The Economy And Oil February 20, 2012
The Economy The February 9 VedicLeaks reinforced two karmic currents. First is expansive Jupiter bringing gains, during Jupiter's good run from February 12 to April 4 -- and then continuing, though weaker, in Aries until the middle of May. For most personal charts,* and charts of nations and leaders, this is crucial to blunting the economic decline, finding solutions to problems and advancing globally the Second Progressive Age. See the July 2010 Through The Millennium Contraction. Second, as also written February 9, With the U.S. chart continuing to run malefics Mars and Saturn, with a dose Rahu until April 7, these gains won't hold. Jupiter's optimism can be a trap here. The U.S. chart has a potent optimism which has previously saved the country following each of the forty seven periods of economic decline. The U.S.'s roller coaster economy has been repeatedly and frequently wrecked by selfish greed, criminal capitalists and corrupt government officials bought off by the rich who will not relent in tearing down the New Deal and all other programs, including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid... Yes, optimism is needed for the confidence necessary by businesses, large and small, to make investments, hire people and other activities to grow the economy -- although this is actually a situation of some industries and areas growing while others stagnate and shrink. Housing is a good example of the latter, for that contraction continues and will get worse before it gets better in many locales. And workers need optimism to keep going and make necessary adaptive changes. But undue and unrealistic optimism both ignores the severity of the Millennium Contraction and blunts the consequent need for public protests to turn the tide against Second Gilded Age monied interests and move toward the Second Progressive Age. Only a return to shared democratic values will rescue the country from the clutches of the 1%. So, if you're feeling good about your life and decide to splurge for a winter getaway to the Bahamas, buy a new car you don't need..... then you'll get a karmic kick in the pants when you later find you don't have the resources to get a new job, pay down debt... to fit your old square peg into a new round hole -- pay escalating property taxes, insurance and/or health care costs -- or even fund basic living expenses. And, if you stand by and don't protest against unfairness, don't vote.... then your economic plight will surely worsen. (*Jupiter in Aries, along with Mars in Leo, is generally good but not for all charts -- personal and those of nations and leaders. However, for some, the effects are a mixed bag, and for others, where Jupiter and Mars fall in bad houses, Jupiter's effects are spoiled and warrior Mars' worst significations come forward. While this turmoil can be good in forcing change, the process is not pleasant, nor easy, and significant losses can result.)
After Jupiter Ends His Good Run The planets become much more difficult after May 15, which will cause overly optimistic winter/spring gains will begin to fail. Jupiter will then go from being strong and most favorable in Aries to weaker in Taurus. Fiery malefic Mars will end his weak retrograde April 14 and great malefic Saturn will end his similarly weak retrograde in late June. As Jupiter's abundance, luck and fortune fade, Mars and Saturn will regain their power for loss and destruction. This is not just true for the U.S. but actually the entire globe, for these planetary positions are transits -- where the planets are in today's skies. As such, they symbolize planetary weather. Thus, the European debt issues, most notably in Greece and Italy, have quieted -- but still simmer on that hot stove, Officials reach bailout deal for Greece. As summer and fall arrive, this issue will heat up again and likely boil over into currency failures and perhaps even the Euro failing. Yet, this is truly just a guess. There's no Vedic Astrology rationale here. It's impossible to analyze the myriad of nation and leaders charts and all the issues which could harm the economy starting this summer, and then integrate all the information for an informed perspective. There is an emerging Vedic astrology cause, however, for economic decline coming from oil prices.
Oil We can very easily see oil price hikes through Ketu (the tail-of-the-dragon eclipse point) -- indicator of gas and oil. There's a solid predictive history here. The August 7, 2008 Short-subject Forecast reviewed past accurate predictions, including the huge spike to over $4.00 in July of 2008 that so shocked people, and later in the fall spooked the economy, its branded in our memories. If anyone doubts that impact, remember the auto industry collapse that required government bailouts of General Motors and Crysler -- authorized in the fall of 2008 under G.W. Bush and acted upon by President Obama in the spring of 2009. Airline manufacturers and the airlines themselves have similarly struggled. Only high military sending has kept the manufacturers going, and American Airlines' recent bankruptcy is striking testimony to woes in that industry. (Note: Jupiter in Taurus starting May 15 could bring further vehicles issues -- both autos and planes -- for Taurus is ruled by Venus, the indicator of vehicles. As cars and planes are major gas/oil users, and they are very sensitive to fuel costs, further increases there would be the likely cause for their having problems this summer and fall.) When Ketu was afflicted by warrior Mars last spring, and again in July 2011, gas prices moved up. See the May 9, 2011 VedicLeaks, Gas can kick up to a new high in July. The July price jump was not huge, but it happened nonetheless. Ketu will not be attacked again by Mars, nor Saturn, the Great Malefic, until mid August of this year -- 2012. This affliction suggests an oil crisis late summer. That this coincides with Mars colliding with Saturn in mid August, makes the karma extremely severe. Mars then, continues to attack Ketu by aspecting him into early October, when he then crashes into Rahu -- again bringing tempestuous karma. Oil will be an issue from mid August through early October.
A further issue is Ketu's position in Taurus. Ketu stays for 18 months in a sign, circling the zodiac every 18 1/2 years. Ketu went into Taurus May 1, 2011 and will leave Taurus early January 2013. Taurus is a bad position for Ketu. Some Vedic Astrologers even find it to be his fallen -- weakest -- sign. Astrologer confusion results because Ketu and Rahu (the head-of-the-dragon eclipse point) are so difficult to understand. Well, they aren't planets but rather calculated points, and as they cause eclipses, they are called Chaya Grahas -- shadow planets. This is apt in describing something that is so difficult to see clearly -- a shadow. Rahu can be understood to be intense worldly effects, but Ketu is much more mysterious, actually truly weird. For example, if a person has Ketu in the sixth house of cooking, appetite and pets, he will have during his life a black and white dog, be a creative cook and find his weight goes up and down for no apparent reason. Mystical and otherworldly Ketu defies logic and reason. We can see one major past gas/oil peak occurred when Ketu was previously in Taurus. Ketu was in Taurus from February 1974 to September 1975. This fits nicely with the formation of OPEC, resulting in the Arab oil embargo that began in the fall of 1973, boosting gas prices. Ketu was also in Taurus from March 1994 to September 1995. There's not similar fit here as to price, but world output did take a dip then. Well, Ketu is very weird. Another piece of the Ketu issue in Taurus is that planetary karmas (influences) increase over time. Thus, with Ketu already in Taurus nearly 9 months, he's half way through his Taurus transit, indicating the ongoing weight of his karma there is beginning to take effect. Thus, as shown in the above graph, gas and prices began moving up in mid December and continue that trend. It is expected gas will move to move to higher and higher prices, although there will also be dips along the way. Ketu's increasing harms in Taurus must contribute to major turmoil in the oil/gas markets starting in August. The media has reported increasing challenges with Iran, bringing sanctions to stop its nuclear weapons development. US officials believe Iran sanctions will fail, making military action likely
The Celestial Wheel has been monitoring Israel's Vedic chart. The most recent update on the topic is in the Nov 2011 VedicLeaks,
Israel's Vedic chart is greatly afflicted during the mid August by dangerous planetary cycles plus the Mars/Saturn conjunction and Mars' aspect (glance) to Ketu, confirming concern here. Considerable loss is indicated, which suggests Israel will not attack Iran and remain unscathed. The U.S. chart is also afflicted in mid August, although it doesn't appear to indicate joining Israel in attacking Iran. This will be considered more closely in upcoming Celestial Wheels. Iran's Vedic chart is similarly afflicted in both its planetary cycles and transits. The conclusion here is that Israel will attack Iran in late summer, causing a major spike in oil prices that will turn the nascent economic recovery into a rout. The below Satellite shot from NASA is amazingly clear and detailed. It shows how beautiful our planet is but doesn't disclose previous or upcoming turmoil. Let's just hope similar photos taken in August will find it unchanged.
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