Important Points of Reference (for astrologers):
Full Moon September 14 at 21 degrees Pisces conjunct Neptune; New Moon September 28 at 5 degrees Libra inconjunct Uranus; Mercury in Virgo is trine Uranus September 1, is conjunct Mars Sep. 3, is trine Saturn and square Jupiter Sep. 5, is opposition Neptune Sep. 7, is trine Pluto Sep. 8, goes into Libra Sep. 14, is inconjunct Uranus Sep. 18, is square Saturn and the Nodes Sep. 22, is inconjunct Neptune Sep. 24, and is square Pluto Sep. 26; Venus in Virgo is trine Saturn Sep. 1, is square Jupiter Sep. 2, is opposition Neptune Sep. 4, is trine Pluto Sep. 6; Mars in Virgo is trine Saturn Sep. 8, is square Jupiter Sep. 11, and is trine Pluto Sep. 19; Venus goes into Libra Sep.14, is inconjunct Uranus on Sep. 19, is square Saturn on Sep. 25, is square Neptune and sextile Jupiter on Sep. 24; Jupiter is square Neptune on Sep. 21.
Virgo Rising – The Devil is in the Details:
The sign of Virgo has long been associated with the Harvest Goddess who, in ancient times, was the constellation that presided over the season when agricultural societies carefully and laboriously harvested and stored the crops that would feed their families through the winter months and protect their people from starvation. It was critical that the harvest be clean and pure in order to avoid disease and sickness and required that those who labored in the fields work long and hard so the food would not spoil. This required that people be well organized and meticulous since there was a timeline to be met.
In our highly advanced society today, we go back to school and back to our jobs as the constellation of Virgo lights up the night sky reminding us that vacation is over and there are a million things that have to be done before the coming holidays preceding the Winter Solstice. The end of September, the Autumnal Equinox presents us with the beauty of the Libra foliage, as we pause from the work frenzy and all the details of the tasks we have to get done under the Virgo timeline.
We all know the sharp criticism and careful scrutiny our Virgo friends apply to every project that can, at times, drive us a little crazy, but without which nothing would ever get accomplished. Without these hard workers, the details the rest of us frequently miss would, frankly, derail multiple objectives. In every Virgo office, the sign should hang on the wall that says: “The Devil is in the Details!”
Speaking of a lack of knowledge of the “details”, Pres. Trump’s chart is highly afflicted this month as the Virgo grouping of planets is square his Gemini placements, demanding that he be accountable for his statements. Many persons are observing that he is getting more and more unstable, and this month will likely bear this out. At last month’s G-7 meeting, his lack of cooperation with our allies and disgruntled behavior is pushing the Europeans to ally their economic interests with each other and nations in Asia – moving their long term investments away from the U.S.
With Mercury, Venus, and Mars all in Virgo this month, the blatant lies, generalizations, sound bytes, and “spin” will not pass by the Virgo eyeballs as uncomfortable truths will be exposed, especially in Virgo fields such as healthcare, pollution of the natural environment, food inspection and distribution, workers’ rights, global trade, and the implementation of the political process. We will face the fact that our healthcare system is in disarray and prohibitively expensive, global climate change and pollution can no longer be ignored as storms hit coastal regions, agribusiness is spraying crops with chemicals that are effecting our health negatively, and many of the political campaigns are filled with lies and weapons of mass distraction.
It was recently announced in an article posted on Aug. 2nd on Common Dreams.org by Julia Conley, that: “Millions of Americans are still suffering the consequences of the 2013 Supreme Court decision that loosened restriction of the Voting Rights Act, giving states with long histories of voter discrimination free reign to purge voters from their rolls without federal oversight. The Brennan Center for Justice released a study (Thursday) showing that 17 million Americans were dropped from voter rolls between 2016 and 2018 – almost four million more than the number purged between 2006 and 2008.” The article went on to reveal: “The Brennan Center said that while there are legitimate reasons for removing names from a state’s voter database, such as a relocation to another state or a death, many voters’ names – especially those of minority voters – are purged even though they meet the state’s requirements for casting a ballot. Voters often do not realize they have been purged until they try to cast a ballot on Election Day – after it is already too late.
The Economy:
After all the stock market wild swings up and down in August, September points to increased selling as the realities surrounding the China “no trade agreements”, recessions developing in Europe, decreases in corporate earnings, a decline in manufacturing and RV and auto sales, global currency devaluations, an inverted yield curve, and problems in labor markets all rear their ugly heads. Even the Fed lowering interest rates to “near zero” will not bail us out of this one! With planets going into Libra that will be square Saturn and Pluto, we are entering a Bear Market that will likely extend to the end of this year and beyond.
The prognosticators will likely say we are” not really” in a recession. However, the planetary pictures are pointing to serious dangers that lie ahead in 2020 as the Jupiter/Saturn/Pluto conjunctions suggest global banking and financial crises that can no longer be denied. Lowered interest rates “pushing zero” will negatively affect the bond markets. Many investors are moving their money into Bitcoin, gold, silver, and Treasuries as a safety play against currency weakness, massive amounts of sovereign and private debt accumulation, and will likely move into anything that they believe will “conserve” their capital against significant long- term losses.
The current “spin” on the part of the Trump administration is that the problems in China and Europe do not pertain to us or influence our economy. In August, Trump lashed out at China and China instituted more tariffs, exposing, once and for all, the inability of this administration to work out a deal with the Chinese. The Dow, Nasdaq, and the S&P immediately tanked. The Chinese are not going to let Pres. Trump and the U.S. dictate trade rules to them.
Back in July, Deutsche Bank, the biggest bank in Europe, announced layoffs and it is known they are in serious trouble on many fronts. It has been reported that The German economy is currently sliding into recession as their manufacturing sector declines. An article posted July 8, 2019 by economists Pam Martens and Russ Martens entitled “Meet the JPMorgan Whale that Ate Deutsche Bank’s Stock Trading Business” reveals the sizeable advantage JPMorgan has in its stock and derivatives trading since, according to CEO Jamie Dimon in his 2014 letter to shareholders, they employ 30,000 programmers and information technology people. The authors report “Since the majority of today’s stock trading is all about algorithms, artificial intelligence, co-location of bank computers’ next to the stock exchange computers to provide a speed advantage in trading, faster and faster trading data feeds that only the budge bracket banks and hedge funds can afford, and dark pool trading out of the gaze of regulators – 30,000 techies can really give one and edge.” However, there is a serious downside to all this as the authors report: “ But before you get too comfortable with the notion that it’s okay if an American bank is beating the socks off a German bank, you need to remember two things: Deutsche Bank is a major derivatives’ counterparty to most of the big banks on Wall Street according to a 2016 report from the International Monetary Fund – its health, or lack thereof, could spill over onto Wall Street; and, secondly, there’s nothing to prevent another London Whale-style trading fiasco from blowing a hole in JPMorgan Chase’s federally-insured bank – putting you, the taxpayer, at risk.”
This is only one of the multitude of connections and dependencies nations and global banks have with each other, demonstrating that the U.S. cannot consider itself a “lone wolf” as some Americans would prefer, and the current administration in Washington suggests.
I have discussed in my books and previous newsletters the prediction that there would be a global digital currency, based on blockchain technology, that would replace” the dollar in global trade and commerce.. In August, Bank of England Governor Carrey suggested implementing a new global “virtual currency” to replace the dollar which many see is a response to the economic and financial chaos instituted by Pres. Trump. The coming planetary pictures in high tech Aquarius suggest the arrival of all this in the 2020s and will not be such a shock since remote lending and online money transactions have already been taking place for many years and the system has “embraced” it.
As my readers will testify, I have forecast a stock market “correction” and a severe recession starting now through the end of this year and encouraged people to opt for safety and be out of stocks and to hold some positions in gold and silver.
Other Nations:
North Korea’s birthdate this month will be activated (September 10, 1948) by Mercury, Venus, and, most importantly, Mars (the God of War) with all three Virgo planets opposing Neptune. Kim Jong Un will likely test more nuclear armed missiles as he “plays” the Trump administration. This will concern nearby nations that the U.S. has sworn to protect, such as Viet Nam and Japan.
China will still be battling protesters in Hong Kong and suffering from the tariff wars, while having to deal with their national debts surfacing in spite of their attempts to keep them in the dark. Any attempts they make to quell the Hong Kong protesters will make things worse. They may use the only power they have left and that is the exhibiting of their paramilitary might.
Venezuela ‘s government will be challenged again this month as accidents in their oil fields, the starvation of their populace and storms hitting their shores further complicate their increasingly collapsing economy. Russia continues to support Madero and the U.S. continues to attempt to sabotage him.
Brazil was in the headlines last month as fires set by ranchers, loggers and miners burned the already devastated Amazon – the “lungs” of the world. Pres. Jair Bolsonaro supported these people and stated that criticisms from other nations would “ruin” their economy. It will soon be apparent that they are already on the road to ruin. This is a global environmental tragedy.
Guatemala’ s chart gets hit this month on many fronts (April 17, 1839) as the Virgo transits hit planets on their financial axis and Saturn repeats its square to its Pluto in November. Their financial, governmental, and environmental failures are behind their population pouring across the Mexican border into the U.S.
Iran’s chart is getting hit this month as the sanctions imposed and enforced by the U.S. are taking a toll on their economy and they may be driven to take more desperate military measures to control the Gulf.
Italy’s Head-of-State has left and they have to elect a new one. They are fiscally bankrupt and reflective of many indebted nations in the Eurozone, as the European Union is coming apart at the seams.
Syria’s Assad government will further solidify their control of the nation this month. They will take control of a devastated landscape, a ruined economy, and a reduced population.
Nature and the Environment:
With Mercury, Venus and Mars in Virgo square Jupiter and opposing Neptune between September 1st and September 13th, there will likely be high winds and storms around the country. July was reported to be the hottest month on earth since temperatures started reporting. September 22nd through the 30th, Mercury and Venus will square Saturn and Pluto which usually coincides with hurricanes on the coastal regions. The safety of our environment will be challenged and exposed this month as the Virgo planets highlight the contamination of our food systems and the many nations severe droughts. Last month, it was reported that Svalbard, Norway at the North Pole, one of the coldest places on earth, is melting – another indicator of the massively serious increase in global warming. Another theme coinciding with transits in Virgo is the emergence of cold or flu epidemics, bringing out public discourse over the need for vaccines.
Final Thoughts:
Every day, as I survey the news that is being reported on multiple platforms, it is obvious to me that people are overwhelmed, as they are watching many nations facing environmental and economic devastation along with a lack of active intelligence, an availability to face truths, and the will to summon effective movements toward the changes we need to make in the world. Last month’s remembrance of the 1969 Woodstock gathering of 450,000 young people to listen to their music and take a stand for getting out of wars, racial and economic opportunity, and movement toward world peace – all seem “quaint” in today’s darkening world. It would seem that the global military and financial cartel has won out by buying out governments, influencing most of the mass media to go along with the world’s money moving continually into the hands of the 1%, and the media drugging and “dumbing down” of much of the nation’s young people, who normally would be making change happen.
In an article published on August 17th in The New York Times by writer, Kim Brooks, entitled “We Have Ruined Childhood”, the author reveals our society’s rigid restrictions on children by taking away arts and music and free play in the schools and neighborhoods, forcing kids in 1st and 2nd grade into hours of homework, and strict supervision of play are all destroying the lives of too many. She reports: “According to the psychologist Peter Gray, children today are more depressed than they were during the Great Depression and more anxious than they were at the height of the Cold War. A 2019 study published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology found that between 2009 and 2017, rates of depression rose by more than 60 percent among those ages 14 to 17, and 47 percent among those ages 12 to 13. This isn’t just a matter of increased diagnoses. The number of children and teenagers who were seen in emergency rooms with suicidal thoughts or having attempted suicide doubled between 2007 and 2015.” It is worth reading the whole article to understand the trends that have been underway for decades that make life “not worth living” for what should be our most cherished children.
Just as I was feeling sad and hopeless, I had a session with a young client who is a new public school educator. She described to me how excited and inspired she is to teach science to her new classes in a manner that instills passion not just for the information, but for the human spirit behind everything. These children are responding to her as if they were waiting for her to come into their lives throughout their childhoods. They are the next step in human evolution – the longed-for advanced consciousness – the new light on earth. Just then, my new “companion” – the Blue Light emerged again, overpowering my soul with hope and deepening my faith that we all have a shot at disturbing what seems to be fated – and simply changing everything!
Stay tuned!
