The news of the week astrologically is the transition of the slow moving outer planet Uranus from sidereal Aquarius to sidereal Pisces.  Whatever is touched by Uranus, it seems to add an element of unpredictability; a status-quo-shattering, paradigm-shifting, new-methodology-creating kick; which adds a sense of excitement and perhaps a mild undercurrent of anxiety.

Without a doubt the surges in communications technology and computer-interconnectivity has greatly accelerated the pace of life, and shrunk the world, as it were, to the palm of our hands.

Hold on, whatever thoughts and mindsets you held onto regarding yourself, what’s real, and what is the world all about; are about to go through a radical change.  I don’t think though that people are going to start running to the hills and singing songs about how wonderful everything is; some certainly will, but by and large it will be the very structure of society (Aquarius) that is going to have to flow apart and reform itself into a less “constricted” thing under Neptune.  How would that happen....?

Obama’s cycles running up to and just beyond the election going into a potential inauguration on January 20, 2009 are pretty good.  Obama is actually riding quite high on the waves of his astrology, just like John McCain.  If his birth data is accurate, and I am reasonably certain that it is; there appears though to be a shift that will occur about one month before the election; as to whether that shift will be good or bad, I’ll get to that shortly.

So from 1997 until 2013 Obama could have a soaring political career (and indeed he has), but it could be quite lacking in substance.  When the Saturn maha dasa turns on for 19 years, he might be facing an uphill challenge and things might not be so “blessed” for him. In December 2007 Obama entered a sub-cycle that will last until October 4, 2008, characterized by success, an aura of authority, and kind of a driving need to be on top.  Indeed it was during this time that he rose to the top over all the other Democrat candidates.  In October he then enters a sub-cycle that....

Obama is pretty strong in his connections to major elements of the US national chart, both in upfront and in subversive ways.  He’s got classic presidential astrology to me: great image, positive manner, but personal liabilities that could make him subject to the designs of hidden interests.  Obama may be the most intensive, pivotal, and turbulence-creating individual yet to possibly occupy the Oval Office chair.  Think George W. Bush was a trip?  Obama could be the king of trippiness yet.

So you think Obama is a pacifist?  He may say all the right words, but he still has that neo-con love of exploding bombs, flying bullets, and burning flesh; at least it would seem from his astrology.  The Mars/Neptune square in the US chart would indicate that we launch off on wars with sometimes shaky rationales and that we sometimes seek misplaced religious succor in being righteous warriors.  Obama’s Mars right over this configuration would only seem to reinforce the current trends in the US foreign policy, and the idea that definitive action always trumps cautious circumspection.  This can be quite dangerous for government-types and lethal for those who live on coveted lands, resources, and strategic zones....

Barak Obama has swiftly come up the ranks from lawyer to Illinois state senator to US senator and now possibly to US President if he wins the 2008 US election.  The key to electability today is not leadership ability, but marketability of the message, an image of the candidate as a champion of the people, and the final approval of the Electoral College the following January....

The placement of Obama’s Sun in Cancer is interesting and apropos for a Democrat, because they like to be called the “caring” party, those who take care of the "little" people, making sure they are fed, educated, and taken care of medically.  The placement of his ascendant ruler in the favorable ninth house, a house associated with spirituality and higher knowledge; to me this helps lend to him this so-called “messianic” quality to him, which has literally caused people to faint with bliss in his audiences (maybe not so much now, but initially).  He just has a magical air about him that could make things happen....