Neptunitis #3

Things often seem to come along in threes, and here's post number three of a trio looking at Neptunitis (an excess of Neptune) in the US primaries.

I've searched without success for the source of a remark which I recall was written by one of our astrology bloggers around the beginning of the primary campaigns- seems like aeons ago now. In what appeared to be a throw-away line at the end of a post the astrologer in question said.....something like: "It's possible that the people of the USA could, once a new president is installed and functioning, turn around in amazement and say......"How did that happen?"" I don't remember the full context, perhaps it was relating to Neptune, perhaps some other component in the US chart. But whoever said it, in whatever context, I now have no problem seeing the pieces gradually shifting into place for that eventuality to come about. And I'd guess that Neptune IS closely connected.

Barack Obama has managed to shoot up the political ladder rapidly with, apparently, little investigation into his background. It may be that Neptune has provided a cloak of foggy confusion.

Astrologer Beth Turnage, at Astrology Explored, yesterday pointed out that Obama and G.W. Bush share a Neptune aspect (Sun Square Neptune). Red flag? It could be said, I guess, that the Bush elections were "stolen", but if sufficient numbers had voted against GWB the confusion could not have occurred. Did Bush's Neptune aspect have voters bamboozled?

The picture of Barack Obama now emerging, pixel by pixel, is not always pretty. The first worrying cluster of pixels showed us Rev. Wright. Many people seem content to accept most of his rantings, or are happy to point out that Senator Obama has distanced himself from them. Rev. Wright is but one part of the emerging background though. Articles and video clips linked at No Quarter(HERE) tell a wider story of political intervention and anti-white sentiment by other churchmen with whom the Senator associates himself. I found these disturbing. Separation of church and state? Racial integration? Love thy neighbour? My Aunt Fanny!!

Matters of church aside, more pixel clusters are appearing daily to fill in gaps. Alleged past associations with known terrorists William Ayers and his wife, with Louis Farrakhan, Tony Rezko, and other members of Chicago's murky and mucky political scene. Many well documented articles at No Quarter provide evidence. As Ol' Blue Eyes used to sing, Chicago is "that toddlin' town" where "they do things they don't do on Broadway". Right!

It would be wonderful to to see an African American as president of the USA, it really would. Is this the kind of background, though, suitable for a new president of the "most powerful nation in the world"? If only Representative Harold Ford Jr. had run! Or any of the African American Democratic Representatives in Congress. There are even city mayors and company clerks who have sufficient talent and a far more reliable background than the one we are considering.

Only in America!

Oh Neptune ! What are you doing?

Interview

Tomorrow I'm to be interviewed and tested by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), hoping to emerge eligible for US citizenship. I notice that transiting Jupiter, planet of luck, will be exactly conjunct my natal Mercury (mental abilities & communication) in my re-located 11th house of hopes and wishes - a nice omen. My own careful input will be needed before luck can materialise though - so there'll be no counting of chickens!

If I pass muster at the interview, answer at least 6 of their 10 civics and history questions correctly, prove that I can read and write English (ahem!) and have kept my nose clean whilst living in the United States, I'll be shunted forward in a few weeks/months to an Oath Ceremony where, along with other new citizens I shall put my hand on my heart, swear allegiance to the USA, and become a citizen. Citizenship means, among other things, that I'll be eligible to vote (very important), and hold a US passport.

Here's an odd thing: before the recent furore about Senator Obama's pastor, Rev.Jeremiah Wright and his anti-American rantings from the pulpit, I felt somewhat ambivalent about the wording of the Oath of Allegiance, and the tradition of overt patriotism in the USA. Rev. Jeremiah Wright did me a favour. Although I see many flaws in the way the current administration runs the country, and conducts itself overseas, and realise that the country's past history is far from blameless, peddling hatred and sowing its seeds in young minds has to be the wrong way to address problems. Meaningful change can only occur when people work together, in love for each other and for their country.

When the time comes I shall pledge the required Oath with pride, no more qualms. Thanks, Rev. Wright! As the old proverb goes: "it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good"!

Before this can happen I must pass my tests tomorrow. I'm still practicing repeating the names of the 13 original states using my astro-mnemonic (see here). I hope I don't pop in a planet instead of a state...."Maryland, Massachusetts, Venus, Rhode Island, Neptune, North Carolina......Erm.... Sorry, can I try that again?!"

I'll be back on Saturday, all being well. In the meantime -

Paul Simon's "American Tune"
("We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the age's most uncertain hours
and sing an American tune")