Astrology of the Texas secession movement

EL PASO, Texas, Jan 15 — More than 125,000 people had signed a petition to secede from the country a few days after President Obama was re-elected. Bad news for thousands of people who wanted to see Texas secede: The state is still in the U.S.

The White House has responded to a petition asking that Texas be allowed to break away from the country, saying the Founding Fathers who created the nation "did not provide a right to walk away from it."

Jon Carson, director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, issued the response quoting Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address and a Supreme Court opinion after the Civil War. It said America was created as a "perpetual union," but one that allows people with different beliefs to debate the issues.

To see this news in the light of astrology, we will look at the solar eclipse of  May 21,2012 which by the rules of  mundane astrology (indicated below) was very significant for the US.

H.S. Green in his book Mundane or National Astrology writing about eclipses says:

The strongest effect is felt in those parts in which it is visible, especially if it is also angular, i.e., rising, culminating or setting; and it is experienced next in countries ruled by the sign containing the luminary.

The Annular Eclipse of 21st May in Pleaides was  a spectacular event seen at sunrise in Japan and at sunset throughout most of the American continent. In addition, Raphael lists USA among the countries ruled by the sign Gemini in which the eclipse took place.

Shown here is chart of the eclipse progressed to Jan 15, 2013, the date of the news item. Notice Uranus-Pluto aspecting the meridian axis.

Uranus-Pluto: To see attempts to “force” change or rupture; the threat of a separation or demand for independence (Uranus) can bring reactions based on an attempt to regain control (Pluto).[1]

Uranus [7ar28] is conjunct the stars 34 Piscium [6ar56], above the cord of the West Fish and Omicron Andromedae [7ar57], near the chained hand of the Princess. The chain and the fish cord generate a feeling of bondage.[2] And of course what would Uranus there want more than breaking that chain or cord!

Also notice that the Ascendant [18cn32] is conjunct the star Wasat [18cn42].

Wasat of Gemini is a star  called the ‘link’  between the twins Castor and Pollux (see image above).

"The Twins" are marked by the two principal stars: Pollux, the immortal extraterrestrial one, and Castor the mortal terrestrial one, the extraterrestrial incarnate. These two stars, which mark the Twins' heads, lie in the last few degrees of sidereal Gemini. The Twins are of partnerships in mutual cooperation participating in the human world, one of linking and uniting through our daily affairs in the world. Public Relations and liaison articulates the nature of the Twins--linking individuals together in larger groups or organizations that can serve a purpose far greater than the separate parties can accomplish alone. Although the Twins (Castor and Pollux) are of communication and human betterment, they have in some legend been at odds with each other, a bit argumentative. Here is the Gemini trait of competitiveness, debate, arbitration, and negotiation, but ultimately leading to agreement and solution".[3] 

That summarizes what is happening with Texas , one of the Twins – perhaps Pollux, the bad one- wanting to break away.  It is my attempt here to show readers through various posts on current news items that the myths and legends that surround each star and constellation are as  vividly alive today as they were when the ancients formulated them.

[1] The Orders of Light, Martha-Lang Wescott [p.81]

[2] Secrets of the Ancient Skies, Diana K. Rosenberg [p.63, vol1]

[3] Lunar Planner, Nick Fiorenza