Rich took this beautiful photo a few days ago while we were in Florida - you can see Venus (the brighter planet) with Jupiter just above it. Venus and Jupiter will conjunct in Capricorn on Sunday night around 2 am EST, and if the sky is clear you will see a beautiful sliver of a crescent moon adjoining them.
We had no internet connection so my only link to my cyberworld was via a dialup connection using my Treo, so I didn't write another post about the New Moon on Thanksgiving Day that occurred as Uranus turned direct. However, the effects of Uranus changing direction are making themselves known (it was traveling retrograde and has not switched to be moving forward (from our perspective here on earth). Uranus rules sudden change and revolutionary behavior, and in its change of direction we see the worst terrorist attack in several years in Mumbai India that has killed over 200 people including astrologer Alan Scherr.
Uranus changed direction just one day after Pluto re-entered Capricorn, bringing both of those planets squarely into focus. The chart of the first attack (11/26/08, 9:30 pm, Mumbai) shows Jupiter (religion and faith) sitting right on the descendant, the cusp of the seventh house of allies and open enemies suggesting that the attack is of an ideological nature. The Sun, Mercury and Mars are all conjunct in Sagittarius, ruled by Jupiter and sharing similar identification with ideology and points of view, and the Sagittarius planets are in the fifth house of public enjoyment (such as hotels).
This is not to say that religious terrorism will be on the rise in the near future, but the combination of the Uranus change of direction with Pluto changing signs is a powerful one and may offer a signal of what we can expect when Uranus squares Pluto beginning in 2010. I do believe, though, that the religious fervor will begin to fade and the conflict over these next few years will have more to do with finances and inequities in economic situations (Capricorn) rather than religion.
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I was lucky enough to see the sky a few nights ago in a relatively dark part of my state. I didn't realize it was Jupiter, though. How cool if I could see the moon conjunct the planets but it's not to be with our overcast skies.
Sadly, all this noise about Mumbai's own 9/11 is a distraction from the real news: we are facing an economic depression in the US. The timing is just too coincidental. See What Really Happened to find out about the oddities turning up as independent reports trickle in.
Likewise, the forcedly cheerful "news" that Black Friday's shopping sprees (aside from the Wal-Martian clerk trampled to death in the rush for deals on cheap plastic crap) means the commercial season is "off to a good start."
I don't see how anyone could be distracted from the poor economic conditions here in the US, Kieron. Think about how many Americans really follow the news.
The optimism about Black Friday is part of this Sagittarian glee that I've been predicting for this time period. But by the end of the week we'll be back to reality with a big thump.
I can clearly see the Moon conj Venus and Jupiter tonight from country South Australia and it looks freaky. I think Pluto in Capricorn is going to see a focus in the Capricorn countries as well, the Middle Eastern countries.
A visitor to my blog today had a question about this configuration that I hope you can respond to, Lynn. He lives in Israel and was commenting on the fact that my Tarot Card of the Week is The Fool. He posted:
"I watched the sky today in the evening and saw Venus, Jupiter and the horned moon. Venus was on top of the moon's left horn. On the radio someone told that this star configuration is unique and happened only at the birth of Jesus. So what birth are we witnessing this week? The stars and the Fool seem to give the same message.
"Venus for passion and Jupiter for healing? And the waxing of the moon."
Is this possibly true?
Thanks!
- Beth
Hi Beth - I'm going to respond to this in a post. Very interesting question!
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