The
chart of Chile
What a
remarkable news item: a quake or aftershock during the inauguration
of a new president; above the chart of Chile, from the Book of World
Horoscopes by Campion. It is the chart for the approximate
moment of the end of theBattle of Maipu where the spanish army was
defeated in their attempy to crush down the Chilean freedom fighters;
thus Chile's independence became definite. There is a square
between Pluto (ruling the 4th) and Neptune (ruling the 8th) in this
chart, which currently is broken open by the transit of Uranus
almost square Neptune and just past its conjunction with Pluto in
the 8th house. Pluto not only rules the South Node but also the 4th
hous, in the 8th; at the time it indicated a big change of power of
the land, and now with Uranus on top, it again does the land shake
on its foundations. Pretty heavy transits, pretty heavy occurences.
Aries
is on its way
Spring starts
March 20 at 5.44 pm UT time, which means that the Sun will enter the
sign of Aries. But March 7 Venus will do so already, and Mercury on
March 17. More important is that Mars, the ruler of Aries will at
long last turn Direct again next week, on Wednesday March 10 at 5.07
pm UT time. Over here we noticed its retrograde motion in the fire
sign of Leo quite well given that it was a very cold winter. However,
it has not been a depressing winter with all the snow, as snow
reflects light and makes the world bright and shiny. But expect the
weather to turn around when Mars goes Direct. The days are
already lengthening in the Northern hemisphere, one can almost smell
the spring, but not quite yet, with Mars still
retrograde.
During the
previous Full Moon last week I had a tough time dealing with all the
pressure and busy-ness. I had to do something about it. All of
a sudden I decided to deal with it in a different manner
beyond using the Moon in Virgo as in ordening things. I
changed my attitude by a mere decision, and all of a sudden the
psychological pressure was gone and I became extremely cheerful.
Taking an inner decision (Mars retro) is like making a conscious
choice (Aries). How do we deal with everyday things? It goes
even deeper, many things in our life are governed by unconscious
decisions of allowing things to be. We can for instance
unconsciously allow ourselves to be sick (which is good sometimes),
or suffer from something. But we can also decide differently,
and make a conscious choice for something else. Nothing
so wonderful as the sign of Aries to change your life magically
around by way of an act of will, choice or decision. With Mars retro
it can be an inner decision, the outer world does not have to comply
immediately, it is our attitude that counts.
Next week Venus
will, when in Aries get into an opposition with Saturn in Libra,
Tuesday March 9. That day can become a disappointment, the more so
if you think only about your own decisions and not take others into
consideration:-) And Friday March 14 she will square Pluto which
bodes for another low on the financial markets that day.