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The rise and fall of the Russian oligarchy









Fifteen years after the then unknown Vladimir Putin took over the Russian presidency, analysts still puzzle over how he arrived in the position. Newly declassified documents from President Bill Clinton’s administration, released to bne IntelliNews, show how Putin's candidacy was a compromise after a fierce battle for power in Russia between pro-US oligarchs and pro-state conservatives. At stake was not just power in Russia, but the crucial question of Russia's relationship with the West. Russia's 'oligarchy' took power during Yeltsin’s re-election in 1996, when they used his reliance on funding from Russia's leading seven bankers to acquire the cream of the country's resource-producing assets. April 14; http://www.bne.eu/content/story/rise-and-fall-russian-oligarchy






Shown here is the chart for the current lunar eclipse of April 4 at Moscow. The Ascendant  conjoins the Sextant; the Vela X-1 Neutron Star and the Vela Pulsar of Argo Navis; Thuban of Draco; and the hind leg of the Great Bear.

The essence of these stars is about defining and steering our evolutionary course with conscious consideration for the long-term ramifications of the direction we set now in our lives. They impel us to assert our creative force to ensure our evolutionary safety, nurturing, and fulfillment. They also impel the distribution or delegation of power and authority to and for the people.

Thuban of Draco, in the far northern heavens, just north of Alioth, was Earth’s pole star circa 2600 BC, near the “tear of the Bear,” a point in Earth’s ~25,000-year “evolutionary cycle of the soul” at which time a turning and fractioning occurred in the hierarchical powers governing Earth. This dramatized the separation between those choosing to fight for a greater evolutionary vision and those wanting to maintain totalitarian control of the Earth. [1]

Saturn [4sa] is conjunct stars of Wild Beast Lupus. Lupus or the wolf is a symbol of evil, greed and cruelty.  The upper square from Neptune [8pi] in compassionate Pisces brings to conscious  awareness what can be  referred to as a  "Crisis in Consciousness"  revealing through events the inappropriateness of old forms of behavior represented by the image of the greedy wolf.





Progressing the angles of the eclipse chart brings the Saturn-Neptune square which was aligned with the horizon to an alignment with the meridian on April 14, the date of the news. This is always a good test of whether the star images apply to a situation.  

In simple terms,here  the Russian oligarchy represents the greed of the wolf that the Saturn transit is expecting Russia to overcome. Lupus the wolf is always depicted along with the centaur. Symbolically, the centaur; half man, half horse represents the complete domination by baser influences, instincts, the unconscious uncontrolled by the spirit. The man-beast combination illustrates the conflict between man’s lower animal nature merged with his higher nature of human virtue and judgement, the struggle between the savage and the benign. In star images  the centaur is shown carrying a spear that impales a wolf. The wolf – a despoiler of flocks, rapacious, cruel, crafty and bloodthirsty – has long been a symbol of evil. In Christian art, animals impaled on lances often allude to vices that must be overcome. A lance exemplifies valor, virtue, war, power, strength and victory over evil. 



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