August 3, 2003

Gray Davis

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the California Governor's Recall:

"Can You Hear Me Now?"

Call me crazy, but here's what I'm looking at. If Chiron conjoins the Davis Inauguration chart's Midheaven (foreshadowing a wound/fall from grace), then wouldn't it stand to reason that if George Bush wins the 2004 presidential election that he could be impeached? After all, Chiron conjoins the 2005 Inauguration Chart's Midheaven, too. And it conjoins the USA's Pluto (eruption of corruption and death) and it opposes the USA's Mercury (intelligence leaks). Does this mean we get to recall (impeach) George Bush??

Just asking.

Davis' Inauguration Mercury at 26 Capricorn is retrograde (re-call); conjoined to the USA's natal Pluto (raw power); opposite the USA's Cancerian Mercury [also retrograde]; and conjoined to George Bush's natal Nemesis (asteroid of retribution).

Davis' Inauguration Mercury also conjoins Bush's Saturn of constraint (or re-straints, such as those used on hospital beds and on strait jackets.) Since Bush's Saturn is in the house of hospitals, asylums and institutions (prisons, convalescent centers), will he be carted away or just go away?¹

Davis was inaugurated (January 3, 2003) during the height of the run-up to the Iraq War. [Bush was "elected" on a Mercury retrograde that changed to direct motion in the early morning hours after State of Florida totals had initially been called for Al Gore.]

Davis' Inauguration chart shows the "irrational exurberance" (Jupiter opposite Neptune) of the Bush administration's 2002 mid-term election victory won, in part, as a result of hyped up (Jupiter) and falsified (Neptune) "evidence" (Mercury) that Saddam Hussein allegedly had WMD's stashed in every woman's handbag in Baghdad.

The Davis Inauguration Moon, 4 Pisces, is under attack from Mars (now retrograde) and will receive a total of three conjunctions between now and mid-December 2003. Uranus came very close to a conjunction to this very gentle Moon before it turned retrograde on June 6-7, 2003. The most political of the planets, Uranus will make its final conjunction to Davis' inauguration Moon in 2004 -- long after the recall election of October 7th has passed.

Davis' Inauguration Mars at 23 Scorpio opposes George Bush's Inauguration Saturn! Both of these planets are angular (houses 1 and 7). The two traditional "malefics" in opposition to one another is the supreme contest of wills. Davis' Inauguration Uranus at 26 Aquarius, creates a tight T-square with Bush's Inauguration Saturn (and its own Mars!) and Davis' Inauguration Mars.

It is no secret that Bush cares nothing for California. His only interest is the harvest of its 54 electoral college votes for Election 2004. Hence, the patrician "president" has servant and sycophant Karl Rove fly reconnaissance missions over the bankrupt state like a vulture waiting for a wounded Antelope to die. It was only a question of time before the sins of Republican Governor Pete Wilson (he is the governor who foisted deregulation of the energy companies upon California in the first place) caught up with Democrat Gray Davis. Whereas, a case can be made that Gov. Davis has been a less than mediocre governor more addicted to fund raising and self-aggrandizement, the same could be said for George Bush.

The Davis Inauguration chart's North Node is conjoined to the fixed Star Aldebaran (9 Gemini). This Star is connected to integrity, and if corners are cut, Aldebaran brings a rapid downfall.

Bush's Virgo Mars is in T-square to the Davis Inauguration lunar nodes; transiting Mars now in Pisces hooks into the Davis Inauguration Pisces Moon creating a mutable grand square. The mutable modality spells many twists and turns along the way between now and October 7th (the date of the recall election).

This is also a "fated" grand square, because anytime you have a planet in the degree of the lunar nodes, or a transiting planet that will eventually contact the lunar nodes, unexpected and upsetting events erupt and change hoped-for outcomes. This is why The GOP has been warned by its own party members that the recall may mean Republican blow-back. Conversely, Davis has been warned about watching his arrogance and stubborn pride. He needs to heed sage advise and not be misled into thinking he can beat Issa hands down.

Both possibilities are eclipse-related and explain why eclipses and nodal "hits" are the harbingers of troubling experiences. May 31, 2003's Solar Eclipse at 9 Gemini is our case in point. The Soli-Lunar mating occurred on the Fixed Star Aldebaran and set off the Bush, Davis Inaugural T-square involving the lunar nodes. Transiting Mars in Pisces now hooks into that eclipse seed moment and, along with Uranus' transit through Pisces, sets off incendiary confrontations between Gray Davis, George Bush and his Republican challenger, Darrell Issa.

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California's Election Recall Provision Vote: October 10, 1911

California Gov. Hiram Johnson (R) Born september 2, 1866, Sacramento, California. Died August 6, 1945 Bethesda Naval Hospital, Maryland

"Political power has been taken from the political bureau of a private corporation and restored to the people."

Governor Hiram Johnson (1911-17), the 23rd Governor of California, was known for shaking the grip that railroad companies and other corporations held on California politics. In his first inaugural address in 1911, he recognized the power of the citizens of California in the following statement:

"Matters of material prosperity and advancement, conservation of resources, development of that which lies within our borders, are easy of solution when once the primal question of the people's rule shall have been determined."

Johnson successfully worked to amend the California Constitution to include–the initiative process affords the people of California the power to propose statutes and amendments to the California Constitution. Today, the initiative process has become a widely used tool used to directly initiate ideas for new laws. The referendum provides Californians with the means to prevent any statute passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor from taking effect. California State Capitol Museum

Note how this chart's Mars at 10 Gemini is conjoined to the Republican Party's natal Saturn. Pluto at 28 Gemini is conjoined to September 11, 2001's WTC disaster's Moon. In fact, what is uncanny is that the vote for the Recall Provision occurred in 1911, or (removing the "1") 9-11.

The Libra Sun is conjoined to the USA's Saturn in Libra and, therefore, kicks off Bush and the USA's natal Sun at 13 Cancer. The Recall chart received its Saturn return hit at the same time the GOP's chart did back in 2001 and took a total of three conjunctions via Saturn's retrograde cycle.

Since the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction (every 20 years) is an important harbinger of how socio-economic and governmental policy is likely to change, I looked for the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction that preceded this era's recall of election vote. As you can see, this vote occurred at the opposition phase of the 20 year Jupiter-Saturn cycle, so what would the conjunction, or birth of a new 20 year phase reveal?

The conjunction occurred on November 11, 1901, 6:46 am in Sacramento, California at 13 Capricorn. Or: opposite the USA/Bush Sun and conjunct today's position of transiting Chiron!

This conjunction chart's (not shown) Sun is 5 Sagittarius, which sets off the grand square involving Davis' Moon as well as transiting Mars and Uranus. There's the grand mutable square again, which says "where you start out is not where you end up" (paraphrasing horary astrologer, Ivy Goldstein Jacobson). Mutability implies fluidity, changing conditions, adjustment and oftentimes sacrifice and/or abandonment.

May 28, 2002's Jupiter-Saturn conjunction at 22 Taurus will shortly be impacted by the transiting North Node which is presented at 26 Taurus, or conjunct the most malefic of fixed stars, Caput Algol. People are "losing their heads" (reason and sanity) under the spell of this Republican Jihad against Gray Davis and at latest count, there are some 300 individuals who have paid their $3,500 and submitted the necessary 65 signatures qualifying them to run for California's governorship. If I had the money, I'd toss my hat into the ring just to say that America's astrologers and visionaries were represented!

Early January 2004 will find the transiting North Node at 19 Taurus, or conjunct the Recall chart's natal Saturn. This will occur at inauguration time for a new governor should Davis lose his fight to maintain office.

The Call chart's Chiron is at 2 Pisces and is taking direct hits from transiting Mars and Uranus. Chiron in this chart sets off Bush's Virgo Mars. George Tenet's Sun, and Gray Davis's Inauguration Moon.

In light of the foregoing, it does not look good for Davis. On the other hand, as stated previously, Karl Bush Rove may get what he wants while inflicting an incurable, chironic wound upon the Republican party.

The Recall chart contains Neptune in Cancer opposite Uranus in Capricorn. This 180 degree phase (the conjunction of the two planets was their "seed" or birth of the cycle). Neptune in gentle Cancer conjoined to the USA's Mercury is the utopian voice of "the people" in stark contrast to shattering Uranus in the sign of the established order.

The "awareness," and stark awareness defines any planetary opposition phase, was given full voice by Gov. Hiram Johnson who sought to give Teddy Rooseveltian progressives greater powers to create public policy.

[The Neptune-Uranus conjunction, a new seeding moment, occurred in the sign Capricorn in the late 1980's and into the early 1990's. Saturn joined the two in the late 1980's. Hence, we saw the fall of the Soviet Union in the late 1980's, the creation of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, the Savings and Loan Scandals from the "green is good" Reagan era, and the long recession associated with Gulf War I.

Neptune-Uranus in Capricorn manifests by showing the tangible result of a long power erosion process. We saw the tearing down (Uranus) of the Berlin Wall (Saturn in Capricorn -- walls of stone) on television (Uranus is the ruler of electronics.]

Rove and Issa, if they were open to astrology, would be cautioned by the 1901 Jupiter-Saturn conjunction chart's nodal contacts. The lunar nodes are 13 Scorpio North/13 Taurus South, in the same degree as the 13 Capricorn Jupiter-Saturn conjunction (oftentimes an indicator of presidential assassinations) and is opposite George Bush's natal Sun and square the USA's Saturn. It's Moon is 11 Cancer, in opposition to the chart's Mars, Chiron and (widely) its Venus.

The overlay of this chart with contemporary horoscopes under our examination, contain lethal warnings for just how far Bush and Karl Rove intend to press against a now fragile American democracy.

The California Recall case is a sobering consideration for the whole of the United States, not just for those of us residing on "The Left Coast."

The Golden State is the 5th largest economy in the world generating more revenue than the country of France.

Put another way, California's economy is outclassed only by 4 other sovereign nations. Because of this economic power, you can safely say, "As it goes in California, so it goes in the nation and in the world." Hence, the misguided "populism" that the Republican extremists are using against California Democrats will eventually become GOP blowback.

However, the damage done to our country's democracy may deal a fatal blow to the United States. It has already been said that Bush's actions since "president" have disrupted foreign policy for the next 50 years to come (Sen. John (Jay) Rockefeller, D-WVA/born June 18, 1937 ).

On the domestic side, when Uranus moves into Aries in 2010-2011, we will eventually witness the Uranus Return of the 1929 Stock market crash (9 Aries). Saturn (the shrinking of resources) was at 25 Sagittarius at the time the bottom dropped out. Bush's squandering of the Clinton-Gore surplus and our current $400+ deficit were born as Saturn transited through Gemini in 2001 up to June 4, 2003 -- during its own opposition to the position it held at the time of the 1929 Stock Market crash. -- Starcats.

California Recall Election, October 7, 2003, 7:00 am (polls open) Sacramento, California (set for the State capitol).

Footnotes

"Rescue California" A Republican-Sponsored Organization Reports: Why Should Gray Davis Be Recalled? -- Four Simple Reasons:

1. California Deficit Worst In United States
   Under Gray Davis, California went from a surplus to a record $34.8 Billion deficit - more than the deficits of all other states combined.

2. California Taxes Going Up
   Last October, Gray Davis told Californians he would not raise taxes. Now he is trying to raise taxes by over $8 Billion!

3. California Bankrupt
   When companies go bankrupt, the CEO takes the blame. In covering up deficits and cooking the books in Enron-type accounting, Gray Davis has brought the state to bankruptcy.

4. Davis Hid The Facts From Voters Last November
   Because California voters were deceived by Davis last November, they did not have a chance to learn how bad things were. Davis understated the deficit, understated state spending, and misled the public about the state of our economy. Now the facts are in, and Davis deserves to be recalled for misleading the public.

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California
Schemin'

Timeline Courtesy of the Sacramento Bee

November  5	Gray Davis is re-elected governor by a thin margin.
February 4	People's Advocate, headed by Ted Costa, notifies Gov. Davis of its intention to try to recall him.
March 26	Recall effort begins petition drive.
May 6	Rep. Darrell Issa jumpstarts the recall effort by beginning six-digit contributions to petition-gathering effort.
May 29	Taxpayers Against the Recall organizes to fight recall effort.
June 17	California Attorney General Bill Lockyer and state treasurer Phil Angelides announce they will not run for governor.
June 22	Sen. Dianne Feinstein, considered a frontrunner among Democrats to replace Davis if he is recalled, says she won't appear on a recall ballot.
July 7	Rescue California says it has enough signatures to put recall to statewide vote and ends its petition drive.
July 10	Committee to Recall Gray Davis  files lawsuit claiming Secretary of State Kevin Shelley is allowing some counties to drag their feet on the signature verification process.
July 15	Opponents of the Republican-led effort to recall Gov. Gray Davis file a lawsuit to postpone a recall election until the petition drive can be investigated for elections fraud.
July 23	Enough signatures are verified to authorize a recall election.
October 7	Date set for the recall election.

"Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism as it is a merge of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini

Picasso's "Guernica"

Fascism: "A philosophy of government that stresses the primacy and glory of the state ... obedience to its leader, subordination of the individual will to the state's authority ... suppression of dissent. Martial virtues are celebrated, while liberal democratic values are denigrated ... led by charismatic leaders who represented to their publics the strength that could rescue their nation from political and economic conditions." - Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Encyclopedia.

Newsmakers 2003 Archives

January 1, 2003 Happy New Year and Welcome to the World of the Weird: Bush & Saddam; January 2003's Lunations
January 18, 2003 Full Moon 1/18/03 and TIMELINE
January 25-27, 2003 Hans Blix Reports to U.N. and Bush's State of the Union Address
February 3, 2003 GrievingColumbia
February 9, 2003 Colin Powell's Political Suicide Note Delivered "Live" to U.N. 2-5-03 Is He On Crack?
February 15, 2003 Full Moon in D.C., 2-16-03: Bush's March Towards Armageddon
March 14, 2003 In the Old Days, Bush Probably Drank Wild Turkey. Now That's He's Dry, He's Mad Because It Won't Go To War
June 4, 2003 Federal Grand Jury Indicts Martha Stewart
June 9, 2003 Karl Rove
June 15, 2003, David Rozelle of the Capital Times What shall I call this new America in-the-making just three years into a new century?
July 12, 2003, George v. George, Bush, Tenet, CIA & the Bogus Niger/Uranium Connection

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