Al Rescha HELIACAL RISING STAR and Al Rescha rises with the Sun

This May 4th chart puts a heavy emphasis on Fixed Signs and Lunar Nodes. In the midst of a vengeful war inspired by the Bush family legacy - a war that we didn't want to happen - the avarice inherent in Arbitrage and profit manipulation has grown. It is our distinct plight of blending paradox with a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse at 14 Scorpio 42 right in the middle of the cosmic principle of transformation. Helping this dramatic shift from symbolical death to rebirth is the Heliacal Rising Star Al Rescha. A star that was visible over DC before sunrise we have the feeling of Pisces. Al Rescha is the bright star in the knot of the two fishes in constellation Pisces. This is a full moon that will bring endings to long standing problems. This star is known to unite and bring ideas and/or people together. So we have the healer Al Rescha in a prominent position along with Zuben Elgenubi (Libra) rising as the Sun is setting - which indicates person or persons with a more augmented social conscience. Also with the Sun in placid Taurus represented by Venus setting when fixed star Diadem "the Crown" is culminating pointing more to Feminine Strength than Masculine on one hand and appeasement and compromise on the other - adding to wishy washy leadership.

Moon is Culminating when Algol is On Nadir
Update from June 3rd: CIA Director George Tenet has resigned, citing personal reasons, President Bush said Thursday.
Update from May 12th: In light of the recent beheading of U.S. hostage Nicholas Berg in Iraq with a video released on the internet - It should be pointed out that this eclipse chart has Moon - (Emotional needs, family relationships)Culminating when Algol is On Nadir orb 01 mins 40 secs - meaning personal tragedies, one's own, or other people's - Berg's horrible death!

Scorpio the Archetype Pervades against a Backdrop of Values
Abuse Story that Won't Quit Catalyzed by the Mutable Cross in the Sky

Everywhere we look, the media has seized on this story of torture and sadistic abuse. At the same time there is a focus on wealth and how to get great wealth - sometimes thru illegal market timing or arbitrage - The buying of foreign exchange, securities, or commodities in one market and the simultaneous selling in another market. This eclipse chart is set for Washington DC where the eclipsed moon sits in the 2nd house of values (Taurus) and the Sun (Ego) in the 8th house of other people's money and driving emotional intensity. The boob tube shows scenes from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq - today's symbol of controversy. It is no accident with Jupiter in Virgo in the 12th house ruling prisons opposing Uranus in Pisces in the 6th House of service whether military or government bureaucracy. Thus the heavy emphasis on military prisons where detainees are held like Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and the naval brig at Charleston, South Carolina are also being investigated. Our Sectary of Defensiveness, Donald Rumsfield, the paranoid Cancer (July 9th, 1932) defended the Department's handling of the matter.and in typical Chiron in Taurus fashion by assigning value to the Pentagon's handling of the matter, in order to seek healing or encourage denial? Many are calling for the resignation of Rumsfield as sentiments grow especially with the ingress of Mars in Cancer. Rumsfield - the perfect scapegoat with Saturn crossing his Sun in Cancer. By May 24th when transiting Mars meets Saturn in Cancer - we will know if Rummy will resign!
In the Eclipse Chart, Scorpio's ruler Pluto is in the 3rd House in Sagittarius is directly opposing Venus in Gemini - news, media and publishing overwhelms our obsessions and just won't let loose of this story. So with Venus/Pluto form the other arm of the mutable cross -an energy that even Michael Jackson's Bizarre (Virgo Sun pisces Moon) can't seem to totally distract the our conciousness from people's deep, dark fixations with that moon in Scorpio.

When will justice or social conscience prevail ?

It is as if the era of cruelty, possessiveness and passionate acts will never end. When will justice or conscience ever triumph?- not the type of scapegoating the secret government loves; six soldiers have been criminally charged in this case and the U.S. military ponders the future of Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, the suspended former commander of U.S. and British prisons in Iraq.
Can justice jar the masses from their ghoulish reverie? As shows like CSI and Forensic Files (epitome of Scorpio), the Sopranos and HBO's Six Feet Under gain popularity with leaps and bounds. News of a sexual nature whether more censorship or degradation or enhancements is the rage; as we try to embrace a culture of Extreme Makeover. Yes the Grim Reaper takes a bow on center stage with ABC's "Nightline" and Ted Koppel, reading the names of 721 American soldiers killed during the Iraqi Operation Freedom, earning top ratings.
We ponder in disbelief at these trends. With over a year since the start (commencing April 13th 2003) of a dark Scorpio South Node vengeful Dragon's Tail we may begin to see a a falling of the Hooded and VeiledScorpionic South Node. .Secrets spill forth daily. Reactions are mixed but they are strong and intense as the three days have constantly featured the latest dark revelation. The Dragon's Head is now Taurus North Node, which wants values and possesions to overide the horrors of the uncovering of dark forces and ultimate truth. Perhaps we live in a world of misused values with oil prices soaring to a 13 year high on May 4th. and inflation on the rise.

Solar Clashes with Authority to Lunar Secret Revelations and Mayan Civilizations

Two weeks ago the theme of accountability and relationship to father figures dominated. The partial solar eclipse of April 19th, we talked about the Anaretic Degree number 29, AKA the Karmic Degree where Sun and Moon were together at 29° Aries 49'. Just (6) days before we saw the crisis worsen with three Japanese hostages plus Seven Chinese and eight workers from a Russian engineering firm were abducted adding to four Italian civilians working for a private US security firm then by April 19th. all were released.

A seemingly unrelated bit of info. was posted 5/5/2004 Magnificent secrets being unearthed before our eyes – streams of information come to light. Latest news tells of an Ancient Mayan civilization that flourished at a little-known excavation site in Guatemala called Cival around 2,500 years ago. On April 23rd, just four days after the last solar eclipse, the finding of Cancuen, one of the largest Mayan palaces of King Taj Chan Ahk was announced. This discovery has been described as a major city with some 10,000 residents. This dig has a decidely Venus overtone with experts calling it "one of the greater masterpieces of Maya art ever discovered in Guatemala" : a well-preserved, giant face of a Maya deity, hand carved 225-kilogram (500-pound) altar stone with intricate hieroglyphs and images of Mayan royal ceremonies. A foot note to all of this is that this great city flourished from about 500 B.C. to A.D. 100, and was then "abandoned under mysterious circumstances, never to be occupied again." A real scorpionic mystery ! One of the finds was the well-preserved, giant face of a Maya deity - a 15- by 9-foot stucco mask had one eye visible and the mouth squared, with snake's fangs in its center.- Ceramics associated with the mask date it to about 150 B.C. Also found were 120 pieces of jade, most of them round, polished green and blue jade pebbles along with jade axes, placed with their blades pointing upward,. More examples of the symbolism of this penetratingly magnetic Scorpio/Taurus axis.

20th Century History of Saros Series North 6 and the Lunar Eclipses

This series of eclipses seem to signify long term endings/beginnings along with discoveries that effect large global populations. They also emphasize as was illustrated in the preceding Solar Eclipse on April 19th issues with authority figures and the need to take responsibility and control.
Even the short term news cries for conclusive action vs. authority figures who have been irresponsible: A guilty verdict for investment banker Frank Quattrone of the Dot Com Boom (reputed to have earned $120 million per year in his IPO spinning days). Desperate need for closure and blame in the Abu Ghraib prison torture story. Or the Feds keeping rates at their 1958 lows only for the short term. This Eclipse day the Federal Reserve took a further step toward its first interest rate rise in four years with a pledge to lift rates gradually. No Arbitrage spreads on pending mergers and acquisitions will prevent inflation and rising rates. Many pundits are concerned with how the Real Estate Market (Taurean ruled) will fair vs. rising rates - where will property values be this time next year? With the advent of Venus (ruler of Taurus N Node and the future trends) we should be ready for rates to rise along with inflation.

A list of these Saros Series N 6 Full Moon Eclipses this Century

1914: Mar 12 EUROPE: OUTBREAK OF FIRST WORLD WAR (fuelled by Balkan crisis and intransigent Euro powers) , UK takes the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal opens.
1932 : Mar 22 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia formed by Ibn Saud; USSR: 2nd Five Year Plan; to combat famine
Innovations : the development of radio astronomy; Piccard's balloon flight to 17.5 miles up; Great strides in vitamin research
1950: Apr 2nd. Korean War (1950-53) begans pitting (communists against capitalists); Chinese forces occupy Tibet; and S McCarthyite anti-Communist hysteria begans.
1968: Apr 13 The Assassination of Martin Luther King & Robert Kennedy mentioned in my Solar Eclipse Article for April 19th Innovations: the growth of worldwide satellite communications this was the year that pulsars were discovered JAPAN becomes officially the 3rd largest industrial state in the world
1986: Apr 24 The explosion of Chernobyl Nuclear Plant also referenced in my Solar Eclipse report, there was the US bombing of Libya – the US took a stand against international terrorism and Col Ghadafi) (Now in 2004 Ghadafi has declared an alliance with the US.and his son, Al Saadi Gaddafi, has made his debut in the Italian Soccer league) This presents a conclusion and a novel means of bringing diverse interests together. Also from the point of view of social conscience in 1986: Environmental stands were taken by now well known groups - Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and for a stand for Peace: Amnesty International

This Eclipse cycle has a Plutonic explosive energy blended with innovation and social conscience.

Could Peace be Breaking Out All Over the Place? Even though this last nodal cycle has revealed the the dark side of Scorpio and the greed of Taurus. True we have seen the quick descent of such notables as Frank Quattrone, Martha Stewart and Bernie Ebbers - something tugs at our conciousness and speaks of a preparation for a time to come. Just two weeks ago, the partial solar eclipse of April 19th was caught in a Cardinal Culmination. This time period signaled a search of the horizon for a change this fall towards late September Yes in late September, Sun-Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter all enter Libra within 6 days of one another (September 22-28).perhaps as Financial Astrologer Ray Merriman says "I think peace will breaking out all over during this period, that much progress will made in resolving difficult geopolitical issues" The majority of discontented citizens as how could this be? Even today we hear about the Pentagon telling 10,000 active-duty United States army soldiers and marines and 37,000 reserve and national guard troops that they will be sent to Iraq this year. They are needed to maintain the level of 138,000 US troops in the country. - kinda of like the big stick that Scorpio Teddy Roosvelt carried. while he spoke softly. Our last Aries eclipse put a major focus on the Military Warrior as it landed on the Anaretic Degree good ole number 29 Skidoo. That fated 29th degree always signifies endings or culmination of one cycle - we are waiting for the next cycle to begin this fall on November 30th right after the ingress of Libra - this will be the day when the Nodes change from Taurus/Scorpio to Aries/Libra on November 30th 2004. As the new Cardinal axis begins, our challenge will be to seek peace from the past (S Node) initiating towards the future to transform the world's universal soldier into the pioneer for peace - Aries is always ahead of the crowd just as Aquarius prefers the future. The future will mean that Jupiter in Libra forms a trine to Neptune in Aquarius (November 2004-August 2005) Despite poor examples of stubborn leadership,; after the Autumnal Equinox we will be in a strong position to choose peace vs. war.

Stay tuned for new articles by Arthur R Gianfermo - the Founder and Editor of AquaSoul.