Nolle's February Astro-forecast

[Dover]

I can't see how anyone who has been nominally conscious so far this year can do anything but declare that, at least to date, my 2008 forecast was the writing on the wall. Actually, I was hoping against hope - as so many of us around the world are hoping - that the global financial crisis might yet be fixed by the powers that be. Alas, they may be 'the smartest guys in the room' - as was said of the geniuses who brought us the Enron debacle - but smart isn't necessarily wise. And that's the problem, clearly. As I've written, this isn't just a fiscal problem. It's a symptom of a turning point in history, and we're just about at the three-quarter point of the 40-year transition phase now.

Surely we'd all love to believe that the central bankers and politicians around the world know what to do and have to the power to do it, when it comes to averting a financial meltdown. The thing is, they're running a Ponzi scheme. They're the desk at the casino, taking our real money and giving us chips in return. That's acceptable, as long as they give you real money back when you cash out your chips. And they've done that for generations, less a vigorish we've come to call inflation. (That's the Ponzi scheme part of the deal.) But the last act comes on the day when we go to cash out our chips at the desk, and find that there's nobody there: management has absconded, all the money's gone, and all we've got are the chips.

The good news is that the smartest guys in the room still have a few more tricks up their sleeves, which means we're still in the chips - even though they're starting to look more than a little suspect. (For more on how long we're still in the chips, see my 2008 World Forecast Highlights.) The bad news, on the other hand, is that February shows how the smartest guys in the room are only masters of a game that increasingly clashes with reality.

As I've already written, February and August are the months to watch this year. The solar eclipse at 17° 44' Aquarius on February 7 is conjunct Neptune, as is the lunar eclipse on August 16. This in effect extends the 2006-2007 Saturn-Neptune opposition theme: a loss of confidence, the money's gone, misplaced faith, theft and deception (including self-deception), the Emperor has no clothes. This operates at a lot of levels, to be sure. But given what has already gone before, and the fact that we're having a Saturn-Uranus opposition this year as well, I have to think the currency crisis now underway gets a whole lot bigger in 2008. And the Saturn-Uranus opposition speaks of international conferences addressing what has become a global financial crisis...>

http://www.astropro.com/forecast/predict/2008-02.html

[I Have A Dream]

1. Thanks for this, Dover.

I have all kinds of things in my natal chart that are going to be hit by this upcoming eclipse, so I'm hunkering down. It's good to be prepared. :)

[Dover]

5. But what if the eclipse is about getting out there and experiencing its influence!

Not sure what your transits are, but 'difficult' transits, whether in a natal chart or through transits present us with important challenges to our growth. We can, of course, duck and cover, but while we're under the table hiding we might miss something grand...some new aspect of ourselves trying to be born. Natal charts with lots of 'difficult' transits make for some very dynamic 'shakers and movers'.

I know it's tempting to dismiss events with some astrological explanation...like "oh, that's just Mars retrograde'. I do that and I know others do to. But would you say that if the car you were driving suddenly lost its brakes? Would you sit there with arms folded saying..."welp, there's that darned old Mars acting up again" or would you rise to the situation and look for a way to deal with it? Maybe not the best example..lol! But you get my point. Just because there's that planetary influence, those energies are there to help us to address our lives in new ways...sometimes through crisis or confrontations or other means.

[I Have A Dream]

13. When I say "hunkering down", I mean have a strong base rather than...

withdraw. I find that if I'm aware that something might occur, I'm better able to deal with it since I have a more solid base. I don't tend to be a worrier in reference to most things. Surprises are more difficult for me than hardship itself. (At least up to this point in my life.)

[Cleita]

2. Ouch! This is depressing.

That guy in your cartoon should be selling his books back to the guys who wrote them.

[Dover]

4. LOL! Yeah, throw the books out the window instead of jumping!

It is depressing. I almost didn't post it. Perhaps I won't post it anymore as anyone who wants to follow his forecasts can access his website on their own.
Nolle's been preparing us for the libertarian's version of the 'end times' for awhile now. And from that perspective I'm sure there is a LOT to be depressed about...lol! Although I can't help but think they might be just a little excited about playing 'survival' for real, and breaking out all their neat camping equipment.
From the Pluto perspective or a 'divine plan' or holistic and cyclic point of view, the 'end' is actually a rebirth and a time for rebuilding with a new plan. That surely must make the hardships easier to bear and life full of purpose and expectation.

[Delphinus]

7. Funny I should read this today:

From the Pluto perspective or a 'divine plan' or holistic and cyclic point of view, the 'end' is actually a rebirth and a time for rebuilding with a new plan. That surely must make the hardships easier to bear and life full of purpose and expectation.

I pulled one card today and it was the Ten of Swords - and, in this particular interpretation, it is about the beginning of something new. I now have to figure out what that might be! :hi:

[Cleita]

8. In my case, I hope it's not the beginning of my new life

as a homeless person.

I am kidding. I think.

[Dover]

12. Well, you can share my cardboard box any day Cleita!...n/t

[Grateful for Hope]

14. Cleita

I have had similar fears. Very serious concerns. But, I am trying very hard to not give into that imagery.

:pals:

[Dover]

9. The ten of swords

When I get that card, although it's meaning depends on its context to other cards unless you only choose one, it is the mind working overtime, negative thoughts and communications, or miscommunications (air) and a loss of perspective or heart energy to counterbalance it. It also is a bit mellowdramatic, though when we are in that head space we take whatever it is all too seriously. I picture one of those overplayed B-movie death scenes (the death spiral), or some comedic argument between a group of people where everyone is yelling at once and no one gets heard. (mercury retrograde?)

Not sure what it means for you within the context of your own life, but perhaps an antidote would be to remember to play, laugh, smell the roses and just get out of one's head, or perhaps go back to the beginning, the Ace of Swords...full circle...and change one's thoughts.

[Why Syzygy]

3. I don't think it will crash.

These are just my opinions.

This is just a period of profit taking for Bush's cronies. It looks like chaos, but the people who are supposed to, are getting paid. Things won't take a big turn until after January 2009, although they will continue to deteriorate. Why should Bush care what kind of mess he's leaving. I was working in telecommunications in the spring of 2001. Bush's reign of terror started with grand scale massacre of jobs.

I don't know why no one campaigning is talking about money and human and civil liberties. Before we have a revolution to restore constitutional power to the People, we are going to have to collectively take on the MSM.

[Dover]

11. Hope you're right, Votes!...n/t

[Fire Walk With Me]

15. Bush and friends are also manipulating telecommunications?

Uh-oh. If they can control all media, they can control the spread of ideas and/or increase isolation and thus fear significantly.

[Quakerfriend]

6. Thx for posting this, Dover! His Jan predictions really got me

motivated to secure things to the extent that we can, and prepare ourselves for what may be some tough times.

I'm looking forward to growing more of a garden this year, too!

[Dover]

10. Gardening! Yes me too. n/t

[Mnemosyne]

16. Death toll rises in African quakes

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3167896

Visible over Antarctica, New Zealand and parts of Australia, the eclipse is likely to coincide with some notable geophysical disturbances in this region during the January 31-February 14 risk window - most likely around the 2nd, 7th, 9th and 14th in particular. Astro-locality mapping paints a couple of longitudinal risk zones crossing Australia, Indonesia, Japan and China in the eastern hemisphere, and from Venezuela through Brazil down into Argentina in the west. There's also a special vulnerability horizon sweeping from the Aleutians to east of Hawaii, along east Africa into the Middle East and through Russia. While these appear to be zones of particular susceptibility, no place on Earth is ever beyond the reach of severe weather, so be prepared regardless of where you happen to be during the January 31-February 14 risk window.

http://www.astropro.com/forecast/predict/2008-all.html

Just posting for your thoughts, Dover. I read this thread the other day and the astropro link. Am I off base in making this connection?

[Dover]

17. Seems very relevant to me! Thanks for posting...didn't realize this was happening. n/t

[Mnemosyne]

18. Very welcome. n/t

[Dover]

19. Solar eclipse

[Mnemosyne]

21. That is spectacular, Dover!

I see 1998. Is the next one a total?

:hi:

[Blaze Diem]

20. Thank You Dover for this link. Its very interesting and more

in-depth than most generic forecasts. Appreciate it & have it bookmarked for future use.