AstroCast 9/22/06 - Eclipse
I did a radio interview earlier this week.You can listen to the interview here my web site. http://www.vedicastrologycenter.net/radio-show.html
Hear me set the world record for saying the word “actually” in five-minute time span — and hear the host Rob McConnell have a lot of fun saying “Sadasiva” — I was very tired that day, after doing two full-length readings and teaching a two hour class. He calls me at 10 o’clock at night. It took me a while to get going, but overall the interview went quite well. I read it woman’s chart live on the air which was fun. It is a 60 minutes audio.
Tomorrow’s Eclipse will be a major astrological event. To the right is the deepest conjunction of the Sun and Moon from the Eclipse event. 
This chart is cast for Washington DC. In this chart there are five planets in the sign of Virgo, closely conjunction the Eclipsed planets. The Sun and Moon are
both around 6°, with the Virgo Ascendant in Washington DC at 7°. What this means is as this deepest Eclipse is occurring, (about 6:40 AM) the Sun will just be rising in Washington DC, our nation’s capital. Not only the Sun and Moon, but Mercury and Mars and the South node are in Virgo, in the first house. This foretells a very transformative six months ahead for our country. The chart of the USA has a Sagittarius Ascendant, placing Virgo on the 10th house. This Eclipse in the 10th house of our nation chart, shows a deep shakeup about to happen with the power structure in our country. Of particular note, the rising sign degree is within seconds of our of the South node, the eclipsing node.notice just below the diagonal line in the lower right hand box it says :”01:29″ - at the top of that same box Ketu (Ke) is at “01:28. That is one second of arc. This is as tight a conjunction as possible in Astrology. The South node is about letting go of familiar paradigms of strength and security. We are seeing the power of the United States tested in many ways in many stages at this time. Unprecedented challenges to our leader and his leadership capacity is being seen. This of course is seen globally, yet within our own borders, there is an equal skepticism and doubt of our current leader in the path of our country. This eclipse falling squarely in the 10th house of action shows the next six months will show citizens likely taking actions which question the authority of those in power.
It is interesting to note the first eclipse that happened when rahu and Ketu entered the Pisces / Virgo axis coincided with qwhenFiftennn Pope John Paul II died, that was a solar eclipse. Fifteen days later, the day of the lunar eclipse, the current Pope was sworn in to great fanfare. And now here we are with this last eclipse in the Pisces Virgo axis and the pope who was sworn in at that time is under great pressure to resign, having committed a big PR gaffe, to say the least. The last thing moderate Muslim clerics and those in the Muslim world need at this time is for the Pope to come out fanning the flames of radical Islam. These moderate Islamic leaders are trying to counter at a very negative Islamic stereotype, the Pope did not make their jobs any easier by making inflammatory comments on the Quran.
November elections are just around the corner, and just-in-time for the major planetary shift that will occur at that time. By the November elections, the South node and Saturn will be in the sign of Leo, and Jupiter will be in the sign of Scorpio. Leo is the sign of the King, the sign of landed power, the sign a royalty. Especially the first degrees of Leo, the Western star of Regulus and the Vedic nakshatra of Magha, is called the Royal Star. This is the section of sky where family heritage and birthright lands us in a powerful position. The planet Saturn will occupy that nakshatra during the November elections, likely showing an overturned of many incumbents officials. My feeling is with both the South node and Saturn occupying the sign of Leo, for the next year and a half we will see power structures overturned globally. There is a changing of the guard underway. Let’s just hope it is not too painful. As a precursor to this changing of the guard, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has already stated he will not seek another term. My feeling is in this country, Democrats will reclaim a majority in at least one chamber of Congress. The very strong opposition to President Bush both from Democrats and within his own party will become more aggressive, perhaps even leading to articles of impeachment. This will have a profound effect globally, emboldening our adversaries enforcing very hard decisions upon us. No matter how we look at it, the stature of the United States as a unchecked superpower will be diminished greatly.
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