There are 3 main types of fish: the whale, the dolphin, and the goldfish

The whale is dominated by a big heart, which matches the size of his form. He is always in a good mood and feels the world is his ocean. He loves everyone and everything and feels tied down to no one, except his children. He will do anything for his children, which is not always in their best interest, or his. They need boundaries and he doesn’t feel the need to have any. This is where the trouble begins. The whale cannot abide anger and negativity. It makes him sick to the stomach and he will want to swim away but feels he needs to protect his children. Under these conditions, the whale wants desperately to leave the situation but feels compelled to stay and tend to his offspring. Sometimes it is the children who have created the drama but the whale cannot tell the difference – if he believes his children are in trouble he will defend them until the crisis abates. Read the rest of this entry »

So this t-square, the Pluto-Saturn-Uranus/Jupiter t-square we’re all having, is building in strength and effect. We see it acting out in the world around us. Great upheaval is prevalent everywhere, perhaps not entirely devastating but the world seems to be writhing under its influence. Read the rest of this entry »

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most.
We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?’
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won’t feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us; it’s in all of us.
And when we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.”

…………………………………………………from Nelson Mandela’s inaugural speech, 1994

“It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly,
who errs and comes short again and again;
because there is not effort without error and shortcomings;
but who does actually strive to do the deed;
who knows the great enthusiasm,
the great devotion,
who spends himself in a worthy cause,
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement
and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly.
So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls
who know neither victory nor defeat.”
…………………………………………Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Chile, South America. 3:34am ADT, Saturday 27 February 2010. 35S48, 072W42

This is the chart for the recent 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Chile near Talca.

The force of this earthquake has had a devastating effect on the country with a death toll of 700 and rising. The devastation is mainly due to the collapse of buildings and the effects of the tsunami. The President has declared a “State of Catastrophe”, and it will take many years for the Chileans to clean up after this natural disaster.

This is not the first time Chile has endured a strong earthquake. In 1960, a 9.5 magnitude quake, the largest ever recorded, killed 1,655 people and left 2 million homeless. Unfortunately, this quake is likely to end up with a similar tally.

What does the chart say about this quake?

What strikes me immediately is the Nodal axis on the horizon and Saturn conjunct the Midheaven. The Nodes herald a shift of energy, which always involves and affects people. Shift of energy indeed – how about the violent shaking and moving of the earth! Ruler of the chart Saturn, the greater malefic, often referred to as the grim reaper, rules foundations, structures and the physical world. And the lesser malefic, Mars, planet of energy, action, and aggression, was sextile to Saturn, ready to offer assistance. According to Ebertin, Mars-Saturn connections manifest as harmful or destructive energy.

To top it off, Venus is sextile the North Node, and my colleague Murray Beauchamp has observed that Venus is regularly involved in earthquakes. In the recent Haiti quake, Venus was combust and conjunct the North Node, and again the Nodes were close to the horizon. In fact the Nodes regularly feature on the angles of earthquake charts, including the Great Alaskan quake of 1964 and the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami.