Canadian Parliament : Act 2

So where are we now? The Liberals survived by the narrowest of margins on May 19 only the defection of a prominent Tory MP to their side. It is unclear how stable parliament will be now, especially since the Tories have their 4 opposition days coming up starting on May 31 whbere they can table non-confidence motions.

I'm a bit surprised by these developments, since I was
certain that the Canada chart showed sufficient
disruption to indicate a spring election. While the
Gomery commission has fueled a politically damaging
scandal for the Liberals, this has so far manifested only
in falling poll numbers, a stalemate in Parliament, and political uncertainty that has driven the dollar down below 80 cents. The height of the revelations of the scandal took
place during the Saturn station when Saturn squared
the Canada ascendant.

I say "so far" because other non-confidence votes are
possible in the coming days and weeks. The next
Opposition Day in the Commons is May 31st. It is very
possible that the Tories will attempt to bring the
govt down. But what could change to change the vote
outcome? For one thing, independent MP Chuck
Cadman is battling cancer and there is no guarantee
that he could make it back to Ottawa for yet another
vote. And since he sits as an independent, there can
be no pairing off of MP from either side of the house
to allow for sickness.

In any event, the Uranus station is still going to
qunicunx the Sun/IC/Uranus conjunction in June and at
that time transit Rahu (north node) will be that much
closer to the Ascendant of the midnight chart. So I
expect the instability ought to continue for some time
to come. And I will stick with my original prediction
that the Liberal government will fall by early July.
Last summer I had specified a June or July election
for this destabilizing configuration involving Uranus
and Rahu.

Yankees hit bottom

The baseball season is under way and much to everyone's surprise, the New York Yankees find themselves tied for last place with the lowly Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the AL East. This despite the biggest payroll in baseball of over $200 million.

The Yankee woes made me wonder again about the correct time of the April 22 1903 Yankee chart. The 4.30 pm time that's out there didn't seem to fit too well and now seems to fit even less so: that chart has 14 Virgo rising which puts Jupiter very close to the ascendant. Hardly what one would expect from a terrible start of 11-18.

After looking at it, I reckon the Saturn Rahu square may be involved and therefore perhaps a time of 3.05 should be considered. This creates an ascendant of about 27 Leo. This has Saturn making its 3rd house aspect to the Ascendant while the Rahu-Ketu station at 28 Pisces-Virgo falls on the 6-12 equal house cusps.

And Leo works better for the Yankees because chart ruler Sun would then be in its highest degree of exaltation at 9 Aries. Perfect for the most successful sports franchise in the world.

Let's see how their fortunes improve once the nodes begin to move again later in May.

USA: March 25th and all is well

Well, March 22nd came and went and nothing much happened in the USA or anywhere else. And thus I watched the usual media spew with that peculiarly astrological sense of emptiness. No news is good news, unless you're an astrologer, and worse, one who has been predicting something major to go down.

As I indicated previously, however, this is at least a month-long window of some danger that shouldn't be ignored with the passing of a single day earmarked in a psychic's imagination. There are still many loose planetary threads out there that may yet weave themselves into something tangible.

A solar eclipse is upcoming on April 8th and this coincides with Mars at 20 Capricorn (Lahiri ayanamsha). This will likely bring an act of violence and destruction as it aspects the ascendant of the 2005 Bush inauguration chart while conjoining the 10th house Neptune there. Interestingly, that transiting Mars will also be opposing the Houck USA chart's Moon and opposing the Grimes USA chart's ascendant -- give or take a degree or two. So that period right around the eclipse looks unstable.

I would say that the danger will have passed after mid April. If nothing significant happens by then, then I will say I made a wrong prediction.

Until then, I'm still reading keeping my eyes and ears open.

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Canadian Politics: PM Paul Martin on last legs

There are a number of indicators that point strongly to the imminent defeat of the Liberal government under Paul Martin.

Looking at his oath of office taken on July 20 2004 10.30 am EDT in Ottawa, he is running Venus Moon dasha and Uranus is opposing the Moon and will station within one degree of it and only two degrees from the ascendant. The pigeon-toed PM will wake up one fine June morning and realize he's toast. It seems unlikely that even Bono can bail him out this time. Transit Neptune also opposes a fallen 6H Mars so that gives further support to imminent scandal or demise. With the Gomery commission still ongoing, it is very possible that Martin will not escape significant allegations. These may come to light in April when transit Mars joins Neptune around 18-24 degrees of Capricorn.

In the Canada chart, this June station of Uranus at 16AQ will closely qunicunx Canada's Moon. In my experience, any close outer planet aspects to the lights or the ascendant usually betoken a change of government. In all likelihood then, the Conservatives under Stephen Harper will take over by July at the latest.

Au revoir, Paul.

Countdown

As mentioned in my forecast, there are a large number of astrological factors coming together now that point to a major destructive event taking place in the USA sometime in March or early April. I believe the most likely manifestation of the event is an earthquake in the Los Angeles area. A number of the workable USA charts show obvious tense aspects involving Pluto. This is a long term affliction however that can least for a year or two. What makes the current time frame more highly charged is the presence of two stations by slow-moving planets, namely Saturn on March 22 and Pluto on March 29. While both planets are capable of triggering events of major significance on their own, the simultaneous stations points to a very powerful event.

Of the three major USA chart I use, the Houck chart is perhaps the least indicative of a major event at this time although it too strongly suggests that the next month or so will contain some difficulty. The lunar returns, for example, bring Saturn and Neptune on the angles. These planets indicate harm and suffering and disease. The LR chart of February 22 has Saturn culminating while Neptune makes a perfect square to the MC-IC. LR Mars squares the natal Moon-Rahu conjunction. The LR chart of March 21 is no less afflicted as Saturn rises within one degree of the ascendant and LR Mars aspects the MC-IC within one degree. The MC-IC in turn lies in exact aspect to natal Pluto. Together, the charts suggest death and destruction on a large scale.

The chart for the incorporation of the City of Los Angeles (April 4 1850), is also highly afflicted. Natal Venus sits in the first degree of Aries (Lahiri ayanamsha) and therefore it is under the concurrent influence of Rahu and Pluto. This double influence puts Venus and it significations (pleasure, happiness, art, women, etc) under significant pressure. If one uses the midnight chart, then the LR of March 5 has Pluto within 2 degrees from the LR descendant and Uranus conjunct the LR MC within just one minute!

The Saturn station will cast its most malefic 10th house aspect to the IC (within 5 degrees) and the Sun (within 3 degrees) and Venus (within 4 degrees). While none are extremely close, the fact that three important points will be influenced by a powerfully stationing Saturn in late March is significant. Moreover, the Saturn aspect is to the 4th house of home, land, and earth which clearly suggests an earthquake or some other destructive event such as a major terror attack. At this point in my thinking, however, I think an earthquake is much more likely.

On my website, I indicated that the earliest possible date for the event would be March 15. This fits neatly with transit Mars' square to Venus/Uranus in the Los Angeles chart near that date. More exactly, Mars comes square to Venus on the 13th and then to Uranus on the 17th. Mars then moves a bit further to square Pluto on the 21st.

Another significant triggering influence is the station of Mercury at 20 Pisces on March 19th. This falls exactly on natal Saturn in the Los Angeles chart within one degree. An afflicted Mercury such as this means interrrupted or damaged transportation and communication. Both manifestations would be evidenced after an earthquake or attack.

I will post more thoughts in this space in the coming days.

Tsunami Reflections

While spending some time here in Bangkok, Thailand, I've had the opportunity to think about ways in which this disaster could have been predicted. Besides looking at the various national charts of the countries affected, Vedic astrologers have long used the Pisces New Moon charts cast for the national capital to discern future events for the next 12 months.

The traditional Indian approach is to use only the geocentric Moon position and cast the chart from that. However, recently there has been an upsurge in interest in the topocentric or parallax-corrected chart which assesses the position of the Moon from the perspective of the observer on the surface of the Earth rather than from the centre of the Earth.

Here are some of the key data from the countries most affected.

Geocentric Topocentric

Bangkok, Thailand Asc 23 AQ Asc 1 AQ
MC 26 SC MC 8 SC

Pluto 28 SC (2* conj MC) Mars 5 TA (3* conj IC)
Mars 5 TA (1* sextile with new moon)
Sun/Moon 6 PI

Jakarta, Indonesia Asc 1 PI Asc 7 AQ
MC 2SG MC 10 SC
Pluto 28 SC(4* conj MC) Mars 5TA (2* square Asc)
Uranus 10 AQ (exact square MC)

Colombo, Sri Lanka Asc 1 AQ Asc 14 CP
MC 7 SC MC 21 LI
Mars 5TA(1* square Asc) Venus 22AR (1* conj IC)
Rahu 18AR (3* conj IC)

Certainly one indicator of trouble in 2004 is the close sextile between Mars and the Sun/Moon within one degree. however, since this applies to all countries, we need to look more carefully to the angular hits for specific national capitals.

While we see some appropriate hits here including Mars, Pluto and Uranus, there are some puzzles as well. With the exception of the topocentric Indonesia chart, there isn't a chart that stands out to the extent that one might expect. And why have Venus and Rahu angular in the Sri Lanka topo chart? Sure one could make an argument that it represents harm to tourists, but surely they were only a small percentage (<5%?) of the casualties there. If any chart should have had a Venus affliction, it should have been Thailand where foreign tourist casualties comprised up to
50% of total casualties.

For this reason, I think it makes more sense to look at both charts as a pair that one puts together. So for the Thailand chart, we can see Pluto on the angles in the geocentric chart and Mars near the IC in the topo chart. Together, the two charts begin to represent the worst natural disaster in Thai history.

All in all, these charts are a little underwhelming for an event on this massive scale although it is clear from these charts that the year did not bode well for any of the countries involved. As always, it is difficult to rely on only one chart.






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How to Use Predictions

For the more fatalistic among us, the question often arises: why bother with astrology if we can't change our karma and hence our future?  While I agree that most things have to happen, I believe that there is room where individuals can act to refocus the energy that is around them.  A prediction for a difficult or frustrating day needn't be so frustrating if we are forewarned about it.  Yes, things will likely not go the way we would like.  In this sense, there is no changing our future.   What we can change is how we react to it. 

 

If we know beforehand that we have a difficult day in store, then we it arrives we needn't get as flustered by it.  We will be stressed by overwork, or an over-demanding boss, but if we know this is the ineluctable nature of our planetary karma at work, then we may not feel to victimized by it.  We can build up our resistance to it.  As various spiritual traditions teach us, we can learn to be happier through acceptance of all that is.

 

One potentially difficult element of the negative forecast is ensuring that people do not take it too much to heart.  For the more sensitive and impressionable clients I encounter, this is a real concern that must be addressed.  Bad news, no matter now trivial, is usually not welcomed by these kinds of people.  That is why it is a good idea to communicate effectively just what sort of troubles may be in store. 

 

Like most astrologers, my aim is to help people, to make their lives easier, and to give them hope.  Forecasting troubles can sometimes accomplish this by lessening the shock or discomfort when they occur.  This is a template that best applies to relatively minor travails and even the most sensitive among us can benefit from this approach. 

 

For larger issues, the astrologer has to be extra careful not to upset the client.  Where some doubt remains in my mind as to the exact nature and timing of the unfortunate event, I generally keep the prediction more neutral in tone.   In some cases, I won't say anything at all.  There will always be occasions when the astrologer is flat out wrong and has worried the client unncessarily.   This is a scenario that needs to be avoided at all costs.  Even if a potentially dangerous period is upcoming, it is more helpful to suggest that certain types of issues may benefit from their attention.  If serious money or employment troubles lie ahead, then suggesting more saving and a reduction of expenses can be helpful without unduly alarming the person.  Even if the worst comes to pass, the astrologer has at least passed on some useful information that can be of some benefit. 

 

 

Christopher Kevill
http://modernvedicastrology.com

 

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