The Soiree Was a Blast ~ January 4, 2005

As I write, an interesting cycle of planetary alignment conducts a lengthy soiree in Sagittarius. Normally, the fleet-footed, faster-orbiting Mercury is the one to align with the slightly slower, sashaying Venus. But since Mercury inched out of retrograde status last month, Venus aligned with him on the 28^th of December. Now the two work toward another alignment - this one more “normalized” - Mercury to Venus, which polishes up on the 17^th of January. Add to this the present alignment of both of these bodies to potent Pluto, and this party is well attended.

In review of your holiday gifts, perhaps there’s something missing. Why is that? Is it that you failed to ask? Perhaps it’s a more internal issue. Why don’t others instinctively understand your needs? (Don’t take that personally; there seems to be a good bit of preoccupation of the self in the airwaves.) Better question: Why don’t/didn’t you express those needs? Was there a level of embarrassment or vulnerability that would have surfaced should you declare your inner most desires? It’s hell to be in the limbo land of nonfulfillment and non-expression (sez Pluto). As we inch to the next conjunction of the fastest two planets in our solar system, become cogent and expressive (quips Mercury, as if there’s nothing to it) and assert all desires, especially those of inner creative yearning (gushes Venus). Then, this odd feeling about entering the Gregorian Year 2005 might come into focus.

Is that all? Nope. Never is. Ask Californians. When it rains it pours. Astrophysicists specializing in the detection of radio waves, yesterday observed a seven-day-old radio outburst from the Soft Gamma Ray Repeater, SGR 1806-20 (0 Capricorn 20). Normally, gamma ray outbursts in space are a one time shot. A handful of objects that repeatedly demand gamma spectrum detection made their way into the astrophysical catalogues over the past years. These strong sources of energy can whack satellites, disrupt cell phones, induce those with laser toys to point them at airplanes and induce a plethora of other yet unknown, but certainly weird, physical effects.

Seven days from the 3^rd - depending upon how you figure calendric things, would have been the 27^th of December. Nope, this burst was not instigated by Mercury and Venus, but coincident with Mercury Venus. Could this have been an effect on the earthquake/tsunami? Perhaps. I once heard a UNSUBSTANTIATED claim that during earthquake activity, a tear occurs in the atmosphere, roughly above the fault area. Again, I have never seen this documented. But the revealing source of this information, I did trust. Gamma and Radio outbursts certainly destabilize the atmosphere.

That brings me back to Mercury aligning to Pluto, which in the moment of transmission of this e-mail, precisely aligned in longitude (they’re together). What information sources do you trust? Do you trust the tsunami warning system, media, conspiracy theories, psychically derived data, your inner voice and/or the Voice of God? I read something online about the anomalistic weather patterns and unusual events. Yep. Combined with the alignment of Uranus to the perihelion of Mars added to the above outburst, our atmosphere lacks stability. The weather, both inside and out, remain strange for a while to come yet. Is the government tampering with the weather? As those employed by the government laugh, “there ain’t no one on the government payroll - of any country - that smart.”

So what do you do if you tune into the weather? You prepare accordingly. Perfect!

To prepare now, make careful plans. Commit to only those things to which you can imagine yourself carrying on for the rest of your life (this meets the demands of the rather sticky Pluto). Think things through. Carry out the logic and subsequent results for at least three potential extended stages of thought/consequence/consciousness. Remember that on the 9^th and 10^th of January, Venus and Mercury, crosses the angle of SGR 1806-20. The radio vibes will be strong then. Take time to get somewhere quiet, so the nuances can be heard. Finally, remember: going off on a tangent, might be a bad sine. Then again, how would you know?