Thoughts for June 2006

Thoughts for June 2006 - Crunch Time

6 June 2006

Graphic Ephemeris June 2006

More economic turmoil has shown up right on schedule. The consequences of decisions taken near the beginning of this cycle are making themselves know. I'm sure Vodafone will not be the only telecoms firms to find that everything is not as it seems with their infrastructure. Vodafone aquired Mannesman in 2000, at the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in Taurus http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5028718.stm. Taurus is about reality and concrete value. Rather than preceived value, as measured by the stock market, earth signs and Taurus partiuclarly require us to get to the core value. If something is flavour of the month, submitting it to Taurus scrutiny will determine if that perceived value is real.

This pressure on resources is reflected in the increasing concern about natural resources which I've spoken of before on this site. As well as the focus on utilities - gas, water, electricity - there is also the pressure exerted by overreached situations. The occupation of Iraq and Afganistan is a huge drain on the resources of the occupying powers.

United Kingdom 1801 Chart

USA Sibly Chart

The Jupiter Saturn square has Jupiter in Scorpio and Saturn in Leo. This pics up the 2nd and 11th houses of the United Kingdom and the 8th and 11th houses of the USA. These are all resource houses, 2nd being the resources of the country, 8th being the resources of the opposition or enemy, 11th being the resources of the King or government. This fits with the associations of the 11th with hopes and fears, our hopes are, in effect, the gift of the king. It doesn't take an astrologer to predict a crisis in resources to support the war but when it shows up in the symbolism quite so clearly it gets a bit worrying.