To understand the eclipses of June 1, 15, and July 1 we have to think back to the eclipse of July 11,2010 and what has transpired since then. The “”Arab Spring” comes to mind, as well as the assassination of Benladin, which has changed our relationship with Pakistan, a nuclear power who is the most dangerous country on the planet at this writing.
Let us think about the Israeli and Arab situation. The Palestinians have bonded and have started to petition the United Nations, and Gaza is now an open border with Egypt. All the while Obama and the Israeli governments do not see eye to eye to the extent the the US is asking for earlier border arrangements. Israeli arrogance in settlements, the whole orthodox situation is a mess. And with Pakistan willing to push back by some bold stroke, who knows, selling nuclear information or waste products, this is a bad situation. Everything is changing there.
Japan has had a serious blow. The energy supply is unstable, the price of gas is at a new high.
Oh, there have been floods and tornadoes ripping through the US and Australia had floods earlier. Still other parts of the world are in drought.
The economic situation, the Euro, the Greek, etc countries that are so deep in debt that the Germans are balking at holding Europe afloat much longer and the leader the the World Bank turns out to be assaulting maids in hotels.
I don’t want to go, but I could.
The good news is that the July eclipse is the last of the Cancer-Capricorn axis. The eclipses of June 1 and 16 represent a new cycle.
Still, it is the end of the Cap-Cancer that will resonate like a bell of change and further world-village unrest. Not pressing the issue of orbs too far, July 1 is another cardinal cross. d Which means that large issues of change, will continue to be front page news. Mars does trine this configuration and hopefully will channel some energy into better communications, yet that same Mars squares Chiron. The issue is can old wounds, old problems possibly be talked about with some reason. Well, no, not for awhile. The religious conflicts, the culture conflicts and the stomach (bread, food) will generate more immediate hysteria.
The issue at its deepest level is whether the powers that this species has mentally can overcome the drawbacks of the primitive drives of its emotions and need to see what a great and wonderful world we live in and we need to cluster together to save it. Strangely our species may well be the first to self destruct. Oh, not totally, but still it would not be pretty is the starving and sick, the thirsty and cold (or hot) cannot find relief. Americans, for example know nothing about a food shortage. Our supermarkets are packed, one of the advantages of being a Cancer nation with a large agricultural industry. But in other countries, the quest for food will get more difficult. The haves will not see to share with the have-nots if it means any kind of sacrifice.
The good thing about the June eclipse is that it trines Saturn, this is our hope, that some type of justice will start to form, start to help in some way of reworking and restructuring the further chaos of this last July1 eclipse.
The hope that I hold is that the new cycle will come bring a better perspective. There will be eclipses in Gemini and Scorpio in 2012 which might mean that some type of rebirthing and communication may well start. The Lunar Eclipse of June 15, for example really gets a boost from the connection with the Galactic Center, and hopefully help in all the hoopla about the 2012 end of the world stuff that is filling the media. Those of us who are now elders of the tribe have seen all this before, seen other configurations that were supposed to mean some fatal event, which never happens.
From the point of view of this Astrologer and Palm Reader, we face big events to come for the rest of this year. Not the least is the fate of the religious right and the Republican Party/Tea Party. The issues of social programs, govt health care and taxation will be challenged by an aging generation that wants Medicare and more programs.
The issue of the elderly is another topic, but it can be tabled for later when old people themselves become an industry of needs and oh yes, they vote. The stress with the younger generation will grow.
But for now, think that more big challenges are going to continue. It will be a Dog Star summer. Hot and irritating. More conflict will be coming. America will get a new taste of terrorism on the home front and then all hell with breakout. Enjoy. The comedy of divine error will be at this club earth for a long run. Come again. And be sure to tip your waitress.