The
astrology of the inaugural speech of Barack Obama
Wow, that
was interesting, every astrologer on the globe watching the inaugural
speech of Barack Obama will have grinned at the fact that it started a
little later than scheduled and that there was a slight mistake in the
oath... with Mercury being retrograde. But there were no
mistakes in the speech itself, it was an incredible example of almost
the highest potential of the current planetary aspects. First of
all, what I saw was a very serious looking Obama. In contrast to Leo
rising persons such as Bush, always smiling or with a laugh, (though
hardly so yesterday:-), Obama has Aquarius rising, but the seriousness
as well as the zeal to really create changes and transformations was a
good expression of Saturn hoovering over his 8th house cusp (Koch). (For
Obama's chart see http://www.astrologie.ws/week/vol486.htm)
And a main theme of his speech was about personal responsibility
and administrative accountability (Saturn) as well as freedom (Uranus),
and of course these two planets are now in aspect. But what
impressed me (personally, as an astrologer) most, was how he spoke about
the use (and misuse) of power, for indeed, this is the theme of today
and the future, ever since Pluto entered Capricorn (since November 2008
that is).
To recap
in a short summary what I wrote years ago about the Pluto entry into
Capricorn: (on http://www.astrologie.ws/plutocp.htm)
:
1) 1913:
Pluto enters a new cycle, going into Cancer. The world is in
turmoil, WO I starts soon thereafter. It is the People that wish
to overthrow aristocratic power and wish to take power themselves. The
people without power were women, black people and poor people in general.
2)
upward movement: as Pluto moves "upward" through the
zodiac (place 0 Cancer on the IC) slowly but surely those who were
"down" in 1913 come to the rise and it culminates now in
2008-2009 with Pluto at 0 Capricorn opposite that point. (Astrologically
it could have either been a woman or a black person to win the US
elections).
3) in
between and during this upward movement, just to recap: from 0
Cancer to approx 15 Leo: the first semisquare: WOI & WOII, at 15 Leo
the babyboom starts.
4) from
15 Leo to 0 Libra (the sixties): the rise of the working class.
Wages implode. The poor of the past start to make it.
Emancipation of women.
5) from
0 Libra to 15 Scorpio (1971-1989): Emancipation of the
Afro-Americans in the US
6) from
15 Scorpio till 0 Capricorn: (1989-2008): Islam power on the rise (an
attempt to emancipate, but maybe it needs
the entire second half of the Pluto cycle to accomplish that... for
suppression is rampant. South Africa: emancipation of the
black people. Huge salaries for the once poor people of the past
in the west and also in India and China the scene is set for change.
7) And
now things both turn around as well as culminate. We are in the Full
Moon phase of the Pluto cycle of power. Large companies and banks
who misused power are going under. Just as the aristocracy did from 1913
onwards. Pluto in Capricorn is about the right use of power. In
1913 with Cancer it was about families, now it is in Capricorn and it is
about corporations and administrations. I.e. the same, yet opposite,
typical of a Full Moon phase. If I hear Obama speak, I think to
myself, wow, what a great expression of what indeed is the highest
potential of Pluto in Capricorn: the people once downtrodden, now in
power, how are they going to use it? Obama's speech was inspired, the
best possible. And yes, he will be in for an enormous challenge with
Saturn entering his 8th house soon. I wish him all the luck in the
world and may his ideals become reality.
The
rest of January:
We are
living in interesting times... all these planets in Aquarius currently,
they bring us surprise after surprise, sometimes shocking, sometimes
exciting.
Monday
January 26th we will have an eclipse at the time of the new Moon, thus a
solar eclipse (to be followed by a lunar eclipse February 9). I
expect it will bring many changes in a) relationships in Europe and b) a
change of plans politically and administratively in the USA (looking at
the charts for Greenwich, resp. Washington). But Mercury is still
retrograde, the lunar eclipse is to come and will change things again a
fortnight later. So nothing is certain. That is for sure:-)