Monday saw the annual Full Moon in Pisces, with the Moon exactly conjunct Uranus and squaring Pluto while forming a loose opposition to Saturn.

Full Moons are about endings and Uranus is all about surprise, and Saturn represents the status quo and the fall of such an old established institution as Lehman Brothers is surely that. Over the course of the few months, when Pluto changes signs and there is also an exact opposition between Uranus and Saturn, we should be in for quite a ride.

Next month we are undergoing one of the most profound astrological periods of the decade. This makes me extremely worried about this election, as the energies are really intense and thinking may not be clear. This is a period when history happens, whether we want it to or not.

First off, the date of the election is filled with extremely profound energy. On election day, we will be experiencing a rare exact opposition of Uranus and Saturn on the slightly nervous Pisces-Virgo axis. This opposition takes place only once approx every 30 years or so, and can mark times of coup d’etat, election upsets, riots and major societal shifts. We were undergoing this energy in the mid-60s, a time of the fight for civil rights and gender equality, and a loosening up of a repressed society. That time Uranus was in Virgo and Saturn was in Pisces, this time it is the opposite.

Uranus is about change and Saturn represents the status quo, and they are majorly at odds at this time. This energy is further complicated because it forms a Grand Cross with Pallas, the asteroid of Government in exact opposition with Venus in the signs of Gemini and Sagittarius also on election day. This is not pretty energy. In fact, things could get down right ugly. There is just such a wild card energy to this entire configuration, it is just difficult to predict how it will manifest itself.

Election day also sees Mars square Neptune, meaning people could make gut decisions that are just founded on illusion (or delusion). However, a series of positive sextiles, including one between Mercury and Pluto could cancel out this effect by giving a kind of intellectual resolve.

More troubling, is that Mercury moves into Scorpio on that day, the sign of secrets. Could there be some kind of fraud or coverup?

Also we are on the cusp of a whole new era as Pluto, the grandaddy of all transits, moves into Capricorn in late November. This is a huge shift. Pluto defines eras and tends to completely transform through a passage through hell the sector that it rules. For example, Sagittarius rules religious zealotry, and the Pluto in Sagittarius era brought fundamentalist terrorism to the fore. Previously we were in the Pluto in Scorpio era. Scorpio rules sex, and this was the era that AIDS appeared on the scene. Before that was the Pluto in Libra era. Libra rules aesthetics, and the 1970s were, well the 1970s….Before that was Pluto in Virgo. Virgo rules nutrition and the 60s were the era when the diet went to hell and processed foods took over. The 50s were the Pluto in Leo years. Leo is the sign of individuality and this was an extremely conformist era. Finally, lets look to the Pluto in Cancer era, the depression and war years. Cancer rules family love and compassion, and there wasn’t much of that going around.

So what does this mean for the future. Well, the economy. Capricorn rules the economy. Pluto entered Capricorn briefly earlier this year when the seriousness of the economic downturn really became evident. We can look to big business to be completely and fundamentally transformed over the next 15 years or so. It will not be an easy process, as Pluto brings out the ugly side of things. Pluto also rules education. More worrying is that the USA has Pluto in Capricorn itself and this period represents the nation’s first Pluto return. This will be a profound turning point in the country’s history and could represent a major period of reckoning as well, especially in terms of power and the limits and use (or loss) of power is concerned.

As for the election, I have no idea. It can go any way. Neither candidates have the best charts. Back in 2004, it was kind of easy to see Bush’s victory over Kerry, along with the troubles he would have after. Neither Obama nor McCain have such majorly obvious transits going on. Obamas chart is slightly advantaged because he has a number of planets approaching his mid-heaven, the point of career success. But the key word is approaching, but not quite there. Plus, Obama has some harsh aspects hitting planets in his 9th house on this day, so could there be legal isssues or challenges?

The inauguration day charts heavily favour Obama, so I will put my money there. I think this is going to be a really dividing and kind of crazy election and upcoming month in general. Even without the election there is a lot of major change to undergo and process, and to have this election before we feel this new energy is a bit disturbing to me, because we are voting based on the past, not the future which will start unveiling itself in late November.

Get ready for a ride….

I accidentally posted the wrong scope for Aquarius. This has been corrected and the proper Aquarian scope is now up at astrologydetective.com.

I have posted all September horoscopes over at astrologydetective.com.

The soon to be “dude-in-law” of Sarah “Sammy Jo” Palin and Bristol babby daddy is a high school drop out and has no plans of returning to school at the moment, according to his mother. At least he won’t need to worry about student loans and be able to give all his earnings to his family. Those college goers are so selfish!

Levi was flying to the Republican Convention today, but his mother said she was upset at how the press was prying into his life. Ummm, if you do not want the press to hound you, do not fly to the place where the entire US press corp is camped out….

It was nice to see that the McCain camp got him a new hairdo to replace the mullet. It is all personality, not issues that count and first impressions are so important….

I also learned that Levi is a very common name, kind of like John or Steve, in “fundie” towns, such as Wasilla. Out east, I would think a “fundie” town is some kind of trust fund baby haven. But it is slang for “fundamentalist”, ie evangelical Christian, town. Apparently, there are many of these out west. I am starting to think there really are two Americas.

I need his birth data! If anyone sees a birthday, please send it to me. Cheers!

A spunky young woman. The perfect trophy who would do what she was told while energising the base. Chosen for her commitment to virtue. Sarah Palin? or Lady Di?

It is interesting how the choice of a “little lady” type proved so disastrous to the royal family, and now history is repeating itself in the McCain campaign. Palin seems as much of a loose cannon as Di was, but more importantly she has totally pushed McCain into the shadows of his own election in much the same way that Diana did to Charles. In less than a week, this has become a Palin v Obama race. The crowds, the gossip sheets all have fallen for Palin, much like they did for Di.

Both Palin and Diana have Uranus’ that make harsh aspects to their “mates” Suns’. The Sun represents the ego, the personality force, and these harsh Uranus aspects have a tendency to overthrow all that. Uranus is definitely the planet of shock and surprise, a wild card, a loose cannon. The unexpected becomes the expected, and for the Sun person (Charles or McCain), it becomes difficult to control their image as it is always eclipsed by the sagas and dramas of the Uranus element (Diana and Palin).

It is ironic for McCain that he used that celebrity ad against Obama and is now living out the true reality tv celebrity of his VP pick. What goes around comes around, and he better get used to standing in the shadows.

First off, what a wierd decor. I have seen the bear carcass rugs before, but that mutant-sized crab anti-magazine theft device is beyond surreal.

There is a lot of talk, and actual speculation on Intrade, that Sarah Palin may step down. McCain is rash enough that anything is possible. Although, she would probably give some spin about how she is leaving to be a great mom or something.

The Full Moon on September 15th is in the business partnership sector of John McCain’s chart, conjunct his Saturn / Venus opposition. Exactly conjunct the Venus part. This Full Moon is even more potent because it is conjunct that maverick planet, Uranus.

Full Moons deal with sudden endings in the part of the chart in which they are found. As said before this is found in the business partnership sector of McCain’s chart. The fact that it is conjunct Uranus and will be exactly opposite his natal Venus and conjunct his Saturn, could mean there are sudden shock ruptures that may occur. Maybe Palin will stay on but disappear from view, or perhaps McCain may purge some advisors. If there were to be a split, there is a good possibility it could come at this date, and rather impulsively.

Neptune transits are where nightmares and dreams meet and can warp into some strange new reality.

Sarah “Sammy Jo” Palin has been having Neptune transits a-go-go the past few years, and for a good few to come. As I said before, she has a relatively simple chart, with not many major transits, the biggie configuration in her chart is her Sun/Mars/Saturn conjunction square Neptune which is currently (and slowly) being hit by Neptune and Chiron. In the recent past, she has been undergoing a Neptune square her natal Neptune, as well. When you have a chart where most of your energy is concentrated in one section, you can go for relatively long stretches of harmony but when it rains it pours.

So the drama unfolds another day and we get to meet the inlaws. Some people play fantasy football, but in my girlie brain I prefer Fantasy Inaugural Ball. The Palin crew will add a dash of Cinderella charm to these normally stodgy affairs. Heck, they probably will arrive in carved out pumpkins; they grow them big these days due to genetic modification. Horse-drawn carriages provided by nepotistic fairy godmothers are so elitist, anyhow.

So first we have daughter Bristol’s new soon-to-be hubby, Levi, which will make him Sammy Jo’s “dude-in-law” I guess. According to his Myspace page, his hobbies are “fukcing chilling”. (Hey, I like to chill, too!). Sporting the necessary mullet, he describes himself as a “fukcing redneck” and says if anyone messes with him, he will “kick a$%” Watch out Obama! He also is quite the fashionable young man, preferring to wear baseball caps at strange angles on his head, perfect attire for the maverick Inaugural Ball.

Palin, mère, enjoys hunting animals from a plane, while the younger generation, as seen in the above photo of Levi and friend recreating a scene from Deliverance (or is it Natural Born Killers?), just uses handguns - those kooky kids! At least they do not have access to condoms, heaven forbid!

Pic two below shows Levi’s sister posing next to Bristol. She will not even have to bother to sew a new dress for the Inaugural Ball, this one is perfection.

This Sarah Palin saga is better than a telenovella, she’s some kind of white valley trash Alexis Carrington….or better yet, Sammy Jo. I hope her birth time becomes available soon. Are birth certificates public record in Alaska? I am normally not into politics, but this is just so Peyton Place. Small town scandals are the best. You get so jaded in the big city where anything goes….Read on to the end to see what major transits this little lady with a Big Life is undergoing at this time, but first the cast of characters.

So Palin’s oldest son Track, named after the sport of “Track and Field”, was born on April 20, 1989. Palin and her husband, part Yupik Eskimo champion snow-machine (is that like a zomboni?) racer with a DUI bust and no college education, suddenly eloped on August 29, 1988. Was Track born on time?

Then there’s Daughter Bristol, who was out of school for five months with mono, better known as the kissing disease. It is during this educational sabbatical that this current baby was conceived. Hard to believe she had the spunk to be so frisky with this highly contagious and sleep-inducing disease. Did her true love Levi also come down with this illness? Who sleeps knowingly with someone who has mono? Could Sarah, who did not look physically pregnant during the birth of her infant son, truly be masquerading as the mother of a former Bristol/Levi creation? Tune in next week….

I love too how her sister’s ex tasered her sister’s son from a previous relationship (at the son’s request), drank beer in the squad car, and threatened to kill the Palin patriarch. When it seemed like Sarah P was to be subpoena’d in the custody procedings, they allegedly tried to get him fired. Palin more openly fired the Librarian of Wassila after she was elected mayor, for not having supported her.

Even more disturbing, the maybe future VP of the USA, who should be Proud to Be an American, is a former member of the Alaskan Independence Party, which wants Alaska to secede from the union. Although she hasn’t been a member since before she was mayor, she did record a greeting for that party’s 2008 convention stating that Alaska has “a great promise to be a self-sufficient state.” I thought the slogan was “Country First”. Could this all be some part of a major plot to take down the union - perhaps neighbouring Russia is secretly arming the Alaskan National Guard, of which Palin is commander in chief, to invade the lower 48?

It’s totally Twin Peaks. I am just wondering where the Log Lady fits in…..The log has seen all, knows the answers to all the secrets….

Palin is currently undergoing a transit of Neptune conjunct her Sun (with her Mars and Saturn soon following). She also is having Saturn conjunct her natal Uranus/Pluto conjunction - ouch! Any one of these transits on its own would be slightly painful, but together they are going to put Sarah Palin on the fast track to spiritual enlightenment, which is a lovely euphemism for a trip through hell. When Neptune conjuncts the Sun there can be a profound dissolution of the ego, and even a bit of an identity crisis. There can be the feeling of being having your entire identity dissolve, leaving one profoundly physically and psychologically drained. The Saturn conjunction of her Uranus and Pluto can be a time of chickens coming home to roost. If she has had a free ride for a while, it may be payback time.

Trainwreck of Trainwrecks! Cnn has just reported that McCain has confirmed that Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old high school-senior daughter is preggers. It’s kind of fun having women in politics, be it Hillary or Palin, they really do ratchet up the drama.

Palin is saying that Bristol will keep the child and marry the father - is this 1950? Poor girl, it makes me wonder how much choice she had in this matter. Keeping the baby is one thing, but a shot-gun marriage at that age really can mess up your life. Sometimes, I take so much for granted, but then I realise the great strides that have been in society since the 1960s, and it really makes me appreciate all those fights people made for civil and individual rights.

But all this makes one wonder, just how much did McCain vet this VP? It is already known he did not contact any of the people involved the Troopergate scandal, and having a 5 month pregnant daughter, when you are an evangelical Christian, is a bit of a difficult thing to hide. Or could Sarah be so ruthless that she knew and didn’t say?

Sarah’s Uranus/ Pluto conjunction is conjunct McCain’s Virgo stellium, including his Sun, Neptune, and Venus. Sarah can add a bit of shock and surprise that disrupts the harmony of his campaign (and life). The Pluto aspect also denotes that Sarah is indeed a game changer, as Pluto absolutely transforms all it touches. Sarah’s Uranus conjunct his Neptune does denote a certain shock, and that confusion, or even deception, is involved.

Sarah’s Mars/Sun/Saturn conjunction does give her an amazing drive and determination, combined with delusion, as it is squared by Neptune in Scorpio (see previous post). As mentioned earlier, Palin may not be a very introspective person, and the simplicity of her chart, combined with the above stellium aspect, may make her feel she is a bit invincible. Such a simple chart can belie a certain naivite, as one is not really likely to see shades of grey.

Meanwhile, John is undergoing his Saturn opposition affecting his house of public service. Saturn oppositions have their fair share of headaches. Saturn is also going over his stellium and squaring his Jupiter, again meaning that there can be serious consequences for impulsive moves. The square to Jupiter also brings religion into the mix, and this choice may not appease those evangelical voters as much as he had hoped.

The fact that Mars was conjunct his natal Mercury at the time of the VP “vetting” process, which seems like it too a week, makes me believe this was a pick made in a hurry and without going to deeply intellectually into it.

Interesting as well, is that Ceres in Leo is currently triggering McCain’s Uranus/Mars square. Ceres is the asteroid of pregnancy, and it will be conjunct McCain’s Uranus on September 10th. Uranus is all about shock and surprise, I’ll say….