In his book on Lunation Cycles Dane Rhudyar emphasizes the cyclic nature of all energy points, not just the Sun and Moon. To understand the ebb and flow of energy using Astrology, one must understand the current cycle of the energy relationship between two points in the chart. The one to watch from 2012 to 2015 is the upcoming square between Uranus and Pluto. Since Uranus is the faster moving of the two, it passes Pluto approximately every 115 years (1850 to 1852 they were conjunct in Aries and 1965 to 1967 they were conjunct in Virgo). So, looking at the most recent conjunction, the 1960s represented the end of the cycle and the beginning of a new cycle. In America this transition played out significantly moving the country out of a stratified mind set and into changes that brought new and better opportunities for minorities and women. The whole period around 1958 to 1972 experienced the combination of Awakening/Transformation in the energy of Virgo, affecting skills, day-to-day work, and health. Not surprising, the 1960s represent a fairly clear shift from America of 1850 to 1960.
As part of the whole cycle, the energy points will square twice and oppose once. Significantly the first half of the movement towards the opposition is considered waxing (or increasing in intensity) and the movement towards the conjunction from the opposition is considered waning (or decreasing and preparing for the next cycle). So, as the full on square approaches in July of 2012, we can expect more volatility that will intensify through 2015 and leave lasting impact on the way to the opposition. Since the two signs involved are Capricorn (Pluto's transit) and Aries (Uranus' transit), there will be antagonism between big systems going through necessary change and people's survival needs. The Occupy Wall Street movement will grow as the large systems crumble and people realize that the war is between the 1% and the 99%.
Greece will default, and even if the European Union provides a bailout now, they will be trapped by all the other countries in need of defaulting or bailing out (Ireland, Portugal, Italy, and Spain). Sort of, well if Greece gets to cut as much as 50% or more from its bondholder responsibility (or 100% through default), why shouldn't the other countries get the same deal or make the same move. Basically the EU is backed into a corner. Iceland has been kept as far out of the news as possible because they gave the finger to British and Scottish banks, defaulted, were froze out of the international credit markets, suffered an economic fall off a cliff, and now (9 months later) are stabilizing and rebuilding their economy in more realistic terms for what the country can produce and sustain. They are, in fact, living within their means. The fact that Greece, which probably represents no more than .04% of the world economy, can threaten to bring the whole financial system to its knees helps you can understand how out of control credit lending became while Pluto was transiting through Sagittarius.
I also find it ironically interesting that the "birthplace of Western Civilization" is likely to lead to the "end of Western Civilization" as we have known it pretty much since the last Uranus/Pluto conjunction (during the time of the industrial revolution). Since the upcoming square involves Cardinal energy, the tension is more likely to be explosive than collaborative. Jeff Green, in his book on Uranus, points out that Aries represents, at its most primal, the need to survive. More broadly Aries rules the pioneering spirit, independence, arrogance, and selfishness. As more and more people see the big systems fail and the corporate and banking ruling class no longer hide as effectively behind both parties, it will become clear that the political system is rigged on both sides of the isle. Both parties are now, more clearly than ever, the tools of corporate greed, especially now that corporations are people too! We are also seeing how fully controlled the mainstream media is by the same powers, as they do their best to denigrate the protesters, put as the lead story the release of some woman accused of murder in Italy 2 years ago, and make claims (thank you Hermann Cain) that this protest against greed is Un-American. I wonder if Mr. Cain would feel the same about Civil Rights protests that helped put him into a position where his "work hard" did allow him to become wealthy. Obviously he did everything on his own.
Everything will be done to avoid taxing the wealthy since they have so clearly paid to put people in office to protect their interests. While 2012 may not be the year to throw out everyone from both parties, it will likely be the catalyst year when people finally realize that neither party is interested in protecting the larger populations interest for the common good. How radical could Pluto become with the antagonism from Uranus? How about the end of private/corporate donor money to politicians? Term limits for Congress? A line item veto or better yet, one item per bill? The stripping away of corporate charters and the elimination of the stock market and the privatization of all companies? Maybe at the end of the Plutonic transit. Right now I expect more the cutting of services and the end of Social Security, Medicare, and other entitlements, even though they will not be nearly enough to cover the debt and the most "essential" service, the military.
Unemployment will continue to increase and power will continue to consolidate. In the US only 4 banks own all the remaining banks and Bank of America is on its too big way to failing, leaving the other three to gobble it up (the rich eat their own, just ask Lehman Brothers employees). How many phone carriers remain; the magic number of 4 again (Verizon, ATT, Sprint, and T-Moble) with a merger underway. And keep in mind that, on the whole, advances in technology always eliminate more jobs than they create, which does not help when the population keeps increasing. The number they do not talk about in the monthly job report is the 65,000 jobs you need to create just to handle population growth (all those 17 year olds that become 18 year olds each month). So when you read about 103,000 new jobs in September, make sure to subtract 65,000 from that number to get a more correct number. Now consider all the months in which there was no job growth. And keep in mind that every time a Republican suggest cutting the deficit by cutting the budget he or she is really saying "let's put more people out of work."
The sad, difficult truth is that private companies cannot do all the hiring and that the government is a massive employer. Unemployment benefits keep the peace. Sports won't be enough to keep the masses distracted when they have to cut off their cable to have extra money to buy food. 2012 will be a big year, but 2013 and 2015 will contain all the real action. If the wealthy successfully block tax increases and new technology continues to displace people and we keep increasing the overall population, we will begin to see the survival instinct/awareness so basic to Aries begin to grow more restless. For the first time in human history we are actually reaching the boundaries of our closed system; there is no such thing as limitless growth on a sphere. And unless we develop a warp drive in the near future, we are likely to meet the boundaries in this century.
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