Reclaiming Our Revolutionary Roots (astrological transits and the U.S.)

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I can't recall whether this article has been posted here before, but it seems timely and worth a read so thought I'd take the chance it hadn't. It discusses the major transits that are upon us now...looks at their historical significance...and peeks into the future.
Very pro-Obama.

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Reclaiming our Revolutionary Roots

By Judith Goldberg

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it"... Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

The 2008 Presidential Election is pivotal in America’s history and will have ramifications far into the future. While many astrologers have weighed in on the possible outcome-dissecting candidate’s charts to determine who has the luckiest stars-- few have looked at the larger cycles and by extension the larger issues, in play. Outer planet transits provide a celestial filter that transcends our myopic earthly perspective. As these heavenly bodies revolve around the sun in concentric orbits, they establish a symbolic hierarchy wherein the most distant exercise the greatest influence on the human collective. By this yardstick, Pluto, though recently downgraded, may still be considered "The Great Lord of Destiny". Pluto’s ingress into Capricorn on January 26, 2008 set a trajectory towards America’s Pluto Return in 2022, a rendezvous with destiny.

USA Pluto Return

On July 4, 1776, a group of renegade American colonists authored the document that would become the cornerstone of a new republic. Pluto was transiting the 27th degree of Capricorn. Two hundred and forty-six years later, on February 20, 2022, Pluto will return to 27 ° of Capricorn and the fulfillment (or lack thereof) of the sacred tenets of our free society, as outlined in the Declaration of Independence, will undergo new scrutiny. Some legacies continue to haunt us-- the founding fathers failure to address women’s rights and to terminate the "original sin" of slavery. The founders could not have foreseen that social and political elitism would erode the rights of working and middle class citizens, that self-interested politicians would polarize and disempower the electorate for nefarious purposes and corporate influence would corrupt the political process, preempting the "consent of the governed".

Over the next 14 years Pluto will present us with the challenges needed to rectify these inequities. To succeed in this mission, we must acknowledge and transform any shadow parts (Pluto ruled) of our government and our institutions that are inconsistent with our stated ideals. We are engaged in a kind of "back to the future" politics, an effort designed to reclaim our revolutionary roots. It is time for our reality to match our rhetoric.

Saturn/Uranus' Hard Aspects Define Our History

The 2008 election is a turning point in a transformational journey. The key aspect in the Election Day chart, an exact opposition between Saturn, ruler of the presidency, and Uranus harbinger of revolutionary change, at 18º 57' Virgo/Pisces is emblematic of the tug of war between the old guard and an emerging new paradigm. A timeline of hard aspects in the Saturn/Uranus cycle, from Revolutionary times to the present, sheds light on our historic pursuit of geo-political autonomy and social justice, a quest in which the coming election opens the newest chapter.

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http://www.creativechoices.com/cc.php?id=articles&page=revolutionary_roots