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Today the big story on cable news, at least here in the United States, is the looming federal government shutdown. That’s supposed to happen Tuesday, they tell us. I am impressed by how nonchalantly the whole thing is being taken, and how a small minority of Republicans in the House of Representatives is managing to run the whole show — apparently, into a wall.
This has happened before, in the 1990s, under the leadership of the aptly-named reptilian Newt Gingrich, a Republican who was speaker of the house. When in doubt, throw a tantrum.
Mercury ingressed Scorpio Sunday, joining the grand water trine. Speaking of Scorpio, the Sun making a square to Pluto (the modern ruler of Scorpio, exact Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 9:27 pm EDT, chart below) and as it does, getting fully involved in the Jupiter-Uranus-Pluto-Typhon configuration (formerly known here as the Uranus-Pluto square).
Also on Tuesday, Mercury enters the shadow phase of its autumn retrograde, which is from Oct. 21 to Nov. 11. Due to the retrograde, Mercury will be in Scorpio for about two months. Then Friday, the New Moon happens in Libra with the Sun and Moon (together, in a conjunction for this event) square Jupiter, opposite Uranus, square Pluto and conjunct Typhon. This is the peak astrology of the year — we are in the big moment, which extends well into November. As we slip into this churning, bubbling whirlpool of intrigue, which has great potential for us as individuals, a few politicians in DC are playing a game of chicken with the federal government.
This can impact the millions who work there and the hundreds of millions of people who depend on it for things like defense (occasionally necessary, and meanwhile the military will not get paid), air traffic control and national parks being open so people who use them can have fun and/or do business (such as guided rafting tours). We covered this in Friday’s POL column, which I will share with you here in case you don’t receive our member mailings — it gives most of the background you need.