Sweeney and his crew were under orders to only bomb visually. When they got to Kokura they found the haze and smoke obscuring the city as well as the large ammunition arsenal that was the reason for targeting the city. They made three unsuccessful passes, wasting more fuel, while anti-aircraft fire zeroed in on them and Japanese fighter planes began to climb toward them. The B-29s broke off and headed for Nagasaki. The phrase Kokura’s Luck was coined in Japan to describe escaping a terrible occurrence without being aware of the danger.
http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/twocities/nagasaki/page3.shtml
I’m not making any predictions for the British General Election on May 6. It’s too complicated.
However if you read back over my earlier articles, you’ll see that I have consistently been negative about both David Cameron and Gordon Brown. Neither man should be in politics, particularly now, when both of them seem to have run out of luck. And that was my problem – how do you predict victory for a person going through a bad phase of life?
In the case of David Cameron, I could square the circle by saying that he could win the election, and be a disastrous Prime Minister. In the case of Gordon Brown, it’s already happening – he became Labour leader in 2007 and to date he has arguably been the worst Prime Minister since Neville Chamberlain.
Then the Nick Clegg bombshell happened. Having done very well in a TV Debate, his party, the Liberal Democrats, appears to be racing ahead in the polls.
However from an astrological point of view we mustn’t be fooled by Nick Clegg. In a few months time his luck will start to run out, and in late 2010 and 2011 he’ll have an increasing feeling that he is banging his head against a brick wall.
Furthermore, people like Nick Clegg don’t prosper when Jupiter and Saturn are making opposition aspects. This aspect is about dealing with the past rather than creating the future. If Nick Clegg is in government, he’ll be dealing with the mess from the previous ten years of mismanagement. And he will inevitably be tarred by it.
So where does this leave David Cameron? He’s certainly going through a trying period of life, that will last until May 2011. The last thing he needs right now is to be Prime Minister.
The means, if there is no overall majority after the May 6 election, David Cameron should relax, and he should avoid going into a coalition with the Liberal Democrats. Because whatever the hue of the next British government, it will soon become very unpopular, weighed down by the Jupiter-Saturn opposition. Needless to say, Nick Clegg will be quickly worn down by the pressures of office, and his pro-Europe stance will cost him dear.
For David Cameron it’ll be about waiting and watching, something that Librans can do very well. Let Labour and the Liberal Democrats exhaust themselves. If there’s an election in late 2011 or 2012 David Cameron will be just about ready for the top job, and he’ll have the authority – and luck – to be a reasonably successful Prime Minister.
Of course it’s possible that the Conservative Party will get rid of David Cameron. In fact, they probably should – I’m sure if they look around their ranks, they can find someone with a horoscope that is more suited to the political situation that Britain finds itself in.
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Archie,
Do you think that western political parties seriously look at astrology when choosing a leader?
If Gordon Brown publicly stated that he has formulated a succession plan based in part on a candidates horoscope, how do you think the public reaction would be?
John,
I’m sure that Western leaders, and the people that choose them, pay no notice to astrology. And yes, if Gordon Brown had said he was using astrology to select the next leader the public would be none too happy.
Of course the big example of astrology being used in politics is that of Ronald Reagan and his wife. Nancy Reagan apparently did consult an astrologer, and he had two full terms in office, survived an assasination bid, was nick-named the ‘teflon president’, and in many circles was regarded as a great president (though that’s not my opinion)! Reagan’s political success, against the odds, seems to suggest that astrology really does work, and that his wife was right to consult an astrologer.