappearing from view.
That past will not only lose its
grip on our lives, but also lose its hold on our attention.
We are leaving crisis consciousness
behind for a new focus on rebuilding and renewal.
We can already see this happening.
Using the so-called filibuster, the GOP had blocked Obama’s appointments pretty
much since the beginning of his presidency.
Countless influential government
posts have gone unfilled, preventing the implementation of new policies and
programs.
Numerous judgeships have remained
vacant, weakening the court system and leaving outdated judicial philosophies
in place, preventing relief through the courts.
In December, the US Senate limited
the use of the filibuster.
As of now, a wave of new Obama
appointees are being approved, breathing new life into stagnant government
agencies and the US judicial system.
As these new appointees step into
their positions, a wave of change will flow through the country.
That is only one example of the kind
of thing we can expect to see in January and the months following.
It should be emphasized that the personal, psychological, political and economic changes January sets in motion will not be completed in a day, or in a month.
It should be emphasized that the personal, psychological, political and economic changes January sets in motion will not be completed in a day, or in a month.
We are talking about the emergence
of a new era governed by a more constructive dynamic than the one just behind
us.
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