{"id":3471,"date":"2019-01-29T12:24:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T17:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/?p=3471"},"modified":"2019-01-29T12:33:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T17:33:12","slug":"the-new-year-part-4-the-usa-january-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/29\/the-new-year-part-4-the-usa-january-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Year \u2013 Part 4 \u2013 The USA<\/span> (January 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/p>\n

The USA<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The three pre\u00advi\u00adous post\u00adings for the 2019 fore\u00adcast, (past, present and future) con\u00adcerned the uni\u00adver\u00adsal ener\u00adgy-forms of plan\u00ade\u00adtary con\u00addi\u00adtions, known as \u201cTran\u00adsits to Tran\u00adsits\u201d, that reveal and inform our jour\u00adney in mean\u00adings and mes\u00adsages for one and for all.<\/p>\n

Now I will con\u00adsid\u00ader the con\u00addi\u00adtions for an indi\u00advid\u00adual enti\u00adty and the aspects formed to their chart, or what are termed \u201cTran\u00adsits to Natal\u201d indi\u00adca\u00adtions. I will begin by con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ading the chart of the Unit\u00aded States of Amer\u00adi\u00adca, and in the next post\u00ading con\u00adsid\u00ader the chart of the Pres\u00adi\u00addent, Don\u00adald Trump.<\/p>\n

Nep\u00adtune and Saturn<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The prin\u00adci\u00adpal tran\u00adsit in the chart of the USA<\/span> in 2018 was Nep\u00adtune to Sat\u00adurn (an incon\u00adjunct aspect or 150\u00b0). This tran\u00adsit was exact from 2017 into ear\u00adly 2019, (although we should always look at all these out\u00ader plan\u00ade\u00adtary align\u00adments as peri\u00adods of time, as process\u00ades that build in over sev\u00ader\u00adal years lead\u00ading to these more exact peri\u00adods of culmination).<\/p>\n

This tran\u00adsit involved the chal\u00adlenge that any cul\u00adture will face (again and again), between its present-day struc\u00adtures of Civ\u00adil and Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Soci\u00adety (Sat\u00adurn) and the pres\u00adsure to incor\u00adpo\u00adrate ever more Spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal Truths into that struc\u00adture (Nep\u00adtune). This was the same align\u00adment for the USA<\/span> that occurred in the mid 1850\u2019s. That peri\u00adod was char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by the strug\u00adgle over the very nature of the USA<\/span>, of what of kind of econ\u00ado\u00admy, cul\u00adture and spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal char\u00adac\u00adter the USA<\/span> would have with regards for the prin\u00adci\u00adpal of human equal\u00adi\u00adty (as is affirmed in our sacred com\u00adpact, The Con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion), or turn against the tide of his\u00adto\u00adry and human rights and con\u00adsid\u00ader some as less deserv\u00ading, in effect treat\u00ading some as objects (i.e. slavery).<\/p>\n

There cer\u00adtain\u00adly are major echoes of that strug\u00adgle in our cur\u00adrent peri\u00adod, with the issue of how we view the true his\u00adto\u00adry ver\u00adsus the lega\u00adcy (memo\u00adri\u00adals) of the Con\u00adfed\u00ader\u00ada\u00adcy, how we treat var\u00adi\u00adous groups with\u00adin our soci\u00adety, (Minori\u00adties, LGBT<\/span>, Immi\u00adgra\u00adtion, Refugees), the issue of vot\u00ading rights and rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion, and the con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ading shad\u00adows formed by echoes of racism and the vir\u00adtu\u00adal geno\u00adcide of the Native population.<\/p>\n

Though this aspect will fade now, the echoes it stirred and the present-day divi\u00adsions it high\u00adlight\u00aded will con\u00adtin\u00adue to be one of the prin\u00adci\u00adpal chal\u00adlenges the USA<\/span> will face for many years to come, as we will and must con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly strive to final\u00adly heal these divides between our dear\u00adest ideals and our less than per\u00adfect union.<\/p>\n

Sat\u00adurn in Capricorn<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The oth\u00ader major theme of 2018 will per\u00adsist in a mod\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded form through 2019, as Sat\u00adurn mov\u00ading through Capri\u00adcorn con\u00adtin\u00adues to make sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant align\u00adments in the USA<\/span> chart. The tran\u00adsits in 2018 were to Venus and Jupiter, and 2019 begins with Sat\u00adurn Oppo\u00adsite to the USA<\/span> Sun. Then through\u00adout 2019 Sat\u00adurn will Square the USA<\/span> Sat\u00adurn. As I not\u00aded last year, this par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar series of align\u00adments of Sat\u00adurn has his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly been asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded with eco\u00adnom\u00adic, and then socio-polit\u00adi\u00adcal dis\u00adrup\u00adtions for the USA<\/span>, (in 1988\u20131991, 1959\u20131962 and 1929\u201332), where each time not only did strong eco\u00adnom\u00adic challenges\/disruptions occur, but these also trig\u00adgered social and polit\u00adi\u00adcal upheavals.<\/p>\n

Steer\u00ading through such chop\u00adpy eco\u00adnom\u00adic waters, one would hope to have well-found\u00aded trust in a strong, steady leader and staff to help us avoid the worst eco\u00adnom\u00adic out\u00adcomes. We can only hope that by some for\u00adtune of hap\u00adpen\u00adstance we will get through with\u00adout too much harm, because most would agree that this neces\u00adsi\u00adtat\u00aded form of lead\u00ader\u00adship is sore\u00adly lack\u00ading now.<\/p>\n

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Plu\u00adto and Mer\u00adcury \u2013 A Reckoning<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Build\u00ading in dur\u00ading 2019 and becom\u00ading ful\u00adly man\u00adi\u00adfest in 2020 is a rather pow\u00ader\u00adful align\u00adment of Plu\u00adto going over the USA<\/span> Mer\u00adcury. (I men\u00adtioned this in my radio show this past week (<\/em>Jan\u00adu\u00adary 19th<\/sup>)<\/a><\/em> and will dis\u00adcuss it in more depth for the next show on Feb\u00adru\u00adary 2nd<\/sup>, and I will also con\u00adsid\u00ader Don\u00adald Trump\u2019s chart and transits). <\/em><\/p>\n

This is a very pow\u00ader\u00adful tran\u00adsit gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly, but even more so as the USA<\/span> has a Mer\u00adcury Plu\u00adto oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion in its natal chart, (Mer\u00adcury is at around 24\u00b0 of Can\u00adcer and Plu\u00adto around 27\u00b0 of Capri\u00adcorn). This two-year tran\u00adsit will high\u00adlight a fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal con\u00addi\u00adtion that has great\u00adly influ\u00adenced the char\u00adac\u00adter of the USA<\/span>, and we may be able to antic\u00adi\u00adpate by the last two align\u00adments of Plu\u00adto to the USA<\/span> Mer\u00adcury what this might mean for us now.<\/p>\n

The two pre\u00advi\u00adous tran\u00adsits of Plu\u00adto to the USA<\/span> Mer\u00adcury (and to Plu\u00adto) were 1981\u201383 and 1933\u201337. Those two peri\u00adods mark per\u00adhaps the two most sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant shifts in mod\u00adern eco\u00adnom\u00adic poli\u00adcies for the Unit\u00aded States that led to two very dif\u00adfer\u00adent types of eco\u00adnom\u00adic conditions.<\/p>\n

Dur\u00ading the ear\u00adli\u00ader peri\u00adod, when the coun\u00adtry (and world) grap\u00adpled with \u201cThe Great Depres\u00adsion\u201d the USA<\/span> was on the \u201crazor\u2019s edge\u201d, much like the rest of the world, between two paths of either Fas\u00adcism or Social\u00adism. But the USA<\/span> found anoth\u00ader way with FDR<\/span>\u2019s New Deal, and oth\u00ader polit\u00adi\u00adcal and eco\u00adnom\u00adic adjust\u00adments, which cre\u00adat\u00aded a sus\u00adtain\u00adable path of growth for the next sev\u00ader\u00adal gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions (late 1940\u2019s through the 70\u2019s). Inte\u00adgral to the suc\u00adcess of this path was that the remark\u00adable rise in pro\u00adduc\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty and wealth was more even\u00adly dis\u00adtrib\u00aduted among the var\u00adi\u00adous stra\u00adta of the country.<\/p>\n

The 1981\u201383 peri\u00adod was marked by the so-called \u201cRea\u00adgan Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion\u201d, which promised that by cut\u00adting tax\u00ades dra\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, espe\u00adcial\u00adly the top mar\u00adgin\u00adal tax rates, the result\u00ading redis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion of wealth would cre\u00adate more growth for one and all. How\u00adev\u00ader, from the ear\u00adly 1980\u2019s onward the share of the USA<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adduc\u00adtive growth ben\u00ade\u00adfits sharply skewed to the upper\u00admost per\u00adcentiles of the pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion. The mid\u00addle- and low\u00ader-income groups began to steadi\u00adly fall behind in the degree to which they share and enjoy the ben\u00ade\u00adfits of the growth of pro\u00adduc\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty and wealth.<\/p>\n

More and more peo\u00adple found they had to work hard\u00ader and hard\u00ader, as they received less and less. Oth\u00ader fac\u00adtors also con\u00adtributed to this eco\u00adnom\u00adic shift away from the more or less equal shar\u00ading of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pros\u00adper\u00adi\u00adty of the pre\u00advi\u00adous 40 years, (the move from an indus\u00adtri\u00adal to a ser\u00advice econ\u00ado\u00admy, increas\u00ading automa\u00adtion, trade deals with\u00adout enough pro\u00adtec\u00adtion or mech\u00ada\u00adnisms to help affect\u00aded work\u00aders, the shift to a stock mar\u00adket dri\u00adven by the short-term prof\u00adits for invest\u00adment banks (the \u201ctail wag\u00adging the dog\u201d) as rais\u00ading cap\u00adi\u00adtal became an end unto itself rather than for pro\u00adduc\u00adtive and long-term invest\u00adment, etc.). But it was the change in the mar\u00adgin\u00adal rates of tax\u00ada\u00adtion which dra\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly shift\u00aded the dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion of how equi\u00adtably the dif\u00adfer\u00adent sec\u00adtors and stra\u00adta of Amer\u00adi\u00adca ben\u00ade\u00adfit\u00aded in the last 40 years.<\/p>\n

What hap\u00adpened is that the promise of Amer\u00adi\u00adca, \u201cof life, lib\u00ader\u00adty and the pur\u00adsuit of hap\u00adpi\u00adness\u201d, began to fade for more and more. This was brought to bear bru\u00adtal\u00adly in the sec\u00adond \u201cGreat Reces\u00adsion of 2008\u201d where\u00adin mil\u00adlions of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans saw their dream of a brighter future for their chil\u00addren dis\u00adsolve into bank\u00adrupt\u00adcy, fore\u00adclo\u00adsures, bit\u00adter\u00adness, fear and anger.<\/p>\n

To illus\u00adtrate how this shared dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion of growth was bro\u00adken and cre\u00adat\u00aded a widen\u00ading gap in income gains, here is a graph of the shift in the dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion of income gains for the USA<\/span> from the late 1940\u2019s through 2017:<\/p>\n

\"Income<\/a><\/p>\n

And this graph shows the skew\u00ading of the con\u00adcen\u00adtra\u00adtion of US<\/span> Income for the 1%, which reached its high\u00adest point in 1929, and is now (omi\u00adnous\u00adly) approach\u00ading that same degree now, (just as it did in 2008):<\/p>\n

\"Top<\/a><\/p>\n

Val\u00adue of a Nation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Pluto\/Mercury oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion in the USA<\/span> chart is from the 2nd<\/sup> House to the 8th<\/sup> House. The 2nd<\/sup> House in the chart of a Nation is said to con\u00adcern the \u201cWealth\u201d of that nation and many would hold that means the tax rev\u00adenue, stocks, bonds, shares, banks, exchanges, trade and com\u00admerce, nation\u00adal export and cur\u00adren\u00adcy. It is the gen\u00ader\u00adal \u201cwealth and pros\u00adper\u00adi\u00adty\u201d of the peo\u00adple of that nation.<\/p>\n

For me, though I agree with much of that on some lev\u00adel, I pre\u00adfer to focus upon the root or true source of val\u00adue by start\u00ading from a spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal approach. The 2nd<\/sup> house will always rule \u201cval\u00adues\u201d in any chart, and in this case, it rules the \u201cVal\u00adues of a Nation\u201d. The ques\u00adtion then remains, how do we know and mea\u00adsure (or have a scale of mea\u00adsure\u00adment) for the hier\u00adar\u00adchy and types of val\u00adue in an entire nation?<\/p>\n

Spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly speak\u00ading, the Land and Water, the For\u00adest and the Fields, the entire\u00adty of what is called \u201cnat\u00adur\u00adal resources\u201d can cer\u00adtain\u00adly be under\u00adstood by any cul\u00adture to have \u201cval\u00adue\u201d. But the under\u00adstand\u00ading and rela\u00adtion\u00adship with that is far dif\u00adfer\u00adent for a trib\u00adal or hunter-gath\u00ader\u00ader cul\u00adture ver\u00adsus an agrar\u00adi\u00adan cul\u00adture, or some oth\u00ader eco\u00adnom\u00adic-cul\u00adtur\u00adal type.<\/p>\n

By stick\u00ading with the fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal ques\u00adtion, \u201cwhat is the root source of val\u00adue for any Nation?\u201d, (or any unit of human soci\u00adety), I would always start with the premise that our truest mea\u00adsure of val\u00adue is and must be cen\u00adtered upon what forms the peo\u00adple of that nation. Yes, it is true that the 2nd<\/sup> house also con\u00adcerns the phys\u00adi\u00adcal val\u00adue of a geo\u00adgraph\u00adic space, but what will dis\u00adtin\u00adguish a Nation more than any\u00adthing is the val\u00adue formed by and through the peo\u00adple of that land. Equal\u00adly, and even more impor\u00adtant\u00adly, any soci\u00adety will be mea\u00adsured spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly by how it treats or val\u00adues those humans, and indeed how much it holds to the truth that all of life is sacred.<\/p>\n

The Chal\u00adlenge <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ading this upcom\u00ading pas\u00adsage of Plu\u00adto over Mer\u00adcury (and then the Plu\u00adto return in 2022), what we are wit\u00adness\u00ading is anoth\u00ader crit\u00adi\u00adcal moment where the very nature of our soci\u00adety is at stake. The ris\u00ading stress\u00ades and schisms in our cul\u00adture, soci\u00adety and pol\u00adi\u00adtics are at the root a strug\u00adgle over how we under\u00adstand the nature of our core val\u00adues as a nation.<\/p>\n

We face a time much like of the 1930\u2019s, and the USA<\/span> must once again address this most fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal ques\u00adtion: How can we heal the divide that has formed between our var\u00adi\u00adous com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties? How can we hold to our promise to be \u201cA New Order for the Cen\u00adturies\u201d<\/strong>, (\u201cNovus Ordo Seclo\u00adrum\u201d<\/em>)? How can we restore our com\u00admon pur\u00adpose and live by the love, respect and val\u00adue that we must have for one another?<\/p>\n

We can if we remem\u00adber that our very well-being, \u201cOur Hap\u00adpi\u00adness\u201d, depends upon one anoth\u00ader. We should remain true to our found\u00ading doc\u00adu\u00adment, our Dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion of Inde\u00adpen\u00addence, that \u201c\u2026we mutu\u00adal\u00adly pledge to each oth\u00ader our Lives, our For\u00adtunes, and our sacred Hon\u00ador\u201d<\/em><\/strong>. For it is most cer\u00adtain\u00adly true that none of us can be tru\u00adly hap\u00adpy if we do not strive to make it pos\u00adsi\u00adble for each per\u00adson in our coun\u00adtry to achieve their Self-Fulfillment.<\/p>\n

Our indi\u00advid\u00adual self-ful\u00adfill\u00adment depends upon one anoth\u00ader. We must restore our com\u00admon pur\u00adpose to help one anoth\u00ader, for we have come togeth\u00ader, as the most vibrant and diverse mix\u00ading of peo\u00adples and cul\u00adtures guid\u00aded by the fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal Spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal Truth that we are all \u201cones of the One\u201d.<\/p>\n

Our pledge to one anoth\u00ader is reaf\u00adfirmed in our mot\u00adto, and togeth\u00ader they will always point the way and hold us to our path. That mot\u00adto, \u201cOut of Many, One\u201d<\/strong>, (\u201cE Pluribus Unum\u201d<\/em>), reaf\u00adfirms that our very diver\u00adsi\u00adty is our true val\u00adue and strength.<\/p>\n

Yes, we are the future; we are a peo\u00adple of all peo\u00adples, cul\u00adtures, creeds and faiths.<\/p>\n

Out of Many, we are One.<\/p>\n


\nNext, The Chart of Don\u00adald Trump<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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