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.