NewsScope for March 15, 1999
by WolfStar
Mars Asserts U.S. Influence
Over the next week Mars comes to a full stop in the night
sky, a bi-annual event known by astrologers as its
retrograde station. The phenomenon is only an apparent
halt caused by optical celestial mechanics, but because
Mars remains in one place for so long, it’s influence
dominates the political landscape.
Militant Mars is in relentless Scorpio, the Rising Sign of
the U.S. horoscope.* The Rising Sign represents the
nation’s projected identity into the international arena, and
at the moment, this is inordinately confident, forceful and
assertive, following the nature of Mars. American troops
are currently heading for Kosovo, in Iraq, in Bosnia, and
assisting with relief efforts in Central America.
Last week, and likely throughout this coming week the U.S.
military will be in many news stories. Already we have
seen Clinton’s major address in Guatemala where he
apologized for the Pentagon’s assistance in massacring
thousands of Mayans during their civil war in the 1960s
and 1970s. Another armed forces story focused on the
obligatory vaccination of the 2.4 million soldiers against
anthrax, while yet another warned that the draft might be
reinstated since the ranks weren’t being sufficiently filled
by volunteers.
Meanwhile, American robustness was projected as the only
nation with a healthy, growing economy. The Dow Jones
Industrial Averages entered nose-bleed territory last week,
nearly reaching the ethereal 10,000 mark. Watch around
March 17 or 18 when transiting Uranus opposes the NYSE
Uranus for this magic number to be surpassed.
China-U.S. Relations at Crossroads
Last week the FBI released results of an investigation into
how a Chinese spy at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
sold the secret to miniaturizing nuclear bombs. Critics
accused the State Department of delaying the investigation
two years ago because of Chinese contributions to the 1996
Clinton re-election campaign.
As described in the March 1 NewsScope, this abrupt
escalation of trouble with the Chinese arrived precisely as
transiting Uranus, the planet of sudden crisis, opposed
China’s war planet, Mars. While Chinese-American
relations are now being recalculated (as Mercury in martial
Aries retrogrades), the present crisis seems from an
astrological perspective to be just beginning.
The present situation reflects the current Saturn-Neptune
square now pervading the political climate. Saturn in
Taurus promotes safe, realistic economic trade, while
hopeful Neptune in free market Aquarius opens doors
between the two countries. Every President since Nixon has
pursued an engagement policy with China in the hope that
increased commerce and prosperity will loosen up China’s
autocratic government. However, as Saturn approaches its
square to Neptune over the next month, this policy is
revealing itself to be delusional.
Over the next few months Saturn and Uranus begin to clash
in the heavens. This combination frequently brings
extremely tense international developments, and often the
outbreak of war. Saturn and Uranus are linking up directly
to China’s militant Mars-Pluto conjunction and the U.S.
Midheaven, indicating that China-U.S. relations are
entering the most critical crossroads as we approach the
next millennium.
OpEd: Political Astrology and NATO
celebrates its 50th anniversary in Washington next month, a
date which contradicts the horoscope used by “mundane
astrologers.” According to researcher Nicholas Campion,
NATO’s horoscope should be set for August 24, 1949 when
the treaty was finally ratified and officially signed into
force by President Truman.
Political astrologer C.E.O. Carter defined the birth moment
of a nation, not as the official beginning, but as the
symbolic beginning as signified by the enormity of a
particular moment. The NATO Treaty, signed on April 4,
1949 (at 4:52 pm in Washington) is this significant
moment, the historic breakthrough in the formation of
today’s most powerful military alliance. When comparing
political developments relevant to NATO, this April 4
horoscope rings true.
Perhaps the best example is the demolition of the Berlin
Wall, the concrete manifestation of the ideological division
between the West and the East. The demolition began on
November 9, 1989 during a rare alignment between Jupiter,
Saturn, and Neptune, and all three of these outer planets
were exactly square the NATO Mars. Mars in a political
horoscope is the most important planet since Mars rules
generals and war machines.
At the moment, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary
are joining NATO just as transiting Pluto and Juno (the
partnership asteroid) are harmoniously trine to NATO’s
Mars. Following U.S. shunning of the United Nations as
the world’s best peacekeeping force, NATO has become
the global village’s dominant military alliance, and worth
tracking far into the future.
* For a detailed look at the USA Scorpio Rising chart, visit
the Scorpio Rising home page. Reader feedback is
welcome. Email: wolfstar3@aol.com.
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