THE SOOTHESAYER INTERNET NEWSLETTER

September 2011

Full Moon is at 19 degrees Pisces 17 minutes square the Nodes on September 12^th; New Moon at 4 degrees of Libra opposition Uranus and square Pluto on September 27^th.

Wild fluctuations and New Frontiers:

Last month’s wild fluctuations that included an East Coast earthquake, an Atlantic hurricane, and stock and commodity markets flailing about, reminded us of the ancient Chinese Curse:  “May you live in interesting times!”

Mercury will oppose Neptune one more time on the 9^th pointing to more high winds and weather extremes.  Venus will be inconjunct Neptune between the 14^th and the 15^th and Mars will be inconjunct Neptune between the 16^th and the 17^th.  We are being made aware that uncertainty is around every corner, whether it is the economy, the climate, or the very earth on which we walk.  Although painful, this all points to the evolutionary changes we need to make in the world and it instructs us that the only real peace resides deep within ourselves.

9/11 

Accompanying the solemn ceremonies around the 10^th anniversary of 9/11, will be an acute awareness of the cost of endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus military special ops teams moving to kill “enemies” within many other nations around the world.  We will have to recognize that our reaction to this historic tragedy has created a greater tragedy.

We will also have to face the facts pointing to our nation’s failing economy and global policies.  We are now staring into the face of a nation divided, as ideological extremes are rearing their heads at a time when we most need unity of purpose.  Instead members of Congress are viciously attacking the president while the Supreme Court has become an extension of the power of transnational capitalists who now possess and control about 90% of the world’s money.  The U.S. has just experienced transiting Saturn returning to its natal Saturn in Libra, the sign of justice, and we are seeing that, at present, “the people” are finding no justice.

The Economy:

With Venus transiting the “jobs” sign of Virgo this month, Pres. Obama is revealing a package of proposals designed to “create” more jobs.  He has appointed Princeton Professor Alan Krueger as his economic guru, whose specialty is labor.  Ironically, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, also from Princeton, was a specialist in The Great Depression. The Republicans will do everything in their power to clobber any legislation to this effect and the Robber Barons will fight to continue their practice of off-shoring jobs, avoiding taxation by off-shoring their bank accounts, ensuring the continuance of tax loopholes, and financing candidates that keep their status quo in place.

Again, this month will see stocks and commodities seesaw way up and way down with the opposition, once again, of Mercury to Neptune.  The nations of the European Union will continue their downward spiral.  Investors will hop in and hop out of stocks, gold, oil and commodities in their desperation to grab whatever wealth they can, while derivatives trades will be bigger than ever and thereby create greater risk of massive losses.

We are in the process of a great shift in our thinking about global economics and will eventually return to local economies that can be more effectively controlled by democratic forces.  This will take years to evolve and will do so by necessity.  Many people will suffer bewilderment and confusion at this time as Neptune has returned to the U.S. Moon in Aquarius until Feb. 4^th, 2012.  Others will tap into a sense of spiritual “oneness” and detach themselves from the mechanistic/materialistic/ narcissistic world that governs economies now and is in the process of disintegrating.

The Middle East and their Revolutions

As Mercury (the messenger) in Leo has been hitting squares in its chart, Israel is struggling with fighting along its borders while the Israeli public is demonstrating against its leadership as their economy is largely benefitting the elite upper classes and they are seeing their foreign policies fail before uncertainties in Arab nations.  Libyan rebels are winning the war and are likely to take over more this month as Saturn is trine their natal Saturn.  Syria’s civil war is longer and more difficult as atrocities are being committed by the Assad government, inflaming the rebels.  The charts of Jordan and Morocco are being activated this month but are unlikely to erupt into major revolutions.  Saudi Arabia is suffering from a series of their planets in Capricorn being squared by transiting Saturn as more information is being released about their participation in 9/11 and the split in their nation between the controlling royals, the oil interests, and members of fundamentalist Islam.

Weather and Global Tectonics:

As those of you know who have been reading my book and this newsletter, astrologers have been predicting this cycle of weather extremes and earthquake/volcano eruptions years in advance.  I did not predict the earthquake on the east coast last month, because I had no previous planetary references (past earthquakes) in which this type of event occurred.  Scientists are also amazed that this epicenter, just outside Mineral, Virginia was not on a traditional fault line and they are still scratching their heads and attempting to study what happened.   Mercury was opposed Neptune last month and the earthquake took place as the Sun passed its opposition with Neptune and Hurricane Irene moved itself up the east coast.  Mercury will oppose Neptune again this month between the 8^th and the 9^th, again at a critical 29 degrees.  Along with the aspects I mentioned above that are highly unstable, I would expect more critical tectonic and extreme weather events this month.  September 6^th, Venus (often associated with earthquake activity) will be square the nodes and will be inconjunct Neptune between the 14^th and the 15^th.     

The Maya Long Count:

Many students of the Mayan calendar and its complex astrological traditions are now claiming that the real end of the Long Count is October 28^th, 2011.  It would seem that nature is fulfilling the prophesy that the world and its structures of civilization are   changing before us in a very profound sense, ending a cycle of just under 5200 years.  Fossil fuels that have powered modern society are now either running low or revealing their dangers, following the BP oil eruption in the Gulf and the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.  As the earth shakes, volcanoes erupt, floods devastate, and droughts destroy food chains, those of us left standing are witnesses to what would appear to be the end of the world.

In all the great ages of destruction on earth, new forms of life have arisen.  The total  destruction of the dinosaurs resulted in the rise of mammals and our own species.  Out of the Ice Age, humans learned new technologies and developed new mental capacities, giving rise to modern man.  The old term: “necessity is the mother of invention” contains a profound truth.

A Personal Sharing:

 I would like to share with you my own experiences at this pivotal time.  A cascade of personal historic memories has washed over me with all its grief, losses, joys and bewilderments.  Many of my loved ones have passed away in recent years, including beloved animals, just as the world I have always known is fading away. 

All of this seems to be moving into irrelevance in the face of an entirely new sense of being in the eternal present.  As my old experience of life on earth is diminishing, the obstructed universe is disappearing as are harsh judgments.   All the while, a deep internal energy is expanding into a great light that I am feeling within myself and seeing around others.

Some of my closest friends have touched me deeply by telling me that everything they thought was real and invested with life and motivation is dissolving before their eyes.  Their hearts are opening with a love of such a nature they have never seen or felt before.  Fear and trepidation appear and then, with a deep breath of peace, disappear.  As we share these intimacies with each other, we are participating in a confirmation that a miracle is happening, is here, and has arrived on time. 

Welcome to the New World!

    Linda

Linda Schurman