March 3 Lunar Eclipse at 12 Degrees Virgo sextile Jupiter
Sabian Degree Description: “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice lets lose a spell that causes all hell to break loose. When the master magician returns, he uses his wand to put everything back in its rightful place.”
Patient: The United States of America
Diagnosis: Manic/Depressive (Bi-polar) Disorder
Cure: Changes in Leadership
The challenge to the democracy, direction, and cohesiveness of the United States did not begin under the present administration. Monsters do not arise in history without an environment that encourages and enriches them. The massive shift of US wealth into the accounts of the ultra-rich, diminishing services, supports, and opportunities for all the rest of the populace, led our discontent down the “rabbit hole” of dark conspiracies, racial and ethnic hatreds, and polarization. These movements have frequently been supported by an unregulated mass media, whose primary goal has been mostly to generate billions of dollars in profits.
The separation of powers so carefully instituted by our Founders has failed to protect us from a dictatorship that freely violates the law in multiple directions. In 2010, in the Citizens United Decision, the Supreme Court ruled that unlimited corporate financing could be used in elections. In recent years, the Roberts Court has ruled that the president has nearly unlimited powers. The Congress has largely abdicated its authority to impeach him for multiple violations of law since the Republicans hold a majority in both houses and are afraid of losing their local elections. Thus, Pres. Trump has thoroughly instituted his own mobster form of governance, invading cities, using ICE throughout the nation ostensibly to deport illegal immigrants, and putting thousands into prisons filled with starvation and abuse, without trials to determine who is really there.
I PREDICTED in last month’s newsletter that Trump is entering a very difficult time in his presidency. The Supreme Court ruling in February that Trump does not have the constitutional right to impose tariffs is finally showing a “change in direction” that I believe, as an astrologer, is the beginning of the restoration of democracy and survival of the US that I believe the planets are presenting to us.
Trump’s policies are startlingly reminiscent of the Communist military government that took over Russia early in the 20th Century and the Nazi Gestapo police that took over Germany in the 1930s. Trump’s erecting tasteless monuments to himself in Washington reminds us of those statues and building facades of dictators Hitler, Stalin, and Saddam Hussein that were torn down and demolished when their regimes fell. Most importantly, he is threatening to stop the important mid-term elections by declaring them “illegal” in advance. He violates international laws and norms by threatening to take over Greenland and Venezuela, even though these attempts have been limited by his proclaiming he is only “making deals,” and he recently backed down from invading Greenland. Now, he is surrounding Iran with military vessels, threatening to go to war unless they demonstrate they are not producing a nuclear weapon. When polled, the majority of Americans do not want to go to war.
Backlash:
The overwhelmingly large protests in Minneapolis, accompanied by Bruce Springsteen’s anthem, have flooded the media. A nationwide protest has been scheduled in March, just as Mercury goes direct conjunct the North Node. Special elections (before the midterms) are being decisively won by Democrats, pointing to a new backlash political wave. Inflation, non-affordable health care, job layoffs, and terrible cuts to government services to public education, the poor and disabled, who were all previously funded by Congress, are all taking a terrible toll on American families across the nation. Recent polls indicate a larger share of the American public now disapproves of the Trump administration.
The Epstein Files:
The Epstein files are not going away. The information from these files is unseating highly placed VIPs here in the US and all over the world. The planets in Pisces, upending secrets and scandals, do not go away until the end of April. Trump’s nefarious association with Epstein will continue to be revealed, plunging his polls further downward.
Military Threats:
The current planetary transits in Pisces and later into Aries signal a “changing of the guard,” as many economic and political systems are revealed to be both deceptive and defective. The term “wagging the dog” may be revived as the President may engage in threatening more military actions, underlying the new Aries transits, which often resort to war to divert failures of policy at home. Trump’s threats of war in Iran illustrate this effort. Mars transits Pisces from March 3rd until April 9th, when it goes into Aries until May 19th. This will keep everyone “guessing” as to which personality on the bipolar spectrum Trump will exhibit.
THE PROFOUND and SIGNIFICANT Saturn/Neptune conjunction on Feb. 14th has coincided with the expiration of the nuclear arms treaty between Russia and the US that had sustained itself in some form for the past 50 years. The last Saturn/Neptune conjunction in 1989 coincided with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union. This does not bode well for Putin and his attempt to take over Ukraine. We now know he has been so desperate for soldiers that he has been recruiting men from Kenya to fight and lose their lives in Ukraine. Recently, he sold huge amounts of gold to continue financing his war, since the Russian economy is so bad, its citizens are running out of food, electricity, and basic income.
Meanwhile, China has been developing and expanding its nuclear arsenal to approximately 600 sites and is openly projecting to increase the arsenal to 1000. A three-way nuclear arms race between Russia, the US, and China will jack up the possibility of nuclear war that could lead to the extinction of most life on earth!
Pisces transits move from confusion and super sensitivity into fiery Aries which seeks immediate action. There may be confrontations between ships “at sea” that may be resolved when Mars is sextile Uranus in Taurus on April 23. As mentioned above, Trump has recently strategically installed military vessels surrounding Iran, whose astrological chart is being hit by the planetary configurations. He is threatening to attack this nation ostensibly for killing their government protesters and holding on to their enriched nuclear capabilities. Trump uses all these confrontations as part of his “extortion racket” with the intent of making financial “deals”. This would comprise his so-called “talks” with Ukraine that would make US help contingent on favorable oil and land deals in the nation. Because he likes Putin, Trump has essentially abandoned Ukraine.
Recently, China’s premier Xi has “purged” his eight top generals, fueling speculation about where he will go with his promise to “take over” Taiwan in 2027. I have already predicted significant changes in leadership in China as Pluto transits its Moon and Ascendant, leading to shakeups in government. Trump made a trade agreement with China for their rare earths. How far, if at all, will the Trump administration go to continue to support Taiwan with the US military? Uncertain and dangerous times lie ahead.
Mercury retrograde:
Mercury is retrograde in Pisces until it goes direct at 8 degrees Pisces, exactly conjunct the North Node of the Moon on March 8th. The Sabian degree of 8 degrees Pisces is described as “An Emperor and empress are seated upon adjacent thrones. The empress leans over to her husband and gives him some frank advice on an important matter of state.” Perhaps this administration will heed advice from a woman. It would point to cooperation between men and women in an attempt to hold the world together in turbulent times. Many women are now impressively operating within positions of global leadership.
The Economy:
Uranus passes through Taurus for the last time until it goes into its major transit into Gemini (April 26th), remaining in Gemini through 2033. This recent transit in Taurus last passed through these signs from the 1930s into the early 1940s marking the Great Depression and WWII. The previous transit in Gemini occurred when we entered WWII, vaulting our economy out of the Great Depression.
Current relations between the US and other nations are fragile. The War in Ukraine is still raging with no end in sight, with the Trump administration having withdrawn its support for Ukraine. Trump’s love affair with Putin will not be popular, even with his base. There is evidence that Trump has been a Russian “operative” since the 1980’s when he may have been laundering Russian money in the US through real estate transactions. One of these transactions is known to have involved Jeffry Epstein, who is now known to have been hooked up with Russians, both in real estate ventures and human trafficking..
Trump has threatened and insulted our allies and trading partners to the point that we are losing our power and status in the world. On the bright side, NATO should pay its fair share into the alliance and supply more of its military support, moving away from sole dependence on the US. On the dark side, Trump’s view of the US sticking to its own hemisphere, breaking up global alliances, and insulting national leaders supports a global economy now moving toward economic alliances with China and away from the US.
Current economic systems are fragile for a multiple of reasons, not the least is the solvency of the US dollar. US debt is at an all time high, and tariffs are being threatened or imposed. In January, Japan sold off its US Treasuries. European nations are moving their assets out of the US, selling both treasuries and stocks. Jupiter in Cancer goes direct on March 10th and Mars will trine it on the 21st. This is somewhat protective of the US over the short term.
Gold and Silver:
All this has led me to suggest investments in gold and silver. An article on Kitco News Feb. 24 by Neile Christensen reports: “Gold is not held as a fiscal financing tool but as a strategic reserve asset underpinning credibility, confidence, and monetary resilience.” He continues to report: “Global gold reserves have now surpassed US Treasury holdings for the first time since 1996.” The US dollar has been the global reserve currency for decades. Our massive national debt is threatening this status. However, other nations are also burdened with massive debts so it is unclear who would take over this status. All this points to a global instability that personal ownership of gold would, in a small way, alleviate.
AI and the Economy:
There is no longer any question that AI “unleashed” will eliminate many jobs, not only in the US, but around the globe. Economies will have to reinvent themselves. I think we will accomplish this in time. A much bigger concern is AI regulation – ethical decision making, data privacy, and cybersecurity. We all know the consequences of ignoring regulations over the past 30 years, as the internet developed, including lies, fraud, and data theft. Consumer protection was only an afterthought.
As a result of a profits-only mandate in all online businesses, our nation’s children have been “dumbed down” and are losing the ability to think critically and creatively. Many are succumbing to severe depression and suicide. We need a rule of law to step in and stop the madness. Once these assurances are in place, AI actually offers instant calculations and bodies of information never before available to all of us, lending the time and energy for us to discover, create, and mold whole worlds of possibilities – even solving the problems it, itself, creates.
META’s Mark Zuckerberg is currently on trial for addicting kids to online sites, resulting in an an array of bad results for young people, including intellectual decline, depression, and suicide. Research has shown that constantly being online is generally destroying the human capacity to pay attention. This is only the beginning of a new direction pointing toward holding all the corporations on the internet and AI accountable.
Devaluation:
There are rumors that US central banks are buying up gold involving a scheme to “re-evaluate” the price of gold and eventually back the US dollar with it, all in an attempt to prevent the dollar from devaluation and losing its global currency status. In January, there was a sell-off in stocks, along with gold and silver, upon Trump’s announcement of a new Fed Chair, Kevin Warsh. This will not indicate a trend. The financial “cartel” will likely initiate a sell-off in silver to bring the price down, and then buy it back. As I have reported above, gold and silver have initiated a substantial “comeback”.
A possible way to personally protect yourself from these economic uncertainties is to hold gold and silver. The hidden “shorts” by the big banks in the precious metals are being unwound, and the money is being renegotiated through these targeted sell-offs. At this time, there is a significant capital gains penalty on the sale of silver (gold too), which has been declared a necessary metal. The solution is to invest in silver mining stocks. New capital investments in the metals will reveal themselves. As stated above, gold may be positioned to back the dollar again in the future. Jupiter (expansion) goes into Leo on June 31st for over a year; Leo is a sign traditionally associated with gold.
UFOs:
Trump has announced he is releasing all the government’s previously hidden UFO Files. I am in favor of this decision, but I have my doubts that all this information will be released without significant “redacting”. President Jimmy Carter witnessed a UFO. President Reagan, back in the 1980s, was convinced we were being visited by aliens, since he witnessed a UFO. President Obama, when interviewed, said he suspects alien UFOs may be real. In recent years, Congress has heard multiple testimonies from credible people and has admitted that there is no current scientific explanation for many pictures of UFOs. If, indeed, aliens have been present here on Earth, the question arises: “Can we handle this?”
New Frameworks:
The Feb. 14th conjunction of Saturn and Neptune at 00 degrees Aries marked a NEW AGE in humankind’s history. The transit of Uranus into Gemini, beginning April 26 and walking into a trine with Pluto in Aquarius and a sextile with Neptune in Aries in July, ushers in new ideas, technologies, breakthrough inventions, new economies, and even the emergence of new global leadership. Whatever world we have lived in up to this time will be dissolving as new frameworks of consciousness present themselves on the world stage.
Science & Technology:
Recently, in the “Tokamak Times,” it was announced that “Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CCFS) delivers its first fusion magnet, a stronger, smaller design.” It goes on to state: “Key innovations unlocked our new pathway to a smaller, more economical fusion power plant. It will become part of SPARC, the machine we are building to demonstrate the core technology of a fusion power plant.”
Since the world is running out of fuel to power the astronomical amounts of fossil fuel it will need to run both AI and cryptocurrency systems, there is a rush to reopen old nuclear fission plants and dig further for more oil, coal, and gas, continuing to pollute the environment. Whatever is going on here is short and temporary at best. Within about 10 years, we will run out of fossil fuels to run these giant energy grids. The Holy Grail of energy is nuclear fusion, and by this coming July, when Jupiter enters Leo, the world will start to wake up to its importance.
Science News recently reported: “Scientists at Stanford Medicine have discovered a treatment that can reverse cartilage loss in aging joints and even prevent arthritis after knee injuries. By blocking a protein linked to aging, the therapy restored healthy shock-absorbing cartilage in old mice and injured joints, dramatically improving movement and joint function. Human cartilage samples from knee replacement surgeries also began regenerating when exposed to the treatment.”
It has been announced that the Nobel Prize was awarded to three scientists who discovered how to prevent the immune system from attacking the body. Autoimmune diseases like Lupus, Hashimoto’s Disease, MS, Psoriatic Arthritis, etc., are a scourge on human health. This breakthrough in medicine accompanies recent research into how to prevent healthy, normal cells from becoming cancerous.
Final Thoughts:
“The life of man is never quite completed;
The daring and the chatter will go on;
But, as an artist feels his power gone,
These walk the earth and know themselves defeated.
Some could not bear nor break the young and
mourn for
The wounded myths that once made nations
good,
Some lost a world they never understood,
Some saw too clearly all that man was born for.”
From “In Time of War”, by W. H. Auden
There are new requirements for human life on earth; loudly proclaimed from the stars and felt deeply here on the earth. The upheavals in nature and those massive changes initiated by human power and innovation are shocking us out of our collective coma into a light that could initially blind us. What do we do with this? What do we do about this? Are the richest and most powerful of us simply too consumed by greed and self-absorption? Are the rest of us simply too tired, too broken, too unprepared to come face to face with this terrifying dilemma – extinction or evolution?
The greatest hope for the future lies within the frameworks of the questions themselves. The yearning for decency, love for our neighbors, equality of opportunity, respect for life on earth – are emerging out of the soils of our distant past into the light of Spring. The Vernal Equinox faithfully arrives, as it does every year, to remind us that we have a chance, once again, to reinvent ourselves. As the poet says, above, “Some lost a world they never understood, Some saw too clearly all that man was born for.”
Blessings and grand wishes for all,
Linda
Important Points of Reference for Astrologers:
Lunar Eclipse at 12 degrees Virgo March 3 sextile Jupiter; New Moon at 28 degrees Pisces March 19 sextile Uranus; Full Moon at 12 degrees Libra April 2; New Moon April l7 at 27 degrees Aries; Venus in Pisces is sextile Uranus March 4, goes into Aries March 5 and is conjunct Neptune March 7 and is conjunct Saturn March 8 and is sextile Pluto March 9, goes into Taurus March 30, is square Pluto April 3, is sextile Jupiter April 12, and is conjunct Uranus at a critical 29 degrees April 23, going into Gemini April 24 , is sextile Neptune April 26 and trine Pluto April 28; Mars goes into Pisces March 3, transits the North Node March 13, is trine Jupiter March 21, is sextile Uranus April 8, goes into Aries April 10is conjunct Neptune April 12, is conjunct Saturn April 19. Uranus goes into Gemini April 26 (and will sextile Jupiter and Neptune and will trine Pluto in July 2026).
