{"id":44334,"date":"2011-08-23T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T17:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=44334"},"modified":"2011-09-25T16:42:15","modified_gmt":"2011-09-25T20:42:15","slug":"texas-two-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/campaign-2012\/texas-two-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Two-Step"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the astrology of 2012 heats up, politics will too. During times like these, we often turn to our friend Nancy Sommers and her blog, Starlight News<\/strong> — a concise and welcome resource for political astrology. Here is her entry on Texas Governor Rick Perry, one of the more strident potential Republican nominees to challenge President Barack Obama in the 2012 general elections. — fb<\/em><\/p>\n

By Nancy Sommers, of “Starlight News”<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Another swaggering, brash Texas Governor appealing to America\u2019s shallow desire for simple, bold answers to complex problems. What could possibly go wrong?\u00a0 Terrorists? Smoke \u2018em out! Need jobs? Get out of the way of business!\u00a0 It is easy as apple pie. All those pesky little details like insufficient wages, unaffordable health care, deteriorating education, crumbling infrastructure, and unregulated pollution will just sort themselves out by the magic of the free market. Welcome to the world of Rick Perry, the overnight sensation and GOP frontrunner for the presidency of the United States.<\/p>\n

According to Rick Perry, not only is Climate Change a hoax, but it has been pushed by money-grubbing scientists who faked the data. Not only does Perry disagree with the quantitative easing practiced by the Federal Reserve to help us out of the recession, but the Fed Chairman is treasonous for even suggesting it and would by lynched should he ever come to Texas. In Perryland, Social Security and Medicare are unconstitutional, and the troops don\u2019t respect their current Commander-in-chief, who, by the way, doesn\u2019t really love America. Hyperbole is too soft a word to describe the Texas-sized firebombs hurled by the new arrival to the GOP podium.<\/p>\n

Despite not having had a goodie-filled tent with which to dazzle the voters at the Iowa Straw Poll, Perry offers the meatiest, most blood-dripping smorgasbord available to the carnivorous zombies of the Republican base. For the rest of us, the goal is to keep the contagion from spreading, like it notoriously did in The Walking Dead, that AMC special where the world is ravaged by a zombie epidemic.<\/p>\n

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Proposed birth chart of Rick Perry, attributed to astrologer Raul Davila, which Davila says he confirmed with the office of the County Clerk. The data was published on the Internet last Thursday and is circulating rapidly among astrologers. This chart reveals a native who has persistent problems with women, and who has deeply rooted aggressive tendencies in his relationships.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What we have seen in the past few days is only a mini-sized version of what we will be subjected to should Perry win the GOP nomination.\u00a0Over the weekend of his official announcement, the Sun\/Venus conjunction opposed his natal Jupiter (21 Aquarius) which signaled the huge and clamorous welcome he received by the media, who tripped all over themselves trumpeting his charisma while essentially drowning out the other candidates, including Michelle Bachman who had just won the Iowa Straw Poll. Meanwhile, transiting Mars moved to square Perry\u2019s natal Mars\/South Node conjunction (7-8 Libra), and we were treated to his white-hot rhetorical grenades, otherwise known as Texas swagger.<\/p>\n

The hope from the saner among us, who would prefer future US policy based on fact rather than sound-bite, is that Perry will be put to pasture in the primaries. The long Saturn station of late December 2011 through early March 2012 will be sesquiquadrate his Sun (13Pisces36), possibly restricting and frustrating his march forward. Transiting Saturn will also oppose Jupiter (28Aries35) in the US\/Perry composite (midpoint) chart during the same period, potentially adding to his difficulties.<\/p>\n

But it is hard to overestimate the high voltage of the configuration that will take hold of Perry from May 2012 through the election and beyond.\u00a0The Uranus\/Pluto square of 2012 will light up his chart with Uranus conjunct the North Node (7Aries31) and square Mars (8Libra22), while Pluto is square the North Node and opposite Mars. This comes while his solar arc Venus (7Aries) will be conjunct his North Node from December 2011 through early December 2012.\u00a0What this powerful configuration suggests is a very aggressive, fierce, and focused candidate (Mars\/Uranus\/Pluto) who will nonetheless remain very appealing (solar arc Venus) throughout 2012.\u00a0Further adding to the Perry charisma quotient will be progressed Venus square natal Uranus (March 2012 through February 2013) and converse Jupiter conjunct Venus (2012 through 2016).<\/p>\n

Although I am not yet ready to rule out other possibilities for the GOP nomination, the blazing energy manifesting through Rick Perry will be formidable. As for the November election, Perry will run into some difficulties in October (transiting Saturn semisquare natal Moon\/Saturn), and in mid to late November and early December (transiting Saturn square natal Venus and quincunx natal Node). In addition, his solar return chart for March 2012 brings with it a tight Sun\/Mars\/Saturn\/Venus configuration that could cause him some frustration and cast a shadow over the year. As much as I would like to, however, I cannot rule out the potential for a win for this brazen, right-wing radical who is cloaked in a folksy charm and ready to pack heat in any situation, both literally and figuratively.<\/p>\n

I would also not rule out that Perry might be willing to lead a Tea Party renegade movement against the establishment Republican and President Obama if Perry is blocked in the primaries. In any event, 2012 promises to be a wild year as the Uranus\/Pluto square comes into full expression for the first time, likely bringing rebellion and volatility into the public square. It also seems probable that Rick Perry will be riding the eye of the storm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the astrology of 2012 heats up, politics will too. During times like these, we often turn to our friend Nancy Sommers and her blog, Starlight News — a concise and welcome resource for political astrology. Here is her entry on Texas Governor Rick Perry, one of the more strident potential Republican nominees to challenge … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1741],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}