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  The cross-border vaccine mandates for truckers in/out of Canada have caused a stir among the trucking community. By Sunday, truckers from around the country embarked in several convoys headed to Ottawa, Canada's capital, to protest a federal vaccine mandate, according to CBC News. Called the "Freedom Rally" against the federal mandate for cross-border truckers, Canadian truck drivers are furious with the Jan. 15 order to force unvaxxed drivers into two-week quarantine and COVID-19 testing before crossing into Canada. https://bit.ly/34g8mym   The 50,000 strong truck drivers heading to Ottawa, Canada's capital, is expected to arrive as early as Saturday, may break a world record for the longest convoy. Called the "Freedom Convoy," the truck drivers oppose the federal government's vaccine mandates for cross-border activity and have inspired others worldwide.  Mercury is the god of the road, while Pluto is the dark god of the underworld ruling our hid

    A number of Washington’s normally steadfast European allies have begun distancing themselves from the US’s increasingly confrontational approach to the standoff over Ukraine. However, despite the White House’s appeals for unity, the cracks in its foreign policy partnerships are beginning to show.    https://www.rt.com/russia/547441-west-nato-disunity-danger/   As Venus stations direct old values and relationships are going through major changes. An astrocartography map for the Venus station is presented here. Notice that for most of Europe, Venus station is more or less on the MC line with the TNPs Kronos-Hades on the IC.   If we see Venus as “valuing”, Hades indicates a negation of valuing..perhaps of the self so that people can demean or prostitute themselves by doing another’s bidding. Kronos can combine with this combination to indicate that people may be giving in to strong authority figures who are pushing them to follow their secretive or malicious (Hades) agenda.   Eu

  Volodymyr Zelensky [1] is the 6th and current president of Ukraine since 20 May 2019. Lately he has been drumming up tension along with the US about an imminent Russian invasion. The artificial hysteria can be explained easily by his current solar return chart. Placed significantly on the Ascendant is a Mars - TNP Cupido conjunction.   The Sabian symbol for Mars [0cp28] is:   Capricorn 1 (0° - 1°): Claiming Power ​When the community security is threatened then those who can ​will claim a position of authority and take command.   The Sabian symbol for Cupido [4cp32] is:   Capricorn 5 (4° - 5°): Indians rowing a canoe and dancing a war dance. [2] Insofar as calamity or war binds a group together, it is to be understood that this fact can be used by ruthless strategists as a tool by which to unite individuals into a much tighter expression of group consciousness. Machiavellian leaders have done so throughout history, and certainly in today’s world, in order to strengthen their gr

  Venus - goddess of sensuality  Boris Johnson has vowed to fight on as prime minister after facing fresh calls to quit over lockdown parties in Downing Street. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-60140672 Venus is retrograde approximately 40-43 days every 18 months. Venus stationed and turned retrograde on December 19th in 2021 in the sign of Capricorn and continues in retrograde motion until January 29th in 2022. Because Venus is associated with social events, parties may not go as planned.   Remember that Venus is a dual archetype and has both an earthy and a celestial dimension, as shown by its rulership of Taurus and Libra. The Taurean Venus is sensual and instinctive and arises from natural bodily desires and appetites. While the Libran Venus is idealistic and cerebral and sociable, so is coloured by ideas about morality and acceptability.   The challenge with Venus is to balance both sides of its nature. In other words, you need to align your ideals with your instincts. If

The Icarus Paradox Dutch police say they have found a stowaway alive in the wheel section of a plane that landed at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport from South Africa.  Flights from Johannesburg to Amsterdam take about 11 hours, with the cargo plane believed to have made one stop, in Nairobi, Kenya. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60104010   The Full Moon of January 18, 2022 which aligned with the meridian at Amsterdam was conjunct the TNP Vulcanus and in opposition to a Sun-Pluto conjunction. Pluto transits often take us through experiences of darkness, despair and powerlessness. When Pluto combines with Vulcanus one is willing to do whatever it takes to escape radical circumstances. In such situations one can see the incredible power of internal psychological pressures.The Full Moon can activate inner, subterranean realms of deep soul patterns circulating within our unconscious which drive compulsive reactions. The Full Moon is amid stars of the Twins who were intrepid trave

    Just as the covid narrative is slowly disintegrating even as its MSM propaganda powers "cancel" anyone who dares to speak out against the lies - so the "Russia is about to invade Ukraine" plotline just suffered a major blow after the chief of Germany's navy, vice-admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach , said on Friday that Crimea “will never come back”, and that what Putin “really wants is respect...and it is easy to give him the respect he really demands - and probably deserves." And sure enough, just one day later, on Saturday evening, he resigned from his post for having the temerity to speak out against conventional wisdom. https://bit.ly/33Bk9aI       Vice-admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach (b.9 July 1965) [1] currently has his progressed Sun conjunct radix Uranus (natally opposite Saturn) - a combination that often makes people take an anti establishment stand. So essentially he is to be commended for his integrity.  Recall that the Full Moon of Jan. 18 was

  According to Washington Post,   “It is unclear if the United States will provide a written response to Russia on its key demands from last week, something Moscow continues to insist on to resolve the standoff… The State Department official dodged a question on whether Washington will provide a written response, saying only that the United States remains prepared to engage Russia on “security issues.” Lavrov and Ryabkov probably smell a rat over Blinken’s whirlwind European tour at this juncture. The heart of the matter is that the European allies have pledged to take tough measures against Russia if it rolls troops into Ukraine, but when it comes to specifics, it is far from clear what they are willing to do. The allies don’t look ringingly united. https://www.globalresearch.ca/blinken-delays-us-response-russia/5767612   Synastry is the art of relationship Astrology. It is a fascinating and illuminating study of how individuals or groups interact with one another. No matter how

  People on stairs graduated upwards   I recently resigned from my position as full tenured professor at the University of Toronto. I am now professor emeritus, and before I turned sixty. Emeritus is generally a designation reserved for superannuated faculty, albeit those who had served their term with some distinction....There were many reasons, (for resignation) including the fact that I can now teach many more people and with less interference online. But here's a few more:  First, my qualified and supremely trained heterosexual white male graduate students (and I've had many others, by the way) face a negligible chance of being offered university research positions, despite stellar scientific dossiers.  This is partly because of Diversity, Inclusivity and Equity mandates (my preferred acronym: DIE). These have been imposed universally in academia, despite the fact that university hiring committees had already done everything reasonable for all the years of my career, and t

  Restrictions including COVID-19 passes, mask mandates, and work-from-home guidance will be removed in England, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday. Johnson also suggested that self-isolation rules may also be thrown out at the end of March as the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic becomes endemic. Effective immediately, the UK government is no longer asking people to work from home. https://bit.ly/3FJWNMP     In the last few posts, I have given examples of how the Pluto Full Moon is manifesting in world events. This news is one more example. The chart for the Full Moon at London has it aligned with the meridian and has therefore a significant influence.   The UK national chart [Jan.1, 1801; 0:00 LMTLondon] has the TNP Poseidon [27cn46] in the 10 th house (government) opposite TNP Admetus [23cp21] in the 4 th house (opposition). The Jan.18 Full Moon has fallen on this radix combination. Martha Wescott provides the following interpretations:   Adme

  The 37-year-old French actor Gaspard Ulliel has passed away following a “serious skiing accident” in the Alps on Tuesday, according to his family and local agent, as reported by AFP. The actor reportedly collided with another skier and lost consciousness, after which he was transported by helicopter to the Grenoble University Hospital in “serious condition with a skull injury.” He was pronounced dead after surgery. https://www.rt.com/pop-culture/546539-marve-gaspard-ulliel-dies/     Charts for the phases of the Moon are among the most reliable indicators of events on earth. This is especially so at places where they align with or bring significant planetary aspects to the horizon or meridian. A New Moon or Full Moon can act as a local “step down transformer” for powerful energies generated by far away stars and planets that it aspects.  The chart for the Full Moon of Jan.18 drawn for the Savoie region of France where the accident took place has the powerful Pluto Full Moon aligned

  Ebb and Flow on the River One of the most famous tigers in the country, Collarwali died over the weekend aged 16. She played a big role in changing the fortunes of the sanctuary where she lived - Pench Tiger Reserve in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. So named because of the radio collar she wore, she gave birth to 29 cubs in eight litters over her lifetime - a "prolific" legacy, according to one expert. She became one of India's best-known tigers after starring in the BBC Wildlife documentary, Spy in the Jungle, which tracked the lives of four tiger cubs over two years. Collarwali died on Saturday evening (Jan.15) due to complications caused by old age. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-60020410     Ancient wisdom teachings tells us that, fundamentally, everything is energy in motion, and that everything is part of a larger process or flow. Things are either growing and expanding or contracting and fading away. Nothing is absolutely still. One astrologic

Novak Djokovic flew out of Australia and is facing a three-year ban from the country after the full federal court ruled on Sunday evening to dismiss his challenge to a government decision revoking his visa. https://bit.ly/33pGPKP   Much like the blowing up of the undersea volcano in Tonga, this ugly incident in Australia is a manifestation of the Pluto Full Moon. How? Take a look at Australia’s radix chart (Ascendant 25ar). The  Sun  and Pluto [27cp] are conjunct the upper meridian (Tenth House) and complete a Grand Cross with the horizon axis. (First House - Seventh House cusps).   First House In Mundane Astrology: The common people or general state of the nation. The country and its inhabitants as a whole. http://www.skyscript.co.uk/temples/h1.html   Seventh House in Mundane Astrology: Public enemies, ie., enemies to the nation - outlaws and fugitives who are not imprisoned. http://www.skyscript.co.uk/temples/h7.html Tenth House Mundane Astrology: Those in authority ove

    Giant Tonga Eruption Satellite Image   The eruption of the undersea volcano off the South Pacific island country of Tonga was so explosive that a shockwave rippled throughout the entire world. https://bit.ly/3AbwFti   Charts for the phases of the Moon are among the most reliable indicators of events on earth. This is especially so at places where they bring significant planetary aspects to the horizon or meridian. A New Moon or Full Moon can act as a local “step down transformer” for powerful energies generated by far away stars and planets that it aspects.   Presented here is the chart for the upcoming Jan.17 Full Moon at Tonga. Notice the perfect alignment of the Pluto Full Moon with the meridian. Pluto’s association with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions is well known. However, its deeper implications are far more profound. In his essay An Introduction to Archetypal Astrology , Richard Tarnas explains:   And finally Pluto: the archetype of primordial energy, the universal

  Two Israeli military officers serving in an elite unit were killed in a friendly fire incident during a security patrol in the West Bank. The Israeli Defense Forces have launched a “comprehensive investigation” into their deaths. https://www.rt.com/news/545946-israel-military-friendly-fire/     News of a tragedy under a mistaken identity comes to us just as Mercury the planet of communication stations to go retrograde. When planets appear to be stationary their influence is more potent, especially if that planet is forming an angle to a planet in our chart. In any case, this is a week in which the processing of information is critical.  The Israeli military officers who were shot by mistake were searching for thieves who had stolen their equipment.Let us recall that Mercury was a major god in Roman religion and mythology, who among other things was known for trickery and theft!   Next we take a look at the national chart of Israel. Notice that the Mercury station [10aq] is taking p

  Astronomers have watched a giant star blow up in a fiery supernova for the first time ever — and the spectacle was even more explosive than the researchers anticipated.  Scientists began watching the doomed star — a red supergiant named SN 2020tlf and located about 120 million light-years from Earth — more than 100 days before its final, violent collapse, according to a new study published Jan. 6 in the Astrophysical Journal.   “This is a breakthrough in our understanding of what massive stars do moments before they die," lead study author Wynn Jacobson-Galán, a research fellow at the University of California, Berkeley said in a statement. "For the first time, we watched a red supergiant star explode!" https://www.livescience.com/first-supernova-real-time-observations   The worldview underlying astrology sees all of reality as symbolic in nature. To the symbolist, the heavenly bodies are threads within a great tapestry of affinities and correspondences. Elwell has

  At the end of the day, the Australian government gave in. Facing the weight of the other side's legal evidence, and an increasingly incredulous tone from the judge, the government's lawyers didn't bother proceeding with their rebuttal. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-59939507   Most people are familiar with the solar return (or birthday) chart but few have heard of the monthly lunar return.   What is a lunar return chart?   A horoscope erected for the time the Moon reaches the exact position it had at the time of birth. This occurs roughly once a month (every 27.3 days, Sidereal Month). https://www.astro.com/astrowiki/en/Lunar_Return_Chart   A lunar return chart can be expected to broadly tell us about the major issues of the month. An accurately timed horoscope for Djokovic is available at Astro-Databank [1]. Here is Djokovic's lunar return drawn for Sydney, Australia which took place on Jan.9 just a day before his appearance in court. Notice the sh

  Tributes have been paid to high school hockey player Teddy Balkind, who has been described as an "amazing young man" after he died in Connecticut following a horrific accident during a match.   Tenth grader Teddy Balkind was fatally injured during a private-school game at St Luke’s School in New Canaan after he fell to the ice and was sliced through the neck by another player's skate.   The teenager was rushed to Greenwich Hospital, where medics were unable to save him. Balkind's father is said to have been watching the game between the local all-boys college prep Brunswick School and the private co-ed St Luke’s. https://www.rt.com/sport/545441-teddy-balkind-hockey-player-death/   Eclipses are among important significators of tragedies. Take a look at the chart for the November 19 lunar eclipse at Greenwich,CT. Notice that it is placed in the 8 th house of death completing a T-square with Jupiter on the 5 th house cusp. The 5 th house rules children as well a

  The New York Times today proclaimed: “The United States is coming to an end...The question is how...The fact that speculation about civil war has moved from the crankish fringes into the mainstream is itself a sign of civic crisis, an indication of how broken our country is...Warning signs include the rise of intense political polarization based on identity rather than ideology, especially polarization between two factions of roughly equal size, each of which fears being crushed by the other”.   Joining this leftist propaganda media proclamation about the looming demise of the United States, was world renowned historian Professor Victor Davis Hanson of the Hoover Institution more correctly assessing: “We are in a dangerous revolutionary cycle...But the threat is not so much from loud, buffoonish one-day rioters on Jan. 6. Such clownish characters did not for 120 days loot, burn, attack courthouses and police precincts, cause over 30 deaths, injure 2,000 policemen, and destroy at le

  "I'm very surprised the emergency gear down systems didn't work, or weren't used," a top regional military analyst and former air force officer told CNN after a $100 million US-designed stealth fighter was forced to do a "belly landing" after its landing gear failed to deploy.   It happened in South Korea on Tuesday, (Jan.4) when a F-35A jet fighter suffered "avionic system issues" and the South Korean pilot didn't eject, but instead came in on the plane's belly, with emergency crews below having deployed a special foam on the runway to minimize damage to the aircraft. https://bit.ly/3qWOUyt     Regular readers will know that the same planetary configurations amidst the same stars can give rise to several possibilities. The consciousness of an evolved human  being can change the outcome of planetary patterns to his advantage. Paracelsus, the great Swiss, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance so apt

  For the first time since the 11th century BCE, scientists have unwrapped - virtually, using CT scans - the mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I (r. 1525 to 1504 BCE), the only royal mummy to remain unopened in modern times. They show that the pharaoh was around 35 years old, 169 cm tall, circumcized, and in good physical health when he died, apparently from natural causes. https://www.sott.net/article/462510-Mummy-of-pharaoh-Amenhotep-I-digitally-unwrapped     Quite often just the planets on the horizon and meridian at the time of an eclipse can explain an event. The December 4 solar eclipse at Cairo took place in the 11 th house traditionally, the house of Good Fortune. The Uranus-Saturn-TNP Poseidon T-square straddled the meridian at the time of the eclipse.   Below is an extract from an earlier post [1].   For the TNP Poseidon we have the following keywords from Martha Wescott.   POSEIDON: Spiritual enlightenment; receptivity to The Force; refraction of light.   In her more recen

  Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has declared a state of emergency in Almaty, as well as the Mangystau region of the country. Meanwhile, photos and videos have surfaced online showing armored vehicles on the streets. Angered by the government lifting of price caps on energy, crowds of demonstrators have smashed and set on fire police vehicles in Kazakhstan’s largest city. Intense clashes between cops and protesters have been reported. https://www.rt.com/news/545171-protesters-burn-police-cars-almaty/ A well timed national chart can be a source of valuabble information that can explain events very elegantly. Reproduced here is the national chart of Kazakhstan [1] based on its independence. Of course the first thing we notice is that December 4 eclipse occurred on radix Mars [12sa32] which is conjunct the star Antares, alpha Scorpii [10sa03] about which Nick Fiorenza writes:  Antares ensures that the current and accepted approaches and visions do not become static or a