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February 2008
By Norma Jean Ream
As we begin the month of February,
there are big changes occurring. We all know that this is an election
year. The dance is on for influencing the public mind. Candidates are
highly visible and working hard to put on a good face and speak in a way
that sways voters. We should be listening carefully and with critical
thinking, because as this season will show us, PEOPLE IN POWER LIE.
One top story at the time the slowest
planet, Pluto, changed signs into Capricorn (January 25) was about a
report of a study done by two non-profit journalism groups. These
organizations are the Center for Public Integrity and Fund for
Independence in Journalism. The report concludes that the Bush
administration collectively made 935 FALSE statements about the security
risks from Iraq and the involvement of al Queada with Iraq, during the
two years following September 11, 2001. The report reveals that our
President, who claims that killing Saddam Hussein was “the right thing
to do”, took action against Iraq by building the national sentiment
through lies.
Pluto is the planet of power,
control, transformation, and the death-rebirth process. Its cycle is
nearly 250 years. The last time it entered Capricorn was January 8,
1762. This was in the early years of the Seven Years War leading to the
American Revolution. The underlying issues were about the reach of
government through taxation and financial controls. In 1766, the Sons of
Liberty organization rose up in response to British policies in the form
of the Sugar Act, the Currency Act, and the Stamp Act. These policies
targeted city-based products, industry, trade, and financial activity.
If we are alert to similarities of
the large cycles, which affect the masses, we can see that the credit
industry, war, and a greedy leadership are mirroring history. The
earlier period galvanized the United States into a union of states.
Under the influence of our current trends of political polarity (Blue
and Red states), financial decline, and a suffering international
reputation, it may be timely to revisit our country’s early history.
Certainly, if we consider the process of experiences that encouraged the
development of our constitution, we can recognize this period as a
distillation of learning from the entire cycle.
The sign Capricorn is about the
structures of life. It is the winter-time of low light, the energy of
survival is attentive to waste, so there is controlled use. The sign of
deep winter is cold and dry. It is disconnected, separate, and can
become limited in vision and action, tight in controls and limitations.
Social trends will naturally adjust to recycling, stocking up for the
future, building social networks of local support, and growth comes
through careful planning.
We start the month of February with
the planet of communication, commercial activities and contestation in
its apparent backward motion. This marks a period of reviewing,
rethinking, and reorganizing. However, it is also joined with the planet
of deception, idealism, and visionary messages. Not everything will be
what it appears to be. It is easy to be fooled, or influenced. Only
later, we learn that we have been deceived or that we have been blind to
the truth. Let your inner radar guide you. If something tells you that
it sounds good, looks good, but you feel funny inside, it’s probably not
what it seems. Beware.
Since mid-November, the planet of
action and motivation has been in its backward motion. It is emphasizing
the territory of the USA horoscope that lies between the Sun,
representing the President, and Mars, representing the military. It just
turned to forward motion in the last days of January. This next phase of
six weeks will bring many things to the surface of our awareness that
have been happening behind the scenes since November, which brings me
back to lies.
It will be time to tell the truth.
People at high levels of government and through the hierarchy of
corporations will be coming forward with the ‘truth.’ What it does for
us as citizens is bring forward our reasons to be strong in our local
communities, selective of our leaders, and resistant to accepting the
unauthorized actions of government. We must demand accountability to the
people, who are the true lawmakers of this country. This means paying
attention, discussing events with your neighbors and being proactive
when it is really important. |
