As we approach mid-July, despite anxiety over a sputtering economy and recalcitrant unemployment numbers, some more promising developments are now in process. Any day, a new interim senator from West Virginia is likely to be appointed, which will help the Democrats reach the unjustifiably high threshold of 60 votes on a number of issues. Moreover, Senator Scott Brown (R- MA) has now promised to vote for the financial reform bill, making its passage imminent. Meanwhile, the latest maneuverings in the Gulf of Mexico seem to be bringing BP’s nightmare oil gusher under control for the first time since the explosion on April 20. And finally, the Senate Judiciary Committee is set to confirm Elena Kagan and move the nomination to the full Senate.
As previously predicted, due to this month’s Jupiter station sextile Obama’s Moon (3Gemini21) and square the US Venus (3Cancer06), as well as semisquare Obama’s Ascendant (18Aquarius03), July is bringing some successes and optimism to our beleaguered president. Nonetheless, the undercurrent of relentless criticism, general dissatisfaction, negativity, and the pressing array of challenges continue due to the waxing final crossing of Saturn square Obama’s Venus (1Cancer47), peaking on August 10; the nearly exact progression of Obama’s Mercury square to his natal Saturn (25Capricorn20), exact on August 5; and the upcoming Saturn/Pluto square in hard aspect to US Venus (3Cancer06), already building but felt most acutely from August 12 through August 23. As Jupiter begins to separate and Saturn tightens its grip during the first three weeks of August, it seems probable that the stress level will again significantly escalate on a number of fronts.
Events between July 28 and August 4 in many parts of the world are likely to be volatile, upsetting, and potentially violent. Mars will oppose Uranus (00Aries20) and conjunct Saturn (00Libra48) from July 28 through July 31. It will then oppose Jupiter (3Aries10) and square Pluto (3Capricorn11) from August 2 to August 4. Dramatic events resulting from these aspects are likely to be followed by severe strain for a few weeks due to the Saturn/Pluto square (2Libra55, 2Capricorn55), August 12 to August 23. Those with the very early degrees of the cardinal signs are likely to feel these very disruptive and powerful transits quite strongly, including countries with these degrees prominent in their charts. Although it would be impossible to attempt a complete list of all those affected by these transits, a few notable examples are worth mentioning.
Just as the progressed Mercury square Saturn peaks in the early days of August in President Obama’s chart, transiting Saturn will make its last pass square his Venus through August 10. Pluto will be sesquiquadrate his Ascendant through August 10, while Saturn will sesquisquare his Ascendant (18Aquairus03) from August 12 through August 22. Taken together, these configurations suggest Obama will be dealing with considerable pressures and difficulties through the first three weeks of August.
In the US chart, the Mars/Pluto square of the first days of August will be in a very close hard aspect to US Venus, just as transiting Saturn moves to conjunct the US MC (1Libra53) for the final crossing from August 1 through August 11. This suggests some kind of dramatic event in very late July or early August that impacts US interests in the world and about which our capacity and resources to fully respond are somewhat constrained. In addition, the building Saturn/Pluto square will be in an almost exact hard aspect to US Venus from August 12 through August 23. Pluto has been opposite US Venus since Obama’s inauguration and Saturn has been in a square with US Venus since November 2009. Combined, they have brought a period of profound anxiety and pessimism in the past eight months (terrorism, oil spill, wars, economy) that is likely to intensify during the first three weeks of August before subsiding somewhat thereafter. When Pluto moves away from the opposition to Venus in late October, another layer of the anxiety will recede.
In Pakistan, transiting Uranus has been stationary on or near natal Mars (00Cancer10) since early May 2010. As of July 5, with Uranus now retrograde and moving back toward the exact square, the tensions, violence, and rebellious anger are building once again through August 7. The first deadly attack of this transit happened on July 9 when the activating aspect was transiting Mercury trine Uranus. The Mars transit of July 28 to July 30 is likely to be a very strong trigger to this explosive and disruptive transit of Uranus square to Pakistan’s Mars and may signify another round of very deadly violence.
Another nation that may be agitated by the volatile Mars/Uranus opposition of 7/28 to 7/30 is Israel. Using a 4:32 PM birth time, the Ascendant is 00Scorpio17, quincunx the transiting Uranus station from early May through early August. The May 31 attack on the aid flotilla came just as transiting Jupiter moved to a one-degree orb conjunct transiting Uranus, thereby strengthening that planet’s proclivity for sudden, unexpected events or actions that transform conditions in a moment. The Mars transit of July 28 to July 30 will also trigger the Uranus transit during its final, most potent days (through August 3) quincunx Israel’s Ascendant, suggesting some unexpected, dramatic, and possibly violent events with a transformative impact. The Mars/Pluto square which follows from August 2 through August 4 will trigger the Pluto transit quincunx Israel’s Midheaven (3Leo10) and suggests the possibility of an aggressive, diplomatic power struggle that follows the initial incident.
This is by no means an exhaustive list of those nations which are vulnerable to the stressful impact of so many planets coming together in tight, hard aspects between July 28 and August 4. Care should be taken by everyone during a time when accidents are more likely and angry outbursts can do lasting harm. It is certainly a time when the pot will be stirred and conditions will shift quickly. An agile and calm response from world leaders would be beneficial.
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and I also hope those with low energy are feeling more rested and rejuvenated.
