What is Wrong with the United States
Karma?
Are all the problems of the United States to be blamed on
our current President, George Bush? All the Democrats
would like to think so and it does seem as if our President
has made some egregious miscalculations. But when I
analyze the horoscope for Bush I have to take into
consideration the horoscope for the United States. Our
President may be impeachable for his alleged actions but
what is the karma of the US horoscope that we would need
such chaos for its evolution? I will comment on the
horoscope of George W. Bush but it needs to be in context
to the lessons that the US horoscope is attracting.
As an aside, prior to the 2000 Presidential Election I
lectured and wrote that the outcome of the election seemed
almost impossible to predict because of the closeness of
the vote according to the interpretations of the various
charts that many astrologers were studying. But I did make
a prediction that was eerily accurate. I said that if
America was continuing a period of peace that Al Gore would
win, but if America was entering a period of war, then
George W. Bush would win. Therefore, the tragedies of
Iraq and Katrina, in my opinion as an astrologer, cannot be
entirely blamed on Bush. But I do blame the
consciousness of the voting public that elected our
President as reflected in the chart of the United
States.
So what is wrong astrologically with the United
States that we find ourselves in such a dark place?
The US is struggling with changing its arrogant attitude of
superiority, as many people believe is the central problem
with our President. This lesson began in 2005 and
culminates this fall 2006. It was in 2005 when the tide of
blind devotion to the arrogance of our government began to
wane. The meanings of the planets are derived from Greek
and Roman mythology. Mercury was the god of communications,
travel and spreading ideas and messages. Mercury in
the US chart is in aspect to Pluto, a planetary god of
power, arrogance and control. The tendency of Mercury and
Pluto in the US chart creates a general consciousness and
belief system that our country and our people have all the
right answers and that we in turn must convince the rest of
the world of our beliefs; such as western democracy is the
only method to a peaceful and prosperous world. Many
countries, individuals and companies have had this same
planetary configuration but the US has the most money and
power and therefore the most justification that it’s vision
is the correct and only vision. We may be fighting
the fanaticism of Islamic fundamentalism but I do believe
that our government arrogance is fueling the fires of this
dissent. Until we change our approach and attitude that
only creates more polarity we cannot win this battle of
consciousness for it can only be won through collaboration
and not right and wrong. I think the US had to be
humbled and therefore the leader had to be humbled and that
is my reader digest version of why the US chart attracted
such a misinformed leader.
I do predict that by the fall 2006 that our government will
be forced to re-examine its approach and make some
significant changes or the US public will hit the streets
and force the government to change. Personally I wish the
public would protest the government and stop being so
apathetic and vote a major change in the coming 2006
elections. Perhaps that is the shift that I am
foreseeing. In addition to the Pluto challenge we
will also be experiencing liberating Uranus in very
positive aspect to the Sun position for the US chart.
This cycle occurs about every 40 years. This cycle
awakens new opportunities for positive change for our
country. The main reason we will attract new opportunities
is because we would have changed our perception and
attitude and especially during this 40 year cycle because
it is unfolding during the Pluto cycle, which only happens
about every 250 years. Consequently, America may very well
be having an identity crisis as it tries to redefine itself
in these interesting times.
Now let’s look at George W. Bush’s horoscope. He is
a Cancer but has a Leo Rising along with Mercury, Pluto and
Venus in Leo. Leo always wants to be the best and to shine
in the best possible light but Leos can be very
self-righteous in its arrogance. Saturn is the great
taskmaster and it is transiting through Leo from the summer
of 2005 through the summer of 2007, as it does every 30
years. Saturn is teaching Bush many lessons of
communications. Usually it means that he has to
rethink his position because he is realizing that how he
impacted the world previously isn’t working for him
anymore. Pluto is also in very difficult challenge to
Bush’s birth Saturn from 2006 through 2007. This
means that he is struggling to keep the old system and
structure of his power and government leadership from
collapsing. But a new system is unfolding and it’s only a
matter of time.
I think that one of the reasons that the US needed
Bush is that we, as a collective consciousness, had become
irresponsible as citizens and that we needed such a leader
to get our attention. I do not think from examining the
charts of the US or Bush that our country is on the verge
of collapse. However, the longer the public and the
Democrats keep silent the worse our government is going to
get, but I would predict that there will be some very
significant changes in Congress in the 2006 elections
because of our President exposing the ineptitude of the
government. As long as our lives are comfortable enough we,
as a people, will continue to be lulled into apathy.
Therefore, the chaos we have been thrown into has a gift,
if only we would wake up and acknowledge the
lessons.