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Pleaides – the Weeping Sisters World War II also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. In a state of "total war", the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust (in which approximately 11 million people were killed) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres (in which approximately one million were killed, and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki), it resulted in an esti...

Draco – the controlling Dragon US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin will have an official meeting on Friday afternoon (July 7) in Hamburg at the G20 summit. The White House and the Kremlin confirmed on Tuesday that the presidents would meet officially instead of in an informal “pull-aside” meeting at the conference. First meeting for Trump and Putin: what will the power dynamics reveal?Relations between the two countries are tense as the US maintains sanctions against Russia for its annexation of Crimea, investigates Russia meddling in the 2016 presidential election, and seeks to avoid a clash with Russia forces in Syria, where both countries are fighting the Islamic State.  July 4 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/04/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-official-meeting-g20 Ursa Major – the nurturing Bear Eclipses are especially significant for a place if they are placed on the angles or if they aspect them. The September 1, 201...

There are parts of Silicon Valley where commercial real estate is still hanging on, and there are parts where it has let go. In Santa Clara, it has let go. Overall availability of office space in Santa Clara was nearly 19% in the first quarter, according to Savills Studley, up from 14% a year ago. Only two other areas in Silicon Valley – Milpitas and North San Jose – show greater availability at respectively 23% and a harrowing 30%.  July 2 http://wolfstreet.com/2017/07/02/silicon-valley-commercial-real-estate-bubble/ The following extract from Tony Howard [1] explains the Saturn-Neptune dynamics: The Saturn-Neptune cycle is fairly common - we experience a major aspect between the two planets (Conjunction, Square or Opposition) every 9 years. But that frequency doesn’t diminish its important role. Metaphorically, interactions between Saturn and Neptune can express on the high end as “sobering up.” Saturn brings the energies of discipline and judgment to balance N...

Since the financial crisis of 2008, the Conservatives have argued that austerity was an economic necessity. Now they seem to accept it is a political choice, as Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have long claimed. Labour did not win last month’s election, but it has won this big political argument.  Theresa May’s unseemly deal with the Democratic Unionist Party, which will support the Tories in key Commons votes in return for an extra £1bn for Northern Ireland, has undermined the Government’s ability to say no to other demands for spending. The “magic money tree” soundbite used to attack Labour’s plans during the election is no longer on Tory lips. Indeed, Cabinet ministers queue up to demand more spending, notably by lifting the 1 per cent cap on public sector pay rises. July 3 http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/conservatives-tuition-fees-pay-cap-austerity-no-reward-a7819566.html In the last one week or so,  Mercury and Mars conjoined in Cance...

Eighteen people are missing and feared dead after flames engulfed a tour bus that crashed on the A9 motorway in southern Germany. The bus was in a collision with a lorry near Stammbach in north Bavaria.Thirty people escaped the fire, some critically injured. Rescue helicopters joined emergency workers at the scene. A fire service spokesman said it was unlikely that any of the 18 missing could have survived. Police say the tourists were Germans from Saxony. July 3 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40479021 Mars alignments always increase  the potential for accidents, conflict and violence. Fires, crashes, clashes and explosions are common. In Stammbach, Germany, the Mars-Pluto opposition of July 2 aligned with the meridian putting it in the cross-hairs of the destructive energy. With Mercury also involved in the mix, we have a transportation related accident.

Archaeologists have discovered a tower made of nearly 700 human skulls beneath the heart of Mexico City. The finding unveils new details about the culture of ritual sacrifice among the Aztecs who lived there centuries ago. July 3 https://sptnkne.ws/eNwb The news of the archaeological find comes to us just a day before the Gibbous Moon. A chart for the phase at Mexico City has Pluto opposite Mars aligned with the horizon. Pluto reflects the dark, mysterious, and often terrifying reality which lurks beneath the surface of things, the veneer of civilizations. Deep within the human psyche, murderous hatred, violent jealousy, compulsive greed and lust and so forth fester like boiling lava inside a volcano. Often all it needs is a trigger from a fast moving planet to bring it out. And in fact the news does come just as a volcano is erupting in Indonesia. But retrograde Pluto can also often refer  to events from the past [1]. Rising on the Ascendant with Plut...

A suicide bomber has launched an attack in the Syrian capital, with reports saying at least 19 people were killed. Syrian police had been chasing three suspected car bombers that were trying to enter the capital, state TV said. Police stopped and detonated two of the vehicles, but the third driver entered Tahrir square in the east and blew himself up after being surrounded. Syria is in the midst of a six-year-long civil war, with Damascus still mostly under government control. July 2 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40472202 In the last few days, Mars  has been transiting opposite Pluto. On July 1 transit  Moon squared Mars and and triggered  the opposition.  At Damascus, the opposition is caught on the horizon axis and therefore very significant for the place. Pluto rules upheaval, breakdown and decay. It reflects the dark, mysterious, and often terrifying reality which lurks beneath the surface of things, beneath our ego and societal c...

First Maine, then Connecticut, and finally late on Friday, confirming the worst case outcome many had expected, Illinois entered its third straight fiscal year without a budget as Republican Governor Bruce Rauner and Democratic lawmakers failed to agree on how to compromise over the government’s chronic deficits, pushing it closer toward becoming the first junk-rated U.S. state. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-01/horrific-catastrophic-court-ruling-send-illinois-financial-abyss To understand why state after state is becoming bankrupt, we need to go back to the most important transit in the US national chart also known as the Sibley. For the past few years, Pluto has been transiting opposite the US Sibley’s Sun in the 8 th of national debt. About this transit, astrologer Doug Walker wrote in 2013: Pluto in astrology acts as a force for creative destruction. This term, creative destruction, was coined by the Viennese economist, Joseph Schumpeter. Schumpeter des...

The Great Storm Bird Moscow Region has been hit by a powerful storm that brought heavy torrential rains and hail. The capital has not seen such a storm in almost 100 years, according to meteorologists. June 30 https://www.rt.com/news/394826-moscow-storm-hail-rain/ In astro-meterology a chart for the Sun's ingress into each of the four cardinal signs, i.e. 00 deg of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn is cast to understand the seasonal influences for the relevant quarter in the year ahead. A chart for the Sun’s entry into Cancer drawn for Moscow is shown here. Notice that it has the Mars-Jupiter-Pluto T-square straddling the meridian. The charts are interpreted using the 4th house as the main indicator followed by the first house. On the IC we have Jupiter [13li] conjunct the star Algorab, delta Corvi [13li]. But more specifically on IC of the chart are stars of Corvus, the Raven. These stars were part of an archaic Chaldean lunar mansion whose pat...

The Iranian city of Ahvaz shattered national regional temperatures records on Thursday (June 29) when the heat rose to 128.7 degrees Fahrenheit, the hottest in Iran’s history. The temperature was also a record for June heat in the Asian mainland. Some reports put the temperature at 129.2 degrees Fahrenheit, which, if, true, would tie the record for hottest temperature recorded in modern times, outdone only by the 134 degrees Fahrenheit recorded in Death Valley, California, in 1913. And some experts today doubt that reading, according to USA Today. https://sptnkne.ws/eMFW In astro-meteorology, charts for Moon phases are used routinely for understanding weather conditions. At Ahvaz, Iran the current New Moon is conjunct Mars and the star Sirius on the Ascendant. Death Valley's Furnace Creek holds the record for the highest reliably recorded air temperature in the world, 134 °F (56.7 °C) on July 10, 1913. On July 7, 2013, the Sun was conjunct the Dog Star Sirius and ...