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The Florida Shooting
and Cultural Change
Joyce Levine
(This originally
appeared in the NCGR
Boston Chapter
Newsletter and NCGR
E-News on March 6,,
2018)
I started out
planning on writing
about Nikolas Cruz’s
shootings at the
Marjory Stoneham
Douglas High School
in Parkland,
Florida, but in the
last few days I
realized the more
important change was
a societal one.
Just as “me too”
became a movement, I
believe the voices
of the students at
this school will
engender one. Anyone
who watched the Town
Meeting on CNN last
night (February 21)
couldn’t help but be
inspired (and
incredibly sad at
the same time).
There were students,
parents, and
teachers speaking
“truth to power.”
One student asked
Senator Marco Rubio
if he would pledge
not to take money
from the National
Rifle Association.
Rubio tried to
deflect the
question, and the
students wouldn’t
let him get away
with it.
The long term
transits of Pluto
and Neptune
determine societal
trends. Pluto always
brings out the “dark
side” of the sign it
transits. Capricorn
represents
authority, big
business,
government, and the
power structure.
This in no way
implies that the
conditions being
brought forth are
new. Pluto’s
transits sheds light
on them, so ideally
they can be
“transformed.”
Neptune’s transit in
a sign represents
what becomes
idealized. Neptune,
being the ruler of
Pisces, is
particularly strong
in this sign.
Together they
represent, among
other things, those
without power. The
Civil War began the
last time that
Neptune transited
Pisces.
This led me to look
at the chart of the
National Rifle
Association, which
was founded on
November 16, 1871 in
Albany,
New York. Noon is
typically used for a
company when no time
is available; this
time seems to work
very well with this
chart.
The natal chart has
the Sun and Ceres in
Scorpio in the ninth
house conjunct the
Midheaven opposite
Pluto in Taurus in
the third house,
Saturn and Mars
conjunct in
Capricorn, and the
Moon in Capricorn in
the twelfth house
square Neptune in
Aries in the second
house.
On February 14,
2018, the NRA was
having a Saturn
Return, with Saturn
at 6 degrees of
Capricorn exactly
conjoining the NRA’s
Mars-Saturn
conjunction.
Transiting Pluto at
20 degrees of
Capricorn was
conjoining the NRA’s Moon at 19 degrees and forming a square to Neptune at 21
degrees of Aries.
Pluto’s South Node is at 19 degrees of Capricorn. The solar
eclipse that
occurred that day
was at 26 Aquarius
square the Sun,
Ceres, and the
Midheaven in Scorpio
and Pluto in
Taurus.
Saturn is the “Lord
of Karma.” Under
Saturn cycles in
essence, you get
what you earn – one
way or the other.
Pluto transits are
associated with
death. Death does
not have to refer to
physical death. It
generally has to do
with losses that are
beyond one’s
control. Given that
the South Node of
Pluto is 19
Capricorn, its
transit at this
degree gives it
heightened strength.
The solar arc chart
places the Sun at 21
Aries conjunct
Neptune. The solar
arc North Node
conjoins Ceres at 20
Scorpio. Solar arc
Venus at 6 Pisces is
semi-square Neptune
at 21 Aries. The
solar arc Mercury at
29 Aries is square
Jupiter at 29 Cancer
and will square
Uranus at 1 Leo in
less than two years.
The Sun in the
secondary progressed
chart is the same as
that in the solar
arc chart, so it
forms the same
aspects
to the natal chart. The secondary progressed Sun had formed a
square to secondary
progressed Saturn in
September of 2017.
There was a progressed full Moon three months earlier and
the Moon conjoins
the IC within one
degree. Progressed
Saturn has
passed
the Moon in
Capricorn.
Progressed Mars in
Taurus in
is
still within orb of
the square to
Jupiter
in
Cancer and applying
to the square to
Uranus.
The Sun in a chart
represents the sense
of identity and in a
mundane chart
represents the CEO
and those in charge.
The conjunction with
Neptune can
represent a loss of
power. The square to the progressed Saturn, which was a little
more than a degree
away from the natal
Moon in Capricorn,
can also indicated
problems with the
public (Moon).
In mythology, Ceres
was the mother who
stopped the harvests
as she mourned for
her child who was
abducted to the
underworld. The
parallel between
this and the school
shooting can’t be
missed. I look at
Ceres in a natal
chart as
representing the
mother and the
family.
To me, this
conjunction of the
solar arc North Node
to Ceres in the
ninth house
signifies a time
when these issues
connect with the
public.
Semi-squares are
frequently
overlooked aspects.
The solar arc
semi-square of Venus
and Neptune
continues the theme
of loss.
The Mercury trines
to Jupiter and
Uranus in the natal
chart have now moved
into squares. Their
communications are
not likely to be so
“lucky.” Progressed
Mars now square
to
Jupiter and applying
to square Uranus
adds fuel to this.
Interestingly
enough, progressed
Mars is in the
second house of
money on the cusp of
the third house of
communication.
Transits happen all
the time. This is
the
5th
Saturn return for
the NRA and while
there have been
criticisms of it for
years, events like
the Town Hall
meeting have never
occurred before (at
least to my
knowledge).
Significant
transits, solar
arcs, and
progressions
occurring at the
same time signify
much more important
changes. In
addition, the
Sagittarius Rising
chart for the U.S.
has the Moon at 26
Aquarius, the exact
degree of the
eclipse.
The gun control
issue is not going
away. In the past,
people have been
saddened by school
shootings, but
quickly moved on to
return to their
lives. The brave
action of these
students has made
this issue real and
indelibly imprinted
in people’s
minds.
That this could
happen anywhere and
that their own
children were not
safe. Change will
come.
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Joyce Levine is a
full-time
professional
consulting
astrologer with more
than 30 years
experience.
She serves as a
catalyst for her
clients to overcome
astro/psychological
obstacles so that
they can achieve
their full
potential.
Joyce is available
for consulting work
with individuals,
couples, families,
and businesses.
Joyce is the Chair
of NCGR, President
of NCGR's Boston
Chapter, and Level
IV Certified in
Consulting.
She has been a
certified
professional member
of the AFA since
1979.
Joyce
is the author of
Breakthrough
Astrology, Transform
Yourself and Your
World, A Beginner's
Guide to
Astrological
Interpretation.
Transformational
CDs: Self-Help
Series: Meditation,
Creative
Visualization,
Releasing Anger,
and Contacting
Your Guardian Angel;
and Integrating
Astrological Cycles
Series: Pluto,
Neptune, Uranus, and
Saturn, and
Jupiter.
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