And I'm hungry like the wolf
Stalked in the forest too close to hide
I'll be upon you by the moonlight side
And I'm hungry like the wolf
Strut on a line it's discord and rhyme
I howl and I whine
I'm after you
lyrics by Duran Duran

Our ghostly lunar orb grows brighter as snow falls from Seattle to DC.
Near zero temperatures prevail throughout much of the country this winter and we can almost hear the wolf packs howled hungrily. For the Native Americans, the wolves would gather outside Indian villages.in January and the first full moon became known as the Wolf Moon. Yes overnight we have Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service for the Baltimore and Washington Metropolitan Areas.

Terror Alert Orange starting December 21st
Since New Year's Day 2004 with a Sun-Mars-Saturn T-square we have been waiting for the next shoe to drop. An exact Saturn (Cancer) and Mars (Aries) square brought many unspecified terrorist threats but no attack. Plans are turned away and air marshalls are now ordered to accompany every foreign flight into the USA but now attack. Yes with this Full Moon the power of threats is magnified to create fears and insecurities. After that we will see the threat level drop to yellow with the same security measures in place. On this day we have two powerful oppositions on the the axis of home, family (Cancer) and security vs. business, social status (Capricorn) - one is Sun and Moon and the other is Ceres 19 Cancer vs Chiron 19 Capricorn. Goddess Ceres who brings nourishment and food is being disrupted by Chiron as we see threats to our food supply (Mad Cow) and to our energy supplies with the price of oil and gas rising. Black Hole Hel from Norse Mythology sits right on both Ceres and Chiron at 19 Capricorn. Hel, the Norse Goddes of Death ruled the underworld where those who died of old age and disease were tortured! The Norse heroes of war went to Valhalla for special recognition. One thing is sure is that the predominance of Cardinal (action oriented planets) is evident in this Full Moon chart with Mars in Aries conjunct the Goddes Pallas master strategist. Placed in the first house fiery Mars is now leading the way in alliance with Pallas Athena.

Mars is in the news! Mars is the leading player in this drama Daily we are seeing spectacular images from the Red Planet as the Spirit rover sends back photographs of this pioneering mission. Prominent Mars in Aries is helping us gather our courage seeing that mankind can eventually touch all the planets in the solar system. Just a few months ago Mars was both at it's closest to Earth in the last 73,000 years plus retrograde in Pisces (weak position for the Warrior God). Time seem to drag on with one of the hottest summers on record. Now we are seeing a "Martian lake bed awash in its natural hues of red, pink and orange" . the courtesy of the Uranian technology recently entering the imaginary sign Pisces. Yes Mars in Aries is the real star of the show and Pallas the master strategist helps with tactical planning. Mars is directly squaring our nation's Sun at 13 Cancer along with more and more attacks on GW Bush. Now more then ever do we need all the power of Mars in it's own sign Aries to overcome the HELIACAL RISING STAR Acumen Rising 18 mins 44 secs before Sunrise - which is known to cause suffering at the hands of others and to magnify hurtful rumours and vicious slander. With the prescence of Venus just passing Neptune it will require discrimination to distinguish the lies from the truth as generated by our media. Fortunately the positive yang energy of Mars is trine Neptune in Aquarius (future dreams of a better world) This energy will push the movement for peace as we move into next year - now that Neptune and Uranus are in mutual reception. Place your order at the cosmic bar and take a double shot of that Martian courage to deal with these fearful times.

Chart set for DC heavily accents the 4th and 10th house axis - spotlight on dollar's decline and the city on the Potomac has beocome a security encampment - a walled city.
On Jan. 6th the dollar hit a record low of $1.2695 against the euro and $1.8065 against the pound - its lowest level since Black Wednesday in September 1992. In our nation's capital there are chain link fences, concrete barricades, 8-foot walls around monuments along with black Secret Service SUVs, squad cars, and security "men in black" armed to the teeth.
Astrologically the Full Moon Saturn in Cancer joins Ceres and the Moon in the house of family, roots and tradition to oppose Vesta, Sun and Chiron in Capricorn in the 10th house of career, fame and status. Yes our food supply and way of life is seemingly threatened and many are overeacting! Pluto the obssesive God is moving over the 9th house of international relations. and immigrants. Bush Co now has a plan to have now illegal workers join a new temporary worker program. Perhaps GW and the Buplicans will start a new caste system with illegals being implanted with the infamous Digital Angel chip? One thing is for sure with Jupiter Rx in Virgo(jobs/labor), wages will plummet for many legal workers! Pluto caused havoc on Jan. 6th , demonstrated by the cruelty of Chinese who slaughtered over 10,000 innocent Civet cats - in fear of losing their $ trillion dollar trade leverage to another fear run wild - SARS. In the US the beef indusry will sacrifice thousands of calves in desperate fear of Mad Cow disease. Mercury is at Midheaven in Sagittarius keeping the news pumping into our homes as fast as things happen. Time to take a break and turn off the TV set to find real solutions in our hearts.

Now is the time to screw up our courage and call on the spiritual warriors Mars and Pallas Athena to lead us out of this madness. Time to gather all our mental, psychic, and physical abilities to counter Bush and Compassionate Fascism - An extreme form of nationalism that plays on fears of terrorism and rejected individual freedom, liberal individualism and democracy. Many Americans are blinded by a euphiimism caused by Jupiter(virgo)/Sun (Capricorn) trine N Nodes (Taurus) and are too busy watching equity markets surge to realize Fascism is on the march destroying our enviroment and freedom.
With Pallas we are given a tactical method that allows us to act with intelligence besides chutzpah! This is the time to befriend that hungry wolf within and tame our instincts for flight or fright. With Jupiter moving to trine the Sun on January 9th. will add solutions to earth's material and economic. Understanding and spirituality are the "other meat" that we really need to satisfy the hungry wolf!

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