Monday, June 23, 2008

Astrology vs Astronomy

I had thought when reading my horoscope that I had my correct sunsign, but I was wrong. I had looked up my birthdate & noted the sign it was said to be in-how difficult could it be, right? Wrong...due to ancient Biblical laws that forbade studying the stars & their positions in the sky caused alot of problems & one of those problems is that modern astrologers are reading star charts that are 2000 years old; every position stated is 2000 years out of date, & they call this Tropical Astrology.
I want to know where the sun was when I was born for real, not where it was two thousand years ago. So I bought an inexpensive, no-frills astronomy software that said I was the sign before my "paper" sign-I was surprised. I then looked up all my planets & was surprised by how it differed from the horoscope I had gotten for my birthday.

  1. June 23rd 2008 Jupiter & Pluto are in Sagitarius
  2. the Moon & Neptune are in Capricorn
  3. Uranus/Urania is in its natural sign of Aquarius
  4. Saturn & Mars are in Leo
  5. Mercury is in Taurus
  6. the Sun & Venus & Ceres are in Gemini
  7. Eris is in Cetus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus Basically a whale/sea monster/large fish
I'm hearing & reading too often how Pluto in Capricorn has been causing the recent SIV crisis, the mortgage meltdown, etc-poppycock! It's Neptune, it has his hallmarks all over it: self-delusion, a preference for mirages, a bad habit of trying to keep everything a secret, a childlike insistence on having it his way, complete with threats & temper tantrums, & a love of getting lost which usually turns into getting confused.
Now his lovely wife-the Moon-has joined him & will help him maintain these mirages & the confusion. Moonlight makes everything look very different from what it actually is; another specialty of the Moon is making people feel the opposite of what they would naturally would feel-in any situation, where jobs/career are concerned, real estate, banking, what the safest path would be. These 2 are having fun fooling Capricorn & the 10th House right now & the best advice is to wait until the Moon is out of Capricorn, on June 24-25 it will be in Aquarius & on the 26 it will be in Pisces-her husband's sign, her sign being Cancer/Scarab.
Jupiter & Pluto being in Sagittarius must be having quite an expanding effect on philosophy, higher learning, religion, long-distance travel, the healthcare system; Pluto's effects are thoroughly testing all of these, seeing if it holds up to close inspection or should be transformed/mutated to something else, or completely gotten rid of altogether. The airline industry seems to always need yet another government handout-every decade it seems-yet insists that the taxpayers who bail them out don't get ownership rights on the airlines-go figure. It's "you pay for it you own it" except if it's the airlines & the pharmaceutical companies.
A lot of religions seem to be going through crises now, being shaken to their foundations, their secrets let out-Pluto's doing.
Uranus/Urania in Aquarius will reveal just what exactly Human Nature actually is, as well as perhaps creating a new & somewhat unexpected change to electrical power lines, household electrical wiring-gold is the very best conducter for electricity, & plumbing/water supplies, how water is used, how it's valued, new ways to keep it/use it/carry it.
Saturn in Leo holds the temptation of being a dictator, egotistical, stubborn, dogmatic. The brighter side of Saturn in Leo is genuine rule via true strength, well-tested real abilities, a meritocracy, a realistic view of the limits in the real world-of resources, of people, of crops, etc.
Mars also being in Leo brings alot of pushy, pioneering attitude. Strong-willed, fearless, loves to try new things; but the darker aspects is a willingness to start fights, pompous, self-righteous, intimidating, not thinking things through before acting. Saturn is a very good balance here actually because he likes to plan carefully in advance. Saturn is the natural ruler of Capricorn & can use Mars' pioneering energy & create a solution to the banking mess caused by Neptune, Saturn specializes in the rules & Mars loves to blaze new trails.
Mercury in Taurus may slow down the fleet-footed God, perhaps long enough to help out Saturn & Mars, since Taurus is always drawn to material things & luxuries & comfort & banks/money/currency have something to do with those Taurean things. Snail mail & the pleasure of opening actual mail, love letters, reassurances by mail/email/instant messaging all filled with & concerned about what really matters-for each individual. Patient, resourceful, practical, enduring, realistic-all weighing heavily on many people's minds.
The Sun in Gemini-duality, hybrids, being attracted to the unusual, new things seem a better choice. Duality is here in Venus as well-the Morning & Evening Star. Shallow, flighty, insincere are the pitfalls of Gemini; flexibility, tactful, well-read, good to be around, full of interesting stories, an open willingness to communicate are the many strengths of Gemini. Ceres is an old Grain Goddess, so the falling harvests of the world's various grains can best be solved at this time by openly communicating what is going wrong & the possible solutions-like genetic engineering drought tolerant grains & grains that mature in shorter time periods instead of engineering crops with bug spray in them.

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