Saturn Leads Planetary Confluence
On Tuesday when the Sun enters Aquarius
a confluence of major planetary events
begins. The list includes a powerful
Mars-Jupiter conjunction on the same day
right on the U.S. Moon. Then on January
28 during the New Moon, Neptune will
enter Aquarius, a pivotal event which
some astrologers are hailing as the
beginning of the Age of Aquarius.
Reflecting the abundance of activity in
the heavens, Americans on a personal and
collective plane are likewise going
through a significant developmental
stage. Transiting Saturn opposing the
U.S. Saturn culminates this week, and
describes how American institutions are
being tested at many levels.
America's Libra Saturn is designed to
negotiate. The Middle East situation is
currently hopelessly blocked, but Arafat
and Netanyahu will make sequential
visits to the White House this week to
get the peace process back on track.
Similarly, American diplomacy skills are
being severely tested in Iraq (war?),
Iran (reconciliation?), and Cuba
(liberation theology?).
In the business world, America's Saturn
represents its corporate and financial
structure, which for the most part has
provided a bulwark against Asian
economic woes, and a safe harbor for the
liquid global currencies.
The weak link in corporate America is in
the tobacco industry. RJR documents were
revealed last week showing that
corporate strategy has targeted the
youth market since 1974, and
specifically with Joe Camel since 1984.
Transiting Saturn in America's 6th house
of health became victorious, and gave
rise to observers' comments that this
pending settlement is the most historic
public health achievement in history.
At the federal level one weak link is
about to become a major news story. NTSB
Chairman James Duncan tried to close the
books on the TWA #800 crash by
dismissing it as an internal explosion
due to a mechanical flaw. Look for the
re-opening of this case with new
evidence of an external hit from a
missile. The FBI, Navy, and NTSB may be
involved in a cover-up.
Clinton Wags the Dog
In a real-life episode of Wag the Dog,
President Clinton was photographed
dancing with Hillary during their
"private" retreat to the ocean. Wag the
Dog, a satirical movie starring Dustin
Hoffman and Robert DeNiro, portrays how
an American President escapes a sex
scandal through an outrageous
manipulation of the media.
On Saturday President Clinton gave a
deposition in the lawsuit pitting him
against Paula Jones (with Venus
retrograde conjunct the U.S. Pluto).
Earlier in the week he lambasted the
press for invading his privacy, though
he did admit he liked the pictures.
Another prominent national marriage test
has been that of Gary and Lorna Wendt.
Gary offered $20 million to end this
corporate marriage. Claiming to be a
full partner in this marriage, Lorna
wants half of his net worth, which
amounts to $50 million.
How much is a corporate wife worth? As
transiting Saturn opposes the U.S.
Saturn in Libra, the sign of marriage,
Americans (through the vicarious
experience of Clinton and Wendt) are
rethinking the relationship between sex,
marriage, and money.
John Glenn in Space Again
On February 20, 1962 Astronaut John
Glenn became the first American to orbit
the earth in a vehicle known as the
Mercury capsule. Mars and Jupiter were
in Aquarius back then, activating
America's fourth house Moon, and
generating a corresponding enormous
public enthusiasm for the space program.
Last week, with Mars and Jupiter lining
up on the U.S. Aquarian Moon for the
first time since 1962, NASA announced
that Glenn, at the ripe old age of 77
(b. July 18, 1921; Cambridge OH; 3:00
PM), will once again participate in an
historic space mission.
That Glenn was riding in the Mercury
capsule is no minor detail from an
astrological perspective: Glenn's Cancer
Sun is precisely lined up with the U.S.
Mercury, and the U.S. Sun is lined up
with John Glenn's Mercury. This double
resonance points out Glenn's role as a
travel agent for the rest of the
country.
Glenn's strongly traditional Jupiter-
Saturn conjunction in his tenth house of
career reflects his social role as a
prominent legislator and politician. But
then, the more unorthodox planet Uranus
brings him to the forefront of modern
technology and cultural progress. Uranus
in the fourth house cannot stay home,
but is impelled to seek out new
territory and a larger, more inclusive
concept of "home."
Transiting Pluto (his chart ruler) was
exactly opposing his 4th Uranus on Feb.
20, 1962 from his tenth house of honor
and recognition. In 1998 his progressed
Venus and Mars are together opposing his
Uranus from the identical location. John
Glenn shows how Uranus in the fourth, in
its healthy expression, is the global
citizen.
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