LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday
formally laid out Britain’s conditions for remaining in the European Union, seeking
changes in his country’s relationship with Brussels that he is betting are
substantial enough to win over a majority of British voters but modest enough
for the rest of Europe to swallow. In a speech here and a written letter of
proposals for reform, Mr. Cameron called on fellow European leaders to grant
him a series of concessions to help persuade wavering Britons to remain in a
bloc that critics say has become a vast bureaucracy impinging on their national
sovereignty and way of life. Mr. Cameron has promised to put the issue to a
referendum by the end of 2017, and his aides suggest that he might do so as
early as next June.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/11/world/europe/cameron-britain-eu-membership.html?_r=0
The horoscope
of the United Kingdom is generally cast
for the moment of the coming into force of the Act for the Union of Great Britain
and Ireland and appears still to be a figure possessing much significance for British affairs as will
be illustrated in this post. Currently,
the most significant solar progression in this chart is solar arc Sun [11le]
square radix Mars [11ta]. But Mars is
opposite Neptune which would be “feeling victimized (Neptune) by someone
stronger (Mars)” or strangely even “an illusion (Neptune) of strength (Mars)”.
From its
progressed position the Sun makes hard aspects to not only Mars [11ta] but also the asteroids Hera
[24sa]; Atlantis [13le]; Minerva [9le]. The following key phrases provide the
delineations for the combinations involved.
Atlantis – Minerva –
Hera [1]: Because it had to please
another (Minerva), Atlantis may have left itself open to abuses and invasions and now expects to be taken advantage of in relationships (Hera).
Since Mars represents
anger or assertiveness, the delineation of Atlantis-Minerva-Hera provides the
backdrop for the expression of this anger. But more clarity is gained if we
look at the stars that form the backdrop
to Mars. About this area Nick Fiorenza writes [2]:
The stars here are Menkar of Cetus; Almach,
the foot of the princess Andromeda; and Zibal of Eridanus, a stopping point
along the river of life. Also adding their stellar influences are Tish of the
Queen Cassiopia; and Alpha Horologium, the pendulum clock.
Zibal marks a point of consideration along
Eridanus, the river of life, inviting an introspective moment while Triangulum
invites us to look beyond the dramatics of those around us and of own life
scenarios to realize any entrapping conditions manifest in our lives are but a
reflection of the projection of our own fears--a principle key in the
revelation found along the river. In classical astrology Almach is considered
to be "honorable and eminent," however, Almach is the beautiful but
snagged foot of Andromeda about to be snapped by the jaws (Menkar) of ole'
Cetus, the fear-instilling technobureaucratic monster created by collective human
consciousness. Although we may find ourselves in entrapping situations
apparently caused by forces around us, Almach inspires us to take
responsibility for our naiveté and to do the inner work to become self-reliant
rather than dependent and thus continually at the mercy of any manipulative
forces around us or entrapping situations we may find ourselves in.
Tish is the whip of the Queen Cassiopeia.
The intolerant queen, crusted with frustration due to finding herself unable to
have that which she knows she is entitled, in-between the tormenting forces of
both the manipulative gods (astronomical cycles of life) and the monstrous
human world, and at loss with how to deal with either, becomes spitefully
arrogant. Fortunately, when feeling trapped and we lash out against the world
around us, the whip of arrogance (Tish, Gamma Cassiopeia) often snaps back to
scar our own hand, especially when applied with vengeance. Lowering ourselves
to this level or resourcefulness, using a tool found only in the dramatics of
the monstrous world, will lead us only to our own demise. Here we have a
statement of something we must surrender to receive that which we are
due--righteous arrogance, the attitude that keeps us from the very thing want.
Our stimulus to action? Time is ticking away
(Horologium), but we must free ourselves from our own righteous attitudes to
escape our entrapments, otherwise action from arrogance will only exhaust us
further and tighten the chain of bondage. We must take responsibility for our
own lives rather than waiting around for someone else to change first, for
events to change on their own, or for someone to come and save us. Instead, we
must diligently do with focus and brilliance that which we must to claim our
freedom and step forth into our fulfillment.
The above
extract symbolically describes the
situation that David Cameron finds himself in. Acting like the arrogant Queen
Cassiopeia will only make matters worse!
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