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Date Posted: 11:48:06 08/24/02 Sat
Author: somebody
Subject: Astrology 101

Date: Sun Apr 30 2000 07:52
Mike Sheller (mozel - Astrology 101) ID#348257:
Copyright © 2000 Mike Sheller/Kitco Inc. All rights reserved
Given the lucidity and power of your mind ( and I truly mean that with no facetiousness intended whatsoever ) I think it might be interesting for you to consider, if you will pardon the seeming affrontery, an astrological equation. It is a simple, yet powerful one, and may serve to offer you a view of astrology as a tool of analysis that allows the ancient art to live and breathe and have its being free, for a moment, of all the "Babylonian" baggage and bullshit that has adhered to it in the minds of so many for so long. I find that, as in any discipline, art, science or craft, many speak about, and criticize, things they know nothing of. This is unfair to their own minds, and both that which they speak about, and those who ply the particular craft, art, or science.

Consider this very compelling construction if you will, and perhaps you will not only catch a glimpse into how astrology can serve the mind, but how it actually functions and what it is, in its internal components. I will keep it basic:

A horoscope is simply a "snapshot" of the celestrial bodies and their referential relationship to the degrees of the Zodiac at the moment an entity comes into being on the surface of the Earth. At any given time, and continuously like a clockwork, the planets are making angular relationships to each other in their orbits. The interrelationship of these angles, and planetary "natures" all have certain "meanings" and points of analysis to the astrologer. For each planet, like each metal for instance, has a different "quality" and represents a different component of metaphysical "category".

Now not only does every entity which has a point ( and location ) at which it comes into being ( be it a man, a dog, a corporation, an institution, a nation ) have a blueprint of its destiny in a horoscope, but the continually cycling planets and relating points of the Zodiac in relation to that horoscope has meaning, and is the clockwork of the destiny that is to come. This is so because this is a universe of LAWS, and the Law must be made evident in some ways, else it is a weapon of a demented deity and a cruel joke. I do not believe in the Deity being demented.

So man can discover The Law in his heart, in his mind, and in the works of the nature machine, the physical "universe" in which his physical body resides. Why should it be otherwise?

Observe now, a simple but awesome astrological equation, and decide for yourself if there is either merit, or "coincidence" in its contemplation:

At the turn of May/June, for about 3 days, the 2 largest planets in the solar system will conjunct, as they do every 12 years or so. Jupiter and Saturn will, at that "moment" be together at 23 degrees Taurus. This is science. It has nothing to do with Babylonian mysteries or religious fundamentalist consternation. It is simply a fact. Astronomically it is a relatively rare, or certainly infrequent phenomenon. Astrologically, it is quite significant.

Consider now, if you will, that this momentous conjunction occurs on the exact degree of the position of the planet Mercury in the horoscope of the New York Stock Exchange. Between Sun, Moon and planets other than Earth ( we are considering Geocentric Astrology here ) there are only 10 bodies to consider. Out of 360 degrees in the Zodiac, it is very riveting to find NYSE Mercury at that particular degree. But wait, there's more!

It also "happens" that the Sun, a key body, in Israel's natal horoscope is at 23 degrees Taurus as well. President Clinton's Sun is at 25 Taurus, within a scant 2 degrees of exact "square" ( astrologically, this is a geometrically significant 90 degree angle ) with 23 Taurus. Angles and their nearness to exactitude are very important in the art of astrology. Squares are generally assumed to express as stress aspects unless they prove otherwise. Astrologers look for the 90 degree angle, and its approach, to exteriorize a crisis situation that must be resolved, else it goes on to cycle a new and added layer of difficulties for the entity that must adjust this destiny, or "karma." Earlier in its cycle, when Jupiter OPPOSED Clinton's Sun from 25 Aquarius, the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke, subjecting the President and the nation to over a year of excruciating events. The possibility here is that the square may not be much better, for either Clinton or America. The President will definitely be a central figure in the events and/or crisis that emerges in this new window.

The current Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak, having been born at HaSharon on February 12, 1942, has his own horoscope Sun at 23 degrees Aquarius - another right angle, this time from the opposite side of the Zodiac from Clinton, to the Jupiter/Saturn conjunction. And his Saturn is at 22 degrees Taurus - just a degree away from the conjunction degree, while his Uranus is 26 Taurus! NOTE: his Mars at 16 degrees may give early warning as to the nature of this crisis when Jupiter conjuncts it this coming week.

Astrologers believe that when "aspects" like these ( these are very big, not so subtle aspects ) loom in the future, one can assume with a reasonable measure of certainty, that a significant situation will emerge in the time window described for the entities drawn together and linked by these bodies, degrees, and angles.

Exactly WHAT will happen is a matter of interpretation. Clearly one could make the case here that the Jupiter/Saturn conjunction may be flagging a period of world attention focused on the Middle East, Clinton, Barak, Israel, and, of course, the New York Stock Exchange. Each according to their wisdom may conjecture a scenario that might unfold in this time window ( roughly late May into June ) . Best case scenario, perhaps a monumental peace breakthrough in the Middle East, with much credit going to Mr. Clinton. Worst case scenario...well, it doesn't take much imagination for that part of the world.

Last but certainly not least, we observe a chart of the T-Bond Futures contract inception, based on the date: August 22, 1977, Chicago, IL, 8:30 a.m. CDT. We note that "archetypal" T-Bond Futures' Saturn is at 21 degrees Leo, just 2 degrees ahead of exact square with NYSE Mercury, while the Sun in this chart is at 29 Leo. T-Bond Saturn ( authority, dependability, structure, law ) will receive a square from the Jupiter/Saturn conjunction, just prior to its exactitude on top of NYSE Mercury. Then the conjunction will move on, so that both planets will take turns squaring T-Bond Sun through the summer, while conjuncting NYSE Sun.

So we have the recipe here for not only a geopolitical situation of the first magnitude, but a market reaction worthy of it as well. Easy to follow, this astrological equation has its value in many ways. It can alert individuals and institutions, months, even years ( even decades ) in advance that there may be significant activity for the entities involved. Like a weather report, certainly no tool of the Devil, intelligent people can be forewarned and observant. For those whose intelligence describes a world in which the treachery and chicanery of man demand constant vigilance, astrology, properly applied, and properly valued, can be a very helpful tool in gauging just what shoe may be about to drop...and when.

So as you can see, Astrology is no more a "religion" than the practice of medicine - another art based on science. People make religions of many things. The least threatening of which, in my opinion, is astrology. No astrologer ever burned a cleric at the stake, as far as I can recall.

Perhaps late May/early June will pass uneventfully. Perhaps not.
We shall see. But perhaps this brief Astrology 101 lesson will prove a fruitful exercise in exposure to an even broader universe than once imagined.

Let us hope. For that is the purpose of ALL 101's, isn't it?

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