The Chart of
August 4, 2006 (with charts)
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Dear Friends, Near and Far:
This is a good moment to take advantage of a very handy
property of astrology: the cool detachment that it allows; and the perspective
that it grants.
It finally occurred to me to check the chart of Israel last
night, so I pulled my copy of the Book of World Horoscopes by Nick Campion off
the shelf (this is the definitive book, if you're looking for charts of
countries and big events in world history, and it was recently revised and
re-released), and learned that the time of Israeli independence is known to the
minute: A meeting chaired by Ben Gurion that began when he struck his gavel
promptly at 4 pm in Tel Aviv, on May 14, 1948. I don't have a lot to say about
this chart at this point, but mainly what I want to point out is there can be
no doubt this is indeed the chart of Israel, and that it's very active right
now. Indeed, it's all too rich for words. Have a look:
Look up to and the to left: the 10th/11th house, which is
covered by Cancer and Leo. We have four planets up there: the Moon, Pluto, Saturn
and Mars in Leo. The 10th house, and the 11th, are the house where you make
your impression on the world. I would say that a Leo Moon, a Pluto- Saturn
conjunction, plus Mars, all make quite the impression. The Moon is the ruler of
the Cancer 10th house cusp but does not stray far from the cusp, showing up a
few degrees later in the very next sign.
It is the Leo Moon that characterizes the outer personality
of
Sliding over just a little bit, we have the Saturn-Pluto
conjunction. I could have guessed that
The ascendant is revealing. Libra is rising. No matter what
you do, things look good. You could take a big, moody scorpion born with Libra
rising and everyone would want it for a pet.
Israel has this charmed quality -- one of the most striking
things about this little country is how well it's able to maintain its image of
righteousness even amidst the most horrid situations, and no matter who is
right or wrong.
However, behind the scenes is
One other feature in this chart worth writing about is the
8th house Taurus Sun. The 8th house grants an affinity for crisis. This is,
after all, the house of death and sex, and it can translate to the house of
"all is fair in love and war." But whatever may be fair or not, if
you have an 8th house Sun, you don't have a boring life -- at whatever cost
that comes. It's better to state your price, and state your goals, so you don't
get too carried away.
We can see we have a chart that describes the condition and
the personality of Israel, but what is more impressive is how much Leo there is
in the sky right now, at what may turn out to be the decisive moment in
Israel's history so far. As we all know, Saturn is in Leo right now, so Israel
is heading not only for a Saturn return (its second) but also Saturn conjunct
Pluto. Plus, Neptune in Aquarius is and has been opposing
The entire Pluto in Leo generation (1937-1957, which
includes some pre-war babies, and then the Baby Boom) is having Saturn transit
over its natal Pluto right now, though only those born around the first eight
years or so have experienced the transit directly; for the rest, it will arrive
over the next year or so. This, by the way, is a point worth developing in an
article, and I'm currently brewing a Planet Waves Weekly essay on the subject;
we will look for a question here that highlights the theme as well.
Let's just say that transiting Saturn conjunct natal Pluto
is not bringing out the more liberal and life-affirming properties of Leo; just
like the conjunction in a natal chart, it's likely to be associated with a
hard-line attitude, but what we're going to see, I think, is how far this
attitude goes before it goes too far. The discovery will likely be that it's
all gone too far. (On this topic, I nearly fell off my chair Wednesday, when I
saw a copy of the London Times in the café where I was writing this column, and
noticed that Tony Blair gave a speech in Los Angeles of all places saying that
we had gone a little too far on the military part of the "War on
Terror" and that maybe a more moderate approach would be a good idea. I
guess better late than never, but how much better is a good question.)
As regards this Leo collection of planets in the
The Full Moon can go off like, well, like a lunatic, and
this event is all over
This Full Moon leads promptly into the exact opposition of
Saturn and Neptune (Aug. 31), then in to a series of eclipses, one of which
(solar) opposes
Today's Astrology Secrets Revealed looks at a variety of
questions, most of them fairly personal, but before we get there, I'd like to
invite you over to Planet Waves, where we have a daily photo and blog, lots of
articles, and two new August horoscopes posted. The ASR (Astrology Secrets
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Today's edition of ASR was prepared with the help of Paloma
Todd, Arwynne O'Neill and Rachael Stillman at Planet Waves, and Vanessa Lawton
and Deirdre Ahern, our web producers at Cainer.com. Thank you all. Thanks for
reading!
Yours & truly,
ERIC FRANCIS
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