On Sunday April 7, 2013, at
12:57 a.m., Venus and Mars formed a conjunction at 20° Aries. This was especially significant since it
involved the two rulers of the nodes (considering Mars as the co-ruler of
Scorpio). With Mars ruling the North Node, we could expect Martian (war, guns,
protests,) events to manifest. With Venus ruling the South Node, there would
also be some form of sacrifice, physical loss, or spiritual enlightenment in
the Venusian realm (money, love, happiness, relationships). So, what type of
Mars-Venus events have transpired?
North Korea is preparing for war. As a new 29 year-old
leader readies an unused nuclear site for missile deployment, additional U.N.
sanctions are slapped on the impoverished country. Outside North Korea,
countries in power are ‘walking back their rhetoric’, trying to defuse a
building threat. In the natal chart, Jupiter is at 20 Sagittarius (natal Moon
nearby at 15 Sagittarius) forming a partile trine with the conjunction, suggesting
the country’s optimism they will benefit from this grandiose aggression.
On Sunday, March 31, in an Elite Eight game of March Madness,
college basketball player, Kevin Ware suffered a debilitating leg injury that
left 6 inches of his femur sticking out of his leg. In his natal chart, Uranus
and Neptune are conjunct at 18 Capricorn and natal Mars is at 19 Cancer,
forming a t-square with the transiting conjunction. The day following the
accident, there were questions over who would pay the medical bills and whether
or not Ware would retain his scholarship the following year.
Hillary Clinton was back in the news last week, appearing
in public without her glasses and looking healthy and fit amidst much
discussion of a presidential run in 2016. In her natal chart, Saturn is at 21
Leo and formed a trine to the transiting conjunction, and pundits appeared ready
to hand her victory in the next presidential election. Also at this time, the
transiting North Node at 17 Scorpio is conjunct her natal Venus at 16 Scorpio,
and the love for her is gushing.
President Obama took a pay cut. In his chart, 18 Aquarius
is rising, and was sextile to the transiting conjunction. In sympathy with
those that have been furloughed due to the sequester, Obama proactively repaid
5% of his salary to the treasury. Since by law, he is not allowed to take a pay
cut, he was forced to write a check to the IRS. The same week, enraging his base, he submitted
a budget proposal that would cut both Social Security and Medicare.
The Keystone Pipeline has also been in the news. Last
week there were three significant crude oil spills, with the largest in
Arkansas, where twenty-two residents were evacuated after a significant leak.
This has impacted the ongoing debate/protests about the Keystone Pipeline that
will transport Canadian tar-sand oil to the refineries in Texas. Intended for
export, the pipeline will create few sustainable jobs and provide little
economic benefit to the U.S. In the U.S.
natal chart, Chiron is at 20 Aries, suggesting the most recent spill is a wound
that has upset and is certain to galvanize activists.
Meanwhile, the battle over new gun regulation
in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre rages on. Two weeks ago, it seemed
the battle was lost after the Senate appeared reluctant to even hold a vote
against tougher regulation, despite 91% of the population desiring more
restrictions. On the popular news program 60 Minutes, the parents of the
murdered children spoke out about their loss and vowed that their fight was
just getting started.
Cyprus has also made headlines after that government decided
to ‘tax’ bank deposits. This act of aggression sent the country into turmoil
and threatened a bank run as depositors swarmed the banks seeking to withdraw
their money. On April 3rd, an agreement was reached with the IMF (International
Monetary Fund) that promised new austerity for the country in return for a Euro
bailout.
These are just a few headlines in the recent news. In the
next few days keep an eye out for additional developments that fulfill the
Venus-Mars symbolism. The current headlines illuminate those events that are
likely to reappear over the next year as these two planets realign by aspect.
