November 2006
 

This is a month that is reflective of conflict, confusion, and clashes among people in powerful positions throughout the world.  The arc of the full moon in the 13th degree of Taurus on the 5th through the new moon in the 29th degree of Scorpio is a sad reminder that whoever has the cash  has the power for these are the astrological signs of personal and collective ownership and finance.  We are a very long way from a government “by the people and for the people”.

The Elections:

Mercury is retrograde this month until the 18th.  On Election Day, it conjuncts Venus with both square to Neptune, the planet of confusion and deception.  My take on this is that there will be breakdowns and subterfuge connected with computerized voting.  My advice would be to vote by “absentee” paper ballot and watch carefully your local voting apparatus.  Those groups who have been intimidated in the past need to get out there and exercise your right to vote.  This is your power and it is important to use it!

We already know that previous elections have been “thrown”.  We may actually not know who won the Congressional seats until after the 18th.  Mercury’s direct station will square Pres. Bush’s Mercury/Pluto conjunction, symbolizing intensely controversial actions on his part with regard not only to the devastating war in Iraq, but his plans to possibly invade Iran.  This act would be disastrous for the global economy, as Iran would likely retaliate by joining up with other oil nations such as Venezuela to stop selling oil to the U.S.A., raising oil prices through the stratosphere.  Hopefully, someone somewhere will stop the insanity!

Weapons of Mass Deception:

The Saturn/Neptune opposition that began in August this year and will make its last aspect on June 25th of  ’07 points to government lies and deceptions on every level.  Laws that are on the books are likely being ignored by the SEC.  This makes it a free-for-all of non-accountability in the investment world, especially connected with the hundreds of trillions of dollars in derivative trades that stoke the fires in the global roulette-wheel economy.   It should be of vital interest to all of us that David M. Walker, Controller General of the United States Government Accountability Office will be touring the nation, speaking wherever he can between now and the 2008 elections.  His message is that the escalating giant Federal budget deficits are leading us on an absolutely disastrous course.  Walker is in an appointed office that does not need your vote and he will have his job until 2013.  Therefore his only agenda is getting the truth out to the public-at-large.

 It is important to understand that the transit of Pluto in Sagittarius has contributed to  giving global corporations the right to outsource the jobs to cheap labor abroad, especially to countries like China who have few, if any environmental laws; get away with giant tax breaks (especially the oil companies who are not even investing in their dangerously broken down infrastructures); and pay off the U.S. legislature to pass laws that are transferring all the wealth out of the accounts of the struggling tax-paying Middle Class into their own pockets.

Scorpio is a sign associated with detective work and exposure of crime, cover-ups, and hidden agendas.  It is time for the people in the U.S.A. to come out of their collective coma and reclaim their country!

The Economy:

Last month, the market simply rose or fell only slightly, no matter how much bad news was announced.  The housing market fell 10% from a year ago; the largest drop in 35 years.  The trade deficits continue to escalate downward, the budge deficits are record-breaking, real wages are falling, while the upper 2% in income are happy indeed!  We know the Middle Class is becoming extinct as the nation is falling into the category of what has been called the “working poor”.  Family debt now exceeds family assets.  More than 45 million people cannot afford health insurance.  So-called global trade has enabled corporations to outsource millions of jobs to third world labor.  We have now created caste systems in this nation that are so separated from one another that there is a total disconnect.  Consumer confidence is falling and the guys on Wall Street simply can’t understand why!

The dollar’s fall combined with investor’s pessimism is helping to bring gold up this month.  However, as I have said many times before, 2008 will be the year when gold will likely make substantial moves upward.  Things are so serious that simply trying to pay the interest on our budget deficits could bankrupt the economy.  My take is that the Feds will simply give up on inflation and print dollars to deal with the debt.  Eventually, interest rates will rise of their own accord, but for the time being, I think the Federal Reserve will not raise rates.

While the astrological aspects can predict the good or bad news, the ability of most of us to predict buying or selling in the market has been severely curtailed. This is because the “cabal” is busy manipulating the market to suit their dark purposes and fool the public into thinking the economy is in great shape.  The public won’t think so this month.  There will be fairly dramatic fluctuations this month and the many crises coming to a head may take the market to a low.  However, there will be enough good news in December to suggest a frothy Bull Market.  Jupiter goes into Sagittarius on Nov. 25th and will be there until it conjuncts Pluto at 29 degrees of Sagittarius in December of 2007.  This is similar to the period between 1928 and 1929 historically.  By the Autumn of 2007, we will likely be in a recession.  By 2010 we will be experiencing a Depression.   

The Iraq War, Iran, and the Mess in the Middle East:

 The collection of planets in Scorpio (the Sun, Mercury Venus, Mars and Jupiter) have or are forming squares with Neptune (illusion) and Saturn (the establishment.  The war in Iraq will worsen because nobody has a clear plan about how to exit or undo even a fraction of the damage.  Nearly 3,000 American soldiers have died and about 20,000 have been gravely wounded.  According to The Lancet Medical Journal (undertaken by investigators at Johns Hopkins and MIT along with Baghdad’s Mustansiriya University School) estimated about 655,000 Iraqis have perished since the war began.   More information will likely “leak out” this month

I am deeply concerned that Pres. Bush will try to instigate something in Iran between now and the end of Feb. ’07.  The Scorpio lineup cuts deeply into the chart of Israel bringing extremists to the surface and somehow restructuring the government and the political parties.  Scorpio is a sign associated with nuclear power and nuclear weapons.

No. Korea:

No. Korea has recently made overtures to China and other nations to have “talks” concerning their development of nuclear weapons.  Their chart shows them in desperate straits economically and they need to “negotiate” with somebody.  Their government is in trouble this month with the Scorpio planets square their Pluto and their Saturn.  They get their Saturn return in Aug. of 07 and there is a solar eclipse on their Sun in September of 07.  Kim Jong Il, their sociopath dictator may be in real trouble within his own ranks.  Will this push him over the edge?  We will see.

Weather, Earthquakes, and the Environment:

 Nov. 7th through the 18th and Nov. 28th through Dec. 5th are especially difficult for stormy weather and earth instabilities.  There was a major earthquake in Hawaii recently when Mercury was square Neptune.  It is doing it twice this month.  We had extreme storms and high winds across the nation and a terrible wildfire in California.  There was also a severe fire in a British Petroleum oil refinery in Texas.  This is a month to be extremely careful with regard to travel plans.

Good News:

Between Nov. 18th and the 22nd, there may be some technological breakthrough in areas related to energy ( magnet motors?) and medicine (a new drug?).  In spite of the fact there has been little or no publicity here in the U.S.A., inventors throughout the world are coming up with ideas to end our dependency on fossil fuels.  Let’s see if this month brings us some breakthrough in this area.

Final Thoughts:

As I watch the planets in their magnificent motion through the great constellations, foretelling our struggles, our tragedies and our triumphs, I am reminded that an intrinsic astrological concept is that humankind is here not just to endure but to evolve.  All of these events will inform us if we listen; will help us if we reach out, will heal us if we decide to embrace the person next to us.

I am really touched by the books, articles and newsletters that are being published recently.  So many people are summoning the courage to tell the truth while the truth may still be told.  These people are passionate about the survival and progress of our civilization.  They believe that we have got what it takes to face our failures, repair the damage, and create a new kind of life on earth, invested with a quality and resonance we have yet to understand.

And so do I...
Linda
Linda Schurman

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