Sunday, June 29, 2008


JULY TO SEPTEMBER 2008

During the Second Quarter, most of the news – both domestic and international – featured a number of calamities, both natural and manmade. In the United States, parades of tornados, unusual floods and wildfires (triggered by a record-setting number of lightning strikes) bedeviled the people. China, as well as Japan, was hit by devastating earthquakes as well as floods. Lately, the Philippines was hit by a powerful typhoon, sinking a large ferry, inundating several cities and municipalities with water and mud, and destroying large tracts of agricultural land with ripening grain that bode difficult times ahead.

Without going into the astrological aspects of the periodic horoscopes we use to forecast things to come, let us indulge in some astrophysical realities.

An article “The Day the Earth Fell Over” in the Geological Society of America Bulletin discussed the impending possibility of a dramatic imbalance of the planet. It says that “[S]cientists already know that the North Pole wanders over time. But a theory known as the true polar wander suggests that if a very heavy object, like an oversized volcano forms far from the equator, the force of the planet’s rotation would pull the object away from the axis the Earth spins around. Should a mass such as the very heavy volcano become unbalanced, Earth would tilt and rotate itself with the extra weight moves somewhere near the equator.”

The ancients must have instinctively sensed this dire possibility, or experienced the unfortunate conditions. Thus they must have been prodded to erect the number of large pyramids we now see in Egypt and in Mesoamerica near the Equator.

The shift in the Earth’s rotation definitely affects the several material layers of the planets composition – the lithosphere, the crust, the upper mantle, the asthenosphere, the lower mantle, and the outer and inner cores. There are also the volatile layers – the oceans and seas, and the atmosphere that glide over the solid surface of the earth.

Which brings us to the possibility that the stresses caused by the Sun-Moon syzygies (the new and full moons) are the reasons for the unusual weather patterns obtaining in the world today.
The annular eclipse of February hit at the southernmost edge of the Earth (see figure below). The stress generated by the gravitational pressure of the Earth-Moon-Sun alignment must have tipped the poles of the planet somehow and moved them out of kilter.

And the Earth must undergo several adjustments in order to compensate for the imbalance resulting from the tilt. Thus, the tectonic plates had to undergo shifting, and the vulnerable spots that had to give caused the earthquakes.

In the same manner, the weather became intense in the effort of the atmosphere to also balance the rotational wobble of the planet. Notice that the direction of Typhoon Frank failed to be predicted by Pagasa because it did not follow the usual direction but went on an almost directly northward direction. In the recent past, the other typhoons did not hit landfall in the Philippines but went directly north towards Taiwan and Japan.

In the interim between the eclipses, we have the powerful effects of the Moon’s perigees, considered by astrologers as SuperMoons since they trigger, as well, stresses on the Earth. As Astrologer Richard Nolle wrote in 2007 “a supermoon is planetary in scale being a special alignment of Earth, Sun and Moon… there’s no place on Earth not subject to the tidal force of the perigee-syzygy.” Continuing, “of course, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions don’t go wandering all over the planet. They happen in predictable locations, like the infamous ‘Ring of Fire’ around the Pacific plate.” He also warned the “people on the coast should be prepared for extreme tidal surges. Severe storms on the other hand can strike just about anywhere, so it behooves us all to be ready for rough weather when a SuperMoon alignment forms.” The Supermoons computed for being close to the Earth (by less than 360 thousand kilometers) are on May 6, June 3, July 1 (close to New Moon), November 14 and December 12. The effects of these phenomena are expected to be felt within three days before and after their occurrences.

By August, the stress of the solar eclipse will shift to the north, close to the Arctic Circle at 80 degrees North latitude. The Earth must have tilted severely and thus the syzygy will try to correct the direction of the tilt. We can thus expect corrective planetary action of the several terrestrial layers, which are once more agitated to adjust to the new situation. By 2009, the January solar eclipse would have focused the stress somewhere in the Indian Ocean at 30 degrees South latitude. The Earth’s tilt must have been corrected somewhat.

And now the astrological forecast for the Third Quarter of 2008:

The people must have reached the peak of their repressed feelings of rage due to the high prices of commodities and shortages of rice. They may act by overt refusal to listen to authority, bordering on the very irrational.

The period, compounded by the severe weather conditions, could also bring about much sickness among the population.

The AFP and other uniformed services are not above the travails of the people, but they are tapped to undertake a number of tasks to alleviate their sufferings. The mutiny expected during the Second Quarter was quashed before it rose through tons of NFA rice made available to the soldiers’ families.

This Quarter, expect heavy expenditure in military affairs due to the various missions given to the Defense Department.

Not all is gloomy for the Quarter. In spite of the weakening of the dollar, there remains a steadying tone to the money market. The film industry and arts will develop, although there will be more sex appeal and romance exploited to give sop to a distressed people. However, outside of the industry there are still much sex crimes against women and children.

The Quarter is also an active and busy time in Congress, with legislation affecting trade, commerce and education, mostly affecting Presidential interests. Legislation will also be favorable for women and their affairs.

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