NewsScope for April 19, 1999
by WolfStar
Saturn and Neptune Muddle into War
In spite of a tragic bombing error that killed 64 Kosovo
refugees, the 19-member NATO alliance pushed ahead
with its air war against Serbian targets. Meanwhile the
Pentagon called up 33,000 reserves and 300 more aircraft,
virtually assuring that this Balkan conflict will continue
through 1999.
NewsScope readers have been advised of this pending war
for over a year due to Saturn’s entry into the U.S. seventh
house of Open Enemies. In less than a month Saturn will
officially enter the U.S. seventh house,* a cyclical process
that resonates with the Vietnam War and World War II
which were the previous two times that Saturn visited this
house.
Saturn’s passage is tempered by a square to Neptune in
Aquarius, the sign governing alliances. Following
Neptune’s symbolism, Saturn’s push toward open conflict
is muddied by false hopes, illusions, and just plain bad
planning. Pentagon officials were operating under the
assumption that Milosevic would cave as soon as the air
war commenced, and this has proved to be a false hope.
In this regard, the air campaign resembles the slow
escalation of Vietnam. The Pentagon, perhaps applying the
mistakes of Vietnam, wants to secure the cooperation from
European allies and U.S. public opinion. Because of this,
the Clinton Administration is sticking to the strategy of no
ground troops which would fracture NATO and public
opinion.
Last week a relentless Mars retrograded into this dynamic
between Saturn and Neptune, testing the NATO alliance
with the cost of military miscalculations. We may have to
wait until the week Mars turns direct (June 4) before the
Clinton Administration officially sanctions the need for
ground troops, or announces a realistic plan for the Balkan
crisis.
The International Community Takes Shape
Like the irritating speck of sand that eventually creates a
pearl, Slobodan Milosevic is assisting in creating a
self-realized International Community. On its own,
Neptune in Aquarius hopes for and promotes the perfect
social, religious, or economic order.
However, Neptune’s idealistic vision falls by the wayside
without some grounding, something solid to grapple with
and shape. Milosevic is that irritant, and virtually everyone
in Europe and across the global village realizes that
something must be done. Out of the evil of Milosevic
comes the manifestation of something increasingly referred
to as the International Community.
The primary police force within the International
Community is NATO, a development arising from the
inefficiencies of the United Nations. Simultaneously, the
War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague (Netherlands) is
pushing for solid evidence of genocidal practices in
Kosovo, and warned that there is no statute of limitations
on War Crimes.
In a parallel development reiterating and focusing the
cosmic message of last week’s planets, a visiting Chinese
dignitary agreed to an unusual number of concessions so
that China could join the 134 member club of capitalist
nations, the World Trade Organization. Neptune in
Aquarius, shaped by Saturn in financial, security-oriented
Taurus, moved the peoples of the world into international
economic, military, and legal systems.
Shields-Agassi Defaults
Andre Agassi filed for a divorce recently, not quite two
years into his marriage with Suddenly Susan star Brooke
Shields. Insiders report that Ms. Shields is taking the
separation in stride since she has been seen arm-in-arm
with one of her writers. And Agassi reports that his tennis
game has improved dramatically.
The glamour couple ran up against an astrological barrier
which proved insurmountable. Agassi was born on April
29, 1970 with a Sun-Saturn conjunction in Taurus, a
combination that instills a strong sense of personal
responsibility and need for control. Now that Saturn is
returning to its original zodiacal location, Agassi is
undergoing a reality check on his playful, roving Gemini
planets (Venus and Mars).
Meanwhile, Brooke Shields is getting a heavy dose of the
serious side of life as transiting Pluto opposes her
whimsical Gemini Sun. Shields was born (May 31, 1965)
during the major outer planet line-up that triggered the
Sixties social unrest. With her Gemini Sun squaring Saturn
on the one side, and Uranus on the other, she can flip-flop
unexpectedly under pressure, especially the kind that
transiting Pluto applies.
Astrologers looking at their two charts would notice that
her Sun-Uranus square is exactly aligned with his Lunar
Node axis, a karmic situation demanding tremendous
personal space to succeed. Transiting Pluto and Juno, the
marriage asteroid, are now conjunct in these same degrees,
triggering the split. These two superstars represent the
classic struggle between personal freedom (Uranus) and the
need for total loyalty to each other (Pluto-Juno).
* Be sure to visit the new Political Astrology web site (at
http://www.homestead.com/politicalastrology/index.html)
which presents the US horoscope and other key players in
the International Community. Reader feedback is welcome.
Email: wolfstar3@aol.com.
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