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Sweden and USA: Different strokes






Sweden has experienced such a sharp fall in the number of prison admissions in the past two years that it has decided to close down four prisons and a remand centre.

"We have seen an out-of-the-ordinary decline in the number of inmates," said Nils Öberg, the head of Sweden's prison and probation services. "Now we have the opportunity to close down a part of our infrastructure that we don't need at this point of time."



The eclipse [11sc16] along with Mercury [7sc26] and Saturn [13sc53] was conjunct the stars of the Chinese asterism T’ien Lao, the Celestial Prison and T’ien Wei, the Celestial Jail. Eta Corona Borealis  [7sc21] was the door of the prison. Alphecca, alpha Corona Borealis, [12sc30] was the jailer. When all the stars were clearly seen the prisons of the empire would be full, but if only seven stars were visible  many would be pardoned; alpha shining bright meant many prisoners, but if faint many would be released. [1]

The above star description  from Diana Rosenberg clearly tells us that this eclipse has a lot to do with prisons and our treatment of prisoners.


In Sweden, the eclipse chart has Mars (Virgo)  opposite Neptune (Pisces)  forming a T-square with the meridian axis. In Washington it aligns with the meridian axis.

Pisces is the natural ruler of the twelfth house.  Amongst other things the twelfth house rules prisons and hospitals –  a places where the rejects of humanity are confined. Neptune in Pisces brings an element of compassion and  forgiveness… Of course, not everyone will automatically change personalities to personify this description, but there will be a collective element in the world that will  strive to bring these qualities to life. [2]

In its positive expression, Mars aspecting Neptune brings the desire/action function (symbolized by Mars) in contact with the function that precipitates transformation through transcendence.  The war god Mars as ruler of Scorpio can be very revengeful but here with Neptune desire/action can become imbued with idealism and forgiveness.




The negative expression of Mars-Neptune is action that is made ineffective because of uncertainty and confusion. We can see this in the confusion surrounding Obamacare in Washington. The eclipse fell on Obama’s radix Neptune!


[1] Secrets of the Ancient Skies, Diana K. Rosenberg (v.1, p.727)


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