Lately, there are three very serious events that are changing the very structure of the Philippine Government and society. Two are violent and resulted in massive desolation – the Zamboanga siege and the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit the island of Bohol and affected its neighboring islands in the Visayas. The third appears to be subtle but is destroying the very fabric of our society – the extensive plundering of national coffers represented by Philippine Development Assistance Program or pork barrel at the disposal of (and exploitation by) legislators, both in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. This third happening exposes the operation of appalling corruption in both the Legislature and in the Executive branches of government, involving high ranking personalities. Ironically, the exposure of massive corruption was triggered by obviously a quarrel among relatives, resulting in the charge of “illegal detention” against their influential cousins. particularly Janet Lim Napoles (JLN). The supposed victim-turned-whistleblower claimed being threatened and detained by JLN, and thereby exposed her modus operandi in bribing legislators with large percentages of their PDAP money to fund bogus projects.
The national scandal prompted me to study Janet Lim Napoles through astrology. Based on the horoscope or birth chart I computed, assuming that two difficult factors – Uranus and Pluto -- straddle her Midneaven or zenith, my wife, Georgina, has this to say about her:
“Midheaven on 12 degrees Virgo -- The native Janet Lim Napoles is ‘a mystic and a sensualist (Pluto conjunct Uranus conjunct Midheaven) as fond of research into mysterious things as of the opposite sex, and exerts a marked influence upon its representatives. For all her mysticism the native is a ruthless egotist, and for all her lustfulness she is a weakling; she may seduce and rape, (or she may not, due to her religious upbringing), but will meet trouble in the end. Her erotic relations ought however, to stay hidden (having Neptune in Scorpio in 12th House of secrets), as few people have such discretion and reserve.’ From Zodiac Degrees by Carelli.
“Based on her lofty Midheaven reading here, I would like to call your attention to the zodiacal fact that she is a mystic, as well as a sensualist. Mystical in nature? Meaning Janet Napoles is a religious Filipina who loves intimately her God, as far as she feels and believes it, known to go to church on Sundays or other weekdays going to Baclaran or Quiapo shrines reciting the rosary on her beads, she is confident to be divinely protected by the heavenly Father, Mother as a Christian, Roman Catholic? It’s a practice she’s known for by those who know her. Midheaven makes her visible to the public, she can’t hide it. This fact seems to contradict the other side of her nature – a sensualist, one who apparently lusts for money, has greed for worldly possessions bought by money, particularly houses and cars for display. Isn’t this the dualism, the ambiguity, or inner split of our human nature, man’s nature on the physical plane of life wants wealth and the visible comfort wealth can bring, and when we zero in on the Filipino, isn’t this us --? The general We the people as we know ourselves scattered all over the world?
“Her true force lies in her penetrating mind (her Mercury, planet of the mind, in flowing trine to Uranus, higher octave of man’s mind). Should other factors curb her erotic excesses, she would force her way forward through sheer intelligence and end by making her own name famous, or infamous. Having Pluto the most powerful cosmic energy of change and transformation conjunct Uranus, sudden planet of change, on her Midheaven highest point of the chart, she will be powerful and resourceful in her chosen career and will have a sudden explosive but transformative effect on the people around her, which constitute the entire people of the Philippines.
“Corruption in the misuse of Pork Barrel government funds of such magnitude involving some unknown agencies of government in tandem with this Napoles scam covering a decade or more, has naturally resulted in an uproar, sending a Million People March to the Luneta in protest, on August 26, 2013. Napoles has been arrested and taken into detention on charges of such a grave economic-political crime of still unknown proportions. With her Pluto conjunct Uranus smack on the Midheaven, the native, Janet Lim Napoles has the power to be a leader in a chosen career that enables her to delve into the bottom of things. This can be literally commensurate to plumbing or mining of the nation’s wealth, which happens to be the ‘pork barrel’ that’s intended to be invested in helping the needs of the masses, such as the constituents of congressmen, and senators.
“Opposition Chiron, this powerful conjunction of Pluto and Uranus on the MC, indicates that Napoles has to struggle with the darker side of life, feeling overcome by passions such as envy, greed, lust and jealousy. In the 4th House of foundations, Chiron the planet of wounded healer gives a testimony of Janet Napoles’ (as she has described it) life as a maltreated child by a stepfather, rejected by contemporaries, as she had to work as a child to earn her upkeep, selling candies in school. She has a religious upbringing coming from her suffering mother, but couldn’t understand where these destructive thoughts emerge, but aware that the more she tried to push these dark thoughts of envy, greed, lust and jealousy away, the more they grew in magnitude. Her lesson is to delve into her past (lifetimes), recognizing past feelings of rejection, and to transform her newfound understanding into positive outlets. Later she would become a powerful leader or attract powerful leaders into her own life with her Midheaven empowered by Pluto conjunct Uranus.
“Chiron the spiritual bridge between earthly life and the higher spiritual realms stand on 11 degrees Pisces, indicates a life portending to wanderings and gallivantings, its key lying however, in the native’s impulse to rear up and struggle against material limitations. Her headiness and daring may border on foolhardiness; her fierce and defiant love of independence may strike as savage sullenness. Yet, the spontaneous flourish of her speech, her frankness bursting forth like a force of nature will make her liked in spite of her lack of measure.
“Luck is a decisive factor, but its sense will not be determined by Chiron on 11 Pisces, alone but by Neptune on 17 degrees Scorpio in 12th House of karmic healing, in flowing trine to Chiron/ linking it to Pluto which rules sexy Scorpio in her compelling Midheaven on sedate Virgo. Take note of the intertwining of universal energies of Pluto, Uranus, and Neptune to indicate spiritual healing of the people indicated in this chart of Janet Napoles.”
Getting to be familiar with her astrological character, what can we expect from her presence during the November 7 hearing before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee? We expect that not only Janet will be present to respond to the interrogation of the senators, but also all the whistleblowers who appear to have ganged up and heaped upon her all the blame for committing the national plunder of the Congress pork barrel. Not having the acumen for accurate analysis of transits or the passage of the planets through Janet’s horoscope, I am presenting verbatim the Solar Fire software’s interpretations by Australian astrologer Stephanie Johnson as follows:
“TRANSITING SATURN SEXTILE RADIX PLUTO -- This is a good time for creative work which reflects your deeply-felt needs. It can also be a time when you are insightful and appreciated for your wisdom. You may advance in some areas of your life as you have the ability to approach your tasks with a mix of discipline and compromise.
“TRANSITING URANUS QUINCUNX RADIX URANUS -- During these times you face areas in your life that have fallen into ruts, realizing that what was once comforting no longer offers true support. Consequently you decide to make changes that give you more of a sense of independence. In some cases it may feel that these changes have been forced upon you; however, if you are honest you recognize that deep down you felt that certain areas of your life were becoming a bit stale.
“TRANSITING PLUTO TRINE RADIX URANUS -- This is a highly creative time during which you have lots of energy. You will be eager to try new activities, exploring avenues that you have not explored before.
“TRANSITING MARS CONJUNCTION RADIX PLUTO -- The urge to change things, to eliminate and purify. Efforts to unite, to transform, to share power and territory. Intense cleansing and purification. Convincing, or being convinced of something. High energy output.”
In my view, given all the above planetary influences operating on her, even if offered immunity by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee she will not implicate any of the legislators involved in the scam. After all, the hearing is “in aid of legislation” and not a judicial trial, but merely to trace and identify loopholes in any law that need amending. On the other hand, the presence of her whistleblowers (some of whom are her close relatives) may catalyze or impel her into exposing as well their own illegal operations in competition to her own legitimate business. Although they, the whistleblowers accuse her of devising the scams, they were the ones who actually operated the system. She may be able to convince the interrogators that she may know, on the social level, the legislators whose pork barrels were targeted, but not along the business details of the actual collection and distribution of the spoils. She will point out that the whistleblowers are the ones who personally knew and dealt with the persons who received, along the trail, all the monies obtained from the pork barrel. She could remind that in previous Senate Blue Ribbon committee hearings, the main whistleblower (her cousin) admitted to being the main forger of signatures that allowed the releases of funds from the various government agencies. As well, most of the other whistleblowers also forged the signatures of those supposed to-be recipients that eventually passed audits. They were also the ones who personally distributed and handed over the monies to specific personalities involved in the scam.
Although I do not dare to speculate on the repercussions of these hearings on our society and government, I truly eagerly await and watch the televised coverage of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on November 7.
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