THE SOOTHESAYER INTERNET

February 2010

“The end of democracy, and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of the lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.”

Thomas Jefferson

America for Sale                  

The recent ruling by the Supreme Court is, in my opinion, the worst decision since they circumvented the Florida voters and brought in the 2000 election for George W. Bush.   Bush’s appointments to The Court have now set the stage.  They have defeated multiple historic laws regulating campaign finance by allowing unions and corporations, even those owned by foreign governments (such as Chinese oil and Saudi oil corporations, giant global hedge funds, etc.) to advertise to their hearts’ content for individual candidates running for office.  The banksters, big pharma, big oil, giant insurance companies, etc., who populate Washington with their multiple lobbyists, now have unlimited funds to dominate media campaigns.  Individual people who are embedded in these corporations are allowed to be invisible and unaccountable.   Regular individual  citizens are currently allowed to contribute a maximum of $2300 per person. 

The non-billionaire population of the USA, many of whom have lost their homes, their jobs, and their retirements, are moving into becoming inmates, soldiers, and homeless people living in tents or with their relatives in basements.  No real regulation of Goldman Sachs’ activity, has happened, whose credit default swaps made big money off AIG who was the counter party and who were “saved” from bankruptcy by TARP money.  In fact, it recently leaked out that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told AIG to keep their mouths shut about this deadly transaction.

Pres. Obama, formerly a professor of constitutional law, is finally and most appropriately outraged, appearing with Paul Volcker at his side, and promising to reform the financial system, and pass a law limiting campaign finance.  Even if this law is passed, the Supremes can also declare this a violation of “freedom of speech”.  America’s descent into corporate rule is demolishing democracy.  The fear-mongering is alive and well with the proposal of full body scanning machines at airports, and the continuance of absurd wars costing billions of dollars, ruining the lives of our young military personnel, to supposedly catch a few hundred terrorists.  Pres. Dwight Eisenhower’s words still ring in my ears:  “Beware the military-industrial complex.”

The Haiti Tragedy

In previous newsletters, I have warned of an escalation of tectonic activity, including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis.  The terrible earthquake in Haiti has highlighted the woes of a nation that was mired in poverty and deprivation before this disaster.   It is forcing us to look at many years of subjugation and plantation slavery in the early years and neo-conservative policies of the U.S.A. in more recent years. This time, Americans are exhibiting their generosity by contributing money and personal effort to rescue their citizens.  Unfortunately, the Saturn/Pluto square hitting Haiti’s Mars/Saturn square will continue through August, adding Uranus and Jupiter to form a T-square.  The June 26^th eclipse conjunct Pluto plays right into this deadly configuration.  All this points to continuing tectonic instability and increasing crises.

The Economy

Although underlying weakness is still with us, Jupiter in Pisces sextile Pluto between the 1^st and the 8^th, gives some encouraging news.  In addition, this aspect will revive health care reform stimulating Congress to  come up with a more modest set of objectives.  It also lends hope that Pres. Obama will change his direction and begin a process of true economic reform that includes breaking up the banking monopolies.  The election in Massachusetts was a wake up call to Washington.  A new stimulus package is likely on the way.  Pres. Obama has finally stood up in protest; to the Supreme Court (in his State of the Union speech), to the Republicans who have presented themselves as the party of obstruction in all things, and to the Banksters when, with Paul Volker at his side, he announced his proposals for real and substantial financial regulation.

There are many people who suspect a “conspiracy” on the part of the rich and powerful to bring down our nation and control the world economy.  My take on this is that it is simple selfishness and greed magnified in geometric proportion to their wealth and power that have led the heads of these institutions to “buy” the government.  They are the same groups who have been deregulating banking, trading, investing, and lending since the early 1980s.  I also think that with the current Saturn/Pluto square, combined with the coming of the Saturn/Uranus/Jupiter opposition between April and August of this year, we will see before us a battle of the Titans. The horoscope of the “new” Goldman Sachs is hit extremely hard by these configurations.  We have watched this financial giant manipulate and gamble with the economy using exotic derivatives and trades, while the assets and households of millions of the people-at-large went down into a black hole.  The other banking giant, JP Morgan Chase is also a massive user of derivatives and has certainly played this game.  What many do not know is that they are ancient rivals.  Goldman Sachs people have dominated the Treasury Dept. giving them an inside track, for years, right into the present with Laurence Summers and protégé, Timothy Geithner lurking in this administration.  Pres. Obama standing up with Paul Volker, past Treasury Secretary and formerly from JP Morgan Chase may indicate a sea change and set the stage for the coming battle ahead.

I highly recommend reading the article by Ellen Brown published on the internet January 28^th, at www.webofdebt.com/articles.  It is entitled “The Battle of the Titans: JP Morgan vs. Goldman Sachs or Why the Market was down for 7 days in a Row.”  She suggests and supports the case for Goldman manipulating the stock market and basically operating the equivalent of a “criminal syndicate”.  This would also explain why many predictors of market cycles, including myself, gave up predicting since we observed the market frequently moving in the opposite direction from facts and indicators with regard to the economy. 

The great financial “conspirators” are fighting each other tooth and nail.  Our government is at war with itself.  The people-at-large are bewildered, feel forsaken and are getting angry.  Between April and August, severe economic and political consequences will make themselves felt.

Gold has recently tanked and the dollar has strengthened.  There may be a major trend reversal in March when Mars goes direct and Jupiter is trine and sextile the nodes.

Wild fluctuations will be present for some time.  Those who buy and hold gold are not in it to “invest” but to protect themselves in turbulent times.  The mortgage market is still tanking, and banks are still failing throughout the nation.  The “real” unemployment figure is close to 20%.  Yet we hear how the economy is “recovering”.  I wonder who they think they are kidding?

Lunations:

The new moon in Aquarius on the 14^th is conjunct Neptune and Chiron near the moon in the chart of the U.S.A. This symbolism points to either illusion or disillusion or both.  We also need to be careful with regard to air travel (Aquarius) due to strange weather conditions.  This placement is in the first house of Pres. Obama, opposes his Uranus and is square his MC.  Could this be when he starts phasing out the bad advisors and bringing in a better team?  We will see.  The full moon in Virgo on the 28^th could signify a stimulus package to create more jobs and another push for health care legislation.

Other nations:

We need to get ready for battles coming up in the Spring.  Iran’s current revolution will escalate in the period between April and August.  Both Iraq and Afghanistan will be coming apart at the seams.  Israel will be moving toward invading someone, possibly Iran, and failed states around the world will be engaging in civil wars.  This month will likely be comparatively quiet.

Final Thoughts:

My husband and I find ourselves conversing into the wee hours of the morning about the fate of humanity and our small part in the trajectory of human history.  We are facing a profound series of crises in economies, climates, resources, and faith in any future at all.  Other periods in earth’s history resembling this brought about climate extremes that caused many species to go extinct.  Later, new species arose, such as ourselves, who were more intelligent and more complex.  Darwin called this “natural selection” or as we commonly refer to it: “survival of the fittest”.  Those who could adapt to the new environment lived and those who could not did not survive.

I think the time has come for what my husband called “intentional evolution”; an expansion of consciousness that we choose to embrace, propelling us into a new and advanced human presence on the planet.   It will require courageously opening ourselves to a less obstructed concept of the universe.   It will demand a heart centered determination to embrace one another and the miracle of our planet’s having given us life in the first place.  

Many of are sensing that this new resonance and way of being is already here with us.  It calls to us out of the darkest hours and in times when we feel most lost.  Let us be quiet and listen to it together.

Linda

 Linda

Linda Schurman