These Mars/Uranus conjunctions tend to have large effects on our geocosmic landscape. In 1964-65 we had three Mars/Uranus conjunctions between 11º and 15º Virgo - squaring Uranus and Mars in the US Chart. As we know, 1964-65 was whent the US began hands on involvement in what was to become the Vietnam War. So on June 23rd both planets are conjunct at 2º. Pisces 43 again and this time in the watery sign of Pisces. Then next exact conjunction occurs on May 15th 2005 at 10 Pisces. We have already begun a cycle of war and The key symbols are water of all kinds spilling over onto land and our emotions. The most dramatic effect of this meeting is the weather. We already see that eastern US has had record rainfall A previous Mars/Uranus conjunction in Cancer produced the great storm of 1703 The actual conjunction in 1703 was 28th June 20:16 GMT and The Storm was 25th November 1703.

Explosive Events with Oil, the High Seas and Drugs
Not matter what sign the Mars/Uranus meeting takes place, an explosive situation is created! In the case of Pisces (Neptune the ruler) all the worlds oil and petroleum production is governed. We have begun to see how Mars and Uranus together heighten the explosive nature of petroleum. On Thurs. June 19th with Mars just entering Pisces a horrendous explosion killed 125 people in Nigeria. This disaster was the result of a vandalized pipeline that gushed fuel and the government failed to repair. Another explosion involving oil happend on June 22nd where an oil pipeline still burns near the highway at Hit, Iraq - possible sabotage! This explosion marred the beginning of the US occupation's first shipment of crude since the war. A wave of attacks have killed 17 Americans since major fighting in Iraq was declared over May 1. All is not well on the homefront for the US and American consumer who uses 70% of the world's energy resources. On June 22nd (CNN) reports After 11 weeks of decline, the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline has reversed direction Thrity years ago with Saturn also in Cancer we had a gasoline shortage and price manipulation - are those days here again? Afterall the average citizen wants to know what are we fighing for in Iraq anyway? When Jupiter enters Virgo to square Uranus in September, we may finally focus on our wanton energy consumption or suffer the consequences.
Explosions on the High Seas? ATHENS, Greece (CNN)/22/03 Greek special forces, acting on a tip from an unnamed country, boarded and seized a ship loaded with 680 tonnes of explosives as it sailed through Greek territorial waters
Lest we forget Pisces rules drugs - more and more stories will appear daily about the use and abuse of illegal drugs. The War on Drugs will be questioned by many as will the US Drug Policy. Since the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Opium production is 18 times higher. Burma (Myanmar) is second only to Afghanistan in opioum production - Burma is ruled by an authoritarian military regime that is waging a violent campaign of intimidation against NLD supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi who has opposed human rights abuses for years. Piscean victims and martyrs of political violence will increase along with the drug wars. Ed Rosenthal personifies the Uranus in Pisces reformer, he has pushed forward the reform for the legalization of medical marijuana to the forefront. Let me leave you with this thought 35 million American women suffer from endometriosis and the most common treatment, vicodine, comes from.opium Opium like marijuana is a medicine requires little cultivation yet is constricted by world government for the sake of power and profit!

The Politics of Mars/Uranus
In political affairs the Mars/Uranus conjunction signifies a predominant use of force and genius to solve problems. This powerful alignment seeks to overwhelm untenable problems like the road map for peace. We hear Secretary of State Colin Powell say on Sunday that even though he regretted Israel's killing of a top Hamas official, "We have to punch through this," And also on Sunday in Iran (the new US target?) Iranian student leaders said that a crackdown on protests against Islamic clerical rule could make them adopt more radical and violent methods. Just like 1964 with the SDS (SDS: Students for Democratic Society) and Mario Savio's Free Speech Movement students in Iran are speaking out. Unfotunately they are in the hostile climes of the Islamic Republic not the benign environs of Sproul Plaza and University of California, Berkeley. Astrologer Richard Nolle says about Mars/Uranus road to diplomacy incorporates Such a revolutionary (or at least unconventional) approach tends to be erratic, and often produces unforeseen consequences that can be disastrous. Of course we need to be aware that this energy can also be focused and sustained and in that sense spectacularly effective of course in the sign Pisces, confusion and illusion may reign through the long 6 month stay of Mars in Pisces. With the planet Uranus (ruling the element Uranium) note that Washington accuses Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran says its program is only for electricity? Also by July 22nd Mars in direct motion will be opposing GW Bush Mars in Virgo at 9º and we may see a the US engaged in plans for another pre-emptive strike against IRAN. Other politics that will pervade within the next 30 days include Gay Rights Issues (Piscean) and emphasis on the underdog or downtrodden with class action lawsuits (rulings may be unclear in typical Neptunian style).

Erratic and Unusual Weather as Mars approaches Earth
Mars will be closest to the Earth on August 27, 2003, some 34,650,000 miles away. This is the closest approach Mars has made to the Earth in 73,000 years! Like a full moon it will be face-on to Earth (opposition) and opposite the Sun on the 28th. Mars will also be at its closest point to the sun, called perihelion on Aug. 28th. Weather in the US has been weird since Uranus entered Pisces on March 10th. Sprintime in the Mid-Western US was beset with multiple twisters: More than 384 twisters have been reported across the Midwest since the start of May — a record number! Note on June 22nd, showers and thunderstorms drenched Florida to the point of crisis in the Gulf, parts of the Northeast and central United States on Sunday. Yet untenable dry conditions prevailed in the West. Flooding in parts of Kentucky,West Virginia and North Carolina have resulted in drowning.Out west more then nine large wildfires were burning Sunday in Nevada, New Mexico,Alaska -- with six of them in Arizona - the Arizona wildfire has be engulfing homes in resort communities outside Tucson, Arizona. This fire has been spurred by a fiery trine of Pluto (18ºSag), Jupiter (16ºLeo) and Pallas (19ºAries) all sextile Merc/Venus in Gemini (Winds driving the flames). This combination of the Mars Perigree and watery Pisces will build throughout the summer, fall and winter and we may see not only constant thundershowers but even a major Tsunami. Uranian aspects when combined with Mars may produce a rash of earthquakes as the month of August climaxes.
Survival is the keyword regarding our reaction to these bizarre weather conditions since the Sabian Symbol for 3º Pisces is “A Petrified Forest”. Dr. Marc Edmund Jones describes reactions to this Sabian Symbol as either positive: "the effective continuity and breadth of resource in all human effort or when negative, complete immobilization in superficial reality." In keeping with the theme of Petrified Forest BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Amazon Destruction Jumps The deforestation rate in Brazil's Amazon, the world's largest jungle, has jumped 40 percent, sparking alarm on Thursday among environmentalists and a promise by the government to launch emergency measures.
Another update on July 3rd from CNN - Extreme weather on the rise: "A study released Wednesday by the WMO(World Meteorological Organization) -- a specialized climate science agency of the United Nations -- says the world is experiencing record numbers of extreme weather events, such as droughts and tornadoes."

Fixed Stars : SADALMELIK and FOMALHAUT and Black Hole: OSIRIS produce mixed blessings.
One of the two main stars of this conjunction is: Sadalmelik (constellation Aquarius/Water Carrier) originally from Sa'd al-Malik Known as the "Lucky star of the king", sometimes given as Al Sa'd al Mulk, "the Lucky One of the Kingdom" with a Longitude in 2000: 03ºPIS46 As Robson points out with some dread: It causes persecution, lawsuits, extreme and sudden destruction and the death penalty. When SADALMELIK is combined with Mars: Fame through discoveries in science or inventions, benefits do not last. (Robson).
When SADALMELIK is combined with Uranus: High ideals can be achieved, philosophical, scientific, mental pursuits, psychic, inventive, successful, gain through business or under Government, influential and learned friends.
FOMALHAUT A reddish star in the mouth of the Southern Fish, Piscis Austrinus. Fomalhaut is from the Arabic Fam al-Hut (1), "Mouth of the fish". This is one of the four key stars in the heavens, also called archangel stars/Gabriel (Fomalhaut) watcher of the South. Fomalhaut marked the zero point of Capricorn, 2582 BC.
From Robson: It is said to be very fortunate and powerful and yet to cause malevolence of sublime scope and character, and change from a material to a spiritual form of expression.
When FOMALHAUT is combined with Mars: Malevolent, passionate, revengeful, many secret enemies, liable to disgrace and ruin, danger of bites from venomous creatures. (Robson).
When FOMALHAUT is combined with Uranus: Unstable, wasted talents, evil environment, unpractical ideas, loses friends, addicted to drugs or intoxicants, utopian schemes, afflicted marriage partner, brings misfortune to associates, fatally injured by electricity, explosion or accident. (Robson).
Thes stars one lucky: SADALMELIK and one a harbringer of bad fortune: FOMALHAUT combine to make this powerful conjunction. Without question we are given both opportunities and warnings - perhaps it is time to heed Gabriel's trumpet blast in the form of FOMALHAUT.
Black Hole: Osiris at 3º Sagittarius Adding to the potent mix of fixed stars, we see that this conjunction squares Black Hole Osiris at 3º Sagittarius. Osiris does not act alone and is intimately linked with Isis (his sister and consort) at 4º Sag and Horus (their son and the Hawk-Headed Diety) at 5º Sag
In the earthly world of human affairs, Osiris is linked to reactionary political regimes, the interests of large economic organizations.and to the prominent achievements of Flight and Nuclear Energy.
Political Hot Spots: Communist Kampuchea (formerly Cambodia) has a Venus/Mars at 4º Gemini/Pisces with a T-Square to Osiris/Isis. Iran's Venus at 3Pisces both sits on our Mars/Uranus conjunction and squares Osiris. Khadaffi's Libya has a 3º Gemini Moon to T-Square our conjunction and Osiris.
The NYSE has an ascendant at 3ºVirgo for another square and opposition to our conjunction.
The MC for the first manned flight of the Kitty Hawk at 5º Sag. to conjunct Horus (Hawk-Head). The first contrololled nuclear reaction was at 2ºGemini for another square to Osiris and the Hydrogen Bomb at Hroshima has 4º Mercury in Virgo for another square this time to Isis.

Artistic/Musical, Bio-Tech,Spiritual Magic and UFO's Appear
Piscean CEO Steve Jobs of Apple announced on June 23rd that music fans have downloaded over five million songs from the iTunes® Music Store since its launch eight weeks ago! In another techno coup, Jobs introduced new Macintosh computers that use its "G5" microprocessor, a design by IBM that can handle twice as much data at once as traditional PC microchips.!
In the world of Bio-Tech: Xolair, a revolutionary asthma drug was approved by the FDA late Friday June 20th. This is big news since this is the first of a new breed of bioengineered drugs that get to the root of the disease rather than just the symptoms! With a trine to Saturn in Cancer (focus on food and nourishment) we will have positive emphasis on weight control. Using gene theraphy to control apetite should become commonplace within the next few years. Also the battle over genetically modified (GM) food will continue with United States, Argentina and Canada producing 95 percent of the world gene-altered crops! Yes Virginia, genes of fish have been spliced with tomatos and soon GM Food will become a standard in many parts of the world.
Creativity in the Arts will dominate with Uranus in Pisces leading the way for the next seven years. We are now movie crazy with more and more people attending summer blockbusters. Movies and films will be using reveolutionary techniques for graphic imagery and more. Just as this conjunction stimulated the Roaring 20's: literature, dance, architecture and music will flourish and thrive.
UFO News and Investigations are part of this Uranian Conjunction. More and more interest will surface about the prescence of UFO's and aliens. On June 24th the Sci Fi channel aired the Documentary 'Out of the Blue' In the search for truth the Sci Fi Channel has taken an unprecedented step. Sci Fi has hired a lobbyist and is actually campaigning to persuade the government to be more forthcoming and aggressive in investigating UFO sightings.
Also on July 3rd we have news of a huge Astronomical Discovery from Deep Space CNN"Solar system similar to ours discovered. Astronomers searching for signs of a Solar System like our own said on Thursday they had found a planet very similar to Jupiter orbiting a star resembling the Sun, 90 light years away."

Our intuition and psychic abilities will began to peak during this time. Perhaps significant discoveries of what constitutes death and "the after life: (12 house matters) will bring us new hope. We are now on a secure path to revise our old woren out religious dogmas. During the wake of the Uranian/Mars conjunction true spirituality will be even more important for humanity. We are starting to see grass roots movements that are “faith based” programs to combat poverty, drug use, gang violence and illiterarcy in the inner cities. Blatant evidence appears that we are beaten and tired of the religious/ethic wars that have held our human spirit in bondage for over 2000 years. As organized religions crumble and decay the power of Spirit flows into our souls and our personal God/Goddess of heart leads the way. The power of mutual reception aspect with Uranus in Pisces and Neptune in Aquarius finally will emphasize the compassionate nature of Pisces and the humanitarian ideals of Aquarius.