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Ceres & Pluto &
The BP Oil Spill &
The Summer's
Cardinal Climax
Written June 22,
2010
On August 24, 2006,
astronomers upgraded
Ceres to a dwarf
planet and
downgraded Pluto to
a dwarf planet.
When a new planet is
found (or in this
case elevated), it
generally signifies
that major world
changes are likely
to come about.
(Uranus heralded
individual freedom
and with it the
American and French
Revolutions; Pluto
brought atomic
energy).
In mythology, Ceres
is the goddess of
the harvest. To me,
Ceres represents
Mother Nature, and I
expected her upgrade
to put environmental
issues at the
forefront of
consciousness. In
the past four years,
global warming has
pretty much become
accepted as being a
man-made problem.
Former Vice
President Al Gore
won the Nobel Prize
for his
environmental work,
and the US elected a
President who is
concerned with
climate control.
All of this makes
the astrology of the
BP oil spill
particularly
interesting. The
oil spill took place
on April 20, 2010,
at approximately
9:45 p.m. off the
coast of Louisiana.
I have a chart drawn
up for Venice,
Louisiana, as it is
the closest location
I could find.
As you can see by
looking at the
chart, Ceres and
Pluto are conjoined
in Capricorn within
less than 1 degree.
Ceres is direct in
motion, but moving
slowly as it is
coming to a
station. Pluto is
Retrograde, moving
toward Ceres. Ceres
came to a station on
April 28 at 4
degrees of Capricorn
and turned
Retrograde. So, the
two celestial bodies
continued to move
together.
As I've said, I see
Ceres as a proxy for
Mother Nature.
Pluto (as well as
Neptune) rules oil.
Pluto also rules
loss, death, and
destruction. It's
as if the two
traveling together
highlight the
changes that must be
made to ensure a
safe environment.
To make matters more
interesting, the
chart also shows a
tight T-square
(within 1 degree)
among Saturn in
Virgo, Uranus in
Pisces, and the
Trans-Neptunian
planet Hades in
Gemini. Saturn
signifies, among
other things,
blockage. Virgo has
to do with nature,
Uranus with
accidents and
explosions; Pisces
with water.
Mythologically Hades
and Pluto are the
Greek and Roman
versions of the same
god--the god of the
underworld. The
underworld is a
dangerous and
mysterious place,
but one full of
riches.
Astrologically Hades
is much like Pluto.
Hades is associated
with disintegration,
ruin, garbage,
breakdowns, and
predatory behavior.
So, we find the
planets that
represent stoppage,
accidents, and
breakdowns all in
aspect to one
another with an orb
of less than 1
degree at the time
of the largest oil
related
environmental
disaster in history.
Saturn has a 29-year
cycle; Uranus, an
84-year cycle,
Hades, an
approximate 360-
year cycle, making
this planetary
combination
extremely rare and
not nearly over. It
will continue as
these planets enter
the cardinal signs.
Transiting Uranus
entered Aries at the
end May. Transiting
Jupiter entered
Aries in early June.
Transiting Saturn
enters Libra in
July. Transiting
Hades enters Cancer
in August.
Transiting Pluto is
already in
Capricorn.
After the accident,
Ceres, moving faster
the Pluto in
Retrograde motion,
separated from
Pluto. Meanwhile,
Jupiter, the planet
of expansion, moved
forward to join
Uranus at 0 Aries.
0 of cardinal signs
in Uranian astrology
represents the
"world point."
In early June Ceres
at 0 Capricorn
formed squares to
Jupiter and Uranus
in early Aries.
Ceres continued
Retrograde and
subsequently formed
an opposition to
Hades in Gemini and
a square to Saturn
in Virgo. In July
Ceres in Sagittarius
forms a square to
Mars in Virgo. Mars
then proceeds
forward. In late
July, early August,
Mars at the end of
Virgo and in early
Libra, forms squares
to Hades and Pluto
and oppositions to
Uranus and Jupiter.
Ceres turns
Stationary Direct on
August 9. In
September and
October Ceres moves
back into the
X-cross with Hades,
Pluto, Uranus, and
Jupiter.
As of this writing,
there is an
expectation that BP
will have the oil
spill under control
sometime in August.
BP, whose original
estimates of the oil
leak were 1,000 to
5,000 barrels a day,
now estimates the
leak at 45,000 to
60,000 barrels a
day—an amount which
seems
incomprehensible to
most of us.
Esteemed energy
expert Matt Simmons
refutes these
numbers as still far
too low. In a
Bloomberg appearance
on June 15, Simmons,
quoting an estimate
from the Thomas
Jefferson research
vessel, estimated
the leak at 120,000
barrels a day. The
Thomas Jefferson
also reported that
the oil lake
underneath the
surface of the water
could be covering up
to 40% of the entire
Gulf of Mexico.
Simmons has said the
relief well will not
work and has
supported using a
small nuclear
explosion as the
only solution to fix
the problem.
We astrologers have
been wondering what
cataclysmic event
will take place at
the end of July –
early August when an
X-cross is formed
among, Mars and
Saturn in Libra,
Jupiter and Uranus
in Aries, Pluto in
Capricorn, and Hades
in Cancer. While I
wouldn't bet that a
more significant
problem with this
oil spill is the
only candidate for
this type of event,
based on the
planetary action it
is certainly one
that is in the
running.
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