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I have posted the January Horoscopes. They deal with the far-reaching issues of both the past, present and future. Jupiter changes sign this month which is a major shift in planetary energy.

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Also I havent been blogging a lot lately, because I am putting my main insights into the world prediction portion of the year ahead horoscope package.

In case you haven’t read them yet, the December horoscopes are up for all signs. This Uranus-Saturn opposition energy is bit fierce in these days leading up to the Full Moon on the 12th, pushing a lot of people to confrontation in order to achieve fairness.

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Here it is, a digest of all the posts of the past week.

Obama wins.

1) Obama has better transits on inauguration day. Today, he has Mars conjunct his Mid-Heaven, signifying a 2-year peak in career matters. He has a number of transits in his 9th house, there may be legal issues to fight.

2) Joe Biden has Saturn conjunct his Mid-Heaven: A 29-year high-point in his career.

3) John McCain has Jupiter opposing his Mid-Heaven, signifying career matters could spiral out of control in a bad way. He is undergoing his Saturn Opposition in his public service sector. This happens only once every 29 years or so and represents loss and giving up and moving on. During his last Saturn Opposition he divorced his first wife.

4) Sarah Palin has a lot of Neptune and Jupiter going on. She may have delusions of grandeur. Probably thinking more of future than present. She is undergoing a bit of a Cinderella time, but more fantasy than reality.

5) Mars square Neptune, with Mercury entering Scorpio: A lot of secrecy as Mars and Mercury are both in Scorpio, indicating covert actions. Neptune rules computers, possible vote fraud.

6) Uranus opposite Saturn: An overturn of the status quo and change beating out tradition. There may be riots if not now, in a few months, and perhaps by those afraid of losing their power. (John Lennon made the quote about being more famous than Jesus during a Uranus opposition of Saturn, which led to conservative Christian riots months later.) There will be a lot of change between now and 2010, much like the change from the early to the late 60s, or from the pre-WW1 years to the 1920s.

So I have my own strange tale from the polling place to tell. I live in France, so the Obama campaign had this offer where you could Fedex your vote for just 20$. When I went to drop off my ballot, the woman in front of me was sending 48,000 Euro in cash in a small box. That’s about 70,000$ US. Fedex took it! She was a totally normal looking woman, like one of those old ladies you see at the vegetable market. Wild…

There are three factors in John McCain’s chart that make me predict he will lose today: Jupiter is in close opposition to his mid-heaven, the Sun is squaring his Mars in his house of career success (and emphasizing his angry gnome qualities) and a major life transit: the Saturn Opposition to Natal Saturn.

Barack Obama’s chart is, while not favourable, not as negative as McCain’s, more neutral. The death of his Grandmother can be seen by his upcoming Pluto opposition of Venus, which goes into affect in December, and this will probably be when he truly realises his loss and enters the grieving period. In regards to the election, there is not much going on. He has many planets in his 9th house approaching his mid-heaven, and his Mars is within orb of a conjunction to that point, the culmination of career success. Obama has a great chart on inauguration day, when his yod, a point of destiny, is triggered. The only catch is Obama has a lot of stuff in his 9th house, so there may be some legal issues to deal with.

Joe Biden has his Saturn conjunct his mid-heaven, which really represents the pinnacle of career achievement.

Now back to John McCain. The Sun’s square of Mars in his house of career success today does not bode well, and the same can be said of the Moon’s opposition to Pluto in the same sector. There may be a loss of personal power due to work circumstances.

He is also undergoing a Jupiter opposition to his mid-heaven. This can be a time when career losses spiral out of control, and one feels they have no ability to make things better.

Finally he is undergoing his Saturn opposition, affecting his houses of dreams and public service. This is a major life transit and normally signifies some kind of major loss. This transit occurs only once every 29 years or so and is quite powerful. At the time of his last Saturn opposition, he divorced his first wife.

McCain’s Saturn Cycles are quite important and influential, here they are in sequence. There are about 7 years that separate each point of the cycle.

First Saturn Return: Assigned to Combat
Saturn Square: Freed from capitivity. Enters physical therapy.
Saturn Opposition: Divorce from first wife
Saturn Square: Keating 5 Scandal
Second Saturn Return: Career takes off, Named on Time Magazine’s List of 25 Most Influential People, Makes VP Short List
Saturn Square: Supports Iraq War

If this were a Saturn Return, I would call for a more favourable outcome, but as an opposition, they often signify having to let go, move on, or some type of loss.

Uranus opposite Saturn: Election Day

Big deal, this is. This is a relatively rare transit and this is the first of a series. Uranus and Saturn will be playing tag a number times between now and 2010. Last time this happened was in the mid-60s, and before that 1920, the dawn of the modern era, filled with flappers and liberation from the past. Uranus opposite Saturn is a call for change to the conservative world order. It can also be a time of riots and civic unrest, even a coup d’etat and changes in government. Remember that John Lennon comment that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, he made that during a Uranus-Saturn opposition, although the riots it inspired didn’t happen until some months later. As these oppositions will be occurring from now through 2010, the entire period can have a sense of volatility to it.

This transit occurs on election day, with Mars squaring Neptune. Mars is the planet of action and Neptune is the planet of delusion, illusion and deceit. Could there be intimidation or even underhandedness during the US elections? Mars square Neptune could also lead to a feeling of powerlessness, maybe people will be denied the right to vote or the polls may close before they cast their ballot. Mercury, the planet of the mind, sextiles Pluto, the planet of power also on this day, signifying that there may well be a cunning plan afoot to grab power or control. The fact that Mercury slithers into Scorpio later in the day, just emphasizes the aura of secrecy that surrounds this day. Could the voting machines be involved?

The Mars Neptune square can also lead people to a feeling of losing confidence - a feeling of being let down. I think if things go bad (and bad depends on who you supported) there could be uprisings. But it may be from the Repub supporters, as well, whose hate-filled rallies have shocked many. The Uranus - Saturn opp could represent the fact that those who have held power are now losing it and change, major change is on the horizon. When Uranus opposes Saturn (traditon), Uranus (change) normally wins, as it is the heavier hitting planet

Obama has Mars and Mercury transitting his 9th house of legal action on election day. I don’t think he will take a loss sitting down. Saying that, Mars will be conjunct his mid-heaven, on the 14th. This transit is powerful enough to feel its effects on the 4th. When a planet passes the mid-heaven it represents career achievement, as it is the highest point of the chart. Mars here is very powerful. Biden has Saturn conjunct his mid-heaven on election day, even more powerful. McCain on the other hand is undergoing his Saturn opposition, hitting his dreams and public service sector. Saturn opps are no fun, and represent an ending in some way. His last Saturn opp coincided with his divorce from his first wife.

If there is rioting that breaks out, it may not do so right away, just like the Beatles in the 60s but blow up later, and like that time it was the “good”, well-fed suburbanite people who were rioting against the threat to their status quo ways.