by Archie Dunlop on March 10, 2010
Just a quick reminder that the current lunar cycle is drawing to a close, and on Monday March 15 there’s a New Moon. It’s at 9.01 pm London time, which is 4.01 pm in New York.
New Moons are regular events, which by definition take place every month. So one might ask whether there’s any point in commenting on them.
Well, each New Moon has its own character, that’s defined by the other planets. And the March 15 New Moon, which takes place in the twenty-sixth degree of Pisces, happens to be very close to a conjunction between Mercury and Uranus, in the twenty-seventh degree of Pisces.
Mercury and Uranus are an electric combination. They represent sudden messages, that have surprising consequences. These messages are often delivered electronically.
So in the last half of March there’s going to be a lot of talking, and we’ll receive some interesting emails and text messages. However we have to be careful. What sounds important could actually be trivial, and we should avoid jumping to conclusions.
The star signs most affected by the New Moon will be Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces. Geminis might receive important career news; Virgos could discover that their partners are talking rubbish; Sagittarians could spend all their spare time trying to fix their computers; while Pisceans could be a hornets’ next of useless activity.
Politicians, regardless of their star sign, should avoid making speeches, The words will come pouring out, but the message might be misunderstood. At the same time engineers and technicians must understand their limitations, because small mistakes could have catastrophic consequences.
As to what part of the world the New Moon is likely to affect, then I’d go for the Middle East and the Caucasus, with particular emphasis on Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Perhaps in the aftermath of the Iraqi elections, strong words will be spoken, and the Iranians will be trying to leverage their influence? Words can be as explosive as bombs!
Copyright © 2010 Archie Dunlop
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by Archie Dunlop on March 9, 2010
I see that in California Rodney Alcala has just been convicted of the murder of four women and a girl in the late 1970s.
He apparently has a high IQ and was a keen photographer. In 1978 he was a winning contestant in a TV show called The Dating Game, in which he was ‘Bachelor Number One’.
Rodney Alcala has spent much of his life in prison, and in the late 1960s was convicted of attacking a child.
According to Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Rodney Alcala was born on August 23 1943. This means that we don’t know whether he was a Leo or a Virgo – the Sun changed sign at 6.55 pm, Central Standard Time. So he would have been a Leo if he was born before 6.55 pm, a Virgo if born after.
I’m not going to seriously speculate on whether Rodney Alcala is a Leo or a Virgo, though given the change-over time, there’s about an 80% chance of him being a Leo. If you look at courtroom pictures of him, his long, grey hair is certainly very striking, more Leonine than Virgoan.
And whichever side of 6.55 pm he was born, the Sun was close to Regulus, the Royal Star. This star puts people in the public eye, and at the very least gives them fifteen minutes of fame. Hence his appearance on a popular TV show.
Looking at the details of Rodney Alcala’s horoscope, it’s interesting that he has got no planets in Water signs – in other words in Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces.
This perhaps tells us what kind of serial killer he is. The Water signs are connected with the emotions, and people with no Water can sometimes be detached from other people’s suffering – indeed there can be a complete inability to empathise.
At the same time, Rodney Alcala has a close, 90-degree aspect between the Sun and Mars. This aspect can be very violent, and it speaks of an inner rage, that very rarely gets revealed. Yet when it does come out, there are terrible consequences.
There’s then the question of why Rodney Alcala chose to target women. Well, in his horoscope Venus, the planet of women, is in Virgo, making a stressful aspect to Saturn in Gemini. He might have been good at dating games, but his real life experience of women was probably very negative, and there must surely have been feelings of frustration and anger. Yet his lack of Water made it very difficult for him to express these feelings in a normal way.
We can go deeper if we want. All of us are emotional beings, and it’s through our emotions that we link with the various parts of our personality. Where emotion is lacking, there’s a chance of disconnection, of different parts of the personality doing their own thing. In this way the rage of Rodney Alcala’s Sun-Mars aspect could roar into life, all by itself. And it couldn’t easily be stopped, because there wasn’t much in the way of emotional control – which helps explain why he killed so many people.
Copyright © 2010 Archie Dunlop
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Just a quick reminder that the current lunar cycle is drawing to a close, and on Monday March 15 there’s a New Moon. It’s at 9.01 pm London time, which is 4.01 pm in New York.
