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NewsScope for November 19, 2001 The Taliban Collapsest Last week on the same day that Flight 587 crashed in New York the war in Afghanistan took a stunning and unexpected change of direction. Following weeks of relentless U.S. bombing of Taliban positions, the Northern Alliance forces moved swiftly into Kabul and seized control of most of northern Afghanistan. The turning point arrived last Tuesday when the Sun squared Uranus, the planet of unexpected change of fortunes. Uranus is also associated with liberation and freedom, as the heartwarming sights and sounds emerging out of Kabul demonstrated. Women's oppressive burkas were removed and burned, radios and TVs were unearthed, and men shaved their beards. In the U.S. many pundits critical of the bombing ate crow as the unexpected swift victory gained praise for Pentagon planners. While the manifested turning point arrived on the date of Sun square Uranus, the strategic shift was put in place on October 30 when the Bush administration decided to give full military support to the Northern Alliance, a ragtag band of diverse ethnic groups with a checkered past. Prior to October 30 the Bush administration's actions were largely directed by Colin Powell's diplomatic and political priorities. The shift favoring Donald Rumsfeld and the Pentagon's priorities came as the Pentagon's horoscope (see NewsScope October 22 for details) reached maximum voltage on October 30 when the heavy bombing began. Pentagon strategists are known to be keen on chasing terrorism into rogue nations, and are being astrologically boosted through March 2002 by transiting Pluto opposite the Pentagon's Mars. If the Pentagon's chart is gaining in strength, will Iraq be next? Terrorism during the Atomic Age Last week Russian President Putin and President Bush each pledged to radically reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons, although they failed to reach agreement on Bush's plan to push ahead on aggressive testing of missile defenses. Meanwhile, renewed attention was paid to the vulnerability of nuclear power plants, even as Osama Bin Laden said he had nuclear weapons. The surge in news events related to nuclear weapons can be tracked astrologically by using the horoscope for the foundation of the atomic age, set for the first successful testing on July 16, 1945 in Alamogordo, NM (5:29:45 am MWT). This chart features Saturn on the Cancer Ascendant, reflecting the highly defensive nature of this devastating weapon. Notice that transiting Jupiter was exactly conjunct this Saturn during last week's summit. Aside from Jupiter's activation of this Atomic Age horoscope, several other prominent transits and progressions are now in play. Disruptive Uranus has recently been opposing Mercury, the ruler of Atomic Age documents, which in this case reflects the broken ABM agreement. More importantly, the third and final opposition between Saturn and Pluto aligns with the Atomic Age Uranus, buried in the secretive twelfth house. Uranus* in the twelfth house could symbolize the lawless terrorist organizations seeking to secure atomic weapons. Transiting Pluto is heading toward its opposition with this Uranus now, and will be exact in mid-December. This Pluto-to-Uranus configuration gets energized by transiting Mars at the same time, making the last two weeks of December a potentially vulnerable time for those who live in the Atomic Age. Pierce Brosnan, the Sexiest Man Alive Pierce Brosnan has been getting a lot of attention lately. At age 48 he still looks fit and dashing enough to play the leading man. Brosnan, a devoted family man, is scheduled to begin shooting his fourth James Bond flick in January when he will display his rugged good looks and charm as he saves the world from evil, and still has time to woo the infamous Bond girls. Pierce Brosnan was born a traditional Taurus (May 16, 1953; Navan, Ireland; time unknown) with his Moon and Ceres strongly placed in the family-oriented sign of Cancer. With his Sun is conjunct Jupiter and trine Chiron, good fortune in his chosen career seems inevitable, but he has also had more than his share of hardship, as can be seen from the several tense configurations within his horoscope. Brosnan was born with a Grand Cross in his horoscope, connecting the outer planets Uranus, Saturn-Neptune, and Chiron with the personal planet Venus. Major transits to the planet Uranus have brought the most unexpected or challenging changes. In December 1991 when transiting Neptune entered his Grand Cross and was exactly opposite his Uranus, his first wife died in his arms. Not all the outer planet transits can be devastating. Jupiter, the bringer of fortune and new opportunities, recently turned retrograde on the exact location of his natal Uranus. The Jupiter-Uranus combination is known to bring sudden good luck and fame, and since this contact was exact, it carried extra power. As Jupiter reached maximum beneficial force, Brosnan was selected as People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive. * In the Atomic Age ACG map a Uranus line runs right through the Reader feedback is welcome. Click here for feedback.
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