Planetary Revolution And The Paralysis Of Inevitability

The deal with Obama, Geithner and AIG is only the first shot across the government's bow. Whether you think the President has genuinely been blind-sighted, or he's just doing a well rehearsed, disillusioned Eagle Scout routine, it doesn't really matter what he is saying at the moment. There is a giant explosion coming to Washington. Mars is approaching Uranus in the sign of Pisces, right smack in the heart of the D.C. horoscope. (Cities have horoscopes too, just like people, and Washington is a Pisces.) This blast promises to blow at least one huge whole in the administration's policies as public rage grows. Am I being too dark?

That's what my editors at Vanity Fair thought when I submitted the piece called Horoscope USA, which was finally published in the magazine in December of 2006 -- after it had been thoroughly edited "for size". Even then, at the last minute, they threatened to cut it "because of space". Just as the issue was going to press, I told them how important I believed the piece was, and they should drop out my regular column if space were the problem, and replace it with the Horoscope USA. They did, but afterward I received a note from the editor-in- chief, saying, "I hope you're wrong."

Roughly around the same time I submitted a proposal for a book on the astrology of the USA to my editor at Simon and Schuster. The title: America Tomorrow, But she rejected it. "It's too scary," she said.
Thank God for the Huffington Post. Now I can say what I've been trying to say for going on three years.
So here we are almost three years later with Pluto already in Capricorn and Uranus just about to leave Pisces, and now we're saying it right out:

Revolution is in the air.

The planets describe it, and heaven knows, the people have just about had it up to their eyeballs.
So is Madame Defarge off on the sidelines somewhere knitting names into a sweater? Why isn't anybody doing anything?
You have to wonder why there hasn't been a louder outcry sooner. That's the nature of planets in Pisces, though. For the moment people are stunned into inaction. They are paralyzed, rubbing their eyes as if they've just stirred from a dream. They are dazed, and see the drama unfolding inexorably and inevitably before them. They are looking around for someone to blame, so watch now and see how the pot starts boiling in the media as Mars moves forward and reaches Uranus in mid-April around tax time.
But this is only the beginning.
People are funny. Just before the catastrophic explosion, they get lethargic, apathetic and goofy, almost catatonic, crippled by shock into denial. They look to a higher authority (government) to intervene. They look to their champion. They welcome stricter controls against the greedy individuals (corporations and banks) they feel have violated them. They seek protection from all the forces they pretend they were unaware of. Eventually, they are disillusioned with their champion. Their protector becomes their oppressor. They revolt.
There is going to be a big battle in this country. But not quite yet. It's as if the people have been stung by a tropical insect or a snake whose venom leaves the victim powerless to observe itself being devoured.
The story will change dramatically, however, when Uranus comes to the end of Pisces and flips over into Aries during the second half of 2010 and 2011. Some people will get violent for sure. Some will jump out of windows believing the end is near and all is lost. Others will get drunk and stay drunk. Some will close their eyes and hope it isn't happening. Many, however, will have faith in the future, move ahead with wisdom and compassion and decide to take the high road and meet the challenge.
If you've ever gone white-water rafting, that's how it is right now. You drift lazily down a river in the sunlight, watching the trees and the wildlife, and then, suddenly, you're confronted with wild rapids. It's nothing to be scared of, but you have to stay frosty, keep your head and be ready to act spontaneously and adapt to enormous, unexpected change. It can actually be an invigorating, refreshing, enlivening and liberating experience to be alive and participate actively in the rebirth and reconstruction that follows.
So don't pretend we're not headed toward those rapids. We're not there yet, though. We're still on the raft, enjoying the scenery. But it's coming. Be sure of that.

Comments

[hasheville]

Careful Patriot Grrrl! Your rifle-toting "neighbors" can be dangerous. When a home has guns in it they are often used w/tragic results intentionally or not.

[patriotgrrrrl]

maybe the lid blowing off DC is actually related to the Taliban/Pakistan threat to attack DC... rather than the american people
As Jon Stewart said, the American people don't remember how to protest or take to the streets (as they do in Europe). When Americans get pissed off they just send emails in all CAPS.
Personally, my fear about NYC is related to an affordable housing crisis, rising unemployment/crime and a reduction in police and fire protection.
So I am moving to a town that has only 1 road in/out, ample clean well water, wild game, deep sea fishing, great farmland and a NRA card carrying populace with a deep seated adversion to outsiders.

[NoComment9]

Yes, that is what I want to know too. What's the chart for NYC looking like in terms of stresses over the next 2-3 years?

[patriotgrrrrl]

so Michael are you leaving NYC? will it be too dangerous here? I live next door to the AIG tower and I'm planning to move 2 hrs away May 1 -- will that be too late?
In 9/98 I had a feeling then (as I do now) that I had to get out of NYC. A few months before my employer moved into the top of Tower 1, I panicked, quit my job and left town.
I know that you are predicting the lid blowing off of DC... but what do you see for NYC?
I read the Vanity Fair piece in '06 and imagined that you took a lot of crap. Thanks for mentioning that. I always wondered why you disappeared from that mag soon thereafter. I have recently dropped my subscription after almost 20 years. You were greatly missed... glad to see you here!

[Lurana]

Mr. Lutin,
I continue beyond your books Childhood Rising, SunShines and site, http://www.michaellutin.com, to love your words, wit and wisdom as you surgically get to the pith and heart of essential matters.
Daughter of the American Revolution,
Lura Astor
http://www.luraastor.blogspot.com

[fleaba]

Great job, as always, Michael. Very direct and right on.
Regarding the revolution:
Have you noticed that gun sales have sky rocketed?