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Vedic
Predictive Astrology
#40
The Planetary Winds Have Shifted
Published
January 10, 2004
(Note: Titles in maroon
and underlined are links to previous Forecasts)
Confusing Angst
Optimistic
news reports since mid November about a growing economy and US successes
abroad have stimulated a confusing angst. There's relief for
economic growth and progress in the terrorism war, distress that President
Bush survived (even triumphed) over summer and fall challenges and
downright terror at media reports he will be easily
reelected. This turn-around has been remarkable for both a one-sided
abruptness and media shortsightedness. In early November, the
economy, Iraq and international relation- ships appeared to be all doomed,
but a series of events I labeled as pyrrhic victories led
the media to proclaim the world had turned on a dime to regain prosperity
and peace.
Mental Obscuration
Part of the problem has been the mental obscuration
brought by Mercury's (communications) retrograde motion from December 12, 2003
to January 7, 2004 while being under close aspect by restrictive Saturn.
The most notable event that befuddled was the December 13 capture of Saddam
Hussein -- no one knew what this out-of-the blue event meant, or didn't
mean? Imagine my distress when I heard that news at 6 AM that morning,
when just the night before I had hastily published Vedic
Vignettes, which reiterated my January 2002 prediction that Hussein would
be killed in April 2002! That the remainder of this Forecast has proven
accurate hasn't yet dispelled my personal angst.
The Mental Fog Has Dissipated
Right on schedule Wednesday, January 7, the mental
fog dissipated with Mercury regaining forward motion. And because this
mental clearing closely followed the January 4 retrograde of Jupiter, which
reduces its optimism, wealth and fortune, the world already appears in a
different light today. (This Jupiter retrograde rips the petals of good
fortune off Bush's blooming yellow Texas rose.) Reiterating all the
recent negative and gloomy news reports isn't necessary nor appropriate, but
it is worthwhile noting here the chimera of economic recovery is being
disproven, and I spotlight today's Reuters article, Bush Planned Iraqi
Invasion Before Sept. 11. The article opens with, "Former
Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill charges in a new book that President Bush
entered office in January 2001 intent on invading Iraq and was in search of a
way to go about it." http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-people-oneill.html
This excerpts a 60 Minutes interview with O-Neil tomorrow, Sunday. Don't
miss it at 8 PM, EST, 6 PM MST.
Clarity
And Understanding
With Mercury's mental clarity restored, and Jupiter's
optimism reined in, this new year can now be approached and understood
with balance and realism. We begin to grasp now that corporate
profits gained by exporting jobs have been the engine driving up stock
prices. The destructiveness of huge and continuing deficits is
finally being seen. The natural consequences of Bush's Iraq lies
are being revealed...
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Finally, I had predicted several times that a strong leader would
emerge by year-end from the Demo- cratic contenders, and this
appears to be Howard Dean. Yes, there's is still a large group
of 9 presi- dential hopefuls, and each has much to offer, but
in
the restored mental clarity, Dean emerges as singularly capable of
standing up against Bush.
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the right is Dean's chart, and what is most significant
is the intellectual brilliance and wonderful quickness.
For this Gemini rising chart, the Ascendant
ruler, Mercury, gives a superlative mind in the 5th house of
creative intelligence. The mind is quickened and made
intuitive by being conjunct Ketu (Ketu is one of the eclipse
points and is the fiery tail of a dragon in Hindu
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This is not a prediction yet for Dean's nomination and election in
November, for much will occur over the next 9 months. Yet, he brings
a freshening breath of intelligent, clean and honest air to replace the
stifling repugnance of Bush's blunt mind and lies.
We'll see how the karmas unfold, but in the
meantime, we can take heart in the reemergence of hope for resolving our
democracy dilemma.
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