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June 2010

Lunation Madness Month:

On June 12^th, we will experience a New Moon conjunct Mars in Gemini and square Neptune in the U.S.A. natal chart.  On June 26^th, we will have a Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn conjunct transiting Pluto opposition the U.S.A. Venus, whose effect I have discussed at length in previous newsletters.

Recent History:

To many of us, it seems as if the world has gone mad.  Our financial institutions turn out to be not much more than criminal casino syndicates who have bribed our legislators into eliminating laws that effectively regulated our economy and formerly (in the good ole days)  made us the envy of the world.  These same banksters pushed a subprime real estate bubble that anesthetized people who were losing wages into thinking they could have the American Dream, then while millions of citizens lost their homes, made a lot of money betting against them.   Monopolistic corporations have more or less gotten rid of the “labor problem” by getting rid of American jobs through outsourcing to cheap labor abroad or sponsoring undocumented labor pouring across our borders whose presence has resulted in the recent new law in Arizona.  The biggest corporate entities are the oil cartels whose close relationship with a compliant government and negligence in the Gulf has literally turned BP’s name to mud, while Atlantic coastal life is and will continue to be choked and throttled out of existence, including that of many human beings who are out there trying to save it.

Meanwhile, we continue to fight two wars that cost nearly half of the U.S. budget Republicans are howling about and most economists think will collapse our nation into an avalanche of debt.  North Korea recently torpedoed a South Korean vessel, threatening to start up the Korean War again.  The U.S. Mars activation could mean being in the middle of the Korean conflict, in the middle of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict,  in the middle of the Iran nuclear arms challenge, in the middle of the ongoing ethnic street battles in Iraq, and the seemingly endless and futile fighting in Afghanistan.

The Lunar Eclipse on the 26^th is only the half way point with regard to volcanoes erupting, earthquakes quaking, and environmental accidents accelerating.  In addition to the Gulf oil explosion, we have had severe coal mining accidents both here and in China and an oil leak in the neglected Alaskan pipeline.  We expect Pres. Obama to “fix” something right away that has been in the making for about 40 years.  The present set of tragedies involved corruption galore in the government, abundant selfishness and greed in the corporate culture, and a public-at-large “dumbed down” into senselessness by a compliant media (who are now screaming at the President as if he were the only one who for years has been lolling in bed with the corporate world), and the millions of ordinary citizens whose wish was to avoid the serious responsibility involved in the maintenance of a real and authentic democracy.  There is enough blame to go around for all of us and the sooner we stop pointing fingers and accept the responsibility, the sooner we will begin the march toward real and meaningful change.

The Economy:

Between June 3^rd and June 10^th, Mars is opposition Neptune while Mercury is square Neptune.  This is news we generally do not want to hear, lending a pessimistic tone to economic projections.  This also frequently means severe weather along coastal areas.  However, between the 10^th and 11^th, when Mercury is sextile both Jupiter and Uranus, and Mars is trine Pluto between the 11^th and the 16^th, there may be news that lends more optimism.  As Jupiter is conjunct Uranus in Aries this month, a new technological breakthrough may be unveiled.  This is also a configuration that favorably aspects Pres. Obama’s natal Moon and Mercury, helping him to clarify his approach to both the oil eruption and the economy.  He may announce new investments in sustainable energy technologies.   As far as the Gulf oil catastrophe is concerned, I think it will take until September, when Venus and Mars in Libra trine Neptune (oil) before this will be fixed.  Saturn is still inconjunct Neptune through the end of July and Mars is inconjunct Neptune through July 26^th.  These are definitive signatures for the oil eruption.  Needless to say, those who make their living fishing in the Gulf coast will be suffering immeasurably.  I do think a lot of workers will be on these beaches working to clean things up and build protective barrier islands, since Mars is transiting Virgo between the 8^th of June and the 29^th of July.

The gold bugs will be happy on the 15^th as Venus in Leo is trine Jupiter and Uranus.  However, this market will be very volatile as currency crises throughout the world continue to plague sovereign nations and people will buy the dollar thinking it is safer while others will deem the dollar as innately unsafe and opt for being in gold.  My take is that the dollar is not a safe haven as our debts continue to increase.  September through December, Venus will transit Scorpio, will go retrograde October 8^th and will go direct in Libra November 18^th.  September and October are good for gold but gold is likely to drop in November reaching a low as the dollar reaches a high around the 18^th.  December configurations are generally economically pessimistic and gold will be the place to be safe.

War and the World:

Between now and August, there continue to be tendencies for civil wars and conflicts in all the old places mentioned above.  When Saturn, Venus and Mars enter Libra in August, there may be more efforts made to move toward peacemaking.  The New Moon on the U.S. Mars on the 12^th of this month emphasizes the two wars we are still fighting and complications involved in our getting out.

The Lunar Eclipse conjunct Pluto, June 26th.

I have written about this eclipse in my past two newsletters.  In addition to environmental disasters such as the Gulf oil eruption, volcanoes are now erupting in Ecuador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Iceland.  It is still uncertain whether Katla, the larger volcano in Iceland will erupt which could cause serious worldwide climate damage.  My take is that there will be more earthquakes and volcanoes acting up through January of 2011.  I cannot predict with certainty how serious these tectonic events will be.  Central and South America, China, Japan,  Indonesia, Iceland, and the Pacific “ring of fire” areas are the most at risk.    

Final Thoughts:

As the most moving Memorial Day ceremonies unfolded last month, I was reminded that the Japanese military commander at the start of World War II commented when they attacked Pearl Harbor, that they had “awakened the sleeping giant”. Never were truer words spoken as against all odds, we helped to win the war and arose as the foremost economic and military power in the world.  We developed a system of equal opportunities for people-at-large never seen before in human history.

Then, the “giant” went to sleep.  While the “people” slept, the U.S. took on aspects of the Roman Empire, using its military to control oil and gas reserves throughout the world, installing puppet leaders, and transferring wealth away from the middle class into the pockets of Plutocrats and monopolies.  It became engaged in wars that are threatening to bankrupt the nation.  By the creation of complex and unprecedented financial instruments, the economy became a global roulette game, drawing in and seducing leaders of other nations until their sovereign wealth collapsed.  Meanwhile the energy from fossil fuels that built modern civilization has reached “peak” status and, more importantly, has revealed itself to be a threat to ecological survival. 

The giant is now rubbing his eyes and awakening to a nightmare of such gravity, he does not know where to turn.  The giant is no longer the American Empire, but it is the people all over the planet that are irrevocably linked within a biological web of life and a newly compelling spiritual spiral of light.  The old world of predator and prey is coming to an end as we are beginning to understand that  cannibalizing our planet is the way to a quick ending to the human experiment.   

As the Hindu, the Maya, and the Hopi all predicted, if we so choose, we are at the threshold of a new and dimensionally advanced consciousness in which the most apparent and obvious will soon reveal itself to all who are open and receptive.  And we may be filled with awe of a love so great and embracing that every creature on earth will know the true meaning of our lives, as the most amazing constellation of prophecies will be fulfilled.  Stay tuned!

Linda

 Linda

Linda Schurman

We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth... For my part, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst; and to provide for it.  .....Patrick Henry