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MAY 2007

As the Sun transits the sign of Taurus symbolizing the earth and it’s teeming multitudes of life, we are being forced to face the part we are playing in the great mass extinction of plant and animal life currently underway.  Unlike mega volcanoes erupting or meteors colliding with earth, this is the first catastrophe we ourselves have initiated.  From greenhouse warming due to the massive use of fossil fuels to pollution that poisons the air, the waterways and the land, our population of approximately 6.5 billion people has so interfered with nature’s ancient craftsmanship that we may bring it all to an end.  Already, 70% of the honeybees have died, severely reducing the necessary cross-pollination process necessary to agriculture.  Frogs have been dying out all over the planet.  These are only two examples among countless others alarming scientists and thinking, caring human beings all over the world.

Mothers’ Day

On May 13^th, Mothers’ Day, transiting Mars is square Pluto (setting off the March 19^th solar eclipse) and the Sun is square Neptune.  Once again, we are being confronted with the consequences of violence, war, severe economic inequities, and environmental destruction.  People who do not face these issues squarely and commit themselves to the solutions are, quite frankly, going over the edge of sanity.  The widely examined mass murder/suicide at Virginia Tech is a symptom of a litany of failures our current civilization has brought upon itself.  We need to open our eyes.  Business as usual cannot continue.

It has been brought to my attention that on Mothers’ Day, there will be thousands of mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers meditating for peace, the restoration of life, safety for their young, and a new world filled with hope and light.  I intend to be among these women who will lift their eyes and hearts in concert with that which is greater than the self.  This blinding love, like a mother’s for her child may, indeed, rescue us from oblivion.

The Economy:

 You can expect that this frothy, bull market that I predicted in previous newsletters will have a crisis this month as Venus opposes Pluto and Mercury is square Neptune on the 7^th, and Mars is square Pluto as the Sun is square Neptune on the 13^th.  These market swings are typical of 1929 scenarios.  I think the real trouble will accompany the severe crises in September.  Until that point, expect whiplash!  From May 25^th to June 22^nd, the Dow may reach new “highs”.  The derivative bubble is the next to break.  The real estate market is in the worst downturn in many years, but the worst is yet to come.  Between now and the end of June, houses in areas not heavily populated by sub-prime buyers will still do reasonably well.  You can sell your property but have to lower the price to a more rational level. 

 The dollar will continue its fall and may go “under 80”, scaring a lot of investors who do not fall for the current spin that Europeans and Japanese will fall all over themselves to come over here and shop in American malls.  Those of you who read this newsletter regularly know that I am a Gold Bull.  About a year from now (Spring 2008) gold may reach a major “high”.  This month’s fluctuations are hard to predict since the “Cabal” will do its best to keep it down amidst monumental instability in the general markets.  However, it is becoming increasingly more difficult for them to be effective.  

Politics:

 The scandals that plague Washington (deservedly so) will continue to escalate this month.  The combination of lies, incompetence, deception and corruption will avalanche into the public eye and can no longer be avoided or ignored. 

 The much-too-early campaigns for President seem to expose the flaws and frayed nerves behind their rather contrived facades.  It seems to be all about who has the big bucks.  After the crises coming up in September, money will not save those who are affected. 

The whole picture will change by the time the primaries take place.

The War:

I truly wish I could see positive signs of change but the Pluto square Mars points to even more dire consequences of this war and more lives ended.  The current Iraq government has all but collapsed and has been ineffective in uniting the ethnic groups fighting both American soldiers and each other.  A political solution involving other Middle Eastern nations has been ignored by the Bush administration.  Between May 16^th and June 24^th, Mars transits Aries, escalating the conflict.

Other Nations:

 Pakistan is developing more trouble within its government and this increases toward the last Saturn/Neptune opposition on June 25^th.  The President needs to look over his shoulder to those who conspire against him.  He is our ally against the terrorists who cross over from Afghanistan. 

 France is holding a runoff election this month that may, once again, be too close to call.

 Japan has had a rash of earthquakes recently and may experience another one this month.

 China will likely announce they are reinvesting their profits in environmental cleanup projects, scaring multinational corporations.  It is pathetic that doing the right thing scares off the speculators and investors.

 Israel will experience harsh aspects of the New Moon on the 16^th to their natal Mars.  Consequences for last summer’s attack on Lebanon will be felt.  Many people of Israel are not aligned with their current government’s policies.

Weather & Travel:

 Between May 1^st and 15^th, the transit of Mars in Pisces suggests a lot of precipitation and stormy weather going across the nation from West to East.  Flooding will be a problem.  Best travel dates: the 22^nd through the 23^rd.

Final Thoughts:

 E.O Wilson, world-renowned biologist and Harvard University professor, author and Pulitzer Prize winner wrote recently in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

 “Life on this planet can stand no more plundering.  Quite apart from obedience to the universal moral imperative of saving living nature – the Creation – based upon religion and science alike, conserving biodiversity is the best economic deal humanity has ever had placed before it since the invention of agriculture.

 The time to act is now.  Those living today will either win the race against extinction or lose it for all time.  They will earn either everlasting honor or everlasting contempt.”

About twenty years ago, I had a vision that came to me when I was in a deep meditation.  I saw a future of humans orbiting the earth in satellites looking down on a planet of green forests, clear rivers, and teaming with life.  These people had embraced a science that restored the health, beauty and magnificence of our planet.  Just as important was my impression of them as having an aura of calm intelligence, effortless wisdom, and an inner peace far in advance of those of us living here today.

Perhaps this is the time for us to look at all the ills and evils we have avoided through the ages.  Perhaps this is a painful confrontation, necessary for us to exorcize all the ancient demons who seem to be set loose, as if the Biblical Book of Revelation written about the Roman Empire lives again today. 

Let us pray for the healing to come, for the restoration of the gift of life, for a new human vehicle of expression beyond anything we have ever known before.